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ii^  ESTABUSHED  1887 

THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERAll 


I  AN  ILLUSTRATED  MONTHLY  PUBUC^ON  FOR  THE^RU^^lDE_| 


Vol.  XLVIII 


New  York,  January,  1915 


No.  1 


The  Pharmaceutical  Era. 

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Table  of  Contents. 

Editorlxl  and  Pharmaceutical   Pages  1-24 

Editorials    1-4 

Correspondence    5-6 

Relations  of  the  U.  S.  P.  to  the  Law  and  tlie  General 

Public    7-9 

Lo  the  Poor  Druggist  and  Why   9-10 

Jottings  from  Great  Britain    10 

Cost  Accounting,  the  Chain  Store's  Ally    11 

Foreign  Abstracts    13-14 

New  Remedies    14 

Question  Box    15-16 

Closing  Drug  Stores  on  Sunday   17 

Selected  Formulas    18 

Legal  Decisions    19 

Women  in  Pharmacy    21-22 

Harrison  Bill  Signed  by  President    24 

News  and  Trade  Section   Pages  25-48 

Mostly  Personal    25-27 

Obituaries    27-29 

FuUer-Morrisson  Corporation    29 

Associations,  Clubs,  etc   30 

Flavoring  Extract  Manufacturers  establish  Scholarship  32 

Deviation  from  Standards  Permissible    36 

From  the  Business  Field    37-39 

Board  Examinations    40 

Patents.  Trademarks,  etc   43-44 

Drug  Markets    45-47 

INDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS  Page  48 

INDEX  TO  GOODS  ADVERTISED  Pages  44-47 

INDEX  TO  READING  PAGES  Page  48 


MEETING  CHAIN-STORE  COMPETITION 

In  all  of  our  large  cities,  and  in  the  suburban 
towns  adjacent  to  these  cities,  the  leading  question 
with  every  smaller  druggist  is:  How  can  I  meet 
the  competition  of  these  big  chain  stores? 

There  is  no  use  trying  to  put  this  matter  aside 
with  some  casual  reply— for  it  is  the  one  big  bread- 
and-butter  question  with  many  of  these  smaller 
druggists,  and  something  should  be  done  to  help 
them  answer  it  successfully. 

By  "  chain- store "  we  do  not  mean  the  druggist 
who  operates  two  or  three  or  perhaps  a  half-dozen 
stores  in  his  city,  and  who,  as  a  rule,  works  in  har- 
mony with  the  other  druggists  and  local  business 
conditions.  But  we  mean  the  big  combinations  with 
their  unlimited  capital  and  aggressive  advertising, 
cut-rate  methods,  who  try  to  dominate  aU  the  busi- 
ness in  their  localities  and  who  seem  to  operate  on 
the  principle  that  they  are  the  only  ones  who  have 
a  right  to  live. 

It  is  idle  to  say  that  there  are  only  a  few  such 
concerns  and  that  they  confine  their  operations  to 
our  larger  centers  of  population,  for  they  are  con- 
■stantly  spreading  out,  and  opening  new  stores, 
often  in  comparatively  small  cities;  and  it  seems 
to  be  their  policy  to  "cover  the  country"  as  fast 
as  they  can  find  the  men  and  the  locations  that 
promise  a  fair  return  on  the  capital  invested. 

It  is  not  our  purpose,  at  this  time,  to  debate  the 
economic  value  of  these  organizations  from  the  con- 
sumer's standpoint.  That  question  is  open  to  a 
liberal  discussion  both  for  and  against  it.  But  from 
a  purely  trade  basis :  What  should  be  done  to  meet 
this  competition? 

In  the  first  place  we  must  admit  that  these  com- 
binations are  of  no  advantage  to  the  wholesale  drug- 
gists and  their  advantage  to  the  manufacturer  is 
often  in  doubt.  So  far  as  the  sale  of  any  medicinal 
or  toilet  preparation  is  concerned,  as  soon  as  such 
an  article  has  any  distinct  sale  the  chances  are  that 
the  chain-store  will  have  a  substitute  of  its  own,  or 
else  cut  the  original  until  all  other  druggists  are 
forced  to  discourage  its  sale.  Many  a  manufacturer, 
who  has  had  a  comfortable  feeling  when  he  saw 
these  stores  pushing  his  goods  has  later  had  good 
cause  to  regret  it. 

But  to  return  to  our  original  question  "Wliat  can 
be  done  to  help  the  rank  and  file  of  druggists  to 
meet  this  competition? 


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[Januaby,  1915 


Primarily  no  druggist  can  be  helped  who  will 
not  make  reasonable  efforts  to  help  himself. 
There  are  thousands  of  druggists  who  (tie.  willing 
to  do  all  their  facilities  and  resources  will  peiinit, 
and  it  is  these  druggists  who  should  be  encouraj^ed. 

The  first  essential  is  to  help  these  druggists 
in  their  BUYING,  so  that  they  will  be  put  on  a 
more  equal  basis  to  meet  corporate  competition;) 
and  this  is  something  in  which  the  wholesale  drug- 
gists must  help  the  retailers — or  the  retailers  must 
help  themselves. 

In  other  words,  can  the  jobbers  buy  cheap 
enough  so  that  they  can  make  a  fair  profit  and 
supply  the  retailers  at  a  price  that  will  enable  the 
latter  to  sell  in  competition  with  these  chain-stores? 
It  is  a  question  if  the  jobbers  can  do  this,  even  if 
they  made  a  special  effort  to  do  it.  The  big  chain- 
store  claims  to  buy  as  cheap  or  cheaper  than  the 
jobber.  There  is  a  tendency  among  the  jobbers  to 
consolidate,  as  recently  shown  in  Chicago,  and  there 
have  been  rumors  of  other  such  consolidations. 
This  may  help  the  situation,  but  will  it  protect  the 
retailers  in  cities  where  the  chain-stores  are  active  ? 

To  a  certain  extent,  the  retailers  in  some  of  these 
cities  have  protected  themselves,  with  their  mutual 
buying  clubs  and  companies,  but  in  a  city  say  of 
ten  druggists  the  combined  orders  of  these  drug- 
gists on  many  items  would  not  secure  the  lowest 
price.  If  on  the  other  hand,  a  thousand  or  ten 
thousand  druggists  should  combine  their  orders, 
such  a  volume  of  business  would  command  the  best 
consideration  of  sellers.  , 

If  a  group  of  the  largest  jobbers  should  com- 
bine their  orders,  the  voliune  of  such  business 
would  be  many  times  larger  than  that  of  the 
largest  chain-store  buyer,  and  might  enable  these 
jobbers  to  take  better  care  of  their  retailers,  par- 
ticularly if  special  prices  were  given  to  those  re- 
tailers who  are  confronted  by  chain-store  competi- 
tion. 

The  time  has  not  yet  arrived  when  money  does 
not  count  in  buying,  or  when  the  size  of  an  order 
does  not  affect  the  price.  The  size  of  the  retailers' 
orders,  either  placed  direct  through  their  own 
combination  or  through  the  jobbers,  must  be  equal 
or  larger  than  the  chain-store  man's  order,  or  they 
will  not  buy  as  cheap  and  consequently  cannot  sell 
as  cheap. 

This  is  a  problem  which  our  wholesale  druggists 
nuLst  solve  sooner  or  later.  It  may  radically  change 
their  business  methods,  but  they  must  show  them- 
selves equal  to  meeting  the  conditions  or  the  re- 
tailers in  self-protection  will  be  compelled  to  do 
their  buying  direct  from  the  manufacturers  and 
the  importers.  One  thousand  druggists  at  $1,000 
each  means  $1,000,000  capital  and  ten  thousand 
druggists  at  only  $100,  each  would  give  an  equal 
amount  of  working  capital.  We  do  not  loiow  how 
it  can  be  worked  out,  but  these  i-etail  druggists 
who  are  forced  into  competition  with  these  big 
chain-stores  must  BUY  AS  CHEAP  as  their  com- 
petitors, or  be  satisfied  with  smaller  profits. 

It  does  not  seem  impossible  that  some  closer 
co-operation  between  the  jobbers  and  the  retailers 
might  solve  the  problem  to  their  mutual  advantage. 


The  wholesalers  are  the  ones  to  take  the  initiative 
for  it  is  their  customers  who  are  affected.  We 
are  positive  that  the  retailers  -wall  welcome  any 
plan  that  will  bring  the  desired  relief.  But  the 
time  is  past  when  the  jobbers  should  assume  an 
antagonistic  attitude  towards  the  combinations  of 
retailers  who  are  forced  to  buy  on  more  favorable 
terms  to  meet  local  competition. 

The  importance  of  this  subject  to  both  the  re- 
tail and  the  wholesale  drug  trade  is  our  excuse  for 
bringing  it  forward.  Something  must  be  done  to- 
meet  a  growing  competition,  which  is  backed  by 
all  kinds  of  money,  and  this  money  too,  is  largely 
supplied  by  the  drug  trade — indirectly  supplied,, 
we  admit — but,  none  the  less,  so  supplied. 

A  NEEDED  REFORM 

The  vast  amoimts  of  criticism,  just  and  unjust, 
which  have  been  directed  against  the  drugstore  sa- 
loon and  the  saloon  drugstore,  and  the  growing- 
feeling  on  the  part  of  druggists  that  they  are  car- 
rying too  heavy  a  burden  when  they  are  classed 
as  retail  liquor  dealers  and  made  to  pay  the  re- 
tailer 's  tax,  have  led  to  several  outbursts  against  the 
present  laws  regulating  the  sale  of  alcohol  or  alco- 
holic liquids  for  medicinal  and  technical  purposes- 
The  N.  A.  R.  D.,  at  its  recent  meeting,  went  oq 
record  as  favoring  the  passage  of  a  law  that  will 
more  strongly  differentiate  between  the  medicinal 
and  beverage  sales  of  alcohol  than  the  present  laws: 
do,  and  suggested  that  efforts  be  directed  to- 
ward the  reduction  of  the  retail  tax  for  druggists  to> 
five  dollars.  Mr.  Martin  I.  Wilbert  now  points 
out  a  new  factor  which  may  prove  of  the  greatest, 
value  in  securing  legislation  of  the  kind  sought. 
The  principle  of  the  registration  and  record  of 
sales  of  certain  classes  of  drugs,  embodied  in  the 
pending  Harrison  Bill,  should  be  extended  to  in- 
clude the  sales  of  alcohol  for  legitimate  purposes 
by  druggists,  thus  supplying  the  revenue  depart- 
ments with  the  necessary  information  to  locate  all 
dealer  in  alcohol  or  alcoholic  liquids  for  medicinal 
purposes,  and  differentiate  them  from  those  selling- 
such  goods  as  beverages,  and  also  permitting  of  the 
more  easy  enforcement  of  prohibition  and  local  op- 
tion laws  in  the  districts  affected. 

However,  it  would  scarcelj'  seem  needful,  as  is: 
proposed,  to  increase  the  registration  fee  to  such  an 
amount  that  the  revenue  shall  be  equivalent  to  that 
now  collected  from  the  retail  drug  trade  luader 
the  present  laws.  A  movement  is  on  foot  in  this- 
city,  based  on  a  careful  study  of  the  situation, 
to  have  enacted  just  such  legislation  as  is  referred 
to,  but  the  fixing  of  a  high  fee  is  not  part  of  the 
plan.  There  is  the  best  evidence  to  show  that  if 
the  fee  is  lowered,  many  more  druggists  would  be 
pay  the  tax  and  register  as  dealers  than  find  it 
jtrofitable  to  do  so  at  the  existing  higli  rates, 
and  the  total  revenue  would  in  all  probability  be 
increased,  although  the  individual  payment  was 
nuich  more  reasonable.  Here  is  a  case  where  the 
retail  druggist  does  not  seem  to  bo  getting  justice. 
In  order  to  sell  any  alcohol  or  alcoliolic  liquids 
at  all.  ho  nuist  pay  the  veiy  higli  taxes  required 
of  nil  retail  li(iu(>r  dealers,  and  even  though  his 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


intentions  are  strictly  honest  in  regard  to  selling 
alcoholic  liquids  as  beverages,  he  is  soon  subjected 
to  annoyance  by  other  officials,  vA\o  suspect  his 
motives  in  obtaining  his  license,  and  from  the  shal- 
low-thinking public,  who  seize  the  CKH\asion  for 
caustic  remarks.  "We  trust  most  heartily  that  con- 
■certed  action  on  the  part  of  the  many  drug  organ- 
izations -will  bear  fruit,  and  that  the  retailor  who  is 
honestly  trying  to  comply  with  the  law  may  thus 
be  rescued  from  the  unpleasant  position  in  which, 
through  no  fault  of  his  own,  he  is  so  often  placed. 


WHO  SHALL  PAY  THE  STAMP  TAX? 

In  this  issue  of  the  Er.v  appear  the  resolutions  of 
the  ^lemphis  Drug  Club  protesting  against  the  ac- 
tion of  the  manufacturers  of  proprietary'  and  toilet 
articles  who  have  advanced  their  prices  on  ac- 
count of  the  imposition  of  the  stamp  tax,  and  also 
a  communication  from  a  subscriber  who  enumerates 
&  list  of  such  preparations  upon  which  the  prices 
have  already  been  advanced.  The  action  of  the 
[Memphis  druggists  is  strongly  indicative  of  the 
-views  of  everj-  retailer.  In  the  position  they  have 
taken  they  are  quite  right,  and  it  is  proper  that 
they  should  register  a  most  emphatic  protest  against 
being  saddled  with  an  assessment  that  Congress  in- 
tended should  be  the  manufacturers'  contribution  to 
the  war  tax.  It  is  difficult  enough-to  raise  the  various 
taxes  imposed  upon  an  already  heavily  taxed  en- 
terprise like  the  retail  drug  business,  but  when 
the  effort  is  made  to  pass  along  to  dealer  or  con- 
sumer the  tax  which  should  be  rightfully  paid  by 
the  manufacturer,  the  action  becomes  obnoxious 
and  works  an  injustice. 

The  question  is  fairly  met  by  the  Memphis  drug- 
gists. They  do  not  blacklist  any  of  the  prepara- 
tions on  which  the  prices  have  been  advanced,  but 
they  do  tell  the  manufacturer  that  they  cannot 
further  continue  the  active,  aggressive  sale  of  pre- 
parations the  tax  upon  -which  is  sought  to  be  placed 
upon  them  as  dealers,  and  that  in  order  to  properly 
•conduct  their  business  they  must  discontinue  the 
presentation  to  the  public  of  such  articles  and  will 
iiereafter  encourage  the  sale  of  those  preparations 
upon  which  the  tax  is  ju.stly  paid  by  the  manufac- 
turer. This  is  the  position  the  Era  has  advocated 
from  the  first  in  its  discussion  of  the  Stamp  Tax 
Act  as  applied  to  retail  druggists.  The  profit  on 
the  sale  of  such  articles  at  best  is  only  nominal, 
-and  barely  a  li\'ing  wage  is  derived  therefrom.  To 
further  reduce  this  paltrv-  remuneration  in  the  face 
•of  increased  cos-t  of  doing  business,  the  payment 
of  the  stamp  tax  by  the  dealer  becomes  an  assess- 
ment on  the  retail  drug  trade  that  is  neither  equi- 
table nor  proportionate  to  the  taxes  exacted  of 
other  business  men. 

The  situation  and  the  manner  of  dealing  with  it 
are  equally  clear  and  obvious.  As  a  business  pro- 
position the  dealer  cannot  stand  the  tax  and  con- 
tinue merchandizing,  nor  can  he  practicably  pass 
the  tax  along  to  the  consumer.  He  is  not  compelled, 
bowever,  to  sell  goods  that  do  not  pay  him  a  living 
profit,  and  it  is  his  own  loss  if  he  undertakes  to 
•dispense  charity  in  this  unbusinesslike  manner. 


THE  LATE  GEORGE  MERRELL 

In  the  death  of  George  Merrell,  notice  of  which 
is  chronicled  in  the  news  pages  of  this  issue  of  the 
VjR\,  phannacy  loses  an  energetic  representative 
and  a  man  who  possessed  many  sterling  qualities. 
The  circumstance  that  a  man  was  bom  in  the 
atmosphere  of  a  drug  store,  is,  as  a  rule,  not  an 
important  factor  in  the  subsequent  life  of  the  ma- 
jority of  those  who  thus  start  out  in  the  world. 
But  there  is  no  doubt  that  when  this  fact  is  con- 
sidered in  connection  w'ith  the  life  work  of  George 
]\Ierrell,  the  impressions  and  environment  of  his 
early  life  did  give  direction  to  subsequent  effort, 
and  caused  him  to  devote  his  energies  to  the  busi- 
ness upon  w4iich  he  indelibly  stamped  his  name. 

The  father,  Dr.  William  Stanley  Merrell,  was 
one  of  the  pioneers  in  the  investigation  of  a  number 
of  American  medicinal  plants,  and  the  discovery 
and  introduction  of  the  resin  of  podophyllum  and 
of  the  alkaloids  and  salts  of  hydrastis  and  sangui- 
naria,  are  specific  instances  of  the  valuable  service  he 
rendered  to  medicine — therapeutic  agents  which 
are  now  employed  by  medical  men  throughout  the 
civilized  w^orld.  That  the  son  must  have  been  in- 
fluenced by  the  knowledge  of  these  facts  is  not 
difficult  to  believe,  and  from  the  time  when  as  a 
yoimg  man  he  first  entered  his  father's  business, 
until  he  completed  his  life  work,  he  traveled  in  the 
direction  of  progress,  true  to  the  ideals  of  the  high- 
est professional  standards  as  exemplified  by  his 
father,  but  accelerated  and  made  more  emphatic  by 
commercial  conceptions  and  a  persistence  that  gained 
for  him  and  his  house  a  reputation  that  placed  him 
among  the  pioneers  of  pharmaceutical  manufac- 
turing in  this  country. 

Industry  has  ever  been  a  characteristic  of  suc- 
cessful men  in  the  world's  Hall  of  Fame,  and  the 
aphorism  that ' '  there  is  no  excellence  without  great 
labor"  represents  very  closely  the  genius  that  lay 
behind  the  attainments  of  George  Merrell.  He 
knew  the  value  of  honesty,  hard  work  and  intelli- 
gent direction,  the  most  important  factors  in  reach- 
ing the  highest  achievements.  His  charities  are 
said  to  have  been  many  and  unostentatious,  and  the 
trait  in  his  character  that  endeared  him  to  those 
that  knew  him  best,  was  his  unselfish  devotion  to 
his  family.  George  Merrell  vsdll  long  be  favorably 
remembered  by  many  in  the  drug  trade. 


INTEREST  IN  IMPORTS 

So  keen  is  the  interest  in  the  arrival  of  drugs 
and  chemicals  from  foreign  countries  that  our 
weekly  edition.  Weekly  Drug  Markets,  now  in- 
cludes in  its  list  of  imports  the  manifests  of  each 
Tuesday  preceding  the  day  of  publication  (Wednes- 
day). 

As  the  war  progresses  these  airivals  are  watched 
carefuUy  by  all  factors  of  the  trade.  It  is  noted 
that  with  few  exceptions  the  movement  of  goods 
from  abroad  at  present  is  freer  than  it  has  been 
since  the  beginning  of  hostilities. 


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[Januaey,  1915 


But  what  will  to-morrow  bring  forth? 

As  long  as  naval  battles  are  possible  the  situa- 
tion in  an  hour  can  be  totally  changed.  In  war 
it  is  the  unexpected  that  happens. 


CUT  OUT  THE  DEAD  WOOD 

A  HALF-DOZEN  representatives  of  the  pharmaceu- 
tical profession  attended  a  recent  meeting  of  the 
Section  of  Medicine,  of  the  New  York  Academy 
of  Medicine,  held  at  Hosack  hall.  One  of  the 
commendable  features  of  the  gathering,  observable 
to  at  least  three  of  those  present,  was  the  arrange- 
ment of  the  program,  whereby  six  forcible,  meaty 
ten-minute  addresses  were  presented,  together  with 
the  brief  ensuing  discussions,  within  a  period  of 
about  one  and  three-quarter  hours.  Each  speaker, 
knowing  that  his  remarks  would  be  limited  to  ten 
minutes  or  thereabouts,  drove  home  his  points  in 
that  time.  There  was  none  of  that  monotone  oral 
rambling  which  sometimes  so  fatigues  an  audience 
that  at  the  conclusion  of  the  paper  or  address  it  is 
actually  hostile  to  the  author. 

Among  the  speakers  at  this  meeting  were  a  pro- 
fessor of  Cornell  University  Medical  School,  three 
well-known  physicians  of  this  city,  a  member  of 
the  Department  of  Health  and  a  director  of  a 
large  drug  store  corporation.  If  they  can  be  thus 
expeditious  in  their  professional  declamations, 
others  can  do  the  same.  In  fact,  all  that  is  needed 
in  this  direction  is  a  little  arbitrary  action  in  the 
arrangement  of  the  program  of  a  meeting.  If  the 
presentation  of  a  symposium  of  opinions  is  the  pur- 
pose of  a  meeting,  limit  the  meeting  to  that  pro- 
gram. If  a  technical  paper  and  its  ensuing  dis- 
cussion will  require  two  hours,  dispense  with  the 
minutes  and  other  routine  matter  until  a  future 
meeting.  The  absorption  power  of  the  human  mind 
should  be  considered.  Routine  gives  continuity  to 
the  work  of  an  organization,  but  it  should  not  be 
permitted  to  retard  the  progress  of  a  profession. 
It  is  right  here  that  a  capable  secretary  may  render 
himself  invaluable. 


INDEX  TO  VOLUME  XLVII  OF  THE  ERA 

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Pharmaceutical  Era,  covering  the  year  1914  is 
now  in  the  course  of  preparation  and  will  soon  be 
ready  for  distribution.  Copies  may  be  obtained  by 
subscribers  who  will  send  requests  for  the  same 
to  the  publishers. 


Whitewash  Powder 


Alum    1  pound 

Borax    1  pound 

Gum  arabic    2  pounds 

White  dextrin    4  pounds 

Plaster  of  paris    16  pounds 

Zinc  white    16  pounds 

Paris  white    56  pounds 


Mix  all  of  the  ingredients  after  having  previously  reduced 
them  separately  to  fine  powder,  and  pass  through  a  sifter.  Put 
up  in  1 -pound  packages.  Direct  to  use  a  pound  with  a  pint  of 
boiling  water,  adding  at  once  water  enough  to  bring  to  a  suit- 
able consistency.  Any  desired  color  may  be  added  before  mix- 
ing with  water. 


ANENT  THE  N.  Y.  COMPENSATIOIT  ACT 

LOUIS  K.  LIGGETT  COMPANY, 

Boston,  Mass.,  December  20,  1914. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceuticutical  Era: 

Your  December  issue,  page  572,  contains  an  opinion  by 
"G.A.S."  relative  to  the  New  York  Compensation  Act.  In 
this  connection  the  attached  correspondence  may  be  of  interest 
to  you: 

State  Workmen's  Compensation  Commission, 
State  of  New  York, 
Albany,  N.  Y. 

Gentlemen : 

Referring  to  Chapter  816  of  the  laws  of  the  State  of  New 
York,  known  as  the  Workmen's  Compensation  Law,  we  desire 
to  obtain  information  with  respect  to  the  retail  drug  stores 
owned  and  operated  by  us. 

We  find  in  the  copy  of  the  law  that 

Group  25  applies  to  Manufacture  of  explosives  and  dan- 
gerous chemicals,  corrosive  acids  or  salts,  ammonia,  gasoline, 
petroleum,  petroleum  products  celluloid,  gas,  charcoal, 
artificial  ice,  gun  powder  or  ammunition,  and 

Group  28  applies  to  Manufacture  of  drugs  and  chemicals, 
not  specified  in  Group  25,  medicines  dyes,  extracts,  phar- 
maceutical or  toilet  preparations  soaps,  candles,  perfumes, 
non-corrosive  acids  or   chemical  preparations  fertilizers, 
including  garbage  disposal  plants;  shoe  blacking  or  polish. 
We  can  find  nothing  in  the  law  that  it  applies  to  the  em- 
ployes of  a  retail  drug  store,  as  its  business  is  not  hazardous, 
is  not  the  manufacture  of  the  article^  specified,  but  the  business 
of  a  retail  drug  store  is  the  sale  of  merchandise  at  retail. 

The  Commission  has  undoubtedly  made  some  decision  or 
ruling  with  respect  to  drug  store  employes,  if  so,  we  shall 
be  glad  to  receive  a  copy  of  it,  together  with  such  other  in- 
formation relative  to  the  Act  as  you  have  for  distribution. 
Thanking  you  for  this  information,  we  are, 
Very  respectfully 
Louis  K.  Liggett  Company. 

STATE    workmen's    COMPENSATION  COMMISSION 

Albany,  N.  Y. 
New  York  City  Office,  June  22,  1914. 
Louis  K.  Liggett  Company, 

719  Atlantic  avenue,  , 
Boston,  Mass. 

Dear  Sirs: 

Referring  to  your  letter  of  June  10,  1914,  although  we  do 
not  feel  that  this  Commission  can  properly  be  asked  to  mate 
ruling  or  interpretations,  except  in  concrete  cases  coming  before 
it  for  decision,  nevertheless  we  would  say  in  reply  to  your 
inquiry  that  you  are  not  covered  by  the  Act. 

Please  understand  that  the  above  is  not  to  be  'aken  in  any 
way  to  be  binding  upon  this  Commission,  but  to  be  merely  ax 
informal  expression  cf  opinion. 

We  take  pleasure  in  sending  you  herewith  a  copy  of  the  law 
Very  truly  yours, 
(signed)  Frank  A.  Spencer, 

Secretary. 


Chilblain  Remedy 


Bismuth  salicylate    2  drams 

Pulverized  starch   18  drams 

First  bathe  the  chilblains  in  a  decoction  of  walnut  leaves; 
then  rub  with  spirit  of  camphor  and  cover  with  powder.  To 
quiet  the  itching,  use  the  following: 

Glycerin    1  ounce 

Rose  water    1  oun  e 

Tannic  acid    1  grain 

Mix  and  use  as  a  lotion,  and  then  dust  on  the  above  pow- 
der. 

Catarrhal  Balm 

Boric  acid,  in  fine  powder    120  grains 

Salicylic  acid,  in  fine  powder   30  grains 

Bismuth  subcarbonate    120  grains 

Menthol    10  grains 

Petrolntum    4  ounces 


Rub  the  powders  together  with  the  menthol  and.  having 
melted  the  petrolatum,  while  it  is  cool  incorporate  the  powder 
and  stir  until  it  becomes  solid. 


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5 


Correspondence 


WAK  CAUSES  LOSS  TO  SCIEITCE 

Editor,  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  : 

I  am  just  in  receipt  of  some  German  chemical  periodicals  in 
which  are  given  the  names  of  some  sixty  members  of  the  Ger- 
man Chemical  Society,  who,  in  the  present  European  war  up 
'    to  Oct.  6,  have  laid  down  their  lives  on  the  field  of  battle  in 
I    the  defense  of  their  countrj-,  and  also  a  further  list  of  the 
'    names  of  sixty-seven  who  have  earned  the  iron  cross  for  con- 
"   spicuous  braver)'.    Among  tlie  sixty  dead  are  mostly  to  be 
1    found  the  names  of  those  who  were  doctors  of  philosophy,  che- 
mical engineers,  chemists,  proprietors  of  manufacturing  estab- 
I    lishments  and  professors;  in  other  words,  all  were  men  of  a 
high  order  of  learning  and  attainments. 

The  list  furnishes  a  rather  sad  commentary  on  the  ultimate 
results  of  the  war,  for  no  matter  who  the  victor  may  be,  it 
I    shows  the  needless  sacrifice  of  lives  which  can  be  replaced  only 
through  several  generations  of  learning  and  practical  experience. 
'     Just  so  many  units  and  nuclei  representing  this  wealth  of 
knowledge  have  been  removed  from  the  world's  toilers  in  the 
i     field  of  progress.    It  needs  but  little  reflection  to  understand 
,    that  the  loss  of  so  many  valuable  lives  in  the  field  of  practical 
experience  is  a  direct  loss  to  the  world  at  large,  since  most  of 
I     the  men  who  are  gone  were  of  a  class  whose  learning  is  ac- 
quired  through  personal  application  of  scientific  knowledge. 
Their  personal  observations  and  application  made  them  strong 
in  their  knowledge  of  facts,  much  of  which  will  take  years  for 
further  generations  to  reacquire. 

That  so  large  a  percentage  of  chemists  during  the  brief 
period  of  the  war  should  be  found  among  the  dead,  speaks 
volumes  for  the  devotion  with  which  they  answered  the  call  in 
defence  of  family  and  home.    The  proportionately  large  num- 
bers of  those  who  have  already  earned  the  iron  cross  for 
I     conspicuous  bravery  on  the  field  of  battle,  shows  that  they 
[    were  made  of  stuff  that  spells  the  determination  to  get  there. 
I     That  men  from  all  walks  and  stations  in  life  have  taken  up 
;     arms  and  marched  shoulder  to  shoulder  in  defence  of  their 
'     Fatherland  which  has  been  the  nucleus  for  the  scientific  uplift 
of  the  world  at  large,  should  furnish  food  for  thought  to  the 
[     battery  of  pencil  pushers  which  is  doing  its  utmost  to  besmirch 
j     the  escutcheon  of  a  nation  to  which  this  country  at  least  in 
every  stage  owes  much  of  its  progress.    One  cannot  help  but 
feel  when  scanning  a  list  of  the  dead  of  the  needless  sacrifice 
of  life  such  a  war  entails,  but  when  confronted  with  a  list 
1     like  that  referred  to  above,  the  fundamental  difference  between 
1     quality  and  quantity  among  numbers  of  men  stands  out  in  bold 

relief.  Yours  truly, 

I       New  York,  Nov.  24,  1914.  Joseph  F.  Geisler. 


PROPBIETORS  TO  HAVE  AN  ORGAN- 

Editor,  The  Pharmaceutical  Era : 

De.\r  Sir:  Standard  Remedies,  an  organ  of  the  proprietary 
manufacturing  branch  of  the  drug  business,  will  make  its  ini- 
tial appearance  about  Jan.  1,  1915,  and  will  appear  monthly 
thereafter.  It  will  be  published  from  the  Chicago  office  of  the 
Proprietary  Association,  with  Ervin  F.  Kemp,  for  nearly  ten 
years  Secretary  of  Committees  of  the  Proprietary  Association,  as 
editor. 

The  new  publication  will  be  in  no  way  competitive  with  any 
of  the  excellent  existing  drug  trade  papers,  all  of  which  are 
primarily  organs  of  the  retail  trade.  It  will  circulate  to  manu- 
facturers and  will  make  a  feature  of  assembling  and  condensing 
news  of  especial  interest  and  importance  to  manufacturers  of 
proprietar>-  articles,  medicinal  and  cosmetic.  No  great  effort 
will  be  made  to  secure  advertising  patronage,  and  none  in  com- 
petition with  the  existing  drug  trade  papers.  Its  patronage 
will  come  from  manufacturers  of  supplies  sold  to  the  manu- 
facturing trade,  and  others,  whose  appeal  is  exclusively  to 
manufacturers. 

Standard  Remedies  ■will  not  attempt  to  promote  the  manu- 
facturing branch  of  the  trade  at  the  expense  of  any  other 
branch, — rather  it  will  endeavor,  as  all  good  drug  trade  papers 
should,  to  promote  understanding,  co-operation  and  unity  be- 
tween all  branches  of  the  trade.  It  wants  to  be  regarded  not 
as  an  interloper,  but  as  an  additional  shoulder  to  the  wheel; 


it  asks  only  to  be  allowed  to  carry  a  share  of  the  burden  of 
promoting  better  understanding  and  to  be  permitted  to  join 
in  the  circle  for  a  discussion  of  trade  subjects  of  mutual  in- 
terest. The  Editor  of  Standard  Remedies  has  smelled  ink  be- 
fore, and  it  is  sweet  to  him.  He  asks  only  to  sit  at  the  feet 
of  the  brethren  who  for  years  have  been  in  the  drug  trade 
publication  field.  He  has  little  to  teach  and  much  to  learn. 
He,  very  frankly,  will  see  things  from  the  standpoint  of  the 
manufacturer,  and  if,  from  that  standpoint,  he  can  be  admitted 
to  the  charmed  circle,  he  will  be  very  glad. 

I  want  to  express  my  sincere  admiration  for  the  editors  of 
the  drug  trade  papers.  No  trade  that  I  know  of  is  as  ably 
represented  in  its  trade  press  as  the  ckug  trade,  and  I  feel 
quite  deeply  the  responsibility  tliat  rests  upon  me.  I  will  take 
pleasure  in  putting  your  name  on  our  exchange  list. 

Very  sincerely, 

Chicago,  Dec.  4,  1914.  E.  F.  Kemp. 


Manufacturers'  Prices  and  Stamp  Tax 

Jacobs  Pharmacy  Co. 

Atlanta,  Ga.,  December  22,  1914 
Editor,  The  Pharmaceutical  Era. 

Sir — The  majority  of  manufacturers  are  treating  the  drug- 
gists fairly  on  the  stamp  tax.  There  are  a  few  however,  who 
are  attempting  to  shift  the  burden  to  the  retail  druggist,  and 
some  few  who  are  endeavoring  to  make  a  profit  out  of  the 
stamps;  the  latter  class,  however,  I  am  glad  to  say  is  very 
small,  but  they  should  not  be  overlooked.  So  far  as  our 
records  show  the  following  manufacturers  are  not  allowing 
stamps  for  goods  on  hand  December  1,  are  increasing  the 
price  of  their  goods  to  cover  the  cost  of  stamps: 

1.  W.  &  B.  Swedish  Hair  Powder  advanced  from  $4.00 

and  $8.00  to  $4.25  and  $8.50. 

2.  Philo  Hay  Specialty  Company  advanced  from  $2.00, 

$4.00  and  $8.00  to  $2.08,  $4.15  and  $8.30. 

3.  The  Queen  Chemical  Company  advanced  the  price  of 

Queen  Gray  Hair  Restorer  from  $4.00  and  $7.50  to 
$4.50  and  $8.00. 

4.  Ferd.  Hopkins  &  Son  advanced  Gouraud's  Oriental 

Cream  to  cover  the  cost  of  the  stamps. 

5.  Mark  W.  Allen  &  Company  advanced  the  price  of 

Mrs.  Allen's  Hair  Restorer  to  cover  the  cost  of  the 
stamps. 

6.  The  Giroux  Mfg.  Company  advanced  the  price  of 

Parisian  Sage  to  cover  the  cost  of  the  stamps. 

7.  The  Wyeth  Chemical  Company  advanced  to  cover  the 

cost  of  the  stamps. 

8.  Scheffler's  Colorine  advanced  to  cover  cost  of  the 

stamps. 

9.  The  Borine  Company  advanced  to  cover  cost  of  stamps. 

10.  Mme.  A.  Kuppert  advanced  to  cover  cost  of  the 
stamps. 

11.  Paul  Westphal  advanced  price  of  Auxiliator  to  cover 
cost  of  the  stamps. 

12.  Knowlton  Danderine  Company  advanced  price 
Danderine  to  cover  cost  of  stamps. 

13.  Mrs.  Gervaise  Graham  advanced  goods,  $4.00  to 
$4.20,  $8.00  to  $8.40  and  $12.00  to  $12.60. 

14.  M.  Stein  Cosmetic  Company  advanced  price  to 
cover  cost  of  stamps. 

15.  Mrs.  Potter's  Hair  Stain  advanced  from  $2.00  to 
$2.10,  $4.00  to  $4.20,  $6.00  to  $6.30,  $8.00  to  $8.4Q 
and  so  on  through  the  list. 

16.  The  Lyon  Mfg.  Company  advanced  the  price  of 
Hagan's  Magnolia  Balm  and  Lyon's  Kathairon  to  cover 
the  cost  of  stamps. 

The  swan  song  of  the  manufacturers  who  are  charging  the 
stamp  tax  says:  "We  add  the  stamp  tax  to  the  jobber,  the 
jobber  to  the  retailer  and  the  retailer  to  the  consumer".  This 
sounds  well,  but  it  stops  at  the  retailer.  Certainly  there  can 
be  no  question  about  this  in  all  cities  where  full  prices  prevail, 
as  they  do  in  a  large  proportion  of  the  cities  in  the  United 
States. 

We  are  aware  of  the  increased  cost  of  doing  business;  with 
the  retailer  it  has  increased  in  the  last  ten  years  from  18%- 
20%  to  25%-28%,  and  in  some  instances  as  high  as  30% 
and  35%.  At  the  best  there  is  only  about  33%  profit  in  $2.00, 
$4.00  and  $8.00  preparations,  and  under  the  existing  conditions 
there  is  no  profit  to  the  average  retail  druggist.    The  manu-  ; 


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[January,  1915 


facturer  is  the  one  who  gets  a  profit  from  the  sale  of  patent 
medicines. 

A  number  of  those  who  have  advanced  prices  say  it  is 
due  largely  to  advance  in  prices  since  the  European  War, 
some  claiming  that  many  of  the  ingredients  are  imported. 
We  know  that  there  was  considerable  advance  in  some  lines 
when  the  war  began,  but  the  reaction  has  come,  and  the 
reports  from  the  market  now  give  two  declines  to  one  advance, 
and  in  most  instances  former  prices  prevail,  some  lower. 

I  believe  that  it  is  conceded  the  average  25c.  preparation 
does  not  cost  more  than  SOc.  per  dozen  to  make,  allowing  50c. 
a  dozen  for  advertising,  giving  more  profit  to  the  manufac- 
turer than  to  the  retailer  who  is  handling  it  out  over  the 
counter  a  bottle  at  a  time. 

We  manufacture  several  toilet  preparations  that  have  more 
or  less  sale  in  this  section  and  we  have  allowed  the  whole- 
saler and  retailer  credit  stamps  for  all  goods  on  hand  Decem- 
ber 1,  and  expect  to  stamp  our  goods  without  any  advance  in 
price.  I  believe  that  all  other  manufacturers  of  preparations 
affected  by  this  tax  should  do  the  same  thing.  The  retail 
druggists  can  correct  this  if  they  will  only  make  up  their 
minds  to  act. 

Chas.  a.  Smith. 


Qualifications  of  the  Druggist 

Editor,  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  : 

Dear  Sir:  I  am  submitting  herewith  an  outline  of  my  idea 
of  what  should  constitute  a  druggist : 

1.  Age:  The  person  should  be  of  lawful  age. 

2.  Ability:  He  should  be  able  to  answer  all  the  questions  in 
an  examination  which  allude  to  absolute  pharmacal  items  and 
nothing  else. 

3.  Catch  Questions:  Should  not  be  permitted. 

4.  Financial  Questions:  Should  not  be  allowed. 

5.  Scholarship:  From  my  viewpoint  this  does  not  require 
discussion.  What  we  are  trying  to  do  is  to  get  a  person  able 
to  fill  in  a  proper  manner  any  prescription  which  can  be  com- 
pounded and  not  to  show  the  board  how  much  he  knows.  I 
think  that  if  the  candidate  is  able  to  read  Shakespeare  under- 
standingly,  and  is  acquainted  with  the  arithmetical  solution  of 
mathematical  difficulties  he  is  amply  equipped  for  pharmacy  in 
that  direction. 

6.  Languages:  In  this  country  Latin  is  not  necessary  for 
success  as  a  druggist,  for  he  can  get  from  any  of  the  pharma- 
ceutical works  all  the  knowledge  of  this  subject  that  he  needs. 

7.  Manufacture:  I  am  free  to  say  that  in  no  case  do  I  ever 
make  any  tincture,  elixir,  fluidextract,  water  or  liquor,  nor  do  I 
.fill  any  prescription  without  consulting  the  U.  S.  P.,  a  work  on 
pharmacy,  or  the  Formulary,  nor  do  I  think  that  any  other 
•druggist  should  do  this  kind  of  work  without  consulting  these 
references.  Therefore,  all  questions  of  memory  should  be  dis- 
icarded  from  examinations. 

S.  Identification:  The  identification  of  drugs  is  very  im- 
portant. No  applicant  should  be  allowed  to  pass  without  a 
good  knowledge  of  the  appearance  of  drugs. 

9.  Health:  As  the  present  method  of  examination  seems  to 
be  to  find  out  all  that  one  knows  and  not  to  examine  his 
health  record  we  may  pass  over  this  qualification. 

10.  Chemistry:  A  knowledge  of  chemistry  is  absolutely  neces- 
sary to  the  equipment  of  a  good  pharmacist.  Without  chemis- 
try he  can  not  safely  attempt  any  pharmacal  work.  Of  course, 
after  being  blown  up  a  number  of  times,  he  might  let  some 
things  alone,  but  it  would  be  better  if  he  knew  what  or  not 
to  try. 

11.  Materia  Medica :  This  subject  should  be  a  strong  point 
in  the  applicant's  examinations.  If  he  is  well  grounded  in 
materia  medica,  chemistry,  the  identification  of  drugs,  arithme- 
tic and  reading  and  writing,  he  is  amply  prepared  to  take  his 
place  in  pharmacy. 

The  chief  effort  of  the  highly  educated  and  legislative  patent 
medicine  people  seems  to  be  to  keep  any  man  from  ever  be- 
coming a  druggist  instead  of  assisting  him  to  a  business.  First, 
the  druggists  themselves  went  into  the  business  of  making 
druggists;  then  they  went  to  the  legislature  and  asked  for  laws 
to  keep  everybody  out  of  the  play  but  themselves.  When  they 
had  become  sufficiently  segregated,  they  put  a  new  clause  in 
the  requirements,  and  started  the  doctors  on  the  clue_.  They 
have  never  .seemed  satisfied  about  the  necessary  requirements 
and  acquirements  of  a  man  seeking  to  learn  the  apofheke  ge- 
scheft  and  want  the  restrictions  sifted  down  so  fine  that  no  one 
•except  a  professor  can  fill  a  prescription  and  he  must  be  a 


doctor  at  that !  They  have  encouraged  the  people  at  large  to 
think  that  every  druggist  needs  watching,  but  the  doctors  are 
.■superior  human  beings.  It  would  be  impossible  for  one  of 
them  to  make  a  mistake.  Not  only  this,  but  the  United  States 
Congress  itself  takes  the  view  that  the  drueeists  and  the  doc- 
tors desire.  They  put  heavy  taxes  on  retail  druggists  which 
should  be  placed  on  the  manufacturers;  they  oppress  them 
with  all  sorts  of  preventive,  prohibitory  and  poison  laws  (What 
is  a  poison?).  They  make  the  druggist  knuckle  to  the  doctor, 
and  do  not  consider  that  the  apothecary  is  the  one  and  only 
chance  between  a  case  of  poisoning  and  the  life  of  a  patient. 

The  conscientious  druggist  is  necessarily  a  man  of  noble 
characteristics,  and  you  will  find  that  in  every  case  requiring 
a  gentle,  thoughtful  and  kind  person  to  act,  the  druesist  is  the 
one  looked  for.  See  how  he  opens  his  door  to  the  paying 
stamp  trade;  the  paying  proposition  of  supplying  a  seat  in  a 
comfortable  place  for  the  next  car,  permitting  a  consultation 
of  the  dispensatory,  or  a  look  at  the  directory!  If  anything  is 
needed  for  which  no  one  is  to  pay  the  druggist  is  always 
selected  for  the  place  and  he  does  the  work.  The  people  for- 
get that  the  druggist  has  some  kindnesses  coming  to  him  also. 
His  profits  are  so  large  (?)  he  can  afford  an  auto,  he  is  one 
of  the  grande  riche.  But  go  into  his  private  office  and  you 
will  see  a  man  who  is  continually  harassed  with  business  cares, 
who  is  ever  on  the  watch  for  attempts  to  constrict  his  business 
and  to  keep  off  the  inspector  and  detective  from  his  doors.  I 
could  continue  telling  of  the  hardships  of  the  druggist,  but 
there  would  be  no  use  in  dwelling  on  so  harrowing  a  subject, 
the  occasion  will  have  to  wear  itself  out. 

It  is  no  satisfaction  to  think  that  druggists  themselves  are 
responsible  for  all  they  have  got;  that  if  they  had  been  a  little 
less  afraid  of  those  who  in  the  nature  of  things  could  not  hurt 
them,  they  would  have  done  better  for  themselves.  But  all  of 
that  is  too  late.  What  they  do  now  must  be  in  the  way  of  re- 
traction and  retrenchment.  I  am  sorry  to  have  taken  so  much 
of  your  valuable  time,  but  I  have  indicated  some  of  the  causes 
for  the  condition  of  things  as  they  exist. 

.  Respectfully, 

  "Glyptic." 

Peruvian  Tooth  Powder 


Peruvian  bark    ]/2  ounce 

Myrrh    ounce 

Charcoal    ounce 

Orris  root    ounce 

Precipitated  rhalk    ]/2  ounce 


Separately  powder  each  of  the  substances  named,  then  thor- 
oughly mix  and  sift.  Particularly  recommended  for  use  where 
the  teeth  are  decayed,  the  gums  inflamed,  and  the  breath  offen- 
sive.  • 

Wash  for  Gums  after  Tooth  Extraction 


Potassium  chlorate    2  drams 

Tincture  of  krameria    4  drams 

Glycerin    4  drams 

Rose   water    2  ounces 

Water,  enough  to  make    8  ounces 


Dissolve  the  potassium  chlorate  in  4  ounces  of  the  water; 
mix  the  tincture  of  krameria,  glycerin  and  rose  water  in  the 
order  named,  add  to  the  potassium  chlorate  solution,  and  make 
up  to  8  fl.  ounces  with  the  remainder  of  the  water.  Use  six 
or  eight  times  daily  as  a  mouth  wash. 


Saccharin  Mouth  "Wash 


Saccharin    1  gram 

Sodium  bicarbonate    1  gram 

Salicylic  acid    4  grams 

Alcohol    150  grams 

Peppermint  water    50  grams 

!Mix.  Half  a  traspoonfui  to  a  glass  of  tepid  water  as  a  mouth 
wash  in  gingivitis  (inflammation  of  the  gums). 


Antiseptic  Bath  Tablets 

Sodium  bicarbonate    3  ounces 

Tartaric  acid    ounces 

Starch  powder    4  ounces 

Oil  of  lemon    Yi  dram 

Oil  of  orris  (or  ionone)    5  minims 

Oil  of  ylang-ylang    5  minims 


]SIix  the  oils  with  the  starch,  add  the  other  ingredients,  and 
mass  with  methylated  ether,  containing  20  grains  of  benzoin 
in  each  ounce.    Divide  into  tablets  and  dr>-. 


January,  1915] 


THE  phar:\iaceutical  era 


7 


Relations  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  to  the  Law  and  the  General  Public* 

By  Dr.  J.  H.  BEAL,  TJrbana,  111. 


FIFTY  years  is  comparatively  a  long  time  in  the  history 
of  a  college  of  pharmacy  in  a  country  as  young  as  ours; 
and  when  that  fifty  years  is  as  well  tilkd  witli  progres- 
sive, fruitful  endeavor  as  is  the  history  of  tho  St.  Louis  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy,  the  celebration  of  its  jubilLC  anniversiiry  is 

an  event  of  no  small  conse-   

quence. 

The  time  is  also  long  enough 
to  link  together  two  distinct 
periods  in  the  development  of 
pharmacy :  the  period  when 
the  calling  of  tlie  pharmacist 
was  largely  of  an  individual 
and  personal  character,  when 
he  largely  manufactured  his 
few  classes  of  comparatively 
simple  galenicals  from  crude 
or  nearly  crude  drugs,  and  the 
present  period  when  he  han- 
dles mainly  the  products  of 
other  manufacturers, — prod- 
ucts bewildering  alike  for 
their  multitude  and  complex- 
ity— while  he  has  almost  for- 
gotten the  very  appearance  of 

the  simples  and   crude   raw  James  H.  Beal 

materials  which  once  consti- 
tuted his  chief  stock  in  trade.  Whether  the  change  is  one  of 
retrogression  or  progression  depends  upon  the  viewpoint  and 
prejudices  of  the  observer,  though  it  is  worth  noting  that  there 
is  now  perhaps  a  better  opportunity  for  the  material  pros- 
perity of  the  alert,  aggressive,  well-trained  pharmacist  than  ever 
before;  and  it  is  a  well  established  fact  that  in  the  equipping 
of  men  to  successfully  utilize  the  opportunities  of  the  present 
day,  the  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  stands  well  to  the  front 
among  institutions  of  its  kind. 

It  is  fitting,  also,  that  the  Pharmacopoeia  should  have  a 
place  among  tlie  topics  of  this  jubilee  celebration,  since  repre- 
sentatives from  the  faculty  of  this  institution  have  contributed 
materially  to  the  development  of  that  volume,  and  whether  as 
members  of  the  Committee  of  Revision,  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees, or  as  officers  of  the  Pharmacopoeial  Convention,  have  dis- 
tinguished themselves  by  noteworthy  ability  and  by  constructive 
work  of  lasting  value. 

United  States  and  Foreign  Pharmacopeias 

You  are  doubtless  all  familiar  with  the  fact  that  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia  originates  with  the  United  States  Phar- 
macopoeial Convention,  a  body  which  assembles  at  Washington 
once  in  ten  years,  and  made  up  of  delegates  from  state  and 
national  medical  and  pharmaceutical  societies,  colleges  of  phar- 
macy and  medicine,  certain  departments  of  the  United  States 
Government  concerned  in  the  inspection  of  drugs  and  medi- 
cines and  the  enforcement  of  the  Federal  laws  relating  thereto, 
and  representatives  appointed  by  the  surgeons  general  of  the 
U.  S.  Public  Health  Service  and  of  the  army  and  navy,  and 
from  certain  scientific  and  technical  organizations,  such  as  the 
Association  of  Official  .Agricultural  Chemists,  the  American 
Chemical  Society,  the  .\ssociation  of  State  and  National  Food 
and  Drug  Departments,  and  representatives  from  other  socie- 
ties of  similar  character;  and  it  is  probable  that  still  other 
organizations  having  to  do  with  drugs  and  medicines  will  be 
represented  in  future  conventions. 

The  convention  thus  represents  the  professions  of  medicine 
and  pharmacy  in  the  United  States  in  the  broadest  possible 
way.  It  represents  all  recognized  schools  of  medicine  and  their 
professional  organizations;  it  represents  those  who  manufacture 
and  deal  in  drugs  and  medicinal  products,  those  who  employ 
them  in  the  treatment  of  disease,  and  those  who  interpret  and 
apply  the  laws  relating  to  these  subjects. 

The  convention  is  the  supreme  governing  body  of  the  Phar- 
macopoeia. It  passes  upon  the  merits  and  demerits  of  the 
existing  volume;  prescribes  in  general  terms  the  principles  to 
be  followed  in  the  next  revision,  and  elects  and  instructs  a 
General  Committee  of  Revision  of  50  members,  and  a  Board 

•  Read  at  the  Semi-Centennial  Exercises  of  the  St.  Louis  College 
of  Pharmacy,  November  10,  1914. 


of  Trustees,  of  seven  members,  which  administers  the  financial 
affairs  of  the  corporation. 

The  General  Committee  of  fifty  appoints  from  its  members 
an  Executive  Committee  of  fifteen  which  has  immediate  charge 
of  the  researches  and  investigations,  all  of  which,  however,  are 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  General  Committee.  These  re- 
searches are  carried  on  in  college  and  private  laboratories,  and 
the  results  are  presented  and  discussed  in  circular  letters,  or  at 
called  meetings  of  the  sub-committees  having  the  particular 
problems  in  charge. 

The  receipts  from  sales  are  devoted  to  the  expenses  of  re- 
vision and  publication,  or  to  the  conducting  of  investigations 
bearing  upon  future  revisions ;  or.  in  other  words,  all  the  in- 
come is  devoted  entirely  to  pharmacopoeial  purposes,  which  in- 
cludes the  expenses  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  the  expenses 
and  honoraria  of  the  Revision  Committee. 

This  method  of  making  a  pharmacopoeia  is  in  striking  con- 
trast to  the  practice  in  other  countries,  for  while  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia  originates  with  the  professions  of  medi- 
cine and  pharmacy  and  is  afterwards  adopted  by  the  govern- 
ment, the  pharmacopoeias  of  foreign  countries  originate  in  re- 
verse order,  that  is,  they  are  government  owned  and  published, 
and  are  revised  by  committees  appointed  by  some  administra- 
tive department  of  the  government,  and  when  promulgated  by 
official  order  become  effective  as  legal  standards. 

Foreign  Pharmacopoeias  Not  Superior 

Certain  of  our  fellow-citizens  who  are  generally  able  to  dis- 
cover virtues  in  foreign  methods  that  they  cannot  find  in  those 
of  domestic  origin  have  proposed  that  we  adopt  the  European 
method  of  revision,  turn  the  Pharmacopoeia  over  to  the  United 
States  Government,  disband  the  U.  S.  P.  Convention  and  divest 
the  professions  of  pharmacy  and  medicine  from  their  control 
of  that  work. 

Doubtless  some  things  are  done  better  abroad  than  at  home, 
and  we  should  not  fail  to  follow  the  examples  of  other  nations 
whenever  we  can  find  examples  worth  following;  but  to  blindly 
prefer  foreign  methods  simply  because  they  are  foreign  is  no 
less  foolish  than  the  disposition  to  regard  everything  American 
as  superlatively  good  simply  because  it  is  American. 

If  the  foreign  method  of  pharmacopoeial  revision  were  su- 
perior to  ours,  a  comparison  of  national  pharmacopoeias  should 
make  that  fact  manifest.  Such  a  comparison,  however,  does 
not  justify  the  claimed  superiority  of  the  European  method.  On 
the  contrary,  an  examination  of  the  changes  in  successive  re- 
visions of  the  pharmacopoeias  of  the  world  will  show  that  Eu- 
ropean revisers  have  followed  American  precedents  quite  as 
frequently  as  they  have  preceded  them,  and  that  in  more  than 
one  instance  the  U.  S.  P.  has  been  the  pioneer  in  innovations 
that  the  makers  of  other  pharmacopoeias  have  later  approved 
and  adopted. 

Legislative  bodies  from  their  very  nature  cannot  themselves 
create  scientific  standards;  they  can  only  adopt  those  which 
have  been  created  by  those  having  technical  knowledge  of  the 
subjects  to  be  standardized.  In  other  words,  the  actual  work 
of  revision  must  always  be  conducted  by  those  who  have  been 
especially  trained  in  the  knowledge  of  drugs  and  medicines, 
and  the  question  we  have  to  decide  is  whether  the  revision  com- 
mittee should  be  selected  as  it  now  is,  or  should  be  selected  and 
appointed  by  governmental  authority.  Surely  there  is  nothing 
in  American  precedents  to  indicate  that  any  legislative  body, 
or  that  any  executive  officer  or  board  could  or  would  select  a 
committee  of  revision  as  competent  or  as  totally  free  from  po- 
litical bias,  and  as  little  subject  to  the  sordid  influence  of  dis- 
honest business  as  the  committee  selected  by  the  U.  S.  P.  Con- 
vention. Indeed  the  most  constant  criticism  of  the  Pharma- 
copoeia has  been  that  it  is  not  sufficiently  considerate  of  business 
interests,  and  that  its  standards  are  unnecessarily  high  and 
impose  unreasonable  requirements  upon  manufacturers  and 
dealers. 

The  present  method  of  making  the  United  States  Pharmaco- 
poeia is  in  full  accord  with  the  American  doctrine  that  laws 
should  be  initiated  by  or  originate  with  the  people,  instead  of 
coming  to  the  people  from  the  government;  and  in  very  few 
instances  is  this  principle  so  fully  recognized  or  so  clearly 
carried  out  as  in  the  preparation  of  our  national  standard  for 
drugs  and  medicines. 


8 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[January,  1915 


Leg-al  Status  of  the  Pharmacopeia 

It  is  a  matter  of  common  knowledge  that  the  present  or 
Eighth  Decennial  Revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  was  adopted 
by  Congress  as  one  of  the  standards  of  the  Federal  Food  and 
Drugs  Act,  and  that  it  has  also  been  accepted  by  the  legisla- 
tures of  the  several  states  as  the  standard  of  the  state  food  and 
drug  laws,  which  has  brought  forth  the  criticism  that  the 
Pharmacopoeial  Convention,  though  not  recognized  as  a  legisla- 
tive body  by  either  Federal  or  State  Constitutions,  is  neverthe- 
less permitted  to  exercise  the  law-making  power,  and  '"is 
been  alleged  to  be  highly  improper. 

This  criticism  is  not  warranted  by  the  facts.  The  Pharma- 
copoeial Convention  makes  the  Pharmacopoeia,  but  the  latter 
does  not  become  part  of  the  law  until  formally  adopted  as  such 
by  the  regularly  constituted  lawmaking  bodies,  all  of  which 
are  free  to  reject  any  portion  or  the  whole  of  the  book.  As 
a  matter  of  fact,  the  Federal  Government  and  many  or  perhaps 
all  of  the  states  have  additional  standards,  some  of  which  differ 
materially  from  those  of  the  Pharmacopoeia. 

It  is  true  that  the  Federal  Food  and  Drugs  Act,  and  some 
of  the  state  laws  provide  that  the  standard  of  the  law  shall  De 
the  Pharmacopoeia  "official  at  the  time  of  investigation,"  which 
would  seem  to  imply  that  as  each  new  revision  appears  it  shall 
automatically  replace  the  preceding  revision  as  the  legal  stan- 
dard. Whether  such  automatic  substitution  of  a  new  Pharma- 
copoeia upon  which  the  legislature  has  not  passed  judgment  for 
one  which  was  in  existence  when  the  law  was  enacted  would 
constitute  an  unconstitutional  delegation  of  legislative  power 
is  a  question  that  can  be  settled  only  by  judicial  decision.  In 
a  case  in  Ohio  where  the  question  was  raised,  it  was  decided 
that  the  legislature  could  not  adopt  as  a  standard  a  book  which 
was  not  in  existence  when  the  law  was  passed,  and  that  the 
'harmacopoeia  in  existence  when  the  law  was  enacted  must  re- 
main the  legal  standard  until  a  later  revision  has  been  recog- 
nized by  a  new  enactment. 

Some  who  have  had  their  attention  called  to  this  phase  of 
the  matter  have  hastily  concluded  that  this  situation  affords 
an  additional  argument  in  favor  of  a  government-owned  phar- 
macopoeia, and  that  if  the  revision  was  accomplished  by  a 
committee  of  revision  appointed  by  some  government  authority 
the  resulting  pharmacopoeia  would  thereby  become  a  part  of 
the  law  without  legislative  action.  Those  who  hold  this  view 
have  quite  overlooked  the  fact  that  the  decisions  which  have 
established  the  doctrine  that  legislative  authority  cannot  be 
delegated*  have  mainly  been  in  cases  where  attempts  had  been 
made  to  confer  such  authority  upon  administrative  officers,  and 
therefore  that  so  far  as  legislative  powers  are  concerned,  execu- 
tive and  administrative  officers  have  only  the  status  of  private 
ritizens. 

Furthermore,  even  if  some  method  of  getting  around  this  dif- 
ficulty should  be  devised  and  the  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia 
should  be  given  into  the  hands  of  the  U.  S.  Government,  the 
same  difficulty  would  remain  with  regard  to  the  individual 
states  of  the  Union,  which  would  either  have  to  adopt  the  U.  S. 
standard  by  separate  legislative  action,  or  else  each  of  them 
arrange  for  the  creation  of  a  separate  pharmacopoeia. 

Tendency  Toward  Paternalism 

The  proposition  to  make  the  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia 
a  governmental  function  involves  much  more,  however,  than 
the  mere  right  of  pharmacy  and  medicine  to  prescribe  the  con- 
tents of  that  volume.  It  is  a  part  of  the  great  question  we 
are  just  beginning  to  seriously  consider — whether  our  govern- 
ment shall  continue  along  the  safe  road  that  has  brought  us 
to  greatness  and  prosperity,  or  whether  it  shall  be  converted 
into  a  paternalistic  and  bureaucratic  one. 

The  serious  student  of  political  history  can  note  only  with 
disquiet  the  increasing  frequency  of  propositions  to  confer  upon 
the  Federal  Government  the  discharge  of  functions  that  have 
hitherto  been  reserved  to  the  several  states  or  left  to  individual 
enterprise  and  initiative, — a  growing  disposition  to  look  unon 
the  general  government  as  a  great,  -good-natured  giant,  possessed 
of  unlimited  resources,  and  entirely  incapable  of  injustice  or  op- 
pression. "Let  Uncle  Sam  do  it,"  is  a  cry  which  appeals  both 
to  our  pride  in  the  efficiency  of  the  Federal  Government  and 
to  our  disposition  to  evade  the  responsibilities  which  attach  to 
us  as  citizens  of  the  individual  states. 

Surely  those  who  acquiesce  in  this  measureless  increase  of 

*  Such  decisions  are  based  upon  the  usual  clause  in  American 
constitutions  that  "All  legislative  powers  herein  granted  shall  (je 
vested  in  a  General  Assembly,"  or  language  of  similar  import. 


Federal  powers  and  functions  have  not  read  with  sufficient 
care  the  lessons  of  the  past. 

If  there  is  one  clearly  established  fact  of  political  history, 
without  a  single  contradicting  exception,  it  is  that  a  central 
government  always  tends  to  become  still  more  centralized,  and 
to  constantly  increase  its  powers  over  its  subordinate  divisions, 
and  over  the  fortunes  and  private  affairs  of  its  citizens;  and 
this  tendency,  if  unchecked,  invariably  ends  in  unwarranted 
interference  with  the  very  liberties  which  the  government  was 
designed  to  preserve.  Always  this  extension  of  governmental 
powers  has  been  gained  under  the  specious  plea  of  seeking  "the 
general  good,"  and  always  it  has  ended  by  an  arrogant  assump- 
tion of  the  right  to  meddle  in  the  minutest  affairs  of  the  citi- 
zen's daily  life. 

Doubtless  we  know  more  about  the  practical  applications  of 
electricity  than  did  Franklin  and  his  associates  when  they  de- 
vised the  checks  and  balances  of  the  American  system  of  con- 
stitutional government,  but  we  do  not  know  one  jot  or  tittle 
more  than  they  did  about  the  fundamental  qualities  of  human 
nature  or  of  the  invariable  tendency  of  governments  to  grow 
farther  and  farther  away  from  the  control  of  those  who  created 
them.  These  constitutional  checks  were  not  the  hasty  inven- 
tions of  political  theorists,  but  the  dearly  bought  lessons  of 
practical  experience.  The  framers  of  the  constitution  knew 
that  the  giant  of  government  could  be  kept  good-natured  and 
helpful  only  by  carefully  restricting  his  ability  to  do  harm,  and 
they  imposed  a  system  of  constitutional  limitations  that  re- 
duced the  powers  of  the  general  government  over  the  fortunes 
and  liberties  of  the  individual  citizen  to  a  minimum. 

The  plan  of  the  Fathers  of  the  Constitution  has  worked  well, 
so  well  in  fact,  that  some  of  us  have  forgotten  the  dangerous 
character  of  a  government  of  unlimited  powers,  and  are  thought- 
lessly ready  to  sacrifice  the  very  safeguards  that  have  made  our 
government  efficient  for  good,  and  have  limited  its  power  to 
do  evil. 

Coercion  in  Religion  and  Medicine 

There  seems  to  be  an  unfortunate  disposition  among  those 
who  are  especially  skilled  in  any  line  of  activity  to  assume  that 
their  superior  knowledge  gives  them  the  right  to  impose  their 
peculiar  theories  upon  all  others,  and  of  saying  to  those  who 
are  less  informed  than  themselves,  "You  shall  not  have  what 
you  want,  but  what  is  good  for  you,  and  we  are  the  people 
who  know  what  is  good  for  you."  A  similar  disposition  is,  I 
fear,  in  some  measure  responsible  for  the  proposition  to  issue  a 
government-owned  pharmacopoeia,  the  sponsors  of  the  propo- 
sition hoping  that  such  a  pharmacopoeia  would  in  due  time  be- 
come the  supreme  arbiter  of  medical  and  pharmaceutical  prac- 
tice. 

There  was  a  period  when  theologians  assumed  the  same  atti- 
tude with  respect  to  the  religious  beliefs  and  practices  of  men. 
They  reasoned,  and  very  logically  reasoned,  that  the  ignorant 
layman  could  not  possibly  understand  the  mysteries  of  religion, 
nor  devise  rules  for  the  regulation  of  moral  conduct  as  wisely 
nor  as  well  as  could  those  who  had  made  theolog>'  and  religious 
mysteries  the  subject  of  constant  study. 

It  took  some  centuries  of  bitter  conflict  to  establish  the  gen- 
eral conviction  that,  notwithstanding  the  superior  wisdom  of 
the  theologian  in  spiritual  matters,  yet  in  the  aggregate,  hu- 
manity would  suffer  less  evil  through  permitting  each  human 
unit  to  follow  its  own  religious  promptings,  ignorant  though 
they  might  be,  than  to  make  his  religious  convictions  the  sub- 
ject of  compulsion. 

Wisely,  therefore,  it  has  been  almost  universally  decided  to 
leave  to  each  individual  the  widest  liberty  in  the  selection  of 
his  spiritual  guides,  and  to  place  upon  his  religious  practices 
no  greater  restriction  than  that  they  shall  not  interfere  with  the 
rights  and  liberties  of  others  nor  be  offensive  to  the  general 
moral  sense  of  the  community. 

No  doubt  this  complete  religious  liberty  has  been  responsible 
for  much  foolish  religious  emotionalism,  and  for  the  establish- 
ment of  many  silly  religious  cults,  but  notwithstanding,  the 
world  has  passed  on  to  wiser  and  clearer  conceptions  of  man's 
relations  to  the  Deity,  and  to  a  higher  moral  status  of  the  aver- 
age individual. 

It  will  be  well  for  those  of  us  who  may  be  in  any  way  re- 
sponsible for  the  future  policy  of  organized  medicine  and  phar- 
macy to  heed  this  lesson  of  the  ages  and  to  confine  our  propa- 
ganda to  instruction  and  persuasion,  rather  than  to  the  coercion 
of  an  unwilling  laity  into  swallowing  our  particular  pills  and 
potions,  if  they  ignorantly  prefer  some  less  orthodox  and  less 
efficient  brand. 


January,  1915] 


THE  phar:maceutical  era 


9 


The  medical  boss  can  be  no  less  offensive  to  the  general 
moral  sense  than  the  religious  boss;  and  even  though  some 
temporary-  advantage  might  be  gained  through  selfish  legisla- 
tion, we  may  rest  assured  tliat  eventually  the  declared  policy  of 
the  state  will  be  for  as  complete  non-interference  in  medicine 
as  in  religion,  and  that  the  freedom  of  choice  and  action  of 
the  individual  will  be  restricted  only  so  far  as  may  be  neces- 
sary- to  prevent  intentional  fraud  and  deception,  and  to  pro- 
tect the  remaining  members  of  the  comnuinity  from  damage. 
True  Function  of  a  Pharmacopoeia 

It  has  been  somewhat  strenuously  claimed  tliat  unc  of  the 
main  functions  of  a  pharmacopoeia  should  bo  tn  instruct  the 
physician  what  to  prescribe.  While  confessing  .sympaUiy  witli 
all  legitimate  efforts  to  persuade  the  medical  profession  to 
utilize  the  remedial  agents  of  the  official  list  in  preference  to 
others,  I  must  admit  that  I  can  find  no  warrant  for  such  a 
claim  in  the  proceedings  of  past  pharmacupocial  conventions. 
In  reading  these  proceedings  it  will  be  (ii^rn\n.<l  ili.u  always 
the  principal  object  has  been  to  direct  tl.'  ph  nmn  i>t  w  hat  to 
dispense,  and  not  to  instruct  the  physici.m  in  therapeutics;  to 
provide  standards  for  known  and  used  remedies  and  not  to 
introduce  new  ones;  in  short,  the  main  object  has  been  to  pro- 
vide a  standard  for  the  practice  of  pharmacy,  not  a  guide  for 
the  practice  of  medicine. 

In  a  sense,  then,  a  pharmacopoeia  must  always  follow  the 
practice  of  medicine;  not  precede  it.  Medicines  are  not  in- 
troduced into  pharmacopoeias  in  order  to  induce  physicians  to 
prescribe  them,  but  because  they  have  already  obtained  a  place 
and  vogue  in  the  practice  of  medicine,  and  it  is  necessary-  to 
provide  defmite  standards  according  to  which  they  may  be 
compounded  and  dispensed.  What  is  the  most  appropriate 
remedy  in  a  given  case  is,  and  probably  always  will  be,  largely 
a  question  of  opinion,  which  must  be  decided  by  the  judgment 
of  the  prescriber,  but  the  prescription  having  been  written, 
the  problem  has  been  brought  into  tlie  sphere  of  material 
things  where  it  can  be  assigned  definite  metes  and  bounds, 
and  it  is  at  this  point  that  the  Pharmacopoeia  should  begin 
to  e.xercise  its  function. 

In  conclusion,  in  my  opinion  a  free  Pharmacopoeia,  such  as 
w-e  now  have,  even  though  not  ideally  perfect,  is  far  more 
likely  to  be  truly  representative  of  the  general  average  senti- 
ment of  physicians  and  pharmacists,  and  far  less  likely  to 
dogmatically  interfere  with  either  public  or  private  rights  than 
would  probably  be  the  case  were  that  volume  owned  by  the 
government,  and  revised  under  direct  governmental  supervision ; 
and  we  should  hesitate  long  and  ponder  the  question  carefully 
before  consenting  to  abandon  a  method  of  revision  which  has 
given  us  a  standard  that  has  always  been  recognized  as  easily 
the  peer  of  other  pharmacopoeias  of  parallel  dates,  and  which 
will  undoubtedly  maintain  the  same  relative  rank  in  future 
issues. 


Cannabis  in  Liquid  Combinations 

By  ALBERT  N.  DOERSCHUK 
President  Kansas  City  Drug-  Club 

IT  is  frequently  desirable  to  use  cannabis  indica  in  liquid 
combinations,  which  often  prove  unsatisfactory  because 
of  separation;  usually  the  cannabis  indica  adheres  to  the 
bottle  in  gummy  masses,  and  the  patient  does  not  get  the 
medication  intended. 

This  drug  should  be  given  in  bulky  dilutions  only.  Pills 
and  tablets  containing  cannabis  indica,  and  fluid  preparations 
given  in  drop  doses,  have  frequently  been  known  to  quickly 
cause  marked  untoward  effects.  On  the  other  hand,  the  value 
of  this  drug  internally  is  not  appreciated  as  it  was  twenty 
years  ago,  when  it  was  largely  depended  on  as  a  hypnotic, 
anodyne,  ners-ine,  sudorific,  aphrodisiac  and  diuretic,  giving 
gratifying  results  in  chorea,  hysteria,  mental  depression,  ano- 
rexia, neuralgia,  delirium,  etc. 

The  active  properties  of  this  drug  are  in  the  oil,  resin  and 
bitter  principles;  these  are  dissolved  in  alcohol  only  in  its 
official  liquid  preparations  which  are  very  incompatible.  Re- 
cent experiments  with  a  physiologically  standardized  acetic 
fluidextract  of  cannabis  indica  containing  only  37  per  cent  of 
alcohol,  have  proven  very  satisfactory.  This  fluidextract  mixes 
nicely  with  liquids  of  the  same  alcoholic  strength,  and  forms 
an  excellent  emulsion  with  liquids  containing  as  low  as  5  per 
cent  of  alcohol.  This  fluidextract  will  no  doubt  be  found 
invaluable  in  general  practice,  where  indicated,  because  of  its 
full  drug  value,  and  its  plastic  physical  properties. 


Lo,  the  Poor  Druggist  and  Why?* 

By  ROY  BIRD  COOK,  Huntington,  W.  Va. 

BEFORE  entering  into  any  extensive  discussion  of  this 
question,  it  will  be  necessary  to  give  at  least  a  passing 
consideration  to  the  contributing  influences  governing 
the  druggist's  success,  and  the  reasons  to  be  ascribed  if  he  fails 
in  the  acquisition  of  the  same. 

Briefly  summarized,  they  may  be  classified  as  follows:  Loca- 
tion and  equipment,  financing,  merchandizing,  business  system 
and  piilicies. 

The  first  is  a  most  important  one,  and  yet  often  one  most 
sadly  neglected.  It  is  advisable  always  to  secure  the  most  ad- 
vantageous location,  provided,  however,  that  the  rental  factor 
does  not  exceed  the  advantages  secured  thereby,  as  exhaustive 
investigations  show  that  the  rental  should  not,  under  average 
business  conditions,  exceed  5  per  cent  of  the  total  sales.  The 
equipment  therein  necessarily  must  be  neat,  attractive,  .and 
modern,  and  while  not  elaborate  must  be,  in  a  sense,  one  vast 
show  case  from  the  windows  to  the  rear,  and  designed  with  the 
idea  in  view  of  displaying  to  the  best  possible  advantage  your 
wares,  from  a  selling  point  of  view. 

The  show  w-indow  is  an  important  factor  in  business  success 
and  should  have  the  same  careful  study  and  attention  that  the 
other  branches  of  your  business  receive.  The  character  of 
your  store  is  judged  by  its  general  appearance,  and  the  buying 
public  prefer  to  trade  with  the  successful  and  aggressive  mer- 
chant. Modern  fronts,  proper  window  backgrounds,  up-to-the- 
minute  fixtures,  up-to-date  soda  fountain,  proper  illumination, 
and  service,  give  your  store  an  air  of  prosperity  that  is  phe- 
nomenal in  its  psychological  action  on  a  buyer's  mind.  Study 
your  equipment,  give  thoughtful  consideration  to  new  ideas  a,  1- 
vanced,  spend  money  judiciously  on  your  windows,  it  will  re- 
turn to  you  tenfold  in  sales.  The  big  drug  store  of  to-day  is 
as  scientifically  efficient  as  any  quasi-public  service  corporation 
and,  as  some  one  has  aptly  said,  is  a  department  store  owned 
by  a  man  with  a  college  education. 

The  second  factor  is  one  which  is  very  self-evident  in  its  re- 
lation to  success,  as  no  one  can  make  his  store  reach  the  highest 
point  in  efficiency  unless  it  is  properly  financed,  and  the  lack 
of  capital  is  one  of  the  ranking  causes  on  commercial  records 
as  the  reason  of  failure. 

To  buy  well  is  the  foundation  for  success  in  the  commercial 
department  of  your  business,  and  in  this  day  and  age,  is  the 
most  important  part  of  your  business,  as  it  controls  to  a  large 
extent  the  selling  end.  To  buy  heavily  in  order  to  get  a  small 
discount  is  not  always  wise,  and  present  day  methods  seem  to 
indicate  the  hand-to-mouth  method,  rather  than  to  load  up 
heavily.  Capital  is  not  tied  up,  taxes,  depreciation,  insurance 
and  upkeep  are  saved,  and  accumulation  of  dead  stock  is  pre- 
vented. It  makes  your  stock  cleaner  and  admits  of  more  turn- 
over, which  is  a  profit  securing  feature  which  must  not  be 
missed  if  you  would  not  be  a  poor  druggist.  These  more  than 
make  up  for  the  merits  that  heavy  buying  may  possess.  There 
certainly  is  much  to  commend  the  latter.  Put  a  man  in  prison 
and  his  salary  stops.  Dollars  are  like  human  beings,  a  free 
dollar  can  earn  more  than  one  fastened  up.  Under  normal  con- 
ditions the  longer  the  period  between  the  time  an  article  is 
bought  and  the  time  it  is  sold,  the  smaller  the  amount  earned. 
If  you  make  a  net  return  of  ten  per  cent,  on  each  turn  of  a 
dollar,  it  is  evident  that  it  is  better  to  buy  .so  that  it  will  turn 
four  times  a  year  than  to  buy  so  that  it  will  only  turn  once  or 
twice — it  earns  four  times  more. 

]\r;iny  rhiiLj^ists  are  poor  business  men,  although  one  hesitates 
to  s:i\-  it.  <  )ut  of  date  methods  of  bookkeeping,  neglecting  the 
inviiitoi y  111  taking  none  at  all,  and  lack  of  knowledge  of  profits 
because  costs  are  not  figured  properly,  make  them  so.  It  is  im- 
possible to  run  your  business  and  not  have  some  method  of 
analy.sis.  You  must  know  its  every  little  detail  and  keep  records 
of  its  every  phase.  Loose  management,  over  buying,  price  cut- 
ting, '-^ui  ssinn  ;it  costs  and  unscientific  credit  methods  must  be 
eradic  I  ted.  l;u,>iness  management  has  become  a  science;  busi- 
ness oiiportunity  a  question  of  service.  If  you  would  not  be  a 
poor  druggist,  you  must  master  both.  You  must  know  every 
day  the  cash  sales,  credit  sales,  goods  bought,  amount  you  owe, 
expense  and  bank  account.  Many  good  record  systems  can  be 
installed.  Do  it  now  if  you  have  none  already.  It  is  abso- 
lutely essential  that  an  inventory  be  taken  at  least  once  a  year. 
Insurance  companies  require  it,  and  you  can  form  no  conclu- 

*  Read  before  the  \V.  Va.  Pharmaceutical  Association,  1914. 


10 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[January,  1915 


sion  as  to  your  yearly  earnings  otherwise.  If  you  own  your 
own  building,  charge  rent.  If  you  manage  it  yourself,  charge 
salary.  You  may  say  that  you  are  sole  owner,  take  no  inven- 
tory, what's  left  after  paying  expenses  and  cost  of  goods  is 
your  salary.  Maybe  .so,  but  to  run  it  in  such  a  slip-shod  man- 
ner is  like  trying  to  fill  a  pit  with  a  given  amount  of  water  and 
no  knowledge  of  how  big  the  pit  is.  To  run  a  business  in  that 
way  is  often  to  have  the  final  analysis  of  your  business  made 
on  the  receiver's  sheet  in  a  bankrupt  court.  Beware  of  such 
methods  if  you  would  not  be  a  poor  druggist. 

The  Bureau  of  Business  Research,  of  Harvard  University, 
and  System  Magazine,  after  an  exhaustive  research  into  the 
costs  and  expenses  of  retail  stores  have  come  to  the  conclusion 
that  expenses  in  all  lines  of  business  are  increasing  and  profits 
are  decreasing.  The  wise  druggist  is  the  one  that  fully  realizes 
the  situation;  who  makes  of  himself  a  ways  and  means  com- 
mittee to  find  a  remedy.  Rising  merchandise  costs  have  not 
been  met  with  a  corresponding  increase  in  selling  prices.  Dr. 
Seldon  O.  Martin  examined  the  records  of  630  stores  and 
found  the  percentage  of  rent  to  run  from  1.8  to  14.6,  or  an 
average  of  5  per  cent.  Stock  turnovers  ran  from  1  to  .3.6  and 
as  a  rule  entirely  too  low.  These  corroborate  in  a  measure  the 
deductions  by  System  for  the  drug  stores  of  the  entire  country. 
E.xpenses  averaged  as  follows: 


Incidentals    8.92 

Rent    4.02 

Salaries    10.95 

Advertising,  etc   1.76 

Total  based  on  sales    24.65 


Average  profits  based  on  sales  lead  to  the  following  deduc- 
tions: Tobaccos  and  allied  lines  22  per  cent;  Soda  Fountain  40 
per  cent;  Sundries,  etc.,  35  per  cent;  Patent  medicines,  etc., 
30  per  cent;  Prescriptions,  etc.,  50  per  cent  or  an  average 
gross  profit  of  35.4  per  cent. 

Investigations  by  Harry  B.  Mason,  of  Detroit,  who  has  given 
much  attention  to  the  business  end  of  pharmacy,  in  compilations 
covering  the  entire  country  give  the  expense  per  cent  at  24.5 
and  gross  profits  at  38.6,  this  applying  to  tabulations  on  full 
prices,  mainly,  however. 

In  two  departments  especially,  the  average  profit  is  entirely 
too  low,  namely,  the  soda  fountain  and  prescription  work.  All 
things  considered,  it  costs  more  to  run  these  two  in  proportion 
to  the  receipts  than  any  other  branch  of  the  business.  You 
cannot  make  money  out  of  a  soda  fountain  by  allowing  inef- 
ficient help  to  run  it,  and  leaving  it  to  boys.  It  demands  your 
attention.  It  is  a  business  proposition  and  a  big  one.  Waste, 
breakage,  over  measurements  and  too  low  prices,  with  no 
knowledge  of  actual  costs,  simply  amaze,  once  the  searchlight 
of  business  analysis  is  turned  upon  them.  If  you  do  not  de- 
sire to  be  a  poor  druggist,  you  must  charge  for  your  time  and 
materials  in  the  prescription  department,  on  a,  sane  basis. 
You  go  to  school,  or  burn  the  midnight  oil,  to  secure  an  edu- 
cation, comply  with  the  laws  of  the  state  and  society  and  then 
do  not  receive  for  this  class  of  work,  which  requires  skill,  the 
financial  remuneration  that  is  even  accorded  the  average  laborer 
who  only  engages  in  manual  labor.  When  a  customer  hands 
you  a  prescription  for  thirty  pills  of  a  complex  nature,  requir- 
ing as  many  minutes  to  make  them  up,  and  states  that  they 
■were  made  up  by  so  and  so  for  25c  and  by  another  for  40c 
and  another  customer  hands  you  one  with  N.  A.  R.  D.  price 
of  $1.00  marked  thereon,  and  the  ingredients  cost  89c,  need  we 
wonder  about  the  poor  druggist  and  why? 

The  Bulletin  of^  Pharmacy  submitted  to  several  hundred  drug- 
gists a  prescription  with  the  request  that  they  submit  price 
thereon.  Replies  were  received  from  273  persons.  The  price 
varied  from  50c  to  $1.50,  and  some  towns  only  a  short  distance 
apart;  59  had  advanced  their  prices  and  41  had  not.  This 
brings  us  to  the  conclusion  that  bu.siness  principles  in  this  de- 
partment are  missing,  and  pricing  is  absolutely  demoralized,  and 
in  spite  of  increasing  costs  and  decreasing  profits,  over  50  per 
cent  of  the  druggists  liivr  imt  i:ii.sed  their  prices.  Geo.  B. 
Evans  of  Philadelphii  liis  j.lopircl  this  rule:  100  per  cent 
on  materials,  $1.00  i>(  r  Ih.m  Imi  lime,  and  enforces  it  rigidly. 
Well  might  this  be  iiiniliti.l  l.v  nihors. 

Are  you  a  poor  dnii^Li,!  Is  v.nir  store  paying  dividends  of 
real  profit  or  disappdiniDiMii  "  If  not,  go  home  resolved  that 
you  will  analyze  your  luisiiii  simlv  it.  buy  books  and  read 
them,  and  by  all  means  suhs.iil.r  ti  nle  journals.  You  can 
find  in  llicni  iii-w  ideas,  pliii^  in.l  in fi iiniation.  The  pages 
bristle  with  hcl|)s.  Work  witli  ynur  associations,  national  and 
state.     We  grow  by  giving.     Power  comes  from  knowledge. 


Watch  expenses.  Work  for  efficiency  and  cut  out  waste.  Take 
down  your  old  show  bottles,  turn  on  the  modem  light,  run 
the  drug  store  of  NOW.  Buy  right,  sell  right,  cut  out  the 
dead  wood,  saw  wood  and  make  money. 


Jottings  from  Great  Britain 

By  our  London  Correspondent 

The  "War  and  the  Drug  Supply 

AN  important  discussion  on  the  effect  of  the  war  on  the 
drug  supply  took  place  at  a  meeting  of  the  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Society  on  Dec.  8th  when  the  subject  was  discussed 
by  manufacturers  and  pharmacists  in  all  its  aspects.  John  C. 
Umney  (Wright,  Layman  &  Umney,  Ltd.)  outlined  the  main 
causes  that  had  operated  during  the  past  four  months  to  en- 
hance the  values  of  drugs  and  essential  oils.  Belladonna  root 
rapidly  advanced  until  it  was  nearly  four  times  the  ante  bellum 
rates  and  in  consequence  of  our  large  army  requirements  the 
prices  of  atropine  had  very  materially  increased,  and  at  the 
present  time,  supplies  are  practically  unavailable.  The  prohi- 
bition of  the  export  of  ergot  and  certain  negotiations  with  im- 
porters and  dealers,  resulted  in  the  maintenance  of  considerable 
stocks  in  this  country,  so  that  prices  had  been  kept  down.  Ipe- 
cacuanha had  advanced  by  about  75  per  cent,  mainly  as  a  re- 
sult of  increased  demand  for  army  purposes.  He  gave  a  tabu- 
lar statement  of  prices  of  essential  oils  which  showed  that  ad- 
vances in  prices  of  commodities  of  this  nature  had  not  been 
large;  in  some  cases,  notably  lemon  oil  and  oil  of  peppermint, 
prices  are  materially  lower. 

Synthetic  Drugs 
C.  A.  Hill  (British  Drug  Houses)  speaking  of  synthetic 
drugs  said  we  could  not  ex-pect  to  build  up  in  a  few  months 
an  industry  which,  by  stress  of  circumstances,  had  grown  up  in 
Germany  during  two  generations.  The  business  must  be  on  a 
very  large  scale  to  enable  it  to  be  carried  on  profitably;  and 
except  in  certain  favorable  instances,  the  manufacture  of  syn- 
thetic chemicals  could  not  profitably  be  attacked  piecemeal. 
Serums  and  Vaccines 
F.  W.  Gamble  said  the  effect  of  the  war  upon  the  business 
in  vaccines  and  serums  was  in  the  direction  of  largely  increas- 
ing the  demand  for  products  of  home  manufacture.  Immediate- 
ly on  the  outbreak  of  war  a  large  demand  arose  for  calf  lymph 
and  typhoid  vaccine  for  preventive  purposes.  There  had  also 
been  a  large  demand  for  tetanus  antitoxin ;  the  Government 
took  over  practically  the  whole  output  of  British  makers,  and  as 
the  process  of  preparation  is  a  long  one,  extending  over  some 
months,  production  could  not  at  once  be  increased.  Fortunate- 
ly, large  stocks  of  tetanus  antitoxin  were  held  in  .\merica.  and 
the  additional  demands  are  being  supplied  with  .-American 
serum. 

The  Cultivation  of  Drugs 

Professor  H.  G.  Greenish,  joint  editor  of  the  British  Pharma- 
copoeia, discussed  the  subject  from  the  point  nf  view  of  medici- 
nal plants.  It  is  estimated  that  about  ?5  imiiiiinal  plants  hive 
been  successfully  grown  in  Germany.  ahliM\ii:h  for  economic 
reasons  this  industry  has  i>f  latr  years  diirini-i  .  (1.  He  strongly 
advocated  that  incrcas. /i  aUMiUMn  sluniNi  Ik  to  the  culti- 

vation of  drugs  in  varinus  ilixisimis  nf  t!;'    I'.Mlish  Empire. 
German  Patents  and  Trade-Marks 

R.  R.  Bennett  contributixl  a  paper  on  the  sujiply  of  medicinal 
products  manufactured  under  patents  owned  by  German  firms 
or  sold  under  trade  mark  names  owned  by  Germans.  He 
showed  that  the  Patent  Court  had  been  reluctant  to  allow  the 
use  of  German  patents  and  trade  marks  by  British  firms,  and 
only  made  exceptions  in  cases  where  it  was  clearly  shown  that 
it  was  in  the  public  interest  to  do  so.  The  indiscriminate 
transference  of  benefits  held  by  Germans  to  indiscriminate  in- 
terests in  this  country  or  to  the  British  trading  community  in 
general  cK  arly  iniglu  result  in  international  complications  of  a 
difficult  ch:u,ntir  after  the  declaration  of  peace,  and  on  this 
account  it  was  no  doubt  preferable  that  British  enterprise 
should  be  devoted  principally  to  the  production  of  chemicals 
which  are  not  the  subject  of  patent  rights. 

Government  Aid  for  Fine  Chemical  Industry 

The  Board  of  Trade  is  inaugurating  an  important  scheme  to 
place  on  a  permanent  basis  in  this  countn,-  the  manufacture  of 
coal  tar  products.  The  proposal  is  that  users  of  dycstuffs  and 
others  interested  shall   themselves  raise  a  share   capil.il  of 


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$15,000,000  and  on  that  being  done  the  Government  will  gua- 
rantee a  debenture  issue  of  $7,500,000.  Precautions  will  be 
taken  to  preserve  the  British  control  of  the  new  enterprise, 
and  to  prevent  undue  encroachment  on  other  branches  of  the 
chemical  trades. 


Cost  Accounting  the  Chain  Store's  Ally 

"The  moral  .  .  .  is  that  the  average  druggist  is  trying  hard 
to  beat  himself  and  the  chain  is  only  helping  him  do  it." 

"The  drug  line  affords  better  opportunities  than  the  cigar  or 
grocery,  and  some  live  druggists  are  fighting  the  chain  stores 
and  beating  them  at  it  in  many  localities." 

"Where  the  chain's  steam  roller  counts  is  where  the  ignorant 
or  panic-stricken  independent  throws  himself  down  in  front  of 
it  to  be  promptly  flattened  out." 

THE  above  are  some  of  the  terse  assertions  made  by  Charles 
W.  Hurd  and  M.  Zimmerman,  in  the  course  of  a  dis- 
cussion on  "How  Accounting  Helps  the  Chains  Outbat- 
tle  the  Independents,"  chapter  XIII  of  a  series  of  articles  on 
the  chain  store  proposition,  prepared  jointly  by  these  writers 
and  which  are  now  being  published  in  Printers'  Ink.  Much 
of  the  above-mentioned  discussion  has  been  deleted  since  it 
had  little  bearing  on  the  drug  trade  situation.  The  matter 
which  has  been  presented,  however,  is  of  importance  to  every 
independent  druggist,  and  is  in  direct  line  with  the  efforts  of 
the  keenest  observers  in  the  drug  business.  If  the  phrrmacy 
of  the  future — of  today,  in  fact — is  to  be  a  business,  then  the 
pharmacist  must  be  a  business  man.  It  is  as  important  for 
him  to  understand  real  business  methods  as  it  is  for  this  nation 
to  maintain  an  adequate  army  and  navy.  It  is  his  business  in- 
surance. 

The  leading  colleges  of  pharmacy  in  the  country  have  made 
accounting  a  subject  in  their  respective  curricula,  and  the  more 
progressive  pharmaceutical  organizations  and  institutions  fea- 
ture it  on  opportune  occasions  in  their  programs  of  lectures 
and  addresses.  Indeed,  right  now,  the  New  York  College  of 
Pharmacy  has  scheduled  for  approaching  college  meetings  two 
lectures  on  the  subject  of  drug  store  accounting.  A  pharma- 
ceutical editor  has  specialized  in  the  field  of  drug  store  account- 
ing and  business  methods,  and  has  made  the  estimation  of  price 
and  cost  a  hobby.  There  are  successful  independent  druggists 
who.  figuratively  speaking,  laugh  up  their  sleeves,  when  they 
hear  their  colleagues  wail  about  the  chain  stores.  They  sit 
tight,  watch  their  books  and  study  their  business.  They  sell 
what  is  selling,  go  light  on  what  is  not  selling,  and  make  a 
profit  above  the  cost  of  doing  business  on  everything,  or  know 
the  reason  why  they  don't. 

Read  the  article,  which,  in  part,  follows: 

One  of  Printers'  Ink's  investigators  asked  a  druggist  who  has 
been  several  years  in  a  good  neighborhood  what  his  cost  of 
doing  business  was.  He  said  it  was  90  per  cent!  Questioned 
further,  he  explained  that  he  had  included  the  cost  of  the 
goods! 

Another  druggist  when  asked  why  he  did  not  keep  books  or 
figure  his  costs,  said,  "What's  the  use?  I  have  no  one  to 
account  to  but  myself." 

Still  another,  when  asked  the  same  question,  "How  do  you 
figure  your  costs?"  replied: 

"Never  figured  them,"  he  said.  "I  am  glad  if  I  can  pay  my 
bills  every  month,  see  a  ball  game  and  go  to  the  theater  once 
in  a  while."    "But,"  he  added,  "I  think  it's  about  30  per  cent." 

Asked  why  he  thought  so,  he  said  he  had  heard  others  say 
that  should  be  the  logical  cost  to  a  drug  store  of  doing  busi- 
ness! And  yet  this  man  has  a  fine,  up-to-date  store,  and  has 
a  large  volume  of  trade. 

These  are  typical  instances  in  the  drug  trade.  The  average 
druggist  does  not  keep  books  or  have  anything  but  the  vaguest 
notion  of  how  he  should  buy  and  price  his  goods  in  order  to 
conduct  his  business  in  a  sound  way.  This  is  not  because  he 
is  lacking  in  general  intelligence.  It  is  partly  because  he  is  a 
professional  man  and  partly  because  the  task  of  keeping  ac- 
counts is  a  tremendous  one  in  the  drug  business  and  stock- 
taking is  almost  out  of  the  question.  The  average  druggist  car- 
ries 10,000  items,  and  these  are  not  all  handed  over  to  the 
consumer  in  the  original  package,  but  many  are  broken  up  for 
use  in  preparations.  It  should  not  be  thought  that  the  large 
chain  drug  store  with  its  15,000  or  16,000  items  has  an  easy 


problem.  The  loss  by  theft,  graft,  breakage  and  spoiling  is 
enormous. 

Under  the  sub-head,  "Druggist  was  Beating  Himself,"  the 
authors  continue : 

One  independent  druggist,  of  a  progressive  kind,  describes 
how  he  turned  darkness  into  daylight.  He  had  been  having 
a  hard  struggle  to  make  both  ends  meet.  At  length  it  occurred 
to  him  to  study  the  chains  and  he  did  so.  It  then  dawned  on 
him  tliat  the  chain  drug  stores  were  giving  up  only  a  small 
part  of  their  time,  space  and  selling  effort  to  prescriptions — 
he  figured  it  at  about  ten  per  cent.  Its  proportion  in  his  own 
business  was  over  40  per  cent.  He  at  once  stopped  pushing 
prescriptions  and  began  to  pay  more  attention  to  the  general 
sundries  and  specialties,  with  the  result  that  in  a  short  space  of 
time  his  worst  difficulties  had  vanished. 

The  moral  of  this  is  that  the  average  druggist  is  trying  hard 
to  beat  himself  and  the  chain  is  only  helping  him  do  it.  A 
comparative  study  of  his  costs  would  point  out  the  solution  in 
each  case. 

The  average  city  grocer  has  to  pay  more  attention  to  his 
books  than  the  druggist  does.  His  task  is  an  easier  one  since 
he  handles  only  some  4,000  items.  But  he  and  a  majority,  a 
very  large  majority,  of  retailers  in  all  lines,  fall  short  of  the 
practice  of  the  best  independents  and  very  far  short  of  that  of 
the  chains.  Few  keep  accurate  accounts  of  the  income  and 
outgo  of  stock,  and  of  waste  and  depreciation;  know  their  costs 
or  price  their  goods  right.  Some  tradesmen  get  at  these  things 
by  instinct,  are  naturally  saving,  buy  closely,  and  price  their 
goods  with  reference  to  competition.  But  the  majority  of 
tradesmen  succeed,  if  they  do  succeed,  because  most  of  their 
competitors  are  like  them.  It  is  only  when  the  chain  store, 
department  store,  mail-order  house,  enter  their  field  that  they 
come  to  realize  that  something  is  wrong.  And  even  then  it 
seems  to  them  to  be  the  other  institutions  that  are  entirely  at 
fault  and  "unfair  competition"  entirely  responsible  for  the  in- 
creasing burden. 

Following  an  interesting  comparison  of  the  accounting  meth- 
ods of  independents  with  those  of  the  chains,  and  an  equally 
interesting  discussion  showing  how  the  accounting  methods  of 
the  chains  seemingly  increase  the  cost  of  doing  business,  but 
are  really  a  means  of  steering  the  selling  campaign  through  lo- 
cating the  high  and  low  spots  of  the  market,  the  authors  dis- 
cuss the  cost  to  the  chain  and  to  the  independent  retailer  of 
doing  business. 

Independent  druggists  probably  average  a  cost  of  from  25 
to  30  per  cent,  with  a  few  less  and  many  higher.  The  chains 
can  shade  this,  but  it  must  be  remembered  that  most  of  the 
chain  drug  stores  are  in  large  cities  and  occupy  expensive  cor- 
ners in  the  best  sections.  Their  average  for  successful  stores 
may  run  from  22  to  25  with  of  course  new  stores  above  it. 

The  cost  of  doing  business  is  for  the  average  tobacco  store 
about  15  to  20  per  cent.  The  independent  5-10-25  cent  store 
does  business  at  a  cost  of  22  per  cent,  while  the  chief  chains 
get  out  of  it  for  20  per  cent,  both  figures  being  averages.  Dry 
goods  are  said  to  average  18  to  25  per  cent  in  cost,  jewelry 
20  to  35  per  cent,  boots  and  shoes,  18  to  25  per  cent.  The 
average  for  the  country  in  all  lines  has  been  put  at  23  per 
cent,  and  though  this  is  purely  a  guess,  it  is  probably  not  far 
from  the  truth. 

In  those  lines,  independent  or  chain,  which  show  a  large 
turnover  and  a  consequent  low  cost  of  doing  business  and  it 
might  be  added,  large  buying  power,  it  goes  almost  without 
saying  that  the  business  is  done  well-nigh  exclusively  on  a 
cash  basis,  and  also  without  deliveries.  Not  everybody,  how- 
ever, likes  to  trade  in,  say,  a  grocery  store  of  that  kind,  and 
other  .stores  giving  credit  and  making  deliveries  can  exist 
alongside  of  it  even  at  a  considerable  higher  cost  of  doing 
business.  Again,  as  we  have  seen,  price-inducements  often  fail 
to  overcome  "personality." 

It  should  not  be  overlooked  that  in  every  line  where  there 
are  chain  stores  there  are  independents,  often  located  next  door 
or  across  the  way,  who  defy  all  competition.  It  will  almost  in- 
variably be  found  that  these  men  are  members  of  buying  asso- 
ciations and  do  most  of  the  work  in  their  own  stores,  as  in 
trimming  windows,  keeping  stock  neat  and  well  displayed, 
properly  priced,  etc.  They  save  on  the  wages  of  the  clerk 
which  the  chain  store  has  to  have  and  this  saving  is  often 
enough  to  make  the  difference.    But  that  is  a  cramped  living. 

The  drug  line  affords  better  opportunities  than  the  cigar  or 
grocery,  and  some  live  druggists  are  fighting  the  chain  stores 
and  beating  them  at  it  in  many  localities.    When  this  is  the 


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case,  it  will  quite  generally  be  found  that  the  independent  has 
copied  the  methods  of  the  chain  store  and  has  had  for  proprie- 
tor a  man  of  force  and  personality.  The  buying  advantage  of 
a  chain  drug  store  over  a  large  independent  might  be  10  per 
cent  though  this  is  probably  excessive,  but  the  advantage  from 
the  possession  of  a  live  proprietor  might  be  worth  several  times 
that.  And  there  is  not  a  little  public  capital  to  be  made  out 
of  fighting  a  big  corporation. 

Oftentimes,  as  stated,  the  independent  fears  the  competition 
of  another  independent  more  than  he  fears  the  chain  store.  He 
knows  that  the  chain  store  manager  has  to  make  a  profit — as 
a  general  thing — and  that  in  some  of  these  cases  he  is  not  a 
real  manager  but  merely  a  floorwalker  with  assigned  duties. 
And  he  is  not  afraid  of  him,  nor  afraid  of  the  organization 
back  of  him  which  is  too  ponderous  to  move  quickly  and  too 
mechanical  to  compete  successfully  with  a  more  human  outfit 
providing  the  latter  is  no  less  efficient  than  the  machine. 

Where  the  chain's  steam  roller  counts  is  where  the  ignorant 
or  panic-stricken  independent  throws  himself  down  in  front  of 
it  to  be  promptly  flattened  out.  As  the  majority  of  retailers  in 
the  lines  invaded  are  of  these  types,  it  looks  as  if  the  immola- 
tion and  elimination  would  continue  for  a  while  longer,  or 
until  the  organization  of  the  retailers  into  cooperative  associa- 
tions becomes  more  effective. 

But  as  has  been  before  pointed  out,  the  manufacturers  will 
have  no  great  cause  to  felicitate  themselves  on  this  eventually 
unless  their  trademarked  brands  are  protected  so  that  they  can 
advertise  them  and  secure  a  distribution  for  them. 


WHY  DRUGGIST  SHOULD  MEAN  OPTIMIST 

A  Look  at  the  Inside  of  a  Bright  and.  Busy  Store 
A  Cure  for  Pessimism — Outlook  for  Re-adjustment 
In  1915 

OF  course,  it  may  as  well  be  admitted,  right  now,  that  the 
druggist  has  a  good  deal  to  contend  with.  Moreover,  he 
has  more  to  contend  with  right  now,  perhaps,  than  he 
has  had  for  some  time,  in  the  way  of  obstacles  and  things  to 
fret  at.  He  has  had  a  good  deal  of  stuff  that  he  uses  pretty 
regularly  shut  off,  because  of  the  fact  that  all  of  Europe  has 
seen  fit  to  get  itself  embroiled  in  a  ridiculously,  amazingly  de- 
structive war;  and  then,  right  on  top  of  that,  comes  a  domestic 
war  tax  which  has  not  only  forced  him  to  spend  a  good  deal 
of  time  in  affixing  little  square  stamps  to  his  entire  stock,  but 
to  choose  between  the  hard  alternatives  of  making  less  money 
from  most  of  his  goods  or  passing  the  tax  on  to  his  customers. 

Then,  too — worst  of  all,  perhaps — he  may  justly  complain 
that  he  is  suffering,  with  the  rest  of  the  country,  from  the 
effects  of  the  war  on  business.  He  may  point  out,  if  he  wants 
to,  that  people  are  economizing  in  every  possible  manner:  that 
nobody  is  buying  anything  in  the  way  of  lu.xuries,  which  means 
less  business  for  the  soda  fountain  and  the  candy  department, 
not  to  mention  a  thousand  and  one  other  lines  handled  by  the 
aggressive  modern  druggist  as  a  matter  of  course.  And  with 
business  in  this  parlous  state,  the  druggist  whose  liver  is  out  of 
order  can  find  plenty  of  things  at  which  to  point  in  order  to 
sustain  his  contention  that  the  country  is  going  rapidly  to  the 
bow-wows,  and  the  drug  business  with  it. 

Notwithstanding  this  formidable  array  of  food  for  the  pes- 
simist, however,  it  takes  only  a  look  at  the  inside  of  a  bright 
and  busy  store  to  niaki'  ihcsi-  lliiii;;^  li^simir  tlirir  ]irn- 
piirtion  in  the  gene]:il  m  Iimih     wlmli,   ,ift(i-  is  rrl,iti\'  lv 

small;   and   if  this  l.-l;   .ii..mi.-l   is  .sulVi,  i.  nt.  a 

hearl-to-hcart  talk  witii  ,i  s,,,ilinu,  Imsv  ,liu-uist  will  .In  iIt 
wci-k.  Such  a  one  ui.l  h  ^  1  lnm-rlf,  ,  ,n  rr(|urst,  nnl  i-im 
ago;   and  his  altiUuIr   \,,^^.n.\    iIm  iIkiI   his  business  Im.I 

suffered  on  accmiul  rxisliirj,  c  Mudii  ions,  thr  war  and  otlu-r 
things  included,  w.is  nniliin-  ,1h,ii  nf  si  (unfiil. 

"Hurt  my  Inisim  ss '  Im  !■  ilri  itii!,  w  ith  iiilinite  contempt  in 
his  voice  for  :ni\-  sm  li  ImcI  iiMiinn  "Why,  in:ui,  do  you  knciw 
I've  just  got  tliiMii-h  .li.J.ii!-  Hi.  l.i:.^.j,rsi  li,.lld,iv  h-.m!.-  T 
ever  handled  in  lii.  W  Im.  imM  ;m\iliin-  .dmiu  busi- 
ness beintj  lium  m  dn  din-  li  idi  iiisi  now?  'Jdierc's  nothing 
in  it — iliiiiL's  ,iir  1m<  il.iii'.i  iiiir  mr.  aud,  as  far  as  I  know, 
for  cvci\  oiIm  I  '■ll^.w  111  i.'xm;  x\1i,,  li;is  becu  keeping  after 
business  in  dn    i  i"l,l  w  i\ 

course,  dh  id,  iH.  liiilnnl'i    i^  i,..n  llial  slaMild  h.ivr  Imru 

exceptionally  altiaiti\f  liius  of  goods,  and  paying  a  little  more 
attention  than  tisud.  if  anything,  to  my  windows,  and  using 


some  newspaper  space  to  let  people  know  where  I'm  at  and 
what  I've  got.  Aside  from  these  small  efforts  to  keep  in  the 
swim,  I  don't  know  any  reason  why  I  should  have  had  such  a 
good  business.  Maybe  it's  because  there  are  some  druggists — 
I  have  to  admit  it! — who  don't  do  anything  of  that  sort; 
maybe  they're  the  ones  who  are  kicking  about  business. 

"And,  outside  of  Christmas,  just  take  a  look  at  that  foun- 
tain. See  'em  crowd  around?  See  how  busy  those  two  boys 
are?  It  is  plain  enough  they  have  all  they  can  do,  isn't  it? 
Well,  I  should  say  so!  And  I'll  tell  you  why:  I  have  made  it 
a  point  to  let  fjeople  know  that  I  have  a  special  line  of  hot 
drinks — chocolates,  bouillons,  coffee  and  so  forth — especially 
designed  to  warm  the  inner  man  during  this  frosty  weather.  I 
use  window  strips  pretty  liberally,  and  I  also  insert  a  few  lines 
in  my  newspaper  advertising  to  the  same  effect.  The  result  is 
that  they  come,  and  they  keep  on  coming.  If  you  don't  believe 
it,  take  a  look,  now  or  any  other  time,  and  you'll  see. 

"Yes,  sir,  my  fountain  business  is  just  about  as  good  as  it 
was  last  summer.  It  may  be  hard  to  believe,  but  it's  a  fact. 
Of  course  it  wouldn't  be  if  I  didn't  go  after  it  pretty  vigorously. 
You  can't  catch  fish  .sitting  around  at  home  and  wishing  for 
them — you've  got  to  go  out  and  dig  bait,  and  then  you've  got 
to  use  it  right;  then,  maybe,  you'll  get  results.  And  yet,  if 
you'll  believe  me,  there  are  stores — plenty  of  them — in  the  drug 
business  where  you  can't  get  a  hot  drink !  They  simply  close 
up  their  fountains  during  the  cold  weather.  The  investment  is 
idle,  the  store  loses  a  dispenser  who  may  have  been  popular 
with  the  trade,  people  who  came  in  for  a  drink  and  remained 
to  buy  something  else  go  elsewhere — but  these  druggists  don't 
care.    And  then  they  blame  the  war! 

"Then  there's  prescription  and  patent  medicine  business: 
Why  should  any  man  kick  about  that?  It's  just  as  good  as  it 
ever  was  with  me,  because  I  use  the  means  I  always  have  used 
to  keep  it  coming — advertising,  for  one,  of  course,  and  first- 
class  service,  all  the  time,  as  another.  You  know,  people  are 
going  to  buy  medicine  when  they  need  it,  no  matter  how  hard 
times  are.  If  they  can't  afford  it  somebody  will  buy  it  for 
them ;  but  they  get  it.  somehow.  That's  one  advantage  the 
druggist  has  on  his  prescription  business,  .at  least. 

"So,  as  I  say,  I  don't  see  anything  to  kick  about — and  if  I 
did  I'm  not  so  sure  that  I  would  spend  my  time  and  energy 
kicking.  I  rather  think  I'd  reserve  my  enersy  for  more  profit- 
able uses,  and  make  it  pay  dividends — wliii  h.  bt  lieve  me,  kick- 
ing about  poor  business  never  docs.  Further,  and  aside  from 
all  this,  here's  just  one  thing  I  want  to  say.  with  all  seriousness: 
Even  if  business  were  shot  to  pieces  as  badly  as  some  of  the 
boys  say  it  is,  I  think  I'd  still  have  sense  enough  to  be  mighty 
thankful  that  I'm  an  American  citizen,  safely  ensconced  right 
over  here  in  the  middle  of  the  best  country  on  earth. 

"I'd  try  to  make  the  best  of  the  situation  thrust  upon  us  by 
this  fearful  war,  and  to  do  my  darndest  under  the  circum- 
stances, because  I'd  be  so  blamed  glad — as  I  am — that  I'm  not 
over  there  in  the  middle  of  it.  shooting  and  getting  shot  de- 
stroying and  burning  and  killing,  instead  of  being  where  I  am, 
doing  my  little  part  in  making  the  world  better  and  happier,  as 
every  druggist  does.    Wouldn't  you? 

"But,  as  it  is,  T  can  onI\  yr\K-2\  that  business  is  just  as  good 
with  me  as  1  h,i\.  in\  ri-b.t  to  cxpeet — which  means  that  it's 
Iiretty  fair  t.i  middlnm  i;n,,d:  and  I  will  say.  further,  that 
T  tliiiil>  bi  lii  \.  ii  ,  -oiiit;  to  i;i  t  iHllcr  and  better,  because  as 
f,ir  as  in.lii  iiini,-  _;o.  this  \.ar  of  I'MS  is  going  to  witness  the 
r.Mdiiistnii  111  i'l  1  .  iiKlitions  in  tills  country  to  the  biggest  op- 
IH.rtniiities  \\a-  c\ar  had.  'Jdiat  means  ail  kinds  of  prosperity 
I  1  thiise  who  arc  ready  for  it;  arid  I'm  going  to  be  ready  for  it, 
1"  li'  \c  me!    Are  you?" 


Shaving   Paste    for   Collapsible  Tubes 

Eard    "  pounds 

raustic  iiot,is.sa    1  pound 

W  itnr    3  pinU 

Cdsniin,  siiiiuient  quantity. 
I'l  l  fume,  suliK  icnt  quantity. 
IMelt  the  lard  in  a  porcelain  vessel  over  a  water  bath;  dis- 
solve the  potassa  in  the  water,  and  run  the  lye  formed,  very 
slowly,  into  the  melted  grease,  stirring  thoroughly  all  the  time, 
initil  .saponification  is  completed.  Then  add  the  requisite 
IMii'mne,  and  sufficient  glycerin  to  render  the  mass  thin 
.  iiotigh  to  be  adapted  for  use  in  tubes.  The  glycerin  will  aid 
in  keeping  the  cream  soft.  Recommended  for  use  on  a  manu- 
facturing scale. 


Janlary,  1915J 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


13 


FOREIGN  ABSTRACTS 


NEW  WORK  IN  EUROPE 

Assay  Methods  for  Purg-ative  Drugps — French  Secret 
Remedy  Condemned — New  Color  Reactions 
for  Citric  Acid,  Indican  and  Iron — 
Good  Effects  of  Tobacco 
in  the  Mouth 

ARRR'ALS  of  foreign  pharmaceutical  journals,  except 
English,  take  place  at  irregular  intervals,  aii<l  as  ilie  size 
of  the  journals  has  in  most  cases  been  t;r'  ,iil>  ri^Kiced, 
material  for  abstracting  grows  more  scarce  with  i  u  h  iiKinth. 
In  this  issue  we  present  two  new  analytical  methods,  those  for 
the  assay  of  purgative  drugs  and  tincture  of  cinchona,  the  lat- 
ter devised  by  Fromme,  and  based  on  his  now  well-known 
method  of  extraction  by  hot  hydrochloric  acid,  and  titration 
of  the  alkaloids  with  hematoxylin  as  indicator.  Color  tests  for 
citric  acid,  indican,  and  an  extremely  delicate  reaction  for  bi- 
valent iron  also  appear.  The  proceedings  of  the  French  Acad- 
emy of  Medicine  furnish  a  complete  refutation  of  some  of  the 
claims  recently  put  forward  in  a  popular  magazine  in  this 
country,  in  which  the  merits  of  a  new  anesthetic,  prepared  from 
morphine  by  the  action  of  a  ferment,  were  extolled.  The  new 
"detoxicated  morphine"  was  declared  by  the  Academy  to  be 
dangerous,  of  variable  composition,  and  simply  another  secret 
remedy  which  was  being  exploited.  Some  surprising  claims  are 
made  in  another  abstract,  regarding  the  beneficent  effects  of 
tobacco  in  prophyla.vis  of  the  oral  cavity. 
Yield  of  Morphine  in  Poppy  Capsules — 

Mo.ssler  reports  a  series  of  tests  to  determine  the  conditions  of 
formation  of  morphine  in  the  poppy  latex,  and  to  improve  the 
yield  of  morphine.  Equal  numbers,  250,  of  poppy  capsules 
were  treated  by  different  methods,  some  being  cut  off  from  the 
stem  and  air-dried ;  some  sterilized  in  hot  alcohol ;  some  crushed 
and  air-dried;  some  scratched,  the  exuded  latex  taken  up  on 
cotton  wool,  and  the  capsules  then  cut  from  the  stems  and 
dried;  others  treated  as  in  the  preceding,  but  with  the  cotton 
wool  and  capsules  subsequently  sterilized ;  and  finally  some  cap- 
sules allowed  to  ripen  in  the  usual  manner.  The  amount  of 
morphine  and  other  alkaloids  was  then  determined.  The  high- 
est yield  was  from  the  capsules  and  opium  on  the  wool  taken 
together,  while  the  lowest  was  from  the  crushed  capsules.  The 
ripe  capsules  also  gave  low  figures.  Sterilization  with  boiling 
alcohol  seemed  to  bring  about  no  increase  in  alkaloids.  After 
the  exudation  of  the  juice  upon  scarification,  a  notable  quantity 
of  morphine  remains  in  the  capsules,  which  should  be  utiUzed 
in  morphine  manufacture.  (Mossier,  Pharm.  Post,  1914,  No. 
S^:  through  J.  Soc.  Chem.  Ind.) 
Assay  Method  for  Purgative  Drug^ — 

The  following  assay  process  is  intended  for  senna,  rhubarb, 
and  cascara,  and  determines  the  amount  "of  hydro.xymethyl-an- 
thraquinones,  both  free  and  combined.  From  2  to  5  g.  of  drug 
are  treated  in  a  flask  with  200  cc.  of  chloroform,  the  whole 
weighed,  and  heated  with  a  return  condenser  for  15  minutes. 
The  solution  of  the  free  active  principles  is  filtered  off,  and 
the  residue  washed  with  chloroform.  The  insoluble  residue  is 
then  washed  back  into  the  flask  and  made  up  to  the  original 
weight  with  chloroform.  After  50  cc.  of  25  per  cent  sulphuric 
acid  are  added,  the  flask  and  contents  are  weighed  again,  heated 
with  a  condenser  for  2  or  3  hours,  the  evaporated  chloroform 
replaced,  and  150  cc.  filtered  off,  which  are  then  shaken  with 
50  cc.  of  10  per  cent  sodium  bisulphite  solution.  The  chloro- 
formic  layer  is  filtered  through  kieselguhr,  washed  with  100  cc. 
of  1  per  cent  hydrochloric  acid,  and  100  cc.  filtered  into  a  tared 
flask,  where  it  is  evaporated  to  a  small  bulk.  The  residue, 
which  represents  the  combined  anthraquinone  derivatives,  is 
dried  at  60-70°.  The  first  chloroform  solution  is  next  shaken 
out  with  successive  portions  of  50  cc.  each  of  5  per  cent  sodium 
hydro.-ride  solution,  until  it  becomes  colorless  or  yellow.  The 
united  alkaline  extracts  are  again  shaken  out  with  chloroform, 
diluted  with  an  equal  volume  of  water,  filtered,  acidified,  and 
shaken  out  with  three  portions  of  chloroform.  The  latter 
shakings  are  then  filtered  through  kieselguhr  and  evaporated  to 
dryness.    Rhubarb  contains  from  0.10-0.28  per  cent  of  free, 


and  3.18  to  5.53  per  cent  of  combined  hydroxymethyl-anthraqui- 
nones;  senna    from    1.98-2.12,    and   cascara    from  1.32-1.44 
per  cent  of  combined  derivatives.     (Daels,  Bull.  Acad.  Med. 
Beige,  1913.  p.  350;  through  J.  Soc.  Chem.  Ind.) 
New  Reaction  of  Indican — 

Stennsma  recommends  the  following:  Boil  10  cc.  of  urine 
with  10  cc.  of  hydrochloric  acid,  then  add,  after  entirely  cool, 
5  cc.  of  benzene.  Examine  the  liquid  by  reflected  light  against 
a  black  ground.  If  the  benzene  has  a  green  fluorescence  it 
shows  the  presence  of  indican,  an  indication  of  advanced  intes- 
tinal tuberculosis.  (J.  Pharm.  Chim.,  1914,  p.  166.) 
Supposed  New  Anesthetic  from  Morphine — 

An  article  in  a  recent  issue  of  an  American  popular  magazine 
deals  with  a  modification  of  the  "twilight  sleep,"  the  anesthetic 
used  being,  according  to  the  originator,  a  derivative  of  morphine 
prepared  by  treating  that  alkaloid,  or  opium  extracts,  with  a 
ferment,  which  produces  a  "detoxicated"  morphine.  The  mat- 
ter was  recently  referred  to  the  French  Academy  of  Medicine, 
and  at  the  meeting  of  September  1,  that  body  refused  to  en- 
dorse the  new  substance,  on  the  ground  that  it  was  a  secret 
remedy,  of  variable  composition,  although  in  all  probability 
containing  some  morphine  hydrochloride  or  oxydimorphine. 
The  work  on  the  remedy  was  carried  out  by  Bourquelot  and 
Grimbert,  names  which  carry  all  possible  weight  in  the  pharma- 
ceutical world.  Professor  Bourquelot  found  that  the  solution 
submitted  to  him  by  M.  Paulin,  the  reputed  discoverer,  was 
alleged  to  have  been  prepared  by  treating  morphine  with  yeast, 
or  a  similar  ferment,  and  that  it  contained  ammonium  chloride 
and  morphine,  but  no  trace  of  oxydimorphine.  The  sample 
submitted  to  Grimbert  contained  no  ammonia,  and  contrary  to 
the  statement  of  the  inventor,  no  oxydimorphine,  but  morphine 
was  present.  Far  from  having  been  adopted  by  the  French 
Government  for  use  in  the  military  hospitals,  the  remedy  was 
declared  dangerous  by  the  French  Academy,  and  a  resolution 
was  adopted  warning  the  Medical  Staff  against  it.  Moreover, 
the  sale  of  the  substance  is  forbidden  by  the  law  of  Germinal, 
-An  XI,  which  prohibits  the  sale  of  remedies  of  unknown  com- 
position without  the  approval  of  the  Academy  of  Medicine. 
(J.  Pharm.  Chim.,  1914,  p.  380.) 
New  Reaction  of  Indican — 

According  to  Haussler,  if  an  alcoholic  solution  of  vanillin  is 
evaporated  with  citric  acid,  and  a  few  drops  of  sulphuric  acid 
are  added  to  the  residue,  on  heating  the  latter  becomes  colored 
a  bright  violet.  It  dissolves  in  water  with  a  green  color,  which 
changes  to  red  on  the  addition  of  ammonia.  The  reaction  is 
not  given  by  tartaric,  malic,  oxalic,  malonic,  benzoic,  salicylic, 
acetic,  lactic,  succinic  or  teresantalic  acid.  Sugars  and  albu- 
minous substances  interfere.  The  reaction  is  delicate  enough 
to  detect  the  small  amount  of  citric  acid  in  50  cc.  of  raspberry 
juice.  (Chemiker  Ztg.,  through  Schweiz.  Apotheker  Ztg.,  1914, 
p.  629.) 

Tobacco  in  Oral  Prophylaxis — 

Cavallaro  concludes  that  the  effect  of  tobacco  in  the  mouth 
is  a  beneficent  one,  for  the  following  reasons:  The  antiseptic 
power  of  tobacco  is  marked.  It  has  a  greater  or  less  action  on 
all  micro-organisms,  according  to  the  quantity  of  nicotine  it 
contains,  and  the  bacterial  resistance,  and  it  inhibits  the  de- 
velopment of  microbes.  It  sterilizes  the  saliva,  and,  while  it 
may  blacken  the  teeth,  it  does  not  harm  the  dental  tissues.  The 
secretion  of  saliva  is  increased  with  small  doses  of  nicotine, 
but  diminishes  with  larger  doseg.  So-called  "smokers'  "  inflam- 
mations of  the  gums  and  stomach  are  not  due  to  tobacco,  but 
to  the  aggravation  of  a  pre-existing  state  of  inflammation.  It 
has  not  been  demonstrated  in  any  case  that  epithelioma  of 
the  lips  or  of  the  tongue  is  caused  by  tobacco.  The  antiseptic 
action  of  tobacco  is  specially  noticeable  in  clean  mouths.  (Ca- 
vallaro, Feuilles  d'Hygienc,  through  Schweiz.  Apoth.  Ztg.,  1914, 
p.  615.) 

Action  of  Isostrychnine — 

This  alkaloid  is  obtained  by  heating  strychnine  and  water  in 
sealed  tubes  to  150-160°,  and  has  the  same  formula  as  strych- 
nine, but  crystallizes  in  a  different  form,  and  has  a  considerably 
lower  melting  point.    Wiki  finds  that  it  is  much  less  toxic  than 


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[January,  1915 


its  parent  substance,  and  in  this  respect  approaches  brucine. 
The  action  on  the  nervous  system  more  nearly  resembles  that  of 
curare  than  of  strychnine,  and  doses  which  kill  by  arresting 
respiration  do  not  affect  the  cardiovascular  system.  The  te- 
tanizing  effect  is  slight.  Pharmacologically,  it  is  to  be  placed 
between  brucine  and  curare.  (Wiki,  Union  Pharm;  through 
Pharm.  J.,  1914,  p.  667.) 

Sensitive  Reaction  for  Iron — 

A  reaction  for  ferrous  iron,  which  surpasses  all  others  in 
sensitiveness,  is  obtained  with  any  1 :2-dioxime,  the  most  easily 
obtainable  being  dimethyl-glyoxime.  The  solution  must  contain 
hydrazine  sulphate,  or  hydrazine,  to  reduce  the  iron,  or  prevent 
oxidation  by  the  air.  To  50  or  60  cc.  of  the  solution  to  be 
tested  a  little  of  a  saturated  solution  of  dimethyl-glyoxime  in 
alcohol  is  added,  and  iron  causes  an  intense  red  coloration.  It 
is  claimed  that  as  little  as  six  millionths  of  a  milligram  per 
cc.  may  be  detected.  (Tschugaeff  and  Orelkin,  Z.  Anorg. 
Chem.,  1914,  p.  401.) 

Ksintegrating  Tablets — 

The  addition  of  10  to  20  per  cent  of  magnesium  peroxide  to 
the  tablet  mass  is  suggested  as  a  simple  expedient  for  insuring 
the  rapid  disintegration  of  compressed  tablets.  Tablets  made 
with  this  ingredient  fall  to  pieces  almost  immediately  after  be- 
ing moistened  with  water.  (Rhon,  Suddeutsche  Apoth.  Ztg., 
1914,  p.  398;  through  Pharm.  J.) 
Constituents  of  Mandragora  Hoot — 

In  addition  to  the  already  known  mydriatic  alkaloids,  of 
which  the  root  in  question  contained  0.376  per  cent,  another 
toxic  substance  is  present.  This  appears  to  be  of  the  nature 
of  a  fat,  and  it  is  extremely  poisonous  to  frogs  in  very  minute 
doses.  It  is  insoluble  in  water,  readily  soluble  in  petroleum 
ether  and  other  visual  fat  solvents.  Heat  and  saponification  do 
not  lessen  its  toxicity.  (Schaurer,  Nouveaux  Remedes,  1914, 
p.  487.) 

Stable  Bichloride  Solutions — 

In  order  to  prepare  solutions  of  bichloride  for  disinfecting 
purposes,  which  will  not  attack  metallic  instruments,  a  new  pro- 
cess makes  use  of  soluble  silicates.  If  a  1 :1000  bichloride  solu- 
tion, containing  10  parts  of  water  glass  solution  of  35°  Beaume, 
comes  in  contact  with  a  bright  scalpel  blade,  the  metal  is  strong- 
ly attacked.  But  if  4  parts  of  20  per  cent  ammonia  are  added, 
no  effect  on  the  metal  is  to  be  discerned.  At  the  same  time, 
the  strongly-irritating  action  of  the  bichloride  is  much  dimi- 
nished. The  solutions  of  bichloride  may  be  of  any  desired 
strength.  Those  mercurial  compounds  which  give  insoluble 
basic  compounds  with  water,  form  easily  soluble  bodies  when 
water  glass  and  ammonia  are  added.  (D.  R.  P.  278,  734, 
Apoth.  Ztg.,  1914,  p.  914.) 

Assay  for  Cinchona  Tinctures — 

The  following  processes  represent  Fromme's  latest  modifica- 
tion of  his  well-known  process  for  the  assay  of  cinchona  pre- 
parations. Twenty  g.  of  cinchona  tincture  are  evaporated  on  a 
heated  asbestos  plate,  with  10  g.  of  water,  until  the  weight  is 
reduced  to  19  g.  One  g.  of  25  per  cent  hydrochloric  acid  is 
then  added,  and  18  g.  filtered  off  through  a  small  filter  into  a 
150  cc.  flask,  after  which  25  g.  of  chloroform  and  47  g.  of  ether 
are  added,  with  3  g.  of  15  per  cent  caustic  soda  solution.  After 
strong  shaking,  the  layers  are  allowed  to  separate,  and  the  aque- 
ous layer  is  removed  with  a  pipette.  The  ethereal  solution  is 
next  filtered  clear,  and  60  g.  of  it  are  shaken  out  with  successive 
portions  of  1  per  cent  hydrochloric  acid.  The  united  acid 
shakings  are  then  shaken  in  a  separator  with  10  g.  of  chloro- 
form, supersaturated  with  soda  solution,  again  violently  shaken, 
and  the  chloroformic  layer  filtered  off  into  a  tared  100  cc.  Er- 
lenmeycr  flask,  where  the  chloroform  is  evaporated  on  the  water 
bath.  The  shaking  is  repeated  with  three  other  portions  of 
chloroform,  which  are  also  evaporated.  The  residue  is  treated 
with  5  cc.  of  ether,  the  latter  is  boiled  off,  and  the  flask  and 
contents  dried  at  a  temperature  not  exceeding  80°.  The  weight 
of  alkaloid  found  represents  15  g.  of  tincture.  For  a  titreme- 
tric  estimation,  the  alkaloids  are  dissolved  in  5  cc.  of  alcohol, 
10  cc.  of  tenth-normal  hydrochloric  acid  are  added,  with  a  few 
droris  of  hematoxylin  solution,  and  the  excess  of  acid  titrated 
.  back  with  alkali.  Each  cc.  of  decinormal  acid  corresponds  to 
0.0309  g.  of  mixed  alkaloids.  For  a  shorter  method,  the  first 
ether-chloroform  solution  may  be  evaporated  directly,  the  resi- 
due taken  up  in  alcohol,  and  the  titration  completed  as  above. 
(Fromme,  Tahresber.  Caesar  &  I.,oretz,  through  .^poth.  Ztg., 
1914,  p.  902.) 


New  Remedies 


AUendrin* — The  carbamic  ester  of  dichlor-iso-propyl  alcohol. 
A  white,  crystalline  powder,  slightly  soluble  in  cold  water, 
more  soluble  in  hot.    Used  as  a  hypnotic. 

Almaten. — A  condensation-product  of  formaldehyde  and 
haematoxylin.  Given  internally  as  a  disinfectant  for  intestinal 
catarrh,  ulcers,  typhoid,  and  dysentery.  Externally  it  is  used 
in  ointment-form  for  wounds,  ulcers,  and  eczema. 

Arsalyte. — Dimethyl-aminotetramido-arsenobenzene — a  liquid 
easily  absorbed  in  subcutaneous  injection.  A  salvarsan  sub- 
stitute. 

Culysol. — A  soluble  form  of  copper  citrate  introduced  for 
ophthalmic  work.  It  is  a  blue,  crystalline  powder,  stable, 
soluble  1  in  3  of  water,  but  solutions  above  1  in  1,000  in 
concentration  do  not  keep  well.  Another  form  of  culysol  is 
prepared  for  ointments;  this  is  a  greenish-white  powder.  A 
third  form  is  prepared  for  direct  application  with  a  camel- 
hair  brush. 

Despyrin. — Described  as  tartar>'l-salicylic  acid.  Said  to  be 
a  mixture  of  acetyl-salicylic  acid  and  cream  of  tartar. 

Dial-ciba. — Di-allyl-barbituric  acid.  White,  shining  scales, 
slightly  soluble  in  cold  water.  Used  as  a  hypnotic.  Marketed 
in  154-grain  tablets.    Dose:  One  and  a  half  tablet. 

Diogenal. — Dibrompropyl-diethylbarbituric  acid,  CnHioBrjNj- 
Os ;  a  sedative  related  to  barbitone ;  a  white,  crystalline  powder. 
Dose:  15  grains. 

Fluoram. — Ammonium  bifluoride.  Recommended  for  pyor- 
rhoea alveolaris  and  as  a  dental  antiseptic. 

Hediorite. — The  lactone  of  alphaglucoheptonic  acid.  It  is 
crystalline  and  easily  soluble  in  water.  Recommended  for 
diabetic  patients.    Dose:  30  grains  per  diem. 

Hexanatrine. — A  combination  of  hexamethylenetetramine  with 
sodium  diphosphate  in  5-grain  tablets.     Dose:  10  grains. 

lodostarin. — An  organic  iodine  compound  containing  iodine 
in  combination  with  one  of  the  higher  fatty  acids.  A  white, 
crystalline  powder,  tasteless,  insoluble  in  water,  but  soluble 
in  alcohol,  ether,  and  chloroform.  Iodine-content  47.1  per  cent. 
A  substitute  for  potassium  iodide  which  does  not  give  rise 
to  iodism. 

Iron-Elarson. — A  mixture  of  elarson  (strontium  chloroar- 
senobehenolate)  and  reduced  iron.  Issued  in  tablets  each 
containing  0.003  gram  of  iron  and  0.0005  gram  of  arsenic. 
Employed  in  anaemia  and  chlorosis. 

Kinetine. — A  combination  of  quinine  with  hectin  (sodium 
benzosulphoparamidophenyl  arsenate).  Each  tablet  contains 
7  cgm.  Used  as  a  remedy  for  acute  coryza,  hay-fever  and 
influenza. 

Ludyl.  —  Phenyl-disulphamino-tetradioxy-diamino-arsinoben- 
zene,  containing  33  per  cent,  of  arsenic.  A  yellow,  odor- 
less powder,  insoluble  in  water,  but  readily  soluble  in  dilute 
solution  of  sodium  carbonate.    Used  as  an  antisyphilitic. 

Mercury  Cholesterol-oleate. — A  double  oleate  of  mercury 
and  cholesterol  has  been  prepared  for  the  hypodermic  adminis- 
tration of  mercury.  The  trade-name  of  the  substance  is 
Mercuricoleolo. 

Neohexal. — A  sulpho-salicylic  acid  compound  of  hexamethy- 
lenetetramine, 2[(CH,)cNJ,S03H,  CeH3(OH)COOH.  A  color- 
less, crystalline  powder,  easily  soluble  in  water.  It  is  a 
powerful  urinary  antiseptic. 

P/tewo-ja/.— A-brom-isovaleryl-paraphenetidin  ( CH,)  ,CH.CHBr. 
CO.NH.CeHj.OQHs.  A  crystalline  compound,  insoluble  in 
water,  but  soluble  in  the  usual  organic  solvents.  Recommended 
as  a  sedative  and  hypnotic  in  doses  of  from  0.5  to  1.0  gram. 

Picrastol.  —  Dimethylol-diformyl-methylenyl-tetramethylene- 
pentamine,  CoHuNjO,.  It  is  an  amorphous  body,  and  does 
not  appear  to  have  a  definite  melting-point.    Used  in  epilepsy. 

Rhodoforni. — .-\  sulphocyanate  of  hexamethylenetetramine.  A 
white,  odorless  powder,  soluble  1  in  about  25  of  cold  water. 
Employed  as  an  antiseptic  for  the  mouth  and  throat. 

Sodium  Mercuro-nucleinatc. — This  compound  contains  10.21 
per  cent,  of  mercury  in  non-ionisable  form,  soluble  in  water. 
Used  in  the  treatment  of  secondary  syphilis.  Dose:  0.5  to  1.0 
cc.  of  a  10-per-cent.  solution  injected  intramuscularly. 

•Notes  for  the  use  of  Dispensers  on  Definite  Chemic.il  Com- 
pounds introduced  during  the  year  ended  October  1914.— Chemist 
and  Druggist  Diary,  1915. 


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15 


THE  OBJECT  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  subscribers 
•nd  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas,  and  to  discuss 
questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy,  irescription  work,  dis- 
pensing difficulties,  etc.  Requests  for  information  are  not  answered 
by  mail,  and  ANONYMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS  WILL  RE- 
CEIVE NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer  questions  in  this 
department  from  non-subscribers. 

In  this  department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
information  published  in  previous  issues  of  the  ERA,  copies  of 
which.  It  not  out  of  print,  may  be  obtained  for  25  cents  each. 

Freeing  a  Mixture  of  Alcohol 

(H.  A.  L.) — We  hardly  know  what  is  the  best  method  to 
suggest  for  getting  rid  of  the  alcohol  in  your  mixture,  as  you 
do  not  tell  us  anything  about  the  composition  of  the  "Com- 
pound solution"  which  you  state  you  mix  with  your  fluidex- 
tract.  However,  alcohol  may  be  removed  from  fluidextracts  by 
evaporating  them  at  a  low  temperature,  as  is  done  in  the  manu- 
facture of  certain  solid  extracts,  the  alcohol  being  volatilized. 
The  alcohol  could  also  be  distilled  off  of  your  product  by  put- 
ting the  latter  in  a  still,  but  the  application  of  this  treatment 
would  be  insoluble  in  tlie  "compound  solution,"  that  is  on  the 
substances  that  are  volatile  at  the  temperature  necessary  to  get 
rid  of  the  alcohol.  Whether  it  will  be  commercially  profitable 
to  employ  such  a  method,  is  a  question  for  you  to  answer. 

By  first  evaporating  off  the  alcohol  from  the  extracts  before 
mixing  them  with  the  solution  could  be  most  easily  performed, 
but  the  chances  are  that  the  residue  or  soft  extract  remaining 
would  be  insoluble  in  the  compound  solution,"  that  is  on  the 
supposition  that  it  is  largely  aqueous.  Much  of  the  medicinal 
value  of  the  drug  would  therefore  be  lost  in  the  finished  prod- 
uct. Our  suggestion  would  be  for  you  to  first  prepare  a  fluid- 
glycerate  of  the  crude  drugs  which  contains  no  alcohol,  and 
use  it  in  place  of  the  fluidextract.  Or,  you  can  make  an  acetic 
acid  extract  of  the  drugs,  providing  the  acid  will  not  be  in- 
compatible with  any  of  the  substances  in  your  compound  solu- 
tion, and  use  it  just  as  you  now  use  your  present  fluidextract. 
Fluide.xtracts  with  a  glycerin  or  acetic  acid  menstruum  are  very 
easily  made  or  they  can  be  purchased  from  any  manufacturing 
pharmaceutical  house.  One  or  the  other  of  these  methods  is 
followed  in  the  preparation  of  some  of  the  "non-alcoholic" 
proprietary  specialties  on  the  market,  and  it  is  quite  possible 
that  you  can  adapt  the  method  to  the  manufacture  of  your 
product,  providing,  as  we  have  said  above,  that  nothing  in 
the  completed  mixture  will  interfere  with  the  use  of  such  a 
menstruum. 

Glycerite  of  Phosphates  of  Iron,  Quin.  and  Strychnine 

(W.  H.  M.) — You  do  not  give  us  any  hint  as  to  the  difficulty 
you  have  experienced  in  making  the  glycerite  of  the  phosphates 
of  iron,  quinine  and  strychnine,  but  we  infer  that  you  have 
not  succeeded  in  making  a  clear  solution.  We  suppose  this 
may  be  due  to  the  fact  that  you  have  not  continued  the  heating 
and  stirring  operation  after  adding  the  water  until  solution  is 
effected,  before  adding  the  glycerin.  Caspari  directs  to  strain 
the  solution  through  a  pledget  of  cotton  before  adding  the 
glycerin.    We  suggest  you  try  this  hint. 

Transparent  Soft  Soap 

(W.  J.  D.) — Soap  is  generally  made  transparent  by  dissolving 
it  in  alcohol  and  subsequently  evaporating  the  solution  to  re- 
move the  alcohol.  The  same  result  may  be,  and  generally  is, 
brought  about  by  the  addition  of  glycerin  and  sugar  dissolved 
in  water,  with  or  without  the  further  addition  of  alcohol.  Al- 
cohol and  the  process  of  recovering  it  being  expensive  and 
troublesome,  transparent  soaps  are  mostly  made  by  the  addition 
of  much  syrup,  less  glycerin,  and  as  little  alcohol,  if  any,  as 
possible  under  the  circumstances.  The  glycerin  in  such  soaps 
is,  perhaps,  a  desirable  feature,  although  it  causes  the  soap  to 
attract  moisture  and  become  wet  on  the  surface  in  certain 
weather.  .According  to  Gathman,  the  use  of  castor  oil  with 
the  other  fats  tends  to  cause  transparency  and  to  improve  the 
texture  of  the  soap,  but  it  slightly  reduces  its  lathering  quali- 
ties. Soft  soap  prepared  by  heating  olive  oil  with  potassium 
hydroxide  and  water,  and  allowing  the  mixture  to  cool,  is  usu- 
ally transparent.    The  tint  of  the  soft  soap  thus  made  usually 


depends  on  the  olive  oil  employed.  The  soft  soap  of  the  U.S.P. 
is  prepared  from  linseed  oil.  Here  is  a  typical  formula  for  an 
olive  oil  soft  soap:  Olive  oil,  100  parts;  solid  potassium  hy- 
droxide, 21  parts;  vvater,  100  parts;  alcohol,  90  per  cent,  20 
parts.  Boil  by  means  of  a  steam  bath  until  the  oil  is  saponified, 
adding,  if  necessary,  a  little  more  spirit  to  assist  the  saponifi- 
cation.   The  resulting  soap  is  approximately  neutral. 

Filling  Root  Canals 

(L.  F.  F.) — We  are  not  familiar  with  the  proprietary  pre- 
paration you  name.  However,  according  to  a  work  on  practical 
dentistry,  a  white  filling  for  the  teeth  may  be  made  by  mixing 
1  part  of  powdered  glass  with  3  parts  of  pure  oxide  of  zinc. 
This  mixture,  when  used,  is  mixed  to  the  consistency  of  a 
paste  with  the  following  solution: 

Zinc  chloride    2  ounces 

Water    lyi  ounces 

Powdered  borax    oimce 

Dissolve  the  borax  in  the  water  first,  then  add  the  chloride 
of  zinc. 

.Another  formula  is  this  one: 

Zinc  oxide,  in  fine  powder    200  parts 

Silica,  in  fine  powder   8  parts 

Borax,  in  fine  powder    4  parts 

Glass,  in  fine  powder   5  parts 

Mix  and  pass  through  a  fine  sieve.  Preserve  in  a  stoppered 
bottle.  When  required  for  use,  mix  a  small  quantity  of  the 
powder  into  a  thick  paste  with  a  concentrated  solution  of 
chloride  of  zinc  and  it  is  then  ready  for  filling  the  teeth.  The 
operation  should  be  performed  very  rapidly,  as  the  composition 
sets  into  a  hard  cement  in  a  few  minutes. 

Aqua  Laxativa  Viennensis,   Solution  Seignette 

(J.  C.  O.) — "Aqua  laxativa  Viennensis"  is  an  old  time  syno- 
nym for  "Infusum  Sennae  Compositum"  of  the  German  Phar- 
macopoeia, the  synonym  being  still  carried  in  the  index  of  that 
book  with  reference  to  the  page  on  which  the  formula  appears, 
but  the  title  does  not  appear  under  the  formula  in  the  body 
of  the  book.    The  formula  (present  G.  P.)  is  as  follows: 

Senna  leaves,  cut  moderately  fine   50  parts 

Water    450  parts 

Potassium  and  sodium  tartrate    50  parts 

Sodium  carbonate    1  part 

Manna    100  parts 

Alcohol    25  parts 

Pour  upon  the  senna  the  water  boiling  hot  and  heat  on  a 
water  bath  for  five  minutes,  stirring  meanwhile.  Express  and 
in  the  e.xpressed  liquid  dissolve  the  salts  and  manna,  strain 
the  liquid,  and  add  boiling  water  to  make  475  parts.  When 
cold  add  the  alcohol. 

This  preparation  in  somewhat  variant  forms,  is  to  be  found 
in  many  of  the  Continental  pharmacopoeias,  and  more  espe- 
cially those  of  Teutonic  origin  which  were  superseded  by  the 
German  Pharmacopoeia  on  the  consolidation  of  the  Empire  in 
1871.  Thus,  in  some  of  these  works,  it  is  known  as  "Aqua 
(s  Potio)  laxativa  Viennensis,"  Vienna  Draught,  Eng.,  "Eau 
laxative  de  Vienne,"  Fr. ;  "Wiener  Trank,"  Germ.  The  simi- 
larity of  this  preparation  to  the  "Black  Draught"  of  the  U.S.P. 
is  quite  noticeable,  the  present  official  preparation  containing 
magnesium  sulphate  instead  of  potassium  and  sodium  tartrate 
(Rochelle  salt)  however. 

We  have  examined  this  formula  in  a  large  number  of  early 
pharmacopoeias  and  find  that  it  possesses  quite  a  history. 
The  original  Aqua  or  potio  laxativa  Viennensis  was  devised, 
according  to  an  English  authority,  by  Mannagetta,  an  Italian 
physician  at  the  court  of  the  Emperor  Rudolph  II,  about  1600, 
and  was  popularly  known  all  over  Germany  as  "Wiener  Trank." 
The  formula  was  1  ounce  of  senna,  6  drams  of  currants,  2 
drams  of  coriander  seeds,  and  2^  drams  of  cream  tartar. 
These  ingredients  were  packed  in  a  bag  and  suspended  in  hot 
water  for  a  night.  In  the  morning  the  liquor  was  strained 
after  the  bag  had  been  pressed,  and  5  ounces  of  manna  and 
3  drams  of  cream  of  tartar  added.  The  dose  was  3  or  4 
ounces. 


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[January,  1915 


In  no  pharmacopoeia  or  other  formulary  or  work  at  our  com- 
mand have  we  been  able  to  find  any  reference  to  "solution 
Seignette,"  nor  de  we  think  that  an  official  title  of  this  character 
is  likely  to  be  found.  As  is  well  known,  the  double  tartrate  of 
potassium  and  sodium  (Rochelle  salt)  was  first  obtained  in 
1672  by  Pierre  Seignette,  an  apothecary  of  Rochelle,  France, 
and  was  sold  as  a  secret  remedy.  In  1732  the  process  for  ob- 
taining it  was  communicated  to  the  French  Academy,  the  name 
"Seignette  salt"  being  immediately  applied  to  it  and  by  which 
it  was  generally  designated  for  more  than  a  century,  later  giving 
way  before  the  more  common  synonym  of  to-day,  "Rochelle 
Salt,"  after  the  name  of  the  town  where  Seignette  first  made 
his  discovery.  From  a  pliarmaceutical  viewpoint,  it  is  ex- 
tremely unlikely  that  the  term  "solution"  would  be  applied  to 
an  official  preparation  containing  this  salt,  and  we  have  an 
idea  that  possibly  the  name  may  be  a  synonym  of  the  "Aqua 
laxativa  Viennensis"  given  above,  as  that  preparation  contains 
considerable  "Seignette's  salt." 

Formula  for  Peroxide  of  Hydrogen 

(D.  J.  W.) — A  typical  process  for  the  manufacture  of  solu- 
tion of  peroxide  of  hydrogen  was  official  in  the  U.S. P.  of  1890, 
and  with  various  modifications,  is  practically  that  employed  by 
large  manufacturers.  This  proce.ss  consists  in  the  decomposi- 
tion of  barium  dioxide  by  phosphoric  acid,  barium  phosphate 
being  thrown  down  as  a  precipitate,  hydrogen  dioxide  being 
found  dissolved  in  the  supernatant  aqueous  liquid ;  the  barium 
phcsphate  is  then  filtered  out,  and  any  trace  of  barium  salt  is 
finally  removed  by  the  cautious  addition  of  sulphuric  acid, 
which  precipitates  it  as  an  insoluble  barium  sulphate;  the  very 
fine  precipitate  which  usually  passes  through  the  pores  of  the 
filter  paper  is  caught  and  held  on  the  filter  by  starch,  and  the 
clear  solution  then  adjusted  to  contain  3  per  cent.,  by  weight, 
of  absolute  hydrogen  dioxide  by  assay.  For  full  directions  for 
carrying  out  the  manipulations  of  the  process,  we  would  refer 
you  to  the  U.S. P.  of  1890. 

Dose  of  Methylene  Blue  for  Cows 

(J.  C.  C.) — "I  ordered  some  methylene  blue  recently  for  a 
customer  who  wanted  to  give  it  to  a  cow.  The  article  sent 
was  labeled  'aniline  methylene  blue.'  Will  you  kindly  tell  me 
if  this  is  the  same  as  methylene  blue,  and  if  it  is  the  article 
my  customer  wants?  Kindly  give  me  any  particulars  you  can 
regarding  its  use  and  dose  for  cattle." 

The  methylene  blue  used  in  medicine  is  fully  described  in 
the  U.S. P.  and  we  know  of  no  reason  why  the  adjective  "ani- 
line" should  be  used  in  designating  the  compound,  unless  it  is 
because  the  commercial  dye  by  this  name  is  generally  considered 
as  an  aniline  color.  But  the  commercial  methylene  blue,  which 
is  a  double  chloride  of  tetramethylthionine  and  zinc,  should  not 
be  confused  with  the  medicinal  methylthionine  hydrochloride. 

The  use  of  this  substance  in  veterinary  medicine  is  compara- 
tively recent,  for  an  extended  search  through  medical  literature 
pertaining  to  methylene  blue,  including  a  number  of  authorities 
on  veterinary  therapeutics,  failed  to  give  any  hint  of  its  use 
in  such  practice.  Through  the  courtesy  of  Dr.  Robert  W.  Ellis, 
editor  of  the  American  Veterinary  Review,  we  were  placed  in 
communication  with  Dr.  F.  A.  Rich,  veterinarian  of  the  Ver- 
mont Experiment  Station,  who  supplies  the  following  informa- 
tion : 

"The  writer's  treatment  for  infectious  abortion  in  cows  as 
admini.stered  at  present  consists  in  giving  each  cow  a  heaping 
teaspoonful  or  more  of  medicinal  methylene  blue,  on  silage, 
once  a  day  for  four  or  five  weeks.  After  calving,  the  treatment 
is  resumed  for  a  few  days;  and  within  a  few  hours  after  fresh- 
ing, preferably  immediately  after  the  expulsion  of  the  after- 
birth, the  row's  uterus  is  washed  out  with  a  methylene  blue  so- 
liKiiiii,  I  ciiisistiri!'  of  ;i  lH  :i|,inii  teaspoonful  of  the  blue  and  an 
oun.  ^  .il  i  ililr-sili  I,,  111,  mll.in  of  boiling  water.  The  solution 
is  (M,,l,  ,l  t,,  ;il>oul  1(1.^  I. ,  and  strict  aseptic  precautions  are  ob- 
served in  it.s  introduction  into  the  cow's  uterus. 

"The  stables  are  thoroughly  cleaned  and  disinfected  and  the 
disinfection  is  repeated  after  each  occurrence  of  abortion  there- 
in. The  calving  pen  is  cleaned  and  sprayed  with  mercuric 
chloride  (corrosive  sublimate)  solution,  each  time  after  occu- 
pation, and  on  the  return  of  each  fresh  cow  to  her  stanchion, 
the  platform  and  trench  behind  her  are  sprinkled  daily  with  1 
to  1,000  mercuric  chloride  (corrosive  sublimate)  solution  for  at 
least  ten  days. 

"The  afterbirth  is  hunird  <.r  d.r,.lv  buried  and  th,'  calf  and 
soiled  parts  of  tlir  (  ow  nr  ,11,  fulK-  siMumr.l  wiih  \',  mii,  one 
per  cent  lysol  sohiii.Hi.     11;,   ,1;,  ,1 1 1 1  , -i  tin  1  ui IM.  u a -h,  ,1  with 


one  per  cent  lysol  solution,  and  either  this  or  the  above  de- 
scribed methylene  blue  solution  is  injected  into  it.  In  herds 
which  have  been  subjected  to  the  compliment  fixation  and  ag- 
glutination tests,  only  those  animals  giving  reactions  to  the  same 
are  treated ;  otherwise  every  cow  in  the  infected  herd  is  given 
full  treatment." 

Herb  Liver  and  Blood  Remedy 

(W.  G.  H.) — The  following  formulas  represent  various  types 


of  remedies  made  from  vegetable  drugs  and  used  for  the  pur- 
poses you  name : 

Root  and  Bark  Bitters 

Burdock  root    4  ounces 

Blue  flag  root    1  ounce 

Dandelion  root    3  ounces 

Sassafras  bark    1  ounce 

Sarsaparilla    4  ounces 

Wild  cherry  bark    2  ounces 

Mix  the  cut  ingredients  thoroughly  and  make  a  quart  of 

decoction ;  then  add  a  pint  of  whiskey.    Dose,  ^  wineglassful 

between  meals. 

Blood  and  Skin  Remedy 

Sarsaparilla  root    1  pound 

Burdock  root    1  pound 

Dandelion  root    Yz  pound 

ISIandrake  root    %  pound 

Rhubarb    2  ounces 

Red  clover  blossoms    pound 

Boiling  water,  about    3  gallons 


Steep  over  a  slow  fire  for  12  hours.  Strain  through  a  fine 
cloth  and,  while  still  hot,  add  granulated  sugar,  5  pounds.  If 
the  sugar  does  not  dissolve,  add  a.  little  more  heat.  Then 
take : 

Potassium  iodide    25/2  ounces 

Alcohol,  95  per  cent    2  pints 

Mix  all  well  together  and  add  water  to  make  the  whole 

measure  4  gallons.    Dose,  1  tablespoonful  three  times  a  day 

after  meals. 

Laxative  Blood  and  Liver  Remedy 


Mexican  sarsaparilla    8  ounces 

Yellow  dock  root    8  ounces 

Blue  flag  root    4  ounces 

Leptandra    1  ounce 

Yellow  parilla    2  ounces 

Sarsaparilla  flavoring    yi  ounce 

Potassium  iodide    2  ounces 

Sugar    4  pounds 

Diluted  alcohol    6  pints 

Water,  sufficient  to  make    1  gallon 


Grind  the  drugs  to  a  fine  powder  and  percolate  by  waterbath 
percolation,  first  with  the  diluted  alcohol  and  then  with  water 
until  6  pints  are  obtained;  then  add  the  sarsaparilla  flavoring 
and  potassium  iodide,  and  filter,  afterwards  dissolving  the 
sugar  in  the  filtrate,  and  making  up  the  measure  with  water 
to  1  gallon. 

This  formula  is  typical  of  those  employed  for  the  fabrica- 
tion of  the  various  alterative  and  sarsaparilla  compounds  sold 
as  "blood  purifiers,"  liver  remedies,  and  the  like.  Dozens  of 
formulas  for  similar  compounds  and  allied  preparations  are 
given  in  the  Era  Formulary,  a  work  which  you  will  do  well 

to  consult.   

Liquid  Soap 

(W.  J.  D.) — The  Era  Formulary  gives  tlie  following  formu- 


las: 

(1) 

Castile  soap    10  pounds 

Potassium  carbonate    J4  pound 

Glycerin    15  pounds 

Alcohol    25  pints 

iMake  a  solution  and  add  more  alcohol  if  a  thinner  soap  is. 
required.    Perfume  as  desired. 

(2) 

Green  soap    6  ounces 

Water    2  fl.  ounces 

Glycerin    2  £1.  ounces 

Alcohol    2  fl.  ounces 


Oil  of  rose  geranium,  wintergreen  or  bergamot, 
sufficient  to  scent. 
The  oil  should  be  dissolved  in  the  alcohol  before  adding  the 
other  ingredients.    Various  formulas  for  liquid  soap  have  been 
publislied  m  previous  volumes  of  the  Er.\.    Consult  the  indexes. 


January.  1915] 


TPIE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


17 


Mrs.  R.  L.  Thompson 


Closing  Drug  Stores  on  Sunday* 

By  MRS.  K.  L.  THOMPSON,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

IT  is  my  privilege  and  pleasure  to  present  for  your  con- 
sideration a  matter  which  has  been  very  near  to  my  own 
heart  for  several  years  and  one  in  which  I  hope  each  and 
every  one  of  you  will  be  vitally  and  enthusiastically  interested — 
the  closing  of  the  drug  stores  of  Tennessee  for  at  least  a  part 
of  every  Sunday. 

It  is  unnecessary,  I  feel 
sure,  for  me  to  consume  your 
valuable  time  in  talking  of  the 
justice,  the  common  sense,  and 
the  humanitarian  aspects  of 
my  plea  that  our  druggists  be 
at  least  given  the  opportunity 
of  obi  ving  the  Oix  ine  injunc- 
tion. "Rcnicmbor  the  Sabbath 
Day,  to  keep  it  holy,"  and  of 
joining  in  public  worship  and 
thereby  contributing  their  in- 
dividual part  toward  main- 
taining the  recognized  stan- 
dard of  our  Christian  nation. 
But  aside  from  this,  there  are 
other  strong  reasons  why  the 
drug  store  should  be  closed  on 
Sunday. 

It  is  said  that  self-preserva- 
tion is  the  first  law  of  nature 
and  if  you  Tennessee  druggists  heed  that  law  and  value  your 
lives  or  your  physical  well  being,  you  will  pass  at  this  meeting 
a  resolution  instructing  your  committee  on  legislation  to  agi- 
tate and  promote  a  measure  in  the  General  Assembly  of  Ten- 
nessee of  1915  that  will  mean  at  least  a  few  hours  rest  on  the 
Sabbath  Day  for  yourselves. 

I  am  sure  many  of  you  can  call  to  mind  even  as  I  speak, 
capable,  fine  men  who  have  gone  to  their  reward,  whose  valu- 
able lives  might  have  been  prolonged  and  whose  days  might 
have  been  lighter  and  happier  except  for  the  tedious  hours  of 
work,  which  they  endured  in  long  stretches  and  without  ces- 
sation, day  in  and  day  out.  It  would  be  nothing  short  of 
folly  for  me  to  attempt  to  tell  you  of  the  great  strain  on  the 
mind  and  body  these  long  hours  of  work  mean,  for  doubtless 
many  of  you  are  more  familiar  with  results  of  over-work  than 
I  am,  but  I  come  to-day  merely  to  remind  you  of  these  things 
which  you  already  know. 

One  of  the  strongest  arguments  in  favor  of  giving  the  drug- 
gists a  much-needed  rest  on  Sunday  should  appeal  to  the  pub- 
lic you  are  serving.  The  old  adage  that  "All  work  and  no 
play  makes  Jack  a  dull  boy"  has  been  accepted  for  many  years 
as  a  piece  of  sound  philosophy  and  a  scientific  fact  and  that 
rest  periods,  recreation,  and  relaxation  for  the  druggist  might 
make  them  far  less  liable  to  mistakes,  admits  of  no  argument. 

There  are  probably  two  sides  to  this  as  there  are  to  all 
questions,  but  there  is  not  a  single  argument  against  the  closing 
of  the  drug  stores  on  at  least  a  part  of  every  Sunday,  that  seems 
to  me  either  just  or  reasonable. 

I  cannot  believe  that  any  druggist  who  would  conscientiously 
weigh  this  matter,  could  fail  to  see  that  any  monetary  loss  oc- 
casioned by  the  measure,  would  be  more  than  made  up  for  in 
the  moral,  physical,  and  mental  benefit  that  would  be  de- 
rived. The  plea  of  emergencies,  accidents,  etc.,  could  be  easily 
answered  and  could  be  provided  for  in  many  ways.  The 
multiplicity  of  hospitals  and  the  scientific  and  adequate  equip- 
ment of  the  modem  physician's  office  answer  this  argument 
in  part,  and  I  believe  if  such  a  law  were  put  in  operation, 
this  argument  would  very  soon  lose  its  force  from  the  fact  that 
not  only  hospitals  and  physician's  offices,  but  private  houses  as 
well  would  be  kept  far  better  supplied  with  .such  necessities,  and 
in  the  end.  it  would  be  better  for  all  concerned. 

I  have  not  felt  it  necessary  either  to  elaborate  on  the  reasons 
for,  or  to  answer  the  arguments  against  such  a  measure  as  I 
■am  advocating,  since  you  are  all  better  posted  on  both  reasons 
for  and  those  against  such  a  law,  than  I  am.  But  I  have  briefly 
outlined  to  you  my  views  on  this  matter  in  the  hope  that  it 
may  set  you  to  thinking  and  that  it  may  lead  to  the  enactment 
in  Tennessee  of  the  first  law  providing  rest  hours  on  the  Sab- 

*  Read  before  the  Tennessee  Pharmaceutical  Association. 


bath  for  our  druggists.  Of  course,  I  should  greatly  like  to  see 
the  drug  store  closed  all  day  Sunday,  but  I  do  not  at  tliis 
time,  believe  it  would  be  wise  for  us  to  advocate  so  sweeping 
a  measure. 

I  therefore,  respectfully  suggest  that  this  body  pass  a  resolu- 
tion favoring  the  enactment  of  a  law  by  the  General  Assembly 
of  Tennessee,  providing  for  the  closing  of  the  drug  stores  in 
Tennessee  between  the  hours  of  10.30  A.  M.  and  2.00  P.  M. 
on  Sunday. 


A  Brave  Colorado  Girl 

MISS  Ilah  Irish  of  Long's  Peak,  Colorado,  has  merited 
the  success  which  has  come  to  her.  She  was  born 
in  Iowa  twenty  years  ago  near  a  small  town  called 
Stuart.  When  she  was  twelve  years  of  age  her  parents  moved 
west  and  she  spent  three  years  on  the  broad  plains  of  North- 
western Colorado.  While  still 
a  slender  young  girl  and  dur- 
ing her  first  year  in  High 
School,  she  found  herself  or- 
phaned, both  parents  having 
died.  There  were  three  broth- 
ers and  a  little  sister  and  the 
five  children  moved  to  Boul- 
der, Colorado,  to  take  up  the 
broken  threads  of  their  lives. 

In  due  time  Miss  Ilah  en- 
tered the  State  Preparatory 
School  there  and  after  diligent 
study,  finished  the  Latin  Sci- 
entific Course  in  1912.  While 
in  school  she  became  deeply 
interested  in  science  work. 
Teaching  did  not  appeal  to 
her  and  she  determined  that 
as  she  must  make  her  own 
Miss  Ilah  Irish  way,  she  would  do  it  along 

congenial  lines.  The  Phar- 
macy School  was  a  new  department  in  the  University  of  Colo- 
rado and  investigating  the  course,  she  decided  to  study  in  the 
West  as  that  was  where  she  wanted  to  work  and  live.  In  the 
fall  of  1912  she  entered  the  University  of  Colorado.  By  taking 
an  examination,  she  was  allowed  some  advance  credits  so  that 
in  the  beginning  she  undertook  the  regular  work  of  the  first 
year  in  Pharmacy,  and  also  some  allied  subjects  in  the  Liberal 
Arts  School.  The  class  consisted  of  eleven  members,  the  rest 
being  young  men. 

A  Pharmacal  Society  was  organized  and  she  was  elected  to 
fill  the  office  of  secretary-treasurer.  The  Society  meant  much 
to  the  students  for  each  had  to  prepare  and  read  before  the 
rest,  worth-while  papers.  They  had  open  meetings  and  ban- 
quets and  were  frankly  proud  of  the  work  being  done  in  this, 
the  newest  department  of  the  great  institution. 

In  the  second  year  the  class  number  decreased  but  the  single 
lady  member  knew  no  such  word  as  "give  up."  For  the  sub- 
ject of  her  Pharmacal  Society  written  work  that  year  she 
chose  "Women  In  Pharmacy,"  for  she  had  now  become  deeply 
interested  in  the  achievements  of  the  sisters  who  had  preceded 
her  in  the  work. 

When  commencement  time  came  in  June  1914,  Miss  Irish 
was  proud  to  be  the  first  girl  graduated  from  the  School  of 
Pharmacy  in  the  University  of  Colorado.  The  new  president. 
Dr.  Farrand  gave  her  the  first  diploma  awarded,  so  she  has  the 
additional  honor  of  being  the  first  alumnus.  Miss  Irish  is 
planning  on  going  into  laboratory  work.  She  thinks  that 
pharmacy  affords  a  splendid  opportunity  for  women.  She  ad- 
mits that  the  course  of  study  is  not  an  easy  one  but  believes 
that  if  the  student  is  interested  and  willing  to  work,  she  will 
find  it  both  interesting  and  very  much  worth-while,  even 
though  .she  may  not  intend  to  take  it  up  as  a  profession  after 
she  has  graduated. 

She  says,  "I  have  enjoyed  every  bit  of  my  work  in  the  Uni- 
versity and  never  shall  regret  that  I  entered  the  School  of 
Pharmacy.  At  first  the  students  were  incredulous  at  the  fact 
that  a  girl  would  undertake  the  course  in  pharmacy,  but  just 
as  people  sometimes  think  it  is  a  joke  when  I  tell  them  my 
name  is  'Irish,'  yet  finally  are  persuaded  that  it  is  actually  so, 
in  the  same  manner  some  think  it  a  joke  when  I  tell  them  I 
have  completed  a  course  in  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry.  When 
they  see  I  am  in  earnest,  they  congratulate  me." 


18 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[January,  1915 


SELECTED  FORMULAS 


Alkaline  Antiseptic  Solution 

Prof.  C.  H.  La  Wall  offers  the  following  formula  for  an  im- 
proved alkaline  antiseptic  solution,  the  N.  F.  preparation  under 
the  title  "Alkaline  Antiseptic,"  being  unnecessarily  high  in 
solids  and  in  alkalinity: 

Sodium  bicarbonate    5.0  grams 

Sodium  benzoate    10.0  grams 

Sodium  salicylate    10.0  grams 

Sodium  borate   30.0  grams 

Thymol    0.2  gram 

Menthol    0.2  gram 

Eucalyptol    0.2  c.c. 

Methyl  salicylate    0.2  c.c. 

Alcohol    40.0  c.c. 

Glycerin   150.0  c.c. 

Water,  enough  to  make  1000.0  c.c. 

May  be  colored  with  cudbear,  or  if  desired  to  employ  a  more 
resistant  color,  one  which  will  not  bleach  out  so  quickly  when 
the  solution  is  dispensed  with  hydrogen  dioxide  solution,  the 
color  known  as  vegetable  red,  used  by  confectioners  and  bakers 
(sulphonated  orcin)  may  be  used.  {Journal  A.  Ph.  A.). 
White  Limbering  Ointment 

Soft  soap    75  grams 

Camphor    50  grams 

Oil  of  turpentine    650  c.c. 

Water,  enough  to  make  1000  c.c. 

Triturate  the  soap  with  100  c.c.  of  the  water  until  the  soap 
is  thoroughly  incorporated ;  then  add  gradually  with  constant 
stirring  the  camphor  previously  dissolved  in  the  oil.  When 
the  mi.xture  becomes  creamy,  rub  in  enough  water  to  make  up 
to  the  lequired  quantity  {Apothecary). 

Cream  Lotion  for  Chapped  Hands 

White  Castile  soap    1  ounce 

Benzoated  lard    2  ounces 

Glycerin    4  ounces 

Rose  water    16  ounces 

Oil  of  bitter  almond    1  dram 

Dissolve  the  soap  in  half  the  rose  water  by  aid  of  gentle 
heat,  and  gradually  add  it  to  the  lard,  previously  melted,  in  a 
warm  mortar,  stirring  constantly;  then  add  the  glycerin,  mixed 
with  the  remainder  of  the  water,  and,  when  cold,  the  per- 
fuming oil. 

Tooch  Paste 

Soft  soap    1  oimce 

Glycerin    8  ounces 

Starch    Yz  ounce 

Water    ounce 

Precipitated  chalk    8  ounces 

Oil  of  peppermint    J/2  ounce 

Coloring   q.  s. 

A  glycerite  of  starch  is  prepared  with  the  starch,  glycerin 
and  water,  the  soap  added,  and,  with  the  coloring  and  flavor- 
ing, rubbed  into  a  homogeneous  mass.  The  precipitated  chalk, 
after  bolting  through  a  No.  14  bolting  cloth  sieve,  is  then  add- 
ed, and  the  whole  worked  into  a  smooth  paste,  which  is  con- 
veniently filled  into  tubes  by  the  aid  of  a  sausage  stuffer.  The 
flavor  may  be  changed  to  suit,  and  the  coloring  may  be  omitted. 
In  large  quantities  the  mixing  may  be  done  with  a  bread  mixer, 
putty  machine,  or  other  nieclianical  contrivance. 

Batteries  for  Flash  Lamps 

Charcoal    3  parts 

Graphite    1  part 

Manganese  peroxide    3  parts 

Arsenious  acid   1  part 

Mixture  of  glucose  and  dextrin  or  starch   1  part 

Calcium  hydroxide    1  part 

These  arc  intimately  mixed  into  a  paste  of  the  proper  con- 
sistence with  a  solution  composed  of  equal  parts  of  saturated 
solutions  of  ammonium  chloride  and  sodium  chloride,  to  which 
are  added  one-tenth  volume  of  mercuric  chloride  and  an  equal 
volume  of  hydrochloric  acid.  This  liquid  is  added  to  the  dry 
mixture  gradually,  and  the  mass  is  well  worked  to  insure  uni- 


formity.   Another  formula  is: — Zinc  oxide,  1  part;  zinc  chlo- 
ride, 1  part;  plaster,  3  parts;  water,  2  parts.  {Pharni.  Journal). 
Shaving-  Cream 

Curd  soap    8  ounces 

Expressed  oil  of  almonds   2  fl.  ounces 

Glycerin    1  fl.  ounce 

Spermaceti    3^  ounce 

Potassium  carbonate    Yi  ounce 

Water    20  fl.  ounces 

Cut  the  soap  into  shreds  and  dissolve  it  on  the  waterbath  in 
14  ounces  of  the  water.  Dissolve  the  spermaceti  in  the  almond 
oil,  and  while  warm  mix  it  with  the  glycerin,  potassium  car- 
bonate, and  the  remainder  of  the  water.  Transfer  to  a  warm 
mortar,  gradually  incorporate  the  warm  soap  solution,  and  con- 
tinue to  stir  until  a  smooth  paste  is  obtained ;  then  add  any 
desired  almond  perfume. 

Shampoo  Powder 

Borax    1  pound 

Powdered  soap    1  pound 

Sodium  carbonate    4  ounces 

Camphor    54  ounce 

Rosemary  oil    30  drops 

Eucalyptus  oil    1  dram 

Mix  well  and  weigh  into  packets  of  3  or  4  drams  each. 
China  Cement 

Isinglass    1  ounce 

Powdered  mastic    80  grains 

Water    2  ounces 

Glacial  acetic  acid   1  ounce 

Soak  the  isinglass  in  the  water,  and  when  all  has  been  ab- 
sorbed, add  the  acetic  acid  previously  mixed  with  the  mastic. 
Heat  gently  until  a  clear  solution  is  formed. 

Slippery  Elm  Poultice,  B.  P.  C. 

Slippery  elm,  in  fine  powder    3  ounces 

Boric  acid,  in  powder    Y2  ounce 

Wood  charcoal,  in  powder   ounce 

Boiling  water    SYz  fl.  ounces 

Mix  the  powders  and  add  the  boiling  water  gradually. 
Acetone  Collodion,  B.  P.  C. 

Pyroxylin    1  ovmce 

Oil  of  cloves    190  minims 

Amyl  acetate    5  fl.  ounces 

Benzol    4  fl.  ounces 

Acetone,  enough  to  make   20  fl.  ounces 

Dissolve  the  pyroxylin  in  10  fl.  ounces  of  the  acetone,  add  the 
oil  of  cloves,  amyl  acetate,  and  benzol,  and  make  up  to  the  re- 
quired volume  with  acetone.  Unless  tlie  pyro\'>'lin  has  been 
properly  nitrated,  acetone  collodion  may  be  thicker  than  is  de- 
sirable. This  preparation  is  said  to  be  an  excellent  liquid  court 
plaster,  and  a  useful  application  for  chilblains  and  for  small 
cuts  and  abrasions. 

Cider  Essence  (Imitation) 

Aldehyde    2  drams 

Chloroform    1  dram 

Acetic  ether      2  drams 

Amyl  valerianate    10  drams 

This  quantity  is  said  by  the  Br.  S:  Col.  Druggist  to  be  suf- 
ficient for  a  gallon  of  syrup.  .\dd  a  sufficient  quantity  of 
tartaric  acid  to  give  the  .syrup  a  tart  taste,  and  color  with  burnt 
sugar. 

Surgical  Soap 

Best  commercial  green  soap    3  pints 

Alcohol,  95  per  cent    1  pint 

Glycerin    1  pint 

Water   . :   1  pint 

Oil  of  rose  geranium    1  dram 

Mix.  Recommended  as  a  detergent  for  the  hands  previous 
to  an  operation. 


January,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


19 


Legal  Decisions 


Licenses — Reciprocal  Registration — Regulation  by- 
Board  of  Pharmacy 
Under  Kentucky  Acts  1910,  c.  113,  the  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy is  authorized  to  exchange  certilicates  of  registration  with 
other  states  under  such  rules  as  the  board  should  determine. 
The  board  adopted  a  rule  that  applicants  inust  have  been  regis- 
tered in  tlie  state  from  which  they  apply  at  least  one  year  be- 
fore reciprocal  registration  is  granted.  In  mandamus  against 
the  board  to  compel  tliem  to  grant  the  petitioner  a  pharmacist's 
certificate,  it  appeared  that  his  application  had  been  denied  be- 
cause he  had  not  been  registered  in  Georgia,  the  state  from 
which  he  applied,  for  one  year.  He  subsequently,  on  the 
elapse  of  the  required  year,  made  another  application.  Mean- 
while the  board  had  passed  an  additional  rule,  requiring  that 
the  applicant  should  have,  for  one  year  prior  to  examination, 
been  a  bona  fide  resident,  and  been  engaged  in  the  drug  busi- 
ness in  the  foreign  state.  As  the  petitioner  had  not  been  an 
actual  resident  of  Georgia  for  one  year  prior  to  his  registration 
in  that  state,  his  application  was  again  denied.  He  claimed 
that  the  board's  rules  destroyed  the  right  of  reciprocal  registra- 
tion. The  court  did  not  concur  in  this.  It  said  that  apparent- 
ly persons  living  in  Kentucky  who  were  unwilling  to  stand  the 
Kentucky  examination,  went  to  other  states  where  they  did  not 
reside  to  get  certificates,  and  then  presented  these  certificates 
for  reciprocal  registration  to  avoid  standing  the  Kentucky  ex- 
amination. But  for  the  rule  of  the  board,  a  person  who  had 
failed  in  the  Kentucky  examination  might  immediately  go  to 
another  state,  obtain  a  certificate,  and  return  to  Kentucky,  and 
as  a  matter  of  right,  have  a  certificate  issued  to  him  by  the 
Kentucky  board.  The  rule  was  held  to  be  not  arbitrary,  but 
reasonable.  The  petitioners  constitutional  rights  had  not  been 
violated.  The  rule  did  not  discriminate  against  the  citizens  of 
another  state.  It  was  neither  harsh  nor  unwarranted.  The  pe- 
titioner was  a  citizen  of  Kentucky.  The  purpose  of  the  rule 
was  to  prevent  citizens  of  Kentucky  from  evading  the  statute 
of  that  state  requiring  them  to  pass  an  examination  in  order 
to  obtain  a  certificate  as  a  pharmacist.  Mandamus  was  re- 
fused. (King  V.  Kentucky  Board  of  Pharmacy,  KentucVv  Court 
of  Appeals,  169  S.  W.  600). 

Sale  of  L»rug  Store  Stock — Fraud — Evidence 
In  an  action  of  trespass  on  the  case  it  was  sought  to  re- 
cover, as  damages,  the  difference  between  the  actual  cost  price 
of  certain  drug  store  stock  of  goods  and  fixtures,  including  a 
soda  fountain,  and  the  cost  thereof  as  represented  by  the  seller 
at  the  time  of  the  purchase.  The  action  was  based  upon  al- 
leged false  and  fraudulent  representations  of  the  actual  cost 
price  of  the  fixtures  and  supplies.  The  deal  was  for  the  capital 
stock  of  the  corporation,  and  not  in  the  specific  fixtures  or 
drug  supplies.  The  plaintiff  alleged  reliance  on  the  truth  of 
the  representations.  In  West  Virginia  the  plaintiff  must  prove 
reliance  upon  misrepresentations  as  well  as  their  falsity,  though 
in  some  states  reliance  is  inferred.  It  was  held  that  the  plain- 
tiff had  failed  to  show  such  reliance.  On  the  contrary,  he  ad- 
mitted that  he  had  had  12  years'  previous  experience  in  the 
drug  business,  had  examined  the  soda  fountain,  and  thought  its 
cost  was  about  what  the  company  had  actually  paid  for  it  ac- 
cording to  the  defendants'  representations.  Likewise,  he  also 
admitted  he  examined  the  other  fixtures  and  the  entire  stock 
of  goods,  and  that  in  his  opinion  the  cost  named  by  the  de- 
fendant was  not  excessive.  To  quote  his  language:  "From  the 
way  the  stock  looked,  and  the  way  it  was  fixed  down  in  the 
basement,  and  all,  it  certainly  appeared  to  me  that  there  was 
that  much  stock,"  meaning,  of  course,  according  to  the  valua- 
tion represented  to  him.  These  admissions,  it  was  held,  tended 
to  negative  reliance  by  him  on  the  verity  of  the  defendant's 
representations. 

Nor  did  the  plaintiff  show,  except  inferentially,  in  what  re- 
spect or  to  what  extent  he  suffered  injury  as  the  result  of  the 
negotiations.  He  admitted  that  he  did  not  discover  the  de- 
fendant's deception  until  nearly  three  years  after  the  purchase. 
During  that  time  he  made  no  effort  to  ascertain  the  actual  cost 
of  any  of  the  various  items  disctissed  pending  the  negotiations. 
The  information  secured  as  a  basis  for  the  action  he  obtained 
from  the  traveling  salesman  of  one  of  the  furnishing  companies, 
who,  he  says,  was  frequently  at  his  store  during  these  three 


years,  and  through  communications  by  him  with  the  other 
company.  This  information  was  available  from  the  same 
sources  before  the  final  consummation  of  the  deal.  This  fact 
alone  would  not  bar  his  recovery,  but  it  was  held  to  suggest 
an  apparent  satisfaction  with  the  transaction.  By  reason  of 
want  of  necessary  proof,  judgment  for  the  defendant  was  af- 
firmed. (Keller  v.  Roetting,  West  'Virginia  Supreme  Court, 
82  S.  E.  755). 

Intoxicating  Liquors— Searches  and  Seizures 

In  an  action  of  trover  against  a  sheriff  and  his  deputies,  it 
appeared  that  the  plaintiff  was  a  registered  druggist  and  phar- 
macist in  a  village  in  Michigan.  He  had  given  no  bond  for 
the  sale  of  liquor  as  a  druggist  on  May  1,  1911,  and  did  not 
give  such  bond  until  July  of  that  year.  On  May  19,  1911,  at 
an  early  hour  in  the  morning,  the  defendants,  holding  a  search 
and  seizure  warrant,  made  a  search  of  the  plaintiff's  premises, 
and  seized  and  took  away  liquors  of  the  claimed  value  of  $284. 

Michigan  Pub.  Acts  1909,  No.  107,  section  27,  provides  that 
if  any  person  makes  a  sworn  complaint  or  affidavit  before  a 
magistrate  that  he  has  cause  to  believe,  and  does  believe,  that 
liquors  are  being  manufactured,  sold,  furnished,  or  given  away 
as  a  beverage,  or  kept  for  the  purpose  of  being  sold,  etc.,  the 
magistrate  shall  issue  his  warrant  to  an  officer,  commanding 
him  to  search  the  premises  designated,  and,  if  such  liquors  are 
found,  to  seize  them.  Section  29  provides  that  no  warrant  shall 
be  issued  until  there  has  been  filed  an  affidavit  describing  the 
house  or  place  to  be  searched,  the  things  to  be  searched  for, 
and  alleging  substantially  the  offense  in  relation  thereto,  and 
that  the  affiant  believes,  and  has  good  cause  to  believe,  that 
such  liquor  is  there  concealed.  In  the  present  case  the  affidavit 
merely  alleged  that  the  affiant  believed  that  liquor  was  being 
sold,  furnished  and  given  away  and  kept  for  that  purpose  in 
the  plaintiff's  drug  store,  but  did  not  allege  that  he  believed 
and  had  good  cause  to  believe  that  such  liquor  was  there  con- 
cealed. It  was  held  that  the  affidavit  was  fatally  defective,  and 
did  not  give  the  magistrate  jurisdiction  to  issue  a  warrant, 
and  that  the  warrant  issued  was  n  ?  justification  to  the  officer 
for  the  seizure  of  liquor  found  on  the  plaintiff's  premise*. 
(Bullock  v.  'Ward,  Michigan  Supreme  Court,  148  N.  W.  651.) 


Clairvoyants  May  Not  Prescribe 

Boston,  Nov.  28. — The  full  bench  of  the  Supreme  Court  has 
handed  down  a  decision  that  affects  in  a  unique  way  the  right 
of  persons  to  prescribe  medicine.  The  case  came  beforp  the 
court  upon  the  appeal  of  Madam  Eva  H.  DeLou  of  Springfield 
from  the  charge  of  illegally  practising  medicine.  Madam  DeLou 
is  a  clairvoyant,  and  her  defence  was  that  what  she  had  done 
was  not  as  a  doctor,  but  as  a  clairvoyant,  and  that  when  she 
was  consulted  by  a  patient  she  went  into  a  trance,  and  by 
occult  force  told  what  was  the  matter  with  the  patient,  and 
what  remedy  was  necessary  for  a  cure.  She  had  been  prose- 
cuted by  the  state  board  of  registration  in  medicine,  and  by 
the  superior  court  was  found  guilty  and  fined  $200. 

The  full  bench  of  the  court  said  that  possibly  the  word 
clairvoyant  might  be  interpreted  to  include  one  who  hears  com- 
munications by  an  occult  force  while  in  a  trance,  but  in  its 
accurate  and  ordinary  meaning  the  word  is  confined  to  a  per- 
son who  sees,  while  in  a  trance,  things  which  by  reason  of 
distance  or  other  reasons  are  not  ordinarily  visible.  The  word, 
the  court  says,  must  be  construed  strictly  in  the  statute,  and  so 
construed  it  does  not  authorize  a  person  to  prescribe  medicines 
revealed  to  him  by  occult  force  while  in  a  trance. 


Gout  Pills 

Potassium  iodide    4  drams 

Acetic  extract  of  colchicum    4  drams 

Extract  of  aconite    16  grains 

Powdered  glycyrrhiza,  q.  s.  or  about   1  ounce 

Mix  and  divide  into  pills,  each  weighing  4  grains. 
Weed  Killer 

Water    40  gallons 

Powdered  black  rosin    56  pounds 

Sulphuric  acid    2^/2  gallons 

Creosote    10  gallons 

Melted  pitch    24  pounds 

Pearlash  boiled  in  10  gallons  of  water...  56  pounds 


Pleat  the  water  to  the  boiling  point  ard  dissolve  in  it  the 
rosin  and  sulphuric  acid;  then  add  the  creosote  and  boil  well 
again;  add  the  pitch  and  run  in  the  pearlash  solution  (boil- 
ing) ;  then  shut  off  steam. 


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[January,  1&15 


PEDLARS  GET  THREE  MONTHS  TO  "LOAD  UP" 

N.  Y.  Branch  Told  New  Law  Should  be  Reinforced 
by  State  Measures — Dr.  Wimmer  oij  Oolloids 

C.  O.  Bigelow  J.  H.  Rehfuss  and  Dr.  Jacob  Diner  were 
appointed  at  the  December  meeting  of  the  New  York  branch 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  held  at  the  New 
York  College  of  Pharmacy,  as  a  committee  on  nominations 
to  report  at  tlie  annual  meeting  in  January.  Dr.  William 
C.  Anderson,  as  chairman  of  the  committee  on  legislation,  pre- 
sented a  very  interesting  report  in  the  course  of  which  he 
observed  that  he  had  not  heard  of  any  great  activity  on  the 
part  of  the  Board  of  Health  in  enforcing  ordinance  182.  He 
pointed  out  that  by  the  time  the  Harrison  law  went  into  effect 
on  March  15th  the  narcotic  pedlars  would  have  had  their 
opportunity  to  load  up.  The  various  states  could  squelch  this 
opportunity  by  enacting  laws  similar  to  the  Boylan  law. 
Charles  N.  Lehman,  of  Tottenville,  L.  I.,  was  elected  a  member. 

Curt  P.  Wimmer,  A.M.,Phar.,D.,  delivered  a  very  interest- 
ing lecture  on  "Emulsions  as  Colloidal  Systems,"  which  was 
thoroughly  discussed  by  Dr.  Jacob  Diner,  Otto  Raubenheimer, 
Dr.  F.  E.  Niece,  J.  L.  Turner,  John  Roemer,  Dr.  Joseph 
Meyer  and  others.  There  follows  a  brief  report  of  Dr.  Wim- 
mer's  lecture: 

A  colloidal  system  consists  of  at  least  two  substances,  one 
subdivided  in  the  other  one,  and  a  general  definition  for  such 
a  system  is  as  follows:  "A  liquid,  solid  or  gas  in  a  certain 
state  of  subdivision  suspended  in  another  liquid,  solid  or  gas." 
The  degree  of  subdivision  generally  accepted  is  between  .17 
and  1.79.  The  colloid  state  is  intermediary  in  size  between 
coarse  suspensions  and  molecular  subdivision.  A  colloidal 
system  consisting  of  a  liquid  subdivided  in  another  liquid  is 
termed  an  "emulsoid."  Substances  which  in  the  pure  state  are 
solids  may  form  part  of  a  liquid-liquid  system;  for  example, 
a  solution  of  gum  acacia  in  water  is  such  a  system,  since  the 
particles  of  the  gum  are  non-rigid;  similarly  solutions  of  starch, 
gelatin  albumiu  are  emulsoids,  as  are  suspensions  of  oils  in 
water. 

The  lecturer  next  took  up  some  of  the  general  properties 
of  emulsoids. 

1.  Specific  gravity:  As  a  rule,  it  differs  only  slightly  from 
that  of  the  dispersion  medium. 

2.  Surface  tension :  Is  usually  lowered  by  the  dispersoid. 
The  surface  tension  of  a  20  per  cent,  solution  of  gum  acacia 
is  nine  per  cent  lower  than  that  of  water,  a  10  per  cent,  solu- 
tion of  gallic  acid  has  a  tension  29  per  cent,  lower  than  water. 

3.  Viscosity:  It  is  higher  than  that  of  the  dispersion 
medium,  and  is  determined  either  by  Grotorian's  method  of 
the  swinging  disc,  or  by  any  one  of  the  numerous  viscosi- 
meters,  that  of  Oswald  being  the  most  often  used. 

4.  Optical  properties :  Some  emulsoids  become  doubly  re- 
fractive under  the  influence  of  mechanical  deformations.  All 
show  the  Tyndall  phenomenon,  which  was  demonstrated  by 
the  lecturer  on  optically  pure  water,  distilled  water,  croton 
water,  Monsell's  solution,  glycerite  of  tannic  acid,  syrup  of 
lime,  etc. 

5.  Diffusion:  The  diffusion  coefficients  of  a  number  of 
colloids  have  been  determined,  and  application  of  the  Riecke- 
Thovert  formula    points  to  their  very  high  molecular  weight. 

6.  Swelling  Capacity:  Each  colloid  has  a  definite  capacity 
to  absorb  water  and  to  swell  up.  This  capacity  is  determined 
by  Riecke's  odometer.  The  presence  of  acids,  alkalies  or 
salts  may  increase  or  decrease  this  swelling  capacity,  and 
definite  series  of  the  anions  and  cathions  have  been  established 
respecting  their  influence. 

The  speaker  then  took  up  the  properties  of  surfaces  and 
pointed  out  how  they  overbalanced  the  electric  iiroiu-rtics  of 
a  solution.  He  pointed  out  that  a  cube  of  1  ri  nlimt  li  r  sicli^ 
length  has  a  total  surface  of  six  square  ccntimdi  r>,  and  that 
this  culje  sululivided  into  cubes  each  side  ol  wIiIlI)  will 
give  cubes  with  a  total  surface  of  6,000  square  meters.  It  is 
the  tremenduously  large  surface  development  which  gives 
peculiar  properties  to  colloids.  The  determination  of  surface 
tension  by  several  metliods  was  taken  up,  and  a  number  of 
tensions  of  more  common  systems  explained.  Foaming  is 
always  an  evidence  of  lowered  surface  tension.  This  lowering 
is  brought  about  by  substances  dissolved,  such  as  gums,  Jats, 
soaps,  albumins,  enzymes,  etc.     According  to  Quincke's  law, 


any  substance  which  lowers  surface  tension  will  appear  in 
largest  amount  in  the  surface  of  a  system.  On  this  basis, 
the  formation  of  surface  skins  on  solutions  of  fuchsine,  pep- 
tone and  soaps  was  explained  and  demonstrated. 

The  phenomenon  of  "adsorption"  was  explained  as  being 
based  upon  Quincke's  law. 

Dr.  Wimmer  next  took  up  the  consideration  of  emulsions. 
Emulsions  are  semi-colloidal  preparations.  The  oil  is  the 
disperse  phase  and  water,  or  a  solution  of  gum.  is  the  dis- 
persion medium.  The  surface  of  the  subdivided  oil  is  very 
large  and,  therefore,  surface  properties  overbalance  all  others. 
Milk  is  one  of  the  most  important  emulsions,  and  a  con- 
siderable amount  of  colloidal  work  has  been  done.  An  abnor- 
mal surface  tension  of  milk  may  show  addition  of  water.  An 
abnormal  viscosity  shows  the  addition  of  oil.  Ultra-filtra- 
tion furnishes  a  method  for  distinguishing  boiled  from  raw 
milk.  The  size  of  its  fat  globules  and  their  rate  of  ascen- 
sion has  been  determined.  The  weight  of  a  fat  globule  can  be 
calculated.  The  speaker  asserted  that  all  of  this  work  should 
be  applied  to  the  pharmaceutical  emulsions.  The  gum  or 
other  emulsifying  agent  acted  as  such  because  it  lowered  the 
interphasial  tension  of  the  oil-water  system  and  had  to 
separate  at  the  boundary  surfaces  according  to  Quincke's 
law,  tliereby  forming  a  covering  around  the  fat  globule.  The 
determination  of  the  emulsifying  power  of  the  liquid  was 
demonstrated  by  means  of  Donnen's  pipette.  The  viscosity 
of  an  emulsion  is  proportional  to  the  oil  content  up  to  a  certain 
maximum,  then  the  viscosity  value  decreases.  This  factor 
might  be  used  to  establish  the  addition  of  undue  amounts  of 
oil,  the  surface  tension  might  be  used  to  show  presence  of 
excessive  water  or  other  additions.  From  the  size  of  the 
fat  or  oil  globule  we  can  approximately  calculate  how  soon 
an  emulsion  will  separate.  This  was  illustrated  by  using 
Stoke's  formula.  Considerable  reference  was  made  to  Picker- 
ing's work  on  emulsions,  who  found  that  certain  basic  salts 
can  act  as  emulsifying  agents  as  well  as  soaps,  gums,  saponin, 
etc.  The  cracking  of  emulsion  by  alcohol  is  due  to  a  dehydra- 
tion of  the  emulsifying  agents,  or  it  may  be  due  to  the  inner 
friction  becoming  too  great  when  the  oil  globules  are  crushed 
and  the  coverings  torn.  The  action  of  inorganic  salts  on 
emulsions  with  and  without  addition  of  alcohol  was  also 
considered  in  detail. 

In  conclusion.  Dr.  Wimmer  stated  that  the  additional 
knowledge  which  colloid-chemistry  furnished  regarding  emul- 
sions was  highly  important  and  useful.  It  will  lead  to  a 
more  thorough  understanding  of  this  class  of  preparations, 
and  in  time  to  come  will  assist  the  pharmacist  is  compounding 
emulsions  which  will  be  wellnigh  perfect. 


N.  Y.  C.  P.  REDUCES  MORTGAGE  TO  $55,000 

Indebtedness  was  $125,000  Just  Ten  Years  Ago — 
Lectures  Arranged  for  Future  Meetings 

In  one  decade  the  Ne\v  York  College  of  Pharmacy  has  re- 
duced the  mortgage  on  its  grounds  and  building  from  SI 25.000 
to  $55,000.  In  ten  years  the  indebtedness  has  been  three-fifths 
cancelled,  and  it  is  hoped  that  in  a  very  few  years  the  mort- 
gage can  be  destroyed  and  the  property  held  free  and  clear. 
The  latest  reduction  was  brought  about  at  the  December  meet- 
ing of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  when  it  was  voted  to  pay  off 
$10,000  on  the  principal  of  the  mortgage. 

At  this  meeting  of  the  trustees  it  was  announced  that  the 
lectures  for  the  regular  meetings  of  the  college  had  been  ar- 
ranged. Professor  Robert  H.  Montgomery,  of  the  School  of 
Commerce  of  Columbia  University,  will  talk  on  ".Vccounting 
for  Pharmacists,"  at  the  Tanuar>'  19,  1915,  meeting.  On  the 
c\tnint;  of  Manh  l(>tli.  Professor  Edward  Kremers  of  the 
UiiiM  isity  i.l  \\  is,,,ii<in  will  deliver  an  illustrated  lecture  on 
riiariiKu  y  s  ( Umi  ilniii.iii  to  Civilization."  .\nother  talk  on 
accounting  for  pharmacists  will  be  given  by  one  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  faculty  of  the  School  of  Commerce  of  New  York 
University.  These  lectures  are  carefully  planned  to  be  of 
practical  value  to  the  pharmacist.  All  who  are  able  to  attend 
are  cordially  invited  to  do  so. 

It  was  with  sincere  regret  tliat  the  college  learned  of  the 
death  of  John  Rutgers  Planten  of  the  class  of  1913.  He  is 
most  kindly  remembered  by  all  who  knew  him. 


January,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


21 


EN  m  PHAIRMACY 


CJonducted  by  EMMA  GARY  WALLACE 


A  New  Year  Resolution 

LET  us  each  and  every  one  resolve  to  read 
carefully  this  year  whatever  is  worth  read- 
ing at  all.  Merely  to  skim  over  things  in 
such  a  superficial  way  that  we  could  not  give  the 
main  points  a  week  or  a  month  afterwards,  is  to 
encourage  fuzzy-mindedness.  Let's  resolve  not  to 
be  fuzzy-minded ! 

Let  us  resolve  to  have  the  courage  of  our  con- 
victions regardless  of  what  the  other  fellow  does 
or  does  not.  We  may  be  surprised  to  discover  the 
rest  are  merely  waiting  for  a  leader.  Let's  be 
leaders ' 

Let  us  resolve  to  have  a  definite  ideal  and  to 
live  a  little  nearer  to  it  than  ever  before.  The 
years  are  passing  and  we  should  prove  ourselves 
increasingly  worthy.    Let's  resolve  to  do  it! 


WHO  IS  GETTING  THIS  TRADE? 

IT  is  a  small  town  which  does  not  boast  institutions  of  some 
kind.  These  may  be  schools,  manufacturing  plants,  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  or  V.  W.  C.  A.s,  Homes  for  Old  Ladies,  Orphan  Asy- 
lums, Hospiuls,  Railway  Stations,  Boarding  Houses,  Boarding 
Schools,  etc.,  etc.  Please  stop  right  here  and  make  a  list  of 
the  number  in  your  territory. 

Each  one  of  these  purchases  supplies  from  time  to  time. 
Small  accidents  are  treated  on  the  ground,  consequently  anti- 
septics and  dressings  are  required.  Restoratives  are  in  order, 
likewise  a  variety  of  other  legitimate  drug  store  supplies.  Some 
one  is  going  to  get  this  trade.  Why  not  you?  Why  not  make 
this  a  piece  of  automatic  salesmanship? 

For  example,  a  brisk,  business-like  woman  pharmacist  makes 
a  personal  call  upon  the  manager  or  buyer  or  chairman  of  the 
House  Committee,  or  whoever  this  dignitary  may  be,  or  if  she 
does  not  care  to  do  this,  she  has  a  carefully  prepared  list  of 
the  names  and  when  these  individuals  come  into  her  store,  she 
approaches  them  courteously  concerning  the  placing  of  First 
Aid  Cabinets  in  their  places  of  business. 

Being  a  thoroughly  alert,  young  woman,  she  recognizes  the 
fact  that  these  supplies  arc  not  going  to  be  placed  merely  to 
give  her  an  opportunity  to  send  in  her  bill.  She  must  be  ready 
to  show  by  facts  and  figures  that  the  placing  of  these  Cabinets 
is  a  precautionary  measure  as  an  accident  promptly  and  proper- 
ly cared  for  is  much  to  be  preferred  than  a  neglected  accident, 
a  case  of  blood  poisoning,  and  a  law  suit.  The  states  where 
the  Employers'  Liability  Act  is  in  operation  will  be  especially 
keen  to  see  the  point. 

A  Cabinet  thoroughly  stocked  with  antiseptic  liquid  soap, 
sterilized  and  medicated  gauzes,  bandages,  adhesive  tape  in 
different  widths,  scissors,  tweezers,  splints,  a  tourniquet,  aro- 
inatic  spirits  of  ammonia,  suitable  dressings  for  burns,  collodion, 
surgical  dusting  powder,  etc.  etc.,  should  be  in  every  institu- 
tion. The  profit  on  these  is  attractive  in  the  beginning  and  to 
keep  these  Cabinets  stocked  will  mean  additional  orders.  Keep 
track  of  the  number  of  places  and  the  time  sold.  Have  a 
regular  date  for  calling  and  looking  over  the  Cabinets  to  see 
what  is  needed  to  replenish  them.  Do  not  trust  to  memory  or 
inspiration.  Have  a  time  as  you  would  to  wind  the  clock  or 
put  out  the  cat. 

Household  cases  and  automobile  kits  should  afford  a  fine 
opportunity  for  spring  trade.  In  timely  advertising  show  the 
advantage  of  having  supplies  in  the  house,  properly  labeled 
and  ready  for  instant  use.  Suggest  an  overhauling  of  the  old- 
time  medicine  case  and  a  general  discarding  of  half  corked  bot- 
tles, containers  from  which  the  labels  have  fallen  and  medicines, 
the  original  purpose  of  which  has  been  forgotten.   A  case  came 


within  the  writer's  experience  when  a  single  dose  of  medicine 
caused  a  fine  young  man's  death  although  he  had  taken  many 
doses  from  the  same  bottle  with  benefit.  Tne  half  pressed  in 
cork  had  permitted  evaporation  and  possibly  chemical  reactions 
had  taken  place.    He  lived  less  than  an  hour. 

Show  the  need  of  fresh  medicines  and  the  absolute  necessity 
of  dressings  surgically  clean.  Even  to-day  cobwebs,  tobacco, 
ordinary  soap,  unboiled  water,  indifferently  clean  rags,  and 
doubtful  applications  are  often  put  upon  open  wounds.  A  case 
comes  to  mind  of  a  patient  properly  treated  by  a  physician. 
After  his  departure  well-meaning  neighbors  flocked  in  and  ad- 
vised the  application  of  old,  soft  flannel  carefully  scorched  on 
top  of  the  kitchen  range.  The  trouble  which  resulted  was  laid 
to  the  doctor's  ignorance! 

Institutions  of  all  kinds,  Boy  Scout  troops,  Camp  Fire  Girls, 
and  other  similar  organizations  should  have  careful  instruction 
upon  what  is  safe  to  do,  and  what  may  cause  a  life  to  leave 
undone.  Physicians  and  pharmacists  are  the  natural  leaders 
in  this  movement  as  indeed  they  should  be  in  all  cases  which 
affect  the  public  health  and  physical  welfare.  The  pharmacist 
who  establishes  this  trade  establishes  confidence  in  the  up-to- 
dateness  of  her  service  and  is  sure  to  profit  along  other  lines 
also. 


M' 


A  Daughter  of  Ohio 

■fSS  Leafy  A.  Sauer,  of  Zanesville,  Ohio,  followed  natural- 
ly in  the  foot  steps  of  her  druggist-father.  When  she 
was  old  enough  to  understand  some  of  the  details  of 
the  business  in  which  her  father  was  engaged,  she  became 
deeply  interested  in  it.  As  time  went  on  and  she  was  able  to 
give  valuable  service,  she  real- 
ized that  this  was  the  field  of 
opportunity  which  called  most 
insistently  for  her  to  enter. 

After  graduating  from  the 
local  High  School  and  acquir- 
ing a  large  foundation  of 
practical  knowledge,  she  took  a 
course  in  pharmacy  at  the 
Ohio  State  University  and  ob- 
tained the  degree  of  Pharma- 
ceutical Chemist.  Since  that 
time.  Miss  Sauer  has  had  a 
valuable  drug  store  experience, 
and  some  further  opportuni- 
ties for  enlarging  her  field  of 
service  as  a  hospital  pharma- 
cist. Concerning  the  latter 
work  she  says: 

"I  found  it  very  interesting 
and  can  certainly  say  that  it 
is  an  excellent  place  to  get 
prescription  experience,  especially  if  the  institution  is  a  large 
one,  but  hardly  the  place  to  get  experience  if  one  expects  to 
own  or  manage  a  drug  store,  as  of  course  you  do  not  come 
in  contact  with  the  public,  and  can  not  study  their  wants  and 
needs,  which  is  neces,sary  in  the  management  of  a  store. 

'T  found  the  prescription  department  the  most  interesting 
feature  of  a  drug  store,  although  as  a  whole  the  work  is 
very  fa.scinating  to  me,  and  I  am  sure  more  women  would  take 
up  the  work,  if  they  had  an  opportunity  to  become  acquainted 
with  pharmacy.  I  expect  to  own  and  operate  a  drug  store  in 
the  near  future." 

Miss  Sauer's  experience  has  been  of  exactly  the  right  kind 
to  make  a  first  class  pharmacist  and  we  wish  her  every  success 
in  her  work  as  a  principal. 


Miss  Leafy  A.  Sauer 


ITortli   Dakota  Ph.   A.   Ladies  Auxiliary- 
All  over  the  country  the  wives  and  families  of  the  retail 
druggist  are  becoming  aroused  to  the  opportunities  for  social 
intercourse  and  personal  influence.    The  Ladies  Auxiliary  of 


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[January,  1915 


the  North  Dakota  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  organized 
at  Devil's  Lake,  N.  D.,  on  August  5,  1908.  The  object  of 
the  Auxiliary  is  to  awaken  the  women's  interest  in  the  b'jsi- 
ness  and  profession  of  husbands  or  fathers,  as  the  case  nuy  bt, 
and  to  furnish  an  incentive  for  them  to  familiarize  liicniselves 
more  with  these  various  interests.  Incidentally  the  Aux.liary 
will  add  to  the  social  enjoyment  of  the  various  pharmaceutical 
meetings. 

Druggists'  wives  and  daughters  and  also  ihc.  wives  and 
daughters  of  representatives  of  pharmaceutical  houses,  or  cf 
other  commercial  traveling  salesmen  carrying  lines  or  -.nand- 
facture  mostly  handled  by  druggists,  are  eligible  to  membership. 
The  meetings  are  held  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same  city  in 
which  the  men's  organization  holds  its  meetings. 

The  officers  of  the  organization  are :  Mrs.  Harry  Iverson, 
Egeland,  president;  Mrs.  G.  A.  Engbretson,  Fargo,  vice-presi- 
dent; Mrs.  Louise  Jacobson,  Hankinson,  second  vice-picsi- 
dent;  Mrs.  Peter  Mergens,  Fairmount,  secretary  and  treasurer. 

We  are  indebted  to  the  charming  secretary-treasurer,  \L'S. 
Mergens,  for  the  details  of  this  report. 


ALMA  F.  HERBKERSMAIT 

THE  list  of  women  pharmacists  in  the  State  of  Ohio  is 
steadily  increasing.  One  of  the  latest  additions  to  the 
ranks  is  Miss  Alma  F.  Herbkersman  of  6203  Broadway, 
Cleveland.  Miss  Herbkersman  is  an  Ohioan,  having  been 
born  in  Cleveland  and  living  there  all  her  life. 

She  was  graduated  from  the 
Western  Reserve  University, 
Department  of  Pharmacy  in 
June  1913  and  received  her 
State  Certificate  June  1914. 

Stella  B.  Walker 

Another  woman  pharmacist 
who  has  decided  ideas  and  is 
not  afraid  to  express  them  is 
]\Iiss  Stella  B.  Walker,  of 
Kansas  City,  Mo.  She  was 
an  Era  Course  student  before 
attending  the  Kansas  Univer- 
sity, School  of  Pharmacy. 

Miss  Walker  believes  that 
pharmacy  is  a  good  business 
for  the  business  woman.  The 
men  she  has  worked  for  have 
been  considerate  in  every  way 
and  the  stores  she  has  man- 
aged have  shown  the  usual 
i-ate  of  profit.  Miss  Walker  believes  thoroughly  in  making  and 
pushing  one's  own  preparations.    She  says: 

"Pharmacy  is  an  individual  equation  you  see.  'Every  Drug- 
gist his  own  Fluid  Extractor,  Coaxing  the  Doctor  into  the 
N.  F.  Fold'  does  not  interest  me  at  all.  I  rather  try  to  sell  my 
own  make  of  cough  cure  for  the  nine  hundared  and  ninety-nine 
winter  coughs  than  to  try  to  interest  two  doctors  in  sixteen 
worthy  'N.  F.'  preparations.  My  competitor  is  welcome;  I'd 
rather  be  handing  out  eleven  cigars,  thirteen  smiles,  'A  dime's 
worth  of  stamps  if  you  please,'  and  change  for  five  dollars. 

"Let  others  applaud  the  nicely  balanced  association  of  drug 
adjuvant  and  corrective.  I'll  be  busy  applauding  the  daintily 
attractive  windows,  the  fresh  spotless  show  cards,  or  the  high 
rate  of  turn-over  and  accurate  figuring  of  overhead  expense." 

Miss  Walker  has  passed  the  Missouri  Board  and  speaks  in 
high  praise  of  the  practical  nature  of  its  requirements. 

AROUND  THE  CIRCTJIT 

Miss  Grace  Irene  Harper,  Ph.  G.,  the  charming  and  capable 
Instructor  in  Pharmacy  at  the  New  York  Medical  College  and 
Hospital  For  Women  has  recently  been  honored  by  being  made 
President  of  the  American  Women's  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion. Prof.  Harper  is  sure  to  lead  the  Association  to  greater 
successes  and  finer  achievements. 


Miss  Herbkersman 


Chapter  No.  1  Gives  Dance 

On  Monday  evening,  December  7th,  a  Cabaret  Dance  was 
given  by  Boston  Chapter  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D.at  the  Metaphysi- 
cal Club  Rooms.  Although  the  weather  was  very  unpleasant, 
there  was  a  good  attendance  and  a  delightful  evening  was 
siM  iit.  The  guests  sat  around  tables  which  were  placed  around 
thr  liall,  iraving  the  center  space  clear  for  the  dancing  which 


was  interspersed  in  the  program  throughout  the  evening. 

There  were  character  songs  by  Mr.  George  Webster  Dyer 
which  were  highly  amusing,  recitations  by  Miss  Josephine  Hay- 
ward,  and  fancy  dances  by  Mrs.  Hayes  and  Miss  LaPierre  in 
costume.  Ice  cream,  cake,  and  light  drinks  were  served  during 
the  evening. 

The  affair  was  in  charge  of  Mrs.  Woodrow,  chairman  of 
the  Entertainment  Committee,  assisted  by  Mrs.  Waterhouse. 


Louisville  Chapter  Meetuig 

The  Christmas  meeting  of  the  Louisville  Chapter  was  held 
in  the  DeMolay  parlors  and  each  member  was  privileged  to 
invite  as  many  eligible  guests  with  their  children  as  they  wished. 
Each  member  also  was  requested  to  bring  a  filled  Christmas 
Stocking  to  be  donated  to  the  Associated  Charities.  That  or- 
ganization was  on  hand  to  get  them  for  distribution  among  the 
poor  on  Christmas  Eve. 

Each  child  present  was  given  a  toy  and  a  favor.  The  latter 
were  of  extreme  daintiness  and  prepared  by  the  Chapter  mem- 
bers themselves.  Of  course  there  was  a  Christinas  tree  spark- 
ling with  lights  and  gay  ornaments  and  the  children  scarcely 
took  their  eyes  off  it  while  the  program  of  music  and  readings 
was  being  given.  The  occasion  was  hugely  enjoyed  by  all. 
The  Chapter  is  planning  an  Annual  Ball  to  be  held  at  the 
Woman's  Club  in  January. 

A  regular  business  meeting  was  held  in  November  at  which 
Miss  Hazel  Cowell  gave  a  very  fine  address  on  Germany.  She 
was  followed  by  Dr.  E.  A.  Bush  of  the  Bush  Sanatorium  who 
gave  a  lecture  demonstrating  the  usefulness  and  value  of  Osteo- 
pathy. This  lecture  was  the  first  of  a  series,  and  a  profitable 
winter  is  assured. 


American  Women's  Ph.  A. 

The  monthly  meeting  of  the  American  Women's  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  which  was  of  a  social  nature,  was  held 
at  Woodmere,  L.  I.  The  members  were  entertained  by  Mrs. 
J.  D.  Crosby  and  Mrs.  Wm.  Wisendanger,  at  the  home  of  the 
latter.  All  of  the  officers  of  the  society,  as  well  as  the  founder, 
were  present.  A  delightful  walk  in  the  woods  was  followed 
by  a  musical  given  by  Miss  Lucille  Rein,  the  pharmacist  at 
St.  Mark's  hospital,  this  city. 

Refreshments  were  served  by  the  hostesses.  Among  those 
present  were  Miss  Louise  Kramer,  Miss  Lillian  Goldblatt, 
Miss  Esther  Matusow,  Miss  Virginia  Baker,  Miss  Rosalie 
Sukre,  Mrs.  E.  Schwager  and  Miss  Grace  Harper,  all  pharma- 
cists of  Manhattan. 


California  Ladies'  Auxiliary 

The  Southern  California  Pharmaceutical  Association  Ladies' 
Auxiliary  was  recently  entertained  by  Mrs.  A.  Bly,  about  25 
members  attending  this  affair  which  was  held  in  Los  .Angeles. 
Mrs.  W.  T.  Johnston,  of  Wichita,  Kansas,  a  leader  in  the  suf- 
frage campaign,  gave  personal  e.xperiences.  Mrs.  Fletcher 
Howard,  president  of  the  State  Auxiliary  of  the  California 
State  Ph.  A.,  spoke  on  general  club  work,  and  presented  her 
observations  on  the  work  of  Eastern  clubwomen  made  during 
her  recent  visit  to  the  .\tlantic  coast.  Mrs.  Bly,  who  was  in 
France  at  the  beginning  of  the  war,  where  she  had  gone  as  an 
art  student,  told  of  her  experience  in  getting  out  of  the  war 
zone.    Cards  were  played  later  in  the  afternoon. 


Druggists  Protest  Against  Compensation  Act 

Baltimore,  Dec.  15. — The  retail  druggists  of  this  city,  or  at 
least  those  who  belong  to  the  Baltimore  Retail  Druggists'  Asso- 
ciation, have  decided  to  lodge  a  protest  with  the  State  Indus- 
trial Accident  Commission,  which  was  created  under  what  has 
become  generally  known  as  the  Workmen's  Compensation  .■\ct. 
This  measure  was  passed  at  the  last  session  of  the  Legislature 
and  requires  all  employers  to  take  out  insurance  compensating 
such  employes  in  case  of  death  or  injurj'  by  accident.  The  re- 
tailers fovinil  upon  inquiry,  that  the  law  was  held  to  apply  to 
them,  and  tlu  \  r.  i^arci  this  construction  as  unwarranted.  They 
point  out  th.il  it  is  absurd  to  place  the  profession  of  druggist 
among  the  hazardous  occupations,  and  tliey  feel  confident  of 
making  the  commission  sec  the  matter  in  the  same  light,  .\bout 
one  hundred  of  the  retailcis  have  combined  to  make  a  test  of 
the  question  whether  they  can  be  compelled  to  insure  their  em- 
ployes. Some  of  the  pharmacists,  however,  have  already  taken 
out  policies.  The  conunission  has  so  far  refrained  from  pro- 
ceeding against  those  whom  it  regards  as  coming  under  the 
provisions  of  the  statute,  and  the  method  to  be  adopted  by  the 
retailers  to  obtain  relief  is  therefore  somewhat  indefinite. 


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23 


DRUG  IMPORTERS  OF  TWO  CITIES  CO-OPERATE 

Drug  Trade  Section  and  Philadelphia  Exchange  Work 
for  Appeal  to  Federal  Court  on  Inspections 

The  Drug  Trade  Section  of  the  New  York  Board  of  Trade 
and  Transportation,  at  its  December  meeting,  decided  to  co- 
operate with  the  Philadelphia  Drug  Exchange  in  the  effort 
of  the  latter  organization  to  obtain  for  importers  of  crude 
drugs  the  right  to  appeal  to  tlie  Federal  courts  from  the  rulings 
of  government  inspectors  and  other  port  of  entry  officials.  A 
suggestion  made  at  a  previous  meeting  was  to  the  effect  that 
the  section  co-operate  with  the  Philadelphia  Drug  Exchange  in 
an  effort  to  induce  the  Department  of  Agriculture  and  Treasury 
Department  to  effect  the  standardization  of  the  inspection  of 
drugs  at  the  various  ports. 

That  by  bringing  about  tlie  proposed  standardization  the 
number  of  appeals  would  be  minimized,  was  developed  in 
the  course  of  a  report  made  by  Irving  McKesson,  for  the 
committee  on  importers  of  drugs  ana  chemicals.  The  matter 
was  left  in  the  hands  of  this  committee  with  power  to  act 
along  the  lines  discussed. 

Dr.  H.  C.  Lovis,  chairman  of  the  committee  on  legislation, 
presented  a  report  on  the  status  and  the  probable  effect  follow- 
ing the  enactment  of  the  proposed  Board  of  Health  ordinance 
providing  for  the  qualitative  statement  on  the  label  of  pro- 
prietary preparations  of  the  ingredients  thereof.  The  report, 
which  was  accepted  with  thanks,  follows: 

Your  committee  on  legislation  has  had  under  consideration  the 
proposed  amendment  to  the  sanitary  code,  prohibiting  the  hand- 
ling and  sale  ot  proprietary  medicines  in  this  city  unless  the 
"name  of  the  ingredients  of  any  such  medicines  shall  be  registered 
in  the  Department  of  Health  in  such  manner  as  the  regulations 
of  the  Board  of  Health  may  prescribe." 

Without  attempting  to  express  any  opinion  we  submit  that  the 
question  should  be  carefully  considered  if  such  an  ordinance 
would  not  be  a  contravention  of  the  equal  rights  and  due  process 
clause  of  the  constitution  of  the  United  States  and  literally  be 
the  taking  of  private  property  without  due  process  of  law.  It 
is  inconceivable  that  under  the  guise  of  a  police  regulation  for 
the  promotion  of  public  health  the  rights  of  property  can  be  ruth- 
lessly invaded,  unless  the  exercise  of  such  power  is  specifically 
for  the  protection  of  public  health. 

The  adoption  of  such  an  amendment  would  be  absolutely  dis- 
criminatory against  the  manufacturers  of  such  preparations  withm 
New  York  City.  It  would  also  be  discriminatory  against  the  whole- 
sale drug  trade,  which  would  be  prohibited  from  handling  the 
goods  for  their  customers  within  or  outside  the  limits  of  New 
York  City.  The  regulation  would  not  interfere,  however,  with 
the  sale  of  such  medicines  to  consumers  in  this  city.  It  will 
result  in  the  extension  of  a  mail  order  and  express  business  by 
manufacturers  outside  of  the  city.  Manufacturers  and  dealers 
in  Yonkers,  Mount  Vernon,  New  Rochelle,  Jersey  City,  Hoboken, 
etc,  will  not  be  hindered  to  the  slightest  degree  in  supplying 
all  demands  for  such  medicines  to  the  people  of  this  city.  The 
only  net  result  which  it  will  accomplish  will  be  to  interfere 
materially  with  the  legitimate  business  of  New  York  City  manu- 
facturers and  wholesalers,  without  compensatory  advantage  to 
our  citizens.  We  suggest  that,  to  be  efficient  and  comprehensive, 
the  field  of  regulation  for  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  proprietary 
remedies  lie  in  Congressional  action,  if  it  is  not  already  con- 
trolled under  the  National  Food  and  Drugs  act.  If,  however, 
it  is  not  thus  sufficiently  controlled,  we  protest  that  limited 
and  wholly  local  regulations  should  not  be.  adopted  until  uniform 
and  general  legislation  can  be  secured. 


Bandages  for  German  and  Austrian  Red  Cross 

F.  A.  Bongartz,  member  of  the  New  Jersey  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy,  calls  attention  in  the  local  German  pharmaceutical 
press,  to  the  need  of  bandage  material  among  the  Germans  at 
the  scene  of  military  activities  in  Europe,  and  suggests  to  his 
colleague-members  of  the  German  .Apothecaries'  Society  that 
anyone  interested  send  a  box  of  three-  or  four-inch  muslin 
bandages.  This  may  be  easily  sent  by  parcels  post,  the  surest 
way  being  to  register  the  package,  and  to  address  it  to  the 
Handelsgesellschaft  Deutscher  Apotheker,  Berlin,  Germany, 
"for  Red  Cross." 

To  facilitate  the  sending  of  these  packages,  said  Mr.  Bon- 
gartz, arrangements  have  been  made  with  a  leading  firm  to 
make  up  and  mail  such  packages  at  $1  each.  The  package  unll 
include  more  than  the  usual  dollar's  worth  of  bandage  ma- 
terial, -xhile  the  dollar  will  cover  postage.  The  money  may  be 
sent  to  Hugo  Kantrowitz,  104  John  street,  New  York  City, 
who  will  see  that  a  package  of  bandage  material  as  described 
will  be  forwarded  in  the  donor's  name,  to  the  Red  Cross,  either 
German  or  Austrian,  as  preferred  by  the  sender.  All  orders 
will  be  acknowledged  in  the  Deutsch-Amerikanische  Apothekcr- 
Zeitung. 


INDUSTRIAL   EXPANSION  UNDER  WAY 

Iiiedicinal  Herb  Raising  not  a  Backyard  Pastime — 
Japanese  Chemical  Industries  Advancing 

Notable  members  of  the  American  Institute  of  Chemical  En- 
gineers, which  met  recently  in  annual  gathering  at  Philadelphia, 
declared  that  an  unprecedented  expansion  of  the  American 
chemical  industry  was  under  way,  due  to  the  European  war. 

Dr.  .'Mlerton  S.  Cushman,  director  of  the  Institute  of  Indus- 
trial Research,  in  a  paper  on  "Feldspar  as  a  Source  of  American 
I'ota.sh''  discussed  the  possibilities  of  developing  at  least  one 
new  industry.  He  admitted  that  it  would  be  a  process  of  tre- 
mendous difficulty,  but  one  with  a  future  under  proper  tariff 
protection.  Later  on  he  talked  informally  of  the  prospects  for 
developing  herb-raising  industries. 

"Of  course,  it  is  no  backyard  pastime,"  he  said.  "The  cul- 
ture of  medicinal  herbs  is  an  exact  science  and  it  takes  plenty 
of  money.  However  American  chemists  have  got  the  knowledge, 
and  if  there  are  enough  people  with  money  and  nerve  to  back 
them,  there  is  no  reason  why  the  United  States,  with  its  range 
of  temperatures  and  its  variety  of  soils,  should  not  produce 
almost  every  medicinal  herb  that  can  be  grown  in  temperate 
climates.  American  chemical  factories  have  for  years  been 
paying  high  prices  for  these  raw  materials,  grown  in  Europe 
and  Asia,  and  imported  mostly  through  German  ports.  It 
would  naturally  mean  the  employment  of  thousands  of  people 
and  also  cheaper  products  made  from  them. 

M.  C.  Whitaker,  president  of  the  institute  and  professor  of 
industrial  and  engineering  chemistry  at  Columbia  University, 
summed  up  the  situation  in  the  chemical  world  by  saying : 

"The  American  chemical  manufacturers  are  doing  just  two 
things  in  this  war  situation,  working  hard  and  keeping  their 
heads.  What  I  mean  by  working  hard  is,  that  whenever  they 
found  that  their  supply  of  a  particularly  important  material  was 
shut  off  by  the  war,  they  got  very  quietly  busy  and  found  a  way 
of  making  it  themselves." 

George  Otis  Smith,  director  of  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey,  gave  a  talk  on  "Industrial  Opportunities"  at  the  Frank- 
lin Institute,  in  the  evening.  It  was  the  finished  products,  he 
said,  not  raw  materials  that  America  should  supply  to  the 
world.  She  had  the  raw  materials;  and  the  coal,  the  oil,  the 
gas,  the  electricity,  the  iron,  the  minerals  and  the  chemicals 
needed  for  shaping  the  materials  through  all  of  the  processes 
into  the  finished  article.  She  also  had  the  brains  and  the 
labor  and  the  capital  to  do  it.  The  increasing  mobility  of  the 
financial  system,  the  increasing  sympathy  throughout  the  coun- 
try for  big  industrial  operations,  and  the  development  of  trans- 
portation facilities  only  made  the  "industrial  opportunities" 
larger. 

John  V.  N.  Dorr  read  a  paper  on  "Hydrometallurgical  Ap- 
paratus and  Its  Use  in  Chemical  Engineering,"  while  E.  H. 
French  and  James  R.  Withrow  followed  with  an  illustrated 
lecture  on  "Hardwood  Distillation  Industry."  Dr.  Jokichi  Ta- 
kamine,  of  New  York,  spoke  on  tlie  chemical  industries  of 
Japan  and  submitted  statistics  to  show  that  they  are  in  a 
flourishing  and  advancing  condition,  due  in  great  part,  he 
said,  to  the  work  of  chemists  in  America.  His  talk  was  alsoi 
illustrated  with  stereopticon  slides.  Dr.  Bernhard  C.  Hesse 
said  that  this  country  is  sorely  in  need  of  a  competent  statisti- 
cian on  manufacturing  and  that  it  is  one  of  the  requisites 
needed  to  keep  American  manufacturers  on  the  advance. 

The  entertainment  features  included  an  automobile  ride  to 
the  Commercial  Museums  in  West  Philadelphia  and  a  visit  to 
the  laboratories  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  where  the 
visitors  were  addressed  by  Dr.  S.  P.  Sadtler  and  Dr.  Edward 
Gudcman.  There  were  also  trips  of  inspection  to  the  Atlantic 
Refinin"  Co.'s  plant  at  Point  Breeze,  and  to  the  works  of  the. 
United  Gas  Improvement  Co. 


Lanolin  Toilet  Milk 

Powdered  white  castile  soap    22  grains 

Lanolin    i  ounce 

Tincture  of  benzoin    li/^  ounces 

Water    q.  s. 

Dissolve  the  soap  in  2  fl.  ounces  of  warm  water,  and  also 
mix  the  lanolin  with  2  fl.  ounces  of  warm  water;  then  incor- 
porate the  two  mixtures  thoroughly  with  each  other,  and  add 
the  tincture  of  benzoin.  If  desired,  the  tincture  may  be  re- 
placed by  90  grains  of  powdered  borax. 


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[January,  1915 


HARRISON  BILL  SIGNED  BY  PRESIDENT 

Measure   for   Which   Pharmaceutical  Organizations 
Have  Eought  for  Several  Years  is  now  Law 

During  the  past  month  the  Harrison  bill  (H.  R.  6282)  gov- 
erning the  sale  of  narcotics  in  the  United  States,  its  territories, 
the  District  of  Columbia,  or  the  insular  possessions  of  the 
United  States,  passed  the  House  of  Representatives,  including 
the  amendments  of  the  conference  committee  of  the  House 
and  Senate,  and  was  signed  by  President  Wilson.  Summarized, 
the  bill  provides  that  on  and  after  March  1st,  1915,  every  per- 
son who  produces,  imports,  manufactures,  compounds,  deals  in, 
dispenses,  distributes,  or  gives  away  opium  or  coca  leaves  or 
any  compound,  manufacture,  salt,  derivative,  or  preparation 
thereof,  shall  register  with  the  Collector  of  Internal  Revenue 
of  the  district,  his  name  or  style,  place  of  business,  and  place 
or  places  where  such  business  is  to  be  carried  on. 

On  or  before  July  1  annually  thereafter,  the  person  registered 
shall  pay  to  the  collector  a  special  tax  at  the  rate  of  $1.00  per 
annum.    No  employee  is  required  to  register  or  pay  the  tax. 

It  is  unlawful  for  any  person  to  sell,  barter,  exchange,  or  give 
away  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs  except  in  pursuance  of  a  writ- 
ten order  of  the  person  to  whom  such  article  is  sold,  bartered, 
exchanged  or  given,  on  a  form  to  be  issued  in  blank  for  that 
purpose  by  the  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue.  Such  or- 
ders shall  be  preserved  for  two  years  and  open  to  the  inspection 
of  any  Treasury  Department  officer. 

Nothing  contained  in  the  law  applies: 

(A)  To  the  dispensing  or  distribution  of  any  of  the  afore- 
said drugs  to  a  patient  by  a  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary 
surgeon  registered  under  the  act  in  the  course  of  his  profes- 
sional practice  only ;  provided,  that  such  physician,  dentist,  or 
veterinary  surgeon  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  such  drugs  dis- 
pensed or  distributed,  showing  the  amount  dispensed  or  dis- 
tributed, the  date  and  the  name  and  address  of  the  patient  to 
whom  such  drugs  are  dispensed  or  distributed,  except  such  as 
may  be  dispensed  or  distributed  to  a  patient  upon  whom  such 
physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  shall  personally  attend; 
and  such  record  shall  be  kept  for  a  period  of  two  years  from 
the  date  of  dispensing  or  distributing  such  drugs,  and  subject 
to  inspection  as  provided  in  this  act. 

(B)  To  the  sale,  dispensing,  or  distribution  of  any  of  the 
aforesaid  drugs  by  a  dealer,  to  a  consumer,  under  and  in  pur- 
suance of  a  written  prescription,  issued  by  a  physician,  dentist, 
or  veterinary  surgeon ;  provided,  however,  that  such  prescrip- 
tion shall  be  dated  as  of  the  day  on  which  signed  and  shall  be 
signed  by  the  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  who  shall 
have  issued  the  same,  and  provided,  therefore,  that  such  dealer 
shall  preserve  such  prescription  for  a  period  of  two  years  from 
the  date  on  which  such  prescription  is  filled,  in  such  a  way  as 
to  be  easily  accessible  to  inspection  by  the  officers,  agents,  etc., 
of  the  Treasury  Department. 

(C)  To  the  sale,  exportation,  or  shipment  of  any  of  the 
aforesaid  drugs  by  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  to  any  person 
in  any  foreign  country  after  complying  with  such  regulations  as 
are  prescribed  by  the  country  to  which  the  drugs  are  imported. 

(D)  To  the  sale  of  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs  to  any  officer 
of  the  United  States  Government  or  of  any  State,  territorial, 
district,  county,  or  municipal  government,  lawfully  making  pur- 
chases for  the  Army  and  Navy,  public  health  service,  or  hospi- 
tals. 

Internal  Revenue  collectors  in  every  district  will  furnish  the 
necessary  forms  and  blanks  and  instructions  for  compliance 
with  the  law. 

Internal  Revenue  collectors  may  call  upon  any  registered  per- 
son for  the  names  of  the  persons  from  whom  the  drugs  were 
received,  quantity  in  each  instance  received  from  each  of  .such 
persons,  and  the  date  when  received. 

Except  common  carriers  or  any  person  acting  within  the 
scope  of  his  employment,  or  any  person  who  shall  have  regis- 
tered and  i>aid  the  special  tax,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  to  send,  ship,  carry,  or  deliver  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs 
from  any  state,  territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  any 
insular  possession  of  the  l-nitcd  States  to  any  person  in  any 
State  or  territory,  or  to  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  any  insular 
possession  of  the  United  States. 

The  provisions  of  the  act  shall  not  be  construed  to  apply  to 
the  -sale,  distribution,  giving  away,  dispensing,  or  possession  of 
preparations  and  remedies  which  do  not  contain  more  than 
two  grains  of  opium,  or  more  than  one-fourth  of  a  grain  of 


morphine,  or  more  than  one-eighth  of  a  grain  of  heroin,  or 
more  than  one  grain  of  codeine  or  any  salt  or  derivative,  or 
any  of  them  in  one  fluid  ounce,  or,  if  a  solid  or  semi-solid 
preparation  in  one  avoirdupois  ounce ;  or  to  liniments,  oint- 
ments, or  other  preparations  which  are  prepared  for  external 
use  only,  except  liniments,  ointments,  and  other  preparations 
which  contain  cocaine,  or  any  of  its  salts,  or  alpha  or  beta  eu- 
caine  or  any  of  their  salts  or  any  synthetic  substitute  for  them ; 
provided,  that  such  remedies  and  preparations  are  sold,  dis- 
tributed, given  away  or  dispensed  as  medicines,  and  not  for 
the  purpose  of  evading  the  intentions  and  provisions  of  this 
act.  The  provisions  of  this  act  shall  not  apply  to  decocainized 
coca  leaves  or  preparations  made  therefrom,  or  to  other  pre- 
parations of  coca  leaves  which  do  not  contain  cocaine. 

It  is  unlawful  for  any  person  not  registered  under  the  pro- 
visions of  the  act  and  who  has  not  paid  the  special  tax  pro- 
vided for  by  this  act,  to  have  in  his  possession,  or  under  his 
control  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs;  and  such  possession  or 
control  shall  be  jjresumptive  evidence  of  a  violation  of  this 
section,  and  also  a  violation  of  the  provisions  of  Section  1  of 
the  act ;  provided,  that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  em- 
ployee of  a  registered  person  or  to  a  nurse  under  the  supervi- 
sion of  a  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  registered 
under  this  act,  having  such  possession  or  control  by  virtue  of 
his  employment  or  occupation,  and  not  on  his  own  accoimt; 
or  to  the  possession  of  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs,  which  have 
been  prescribed  in  good  faith  by  a  physician,  dentist,  or  veteri- 
nary surgeon  registered  under  this  act,  or  to  any  United  States, 
county,  municipal,  district,  territorial  or  insular  officer  or  offi- 
cial, who  has  possession  of  any  said  drugs  by  reason  of  his 
official  duties,  or  to  a  warehouseman  holding  possession  for  a 
person  registered,  and  who  has  paid  the  tax  under  this  act;  or 
to  common  carriers  engaged  in  transporting  such  drugs;  pro- 
vided, further  that  it  shall  not  be  necessary  to  negative  any  of 
the  aforesaid  exemptions,  in  any  complaint,  information,  in- 
dictment or  any  other  writ  or  proceeding  laid  or  brought  under 
this  act;  and  the  burden  of  proof  of  any  such  e.xemption  shall 
be  upon  the  defendant. 

Any  person  who  violates  or  fails  to  comply  with  any  re- 
quirements of  the  law  shall  on  conviction  be  fined  not  more 
than  $2,000  or  be  imprisoned  not  more  than  five  years,  or 
both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 


British  Pharmacopoeia  Soon  Official 

In  discussing  Lord  IMouIton's  diagnosis  of  the  condition  of 
the  British  chemical-industry  so  far  as  pharmaceutical  chemi- 
cals are  concerned,  we  have  had  difficulty  in  excluding  from 
the  article  some  reflections  on  the  effect  that  the  new  British 
Pharmacopoeia  is  having  upon  the  situation.  We  have  already 
protested  (C.  &  D.,  August  15,  p.  47)  that  publication  of  the 
Pharmacopoeia  during  the  war  is  extremely  unfortunate. 
This  is  a  time  when  everybody  connected  with  the  manu- 
facture, dispensing,  and  sale  of  medicines  has  enough  to  do 
in  getting  them ;  and  when  changed  standards  are  added 
to  existing  inconveniences  it  is  extremely  probable  that  greater 
difficulties  will  be  experienced  in  the  new  year. 

During  the  past  two  months  we  have  been  in  almost  daily 
communication  with  chemical-manufacturers  who  have  de- 
sired information  in  regard  to  new  standards  of  pharma- 
copoeial  chemicals,  and  we  have  also  had  the  opportunity  of 
perusing  correspondence  between  buyers  and  manufacturers, 
the  object  being  to  get  assurance  that  the  chemicals  supplied 
for  sale  when  the  Pharmacopoeia  is  binding  will  comply  with 
the  official  tests.  Without  exception  the  manufacturers  de- 
clare that  the  enforcement  of  new  standards  at  this  time,  with 
the  call  upon  them  consequent  upon  the  war.  is  in  the  nature 
of  criminal  ineptitude.  Besides  restriction  in  the  supply  of 
raw  materials,  our  manufacturers  are  working  their  factories 
short-handed,  consequent  upon  many  of  their  men  having 
joined  the  army,  and  in  some  cases  manufacturers  are  supply- 
ing His  Majesty's  forces  on  land  and  sea.  In  these  circum- 
stances a  new  Pharmacopoeia  is  a  veritable  nightmare  to 
them  as  well  as  to  their  customers  who  distribute  to  retailers. 
This  protest  so  far  as  the  General  Medical  Council  is  con- 
cerned, may  be  as  water  poured  on  a  duck's  back,  but  in 
view  of  the  supply  of  medicines  we  venture  to  suggest  that 
they  should  indicate  some  modification  of  the  notice  gazetting 
the  new  Pharmacopoeia,  so  as  to  give  manufacturers  more 
time  to  prepare  for  the  new  standards,  and  relieve  retailers 
of  the  immediate  incidence  of  the  penal  provisions  of  the  Sale 
of  Food  and  Drugs  Acts. — The  Chemist  and  Druggist. 


News  and  Trade  Section 


Mostly  Personal 


A.  G.  RICHARDSON  DINES  WITH  OLD  FRIENDS 

A LICK  G.  RICHARDSON,  vice  president  of  J.  Hunger- 
ford  Smith  Co.,  of  Rochester,  X.  Y..  who  ahiiost  20  years 
ago  was  a  prescription  clerk  in  xhc  tit\  of  Pittsburgh, 
recently  tendered  his  oldtime  friends  and  i\ilM\s  workers  of  ear- 
lier years  in  that  city  a  reception  at  the  Fort  I'itt  hotel.  Feel- 
ing that  some  of  the  "old 
timers"  might  have  been  suc- 
ceeded by  younger  men,  he 
invited  everj-  member  of  the 
Western  Pennsylvania  Retail 
Druggists'  Association  to  at- 
tend. This  general  call  was 
responded  to  with  enthu- 
siasm, and  the  guests  and 
their  ladies  numbered  close 
to  200. 

In  explanation  of  his  rea- 
son for  thus  honoring  his 
Pittsburgh  friends,  iMr.  Rich- 
ardson made  tlie  following 
remarks,  which  were  part  of 
a  feeling  after  dinner  speech: 
"When  I  think  of  my  loyal 
friends  in  Pittsburgh  it  takes 
me  back  to  my  boyhood 
days.  I  came  to  this  city  35 
years  ago,  looking  for  a  posi- 
tion as  a  drug  clerk.  The  man  who  gave  me  my  first  position 
kept  me  in  his  employ  for  many  years,  and  1  worked  in  the 
capacitj-  of  drug  clerk  for  15  years.  Later,  I  went  on  the  road 
for  the  J.  K.  McKee  Co.  While  with  that  firm,  I  ran  across 
the  J.  Hungerford  Smith  Co.  line  of  fruit  syrups  and  crushed 
fruits,  and  secured  the  sale  for  them  in  Pittsburgh  19  years  ago. 
That  is  where  my  friends  came  in."  Mr.  Richardson  went  on 
to  say  how  through  the  confidence  of  the  druggists  of  Pittsburgh 
and  later,  the  confidence  of  the  jobbers,  he  sold  more  of  his 
company's  products  in  that  city  than  was  sold  in  any  state  in 
the  L'nion.  On  this  account  he  was  made  salesmanager  for  his 
company.  He  said  that  there  was  a  lot  of  sentiment  connected 
with  his  business  in  Pittsburgh.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
W.  P.  R.  D.  A.  and  had  always  claimed  Pittsburgh  as  his  home 
town.  Although  he  had  attended  many  conventions  through- 
out the  countrj-,  he  would  back  his  "  'old  Pittsburgh  boys' 
against  any  bunch  in  the  countrj'." 

Secretary  B.  E.  Pritchard  officiated  as  toastmaster.  Among 
the  guests  were  Dr.  J.  O.  Schlotterbeck,  dean  of  the  University 
of  Michigan  School  of  Pharmacy,  and  Dr.  J.  A.  Koch,  dean 
of  the  pharmacy  department  of  the  University  of  Pittsburgh. 


A.  G.  Richardson 


PHARMACIST  AND  MODERN  MERCHANDIZER 

A prominent  example  of  a  modern  drug  store  is  that  re- 
cently built  and  equipped  by  James  S.  Robinson,  the 
pioneer  pharmacist  of  Memphis,  Tenn.  The  store,  while 
severe  in  its  plainness,  is  a  fitting  monument  to  the  activities  of 
Mr.  Robinson,  who,  after  nearly  a  half  century  of  successful 
practice,  is  still  an  ethical  pharmacist  and  a  modern  merchan- 
dizer.  From  the  bronze  threshold  to  the  prismatic  sky-light, 
the  store  is  complete  in  every  detail  and  is  equipped  with  every 
modem  appliance  to  facilitate  labor,  each  case  and  section  be- 
ing adapted  for  holding  and  displaying  certain  articles.  The 
store  has  a  record  of  a  million  and  a  half  prescriptions  filled 
under  one  management,  and  in  this  achievement  it  ran  well  l)e 
proud  and  challenge  the  record  of  any  other  store  in  a  city  the 
size  of  Memphis.  The  store  was  established  in  1869.  Mr. 
Robinson  is  one  of  the  few  "Old  School"  pharmacists  yet  in 
active  business,  and  his  friends  in  Memphis  are  saying  with 
Rip  Van  Winkle,  "May  he  live  long  and  prosper." 


Pharmaceutical  Personalities 

— Thomas  Hewitt,  a  clerk  in  the  Averbeck  Drug  Store, 
Youngstown.  O.,  was  badly  burned  by  sulphuric  acid  on  Nov. 
2",  hut  will  recover.  The  origin  of  the  fire,  which  caused 
dama.ue  amounting  to  about  $15,000  is  something  of  a  mys- 
tery, it  li.  ini;  reported  at  the  time  that  an  explosion  of  sul- 
phuric aeiil  which  Hewitt  was  pouring  for  a  customer  was  the 
cause,  but  this  is  denied  by  the  firm.  Hewitt,  it  seems,  had 
gone  to  the  rear  of  the  store  to  get  the  acid,  and  suddenly 
others  in  the  store  heard  him  call  out,  and  flames  immediately 
spread  through  the  store.  He  escaped  through  the  basement, 
despite  his  injuries,  and  was  rushed  at  once  to  a  hospital.  The 
company  gamely  opened  up  the  store  for  business  the  next 
morning,  however,  refusing  to  permit  a  little  thing  like  a 
$15,000  fire  to  interrupt  its  service  to  its  patrons. 

— Edward  J.  Thomas,  proprietor  of  the  People's  drug  store, 
San  Francisco,  reenacted  the  good  Samaritan  recently  and  was 
brutally  beaten  up  for  his  trouble.  He  was  also  relieved  of 
$30  in  cash  and  a  gold  watch  worth  $50.  Two  men  came  into 
his  store  at  about  nine  in  the  evening,  one  of  them  limping 
badly.  The  injured  man  explained  that  he  had  fallen  off  a 
car  and  asked  the  druggist  to  fix  him  up.  Mr.  Thomas  was 
about  to  go  to  the  rear  of  the  store  to  find  some  liniment.  As 
he  turned  his  back  the  two  men  seized  him,  and  while  one 
of  them  choked,  him  the  other  drew  a  revolver  and  beat  him 
over  the  head  until  he  fell  limp  on  the  floor.  He  was  just  able 
to  shout  for  help  when  the  men  had  left  the  store.  A  policeman 
responded  and  sent  him  to  the  hospital. 

— Miss  Claire  KANiROwrtTZ,  daughter  of  the  editor  of  the 
Deiitsch-AiiicrikaniscJie  Apotheker-Zeitiing,  took  a  very  active 
part  in  the  work  of  the  German  Red  Cross  bazar,  which  affair 
was  held  in  the  71st  regiment  armory,  December  5th  to  20th. 
Her  services  were  gracefully  acknowledged  in  the  Zeitung 
Deutsches  Journal,  the  newspaper  published  daily  at  the  bazar, 
and  the  proceeds  from  the  sale  of  which  were  donated  to  the 
German  Red  Cross.  Miss  Kantrowitz  was  invited  by  Editor 
Julius  Krause,  of  the  Abcndblatt  dcr  Neiv  York  Staats-Zeitting, 
to  assist  at  the  art  department  of  the  bazar.  She  succeeded  not 
only  in  securing  a  number  of  art  objects  for  this  department 
from  members  of  the  German  Apothecaries'  Society,  but  was 
also  quite  successful  in  disposing  of  them  at  the  bazar. 

— Ralph  Fry,  prescription  druggist  in  the  employ  of  the 
Monroe  Drug  Co.,  Monroe,  La.,  was  recently  elected  State  drug 
inspector  at  a  meeting  of  the  Louisiana  State  Board  of  Health. 
Some  time  ago  when  it  was  learned  that  the  place  was  to  be 
filled,  Mr.  Fry  made  application.  He  was  endorsed  by  all  the 
Monroe  druggists  and  physicians  and  by  influential  friends 
from  other  parts  of  the  State.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Atlanta 
College  of  Pharmacy  and  has  had  several  years  practical  ex- 
perience in  his  home  town,  Shreveport,  and  other  cities  before 
he  came  to  Monroe  less  than  a  year  ago.  Since  he  received 
the  news  by  telegram  from  President  Dr.  Oscar  Dowling,  of 
the  Health  Board,  Mr.  Fry  has  been  congratulated  by  his  many 
friends  in  Monroe. 

— John  B.  Raser,  one  of  Reading's  (Pa.)  most  successful 
businessmen,  was  recently  obliged  to  cancel  his  arrangements 
to  spend  two  j'ears  abroad  on  account  of  the  war.  Mr.  Raser 
succeeded  his  father,  the  late  J.  Heyl  Raser,  in  the  ownership 
of  the  drug  store  at  Sixth  and  Walnut  streets,  conducted  the 
same  successfully  for  a  long  number  of  years  and  was  in  turn 
succeeded  by  his  son,  William  H.  Raser,  the  present  owner. 
Mr.  Raser  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  managers  of  the  Reading 
hospital  and  is  interested  in  every  public  movement  to  make 
Reading  a  better  home  city.  He  has  traveled  a  great  deal 
since  retiring  from  business,  and  recently  returned  from  Eu- 
rope when  his  plans  were  upset  as  related  above.  Mr.  Raser 
w.is  born  at  Milton  on  December  7,  1850. 

— Elisha  C.  Sthliian,  who  is  in  his  eighties  and  now  re- 
sides in  .\shaway,  Ct.,  was  recently  hailed  as  "the  oldest  living 
drug  clerk  of  Westerly,"  by  George  F.  Greene,  druggist  of 
Hope  Valley,  who  has  been  in  business  52  years.  Mr.  Greene 
had  in  his  possession  a  copy  of  a  very  old  medical  publication, 
once  issued  by  a  member  of  Mr.  Stillman's  family.    The  pub- 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[January,  1915- 


licity  which  accompanied  the  presentation  of  the  odd  gift  led 
to  the  recalling  by  the  old  gentleman  of  various  bits  of  the 
pharmaceutical  history  of  Westerly.  Mr.  Stillman  was  en- 
gaged for  a  period  of  nine  months  as  a  drug  clerk  in  a  store 
on  Si.xth  avenue  in  this  city.  He  asserts  that  he  is  among  the 
oldest  drug  clerks  in  the  countiy. 

— Harry  Beiling,  563  North  Laramie  avenue,  Chicago,  was 
recently  relieved  of  the  sum  of  $64  by  a  17-year  old  errand 
boy  who  worked  in  the  former's  pharmacy.  Upon  examination 
in  the  psycopathic  laboratory  it  was  discovered  that  the  boy 
scaled  11  years  by  test.  In  court,  he  told  the  judge  that  he 
had  never  got  any  further  than  the  third  grade  in  school,  and 
if  given  a  chance  he  would  go  down  to  Jonesville,  Ala.,  where 
be  had  a  brother,  and  would  "make  good."  Mr.  Beiling  be- 
came a  "big  brother"  to  the  boy  and  offered  to  advance  the 
money  for  a  ticket  to  Jonesville,  as  a  Christmas  present.  The 
judge  promised  to  give  the  "kid"  a  Christmas  box  to  take  with 
him  on  his  journey. 

— Raymond  Randall,  Fairfield,  Ct.,  druggist,  was  recently 
employed  as  a  target  by  robbers  who  broke  into  the  postoffice, 
blew  open  the  vault  and  got  away  with  loot  worth  $200  or  more. 
Mr.  Randall  discovered  the  men,  five  of  them,  at  work,  and 
was  fired  upon.  The  bullet  missed  him,  but  proved  the  "good 
intentions"  of  the  gun  man  by  smashing  a  plate  glass  window 
of  a  nearby  hardware  store.  Although  the  druggist  warned  the 
police,  and  the  surrounding  countryside  was  immediately  alarm- 
ed, the  best  work  done  was  by  a  deputy  sheriff  who  sent  a 
volley  of  bullets  after  a  speeding  auto  when  it  shot  through 
Norwalk  at  a  sixty-mile  pace. 

— John  M.  Fallon,  of  Cincinnati,  who  for  many  years  con- 
ducted a  pharmacy  at  Eighth  and  Carr  streets,  that  city,  re- 
cently sold  out  his  business  and  left  for  Birmingham,  Ala., 
where  he  will  stay  for  a  time,  at  least,  with  relatives.  He  will 
probably  return  to  Cincinnati,  but  will  spend  some  weeks  in 
the  South  for  his  health.  Mr.  Fallon  was  recently  re-elected 
first  vice-president  of  the  Ohio  Valley  Druggists'  Association, 
indicating  the  esteem  in  which  he  is  held  by  his  fellow  drug- 
gists. Joseph  Fabe  purchased  the  drug  business,  and  will  con- 
tinue its  operation. 

—Thomas  Hewitt,  a  young  druggist  employed  by  the  Aver- 
beck  drug  store,  14  West  Federal  street,  Youngstown,  O.,  which 
establishment  was  recently  damaged  by  fire  to  the  extent  of 
$5,000,  was  seriously  burned  by  sulphuric  acid,  which  he  was 
procuring  from  the  rear  of  the  store  when  the  conflagration 
started.  He  was  rushed  to  the  hospital  in  an  ambulance  and 
was  at  that  time  said  to  be  suffering  terribly  from  his  bums. 
Just  how  the  fire  and  the  acid  accident  were  caused  does  not 
seem  to  be  clearly  understood.  The  fire  loss  was  fully  covered 
by  insurance. 

— Jerome  A.  Crane,  advertising  manager  for  Riker-Hegeman 
Co.,  spoke  on  "The  Drug  Store,  Past  and  Present,"  at  the  re- 
cent "dispel  the  gloom"  banquet  of  the  Sphinx  club  at  the  Wal- 
dorf-Astoria hotel.  Mr.  Crane  showed  how  the  drug  business 
had  prospered  through  good  advertising.  He  insisted  that  de- 
ceptive advertising  had  been  crushed  out  of  existence  and  that 
in  the  last  few  years  the  conduct  of  the  drug  business  had 
been  efficient,  honest  and  highly  sanitary.  There  were  more 
than  one  hundred  present  at  the  banquet. 

Merle  H.  Taylor,  a  druggist  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  was  re- 
cently arrested  at  his  store  on  a  warrant  sworn  to  by  a  Post- 
office  Inspector  charging  him  with  mailing  packages  in  the 
U.  S.  mail  containing  poison,  specifying  opium.  According  to 
U.  S.  authorities  at  Pittsburgh,  thousands  of  dollars  worth  of 
opium  has  been  mailed  to  various  persons  by  a  number  of 
Pittsburgh  druggists,  and  other  persons  who  have  made  that 
city  a  recognized  center  for  traffic  in  opium.  Taylor  denies 
the  charge  against  him. 

— Dr.  Mary  A.  Monaghan,  who  was  a  recent  candidate  for 
membership  on  the  Waltham,  Mass.,  school  committee,  was  at 
one  time  a  student  at  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy, 
and  had  experience  in  a  pharmacy  in  Boston,  previous  to  her 
graduation  from  Tufts  Medical  School.  Since  January  1,  1914, 
she  has  been  practicing  medicine  in  Waltham.  She  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Tufts  alumni,  the  New  England  Hospital  Society,  the 
American  Medical  Association,  the  Beta  Phi  Epsilon  chapter 
at  Tufts  and  the  Waltham  Medical  club. 

— Hilson  II.  Whytk,  .sales  manager,  and  Dr.  A.  Parker 
Kitchens,  chcmi.st,  of  the  II.  K.  Mulford  Co.,  Philadelphia, 
discussed   their  company's  biological   laboratory  on  the  out- 


skirts of  Philadelphia,  at  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Rotary  club, 
held  in  the  St.  James  hotel.  They  pointed  out  that  the  labora- 
tories of  Europe  were  unable  to  cope  with  the  war  situation 
and  that  recourse  was  had  to  those  of  the  United  States. 
They  averred  that  Philadelphia  had  seemed  especially  attractive 
to  those  in  charge  of  this  feature  of  European  army  service. 

— George  Waldorf,  of  New  Orleans,  is  endeavoring  to  com- 
pel the  commissioner  of  public  property,  to  issue  to  him  a  permit 
to  erect  a  drug  store  at  Dryades  and  Peniston  streets.  He  re- 
cently sought  a  mandamus  to  this  effect.  The  permit  is  re- 
fused on  the  ground  that  an  ordinance  adopted  last  summer, 
prohibits  the  establishment  of  any  character  of  business  on. 
Peniston  street.  Mr.  Waldorf  declares  that  the  ordinance  does- 
not  specify  drug  stores,  and  violates  the  Constitutions  of  the 
country  and  of  the  State. 

— Harry  B.  French,  of  the  Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co., 
addressed  the  Philadelphia  branch  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.,  at  its 
December  meeting,  on  the  effect  of  the  war  on  the  wholesale 
drug  market.  While  speaking  upon  the  subject  of  contraband 
goods,  he  said  that  England  and  France  apparently  have  tlie 
right  to  declare  almost  anything  contraband,  but  they  hesitate 
upon  some  articles  on  account  of  inciting  a  hostile  feelhig  in 
this  country. 

—The  W.  B.  Riker  &  Son  Co.  must  pay  Marie  Louise 
Jaques  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  the  sum  of  $1,450,  in  accordance 
with  the  terms  of  a  stipulation  recently  filed  in  the  superior 
court  in  a  suit  brought  to  recover  damages  of  $10,000,  alleged 
to  have  been  incurred  because  plaintiff  was  dispensed  a  plaster 
which  was  not  per  prescription  and  which  raised  blisters.  Mrs. 
Jaques  also  alleged  that  she  spent  more  than  $300  for  medical 
attendance  before  she  completely  recovered. 

— W.  F.  Geartman,  at  57th  street  and  Wentworth  avenue, 
Chicago,  is  another  druggist  witness  to  the  effect  that  there 
are  quite  a  number  of  people  who  believe  they  need  ready 
money  this  winter.  Two  men  entered  his  store  recently  and 
asked  for  alcohol.  The  druggist  saw  in  the  glass  that  the  men 
were  reaching  for  their  revolvers  and  fired  first,  knocking  one 
of  their  weapons  to  the  floor.  The  other  man  dropped  his  re- 
volver.   They  were  arrested. 

— Whllam  F.  Woodward,  Portland,  Ore.,  druggist,  recently 
advised  his  local  press  that  the  only  way  to  prohibit  liquor  sales 
was  to  prohibit.  He  wrote :  "Any  and  every  law  and  penalty 
which  will  produce  the  result — a  result  asked  for  by  30,000 
Oregon  voters  at  the  last  election — should  be  enacted."  He  im- 
plored the  legislators  of  his  State  to  "give  to  the  decent  druggist 
and  his  calling  an  opportunity  to  hold  and  retain  the  confidence 
and  esteem  of  his  fellow  men." 

— E.  H.  La  Pierre,  a  professor  in  the  Massachusetts  College 
of  Pharmacy  and  a  member  of  the  Cambridge  Board  of  Health, 
was  found  not  guilty  of  illegally  selling  liquor,  recently,  the 
judge  taking  occasion  to  score  "spotter"  evidence.  The  La 
Pierre  Drug  Co.,  of  which  Professor  La  Pierre  is  president, 
was  found  guilty  of  keeping  and  exposing  liquors  for  sale,  and 
was  fined  $100. 

— C.  H.  Goddard,  general  manager  for  the  American  Drug- 
gists' Syndicate,  wsls  recently  tendered  a  dinner  at  the  Hotel 
Casey,  Scranton,  Pa.,  by  druggists  from  the  Lackawanna  and 
Wyoming  valleys.  After  they  had  dined,  those  present  adjourned 
to  the  Court  Square  to  view  2,000  feet  of  "movies"  showing  the 
plant  of  the  syndicate.  Mr.  Goddard,  H.  W.  Merritt,  Wm. 
Knoepel  and  W.  D.  White  spoke  at  the  dinner. 

— John  M.  Fallon,  Cincinnati,  recently  re-elected  vice  presi- 
dent of  the  Ohio  Valley  Druggists'  .'KssoriaticMi,  -iold  his  drug 
store  at  Eighth  and  Carr  streets  and  left  for  liirmingham,  Ala. 
.■\.  trip  through  the  South  for  the  sake  of  hi.^  lu.ilth  was  gen- 
erally believed  to  be  his  first  objective  following  the  consvmima- 
tion  of  the  sale.  He  numbers  his  friends  in  Cincinnati  by  the 
score. 

— William  A.  Rapp,  one  of  the  several  Cincinnati  druggists 
who  have  been  charged  with  the  illegal  sale  of  opiates,  was  re- 
rently  fully  exonerated  of  the  charge  by  the  State  Board  of 
rh;iini:u\-,  ind  that  body  will  therefore  take  no  steps  against 
liiin  1  I, ink  (".  Sofge,  a  well-known  druggist  against  whom 
siinil.ii  (li,ii:j,rs  are  pending,  will  be  heard  by  the  Board  some 
time  in  jan\uiry.   He  is  confident  of  establishing  his  innocence. 

—I.  J.  Miller,  a  druggist  of  Covington,  Ky.,  after  a  hard- 
fought  legal  battle  in  the  circuit  court  against  the  forces  of  the 
State,  on  account  of  an  indictment  on  the  charge  of  selling 
cocaine  without  a  prescription,  was  the  winner,  in  effect,  by 


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the  failure  of  the  jury  to  agree.  Four  other  indictments  on 
similar  charges  are  still  pending  against  him,  however,  which 
will  be  heard  shortly. 

— Dr.  W.  C.  .Alpers,  president-elect  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association  and  dean  of  the  Cleveland  College  of 
Pharmacy,  was  recently  tendered  a  complimentary  dinner  at 
the  Cleveland  Athletic  club  in  honor  of  his  recent  election  at 
Detroit.  The  dinner  was  given  by  members  of  tlie  Northern 
Ohio  branch  of  the  A. Ph. A.,  and  trustees  and  members  of 
Cleveland  C.  P. 

— M.  C.  \'a\  Dorn,  who  has  been  the  proprietor  of  a  drug 
store  in  Covington,  Ind.,  for  several  years,  but  not  registered  as 
a  pharmacist,  recently  took  the  Indiana  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy examination  and  passed  with  a  good  grade.  Although 
he  already  had  a  practical  knowledge  of  pharmacy,  he  this  year 
took  a  summer  course  in  order  to  familiarize  himself  with  the 
subject  from  a  technical  point  of  view. 

— W.  J.  HocKADAY  .\ND  H.  V.  RoLTZOXG,  valued  employes  of 
the  Pure  Drug  Co.,  operating  a  drug  store  at  Portsmouth,  O., 
resigned  recently,  Mr.  Hockaday  going  to  West  Virginia  to  go 
into  business  for  himself,  if  he  finds  a  suitable  opening,  while 
Mr.  Rouuong  will  take  a  position  with  the  Bailey  Drug  Co., 
of  Dayton,  O 

— Frank  R.  Gleason,  assistant  manager  at  the  Riker-Jaynes 
drug  store,  Haverhill,  Mass.,  and  Samuel  A.  Jordan,  of  the 
same  city,  spent  their  fall  vacation  on  a  hunting  trip,  the  lat- 
ter shooting  a  250-pound  eight-pointed  buck,  which  was  a  very 
handsome  specimen. 

— R.\LPH  J.  Mallory,  druggist  at  Williams,  la.,  was  obliged 
because  of  poor  health  to  absent  himself  from  his  pharmacy 
during  part  of  December,  and  it  was  announced  that  he  would 
retire  from  business  in  Williams  during  the  holidays,  a  change 
in  his  occupation  being  considered  essential. 

— Dr.  Eugene  L.  M.aixes,  who  for  the  past  fotirs  years,  held 
the  position  of  chief  chemist  and  superintendent  of  the  Bristol- 
Myers  Co.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  has  resigned  to  accept  the  position 
of  chief  chemist  and  general  superintendent  of  the  R.  J.  Stra- 
senburgh  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

The  Xeaur  &  F.vrthixg,  Gloversville,  N.  Y.,  now  consists 
solely  of  Augustus  A.  Farthing,  who  has  piirchased  the  interest 
of  the  late  Stephen  Neahr  in  the  pharmacy  conducted  by  that 
firm  at  West  Fulton  and  Cayadutta  streets.  Mr.  Farthing  is 
a  graduate  of  .-Mbany  C.  P. 

— W.  A.  XiCHOLAS,  formerly  a  druggist  at  Lake  City,  la., 
and  now  residing  at  Middle  River,  Miim.,  was  recently  struck 
by  an  automobile.  His  arm  was  broken  and  he  sustained  other 
injuries. 

— JOHX  J.  TOBIN,  of  South  Boston,  vice  president  of  the 
Massachusetts  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  was  recently 
appointed  by  Governor  Walsh  to  membership  on  the  State 
Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy. 

— Louis  Dowxixg,  formerly  of  Hamilton,  Mont.,  and  who 
the  past  two  years  has  been  conducting  a  drug  store  at  Port- 
land, Ore.,  was  recently  married  to  Miss  Florence  Loughran,  a 
very  popular  nurse  of  Butte. 

— John  W.  Cuff,  druggist  of  South  Braintree,  Mass.,  was 
severely  burned  about  the  face  by  acid.  One  eye  was  burned, 
but  the  attending  physicians  think  the  sight  will  not  be  im- 
paired. 

— Thomas  N.  Hemphill,  of  Osceola,  la.,  was  recently  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Alma  Schamberger,  of  Pawpaw,  111.  Mr.  Hemp- 
hill is  in  the  drug  business  at  Osceola  and  the  bride  was  for- 
merly a  school  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  the  same  city. 

—Frederick  D.  Peter,  formerly  of  the  Peter  Drug  Co., 
Pawnee.  Okla.,  has  purchased  the  drug  store  of  J.  N.  Macken- 
zie at  Waukegan,  111.  Mr.  Mackenzie  has  gone  to  California 
where  he  expects  to  make  his  home  in  future. 

— Frank  W.  Smith,  manager  of  the  Philadelphia  branch  of 
Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  is  recovering  from  the  effects  of  an  operation 
in  the  Northwestern  General  hospital,  Philadelphia.  He  ex- 
pected to  be  able  to  return  home  for  Christmas. 

— W.  Scott  Tayxor,  the  Trenton,  N.  J.  druggist,  announced 
his  intention  some  time  ago  to  participate  in  the  "Display 
Day"  competition  of  window  decorations  for  the  Christmas 
trade,  held  in  the  Jersey  capital. 

— George  B.  Evans,  the  wellknown  retail  druggist  of  Phila- 
delphia, was  recently  elected  a  vice-president  of  the  Union 
League  of  that  city. 


Obituaries 


George  Merrell 


The  Late  Geo.  Merrell 


GEORGE  MERRELL,  president  of  The  William  S.  Mer- 
rell Chemical  Company,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  died  at  his 
residence  in  that  city  on  Saturday,  December  12,  in  his 
sixty-ninth  year.  Mr.  Merrell  was  ill  for  only  two  weeks, 
and  the  immediate  cause  of  his  death  was  given  as  heart  dis- 
ease. Funeral  services  were 
held  at  the  Church  of  the 
New  Jerusalem,  of  which  he 
was  a  prominent  member,  and 
delegates  were  in  attendance 
from  the  Ohio  Valley  Drug- 
gists' Association,  the  Cincin- 
nati branch  of  the  A. Ph. A. 
and  the  several  jobbing  houses 
in  Cincinnati.  His  widow  and 
three  sons,  Stanley  W.  Mer- 
rell, judge  of  the  superior 
court,  and  Thurston,  both  of 
whom  are  Harvard  graduates, 
and  Charles  G.,  a  Boston 
Technical  Institute  graduate, 
survive.  Mr.  Merrell  was  a 
32nd  degree  Mason,  a  life 
member  of  the  N.C.  Harmony 
lodge,  a  charter  member  of  the 
American  Society  of  Colonial 
Wars,  through  descent  from  a 
brave  New  England  ancestry,  member  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  and  a  member  of  the  Queen  City,  East 
Hill  Golf  and  Country  clubs.  For  many  years  he  was  a  direc- 
tor of  the  old  Merchants  bank,  and  at  one  time  was  a  member 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  Board.  He  was  a  very  popular  member 
of  the  New  York  Drug  and  Chemical  club. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War,  George  Merrell,  a  grad- 
uate of  Woodward  high  school,  was  preparing  for  Harvard,  but 
his  older  brothers  having  enlisted  in  the  Northern  army,  it  be- 
came necessary  for  him  to  enter  the  business  his  father.  Dr. 
William  S.  Merrell,  had  established  way  back  in  1828.  In  less 
than  20  years  he  became  a  full  partner  in  the  firm  of  Merrell 
&  Company,  having  from  the  first  displayed  marked  business 
ability.  The  elder  Merrell,  it  is  said,  was  endowed  with  an 
almost  poetic  idea  of  ethics  and  was  opposed  to  soliciting  orders 
for  goods.  On  one  occasion,  the  son  was  sent  by  his  father 
into  Indiana  to  collect  an  account  and  he  returned  with  not 
only  the  cash,  but  with  a  big  order  besides.  Instead  of  re- 
ceiving praise  which  he  merited  and  expected.  Dr.  Merrell  was 
much  displeased.  This  was  the  beginning  of  George  Merrell's 
experience  as  a  traveling  man  for  his  house. 

With  a  keen  insight  into  human  nature,  fluent  in  conversa- 
tion, possessing  an  urbanity  that  charmed  and  a  courage  almost 
heroic — George  Merrell's  influence  with  the  trade  was  felt 
throughout  the  country.  He  met  and  overcame  difficulties 
which  would  have  appalled  a  weaker  nature,  and  the  success 
of  the  Merrell  Chemical  Co.  is  a  tribute  to  his  ability  and 
ideals  of  professional  standards. 


Matthew  Mackay  Yorston 

MATTHEW  MACKAY  YORSTON,  72  years  of  age, 
and  one  of  the  best  known  druggists  in  Cincinnati, 
died  at  his  home  at  414  Chestnut  street  on  the  evening 
of  December  18.  He  had  been  an  invalid  since  February  IS, 
1898,  being  stricken  with  apoplexy  at  that  time,  but  up  to 
four  years  ago  had  been  taken  to  his  store  at  1063  Central 
avenue  every  day.  He  was  not  able  to  attend  to  his  business 
personally,  iDut  liked  to  be  at  the  store,  which  was  in  charge 
of  his  brother-in-law,  Julius  Hoffman.  It  is  recorded  that 
Mr.  Yorston  made  the  first  baseball  and  bat  in  Cincinnati, 
known  as  the  home  of  organized  baseball,  and  that  in  1859 
he  organized  a  team  among  hospital  internes,  which  was  one 
of  the  first,  if  not  the  very  first,  baseball  team  which  ever 
existed.  He  also  organized  the  famous  team  known  as  the 
"Live  Oak.s,"  which  in  1866  played  a  great  match  game 
with  the  Eagles,  of  Brooklyn,  as  Dayton,  O.,  was  then  knovra. 
The  Live  Oaks  won,  by  the  creditable  score  of  52  to  12. 


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Mr.  Yorston  was  prominent  in  numerous  organizations, 
being  a  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  of  the  Naval  Veterans' 
Association,  a  life  member  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  member  of  the  Ohio  State  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation, the  Ohio  Valley  Pharmaceutical  Association,  the 
National  Union,  the  A.O.U.W.,  and  an  honorary  member  of 
the  Caledonia  Society,  of  Cincinnati.  His  death,  while  not 
altogether  surprising,  on  account  of  his  advanced  age  and  his 
long  invalidism,  was  none  the  less  a  shock  to  his  hundreds 
of  friends  in  the  city,  and  regret  was  widespread. 


Major  James  B.  Homer 

Major  James  B.  Horner,  of  J.  B.  Horner  &  Co.,  importers 
and  dealers  in  essential  oils  and  drugs,  3  Piatt  street,  New 
York,  and  who  was  well  known  by  druggists  in  many  States, 
died  at  his  home,  407  West  21st  street,  on  Dec.  27,  where  he 
had  lived  for  the  last  forty  years.  He  had  been  active  in  busi- 
ness until  the  beginning  of  his  illness  from  kidney  trouble  about 
three  weeks  before  his  death.  He  was  born  in  Albany  in  1839. 
At  the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war  he  enlisted  in  Hawkin's 
Zouaves,  a  famous  military  organization  of  that  day,  and  with 
it  served  through  the  entire  war,  taking  part  in  the  battles  of 
South  Mountain,  Antietam,  Fayetteville,  Fredericksburg,  and 
other  famous  engagements.  He  won  his  rank  with  the  zouaves. 
At  the  close  of  the  war  he  returned  to  New  York  and  formed 
J.  B.  Horner  &  Co.  For  many  years  he  published  Marshall's 
almanac,  given  away  by  druggists  throughout  the  country.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  the 
G.  A.  R.,  and  the  Elks.  A  daughter,  Mrs.  George  H.  Kuper, 
and  one  son,  Marshall  F.  Horner,  survive. 


Ed-wrard  H.   Hance,  Sr. 

Edward  H.  Hance,  Sr.,  of  Hance  Brothers  and  White,  manu- 
facturing pharmacists,  Philadelphia,  died  on  Monday,  Decem- 
ber 12,  at  the  Germantown  Hospital,  following  an  operation. 
He  was  81  years  of  age  and  had  suffered  for  a  long  time,  his 
nervous  condition  being  greatly  weakened  as  the  result  of  a 
carriage  accident  which  caused  the  death  of  his  wife,  about  a 
year  ago. 

Mr.  Hance  was  one  of  the  oldest  manufacturers  of  pharma- 
ceuticals in  Philadelphia,  having  been  in  the  business  since 
1856.  As  an  official  of  the  Philadelphia  Drug  Exchange,  he 
served  for  more  than  half  a  century.  He  was  also  one  of  the 
early  members  of  the  Union  League,  and  had  also  been  a  di- 
rector at  the  Germantown  Hospital  for  years.  He  was  born 
in  Philadelphia.  His  surviving  sons  are  Anthony  M.  Hance 
and  Edward  H.  Hance,  Jr.,  both  of  whom  are  members  of  the 
above  named  firm. 


RECENT  DEATHS 

— William  Scattergood,  who  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Carter  &  Scattergood,  manufacturing  chemists  at  Twenty- 
fourth  and  Bainbridge  streets,  Philadelphia,  and  active  in 
prison  reforms,  died  on  December  2,  at  his  home  in  West 
Chester,  of  heart  trouble,  from  which  he  had  been  suffering  for 
nearly  a  year.  Mr.  Scattergood  was  70  years  of  age  and  re- 
tired from  business  ten  years  ago.  Shortly  after  his  retirement 
the  firm  dissolved  partnership.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Friends'  Meeting  at  West  Chester  and  was  active  in  the  doings 
of  the  Orthodox  Friends,  being  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Managers  of  the  Friends  Asylum  at  Frankford.  He  was  also 
a  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Prison  Society  of  Philadelphia 
and  president  of  the  Board  of  Inspectors  of  the  Chester  County 
Prison. 

— Louis  Rothenburg,  a  retired  druggist,  was  found  dead  in 
his  bed  in  Long  Branch,  N.  J.  He  was  born  at  Giessen,  Ger- 
many, in  1852,  and  was  educated  at  the  University  of  Giessen. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  druggists  to  receive  a  license  in  New 
York  State,  liis  tirtiticatc  being  No.  37,  and  which  he  received 
on  p  issiiij;  tli(  (  \aniination  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Board  of 
Nrw  \'ink  ill  .\Mt;ii.st,  1872.  He  passed  the  New  Jersey 
I'm. ml    in    1^  7^^      l- 1  u    many  years  he  was  recofjnized   as  the 

th.-'  l-lopn,  t,i,-  ,,l    |!,M  ,  ,tM,,  s  1,1    tlul   c  Uv.      Hr   m  for 

many  years  a.s  a  <u,,u\.,,  ,,|  il,,  l„,,ml  ,,1  lieallli,  ,ind  sub- 
scribed to  many  intMiMix-,  a.Kaiue  the  interests  of  his 
city.    He  was  a  m- ml"  i  .ii  hmus   liatrnial  organizations. 

— Thomas  Vkaij.  l,^.^^,.  imimlaily  known  as  "Tommy," 
for  many  years  a  leading  druggist  in  Philadelphia,  died  re- 
cently in  the  jail  at  Carlisle,  Pa.,  where  he  had  been  for  six 


years  under  the  classification  of  tramp.  Lyne,  who  came  of  aa 
excellent  family  in  Portsmouth,  Va.,  fell  heir  to  a  large  estate, 
and  for  a  time  engaged  in  the  fruit  business  at  Baltimore, 
but  took  to  drink  and  in  course  of  time  dissipated  his  patrimony. 
Later  he  engaged  in  pharmacy  and  went  to  Philadelphia,  where 
he  developed  a  good  business,  but  again  temptation  proved  too 
much  for  him.  For  thirty  years  he  had  been  a  tramp.  He 
was  an  accomplished  linguist,  served  for  a  decade  in  the  British, 
army,  and  traveled  over  almost  the  whole  world. 

— Jacob  V.  Haslach,  54,  169  ^Montrose  avenue,  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  died  suddenly  at  his  home  of  paralysis.  He  was  a 
member  of  one  of  the  oldest  families  of  old  Dutchtown.  His 
father  was  a  photographer  and  a  man  of  means.  The  de- 
ceased was  a  pharmacist  and  for  more  than  20  years  was 
chief  clerk  in  the  Grand  street  store  of  R.  C.  Knipe.  Nine 
years  ago  he  retired  to  take  care  of  his  property.  He  was 
born  in  the  Sixteenth  ward  and  was  well  known  there.  He 
was  a  member  of  Washington  council,  K.  of  C.  His  wife  and 
three  sons  survive  him. 

— Dr.  Walter  C.  Stillwell,  who  for  years  conducted  a 
drug  store  at  Eighth  and  Wharton  streets,  Philadelphia,  died 
recently  at  his  home  in  that  city.  He  suffered  an  apoplectic 
stroke  which  was  the  cause  of  his  death.  He  was  born  in 
Philadelphia  in  1851,  and  after  graduating  from  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania  School  of  Medicine,  he  opened  the  store  in 
South  Philadelphia  and  in  which  section  he  was  in  business 
for  more  than  thirty  years.  He  is  survived  by  his  widow,  a 
son  and  a  daughter. 

— Charles  Baker  Peddie,  of  the  drug  firm  of  Leggett  & 
Peddie,  Glens  Falls,  N.  Y.,  died  on  Dec.  9  from  hemorrhage 
of  the  stomach.  He  was  fifty  years  of  age,  and  was  bom  in 
Broadalbin,  N.  Y.  He  received  his  pharmaceutical  education 
at  the  Albany  College  of  Pharmacy,  was  active  in  fraternal  cir- 
cles, and  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  which  he 
served  as  an  elder.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  a  son,  Roy 
Peddie,  who  is  a  student  in  Columbia  University. 

— William  Schneider,  for  many  years  a  druggist  in  Al- 
hambra.  111.,  79  years  of  age,  was  instantly  killed  when  he  fell 
from  a  second  story  window  at  the  home  of  his  son  in  St. 
Louis  with  whom  he  had  resided  for  the  past  eight  years.  He 
was  a  sufferer  from  asthma  and  heart  disease,  and  it  is  pre- 
sumed that  during  one  of  the  attacks  he  tried  to  raise  the 
window,  and  losing  his  balance,  fell.   He  was  born  in  Germany. 

— Archie  H.  Drinkwater,  a  drug  clerk,  25  years  old  living 
at  2001  Barclay  street,  Baltimore,  on  December  10  shot  and 
killed  his  wife,  Anna  Drinkwater,  24  years  of  age,  at  the  home 
of  his  sister-in-law,  and  then  ended  his  own  life  with  a  bullet. 
It  is  said  that  tlie  tragedy  was  prompted  by  jealousy  because 
his  wife  refused  to  return  to  him.  According  to  another  version, 
Drinkwater  was  given  to  the  use  of  narcotics. 

— C.  E.  Prouty,  the  oldest  druggist  and  one  of  the  most 
highly  respected  citizens  of  Bradford,  111.,  died  verj-  suddenly 
recently  while  sitting  in  his  chair  behind  the  prescription  case 
in  his  store.  His  death  was  not  unexpected  as  he  had  been  a 
sufferer  from  heart  trouble.  He  leaves  a  wife,  one  daughter 
and  an  aged  mother. 

— Asa  H.  Snow,  aged  60,  a  druggist  for  many  years  in 
Damariscotta,  Maine,  shot  himself  through  the  head,  his  body 
being  found  partly  immensed  in  a  tub  of  water,  which  he  had 
apparently  placed  to  make  certain  of  his  suicidal  plans.  A 
note  was  found  in  whieh  he  .staled  that  he  was  prompted  to 
the  act  by  the  fact  that  lie  \\,\s  ill,  destitute  and  alone. 

—Benjamin  O.  Wiiscn,  mi.  of  tlie  oldest  druggists  in  New 
England  and  a  retired  nirn,l«  i  ..f  ]',.  O,  &  G.  C.  Wilson,  whole- 
sale druggists,  Boston,  died  last  month  at  the  home  of  his  son, 
Gcrtige  L.  A\'iI.son,  Watcrtown.  He  was  88  years  of  age.  He 
was  a  life  nit  iiihcr  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

— Edson-  15.  Whitney,  44,  a  druggist  of  Florence.  Mass., 
died  on  Dec.  3  at  the  Dickinson  Hospital  of  pneumonia.  He 
was  registered  in  Massachusetts  in  1903,  and  was  employed 
in  drug  stores  in  Boston  and  Charlestown  before  opening  a 
pharmacy  in  Florence  about  ten  years  ago. 

— Charles  Robert  Aw-ry,  a  South  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  drug- 
gist, died  on  Dec.  8.  He  was  born  in  Chenango  County  sixty 
years  ago.  He  came  to  Brooklyn  when  a  young  man.  He 
was  a  graduate  of  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy  and  a 
member  of  the  Brooklyn  Ph.  Society. 

— George  King,  a  wellknown  druggist  of  Earlington.  Ky., 
died  recently  in  a  hospital  in  Evansville,  Ind.,  whitlier  he  had 


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gone  for  the  purpose  of  an  operation.  He  was  a  sufferer  from 
a  complication  of  diseases. 

— RiCH-\RD  S.  St.^ks,  70,  retired  druggist  and  fanner  of 
Midway,  Ky.,  died  at  his  home  of  acute  Bright's  disease.  He 
had  served  his  native  town  of  Midway  several  times  as  mayor, 
and  for  the  past  several  years  has  been  president  of  the  Mid- 
way school  board. 

—George  R.  Davis,  65,  East  Orange,  N.  J.,  died  at  his 
home  in  that  city.  For  many  years  he  was  engaged  in  the 
drug  business  in  the  Brick  church  section  of  the  above  city. 
He  retired  from  business  several  years  ago.  A  son  and  four 
daughters  survive. 

— Dr.  John-  R.  Colbvrn,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  for  many  years 
a  prominent  resident  of  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  where  he  was  pro- 
prietor of  a  drug  store,  died  recently  at  the  former  city.  He 
was  more  than  60  years  old.  His  aged  mother,  who  is  in 
her  nineties,  survives. 

— \ViLLi.\M  J.  LoxcSTATF,  died  at  his  home  in  Waterloo 
street,  Detroit,  Mich.,  following  an  illness  of  a  year.  For 
several  years  he  was  with  the  Inglis  drug  store,  and  later  was 
connected  with  Halls  pharmacy.  For  the  past  two  years  he 
has  been  a  traveling  salesman. 

— John  O'Donnell,  a  druggist  of  Melrose,  IMass.,  was 
run  down  and  fatally  injured  by  an  automobile  at  Long  Beach, 
Me.  He  received  fractures  of  both  legs  and  internal  injuries 
and  died  shortly  after  the  accident.  He  was  prominent  in 
Masonic  circles  and  was  also  an  Elk. 

— J.\MES  Brouw-er,  61,  druggist  of  Oyster  Bay  and  Yonkers, 
N.  Y.,  died  from  heart  trouble  after  a  short  illness.  He  had 
recently  been  in  business  at  Hoyt  and  Union  streets,  Brooklyn. 
He  was  born  in  this  city  and  was  for  50  years  a  resident  of 
Brooklyn.    His  wife,  a  son  and  two  daughters  survive  him. 

— WiLLLVM  H.  Lacey  died  recently  at  his  late  address,  1900 
Greene  street,  Philadelphia,  where  he  conducted  a  store  for  43 
years.  He  was  64  years  old.  The  store  he  owned  is  one  of 
the  landmarks  of  the  neighborhood. 

— Joseph  Ruppri-Cht,  son  of  the  late  Dr.  Louis  Rupprecht, 
and  for  40  years  connected  with  Eimer  &  Amend,  died  at  his 
home,  202  Riverside  Drive,  this  city,  of  heart  disease.  Mr. 
Rupprecht,  who  was  unmarried,  was  49  years  of  age. 

— Dr.  O.  \'.  Vineberg,  president  of  the  Consolidated  Drug 
Co.,  Washington,  D.  C,  died  at  his  home  in  Hyattsville,  Md., 
on  Dec.  2.  He  was  55  years  of  age  and  is  survived  by  a  wife, 
three  daughters  and  two  sons. 

— Dr.  Adelbert  A.  Bryson,  who  in  conjunction  with  Charles 
E.  Lowe  operated  a  drug  store  in  Fall  River,  Mass.,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Bryson  &  Lowe,  died  in  Boston  last  month.  He 
leaves  a  widow. 

— Levis  F.  Griesenbeck,  a  Newark,  N.  J.,  druggist  re- 
cently retired  from  active  business,  died  at  his  home  in  West 
Orange,  N.  J.  He  was  a  former  resident  oi  San  Antonio, 
Texas. 

— A.  W.  Branch,  of  the  drug  firm  of  A.  W.  Branch  &  Co., 
Reading,  Mich.,  and  one  of  the  oldest  business  men  of  that 
city,  died  in  Chicago  recently  at  the  home  of  his  daughter, 
Mrs.  F.  W.  Timms. 

— Louis  P.  Rupp,  for  37  years  with  the  Dohman  Drug  Co., 
Milwaukee,  but  for  the  last  nine  years  warrant  clerk  in  the 
State  treasurer's  office,  died  recently.  He  was  bom  in  Fond 
du  Lac  in  1853. 

— Ferdinand  C.  Pauley,  43  years  old,  a  druggist  of  Pekin, 
111.,  and  formerly  in  business  in  St.  Louis,  died  in  the  latter 
city  on  Dec.  5.  He  was  a  brother  of  A.  W.  Pauley,  the  well- 
known  druggist  at  Grand  and  Hebert  streets,  St.  Louis. 

— Valentine  Rice,  for  22  years  proprietor  of  a  drug  store 
in  Carterville,  111.,  died  from  a  complication  of  diseases  re- 

ntly.    He  was  69  years  of  age. 

— Leon.\rd  SxnxH,  a  druggist,  was  struck  by  a  stray  bullet 
:  a  street  duel  at  Salpulpa,  Okla.,  and  died  shortly  thereafter 
at  Tulsa  as  a  result  of  his  injuries. 

— Ed\v.\rd  Bexton,  50,  proprietor  of  the  Bexton  pharmacy, 
102  South  12th  street,  Omaha,  Neb.,  is  dead  after  having  been 
ill  for  twenty-four  hours. 

— WiLLL\M  T.  Br.\gg,  druggist  Troy,  Mo.,  died  recently. 
He  was  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  influential  citizens  of 
Lincoln  County. 

— William  LEwas  Waterman,  druggist  at  Hayward,  Cal., 


died  following  a  long  illness.  The  remains  were  shipped  to 
Stockton  for  interment.    His  widow  survives. 


FULLER-MORRISSON  CORPORATION 

Chicago   Concerns  Consolidate   to   form  one   of  the 
Largest  Wholesale  Drug  Houses — New  Officers 

Chicago,  Dec.  18. — Following  the  trend  of  many  large  busi- 
ness interests  of  the  country,  Morrisson,  Plunimer  &  Co.  and 
the  Fuller  &  Fuller  Company,  two  of  the  oldest  wholesale  drug 
concerns  in  this  city,  have  consolidated  under  the  name  of  the 
Fuller-IMorrisson  Corporation,  and  will  begin  business  on  Jan. 
1.  The  new  company  will  occupy  the  building  now  used  by 
Morrisson,  Plummer  &  Co.,  at  310  West  Washington  street, 
this  city,  and  in  addition  will  take  about  24,000  feet  of  space 
in  the  building  adjoining  the  present  quarters  on  the  west. 

The  officers  of  the  new  corporation  will  be :  President,  James 
W.  Morrisson;  vice-presidents,  Charles  Fuller  and  Frank  R. 
Fuller;  treasurer,  Wilford  C.  Shurtleff ;  secretary,  Walter  H. 
Atwater,  and  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors,  O.  F.  Fuller. 

The  reason  for  the  consolidation,  according  to  James  W. 
Morrisson,  president  of  the  new  corporation,  is  to  secure  greater 
efficiency  and  economy  of  operation  which  is  believed  will  re- 
sult from  the  merger.  The  amalgamation  makes  one  of  the 
largest,  if  not  the  largest,  wholesale  drug  concerns  in  the  West, 
and  by  far  the  strongest  house  ever  located  in  Chicago.  Both 
of  the  companies  entering  into  the  consolidation  have  been 
identified  with  the  drug  trade  of  Chicago  and  the  West  for 
many  years,  the  Fuller  &  Fuller  Co.  being  the  older  of  the 
two  and  dating  from  1852,  when  O.  F.  Fuller  opened  a  whole- 
sale drug  store  at  195  Lake  street  under  the  name  of  the  Fuller 
&  Roberts  Drug  Co.  Several  changes  were  made  in  the  firm 
name  up  to  1885  when  the  concern  was  incorporated  under  the 
name  of  the  Fuller  &  Fuller  Company,  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$350,000.  This  concern  acquired  considerable  reputation  from 
the  fact  that  it  was  the  only  important  wholesale  house  in 
Chicago  that  was  not  destroyed  in  the  big  fire  of  1871. 

Morrisson,  Plummer  &  Co.  was  founded  by  Jonathan  W. 
Plummer  and  Robert  Morrisson  under  the  name  of  Plummer  & 
Morrisson  at  Richmond,  Ind.,  in  1873,  but  later  removed  to 
Chicago  where  they  consolidated  with  E.  Burnham  &  Son, 
doing  business  under  the  name  of  E.  Burnham,  Son  &  Co.  In 
1876  the  Burnham  interest  was  retired  and  the  company  re- 
organized under  the  name  of  Morrisson,  Plummer  &  Co.  In 
1885  this  company  was  incorporated  under  the  same  name  with 
a  capital  stock  of  $250,000,  which  later  was  successively  in- 
creased to  $400,000  to  meet  the  growing  demands  of  the  busi- 
ness. 


J.  C.  WALLACE  HEADS  TRADE  CONFERENCE 

Members  Oppose  Inclusion  of  the  Grerman  Bichloride 
Tablet  in  the  U.  S.  P. 

John  C,  Wallace,  of  Newcastle,  Pa.,  was  elected  president  of 
the  National  Drug  Trade  Conference  at  the  meeting  of  that 
organization  held  last  month  in  Washington.  The  other  officers 
elected  are : 

First  vice  president,  Charles  A.  West,  Boston ;  second  vice 
president,  Wallace  C.  Abbott,  Chicago ;  third  vice  president, 
James  F.  Finneran,  Boston;  secretary  and  treasurer,  Charles 
M.  Woodruff,  Detroit;  executive  committee,  John  C.  Wallace, 
Charles  M.  Woodruff,  James  H.  Beal,  C.  Mahlon  Kline,  Samuel 
C.  Henry,  R.  C.  Stofer  and  Dr.  A.  R.  L.  Dohme. 
The  conference  adopted  the  following  resolution: 
Whereas,  We  are  informed  that  the  revision  committee  are  con- 
sidering favorably  for  adoption  in  the  next  edition  of  the  United 
States  Pharmacopceia  the  German  standard  for  bichloride  tablets; 
and, 

Whereas,  We  believe  that  the  German  standard,  which  is  a  cylin- 
drical tablet,  colored  pink  and  wrapped  individually  in  paper,  would 
be  dangerous  to  public  health  inasmuch  as  candy  is  often  similarly 
shaped  and  so  wrapped,  and  also  the  wrapping  of  the  tablets  would 
be  detrimental  to  the  health  of  the  employes  engaged  in  the  work; 
therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  National  Drug  Trade  Conference  go  on  record 
as  opposed  to  this  standard  for  bichloride  tablets  and  that  a  copy 
of  this  resolution  be  sent  to  each  member  of  the  revision  committee. 

The  question  as  to  whether  the  Harrison  law  will  supersede 
the  system  of  declarations  regarding  cocaine  sales,  now  re- 
quired by  the  Treasury  Department,  is  being  carefully  fol- 
lowed. 


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ENZYME  UREASE  AS  DIAGNOSTIC  AGENT 

New  Form  of  Soya  Bean  Ferment  Elaborated 
by  Baltimore  Pharmacist 

Baltimore,  Dec.  16. — Dr.  H.  A.  B.  Dunning,  of  Hynson,  West- 
cott  &  Co.,  this  city,  has  recently  completed  what  is  con- 
sidered a  great  advance  and  improvement  in  the  diagnostic 
agent  discovered  by  Prof.  E.  K.  Marshall,  Jr.,  of  the  Johns 
Hopkins  University.  This  diagnostic  agent  is  known  as  the 
enzyme  urease,  an  extract  from  the  soya  bean,  and  its  use  has 
been  found  most  valuable  in  determining  the  nature  of  affec- 
tions of  the  kidneys.  The  importance  of  the  preparation,  as 
made  by  Professor  Marshall,  had  been  amply  demonstrated,  but 
for  the  medical  profession  generally  tlie  extract  possessed  cer- 
tain disadvantages  and  drawbacks,  which  Dr.  Dunning  has 
successfully  overcome,  so  that  diagnoses  can  be  made  with  far 
greater  facility,  and  free  from  the  defects  which  previously 
attached  to  the  preparation. 

In  developing  the  urease  method.  Dr.  Marshall  first  obtained 
the  enzyme  in  an  aqueous  extract  of  ground  soya  beans,  by 
treating  them  with  water,  precipitating  much  of  the  protein 
matter  with  hydrochloric  acid  and  clearing  the  solution  by  fil- 
tration. This  solution  was  preserved  with  toluol,  but  the  main 
trouble  about  it  was  that  the  extract  could  not  be  kept  satis- 
factorily longer  than  about  a  week.  The  soya  bean  extract 
yields  accurate  results,  but  offers  obstacles  especially  where 
rapid  estimations  are  desired.  Apart  from  deteriorating  rapidly, 
which  makes  frequent  preparation  necessary,  to  ascertain  the 
extent  of  its  inherent  effect  on  methyl  orange,  a  preliminary 
determination  or  titration  of  the  extract  itself  must  be  made. 
Besides  these  objections,  the  larger  quantity  of  soya  bean  ex- 
tract required  to  produce  rapid  conversion  of  urea  makes  a  so- 
lution that  becomes  cloudy  upon  the  addition  of  acid,  due  to 
the  precipitation  of  more  of  the  proteins,  and  this  cloudiness 
interferes  with  close  observation  of  the  color  changes,  thus 
causing  a  sacrifice  of  the  accuracy  that  follows  sharp  end  reac- 
tions. 

Dr.  Dunning  succeeded  after  many  experiments  and  tests  in 
producing  a  powder,  almost  white  in  appearance,  and  pos- 
sessing little  taste  or  odor.  This  powder  is  soluble  in  slightly 
alkaline  water,  and  preserves  the  urea-converting  enzymes  of 
soya  bean  in  a  condition  approximating  purity.  The  powder 
is  practically  free  of  water-soluble  proteins,  that  are  precipi- 
tated by  hydrochloric  acid  and  of  the  proteins  that  are  soluble 
in  water.  It  is  used  for  the  estimation  of  urea  and  is  claimed 
to  offer  various  advantages  over  the  soya  bean  extract  employed 
for  the  same  purpose. 


Cincinnati  Drug  Club 

Out  of  the  Ohio  Valley  Druggists'  Association,  a  strong  and 
thriving  organization  including  within  its  membership  many 
druggists  in  and  around  Cincinnati,  has  been  formed  a  new 
one,  devoted  more  to  social  purposes  than  the  business-like 
senior  association.  It  will  be  known  as  the  Cincinnati  Drug 
Club  and,  patterned  in  organization  and  functions  closely  after 
similar  clubs  in  New  York  and  Chicago,  has  started  off  with 
excellent  prospects.  The  club  was  tentatively  organized  at  a 
recent  meeting  in  Cincinnati  of  the  Ohio  Valley  Druggists'  As- 
sociation, at  which  the  following  officers  of  the  Association 
were  installed:  President,  Charles  Harding;  first  vice-president, 
John  Fallon ;  second  vice-president,  J.  Otto  Kohl ;  third  vice- 
president,  J.  Harry  Dornheggen;  secretary,  Fred  Kotte,  trea- 
surer. Otto  Kistner;  business  manager,  A.  Freking;  directors, 
George  Smith,  George  Stier,  Ferd  Ott  and  John  Fay.  A  pe- 
culiarly fortunate  fact  is  that  President  Harding,  whose  popu- 
larity is  attested  by  his  re-election  to  the  leadership  of  the  As- 
sociation, was  also  elected  to  the  Ohio  Legislature  in  November, 
and  will,  of  course,  be  in  an  excellent  position  to  look  after  the 
interests  of  the  trade  when  that  body  meets  in  January.  Charles 
Ahlers  acted  as  toastmaster  at  the  banquet  which  was  the  prin- 
cipal feature  of  the  meeting,  and  among  those  making  ad- 
dresses were  the  following,  besides  the  new  officers :  Prof.  C.  T. 
P.  Fennel,  Edward  Thiesing,  William  Massman,  C.  Haver, 
Frank  Freericks,  Jule  Miller,  Dr.  S.  B.  Marvin,  and  others. 

All  members  of  the  drug  and  allied  trades  will  be  eligible  for 
membership  in  the  proposed  new  club,  which  intends  to  secure 
quarters  in  the  downtown  district  where  members  may  go  for 
meals  and  for  social  meetings.    It  is  not  intended  that  the 


club  shall  interfere  in  any  way  with  existing  business  organiza- 
tions, but  that  it  shall  operate  with  them.  William  Massmann, 
representing  the  wholesale  druggists,  George  Ast,  a  candy  manu- 
facturer, and  Otto  Kohl  and  J.  Harry  Dornheggen,  retailers, 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  arrange  details. 


G.  A.  S.  ELECTS  R.  S.  LEHMAN  PRESIDENT 

Dr.  C.  F.  Klippert  Recalls  Promise  of  Members  that 
He  Need  Not  Again  Serve  in  that  Capacity 

Robert  S.  Lehman,  for  nine  years  treasurer  of  the  German 
Apothecaries'  Society,  was  elected  president  of  that  organization 
at  its  recent  63rd  annual  meeting.  An  effort  was  made  to  per- 
suade Dr.  Charles  F.  Klippert  to  serve,  but  Dr.  Klippert  re- 
called the  promise  made  by  the  members  last  year,  that  if  he 
at  that  time  accepted  re-election  he  would  not  be  required  to 
hold  the  office  again.    The  other  officers  elected  are: 

First  vice  president,  Paul  F.  Gebicke;  second  vice  president. 
Otto  P.  Gilbert;  recordmg  secretary,  Henry  Buch;  corres- 
ponding secretary,  Carl  Baum ;  treasurer,  Frederick  Schaefer; 
recorder,  George  Leinecker;  librarian,  George  C.  P.  Stolzen- 
burg;  trustees,  Felix  Hirseman,  George  Kleinau  and  Dr. 
Charles  F.  Klippert. 

The  annual  reports  of  the  various  officers  and  heads  of  com- 
mittees were  presented  at  this  meeting.  President  Dr.  Klippert 
reviewed  the  work  of  the  society  during  the  past  year.  He  ob- 
served that  a  great  honor  had  been  bestowed  upon  the  organi- 
zation by  the  election  of  a  regular  member  to  the  presidency 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  He  also  ex- 
pressed his  gratification  as  to  the  success  of  the  societ>'"s  Eu- 
ropean trip.  On  the  subject  of  increased  dues,  he  expressed 
the  opinion  that  it  might  have  been  better  to  have  raised  the 
dues  twenty-five  cents  a  month,  instead  of  ten.  The  increase, 
which  was  voted  seven  or  eight  months  ago,  has  proved  suc- 
cessful. 

Treasurer  Robert  S.  Lehman  reported  total  receipts  for  the 
past  year,  $2,325 ;  total  disbursements.  $2,296,  and  balance  on 
hand,  $29.  The  funds  of  the  society  consist  of  S2,148  in  the 
savings  bank,  and  $319  in  outstanding  dues.  The  membership 
totals  346,  of  which  number  308  are  regular,  20,  associate,  and 
18  honorary  and  corresponding.  Recent  contributions  to  the 
German  Red  Cross  fund  amount  to  $113.50  (to  date  of  meet- 
ing), and  previously  acknowledged  contributions  totaled  $1,456, 
making  a  grand  total  of  $1,569.90. 

Recorder  George  Leinecker  reported  that  the  sale  of  surplus 
books  and  periodicals  had  netted  $47.  He  advocated  the 
greater  use  of  the  society's  library  by  tlie  members. 

Otto  Raubenheimer,  chairman  of  the  scientific  committee,  re- 
viewed the  lectures  given  during  the  year  by  members  and 
others.  He  also  dwelt  on  the  fact  that  1915  would  be  a  very 
important  year  for  pharmacy  in  the  United  States,  since  both 
the  U,S.P.  and  the  N.F, would  be  published  sometime  during 
the  summer. 

S.  V.  B.  Swann,  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee,  in- 
formed the  members  of  pertinent  war  tax  decisions  which  had 
been  handed  down  to  date  of  meeting,  and  also  called  atten- 
tion to  the  Attorney-General's  opinion  relative  to  the  counter 
sale  of  preparations  coming  under  the  provisions  of  New  York 
City  Board  of  Health  amended  ordinance  182.  Hugo  Kan- 
trowitz,  chairman  of  the  press  committee,  read  communications, 
in  which  Professor  Hermann  Thorns,  of  Berlin,  and  Professor 
Alexander  Tschirch,  of  Bern,  thankfully  acknowledged  the 
honorary  memberships  recently  bestowed  upon  them.  For  the 
board  of  trustees,  Felix  Hirseman  reported  that  the  books  of 
the  treasurer  had  been  audited  and  found  in  excellent  condi- 
tion. In  behalf  of  the  members,  he  thanked  Mr.  Lehman  for 
the  good  work  the  latter  had  performed  in  his  official  capacity. 

The  sum  of  $100  was  voted  as  a  contribution  to  the  fund  for 
the  charity  bazar  held  at  the  71st  regiment  armor>-,  December 
5  th  to  20di. 

A  communication  was  received  from  the  German  theater, 
Irving  place,  requesting  the  society  to  arrange  for  a  theater 
party.  This  matter  was  referred  to  the  entertainment  committee 
for  action. 

Charles  N.  Lehman,  Tottenville.  L,  I.,  was  proposed  for 
membership  by  George  T.  RieftJin.  Louis  P.  Frees  was  elected 
a  member. 


January,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


31 


MANUFACTURERS   SEEK  INTORMAJTION 

"T.  W.  Bergen"  and  '''M.  Perla"  Trade  on  Credit  of 
Retired  Jobber  and  Retailer  in  Business 

During  the  past  month  manufacturers  in  the  trade  have  been 
receiving  orders  from  one  T.  \V.  Bergen,  25S  Broadway,  Brook- 
lyn, and  one  M.  Perla,  19  East  14th  street,  and  inquiries  have 
been  made  concerning  their  identity  and  business  standing.  As 
has  developed  these  are  the  names  of  men  in  good  standing  in 
their  respective  communities,  and  one  of  them  is  in  tlie  retail 
drug  business  in  this  city.  M.  Perla  conducts  a  drug  store  at 
1626  Madison  avenue.  An  individual  by  the  name  of  H.  Stem 
who  was  arrested  at  19  East  14th  street,  has  been  charged  with 
impersonating  the  real  Mr.  Perla  and  that  the  door  of  his  office 
bore  the  name  M.  Perla.  Stern's  case  will  come  up  in  court 
shortly. 

The  mercantile  agencies  give  a  good  rating  to  T.  W.  Bergen, 
Brookl>-n,  N.  Y.  In  attempting  to  answer  tht  inquiries  re- 
ceived our  representative  found  that  up  to  last  June  T.  W. 
Bergen  was  engaged  in  a  druggists'  sundries  business  at  322 
Flatbush  avenue,  and  had  at  that  location  quite  a  large  stock. 
He  was  regarded  as  a  man  of  high  character  and  was  under- 
stood to  have  considerable  means,  owning  much  real  estate  in 
the  Bay  Ridge  section.  According  to  our  information,  this 
Bergen  closed  out  because  of  ill  health  and  asserted  that  after 
making  some  arrangements  concerning  his  property  in  Bay 
Ridge  he  was  going  to  California. 

The  Era  representative  was  informed  by  one  mercantile 
agency  that  its  report  was  on  T.  W.  Bergen,  322  Flatbush  ave- 
nue, and  that  it  knew  nothing  of  a  man  of  this  name  at  258 
Broadway. 

The  building  at  258  Broadway,  Brooklyn,  is  occupied  by  the 
First  National  bank.  When  visited,  the  name  of  T.  W.  Ber- 
gen was  on  the  directory  in  the  hallway.  His  office  was  on 
the  second  floor  and  was  shared  by  F.  E.  Stevenson.  The  only 
name  on  the  door  was  "F.  E.  Stevenson,  Manufacturers' 
Agent."  Bergen  was  not  in,  nor  did  Mr.  Stevenson  admit  that 
he  knew  anything  about  him.  He  did  not  know  where  Bergen 
had  come  from,  nor  anything  about  his  wholesale  drug  business. 
He  only  knew  that  Bergen  helped  pay  the  rent.  There  were 
several  lots  of  manufacturers'  goods  on  the  floor. 

The  elevator  man  flattered  our  representative  by  mistaking 
him  for  Bergen,  remarking  to  the  Era  man  that  "another  pack- 
age had  arrived."  The  elevator  man  stated  that  Stevenson  had 
occupied  his  office  about  two  weeks,  and  that  Bergen  had  ar- 
rived about  two  days  later. 

A  later  development  has  been  the  location  of  the  "real"  T.  W. 
Bergen.  He  resides  at  169  Senator  street.  Bay  Ridge,  this  city, 
and  has  talked  with  the  Era  office  over  the  'phone.  Another 
interesting  feature  was  the  receipt  of  a  letter  in  this  city  from 
a  Western  manufacturer,  who  requested  information  on  both 
T.  W.  Bergen  and  M.  Perla. 


IF  MR.  FRANK  THOMPSON  SHOULD  CALL — 

Please  Do  Not  Pay  Him  Money  on  Account 
of  the  United  Stores  Drug  Company 

From  The  United  Stores  Drug  Company,  Inc.,  (operating 
The  Charles  Reif  Company)  comes  a  circular  dated  Chatta- 
nooga, Tenn.,  December  10,  stating  that  a  man  named  Frank 
Thompson  has  called  on  several  retail  drug  stores  and  depart- 
ment store  dealers  recently,  representing  himself  as  a  traveling 
agent  and  authorized  to  collect  and  receipt  for  money  for  the 
account  of  The  United  Stores  Drug  Company.  He  is  in  pos- 
session of  some  of  the  company's  circulars  and  printed  matter, 
and  some  bottles  of  perfume,  toilet  water,  and  face  cream  manu- 
factured by  the  company.  In  several  cases  he  has  collected 
money  from  dealers,  and  two  dealers,  at  least,  have  given  him 
notes  maturing  at  future  dates  for  small  amounts.  The  com- 
pany says: 

"We  wish  to  warn  the  public  against  this  individual  and  any 
other  individual  claiming  to  be  our  representative  and  having 
authority  to  receipt  for  money  owing  or  to  be  owing  to  our 
Company.  If  Thompson,  or  any  other  person  by  any  other 
name,  should  come  to  you  and  endeavor  to  separate  you  from 
your  money,  claiming  to  be  acting  for  us  or  in  our  behalf, 
protect  yourself  and  us  by  every  fair  means." 


The  Company  also  asks  every  dealer  who  is  called  upon  by 
a  person  who  answers  the  description  given  here  to  notify 
them  by  telegraph  or  telephone  at  806  Cherry  St.,  Chattanooga, 
Tenn.    (Bell  telephone,  Long  Distance,  Main  2869)  : 

"About  35  to  38  years  old,  smooth  shaven,  clear  skin,  weighs 
about  150  to  160  pounds,  carefully  and  expensively  dressed, 
wears  nose  glasses,  edge  of  his  eyelids  seem  a  little  bit  red, 
black  hair,  with  prematurely  gray  tinge  of  hair  around  his 
ears,  writes  a  very  clear,  legible  hand;  former  occupation  in- 
surance, and  stock  and  bond  salesman;  originally  from  Phila- 
delphia, has  traveled  over  America,  Europe,  and  India,  and 
considerably  in  Hungary,  and  for  a  short  while  was  located  in 
Berlin,  in  Paris,  and  in  London.  Probably  he  is  accompanied 
by  a  handsome  young  woman  about  23  to  25  years  of  age  who 
has  a  clear  fair  complexion,  black  eyes,  black  hair,  weighs 
about  125  lbs.,  handsomely  gowned." 


ANTOINE  CHIRIS  CO'S  AMERICAN  WORKS 

Will  Manufacture  Essential  Oils  and  Organic  Chemi- 
cals with  Process  Parent  Uses  in  France 

The  Antoine  Chiris  Company,  New  York  City,  American 
agent  for  Etablissements  Antoine  Chiris  &  Jeancard  Fils  Reu- 
nis,  Paris,  Grasse  and  Cannes,  France,  recently  completed  the 
construction  of  its  American  works  at  Delawanna,  N.  J.,  13 
miles  out  of  this  city.  The  principal  object  of  the  works  is  to 
manufacture  or  distil  essential  oils  and  organic  chemicals.  It 
was  first  suggested  by  the  American  company,  of  which  C.  G. 
Euler  is  president,  and  B.  T.  Bush  is  vice  president,  which 
realized  the  advantage  of  having  a  plant  in  this  country  where 
oils  might  be  distilled  from  the  dried,  raw  material,  which 
may  easily  be  imported  from  abroad.  Another  object  was  to 
be  in  a  position  to  meet  the  increasing  demand  for  pure  prod- 
ucts. In  this  direction,  it  might  be  observed  that  the  processes 
employed  at  Delawanna  will  correspond  with  those  used  in 
the  Grasse  and  Cannes  plant,  and  the  quality  will  therefore  be 
the  same  as  heretofore. 


The  works  depicted  on  this  page,  has  37,000  square  feet  of 
floor  space,  and  the  buildings  are  planned  so  as  to  permit  ex- 
tension. The  ground  owned  by  the  company  is  a  little  over  12 
acres  in  area.  There  are  five  sections  in  the  main  group  of 
buildings,  the  various  wings  being  devoted  to  office,  library, 
laboratory,  packing,  storing,  shipping,  manufacturing,  distilling, 
etc.,  purposes.  One  wing  is  the  chemical  building  and  in  it 
will  be  manufactured  essential  oil  derivatives  and  organic  che- 
micals. A  full  line  of  synthetics  and  aromatic  chemicals  will 
be  eventually  manufactured  in  this  wing.  A  two-story  wing 
devoted  to  the  stills — 10  in  number,  each  of  which  is  about 
7,000  liters  capacity. 


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THE  PHAKMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[January,  1915 


MEMPHIS  TENN.  DRUGGISTS  PROTEST 

"Will  Not  Push  Proprietaries  or  Toilet  Articles  on 
Which  They  Pay  the  Tax 

At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Memphis  (Tenn.)  Drug  Club 
^his  subject  came  up  for  discussion: 

"What  action,  if  any,  shall  the  retail  druggists  of  the  city 
take  with  reference  to  the  position  of  some  manufacturers  of 
proprietary  and  toilet  articles  that  the  war  tax  upon  such 
articles  shall  be  paid  by  the  retail  druggists?" 

After  a  short  discussion  the  following  resolutions  were  offered 
and  adopted: 

Whereas,  the  principal  profit  realized  from  the  handling  of 
proprietary  and  toilet  articles  is  made  by  the  manufacturer, 
and  the  profit  made  in  selling  said  articles  by  the  retail 
-druggist  is  already  but  a  nominal  and  barely  a  living  profit 
when  the  increased  cost  of  doing  business  is  taken  into  con- 
sideration; and, 

Whereas,  the  profit  thus  realized  by  the  retail  druggist 
selling  said  articles  will  not  stand  a  further  reduction  and  en- 
able the  retail  druggist  to  continue  in  business;  now,  therefore. 

Whereas,  a  majority  of  manufacturers  of  proprietary  and 
toilet  articles  have  voluntarily  proposed  to  bear  the  additional 
cost  of  the  said  war  tax  and  so  advised  the  trade, 

Be  It  Resolved  that  we,  herewith  assembled,  do  agree  that 
we  cannot  further  continue  the  active,  aggressive  sale  of  such 
proprietary  preparations  and  toilet  articles  the  tax  upon  which 
is  sought  to  be  placed  upon  us,  and  that  we  will  be  forced, 
in  order  to  properly  conduct  our  business,  to  discontinue  the 
active  presentation  to  the  public  of  such  articles  the  tax  upon 
which  is  sought  to  be  imposed  upon  us,  and  to  encourage  the 
sale  of  such  articles  the  tax  upon  which  is  justly  borne  and 
paid  by  the  manufacturer. 

Resolved  further  that  copies  of  this  resolution  be  furnished 
the  manufacturers  generally. 

At  the  meeting  Edward  V.  Sheely  presided,  and  Edwin 
Collins  acted  as  secretary. 


A.  I.  A.  AND  CRUDE  DRUG  IMPORTATIONS 

-Importers  Seek  Espousal  of  Philadelphia  Exchange 
Proposition — ^Special   Comnuittee  Appointed 

At  a  recent  special  meeting  of  the  American  Importers'  Asso- 
ciation, held  at  165  Broadway,  this  city,  an  effort  was  made 
to  have  that  organization  espouse  the  proposal  of  the  Philadel- 
phia Drug  Exchange  to  secure  for  importers  of  crude  drugs  a 
right  to  appeal  from  the  rulings  of  government  inspectors  at 
ports  of  entry.  Arguments  were  presented  by  Irving  McKesson, 
of  McKesson  &  Robbins;  William  F.  McConnell,  secretary  of 
the  Drug  Trade  Section,  New  York  Board  of  Trade  and  Trans- 
portation"; L.  H.  Hobby,  and  J.  R.  Rippelse,  of  Schieffelin  & 
Co.;  Frederick  L.  Kraemer,  of  L.  F.  Kraemer  &  Co.,  and 
others.  The  executive  committee  was  instructed  to  appoint  a 
special  committee  to  investigate  the  subject  and  report  at  a 
subsequent  meeting. 

The  lack  of  adequate  authority  on  standards  for  crude  drugs 
and  the  wide  variety  of  qualities  often  found  in  a  single  ship- 
ment of  the  same  kind  of  botanical  drugs,  making  accurate 
judgment  from  a  sample  or  samples  practically  impossible,  was 
pointed  out  by  Mr.  McConnell.  The  absence  of  a  court  of 
last  resort  for  importers  of  crude  drugs  was  also  brought  out  by 
this  speaker,  who  cited  a  number  of  instances  where  importers 
had  had  their  goods  rejected  by  inspectors  whose  rulings  had 
not  been  warranted  by  any  recognized  authority  on  the  subject. 


Receiver  for  Oo-operativc:  Syndicate  of  Baltimore 

Baltimore,  November  10. — William  Byrd,  a  lawyer,  was  re- 
cently appointed  receiver  for  the  Co-operative  Syndicate,  deal- 
ers in  druggists'  supplies  and  materials,  at  426  and  428  East 
Saratoga  street,  in  the  Circuit  Court,  and  bonded  in  the  sum 
of  $15,000.  The  petition  for  the  receivership  was  filed  by 
John  P.  Lambert,  who  alleged  that  he  held  101  shares  of  the 
company's  stock  and  that  it  owed  him  $885  money  loaned  and 
$880  salary.  He  also  alleged  that  the  corporation  has  liabilities 
of  .$26,325  and  assets  of  $19,500.  The  allegations  were  as- 
sented to  by  the  company,  with  the  exception  of  the  one  about 
the  liabilities  exceeding  the  assets.  According  to  the  company, 
the  latter  will  be  able  to  pay  in  full,  if  allowed  time  to  realize 
•on  the  assets. 


TO  MAKE  STUDY  OF  FLAVORINGS 

Extract  Manufacturers  Establish  Fellowship  in 
Michigan  University — J.  R.  Dean  Appointed 

Baltimore,  Dec.  15.— At  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  the  Flavoring  Extract  Manufacturers'  Association, 
held  in  Pittsburgh,  the  fellowship  at  the  University  of  Michi- 
gan, established  by  the  organization  at  the  last  annual  meeting 
to  carry  on  a  thorough  investigation  into  the  subject  of  vanilla 
extract,  was  awarded  to  John  R.  Dean.  The  latter,  originally 
chosen  by  Dr.  J.  O.  Schlotterbeck,  of  the  J.  Hungerford  Smith 
Co.,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  to  make  such  an  inquir>-,  has  already 
put  in  the  larger  part  of  two  years  on  the  work,  and  under  ,the 
provisions  of  the  fellowship  he  will  devote  two  years  more  to 
the  subject. 

The  Executive  Committee  also  decided  on  the  appointment 
of  committees  for  all  the  States  in  which  the  Legislatures  will 
hold  sessions  next  year,  with  a  view  to  keeping  track  of  legis- 
lation of  special  interest  to  the  Association,  and  in  pursuance 
of  the  aim  to  obtain  uniform  laws  on  all  subjects  affecting  the 
organization.  As  everyone  knows,  the  present  diversity  of 
statutes  is  productive  of  serious  losses,  not  to  mention  waste  of 
time  and  other  drawbacks,  a  product  that  meets'  the  standard  of 
New  York,  for  instance,  being  barred  in  some  other  state. 
Separate  labels  must  be  printed,  and  if  by  any  means,  through 
no  fault  of  the  manufacturer,  a  lot  of  goods  intended  for  the 
trade  of  one  State  gets  into  another  State  with  different  legal 
requirements,  the  manufacturer  is  subject  to  a  fine.  The  .Asso- 
ciation very  justly  takes  the  view  that  it  is  violative  of  common 
sense  and  justice  to  have  varying  requirements  in  different 
States,  and  will  carry  on  a  propaganda  in  favor  of  uniformity. 

Diverse  other  matters  were  taken  up  and  disposed  of  at  the 
Executive  Committee  meeting,  at  which  Samuel  H.  Baer,  of 
the  Blanke-Baer  Chemical  Company,  of  St.  Louis,  the  president, 
occupied  the  chair,  with  W.  jM,  ^.IcCormick,  of  McCormick  ol 
Co.,  of  Baltimore,  as  secretan.'. 

The  subject  of  vanilla  extract  has  been  before  the  association 
for  some  time,  and  is  rightly  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant with  which  the  organization  is  called  upon  to  deal. 
Grave  hardships  have  been  imposed  upon  the  manufacturers, 
the  latter  say,  through  the  interpretation  put  upon  the  stan- 
dards, compliance  with  which  is  directed  by  the  Pure  Food  and 
State  law.  It  has  been  held  that  any  extract  not  coming  up 
to  a  certain  strength  was  adulterated,  when  it  was  usually  a 
case  of  different  lots  of  vanilla  beans  yielding  different  results. 
Just  as  not  all  coffee  yields  a  fixed  percentage  of  caffein,  so 
vanilla  beans  var>'  in  their  chemical  properties.  The  method 
of  manufacture  has  also  had  much  to  do  with  determining  the 
nature  of  the  product,  the  extracts  of  the  various  manufac- 
turers being  by  no  means  the  same,  although  ever>'  one  of  them 
may  be  made  from  the  bean  and  absolutely  free  from  adul- 
teration. 

To  determine  with  exactness  what  process  will  yield  the 
best  extract,  how  high  the  ludiinriion  of  alcohol  used  as  a  sol- 
vent should  be  in  order  tli.it  iIm  .  xis.nt  ir.ay  possess  its  greatest 
strength,  it  was  decidnl  u<  r-,t,ilili>h  tin  fellowship  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan.  The  huldir  of  the  scholarship  will  gather 
samples  and  make  a  scientific  study  of  all  of  the  factors  enter- 
ing into  the  manufacture  of  this  extract. 

The  members  of  the  committee  present  at  the  meeting  be- 
sides those  mentioned  were:  S.  J.  Sherer.  of  the  Sherer-Gillet 
Company,  Chicago;  C.  F.  Sauer.  of  the  C.  F.  Sauer  Company, 
Richmond,  Ind.;  Frank  L.  Beggs,  of  Styron.  Beggs  &  Co., 
Newark,  O.;  Robert  E.  Heekin,  of  the  Heekin  Spice  Com- 
pany, Cincinnati;  F.  P.  Beers,  of  the  C.  L.  Cotton  Company, 
Earlsville.  N.  Y.;  S.  F.  Irwin,  of  the  L.  H.  Parke  Company, 
Philadelphia;  Mr.  Jennings,  of  the  Jennings  &  Co.,  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.,  and  Thomas  E.  Lannen,  attorney,  Chicago. 


Measure  to  Relieve  Revenue  Tax  on  Stills 

Baltimore.  December  11,— W.  M.  McCormick.  of  McCor- 
mick &  Co  .  s(  crel;iry  of  the  National  Flavoring  Extract  .Asso- 
ciation, \  ,1^  i.Ki<eil  today  of  the  passage  by  the  House  of  Con- 
gress of  wi  ll  i~  1,  .wii  as  H,  B,  12,303.  which  was  fathered  by 
Represein,\.i\e  J.  (  hiirles  Linthicum,  of  Mar>-land.  and  relieves 
the  manufacturers  of  flavoring  extracts  of  the  special  internal 
revenue  tax  of  $100  on  the  stills  used  to  reclaim  alcohol  from 
the  residue  of  vanilla  beans  and  other  substances  used  in 
making  extracts.  The  measure  now  goes  to  tlie  Senate,  and 
there  is  every  prospect  that  it  will  become  a  law. 


January,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


3a 


N.  J.  PH.  A.  MEANS  TO  GET  NEEDED  LAWS 


BISHOP-BABCOCK-BECKER  GO'S  ELECTION 


Members    of    the    Legislative    Committee    Meet  in 
Trenton — Go  Over  One  Bill  and  Draft  Another 

A  meeting  of  the  legislative  committee  of  the  Xew  Jersey 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  held  in  the  State  House, 
Trenton,  on  December  18.  In  attendance  were  ('h  iinnan  Ste- 
phen D.  Woolley,  Ocean  Grove;  Ge.nt;e  ^I.  1"  m  u  r  l,x- 
President  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.,  Camden:  Tlionias  S.  .\riiisironL;, 
member  executive  committee  of  the  X.  A.  R.  D..  riainfield; 
Isaac  J.  Keuper,  Trenton,  and  President  John  C.  Gallagher, 
Jersey  City. 

The  pharmacy  law,  which  was  endorsed  at  the  last  meeting 
of  the  State  association,  and  which  die  l-m-iuiM  .^unmittee 
was  instructed  to  introduce  at  tlie  next  s.:^-~i  'n  t!  -  legisla- 
ture, was  gone  over  very  carefully,  and  was  (haii^^  ii  in  a  few 
minor  details.  This  proposed  measure  cuntains  all  the  best 
features  of  the  present  pharmacy  law,  with  the  a'ldiiinn  of  the 
so-called  "prerequisite  (  Liv.s-,"  and  pr. i\isi( ms  which  will  re- 
quire the  licensing  of  -  ,  ii  ;  -tlu  r  vendors  of  drugs, 
and  will  otherwise  <  '  '  ;  tln^  State.  The  pro- 
posed legislation  ain.>  . -  i  i:iy  iii..ircl  and  safeguard  the 
health  and  safety  of  tiie  public. 

An  anti-narcotic  bill,  which  if  enacted  will  take  the  place  of 
the  present  indefinite,  ambiguous  anti-narcotic  law,  was  pre- 
pared and  will  be  introduced  at  the  m  xt  s'  ssi.in  of  the  legisla- 
ture. The  purpose  of  the  proposoi  1  ;ti'  n  is  to  stop  the 
peddling  of  narcotics  by  unlicensed  ii.  is-  i!^  tl.  present  law  con- 
taining no  provision  against  anyone  ha\ ing  narcotics  in  his 
possession . 

The  outlook  for  pharmaceutical  legislation  for  this  year  was 
carefully  considered,  and  the  opinion  is  that  the  two  proposed 
bills  will  receive  favorable  consideration  at  the  hands  of  the 
law-makers. 

The  committee  will  meet  again  prior  to  the  convening  of 
the  legislature  on  January  12th. 


Farrell  Rules  on  Graduates  and  Nursing  Bottles 
State  Superintendent  of  Weights  and  Measures  John  F.  Far- 
rell recently  issued  a  ruling  providing  that  graduated  glasses 
for  use  in  photography  and  similar  pursuits  in  which  accuracy 
is  not  essential  may  be  used  by  manufacturers  when  they  do 
not  come  up  to  the  standard  of  accuracy  necesasry  for  gradu- 
ates in  dispensing  drugs,  provided  that  such  graduates  be  in- 
destructibly marked  "not  legal  for  use  in  trade."  Superinten- 
dent Farrell  prohibits  the  use  of  such  graduated  glasses  in 
measuring  commodities  for  sale  or  for  use  in  the  sale  and 
dispensing  of  drugs. 

Relative  to  nursing  or  sterilizing  bottles  the  Superintendent 
establishes  the  following  specification:  "No  specific  tolerances 
are  established  in  regard  to  these  at  present,  but  the  gradua- 
tions must  be  as  nearly  accurate  as  the  unavoidable  difficulties 
in  manufacture  in  accordance  with  good  trade  usage  will  allow." 


N.  P.  S.  Meets,  Dr.  Emerson  Present 

The  National  Pharmaceutical  Society  held  a  meeting  re- 
cently at  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  President  John 
R.  Wall  presiding.  The  object  of  the  meeting  was  the  con- 
sideration of  "the  issues  between  the  Health  Department  and 
the  pharmacists  of  the  city."  Mr.  Wall  characterized  the 
Health  Board  ordinance  which  effected  the  prohibition  of  the 
sale  of  household  remedies  permitted  under  the  Boy  Ian  law.  as 
a  usurpation  of  power.  Dr.  Hayden  Emerson,  deputy  health 
commissioner,  who  was  present,  expressed  the  opinion  that  the 
Board  at  its  December  31st  meeting  would  exclude  certain  pa- 
tent medicines  from  the  preparations  covered  by  the  ordinance, 
and  that  these  could  be  sold  thereafter  without  a  physician's 
prescription.  The  consensus  among  those  present  was  that 
paregoric  should  be  included  in  any  list  of  exceptions  that 
might  be  made.    Dr.  Emerson  was  opposed  to  this  proposition. 


Indiana  Man  Markets  $2,000  Worth  of  Burdock 

Perry  Pursell,  of  Carmel,  Ind.,  recently  sold  to  Eli  Lilly  & 
Co.,  of  Indianapolis,  his  crop  of  burdock  roots,  harvested  from 
a  four  acre  field,  for  die  sum  of  S2.000.  His  total  expenditure 
is  said  to  have  been  $500.  He  received  four  cents  a  pound 
for  the  roots,  which  had  to  be  ploughed  up  with  a  six-horse 
team,  as  the  roots  cannot  be  dug.  Pursell  was  informed  by 
Indianapolis  manufacturers  that  the  crop  he  had  sold  would 
suffice  them  for  several  years. 


L.  A.  Becker  now  General  Sales  Manager  with  Head- 
quarters at  the  Home  Office,  Cleveland 

THE  annual  meeting  of  the  Bishop-Babcock-Becker  Com- 
pany held  at  the  company's  general  offices,  East  49th 
streets  and  Hamilton  avenue,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  on  De- 
cember 10  elected  the  following  officers;  John  Sherwin,  presi- 
dent; L.  A.  Becker,  vice  president;  G.  E.  Collings,  treasurer; 

E.  T.  Sargent,  sec'y  and  assis- 
tant treasurer.  J.  H.  Champ, 
the  retiring  president,  was 
elected  chairman  of  the  board 
of  directors,  and  L.  A.  Becker, 
at  a  subsequent  directors' 
meeting,  was  appointed  gene- 
ral sales  manager  for  the  com- 
pany. 

John  Sherwin,  the  newly 
elected  president,  who  has 
been  connected  with  the  com- 
pany for  years  as  its  treasurer, 
is  the  president  of  Cleveland's 
largest  bank,  but  he  will  not 
be  active  in  the  management 
of  this  company's  affairs.  J. 
H.  Champ  the  retiring  presi- 
dent, and  John  Sherwin  the 
retiring  treasurer,  made  re- 
ports of  interest  to  the  stock- 
holders. The  company  is  now 
wholly  and  entirely  free  of  all  banking  indebtedness  and  its 
financial  condition  is  most  excellent. 

Pertaining  to  the  soda  fountain  business,  an  aggressive  cam- 
paign has  been  planned.  The  company's  wellknown  line  of 
"Red  Cross"  fountains  and  Eureka  Carbonators  represents  im- 
provements in  their  1915  models  over  any  fountain  the  company 
has  heretofore  offered  to  the  trade. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  Mr.  Becker  is  now  general  sales  man- 
ager for  all  branches  of  the  company's  business,  and  his  head- 
quarters will  be  at  the  Home  Office  in  Cleveland. 


L.  A.  Becker 


G.  A.  S.  Charity  Concert  at  Terrace  Garden 

The  German  Apothecaries'  Society  will  hold  a  charity  con- 
cert at  Terrace  Garden  on  the  evening  of  Thursday,  January 
28,  and  the  funds  derived  from  the  affair  will  be  used  to  aid 
the  widows  and  orphans  of  German  and  Austrian  soldiers. 
Otto  P.  Gilbert  suggested  the  idea  of  giving  the  concert  at  the 
December  meeting  of  the  G.  A.  S.  and  it  was  unanimously- 
approved  by  the  members.  An  effort  will  be  made  to  secure 
the  attendance  of  Dr.  Bernhard  Dernburg,  a  former  secretary 
in  the  German  cabinet,  as  honorary  guest  and  speaker  of  the 
evening.  Miss  Elsa  Riefflin  will  arrange  for  the  talent  who 
will  appear  at  the  concert  and  she  herself  will  sing. 


Reno,  Nevada,  Druggist,  Arrested 

As  the  outgrowth  of  charges  filed  by  inspectors  in  behalf  of 
the  California  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  A.  L.  Sandmeyer,  a 
Reno,  Nevada,  druggist,  was  taken  into  custody  on  board  a 
train  at  Roseville,  Cal.,  recently,  and  was  to  have  been  brought 
to  San  Francisco  for  trial  on  a  charge  of  illegally  selling  drugs 
in  that  city.  It  is  said  that  other  charges  will  be  pressed  in 
Placer  and  Nevada  counties.  The  penalty  provided  by  the 
California  laws  is  a  fine  of  $450  for  the  first  offense  and  im- 
prisonment for  subsequent  offenses.  The  State  Board  of  Cali- 
fornia has  been  ferreting  out  violations  of  the  laws  providing 
for  the  sale  of  habit-forming  drugs.  Some  months  ago  the 
Nevada  State  Board  conducted  an  extensive  correspondence 
with  the  California  Board. 


The  Twenty-ninth  .\nnual  Report  of  the  Kansas  State  Board 
of  Pharmacy  contains  an  alttha  lietical  list  of  the  registered 
pharmacists  and  assistants  entiil' <1  to  jxai  licr  in  the  State,  a 
list  of  merchants  licensed,  a  ii  -n-  M|.t  of  ih.  -.neral  pharmacy 
laws,  anil  the  rules  and  rru^i  1. 1 i.  .i,-,  f,„  nnilit.  .1  by  the  board  of 
pharnni-.-  Afioiding  to  the  ri:port  this  board  now  holds  re- 
cipro<  :1  i  ji^iriiinn  relationship  with  31  State  Boards.  At 
the  pi'  -  lit  til  ,-  there  are  1,882  registered  pharmacists  and  19 
regislei'.d  a>-.,isiants  in  good  standing  on  the  rolls.  During  the 
year  the  board  examined  165  applicants  for  registration,  of 
which  68  were  successful  as  pharmacists  and  2  as  assistants. 


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[January,  1915 


MEMBERS  OF  A.  PH.  A.  ACTIVE 

Enthusiasm  in  Various  Locals — Cliicag-oans  Dine  Prof. 
J.  H.  Beal — New  Detroit  Branch  Elects  Officers 

Chicago  Branch,  A.  Ph.  A. 

At  the  December  meeting  of  the  Chicago  Branch  of  the  A. 
Ph.  A.,  representatives  of  the  various  pharmaceutical  interests 
of  the  city  were  present  to  discuss  the  proposed  amendments 
to  the  State  pharmacy  law.  The  meeting  was  considered  very 
timely,  as  an  important  conference  will  be  held  at  Springfield  in 
January  under  the  auspices  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  to  consider 
<lesiral;>le  amendments  to  the  present  law.  Leo  L.  Krazek, 
of  the  State  Board,  presented  for  discussion  the  recommenda- 
tions of  that  body  to  the  Governor,  which  embraced  certain 
changes  in  the  present  anti-narcotic  sections  of  the  law  to  con- 
form to  the  model  "anti-narcotic  law."  These  proposed  changes 
were  favored  by  Irwin  A.  Becker,  S.  K.  Bass,  H.  C.  Christen- 
sen  and  others. 

The  second  recommendation  of  the  board  would  make  it 
unlawful  for  any  individual  to  have  in  his  possession  more 
cocaine  or  eucaine  than  can  be  obtained  by  means  of  a  pre- 
scription from  a  licensed  physician,  exception  to  be  made  in 
the  case  of  registered  pharmacists,  physicians,  dentists,  veteri- 
narians and  hospitals.  A  third  recommendation  would  make 
a  college  prerequisite  requirement  obligatory  upon  candidates 
for  examination  as  registered  pharmacists.  After  a  brief  dis- 
cussion by  Prof.  W.  B.  Day,  this  recommendation  was  unani- 
mously adopted.  The  fourth  recommendation  covered  a  penalty 
for  false  representation  as  to  being  registered  in  Illinois  as  ap- 
prentices, assistants  or  registered  pharmacists.  r 

Previous  to  the  meeting  a  dinner  in  honor  of  Prof.  J.  H. 
Beal  was  served,  the  distinguished  guest,  on  account  of  his 
recent  change  of  residence  to  Illinois,  becoming  a  member  of 
the  Branch.  Prof.  Beal  related  some  facts  concerning  the  ac- 
tivities of  the  Drug  Trade  Conference  which  had  just  closed 
a  meeting  in  Washington.  These  related  to  the  operation  of 
the  Harrison  Bill,  the  various  stamp  tax  decisions,  the  evils  of 
law  making  by  bureaucratic  rulings  and  the  need  of  modifying 
the  present  patent  law.  I.  M.  Light  spoke  of  the  protest  made 
by  the  Chicago  Retail  Druggists'  Association  against  a  pro- 
posed bill  to  be  presented  to  the  legislature  at  Springfield 
by  the  Chicago  City  Council  to  empower  it  to  license  tax  and 
regulate  drug  stores.  A  nominating  committee  consisting  of 
Messrs  Gray,  Becker  and  Sass  was  appointed  to  prepare  a 
list  of  officers  to  be  voted  on  at  the  meeting  scheduled  for 
Jan.  22. 

Cincinnati  Branch,  A.  Ph.  A. 

Following  a  paper  read  by  Col.  D.  E.  Murphy  on  "The 
Folly  of  not  Filling  the  Demand,"  that  brought  forth  a  spirited 
discussion.  Prof.  C.  P.  T.  Fennel  delivered  an  address  on  the 
"Early  History  of  Chemistry"  before  the  members  of  the  Cin- 
cinnati Branch  at  its  regular  November  meeting.  The  speaker 
was  greeted  enthusiastically,  the  occasion  being  marked  by  a 
large  attendance.  Not  the  least  interesting  part  of  the  enter- 
tainment was  the  collection  of  rare  old  manuscripts  and  books 
on  exhibition,  many  of  them  bearing  the  signatures  of  masters 
of  chemistry,  and  a  large  number  of  which  were  nearly  three 
hundred  years  old. 

Much  of  the  success  of  the  Branch  is  due  to  the  untiring 
efforts  of  the  genial  president,  E.  T.  Thiesing,  who  has  been 
untiring  in  his  efforts  to  push  the  work  of  the  organization 
forward. 

Detroit  Branch,  A.  Ph.  A. 

Ninety  Detroit,  Mich.,  druggists  have  signed  as  charter  mem- 
bers of  a  local  branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation. The  following  officers  were  elected  at  the  initial  meet- 
ing in  December: 

President,  William  A,  11, ill;  virr  prcsirlent,  .\.  A.  Wiieeler; 
secretary,  Wilbur  L.  S,  om llr ;  1 1  r.isuivr,  Cliiirlcs  F.  Mann, 
and  member  of  Ihe  comi.  il,  I.iiumkI  ,\.  Scll/i  r. 

Philadelphia  Branch,  A.  PH.  A. 

A  communication  from  the  Pearson  Publishing  Co,  in  an- 
swer to  the  resolutions  iiasscd  at  the  November  meeting  con- 
cerning the  "Pills  and  Piracy"  article  in  Pearson's  Magazine 
(Dec.  1914  Era,  page  S75)  was  read  at  the  December  gathering 
of  the  Philadelphia  Branch.  The  text  of  the  letter  was  as 
follows : 


"We  acknowledge  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the  16th  inst.  We 
can  express  no  regret  at  the  publication  of  the  article  to  which 
you  refer.  The  chief  complaint  of  pharmacists  seems  to  be 
that  the  author  of  the  article  knows  nothing  about  pharmacy. 
That's  just  the  point.  The  average  man  knows  nothing  about 
pharmacy  but  no  pharmacist  has  denied  that  it  is  a  practice' 
to  charge  more  for  the  simplest  medicines  when  a  doctor's 
prescription  is  presented  than  is  charged  when  a  man  merely; 
asks  for  the  medicine.  No  pharmacist  has  given  us  a  good 
reason  for  this. 

"However,  we  want  to  be  right  about  this  as  we  want  to  be 
right  about  everything  else.  We  have  offered  space  to  various 
pharmacists  for  an  article  on  the  other  side  of  the  matter.  We 
offer  such  space  to  you.  Very  truly  yours, 

(Signed)  The  Pearson  Publishing  Company." 

A  committee  of  three  consisting  of  Prof.  C.  H.  La  Wall, 
Franklin  M.  Apple  and  Charles  Leedom  was  appointed  to 
draw  up  an  answer  to  the  letter. 

The  regular  program  of  the  evening  included  addresses  and 
papers  by  the  following  individuals:  Harry  B.  French,  "The 
Influence  of  the  European  War  on  the  Supply  and  Cost  of 
Drugs  and  Chemicals" ;  Dr.  Geo.  H.  Meeker,  "Vitamines  in 
their  Relation  to  the  Complete  Diet" ;  Prof.  Freeman  P. 
Stroup,  "Review  of  Current  Pharmaceutical  Literature."  The 
meeting  was  held  in  the  Temple  College  of  Pharmacy.  In  the 
absence  of  President  E.  FuUerton  Cook,  Vice-president  J.  W. 
Stunner  presided. 


N.  Y.  CO.  PH.  S.  TAKES  UP  STATE  ALCOHOL  TAX 

Members  Will  Work  for  Abolition  of  Unjust 
Expense — Costs  Druggists  $17.50  to  Sell  at  Cost 

At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  New  York  County  Pharmaceutical 
Society,  held  at  Aschenbroedel  hall,  144  East  86th  street, 
Messrs.  Goldlust,  Rothenberg  and  Klein  brought  up  the  ques- 
tion of  the  State  alcohol  tax,  which  creates  for  the  druggist  a 
total  annual  expense  of  $17.50  for  selling  alcohol  at  cost.  This 
is  aside  from  the  sum  of  $25  which  he  already  pays  to  the 
Federal  government.  A  motion  was  adopted  to  the  effect  that 
the  members  approach  their  State  legislators  and  urge  upon 
them  the  abolition  of  the  State  tax. 

Vice  president  J.  Leon  Lascoff,  now  president  of  the  State 
board,  presented  a  very  interesting  and  detailed  account  of  the 
latest  legal  bearing  upon  pharmacists  of  the  Boylan  law  and 
other  rulings  and  regulations.  Bernard  Colle  discussed  the 
N.  A.  R.  D.  and  its  work,  pointing  out  the  necessity  for  a  na- 
tional business  association  for  pharmacists.  President  Thomas 
Latham  urged  the  members  to  join  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 

Upon  Mr.  Goldlust's  motion  it  was  unanimously  decided 
that  the  former  practice  of  inviting  prominent  physicians  and 
scientific  men  to  address  the  society  upon  topics  of  interest  be 
resumed.  In  this  direction  the  members  e.xpect  a  most  in- 
teresting winter. 

Drug  Clerks  Hustling  for  Election 

The  Cincinnati  Central  Drug  Clerks'  .\.ssociation.  which  was 
organized  a  short  time  ago  to  take  c:ire  of  the  large  number  of 
drug  clerks  in  the  city,  has  nomin;it<  :  ■  !  t>  of  officers  to 
be  submitted  to  the  membership  at  i  >  tion.  the  first 

held  by  the  organization,  and  con-  .  rest  has  been 

aroused.  The  two  tickets  are  the  k.  .:s  .,r,a  the  "Blues," 
respectixely,  nnd  are  composed  as  follows:  Red  Ticket:  Presi- 
dent, F.  .\,  r.iiiL;;  fust  vice  president,  .A.  P.  Krause;  second 
vice  president.  R.  Wetterstroem ;  secretary,  C.  J.  Hamman;  cor- 
responding secretary,  W.  Schultz;  treasurer.  C,  Meinberg. 
Blue  Ticket:  President  E.  iSIonning;  first  vice  president,  W. 
Meissner;  second  vice  president,  W.  Kulle;  secretary,  E.  K. 
Kraft;  corresponding  secretary,  A.  Nassar;  treasurer,  A.  Heff- 
ner. 

The  .As^^oeiation  will  have  on  January  15  a  grand  opening 
and  rei  .  I  li  •  '  ii-  headquarters,  which  will  be  in  the  nature 
of  a  1  .  ^  for  its  friends,  as  well  as  a  sort  of  New 

Year  reL  l.i,,n-.n 


Violation  Penalties  in  New  York 

Secretary  Warren  L,  Bradt  announces  as  follows  the  number 
of  penalties  received  during  the  month  of  November  1Q14,  and 
the  nature  of  the  violation:  Deficient  and  adulterated  prescrip- 
tions. 1 ;  Deficient  and  adulterated  pharniacopoeial  products, 
13:  Sale  of  proscribed  drugs,  1:  Junior  violation,  1;  Label  vio- 
lation, 1  :  Total.  17. 


Januaby,  1915] 


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rLLIN-OIS  PH.  A.  TO  MEET  IN  CENTRALIA 

Executive  Committee  Makes  Decision  at  Semi-Annual 
Meeting: — $750  Appropriated  to  Committees 

The  next  meeting  of  the  Illinois  Ph.  A.  will  be  held  at  Cen- 
tralia  June  15,  16  and  17,  1915.  This  was  decided  upon  at 
the  recent  semi-annual  meeting  of  the  executive  committee, 
held  at  the  ofrice  of  Secret.iry  W.  B.  Day,  in  Chicago.  There 
were  present  at  the  meeting  President  W.  F.  Baum,  Secretary 
Day,  First  \'ice  President  Julius  Riemenschneider,  and  E.xecu- 
tive  Committeemen  H.  J.  Holthoefer,  I.  M.  Light,  James  P. 
Crowley,  S.  J.  Jeruzal,  H.  N.  Bruun,  George  J.  Guertcn,  H.  F. 
Schaper,  W.  D.  Duncan,  H.  C.  Porter,  C.  H.  Brunstrom,  T.  B. 
Shaffer,  T.  S.  .Arnold,  A.  T.  Davis,  W.  S.  Denton,  Ralph  E. 
Dorland,  P.  L.  Gain,  W.  C.  Irwin,  J.  C.  Wheatcroft  and  G.  W. 
Bower,  also  J.  H.  Wells,  of  the  legislative  committee,  and  F. 
M.  Mares,  chairman  of  the  school  of  pharmacy  committee. 
John  J.  Boehni,  e.\-president  of  the  I.  Ph.  and  recently 
elected  to  the  State  senate  was  present,  as  were  also  Secretary 
R.  A.  Whidden,  Chairman  Ralph  K.  Smith  and  A.  W.  Hobart, 
of  the  Travelers'  auxiliary  organization. 

The  treasurer's  report  showed  expenses  since  the  annual 
meeting.  $537 ;  receipts,  $400,  and  balances  on  hand,  in  general 
fund,  $1,122,  and  in  permanent  fund,  $600.  Appropriations 
for  standing  committees  were  voted  as  follows:  Legislative, 
$600;  propaganda,  $100;  trade  interest,  $25,  and  School  of 
Pharmacy,  $25. 

It  was  voted  to  charge  a  registration  fee  of  one  dollar  per 
person  at  the  annual  convention. 

A  committee  consisting  of  W.  C.  Irwin,  R.  E.  Dorland, 
I.  M.  Light  and  Henry  Schaper,  the  last  named  president  of 
the  Chicago  Drug  Club,  was  appointed  to  co-operate  with  the 
travelers  in  making  arrangements  for  the  Centralia  meeting. 

Secretary  Day  was  instructed  to  write  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral relative  to  a  ruling  on  the  mailing  of  poisons,  especially 
when  these  are  physicians'  prescriptions. 

Nominations  for  the  voting  cards  were  made  as  follows : 

Board  of  Pharmacy,  W.  W.  Klore,  O.  U.  Sisson,  D.  P. 
Seibert,  C.  M.  Friesenecker,  John  Chwatal,  L.  P.  Larsen, 
George  Moyen,  Henrv  Eckert,  C.  A.  Storer,  Frank  .\hlborn, 
C.  F.  Schultz,  J.  T.  Murray,  R.  H.  Slade,  Aug.  Sundine,  G.  G. 
Johnson,  John  Harsch,  Charles  Prison,  F.  E.  Blake.  H.  P. 
Hilligoss,  Byron  .Armstrong,  R.  E.  Dorland,  P.  L.  Gain,  Fred 
Pfaff.  T.  D.  Gregg  and  H.  C.  Schuh. 

Advisory  Board,  O.  P.  Stephan,  C.  F.  Moritz,  J.  T.  Lueder, 
F.  M.  Mares,  Charles  Foucek,  A.  E.  Letzler,  George  J.  Guer- 
ten,  John  Lambrecht,  Otto  Mentz,  C.  H.  Burkett,  L.  C.  Staudt, 
W.  B.  Hattenbauer,  Charles  Gustafson,  F.  G.  D.  Walker,  W. 
S.  Clintock,  W.  V.  Dufner,  S.  D.  Van  Deventer,  H.  B.  Rowe, 
S.  M.  Riggs,  J.  W.  Doyle,  E.  A.  Sells,  P.  H.  Paul,  F.  J. 
Nirider,  Royal  Davenport  and  F.  H.  Kroh. 


N.  J.  Ph.  A.  Travelling  Men 

John  C.  Gallagher,  president  of  the  N.  J.  Ph.  A.  was  the 
guest  of  honor  at  the  recent  annual  dinner  of  the  N.  J.  Ph.  A. 
Travelling  Men's  Auxiliary  held  at  L'Achtel  Stetters',  Newark, 
and  added  to  his  laurels  as  an  after  dinner  speaker.  His 
speech  was  roundly  applauded.  The  dinner  was  served  in  the 
main  banquet  hall,  which  had  been  pleasingly  decorated  for 
the  occasion  with  pink  carnations,  ferns,  etc.  George  W. 
Buckens  was  toastmaster.  Besides  President  Gallagher,  speech- 
es were  made  by  various  members  of  the  auxiliary,  about  thirty 
travelers  being  in  attendance.  At  the  close  of  the  exercises,  a 
rising  vote  of  thanks  was  given  to  the  "Dinner  Committee," 
W.  D.  Fox,  L.  T.  McLelland,  A.  J.  Stephens  and  C.  Mathies- 
sen,  who  arranged  the  programme. 

The  officers  of  the  Auxiliary  are:  President,  A.  M.  Piatt; 
vice-presidents,  G.  W.  Buckens  and  C.  Mathiessen;  secretary, 
W.  J.  Caughey;  treasurer,  C.  W.  Haviland;  executive  commit- 
tee, T.  Drake,  G.  F.  Whiting,  and  W.  H.  Whitcomb. 


Chicago  Drug  Club's  Annual  Stag 

The  eleventh  anniversary  of  the  Chicago  Drug  Club  was 
celebrated  recently,  fully  three  hundred  and  fifty  members  tak- 
ing part  in  the  gathering  which  was  held  in  the  Crystal  Room 
of  the  Hotel  Sherman.  After  a  short  business  meeting,  ad- 
dresses were  made  by  Thomas  Potts,  secretary  of  the  N.  A,  R. 
D.,  and  C.  Brunstrom,  of  Moline,  who  was  one  of  the  guests 
of  honor.  "Pete  Roth,"  the  chairman  of  the  entertainment 
committee,  scored  a  success  as  m.aster  of  ceremonies,  the  pro- 
gramme provided  consisting  of  eight  vaudeville  acts,  and  the 
usual  liquid  refreshments,  good  eats  and  smokes.    The  large 


attendance  emphasizes  the  spirit  of  good  fellowship  and  fra- 
ternalism  existing  in  the  organization  and  which  is  now  flour- 
ishing and  rapidly  growing  in  membership. 


AMONG  THE  ASSOCIATIONS 

The  Western  Pennsylvania  Retail  Druggists'  Association, 
Inc.,  has,  through  its  secretary,  B.  E.  Pritchard,  recently  re- 
quested the  police  authorities  to  prosecute  the  "black  sheep" 
among  the  druggists  who  are  selling  "booze"  preparations 
under  innocent-sounding  names.  This  business  was  practically 
eliminated  by  the  association  a  year  or  so  ago,  but  now  has 
again  cropped  up. 

Meb-ose,  Mass.,  doctors  and  druggists  recently  played  base- 
ball at  Pines  Bank  park  and  donated  the  gate  receipts  to  the 
Melrose  hospital.  This  is  the  second  time  the  local  professional 
men  have  played  ball  for  the  hospital  this  season.  The  first 
game  was  won  by  the  druggists  and  $100  was  turned  over 
to  charity. 

Ohio  Valley  Druggists'  Association  members,  to  the  number 
of  30,  recently  banquetted  at  the  Windsor  hotel.  Wheeling,  W. 
Va.  W.  W.  Irwin,  of  that  city,  presided  and  everyone  present 
was  called  upon  for  remarks.  No  set  program  had  been  ar- 
ranged. 

Wm.  H.  Wood,  president  of  the  Maine  Ph.  A.,  has  appointed 
the  following  chairmen  of  committees  and  delegates :  Drug 
market,  B.  R.  Lane;  pharmacy,  E.  L.  Cowan;  legislation,  G.  O. 
Tuttle,  Portland;  papers,  E.  F.  Carswell;  delegates  to  N.  W. 

D.  A.,  Charles  Cook,  F.  M.  Allen  and  B.  R.  Lane;  Proprietary 
.Association  of  America,  E.  C.  True,  A.  G.  Schlotterbeck  and 

E.  A.  Hay;  New  Hampshire  Ph.  A.,  W.  D.  Grace,  J.  W. 
Mahoney  and  F.  E.  Robbins;  Vermont  Ph.  A.,  J.  H.  Dow, 
H.  W.  Ormsby  and  N.  A.  Read;  Massachusetts  Ph.  A.,  F.  R. 
Partridge,  F.  H.  Neal  and  J.  F.  Young,  and  New  Brunswick 
Ph.  A.,  W.  E.  Tibbetts,  G.  H.  Gardiner  and  S.  L.  White. 

The  Rexall  Club  of  Florida  at  its  recent  convention  elected 
C.  C.  Bettes,  of  Jacksonville,  president,  and  re-elected  J.  J. 
Gerig,  of  Ocala,  secretary  and  treasurer.  The  club  has  a 
membership  of  76.    It  will  meet  next  year  at  Jacksonville. 

The  Kentucky  Ph.  A.  will  meet  at  Dawson  in  June,  1915. 

The  Illinois  State  Ph.  A.  will  meet  in  Centralia,  June  15,  16 
and  17th,  1915.  This  will  be  the  first  meeting  the  association 
has  ever  held  south  of  Springfield,  despite  the  fact  that  south- 
ern Illinois  has  a  greater  membership  than  has  the  northern 
part  of  the  State.  Southern  Illinois  members  are  expected  to 
display  unusual  interest  in  the  1915  meeting. 

Tama  county  (la.)  druggists  recently  organized  and  elected 
the  following  officers:  President,  W.  C.  Snyder;  vice  president, 
B.  E.  Barkdoll,  Dysart;_  secretary,  Harry  W.  Foster,  Glad- 
brook.  The  organization  aims  to  further  pleasant  relations 
among  its  membership  and  to  better  aid  the  State  association 
in  its  efforts  to  stamp  out  the  sale  of  habit-forming  drugs,  and, 
if  possible,  to  enforce  laws  which  will  put  the  practicing  physi- 
cians under  the  same  restraint,  in  this  particular,  as  the  drug- 
gists are  voluntarily  imposing  upon  themselves. 

The  Mississippi  State  Ph.  A.,  through  President  J.  C.  Mc- 
Gee,  has  issued  a  circular  letter  to  its  membership,  warning 
them  to  be  on  tBeir  guard  as  to  the  articles  mentioned  in  sche- 
dule A  of  the  new  war  tax. 

The  Chicago  Drug  Clerks'  Association  was  addressed  re- 
cently at  the  Hotel  Sherman  by  P.  A.  Mandabach,  secretary  of 
the  National  Association  of  Drug  Clerks. 

Portland  (Ore.)  R.  A.  D.  members  may  endorse  absolute 
prohibition  of  the  sale  of  liquor  in  drug  stores.  This  matter 
has  been  considered  for  some  time.  President  R.  M.  Plummer 
is  strongly  in  favor  of  such  a  measure  and  it  is  said  that  three- 
quarters  of  the  members  of  the  legislative  committee  have  al- 
ready expressed  themselves  as  in  favor  of  drug  store  prohibition. 
This  drastic  move  is  favored  by  the  druggists  as  a  means  of 
protection  to  the  legitimate  dealers  who  do  not  want  their 
business  to  go  under  a  cloud  of  suspicion  because  of  "boot- 
legging" drug  stores  that  would  probably  spring  up  when  the 
State  goes  dry. 

The  Kings  County  (N.  Y.)  Pharmaceutical  Society  at  its 
December  meeting  discussed  the  provisions  of  the  recently  en- 
acted war  tax.  Dr.  William  C.  Anderson  presenting  and  ex- 
plaining some  of  the  decisions  anent  the  tax  which  affected 
the  drug  trade. 

The  St.  Louis  (Mo.)  R.  D.  A.  has  invited  Dr.  M.  C.  Wood- 
ruff, chief  diagnostician  of  the  health  division,  to  address  its 
membership  at  a  meeting  to  be  held  at  the  Liederkranz  club 
on  January  12.    No  particular  subject  is  assigned. 


36 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[January,  1915 


DEVIATIONS  FROM  STANDARDS  PERMISSIBLE 

New  York  City  Ordinance    182  Not  in  Conflict  with 
State  Statute,  Says  Attorney-General  Parsons 

According  to  the  opinion  recently  handed  down  by  Attorney- 
General  James  A.  Parsons  in  reply  to  an  inquiry  of  the  New 
York  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  as  to  whether  the  statutes  per- 
mit an  omission  of  a  prohibited  drug  from  a  standardized  pre- 
paration as  suggested  by  the  New  York  City  Board  of  Health 
in  reference  to  the  application  of  paragraph  182  of  the  Sani- 
tary Code,  druggists  may  omit  habit-forming  drugs  from  such 
preparations,  provided  the  omission  is  made  known  on  the 
label  and  the  preparations  are  sold  for  what  they  really  are. 

The  following  abstract  sets  forth  the  main  points  in  the  At- 
torney-General's reply  to  the  inquiry  submitted  by  the  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy ; 

The  provisions  of  Chapter  363  of  the  Laws  of  1914,  the 
Boylan  Anti-habit  Forming  Drug  Law,  an  amendment  to  the 
Public  Health  Law,  prohibit  the  sale  without  a  prescription  of 
domestic  and  proprietary  remedies  which  contain  more  than 
two  grains  of  opium,  or  one-fourth  grain  of  morphine,  or  one- 
fourth  grain  of  heroin,  or  one  grain  of  codeine,  or  ten  grains 
of  chloral,  or  their  salts,  in  one  fluid  ounce,  or  if  a  solid  pre- 
paration in  one  avoirdupois  ounce.  Many  of  the  common  do- 
mestic preparations  standardized  by  the  United  States  Phar- 
macopoeia and  the  National  Formulary  contain  the  above 
drugs  in  excess  of  the  amount  permitted  to  be  sold  without  a 
prescription.  The  Department  of  Health  of  the  City  of  New 
York  is  of  the  opinion  that  if  the  prohibited  drug  is  omitted 
entirely  from  any  medicinal  preparation,  and  the  fact  of  that 
omission  is  made  known  by  the  label,  a  sale  of  the  preparation 
would  comply  with  the  above  statute,  and  would  not  violate 
Section  237  of  the  Public  Health  Law,  which  among  other 
things,  forbids  the  adulteration  of  drugs  standardized  by  the 
Pharmacopoeia  and  Formulary.  For  instance,  the  ruling  of  the 
City  Board  of  Health  is  to  this  effect,  that  "In  dispensing, 
without  a  prescription.  Stokes'  Expectorant  (found  in  the  Na- 
tional Formulary)  druggists  will  be  expected  to  dispense  it 
without  tlie  paregoric  (opium),  which  is  an  official  ingredient 
thereof.  In  such  dispensing  of  Stokes'  Expectorant  without  a 
physician's  prescription,  we  should  expect  them  to  put  on  the 
label  'Stokes'  Expectorant  without  paregoric' " 

I  am  asked  by  the  New  York  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
whether  the  position  taken  by  the  Health  officials  of  the  City  of 
New  York  is  legally  correct,  that  is,  whether  the  statutes  permit 
an  omission  of  the  prohibited  drug  from  a  standardized  pre- 
paration, even  though  attention  is  called  to  such  omission. 

Section  245  of  the  Public  Health  Law,  which  is  the  section 
of  the  Boylan  Law  dealing  with  the  sale  of  domestic  and  pro- 
prietary remedies,  provides  as  follows : 

§245.  Sale  prohibited;  exception.  No  pharmacist,  druggist  or 
other  person  shall  sell,  have  or  offer  for  sale  or  give  away  any 
chloral,  opium  or  any  of  its  salts,  alkaloids  or  derivatives  or  any 
compound  or  preparation  of  any  of  them  except  upon  the  written 
prescription  of  a  duly  licensed  physician,  veterinarian  or  dentist 
provided  that  the  provisions  of  this  article  shall  not  apply  to  the 
sale  of  domestic  and  proprietary  remedies,  acttfally  sold  in  good 
faith  as  medicines  and  not  for  the  purpose  of  evading  the  provi- 
sions of  this  article  and  provided  further  that  such  remedies  and 
preparations  do  not  contain  more  than  two  grains  of  opium,  or 
one-fourth  grain  of  morphine,  or  one  grain  of  codeine,  or  ten  grains 
of  chloral  or  their  salts  in  one  fluid  ounce  or  if  a  solid  pr.  ii.ii  .ition. 
in  one  avoirdupois  ounce,  nor  to  plasters,  liniments  (.nmiKiM- 
for  external  use  only. 

It  is  quite  apparent  from  even  a  glance  at  the  al>o\-r  si.itnl'- 
that  the  sale  of  a  medicine  which  contains  no  opium  at  ill,  "r 
other  prohibited  druc;,  cannot  by  any  possible  construrlimi  \  io- 
late  till-  .section.  M"r  :tyi\  tlierefore,  left  to  determine  wli.  lli.  r 
till'  I'M  1' i'miImii  ill.  .inii>,si<)n  of  the  opium  has  been  adul- 
tci  ii.^l  I'iiliiii  111!  PMMiiiii-  of  section  237  of  the  Public  Health 

l.:r,v       l,i.  li    P   I. Is    in    p  ,; 


Ills 


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tion  pi\ 


necessity  for  or  effect  of  particular  drugs  in  any  preparation, 
to  erect  a  standard  of  medicines  in  the  Pharmacopoeia  and 
Formulary  from  which  not  the  slightest  departure  could  be 
made,  regardless  of  any  good  faith  or  open  disclosures  to  the 
public,  for  the  statute  does  not  contain  any  accompanying  pro- 
viso such  as  it  appears  in  the  Federal  Food  and  Drugs  Act 
(Act  of  1906,  §7),  namely  "that  no  drug  defined  in  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia  or  National  Formular>'  shall  be  deemed 
to  be  adulterated  under  this  provision  if  the  standard  of 
strength,  quality  or  purity  be  plainly  stated  upon  the  bottle, 
box  or  other  container  thereof,  although  the  standard  may 
differ  from  that  determined  by  the  test  laid  down  in  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia  or  National  Formulary." 

However,  following  on  with  the  subdivisions  of  section  237 
of  the  State  Health  Law,  we  find,  I  think,  authority-  in  para- 
graph 5  to  sell  those  preparations  recognized  by  the  Pharmaco- 
poeia and  Formulary,  and  without  the  prohibited  drugs,  by 
the  method  suggested  of  labelling  the  preparation  with  the 
name  found  in  the  Pharmacopoeia  or  Formular>'  and  indicating 
thereafter  what  has  been  omitted  or  withdrawn.  Subdivision 
5  declares  that  a  drug  is  adulterated  if  "its  strength,  quality  or 
purity  differs  from  the  profe.ssed  standard  of  strength,  quality 
or  purity  under  which  it  is  sold." 

The  law  in  my  opinion,  by  subdivisions  1  and  2  of  §237 
requires  compliance  with  the  Pharmacopoeia  or  Formulary 
standard  when  the  drug  is  sold  by  the  mere  name  alone.  By 
subdivision  5,  the  drug  may  still  be  sold  by  the  Pharmacopoeia 
or  Formulary  name  and  under  a  different  standard  provided 
that  standards  be  disclosed  or  professed.  The  latter  method 
is  what  is  proposed  to  be  followed  in  the  case  before  us. 
Stokes'  Expectorant  is  sold  as  Stokes'  Expectorant,  complying 
in  every  respect  with  the  Pharmacopoeia  or  Formulary  stan- 
dard except  in  one,  and  in  that  respect  a  different  standard  is 
professed,  or,  to  state  it  differently,  the  standard  professed  is 
that  set  out  in  the  Pharmacopoeia  or  Formulary  with  one  ex- 
ception which  is  also  professed. 

We  must  construe  the  statute  broadly  so  as  to  allow  medicinal 
preparations  to  be  sold  for  what  they  really  are,  and  so  as  not 
to  interfere  with  lawful  business  other  than  at  the  precise 
points  where  interdiction  is  laid.  The  plan  proposed  does  not 
in  my  judgment,  involve  any  violation  of  the  Boylan  Law,  or 
of  that  section  of  the  Public  Health  Law  which  forbids  the 
adulteration  of  drugs. 


"Your  Inventory  is  What  You  Make  It" 

"One  of  the  greatest  evils  that  the  average  druggist  must 
learn  to  side  step  is  that  of  making  profits  to  buy  merchandise 
instead  of  selling  merchandi.se  to  make  profits.  If  more  retail 
druggists  could  but  see  the  wisdom  of  buying  in  quantities  that 
are  reasonably  certain  not  to  stay  in  the  store  more  than  3 
months,  they  would  be  infinitely  better  off.  Ever,'  slow  seller  in 
the  store  reduces  the  margin  of  profits  on  the  fast  selling  mer- 
chandise." 

The  above  statemei  is      i,  by  a  representative  of  Eli 

Lilly  &  Co.  who  com  ;  sties  show  that  90  per  cent 

of  the  retailers  over-N  loes  not  sound  so  alarming 

as  does  the  statement  tiiit  .^n  \".  r  cent  of  all  the  retail  failures 
are  due  to  diis  same  cause.  If  every  druggist  would  mark  the 
date  of  purchase  on  each  item  he  adds  to  his  stock  for  the  ne.xt 
12  inonth.s.  llieii  adjust  his  purcha.ses  to  the  time  it  took  to 
liiimit  his  III.  1,1;, ill. lis  •  into  cash,  the  taking  of  his  inventory 
v/MiiM  l.p  \rvy  iiiiuh  sinii'lifu'd.  lluyinc;  as  needed  for  present 
I.  .IiiIk  111.  Ills  is  the  well-known  policy  of  our  house  with  which 
r\  ,  i\  (li  ii  j-ist  is  familiar.  In  odier  words,  a  druggist's  in- 
\.  iii.ii\  is  what  he  chooses  to  make  it'." 


-1  1     ■  1'    .  1    il  .  1.   11,11'Jit  lie  a  grave  qucs- 
J....,   rrM  iriliiiii  II  I   ]-.ssil.lc  iniiniioii  of  the  Legisla- 

ture, in  the  interest  of  the  public  health,  and  for  the  protection 
of  that  vast  body  of  the  people  who  do  not  understand  the 


New  York  Druggist  Convicted  of  Substitution 

Moses  Weiss,  an  oftker  of  the  ^\■eiss  prescription  Pharmacy, 
Inc.,  conducting  a  business  at  No.  1634  Coney  Island  avenue, 
Brooklyn,  was  convicted  in  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions  of 
selling  a  prescription  containing  sodium  carbonate  instead  of 
sodium  salicylate  and  the  further  charge  that  the  prescription 
:\  IS  deficient  in  strength.  The  Court  in  imposing  the  sentence 
i  f  I  three  months'  jail  term,  expressed  the  desire  that  the  at- 
tention of  pharmacists  of  Greater  New  York  be  directed  to  the 
infliction  of  this  penalty  and  that  it  should  serve  as  an  example 
to  violators  of  the  pharmacy  law. 

The  prosecution  was  at  the  instance  of  the  New  York  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy,  the  people  being  represented  by  Deputy 
Attorney  General  Jerome  Steiner,  309  Broadway,  this  city. 


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FROM  THE  BUSINESS  FIELD. 


St.  Louis,  Mo.,  druggists  have  been  considerably  agi- 
tated by  local  editorial  assertions  that  they  are  making  a 
disprot>ortionate  profit  on  serums.  The  ."^t.  I.ouis  R.  D.  A.. 
through  its  officers.  President  \Vm.  .\.  Hoolsi  ht  r,  S.M  ciary, 
Charles  \V.  Stockhousen  and  Field  Serrot:u  \  i:.  A.  mn  \\  :iUl, 
and  H.  \V.  Friedewald,  the  last  namxl  in  l-.i-  indixi.lual 
capacity,  replied  in  the  St.  Louis  pai^r^  in  drfinitf 
fashion,  getting  right  down  to  "brass  t:uk<  '  11,  %  >li,n\(  (l 
that  the  actual  profit  which  the  retail  .iiu:.;L;i>i  n\idr  cm 
serums  was  very  small,  and  pointed  out  tliat  the  price  at  which 
they  purchased  their  supply  from  the  manufacturers  was  not 
the  only  expense  in  handling  this  kind  of  business.  To  keep 
the  serums  as  they  should  be  kept  costs  a  fairly  constant  sum 
of  money  a  month.  These  correspondents  suggested  tliat  the 
St.  Louis  paper  which  published  the  editorial  might  easily 
get  the  facts  from  any  first-class  druggist. 

The  Jacobs'  Pharmacy  Co.,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  brought  suit 
a  short  time  ago  for  injunction  against  D.  I.  Brosseau  and 
Mrs.  Brosseau  to  restrain  them  from  disi.osinc  of  Siri.ono  worth 
of  the  company's  stock  that  is  in  their  |  until  the 

ownership  of  the  stock  is  determined,  ni,,—  m  ,.  engaged 
as  financial  manager,  his  salary  to  be  S().ihiii  ;i  vi  ar,  accord- 
ing to  the  petition.  He  also  was  given  the  stock  in  cons  dera- 
tion of  his  services.  He  is  saici  not  to  have  obtained  the 
results  e.xpected  of  him  ani  he  left  the  city.  ;Mrs.  Brosseau 
remains  and  retains  the  stock.  She  refuses  to  give  it  up. 
A  temporary'  injunction  was  granted  and  a  receiver  for  the 
stock  appointed.  .-V  hearing  was  scheduled  for  a  date  in 
December. 

Perry  Thunnan,  druggist  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  is  being 
sued  by  Mrs.  Irene  R.  Wysong,  for  $10,000  damages  on 
account  of  the  death  of  her  husband  on  September  2.  She 
alleges  that  her  husband  went  to  the  drug  store  on  the  day 
he  died  and  called  for  morphine,  but  says  that  the  clerk  gave 
him  strychnine  out  of  an  unlabeled  bottle.  Wysong  died  a 
few  hours  later  of  strychnine  poisoning.  The  druggist  con- 
tends that  the  deceased  at  one  time  worked  in  his  store  and 
was  well  acquainted  with  the  contents  of  the  shelves.  He 
says  that  Wysong  came  to  the  store,  found  the  clerk  busy 
and  helped  himself,  probably  taking  down  the  strychnine 
bottle,  instead  of  the  one  containing  morphine. 

A.  G.  Fraser,  propr'etor  of  a  drug  store  in  Zion  City, 
Chicago,  the  owner  of  the  building  he  occupies,  and  another 
occupant  thereof,  were  recently  notified  by  Overseer  Voliva 
that  he  would  enforce  the  condition  contained  in  the  Zion 
leases  forbidding  the  sale  of  drugs  or  the  residence  of  a 
physician  on  Zion  lands.  When  a  physician  and  the  druggist 
moved  into  the  building  last  fall,  the  Overseer  declared  that 
the  Lord  would  starve  them  to  death,  but  inasmuch  as  small 
pox  is  now  rampant  in  the  "city",  the  professional  men  have 
enjoyed  an  increasing  business.  Voliva  has  now  ventured 
to  assist  the  Lord  by  endeavoring  to  oust  the  undesired 
tenants. 

Hartford,  C5t.,  druggists  closed  on  Thanksgiving  after- 
noon from  one  to  six  o'clock,  this  co-eprative  movement  being 
manipulated  by  the  local  Chamber  of  Commerce.  This  body's 
secretary  endeavored  to  persuade  the  manager  of  the  local 
Riker-Hegeman  Co.  store  to  close  with  the  20  or  25  other 
stores  in  town,  but  the  latter  explained  that  he  cnuld  not  act 
on  his  own  initiative.  He  was  also  dubious  as  to  the  success 
of  the  secretary's  efforts  applied  directly  to  the  company's 
headquarters  in  this  city.  The  s  tuation  was  explained  to 
the  New  York  people,  however,  and  they  agreed  to  close 
their  Hartford  store  along  with  the  other  druggists. 

Trenton, .  N.  J.,  physicians  are  advocating  an  amendment 
to  the  pharmacy  law  which  would  require  at  least  one  drug- 
gist in  a  municipality  to  either  keep  open  all  night  or  have 
a  man  on  the  premises  who  can  get  up  quickly  on  call  and 
not  only  compound  prescriptions,  but  deliver  them.  The 
physicians  aver  that  they  have  experienced  difficulty  in 
getting  emergency  medicines  late  at  night.  The  druggists, 
it  is  reported,  are  loath  to  add  this  expense  to  their  business. 
In  some  cases  it  would  mean  an  additional  clerk  for  the 
night  trade  alone  and,  as  a  general  rule,  the  emergency  calls 
■do  not  average  one  a  month. 


The  United  Drug  Stores  Co.,  Chattanooga,  owned  by 
C.  H.  Herbert  and  others,  recently  filed  a  bill  in  chancery 
court  a^;i  nst  tlie  National  Manufacturing  Co.,  and  Dr.  O.  B. 
Wunsi  how  ,  asking  for  a  writ  of  replevin  to  enforce  the  re- 
turn of  toilet  articles,  perfumery,  extracts,  a  list  of  agents 
and  a  set  of  hooks,  which,  it  is  alleged,  had  been  removed 
from  the  factory  of  the  complainant  company  at  the  hour  of 
midnight.  The  action  grows  out  of  the  bankruptcy  of  the 
Charles  Reif  Co.,  and  Uie  purchase  of  its  assets  ultimately 
by  the  Herbert  concern. 

Walter  S.  Bellis,  manager  of  the  Laurel  Pharmacy,  Laurel, 
yUl..  was  arrested  recently  on  a  warrant  sworn  out  by  counsel 
for  the  owners  of  the  pharmacy,  charging  him  with  embezzle- 
ment of  $1,500,  although  the  shortage  is  said  to  be  $2,600.  He 
was  committed  to  jail  awaiting  action  of  the  grand  jury,  he 
being  unable  to  secure  $3,000  which  was  the  sum  of  the  bond 
fixed  by  the  court.  It  is  said  that  Bellis  was  a  frequent  visitor 
at  the  races  in  October.  He  has  been  employed  in  Laurel  for 
four  months,  formerly  having  done  business  at  Frederick,  Cum- 
berland and  in  Baltimore. 

Riker-Heg-eman  Co's  store  at  1210  Market  street,  Phil- 
adelphia, was  recently  entered  by  burglars  who  abstracted 
the  sum  of  $1,600  from  the  safe  and  got  away,  leaving  no 
clew  for  the  police  to  work  on.  The  job  was  consummated 
in  very  clever  fashion,  the  thieves  having  concealed  them- 
selves on  the  floor  above  the  store  during  the  day  and  there 
waited  until  the  place  was  closed  late  Sunday  night.  They 
then  cut  an  opening  through  the  floor  just  over  the  cashier's 
balcony.  With  powerful  jimmies  they  pried  off  the  doors. 
The  robbery  was  not  discovered  until  the  next  morning. 

The  Dickenson  Drug-  Co.,  New  Brita  n,  Ct.,  was  award- 
ed a  verdict  to  recover  the  sum  of  $40.01  from  George  Cole, 
defendant,  of  Berlin.  The  action  was  to  recover  a  drug  bill 
of  $38.75,  the  entire  bill,  with  the  exception  of  an  item  of 
25  cents,  being  for  diphtheria  antitoxin.  The  medicines,  the 
report  goes,  were  bought  by  a  physician  and  charged  to  Cole. 
The  claim  was  that  the  medicines  were  bought  by  the  doctor 
as  agent  for  Cole,  the  former  being  in  attendance  upon  the 
latter's  family.    Cole  denied  that  any  agency  existed. 

Albright  &  Wood's  beautiful  new  store  at  St.  Francis 
and  Royal  streets,  IMobile,  Ala.,  was  the  Mecca  for  possibly 
10,000  people  on  the  occasion  of  its  recent  opening.  It  is  the 
third  of  a  "chain"  of  drug  stores  E.  Roy  Albright  and  I.  V. 
Wood  have  established  in  Mobile,  The  flowers,  ferns  and 
potted  plants  placed  about  the  drug  store  on  its  initial  day  of 
business  gave  a  pleasing  tone  to  the  mahogany  partitions, 
expensive  soda  fountain,  attractive  cigar  cases  and  sundry 
show-cases. 

Charles  Wetzel,  proprietor  of  the  Court  House  pharmacy, 
one  of  the  bestknown  drug  stores  in  Quincy,  111.,  and  Dr. 
E.  H.  Toole,  were  recently  arrested  on  warrants  sworn  out 
by  John  J.  Conroy,  of  Chicago,  inspector  for  the  State  Board 
of  Pharmacy,  charging  the  illegal  sale,  and  conspiracy  to  sell 
illegally,  cocaine.  Both  men  were  released  on  bond  and  a 
preliminary  hearing  arranged  for.  The  increasng  number  of 
drug  habitues  in  Quincy  has  greatly  agitated  the  peBple  of 
that  city  for  the  past  three  months. 

The  Grimes-Drug  Co.,  of  Hickory,  N.  C,  has  been 
purchased  by  E.  B.  Menzies,  Z.  B.  Buchanan  and  J.  Tellus 
Miller,  and  will  hereafter  be  styled  the  ]\Ienzies  Drug  Co. 
E.  B.  Menzies  will  act  as  general-manager.  R.  A.  Grimes, 
who  Jias  been  nssnriated  with  this  .store  since  its  purchase 
from  Walter  Martin,  which  occurred  about  eight  years  ago, 
will  retire  fruni  the  1  nwini  ss.  Mr.  Menzies,  the  new  manager, 
has  been  with  the  old  store  for  a  number  of  years  and  has 
been  in  the  drug  business  in  Hickory  for  20  years. 

H.  Adrian  L.  Ferguson,  the  Owosso,  Mich.,  druggist, 
who  was  rerenlly  sent  to  the  Detroit  house  of  correction  for 
four  iiMinths  fur  \!r,litin'.;  the  local  option  law,  has  had  an 
invdlmitary  |"liliiin  in  hmkruptcy  filed  against  him  by  three 
of  his  creditors.  They  allege,  it  is  reported,  that  he  assigned 
his  stock  to  his  sister  on  Nov.  10,  and  that  ^in,  .  tli  il  date 
the  store  has  been  closed.  One  of  the  pet  it  i'  H' i  -  np- 
pointrfl  temporary  receiver  of  the  stock  and  \'.as  authorized 
to  oii'M  ill'    -I'ii,-  and  continue  the  business. 

The  Averbeck  Drug  Co.,  Youngstown,  O.,  is  open 
again,  folluw  ng  tlie  fire  which  did  a  damage  not  exceeding 
$10,000.     The  prescription  files  were  saved,  and  the  whole- 


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[Januaky,  1915 


sale  department,  patent  medicine,  physician  supplies  and  all 
retail  drug  departments  are  all  in  shape  to  take  care  of  all 
demands.  The  company  extended  a  "thousand  thanks"  to 
the  fire  department  for  its  expedition  and  efficiency  on  the 
occasion  of  the  fire. 

Wurster  Bros.,  druggists  of  Portsmouth,  O.,  were  among 
the  merchants  who  participated  in  the  use  of  a  full  page  of 
advertising  during  the  holiday  season.  Each  used  a  small 
space,  but  few  had  more  pointed  stuff  in  it  than  the  drug 
firm,  whose  n.essage  to  the  public  went  like  this:  "We  may 
not  be  your  nearest  druggist,  but  we  will  come  the  nearest 
to  pleasing  you."  How  is  that  for  good  advertising  boiled 
into  a  single  sentence? 

The  RadcliflEe  Drug  Co.,  of  Hamilton,  O.,  made  a  hit 
during  the  shopping  season  before  Christmas  with  a  special 
lot  of  candy,  attractively  packed  in  a  special  package  made 
to  the  order  of  the  company.  The  candy  was  real  old- 
fashioned  home-made  taffy,  while  the  package,  a  small  tin 
bucket,  was  very  attractive.  The  candy  went  lik^  the  proverbial 
hot  cakes,  and  Mr.  Radcliffe  was  very  well  pleased  with  the 
success  of  his  idea. 

W.  L.  Hausman,  Chicago  druggist,  was  recently  fined  the 
sum  of  $50  and  costs  on  the  charge  of  selling  morphine  with- 
out a  proper  prescription.  He  pleaded  that  a  clerk  made  the 
sale  contrary  to  his  orders.  The  judge  decided  that  owners  of 
drug  stores  are  liable  for  the  illegal  sale  of  drugs  by  em- 
ployes, even  if  the  sale  is  contrary  to  the  owners'  orders.  Mr. 
Hausman,  it  is  reported,  will  take  the  case  to  the  Supreme 
court. 

Edward  D.  Hayes,  Henry  F.  Coon  and  Dr.  A.  E.  Robin- 
son, of  the  Interstate  Remedy  Co.,  the  concern  which  suc- 
ceeded the  Dr.  Knapp  Medical  Co.  and  the  Dr.  Raynor  Medi- 
cal Co.  (two  names  for  one  concern  put  out  of  business  by 
the  government  in  1904),  were  fined  $5,000,  $3,000  and  $2,000, 
respectively,  by  Federal  Judge  Tuttle,  recently.  They  also 
agreed  to  surrender  a  mailing  list  of  500,000  names,  which 
will  be  destroyed. 

L.  F.  Howes,  3201  Franklin  boulevard,  Chicago,  recently 
reported  to  the  police  that  he  was  an  unwitting  Santa  Claus 
to  burglars  who  broke  a  plate  glass  window  in  his  store  and 
carried  away  a  Christm.as  tree  trimmed  with  42  crisp  new 
$1  bills.  The  tree  was  found  about  a  block  from  the  store, 
but  the  decorations  had  vanished.  The  burglars  overlooked 
$57  in  bills  used  as  "sodding"  beneath  the  tree. 

W.  D.  King  has  retired  from  the  firm  of  King  Brothers, 
druggists,  the  oldest  concern  in  the  drug  trade  in  Stillwater, 
Minn.  Mr.  King  is  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  various 
preparations  under  the  name  of  the  California  Chem'cal  Co., 
at  Minneapolis,  and  desires  to  devote  his  entire  time  to  that 
work.  He  has  sold  out  to  his  brother,  Ira  E.  King,  who 
has  been  identified  with  the  firm  of  King  Bros,  for  many  years. 

Babcock's  drug  store  is  the  new  style  of  the  Silver  Creek, 
N.  Y.,  drug  establishment  formerly  known  as  the  Silver 
Creek  Drug  Company.  The  change,  which  was  consummated 
on  December  19th,  will  no  doubt  do  away  with  the  many 
mistakes  and  annoyances  which  previously  arose  from  the 
fact  that  there  are  in  the  above-named  city  no  less  than  12 
firms  whose  titles  begin  with  "Silver  Creek." 

Bourne's  pharmacy,  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  was  prac- 
tically eliminated  from  a  recent  window  display  contest  held 
in  that  city,  when  two  automobiles  mistook  his  window  for 
part  of  the  highway  and  made  a  dash  through  it.  Until 
then  Bourne's  had  been  conceded  as  a  possible  winner  of  the 
prize.  The  two  cars  smashed  the  window  and  scattered  the 
drugs  on  display  to  the  four  winds. 

The  Spade  drug  store,  Alexandria,  Ind.,  was  the  scene 
of  a  little  "local"  excitement  recently,  when  a  hornet's  nest 
which  had  been  presented  to  the  management  by  a  farmer, 
suddenly  came  to  life.  Three  people  who  were  waiting  for 
a  car  were  stung,  and  a  drug  clerk  kicked  over  a  show  case 
in  his  endeavor  to  separate  himself  from  a  hornet.  Chloroform 
was  poured  nto  the  nest,  but  a  few  of  the  insects  scouted 
about  the  store  for  some  time. 

Wooten  &  Baird  have  bought  out  the  interest  of  H.  T. 
Burnett  in  the  McDonnoId  Drug  &  Book  Co.,  Lebanon,  Tenn., 
Mr.  Burnett  retiring  because  of  ill  health.  His  partner,  J. 
Wiseman  Head,  will  be  associated  with  the  new  firm.  Wooten 
&  Baird  will  move  their  stock  into  the  house  now  occupied 


by  McDonnold  Drug  &  Book  Co.  about  the  first  of  the  new 
year. 

Albert  Fritz,  druggist  at  Brookside  avenue  and  Tenth 
street,  Indianapolis,  succeeded  in  having  a  recent  case  against 
him  continued  indefinitely.  He  permitted  a  slot  machine  to 
be  placed  in  his  store  because  the  distributors  informed  him 
that  its  operation  was  not  a  violation  of  the  law.  The  judge 
advised  the  druggist  not  to  "take  chances  with  statements 
made  by  other  persons." 

J.  D.  Summers,  druggist,  Water  avenue  and  Mechanic 
street,  Selma,  Ala.,  was  recently  sentenced  to  serve  thirty 
days  at  hard  labor  on  the  Dallas  county  roads  and  was  fined 
$100  and  costs  for  violating  the  State  Prohibition  law.  The 
judge  asserted  that  he  intended  to  break  up  "blind  tigers" 
in  Selma  and  Dallas  counties,  and  expressed  the  opinion 
that  "hard  labor  sentences  are  the  best  remedy." 

The  Truax-Greene  Co.,  Chicago,  has  had  an  involuntary 
petition  in  bankruptcy  filed  against  it.  The  company  is  one 
of  the  oldest  business  houses  in  the  city  and  one  of  the 
largest  manufacturers  of  surgical  instruments,  drugs  and 
physicians'  supplies  in  its  section  of  the  country.  It  is 
reported  that  the  liabilities  are  in  excess  of  $150,000,  and 
the  assets  are  approximately  $30,000. 

The  Huber  drug  store,  South  Main  street,  Fond  du  Lac. 
Wise,  was  recently  visited  by  the  "fountain  pen"  thieves,  who 
took  seven  dozen  fountain  pens,  valued  at  approximately  $350, 
seven  cameras,  valued  at  about  $100,  and  ten  dollars  in  cash, 
their  haul  totaling  in  the  neighborhood  of  $500.  The  robbers 
took  no  pens  valued  under  $2.50,  although  there  were  two 
large  cases  containing  several  dozen  cheap  pens. 

The  Sykes  Pharmacy  Co.,  Savannah  Ga.,  recently  re- 
organized, will  retain  the  old  firm  name,  and  it  is  said  that 
W.  J.  Sykes  will  be  elected  president  at  the  first  meeting  of 
the  stockholders.  Edison  W.  Glidden,  a  druggist,  has  pur- 
chased an  interest  in  the  company  and  will  actively  assist  in 
the  management.  He  will  have  general  supervision  over  the 
prescription  department. 

Sam  Bouse,  the  Houston,  Texas,  druggist,  has  found  that 
"No-Tsu-Ohs"  and  carnivals  may  be  great  things  for  a  city, 
but  are  not  good  for  the  business  of  retail  citizens  of  that 
city.  A  recent  affair  of  this  nature  evidently  cut  into  his 
week's  business.  This  is  the  obvious  conclusion  of  a  recent 
statement  of  his  which  appeared  in  the  local  press  of  Houston. 

Gustav  Falk,  druggist  at  Poplar  street  and  Western 
avenue,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  charged  with  javing  set  fire  to  )  s 
establishment,  pleaded  not  guilty  to  arson  and  was  held  to 
the  grand  jury  under  $1,000  bond,  waiving  preliminary  ex- 
amination. The  police  said  that  Falk  confessed  to  them  that 
he  burned  his  store  to  collect  insurance. 

E.  F.  Neail,  owner  of  the  Sun  Drug  store.  First  avenue 
and  Monroe  street,  Phoenix,  Ariz.,  spent  some  of  his  valuable 
t  me  recently  explaining  to  the  inquisitive  of  his  city  that  his 
establishment  was  not  connected  n  any  way  with  a  large 
"chain"  of  drug  stores  doing  business  in  the  \\'est.  He  could 
not  understand  how  such  a  rumor  got  started. 

Charles  and  Henrietta  Kossat,  the  former  a  druggist, 
of  Milwaukee,  were  sued  for  $15,000  damages  by  Albert  R. 
Pregler,  who  charged  that  his  wife  died  from  the  results  of 
laudanum  sold  to  her  at  various  times.  The  jury  awarded 
the  plaintiff  $2,500  damages  and  released  Henrietta  Kossat 
from  .  any  liability. 

The  Wisconsin  Pharmacal  Co.,  Milwaukee,  recently 
elected  the  following  officers:  President  Christian  Widule;  vice- 
president,  Solomon  Eckstein;  secretary  and  manager,  E.  G. 
Raeuber ;  treasurer,  L.  H.  Kressin ;  directors,  Otto  Hackendahl, 
W.  W.  Alvers,  Max  Goetz,  Charles  Gieseler  and  Charles 
Pfeifer.    The  annual  div  dend  of  six  per  cent,  was  declared. 

Riker-Hegeman  Co.  have  opened  a  new  store  at  Wilming- 
ton, Del.  Official  count  sliowed  that  9,554  attended  the  open- 
ing. This  company  also  opened  a  store  at  Fitchburg,  Mass., 
its  101st  establishment,  E.  H.  Howard  is  manager  of  this 
latest  "link"  in  the  "chain."  Free  souvenirs  were  a  feature 
on  the  occasion  of  the  opening. 

L.  A.  Congdon,  chief  of  the  food  and  drug  department 
of  the  Kansas  State  Board  of  Health,  has  presented  a  report 
upoii  the  sanitary  condition  of  a  large  nimiber  of  drug  and 
grocery  stores  visited  by  representatives  of  his  department. 


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In  all,  97  drug  stores  were  inspected,  and  none  of  these  were 
classified  as  being  in  "poor"  sanitary  condition. 

S.  Y.  Cornell,  senior  member  of  the  Cornell  Drug  Co., 
Greenfield,  la.,  recently  retired,  and  that  concern  is  now 
owned  and  managed  by  P.  C.  Cornell  and  A.  R.  Howe.  Mr. 
Cornell  will  in  the  future  devote  considerable  of  his  time 
to  his  land  interests  in  the  vicinity  of  Greenfield,  as  well 
as  to  his  large  ranch  near  Spencer,  Wyoming. 

Thomas  A.  Edison,  West  Orange,  N.  J.,  who  in  1879 
made  what  he  believed  to  be  a  remedy  for  neuralgia,  recently 
obtained  a  decree  restraining  the  Continental  Chemical  Co. 
from  selling  its  "neuralgia  cure,"  called  "Edison  Polyform." 
Mr.  Edison  told  the  judge  that  he  no  longer  believed  the 
remedy  useful  or  likely  to  accomplish  the  purposes  intended. 

The  Owl  Drug  Co.  has  opened  a  store  at  225  Grand 
avenue,  Milwaukee,  which  is  called  "The  Owl's  Nest,"  because 
■of  its  unique  arrangement.  One  of  the  features  of  the  store 
is  the  luncheon  room,  where  the  after-theater  diner  may  obtain 
anything  in  the  way  of  soups,  eggs,  cold  meats,  salads,  sand- 
wiches, desserts,  beverages  and  ices. 

Chief  of  Police  Gleason,  of  Ch  cago,  has  instructed  the 
•police  of  that  city  to  arrest  anybody  found  distributing 
sample  packages  of  medicine.  "Most  of  these  drugs  contain 
poison  and  the  packages  oftentimes  fall  into  the  liands  of 
-children,"  was  his  explanation  for  the  order. 

Berry,  DeMoville  &  Co.,  wholesale  druggists  of  Nash- 
ville, Tenn.,  have  purchased  the  stock  of  Roberts  Bros.  Drug 
Co.,  Par  s  druggists,  who  were  recently  adjudged  in  bank- 
ruptcy. The  price  of  purchase  was  $4,950.  The  liabilities  of 
the  bankrupt  concern  were  .^9,035,  and  the  assets  about  $2,000. 

P.  &  S.  Aseptic  Mfg.  Corporation,  manufacturers  of 
aseptic  preparations,  68  William  street,  New  York  City,  has 
made  an  assignment.  A  petition  in  bankruptcy  also  was  filed 
against  it  by  a  creditor  for  $3,000,  money  loaned.  Liabilities 
are  said  to  be  512,000,  and  assets,  $6,000. 

A.  L.  Strong,  Suffield,  Ct.,  who  for  the  past  43  years  has 
■conducted  a  drug  store  on  Main  street,  has  sold  out  to 
William  E.  Caldwell  and  will  retire  from  business.  Mr. 
Strong  did  business  in  one  store  for  38  years,  a  record  in  his 
city. 

Charles  E.  Confer,  of  Lena,  111.,  has  quit  farming,  hav- 
ing sold  his  farm  to  his  brother,  W.  S.  Confer,  of  Orange- 
ville,  and  taken  in  exchange  the  latter's  half  interest  Ji  the 
Confer  Bros.  Medicine  Co.,  Lena,  S.  D.  Charles  Confer  will 
■carry  on  the  business  hereafter. 

The  Cassady  drug  store,  Alliance,  Ohio,  has  estab- 
lished a  talking  machine  department,  which  was  recently 
opened.  It  is  composed  of  two  sound  proof  booths,  a  recep- 
tion parlor  and  a  stock  room.  The  scheme  of  decoration  is 
a  feature. 

Mme.  Helena  Rubinstein,  of  London,  dealer  in  perfumery 
and  toilet  preparations,  has  leased  the  dwelling  at  15  East 
49th  street,  this  city,  for  a  term  of  years.  The  building  will 
be  extensively  altered  and  will  be  conducted  as  a  branch  of 
Mme.  Rubinstein's  London  and  Paris  establishments. 

Beiss  Brothers,  Pueblo,  Colo.,  have  moved  the'r  drug  store, 
from  its  long  established  location  at  Fourth  and  Main  streets 
to  803  North  Main  street.  This  store  was  established  15  years 
ago  at  the  old  address  and  was  regarded  as  a  landmark  in 
Pueblo. 

Mayor  Bindinger,  of  Waukcgan,  111.,  is  enforcing  an  old 
•ordinance  in  his  city  which  provides  that  samples  of  medicine 
must  not  be  distributed  indiscriminately  among  Waukegan 
homes,  but  must  be  handed  personally  to  some  adult  member 
of  a  family. 

Mrs.  Hazel  'Worley,  wife  of  a  Chicago  druggist,  was 
slapped  by  Lee  M.  Doty,  who  disputed  a  bill  for  drug  store 
merchandise  totaling  .$2.50.  Mr.  Doty  paid  $11.50  for  the 
privilege  he  took,  a  municipal  judge  doing  the  appraising. 

The  Owl  Drug  Co.,  Los  Angeles,  has  issued  an  nterest- 
ing  statement  in  which  it  asserts  its  belief  that  "conditions 
on  the  Pacific  Coast  are  better  than  in  any  other  section  of 
the  United  States." 

J.  E.  Proctor  has  purchased  the  interest  of  his  partner, 
I.  E.  O'Hail,  in  the  Rexall  drug  store,  Wooster,  O.  The  firm 
of  Proctor  &  O'Hail  is  said  to  have  done  a  flourishing  business, 
and  for  a  time  conducted  two  pharmacies  in  Wooster. 


Charles  W.  Mitchell,  of  the  Charles  W.  Mitchell  Drug 
Co.,  Boston,  through  his  attorney,  has  filed  a  bill  in  equity 
seeking  to  restrain  his  wife  from  molesting  him  or  interfer- 
ing with  his  business. 

The  Roseville,  111.,  city  council  has  increased  the  daily 
levy  on  itinerant  drug  fakirs  from  $3  to  $7.50.  The  city 
fathers  seem  to  be  of  the  opin  on  that  their  home  town  is 
being  "worked"  in  preference  to  others. 

Brewer  &  Co.,  Inc.,  wholesale  druggists.  Fall  River, 
Mass.,  will  vacate  the  premises  on  Second  street  during  this 
month  or  February,  and  will  occupy  their  new  building  on 
Pearce  street.    Their  lease  expires  January  1. 

John  H.  Kingsley  and  William  H.  Kelly,  two  Maldea 
Mass.,  drug  clerks,  were  found  not  guilty  of  making  illegal 
sales  of  liquor.  Both  men  are  employed  by  Arthur  H.  Gavin. 
They  were  arrested  in  a  "Clean  Up  Maiden"  crusade. 

The  Machenheimer  drug  store,  Lockport,  111.,  has  been 
taken  over  by  Charles  G.  Seaborg,  who  has  been  connected 
with  the  diferent  managements  of  the  establishment  for  the 
past  25  years.    The  firm  name  will  be  The  Seaborg  Drug  Co. 

The  Yahr  &  Lange  Drug  Co.,  Milwaukee,  is  now  oc- 
cupying its  new  home,  a  remodeled  six-story  building,  at 
207-15  East  Water  street.  Two  hundred  people  attended  a 
recent  housewarming. 

William  J.  Latham  is  scheduled  to  move  his  drug  store 
stock  from  Columbia,  Tenn.,  to  Culleoka,  where  he  will  estab- 
lish in  that  town  one  of  the  best-equipped  small-town  phar- 
macies to  be  found  in  Tennessee. 

J.  C.  Keel  and  J.  Frank  Keel,  doing  business  as  the 
Allendale  (S.  C.)  pharmacy,  have  filed  a  voluntary  petition 
in  bankruptcy,  scheduling  total  liabil  ties  of  $3,780,  and  total 
assets  of  $5,528. 


After  9  Years  Mobile  Druggist  Gets  Old  Location 

James  D.  Sutton,  of  Mobile,  Ala.,  is  back  in  the  Battle 
House  again.  In  1905,  his  drug  store  in  that  establishment 
was  burned  out  in  what  is  known  to  Mobilians  as  the  great 
fire  of  February  13th.  While  the  fire  raged  and  it  was  obvious 
to  Mr.  Sutton  that  his  store  would  be  destroyed,  he  placed  a 
card  in  a  local  paper  announcing  that  he  would  open  for  busi- 
ness within  48  hours  in  the  neighborhood.  On  the  third  day 
after  the  fire  he  carried  out  this  promise.  Now,  nine  years 
after  the  conflagration  and  with  a  ten-year  lease  "tucked 
away"  in  his  safe,  he  is  back  where  he  began.  All  Mobile 
celebrated  the  homecoming,  hundreds  who  would  never  have 
entered  the  old  store  only  35  feet  away  being  present  at  the 
opening. 

Mr.  Sutton  was  bom  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  in  1867.  His  father 
was  a  druggist,  having  established  himself  in  business  in  Louis- 
ville at  the  close  of  the  Civil  War.  Mr.  Sutton  was  practically 
raised  in  the  drug  store.  He  attended  the  Louisville  College 
of  Pharmacy  and  is  registered  in  Alabama.  He  first  entered 
business  in  Mobile  on  November  4,  1894,  at  the  southeast 
comer  of  Dauphin  and  Jackson  streets,  with  his  brother,  Wil- 
liam H.  Sutton,  the  two  succeeding  Andrew  Van  Antwerp. 
The  two  brothers  conducted  the  business  at  that  location  for 
two  years,  then  moved  into  the  old  Battle  House.  Shortly 
thereafter,  J.  D.  Sutton  bought  out  his  brother,  who  went  to 
St.  Louis  and  is  now  in  Los  Angeles.  Mr.  Sutton  remained 
in  the  Battle  House  until  burned  out  as  recounted  above. 


Frederick  Stearns  &  Go's  Branches 

On  and  after  January  1st  1915,  Frederick  Stearns  &  Co.  of 
Detroit  will  serve  the  drug  trade  from  their  4  branches  through- 
out the  United  States  as  follows: 

Atlantic  Division,  located  in  New  York  City,  serving  all 
statft;  hnrdrrinK  on  the  Atlantic  Seaboard. 

mi  ll  i^ion,  main  office  in  Detroit  and  druggists  in  this 
scdi.iii     ill  villi  their  orders  direct  to  Detroit  for  execution. 

Wi'si. iii  Iiivi.sion,  located  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.  A  new  branch 
for  serving  their  patrons  in  Western  and  Southwestern  states. 

Pacific  Division,  located  in  San  Francisco  for  the  purpose 
of  serving  their  customers  on  the  westem  coast. 

A  full  and  complete  stock  of  their  preparations  and  special- 
ties will  be  carried  at  each  of  these  branches,  and  dealers  are 
requested  to  send  their  orders  to  the  nearest  branch  so  as  to 
save  time  in  delivery.  All  credits,  claims  and  collections  will 
be  handled  direct  by  each  branch  for  its  own  territory. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[January,  1915 


Board  Examinations 


Illinois 

Springfield,  Dec.  15. — At  the  November  meeting  of  the  Illinois 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy  held  in  Chicago,  the  following  applicants 
passed  successful  examinations:— 

Registered  Pharmacists:  Coral  C.  Coleman,  Aurora;  Thos.  J. 
Ganey,  Jr.,  East  St.  Louis;  Wm.  R.  Ruff,  Granite  City;  S.  Paul 
Johnson,  Chicago;  J.  C.  Jordan,  Chicago;  Saml.  Lebovitz,  Chicago; 
VVm.  A.  Liesch,  Chicago;  Otto  V.  Levy,  Chicago;  Henry  C.  May- 
nard,  Chicago;  Asa  T.  Marshall,  Chicago;  Philip  J.  Raber,  Free- 
port;  Anton  Nesnidal,  Chicago;  Bernice  A.  Ostrowski,  Hammond, 
Ind.;  Francis  A.  Penkan,  Chicago;  Henry  Peters,  Peoria;  Oscar 
Rudelius,  Rockford;  Nathan  Schwartz,  Chicago;  Isadore  J.  Shure, 
Chicago;  Clarence  j.  Strubel,  Chicago;  Adrian  Ton,  Chicago;  Sid- 
ney B.  Trippett,  Chicago;  F.  A.  Thomure,  Granite  City;  Clio 
Vavra,  Chicago;  Lillian  Vorsanger,  Chicago;  Warren  Wall,  Chi- 
cago; John  S.  Wilson,  Centralia;  Harvey  B.  Saunders,  Chicago; 
Harry  L.  Stryker,  Pecatonica. 

Local  Registered  Pharmacist:  Walter  R.  Fox,  Chandlerville. 
.  Assistant  Pharmacists:  E.  J.  Alexander,  Chicago;  Edw.  A.  Bar- 
wig,  Chicago;  Jacob  Bernan,  Chicago;  Abraham  J.  Block,  Chicago; 
Leonard  E.  Brohn,  C'licago;  Jos.  C.  Butts,  Chicago;  Aug.  M.  Claus, 
Moline;  Isaac  DeKoven,  Chicago;  L.  W.  Donaldson,  Chicago;  Wm. 
J.  Friedl,  Chicago;  R.  F.  Fraser,  Chicago;  David  K.  Hirsh,  Chi- 
cago; Anthony  Kartanas,  Chicago;  Fredk.  Keller,  Oak  Park;  Ru- 
dolph Krebs,  Chicago;  W.  L.  Krauskup,  Chicago;  Jos.  J.  Ligman, 
Chicago;  D.  A.  Lofgren,  Chicago;  Benj.  Lewis,  Chicago;  Leo.  G. 
Narr,  Chicago;  Wm.  P.  Miehlick,  Chicago;  R.  P.  Mullins,  Robinson; 
Herman  Nunheim,  Chicago;  Hans  A.  Nelson,  Peoria;  Frank  C.  Nie- 
mayer,  Chicago;  Nathan  Osherenko,  Chicago;  Ray  P.  Pfaiffer, 
Woodstock;  W.  L.  Sadkin,  Maywood;  Maurice  Sarnatzky,  Chicago; 
R.  F.  Seeger,  Beardstown;  Peter  Sinush,  Chicago;  Louis  L.  Stitzer, 
Chicago;  Louis  M.  Thiede,  Chicago;  Saml.  Tobin.  Chicago. 

The  next  meeting  for  the  examination  of  applicants  will  be  held 
in  Springfield  on  Tuesday,  January  19.  The  next  apprentice  exami- 
nations throughout  the  state  will  be  held  on  Friday,  January  8. 
The  next  meeting  of  the  board  in  Chicago  for  the  examination  of 
applicants  for  registered  pharmacist  will  be  held  on  Tuesday,  March 
16,  and  an  examination  for  assistant  pharmacists  will  be  held  on 
Thursday,  March  18. 

Kansas 

The  third  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Kansas  Board  of  Pharmacy 
was  held  in  Ft.  Scott  on  Nov.  18  and  19,  with  thirty-one  applicants 
in  attendance  for  the  examination.  Of  this  number  nineteen  were 
successful  and  received  certificates  as  follows: — 

E.  G.  Wickwire,  Earned;  J.  F.  Nuttmann,  Paxico;  Lusk  Bakker, 
Lebo;  W.  H.  Mathis,  Waverly;  Ntal  F.  Splane,  Chanute;  Walter 
W.  Phillips,  El  Dorado;  Holland  B.  Evans,'  Wichita;  Walter  R. 
Davis,  Fort  Scott;  Preston  Parham,  Bucklin;  James  C.  Page,  Ga- 
lena; Oceola  Prather,  Leavenworth;  Curtis  Smith,  lola;  Louie  L. 
Ball,  Melvern;  Harry  L.  Sturman,  Wichita;  Thos.  Shedden,  Jr., 
Formosa;  F.  H.  Engle,  Morrill;  Albert  G.  Paxson,  Great  Bend; 
W.  M.  Bell,  Sabetha;  John  Synnott,  Fort  Scott. 

Pharmacists  registered  on  diploma:  F.  Arthur  Jones,  Neodesha; 
Frank  A.  Hance,  Palmer. 

Pharmacists  lestored  to  the  register:  C.  A.  Nownes,  Oak  Hill; 
Earl  L.  Shaffer,  Sedgwick;  A.  T.  Holcomb,  Garnett;  A.  W.  Hart, 
Buffalo;  Mary  L.  Smith,  Kansas  City;  Jos  H.  Haska,  Washington; 
F.  M.  Eagleson,  Coffeyville.  A  duplicate  certificate  was  issued  to 
J.  R.  Thornbury,  Princeton. 

The  next  quarterly  meeting  will  be  held  in  Manhattan  on  Feb- 
ruary 10  and  11.  Those  desiring  to  take  the  examinations  should 
notify  the  secretary  at  least  five  days  before  the  meeting. 

Pennsylvania 

At  the  examinations  conducted  by  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Examining  Board  in  Pittsburgh  and  Philadelphia  on  November 
6  and  7,  seventy-one  persons  applied  for  registration  as  pharmacists, 
of  which  fifty  were  successful,  and  144  as  qualified  assistants,  of 
which  ninety  were  successful. 

During  the  meeting  of  the  board  which  followed,  five  hearings 
were  given  Pittsburgh  dealers  under  the  drugs  act,  for  selling  adul- 
terated white  wax.  Two  persons  were  prosecuted  since  the  last 
meeting  for  conducting  drug  stores  without  being  registered  as 
pharmacists,  six  unregistered  drug  clerks  for  compounding  physi- 
cian's prescriptions;  five  proprietors  for  permitting  unregistL  rci! 
clerks  to  compound  prescriptions,  and  three  colored  men  for  the 
unlawful  sale  and  possession  of  cocaine.  Three  Italians  were  indicted 
in  Philadelphia  for  conspiracy  in  securing  the  registration  of  one  of 
them  as  a  pharmacist,  by  making  false  statements  to  the  board 
under  oath  as  to  the  applicant's  experience  in  the  drug  business. 
All  plead  guilty  in  court.  One  pharmacist  applicant  who  swore  to 
false  statements  in  his  application  was  arrested  on  a  charge  of 
perjury,  and  held  for  appearance  in  court  under  $500  bail. 
Those  who  passed  the  examinations  were  as  follows: — 
Pharmacist.:  Karl  S.  Burkett,  Emik-  F,  Kr.ipf.  WiWum  IT. 
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Ginty,  Franklin;  Glenn  H.  Long,  S.  Potter  Brown,  Jr.,  Greens- 
burg;  William  R.  Rovensky,  Jeannette;  Frances  E.  Brown,  Karns 
City;  Wilm.er  P.  Davidson,  Newville;  Chester  L.  McLarren,  Philips- 
burg;  Harry  N.  Krick,  Sinking  Spring;  V.  Bruce  Salsbury,  Tyrone; 
Harry  L.  Miller,  Washington;  Harry  E.  Walker,  Chambersburg;  Er- 
nest L.  Steever,  Wiconisco;  Isaiah  W.  Morse,  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.; 
Clark  H.  Flanagan,  Binghamton,  N.  Y.;  J.  Raymond  Glazier,  Bel- 
pre,  Ohio,  and  Henry  B.  Decker,  Haddon  Heights,  X.  J. 

Qualified  Assistant  Pharmacists:  Vincent  Calabrese,  Martin  C. 
Connelly,  Philip  EUovich,  Julius  Finkelpearl,  James  A.  Hargreaves,. 
Alex.  B.  Cantos,  J.  Frederick  Kastner,  Paul  M.  Williams,  Curtis 
C.  Crowther,  all  of  Pittsburgh;  Horace  R.  Aarons,  Rudolph  W. 
Adler,  Harry  Bradburd,  Jacob  Broxmeyer,  John  C.  Cravens,  Jr.^ 
William  J.  Conlen,  Moses  Feinstein,  Simon  E.  Finkelstein,  Abe 
Folstein,  Abraham  Green,  M.  Richard  Goodman,  Albert  J.  Hall- 
man,  Leopold  E.  Helfand,  Jacob  L.  Medvedkin,  Charles  R.  Mon- 
teith,  Philip  Mintzer,  Frank  .Mustaro,  G.  Wellington  Ntiftcr,  Fanny 
Nussbaum,  Michael  Pintzow,  Leon  Rovno,  U.  Gilbert  Ruft'.  Jr., 
Herman  H.  Shanbacher,  Aaron  Simkin,  Henry  L.  Somcrs.  Harry 
C.  Thornton  and  Edward  L.  Weiss,  all  of  Philadelphia;  Alfred  W. 
Shoemaker,  AUentown;  Earl  D.  Davis,  Ashland;  John  S.  Tress^ 
Beaver  Falls;  David  D.  Prosser,  Bethlehem;  Robert  R.  Keely,  Boy- 
ertown;  Myron  P.  Rishton,  Bloomsburg;  Walter  R.  JlcClarren, 
Conemaugh;  Paul  R.  Carroll,  Conshohocken ;  Ernest  K.  Rapp, 
Doylestown;  Hobart  P.  White,  DuBois;  Samuel  B.  Alloway,  Erie; 
Howard  B.   Davis,  East  Downingtown. 

Thomas  F.  Grieff,  Emlenton;  Elmer  J.  Duster,  Falls  Creek;  Rus- 
sell C.  Paxton,  Gettysburg:  John  L.  Moonlv,  Greensburg;  Patrick 
P.  Wade,  Jenkintown;  Clayton  Hill,  Joh'nsonburg;  Thomas  G. 
Miller,  Lebanon;  Edwin  C.  Parvin,  MifBinburg;  E.  Paul  Miller, 
Montgomery;  Robert  L.  Craven,  Walter  Manns,  of  McKeesport; 
James  A.  Mahcr,  New  Castle;  Howard  E.  Millard,  .McKces  Rocks; 
Seth  P.  Grandy,  North  Ea-t;  John  E.  Dockery,  Oil  Citv;  W.  John 
Dawe,  Pen  Argyle;  David  B.  Brown,  Port  Carbon;  Earle  M.  Hite, 
Roaring  Spring;  Anderson  I.  Kerr,  Rochester;  Amos  Stouteagle, 
Royersford;  Thomas  L.  Eddy,  Shamokin;  Edward  Huber,  Scran- 
ton;  Harry  C.  Webb,  Shrewsbury;  Richard  K.  Latshaw,  Swissvale; 
John  A.  LeBar,  Stroudsburg;  Paul  C.  McConnell,  West  Sunbury; 
William  M.  Edwards,  Wilkes-Barre ;  Thomas  \\'.  Emerv,  Grove 
City;  Roy  W.  Baldwin  and  William  E.  Bisel,  Wilkinsburg;  C.  J. 
Jacoby,  VVyncote;  George  S.  Fetrow,  York;  Harry  Lounsburv,  Salem, 
N.  J.;  Joseph  W.  Harrison,  Binghamton,  N.  Y.;  Harrv  Wis'hnefsky, 
Camden.  N.  J.;  Harry  E.  Simpson,  Wheeling,  W.  Va.;  Wesley 
Cossar,  Wheeling,  W.  Va.;  Charles  H.  Troxell,  Weston,  W.  Va.; 
Henry  A.  Stype,  East  Liverpool,  Ohio;  Leo  Ritzi,  Youngstown, 
Ohio;  William  F.  Vogel,  Rehoboth,  Del.;  Harry  L.  Smith,  White 
Sulphur  Springs,  W.  Va.;  J.  Elmer  Baker,  Hagerstown,  Md. 

The  next  examinations  will  be  held  in  the  Technical  High  School, 
Harrisburg,  on  March  6,  1915. 

OMo 

The  following  applicants  successfullv  passed  the  examination  for 
registered  pharmacists  recentlv  held  by  the  Ohio  Board  ot  Phar- 
macy in  the  State  House.  Columbus:  John  T.  /wal-n.  l"-  r'h  But- 
nik,  Arthur  A.  Albrecht.  John  C.  Gehrunt;.  t  ha-  1  ^:  ^  .ii-i  Al- 
bert Loveman.  Cleveland;  Joseph  J.  Stark,  i  ,  -  f.  ii:ner, 
August  L.  Stern.  Jr..  Ralph  B.  Puckett.  L.  II.  :  i,    .  .\rthur 

C.  Neal.  Madeline  R.  Gilmore.  and  Harrv  II.  Lahk.  .  (!:ui:inati; 
Wilbur  R.  Walt.  Columbus;  T.  Luther  Bcnncr.  Newark;  Ernen  P. 
Loeher.  Morrow:  John  Farina.  New  Richmond:  Tames  11,  .<tone. 
Vermilion.  W  alter  C.  Burton.  Ashtabula.  \\  m.  H.  Craham.  ban- 
dusky:  Rudolph  S.  Lundgrcn.  Youngstown;  Harrv  Knoules.  East 
Liverpool;  Warren  E.  Arnold.  Madison:  Cedric  H.  Miller.  Canton; 
John  C.  Moffet.  Dayton:  Clarence  V.  Waters.  Eaton:  Maurice 
Schonberger,  McKeesport.  Pa.:  Tno.  B.  Morwessel.  Covincton.  Kv.. 

The  following  applicants  to  the  pharmacist  examination  obtained 
grades  high  enough  to  entitle  them  to  assistant  certihcates :  1  heo. 
Wm.  Bachmann.  Henrv  Sch:nitman  and  Benj.  T.  Rolston.  Cleve- 
land; Edw.  H.  Hehemann.  Cincinnati;  Fred  W.  Fearing.  Davton : 
Charles  W.  Miller.  McConnelsvilie:  Sister  Marv  Dioneta.  Columbus; 
Vincent  A.  Dahlcnburg.  Covington.  Kv.:  Tohn  H.  Bustetter,  Coving- 
ton, Kv. 

There  were  tourteeii  appheants  mr  assistant  pharmacist  certifi- 
cates, and  the  following;       r>    mu  ,-.  -~1u1;  Louis  P.  Miller,  Thomas 


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I  M  ii  i  'l  -I  iN  s  and  received  certificates  of 

isil  .  IV.  .\!l.niy:  Wm.  H.  Chilner.  Fort 
l.|iuu.  tlo.UiN  :  S.  E.  Denham.  Forestburg; 
r;  R.  C.  C.ililland,  Dallas:  Harn.-  S.  Gold- 
,  Guntcr,  Wheeler;  H.  J.  Hodnett.  Dallas; 
1:  Edgar  C.  C.  Lawhon.  Ravenna:  .\nthonv 

^V.  .\  McDonald,  Tioga:  C.  L.  Munford, 
1  uris    Lindaie;  John  Athos  Mur.  Dallas; 

ih;  II.  yi.  Tarlton,  Burkburnett:  Ross  L. 
Yocum,  Fort  Worth;  Fulton  J.  Young, 


II.  report  of  R.  H.  Walker,  delegate  to  the  National  .■\sso- 
i  i.iiiou  Boards  of  Pharmacy  was  presented  to  the  Board,  and 
was  most  heartily  approved.  The  next  regular  meeting  will  be 
held  at  Waco  on  January  19. 


J.\:kuary,  1915] 


THE  PHARIVIACEUTICAL  ERA 


41 


NEW  HfCOBPOKATIONS 

The  Duerr  Schaefer  Pharmacal  Co.,  Benton  Harbor,  Mich.,  capi- 
tal, $7,000,  with  $J,560  subscribed;  among  the  stockholders  are 
Cbarles  E.  Schaefer,  of  St.  Joseph,  H.  V.  Tutton  and  Frank  T. 
■Cannell. 

Benedict  Perfumer,  Inc.,  Chicago,  111.,  capital,  $25,000;  to  manu- 
facture and  sell  perfumes,  toilet  preparations,  etc.;  incorporators, 
H.   Benedict,   Frank  Hoffman,  H.  T.  Kincaid,  etc. 

The  Felsenthal  Drug  Co.,  Felsenthal,  Ark.,  surrendered  its  char- 
ter.   Mablc  C.  Mahoney  was  president. 

Republic  Stock  Food  and  Medical  Co.,  Decatur,  Ind.,  capital, 
$1,000;  to  deal  in  stock  foods  and  medicines;  directors,  Louis  F. 
and  Clara  B.  Schroeder  and  Otto  F.  Koenemann. 

W.  M.  Hamilton  Co.,  Buffalo,  capital,  $25,000;  to  handle  veteri- 
nary medicines,  drugs,  etc.;  G.  M.  Rogers,  M.  W.  Comstock  and 
\V.  M.  Hamilton. 

F.  M  Crump  Drug  Co.,  Smith  Grove.,  Ky.,  capital  $3,000;  incor- 
porators, F.  H.  Crump,  \V.  C.  Simmons,  J.  W.  Lewis  and  L.  H. 
Souther. 

Rosenberg.  Temliak  Drug  Co.,  Manhattan,  capital,  $1,000;  Samuel 
Temliak,  Ma.x  M.  Rosenberg  and  Adolph  Loebelson. 

Dr.  D.  \V.  Nolan  Specific  Co.,  Springfield,  111.,  capital,  $20,000; 
to  manufacture  and  deal  in  specifics  stock  medicines,  stock  powders, 
etc.;  D.  \V.,  P.  M.  and  D.  J.  Nolan. 

Quaker  Oil  Co. .Manhattan,  capital,  $5,000;  to  manufacture  drugs, 
oils,  medicines,  mineral  waters,  soups,  invalid  foods,  etc.;  Katherine 
M.  Morris.  H.  S.  Heustis  and  Vera  M.  Boyle. 

Drug  Merchants  of  America,  New  York  City,  capital  reduced 
from  $10,000  to  $4,000. 

Tyrrell  Remedy  Co.,  Ridgewood  Park,  N.  J.,  capital,  $10,000;  to 
manufacture  chemicals  and  drugs;  incorporators,  O.  G.  Tyrrell, 
Jessie  L.  Tyrrell  and  H.  S.  Jones. 

The  Mills  Capsule  Co..  Cleveland,  capital,  $10,000;  to  manufac- 
ture drugs,  etc..  incorporators,  Marie  Guhl,  J.  H.  Dunn,  Ethel  U. 
Dunn,  Harry  Stevens,  Coral  M.  Fage. 

Perfolam  Sponge  Co.,  Cleveland,  C,  capital,  $10,000;  manufac- 
turers, etc.;  Joseph.  Jcanette  and  Alexander  Polshek,  Jacob  Hart- 
man  and  Lambert  Friedel. 

Salux  Drug  Co.,  Wilmington,  Del.,  capital  stock,  $1,500,000;  to 
manufacture,  compound,  prepare  and  deal  in  and  with  drugs  and 
pharmaceutical  supplies  of  all  kinds;  incorporators,  H.  E.  Latter, 
W.  J.  Maloney,  Oscar  J.  Reichard,  all  of  Wilmington. 

Boro  Chemical  Co.,  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  capital,  $5,000;  to  manu- 
facture an  antiseptic,  germicidal  preparation;  directors,  J.  S.  Kelly, 
F.  T.  Macey  and  I.  T.  Deyo. 

Feldman  Drug  Co.,  Manhattan,  capital,  $1,500;  to  conduct  drug 
stores;  incorporators.  Bertha,  Jennie  and  Jacob  Feldman. 

Menzies'  Drug  Co.,  Hickory,  N.  C,  capital,  $25,000,  $6,000  sub- 
scribed; incorporators,  Z.  B.  Buchanan,  E.  B.  Menzies  and  others. 

The  Community  Drug  Corporation,  Buffalo,  capital,  $45,000;  to 
do  a  general  drug  business;  incorporators,  C.  W.  Parsons,  T.  M. 
Leonara  and  G.  A.  Sloan,  Buffalo. 

The  Hedley  Drug  Co..  Hedley.  Texas,  capital  stock,  $5,000;  in- 
corporators, W.  H.  Madden,  W.  E.  Bray  and  P.  C.  Johnson. 

Delange  Sisters  Co.,  Manhattan,  capital,  $1,000;  to  manufacture 
underclothing,  cosmetics,  perfumes,  tapestries,  paintings,  art  works, 
etc.;  incorporators,  A.  E.  Boero  de  Lange,  A.  G.  Scheer,  H.  R. 
Bonny. 

E.  A.  Brewster  Co.,  Dexter,  Me.,  capital  stock,  $10,000;  to  carry 
on  the  Brewster  drug  business  in  Dexter,  which  for  several  years 
has  been  conducted  as  a  partnership;  officers:  President,  Mrs.  Grace 
Brewster;  vice  president,  Mrs.  Edith  Brewster;  treasurer,  Hugh  M. 
Brewster;  directors  are  the  officers. 

Sykes  Pharmacy  Co.,  Savannah,  Ga.,  capital,  $6,000;  incorpora- 
tors, J.  H.  and  W.  Sykes  and  G.  F.  Hewlett. 

Seaborg  Drug  Co.,  Lockport,  III.,  capital  stock,  $5,000;  incorpora- 
tors, H.  H.  Harris,  Charles  G.  Seaborg  and  Anna  Seaborg. 

Palace  drug  store.  West,  Texas,  capital  stock,  $8,000;  incorpora- 
tors, W.  S.  Mayes,  J.  B.  Williamson  and  H.  B.  Vaughan. 

Stucky's  Red  Cross  pharmacy,  Inc.,  Wilmington,  Del.,  capital, 
$50,000;  to  conduct  store  for  sale  of  drugs,  medicines,  etc.;  incor- 
porators, C.  B.  Bishop,  C.  J.  Jacobs,  H.  W.  Davis,  Wilmington. 

Atlantic  and  Pacific  Drug  Co.,  New  York  City,  capital  stock, 
$300,000. 

Robinson-Pettet  Co.,  Louisville,  Ky.,  capital  stock  increased  to 
$200,000;  company  does  a  wholesale  drug  business;  incorporators, 
James  M.  Caufield,  Frank  W.  Shook  and  W.  M.  Bowers. 

Marmalax  Mfg.  Co.,  Inc.,  Manhattan,  capital,  $50,000;  to  manu- 
facture drugs,  chemicals,  perfumes,  sundries,  etc.,  incorporators, 
N.  Schlyen,  J.  Schlyen  and  I.  Tamases. 

Trans-Pacific  Sponge  Co.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  capital  stock,  $25,- 
000;  directors:  F.  G.  Mortimer,  Pasadena;  J.  A.  Campbell,  Santa 
Monica,  and  F.  C.  Rounds,  Pasadena. 

Rare  Earth  Chemical  Co.,  Manhattan,  capital,  $15,000;  to  manu- 
facture salts  and  chemicals  and  pharmaceutical  preparations;  incor- 
porators, D.  J.  Atkins,  F.  P.  Harris  and  H.  P.  Withington. 

Regal  Sachet  Co.,  Manhattan,  capital,  $1,000;  to  manufacture 
sachet  bags,  toilet  articles,  novelties,  etc. 

Freyschmidt's  drug  store,  Charleston,  S.  C,  capital  stock,  $10,000; 
officers:  President,  W.  S.  Lanneau;  vice  president,  R.  W.  Frey- 
schmidt.  and  secretary  and  treasurer,  Katie  Freyschmidt. 

Hamilton  Chemical  Co.,  NobiesviUe,  N.  Y.,  capital  stock,  $60,000; 
finished  plant  will  consist  of  nine  buildings  in  which  hog  cholera 
serum  will  be  manufactured;  plant  will  be  owned  and  operated  by 
veterinarians  from  all  over  the  State. 

Burkahr  Drug  Co.,  Inc.,  Brooklyn,  capital,  $9,000;  incorporators, 
\Vm.  S.  Westheimer,  R.  J.  Mayer  and  Jacob  Stein. 

Manifest  Co.  Inc.,  Manhattan,  capital,  $100,000;  to  deal  in  drugs, 
medicines,  foods  and  food  products;  incorporators,  G.  J.  Hurwitt, 
T.  K.  McIIrow  and  J.  J.  Wcstgate,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

P.  P.  Knapp  Drug  Co.,  capital  stock,  $20,000;  A.  B.  Sharpe, 
Sewickley.  Pa.,  treasurer;  directors:  P.  P.  Knapp,  M.  R.  Knapp  and 
A.  B.  Sharpe,  all  of  Sewickley. 

Hall  Drug  Co.,  Charlotte,  N.  C,  capital,  $10,000;  to  do  a  general 
drug  business;  incorporators,  S.  P.  Hall,  M.  M.  Murphy  and  T.  J. 
Smith. 


Schools  and  Colleges 


Buffalo 

The  twenty-ninth  annual  course  of  instruction  was  opened 
by  the  Buffalo  College  of  Pharmacy  in  October  with  a  record 
attendance  of  ISl  students.  Of  this  number  139  are  taking  the 
two  year  pharmacy  course  and  42  tlie  three  year  analytical  che- 
mistry course.  The  freshmen  classes  were  recently  given  a 
reception  by  the  other  students  and  faculty  in  the  library  of 
the  University  building.  The  program  consisted  of  music  and 
recitations  furnished  by  the  students,  of  whom  there  were 
about  150  in  attendance.  After  the  program  refreshments  were 
served. 


ITiiiversity  of  Iowa 

I.  W.  Clements  of  Marengo,  formerly  a  member  of  the  Iowa 
Commission  of  Pharmacy,  called  on  friends  at  the  college  a 
few  weeks  ago. 

O.  E.  Hill,  a  pharmacist  of  Clinton,  attended  the  second 
annual  Municipal  Conference  under  the  supervision  of  the  Ex- 
tension Division  of  the  University  recently.  He  is  interested  in 
city  water  systems. 

H.  F.  Doden,  '14,  hospital  pharmacist,  spent  the  Thanks- 
givmg  vacation  at  the  home  of  his  parents  at  Wilton  Junction. 

Alumni  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy  have  been  getting  into 
pohtics  of  late.  J.  M.  Lindly,  '89,  pharmacist  and  banker  of 
Wmfield,  was  elected  to  the  State  Senate.  R.  E.  Humphrey, 
'05,  the  owner  of  a  successful  drug  business  at  Glenwood  was 
elected  county  auditor  of  Mills  County.  V.  S.  Samuelso'n,  ex 
'15,  of  Fairfield,  was  elected  county  recorder  of  Jefferson 
County. 

At  the  time  of  the  Iowa-Nebraska  game  a  large  delegation 
ot  Nebraska  neople  were  in  the  city  and  among  them  Messrs 
Hanson,  Brown  and  Pierson,  students  in  the  Nebraska  Uni-^ 
versity  College  of  Pharmacy. 

Lewis  Caslavka,  '10,  and  his  brother  were  recent  visitors  at 
the  College.  _  Mr.  Caslavka  has  been  at  Traer,  Iowa,  but  hopes 
soon  to  go  into  business  for  himself. 

B.  G.  Green,  ex  '14,  is  now  located  at  Le  Mars,  Iowa. 

Prof.  Zada  M.  Cooper  spent  the  Thanksgiving  vacation  with 
relatives  at  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

H.  E.  Weld,  '12,  of  Richland,  suffered  an  unusually  sad  loss 
recently  m  the  death  of  his  mother  who  was  found  burned  to 
death  m  her  home. 


Philadelphia 

"A  Naturalist  in  Costa  Rica,"  was  the  subject  of  a  special 
lecture  delivered  recently  by  Professor  Philip  C.  Calvert  of 
^e  University  of  Pennsylvania  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy.  By  means  of  colored  lantern  slides  the  lecturer 
showed  the  situation  of  Costa  Rica  on  the  map,  the  dif- 
ferent colors,  illustrating  the  variant  elevations.  These  eleva- 
tions cause  a  difference  in  the  flora  and  fauna  which  is  quite 
striking,  and  this  is  one  of  the  reasons  why  Costa  Rica  is 
a  paradise  to  a  naturalist.  Some  beautiful  river  views  were 
shown,  the  Santa  Clara  flowing  in  a  canyon  1,500  feet  deep 
and  yet  2,500  feet  above  sea  level.  A  view  of  a  coffee  drying 
bed  was  also  projected  coffee  being  one  of  the  principal  ex- 
ports from  this  country.  The  flora  upon  the  eastern  slope 
of  the  mountains  was  also  depleted.  The  great  draw-back 
to  Costa  Rica,  according  to  the  lecturer,  is  the  earthquakes 
which  occur  at  uncertain  intervals.  ' 
_  W  G.  Toplis,  the  well  known  Germantown  pharmacist,  who 
is  also  known  as  a  practical  chemist  and  bacteriologist  re- 
cently addressed  the  second  year  class  at  P.  C.  P  upon  the 
subject  of  water  analysis.  He  laid  stress  on  the  fact  that  even 
if  the  pharmacist  did  not  practice  water  analysis,  he  at  least 
should  have  sufficient  knowledge  of  the  subject  to  be  of  service 
to  those  who  might  wish  to  consult  an  analyst.  He  should  be 
able  to  describe  the  method  of  taking  the  sample  and  the  amount 
necessary,  and  should  be  prepared  to  interpret  an  analysis  in 
a  practical  way.  He  told  the  class  that  from  the  standpoint 
of  remuneration  alone  a  comprehension  of  the  work  of  water 
analysis  was  worth  while,  and  from  the  standpoint  of  increased 
professional  standing  it  was  an  asset  which  could  not  be  cal- 
culated in  dollars  and  cents. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  EJRA 


[January,  1915 


Kansas  College  of  Pharmacy 

The  Senior  class  has  organized  with  the  following  officers: 
Thos.  S.  Evilsizer,  president;  Asta  Hansen,  vice-president; 
Belva  H.  Wise,  secretary;  Herman  Friedson,  treasurer,  and 
Douglass  Laudermilk,  sergeant-at-arms.  Mr.  Evilsizer  made 
such  an  excellent  officer  last  year  that  the  class  unanimously 
decided  to  re-elect  him  for  this  year. 

The  Junior  class  has  elected  these  officers:  J.  Wallace  Kmg, 
president;  John  L.  Williams,  vice-president;  Willie  Mulvaney, 
secretary  and  Carl  L.  Pfalzgraf,  treasurer.  President  King  has 
the  distinction  of  being  one  of  the  few  full  fledged  registered 
druggists  in  the  class  and  also  a  3  year  man. 

The  first  of  the  series  of  lectures  on  commercial  pharmacy 
outside  of  the  regular  course  was  given  by  Mr.  McGibbon,  of 
Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  on  November  6.  His  talk  on  the  problems  of 
buying  in  the  retail  store  was  greatly  enjoyed  by  the  student 
body,  fatuity  and  visitors. 

Leo  H.  Eckerie,  who  has  been  with  the  Brecklin  Rialto 
Pharmacy  of  Kansas  City  for  several  years,  was  a  successful 
applicant  before  the  last  Oklahoma  pharmacy  examination. 

Galen  R.  Goodson,  formerly  of  Maryville,  Mo.,  but  who  has 
spent  the  past  eight  months  in  Colorado,  has  purchased  a  half 
interest  in  the  Cooper  Pharmacy  of  Kansas  City. 

Lyn.  White,  representing  the  McPike  Drug  Co.  at  Bclout, 
Kansas,  was  a  recent  visitor. 

W.  M.  Esmond,  '08,  for  the  past  seven  years  in  charge  of 
the  manufacturing  part  of  the  Snodgrass  Drug  Co.,  has  ac- 
cepted a  position  with  Schieffelin  &  Co.  with  headquarters  at 
Kansas  City.  He  will  cover  Nebraska,  Kansas  and  Missouri 
territory. 

M.  W.  Turner,  Haileyville,  Okla.,  has  joined  the  Oklahoma 
Ph.  A.  He  is  now  proprietor  of  the  Haileyville  Drug  Co.  at 
that  place. 

The  Rexall  drug  store  operated  for  14  years  by  J.  N.  Macken- 
zie at  Waukegan,  111.,  has  been  sold  to  Fred  D.  Peter  of  Pawnee, 
Okla.  Mr.  Peter  was  one  of  the  most  capable  members  of  the 
1901  class  and  since  graduation  has  enjoyed  a  very  prosperous 
business  at  Pawnee.  He  was  for  several  years  assistant  in  the 
chemistry  department  of  the  College. 


Ontario  College  of  Pharmacy 

The  class  of  1914-1915  of  the  Ontario  College  of  Pharmacy 
has  elected  the  following  officers:  Hon.  president,  E.  Heebner; 
hon.  vice-president.  Prof.  Graham  Chambers;  president,  W.  K. 
Buckley,  Sydney,  N.  S.;  vice-president,  E.  Bogleman;  secre- 
tary-treasurer, Eric  Weir,  Ashcroft,  B.  C.  Committee,  E 
Rumford,  Forest,  Ont.;  J.  W.  Wilson,  Samia;  C.  A.  Allen, 
Owen  Sound;  C.  L.  Reed,  St.  Catherines;  J.  Dickie,  Van- 
couver, B.  C.   

University  of  Texas 

The  classes  of  the  University  of  Texas,  Department  of 
Pharmacy,  have  elected  the  following  officers: 

Junior  Class:  President,  H.  K.  Brill,  Hempstead;  vice-presi- 
dent, R.  E.  Marcs,  Franklin;  secretary-treasurer,  Miss  M.  E. 
Glover,  Lockhart;  representative  to  the  honor  council,  H.  C. 
Bryan;  sergeant-at-arms,  C.  L.  Munford,  Gonzales. 

Senior  Class:  President,  A.  Williams,  Eagle  Pass;  vice-presi- 
dent, A.  E.  Dickinson,  Tenaha;  secretary-treasurer,  C.  J. 
Douglass,  Clarendon;  representative  to  honor  council,  H.  B. 
Miller,  Houston;  sergeant-at-arms,  L.  F.  Hodde,  Burton; 
class  reporter,  R.  McCormick,  Piano. 


Drug  Stores  His  Specialty 

A  regular  system  of  petty  larceny  by  which  druggists  around 
Cincinnati  have  suffered  was  developed  recently  when  one 
Harry  Ayers,  40  years  of  age,  was  arrested  by  local  detectives, 
on  the  request  of  several  different  druggist's  associations  whose 
members  have  lost  goods  through  Ayers.  His  specialty  it  ap- 
pears, is  to  visit  drug-stores,  on  the  pretext  of  buying  a  truss, 
and  while  having  it  adjusted,  seizes  the  opportunity  to  get  hold 
of  whatever  goods  may  be  lying  around  handy.  Ayers  has  de- 
nied that  he  is  the  man  wanted,  but  the  police  declare  that  he 
is  the  man  who  has  victimized  the  druggists. 


National  Colortype  Fire 

Cincinnati,  Dec.  28.— The  fire  in  the  plant  of  the  National 
Colortype  Co.  of  this  city  and  Newport,  Ky.,  which  recently 
destroyed  it,  will  not  seriously  interfere  with  their  business. 
Their  loss  was  about  $13,000  fully  covered  by  insurance,  and 
tliev  will  be  ready  to  take  care  of  their  customers  bv  January 

i.stii. 


POIN-TS  ON  RECIPROCAL  REGISTRATION 

Thirty-four  States  Now  on  Interchange  Basis — 
N.  A.  B.  P.  Secretary  Gives  Method  of  Procedure 

Secretary  H.  C.  Christensen,  of  the  National  Association  of 
Boards  of  Pharmacy,  has  sent  to  the  Era  a  list  of  the  active 
members  of  his  organization,  which  includes  the  boards  of 
pharmacy  of  the  following  States :  Alabama,  Arkansas,  .\rizona,. 
Connecticut,  Delaware,  Florida,  Georgia,  Idaho,  Illinois.  In- 
diana, Iowa,  Kansas,  Kentucky,  Louisiana,  Maine,  Marj'land, 
Massachusetts,  Michigan,  Minnesota.  Missouri.  Montana,  Ne- 
braska, New  Hampshire,  New  Mexico,  North  Dakota,  Okla- 
homa, South  Dakota,  Tennessee,  Texas,  Utah,  \'ermont,  Vir- 
ginia, West  Virginia  and  Wisconsin.  Mr.  Christensen  states, 
that  a  pharmacist  registered  by  examination,  with  certain 
grades,  can  now  become  registered  by  reciprocity  in  any  of 
the  States  named  in  the  list  without  further  examination  on 
sending  to  him  as  secretary  (450  Bowen  ave.,  Chicago,  III.) 
the  fee  of  $5  for  the  official  application  and  instructions  for 
proceeding.  Any  communication  addressed  to  him  with  ref- 
erence to  reciprocal  registration  will  receive  prompt  attention. 

Following  is  a  list  of  the  secretaries  of  the  various  State 
Boards  of  Pharmacy,  with  their  respective  addresses: 
Alabama— E.  P.  Gait,  Box  72,  Selma. 
Arizona — Arthur  G.  Hulett,  Phoenix. 
Arkansas — J.  A.  Gibson,  Little  Rock. 

California — Louis  Zeh,  Suite  909  Butler  Bldg.,  135  Stockton  St., 

San  Francisco. 
Colorado — Wm.  F.  Thebus,  Denver. 

Connecticut — J.  A.  Leverty,  559  Washington  Avenue,  Bridgeport- 
Delawabe — John   O.   Bosiey,   14th  &   King  Streets,  Wilmington. 
District  of  Columbia— W.  T.  Kerfoot,  Jr.,  S.  W.  Cor.  7th  &  L. 

Sts.,  N.   W.,  Washington. 
Florida — D.  W.  Ramsaur,  Palatka. 
Georgh — Chas.  D.  Jordan,  Monticello. 
Idaho— T.  M.  Starrh,  Twin  Falls. 
Illinois— F.  C.  Dodds,  Springfield. 
Indiana — William  H.  Rudder,  Salem. 
Iowa — H.  E.  Eaton,  Des  Moines. 
Kansas— W.  R.  Sherriff,  Ellsworth. 
Kentucky — J.  W.  Gayle,  Frankfort. 

Louisiana— Jos.  T.  Baltar,  .3637  Magazine  Street,  New  Orleans. 
Maine — Frank  T.  Crane,  Machias. 

Maryland — Ephraim  Bacon,  30th  &  Calvert  Streets,  Baltimore. 

Massachusetts — Albert  J.  Brunelle,  22  State  House,  Boston. 

Minnesota — Edward  A.  Tupper,   745   E.  14th  Street,  Minneapolis. 

Michigan — Ellis  E.  Faulkner,  Delton. 

Mississippi — W.  W.  Ellis,  Fernwood,  Pike  County. 

Missouri — E.  G.  Cox,  Craig. 

Montana — W.   R.  Montgomery,  140  Park  Street,  Butte. 

Nebraska — J.  Earle  Harper,  Spencer. 

Nevada — J.  M.  Taber,  Elko. 

New  Hampshire — Herbert  E.  Rice,  Nashua. 

New  Jersey — Henry  A.  Jorden,  56  E.  Commerce  Street,  Bridgeton. 

New  Mexico — B.  Ruppe,  Albuquerque. 

North  Carolina — F.  A.  Hancock,  Raleigh. 

New  York— Warren  L.  Bradt,  Education  Bldg.,  Albany. 

North  Dakota — W.  S.  Parker,  Lisbon. 

Ohio— M.   N.    Ford.  Columbus. 

Oklahoma — J.  C.  Burton,  Stroud. 

Oregon — J.  Lee  Brown,  Marshfield. 

Pennsylvania — Lucius  L.  Walton,  Williamsport. 

Rhode  Island — James  E.  Brennan,  5  N.  Union  Street,  Pawtucket. 

South  Carolina — Frank  M.  Smith.  Charleston. 

South  Dakota— E.  C.  Bent,  Dell  Rapids. 

Tennessee — Ira  B.  Clark,  Nashville. 

Texas — R.  H.  Walker,  Gonzales. 

Utah— Walter  H.  Dayton.  Salt  Lake  City. 

Vermont — Mason   G.   Beebe,  Burlington. 

Virginia — T.  A.  Miller,  Richmond. 

Washington — D.  B.  Garrison,  Connell. 

West  Virginia— Alfred  W.ilkor,  Sutton. 

Wisconsin — Edward   Williatu^,  Madison. 

Wyoming — R.  A    Hopkins,  Clicyenne. 


Royal  Purple  Grape  Juice 

The  manufacturers  of  Royal  Purple  Grape  Juice  announce 
that  their  1014  pack  will  be  ready  for  shipment  about  February 
15th  .\s  there  was  a  bumper  grape  crop  last  fall  tliey  were 
able  to  iiinri  tiian  double  their  output  and  anticipate  no  diffi- 
(  ult\  in  IiIHiil;  ail  orders  that  they  will  receive  this  year.  This 
1)1,111(1  of  (.ripe  Juice  is  manufactured  by  the  J.  Hungerford 
Snuih  Ci.iiu  Juice  Co.,  of  Rochester.  N.  Y.,  who  are  ver>' 
lucnul  ai  the  fact  that  in  only  two  or  three  seasons,  the  "Royal 
Purple"  has  become  one  of  the  best  and  most  favorably  known 
grape  juices  on  the  market.  It  is  especially  famous  for  its 
liavor.  which  the  manufacturers  claim  is  exactly  like  the  luscious 
Concord  grape  from  which  it  is  made. 

For  details  as  to  the  Royal  Purple  Grape  Juice  advertising 
and  other  information,  our  readers  are  referred  to  tlie  adver- 
tisement of  the  J.  Hungorford  Smillt  Grape  Juice  Co.  in  this 
issue. 


Jaxuary,  1915] 


THE  PHAKMACEUTICAL  ERA 


43 


PATENTS  AND  TRADE  MARKS 


POWDER  DIVIDER 

THIS  DE\'ICE  the  invention  of  Jerome  W.  Barnard  and 
Ernest  C.  Skiles,  Joseph,  Oregon,  (Patent  No.  1,118,096), 
is  a  powder  divider  the  specifications  covering  a  support, 
a  trough  having  an  outlet,  a  shaft  mounted  for  longitudi- 
nal and  transverse  movements  upon  the  support,  a  plurality  of 
blades  carried  by  the  shaft  for  movement  into  and  out  of 
the  trough  and  longitudinally  thereof,  and  co-operating  means 
for  moving  the  blades  out  of  the  trough  in  one  direction  and 


,dy  fo 


1.118,09f5. 

for  permitting  the  lowering  of  the  blades  within  the  trough 
and  movement  thereof  in  the  opposite  longitudinal  direction. 
On  depressing  the  spring  plate  mounted  upon  the  support,  the 
shaft  is  oscillated,  thereby  elevating  the  blades  out  of  the  trough 
during  the  depression  of  the  spring,  the  blades  being  returned 
to  the  trough  by  gravity. 


Label  Holder 
Rose  Agnes  Mizell,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  has  devised  the  label 
holder  shown  in  the  accompanying  drawing  (Patent  No.  1,119,- 
303).  It  embodies  an  elongated  base  plate  having  side  flanges 
and  terminal  pockets  to  receive  the  ends  of  a  label  the  flanges 
being  flat  and  arranged  at  right  angles  to  the  base  plate  to 
snugly  receive  and  hold  the  labels  therebetween  and  having 


LAEL! 


1.12  1.45 


1,119.303. 


cut-away  portions  intermediate  their  ends  and  extending  to 
the  base  plate,  and  the  base  plate  having  an  upstruck  portion 
intermediate  the  cut-away  portions  for  raising  the  label  at 
the  cut-away  portions. 


Bottle  Attactment 
This  invention  is  brought  forward  as  a  new  article  of 
manufacture  (Patent  No.  1,121,459)  by  Arthur  E.  Blake, 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  is  a  poison  indicator  for  bottle  stoppers. 
It  comprises  a  single  blank  sheet  of  metal  material  having  a 
plurality  of  sides  and  slit  at  each  comer  to  present  substan- 
tially V-points  at  the  comers,  intermediate  bendable  portions 
between  the  corners,  bent  downwardly  and  at  right  angles 
thereto  to  lie  at  the  sides  of  the  stopper  and  terminating  in  re- 
latively sharp  points  lying  below  the  plane  of  the  V-point 
at  the  comers  of  the  blank,  and  a  stopper  attaching  portion 
carried  by  said  blank.  The  stopper  attaching  portion  is  in- 
serted or  withdrawn  from  the  cork  by  gripping  the  sides  and 
straight  longitudinal  edges  of  the  downwardly  bent  portions 
and  rotating  the  blank. 


TRADE-MARKS 


Published  November  17,  1914 
71,221— Arthur  W.  Tribbey,   Maud,   Okla.     Preparation  for  skin 
diseases. 

73,098 — Blackman  Stock  Remedy  Co.,  Chattanooga,  Tenn.  Tonic 
for  live  stock. 

73,529 — Mattie   Clisby,   Birmingham,   Ala.     Hair   salves   and  hair 
tonics. 


73,788— Albany   Chemical   Co.,  Albany,  Ga. 

ralgia  and  headache. 
73,891— Batson  &  Roberts,   Memphis,  Texas.     Preparation  for  the 

treatment  of  cancer. 
73,344,   75,345 — Sharp  &  Dohme,   Baltimore,   Md.     Fluid  extracts, 

solid  extracts,  etc. 
76,556— Joseph    R.    Mattison,    Dallas,    Texas.     Remedy    for  colds, 

catarrh,  etc. 

"6,808 — Ira  E.  Brown,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.     Medical  preparation  for 

throat  and  lung  diseases,  etc. 
79,821— The  Strong  &  Cobb  Co.,  Cleveland,  Ohio.    Preparations  for 

the  treatment  of  headaches,  etc. 
80,074 — Stockholms     Superfosfat     Fabriks    Aktiebolag,  Stockholm, 

Sweden.  Chlorates  and  perchlorates,  calcium  carbid,  urea,  etc. 
80,281 — Sansby   Bros.,   St.   Paul,   Minn.     Remedy   for   diseases  of 

80,338 — Swampland  Medicine  Co.,  Ada,  Okla.  Liver  pills,  medici- 
nal tonic,  etc. 

80,356 — Farmacia  Baldacci,  Pisa,  Italy.  Remedy  for  anemia,  lym- 
phatism,  etc. 

80,777 — Emanuele  Macaluso,  Boston,  Mass.  Disinfectant  and  anti- 
septic for  vaginal  use,  etc. 

81,008— Sazel   Corporation,  Pierre,  S.  D.     Antiseptic  compound. 

81,193— Kirk-Geary  &  Co.,  Sacramento,  Cal.  Headache  tablets,  laxa- 
tive cold  tablets,  etc. 

81,300 — Joseph  Home  Drug  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Toothache  wax, 
corn  salve,  etc. 

81,366— Eubanks  &  Mills,  Miles,  Tex.     Hog  cholera  remedy. 

Published  November  24,  1914. 

59,579 — Regal  Shoe  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.    Talcum  powder. 
72,020— Marie  Louise  P.   Bouchet,   Roselle,  N.  J.     Pure  olive  oil 
emulsion. 

78,422 — Irving  McEwen,  Omaha  Nebr.  Face  cream,  florida  water, 
etc. 

78,844 — Organic  Products  Co.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.    Restorative  remedy 

for  nervous  troubles. 
80,136— Rite  Specialty  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.    A  laxative. 
81,615 — \V.  G.  Rogers,  Madison,  Ind.     A  toilet  cream. 
81,627 — W.  C.  Euster,  Joplin,  Mo.     A  medicinal  tonic,  salve,  and 

liniment. 

81,683— Electro-Alkaline  Co.,  Oikland,  Cal.  Bleaching,  cleansing, 
and  antiseptic  compounds. 

81.976 —  Farbwerke  vorm.  Meister  Lucius  &  Bruning,  Hochst-on-the- 
Main,  Germany.     Carcinoma  extract,  etc. 

81.977—  -Farbwerke  vorm.  Meister  Lucius  &  Bruning,  Hochst-on-the- 
Main,  Germany.     Sarcoma  extract. 

82,049 — Sam  A.  Berry,  Louisa,  Ky.  Remedies  for  diseases  of  the 
throat  and  lungs. 

Publisned    December  1,  1914. 

73,737— Northam  Warren,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Perfumes,  face-pow- 
der, etc. 

81,064,  81,065 — Loose-Wiles  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.  Chocolates  and 
candy. 

81,272 — John  L.  Polk,  Albany,  N.  Y.  Lotions  for  chapped  hands, 
lips,  etc. 

81,407 — Vincenzo  Genna,  De  Ridder,  La.    Toothache  remedy. 
81,835 — Chas.  F.  Touchton,  Dade  City,  Fla.     Remedy  for  malaria, 

81,882— Toilette  Products  Co.,  Inc.,  New  York,  N.  Y.    A  cleansing 

cream  for  the  skin. 
81,890— Geo.  Borgfeldt  &  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Enamel,  polish, 

paste,  etc. 

82,032— The  National  Ammonia  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Anhydrous 

82,171— Isidore  Goldstein,  Paterson,  N.  J.    A  laxative. 
82,207 — Home  Chemical  Co., Inc.,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Laxative  tab- 
lets. 

82,265 — Joseph  E.  Boivin,  Montreal,  Canada.    Dyspepsia  remedy. 

82,289 — Gustav  A.  Wester,  Chicago,  111.    Goiter  remedy. 

82,382— The  Red  Raven  Corporation,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  Dentifrices. 

82,410 — Margaret  Moan,  Ruthven,  Iowa.     A  salve. 

82,438 — The  Arlington'  Chemical  Co.,  Yonkers,  N.  Y.    A  medicinal 

preparation  for  intestinal  troubles. 
82,473— The  Roessler  &  Hasslacher  Chemical  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Chemicals    producing   a   peroxide    solution   when    dissolved  in 

water. 

82,489 — Andrew  Montana,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.    Hair  tonic. 

Published  December  8,  1914. 
69,901— Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich.    Viruses,  serums,  toxins, 
and  antitoxins. 

74,764 — Thompson's  Malted  Food  Co.,  Phoenix,  Ariz.    Malted  foods. 
75,587 — Pinkus  Reiss,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.    Laxative  compound. 
80,415— United  Drug  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.    Perfume,  toilet  water,  etc. 
80,979,    80,981,    80,982,    81,214,    21,215.    81,216,    81,218— Stephan 

Fargo,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Remedies  for  various  human  ailments. 
81,280— Elnathan  W.  Coleman,  Canton,  Ga.     Medicine  for  eczema, 

ringworm,  etc. 

81,452 — Abraham  Leavitt,  Montreal,  Canada.  Hair  invigorator  and 
dandruff  killer. 

81,537 — Garret  Van  Arkel,  Muskegon  Heights,  Mich.  Medicinal 
tablets. 

81,818— M.  C.  Hoard  &  Co.,  Stryker,  Ohio.    Foot  powder. 


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[January,  1915 


81,974,  81,975 — Farbwerke  vorm.  Meister  Lucius  &  Bruning,  Hochst- 
on-the-Main,  Germany.  Preparations  for  the  treatment  of  tu- 
berculosis. 

81.997—  Walter  A.  Rullman,  Red  Bank,  N.  J.  Remedy  for  chronic 
constipation. 

81.998—  Walter  A.  Rullman,  Red  Bank,  N.  J.  Remedy  for  diabetes, 
mellitus,  etc. 

82,238 — Edmund  M.  Pond,  Rutland,  Vt.     Laxative  pills. 
82,323— Ellis  B.  Bliss,  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.    Remedies  for  dental 
abscesses. 

82,362 — John  H.  Wulf,  Louisville,  Ky.  Remedy  for  infants'  and 
children's  ailments. 

Published  December  15,  1914. 

69,829 — Mutual  Drug  Co.,  Worcester,  Mass.  Medicines  and  medici- 
nal preparations  for  coughs,  etc. 

76,262— Robert  J.  Wilson,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Remedy  for  sour 
stomach,  etc. 

78,993 — Armando  Carsana,  Milan,  Italy.     Medicinal  bitters. 

80,518 — Howard  B.  Shrevc,  Nogales,  Ariz.    Medicinal  hair  restorer. 

80,814 — Diener  and  Urban,  Milwaukee,  Wis.  Remedy  for  the  heart, 
indigestion,  coughs  and  rheumatism. 

80,962— The  Bako  Co.,  Oklahoma,  Okla.  A  preparation  for  the 
treatment  of  the  tobacco  habit. 

81,051— Hudson  Condensed  Milk  Co.,  Inc.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Pow- 
dered milk,  sweetened  condensed  milk,  etc. 

81,706 — Kirk  Geary  &  Co.,  Sacramento,  Cal.  Cold  cream,  nail  shine, 
etc. 

81,792 — Anton  Lang,  Maiden,  Mass.     Rheumatism  remedy. 

81.999—  Walter  A.  Rullman,  Red  Bank,  N.  J.  Uric  acid  eliminant, 
urinary  antiseptic,  etc. 

82,011— V.  Baudendistel  &  Son,  West  New  York,  N.  J.  Liniments, 
salves,  etc. 

82,018 — Douchinol  Co.,  New  Yoik,  N.  Y.    Antiseptic  cleansers. 
82,283— Chas.  Wood  Staley,  Olney,  Texas.    Remedy  for  chills. 
82,405— Lewis  C.  Landon  &  Co.,  South  Bend,  Ind.    Medicated  bath 
tablets. 

82,467— Morris  &  Morris,  Baltimore,  Md.    Toilet  cream. 
82,673 — Henry  J.  Ruyle,  Springfield,  Mo.     Remedy  for  liver  and 
constipation. 


118,696— Louis  J. 


and  Otto  Spahr,  assignors  to  Strause 


burner. 

ottle  cap  padding 


Granted  November  24,  1914. 

,118,096— Jerome  W.  Barnard  and  Ernest  C.  Skiles,  Joseph,  Greg. 
Powder  divider. 

118,134 — Samuel  A.  Jones,Washington,  D.  C.  Nursing  bottle  de- 
signed for  use  with  rubber  nipples. 

,118,206 — John  Lalli,  Newark,  N.  J.,  assignor  of  one-half  to  Louis 
Finocchi,  Newark,  N.  J.     Non  rcfillable  bottle. 

,118,244— Thomas  C.  Spelling,  New  York.  Stopper. 

,118,332 — Adolf  Clemm,  Mannheim,  Germany.  Ammonia  soda 
process. 

,118,423 — -Clarence  S.  Jackson,  assignor  to   National  Bottle  Cap 

Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Bottle  refill  preventing  device. 
,118,610 — Benjamin  T.  Winchester,  Windsor  Hills,  Md.,  assignor, 

by  mesne  assignments,  to  Sharp  and  Dohme,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Capsule  cutting  machine. 
,118,628 — Carl   Bosch  and  Alwin  Mittasch,  assignors  to  Badische 

Anilin   &    Soda   Fabrik,    Ludvvigshafen-on-the-Rhine,  Germany. 

Producing  ammonia. 


Gas  Iron  Co.,  Philadelphi 
1,118,778— Aron  Johnson,  New  York,  N.  Y 
machine. 

1,118,894 — Henry  William  de  Stuckle,  Paris,  France.     Process  o» 

producing  pure  zinc  oxid. 
46,673 — (Design)  Daniel  Hogan,  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  assignor  to  Whitall 

Tatum  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Metal  hot  water  bottle. 

Granted  December  1,  1914. 

1,118,999— Leonard  Bartlett,  Chicago,  111.    Bottle  seal. 
1,119,192— Joseph  E.  Ross,  Wilsonburg,  W.  Va.    Non-refillable  bot- 
tle. 

1,119,257— Heinrich  Eberhard,  Basel,  Switzerland.  Non-refillable 
bottle. 

1,119,279— Arnold  H.  C.  Heitman,  assignor  to  Parke,  Davis  &  Co., 
Detroit,  Mich.     Arainophenyl  arsenic  compound. 

1,119,303— Rose  A.  Mizell,  Philadelphia.     Label  holder. 

1,119,335 — John  A.  Anderson,  Chicago,  111.    Bottle  washing  machine. 

1,119,666 — Ira  L.  Turman,  Cynthiana,  Ind.  Combined  syringe,  hot 
water  bag,  and  ice  bag. 

Granted  December  8,  1914. 

1,119,931— William  H.  Dickerhoof,  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Non-refillable 
bottle. 

1,120,007 — Homer  T.  Yaryan,  assignor  to  Yaryan  Naval  Stores  Co., 

Toledo,  Ohio.  Process  for  purifying  rosin. 
1,120,017 — Josiah  Bradley,  assignor  to  Albert  Westlake,  New  York, 

N.  Y.  Bottle  capping  and  sealing  machine. 
1,120,127— Henry  Broberg,  Warmsprings,  Mont.     Bottle  casing  or 

protector. 

1,120,208— Arthur  C.  C.  Liardet,  London,  England.  Non-refillable 
bottle  and  the  like. 

1,120,233— Martin  Overlach,  deceased,  by  Meta  Overlach,  Charlot- 
tenburg,  heiress,  and  Moritz  Korner,  Berlin,  Germany,  assignors 
to  Theodor  Teichgraeber,  Berlin,  Germany,  a  firm,  and  Sac- 
charinfabrik  Aktiengesellschaft,  vorm.  Fahlberg,  List  &  Co., 
Salbke-Westerhusen,  Germany,  a  firm.     Cocain  isovalerianate. 

1,120,551 — Botho  Schwerin,  assignor  to  Elektro-Osmose  Aktienge- 
sellschaft, (Graf  Schwerin  Gesellschaf t,)  Frankfort-on-the-Main. 
Germany.    Process  for  the  exchange  of  ions  adsorbed  by  colloids. 

1,120,593— Frederick  N.  Bowne  and  Daniel  I.  Hawkins,  New  York, 
N.  Y.    Non-refillable  bottle. 

46,719 — (Design)  Zoe  Armstrong,  McPherson,  Kans.  Poison  bot- 
tle. 

Granted  December  15,  1914. 
1,120,756 — Walter  A.  Stattniann,  Wilmette,  111.,  assignor  to  Uni- 
versal  Non-Refillable  Bottle   Co.,  Chicago,  111.  Non-refillable 
bottle. 

1,120,839— John  B.  Moszczenski,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  assignor  to 
Tartar  Chemical  Co.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.  Manufacture  of  cream 
of  tartar. 

1,120,860 — Thomas  Summcrson,  Parsons,  Pa.    Non-refillable  bottle. 
1,120.906— William  R.  Clough.  Alton,  N.  H.    Bottle  attachment. 
1,120,960 — Curtis  C.  Meigs.  Charleston,  S.  C.    Process  of  producing 

nitric  and  sulfuric  acids. 
1,121,160— John  W.  Bcckman,   Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.     Method  of 

producing  soluble  phosphates. 
1.121.459— Arthur  E.  Blake,  Rochester,  N.  Y.    Bottle  attachment. 
13,848 — Gcorg  Korndorfer  and  Baptist  Reutcr,  assignors  to  Farb- ; 

wcrko  vorm.  Meister  Lucius  &  Bruning,  Hochst  on-thc-Main. 
Gennany.     Derivatives   of  diaminodioxyarscnobenzenc   and  pro-  ■ 

cess  of  making  same. 


January,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


THE  DRUG  MARKETS 


INTEBEST  STILL  CENTERED  IN  OPIUM 

Reports  of  Uncertainties  in  Fishing  on  Account  of 
North  Sea  Troubles  Make  Cod  Liver  Oil  Advance 

See  pages  27  to  41  for  Prices  Current 
Ch.\nges  Since  Last  Report 

A— Acacia,  Sorts   lb.  .24  —  .26 

A— Acetphenetidine   lb.  1.40  —  1.60 

A— Acid,  Boracic,  Crjstal   lb.  .11  —  .15 

Powdered   lb.  .12  —  .16 

A— Acid  Carbolic,  Crystals,  bulk   lb.  .50  —  .60 

1-ib.  bottles   lb.  .60  —  .65 

.\— Acid,  Citric  (kegs)   lb.  —  .67 

D— Acid,  0.xalic   lb.  .16  —  .22 

lb.  .72  —  .78 

Powdered   lb.  .22  —  .26 

D— Acid,  Pyrogallic,  ^,  1/4  or  1-lb.  cans  ....lb.  2.00  —2.20 

D— Acid,  Salicylic,  1-lb.  cartons   lb.  .88  —  .95 

Bulk   lb.  .86  —  .96 

D— Acid,  TarUric,  cryst  lb.  .52  —  .58 

Powdered   lb.  .55  —  .60 

A — Adeps  Lanae,  Anhydrous   lb.  .80  —  .95 

Hydrous   lb.  .50  —  .70 

D— Agar  Agar   lb.  .50  —  .65 

A— Almonds,  Bitter,  Shelled   lb.  .50  —  .55 

Sweet.  Jordan   lb.  .50  —  .55 

D — .\mmonium  Sulphate   lb.  .06  —  .08 

D— Anise  Seed,  Italian   lb.  .18  —  .22 

Star   lb.  .30  —  .33 

D— .A.mica  Flowers   lb.  24  —  .28 

D— Asafetida,  Good,  Fair   lb.  .55  —  .70 

Powdered   lb.  .65  —  .75 

D— Balsam  Toiu   lb.  .60  —  .75 

D — Belladonna  Leaves,  German   lb.  1.75  —  1.90 

D— Bone,  Cuttlefish   lb.  .28  —  .35 

Jewelers'   lb.  .60  —  1.00 

D — Buchu  Leaves,  Long   lb.  1.55  —  1.65 

Powdered   lb.  1.65  —  1.75 

D— Buchu  Leaves,  Short   lb.  1.65  —  1.75 

Powdered   lb.  1.75  —  1.85 

D— Buckthorn  Bark   lb.  .30  —  .35 

D— Caffeine,  Pure   lb.  5.25  —  5.50 

oz.  .40  —  .45 

D— Calendula  Flowers   lb.  1.10  —  1.25 

D— Camphor,  Refined  (bbls.)   lb.  .55  —  .62 

^-Ib  squares   lb.  .56  —  .63 

Powdered   lb.  .70  —  .75 

Japanese   lb.  .48  —  .56 

D— Cantharides.  Russian,  Sifted   lb.  5.00  —  5.25 

Powdered   lb.  5.00  —  5.25 

A — Capsicum,  African   lb.  .25  —  .28 

Powdered   lb.  .32  —  .36 

A— Caraway   lb.  .15  —  .17 

Powdered   lb.  .20  —  .22 

D — Chamomile  Flowers,  Hungarian   lb.  .38  —  .42 

Roman  or  Belgian   lb.  .45  —  .50 

D — Copaiba,  South  American   lb.  .50  —  .55 

D— Cream  Tartar,  Powdered   lb.  .38  —  .42 

D— Cumin  Seed   lb.  .23  —  .28 

D — Digitalis  Leaves,  German   lb.  .30  —  .35 

D— Dragon's  Blood,  Reeds   lb.  .85  —  .95 

D— Ergot,  Russian   lb.  1.20  —  1.30 

Powdered   lb.  1.35  —  1.40 

D— Fennel  Seed   lb.  .20  —  .24 

D— Gelsemium  Root   lb.  .20  —  .24 

D— Ginseng   lb.  8.00  —  8.50 

D— Golden  Seal  Root  lb.  4.80  —  5.00 

D— Guaiacol,   Liquid   lb.  2.70  —  2.90 

Carbonate  (lb.  $3.87)   oz.  .30  —  .40 

D— Guarana   (Paullinia)   lb.  1.40  —  1.50 

Powdered   lb.  1.55  —  1.65 

D— Hemp  Seed   lb.  .06i4— .09'/4 

D— Ichthyol   lb.  5.25  —  5.75 


.\— Ipecac  Root,  Rio   lb.  3.20 

Powdered   lb.  3.35 

A— Irish  Moss,  Bleached   lb.  .20 

1) — luniper  Berries   lb.  .09 

.\— kamaia.  Purified   lb.  2.25 

D— Ladies'  Slipper  Root   lb.  .40 

D — Lavender  Flowers   lb.  .25 

A — Licorice,   Corigliana   lb.  .35 

Mass   lb.  .34 

A— Lobelia  Seed,  Clean   lb.  .35 

Powdered   lb.  .40 

A — Lycopodium                                           lb.  .80 

D — Magnesium  Sulphate  (Sal  Epsom)   lb.  .03 

D— Menthol,  Cryst  lb.  2.85 

D— Mercury   lb.  .85 

D — Morphine  Acetate,  %-oz.  vial   oz.  5.55 

Alkaloid,  pure  l/s-oz.  vial   oz.  6.50 

Hydrobromide,  y%-oz.  vial   oz.  6.00 

Sulphate,  1-oz.  vial   oz.  5.30 

yi-oz.  vial   oz.  5.55 

Valerate,  Y^-oz.  vial   oz.  6.25 

A — Mullein  Flowers,  1-lb.  cans   lb.  1.75 

D — Nux  Vomica   lb.  .11 

Powdered   lb.  .22 

A— Oil,  Almond,  Bitter   lb.  6.00 

Sweet,  Pure   lb.  1.00 

D— Oil,  Bergamot   lb.  4.25 

D— Oil,  Citronella   lb.  .65 

A— Oil,  Cod  Liver,  Norwegian   gal.  1.00 

Bbls  ea.  22.00 

Half  bbls  ea.  13.00 

D— Oil,  Geranium,  Rose,  Natural   lb.  6.00 

D— Oil,  Haarlem,  Dutch  gross.  3.20 

A — Oil,  Lavender  Flowers   lb.  4.25 

D— Oil,  Lemon   lb.  1.40 

D — Oil,  Lemongrass   lb.  1.35 

A— Oil,  Linseed,  Boiled   gal.  .62 

Raw   gal.  .60 

D— Oil,  Orange,  Sweet   lb.  1.80 

D— Oil,  Peppermint,  N.  Y  lb.  1.55 

Western   lb.  1.55 

D— Oil,  Tansy   lb.  3.50 

D— Oil,  Thyme,  Red,  No.  1  lb.  1.40 

White   lb.  1.60 

D — Oil,  Wintergreen,  Synthetic   lb.  .70 

D — Oil,  Wormwood,  American,  Good   lb.  3.00 

D— Opium  (Natural)   lb.  9.50 

D — Potassa,  Caustic,  Com  lb.  .18 

D— Potas.  Bitartrate,  Ref.  (Cr.  Tart.),  pow..lb.  .38 

D — Potassium  Bromide   lb.  .85 

A — Potassium  Citrate   lb.  .75 

D — Potassium  Iodide   lb.  3.55 

D — Potassium  Permanganate   lb.  .19 

Pure,  powdered   lb.  .27 

D — Quinine  Sulphate,  100-oz.  tins  oz.  .26 

D— Rochelle  Salt   lb.  .24 

D — Saffron,  American  (Safflower)   lb.  .50 

Spanish,  True,  Valencia   lb.  13.50 

D— Salicin   lb.  4.75 

D— Salol   lb.  .90 

D — Sarsaparilla  Root,  Mexican,  Cut   lb.  .25 

Powdered   lb.  .33 

D— Seidiitz  Mixture   lb.  .21 

D — Silver  Nitrate,  Cryst  oz.  .40 

Stick  (Lunar  Caustic)   oz.  .46 

D— Silver  Oxide   oz.  1.05 

D— Soap  Tree  Bark,  Whole   lb.  .17 

Cut   lb.  .21 

Powdered   lb.  .27 

D — Sodium  Benzoate   lb.  .65 

D— Sodium  Citrate   lb.  .70 

D— Sodium  Iodide   lb.  4.15 

D — Sodium  Salicylate   lb.  .70 

A— Spearmint,  ozs   lb.  .34 


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[January,  1915 


D — Storax,  Liquid   lb.  .40  —  .50 

A— Sugar  of  Milk,  Powdered   lb.  .18  —  .22 

1-lb.  Cartons   lb.  .20  —  .25 

D— Sun  Flower  Seed   lb.  .11  —  .13 

A— Thymol   lb.  6.00  —  7.00 

D— Wahoo,  Bark  of  Root   lb.  .48  —  .53 

A— Wax,  Bay   lb.  .35  —  .38 

D— Wax,  Bees,  Yellow   lb.  .40  —  .45 

White   lb.  .45  —  .65 

Japan   lb.  .17  —  .19 


NOTE — A,  advanced;  D,  declined;  C,  correction;  N,  new. 

NEW  YORK,  DEC.  24.— As  is  usual  at  the  beginning  of 
the  annual  holiday  season,  the  tendency  to  restrict  pur- 
chasing until  after  the  turn  of  the  year,  is  much  in 
evidence  at  this  writing,  and  already  many  of  the  large  houses, 
including  jobbers,  are  preparing  to  lock  their  doors  this  eve- 
ning, and  have  announced  that  they  will  not  open  them  again 
until  Monday  the  28th.  The  slackening  in  domestic  purchasing 
•on  this  account  is  quite  noticeable,  but  many  sellers  report  the 
receipt  of  a  large  number  of  inquiries  from  foreign  buyers, 
although  but  few  large  orders  have  been  filled  for  export. 
Opium  seems  to  command  the  center  of  interest  on  account  of 
the  outlook  for  future  supplies,  the  situation  being  more  or  less 
obscured  by  reports  of  the  closing  of  the  Dardanelles  and  the 
holding  up  of  shipments.  The  market  is  very  strong  in  regard 
to  this  narcotic,  and  although  no  appreciable  advance  has  been 
recorded  at  this  writing,  there  are  strong  reasons  for  believing 
that  higher  prices  will  soon  be  reached,  not  only  for  the  gum, 
but  for  all  the  alkaloids  and  their  salts  as  well.  Quinine  still 
retains  a  strong  undertone,  but  so  far  prices  are  practically  the 
same  as  last  month. 

Carbolic  acid  is  higher,  and  Cod  liver  oil  is  advancing,  fol- 
lowing reports  of  the  abandonment  of  cod  fishing  on  account 
of  North  Sea  troubles.  Other  drugs  and  chemicals  for  which 
advances  are  noted  are  adeps  lanae,  African  capsicum,  Rio 
ipecac,  whole  and  powdered,  oil  of  almonds,  bitter  and  sweet, 
thymol,  and  bay  wax.  Among  the  declines  are  oxalic,  salicylic, 
and  tartaric  acids,  caffeine,  camphor,  cantharides,  chamomile 
flowers,  gold  seal  root,  guarana,  mercury,  nux  vomica,  various 
essential  oils,  salicin,  salol,  Rochelle  salt  and  silver  nitrate. 
The  ciosing  month  of  the  year  is  characterized  by  a  spirit  of 
general  optimism,  the  belief  of  dealers  generally  being  that  the 
coming  year  will  be  one  of  unprecedented  business  activity. 
This  belief  is  strongly  supported  by  the  report  of  the  Secretary 
of  Commerce  for  the  week  ending  Dec.  19  that  13  customs  dis- 
tricts show  a  favorable  trade  balance  of  exports  over  imports  of 
$27,928,263.  A  sustained  movement  of  this  proportion  can  not 
fail  to  affect  business  most  favorably  in  this  country. 

Opium — At  this  writing  the  tone  of  the  market  is  very 
strong,  the  outlook  for  supplies  becoming  more  dubious  owing 
to  the  unfavorable  reports  from  producing  districts,  the  hos- 
tilities in  Turkey  holding  up  shipments  and  placing  dealers  in 
quandary  as  to  future  supplies.  Natural  is  quoted  at  $9.50@ 
$10  per  pound,  granulated  at  $12.50@$13.50,  and  U.S.P.  pow- 
dered at  $12.40@$13.50.  According  to  Government  statistics, 
the  importations  for  the  ten  months  ending  October  31,  1914, 
were  323,826  pounds,  valued  at  $1,482,727,  as  against  533,475 
pounds,  valued  at  $2,319,012  for  the  corresponding  period  last 
year. 

Quinine — Still  maintains  a  strong  undertone,  27@28c  per 
ounce  being  the  prevailing  quotations  in  100-ounce  tins,  with 
the  usual  advances  for  smaller  packages.  Shipments  of  cin- 
chona bark  from  Java  to  Europe  during  November  were 
650,000  kilos,  as  compared  with  1,035,500  kilos  for  the  corres- 
ponding month  of  last  year.  The  total  shipments  of  bark 
from  Java  to  Europe  for  the  eleven  months  of  this  year  were 
6,687,500  kilos,  as  compared  with  8,789,450  kilos  for  the  cor- 
responding period  last  year.  The  future  position  of  quinine  is 
a  somewhat  mooted  question,  and  opinions  are  divided  as  to 
the  outlook.  The  fact  that  offerings  were  withdrawn  in  several 
of  the  recently  scheduled  .luctions  in  Amsterdam  tends  to  con- 
firm the  belief  tliat  no  appreciable  rise  in  price  is  close  at  hand. 

Cod  Liver  Oil — This  article  marks  one  of  the  principal  ad- 
vances of  the  month,  and  is  now  quoted  at  $1@$1.10  per  gallon; 
barrels  at  $22@$24,  and  half  barrels  at  $13@$14.  Cable  ad- 
vices from  Europe  indicate  an  uncertainty  of  catch  this  season 
on  account  of  North  Sea  troubles,  producers  of  oil  basing  their 
claim  to  higher  prices  on  this  belief.  The  season  is  about 
ready  to  open  now.  Only  a  moderate  business  in  the  oil  has 
been  reported  in  this  market,  however. 


Cantharides — Russian  are  lower,  $5@$5.25  being  asked  for 
both  sifted  and  powdered.  The  reduction  follows  the  replenish- 
ing of  stocks  here  from  the  East.  Whole  Chinese  blistering 
flies  are  also  lower. 

Alcohol — Due  to  competition  among  manufacturers,  and 
lack  of  business,  a  reduction  is  noted,  Cologne  spirit,  95%, 
U.  S.  P.,  being  quoted  at  $2.68  per  gallon  by  the  barrel,  and 
commercial  95%,  U.  S.  P.  at  $2.64  per  gallon,  also  by  the 
barrel. 

Camphor — Domestic  refiners  have  lowered  their  prices  and 
jobbers  now  quote  refined  at  55@62c  per  pound  in  barrels,  and 
^-Ib.  squares  at  56@63c.  For  powdered,  70@75c  per  pound  is 
asked,  while  Japanese  has  receded  to  48@56c  per  pound.  The 
reduction  is  ascribed  to  the  efi'ort  of  refiners  to  meet  the  rather 
vigorous  competition  of  Japanese  producers. 

Ergot — An  easier  feeling  abroad  is  said  to  be  responsible  for 
the  lowering  of  quotations  for  Russian,  which  can  now  be  ob- 
tained at  $1.20@$1.30  per  pound  for  whole,  and  $1.35@$1.40 
for  powdered.  It  is  also  stated  that  there  is  a  considerable 
supply  in  this  market  which  dealers  are  trying  to  move  before 
it  begins  to  deteriorate. 

Silver  Nitrate — A  reduction  in  the  price  of  bar  silver  is 
reflected  in  lower  prices  for  nitrate  and  oxide,  crj-stals  of  the 
former  being  quoted  at  40@46c  per  ounce;  fused  cones  at 
45@49c  per  ounce,  and  stick  (lunar  caustic)  at  46@49c  per 
ounce;  oxide  is  quoted  at  $1.05@$1.15  per  ounce. 

Carbolic  Acid — Quotations  have  advanced  since  our  last  re- 
port, and  jobbers  now  ask  50@60c  per  pound  for  crj'stals  in 
bulk,  and  60@65c  for  crystals  in  1-pound  bottles.  Difficulty  is 
experienced  in  London  in  getting  phenol  released  for  export  to 
the  U.  S.,  and  until  some  satisfactory  arrangements  can  be  ef- 
fected for  the  shipment  of  stated  amounts  to  this  market,  it  is 
improbable  that  the  article  is  likely  to  reach  its  former  lower 
levels. 

Oil  Lemon — Shipments  of  this  oil  continue  to  arrive  from 
Italian  ports,  and  the  market  in  the  absence  of  an  active  buying 
demand,  is  easier,  with  quotations  marked  down  to  $1.40@?1.55 
per  pound. 

Oil  Orange— Sweet  is  easier  and  obtainable  at  $1.80@$1.90 
per  pound. 

On,  Lemongrass — Is  inactive  and  prices  have  been  reduced 
to  $1.35@$1.60. 

On,  Peppermint — The  closing  of  the  usual  foreign  markets 
to  the  export  of  this  oil  is  reflected  in  the  reduction  of  prices, 
jobbers  now  quoting  $1.55@$1.65  for  both  New  York,  and 
Western.  A  large  accumulation  of  stocks  is  reported,  and  the 
general  situation  is  characterized  as  "weak." 

Digitalis  Lea\-es — In  the  absence  of  great  demand  an  easier 
feeling  is  reported,  and  prices  have  been  reduced  to  30@35c 
per  pound  for  German. 

Arnica  Flowers — Notwithstanding  this  article  contn:ues  to 
be  reported  as  subject  to  the  embargo  of  the  German  authori- 
ties, jobbers'  prices  show  a  decline  to  24@28c  per  pound 
There  seems  to  be  a  sufficient  jupplv  to  meet  all  demands. 

Belladonna  Leaves— German  are  slightly  lower  than  the 
prices  reported  last  month,  dealers  quoting  $1.75@S1.90  per 
pound.  This  drug  is  also  reported  as  being  retained  on  the 
German  embargo  list. 

BucHU  Leaves — All  varieties  show  a  lower  level,  quotations 
being  as  follows:  Long.  $1.55@$1.65  for  whole,  and  $1.65@ 
$1.75  for  powdered;  short,  $1.65@$1.75  for  whole,  and  S1.75@ 
$1.85  for  powdered. 

Ipecac — Rio  still  continues  in  a  strong  position,  and  quota- 
tions have  advanced  to  $3.20@$3.30  per  pound  for  whole,  and 
$3.35@$3.45  for  poivdered.  Cable  .idvices  from  London  show 
a  strong  advance  in  price  in  that  market,  uuc  to  the  use  of 
one  of  its  alkaloids,  emetine,  reported  as  an  efficacious  remedy 
in  the  treatment  of  cholera. 

Guarana — Prices  still  continue  to  decline  for  the  reasons 
given  in  our  last  report — the  arrival  of  large  supplies  here 
which  formerly  went  to  Germany — and  jobbers  are  now  quot- 
ing $1.40@$1.50  per  pound  for  whole,  and  $1.55@$1.65  for 
powdered. 

Guai.vcol- Liquid,  U.S.P.  is  higher,  $2.70@2.90  per  pound 
being  asked.  Revised  prices  are  also  given  for  carbonate,  job- 
bers asking  $3.87  per  pound,  or  30@40c  per  ounce. 

Lycopodium — Th-  market  is  <-tronger  and  quotations  have 
advanced  to  80@90c  per  pound. 

Ha.\rlem  Oil — Reports  indicate  that  but  few  shipments 
from  Holland  have  been  received  in  a  long  time.  No  dearth  of 
supplies  has  been  noticed  in  this  market,  however,  and  the 


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sence  of  demand  has  caused  a  downward  revision  of  prices, 
)bers  quoting  S3.20@$3.40  per  gross  for  Dutch. 
S  \FFROK— True  Spanish  (Valencia)  is  now  offered  at  :light'.y 
ver  prices  than  those  reported  last  month,  owing  to  the  re- 
tnishment  of  stocks.  Jobbers  quote  $13.50@$14.50  per 
und.  American  saffron  (safflower)  is  easier  at  50@55c 
r  poand. 

S.\Llcrs* — Is  receding  somewhat  toward  former  levels  and  is 
\v  quoted  at  $4.75@$5  per  pound. 

S.\LOL— Is  also  lower,  90c^«1.10  per  pound  being  the  pre- 
ihng  nuotations. 

Salicylic  Acid — Revised  quotations  show  a  recession  in 
^ices  to  88@95c  per  pound  in  1-lb.  cartons,  and  86@96c  in 
Ik. 

Thymol— A  strong  feeling  pervades  the  market  which  is  re- 
Tted  to  be  almost  bare  of  spot  stocks.  Nevertlieless  quota- 
)ns  show  a  slight  decline  from  those  of  last  month,  $6@$7 
r  pound  being  asked. 


N.  Y.  K..  D.  A.  Banquet  at  Laiirel  Garden 

The  New  York  Retail  Druggists'  Association  will  hold  its 
'jiual  banquet  and  ball  at  the  Laurel  garden,  75  East  116th 
reet,  on  January  2"ih.  Tickets  to  tlic  banquet  and  ball  are 
I  sale  at"S2.  Tickets  to  the  ball  are  gratis,  and  may  be  se- 
red  from  the  committee,  of  which  P.  Herz,  551  Lexington 
•enue,  is  general  chairman.  Professor  Sol.  Zaveloff,  first  vio- 
list  of  the  :Metropolitan  Opera  House  and  his  band  will  again 
■ovide  the  music  for  the  association's  annual  event.  Dancing 
ill  begin  at  8.30  P.  M. 


"Walrus  Soda  Fountain  Manual 

One  of  the  most  interesting  publications  that  we  have  re- 
;ived  recently  is  the  "Manual"  recently  issued  by  the  Walrus 
[fg.  Co.  of  Decatur.  111.  It  fully  describes  with  illustrations 
'ery  detail  of  the  Walrus  fountains  and  gives  just  the  infor- 
ation  the  buyer  of  a  soda  fountain  should  have,  dealing  with 
'ery  part  of  the  fountain  in  a  clear  and  concise  manner. 

'Too  many  buyers  of  soda  fountains  are  influenced  by  price 
id  exterior  appearance,"  writes  the  Walrus  Mfg.  Co.  "Our 
mtention  is,  and  always  has  been,  that  the  vital  parts  of  a 
xla  fountain  are  never  looked  into  by  the  average  buyer,  and 
only  learns  of  their  real  quality  or  inferiority  from  actual 
{perience.    While  experience  is  a  splendid  teacher,  in  buying 

soda  fountain  it  often  proves  most  expensive,  and  we  con- 
aid  that  the  manufacturer  should  be  able  to  place  before  his 
uyers  an  insight  into  every  working  part  of  the  fountain  to- 
other with  an  honest  and  unbiased  statement  as  to  the  quality 
f  every  piece  of  material  that  enters  into  its  construction." 
Copies  of  this  booklet  or  "Manual"  will  gladly  be  sent  by  the 
lanufacturers  to  any  prospective  buyer  of  a  soda  fountain. 


Arrangement  of  Drug  Stocks 

The  drug  trade  is  indebted  to  Maurice  P.  Schwartz  for  the 
line  and  attention  that  he  has  given  to  the  subject  of  arranging 
rug  stocks  so  as  to  save  space  and  yet  have  a  place  for  every- 
ciing  where  it  can  be  found  quickly  when  wanted. 

Mr.  Schwartz  is  a  druggist  himself.  In  fact  it  would  be 
Imost  impossible  for  anyone  except  a  druggist  to  evolve  the 
ystem  which  he  has  perfected.  He  is  now  devoting  his  entire 
ttention  to  his  drug  cabinet  business  which  is  run  under  the 
'ame  of  the  Indianapolis  Drug  Cabinet  Co.  of  Indianapolis, 
nd.  He  has  recently  issued  an  attractive  booklet  on  "The 
'roper  Arrangement  of  the  Modem  Drug  Store"  in  which  are 
hown  handsome  reproductions  of  several  leading  stores  that  he 
las  fitted  up.  Every  druggist  who  is  interested  in  the  subject 
*f  saving  space  and  ha\'ing  his  drug  department  properly  clas- 
ified  should  send  for  a  copy  of  this  booklet.  The  edition  is 
imited  but  a  copy  will  be  sent  to  any  druggist  who  will  men- 
ion  that  he  read  this  notice  in  the  Era. 


Sanatogen  Supplies 

The  Bauer  Chemical  Co.  announce  that  in  spite  of  the  Eu- 
opean  hostilities  they  are  able  to  secure  ample  supplies  of 
ianatogen;  also  that  their  advertising  campaign  for  1915  is  to 
i)e  more  aggressive  than  ever  before.  While  many  imported  ar- 
ides  have  been  advanced  on  account  of  the  European  War, 
Jiere  will  be  no  change  in  the  price  of  Sanatogen. 


Chick  Chick  Easter  Egg  Dyes 

Fred  Fear  &  Co.,  of  16  Jay  street,  Ntw  York,  announce 
that  their  (^hick  Chick  Easter  Egg  Dyes  will  appear  in  a  new 
package  this  year  and  will  be  something  revolutionary  in  the 
egg  dye  business.  This, 
new  departure  is  a  re- 
cent invention  which, 
eliminates  tablets  and! 
powders  and  saves  the 
dealer  from  having; 
unsalable  goods  and 
mussy  packages  and 
stained  envelopes  left 
on  his  hands.  As  is  wellknown,  dyes  absorb  moisture  and  they 
must  be  packaged  so  as  to  protect  them  thoroughly  from  the 
atmosphere,  and  to  prevent  the  sifting  out  of  the  powder  which 
so  frequently  soils  the  package  while  the  goods  are  in  stock. 

The  Chick  Chick  Easter  Egg  Dyes  have  been  on  the  market 
for  a  great  many  years.  They  are  thoroughly  well  established, 
attractive  goods,  yield  a  very  liberal  profit,  and  druggists  should 
see  that  their  orders  are  placed  early  so  as  to  be  prepared  for 
the  Easter  trade.  Fred  Fear  &  Co.  make  a  very  attractive  free 
offer  of  window  display  cut-outs,  which  is  explained  by  the 
coupon  in  their  advertisement.  Special  attention  is  called  to 
their  Combination  Envelope,  each  of  which  contains  eight  solid 
color  sheets  and  100  beautiful  transfer  pictures  (on  six  sheets), 
and  which  .retails  at  5c  per  envelope.  There  are  42  envelopes 
in  a  handsome  display  box,  which  costs  $1  and  nets  the  dealer 
$2.10,  a  very  remunerative  profit. 


Medical  Advertising  of  Interest  to  Druggists 

The  vast  promotion  machinery  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  has 
been  set  in  motion  in  the  interest  of  the  company's  line  of  fluid 
extracts  and  tinctures.  The  merits  of  the  products  are  being 
told  in  page  spaces  in  the  medical  journals.  They  are  being: 
proclaimed  to  physicians  by  word  of  mouth  by  an  army  of 
detail  representatives.  Stress  is  laid  upon  the  importance  to- 
the  practitioner  (and  to  his  patient)  of  specifying  the  name  of 
a  reliable  manufacturer  when  he  prescribes  a  fluid  extract  or 
tincture. 

Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  are  in  a  peculiarly  advantageous  positioa 
in  conducting  a  campaign  of  this  character.  Their  persistent 
advocacy  of  standardization  for  more  than  forty  years,  their 
pioneership  in  both  chemical  and  physiological  assay,  their  un- 
ceasing work  in  behalf  of  scientific  medicine,  their  unequalled 
manufacturing  equipment — these  things  give  them  a  prestige 
that  is  hardly  attainable  by  any  other  manufacturer  in  their 
line. 

Every  prescription  druggist  knows  that  all  makes  of  fluid  ex- 
tracts and  tinctures  are  not  of  equal  excellence.  Unless  these 
important  products  are  rigidly  assayed — unless  they  are  ad- 
justed to  a  definite  standard  of  strength — their  medicinal  worth 
is  a  matter  of  conjecture.  This  patent  truth  is  being  empha- 
sized to  physicians  in  the  advertising  and  detail  work  to  which 
reference  has  been  made.  The  country-wide  campaign  now  in 
progress  will  undoubtedly  tend  to  a  more  general  specification 
of  the  "P.  D.  &  Co."  brand,  and  the  retail  druggist  should 
have  this  thought  in  mind  when  he  adds  to  his  stock  of  fluid 
extracts  and  tinctures. 


Another  Victory  for  Pyorrhocide 

By  official  decision  of  the  Bureau  of  Internal  Revenue  Pyorr- 
hocide is  exempt  from  the  stamp  tax  under  the  new  Internal 
Revenue  Law.  The  exemption  was  granted  upon  the  claimi 
that  Pyorrhocide  is  not  a  dentifrice  within  the  meaning  of  Sche- 
dule B  of  the  law,  but  a  medicinal  preparation  used  in  the 
treatment  and  prevention  of  pyorrhea  and  related  conditions. 
This  official  .seal  of  distinction  for  Pyorrhocide,  substantiates 
the  claim  of  the  manufacturer  that  it  is  something  more  than  a 
dentifrice,  for  back  of  every  claim  made  for  the  preparation  is 
jircsented  the  experience  of  more  than  40,000  dentists  and 
physicians  and  thousands  of  satisfied  users. 

In  the  new  advertisement  of  the  Dentinol  &  Pyorrhocide 
Company  in  this  issue,  attention  is  called  to  the  offer  of  an 
attractive  display  cutout  and  the  unique  booklet  "the  Joy  of 
Living"  for  counter  distribution.  Just  at  this  time  particularly, 
at  the  threshold  of  what  promises  to  be  the  biggest  business, 
year  the  country  ever  saw,  a  real  live  btisiness  building  propo- 
sition like  Pyorrhocide  deserves  investigation. 


48 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[Januaby,  1915 


Index  to  Advertisers,  page  48.       Index  to  Goods  Advertised,  pages  44-47 

Index  to  Text  Pages 


Abstracts,  Foreign,  13. 
Albright  &  Wood,  37. 
Alcohol,  Getting  Rid  from  Mix- 
ture, IS. 
Alkaline  Antiseptic,  18. 
AUendrin,  14. 
Almaten,  14. 
Alpers,  Dr.  W.  C,  27. 
Aqua  Laxativa  Viennensis,  15. 
Arsalyte,  14. 

Associations,  Clubs,  etc.— 
American  Importers',  32. 
American   Institute,  ChemicaJ 

Engineers,  23. 
American  Pharmaceutical — 
Chicago  Branch,  34. 
Cincinnati  Branch,  34. 
Detroit  Branch,  34. 
New  York  Branch,  20. 
Philadelphia  Branch,  34. 
American    Women's  Pharm., 
22. 

Cal.  Ladies'  Auxiliary,  22. 
Chicago  Drug  Clerks,  35. 
Chicago  Drug  Club,  35. 
Cincinnati    Central  Drug 

Clerks,  34. 
Cincinnati  Drug  Club,  30. 
Drug  Trade  Conference,  29. 
Flavoring  Extract  Mfg.,  32. 
Florida  Rexall  Club,  35. 
German  Apothecaries,  30,  33. 
Hartford    (Conn.)  Druggists, 

37. 

Illinois  Pharm.,  35. 

Kentucky  Pharm.,  35. 

Kings    Co.    (N.    Y.)  Pharm. 

Soc,  35. 
Maine  Pharmaceutical,  35. 
Melrose  (Mass.)  Druggists,  35 
Memphis  (Tenn.)  Drug  Club, 

32. 

Mississippi  State  Ph.,  35. 
National  Pharm.  Society,  33. 
New  Jersey  Pharm.,  33. 
N.  Y.  Board  of  Trade,  Drug 

Section,  23. 
New  York  Co.  Pharm  Society, 

34. 

Ohio  Valley  Druggists,  35. 
Philadelphia   Drug  Exchange, 
23. 

Portland  (Ore.)  Retail  D.,  35. 
St.  Louis  (Mo.)  Retail  D.,  35, 
37. 

Tama  Co.  (la.)  Druggists,  35. 
Trenton    (N.    J.)  Physicians, 
37. 

Western  Pa.  Retail  D.,  35. 
W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D. 
Boston  Chapter,  22. 
Louisville  Chapter,  22. 
Averbeck  Drug  Co.,  37. 
Avery,  Charles  Robert,  28. 
Ayers,  Harry,  42. 

Babcock's  Drug  Store,  38. 
Bath  Tablets,  Antiseptics,  6. 
Batteries,  Flash  Lamps,  18. 
Boards    of    Pharmacy,    List  of 

Secretaries,  42. 
Boards  of  Pharmacy — 

Illinois,  40. 

Kansas,  33,  40. 

Kentucky,  19. 

New  York,  20. 

Ohio,  40. 

Pennsylvania,  40. 

Texas,  40. 
Becker,  Louis  A.,  33. 
Bciling,  Harry,  26. 
Bellis,  Walter  S..  37. 
Bergen,  T.  W.,  31. 
Berry,  DeMoville  &  Co.,  39. 
Bcxton,  Edward,  29. 
Bishop-Babcock-Bccker  Co.,  33. 
Bitters,   Root  and  Bark,  16. 
Blood  and  Liver  Remedy,  Laxa- 
tive, 16. 
Blood  Remedy,  16. 
Bottle  Attachment,  Blake's,  43. 


Bourne's  Pharmacy,  38. 
Bragg,  William  T.,  29. 
Branch,  A.  W.,  29. 
Brewer  &  Co.,  Inc.,  39. 
Brouwer,  James,  29. 
Bryson,  Dr.  Adelbert  A.,  29. 
Burdock,  Harvest,  33. 
Cannabis,   Liquid  Combinations, 
9. 

Cassady  Drug  Store,  39. 

Cement,  China,  18. 

Chemical    Industry,  English, 

Gov't  Aid,  10. 
Chiris  Co.,  Antoine,  31. 
Cider  Essence,  Imitation,  18. 
Clairvoyants,  May  not  Prescribe, 

19. 

Colburn,  Dr.  John  R.,  29. 
Colleges  of  Pharmacy — 

Buffalo,  41. 

Iowa  University,  41. 

Kansas  City,  42. 

New  York,  34. 

Ontario,  42. 

Philadelphia,  41. 

Texas  University,  42. 
Collodion,  Acetone,  18. 
Colloidal  Systems,  Emulsions,  20 
Compensation     Act,  Maryland 

Druggists  Protest, 22. 
Compensation  Act,  New  York. 

and  Druggists,  4. 
Co-Operative  Syndicate,  32. 
Cornell  Drug  Co.,  39. 
Correspondence,  5. 
Cost  Accounting,  Chain  Store's 

Ally,  11. 
Crane,  Jerome,  A.,  26. 
Culysol,  14. 
Davis,  George  R.,  29. 
DesDyrin,  14. 
DialCiba,  14. 
Dickenson  Drug  Co.,  37. 
Diogenal,  14. 

Drinkwater,  Archie  H.,  28. 
Drug   Store   Stock,    Sale.  Bar- 
gain, 19. 
Drug  Supply  and  War,  10. 
Druggist,  Poor,  and  Why?  9. 
Druggist,    Should    be  Optimist, 
12. 

Drugs,  Cultivation,  10. 
Drugs,  Purgative,  Assay,  13. 
Drugs,  Synthetic,  10. 

Eau  laxative  de  Vienne,  15. 
Edison,  Thomas,  39. 
Editorials — ■ 

A  Needed  Reform,  2. 

Cutting  out  the  Dead  Wood,  4. 

Index  to  Volume  XLVII,  4. 

Interest  in  Imports,  3. 

Meeting  Chain  Store  Compe- 
tition, 1. 

The  Late  George  Merrell,  3. 
Emulsions  as  Colloidal  Systems, 
20. 

Evans,  George  B.,  27. 

Falk,  Gustav,  38. 
Fallon,  John  M.,  26. 
Ferguson,  H.  Adrian  L.,  37. 
Fluoram,  14. 
Formulas,  Selected,  18. 
Eraser,  A.  G.,  37. 
French,  Harry  B.,  26. 
Fritz,  Albert,  38. 
Frv,  Ralph,  25. 
Fuller-Morrisson  Corp.,  29. 

Geartman,  W.  F.,  26. 
Gleason,  Frank  R.,  27. 
Glycerite    Phosphates    of  Iron, 

Quinine   and  Strychnine, 

15. 

Goddard,  C.  H.,  26. 
Gricscnbeck,  Louis  F.,  29. 
Grimes  Drug  Co.,  37. 

Hancc,  Edward  H.,  Sr.,  28. 
Harper,  Miss  Grace  Irene,  22. 
Harrison  Antinarcotic  Law,  24. 
Haslach,  Jacob  V.,  28. 
llausman,  W.  L.,  38. 


Hediorite,  14. 

Herbkersman,  Miss  Alma  F., 
22. 

Hewitt,  Thomas,  25. 

Hexanatrine,  14. 

Horner,  Major  James  B.,  28. 

Howes,  L.  F.,  38. 

Huber  Drug  Store,  38. 

Indican,  New  Reaction,  13. 
Infusum     Sennae  Compositum, 
15. 

Interstate  Remedy  Co.,  38. 
lodostarin,  14. 
Irish,  Miss  Hah,  17. 
Iron,    Dimethyl-glyoxime  Reac- 
tion, 14. 
Iron-Elarson,  14. 
Isostrychnine,  Action,  13. 

Jacobs  Pharmacy  Co.,  37. 

Kantrowitz,  Miss  Claire,  25. 
Kinetine,  14. 
King,  George,  28. 
King,  W.  D.,  38. 
Knapp  Medical  Co.,  38. 
Kossat,    Charles,  38 

Label  Holder,  43. 

Lacey,  William  H.,  29. 

Lamps,  Flash,  Batteries,  18. 

Lanolin  Toilet  Milk,  23. 

La  Pierre,  E.  H.,  26. 

Legal  Decisions,  19. 

Liquors,    Intoxicating,  Searches 

and  Seizures,  19. 
Liver  and  Blood  Remedy,  16. 
London   Letter,  10. 
Longstaff,  William  J.,  29. 
Lotion,  Chapped  Hands,  18. 
Ludyl,  14. 

Lyne,  Thomas  Veale,  28. 

Mallory,  Ralph  J.,  27. 
Mandragora  Root,  Constituents, 
14. 

Market  Report,  45. 

Measures,  Graduated  in  New 
York,  33. 

Mercury  Bichloride,  Stable  So- 
lutions, 14. 

!Mercury  Cholesterol-oleate,  14. 

Merrell,  George,  27. 

Methylene  Blue,  Dose  for  Cat- 
tle, 16. 

Miller,  I.  F.,  26. 

Monaghan,  Dr.  Mary,  26. 

Morphine,  Detoxicated,  13. 

Mouth  Wash,  Saccharin,  C. 

Neail,  E.  F.,  38. 
Neohexal,  14. 
New  Incorporations,  41. 
New  Remedies,  14. 
New  Year  Resolution,  21. 

Obituaries,  27. 
O'Donnell,  John,  29. 
Ointment,  Limbering,  White,  18. 
Owl  Drug  Co.,  39. 

Patents,  Germsn,  in  Great  Bri- 

Patents,  Trademarks,  etc.,  43. 
Paulcv,  Ferdinand  C,  29. 
Pcddic,  Charles  Baker,  28. 
Prrla,  M.,  31. 

Pharmacopoeia,     British,  Soon 

Official,  24. 
Phenoval,  14. 
Picrastol,  14. 
Pills,  Gout.  19. 

Plants,  Medicinal,  Cultivation, 
23. 

Poison  Indicator,  Blake's,  43. 
Poppy  Capsules,  Morphine  Yield, 
13. 

Poultice,  Slippery  Elm,  18. 
Powder  Divider.  New,  43. 
Proprietors  to  have  an  Organ,  5 
Prouty,  C.  E.,  28. 
P.  &.  S.  Aseptic  Mfg.  Corp.,  39. 

Question  Box,  IS. 


Radcliflfe  Drug  Co.,  38. 
Randall,  Raymond,  26. 
Rapp,  William  A.,  26. 
Raser,  John  B.,  25. 
Reif  Co.,  Charles,  31. 
Registration,  Reciprocal,  42. 
Registration,     Reciprocal,  Ken- 
tucky, 19. 
Rhodoform,  14. 
Rice,  Valentine,  29. 
Richardson,  A.  G.,  25. 
Riker-Hegeman  Co.,  37,  38. 
Riker  &  Son  Co.,  W.  B.,  26. 
Robinson,  James  S.,  25. 
Rothenburg,  Louis,  28. 
Rupp,  Louis  P.,  29. 
Rupprecht,  Joseph,  29. 

Sandmeyer,  A.  L.,  33. 

Sauer,  Miss  Leafy  A.,  21. 

Scattergood,  William,  28. 

Schneider,  William,  28. 

Seignette's  Salt,  15. 

Serums  and  Vaccines,  Effect  of 
War,  10. 

Shampoo  Powder,  18. 

Shaving  Cream,  18. 

Shaving    Paste,  Collapsible 
Tubes,  12. 

Sleep,  Twilight,  13. 

Smith,  Leonard,  29. 

Snow,  Asa  H.,  28. 

Soap,  Liquid,  16. 

Soap,  Soft,  Transparent,  15. 

Soap,  Surgical,  18. 

Sodium  Mercuro-Nucleinate,  14. 

Solution,  Alkaline  Antiseptic,  13. 

Solution  Hydrogen  Peroxide,  15. 

Soya  Bean,  Urease  Enzyme,  3  3. 

Standards,  Drug,  Deviation  Per- 
missible, 36. 

Stamp  Tax  and  Manufacturers, 
5. 

Starks,  Richard  S..  29. 
Stearns  &  Co.,  Fred'k,  39. 
Stillman,  Elisha  C,  25. 
Stillwell,  Dr.  Walter  C,  28. 
Stills,  Revenue  Tax,  32. 
Sunday    Closing,    Drug  Stores, 

Summers,  J.  D.,  38. 
Sutton,  James  D.,  39. 
Sykcs  Pharmacy  Co.,  38. 

Tablets,  Disintegrating,  14. 
Taylor,  Merle  H.,  26. 
Teeth,  Filling  Root  Canals,  15. 
Thomas,  Edward  J.,  25. 
Thompson,  Frank,  31. 
Thompson,  Mrs.  R.  L.,  17. 
Thurman,  Perry,  37. 
Tincture  Cinchona,  .■\ssay,  14. 
Tobacco.  Oral  Prophylaxis,  13. 
Tooth  Paste,  18. 
Tooth  Powder,  Peruvian,  6. 
Tooth    Wash,    for    Gums  after 

Extraction,  6. 
Truax-Greene  Co.,  38. 

United  Drug  Stores  Co..  37. 
United  Stores  Drug  Co.  Inc.,  31. 
Urease,  Enzyme,  30. 

Van  Dorn,  M.  C.  27. 
Vienna  Draught,  15. 
Vineberg,  Dr.  O.  V.,  29. 

Waldorf,  George,  26. 

War  causes  Loss  to  Science,  5. 

Waterman,  William  Lewis,  29. 

Weed  Killer,  19. 

Weiss,  Moses,  36. 

Wetzel,  Charles,  38.  ' 

Whitewash  Powder,  4. 

Whitney.  Edson  B..  2S. 

Who  is  Getting  this  Trade,  21. 

Whyte,  Hilson  H.,  26. 

Wiener  Trank,  15. 

Wilson,  Benjamin  O.,  28. 

Wisconsin  Pharm.  Co.,  38. 

Women  in  Pharmacy,  21. 

Woodward,  William  F.,  26. 

Wootcn  &  Baird.  38. 

Wurstcr  Bros.,  38. 

Vahr  &  Langc  Drue  Co.,  39. 
Yorston,  Matthew,  M.,  27. 


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Editorl\l  .vn'd  Pharmaceutical  Pages  97-120 

Editorials    97-100 

Correspondence    100 

Full  Te.xt  of  Harrison  Narcotic  Law,  Regulations, 
Supplementary  Decisions,  and  List  of  Prepa- 
rations  101-113 

Question    Box    114 

Foreign  .Abstracts    116 

Women  in  Pharmacy    117 

.\dvance  of  Women  in  Pharmacy  and  ."Miied  Pro- 
fessions   119 

Legal  Decisions    120 

News  and  Tr.-\de  Section   Pages  121-145 

Mostly  Personal   121-122 

Obituaries    123 

Manufacturers  of  Medicinal  Products  Meet   125 

New  Co-Operative  Concern  Launched    126 

Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Co.  Fails    127 

Wm.  S.  Merrell  Chemical  Co.  elects  Officers  ....  127 

.\ssociation,  Clubs,  etc   128 

From  the  Business  Field    133 

Rooks  Reviewed    136 

Frederick  Steams  &  Co.'s  60th  Anniversary   138 

Patents,  Trademarks,  etc  '  1,39-140 

I        Drug  Markets   141-143 

Trade  Notes,  etc  144-145 

INDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS   Page  35 

INDE.X  TO  GOODS  ADVERTISED  Pages  36  38 

;  INDEX  TO  RE.\DING  PAGES   Page  146 


THE  HARRISON  ANTI-N-ARCOTIC  LAW 

In  its  application  to  the  drug  trade  one  is  quite 
safe  in  saying  that  the  so-ealled  Harrison  Anti- 
narcotic  law,  in  matter  of  detail,  is  the  most  im- 
portant legislation  ever  enacted  in  this  country. 
The  passage  of  the  Federal  Food  and  Drugs  Act, 
it  is  true,  eifected  many  changes,  some  of  them 
possibly  revolutionary  in  so  far  as  trade  practices 
were  concerned,  but  that  law  embraced  many 
general  principles  which,  when  once  understood, 
could  be  applied  without  very  much  attention  to 
detail.  In  fact  if  a  food  or  drug  is  labeled  or  sold 
for  what  it  really  is,  the  provisions  of  the  law,  at 
least  in  theory,  are  supposed  to  be  satisfied.  But 
in  its  prohibition  and  multiplicity  of  detail,  al- 
though relating  to  the  sale  of  but  two  drugs  and 
their  various  combinations,  the  anti-narcotic  law, 
now  in  operation,  directly  concerns  every  indi- 
vidual as  it  makes  the  possession  of  the  proscribed 
drugs  unless  the  possession  comes  under  ceTtain 
provisions,  presumptive  evidence  of  a  violation  of 
the  act.  In  a  greater  degree,  however,  it  imposes 
upon  every  person  who  produces,  imports,  manu- 
factures, compounds,  sells,  distributes  or  gives 
away  any  of  the  drugs,  certain  obligations,  which, 
in  the  matter  of  detail,  have  never  been  exceeded 
in  the  history  of  drug  legislation  in  this  country. 

The  suppression  of  improper  traffic  in  habit- 
forming  drugs  is  most  desirable,  and  the  senti- 
ment of  the  American  people  is  justly  reflected  in 
the  efforts  that  have  been  made  to  attain  this  ob- 
ject, but  whether  the  present  law  without  further 
modification  will  accomplish  this,  remains  to  be 
seen.  Already  many  apparent  incongruities  have 
appeared  and  some  impossibilities.  For  instance, 
where  is  the  retail  druggist  who  can  tell  with  any 
degree  of  certainty  whether  all  of  his  stock  of 
proprietary  medicines, — at  least  that  portion  he 
may  have  carried  along  for  years — contains  any 
of  the  proscribed  drugs?  Of  course,  analysis  might 
help  him  to  determine  this  fact,  but  even  this  is 
a  practical  and  financial  impo.ssibility.  In  fact, 
in  many  instances  it  would  be  cheaper  for  him  to 
throw  this  entire  part  of  his  stock  into  the  scrap 
heap  than  it  would  be  for  him  to  attempt  to  de- 
termine his  responsibilities  in  connection  there- 
with. 

Again,  the  law  is  primarily  a  revenue  measure, 
and  as  such  carries  with  it  provisions   for  the 


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mual  array  of  officials  and  inspectors  to  see  that 
its  provisions  are  enforced.  But  when  one  comes 
to  consider  that  these  officials  must  be  paid,  it 
would  seem  that  the  revenue  to  be  provided  by  the 
registration  fees — $1  per  year  from,  say  400,000 
individuals — will  prove  entirely  inadequate.  But 
this  is  only  one  phase  of  legislation  which  carries 
with  it  opportunities  for  the  appointment  of  an 
army  of  officials  whose  work  is  not  always  com- 
mensurate with  the  expense  involved.  Simplifica- 
tion in  the  actual  working  machinery  of  the  law 
in  this  direction  will  no  doubt  come  in  time. 

The  principal  duty  of  the  pharmacist  at  this 
time,  however,  is  not  to  endeavor  to  find  flaws  or 
shortcomings  in  the  law,  but  to  acquaint  himself 
with  its  provisions  so  that  he  shall  have  as  com- 
pletely as  possible  a  clear  understanding  of  his 
privileges  and  responsibilities.  In  the  first  place, 
he  must  register  with  the  collector  of  internal 
revenue  for  his  district  and  pay  the  special  tax,  a 
requirement  that  is  exacted  of  every  physician, 
dentist,  veterinary  surgeon  and  all  persons  manu- 
facturing or  dealing  in  any  way  in  the  proscribed 
drugs.  In  his  professional  or  commercial  rela- 
tions with  the  individuals  named,  in  so  far  as  they 
relate  to  the  compounding  or  sale  of  such  drugs, 
the  pharmacist  is  required  to  know  that  he  is 
dealing  with  persons  who  are  duly  qualified  and 
registered.  Prescriptions  for  these  drugs  cannot 
be  refilled  or  given  over  the  telephone',  and  pre- 
scriptions written  by  physicians,  dentists  or  veteri- 
nary surgeons  who  have  not  registered  or  whose 
prescriptions  do  not  mieet  the  requirements  set 
forth  in  the  law  must  in  no  case  be  filled.  Nor 
can  druggists  deliver  to  physicians,  dentists  or 
veterinarians  any  of  such  drugs  except  on  an  order 
made  on  an  official  form. 

As  we  see  it  the  greatest  difficulty  the  druggist 
will  encounter  is  that  pertaining  to  keeping  his 
records,  which  include  the  inventory,  prescriptions 
or  orders  filled,  and  the  record  of  sales  other  than 
those  made  upon  the  prescription  of  a  duly  regis- 
tered physician.  To  use  the  language  of  the  Com- 
missioner of  Internal  Revenue  in  a  decision  just 
issued  and  containing  supplemental  instructions 
regarding  inventories,  "no  special  form  is  re- 
quired, but  the  inventory  made  must  fully  and 
clearly  set  forth  the  quantity  of  each  kind  of  such 
drugs,  preparations,  or  remedies  so  held,"  etc.  To 
"fully  and  clearly"  understand  the  magnitude  of 
the  initial  task  of  this  work  one  only  has  to  turn 
to  the  enumeration  of  preparations  covered  by  the 
law  in  another  part  of  this  issue  of  the  Era.  Of 
course,  but  very  few  stores  are  likely  to  carry 
in  stock  all  of  the  goods  so  listed,  and  to  this  ex- 
tent the  clerical  labor  will  be  somewhat  simplified. 
But  how  about  those  remedies  in  stock  (•(in('(M-]iintr 
which  the  druggist  has  no  information  .'  Sliniil<l 
he-  be  unfortunate  enough  still  to  hnxo  in  stock 
some  of  the  remedies  in  vogue  before  the  operation 
of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act  or  whicli  have  been 
sold  within  the  confines  of  a  State  having  no  label- 
ing declaration,  how  is  he  to  know  that  such  stock 
is  under  the  ban?  As  we  have  hinted,  it  will  bo 
a  practical  and   physical    impossibility,  however 


well  intentioned  the  druggist  may  be  in  trj-ing  to 
observe  the  law.  Individual  analysis  of  each  of 
these  preparations  cannot  be  attempted,  and  this  is 
where  the  Government  authorities  should  inform 
the  trade  concerning  the  character  of  those  pro- 
prietaries, as  the  Internal  Revenue  Department 
periodically  does  in  reference  to  those  so-called 
remedies  which  contain  sufficient  liquor  to  take 
them  out  of  the  category  of  medicines  and  place 
them  in  the  class  of  beverages  and  for  the  sale  of 
which  a  special  tax  must  be  paid.  For  the  pres- 
ent it  is  up  to  the  druggist  to  supply  this  infor- 
mation to  the  best  of  his  ability,  and  his  own 
knowledge,  supplemented  by  the  information  fur- 
nished by  manufacturers,  should  go  far  towards 
answering  many  of  the  questions  likely  to  arise. 

One  point  in  the  law  that  does  not  seem  clear 
and  which  has  been  the  subject  of  several  inquiries 
is  the  requirement  that  the  druggist  shall  keep  a 
record  of  his  piH'chases.  Supposing  he  buys  a 
pound  of  opium,  a  record  of  which  is  made.  He 
uses  part  of  the  drug  for  one  purpose,  the  disposi- 
tion of  which  is  accurately  recorded.  He  dispenses 
part  of  it  in  an  ointment  or  as  a  constituent  of  a 
remedy  the  sale  of  which  does  not  have  to  be  re- 
corded. How  can  he  convince  an  inqiiisitive  inspec- 
tor that  a  certain  quantity  of  the  drug  has  been 
disposed  of  in  a  lawful  manner  and  for  which  the 
law  apparently  requires  that  no  record  need  be 
kept?  We  cannot  answer  the  question,  but  as  a 
matter  of  self-protection  we  do  think  it  would  be  a 
wise  policy,  for  the  present  at  least,  to  keep  track 
of  the  disposition  of  all  such  goods.  An  entrj-  that 
a  certain  quantity  of  opium  was  used  to  make  cam- 
phorated tincture  of  opium,  for  instance,  could  be 
made,  even  though  no  record  need  be  kept  of  the 
disposition  of  the  preparation  to  the  customer.  Such 
an  entry  made  in  good  faith  by  the  druggist  will  go 
far  toward  averting  all  misunderstandings  in  this 
direction. 

In  the  matter  of  keeping  records  a  discrimination 
seems  to  have  been  made  in  favor  of  the  physician, 
who,  if  he  personally  visits  a  patient  away  from  his 
office,  and  dispenses  or  distributes  any  of  the  drugs 
or  preparations  falling  within  the  scope  of  the  law. 
is  not  required  to  keep  a  record  of  the  drugs  or 
preparations  so  distributed,  provided,  of  course, 
that  the  physician  is  duly  registered.  It  is  only 
for  those  drugs  he  dispenses  in  his  office  that  a 
record  must  be  made.  This  provision,  it  seems 
to  us,  would  permit  a  physician,  if  he  were  so 
inclined,  to  leave  any  quantity  of  morphine  pills 
with  a  patient  ;ind  no  one,  not  even  the  authori- 
ties, would  be  any  the  wiser.  It  is  true,  the  salo 
of  the  drug  could  be  traced  to  him.  but  of  its  dis- 
position no  accounting  is  necessary.  This  discrimi- 
nation strongly  favors  the  old  charge  that  the 
sii  inn  primarily  is  more  responsible  for  tho 
sprcui  of  the  use  of  habit-forming  drugs  than  any 
other  individual. 

There  are  many  more  points  that  experience 
with  the  actual  working  of  the  law  will  tend  tr 
develop,  as  for  instance,  the  authorities  have  ruler! 
that  the  word  "external"  is  not  construed  to  applv 
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containing  drugs  not  specifically  exempt  by  law  if 
such  ointment  or  liniment  be  used  for  orai,  nasal, 
aural,  ocular,  rectal,  urethral  or  vaginal  adminis- 
tration. It  is  thus  held  that  a  catarrh  remedy  con- 
taining 2^2  grains  of  opium  to  the  oimce  is  not 
exempt  imder  the  law.  There  are  other  definitions 
and  decisions  that  are  bound  to  come,  but  as  a 
whole  the  intent  and  object  of  the  Harrison  Anti- 
narcotic  law  is  a  correct  index  of  the  desires  of  the 
great  majority  of  the  Amerieim  people,  and  that 
in  the  passage  of  the  Act  we  have  placed  ourselves 
in  the  forefront  of  one  of  the  great  international 
movements  of  modern  times. 


THE  MEYER  BROS.  DRUG  GO'S  FAILTJRE 

The  story  of  the  failure  of  the  ]\Ieyer  Bros.  Drug 
Co.,  of  St.  Louis,  told  on  another  page  of  this  issue, 
will  bring  to  many  readers  of  the  Era  a  genuine 
pang  of  regret.  To  many,  the  company  had  the 
personality  of  an  individual  who  had  stood  hy  them 
through  thick  and  thin,  while  some  possibly  were 
€ven  started  on  their  business  careers  and  owe  their 
present  prosperity  to  the  very  concern  now  in  finan- 
cial difficulties.  Such  are  some  of  the  phenomena 
wrought  by  the  whirligig  of  time.  The  history  of 
the  company's  development  was  contemporaneous 
with  more  than  half  a  century  of  the  greatest  prog- 
ress the  Southwest  had  ever  experienced.  In  the 
€Xtent  of  its  business  and  the  magnitude  of  its 
transactions  it  could,  until  recently,  make  the  proud 
claim  of  being  the  largest  jobbing  drug  house  in  the 
United  States,  if  not  in  the  world.  In  the 
■extensive  ramifications  of  these  transactions 
through  many  States,  it  had  been  highly  successful 
and  had  reaped  many  rewards.  But  success  even 
on  the  large  scale  carries  with  it  corresponding 
hazard  and  responsibility,  and  when  financial  de- 
pression came,  as  it  did  come,  the  very  hugeness 
■of  the  business  made  it  vulnerable  at  many  points. 
The  general  scarcity  of  money  rendered  it  prac- 
tically impossible  to  realize  on  outstanding  bills 
and  widely  distributed  assets,  and  as  a  result,  the 
company  could  no  longer  stave  off  bankruptcy  pro- 
ceedings. The  outcome  is  yet  to  be  determined. 
Failures  in  the  drug  trade  are  not  imcommon,  but 
so  far  as  we  can  recall,  no  financial  disaster  in 
recent  years  has  elicited  such  a  degree  of  sympa- 
thy, and  in  this  particular  instance,  the  hope  is 
expressed  that  the  company  will  be  able  to  recoup 
and  continue  the  line  of  progress  so  long  followed 
under  the  guiding  hand  of  its  founder,  the  late 
C.  F.  G.  Meyer. 


THE  CHAIN  STORE  C-D  STORE  MENACE 

There  is  no  form  of  monopoly  so  destructive  to 
the  general  prosperity  of  the  United  States  as  the 
kind  that  seeks  the  destruction  of  the  smaller  re- 
tailers. "When  this  kind  of  business  warfare  is  car- 
ried into  a  trade  which  requires  high  professional 
skill  and  technical  training,  and  which  is  brought 
into  the  most  intimate  and  important  relations 
with  the  public  it  is  high  time  for  somebody  to 
arise  to  the  emergency. 


Under  the  caption  "Chains  Invading  Small 
Towns  Now,"  Printers'  Ink  gives  the  subject  the 
following  editorial  treatment,  which,  because  of  its 
importance  we  print  in  full  and  commend  the  same 
to  the  attention  of  our  readers: 

The  reaching  out  of  the  chains  into  the  small  city  and 
town  communities  has  begun.  The  meat  of  George  J. 
Whelan's  announcement  that  the  United  Cigar  Stores  Company 
has  acquired  a  number  of  combination  drug  and  cigar  stores 
in  New  Jersey  and  Long  Island  lies  in  that  fact. 

Ever  since  the  concentration  of  retail  business  became  a 
process,  most  of  its  observers  have  agreed  that  it  must  stop 
with  the  large  cities,  that  the  small  centers  of  population 
offer  no  field  for  absentee  management.  Advertisers  and 
other  manufacturers  may  have  been  exercised  over  the  rapid 
development  of  chains  in  the  cities,  but  they  have  always  felt 
secure  in  the  thought  that  the  rest  of  the  country  was  forever 
beyond  the  reach  of  big  business.  And  now  that  last  flatter- 
ing unction  has  lost  its  efficacy. 

Why  should  any  one  be  surprised?  The  opening  of  United 
Cigar  Stores  agencies  several  months  ago  in  centers  not  previ- 
ously reached  by  chain  stores  furnished  food  for  serious  reflec- 
tion, but  it  was  not  the  invasion  of  a  new  field;  it  was 
merely  symptomatic  of  what  might  follow,  a  step  farther  than 
the  jobbing  business  that  the  Kroger  Grocery  and  Baking 
Company,  of  Cincinnati,  is  developing  among  the  rural  gro- 
cers in  its  outlying  territory,  and  the  mail-order  business  that 
the  Owl  Drug  Company,  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  is  carrying  on. 

For  the  chains  to  have  invaded  the  small  communities,  com- 
bination stores  were  a  necessity.  So  long  as  a  tobacco  chain, 
drug  chain  or  grocery  chain  stuck  to  its  proper  field,  the 
national  distributive  machinery  for  places  of  25,000  population 
or  less  would  remain  relatively  unchanged.  What  most  observ- 
ers did  not  consider  was  that  the  same  interests  might  eventu- 
ally be  found  behind  two  or  more  chains  of  parallel  interests. 

This,  nevertheless,  might  have  been  expected  and  is  pre- 
cisely what  has  happened.  The  United  Cigar  Stores  Company 
and  the  Riker-Hegeman  Corporation  have  not  combined  as  a 
legal  entity,  but  it  is  inevitable  that  they  will  draw  as  close 
together  in  every  other  way  as  circumstances,  including  the 
public  mind,  permit. 

The  new  "Chemist"  stores  of  the  United  Cigar  Stores  Com- 
pany may,  Mr.  Whelan  says,  become  selling  agents  for  the 
Riker-Hegeman  chain  products,  and  it  is  not  absurd  to  specu- 
late on  the  possibility  of  their  evolution,  in  the  smaller  com- 
munities, into  general  arid  grocery  stores. 

Chain  drug  stores  are  already  selling  many  things,  such  as 
tea.  coffee,  cocoa  and  eggs,  formerly  sold  only  by  groceries; 
United  Cigar  Stores  sell  candies,  gum,  ice-cream,  soda-water, 
etc.  Judged  by  all  of  these  developments,  by  Mr.  Whelan's 
imagination  and  courage,  by  the  needs  of  expanding  capital, 
what  would  any  one  say  was  the  reasonable,  the  probable 
thing  to  expect? 

This  latest  move  of  Mr.  Whelan's  is  simply  the  culmination 
of  a  plan  of  long  incubation.  For  a  number  of  years  he  and 
his  associates  in  the  United  company  have  been  experimenting 
with  a  number  of  combination  cigar  and  drug  stores,  now 
six  in  all,  under  the  name  of  the  Lauer  Drug  Company  and 
located  in  small  communities  like  Montclair  and  Perth  Amboy, 
N.  J. 

The  experiment  was  obviously  a  success.  Some  two  or 
three  years  ago  he  took  out  a  charter  for  the  United  Chemists 
Company — chemist  being  the  English  term  for  apothecary,  and 
being  probably  suggested  to  Mr.  Whelan  by  his  study  of  the 
retailing  situation  in  England — and  if  he  had  not  soon  after- 
ward secured  control  of  the  Riker-Hegeman  chain,  he  would 
doubtless  have  launched  a  drug  chain  of  his  own  in  the  large 
cities.  By  the  acquisition  of  an  existing  chain,  however,  he 
has  found  himself  enabled  to  turn  his  attention  to  the  small 
communities  and  work  out  a  profitable  connection  between 
the  different  interests  under  his  control. 

The  present  occasion  offers  a  peculiarly  favorable  oppor- 
tunity for  quick  development.  "We  have  decided  to  open  a 
large  number  of  new  stores,"  says  Mr.  Whelan,  "and  our  real 
estate  experts  have  instructions  to  resume  their  operations  in 
various  parts  of  the  country.  Owing  to  the  present  depression 
in  real  estate,  leases  can  now  be  made  on  very  good  terms." 

The  real  estate  experts,  it  will  be  recalled,  are  employed  by 
Mr.  Whelan's  real  estate  company.    The  combination  stores 


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in  the  small  communities  will  of  course  use  the  profit-sharing 
certificates. 

It  certainly  does  look  exceedingly  good  for  the  chains  and 
the  chains'  own  products,  but  how  about  the  nationally  adver- 
tised brands?  They  are  reasonably  safe,  no  doubt,  until  the 
chains  get  national  distribution  for  their  own  brands  and 
start  out  to  advertise  them  locally  and  nationally.  As  to 
what  is  likely  to  happen  afterward,  every  advertiser  can  judge 
by  putting  himself  in  the  place  of  the  chains:  if  he  had  the 
stores,  the  windows,  the  counters,  the  salesmen  and  an  un- 
paralleled chance  to  make  his  local  and  national  advertising 
effective — a  complete  selling  and  advertising  sweep — how  much 
show  would  he  give  his  competitors'  brands,  and  why? 

This  extension  of  the  chains  into  the  small  towns  is  a  new, 
radical  and  serious  problem  for  the  national  distributor  to 
consider. 


UNCLE  SAM  PLUS  $2,000. 

Weekly  Drug  Markets  prints  this: 

"Your  Uncle  Samuel  is  giving  a  demonstration 
of  business  acumen  that  would  do  credit  to  the 
most  gentlemanly  pawnbroker  in  our  proud  land. 
He  is  "putting  one  over"  that  will  cost  300,000 
persons  667-lOOOths  of  a  cent  each,  or,  in  the  ag- 
gregate, $2,000.  Furthermore  when  he  has  finished 
nobody  will  be  able  to  say  that  about  him. 

"Not  fewer  than  50,000  druggists  and  250,000 
physicians,  surgeons  and  veterinarians  will  be  com- 
pelled to  register  under  the  new  Federal  Anti-Nar- 
cotic law.  The  law  becomes  effective  next  Monday, 
March  1.  The  registration  fee  is  one  dollar  a  year 
and  the  year  begins  on  July  1.  At  the  rate  of  one 
dollar  per  annum  the  tax  for  the  four  months  from 
March  1  to  June  30  inclusive  (at  8.333  cents  a 
month)  amounts  to  .33333/1000  cents,  but,  owing 
to  the  fact  that  he  has  no  small  change,  Uncle  Sam 
will  make  it  even  money  for  luck  and  collect  34 
cents. 

"While  one  could  not  buy  anything  more  ex- 
pensive than  a  Ford  motor  car  with  six  hundred 
and  sixty-seven  one  thoiisandths  of  a  cent,  yet  the 
total  sum  collected  in  excess  of  the  precise  amount 
of  the  tax  will  be  $2,000 — sufficient  to  pay  the 
yearly  salary  of  some  charity  organization  official. ' ' 



Correspondence 


VALUE  OF  THE  WINDOW  DISPLAY 

Editor,  Pharmaceutical  Era : 

We  have  just  closed  a  very  successful  window  display  which 
created  more  interest  and  brought  more  people  into  our  st  re 
than  any  other  display  we  have  used  in  some  time.  Even 
banks  and  commercial  houses  became  interested  and  called  up 
over  the  'phone,  thereby  learning  our  'phone  number.  We 
took  an  ordinary  silver  dollar  and  laid  it  on  a  small  piece  of 
black  velvet,  placing  above  it  the  following  sign : 


Silver  Dollar  coined  by  the  United  States  Gov- 
ernment in  1884.    Have  you  got  one? 


Any  silver  dollar  will  do,  so  long  as  it  has  not  a  premium 
value. 

When  people  came  to  ask  about  it,  we  would  explain  in 
detail  that  we  used  this  method  of  proving  the  commercial 
value  of  our  windows,  and  that  the  dollar  had  no  other  value 
than  100  cents;  that  we  were  glad  to  have  them  come  in  so 
that  we  might  get  acquainted  with  them  and  e.xplain  our  reason 
for  the  display.  We  also  dwelt  strong  on  the  fact  that  the 
display  was  not  intended  as  a  catch  or  to  i  -icule  anyone. 


And  in  every  instance  the  customer  went  away  pleased  wilt 
our  treatment  and  in  many  cases  a  purchase  was  made.  A; 
the  time  of  the  display  there  was  nothing  else  in  the  window, 
and  the  attention  of  tJie  observer  was  thereby  centered  on  the 
one  subject. 

At  certain  intervals  we  have  novelty  displays  of  various  kmds 
which  alternate  with  our  regular  displays,  the  displays  being 
changed  three  times  a  week.  In  following  these,  the  public 
have  gotten  into  the  habit  of  asking  what  we  are  going  tc 
display  next,  many  offering  suggestions  for  displays  and  evinc- 
ing much  interest  in  our  windows.  The  main  point  to  remem- 
ber in  making  a  display  is  to  devise  some  means  that  will  caus' 
the  people  to  stop,  and  get  them  interested.  Then  when  the;, 
come  in,  give  them  your  courteous  attention  and  you  hav 
made  "boosters"  for  your  store. 

Peoria,  111.,  Jan.  25,  1915.         G.  E.  Hoffman,  Manager. 


GROSS  AND  NET  PROFITS 

Editor,  The  Pharmaceutical  Era : 

1  have  for  a  long  time  been  interested  in  the  question  of 
gross  and  net  profits  and  have  given  several  talks  on  the  sub- 
ject, but  from  my  experience  I  can  not  see  how  any  merchan: 
can  get  a  line  on  his  gross  profits  from  500  sales.  I  knoiv  my 
gross  profit  is  40  to  41  per  cent,  but  that  is  calculated  on 
yearly  records  of  sales  and  purchases,  proved  by  inventory, 
which  to  my  mind  is  the  only  way  to  arrive  at  accurate  figures. 

However,  I  know  that  you  are  on  the  right  track  when  you 
make  any  move  to  wake  up  our  fellow  druggists  on  store  ac- 
counting. Personally,  I  strike  a  balance  every  month  from  my 
known  gross  profit  and  then  can  tell  exactly  where  I  am  at  as 
to  my  stock,  as  well  as  to  the  question  of  profits  and  expenses. 
Any  one  should  know  every  month  whether  his  stock  is  going 
up  or  down.  In  fact,  how  many  think  they  are  making  money 
when  they  are  eating  up  their  capital !        Yours  very  truly, 

Newton,  N.  J.,  Feb.  17.  H.  O.  Ryerson. 

[Mr.  Ryerson's  communication  is  interesting  and  all  the  more 
appreciated  because  it  comes  from  a  successful  pharmacist  and 
a  good  business  man.  However,  we  are  well  aware  of  the  pos- 
sible difficulties  in  the  way  of  getting  a  line  on  one's  gross 
profits  from  data  furnished  in  a  record  of  500  sales.  But  the 
effort  to  obtain  this  data  is  work  in  the  right  direction,  for 
actual  figures  must  be  assembled  before  any  dependable  ideas 
can  be  evolved  or  any  satisfactory  system  of  drug  store  account- 
ing can  be  outlined.  From  the  returns  that  have  already  con-.f 
to  hand,  the  results  are  promising.  To  further  advance  this 
desirable  work,  druggists  who  have  not  yet  sent  in  their  recoro 
of  sales  in  the  Era's  canvas,  should  fill  out  their  blanks  an; 
mail  them  to  tfiis  office  at  their  earliest  convenience. — Ed,  | 

WORK  OF  THE  PATENT  OFFICE  FOB  1914 

According  to  the  report  of  the  Commissioner  of  Pater. l< 
Congress  for  the  year  ending  December  31,  1914,  there  \\e;( 
received  during  the  year  67,774  applications  for  mechani 
patents,  2,454  applications  for  design  patents,  176  applicatior.- 
for  reissues  of  patents,  8,851  applications  for  registration  c  : 
trade-marks,  988  applications  for  registration  of  labels,  and  4,-- 
applications  for  registration  of  prints.  There  were  41.600  jia 
ents  issued,  including  designs,  190  patents  reissued,  and  6  S", ' 
trade-marks,  719  labels,  and  338  prints  registered.  The  nvinib' ; 
of  patents  that  e.vpired  was  22,098.  The  number  of  .illowr, 
applications  aw^aiting  the  paj-ment  of  final  fees  was  19.152.  a  ; 
the  number  forfeited  for  non-payment  of  the  final  fees  w:  ; 
10,022.  The  number  of  notices  of  allowance  written  from  Jar 
uary  1  to  June  30  was  28,868,  and  from  July  1  to  December  31 
27,601,  making  a  total  of  56.469.  The  total  number  of  notic<s 
of  allowance  written  in  1913  was  42.399.  The  increase  of  al 
lowances  in  1914  over  1913  was  14.070. 

The  total  receipts  for  the  year  were  $2,251,892.82.  and  i! - 
expenditures  $2,000,770.12,  tlie  excess  of  the  former  an\  ■ 
to  $251,122.70.  a  surplus  which  the  Commissioner  predicts  ■ 
be  still  larger  during  the  present  year.  The  accumulated  i 
of  the  office  since  its  organization  is  $7,548,175  16. 
additional  asset  of  50,000,000  patent  copies,  which  cor.s-  ■ 
the  working  sets  and  copies  for  sale  of  all  patents  hcrct  f 
issued,  and  which  have  a  value  of  nearly  $2,500,000.  s*^  •: 
the  accumulated  surplus  of  the  office  is  $10,000,000. 


^Iarch,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


101 


The  Law  and  Regulations 

RELATING  TO  THE 

Production,  Importation,  Manufacture,  Compounding,  Sale, 
Dispensing  or  Givmg  Away  of  Opium  or  Coca  Leaves, 
their  Salts,  Derivatives  or  Preparations 

Bv  Act  of  Congress  Approved  December  17,  1914 

Internal  Revenue  Regulations  No.  35  Issued  Jan.  15,  1915 


Treasury  Department, 
Office  op  Commissioner  op  Internal  Revenue, 
Washington,  D.  C,  January  15,  1915. 

THE  LAW. 

By  an  act  of  Congress  approved  December  17, 
1914,  it  is  provided: 

That  on  and  after  the  first  day  of  March,  nine- 
teen hundred  and  fifteen,  every  person  who  pro- 
duces, imports,  manufactures,  compounds,  deals  in, 
dispenses,  sells,  distributes,  or  gives  away  opium  or 
coca  leaves  or  any  compound,  manufacture,  salt, 
derivative,  or  preparation  thereof,  shall  register 
with  the  collector  of  internal  revenue  of  the  dis- 
trict his  name  or  style,  place  of  business,  and  place 
or  places  where  such  business  is  to  be  carried  on : 
Provided,  That  the  office,  or  if  none,  then  the  resi- 
dence of  any  person  shall  be  considered  for  the 
purpose  of  this  Act  to  be  his  place  of  business.  At 
the  time  of  such  registry  and  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  July,  annually  thereafter,  every  person  who 
produces,  imports,  manufactures,  compounds,  deals 
in,  dispenses,  sells,  distributes  or  gives  away  any  of 
the  aforesaid  drugs  shall  pay  to  the  said  collector 
a  special  tax  at  the  rate  of  $1  per  annum:  Provided, 
That  no  employee  of  any  person  who  produces,  im- 
ports, manufactures,  compounds,  deals  in,  dis- 
penses, sells,  distributes,  or  gives  away  any  of  the 
aforesaid  drugs,  acting  within  the  scope  of  his 
employment,  shall  be  required  to  register  or  to  pay 
the  special  tax  provided  by  this  section:  Provided 
further.  That  the  person  who  employs  him  shall 
have  registered  and  paid  the  special  tax  as  required 
by  this  section:  Provided  further.  That  officers  of 
the  United  States  Government  who  are  lawfully  en- 
gaged in  making  purchases  of  the  above-named 
drugs  for  the  various  departments  of  the  Army  and 
Navy,  the  Public  Health  Service,  and  for  Govern- 
ment hospitals  and  prisons,  and  officers  of  any 
State  government,  or  of  any  county  or  municipa- 
lity therein,  who  are  lawfully  engaged  in  making 
purchases  of  the  above-named  drugs  for  State, 
county,  or  municipal  hospitals  or  prisons,  and  of- 
ficials of  any  Territory  or  in.sular  possession  or  the 
District  of  Columbia  or  of  the  United  States  who 
are  lawfully  engaged  in  making  purchases  of  the 


above-named  drugs  for  hospitals  or  prisons  therein 
shall  not  be  required  to  register  and  pay  the  special 
tax  as  herein  required. 

It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  required  to 
register  imder  the  terms  of  this  Act  to  produce,  im- 
port, manufacture,  compound,  deal  in,  dispense,  sell, 
distribute,  or  give  away  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs 
without  having  registered  and  paid  the  special  tax 
provided  for  in  this  section. 

That  the  word  "person"  as  used  in  this  Act 
shall  be  construed  to  mean  and  include  a  partner- 
ship, association,  company,  or  corporation,  as  well 
as  a  natural  person;  and  all  provisions  of  existing 
law  relating  to  special  taxes,  so  far  as  applicable, 
including  the  provisions  of  section  thirty-two  hun- 
dred and  forty  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the 
United  States  are  hereby  extended  to  the  special 
tax  herein  imposed. 

That  the  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue,  with 
the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  shall 
make  all  needful  rules  and  regulations  for  carrying 
the  provisions  of  this  Act  into  effect. 

Sec.  2.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
to  sell,  barter,  exchange,  or  give  away  any  of  the 
aforesaid  drugs  except  in  pursuance  of  a  written 
order  of  the  person  to  whom  such  article  is  sold, 
bartered,  exchanged,  or  given,  on  a  form  to  be  issued 
in  blank  for  that  purpose  by  the  Commissioner  of 
Internal  Revenue.  Every  person  who  shall  accept 
any  such  order,  and  in  pursuance  thereof  shall  sell, 
barter,  exchange,  or  give  away  any  of  the  afore- 
said drugs,  shall  preseiT^e  such  order  for  a  period 
of  two  years  in  such  a  way  as  to  be  readily  accessi- 
ble to  inspection  by  any  officer,  agent,  or  employee 
of  the  Treasury  Department  duly  authorized  for 
that  purpose,  and  the  State,  Territorial,  District, 
municipal,  and  insular  officials  named  in  section 
five  of  this  Act.  Every  person  who  shall  give  an 
order  as  herein  provided  to  any  other  person  for 
any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs  shall,  at  or  before  the 
time  of  giving  such  order,  make  or  cause  to  be 
made  a  duplicate  thereof  on  a  form  to  be  issued  in 
blank  for  that  purpose  by  the  Commissioner  of 
Internal  Revenue,  and  in  case  of  the  acceptance  of 
such  order,  shall  preserve  such  duplicate  for  said 


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[March,  1915 


period  of  two  years  in  such  a  way  as  to  be  readily 
accessible  to  inspection  by  the  officers,  agents,  em- 
ployees, and  officials  hereinbefore  mentioned.  Noth- 
ing contained  in  this  section  shall  apply — 

(a)  To  the  dispensing  or  distribution  of  any  of 
the  aforesaid  drugs  to  a  patient  by  a  physician, 
dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  registered  under 
this  Act  in  the  course  of  his  professional  practice 
only:  Provided,  That  such  physician,  dentist,  or 
veterinary  surgeon  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  such 
drugs  dispensed  or  distributed,  showing  the  amount 
dispensed  or  distributed,  the  date,  and  the  name 
and  address  of  the  patient  to  whom  such  drugs  are 
dispensed  or  distributed,  except  such  as  may  be  dis- 
pensed or  distributed  to  a  patient  upon  whom  such 
physician,  dentist  or  veterinary  surgeon  shall  per- 
sonally attend;  and  such  record  shall  be  kept  for 
a  period  of  two  years  from  the  date  of  dispensing  or 
distributing  such  drugs,  subject  to  inspection,  as 
provided  in  this  Act. 

(b)  To  the  sale,  dispensing,  or  distribution  of 
any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs  by  a  dealer  to  a  con- 
sumer under  and  in  pursuance  of  a  written  pre- 
scription issued  by  a  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary 
surgeon  registered  under  this  Act:  Provided,  how- 
ever. That  such  prescription  shall  be  dated  as  of 
the  day  on  which  signed  and  shall  be  signed  by  the 
physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  who  shall 
have  issued  the  same :  And  provided  further.  That 
such  dealer  shall  preserve  such  prescription  for  a 
period  of  two  years  from  the  day  on  which  such 
prescription  is  filled  in  such  a  way  as  to  be  readily 
accessible  to  inspection  by  the  officers,  agents,  em- 
ployees, and  officials  hereinbefore  mentioned. 

(c)  To  the  sale,  exportation,  shipment  or  delivery 
of  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs  by  any  person  within 
the  United  States  or  any  Territory  or  the  District 
of  Columbia  or  any  of  the  insular  possessions  of  the 
United  States  to  any  person  in  any  foreign  country, 
regulating  their  entry  in  accordance  with  such  re- 
gulations for  importation  thereof  into  such  foreign 
■country  as  are  prescribed  by  said  country,  such 
regulations  to  be  promulgated  from  time  to  time 
by  the  Secretary  of  State  of  the  United  States. 

(d)  To  the  sale,  barter,  exchange,  or  giving  away 
of  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs  to  any  officer  of  the 
United  States  Government  or  of  any  State,  terri- 
torial, district,  county,  or  municipal  or  insular 
government  lawfully  engaged  in  making  purchases 
thereof  for  the  various  departments  of  the  Army 
and  Navy,  the  Public  Health  Service,  and  for 
Government,  State,  territorial  district,  county,  or 
municipal  or  insular  hospitals  or  prisons. 

The  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue,  with  the 
approval  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasurj%  shall 
cause  suitable  forms  to  be  prepared  for  the  pur- 
poses above  mentioned,  and  shall  cause  the  same  to 
be  distributed  to  collectors  of  internal  revenue  for 
sale  by  them  to  those  persons  who  shall  have  regis- 
tered and  paid  the  special  tax  as  required  by  sec- 
tion one  of  this  Act  in  their  di-striets,  respectively ; 
and  no  collector  shall  sell  any  of  such  forms  to  any 
persons  other  than  a  person  who  has  registered  and 
paid  the  special  tax  as  required  by  section  one  of  this 
Act  in  his  district.  The  price  at  which  such  forms 


shall  be  sold  by  said  collectors  shall  be  fixed  by  the 
Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue,  with  the  approv- 
al of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  but  shall  not 
exceed  the  sum  of  $1  per  hundred.  Every  collector 
shall  keep  an  accoimt.  of  the  number  of  such  forms 
sold  by  him,  the  names  of  the  purchasers,  and  the 
number  of  such  forms  sold  to  each  of  such  pur- 
chasers. Whenever  any  collector  shall  sell  any  of 
such  forms,  he  shall  cause  the  name  of  the  purchaser 
thereof  to  be  plainly  written  or  stamped  thereon 
before  delivering  the  same;  and  no  person  other 
than  such  purchaser  shaU  use  any  of  said  forms 
bearing  the  name  of  such  purchaser  for  the  pur- 
pose of  procuring  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs,  or 
furnish  any  of  the  forms  bearing  the  name  of  such 
purchaser  to  any  person  with  intent  thereby  to  pro- 
cure the  shipment  or  delivery  of  any  of  the  afore- 
said drugs.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
to  obtain  by  means  of  said  order  forms  any  of  the 
aforesaid  drugs  for  any  purpose  other  than  the 
use,  sale,  or  distribution  thereof  by  him  in  the  con- 
duct of  a  lawful  business  in  said  drugs  or  in  the 
legitimate  practice  of  his  profession. 

The  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  apply  to  the 
United  States,  the  District  of  Columbia,  the  Terri- 
tory of  Alaska,  the  Territory  of  Hawaii,  the  insular 
possessions  of  the  United  States,  and  the  CanaM 
Zone.  In  Porto  Rico  and  the  Philippine  Islands 
the  administration  of  this  Act,  the  collection  of  thcl 
said  special  tax,  and  the  issuance  of  the  ordeil 
forms  specified  in  section  two  shall  be  performea 
by  the  appropriate  internal-revenue  officers  of  thos« 
governments,  and  all  revenues  collected  hereunder 
in  Porto  Rico  and  the  Philippine  Islands  shall 
accrue  intact  to  the  general  governments  thereof, 
respectively.  The  courts  of  first  instance  in  the 
Philippine  Islands  shall  possess  and  exercise  juris-4 
diction  in  all  cases  arising  imder  this  Act  in  saidi 
islands.  The  President  is  authorized  and  directed! 
to  issue  such  Executive  orders  as  will  carrj-  into^ 
effect  in  the  Canal  Zone  the  intent  and  purpose  of 
this  Act  by  providing  for  the  registration  and  the 
imposition  of  a  special  tax  upon  all  persons  in  the 
Canal  Zone  who  produce,  import,  compoimd,  deal 
in,  dispense,  sell,  distribute,  or  give  away  opium 
or  coca  leaves,  their  salts,  derivatives,  or  prepara- 
tions. 

Sec.  3.  That  any  person  who  shall  be  registered! 
in  any  internal-revenue  district  under  the  provi-( 
sions  of  section  one  of  this  Act  shall,  whenever  re-' 
quired  so  to  do  by  the  collector  of  the  district, 
render  to  the  said  collector  a  true  and  correct  state^ 
raent  or  return,  verified  by  affidavit,  setting  forth; 
the  quantity  of  tlie  aforesaid  drugs  received  by 
him  in  said  internal-revenue  district  during  such 
period  immediately  preceding  the  demand  of  the 
collector,  not  exceeding  three  months,  as  the  said 
collector  may  fix  and  determine;  the  names  of  the 
persons  from  whom  the  said  drugs  were  received; 
the  quantity  in  eacli  instance  received  from  each  of 
such  persons,  and  the  date  when  received. 

Sec.  4.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
who  shall  not  have  registered  and  paid  the  special 
tax  as  required  by  section  one  of  this  Act  to  send, 
ship,  carrj',  or  deliver  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs 


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103 


(from  any  State  or  Territory'  or  the  District  of 
Columbia,  or  any  insular  possession  of  the  United 
!  States,  to  any  person  in  any  other  State  or  Terri- 
tory or  the  District  of  Columbia  or  any  insular 
.possession  of  the  United  States:  Provided,  That 
I  nothing  contained  in  this  section  shall  apply  to 
common  carriers  engaged  in  transporting  the  afore- 
said drugs,  or  to  any  employee  acting  within  the 
scope  of  his  employment,  of  any  person  who  shall 
,  have  registered  and  paid  the  special  tax  as  required 
'  by  section  one  of  this  Act,  or  to  any  person  who 
'shall  deliver  any  such  drug  which  has  been  pre- 
'  scribed  or  dispensed  by  a  physician,  dentist,  or 
■  veterinarian  required  to  register  imder  the  terms 
of  this  Act,  who  has  been  employed  to  prescribe  for 
the  particular  patient  receiving  such  drug,  or  to  any 
United  States,  State,  county,  municipal.  District, 
^Territorial,  or  insular  officer  or  official  acting  within 
'  the  scope  of  his  official  duties. 

I  Sec.  5.  That  the  duplicate-order  forms  and  the 
prescriptions  required  to  be  preserved  imder  the 
provisions  of  section  two  of  this  Act,  and  the 
statements  or  returns  filed  in  the  office  of  the  collect- 
or of  the  district,  under  the  provisions  of  section 
three  of  this  Act,  shall  be  open  to  inspection  by 
officers,  agents,  and  employees  of  the  Treasury 
Department  duly  authorized  for  that  purpose ;  and 
such  officials  of  any  State  or  Territory,  or  of  any 
organized  municipality  therein,  or  of  the  District 
of  Columbia,  or  any  insular  possession  of  the  United 
States,  as  shall  be  charged  with  the  enforcement 
of  any  law  or  municipal  ordinance  regulating  the 
sale,  prescribing,  dispensing,  dealing  in,  or  dis- 
tribution of  the  aforesaid  drugs.  Each  collector 
of  internal  revenue  is  hereby  authorized  to  furnish, 
upon  written  request,  certified  copies  of  any  of  the 
said  statements  or  returns  filed  in  his  office  to  any 
of  such  officials  of  any  State  or  Territory  or  or- 
ganized municipality  therein,  or  the  District  of 
Columbia,  or  any  insular  possession  of  the  United 
States,  as  shall  be  entitled  to  inspect  the  said  state- 

I  ments  or  returns  filed  in  the  office  of  the  said  col- 
lector, upon  the  payment  of  a  fee  of  $1  for  each 
one  hundred  words  or  fraction  thereof  in  the  copy 
or  copies  so  requested.  Any  person  who  shall  dis- 
close the  information  contained  in  the  said  state- 
ments or  returns  or  in  the  said  duplicate-order 
forms,  except  as  herein  expressly  provided,  and  ex- 
cept for  the  purpose  of  enforcing  the  provisions  of 
this  Act,  or  for  the  purpose  of  enforcing  any  law 
of  any  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia, or  any  insular  possession  of  the  United  States, 
or  ordinance  of  any  organized  municipality  there- 
in, reprulating  the  sale,  prescribing,  dispensing,  deal- 
ing ii^,  or  distribution  of  the  aforesaid  drugs,  shall, 
on  conviction,  be  fined  or  imprisoned  as  provided 
by  section  nine  of  this  Act.  And  collectors  of  in- 
ternal revenue  are  hereby  authorized  to  furnish 
upon  written  request,  to  any  person,  a  certified 
copy  of  the  names  of  any  or  all  persons  who  may 
be  listed  in  their  respective  collection  districts  as 
special  tax  payers  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act, 
upon  payment  of  a  fee  of  $1  for  each  one  hun- 
dred names  or  fraction  thereof  in  the  copy  so 
requested. 


Sec.  6.  That  the  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  not 
be  construed  to  apply  to  the  sale,  distribution, 
giving  away,  dispensing,  or  possession  of  prepara- 
tions and  remedies  which  do  not  contain  more  than 
two  grains  of  opium,  or  more  than  one-fourth  of 
a  grain  of  morphine,  or  more  than  one-eighth  of  a 
grain  of  heroin,  or  more  than  one  grain  of  codeine, 
or  any  salt  or  derivative  of  any  of  them  in  one 
fiuid  ounce,  or,  if  a  solid  or  semisolid  preparation, 
in  one  avoirdupois  ounce ;  or  to  liniments,  ointments, 
or  other  preparations  which  are  prepared  for  exter- 
nal use  only,  except  liniments,  ointments,  and  other 
preparations  which  contain  cocaine  or  any  of  its 
salts  or  alpha  or  beta  eucaine  or  any  of  their  salts 
or  any  synthetic  substitute  for  them:  Provided, 
That  such  remedies  and  preparations  are  sold,  dis- 
tributed, given  away,  dispensed,  or  possessed  as 
medicines  and  not  for  the  purpose  of  evading  the 
intentions  and  provisions  of  this  Act.  The  pro- 
visions of  this  Act  shall  not  apply  to  decoeainized 
coca  leaves  or  preparations  made  therefrom,  or  to 
other  preparations  of  coca  leaves  which  do  not 
contain  cocaine. 

Sec.  7.  That  all  laws  relating  to  the  assessment, 
collection,  remission,  and  refund  of  internal-revenue 
taxes,  including  section  thirty-two  hundred  and 
twenty-nine  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  United 
States,  so  far  as  applicable  to  and  not  inconsistent 
with  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  are  hereby  extended 
and  made  applicable  to  the  special  taxes  imposed 
by  this  Act. 

Sec.  8.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
not  registered  imder  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  and 
who  has  not  paid  the  special  tax  provided  for  by 
this  Act,  to  have  in  his  possession  or  under  his 
control  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs ;  and  such  posses- 
sion or  control  shall  be  presumptive  evidence  of  a 
violation  of  this  section,  and  also  of  a  violation  of 
the  provisions  of  section  one  of  this  Act :  Provided, 
That  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  employee 
of  a  registered  person,  or  to  a  nurse  under  the 
supervision  of  a  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary 
surgeon  registered  under  this  Act,  having  such 
possession  or  control  by  virtue  of  his  employment 
or  occupation  and  not  on  his  own  account;  or 
to  the  possession  of  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs 
which  has  or  have  been  prescribed  in  good  faith 
by  a  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  regis- 
tered imder  this  Act ;  or  to  any  United  States,  State, 
county,  municipal.  District,  Territorial,  or  insular 
officer  or  official  who  has  possession  of  any  said 
drugs,  by  reason  of  his  official  duties,  or  to  a  ware- 
houseman holding  possession  for  a  person  registered 
and  who  has  paid  the  taxes  under  this  Act;  or  to> 
common  carriers  engaged  in  transporting  such 
drugs:  Provided  further.  That  it  shall  not  be  neces- 
sary to  negative  any  of  the  aforesaid  exemptions  in 
any  complaint,  information,  indictment,  or  other 
writ  or  proceeding  laid  or  brought  under  this  Act ; 
and  the  burden  of  proof  of  any  such  exemption  shall 
be  upon  the  defendant. 

Sec.  9.  That  any  person  who  violates  or  fails  to 
comply  with  any  of  the  requirements  of  this  Act 
shall,  on  conviction,  be  fined  not  more  tlian  .$2,000 


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or  be  imprisoned  not  more  than  five  years,  or  both, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Sec.  10.  That  the  Commissioner  of  Internal  Reve- 
nue, with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treas- 
ury, is  authorized  to  appoint  such  agents,  deputy 
collectors,  inspectors,  chemists,  assistant  chemists, 
clerks,  and  messengers  in  the  field  and  in  the  Bureau 
of  Internal  Revenue  in  the  District  of  Columbia  as 
may  be  necessary  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this 
Act. 

Sec.  11.  That  the  sum  of  $150,000,  or  so  much 
thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  be,  and  hereby  is, 
appropriated,  out  of  any  moneys  in  the  Treasury  not 
otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  purpose  of  carrying 
into  effect  the  provisions  of  this  Act. 

Sec.  12.  That  nothing  contained  in  this  Act  shall 
be  construed  to  impair,  alter,  amend,  or  repeal  any 
of  the  provisions  of  the  Act  of  Congress  approved 
June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  six,  entitled 
"An  Act  for  preventing  the  manufacture,  sale,  or 
transportation  of  adulterated  or  misbranded, 
or  poisonous,  or  deleterious  foods,  drugs,  medicines, 
and  liquors,  and  for  regulating  traffic  therein,  and 
for  other  purposes,"  and  any  amendment  thereof, 
or  of  the  Act  approved  February  ninth,  nineteen 
hundred  and  nine,  entitled  "An  Act  to  prohibit 
the  importation  and  use  of  opium  for  other  than 
medicinal  purposes,"  and  any  amendment  thereof. 

REGULATIONS 


Under  the  authority  conferred  by  section  1  of 
the  above-quoted  act,  the  following  regulations  are 
issued : 

Eeg-istry  and  Payment  of  Special  Tax. 

Article  1.  As  required  by  section  1  of  said  act, 
every  person,  partnership,  association,  company,  or 
-corporation  therein  described,  and  not  specifically 
•exempt,  must,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  March, 
1915,  register  with  the  collector  of  the  district,  and 
must  at  the  time  of  such  registry,  and  on  or  before 
the  first  day  of  July  in  each  year  thereafter,  pay 
to  such  collector  a  special  tax  at  the  rate  of  $1  per 
annum.! 

If  the  applicant  (other  than  a  physician,  dentist, 
or  veterinarian)  has  more  than  one  place  of  busi- 
ness, or  if,  in  any  case,  the  applicant  is  engaged 
in  more  than  one  profession  or  business  where 
any  of  the  drugs  above  described  are  made,  stored, 
or  dispensed,  a  separate  application  for  registry 
must  be  made,  and  a  special  tax  must  be  paid,  in 
each  such  case. 

Art.  2.  Application  for  registry,  and  for  the 
necessary  special  tax  stamps  will  be  in  the  follow- 
ing form,2  blanks  of  which  form  should  be  ob- 
tained from  the  collector  of  the  district. 

FORM  678— OPIUM.  ETC. 
APPLICATION    FOR    REGISTRY,    AND  FOR 
SPECIAL  TAX  STAMP. 
(Act  of  Congress  approved  Dec.  17,  1914.) 

1  The  special  tax  imposed  for  the  period  M.ar.  1,  1915  to 
Tune  30,  1915  (the  close  of  the  special  tax  year),  will  be  34  cents. 
Remittances  for  special  taxes  should  be  made  in  currency, 
money  order,  or  certified  check  on  a  National  or  State  bank. 

2  For  convenience,  and  to  conform  to  other  requirements  of  law 
relatitiR  to  special  taxes,  made  applicable  by  this  act,  the  ap- 
plication for  registry  and  special  tax  stamps  is  here  combined. 


Location 

Registry  No  ~|  State  of   

Name  or  style  of  applicant   I  County  of   

 I  Town  or  city  of   

 J  Street  and  No  

TO  COLLECTOR  OF  INTERNAL  REVENUE, 

  District  of   

SIR:  The  undersigned,  under  the  above  name  or  style,  and 
at  the  place  above  designated,  is  now  engaged,  or  intends  to 
engage  in  the  *   


Pursuant  to  an  act  of  Congress,  approved  December  17,  1914, 
application  is  hereby  made  for  registration  under  said  act,  and  for 
a  special  tax  stamp  for  the  special  tax  year  ending  June  30,  191... 


By   

(In  case  of  a  firm,  or  corpora- 
tion, to  be  signed  by  the  prin- 
cipal member  or  officer). 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this  day  oT 

 191  

[SEAL]  

Art.  3;  Applications  in  the  form  above  pre- 
scribed when  received  by  collectors,  will  be  given 
a  registry  number,  commencing  with  No.  1  in  each 
district  for  the  first  application,  and  continuing  in 
serial  order  as  subsequent  applications  are  filed. 
The  registry  number  thus  given  each  original  ap- 
plication vrill  be  a  permanent  registry  number  for 
all  renewal  applications,  and  wdll  be  entered  on  all 
blank  orders  (art.  8)  issued  to  the  applicant. 

All  applications  for  registry  will,  on  payment  of 
the  special  tax  imposed,  be  recorded  alphabetically 
by  classes  in  special  record  10A.,  to  be  providecJ 
for  that  purpose. 

Special  Tax  Stamps 

Art.  4.  Appropriate  coupon  stamps,  denoting 
payment  of  the  special  tax  under  the  act  named, 
will  be  furnished  collectors  on  requisition,  and  will 
be  charged  to  them  and  accounted  for  as  in  the 
case  of  other  special  tax  stamps. 

Sale  and  Disposal  of  Drugs. 

Art.  5.  Where  any  of  the  drugs  referred  to  in 
section  1  of  the  act  are  to  be  sold  or  otherwise  dis- 
posed of,  the  purchaser  or  receiver  (unless  speci- 
fically exempt  under  section  2  of  the  act)  ^\-ill. 
prior  to  such  purchase  or  receipt,  issue  his  order 
therefor  and  in  the  form  prescribed  in  article  8  of 
these  regulations. 

Art.  6.  Blanks  of  such  order  forms  will  be 
printed  on  distinctive  paper  and  will  be  issued  in 
tablets  or  books  of  10  blanks  each,  and  a  charge 
for  such  blanks  (including  original  and  duplicate) 
will  be  made  at  the  rate  of  $1  per  hundred,  a.": 
authorized  by  section  2  of  the  act,  and  will  be  so 
accounted  for  by  collectors  to  whom  the  same  are 
furnished. 

Such  blank  orders  must  in  all  cases  be  procured 
from  the  collector  of  the  district  by  persons  using 
the  same,  but  no  requisition  therefor  will  be  ac 
cepted  by  collectors  unless  made  by  persons  whc 

*  Here  state  business,  or  occupation  or  profession,  as  th< 
"practice  of  medicine,"  or  the  "practice  of  dentistry,"  or  "prac 
tice  of  veterinary  medicine  and  surgery,"  or  the  "importatioi 
and  sale  of  drugs  coming  under  the  operation  of  the  act,"  0 
the  "manufacture  and  sale  of  drugs  coming  under  the  operatic: 
of  the  act,"  or  the  "sale  and  distribution  at  retail  of  drugs  com 
ing  under  the  operation  of  the  act."  If  intended  for  analytic* 
laboratory  or  hospital,  so  state. 


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105 


aave  duly  registered  (art.  2)  and  who  have  paid 
the  special  tax  as  required  by  h\w ;  and,  in  such 
?ases,  only  where  the  collector  is  satisfied  that  such 
blanks  will  be  used  for  no  unlawful  purpose. 

In  addition  to  the  special  record  lOA.,  provided 
for  in  article  3,  collectors  will  keep  a  record  or  ac- 
count of  the  number  of  such  order  forms  sold  by 
them,  the  name  of  each  purcha.ser,  and  the  number 
Wd  to  each,  as  required  by  section  2  of  said  act. 

Art.  7.  Requisitions  for  such  bhinks  will  be  in 
'the  following  form  ;  and.  in  filling  such  requisitions, 
■the  collector  will  cause  the  registry  number  and 
-name  of  the  applicant  to  be  stamped  on  each  blank 
"issued  by  him.  Adjustable  name  and  numbering 
stamps  will  be  supplied  collectors  for  this  purpose. 

Form  679.— OPIUM,  ETC. 

Registry   No  ' 

REQUISITION  FOR  BLANK  ORDERS. 
I  (Act  of  Congress,  approved  Dec.  17,  1914) 

TO  COLLECTOR  OF  INTERNAL  REV'ENUE, 

t    District  of      191—. 

I       SIR:   Requisition  is  hereby  made  for'   blank  order- 

forms,  to  be  used  solely  in  connection  with  the  business,  or  for 

-  the  purpose,  set  forth  in  my  (or  our)  application  for  registry, 
filed   in    your   office   pursuant    to   an   act   of   Congress,  approved 

'  December   17,  1914. 


(In  case  of  a  firm  or  company, 
I  to  be  also  signed  by  a  mem- 

^  ber,  or  principal  officer.) 

[Art.  8.  Upon  receipt  of  such  requisitions  by 
collectors  the  same  will  be  compared  with  the  ap- 
plications for  registry',  if  filed,  before  the  blank 
orders  called  for  are  issued. 
Such  blank  orders  will  be  in  the  following  form: 

 District   of    ) 

Registry    No   (») 


'  The  registry  number  must  in  all  cases  be  filled  in  by  the 
!  applicant. 

I        'The  number  to  be  here  stated  will  be  10  or  a  multiple  of  10. 

•To  be  filled  in  by  collector, 
t:                           ORDER  FOR  OPIUM,  ETC. 
[;                      (Act  of  Congress,  approved  Dec.  17,  1914.) 
]  To   


Please  ship  goods  by   ,  as  follows; 


Specific  description  of  articles.  '  |  Quantity.  |  (•) 


I 


Art.  9.  The  above  order  must  be  prepared  in 
duplicate,  the  duplicate  of  which  will  be  retained 
by  the  maker.  If  accepted,  the  law  requires  all 
such  orders  (both  original  and  duplicate)  to  be  re- 
tained on  file  for  a  period  of  two  years,  and  in  such 
a  way  as  to  be  readily  accessible  to  the  inspecting 
officers.  Persons  accepting  such  orders,  therefore, 
will  file  the  same  in  their  numerical  order,  i.  e., 
according  to  their  registry  numbers  as  to  each  collec- 
tion district. 

'  Here  give  trade  name  of  drugs. 

'This  space  to  be  reserved  for  use  of  the  person  filling  the 
order,  for  any  purpose  desired  by  him. 

•Here  give  full  name,  business  or  profession,  with  full 
address. 


Dispensing  of  Drugs  by  Physicians,  Dentists,  or 
Veterinary  Surgeons. 

Art.  10.  Under  the  exempting  provisions  of  sec- 
tion 2  of  the  act,  no  written  order  is  required  for 
the  "dispensing  or  distribution  of  any  of  the  afore- 
said drugs  to  a  patient  by  a  physician,  dentist,  or 
veterinary  surgeon,  registere(i  under  this  act,  in 
the  course  of  his  professional  practice  only."  A 
record,  however,  is  required  to  be  kept  of  all  such 
drugs  so  dispensed  or  distributed  (except  such  as 
may  be  dispensed  or  distributed  to  a  patient,  upon 
whom  such  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon 
shall  personally  attend — i.  e.,  personally  visit)  and 
must  show : 

1.  The  date  when  any  such  drug  is  dispensed  or 
distributed ; 

2.  The  kind  and  quantity  dispensed  or  distributed 
in  each  case;  and 

3.  The  name  and  residence  of  the  patient  to 
whom  such  drug  was  dispensed  or  distributed.  [For 
form  of  prescriptions,  see  Art.  12.] 

The  record  so  kept  must  be  preserved  for  a  period 
of  two  years  from  the  date  of  dispensing  or  dis- 
tributing, and  will  be  subject  to  inspection  as  pro- 
vided in  section  5  of  the  act.  Each  physician,  dent- 
ist, and  veterinary  surgeon  must  supply  himself 
with  a  suitable  blank  book  for  such  record. 
Drugs  Dispensed  Under  Prescription. 

Art.  11.  A  like  exemption  to  that  above  noted 
is  made  as  to  drugs  dispensed  or  distributed  under 
and  in  pursuance  of  a  written  prescription  issued 
by  a  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon,  duly 
registered  under  this  act.  But  all  such  prescriptions 
covering  such  drugs,  not  specifically  exempt  by  sec- 
tion 6  of  the  act,  must  be  dated  and  signed  as  of 
the  day  when  issued;  must  be  preserved  for  a 
period  of  two  years  from  the  time  when  filled,  and 
must  be  readily  accessible  to  the  inspecting  ofifieers 
above  referred  to. 

A  separate  file  of  all  such  prescriptions  should 
therefore  be  kept  by  each  druggist  or  apothecary 
filling  the  same,  but  such  prescriptions  may  be 
numbered  consecutively  with  other  prescriptions 
received.  Unless  so  filed  a  record  must  be  kept 
.showing : 

1.  The  file  number  given  to  each  prescription 
filled : 

2.  The  name  of  the  physician  or  surgeon  signing 
the  same;  and 

3.  The  name  of  the  person  for  whom  such  pre- 
scription is  filled. 

Druggi.sts  must  furnish  their  own  record  books 
for  this  purpo.se. 

Art.  12.  Under  the  authority  conferred  by  sec- 
tion 1  of  the  act  named,  for  the  issuing  of  regula- 
tions necessary  for  carrying  the  provisions  of  the 
act  into  effect,  physicians  and  surgeons  writing 
any  such  prescriptions  are  hereby  required  to  sign 
their  name  in  full  to  the  same,  to  state  therein 
their  registry  number  and  the  location  of  their 
office,  and  the  name  and  address  of  the  person  for 
whom  .such  prescriptions  are  written.  Druggists 
and  apothecaries  must  refuse  to  fill  any  such  pre- 
scription unless  signed  as  herein  required;  nor 


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must  prescriptions  for  such  drugs  be  filled  by  any 
druggist  or  apothecary,  if  he  has  reason  to  suspect 
that  it  was  fraudulently  issued  or  obtained. 

The  dispensing  of  such  drugs  by  druggists  or 
apothecaries,  except  on  physician's  original  pre- 
scriptions, or  on  original  orders  issued  to  persons 
who  have  duly  registered,  will  be  in  violation  of 
the  act.  Refilling  of  prescriptions  or  orders  is 
therefore  prohibited. 

Inventories. 

Art.  13.  Every  person,  firm,  or  company  dis- 
pensing directly  to  consumers  any  of  the  drugs 
herein  referred  to  will,  on  the  1st  day  of  March, 
1915,  prepare  and  keep  on  file  an  inventory  of  all 
such  drugs  (other  than  preparations  or  remedies 
specially  exempt  under  the  provisions  of  section 
6  of  the  act)  on  hand  at  that  date.  No  special 
form  of  inventory  is  here  required,  but  the  inven- 
tory made  must  fully  and  clearly  set  forth  the  quan- 
tity of  each  kind  of  such  drugs,  preparations  or 
remedies  so  held,  and  must  be  verified  by  oath  not 
later  than  the  5th  day  of  March,  1915. 

Sworn  Statements 
Art.  14.  Section  3  of  the  act  provides: 

That  any  person  who  shall  register  in  any  internal-revenue 
district  under  the  provisions  of  section  1  of  this  act  shall,  when- 
ever required  to  do  so  by  the  collector  of  the  district,  render 
to  the  said  collector  a  true  and  correct  statement  or  return, 
verified  by  affidavit,  setting  forth  the  quantity  of  the  aforesaid 
drugs  received  by  him  in  said  internal-revenue  district  during 
such  period  immediately  preceding  the  demand  of  the  collector, 
not  exceeding  three  months,  as  the  said  collector  may  fix  and 
determine  ♦  ♦  ♦. 

Under  the  authority  thus  granted  collectors  will 
require  such  sworn  statements  in  all  cases  where, 
from  the  number  of  order  blanks  obtained  by  any 
person,  or  from  the  character  of  the  business  car- 
ried on,  he  has  reason  to  suspect  that  any  of  the 
drugs  referred  to  are  being  procured,  compounded, 
or  disposed  of  by  such  person  for  illegal  purposes, 
and  in  such  other  cases  as  he  may  think  it  advis- 
able. 

Art.  15.  The  request  for  such  statement  and  the 
statements  to  be  furnished  in  such  cases  will  be 
made  on  the  following  form: 

FORM  680— OPIUM,  ETC. 
REQUEST   FOR   STATEMENT   AS   TO   RECEIPT,    ETC.,  OF 
CERTAIN  DRUGS  SPECIFIED  IN  ACT  OF  CONGRESS 
APPROVED  DECEMBER  17,  1914. 

OFFICE  OF  COLLECTOR, 
  District  of  , 


  191.. 

To   


Pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  3  of  an  act  of  Congress 
relating  to  the  purchase,  sale,  or  disposal  of  certain  drugs,  ap- 
proved December  17,  1914,  you  are  hereby  requested  to  furnish  me 

on  or  before  the   day  of   ,  191  ,  with  a  true 

and  correct  statement,  verified  by  affidavit,  of  the  quantity  of 
each  and  all  such  drugs  received  by  you  in  this  district  since 
 ,  191   giving  the  names  of  the  per- 
sons from  whom  the  said  drugs  were  received,  the  quantity  in 
each  instance  received  from  each  such  person,  and  the  date  when 
received. 

The  statement  here  called  for  will  be  prepared  and  submitted 
on  the  return  form  hereto  annexed. 


Collector. 

Statement  showing  the  quantity  of  certain  drugs  received  by 
 ,  in  the   district  of 


 ,  being  first  duly  sworn,  states  that 

■the  following  is  a  full  and  true  statement  of  the  quantity  and  the 
kind    of    drugs,    described    in    the    act    of    Congress  approved 


December  17,  1914,  received  by  him  (or  his  firm  or  company)  in 


the 

191   to   

191....: 

Date  of 
receipt. 

From  whom 
received. 

Address. 

Particular  description 
of  drug. 

Quantity 
received. 

Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this   day  of 

  191  

   [SEAL.] 

•  In  case  of  a  firm  or  corporation,  the  foregoing  statement 
must  be  made  by  a  member  or  officer,  who  should  sign  as  such. 

DTJTIES  OF  OFFICERS. 

Art.  16.  It  will  be  the  duty  of  agents  and  other 
inspecting  officers  appointed  under  the  provisions 
of  section  10  of  the  act  named  to  visit  at  irregular 
intervals  the  premises  of  all  persons,  firms,  or  com- 
panies registering  under  said  act,  or  where  they 
have  reason  to  believe  drugs  of  the  character  de- 
fined in  the  act  are  stored,  and  to  see  that  all  re- 
quirements of  the  act  and  these  regulations  are 
strictly  complied  with.  They  will,  under  the  au- 
thority conferred  by  sections  2  and  5  of  the  act, 
inspect  and,  when  necessary,  verify  such  records, 
orders,  prescriptions,  statements,  or  returns  made 
or  received,  and  at  once  report  for  prosecution  any 
violations  of  the  law  discovered  by  them. 

Where  suspected  drugs  are  found  on  the  premises 
of  manufacturers  or  dealers  who  have  not  regis- 
tered, samples  of  the  same  should  be  procured  and 
forwarded  to  the  laboratory  in  the  office  of  the 
Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue  for  analysis. 

Art.  17.  Investigations  here  ordered  made  in  a 
perfunctory  manner  will  in  no  instance  be  tol- 
erated, and  any  officer  or  employee  who  is  found  to 
be  negligent  or  inefficient  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duties  will  be  reported  to  this  office  for  discipline. 
It  is  not  expected,  however,  that  officers  and  em- 
ployees will  conduct  their  investigations  in  such 
manner  as  to  annoy  or  interfere  unnecessarily  with 
the  business  of  persons  preparing  or  handling  the 
aforementioned  drugs.  Officers  in  making  their 
investigations  should  keep  this  clearly  in  mind. 
They  will,  however,  see  that  the  law  and  regula- 
tions are  faithfully  complied  with  in  every  in- 
stance ;  and  it  wili  be  the  duty  of  every  person 
engaged  in  this  business  to  afford  all  necessary 
facilities  to  such  inspecting  officers. 

W.  H.  OSRORX. 

Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue. 

Approved : 

W.  G.  McAdoo, 

Secretary  of  the  Trcasitry. 


Wijs's  Iodine  Solution 
Dubovitz  points  out  an  error  usually  found  in  the  directions 
for  preparing  Wijss  iodine  solution  for  the  determination  of 
the  iodine  number  of  fats  and  oils.  This  solution  should  con- 
tain in  one  liter  7.8  g.  of  iodine  trichloride  and  8.5  g.  of  iodine, 
instead  of  9.4  g.  of  iodine  trichloride  and  7.2  g.  of  iodine. 
This  error  has  b»en  repeated  -n  practically  all  textbooks. 


March,  1915] 


THE  PHAKMACEUTICAL  ERA 


107 


Supplemental  Decisions 

The  following  supplemental  decisions  and  amendments  have 
been  issued  by  the  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue : 
Penalties  for  Failure  to  Register  (T.  D.  2144) 

"All  the  laws  relating  to  assessment  and  collection  of  other 
special  taxes  provided  by  this  act  (sec.  7)  the  same  rule  re- 
garding the  50  per  cent  penalties  will  apply  to  the  tax  im- 
posed by  this  act  as  in  the  case  of  other  special  taxes.  How- 
ever, any  person  who  has  not  registered  on  or  before  March  1, 
1915,  and  on  or  before  July  1  of  each  year  thereafter,  and 
who  has  in  his  possession  or  under  his  control  any  of  the  drugs 
mentioned  in  this  act,  will  be  held  to  have  incurred  the  penal- 
ties imposed  by  section  9  of  the  act,  subject  to  the  provisions 
of  section  3229,  Revised  Statutes." 

Supplemental  Instructions  on  Inventories  (T.D.  2148) 

"To  secure  inventories  of  all  drugs  specified  in  the  act  of 
December  17,  1914,  held  by  producers,  importers,  and  whole- 
sale dealers,  as  well  as  by  tliose  dispensing  and  such  drugs 
'directly  to  consumers',  article  13  of  Regulations  35,  of  Jan. 
15,  1915,  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows; 

"Art.  13.  Every  person,  firm,  or  company  importing,  pro- 
ducing, selling,  or  dispensing  any  of  the  drugs  herein  re- 
ferred to  will,  on  the  1st.  day  of  March,  1915,  prepare  and 
keep  on  file  an  inventory  of  all  such  drugs  (other  than  pre- 
parations or  remedies  specially  exempt  imder  the  provisions 
oT  section  6  of  the  act)  on  hand  at  that  date.  No  special 
form  of  inventory  is  here  required,  but  the  inventory  made 
must  fully  and  clearly  set  forth  the  quantity  of  each  kind 
of  such  drugs,  preparations,  or  remedies  so  held,  and  must 
be  verified  by  oath  not  later  than  the  5th  day  of  March,  1915". 

Definition  of  Wholesale  &  Retail  Dealers  (T.D.  2157) 
"For  the  purpose  of  enforcing  the  Harrison  antinarcotic 
law  persons  selling  to  or  through  dealers  will  be  regarded  as 
wholesale  dealers,  and  those  persons  selling  directly  to  phy- 
sicians or  dispensing  on  physicians'  prescriptions  will  be  re- 
garded as  retail  dealers.  A  druggist  making  an  accommo- 
dation sale  to  another  druggist  will  be  regarded  as  a  retail 
dealer". 

"External"  Defined 
"The  word  'e-xtemal'  as  used  in  section  6  of  the  Harrison 
antinarcotic  law,  is  not  construed  by  this  office  to  apply  to 
any  liniment,  ointment,  or  other  preparation  containing  drugs 
not  specifically  exempt  by  law,  used  for  oral,  nasal,  aural, 
ocular,  rectal,  urethral  or  vaginal  administration.  A  catarrh 
remrdv,  therefore,  containing  2'A  grains  of  powdered  opium 
in  each  ounce,  is  not  e.xempt  under  this  law". 

Refilling  Prescriptions 
The  word  'refileing'  in  article  12  of  Regulations  No.  35, 
should  read  'refilling'.  The  interpretation  placed  on  section  6 
...  .is  that  a  prescription  containing  not  more  than  2  grains  of 
opium,  or  more  than  one-fourth  of  a  grain  of  morphine,  or 
more  than  one-eighth  grain  of  heroin,  or  more  than  1  grain 
of  codein,  or  any  salt  or  derivative  of  any  of  them  in  1  fluid 
ounce,  or,  if  a  solid  or  semi-solid  preparation,  in  1  avoirdu- 
pois ounce,  may  be  refilled,  and  that  prescriptions  containing 
amounts  in  e.rcess  of  the  above  mentioned  quantitv  cannot 
be^  refilled. 

"The  U.  S  Pharmacopoeia  standard  will  govern  the  Com- 
mis-sioner's  office  in  its  decisions  as  to  whether  or  not  a 
preparation  or  remedy  is  exempt  under  the  law". 

Novocain.  Holocain,  Orthoform  or  Anaesthesin 
From  the  Farbwerke-Hoechst  Co.,  New  York; 

"We  beg  to  state  that  none  of  our  products  come  under 
the  scope  of  this  law.  Possibly  there  will  be  some  who  will 
think  that  novocain,  holocain,  orthoform  or  anaesthesin  are 
included,  but  we  are  advised  by  our  counsel  that  such  is  not 
the  case.  Novocain,  which  is  regarded  by  many  as  a  sub- 
stitute for  cocain.  has  no  chemical  relation  to  it  whatever, 
and  is  without  the  pale  of  the  law  in  that  it  is  non-habit 
forming,  non-istimulating  and  non-exhilarating,  and  resembles 
cocain  onK-  in  its  local  anaesthetizing  powers.  Therefore 
neither  novocain  nor  any  other  of  our  products  will  be  sold 
under  the  restrictions  of  the  Harrison  anti-narcotic  law". 


In  reply  to  an  inquiry  seeking  for  information  relating  to 
the  status  of  these  and  similar  compounds,  Acting  Commis- 
sioner David  A.  Gates  of  die  Internal  Revenue  Department 
writes  under  date  of  Feb.  10  as  follows; 

.  .  .  "You  are  advised  that  the  Harrison  antinarcotic  law  does 
cover  synthetic  substitutes  for  cocaine  and  such  synthetic 
substitutes  must  be  accounted  for  as  provided  for  other  drugs 
coming  within  the  scope  of  this  law".  To  a  telegram  of  in- 
quiry concerning  novocain  specifically,  sent  by  the  same  cor- 
respondent. Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue  W.  H.  Osborne 
replied  under  date  of  Feb.  12  as  follows;  "Novocain,  being 
a  synthetic  substitute  for  cocaine,  is  not  exempted  from  the 
provisions  of  the  Harrison  narcotic  law." 

In  this  connection  The  Era  has  received  from  one  of  its 
subscribers  the  following  interesting  letter: 

"In  the  Internal  Revenue  Regulations  No.  35,  page  8,  there 
occurs  a  passage,  'or  alpha  'or  beta-eucain  or  any  of  the 
salts  or  any  synthetic  substitutes.'    It  does  not  say  derivatives. 

"A  substitute  in  the  generally  accepted  sense,  is  something 
which  either  exactly  or  nearly  takes  the  place  of  something 
else  in  point  of  utility.  From  its  systemic  or  physiological 
action  one  might  say  that  as  an  anaesthetic  eucain  is  a  sub- 
stitute for  cocaine,  and  that  stovain,  novocain,  holocain,  alypin 
are  used  similarly. 

"There  is  euphthalmin,  a  mandelic  acid  substitution  product 
of  beta-eucain.  The  fact  that  the  term  substitution  product 
is  used  to  indicate  its  mode  of  manufacture,  does  not  stamp 
it  a  substitute.  It  is  not  a  substitute  in  the  commonly  under- 
stood sense,  as  euphthalmin,  though  coming  from  eucain, 
possesses  no  anaesthetic  properties  whatsoever,  and  is  employed 
as  a  mydriatic. 

"There  are,  furthermore,  two  other  produ.;ts — orthoform  and 
anaesthesin,  of  weak'  anaesthetic  properties,  comparatively 
harmless,  and  effective  only  when  applied  by  insufflation  or 
other  suitable  means  to  exposed  nerve  ends. 

"The  question  at  issue,  if  any  of  these  products,  alypin, 
holocain,  stovain,  euphthalmin,  anaesthesin  and  orthoform  were 
ordered  sent,  would  the  wholesale  dealer  be  required  to  demand 
such  order  on  the  official  Federal  order  blank?" 

(Under  the  above  opinion  as  expressed  by  the  Commissioner 
of  Internal  Revenue,  it  would  appear  that  the  substances 
named  do  come  within  the  provisions  of  the  law,  and  that 
druggists  cannot  legally  procure  them  from  wholesalers  except 
on  an  official  form  furnished  by  the  collector  of  Internal 
Revenue. — Ed, ) . 

Record  Kept  by  Physician 

"You  ask  for  a  ruling  as  to  the  record  required  to  be  kept 
of  drugs  coming  within  the  scope  of  the  Harrison  antinarcotic 
law,  dispensed  or  distributed  by  physicians,  etc.?" 

Acting  Commissioner  Dayid  O.  Gates  replies  as  follows; 

"You  are  advised  tliat  this  office  holds  that  where  a  physi- 
cian personnally  visits  a  patient  away  from  his  office,  and 
dispenses  or  distributes  any  of  the  drugs  or  preparations  fall- 
ing within  the  scope  of  the  law,  it  is  not  necessary  for  him 
to  keep  a  record  of  the  drugs  or  preparations  so  distributed  or 
dispensed,  provided  the  physician  is  duly  registered.  A  record 
is  required  to  be  kept  of  only  those  drugs  and  preparations 
coming  within  the  law,  dispensed  or  distributed  by  a  physician, 
dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  in  his  office." 


RULING  ON  CHEWING  GUM 

Washington,  D.  C,  Feb.  16. — No  chewing  gum  that  is  not 
actually  flavored  with  fruit  should  be  labeled  as  if  it  were, 
according  to  a  recent  opinion  published  in  the  Service  and  Reg- 
ulatory Announcements  of  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry.  Chewuix 
gum,  the  labels  on  which  declare  that  it  is  flavored  with,  frait 
when  such  is  not  the  fact,  will  be  regarded  as  adult'irated  and 
misbranded  within  the  meaning  of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act. 
In  the  same  way  the  term  "fig  paste"  should  no  longei  be  ap- 
plied to  any  form  of  confectionery  in  which  figs  are  not  the 
principal  flavoring. 

In  another  opinion  the  bureau  declares  that  where  stock 
labels — labels  designed  and  printed  by  label  companies  and  sold 
to  manufacturers  and  dealers — are  used,  the  responsibility  for 
seeing  that  the  product  conforms  to  the  labels  rests  upon  the 
dealers  and  not  upon  the  label  concerns.  This  question  came 
up  in  connection  with  the  use  on  packages  of  South  American 
coffee  of  labels  indicating  that  they  contained  an  Arabian  or 
Mocha  product. 


108  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA  [March,  1915 

Preparations  Exempted  and  Affected  by  Harrison  Law 


With  Digest  showing  application  of  Act — Druggists    Must    keep    Records — Penalties    for  Violations 


Any  list  of  drugs  and  preparations  affected  by  the  Har- 
rison Narcotic  Law  at  this  time  must  be  necessarily  incom- 
plete, but  in  our  endeavor  to  make  the  following  compilation 
as  comprehensive  as  possible,  The  Era  wired  the  Commis- 
sioner of  Internal  Revenue,  Washington,  D.  C,  for  any  in- 
formation he  could  supply  that  would  make  the  list  more 
complete.  His  telegram  reply  is  self-explanatory ; 

Washington,  Feb.  27,  1915. 
The  Pharmaceutical  Era,  New  York: 

Impracticable  at  this  time  to  furnish  list  request- 
ed as  there  are  several  preparations  the  character  of 
which  is  in  doubt  and  matter  still  under  considera- 
tion. (Signed)  Gates,  Acting  Commissioner. 


For  the  convenience  of  druggists  the  following  list  has  been 
compiled  and  contains,  1st,  the  names  of  official  preparations 
exempted  by  the  law,  and  2nd,  the  names  of  all  drugs  and 
preparations  that  have  been  reported  to  us  by  manufacturers 
up  to  February  23.  It  is  Not  Complete,  and  several  addi- 
tions may  be  expected. 

The  necessity  of  thoroughly  understanding  the  law  is  most 
important,  for  in  its  application  the  law  applies  to  the  pro- 
duction, importation,  manufacture,  compounding,  sale,  dis- 
pensing or  giving  away  of  Opium  or  Coca  Leaves,  their  salts, 
derivatives  or  preparations. 

It  does  Not  apply  to  preparations  which  contain  two  grains 
or  less  of  Opium,  or  ^  grain  or  less  of  Morphine,  or  Ys  grain 
or  less  of  Heroin,  or  1  grain  or  less  of  Codeine,  or  any  salt 
or  derivative  of  any  of  them  in  one  fluid  ounce ;  or,  if  a  solid, 
in  one  avoirdupois  ounce.  Neither  does  it  apply  to  Liniments, 
Ointments  or  other  preparations  which  are  prepared  for  ex- 
ternal use  only,  except  liniments  which  contain  Cocaine  or  any 
of  its  salts  or  alpha  or  beta-eucaine  or  any  of  their  salts  or 
any  synthetic  substitute  for  them. 

Druggists  cannot  procure  any  of  the  drugs  not  exempted  by 
the  law  except  on  an  official  form  furnished  by  the  Collector 
of  Internal  Revenue.  These  orders  must  be  made  in  duplicate, 
the  original  to  accompany  the  order,  the  duplicate  to  be  re- 
tained two  years  and  to  he  open  to  the  inspection  of  Federal, 
State  and  Municipal  authorities. 

Druggists  can  only  sell  to  the  public  on  the  original  pre- 
scription of  a  legally  licensed  physician,  dentist  or  veterinary 
physician  who  has  registered  according  to  law  with  the  Col- 
lector of  Internal  Revenue.  The  presc i  ijition  must  be  in 
writing,  dated  the  day  isued,  bear  the  |i,ilii  iit'^  iKiiiie  and  ad- 
dress, be  for  a  definite  quantity,  and  sit^iird  l,y  iln;  physician, 
dentist  or  veterinary  with  his  full  nanii-,  aflchcss  and  registry 
number.  Every  prescription  must  comply  with  these  require- 
ments and  must  be  iireservcd  for  two  years. 

Druggists  can  furnish  the  prescribed  drugs  to  physicians, 
dentists  or  veterinary  surgeons  for  their  personal  or  office  use 
only  on  official  forms,  and  no  verbal  or  telephone  orders  are 
permissible. 

A  list  of  regi-it'ir.l  ).liysi.  i;in.<.  flentists  and  vi-t'-i  iiii  r\-  sur- 
geons can    be   0llt:iilM.l    fcilli    ill.'    Coll.Tlor    of   lutein, ll  RrNMllh 

for  the  guidance  of  tin-  dnit^uist  at  the  rate  of  $1  pri-  1  i.li  1 
names.  No  physician,  dcnti.-^t  or  vcterinaiy  p1i\n1,  iin.  r\.  n 
though  he  may  be  a  reputable  practitioner  of  tu  tu\  \rars' 
standing,  is  officially  competent  to  i.ssue  pres.  ni i|  i.uis  for  the 
drugs  included  in  the  law,  mili  ss  he  has  duly  rcf;isti  rr.l. 


The  preparation  of  inventories,  which  must  include  all  pre- 
parations and  proprietaries  coming  within  the  scope  of  the 
iaw.  has  been  explained  on  another  page,  and  the  importance 
of  this  record  cannot  be  over-emphasized,  for  the  record  of 
stock  on  hand  must  balance  with  the  amounts  bought  and  sold. 
If  correctly  kept  it  will  furnish  practically  conclusive  evidence 
as  to  the  manner  in  which  each  individual  druggist  has  com- 
plied with  the  requirements  of  the  law.  Two  books  are  ob- 
viously necessary  for  keeping  the  records  required  by 
the  law  and  for  this  purpose  the  Era  has  pre- 
pared for  the  use  of  manufacturers,  importers,  drug- 
gists, etc.,  an  "Opium  and  Coca  Purcha.se  and  Sales 
Register"  which  will  enable  the  various  individuals  concerned 
to  keep  a  clear  record  of  their  purchases  and  sales,  also  their 
inventories  of  stock  coming  under  the  provisions  of  the  act. 
To  meet  the  requirements  for  the  druggist's  prescription  record, 
the  ''Er.\  Opium  and  Coca  Register  '  is  recommended.  It  is 
a  specially  ruled  and  printed  book  for  recording  the  number 
of  the  prescription,  the  name  of  the  physician  or  surgeon, 
and  the  name  of  the  person  for  whom  such  prescription  is 
filled,  this  data  being  specifically  required  by  the  regulations 
of  all  druggists  who  do  not  use  the  alternative  method  of 
keeping  a  separate  tile  of  such  narcotic  prescriptions,  .\gain 
we  repeat,  it  is  most  important  that  all  druggists  and  dealers 
should  have  a  clear  and  complete  record  of  these  transactions 
which  they  can  present  when  called  upon  by  inspectors  or  if 
unfortunately  they  should  be  compelled  to  appear  in  court. 

The  law  is  an  Internal  Revenue  measure  and  the  Govern- 
ment authorities  are  not  likely  to  overlook  any  infractions  of 
the  same,  while  the  penalties  provided  for  violations — a  fine 
of  not  more  than  $2000,  or  imprisonment  not  to  exceed  five 
years,  or  both — are  sufticiently  severe  in  themselves  to  serve  as 
a  deterrent. 


EXAMINE  YOUR  LABELS 

In  the  preparation  of  inventories  druggists  will 
find  on  the  labels  of  all  proprietary  and  other  reme- 
dies the  necessary  information  in  the  declaration 
required  by  the  Federal  Food  and  Drugs  Act  as  to 
Opium,  Morphine,  or  Cocaine  content,  needed  for 
them  to  determine  whether  a  given  preparation 
comes  within  the  provisions  of  the  Harrison  Anti- 
narcotic  Law  or  not.  The  absence  of  such  a  declara- 
tion in  most  cases  may  be  taken  as  presumptive  evi- 
dence that  the  preparation  contains  no  narcotics,  or 
that  the  preparation  was  manufactured  previous  to 
the  enactment  of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act. 

No  proprietary  which  contains  more  than  2  grains 
of  opium,  I/4  grain  of  morphine,  ig  grain  of  heroin, 
1  grain  of  codeine  or  any  salt  or  derivative  of  any 
of  them  in  one  fluid  ounce  or  avoirdupois  ounce  can 
be  legally  sold  except  on  the  order  of  a  duly  regis- 
tered physician.  To  exempt  their  preparations  from 
the  provisions  of  the  Narcotic  Law,  various  proprie- 
tary manufacturers  have  announced  changes  in 
their  formulas,  and  we  would  suggest  that  druggists 
communicate  direct  with  such  manufacturers  for 
the  necessary  information. 

In  all  cases  examine  the  labels  of  your  stock. 


OFFICIAL  PREPARATIONS 
EXEMPTED 

The  followinc:  official  prepara- 
tions contain  diunni.  iiinr|)|iin(\ 
codeine,  etc.,  but  not  in  sni'ilcimt 
quantity  to  rcciuiin;  ii  pliysician  "s 
prescription  or  the  special  order 
blank,  when  purchased  or  sold  or 
when  dispensed  by  a  physician  or 
a  pharmacist: 


U.S.P.  PREPARATIONS 

Camplioialr,]   •liiuturc  of  (^jiium 

1"    plains    o|>iuin    ill    fl.  OUnCe 

( 'oiiilioiind   MiMurc  of  Glycyrrhiza 
"JIN     lain  in  fl.  ounce 

(.punii  I'la.lir 

N.  F.  PREPARATIONS 

Acid  Camiihor  Mixture 

0.54  grain  opium  in  fl.  ounce 

Antiperiodic  Tincture    (Warburg's  Tine.) 
0.114  grain  opium  in  fl.  ounce 


Carminative  Mixture — Dalby's 

l-'/i  grains  opium  in  fl.  ounce 
Compound  Elixir  of  Tar 

0.16  grain  morphine  in  fl.  ounce 
Compound  Liniment  Opium 
Compound  Syrup  of  Morphine 

0.25  grain  in  fl.  ounce 
Compound  Syrup  of  White  Pine 

0.23  grain  morphine  in  fl.  ounce 

Elixir  of  Terpin  Hydrate  with  Codeine 
1  grain  codeine  in  fl.  ounce 


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109 


Jackson's  Pectoral  or  Cough  Syrup 

0.25  grain  morphine  hy'd'chld  in  fl.  oz. 
ViLxture  of  Sassafras  and  Opium 
1.6  grains  opium  in  fl.  ounce 
Pectoral  Tincture 

2  grains  opium  in  fl.  ounce 
otokes"  E.xpectorant 

0.319  grain  opium  in  fl.  ounce 
, Mixture  of  Magnesia  and  Asafetida 
(Dewees"  Carminative) 
0.456  grain  opium  in  fl.  ounce 
Troches  of  Morphine  and  Ipecac 
0.7  grain  in  av.  ounce 

OFFICIAL  DRUGS  AND 
PREPARATIONS 
Restricted   by   the   Opium  and 
Coca  Law 
.Apomorphine  Hydrochloride,  U.S.?. 
Coca  (Leaves)  U.S.P. 
Cocaine,  U.S.P. 

Cocaine  Hydrochloride,  U.S.P. 

Codeine,  U.S.P. 

Codeine  Phosphate,  U.S.P. 

Codeine  Sulphate,  U.S.P. 

Eli.xir  Celery  Compound,  N.F. 

Elixir  Chloroform  Compound,  N.  F. 

Elixir  Coca,  N.F. 

Elixir  Coca  and  Guarana,  N.F. 

Elixir  Terpin  Hydrate  with  Heroin,  N.F. 

Extract  Opium, '  U.S.P. 

Fluidextract  Coca,  U.S.P. 

Mixture  Chloroform  and  Cannabis  Indica 

Compound,  N.F. 
iMLxture  Diarrhea,  No.  1    (Sun  Cholera) 

N.F 

[Mixture  Diarrhea,  No.  2  (Squibb)  N.F. 
I  Mixture  Diarrhea,  No.  3  (Loomis)  N.  F. 
Mixture  Diarrhea,  No.  4  (Thielmann)  N.F. 

Mixture  Diarrhea,  No.  5  (Velpeau)  N.F. 
i  Morphine,  U.S.P. 
[Morphine  .\cetate,  U.S.P. 
I  Morphine  Hydrochloride,  U.S.P. 
['Morphine  Sulphate,  U.S.P. 
i  Oleate  Cocaine,  U.S.P. 
i  Opium,  U.S.P. 
fOpium,  denarcotized,  U.S.P. 
!  Opium,  granulated,  U.S.P. 
1  Opium,  powdered,  U.S.P. 
I'Pencils,  Cocaine  (Unna)  N.F. 
jPill  .\nti-Neuralgic,  No.  1  (Gross)  N.F. 
fPill   Anti-Neuralgic,    No.    2  (Brown-Se- 
'       quard)  N.F. 
•  Pill  Opium,  U.S.P. 
'Pill  Opium  and  Camphor,  N.F. 
I  Pill  Opium  and  Lead,  N.F. 
i'Powder,  Anti-catarrh  (snuff)  N.F. 
I  Powder,  Chalk  .Aromatic  with  Opium,  N.F. 

Powder,  Ipecac  and  Opium  (Dover),  U.S.P. 
j  Powder,  Kino  Compound,  N.  F. 
I  Powder  Morphine  Compound,  (Tully), 
\'  U.S.P. 

j  Solution  Morphine  Citrate,  N.F. 

!  Solution  Morphine,  Hypodermic  (Magendie) 

'  N.F. 

^  Syrup  Codeine,  N.F. 

'  Syrup  Ipecac  and  Opium  (Dover)  N.F. 

Syrup  Morphine  Sulphate,  N.F. 

Syrup  Poppy,  N.F. 

Tincture  Ipecac  and  Opium,  U.S.P. 
;  Tincture  Kino  Compound,  N.F. 
.  Tincture  Opium,  U.S.P. 
,  Tincture  Opium,  deodorized,  U.S.P. 
I  Tincture  Poppy,  N.F. 
'  Troches  Glvcvrrhiza  and  Opium,  U.S.P. 
'  Troches  Morphine  and  Ipecac.(U.S.P.  18.00) 
'Vinegar  Opium.  U.S.P. 

Wine  Coca,  U.S.P. 

Wine  Coca,  .Aromatic,  N.F. 
I  Wine  Opium,  U.S.P. 


DRUGS  AND  CHEMICALS 

.Acid  Meconic 
.Antispasmin 
.Apocodeine  .Alkaloid 

Hydrochloride 
.Apomorphine  :Muriate  .Amorphous 

Hydrochloride  U.S.P. 
"  Sulphate 
Beta-Eucaine 
Benzoyl  Ecgonine 
Coca  Leaves 


Cocaine 

.Alkaloid,  U.S.P. 

Borate 

Carbolate 

Citrate 

Hydrobromide 

Hydrochloride 

Lactate 

Nitrate 

Nitrite 

Oleate 

Phenate 

Salicylate 

Sulphate 

Tartrate 

Codeine 

Alkaloid,  U.S.P 

Acetate 

Citrate 

Hydrobromide 

Hydriodide 

Hydrochloride 

Nitrate 

Phosphate 

Salicylate 

Sulphate 

Valerianate 

Codeonol 

Cotamine  Hydrochloride 
Diacetylmorphine  Alkaloid 

"  Hydrochloride 
Dover  Powder 
Ecgonine 

"  Hydrochloride 
Ethylidene  Chloride 

Ethylmorphine  Hydrochloride  (Dionin) 

"  Hydriodide 

"  Eucain 
.Acetate 

"  Hydrochloride  * 

"  Lactate 
Eucodine 
Gregory  Salt 
Heroin 

"  Hydrochloride 
Ipecac  and  Opium  Powder  U.S.P. 


Morph 


Alkaloid  U.S.P. 
Acetate  U.S.P. 
Anisate 
Arsenate 

Benzoate 

Bimeconate  solution 
Borate 
Camphorate 
Citrate 

Diacetyl  (Heroin) 

"  Hydrochloride 
Ferrocyanide 
Formate 

Trv-lrwhroniirle 

Hydrorhlnride  U.S.P. 

Hypophosphite 

Lactate 

Meconate 

Nitrate 

Oleate  2% 

solution  20% 
Phosphate 
Phthalate 


Morphine  Salicylate 

"  Sulphate 
"  Tannate 
Tartrate 
"  Valerate 
Narceine,  Alkaloid 
"  Acetate 
"  Hydrobromide 
"  Hydrochloride 
"  Meconate 

Nitrate 
"  Salicylate 
"  Sulphate 
"  A''alerianate 
Narcotine,  Alkaloid 

"  Hydrochloride 
"  Sulphate 
Opium,   Gum  U.S.P. 

"       Deodorized,  U.S.P.  Denarcotized 
Granulated  U.S.P. 
Extract  Powder  U.S.P. 
Powder  U.S.P. 
Tincture  U.S.P. 
Vinegar  U.S.P. 
■Wine  U.S.P. 
Papaverine,  Alkaloid 

"  Hydrochloride 

Nitrate 
"  Phosphate 
"  Sulphate 
Peronin 
Protopine 

Stypticin  (Cotamine  Hydrochloride) 
Styptol  (Cotarnine  Phthalate) 
Thebaine  Hydrochloride 

Tartrate 
Tropacocaine  Hydrochloride 
AMPOULES 
Clin's  Ampoules— see  list  E.  Fougera  &  Co. 
Cocaine  Hydrochloride  (Lilly) 
Codrenin  IJ  "C"  (P.  D.  &  Co.) 
Eudrenin  ^  "B"  (P.  D.  &  Co.) 
Morphine  and  Atropine,  all  strengths 

(Lilly)  (P.  D.  &  Co.) 
Morphine  and  Hyoscine    (Lilly)    (P.  D. 
&  Co.) 

Morphine  Sulph.,  all  strengths  (Lilly) 

CAPSULES 
Bronchial  No.  1  (Lilly) 
Acetanilid  Salicylate  Comp.  (Zemmer) 

and  Codeine  Comp.  (Zemmer) 
Quinine  Camphor  Comp.  (Zemmer) 
Strontium-Bokhicine  Comp.  (Zemmer) 

CONFECTIONS 

Opium 

Theriac  (H.  B.  &  W.) 
CORDIALS 

Calisaya,  Ferrated  (Lilly) 
Celery  Comp.  (S.  &  D.) 
Coca 

Cola  Cordial  (Maltbie) 
Diarrhea  (Milliken) 
Kaol  Comp.  (Norwich) 

ELIXIRS 
Acetanalid  Comp. 

Ammonium  Valerianate  and  Morphine 

Antiasthmatic  Comp. — Blackwood 

Calcium  Creosulphmatic  Comp.  (O.D.Co.) 

Calcreide  (C.  P.  Co.) 

Celery  Comp. 

Celery  and  Black  Haw 

Celery,  Kola  and  Coca  Comp. 

Celery  and  Kola  Comp. 

Chloroform,  Comp.  N.F. 

Coca 

Coca  Compound 
Creosote  Compound 


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Creosote  and  Terpin  Hydrate,  Coropound 

Diacarpine  (Norwich) 

Glycerin  and  Heroin  Compound 

Gold  Chloride  (Norwich) 

Gold  Chloride  no  Atropine  (Norwich) 

Heroin 

Heroin,  Comp.  No.  1,  No.  2 
Heroin  and  Pilocarpine  Comp. 
Heroin  and  Terpin  Hydrate 
Kola  Comp. 
Kola  and  Celery  Comp. 
Morphine  Aromatic 
Morphine  Hydrochloride 

"  Valerianate 
Opium,  Deodorized 
Papaveris  (Warner  &  Co.) 
Pectoral,  or  Pulmonic 
Pertussic  Comp.  (Wampole; 
Pilocarpine  Comp. 
Poppy  Comp.  5l  and  ^2 
Saw  Palmetto  Comp. 
Saw  Palmetto  and  Pichi,  Comp. 
Sedative 

Terpin  Creosote  Comp.  , 
Hydrate  Comp. 

and  Cherry  Comp. 
Hydrate  and  Codeine  [See  Note] 
"       with  Heroin 
Tussis  Comp.  (McCoy,  Howe  Co.) 

Note— Elixirs  Terpin  Hydrate  and  Codeine; 
Terpin  Hydrate  Comp,;  White  Pine  Comp. 
and  White  Pine  Comp.  and  Codeine— Nos. 
E199,  E200,  E207  and  E208-of  Wm.  R.  Warner 
&  Co.  are  exempt. 

EXTRACTS 

Coca 

Opium,  U.S.P. 
Opium  Aqueous 
Poppy  Heads 
Warburg's  Tincture 
Warburg's  Tincture,  without  Aloes 
EYE  OINTMENTS  AND 
COLLYRES 
Holocaine  Hydrochloride  (Lilly) 
Clin's  Collyres — see  list  E.  Fougera  &  Co. 
Cocaine  Hydrochloride  (Zemmer) 
Dionin  (Zemmer) 

Ophthalmic  Discs  (Wyeth)  Nos.  309,  310, 
311,  319,  320,  321,  322,  323,  332, 
338,  342. 

ELUIDEXTRACTS 

Buchu  Comp.  (Harvey) 

Celery  Comp. 

Coca,  U.S.P. 

Coca  and  Celery 

Coca,  Soluble 

Ipecac  and  Opium 

Kola,  Compound 

Opium 

Opium,  Camphorated 

Opium,  Concentrated 

Opium,  Deodorized  (see  Tinctures) 

Poppy  Heads 

Saw  Palmetto,  Comp. 

White  Pine  Comp.  for  Syrups 

White  Pine  Comp.,  Red,  for  Syrups 

Wild  Cherry,  Compound 

HOMEOPATHIC  REMEDIES 
Boericke  &  Runyon's  List 
Apomorphia,  Ix,  2x,  3x,  in  any  form 
Erythroxylon  Coca,  Tinct.  and  all  potencies 
Heroin,  Ix,  2x,  3x,  in  any  form 
Morphia  sulph.,  Ix,  2x,  3x,  in  any  form 
Opium,  Tinct.,  Ix,  2x,  in  any  form 
Tablets,  Codein  1/25  gr.  1/10  gr.  %  gr. 

H  gr.  54gr.        gr.  1  gr. 

Heroin  1/24  gr.  1/12  gr. 

Morphia  sulph.  I/IO  gr.  %  gr.  %  gr. 
'A  gr. 

Tablet  No,  30,  31,  35,  105,  111,  118, 
133,  142,  143,  144,  157,  159,  162, 
163,  182,  201,  209,  221. 


Specialties — 

Elixir  Heroin  and  Terpin  Hydrate 
Coca  Wine 

LOZENGES  and  COMPRESSED 
LOZENGES 

Aconite  Comp.  Troches  (Wyeth) 

Bronchitis  Improved  (Norwich) 

Brown  Mixture 

Brown  Mixture  Comp. 

Brown  Mixture  and  Ammonium  Chloride 

Chlorodyne 

Cocaine  Compound 

Cocaine  and  Cubeb  Comp. 

Codeine  and  Benzoic  Acid  Comp.  without 

Cocaine  (B.  W.  &  Co.) 
Follicular  Tonsilitis  No.  3 
Glycyrrhiza  and  Opium  U.  S.  P. 
Jackson's  Ammonium 
Jackson's  Pectoral 
Kola  and  Coca  Comp. 
Licorice  and  Anise  Comp. 
Licorice  and  Opium  U.  S.  P. 
Linseed,  Licorice  and  Chlorodyne  (B.  W. 

&  Co.) 
Mentholic  Throat 
Menthol  and  Cocaine  Comp. 
Morphine  B.  P. 
Morphine  and  Ipecac 
Oral  Astrmgent  (P.  D.  &  Co.) 
Red  Gum  Compound 
Sodium  Benzoate  Comp. 
Thymo  Heroin  Comp. 
White  Pine  Comp.  Cough 
Wistar's  Cough 
Wild  Cherry  Comp. 

John  F.  Hancock  &  Son's  List 
Acetanodeine 
Acid,  Boric  Comp. 
Aconite  Compound 
Ammonium-Codeine 
Ammonium  Iodide  Comp. 
Antalgic 

Camphor  Compound 
Chlorodyne 

Cocaine  1/20  gr.  1/10  gr. 
Cocaine  Compound 
Cocaine  and  Cubeb 
Cocaine  and  Opium 
Cocaine  and  Rhatany 
Cocanilid 

Codeine  1/10  gr.  1/5  :  •, 
Cubeb  Compoimd 

Heroin  No.  1  1/24  gr.    No.  2  1/12  gr. 

Heroin  Compound 

Lobelia  Compound 

Muco-Sedative 

Muco  Stimulant 

Rhatany  and  Opium 

Sedative,  S. 

Terpin-Heroin-Benzoic 

OLEATES 
Cocaine  U.S.P, 

Mercury  and  Morphine  (Squibb) 
Morphine,  10% 

PILLS  and  GRANULES 

Acctanilide  and  Quinine  Comp. 
Acetphenetidin  and  Quinine  Comp. 
Alterative 

Ammonium  Muriate,  Comp. 
Anodyne 

Anodyne  Granules 
Antispasmodic 

Anti-Syphilitic  Nos.  1  &  2 — Castano 
Aphrodisiac  Improved 
Aphrodisiac  Comp.  (P.  D.  &  Co.) 
Astringent 

Atropine  and  Morphine  B,  C,  D  (Upjohn) 
Blue  Mass  Compound 
Calomel  and  Dover  Powder 
Calomel  and  Opium 
Camphor  Compound 


Camphor  and  Opium  N.  F.  No.  1  and 
No.  2 

Camphor,  Opium  and  Hyoscyamus 
Camphor,  Opium  and  Lead  Acetate 
Camphor,  Opium  and  Tannin 
Cardiac  Tonic — Mann 

Chanteud's  Granules— see  list  of  E.  Fougerd 

&  Co. 
Chlorodyne 

Chlorodyne,  half  strength 
Chronic  Dysentery — Holston 
Cinchonidine  Comp.  (Warner) 
Coca  and  Phosphorus,  Comp. 
Coca,  Phosphorus  and  Strychnine 
Cocaine  Hydrochloride  (all  sizes) 
Codeine  (all  sizes) 
Codeine  Sulphate  (all  sizes) 
Codeine  Sulphate  I^Ietric  Granules  (Nor- 
wich) 
Colax 

Cold,  Laxative  (Upjohn) 
Diaphoretic 
Diarrhea  Pellets 
Dover  Powder 
Dupuytren  (Warner) 
Dysmenorrhea — Brooks 
"  — Alvord 

Heims 

Heroin  (all  sizes) 
Hydrargyrum  Comp.  No.  1 
Ipecac  and  Opium  (all  sizes) 
Ipecac  and  Opium  Comp. 
Ipecac  and  Squill  B.  P. 
Mercury  Iodide  and  Opium — Ricord 
Mercury  Protiodide  and  Opium 
Mercury  and  Chalk  No.  2 
Mercury  Yellow  Iodide  and  Opium 
Morphatropia  (all  sizes) 
Morphine  Acetate  Yz  gr.  ^  gr. 
Morphine  and  Atropine  No.  1  No,  2  and 
No.  4 

Morphine  Hydrochloride  y&  gr. 

Morphine  and  Belladonna  No.  1 

Morphine  Sulphate  (all  sizes) 

Morphine  Valerianate  (all  sizes) 

Neuralgic,  Brown-Sequard,  N.F. 

Neuralgic,  Brown-Sequard,  Half  and  quar- 
ter strength 

Neuralgic,  Gross,  N.F. 

Neuralgic,  Gross,  half  strength 

Neuralgic,  Gross,  Pink  Granules 

Opium  and  Bismuth 

Opium,  Camphor  and  Lead  .\cetate 

Opium  Extract  (all  sizes) 

Opium  U.  S.  P.,  1  gr.  J4  gr. 

Opium,  Powdered  (all  sizes) 

Opium  with  Soap 

Opium  and  Camphor,  N.F, 

Opium,  Camphor  and  Tannin  (Wampole) 

Opium  and  Lead,  X,F,  (all  sizes) 

Opium  and  Silver  Nitrate  No.  1  and  No.? 

Opium,  Tannin  and  Lead 

Phenacetine  and  Quinine  Comp, 

Phosphorus,  Morphine  &  Zinc  Valerate 
"         Opium  and  Digitalis 
"        Quinine  and  Digitalis  Comp. 

Quinine  and  Dover's  Powder 

Sedative — Mann 

Silver  Nitrate  and  Opium 

Syphilitic,  Ricord,  Modified 

Terpin  Hydrate  and  Codeine  No,  1  and 
No.  2 

Warburg's  Tincture  IJ2 

Warburg's  Tincture  (without  .Moes)  54 

POWDERS 
Brown  Mixture 

Chalk  .\romatic  with  Opium  N.F. 
Diaphoretic — Beach's 
Ipecac  and  Opium  (Dover)  U.S.P. 
Ipecac  and  Opium  Camphorated 
Kino  Comp.  N.  F. 

Morphine  Compound  (Tully'sl  U.S.P. 


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Tinct.  Poppy  Compound 
Tully's  Modified 

SOLUTIONS 
Chlorodyne  (5717) 

Cocaine  Hydrochloride,  2  %  with  Acetoform 
4%  " 

Lead  and  Opium 
Morphine  Citrate 

"  Hypodermic 

Hydrochloride  B.  P. 
Nebulizer  No.  8  (953  A) 
SUPPOSITORIES 
All  suppositories  having   opium,  mor- 
phine or  cocaine. 

Burroughs  Wellcome  &  Co.'s  List 
Cocaine  Hydrochloride 
Gall  and  Opium 
Lead  and  Opium 
Morphine  and  Belladonna 
Morphine  Hydrochloride 
Opium  E.xtract 

H.  K.  Mulford  &  Co.'s  Li^ 
Adrenal  Comp.,  Rectal 
Antiseptic 

Morphine  Sulphate,  ^  gr. 

Morphine  Sulphate,  gr. 

Opium  .\queous  Ext.,  gr.  and  Bella- 
donna E.xt.,  yi  gr. 

Opium  Aqueous  E-xt.,  1  gr.,  and  Bella- 
donna Ext.,  ^  gr. 

Opium  Powd.,  J4  gT- 

Opium  Powd.,  1/2  gr. 

Opium  Powd.,  1  gr. 

Opium  Powd.,  2  gr.,  and  Lead  Acetate, 
5  gr. 

Opium  Powd.,  1  gr.,  and  Acid  Tannic,  5 
gr. 

Tanichthol,  No.  1 

Konvich  Pharmacol  Go's.  List 
Morphine  and  Atropine 
Opium  1  gr  2  gr. 
Opium  and  Belladonna 
Opium  and  Hyoscyamus 
Morphine  Sulphate  J4  gr. 
Unguentine  Cones  with  Opium 

Sharp  &  Dohme's  List 
Cacao  Butter  Aural  No.  162J 
Rectal 

No.  lA  to  No.  11 A  incl. 
No.  15A  to  No.  23A  incl. 
No.  24B 

No.  31A,  No.  32A,  No.  33A 
No.  39 A,  No.  40A,  No.  41  A,  No.  42 A 
John  Wyeth  &  Brother's  Liit 

Rectal 

Nos.  43,  47,  48,  49,  50,  53,  54,  225, 

227,  604,  605,  606. 
Urethral  Nos.  509  &  510. 
Uterine  No.  320. 
Vaginal  Nos.  138,  435,  436. 
Aural  Nos.  176,  182. 
Nasal  Nos.  197,  198,  199,  206. 
Rectal  Nos.  5,  6,  7,  &  8  (Abbott) 
Vaginal  No.  11. 

SYRUPS 
Anodyne  Pine  Comp.  with  Heroin 
Balm  Gilead  Comp.  (Norwich) 

"    with  Heroin  (Nor%vich) 
Blood  Root  and  Cherry  Compound  No.  2 

( Norwich ) 

Blood  Root  with  Diacetylmorphine  Hydro- 
chloride (Upjohn) 
Blood   Root   with   Heroin  Hydrochloride 

( Upjohn ) 
Cocillana  Comp. 
Codeine  (Squibb) 
Codeine  Phosphate  Comp. 

"  E.Tpectorant 
Dover  Powder  N.  F. 
Glyco  Rinus  Comp.  (O.  D.  Co.) 
Eubenol-Dionin  (Norwich) 


Heroin  Compound 

"    and  Glycerine  Comp. 
Heroin  and  Sangtiinaria  Comp. 
"    Comp.  Mentholated 
"    and  Tolu  Comp. 
Ipecac  and  Opium  (Dover)  N.F. 
Lobelia  Comp.  (Toledo  P.  Co.) 
Morphine  N.  F. 
Palmo-Dionin  (Upjohn) 
Pinus  Alba  Comp. 
Sedative  Comp.  (Norwich) 
Terbene  Compound 

"       with  Dionin  (Norwich) 

"       with  Heroin,  Tolu  and  Cannabis 

Comp.  (Norwich) 
"       Aromatic  with  Heroin 
Tolu  Compound 

"  and  Heroin  Compound 
White  Pine  Compound 
"        "     with  Codeine 
"         "     with  Heroin 
"        "     with  Morphine 
"        "     Terpin  Hydrate  and  Heroin 
"        "     with   Heroin   and  Ammonia 
Muriate 
Wild  Cherry  Compound 

"    Cherries  and   Terbene   Comp.  with 

Heroin  (Norwich) 
"    Cherry  and  Heroin  (Milliken) 

TABLETS  and  TABLET  TRI- 
TURATES 
Acetanilide  Compound  Nos.  5  &  7 
"       and  Tully's  (Norwich) 
"       Comp.  with  Codeine  No.  1 
Comp.  with  Heroin 
and  Quinine  Compound 
"       Salicylate  &  Morphine  Nos.  2  &  3 
"       and  Sodium  Comp.  with  Codeine 
"       and  Sodium  Comp.  with  Heroin 
"       and    Sodium   Salicylate  Comp. 
with  Codeine  Nos.  26  &  216  (Upjohn) 
Acetphenetidin  Comp. 

"  and  (juinine  Comp. (Wyeth) 
"  Comp.  with  Codeine 

Aconite  Compound 

Alkaloid  Codeine  (Lambert  &  Lowman) 
Ammonium  Chloride  Comp.  with  Codeine 
"       Chloride   Comp.   with  Diacetyl- 
morphine 
"  "       Comp.  with  Heroin 

"  "       with  Morphine 

Ammonium  Muriate  Comp.  with  Codeine 
"        Muriate  Comp.  with  Heroin 
"        Salicylate  Comp.  Nos.  1  &  3 

Salicylate  and  Acetanilide  Comp. 
Y2  strength 
Alum  Comp.  No.  1  for  injections 

"  Compound  No.  2 
Anodyne  Comp.  with  Codeine 

"     and  Carminative  (Warner) 

Nos.  1  &  2 
"  Expectorant— Bo'ton 

No.  2 
"  Infant — Waugh 
"  (Lilly) 
Mild 

Analgia  Comp.  with  Codeine 
Analgesic  Compound 

"       Comp.  and  Heroin 

"       "     with  Sodium  Salicylate  and 

Codr;ine  (Wampole; 
Antiasthmatic — Stevens 
.'\ntibronchitis 
Anticold 

No.  3 — Averill 
"  Gordon 
Antidiabetic  Nos.  1  &  2 
Antidiarrhea  and  Dysentery  (Abbott) 
Antilupia  and  Codeine  (Norwich) 
Antipyrine  and  Heroin  Comp.  (Squibb) 
Antispasm  and  Pain  (Abbott) 


Antisyphilitic  No.  2  (Upjohn) 

Antivomiting  Nos.  1  &  2 

Apomorphine  Hydrochloride  (all  sizes) 

Asafetida  and  Opium  Comp.  (B.W.&  Co.) 

Aspirin  Compound — Kyle 
"      and  Codeine 

Asthma  and  Bronchitis — Fretz 

Astringent  Wash 

Atropine-Aconite  Comp. 

Atropine,  Aconite  &  Morph.  Comp.  (Ab- 
bott) 

Bismuth  and  Beta-Napthol  Comp.  (P.  W. 

&  Co.) 
Bismuth  Catechu  Comp. 

"     and  Dover  Powder  (B.  W.  &  Co.) 

"       and  Ipecac  Nos.  1  &  2 

"     and  Opium 

"    and  Paregoric  Comp. 

"     and  Phenosulphonates  (McNeil) 

"     Opium  and  Carbolic  Acid 

and  Phenol  (Milliken) 

"     and  Salol  Compound 

"      Subnitrate,  Opium  &  Carb.  Acid 

"     Tannin  and  Opium 
Blue  Mass  Compound 
Boric  Acid  and  Potassium  Comp. 
Bromides  Compound 

"  "  Y2  strength 

Bromide  Compound  Nos.  1  &  2 — Hubbard 
Bronchitis 

— Delafield 
"  Improved 
No.  3 

Brown  Mixture  (all  sizes) 
"  "  (Compound 
"  "       and   Ammonium  Chloride 

Nos.  1  and  2 
"  "     Comp.  modified  with  Heroin 

Caff ocodeine  ( Eraser ) 

"  Compound  (Eraser) 

Catarrh  Bronchial  (Abbott) 
Calomel  and  Dover  Powder  (all  sizes) 

"       and  Opium  Nos.  1  &  2 
Camphor,  Opium  and  Tannin 
Cannabis  and  Aconite  Comp. 

"      and  Codeine 
Cardiac  Asthma 

"  Waldstein 
Carminative  No.  2 
Chloranodyne 
Chlorodyne 

"  half-strength 
Cholera  and  Atonic  Diarrhea  (Abbott) 
Cholera  Infantum  Nos.  2  &  3 
Coca,  fluidextract 
Cocaine 

"     Hydrochloride  (all  sizes) 
"  "  gr.  for  solution 

(Upjohn) 
Cocaine  and  Cubeb  Compound 
"     without  sugar  (all  sizes) 
Codeine  (all  sizes) 

"      Alkaloid  (all  sizes) 
"     and  Benzoic  Acid    Comp.  without 

Cocaine  (B.  W.  &  Co.) 
"     and  Nux  Vomica  (B.  W.  &  Co.) 
"      Phosphate  (all  sizes) 
"      Sulphate  (all  sizes) 
Colax 

Cold  Nos.  1  to  6  incl. 
"  Gage 
"    No.  3 

"    No.  3  with  Aloin 
"  Laxative 

^  "C"  (P.  D.  &  Co.) 
"  Preferred 
Colic  No.  1  &  2  Infantile' 
Conjunctivitis  (Zemmer) 
Copper  Arsenate  Comp.  Nos.  1&2  (Abbott) 
Copper  and  Opium 


112 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[March,  1915 


Coryza  Nos.  1  to  6  incl.  (see  Note)  Laxative  Cold  No.  2 

"     — Bishop     — Kenyon     — Richards  Lead  and  Laudanum 


-Smith 
"  Improved 
"  Hospital 
"     with  Heroin 
Cotarnine  Hydrochloride  (B.  W.  &  Co.) 
Cough  Nos.  1  &  2 
"     No.  3 — Lyon 

"     — Drossner  — Goodwin  — Blackham 
"  Infant 
"  Adult 

"     Nervous  (Abbott) 

"     Palliative  (P.  D.  &  Co.) 

"     persistent  with  Diacetylmorphine 

"     persistent  with  Heroin 
Creosote  Compound 
Croup  Nos.  2  &  3 

"  Spasmodic 
Damiana  Comp.  No.  2 
Diabetes 

Diacetylmorphine  (all  sizes) 

"  Hydrochloride  (all  sizes) 

D  iaphoretic — Whitf  ord 
Diarrhea 

"  Fermentative 

Nos.  1,  2  &  9 
"       No.  3 — Sullivan 

No.  A — Gay 
"       — Haslam  — Van  Wyck 
Digitalis  Compound  No.  1 
Dionin  (all  sizes) 
Dover  Compound — Terryberry 
"     Powder  (all  sizes) 

"    Camphorated  (all  sizes) 
"     and  Quinine  (P.  D.  &  Co.) 
Dysentery  No.  1  — Brandon 
Enteric — Sillo 
Enteritis — Haskell 
Epinine  Comp.  (B.  W.  &  Co.) 
Expectorant — Rankin  — Harvey 
Expectorant  Nos.  4  &  5 — Jones 
No.  6 
"  Tonic 
Febrifuge 
Fever 

"  Kenyon 
I"'olHcular  Tonsilitis 
Gastric  Sedative 
Gastritis 

No.  1 — Pepper 
"       — Searle 
Grip  Special  (Fraser) 
Grippe  No.  1 — Becker 

No.  2 — Drake  — Quigley 
"     Nos.  3  &  4 
"     — Stengel 
Hay  Fever  (Wyeth) 
H-M-C  Comp.  Nos.  1  &  2  (Abbott) 
H-M-C  Modified  Nos.  1  &  2  (Abbott) 
H.-M-C  Comp.,  Formula  A  &  B  (Abbott) 
Headache  Neuralgia — Rodgers 
Helonias  Compound,  Vegetable 
Hemostatic 
Heroin  (all  sizes) 

"     Compound  (all  sizes) 
"     Hydrochloride  (all  sizes) 

and  Torpin  Hydrate  (all  sizes) 
Hydrastine  Compound 

and  Cotarnine  Hydrochloride 
(B.  W.  &  Co.) 
"         white  Alkaloid  Comp. 
Hyoscyamus  Cough 
Hysteria 

Injection  Compound  No.  2  (Wampole) 
Ipecac  and  Opium,  see  Dover  Powder 

"     with  Squill  (B.  W.  &  Co.) 
Krameria  Compound 

NOTE— Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  announce  that 
their  Coryza  Tablets— C.T.  243;  C.C.T.  65; 
T.T.  722;  C.C.T.  66  and  C.C.T.  376  do  not 
contain  any  opiate.     Examine  the  label! 


"    and  Opium 
Leucorrhea  (Helonias  Astringent) 

"  Mild  (Helonias  Astringent) 
Mercurous  Iodide  and  Opium  Nos.  1  &  2 
Mercury  and  Opium 

"     Protiodide  and  Opium 
"     with  Chalk  and  Dover  Powder 

"      "       "  "  3 

"B"  (P.  D.  &  Co.) 
Methalgine  Comp.  (Waterbury) 
Morphine  Acetate  (all  sizes) 
Bromide  Compound 

No.  2 
and  Aconite 

and  Emetine  (B.  W.  &  Co.) 
"       Hydrochloride  (all  sizes) 
"       and  Salicylic  Acid  Nos.  1  &  2 
"       Sulphate  (all  sizes) 
"       and  Atropine  (all  sizes) 
"       and  Atropine  (all  combinations) 
"       and  Belladonna 
"       Strychnine  and  Belladonna  (B 
W.  &  Co.) 
Naso-Pharyngeal 
Nausea,  PI. 

No.  2  and  No.  4 
Neuralgic 

"       — Arthur 
"       — Brown-Sequard 
"       — Brown-Sequard 

strength 
"       — Dunlap 
"  —Gross 
"       — Gross  strength 
Neuralgic  Headache — Myers 

No.  10— Thrush 
Neurodynia  with  Codeine  (C.  P.  Co.) 

"        with  Dover  Powder  (CP.  Co.) 
Nuguaiacal  Comp.  No.  2  (Abbott) 
Opium,  Camphor  and  Tannin 

"     Camphor  and  Ammonium  Carb. 
"     Camphor  and  Lead  Acetate 
"  "     and  Tannin 

"     Camphorated,  Tinct.  (all  sizes) 
"     Deodorized,  Tinct. 
"     Powdered  (all  sizes) 
"     Tinct.  U.S.P.  (all  sizes) 
"     and  Camphor 

"     and  Camphor  IJ  "B"  (P.  D.  &  Co  ) 

"     No.  2  (Wyeth) 
"  .  and  Hyoscyamus 
"     c.nd  Ipecac  Compound 
"     Ipecac  and  Blue  Mass 
"     and  Lead 
Paragoric  Compound 

U.S.P.  equivalent  to  5  &  10  min. 
Phen.  Codeia  (Zemmer) 
Phenacetin  Comiiound 

"         and  (Quinine  Compound 
Pinus  Alba  Compound 
Potassium  Chlorate  and  Cocaine 
Protan  Comp.  (Mulford) 

and  Opium  Nos.  1  &  2  (Mulford) 
Quinine  and  Dover  Powder 

"     Gelsemin  Comp.  (Zemmer) 
Rheumatism  Nos.  1,  2  &  3 
"  Improved 
-Liggett 
Salr.'lol  ("(.iiipouncl  (.^toddard) 

Culri,  (Suiddardl 
S,ili(\l,ili'  Ac  1.1  ,iiul  Morphine  Xos 

Ciiiiip.  (Zemmer) 
Salmacrin  (Weaver) 
Salol  Compound  (all  sizes) 
Sanguinaria  Compound  (Stoddard) 

Comp.  and  Codeine  (Norwich) 
Sciatica  Improved  (Norwich") 
Silver  Nitrate  Comp.  (Warner) 
Strontium  Salicylate  Comp.  (Zemmer) 
Sudorific  and  Resolvent  (Abbott) 


Sun  Cholera 
Syphilitic 
Syphilitic  ^  "A" 
No.  2 

Tar  and  Codeine  (B.  W.  &  Co.) 
Tartar  Emetic  and  Morphine — Hall 
Terpin-Hydrate  Compound — Brockbank 
"       and  Creosote  Comp.  No.  2 
"    Diacetylmorphine  No.  2  (Upjolm) 
"     and  Heroin  Nos.  1  &  2 
and  Codeine  (all  sizes) 
"     and  Heroin  Comp.  (P.D.  &  Co. 
Throat  Mentholated 

"      — Quinlan 
Tully's  Powder  (all  sizes) 
Uterine  Astringent  and  Antiseptic 
Voice 

Warburg's  Tincture  No.  1 

Tincture  No.  2  without  Aloes 
White  Pine  Compound 
Whooping  Cough  No.  3  (Wampole) 
"        Cough  No.  4 
"        Cough  Improved  (Norwich) 
Zinc  &  Codeine  Comp.  Nos.  1&2  (Abbott 

TABLETS — DISPENSARY 
Cocaine 

Cocaine  Hydrochloride  (all  sizes) 
Codeine  (all  sizes) 
Codeine  Alkaloid 
Codeine  Phosphate  (all  sizes) 
Codeine  Sulphate  (all  sizes) 
2  strength  %  Heroin  Hydrochloride  (all  sizes) 
Morphine  Hydrochloride 
Morphine  Suljihate  (all  sizes") 

TABLETS — HYPODERMIC 
Adrenalin  and  Cocaine 

R  "B"  "C"  "D"  (P.  D.  &  Co.) 
and  Eucaine  R"B"  (P.D.  &  Co.) 
Antiasthmatic,  Timmerman 
Apomorphine  Hydrochloride  (all  sizes) 

Muriate  (all  sizes) 
Apomorphine  and  Strychnine 
Cardiac  No.  2  (Norwich) 

"       Tonic — ]Mann 
Cocaine  Hydrochloride  (all  sizes) 
Codeine  Pnosphate  (all  sizes) 
Codeine  Phosphate  no  sugar  (all  sizes) 
Salts  and  all  combinations 
"     Sulphate  (all  sizes) 
Coniine  Hvdrobromide   &  Morph.  Sulph 

(Wyeth) 
Cotarnine  Hydrochloride 
Diacetylmorphine  Hydrochloride  (all  sizes) 
Duboisine  Hydrochloride  &  Morph.  Sulph 
(Wyeth) 

Ergotine,  Citrate  and  ^Morphine  Sulph.  (B 

W.  &  Co.) 
Ergotoxine  and  IMorphine  Sulph.  (B.  W 

&  Co.) 
Eserine  and  Morphine 
Eucaine  Hydrochloride  (all  sizes) 
Eucaine  Lactate 

Heroin  Hydrochloride  (all  sizes) 

"     Salts  and  all  combinations 
Hubbard's  Bromides  Nos.  1  &  2  (Squibb) 
Hvoscine  Comp. 

and  Morphine  (P.  D.  &  Co.") 
"        "  "       Bromide  Comp. 

"       "       "    Brom.  Comp.  strengtl 
Hvoscvamine    Sulph.    &    Morph.  Sulph 
(Wyeth) 

I.oral  .\no.>thotir.  Dental  (all  sizes) 
Morph.iiic  Bimeconalc 

Morphine  Bimeconate  &  Atropine  Sulpb 
(Wyeth) 

Morphine  Bromide  &  Hyoscine  Hydrobro 

mide  (Wyeth) 
Morphine  and  Cactin  (Milliken) 
Morphine  Comp.  Nos.  3,  9.   10,   11,  15 

(Wampole) 
Morphine  H>drochloride  (all  sizes) 


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113 


Morphine  and  Hyoscine 
Morphine  Hypophosphite  (B.  W.  &  Co.) 
Morphine  Meconate  (all  sizes) 
Morphine  Nitrate  (all  sizes) 
Morphine  and  Strychnine 
Morphine  Salts  and  all  combinations 
Morphine  Sulphate  (all  sizes) 
Morphine  ;ind  Atropine  (all  sizes) 
Morphine,  Atrcipino  and  Strych.  (all  sizes) 
Morphine  and  Stryclinine  (all  sizes) 
'Morphine  Sulphate  (Fraser) 
Morphine  Sulphine  and  Atropine  Sulphate 

(Fraser) 
'  Morphine  Compound — Tapper 
Nitroglycerin  Comp.  (Lilly) 
Nitroglycerin.  Strychnine  and  Morphine 
Scopolamine  and  Morphine  (all  sizes) 


Adrenalin  Compound  Suppositories  (4353) 
"       and  Cocaine  Tablets  (4353) 
ditto  IJ  "B"  "C"  "D"  (4353) 

Eucaine  IJ  "B"  (4353) 

Apii  Compound  (Hammond)  (4177) 

Ammosol-^Iorphia  (953.\) 

Anginol  Tabs.  (95jA) 

Antigia  Powder  &  Tablets  (4536) 
and  Codeine  (4536) 
and  Quinine  (4536) 

.\ntimeticol  (5927) 

Battley's  Liquor  Opii  Sedativus  (1987) 
Bechol  Willi  Herom  (3769) 
Bronchoids  (5877) 
Bronchial  Sedative,  Palmer  (3837) 
Browne's  Chlorodyne  (1987) 


Morphine  Comp.  (P  D.  &  Co.)  l^^own's  (Dr 
TABLETS — OPHTHALMIC 
Atropine  Hydrobromide  and  Cocaine  Hy 


George)  Eye  Drops  (755) 
Cough  Syrup  (755) 
Laryngial  Gargle  (755) 
Throat  Lozenges  (755) 
Cannabine  Tabs.  Injection  (953A) 
Cannabis  Comp.  Merrell  (3769) 


drochloride  (B.  W.  &  Co.) 
Cocaine  Hydrochloride 
Dionin  (B.  W.  &  Co.) 
'  Homatropine  Hydrochloride  and   Cocaine  Capsodyne  (4366) 

Hydrochloride  (B.  W.  &  Co.)  Chlorodyne 
,  Physostigmine  Salicylate  and  Tropacocaine  Cerebral  Sedative  Comp.  (4353) 

Hydrochloride  (B.  W.  &  Co.)  Chloro-Cannabine  (3842) 

iPilocarpine  Nitrate  and  Cocaine    Hydro-  Chlor-Anodyne 

chloride  (B.  W.  &  Co.)  Chloroform  Anodyne  (6194) 

Tropacocaine  Hydrochloride  (B.W.  &  Co.)  Chlorodyne,  Morphine  sulph.  (2627) 
'Zinc  Sulphate  Comp.  (B.  W.  &  Co.)  Chlorodyne,  American— S.  &  D.  (5118) 

"  '•       and  Cocaine  Hydrochloride  Chlorodyne,  Chandler's  Modified  (3769) 


(B.  W.  &  Co.) 
TABLETS — VAGINAL 

Leucorrhea,  Improved  (Lilly) 
Morphine  and  Belladonna 
Uterine  Compound  (Lilly; 
Vaginal  Astringent  No.  2  (Norwich) 
Vaginal  .-\stringent  No.  1,  No.  2  (Wam- 
pole) 

TABLETS — VETERINARY 
HYPO 

Apomorphine  Hydrochloride 
Cocaine  Hydrochloride  (all  sizes) 
Codrenin  (P.  D.  &:  Co.) 
Colic— Know'es 
Equine  Cough  (Abbott) 
Morphine  Sulphate  (all  sizes) 

id  Atropine  Sulph. 


I  sizes) 
D.  &  Co.) 


Morphine  and  .Atropine  ( 
"       and  Hvoscine  (P 
TINCTURES 
Bateman's  Drops  (Upjohn) 
Coca  Leaves 

Ipecac  and  Opium  U.S.P. 
Kino  Comp.  N.  F. 
Opium  Acetic 
Opium  U.S.P. 

Opium  Camphorated  U.S.P. 
Opium  Comp.  N.F. 
Opium  Comp.  (Squibb's  Mixture) 
Opium  Denarcotized 
Opium,  Deodorized,  U.S.P. 
ii  Opium  Pectoral 
N.  T.  Erythroxylon  (Coca) 
Warburg's  Tincture  N.F. 
without  Aloes 
WINES 
Coca,  U.S.P. 
Coca,  .Aromatic  N.F. 
Coca  and  Beef 
Coca,  Beef  and  Iron 
Coca  and  Celery 

Coca  and  Hypophosphites  (Lilly) 
Coca  and  Phosphorus  Comp.  (Merrell) 
Kola  Compound 

Opium  t;  P 

SPECIALTIES  &  PROPRIETARIES  i 

The  numbers  in  parentheses  refer  to  names  La 


Chandler's  (3837) 
Chlorodylina  (3266) 
Cholera  Mixture — Shoemaker's  (5150) 
Codeonal— Knoll  (3174) 
Codrenin  B  "A,"  "B,"  "C."  (4353) 

Ampoules  R  "C"  (4353) 
Creo-Pin  (2627) 
Coiicol  Tabs.  (953A) 
Collinsonia  Comp.  (9) 
Creosote  Comp.  (2739) 
Cuanha  Comp.  (2739) 
Cypripedium  Comp.  (5487A) 
Diacol  (5487A) 

Dunlap's  C  &  K  Remedy  for  horses  and 

mules  (1605) 
Epicaine  (848) 
Euca  Palmetto  Comp.  (3561) 
Eudrenin  Ampoules  B  "B"  (4353) 
Expectorant  Wafers — Merrell  (3769) 
Foutz's  Certain  Kolik  Remedy  (1991) 
Glycerite  Heroin  (2627) 
Glycerin  Heroin  Comp. 
Glycerite  Heroin  Comp.  (5247) 
Glycerole  Heroin  &  Terpin  Hydrate  (3837) 
Glycerole  Benzo-Heroin  Comp.  (3602) 
Glyceroin 

Glycero  Creosote  Comp.  (3602) 
Glyco  Creosote  (2859) 
Glyco-Heroin  (5236) 
Glyco-Pin  (2627) 
Glyco  Terpin  (4366) 
Gonorrhea  Treatment  (4177^) 
Herobalm  (1204A) 
Guaio-Terpin  Comp.  (1183) 
Horoglypine  (1204A) 
Heroin  Sedative  Comp.  (1204A) 
Herokal  C4366) 
HerolM.i-..  ' 
Hep 
Hen- 

Herot'...     i  li'l  (4801) 
Hypnodyne  (5487 A) 
Hypnotic  Comp.  (1204A) 
lodo  r,„l.  in.-  ^627) 
Irlit;  o^itories  (5877) 

•) 

fied  (2739) 


of  manufacturers  in  Part  3,  Era  Price  List. 
Acetanilide  and  Salicylic  Comp.  (3561) 


Lactuta  Comp. 
Linctus  Comp. 


(6194) 
(5118) 


Liquor  Paverine  (4366) 

Antinausea   (5925  A) 
Locathesia  (3266) 
Loingia  with  Heroin  (1183) 
Malariol  Pills  (953A) 
Mead's  Terpo-Dionin  (3720) 
Methalgine  Comp.  (5898) 
Morphanodyne  (1705) 
Morphol  (3266) 

Nebulol  Nos.  41  and  47  (Upjohn)  (5717) 

Neurans  (3535) 

Ocusal  "B"  (4177) 

Opiine  (2490) 

Palmettine  (3266) 

Palmo-Dionin  (Upjohn)  (5717) 

Pan-Lo-Sen  (5613) 

Papasomnos  (5927) 

Papavernum  Liq.  (5925A) 

Papaveris  (5891) 

Papavine  (1705) 

Pantopon  (2644) 

Pantopon  Scopolamine  (2644) 

Paracodin— Knoll  (3174) 

Piniheroin  (5927) 

Pinosa  (3266) 

Pixine  Colic  Cure  (4479) 

Pruni-Heroin  (6153) 

Rami  Drops  (1987) 

Red  White  &  Blue  Cold  Tablets  (5688) 
"       "     "     '        Neuralgic  Headache 
Tablets  (5688) 
Rickine  and  Codeine  Powder  (2490) 
Sangui  Heroin  (4366) 
Sedapine  (3842)- 

Stricture  Crayons  (A)  (B)  (4177) 
Stypto!— Knoll  (3174) 
Sun  Cholera  Mixture 
Syr.  Pleropliga  (4366) 

Syr.  Terbenol  Aromatic  and  Heroin  (4177) 
Terpinine  (3842) 
Terpinola  (3266) 
Terpo-Dionin— Mead's  (3720) 
Tolu  Guaiacol  Comp.  (3261) 
Tolu  and  Cannabis  Comp.  (3261) 
Unguentine  Cones  with  Opium  (4177) 
"        Crayons  (4177) 
"       Crayons  with  Protargol  (4177) 
Urticol  Tabs.  (•953A) 
Zomakayne  and  Heroin  (3602) 

"         with  Sodium  Salicylate  and  Co- 
dein  (3602) 
and  Codeine  (3602) 
and  Codeine  Comp.  (3602) 
E.  FOUGERA  &  CO.'s  LIST 
Battley's  Liquor  Opii  Sedativus  (Opium) 
Browne's  Chlorodyne  (Opium) 
Chanteaud's  Granules 
No.  64  (Cocaine) 
No.  65    (Cocaine  Chlorhydrate) 
No.  66,  123,  14  (Codeine) 
No.  102,  11,  15,  21  (Gregory  Salt) 
No.  46  (Apomorphine) 
No.  90  (Morphine  Bromhydrate) 
No.  10  (Morphine  Chlorhydrate) 

regular  No.  10  has  no  Morphine 
No.  91,  9  (Morphine  Chlorhydrate) 
No.  25  (Bromhydrate) 
No.  93  (Narceine) 
Clin's  Collyres:— 

No.  400,  401  (Dionine) 
No.  402,  403  (Stovaine) 
No.   390,    391,    438,    439,    642,  647, 
646  (Cocaine  Chlorhydrate) 
Clin's  Ampoules  for  Hypo.  Injections: — 
No.  236,  237,  238  (Cocaine  Chlorhy- 
drate) 

No.  207  (Apomorphine) 

No.   293,    294,    212,    369  (Morphine 

Chlorhydrate) 
No.  511,  206,  221  (Cocaine) 
No.  355,  356,  661,  336  (Eucaine  B) 


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TME  QUESTION  EOX 


Therapy  of  Tobacco  "Cures" 
(W.  C.  F.) — We  have  looked  up  the  formula  for  the  "lozen- 
ges for  the  tobacco  habit,"  published  in  the  Era  of  May  7, 
1908,  page  582,  and  which,  in  our  opinion,  does  not  offer  any 
very  serious  problem  in  the  matter  of  administration.  Frankly, 
medicine  is  very  far  from  an  exact  science,  and  the  results  to 
be  obtained  in  one  case  are  not  or  cannot  be  duplicated  in  an- 
other case,  the  personal  equation  of  the  patient  being  too  much 
of  a  factor,  as  well  as  other  conditions  which  are  studied  and 
met  by  the  intelligent  prescriber. 

A  study  of  the  formula  in  question  shows  that  whatever 
medicinal  effect  is  obtained  from  the  administration  of  the 
lozenges  is  principally  due  to  the  guaiac  resin,  ammonium  chlor- 
ide, and  possibly  in  slight  degree,  the  ginger  and  gentian.  The 
other  ingredients  are  employed  to  modify  the  taste  or  flavor  (ex- 
tract of  licorice,  sodium  chloride,  and  also  ginger,  which  is  princi- 
pally a  stomachic  and  flavoring  agent),  while  tragacanth,  gly- 
cerin and  syrup  are  not  medicinal  agents  at  all,  but  are  here 
used  as  vehicles  to  mass  the  other  ingredients  into  lozenge 
form.  In  fact,  the  physiological  activity  of  the  whole  mixture 
is  very  feeble,  although  ammonium  chloride  is  incorporated  no 
doubt  with  the  idea  of  toning  up  the  mucous  membrane  of  the 
throat,  etc.,  guaiac  resin  for  a  similar  reason  and  also  for  its 
diaphoretic  and  expectorant  properties,  and  gentian  as  a  simple 
bitter  and  aromatic,  while  all  are  used  principally  to  give  the 
patient  a  "taste"  and  "tonic"  that  will  take  the  place  of  that 
supplied  by  the  tobacco  he  has  been  using. 

The  formula  directs  that  100  lozenges  be  made  from  the 
quantities  prescribed,  and  while  the  average  masculine  adult 
could  probably  "stand"  8  or  10  lozenges  distributed  throughout 
the  several  hours  of  the  day,  it  is  doubtful  if  he  would  obtain 
any  better  results  than  the  "addict"  who  would  take  a  lozenge 
or  part  of  a  lozenge  whenever  he  felt  the  longing  for  his  cus- 
tomary quid.  This  is  the  method  followed  in  the  use  of  most 
of  the  tobacco  "cures,"  and  from  the  fact  that  this  combination 
contains  substances  which  possess  slight  tonic  properties  and 
imparts  a  very  marked  taste,  it  has  most  of  the  attributes  of 
making  "Ephraim  forget  his  idols."  That  is  the  object  of  all 
these  remedies,  and  exact  dosage  with  the  object  of  producing 
systemic  effects  is  not  the  primary  consideration.  In  fact  the 
directions  could  well  read  "whenever  you  feel  like  taking  a 
chew  of  tobacco,  use  a  lozenge  instead."  The  lozenge  replaces 
the  acquired  taste  and  thus  tends  to  brace  up  the  courage  of 
the  individual  who  thinks  he  can't  quit  the  "weed"  without 
some  artificial  aid.  The  daily  dose  of  the  lozenge,  therefore,  is 
far  from  standardized,  and  may  be  safely  placed  at  from  two 
to  six  or  eight  distributed  throughout  the  day,  one  in  whole  or 
part  to  be  taken  by  the  patient  whenever  the  desire  for  his 
favorite  "chew"  is  most  insistent. 

Resorcin  in  Face  Lotion 
(T.  J.  K.) — "I  wish  a  little  more  information  about  resorcin 
as  a  face  or  skin  lotion.    My  idea  is  to  use  it  in  a  skin 
'cleaner.'  " 

As  a  general  proposition,  we  do  not  think  resorcin  will  be 
a  satisfactory  remedy  for  indiscriminate  use  in  face  lotions.  Its 
susceptibility  to  the  action  of  light  and  air  and  its  tendency 
to  be  decomposed  when  combined  with  many  substances  pre- 
clude its  use  for  many  purposes.  On  the  other  hand,  according 
to  Helbing,  "weak  solutions  (1  to  3  per  cent)  harden  the  skin, 
while  stronger  solutions  (10  to  50  per  cent)  macerate  and  de- 
stroy it."  Resorcin  is  considerably  used  in  the  treatment  of 
skin  diseases,  and  a  paste  of  equal  parts  of  the  drug  with  zinc 
oxide  has  been  applied  to  tlie  face  to  promote  peeling  of  the 
skin  in  the  treatment  of  acne  rosacea.  In  three  or  four  days 
the  skin  becomes  like  parchment,  when  the  application  must 
be  stopped,  in  order  to  avoid  the  cracking  of  the  skin  which 
begins  at  that  stage.  A  dressing  of  gelatin,  glycerin,  zinc  oxide 
and  hot  water  is  then  applied,  covered  with  cotton  wool.  In  a 
few  more  days  the  dressing  comes  off,  bringing  the  epidermis  with 
it.  Some  few  dangerous  and  unfavorable  results  have  followed 
this  method,  but,  according  to  Potter,  a  number  of  very  satis- 
factory cases  are  reported.  Freckles  and  other  superficial  spots 
on  the  skin  may  be  removed  by  the  same  treatment,  it  is  said. 

Under  the  title  "resorcin  lotion,"  the  British  Pharmaceutical 


Codex  gives  a  formula  which  directs  the  solution  of  10  parts 
of  resorcin  in  enough  distilled  water  to  make  100  parts.  This 
preparation,  also  quite  wellknown  under  the  name  of  "Andeer's 
lotion,"  has  been  extensively  used  in  skin  hospitals  as  a  paint 
in  psoriasis  and  chronic  eczema,  and  as  an  antiseptic  applica- 
tion to  syphilitic  sores.  Resorcin  is  much  used  as  an  anti- 
septic application  to  remove  dandruff,  and  its  property  of  color- 
ing the  hair  and  to  act  somewhat  as  a  dye,  in  addition  to  its 
somewhat  catistic  action,  seem  to  preclude  its  use  for  the  pur- 
pose named. 

Spray  Solution  of  Scarlet  Ked 
(T.  P.  M.) — Submits  the  following  prescription: 

Merck  Biebreich  scarlet,  20  per  cent. 

Liquid  petrolatum,  colorless,  P.  D.  &  Co.,  2  ounces 
Mix  and  make  a  solution. 

Use  as  throat  spray  in  No.  29  DeVilbiss  nebulizer. 

"The  trouble  we  have  with  the  spray  solution  is  that  it  will 
not  nebulize  properly;  that  is,  it  will  not  throw  any  of  the 
scarlet  red  in  the  spray." 

While  it  is  stated  that  scarlet  red  is  soluble  in  oils  and  fats, 
we  are  unable  from  present  available  data  to  ascertain  the  de- 
gree of  solubility  in  the  liquid  petrolatum,  but  we  are  informed 
that  warm  petrolatum  and  paraffin  dissolves  rather  large  quanti- 
ties. The  difficulty  here  seems  to  indicate  that  none  of  the 
red  was  dissolved,  and  we  would  suggest  that  you  try  warming 
the  solvent.  As  scarlet  red  is  generally  used  in  the  form  of  an 
ointment  containing  from  4  to  8  per  cent  of  the  substance,  it 
would  seem  that  the  prescriber  has  called  for  a  spray  of  unusual 
strength.  The  density  of  the  solution  may  also  interfere  with 
the  production  and  delivery  of  the  "spray."  We  should  like  to 
have  some  reader  of  the  Era  give  his  experience  with  scarlet 
red  in  nebulizing  solutions. 

Pharmacy  and  Medicine  for  Women 
(W.  E.  H.) — Answering  your  several  questions  in  the  order 
you  submit  them,  we  would  state  that :  ( 1 )  As  shown  by  the 
last  report  of  the  U.  S.  Commissioner  of  Education  (1913) 
issued  in  July  last,  but  two  medical  colleges  offer  courses  to 
you  submit  them,  we  would  state  that:  (1)  As  shown  by  the 
of  Pennsylvania,"  located  at  Philadelphia,  and  the  Xew  Yo/k 
Medical  College  and  Hospital  for  Women  (Homeopathic),  New 
York  City.  There  are  108  medical  schools  in  the  U.  S.  in- 
cluding the  two  named,  and  the  majority  of  them  are  co-edu- 
cational, admitting  women  on  the  same  terms  with  men.  The 
colleges  having  the  largest  attendance  of  women  students,  out- 
side of  the  two  colleges  named,  are  Northwestern  University, 
Chicago,  with  150  female  students,  Tufts  College  Medical 
School,  Boston,  with  33,  and  Johns  Hopkins  University,  Medi- 
cal Department,  with  34. 

(2)  There  is  no  school  of  pharmacy  exclusively  for  women, 
either  in  the  U.  S.  or  Canada,  but  all  schools  of  this  character 
are  so  far  as  we  know  co-educational.  In  the  early  nineties  a 
college  of  pharmacy  for  women  was  established  by  Dr.  Wiley 
Rogers  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  but  it  was  only  short-lived,  owing 
to  the  limited  number  of  students  and  the  lack  of  interest  in 
pharmacy  by  women  in  those  days.  .\s  a  business  proposition, 
a  college  of  pharmacy  for  women  is  unnecessar>'  and  imprac- 
ticable, as  there  is  nothing  in  tlie  study  that  women  cannot  take 
up  equally  well  with  men,  and  the  revenue  to  be  derived  from 
possible  female  students  would  not  begin  to  pay  the  cost  of 
operation. 

(3)  So  far  as  we  know  there  is  no  published  list  of  colored 
druggists  in  the  U.  S.  However,  some  data  on  this  subject 
could  doubtless  be  obtained  from  the  secretaries  of  the  boards 
of  pharmacy,  especially  those  of  the  Southern  States,  where 
the  law  requires  applicants  for  registration  to  state  their  race 
or  color.  Thus,  in  tJic  last  report  of  tlie  Secretan.'  of  the  N.  C. 
Board  of  Pharmacy  the  names  of  41  colored  pharmacists  and 
their  addresses  are  reported,  but  probably  not  all  of  them  are 
engaged  in  business  on  their  own  account.  In  the  Northern 
States  the  total  number  of  colored  pharmacists  is  comparatively 
small,  some  of  those  reported  as  such,  as  in  the  South,  being 
physicians  and  operating  drug  stores  in  connection  with  their 
principal  business  of  practicing  medicine.    We  »-ould  suggest 


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that  the  writer  place  himself  in  communication  with  J.  Oliver 
Hopkins,  Wilmington,  Delaware,  president  of  the  Afro-Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association  of  that  State  who  can  probably 
give  him  some  information.  The  deans  or  heads  of  the  fol- 
lowing institutions  giving  pharmaceutical  instruction  to  colored 
students  might  also  be  able  to  throw  some  light  on  the  subject: 
Howard  University,  Washington,  D.  C;  Leonard  School  of 
Pharmacy,  Raleigh,  N.  C,  and  Walden  University,  Meharry 
College  of  Pharmacy,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

TTrotropine  in  Solution 

(M.  F.) — "In  a  recent  medical  journal  I  read  tliat  'urotropin 
should  never  be  given  in  fluid  mixture,  as  it  decomposes  almost 
immediately.'    What  do  you  think  of  the  statement?" 

In  a  general  way  the  statement  is  reasonable,  at  least  if  one 
remembers  the  ease  with  which  urotropine  ( hexamethylenete- 
tiamine)  is  decomposed.  It  is  incompatible  with  acids  and  in 
contact  with  hot  water  is  broken  up  into  formaldehyde  and 
ammonia.  According  to  some  authorities,  it  is  best  given  in 
tablet  form  in  carbonated  water,  altliough  the  British  Pharma- 
ceutical Codex  states  that  "it  may  be  administered  in  solution 
in  mi.xture  form  flavored  with  syrup  of  orange,  or  in  cachets,  to 
be  followed  with  a  tumblerful  of  water."  In  any  event,  if  dis- 
pensed in  mixture  form,  only  a  sufficient  quantity  for  immediate 
use  should  be  prepared. 

Anti-Kink  Pomade:  Hair  Straightener 
(S.  L.  C.  C.) — Personally  we  have  never  tised  the  "anti-kink 
pomade,"  a  formula  for  which  is  given  on  page  493,  November, 
1911,  Era,  but  we  can  say  that  it  was  originally  sent  to  us  by 
a  druggist  living  in  a  Southern  city,  who  had  frequent  calls 
from  negro  customers  for  a  preparation  of  this  character,  and 
who  stated  that  this  combination  answered  the  purpose  the  best 
of  a  number  of  pomades  and  wax-fat  preparations  he  had  tried. 

Most  preparations  of  this  character  are  employed  principally 
as  "hair-straighteners,"  any  other  effects  they  may  have  being 
incidental,  although  all  users  of  these  compounds  usually  want 
them  well  scented,  and  if  any  substance  can  be  introduced  into 
the  mixture  upon  which  the  manufacturer  can  base  a  claim 
for  imparting  "tonic"  or  other  properties,  so  much  the  better. 
In  the  formula  given,  the  resin,  yellow  wax,  and  petrolatum 
impart  the  principal  "stiffening"  property  to  the  hair,  although 
the  effect  when  applied  to  the  hair  only  lasts  for  a  time.  Just 
how  often  the  pomade  should  be  applied  to  produce  the  desired 
results,  we  cannot  say,  some  individuals  only  using  it  for  stated 
occasions,  others  every  two  or  three  days,  depending  upon 
whether  they  want  to  look  straight-haired  all  of  the  time,  or 
only  on  Sunday  nights. 

Another  preparation  which  will  retain  the  hair  in  any  de- 
sired form  or  direction  is  the  well-known  Hungarian  pomade, 
and  it  is  said  to  work  equally  well  with  mustachios  a  la  Kaiser 
or  the  hair  of  the  curliest-headed  Ethiopian.  Here  is  one 
formula : 

Yellow  soap    30  ounces 

Water    35  oimces 

Shred  the  soap  and  place  in  the  water  overnight,  then  gently 
beat  to  dissolve,  and  add 

Potassium  carbonate    V/i  ounces 

Keep  hot,  while  melting, the  following: 

Ceresine    lyi  ounces 

Japan  wax   ■.   2^^  ounces 

Castor  oil    ounces 

To  this  add  half  the  soap  solution,  beating  up  thoroughly; 
next  add  a  solution  of 

Gum  arabic    Zyi  ounces 

Water    5  ounces 

Supplemented  by 

Oil  of  bergamot    25  minims 

Oil  of  lemon    20  minims 

Oil  of  cloves    1  dram 

Finally  work  in  the  rest  of  the  soap  solution ;  mix  most 
intimately. 

The  value  of  these  preparations  depends  upon  the  point  of 
view.  There  is  nothing  that  we  know  of  that  can  be  applied 
to  curly  growing  hair  which  will  cause  it  to  become  permanently 
straight,  and  it  would  be  manifestly  unwise  for  any  manufac- 
turer to  make  such  a  claim.  But  if  any  individual  thinks  he 
will  "look  better"  by  having  his  hair  appear  "straight"  it  is 
not  unprofessional  to  gratify  his  wish,  nor  to  furnish  him  with 


the  "stuff"  so  long  as  it  is  not  injurious  to  his  crinkled  locks 
or  health.  To  this  extent  most  any  pomade  contahiing  a  little 
wax  or  spermaceti  will  probably  answer  the  purpose.  The 
formula  in  the  November  1911  Era  or  the  one  given  above 
are  typical  of  most  of  those  employed  for  the  purpose. 

Non-Inflammable  Metal  Polish 
(W.  J.  D.) — It  is  practically  impossible  to  suggest  a  formula 
for  a  non-inflammable  metal  polish  in  liquid  form  that  will  not 
precipitate  on  standing  for  a  time.  This  fact  is  easily  under- 
stood when  it  is  remembered  that  almost  all  abrasives  used  for 
polishing  purposes  are  insoluble  in  the  usual  liquids  used  in 
these  preparations,  and  the  best  one  can  do  is  to  evolve  a  mix- 
ture which,  when  shaken,  will  hold  these  substances  more  or 
less  completely  in  suspension. 

Henley's  "Twentieth  Century  Book  of  Recipes"  is  authority 
for  the  following  comment:  Although  in  a  liquid  form,  it  does 
not  necessarily  follow,  that  a  liquid  polish  is  less  economical 
than  pastes,  because  the  efficiency  of  both  is  dependent  upon 
the  amount  of  stearic  or  oleic  acid  they  contain,  and  a  liquid 
such  as  that  given  below  is  as  rich  in  this  respect  as  most  of 
the  pastes,  especially  those  containing  much  mineral  jelly  and 
earthy  matters  which  are  practically  inert,  and  can  only  be 
considered  as  filling  material.  Thus  it  is  a  fact  that  an  ounce 
of  fluid  polish  may  possess  more  polishing  potency  than  an 
equal  weight  of  the  paste.  Proportions  are:  Crude  oleic  acid, 
16  pounds;  tasteless  mineral  oil,  4  pounds;  kieselguhr,  5 
pounds;  lemon  oil,  1]^  ounces.  Make  the  earthy  matter  into  a 
paste  with  the  mixed  fluids  and  gradually  thin  out,  avoiding 
lumps.    Apply  with  one  rag,  and  finish  with  another. 

Here  are  two  other  formulas  that  have  been  published  under 
the  above  title: 

(1) 

Alcohol    32  parts 

Solution  of  ammonia    3  parts 

Water    45  parts 

Carbon  tetrachloride   6J4  parts 

Kieselguhr    g  parts 

White  or  red  bole    4  parts 

Chalk   8  parts 

This  formula,  according  to  a  writer  in  the  Ch.  &  Dr.,  pro- 
duces a  metal  polishing  cream  which  has  the  advantage  of  be- 
ing a  grease  solvent,  as  well  as  a  polishing  medium,  while  the 
addition  of  carbon  tetrachloride  keeps  it  out  of  the  category 
of  inflammable  polishes. 

Soft  soap    2  pounds 

Water    10  pints 

Borax    8  ounces 

Ammonia  water   ly^  ounces 

Infusorial  earth    2  pounds 

Tripoli    8  ounces 

Dissolve  the  soap  in  water  by  means  of  heat,  adding  the 
borax.  Remove  from  the  fire,  and  when  cooled,  add  the  am- 
monia and  stir  in  the  powders,  mixing  thoroughly. 

LABORATORY  MANUAL  FOR  THE  DETECTION  OF  POISONS 
AND  POWERFUL  DRUGS.    By  Dr.  WiUiVm  Autenfkth  pVo 
fessor  m  the  University  of  Freiburg.    Authorized  translation  of 
the   completely   revised   fourth   German    edition.     By  William 
Warren,  professor  of  chemistry  in  Wheaton   College.     8  vc, 
320  pages,  cloth,  $2.    Philadelphia.    P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co. 
The  new  edition  of  the  book  noted  above  is  larger  than  i*s 
predecessor,  and  contains  much  new  matter  which  brings  the 
subject  well  down  to  date  so  far  as  new  processes  and  tests  are 
concerned.    "The  scope  of  the  book  is  shown  by  the  following 
outline :  Chapter  I  treats  of  poisons  volatile  with  steam ;  chap- 
ter II,  organic  poisons,  especially  the  alkaloids,  hydrastine  and 
veronal  being  introduced  for  the  first  time;  chapter  III  deals 
with  metallic  noisons;  chapter  IV,  toxic  substances  not  con 
tained  in  the  preceding  groups.    In  this  group  are  introduced 
for  the  first  time,  cantharidin,  cytisine,  ergot,  papaverine,  pil- 
ocarpine, saponin  substances,  .solanine,  thebaine,  and  the  toxal- 
bumins,  ricin,  abrin  and  crotin. 

Chapter  V  presents  special  qualitative  and  quantitative  meth- 
ods, chapter  VI,  the  estimation  of  alkaloids  and  other  active 
principles  in  raw  materials  (drugs)  and  their  preparations;  and 
chapter  VII  describes  the  methods  employed  in  detecting  carbon 
rnonoxide  m  blood,  in  recognizing  blood  itself  in  stains  and  in 
differentiating  human  from  animal  blood.  As  a  laboratory 
manual  for  students  or  a  handbook  for  chemists  and  pharma- 
cists, this  book  is  sure  to  prove  of  service. 


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Sterilization  of  Morphine  Solutions — 

Many  processes  have  been  proposed  for  sterilizing  morphine 
solutions,  but  in  none  does  the  purity  of  the  morphine  used 
seem  to  have  been  taken  into  account.  Deussen  has  already 
pointed  out  that  brands  of  morphine  are  on  the  market,  which 
conform  to  the  requirements  of  the  German  Pharmacopoeia,  yet 
cannot  be  regarded  as  pure.  He  has  now  shown  that  the 
degree  of  purity  has  a  great  influence  on  the  ability  of  mor- 
phine salts  to  withstand  sterilization.  The  process  was  car- 
ried out  in  small  wide-necked  flasks,  of  about  30  cc.  capacity. 
The  flask  was  sterilized  by  exposure  to  steam  for  30  minutes. 
The  glass  stopper  was  heated  in  dilute  hydrochloric  acid,  rinsed, 
and  dried.  The  morphine  solution  (2  per  cent)  was  then  in- 
troGuced.  and  the  stopper  inserted  loosely.  Sterilization  pro- 
ceeded in  live  steam  for  30  minutes.  At  both  the  beginning 
and  the  end  of  the  test,  the  color  of  the  solution  was  observed 
in  a  layer  10  cm.  deep.  It  was  found  that  nearly  all  mor- 
phine samples,  which  passed  the  German  requirements,  gave 
at  least  slightly  yellow  solutions  after  heating.  If,  however, 
the  morphine  hydrochloride  was  carefully  recrystallized,  by  so- 
lution in  water  and  evaporation  of  the  solvent  in  a  vacuum  de- 
siccator containing  solid  caustic  potash,  the  purified  salt  solu- 
tion showed  no  color  in  a  layer  of  10  cm.,  and  only  a  very  faint 
yellow  in  a  layer  of  20  cm.  Hence,  Duessen  believes  that  not 
only  should  nothing  but  freshly  distilled  and  boiled  water 
be  used  for  sterile  morphine  solutions,  but  the  salts  themselves 
should  have  been  recently  recrystallized  with  extreme  care. 
He  favors  the  establishment  of  different  grades  of  morphine, 
as  is  now  the  case  with  ether  and  chloroform.  (Deussen, 
Muench.  Med.  Wochschr.,  1914,  p.  2339.) 
Modification  of  Kjeldahl  Method — 

The  dried  substance  is  weighed  out  in  a  small  glass  cylinder, 
or,  if  a  liquid,  in  an  ampule  of  very  thin  glass,  which  may  be 
crushed.  A  weight  is  taken  varying  from  O.lg.  for  substances 
containing  more  than  10  per  cent  of  nitrogen,  to  0.6  g.  for 
those  with  less  than  5  per  cent.  The  sample  is  introduced  into 
a  300  cc.  Jena  flask,  with  3  g.  of  pure  oxalic  acid,  2  g.  of 
sodium  oxalate,  and  0.5  g.  of  vanadium  pentoxide,  the  latter 
first  having  been  thoroughly  ignited,  to  drive  out  ammonium 
salts,  which  are  usually  present.  A  mixture  of  5  cc.  of  syrupy 
phosphoric  acid  and  25  cc.  of  concentrated  sulphuric  acid  is 
then  added.  Heating  is  conducted  gradually,  until  the  organic 
matter  is  destroyed,  and  the  color  changes  from  black  to  brown, 
reddish  brown,  and  finally  yellowish  green.  After  cooling,  the 
contents  of  the  flask  are  diluted  with  100  cc.  of  water,  and 
about  half  a  gram  of  iron  wire  is  introduced.  The  liquid  is 
then  heated  again  for  half  an  hour,  and  emptied  into  a  large 
flask,  where  it  is  connected  with  the  spray  trap,  alkali  tube, 
etc.,  and  the  ammonia  distilled  off  as  usual.  It  is  said  that 
values  obtained  for  nitrogen  in  morphine,  strychnine,  quinine, 
indol,  and  antipyrine  agree  very  closely  with  the  theoretical. 
(Wunder  and  Lascar,  Ann.  Chim.  Analyt.,  1914,  p.  329; 
through  Pharm.  J.) 
Test  for  Lead  in  Water — 

To  50  cc.  of  the  water  to  be  tested  add  an  equal  volume  of  a 
2  per  cent  solution  of  sodium  bisulphite.  If  lead  is  present, 
a  milky  turbidity  results.  If  the  turbidity  forms  in  2  or  3 
minutes,  lead  is  present  to  the  extent  of  1  part  per  million. 
Barium  and  tin  interfere,  and  must  be  absent,  but  copper,  iron, 
sulphur,  nickel,  aluminum,  magnesium,  and  calsium  do  not 
affect  the  results.  (Chcm.  Ztg.  through  Pharm.  J.,  1915,  p. 
99.) 

Determination  of  Saccharin — 

The  purity  of  saccharin  rxtrarted  in  analytical  wnric  may 
be  ill  In  tiiinr.l  liy  titi  itiii':  il  witli  (ii-cinornia  1  sodium  hydrox- 
iilr.  iisiii!'  plmiMlpliiii  i  I-  n,  IS  milii  atdr,  T(i  cimtrol  the  purity 
of  cNtraitril  Miiliviiii  s,M  1  li.ii  111  I  ir,  the  sodium  may  be  estimated 
as  chloride,  or  the  .«ai .  1  i,i i  m  iii,i\'  be  thrown  out  of  solulimi  h\- 
dilute  (6  per  cent)  li\ ■  I m  n  li li  u  ii  arid,  applying  a  correction  nf 
0.0403  g.  of  saccharin  Im,  .\  rv  100  cc.  of  solution.  Anollu  r 
method  is  to  titrate  tin  ^ili  wiU;  dccinormal  silver  nitialf  in 
neutral  solution,  usmu  | k  ii  i ssiinn  chrnniatc  as  indic  atur. 
(Pazienti,  Ann.  Chin.,  I'Ut,  p.  290;  through  J.  Soc. 

Chem.  Ind.) 


Constituents  of  Matricaria — 

The  alcoholic  extract  of  the  flowers  of  Matricaria  Chamomilla 
yield,  on  distillation  with  steam,  a  deep  blue  essential  oil, 
containing  furfurol.  The  aqueous  solution  remaining  gave 
a  sugar,  chiefly  levulose,  and  cholin.  The  ethereal  solution 
yielded  salicylic  acid,  an  octylic  acid,  apigenin,  and  umbelli- 
ferone,  as  well  as  the  methyl  ether  of  the  latter.  .-Vmyl  alcohol 
extracted  a  glucoside  of  apigenin.  The  usual  fatty  acids  hydro- 
carbons, and  phytosterols  were  also  present.  The  chief  constitu- 
tent  of  the  ether-soluble  portion  of  the  resin  appears  to  be  a 
phytosterin  glucoside.  (Power  and  Browning,  J.  Chem.  Soc, 
1914,  p.  2280;  through  Chem.  Zentralblatt.) 
Active  Principle  of  the  Hypophysis — 

Hypophjsis  extract  (pituglandol)  contains  a  specific  active 
principle,  which  ex';rts  a  characteristic  action  on  the  biood 
pressure  and  respiration,  and  causes  an  increase  in  the  muscle 
tone  of  the  rat  uterus.  It  is  very  sensitive  towards  alkalies, 
and  is  largely  adsorbed  by  finely  divided  substances,  such  as 
lead  sulphide,  talc,  etc.  In  its  action  with  alkalies  the  active 
substance  resembles  pilocarpine,  which  it  also  resembles  in  its 
pharmacological  effects.  But  when  inactivated  by  alkalies,  its 
activity  cannot  be  restored  by  acids,  in  which  respect  it  dif- 
fers from  pilocarpine.  Still  closer  is  the  similarity  to  acetyl- 
cholin.  Beta-imidoazolethylamine  differs  from  pituglandol  in 
its  stability  towards  alkalies,  and  its  different  action  on  the 
uterus.  (Guggenheim,  Biochem.  Ztschr.,  1914,  189.) 
The  Deniges  Test  for  Methyl  Alcohol — 

Salkowski  has  made  a  careful  study  of  the  Deniges  reaction 
for  methyl  alcohol  in  alcoholic  liquids,  and  concludes  that 
in  judging  the  result  of  the  test,  great  caution  is  nccessarj'. 
Certain  carbohydrates,  especially  cane  sugar  and  glucose, 
also  give  formaldehyde  when  treated  with  permanganate  and 
acid ;  hence  spirituous  liquors  containing  any  of  these  sub- 
stances must  first  be  distilled,  before  applying  the  test.  It 
was  further  found,  that  after  eliminating  this  source  of  error, 
all  alcoholic  liquors  which  were  investigated,  including  cognac, 
rum,  and  wine,  as  well  as  alcohol  prepared  directly  by  the 
fermentation  of  glucose,  contained  substances  volatile  with 
water  vapor,  which  yield  formaldehyde  on  oxidation.  It  can- 
not be  assumed  that  this  volatile  substance  is  always  methyl 
alcohol,  and  that  the  latter  is  a  constant  but  hitherto  unobserved 
product  of  alcoholic  fermentation.  Glycerin  was  fixed  upon 
as  the  only  substance  to  be  considered  as  causing  the  reaction, 
since  alcoholic  liquids  to  which  glycerin  had  been  added  be- 
haved in  all  respects  like  the  liquors  investigated.  The  pres- 
ence of  methvl  alcohol  is  indicated  only  when  the  reaction  is 
very  intense.  (Salkowski,  Z.  Nahr.  Genussm.,  1914,  p.  225; 
througn  Chem.  Zentralblatt.) 
Magnesium  Citrate — 

Magnesium  salts  have  been  uscdmedicir  ''  ~'  5.w!;en 
Grew  separated  magnesium  sulphate  fro:  ..itirs. 
Magnesium  citrate  solution  was  introdu.  :  ..i"  its 

pleasant  tastr  This  solution  possesses  n  n:,irki!'i'  i  ; .HH'rties. 
If  till  ^11  |M  I  ( I  lit  .solution  is  kept  for  some  days,  an  amorphous 
precipitili-  l'(irn;s,  which  slowly  increases  in  amount  and  be- 
comes irystallini'.  The  ir\sta!<  ,.'!:vi  uncsium  citrate 
with  14  ninlixulos  nf  w.iti  r  nf  i  .::id  are  soluble 

in  water  at  25°  only  to  \hr  iM  >.  in  100.  The 

formation  of  tlif  prei  ipit.itr  ran  ...  arrording  to  the 

.suggestions  of  Wijiis  and  Ifikdens.  by  using  double  the 
amount  of  ritrir  ari.l.  and  rorrccting  tlie  taste  with  sugar. 
Bouvrt,  anil,  latii'.  Drrker.  found  that  sterilization  of  the 
solntion  ]irrvrntr(i  the  growth  of  the  sediment.  The  phenome- 
non is  not  due  to  liacteria,  however,  but  to  the  universal  prcs- 
rnii  of  "inf.rtin!;"  material,  which  causes  crystallization 
The  "strrili/alion"  acts  merely  by  dissolving  the  mapiicsium 
ritriti  l  ornialin  and  other  antiseptics  do  not  prevent  pre- 
(ipit.ition  .Vpiiarently,  magnesium  citrate  is  peculiar  in  sev- 
eral ways.  A  double-normal  solution  of  the  salt  is  not  at  al" 
bitter,  while  a  decinormal  solution  is  bitter.  Complexions 
appear  to  be  formed,  and  the  subsUince  acts  like  a  binarj' 
electrolyte.    (Blonihcrg.  Pharm.  Zentralhallc.  1914.  p.  1045.) 


THE  PIIAK-MACErTICAL  ERA 


117 


Conducted  by  EMMA  GARY  WALLACE 


Cashing  in  on  House  Cleaning 

E\ERY  spring,  ever>'  well-regulated  American  home 
spends  good,  round  dollars  for  cleaning  and  rejuvenat- 
ing supplies.  Part  of  these  go  to  one  nicrcluuit  and' 
part  to  another.  The  pharmacist,  particularly  the  woman 
pharmacist,  has  an  especial  advantage  over  all  other  i>eoplc 
who  have  supplies  of  this  kind  to  sell,  did  she  but  realize 
it.  In  place  ot  taking  the  crumbs  of  this  profitable  trade, 
why  not  lay  plans  to  capture  the  lion's  share  of  it.-* 

//  there  are  one  thousand  families  or  households  in  your 
trade-following  and  each  would  spend  three  dollars — a  con- 
servative estimate — with  you  at  this  time,  the  result*  would 
mean  the  profit  on  three  thousand  dollars.  Figure  it  your- 
self at  your  own  rate  of  clean-up,  and  the  product  thereof 
is  bound  to  be  interesting. 

Begin  the  educational  and  sales  campaign  early,  for  here 
as  elsewhere,  the  leader  wins.  Point  out  in  crisp  newspaper 
publicity  paragraphs  that  a  sanitary  home  means  a  healthy 
one;  that  the  u-ise  woman  deans  early  before  warm  weather 
comes  and  assistants  employed  by  the  day  are  all  tired  out; 
that  half-way  viecsures  offer  no  protection;  that  the  right 
sort  of  supplies  are  absolutely  necessary  to  make  the  work 
effective;  and  that  your  supplies  are  selected  by  a  woman  for 
women's  work. 

Then,  do  not  spoil  a  good  beginning  by  a  commonplace, 
idealess  continuation  of  affairs.  That  is,  do  not  proceed  to 
say  cari->-  disinfectants,  ammonia,   rubber  gloves,  ben- 

zine, dye  stuffs,  etc"  That  will  sell  a  few  goods  for  your- 
self, a  few  for  your  competitor,  and  a  few  more  for  other 
individuals  carrying  any  of  tJiesc  goods  in  stock. 

Emphasize  the  fact  tbat  as  a  woman  pharmacist,  you  know 
exactly  what  is  needed  in  the  way  of  high  grade  suplies, 
how  to  make  them  if  need  be,  and  how  to  instruct  the  cus- 
tomer to  use  them.  jSIany  .sales  are  lost  because  the  public 
does  not  realize  a  certain  need  or  else  does  not  know  how  to 
meet  it.  Do  some  advance  v,rork  on  such  practical  lines. 
( 1 ;  How  to  free  a  room  of  dangerous  germs  and  make  it 
safe  and  healthful  (sulphur  candles,  fumigators,  disin- 
fectants). 

(2)  How  to  clean  a  hot  air  register  and  leader  pipe  of  dust 
accumulations  (.\pply  vacuum  cleaner  to  register  over 
which  has  been  placed  gauze  wrung  out  of  carbolic  sol.). 

(3)  How  to  make  faded  coverings,  hangings,  cushions,  etc. 
harmonize  in  color  tones  (dye  stuffs), 

(4)  How  to  sterilize  baby's  bottles  and  food  dishes, 

(5)  How  to  care  for  sick  room  utensils  (liquid  disinfectants), 

(6)  The  various  uses  of  die  cleaning  fluids,  bleaches,  wash- 
ins  compounds,  disinfectants,  stain  removers,  etc.  you  sell. 

(7)  The  difference  between  such  rubber  gloves  as  you  offer 
and  the  ordinary  kind. 

(8;  'I  he  facts  concerning  the  cleaning  sponges,  chamois,  and 
absorbent  gauzes  you  have  to  offer. 

(9)  The  before-the-war  and  the  present  price  of  carbolic 
acid,  together  with  directions  for  household  use  and  cau- 
tions concerning  goods  too  cheap  to  represent  "pure 
drugs." 

(10)  Suggest  use  of  a  good  furniture  polish  and  offer  a  spe- 
cial price  by  the  pint. 

(11)  Suggest  the  use  of  dull  spring  days  for  silver  cleaning 
and  tell  of  some  good  creams  and  silver  cleaning  mix- 
tures. Give  a  simple  recipe  or  two,  to  stimulate  certain 
sales.  Some  people  have  more  faith  in  what  they  mix  up 
themselves. 

(12^  Get  after  the  moth  situation  and  tell  how  to  clean,  pack, 
and  store  furs,  pushing  moth  preventives  at  the  same  time. 

(13)  If  wall  paper  is  a  side  line,  urge  the  influence  of  clean, 
harmonious  walls  on  family  health  and  digestion  and  offer 
free  advice  on  "Good  form  in  decoration." 

(14)  Make  a  "One  dollar  housecleaning  pantry  offer."  That 
is,  a  combination  of  spices,  flavoring  extracts,  soda,  cream 
tartar  baking  powder,  etc.  Offer  to  give  every  housewife 
the  privilige  of  filling  out  her  used-up  supplies  to  the  ex- 


tent of  $1.25  for  $1  cash,  or  else  give  a  premium  with  the 
straight  dollar's  worth  of  goods,  a  tooth  brush,  or  a  box 
of  talcum. 

Perhaps  the  shelves  or  stock  room  will  reveal  goods 
which  will  answer  this  purpose. 
(15)    Push  tonics  and  cold  creams  now  and  show  need  of 
them. 

These  are  only  a  very  few  of  the  many  lines  which  may  be 
the  subject  of  informative  advertising,  store  talks,  window  dis- 
plays, folders  to  enclose  with  parcels,  etc.  Store  demonstrations 
will  also  pay  with  some  articles. 

It  is  an  unmistakable  trend  of  the  times  that  the  big  house- 
hold magazines  are  all  offering  varied  branches  of  free  help- 
ful service.  It  pays  them  to  do  so  from  the  advertising  stand- 
point and  it  will  pay  the  woman  pharmacist  equally  well  to 
make  personal  friends  of  her  customers,  remembering  them 
by  name  and  holding  herself  ready  to  stimulate  trade  for  the 
mutual  benefit  of  herself  and  her  patron. 


Miss  Alice  G.  Coleman 

MISS  ALICE  G.  COLEMAN,  who  is  the  capable  phar- 
macist at  the  Medfield  State  Hospital,  Harding,  Mass., 
was  born  on  the  Island  of  Nantucket,  June  30,  1891. 
Her  early  education  was  obtained  in  the  schools  of  the  Island 
and  with  graduation  came  the  desire  to  go  to  the  "Continent" 
and  complete  her  education.  Her  first  interest  in  pharmacy 
was  gained  through  wandering  over  the  moors,  gathering  wild 
flowers,  and  learning  the  ones  that  were  of  medicinal  as  well 
as  of  artistic  value  only. 

In  the  fall  of  1911  Miss  Coleman  enrolled  as  a  pupil  at 
the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy  and  she  says  that  more 
than  once  as  the  course  grew  harder,  she  wished  she  were  back 
wandering  over  her  beloved  moors  or  tramping  the  beach  after 
a  storm,  but  she  did  not  come  of  ancestors  who  gave  up  easily, 
and  so  she  stuck  close  to  the  helm  and  weathered  the  voyage 
she  had  undertaken,  coming  into  port  on  time  with  the  graduat- 
ing class  of  1914. 

.'Vfter  a  two  weeks'  vacation.  Miss  Coleman  began  work  at 
the  State  Hospital  where  she  still  serves.  On  her  "day  off" 
she  returns  to  the  college  for  special  study  in  bacteriology  and 
hopes  by  this  means  to  complete  the  Post  Graduate  Course 
during  her  spare  time  in  a  few  years.  Miss  Coleman  is  sure 
to  succeed  in  her  last  ambition.  She  has  grasped  the  truth  that 
there  is  more  room  at  the  top  than  lower  down  the  ladder. 

NOTES  FKOM  THE  FIELD 

Success  in  pharmacy  like  success  in  any  other  line  of  work 
depends  upon  inclination,  adaptation,  education  and  applica- 
tion. Given  these  four  corner  stones  and  a  solid  structure  may 
be  reared. 

Miss  Julia  Lathrop,  Head  of  the  Federal  Children's,  Bureau 
is  a  woman  who  may  be  depended  upon  to  look  in  sane  manner 
upon  the  safeguarding  of  the  health  and  health  conditions  of 
her  charges. 

Child  labor  and  welfare  laws  are  under  advisement  in  many 
states  which  will  if  enacted,  affect  the  employment  and  working 
hours  of  messenger  and  errand  boys  and  will  also  limit  the 
classes  of  goods  which  may  be  handled  by  minors. 

,\nd  now  a  number  of  medical  investigators  come  forward 
and  declare  that  music  is  a  wonderful  factor  in  soothing  the 
ailing  and  the  nifntally  deficient.  Perhaps  the  day  is  not  far 
distant  whin  tin  pli\si(i;m  will  be  writing  for  a  nocturn  or  a 
sonata.  :i  solo  lii  ;i  ilw  \  iii-.ti  id  of  rhubarb  and  fever  mixtures 
and  sedative  comliinii ticms.    Truly  the  side  lines  multiply. 

That  "Votes  For  Women"  will  eventually  influence  the  sta- 
tus of  the  woman  pharmacist  is  certain,  bringing  about  a  rec- 
ognition of  hospital  dispensary  service  as  legal  apprenticeship 
and  equalizing    requirements    and    privileges.     However,  the 


118 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[March,,  1915 


Mrs.  Richard  Krestg 
Pres.  St.  Louis  Chaptej 


Mrs.  R.  G.  Rutherford 
Brooklyn,  N.   Y.,  5th  v-p 
W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D. 


Mrs.  Mary  S.  Cooper 
Pres.  Boston  Chapter 


woman  pharmacist  everywhere  deplores  the  employment  of  un- 
dignified and  unwomanly  measures.  All  worth-while  progress 
is  the  result  of  gradual  development  rather  than  of  ill-advised 
force.  There  are  those  who  feel  and  not  without  cause  that  -n 
educational  requirement  should  be  a  determining  factor  of 
franchise  for  men  and  women  alike. 

W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D.  Organization  Ideals 

"It  is  so  hard  to  work  with  a  definite  ideal  in  mind,  when 
there  are  so  many  opinions  to  consider.  So  far  all  has  been 
social.  I  do  hope  for  greater  things  since  becoming  affiliated 
with  the  'Woman's  Council  of  St.  Louis.'  The  slogan  of  the 
Council  is  'St.  Louis  women  for  St.  Louis.' 

"I  would  like  to  impress  upon  our  Chapter  the  need  of  help- 
ing the  'woman'  less  fortunately  situated  than  we  are.  The 
delinquent  woman  of  our  city  is  a  very  delicate  subject  and 
needs  very  careful  thought  and  consideration.  The  'Woman's 
Council'  is  taking  up  this  work  fully  and  I  would  like  our 
Chapter  to  co-operate  with  them  in  this  work. 

"I  also  expect  to  have  lectures  or  short  talks  on  different 
subjects  in  connection  with  our  social  programs  throughout  the 
year  and  to  see  great  progress."  (Signed)  Mrs.  Richard  Kring, 
Pres.  St.  Louis  Chapter  No.  8. 

.  "In  regard  to  my  hopes  for  the  Organization  for  the  coming 
year,  I  might  say  that  after  reading  the  September  Bulletin,  I 
was  much  impressed  with  the  remarkable  success  achieved  in 
the  past. 

"I  have  no  fear  that  the  coming  year  will  see  the  work 
move  less  steadily  onward  in  the  worthy  lines  already  under- 
taken." (Signed)  Mrs.  R.  G.  Rutherford,  Fifth  Vice-President 
W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D. 

"The  earnest  desire  of  my  heart  is  that  every  member  of  the 
W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D.  shall  put  real  energy  behind  every  endeavor 
for  the  advancement  and  betterment  of  our  Organization.  Suc- 
cess will  crown  our  efforts  if  each  will  lend  her  strength  wil- 
lingly and  completely,  not  otherwise. 

"Let  us  all  be  true,  pure,  strong,  and  brave.  Be  given — 
and  forget  the  gift.  Smile  and  lift!"  (Signed)  Mrs.  Nellie 
Florence  Lee,  Secretary  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D. 

"My  Ideal  for  the  W.  O.  is  true  progress  along  worthwhile 
lines.  In  looking  back  over  the  work  I  find  we  have  advanced 
steadily  each  year.  I  would  like  to  sec  the  meetings  of  local 
Committees  better  attended  and  the  work  of  all  Committees 
entered  into  with  zeal.  They  are  an  inspiration  and  tend  to 
make  one  more  keen  for  the  general  good  and  help  to  keep  up 
the  interest. 

"The  Literary  Committee  of  our  own  Boston  Chapter  has 
done  such  excellent  work  in  the  past  it  is  going  to  be  difficult 
to  beat  our  own  record.  In  this  line  as  in  all  other  committee 
•lines,  let  us  put  our  shoulders  to  the  wheel,  so  that  we  may 


nis  year  to. 
lise  to  con-j 
■  is  on  thd 
lave  set  ouri 


make  appreciable  advance  in  the  year  1915.  In  the  work  of 
the  local  Chapter  we  have  added  Conservatism  this  year  to, 
our  work  and  the  Home  Economics  meetings  promise 
tinue  to  be  increasingly  helpful.  Boston  Chapter 
march  and  the  New  Year  looks  very  bright.  We  have 
eyes  forward  and  expect  to  make  the  goal."  (Signed)  Mrs. 
John  W.  Lowe,  Chairman  Committee  on  Publicity. 

"It  is  my  opinion  that  the  National  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D. 
should  advocate  that  the  local  Organization  associate  themselve 
with  the  National  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs,  which 
been  done  by  our  local  Organization  affiliating  themselves  wi 
the  St.  Louis  Women's  Council.    This  Council  furnishes 
local  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D.  with  speakers  from  time  to  tin 
from  national  as  well  as  local  Organizations,  with  subjects 
national  as  well  as  local  interest.    Presently  the  local  Organiza- 
tion is  attempting  the  establishment  of  more  drinking  fountai 
throughout  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  likewise  advocating  mor 
sanitary  conditions  for  the  general  betterment  of  health,  and  in 
fact     any  civic  movement,  particularly  those  pertaining  to 
women,  are  special  subjects  for  discussion  at  the  meetings. 
While  these  subjects  may  not  appeal  to  j'ou  particularly  at  this 
time,  I  feel  quite  sure  that  the  workings  would  make  a  de- 
cided impression  upon  you,  were  you  privileged  to  attend  one 
of  the  meetings."  (Signed)  Mrs.  Delia  P.  Pauley,  Third  Vice- 
President  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D. 


a  fe J 

•  meml 


"I  might  write  at  some  length,  but  will  just  say 
words.  I  should  like  to  see  greater  activity  among  our 
hers  along  the  lines  spoken  of  in  .Article  2.  Section  2  of  thi 
W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D.  Constitution.  I  would  like  to  call  at4 
tention  to  the  appeals  sent  out  by  Mrs.  E.  C.  Ripley  of 
Boston,  Chairman  of  the  Educational  Department  of  th^ 
General  Federation  of  Clubs,  for  a  country-wide  campaign  to 
reduce  illiteracy.  Here  is  a  work  that  the  isolated  member  can 
do  just  as  we"  as  a  Chapter  member. 

"Again,  I  would  like  to  see  more  earnest  endeavor  and  en 
thusiasm  along  the  lines  of  Committee  work,  especially  in 
the  Federated  Chapters.  The  question  has  been  asked  'Why  join 
the  Federation?'  and  the  answer  is  'To  help  and  be  helped.' 

"1  feel  very  strongly  about  the  matter  of  co-operative  help- 
fulness,— so  many  seem  half-hearted,  and  what  can  be  ac- 
complished with  that  for  the  driving  power?"  (Signed")  Mr« 
Mary  S.  Cooper,  President  Boston  Chapter  W.  O.  / 


Thiophysein — An  addition-product  of  ethyl-fhio-urea  ani 
ethyl  iodide.  Easily  soluble  in  water,  and  therefore  a  suitabfe 
form  for  the  administration  of  iodine  in  org:anic  combinatii 

Thymin-Poehl. — specially  prepared  aqueous  extract  of  thf 
thymus  glands  of  calves,  evaporated  to  dryness,  and  issued  m 
tablets.  r 

Urioson. — A  gout-remedy,  said  to  contain  magnesium  peroxii 
piperazine,  parsley-root,  and  lemon-peel. 


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THE  PHAEMACEUTICAL  ERA 


119 


The  Advance  of  Women  in  Pharmacy  and  the  AlHed  Professions 


An  Address  delivered  by  Grace  I.  Harper,  President  of  the  American  Women's  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion at  the  February  meeting  held  in  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy 


LADIES,  the  command  of  the  constitution  has  to  be  obeyed, 
and  I  am  to  present  an  address  at  this,  the  second  meet- 
ing of  my  administration.  I  have  not  the  slightest  objec- 
tion to  lecturing  to  a  class  of  sophomore,  junior  or  senior  stu- 
dents, but  to  address  an  assemblage  of  graduates  is  altogether  a 
different  matter,  because  some  of  you  could 
ibetter  do  this  duty,  but,  be  that  as  it 
may,  I  yield  to  no  one  in  my  enthusiasm 
on  the  subject  on  which  I  have  decided 
to  address  you,  and  that  is  Women  in  the 
Professions. 

I  mean  by  the  professions,  pharmacy, 
medicine,  and  dentistry.  There  are,  of 
|COurse,  other  professions  into  which 
•women  are  coming,  but  the  allied  profes- 
sions I  have  mentioned  are  nearest  our 
'hearts.  In  these  days  the  professional 
women  are  so  busy  that  they  rarely  stop 
to  think  of  the  goodly  lineage  of  foresis- 
tcrs,  those  noble,  patient,  self-sacrificing 
women  who  in  the  face  of  contumely  al- 
■'most,  still  persisted  in  demanding  and  Grace  I.  Harper 
finally  winning  recognition  of  their  ability,  and,  having  won, 
'have  they  not  shown  by  true  womanly  devotion  to  the  ideal 
they  had  set  for  tiiemselves  that  they  could  do  just  as  well  as 
any  man  ever  could  or  will  do?  Stone  upon  stone  has  the 
,  foundation  been  laid,  brick  upon  brick  has  been  added,  and  we 
are  still  working,  working,  and  we  shall  continue  to  work  until 
.  the  splendid  edifice  we  have  planned  shall  be  acknowledged  as 
finished,  completed,  worthy  of  the  builders.  As  we  look  for- 
"■ward,  we  must  realize  that  on  us  assembled  here  to-night  is 
[.'devolved  the  responsibility  of  being  master  workwomen  while 
I  our  chances  last. 

I     We  cannot  help  looking  backward  to  the  interesting  historical 
r  characters  who  have  preceded  vis  in  the  upbuilding  of  our  pro- 
I  fession.    In  the  year  1879,  a  frail,  timid  little  Quaker  woman 
[courageously  applied  for  admission  in  the  Philadelphia  College 
Pof  Pharmacy.    I  say  frail,  for  Dr.  Susan  Hayhurst  was  then 
''fifty-nine  years  of  age,  an  age  at  which  some  of  us  may  con- 
sider as  time  to  enjoy  a  well-earned  rest  tinder  our  own  vine 
];  and  fig  tree  and  to  watch  over  and  care  for  the  coming  genera- 
'  tion  of  druggists  or  pharmacists,  male  or  female,  as  the  case 
'  may  be.    But  this  brave  woman,  a  graduate  in  medicine,  class 
l^'of  1837,  entered  a  pharmacy  class  twenty-two  years  later.  Very 
probably  the  male  members  of  the  class  were  not  glad  to  re- 
ceive this  one  lone,  elderly  woman,  thus  edging  her  way  into  a 
profession  formerly  made  up  of  men  only.    It  is  conceivable 
that  they  may  have  resented  this  invasion,  but  they  made  -o 
offensive  demonstrations.    It  is  well  to  remember  right  here 
that  Elizabeth  Marshall,  though  not  a  graduate  in  pharmacy, 
was  the  first  woman  to  practice  the  profession   in  America. 
You  all  know  that  Dr.  Mary  Putnam  Jacobi  graduated  from 
the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1883.    This  was  also 
"the  year  that  Philadelphia  sent  forth  her  first  woman  graduate 
in  pharmacy.    It  is  probable  that  Dr.  Jacobi  never  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  pharmacy,  having  become  distinguished  as  a 
teacher  and  practitioner  in  medicine. 

We  caimot  realize  how  much  we  owe  to  these  pioneers  in 
our  chosen  profession.  To  Dr.  Hayhurst  we  are  indebted  for 
our  opportunity.  She  broke  the  ground,  for  during  her  more 
than  thirty  years  of  service  as  pharmacist  of  the  Woman's 
Hospital  in  Philadelphia,  she  gave  employment  to  some  sixty 
young  women.  For  many  years  the  dispensary  at  this  place 
was  the  only  field  where  women  could  acquire  a  real,  practical 
knowledge  of  the  profession  together  with  its  business  side, 
owing  to  the  prejudice  which  existed  against  women  pharma- 
idsts;  consequenUy  it  was  in  this  position  that  Dr.  Hayhurst 
was  able  to  give  to  girls  the  opportunity  of  receiving  practical 
instruction,  and  her  labors  were  more  than  appreciated.  I  am 
sure  you  will  perceive  how  much  we  all  owe  the  first  woman 
'graduate  in  pharmacy,  and  how  clearly  the  splendid  results 
since  obtained  all  point  back  to  her  courage  and  persistence  in 
^opening  to  women  the  field  of  pharmacy.  She  surely  has  made 
the  path  easier  for  many  a  woman,  striving  for  the  coveted 
Ph.  G.  or  Phar.  D. 


Thirty  years  ago  a  woman  pharmacist  was  tinheard  of  in 
this  state,  while  to-day,  thanks  to  Dr.  Hayhurst,  there  are  a 
score  or  more  drug  stores  owned  or  managed  by  women.  If 
you  go  into  a  drug  store  and  a  young  lady  waits  on  you,  don't 
ask  for  the  manager  or  her  father — she  is  liable  to  be  the  boss. 
In  other  places  young  women  act  as  responsible  prescription 
clerks.  Some  are  helping  husband,  father  or  brothers  to  run 
the  business,  keeping  an  eye  meanwhile  on  the  male  graduates, 
perhaps  with  not  more ,  particular  purpose  in  view  than  to 
merely  keep  track  of  their  successes  in  tlie  field,  but  at  the 
same  time  fully  realizing  that  they  are  not  at  all  undesirable 
acquaintances,  because  there  are  times  when  a  woman's  counsel 
to  even  the  best  and  most  successful  of  men  may  not  come 
amiss. 

Women  in  pharmacy  to-day  are  not  of  the  "clinging-vine  va- 
riety," as  some  would  have  us  think  when  we  apply  for  posi- 
tions. They  are  more  like  the  hickory  sapling  which  may  be 
bent,  but  not  broken.  The  possibilities  of  the  drug  busmess 
are  being  recognized  by  women,  and  to  them  it  affords  pleasant, 
profitable  and  congenial  employment.  Nearly  every  hospital 
in  the  city  has  recognized  the  female  pharmacist;  she  ahnost 
monopolizes  the  preparation  of  drugs  and  prescriptions  in 
many.  After  all,  it  is  only  work,  good,  hard  work,  and  there  is 
no  good  reason  why  a  woman  should  not  succeed  as  well  as  a 
man,  when  the  same  studies  have  been  taken.  She  has  to  take 
the  same  chances;  she  must  fight  the  same  battle  and  run  the 
same  risks  of  defeat. 

I  have  not  had  recourse  to  any  library  in  obtaining  my  in- 
formation about  Dr.  Hayhurst's  life  and  character,  for  I  was 
one  of  her  girls,  as  she  called  us,  and  I  have  always  considered 
it  a  great  privilege  that  Fate  cast  my  lot  with  her  and  made 
me  a  member  of  her  "pharmaceutical  family."  She  was  always 
diligent,  always  seeking  knowledge,  even  in  the  last  years  of 
her  busy  life,  always  poring  over  books,  and  freely  giving  to 
her  associates  and  pupils  the  information  she  so  painstakingly 
gathered.  She  was  a  veritable  mine  of  information.  While 
her  disposition  was  kindly  she  could  express  herself  quite  for- 
cibly when  any  one  of  us  neglected  our  duty  and  committed,  as 
she  expressed  it,  a  "pharmaceutical  crime."  It  is  rarely  given 
to  any  one  to  spend  so  many  years  in  teaching  pharmacy,  yet 
she  has  this  distinction,  and  we,  her  sisters  in  pharmacy,  can 
but  cherish  her  memory. 

In  medicine,  it  was  of  course  befitting  that  America  should 
be  the  first  to  graduate  a  woman  from  any  of  its  medical  col- 
leges. The  course  in  many  of  our  colleges  and  universities  is 
co-educational.  There  are  but  two  colleges  in  the  English 
speaking  world  to-day  where  women  may  pursue  the  study  of 
medicine  in  an  institution  limited  to  women  students  only.  As 
sister  pharmacists,  we  believe  in  the  woman  doctor;  we  believe 
in  developing  woman's  power  to  help  her  own  sex;  we  believe 
that  through  a  medical  education  women  may  reach  the  highest 
grade  of  opportunity  to  minister  to  the  needs  of  women  and 
children. 

To-day,  there  is  a  more  insistent  call  for  the  woman  doctor 
than  there  has  ever  been  before.  In  the  field  of  medical  spe- 
cialization, in  many  departments  of  education,  in  social  service, 
in  industrial  and  civic  conditions,  in  child  welfare,  and  social 
betterment  problems— wherever  there  are  women  and  wherever 
women  need  women  there  is  work  for  the  woman  physician. 
Physician  and  helper  she  must  be.  As  a  physician  she  now 
knows  little  of  the  social  ostracism  that  attended  the  pioneers  of 
the  profession. 

Honor  is  due  Elizabeth  Blackwell  as  being  the  first  woman 
physician  to  graduate  in  this  country,  and  New  York  state 
claims  her  graduation.  Women  have  achieved  success  in  den- 
tistry. I  am  told  there  are  about  twenty-five  young  women 
now  taking  a  course  in  dentistry  in  this  city.  Women  are 
famous  extractors  in  every  other  line  of  endeavor,  so  why 
should  they  not  succeed  in  dentistry? 

Women  are  specializing  in  all  branches  of  these  professions. 
Alice  Henkel,  Ph.  G.,  is  assistant  in  Drug  and  Plant  Investi- 
gation in  the  Department  of  Agriculture  at  Washington,  and 
as  such  issues  many  important  bulletins.  These  bulletins  re- 
mind one  of  the  love  of  the  olden-time  doctor  for  his  boUnic 
garden.   The  writing  of  tliese  must  be  a  labor  of  love.   No  one 


120 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[March,  191| 


can  ever  discover  an  affection  purer,  sweeter  or  more  refining 
or  exhilarating  than  field  botanical  excursions,  followed  by  the 
painstaking  work  of  identification.  You  are  all  too  well  in- 
formed of  the  splendid  work  being  done  by  Dr.  Josephine 
Baker  in  our  own  city  in  the  Board  of  Health  for  me  to  tell 
you  of  it  again  to-night.  Then  too,  only  recently  have  you 
read  of  the  noble  work  of  Dr.  Dorothy  Smiley?  She  has  gone 
"to  the  front" — right  to  the  very  front  for  she  is  in  a  Belgian 
fortress,  caring  for  the  wounded  soldiers;  she  belongs  to  the 
Royal  Army  Corps  of  the  British  army ;  she  may  be  to-night 
where  duty  calls  her,  either  on  the  battle  lines  directing  the 
care  of  the  fallen  ones,  or  may  be  taking  the  last  message  of  a 
brave  soldier  to  his  loved  ones  at  home.  Our  own  Dr.  Mary 
Crawford  of  Brooklyn  is  doing  splendid  work  in  helping  to 
alleviate  the  sufferings  of  the  soldiers.  Dr.  Crawford  is  widely 
known  as  our  first  female  ambulance  surgeon,  hence  her  nam'; 
needs  no  introduction  to  this  association.  We  are  glad  to  hear 
that  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  has  opened  its  course  in 
medicine  to  women. 

What  more  incentive  do  we  need?  We  have  invaded  the  sci- 
ences, and  no  longer  are  tainted  with  the  old  heresy  that  we 
are  trying  to  usurp  a  man's  place.  We  have  simply  come  into 
our  own.  We  must  measure  up  to  the  standard  which  our 
sisters  of  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago  established.  To  do  this 
requires  study,  concentration  of  effort,  attention  to  detad,  and 
not  merely  attention  to  detail ;  we  must  be  able  to  master  de- 
tail without  wasted  effort.  We  must  teach  this  to  ourselves, 
no  one  else  can  do  it  for  us.  We  must  be  able  to  go  straight 
to  the  mark  which  has  been  set  for  us;  no  faltering,  no  dally- 
ing by  the  wayside  if  we  would  be  respected  and  admired  for 
our  attainments  in  our  chosen  field. 

But  what  of  us?  What  of  the  Association  of  which  you  have 
honored  me  with  its  presidency?  What  can  we  do?  What 
must  we  do  to  be  worthy  of  our  membership?  We  need  not 
be  mental  giants,  nor  need  we  be  offensively  devoted  :o  our 
■work.  What  we  must  do  is  plain.  We  have  daily  tc^sks,  Liut 
■we  have  leisure  moments  as  well.  We  must  train  ourselves  tc 
find  pleasure  in  research,  as  well  as  pleasure  in  lighter  readiti'^ 
The  topics  of  the  day  should  be  considered  and  if  not  fully 
understood,  we  should  not  be  ashamed  to  ask  questions.  Only 
in  this  way  can  we  mingle  with  the  world  on  an  equal  footing, 
and  our  intellectual  attainments  become  known  and  recognized. 

You  have  formed  an  Association — an  association  for  what, 
please?  As  I  understand  the  word  association,  helpfulness  one 
to  the  other  is  implied  in  your  membership.  You  cannot  dele- 
gate your  work,  you  cannot  neglect  your  association  and  expect 
to  receive  helpfulness  from  it,  unless  you  give  something  of 
your  own  self  to  it;  something  beyond  the  mere  remembrance 
of  the  next  meeting  day  is  essentially  necessary.  You  must  do 
something  and  you  means  every  one  of  you. 

Bring  some  topics  of  the  day,  some  problem  of  your  work, 
some  question  you  want  answered.  Bring  something  to  give 
away — some  observation,  some  thought  or  a  note  of  some  hap- 
pening in  the  business  or  profession.  Bring  something  beside 
your  own  physical  self,  and  leave  something  of  yourself ;  only 
in  this  way  can  we  be  an  association  that  is  successful.  I 
want  your  co-operation.  I  want  to  be  able  to  rely  on  you  for 
your  share  of  the  work.  It  is  work  that  must  be  done.  I  am 
eager  to  do  all  I  can,  and,  to-night,  I  want  you  to  think  of 
what  should  be  done  at  our  next  meeting;  what  problems  are 
to  be  faced,  what  subjects  to  be  considered,  what  is  to  be  done 
to  knit  the  association  together  into  a  working  unit;  into  a 
successful,  homogeneous  body  of  women  pharmacists,  as  an 
instituliMii  iliit  (li-,irves  to  exist  because  it  shows  a  reason 
for  il- 

1.  li'  lp!  .  .  .  and  the  strength  that  is  there 

.1.1     ,,  I  I  II  my  own  anew. 
1  can  loin-  the  li.uht  and  win,  by  the  Gods! 
But  not  by  myself — but  with  you." 


Legal  Decisions 


Recovery  Back  of  Invalid  License  Tax  Paid 

A  r,,,,,  ,,f  ,1.  ,1.  ■  ,  !■      ..'1  .'mmI.s  in   thr  ,  Mv   ,.|    I  ,  l.,no„.  Ky., 

1,1  ic.  ili'    i  •  rwards 

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\  i<<-<\ci  what  they  had  paid;  from  a  judgment  in  their 
li  ili  111    (  iiy  appealed.    In  a  very  similar  case,  Spalding  v. 


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City  of  Lebanon,156  Ky.  37,  100  S.  W.  751,  49  L.  R.  A. 
(N.  S.)  287,  the  court  gave  judgment  for  the  dealer.  The 
city  now  contended,  however,  that  the  ordinance  in  question 
was  enacted  at  the  request  of  the  dealers,  who  were  present 
when  it  was  adopted  by  the  council,  and  this  being  so,  they 
were  estopped  to  attack  its  validity,  especially  in  view  of  the 
fact  that  they  had  enjoyed  the  benefits  conferred  by  the  ordi- 
nance and  received  the  protection  it  afforded  during  the  time 
they  paid  the  license  tax  sought  to  be  recovered. 

The  court,  however,  rejected  this  contention  on  the  ground 
that  the  ordinance  did  not  confer  any  benefits  or  privileges  on 
the  dealers,  nor  did  it  afford  them  any  protection.  At  the 
time  of  the  attempted  enactment  of  the  ordinance,  they  were 
engaged  in  the  sale  of  soft  drinks  in  the  city  of  Lebanon,  and, 
until  this  ordinance,  were  not  required  to  pay  the  city  any  U 
cense  tax  for  conducting  their  business,  so  that,  except  fo 
this  ordinance,  they  could  have  continued  to  sell  soft  drink 
without  being  subjected  to  any  license  tax  during  the  time  the 
paid  the  license  tax  under  the  ordinance.  The  city  had  na 
authority,  except  by  virtue  of  a  valid  ordinance,  to  collect  the 
tax  the  plaintiffs  paid;  but,  notwithstanding  this,  it  exacted 
and  the  plaintiffs  paid,  under  a  void  ordinance,  the  tax.  The 
ordinance,  being  void,  did  not  confer  upon  them  any  benefit  <rf 
privilege  or  afford  them  any  protection.  The  fact  that 
requested  the  passage  of  the  ordinance  and  were  present 
it  was  attempted  to  be  adopted  by  the  council  did  not, 
was  held,  amount  to  an  estoppel,  because  they  requested  th4 
adoption  of  a  valid  ordinance — an  ordinance  that  would  coni 
fer  some  benefit  or  privilege  that  could  not  be  enjoyed  in  its 
absence,  and  that  would  afford  protection  to  persons  availing 
themselves  of  its  advantages  by  paying  the  license  tax  imposed 

The  enactment  of  the  ordinance  was  conceded  to  be  v/hoUy 
within  the  control  and  power  of  the  city  council,  and,  althougfi 
it  attempted  to  and  doubtless  believed  that  it  had  enacted 
valid  ordinance,  it  developed  that  they  did  not  in  fact  enact 
any  ordinance.  This  being  so,  the  situation  was  precisely  the 
same  as  if  the  city  authorities,  without  having  attempted  to 
enact  an  ordinance,  had  demanded  and  collected  from  the  plain- 
tift's,  without  any  authority,  the  license  tax  paid  under  this 
void  ordinance.  Judgment  for  the  plaintiffs  was  affirmed.  Han- 
nah and  Nunn,  J.  J.,  dissenting.  (City  of  Lebanon  v.  Humkey 
Kentucky  Court  of  Appeals,  170  S.  W.  1172'> 

Bottling  Explosion — Necessity  for  Gloves  and  Mask 

In  an  action  for  injuries  to  a  servant  while  engaged  in  filling 
siphon  bottles  with  high  pressure  carbonated  water,  one  of 
which  bottles  exploded,  it  was  claimed  by  the  defendant  that 
the  testimony  showed  that  the  use  of  gloves  and  mask  is  not 
practicable  in  filling  siphon  bottles,  and  that,  therefore,  the 
plaintiff  had  not  brought  himself  within  the  terms  of  the 
Oregon  Employers'  Liability  Act.  requiring  the  use  by  employ- 
ers of  "every  device,  care  and  protection  which  it  is  practicable 
to  use  for  the  protection  and  safety  of  life  and  limb."  The 
testimony  on  this  point  was  conflicting.  The  plaintiff,  who 
had  two  years'  experience  in  bottling,  thought  the  use  of  them 
practicable,  and  requested  the  defendant's  manager  to  furnish 
them.  .\t  the  time  the  request  was  made  the  manager  evi- 
dently thought  their  use  •  practicable,  because  he  promised  to 
procure  them  .A  witness  for  the  plaintiff  thought  them  prac- 
ticable, though  he  admitted  they  may  render  the  process  of 
l)oltlin!j  s'lm.  Willi  slower,  and  said  that  many,  and  in  fact 
niii-iii\  I  '  n'  .  refuse  to  use  them  for  that  reason.  Witness 
111:  .  lit  further  than  this,  and  said  in  effect  that 

till  ir  Us-  Is  I!  I  1  .liiable.  So  there  was  evidence  to  go  to  the 
jury  in  shim  'ii  "i  the  plaintiff's  theor>'.  and  the  appellate  court 
will  not  ilistuili  ill'-  verdict  of  a  jury  where  there  is  any  sub- 
stantial c\  idtn(  i  111  support  it.  In  cases  of  contradictory  testi- 
mony the  jury  and  not  the  court  is  the  judge  of  its  value 
and  effect.  (Heiser  v.  Shasta  Water  Co.,  Oregon  Supreme 
Court,  143  Pac.  917). 

'Where  Possession  of  Cocaine  is  a  Misdemeanor 

Xorth  Carolina  Laws.  1913.  c.  SI,  Sec.  2.  makes  possession 
of  cocaine  by  a  person  other  than  a  physician,  dentist,  veteri- 
nary .surgeon  or  druggist,  unless  obtained  bona  fide  on  a  pre- 
scription, a  misdemeanor  and  declares  possession  prima  facie 
evidence  of  violation  of  the  statute.  It  is  held  that  the  finding 
by  an  officer  of  cocaine  in  large  quantity  in  a  secret  srutt  c 
hole,  covered  by  a  picture,  over  a  kitchen  door,  in  a  house  i 
rented  and  occupied  by  the  defendant,  is  sufficient  to  establish 
possession  within  the  statute.  (State  v.  Ross,  North  Carolina 
Supreme  Court.  83  S.  E.  307). 


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j       Mostly  Personal  j 

■        — Dk.  \Vm.  C.  Al.l'KKS,  dean  of  the  Cleveland    School  of 
'    Pharmacy,  was  presented  with  a  loving  cup  by  tlie  Northern 
!    Ohio  Druggists'  Association  on  the  occasion    of    the  recent 
annual   meeting   of   the    pharmaceutical     !  i  in-    ;  t    of  the 
Academy  of  Medicine,   held  in  Clevel.n  is  and 

Charles  Bowman,  president  of  the  Ohio  1  -peakers 
at  the  meeting,  the  former  lecturing  on  di_  .  liic  latter 

having  as  his  subject  "The  Federation  of  ilic  I'ublic  Health 
,  Service."  It  was  following  the  disposition  of  the  official  busi- 
I  ness  that  the  secretary  of  the  Xorihcrn  Ohio  D.  A.,  in  behalf 
of  that  organization,  presented  the  cup,  dwelling  in  his  speech 
upon  Dr.  .-Mpers'  activities  as  a  pharmacist,  journalist  and 
teacher.  Engraved  upon  the  cup  is  the  inscription  "William  C. 
Alpers.  In  thankful  recognition  of  his  services  to  pharmacy. 
From  the  Northern  Ohio  Druggists  .Association,  January  29, 
1915)."  Dr.  Alpers  was  greatly  surprised  and  visibly  touched 
by  the  gift. 

— M.  F.  Word,  druggist,  Cartersville,  Ga.,  according  to  the 
Bartau.'  Tribune  of  that  city,  has  found  the  most  practical  use 
of  the  Congressional  Record  yet  adopted  hv  any  private  citizen. 
Recently  he  made  up  an  attractive  window  display  consisting  of 
dll  the  prescriptions  he  had  filled  during  his  business  life  as  a 
pharmacist  in  Cartersville,  beginning  with  Sept.  2,  1S81.  These 
prescriptions  were  pasted  in  an  orderly  manner  in  books,  and 
their  exhibition  is  said  to  have  recalled  much  of  the  reminiscent 
history  of  Cartersville  and  surrounding  country.  Many  of  the 
prescriptions  were  signed  by  physicians  who  practiced  in  that 
part  of  the  State  m.ore  than  thirty  years  ago,  many  of  whom 
are  now  dead.  In  filing  the  prescriptions  Mr.  Word  found  use 
for  the  Record,  and  as  the  Tribune  reporter  observes,  "it  is 
these  bound  records  of  the  oratory  of  the  past  thirty  years 
that  contain  tlie  prescriptions  which  are  pasted  on  the  leaves 
of  the  volumes  used."    Hence  the  afore-mentioned  comment! 

— George  F.  Stier,  of  Cincinnati,  who  operates  two  of  the 
handsomest  and  most  prosperous  suburban  drug  stores  in  the 
city,  was  recently  honored  by  appointment  by  Col.  A.  C.  Gil- 
ligan,  Cincinnati  Collector  of  Internal  Revenue,  as  the  inspector 
of  drug  stores,  physicians'  offices,  hospitals,  and  other  places 
where  drugs  are  dispensed,  such  an  inspector  being  required 
under  the  provisions  of  the  new  Federal  anti-narcotic  law.  Mr. 
Stier's  title  is  Special  Deputy  Collector,  and  he  will  make  or 
have  charge  of  all  inspections  made  in  this  district  under  the 
new  act.  He  has  assumed  his  new  duties,  local  druggists 
greatly  appreciating  the  honor  done  them  in  the  appointment 
of  one  of  their  number  to  this  position,  as  well  as  the  fact 
that  the  requirements  of  the  law  will  be  rendered  much  less 
onerous  in  this  way  than  might  otherwise  have  been  the  case. 
Mr.  Stier  will  receive  a  salary  of  $1,200  a  year  and  expenses. 

— H.  H.  E.MOX.  a  druggist  at  San  Francisco,  and  formerly  in 
the  drug  business  at  Boyne  Falls,  Mich.,  recently  wrote  his 
brother,  F.  J.  Eaton  of  Petoskey,  Mich.,  an  interesting  letter 
describing  a  trip  he  made  out  in  San  Francisco  bay  to  visit  the 
old  battleship  Oregon.  He  also  saw  the  old  British  convict 
ship  Success.  125  years  old,  used  to  carry  convicts  from  Eng- 
land to  .Australia,  and  the  cruiser  St.  Louis,  a  modem  22-knot 
war  ves,sel.  The  old  Oregon,  Mr.  Eaton  wrote,  had  all  it 
could  do  now  to  "kick"  along  at  13  knots.  The  letter  was 
published  in  a  local  Petoskey  paper. 

—Ed.  Brown,  Atlanta,  Ga..  druggist,  recently  cashed  a  $100 
check  for  C.  Harrison,  a  cripple  who  was  brought  into  his  drug 
store  for  first  aid  to  the  injured.  Automobile  rides  were  ex- 
changed by  the  druggist  and  the  man  he  had  succored,  and 
the  latter  introduced  the  former  to  his  attractive  young  wife. 
The  exchange  of  pleasantries  continued  until  the  check  came 
back.  Then  the  druggist  had  his  new-found  friends  arrested. 
Harrison  was  bound  over  under  bond  in  the  sum  of  $1,000, 
and  his  "wife"  was  detained  as  an  accomplice  under  $100  bond. 

— Frank  W.  Flvck,  the  North  Philadelphia  druggist,  is 
chairman  of  the  Emergency  aid  committee  in  his  section  of  the 
city  and  is  playing  an  active  part  in  the  relief  movement  in 


Nnnl;>\  .  ri:il,iilclphia.  Recently,  the  funds  at  the  disposition 
(if  ih,'  K.iiiiiiiiii  r  were  found  to  be  inadequate  to  cover  the  work 
oiitlinnl  ,iihI  II  W  IS  lUKSsary  to  call  a  meeting  of  the  Northwest 
l'.u>iiu.-s  .Mi  ll  s  .\>s.i.  i.ition  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a 
.Wmhwist  Lni.  r-i  ii.y  Relief  Fund.  At  the  meeting  Mr.  Fluck 
(Icsi  riliud  llif  situ  itinn  confronting  his  committee. 

—  1.  L.  ]>^ll^s,  Jr.,  of  I.  L.  Lyons  &  Co.,  wholesale  and  re- 
tail cliuL;i;isi>.  Nru  Orleans,  has  been  elected  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  the  New  Orleans  Association  of  Com- 
merce. This  organization  is  said  to  be  one  of  the  five  largest 
and  most  influential  commercial  bodies  in  the  country,  and  Mr. 
Lyons'  election  to  the  directorate  is  a  recognition  that  the 
drug  interests  have  as  much  concern  in  the  broader  phases  of 
civic  work  and  community  building  as  any  other  class. 

— FR.A.NK  P.  K.  Oldfield,  who  left  the  drug  business  in 
Detroit,  Mich.,  in  1895  or  thereabouts,  for  politics,  and  was 
journal  clerk  during  the  administration  of  Hazen  S.  Pingree, 
when  council  meetings  were  called  sometimes  three  times  a 
week,  was  a  recent  visitor  in  Detroit.  He  is  in  the  insurance 
business  in  Chicago  now  and  is  special  agent  for  the  Security 
Life  Insurance  Company  of  America.  He  led  all  agents  of  that 
company  on  examined  business  for  the  month  of  December. 

■ — George  J.  Weigle,  pharmacist  and  former  State  senator, 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  was  recently  appointed  State  dairy  and  food 
commissioner  to  succeed  J.  Q.  Emery.  If  confirmed,  the  posi- 
tion will  pay  him  $3,000  per  annum  for  two  years,  at  least. 
Mr.  Weigle  opened  his  first  drug  store  when  22  years  cf  age. 
His  pharmacy  is  one  of  the  largest  in  Milwaukee.  He  wks 
elected  State  senator  in  1910,  but  was  not  active,  '.u  ih^  iccnt 
political  campaign.    He  is  a  Republican. 

— A.  E.  Millard,  manager  of  the  Dow  drug  store  at  Peebles' 
Corner,  the  busiest  suburban  business  center  around  Cincinnati, 
showed  recently  that  he  can  do  other  things  than  run  a  drug 
store  in  first-class  style,  when  he  took  an  active  part  in  the 
work  which  resulted  in  the  elimination  of  a  neighborhood 
nuisance  of  long  standing  in  the  vicinity  of  Blair  avenue  and 
Ridgeway  street,  Avondale,  in  the  shape  of  a  coal-yard. 

— James  B.  Early,  of  Kansas,  was  appointed  chief  pharma- 
cist to  the  Detroit,  Mich.,  poor  commission,  his  grade  by  ex- 
amination being  98  per  cent.  Ordinarily,  his  being  a  non-resi- 
dent would  have  barred  him,  but  Dr.  Stanley  G.  Miner,  mem- 
ber of  the  commission,  succeeded  in  convincing  the  civil  service 
commission  that  the  one-year  residence  regulation  was  of  no 
value  as  applied  to  positions  in  his  sphere  of  influence. 

— Arthur  von  Rohr,  of  Winona,  Minn.,  a  member  oi  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  recently  married  Miss  Margaret 
Gamock,  of  the  same  city.  Mr.  von  Rohr  visited  Minneapolis, 
ostensibly  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  Board,  while  Miss  Gar- 
nock  visited  that  city  to  visit  friends.  The  wedding  took  place 
in  the  Twin  Cities,  the  Rev.  A.  Ernest,  of  St.  Paul,  a  brother- 
in-law  of  the  groom,  officiating. 

— Christian  Schertz,  druggist  of  New  Orleans,  La.,  re- 
cently gave  a  tramp  the  chance  to  earn  "the  price  of  a  meal." 
It  must  have  been  "some"  meal,  for  the  tramp  rifled  Mr. 
Schertz's  desk  of  $82.  The  store  did  not  need  cleaning,  but 
the  druggist  thought  he  would  prove  the  worth  of  the  man, 
and  put  him  to  work  cleaning.  The  tramp  cleaned  up  and 
cleaned  out. 

— H.  W.  IIi:TJi,x:\nT,T.ER,  who  for  several  years  conducted  the 
drug  store  at  Fifth  and  Plum  streets,  in  Cincinnati,  recently 
going  out  of  business  on  account  of  bankruptcy  proceedings,  is 
now  with  the  Weathcrhead  Drug  Co.,  Sixth  and  Vine  streets, 
same  city.  President  Boles  is  reported  to  have  congratulated 
himself  on  securing  the  services  of  Mr.  Huttenmiller. 

—Raymond  N.  Graeff  and  Miss  Eleanor  Brooks,  both  of 
Lebanon,  Pa.,  were  married  recently.  The  marriage  resulted 
from  the  illness  of  Mr.  Graeff,  a  wellknown  druggist,  several 
years  ago.  He  became  ill  during  an  epidemic  of  smaIlpo.x  in 
Lebanon,  and  was  sent  to  the  Municipal  ho.spital,  where  Miss 
Brooks  was  in  charge. 

— W.  A.  Ball,  Church  street  druggist  of  Carmi,  111.,  recently 
sustained  a  badly  .sprained  ankle  when  a  ladder  from  which  he 
was  scraping  snow  from  a  roof  gutter,  fell  and  dropped  him 
12  feet  to  a  front  porch  roof.    Had  the  latter  been  of  the 


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sloping  variety  he  might  have  been  seriously  injured.  He  was 
obliged  to  use  crutches  after  the  accident. 

— A.  H.  TiLLSON,  elderly  druggist  of  Dixon,  III.,  was  recently 
held  up  by  a  six-foot,  200-pound  highwayman,  who  relieved 
the  former  of  one  silver  dollar.  The  thief  held  Mr.  Tillson  by 
the  throat  until  he  produced  his  pocket  book.  He  was  quite 
unnerved  by  the  experience,  but  congratulated  himself  that  he 
was  treated  with  such  respect  as  had  been  accorded  him. 

— Frank  Snyder,  a  druggist  of  Lindenwald,  a  suburb  of 
Hamilton,  O.,  is  installing  a  grocery  department  as  a  part  of 
his  drug  store.  A  fine  line  of  groceries  will  be  handled.  The 
department  was  installed  as  the  result  of  a  real  demand ;  and 
the  question  may  ultimately  arise  as  to  whether  the  store  is  a 
pharmacy  or  a  grocery. 

— Former  Councilman  R.  V.  Muldoon,  who  until  recently 
conducted  the  drug  store  at  First  and  Centre  avenue,  Atlantic 
Highlands,  N.  J.,  has  retired  from  that  business  and  accepted 
a  position  as  a  department  manager  with  the  Horton  Ice  Cream 
Co.    He  will  reside  for  the  present  in  Jersey  City. 

— Dean  L.  E.  Sayke,  of  the  Kansas  State  university  school 
of  pharmacy,  recently  addressed  a  meeting  of  medical  men  of 
Wichita.  He  spoke  particularly  upon  the  problems  resulting 
from  the  introduction  of  new  agents,  such  as  the  serums  and 
synthetic  organic  products  into  medical  practice. 

—Thomas  G.  Pocock,  a  druggist  of  Chicago,  baited  a  rabid 
collie  dog  on  a  rear  porch  of  his  home  until  a  policeman  ar- 
rived and  shot  the  animal  dead.  Mr.  Pocock  was  afraid  if  he 
let  it  run  wild  it  might  bite  children  playing  in  the  yard  and 
on  the  front  porch.    He  received  a  slight  scratch. 

— C.  L.  Chittenden,  of  St.  Louis,  is  seeking  the  nomination 
for  the  presidency  of  the  Missouri  Pharmaceutical  Travelers' 
Association  and  W.  F,  Kahre,  Lilly  manager  in  St.  Louis,  is 
his  campaign  manager.  Mr.  Chittenden  is  said  to  be  the  old  - 
in-attendance  at  the  association  meetings. 

— Frank  W.  Fluck,  who  conducts  a  retail  drug  store  at 
2400  Ridge  avenue,  Philadelphia,  has  been  a  very  diligent  work- 
er in  the  effort  on  the  part  of  the  Northwest  Business  Men's 
Association  to  secure  an  appropriation  of  $50,000  from  Coun- 
cils for  home  relief  work. 

— President  C.  Herbert  Packard  of  the  Massachusetts  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy,  Boston,  entertained  the  students  on  Tuesday 
evening,  Feb.  9,  at  the  college.  A  feature  of  the  evening  was 
an  address  by  his  neighbor,  Albert  R.  Williams,  on  an  experi- 
ence of  four  months  in  the  European  war  zone. 

— Walter  Burke,  the  High  street  druggist  of  Clinton,  Mass., 
recently  received  the  endorsement  of  the  Northend  Democratic 
club,  of  which  he  is  a  member,  for  the  Democratic  nomination 
for  town  clerk. 

— E.  L.  Black,  manager  of  Black's  pharmacy,  Dublin,  Ga., 
was  seriously  injured  while  learning  to  run  an  automobile.  He 
ran  the  car  into  a  telegraph  pole,  which  was  broken  in  two  by 
the  shock. 

— Harry  W.  Dundore,  druggist  of  Allentown,  Pa.,  is  con- 
fined to  his  home  suffering  from  an  attack  of  blood  poisoning. 
His  many  friends  are  wishing  for  his  complete  and  immediate 
recovery. 

— Maxwell  Wyeth,  first  vice-president  of  John  Wyeth  & 
Bro.,  Inc.,  Philadelphia,  was  recently  elected  a  member  of  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  Quaker  City  National  Bank. 

— James  A.  Arkin,  a  druggist  of  Portola,  Cal.,  has  been  ap- 
pointed State  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  for  Plumas  coun- 
ty, that  State  His  pharmaceutical  confreres  say  that  he  is 
unusually  well  equipped  to  perform  the  duties  of  the  office. 

— William  C.  Neilly,  formerly  manager  of  advertising  for 
the  United  Drug  Co.,  Boston,  and  formerly  president  of  the 
United  Drug  Co.  Ltd.,  of  Toronto,  Canada,  is  now  associat  d 
with  Frederick  Steams  &  Co.  as  assistant  to  the  president. 

—Harry  Sklllman,  manager  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.'s  ad- 
vertising department,  was  in  this  city  recently.  While  here  he 
received  a  telegram  telling  him  that  he  had  become  a  grand- 
father. 

— Louis  K.  Liggett,  president  of  the  United  Drug  Co.,  Bos- 
ton, addressed  the  Men's  Forum  at  tlie  Park  and  Downs  church, 
WoUaston,  recently,  his  subject  being  "Co-operative  Commer- 
cialism." 


—Graham  Barbour,  manager  of  the  City  pharmacy.  Enter- 
prise, Miss.,  was  recently  married  to  Miss  Agnes  Whittle.  The 
ceremony  took  place  at  De  Kalb,  Miss.  The  couple  will  reside 
in  Enterprise. 

—John  F.  Walsh,  president  of  the  Walsh  Drug  Co.,  pro- 
prietors of  a  number  of  drug  stores  at  Quincy,  Mass.,  married 
Miss  Nellie  Reid.  The  couple  left  Quincy  for  a  short  trip 
tiu-ough  the  South. 

—Fred  Ehrman,  clerk  in  Ralph  Freiberg's  drug  store,  Read- 
ing road  and  Rockdale  avenue,  Cincinnati,  O.,  was  burned 
about  the  hands  recently  when  chemicals  which  he  was  com- 
pounding were  ignited,  setting  fire  to  the  building. 

— Frank  D.  Kephart,  manager  of  the  Shutler  Drug  Co., 
Detroit,  Mich.,  was  married  recently  to  Miss  Mildred  Ormis- 
ton  Farming,  of  Charlevoix,  Mich. 

— Edward  Laporte,  of  the  L.  I.  Laporte  Drug  Co.,  Holyoke, 
Mass.,  has  been  appointed  Holyoke  agent  for  the  Massachusetts 
S.  P.  C.  A.,  succeedmg  the  late  Edward  B.  Stratton. 

— F.  A.  East,  23,  owner  of  a  drug  store  at  West  Roxbury, 
Mass.,  recently  slipped  on  the  ice  while  turning  a  comer  and 
broke  his  ankle. 

—Milton  Campbell,  president  of  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Co., 
was  elected  a  director  of  the  Tradesmen's  National  bank,  Phila- 
delphia, at  the  annual  meeting  of  stockholders  held  in  January. 

— Mrs.  Margaret  B.  Laird,  wife  of  a  Newark,  N.  J.,  drug- 
gist, has  been  appointed  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Health  of 
that  city. 

— Henry  V.  Taylor  has  severed  his  connection  with  the 
Taylor  Drug  Co.,  Mason,  Tenn.,  and  will  turn  his  attention  to 
track  farming. 

— I.  C.  Thomas,  druggist  of  Sheboygan,  Wis.,  recently  had 
his  arm  fractured  when  the  engine  of  his  automobile  back-firrd 
while  he  was  attempting  to  crank  it. 

— Francis  Curtis,  the  Bluffs,  111.,  druggist,  and  his  wife, 
are  the  proud  parents  of  David  Francis  Curtis,  who  arrived  on 
Thanksgiving  Day. 

--Andrew  Myhr,  draggist  of  531  Henry  street,  Brooklyn, 
while  skating  in  Prospect  park,  fell  so  hard  that  his  right  hin 
was  broken.   He  was  taken  to  the  hospital. 

— J.  H.  MiLLSPAUGH  who  was  for  a  number  of  years  asso- 
ciated with  the  Hall  Drag  Co.  of  Springfield,  Mo.,  is  now 
representing  Sharp  &  Dohme  in  northem  Alissouri. 

— H.  O.  O'Cain,  of  the  Smithson  Drag  Co.,  Wellborn,  Fla., 
has  enrolled  for  a  three  months'  course  at  the  school  conducted 
by  the  Max  Morris  Drag  Co.,  Macon,  Ga. 

— MiERS  BuscH,  of  Shoemaker  &  Busch,  wholesale  druggists, 
Philadelphia,  was  elected  a  vice-president  of  the  Union  League 
in  a  contest  which  was  unusually  close. 

— Alfred  Labine,  a  prominent  Nashua,  N.  H.,  druggist, 
was  stricken  with  apoplexy  during  December,  and  was  last 
reported  to  be  in  a  serious  condition  in  the  hospital. 

— George  W.  Holderread,  a  dmggist  of  Litchfield,  111.,  was 
married  recently  to  Miss  Vera  Reid,  of  die  same  city.  The 
couple  left  for  Indianapolis  following  the  ceremony. 

— Samotl  Henry,  druggist  at  Bentendorf,  la.,  recendy  mar- 
ried Miss  Velma  Rountree,  a  very  popular  young  lady  of  To- 
peka.  111. 

— W.  B.  Eaton,  druggist  of  Edinburg,  111.,  was  recently  con- 
fined to  his  home  with  the  measles.  His  son  was  also  laid  up 
with  the  disease. 

— Carroll  T.  Bonney,  son  of  Josiah  S.  Bonney,  the  leading 
druggist  of  Wakefield,  Mass.,  has  been  chosen  by  Congressman 
Deitrick  for  a  place  at  the  U.  S.  Naval  Academy  at  Annapolis. 

—Fred  W.  Connolly,  Dorchester,  Mass.,  and  director  of  the 
course  of  pharmacy  at  the  Franklin  Union,  Boston,  spent  the 
month  of  Febraary  in  Florida. 

— Christlvn  Widltj:,  of  Milwaukee,  was  recently  re-elected 
president  of  the  Wisconsin  Pharmacal  Company. 

— A.  Kuener,  the  Sheboygan,  Wis.  druggist,  will  retire  from 
business  early  in  the  spring. 

— A.  C.  ^'Ieyer,  of  Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Co.,  St.  Louis,  recently 
recovered  from  a  five-weeks'  illness  with  t>-pho!d  fever. 


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Obituaries 


CHAKLES  H.  WEBSTER 

I  Charles  H.  Webster,  of  Northfield,  Mass.,  druggist,  lawyer, 
-  former  representative  in  the  Legislature,  and  one  of  the  first 
i  Progressives  in  Massachusetts,  died  suddenly  Feb.  6,  at  Jack- 
\  sonville.  Fla.,  whither  he  had  gone  in  search  of  rest  and  health. 
He  was  a  native  of  Xorthfield,  and  was  bom  Oct.  27,  18'5. 

He  attended  the  country 
schools  till  he  was  13  years 
old,  and  then  went  to  work  in 
a  general  store.  At  the  age  of 
22  he  bought  a  ^-''^  interest 
in  it.  Then  he  added  the  in- 
surance business,  became  a 
justice  of  the  peace  and  also 
trial  justice.  While  thus  em- 
ployed he  took  the  study 
of  pharmacy,  and  in  1891  he 
passed  the  examination  of 
the  Massachusetts  Board,  and 
became  a  registered  pharma- 
cist. Then  he  added  a  drug 
store  to  his  other  business  in- 
terests. In  1892  he  s:cured 
complete  control  of  the  general 
store,  subsequently  selling  a 
half  interest  in  the  general 
Charles  H.  Webster  store  to  one  of  his  clerks,  but 
retaining  exclusive  ownersL'p 
of  the  drug  store.  In  1896  he  built  a  handsome  drug  store  on 
Main  street  in  Xorthfield,  and  in  1903  opened  another  dirvg 
store  in  East  Northfield. 

In  1900  he  became  postmaster  at  Northfield.  Before  his  com- 
mission expired  he  sold  out  the  drug  stores,  and  took  up  the 
study  of  law,  and  in  1908  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  h:.d 
also  studied  geologj',  mineralogy,  and  surveying.  He  was  emi- 
nent in  Masonry,  was  president  of  the  Northfield  Water  Com- 
pany, and  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade.  In  1912,  he  be- 
came the  Progressive  candidate  for  representative  to  the  Legisla- 
ture, and  was  elected,  and  a  year  later  he  was  returned.  He 
leaves  a  wife  and  two  daughters. 

Alfred  H.  Kennedy- 
Alfred  H.  Kennedy,  since  boyhood  connected  in  one  capacity 
or  another  with  Charles  N.  Crittenton  Co.,  this  city,  died  at 
his  home,  156  Park  avenue,  East  Orange,  N.  J.,  on  Sunday, 
February  14.  Mr.  Kennedy  went  home  from  work  on  the 
previous  Wednesday,  apparently  in  good  health.  During  the 
night  he  was  taken  ill  and  was  the  next  day  operated  upon  for 
intestinal  trouble.  He  was  64  years  of  age.  Two  sons  and  a 
daughter  survive  him.  The  funeral  was  held  at  his  late  home 
and  interment  was  in  Fairmount  cemetery.  The  pallbearers 
were  J.  B.  Foster,  druggist,  Newark,  N.  J.;  Samuel  Owen,  of 
Kress  &  Owen  Co.;  Lee  E.  Wiltsee,  general  representative  of 
the  Wm.  S.  Merrell  Chemical  Co.;  W.  P.  Stephenson,  E.  Quig- 
ley  and  George  Kimmel,  the  last  three  with  the  Crittenton  Co. 

Mr.  Kennedy  was  with  Charles  N.  Crittenton  Co.  for  pos- 
sibly 50  years,  and  at  the  time  of  the  late  Mr.  Crittenton's 
death  in  1909,  was  a  director  of  the  firm.  In  addition  to  his 
many  other  bequests,  Mr.  Crittenton  bequeathed  400  shares  of 
stock  in  the  company  to  be  divided  equally  among  eight  em- 
ployes providing  they  were  in  his  employ  at  the  time  of  his 
death.  Mr.  Kennedy  was  one  of  those  thus  remembered.  He 
was  second  vice-president  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

Mr.  Kennedy  enjoyed  an  extensive  acquaintance  throughout 
the  drug  trade  of  the  country. 

Joseph  A.  Velsor 

Joseph  Alexander  Velsor,  who  was  the  senior  member  and 
organizer  of  Peek  &  Velsor,  dealers  in  botanical  drugs,  9  Gold 
street,  died  of  edema  of  the  lungs  after  a  month's  illness  at  his 
residence,  105  McDonough  street,  Brooklyn.  Mr.  Velsor  was 
bom  in  New  York  City  on  May  3,  1834.  He  graduated  from 
the  New  York  Free  .-Vcademy  in  1832  and  soon  after  graduation 
became  interested  in  the  above  firm.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
New  York  Drug  and  Chemical  Club,  the  Fulton  club,  of  Man- 
hattan; the  Portland  club,  of  Brooklyn;  a  life  member  of  the 


Brooklyn  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  and  a  veteran 
Mason  of  Commonwealth  lodge,  Brooklyn.  He  had  been  a 
resident  of  Brooklyn  for  more  than  60  years,  and  a  communi- 
cant of  the  Church  of  the  Messiah  for  40  years.  Mr.  Velsor  was 
a  first  cousin  of  Walt  Whitman,  the  poet  and  philosopher.  He  is 
survived  by  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Rogers;  a  son,  Joseph  A. 
Velsor,  associated  with  him  in  the  business;  a  daughter,  Mrs. 
Fred  Smith,  and  three  grandchildren. 

R.  E.  W.  SOMMER 

Professor  Richard  E.  W.  Sommer,  dean  of  the  pharmacy  de- 
partment of  Marquette  university,  Milwaukee,  died  suddenly 
in  his  home,  1302  Wells  street,  on  Feb.  10,  while  attending  a 
post  semester  meeting  of  the  faculty  of  his  department,  which 
he  had  himself  called.  Early  in  the  evening.  Professor  Sommer 
was  in  good  health  and  spirits,  but  a 
'  ^ — ]   little   later   complained   of   feeling  ill. 

J Fifteen  minutes  after  this  remark  he 
suddenly   became    pale   and   half  slid 
from  his  chair.   His  companions  applied 
_  restoratives,  but  he  never  regained  con- 
j^-         sciousness  and  died  shortly  afterward, 
w  He  had  been   suffering   from  arterial 
^           sclerosis.     Professor  Sommer   had  at- 
tracted considerable  attention  in  a  num- 
ber  of  celebrated  cases  as  an  expert  in 
1^^^,     the  identification  of  poisons.     For  16 
^^B|l    years  he  had  been  engaged  in  educational 
^^^H    work  in  Milwaukee.    He  was  first  con- 
 ^^^^1    nected  with  the  Milwaukee  medical  col- 

lege,  and  when  Marquette  university 
R.  E.  W.  Sommer  took  over  the  medical  college,  became 
attached  to  that  institution.  He  had  lived  in  Milwaukee  25 
years,  having  come  to  that  city  five  years  after  his  arrival  in 
this  country.  He  was  bom  in  Froedenan,  East  Prussia,  on 
September  18,  1859.   His  widow  survives. 

Otto  C,  F.  Lippert 

Otto  C.  F.  Lippert,  one  of  the  oldest  pharmacists  in  Cin- 
cinnati, and  one  of  the  oldest  in  point  of  experience  in  the 
United  States,  died  in  Cincinnati  at  the  home  of  his  son.  Dr. 
Alfred  A.  B.  Lippert,  on  Feb.  15,  at  the  advanced  age  of  81 
years,  after  an  illness  of  two  months.  Mr.  Lippert  had  been 
in  business  as  a  druggist  for  sixty  years,  virtually  all  of  that 
time  being  spent  in  Cincinnati,  although  he  was  bom  in  Leip- 
zig, Germany.  In  recent  years  he  was  associated  with  his  son. 
Otto  H.  G.  Lippert,  in  the  conduct  of  the  pharmacy  at  Liberty 
and  Freeman  avenues.  Mr.  Lippert,  on  account  of  ill-health, 
retired  from  active  business  about  three  months  ago,  but  up 
to  that  time  had  been  at  the  store  regularly.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  various  druggists'  organizations,  and  was  well  known 
to  the  trade  all  over  the  country.  His  widow,  a  daughter  and 
six  sons  survive  him,  his  son-in-law  and  one  of  his  sons  being 
druggists,  and  another  son  a  doctor. 


RECENT  DEATHS 


— Sister  Mary  Ignaticts,  head  of  the  pharmacy  department 
of  Mercy  hospital,  Chicago,  and  a  member  of  the  Order  of 
Mercy  for  55  years,  died  recently  at  the  hospital  at  the  age  of 
73,  death  being  due  to  heart  trouble.  She  entered  Mercy  hospi- 
tal when  she  was  only  18  years  old.  Dr.  William  E.  Quine, 
dean  of  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  paid  the  de- 
ceased high  tribute.  Sister  Ignatius'  first  experience  in  phar- 
macy was  obtained  in  refilling  prescriptions  filled  by  internes. 
At  the  time  the  Illinois  State  pharmacy  law  was  passed,  a 
neighborhood  draggist  discovered  that  many  of  his  logical  cu-- 
tomers  were  patronizing  the  hospital  dispensary.  He  com- 
plained that  the  hospital  did  not  employ  a  registered  pharma- 
cist. Sister  Ignatius  met  the  situation  by  taking  the  State 
Board  examinations.  Out  of  58  applicants,  she  nnd  three  men 
were  the  only  ones  to  pass.  She  was  the  first  registered  woman 
pharmacist  in  Illinois. 

— John  Barkley  Hurtt,  who  had  conducted  a  wholesale 
drug  business  in  Baltimore  for  45  years,  having  been  estab- 
lished on  Light  street,  just  below  Lombard,  since  the  great  fire 
of  1904,  and  in  the  same  neighborhood  before  that  time,  di  d 
on  the  morning  of  Febraary  1,  at  his  home  in  Walbrook  after 
an  illness  of  six  weeks,  of  a  complication  of  diseases.  He  was 
bom  in  Baltimore  December  16,  1846,  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  got  his  knowledge  of  the  wholesale  drug  business 
while  in  the  employ  of  the  old  firm  of  Gilpin,  Langdon  &  Co., 


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[March,  191o 


then  on  Light  and  Lombard  streets.  He  engaged  in  the  trade 
on  his  own  account  in  1870.  During  the  Civil  war,  he  was  for 
a  time  in  the  Confederate  hospital  service.  His  wife  and  four 
children,  among  them  Thomas  D.  and  Howard  J.  Hurtt,  sur- 
vive. 

— J.  Edwin  Hengst,  one  of  the  best  known  pharmacists  in 
Baltimore  and  former  president  of  the  Maryland  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Association,  died  recently  while  on  a  visit  to  the  home  of 
his  nephew  at  Carlisle,  Pa.  Mr.  Hengst  graduated  from  the 
Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  in  187/  and  had  been  promi- 
nently identified  with  pharmaceutical  matters  ever  since.  He 
was  always  in  demand  when  it  came  to  organizing  social 
events  and  enjoyed  great  popularity.  He  was  57  years  old  and 
never  married.  For  several  years  he  acted  as  one  of  the  exami- 
ners for  the  college.  He  conducted  a  drug  store  on  Gay  street 
for  a  number  of  years.  The  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation sent  a  delegation  to  attend  the  funeral. 

— David  J.  Pierce,  75,  druggist,  Weymouth,  Mass.,  died  in 
the  Fenway  hospital,  Boston,  following  an  operation  and  a 
previous  illness  of  two  months'  duration.  He  served  through 
the  Civil  war  with  the  42nd  Massachusetts  infantry,  and  was 
wellknown  in  Masonic  circles,  having  officiated  as  master  of 
Delta  lodge,  and  as  commander  of  South  Shore  Commandery, 
K.  T.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  a  member  of  Panpalpha 
chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  the  Grand  Consistory  of  Massachusetts  and 
Rhode  Island,  and  Delphi  lodge,  K.  P.  He  was  a  director  in 
the  South  Shore  Co-operative  bank,  and  a  trustee  of  the  Wey- 
mouth Savings  bank.    His  wife  and  a  daughter  survive. 

— Edward  Ellingwood,  61,  formerly  one  of  Lowell,  Mass.'s 
bestknown  business  men  died  very  suddenly  in  Peterboro,  N. 
H.,  of  heart  failure.  Mr.  Ellingwood  left  Lowell  four  years 
ago,  after  many  years  of  successful  business  life  in  the  latter 
city,  where  he  had  many  friends.  He  conducted  the  drug  store 
now  occupied  by  the  Liggett's,  Lowell.  Since  moving  to  Peter- 
boro, he  had  conducted  a  drug  store  there.  While  in  Lowell  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Yorick,  and  Vesper  country  clubs  and 
always  took  an  active  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  city.  His  wife, 
two  daughters  and  three  sons  survive  him. 

— L.  J.  Remington,  for  some  30  years  engaged  in  the  retail 
drug  business  at  Foncl  du  Lac,  Wis.,  died  at  his  residence  at 
the  age  of  50.  He  had  been  in  poor  health  for  about  two 
years,  but  last  summer  improved  so  much  that  he  was  able  to 
visit  daily  his  store,  the  Remington  Drug  Co.,  72  South  Main 
street.  About  three  months  ago  he  was  again  forced  to  give 
up  business  and  for  10  days  previous  to  his  death  failed 
rapidly.  His  widow  and  two  sons  survive.  He  was  a  member 
of  Fountain  lodge  No.  26,  F.  and  A.  M.,  and  of  Fidelity 
lodge  No.  19,  Knights  of  Pythias. 

— AsHBEL  N.  Merrell,  brother  of  George  R.  Merrell,  vice- 
president  of  the  Merrell  Drug  Co.,  St.  Louis,  died  on  Jan.  30, 
at  his  home  in  Old  Orchard,  St.  Louis  county.  He  was  51 
years  old.  He  was  a  stockholder  in  the  J.  S.  Merrell  Drug  Co. 
A  son,  Cyrus,  student  at  Cornell,  returned  home  for  the  funeral. 
Mr.  Merrell  is  survived  by  his  widow,  INIrs.  Mattie  Hutcheson 
Merrell;  three  sons,  Cyrus,  Walter  S.  and  Norman  K.,  and 
one  daughter,  Lottie  G.  Merrell.  A  sign  language  service  was 
conducted  at  the  funeral. 

— William  H.  Walsh,  proprietor  of  the  drug  store  at  the 
corner  of  Hampshire  and  Columbia  streets,  Cambridge,  Mass., 
was  instantly  killed  in  front  of  his  store  recently  by  being  run 
over  by  an  electric  car.  He  had  closed  the  store  for  the  night, 
and  while  crossing  the  street  dropped  a  coin  on  the  ground. 
He  stooped  to  pick  it  up,  and  then  stepped  behind  an  outbound 
car  and  directly  in  front  of  an  approaching  car.  Mr.  Walsh 
was  53  years  of  age. 

— MoRlTZ  M.  Sh-\kman,  for  nearly  forty  years  senior  mem- 
ber of  the  Shakman  &  Loewy  Drug  Co.,  whole^^iiler^.  r,:iliiTii,.i,- 
passed  away  Feb.  11  of  an  attack  of  heart  f.iiluie,  with  wliiili 
he  had  been  stricken  half  an  hour  before.  lie  w  .i.s  in  hi^  seven - 
u-l'ifth  veil  iimI  li;id  been  in  apparently  good  health.  He  had 
liM.i  111  iMm  iiM  iit  for  some  years,  since  which  time  the  firm 
li.ul  l.ei  n  .  .1  til  the  Loewy  Drug  Co.,  South  Howard  street 
He  is  sui\  i\ed  by  his  wife  and  three  daughters. 

— John  B.  Robertson,  57,  Nashville,  Tenn.  He  had  been 
in  the  retail  drug  business  for  many  years.  Death  followed 
some  24  hours  after  a  stroke  of  paralysis.  Mr.  Robertson  was 
born  in  Whiteville,  Tenn.,  and  spent  his  youth  in  that  city. 
He  attended  the  University  of  Tennessee  and  later  Vanderbilt 
University,  where  he  graduated  in  pharmacy.    For  the  past  25 


years  he  has  been  with  the  Demovile  Drug  Co.  His  wife  and 
one  daughter  survive. 

— H.  L.  Lackey,  42,  a  former  resident  of  Fort  Worth,  Texas, 
died  recently  at  El  Paso,  to  which  city  he  had  gone  four  years 
ago  for  his  health.  He  was  a  member  of  a  drug  store  partner- 
ship in  Fort  Worth.  During  the  past  several  years  he  was  en- 
gaged in  the  drug  business  at  Clmt.  Mr.  Lackey  was  president 
of  the  Tarrant  County  Retail  Druggists'  Association.  He  was 
a  deacon  of  the  Broadway  Baptist  church,  and  a  firm  believer 
in  the  Sunday  closing  of  drug  stores.    His  wife  .survives  him. 

— Eugene  A.  Segui,  55,  druggist  of  St.  Augustine,  Fla.,  died 
at  his  home.  His  wife,  two  daughters  and  one  son  survive. 
The  deceased  had  been  ill  many  months.  He  was  connected 
with  the  St.  George  pharmacy  for  20  years,  selling  out  only  a 
short  time  ago  when  his  health  began  to  fail.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Roman  Catholic  church  and  belonged  to  the  local 
council  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  He  was  a  descendant  of 
one  of  the  oldest  Spanish  families  in  Florida. 

— John  A.  SinTH,  59,  president  of  the  John  A.  Smith  Co., 
manufacturers  of  proprietary  medicines,  for  22  vears  a  resident 
of  ]Milwaukee,  Wis.,  died  at  his  home  in  that  city.  He  was 
stricken  with  paralysis.  The  deceased  was  born  in  Hanover, 
Germany,  and  came  to  this  country  when  19,  settling  in  Ohio. 
He  was  a  33  degree  Mason.  His  widow  and  one  daughter 
survive.  , 

— A.  H.  Michaels,  5'',  Durham,  N.  C,  died  at  his  home  on 
Broadway  street.  He  had  beer,  in  failing  health  for  some  tir*'" 
and  finally  succumbed  to  an  attack  of  heart  trouble.  Mr. 
Michaels  was  a  druggist  and  at  one  time  was  engaged  in  busi- 
ness at  Durham.  During  latter  years  he  had  represented  vari- 
ous wholesale  houses.  He  had  many  friends  in  North  Carolina 
His  wife  and  six  children  survive.. 

— Benjamin  L.  Fortune,  a  wellknown  druggist  of  Memphis, 
Tenn.,  died  suddenly  at  his  home  from  apoplexy.  The  de- 
cea.sed  came  to  ^Memphis  with  his  parents  from  Hickman.  Ky., 
31  years  ago,  and  has  since  that  time  been  a  resident  of  Mem- 
phis. He  was  a  graduate  of  Northwestern  University.  At  the 
time  of  his  death  he  was  associated  with  the  Fortune-Ward 
Drug  Co.    His  wife  and  one  son  survive. 

• — Louis  C.  Fricke,  secretary  of  the  INIississippi  Valley  Trust 
Co.,  St.  Louis,  a  brother  of  F.  H.  Fricke,  Missouri  State  Pure 
Food  and  Drug  Commissioner,  died  recently  of  pneumonia  at 
his  home,  6255  Berlin  avenue,  St.  Louis.  He  undenvent  an 
operation  a  few  weeks  before.  He  is  survived  by  his  widow 
and  a  daughter,  Irene. 

— McG.  Ernul,  wellknown  druggist  of  Greenville.  N.  C, 
is  dead.  He  was  born  in  1839  at  Pitt,  moving  to  Greenville 
when  but  a  small  boy.  He  served  through  the  four  years  of 
the  Civil  war.  rising  to  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant  in  the  27th 
N.  C.  regiment,  C.  S.  .\.  He  had  been  engaged  in  the  drug 
business  continuously  since  the  close  of  die  war. 

— A.  M.  MuNN,  for  42  years  chief  pharmacist  at  the  Kala- 
mazoo (Michigan)  State  hospital,  died  recently.  He  came  to 
Kalamazoo  when  20  years  old  from  Scotland  and  secured  a 
place  in  the  hospital  where  he  remained  until  taken  ill  pre- 
vious to  his  death. 

— Marion  August  Patocki,  36,  Baltimore,  Md..  died  at  his 
home  from  heart  failure.  He  was  bom  in  Russia  and  came 
to  this  country  about  12  years  ago.  He  studied  medicine  at  a 
college  in  Warsaw.  His  widow,  one  son  and  a  daughter  sur- 
vive. 

—Dr.  Patrick  T.  ]McDonough,  inspector  of  food  and  drugs 
for  -the  Massachusetts  State  Board  of  Health,  died  at  his  home 
in  Woburn,  that  state,  Feb.  3,  aged  34.  He  had  been  an  in- 
spector for  the  past  four  years,  and  w^as  known  to  the  drug 
trade  throughout  the  state. 

—John  Johenning,  for  many  years  a  drug  salesman  for  one 
of  the  largest  manufacturers  in  Pennsylvania,  recently  suc- 
cumbed to  a  lingering  illness  at  his  home  in  Allentown.  He 
was  77  years  of  age,  fought  in  the  Civil  War,  and  had  a  host 
of  friends  in  many  parts  of  the  state. 

— James  Monroe  Ali.en,  87,  a  retired  wholesale  drug  dealer 
and  manufacturer  of  specialties,  died  recently  at  his  residence, 
760  Union  street,  Brooklyn.  Mr.  Allen  was  born  in  Virginia, 
but  had  lived  in  Brooklyn  most  of  his  life.  Five  sons  and  a 
daughter  survive  the  deceased. 

— Ernest  E.  Cote,  North  End,  New  Bedford.  Mass..  drug- 
gist, was  buried  in  Notre  Dame  d«  Lourdes  cemeter>-.  Fall 
River. 


,March,  1915] 


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N,  A.  M.  M.  P.  meets  at  Waldorf-Astoria  and  adopts  many  Resolutions 


Congratulates  People  on  Passage  of  Harrison  Anti-Narcotic  Law — Will  Devise  System  of  Trade-Mark 
Names  for  use  of  Members — Opposed  to  Changes  in  Variation  Clause  of  U.  S.  and  State  Pure 
Drugs  Acts  and  the  Wrapping  of  Bichloride  Tablets — Old  Officers  Re-elected 


Dr.  Henry  C.  Lovis,  of  Scabury  &  Johnson,  New  York,  was 
■  re-elected  president  of  the  National  Association  of  !Manufac- 
turers  of  Medicinal  Products  at  the  fourth  annual  meeting  of 
that  organization,  held  February  S  and  9,  at  the  Waldorf- 
Astoria  hotel.    The  other  officers  re-elected  are: 

Vice  president,  Josiah  K.  Lilly,  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  Indi- 
anapolis; secretary,  Charles  M.  Woodruff,    Detmit,  Mich.; 
I  treasurer,  Franklin  Black,  of  Charles  Phzer  &  Co.,  Xlw  York; 
i  executive  committee.  Dr.  Alfred  R.  L.  Dohme,  Sharp  &  Dolimc, 
Baltimore,  Md.,  and  Adolph  G.  Rosengarten,  Powcis-Wcigiit- 
.  man-Rosengarten  Co.,  Philadelphia. 

In  his  presidential  address.  Dr.  Lovis  referred  to  the  pros- 
pects before  American  business  men,  particularly  the  members, 

<  at  tlie  time  of  tlie  last  meeting,  and  asserted  that  the  wisdom 
I  of  the  founders  of  this  country  in  providing  that  it  siiould  not 
J  suffer  from  entangling  alliances  was  now  evident.  The  Euro- 
I  pean  war,  he  said,  required  no  reference  in  his  address.  At 
'  the  outbreak,  the  market  had  become  a  "buyers'  market,"  and 

<  prices  had  reached  an  unprecedented  level.  The  situation  was 
now  more  relieved.  The  war  had  taught  its  lesson,  which  was 
that  too  much  dependence  had  been  placed  on  foreign  countries 
for  supplies.    The  experience  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture 

,  is  open  to  all  and  many  drugs  obtained  abroad  may  be  grown 
here.  American  capital  and  enterprise  will  soon,  with  adequate 
protection,  develope  the  situation. 

Dr.  Lovis  referred  brietly  to  general  conditions,  which  he  re- 
garded as  good.  He  touched  on  the  new  currency  law,  the 
new  Federal  Reserve  banks,  an  "effective  stabilizer" ;  the  rail- 
road situation,  which  marks  an  era  of  improvement;  the  open- 
ing of  the  Panama  canal,  the  necessity  of  establishing  banks  in 
South  America  and  owning  our  own  ships  before  the  South 
American  trade  is  properly  developed,  decried  our  dependence 
upon  foreign  shipping  at  this  time,  and  expressed  his  belief 
that  there  should  be  more  American  ship  building,  and  that 
more  American  freight  money  should  be  kept  at  home.  Dr. 
Lovis  made  a  number  of  recommendations  which  were  later 
presented  as  resolutions  and  adopted.  He  expressed  the  hearty 
thanks  of  the  association  to  the  drug  trade  journals. 

Secretary  Charles  M.  Woodruff  presented  two  exceedingly 
extensive  reports,  one  in  his  capacity  as  secretary,  the  other  as 
chairman  of  the  legislative  committee.  The  former  consisted 
in  great  part  of  an  accoimting  of  letters  sent  to  the  members 
from  his  office  during  the  year.  The  legislative  report  was  a 
recapitulation  of  State  and  National  legislation  enacted  or 
considered  since  the  last  meeting,  and  also  reported  upon  Eng- 
lish pharmaceutical  legislation  and  legislation  which  affected 
trade  with  our  insular  possessions. 

Treasurer  Franklin  Black  reported  a  balance  on  hand  to  date 
of  February  1,  1915,  in  the  sum  of  $8,413.61. 

The  report  of  the  executive  committee  contained  sixteen 
resolutions,  all  of  which  were  adopted  unchanged,  most  of  them 
without  much  discussion.    The  resolutions  follow: 

\VHERE.\S  the  condition  of  our  treasury  makes  it  unnecessary 
to  collect  all  the  dues  for  the  year  191S,  Therefore  be  it 

RESOLVED,  that  $100  of  the  annual  dues  for  1915  be  remitted 
to  each  member  of  this  association  in  good  standing  February  8, 
1913. 

\VHERE.\S  it  is  the  policy  of  the  members  of  this  association  to 
respect  the  trade  marks  and  trade  names  of  other  manufacturers,  and 

WHEREAS  it  is  one  of  the  objects  of  this  association  to  amicably 
adjust  differences  between  its  members,  and  such  differences  some- 
times arise  with  respect  to  intervening  claims  as  to  the  privity  of 
use  of  distinctive  names.    Therefore  be  it 

RESOLVED,  that  the  Executive  Committee  be  instructid  to  de- 
vise and  carry  out  an  effective  system  of  compiling,  registering  and 
publishing  from  time  to  time  lists  of  trade-names  and  trade-marks; 
and  of  amicably  adjusting,  where  possible,  any  differences  that  may 
arise  between  membors  respecting  same. 

RESOLVED,  That  this  association  respectfully  protests  to  the 
Interstate  Commerce  Commission  against  the  recent  increase  in  the 
tariff  to  the  Pacific  Coast  on  drugs  in  less  than  carload  lots  from 
$2  to  $3.30. 

RESOLVED,  that  the  National  Association  of  Manufacturers  of 
Medicinal  Products  hereby  congratulates  the  people  of  the  United 
States  of  America  upon  the  passage  of  the  Harrison  bill;  thanks 
the  Treasury  Department  for  its  reasonable  and  workable  regula- 
tions; and  tenders  all  possible  assistance  to  the  drug  trade,  to  physi- 
cians, veterinarians  and  dentists  generally,  in  interpreting  and  ob- 


serving the  law,  firmly  believing  that,  when  the  naturally  expected 
misunderstandings  are  smoothed  out,  the  law  will  work  automatically 
with  as  little  friction  and  irritation  to  those  affected  as  the  older 
revenue  laws  now  do. 

RESOLVED,  that  this  association  re-assert  its  opposition  to  any 
changes  in  the  "variation"  clause  of  the  Pure  Drugs  Acts  of  the 
United  States  and  the  various  states,  and  that  the  Secretary  be 
instructed  to  communicate  the  views  of  this  association,  as  hereto- 
fore expressed,  to  the  Congressmen  and  legislatures,  as  occasion  may 
rciuire. 

RESOLVED,  that  this  association  continue  its  affiliation  with  the 
National  Drug  Trade  Conference. 

RESOLVED,  that  this  association  believes  that  any  manufacturer 
or  dealer  who  has  an  exclusive  right  to  manufacture  or  deal  in  any 
article  or  brand  of  any  article,  whether  such  right  is  founded  on  a 
patent,  trade-mark,  trade  secret,  copyright,  design  or  otherwise,  has 
the  natural  right  to  fix  the  price  to  the  consumer  of  such  article  or 
brand;  and,  inasmuch  as  the  courts  have  decided  against  such  rights; 
we  are  in  favor  of  a  simple  act  of  Congress  declaratory  of  such 
right.  We  believe  such  a  law  should  not  be  encumbered  with  un- 
necessary detail;  and  we  regret  the  so-called  Stevens  bill  seems  to 
give  relief  only  to  owners  of  articles  protected  by  trade-mark  and 
special  brand;  Wherefore,  the  executive  committee  is  hereby  in- 
structed to  submit  for  consideration  of  the  National  Drug  Trade 
Conference  a  draft  of  a  bill  which  will  afford  complete  protection 
to  the  owner  of  any  industrial  right  to  fix  his  prices  to  the  con- 
sumer, and  at  the  same  time  involve  him  in  the  least  amount  of 
detail  possible. 

RESOLVED,  that  this  association  re-affirm  its  endorsement  of 
one  cent  letter  postage,  ^nd  recommend  that  the  members  of  this 
association  aid  and  support  the  National  One  Cent  Letter  Postage 
Association. 

RESOLVED,  that  the  Secretary  be  authorized  to  employ  an  as- 
sistant at  a  salary  not  to  exceed  twelve  hundred  dollars  per  annum, 
and  to  expend  such  further  sum  as  may  be  necessary  for  equipment. 

RESOLVED,  that  this  association  approve  the  action  of  the  National 
Drug  Trade  Conference  in  appointing  a  committee  of  five  to  con- 
sider the  revision  of  the  United  States  Patent  and  Trade-mark  Laws 
and  report  back  their  findings  to  the  Conference;  provided  the  action 
of  Conference  on  such  findings  shall  not  be  considered  binding  on 
this  association,  until  same  has  been  referred  to  and  formally  ap- 
proved by  this  association. 

RESOLVED,  that  this  association  approve  the  resolution  adopted 
by  the  National  Drug  Trade  Conference  at  its  meeting  held  De- 
cember 10,  1914,  protesting  against  the  adoption  of  the  German 
cylindrical  bichloride  of  mercury  tablet  colored  pink  and  wrapped 
individually  in  paper  in  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia. 

RESOLVED,  that  this  association  approve  the  resolution  adopted 
by  the  National  Drug  Trade  Conference  at  its  meeting  held  De- 
cember 10,  1914,  respecting  the  mailing  of  medicines  containing 
poisons  not  outwardly  or  of  their  own  force  dangerous. 

RESOLVED,  that  the  Harrison  Act,  so  called,  together  with  the 
regulations  issued  thereunder  and  such  decisions  as  may  have  been 
rendered  up  to  the  time  of  going  to  press  be  printed  in  the  Pro- 
ceedings of  this  association  for  1915. 

RESOLVED,  that  the  National  Association  of  Manufacturers  of 
Medicinal  Products  earnestly  recommends  to  the  governors  and 
legislatures  of  the  several  states  the  advisability  of  so  amending 
their  respective  narcotic  laws,  where  necessary,  that  those  affected, 
in  observing  the  provisions  of  the  Harrison  Act,  will  automatically 
observe  the  provisions  of  state  narcotic  laws,  at  least  so  far  as 
the  Harrison  Act  goes.  This  association  believes  that  state  law 
should  not  embrace  within  its  scope  drugs  and  preparations  that  do 
not  come  under  the  operation  of  the  Harrison  Act;  and  that,  while 
it  must  be  rcognizcd  that  to  refer  to  the  Harrison  Act  in  state  legis- 
lation would  probably  be  unconstitutional,  state  legislation  may  be 
so  framed  that  the  use  of  the  official  orders  issued  by  the  Collector 
of  Internal  Revenue  under  the  Harrison  Act  will  be  in  conformity 
with  the  police  laws  of  the  state. 

RESOI^VED,  that  the  National  Association  of  Manufacturers  of 
Medicinal  Products  is  unalterably  opposed  to  laws  and  ordinances 
restricting  the  sale  of  bichloride  of  mercury  tablets,  etc.,  and  to 
individually  wrapped  tablets;  and  we  especially  urge  upon  the  Mayor 
and  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Chicago  to  repeal  the  ordi- 
nance which  it  has  recently  passed  and  which,  unless  repealed,  is 
to  take  effect  March  1  next;  and  adopt,  instead,  an  ordinance  similar 
to  the  one  adopted  by  the  New  York  City  Board  of  Health  after 
it  had  first  adopted  and  then  repealed  the  ordinance  recently  en- 
acted by  the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Chicago. 

RESOLVED,  that  the  National  Association  of  Manufacturers  of 
^fcdicinal  Products  endorses  the  measure  submitted  bv  the  Phila- 
delphia Drug  Exchange  with  its  letter  of  January  22,  1915,  to 
remedy  the  injustice  imposed  by  Section  11  of ■  the  Food  and  Drugs 
Act  of  June  30.  1906,  especially  the  feature  shutting  the  importer 
out  from  any  right  of  appeal. 

RESOLVED,  that  our  worthy  Secretary,  Charles  M.  Woodruff, 
having  served  this  association  most  faithfully  and  efficiently  during 
the  last  year  and  having  arromplished  a  prodigious  amount  of  pains- 
taking and  exacting  work  for  us,  be  hereby  granted  an  honorarium 
of  five  hundred  dollars  and  be  it  further 

RESOLVED,  that  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  hereby  is  instructed  to 
pay  said  honorarium  out  of  the  funds  of  this  association  in  the 
Treasury. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[:\Iarch,  1915 


Other  resolutions,  proposed  from  the  floor,  provided  for  the 
publication  in  pamphlet  form  and  distribution  of  the  four  pa- 
pers read  at  the  convention,  the  fullest  co-operation  between  the 
members  and  food  and  drug  officials,  the  tendering  of  an  hon- 
orarium in  the  sum  of  $500  to  Secretary  Woodruff  (adopted  by 
a  rising  vote),  the  election  of  The  Bayer  Co.  to  membership, 
the  assigning  to  the  executive  committee,  with  power,  of  Dr. 
H.  P.  Hynson's  request  or  suggestion  that  the  association  ap- 
point a  committee  to  participate  in  the  establishment,  at  San 
Francisco,  of  a  pharmaceutical  congress  under  the  auspices  of 
the  A.  Ph.  A.;  the  re-adoption  of  the  saccharine  resolution  of 
1914  (see  page  89  of  Proceedings),  leaving  to  the  executive  com- 
mittee final  action  relative  to  the  time  and  place  of  the  next 
convention,  and  to  the  same  committee  the  matter  of  member- 
ship in  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  the  U.  S.  A. 

Among  the  delegates  in  attendance  at  the  convention  were 
C.  A.  West,  president  of  the  N.  D.  A.;  S.  C.  Henry, 
president  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.;  Dr.  H.  P.  Hynson,  representing 
the  A.  Ph.  A.;  George  C.  Hall,  president  of  the  American  As- 
sociation of  Pharmaceutical  Chemists;  Charles  P.  Tyrrell,  rep- 
resenting the  Proprietary  Association  of  America,  etc. 

Four  interesting  papers  were  read  as  follows: 
"Cultivation  of  Medicinal  Plants,"  F.  B.  Kilmer,  of  Johnson 
&  Johnson,  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.;  "Paternalism  in  Govern- 
ment," Dr.  A.  R.  L.  Dohme;  "Revision  of  the  U.  S.  Patent 
and  Trade  Mark  Laws,"  E.  W.  Bradford,  Washington,  D.  C; 
"The  Relation  of  the  Food  and  Drug  Officials  to  the  Pharma- 
ceutical Manufacturers,"  Frank  R.  Eldred. 

Ex-President  Frank  G.  Ryan,  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  was 
not  present.  His  letter  of  regret  explained  that  he  had  secured 
his  transportation  and  had  made  all  arrangements  to  attend 
the  meeting,  but  his  physician  had  advised  him  practically  at 
the  last  minute  not  to  leave  Detroit. 

Dr.  A.  R.  L.  Dohme  reported  just  before  the  close  of  the 
convention  that  the  Drug  Trade  Conference  committee  of  five, 
which  had  under  consideration  the  Page  bill,  had  held  a  meeting 
and  each  member  had  agreed  to  submit  at  a  future  meeting  an 
amendment  to  the  bill.  The  five  amendments,  which  would 
represent  the  ideas  of  five  of  the  factors  in  the  conference  mem- 
bership, would  then  be  worked  into  one  amendment,  which  will 
in  its  turn  be  pushed  at  Washington. 

The  annual  banquet  was  the  real  feature  of  the  convention. 
It  was  held  at  the  Waldorf  apartments  in  the  Waldorf-Astoria 
hotel,  Tuesday  evening.  President  Dr.  Henry  C.  Lovis  offi- 
ciated as  toastmaster.  Three  splendid  post-prandial  efforts 
made  up  the  program  of  the  evening.  The  speakers  were  Hon. 
Walter  M.  Chandler,  congressman  from  the  19th  New  York 
district,  "the  only  Progressive  elected  East  of  the  Mississippi" ; 
Luther  B.  Little,  of  the  Metropolitan  Life  Insurance  Co.,  and 
the  Rev.  S.  Parks  Cadman,  of  Brooklyn.  In  congratulating  the 
banquet  committee  upon  the  excellent  judgment  it  had  displayed 
in  the  arrangement  of  its  program.  President  Dr.  Lovis  e.x- 
pressed  the  sentiment  of  the  fifty  or  more  members  and  guests 
present. 


"Want  Uniform  Food  and  Drug  Laws 

Boston,  Feb.  8. — The  Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the 
largest  commercial  organization  in  the  United  States,  has  ap- 
pointed a  committee  to  consider  the  subject  of  uniform  pure 
food  laws,  and  to  study  proposed  new  legislation.  The  com- 
mittee will  aim  for  uniformity  in  state  legislation.  A  rather 
remarkable  committee,  for  strength  and  representation,  has 
been  appointed  consisting  of  Stoughton  Bell,  a  lawyer,  as 
chairman ;  Charles  W.  Cheney  of  the  Mellin's  Food  Company ; 
David  A.  Ellis,  lawyer;  Edwin  F.  Fobes  of  the  New  England 
Confectionery  Company;  Frederic  W.  Howe,  furniture;  Hiram 
H.  Logan,  of  Logan,  Johnson  &  Company,  wholesale  bakers' 
and  confectioners'  supplies;  Philip  S.  IVIarden,  editor;  William 
T.  Sedgwick,  professor  of  biology  at  the  Massachusetts  Insti- 
tute of  Technology;  and  Louis  I.  Schreiner,  vice  president  of 
the  United  Drug  Company. 

In  making  the  announcement,  the  secretary  of  the  chamber 
says  that  since  so  much  of  the  business  in  food  products  and 
drugs  is  interstate,  conflict  between  state  and  federal  laws 
causes  inevitable  embarrassment  to  manufacturers.  The  cham- 
ber's committee  will  confer  with  associations,  officials  and  per- 
sons affected  by  food  and  drug  legislation,  and  will  make  its 
report  public. 


NEW  CO-OPERATIVE  CONCERN  LAUNCHED 

Druggists  to  be  Stockholders — Corporation  Capital 
ized  at  $100,000 — To  Manufacture  Proprietaries 

Detroit,  Feb.  12 — The  Carpenter  Chemical  Co.  Co-operative 
is  the  name  of  a  new  corporation  that  has  just  been  launched 
in  this  city  for  the  purpose  of  manufacturing  and  dealing  in 
specialties,  supplies,  etc.,  handled  by  the  drug  trade.  The  cor- 
poration, which  is  to  be  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the 
State,  has  purchased  the  business  of  the  former  Carpenter 
Chemical  Co.,  as  a  nucleus  and  around  which  it  will  build  its 
prospective  enterprise.  The  new  corporation  is  capitalized  at 
$100,000  and  took  possession  of  the  Carpenter  company's  quar- 
ters at  54  State  street  to-day,  E.  E.  Patterson,  the  principal 
stockholder  of  the  Carpenter  concern  retiring  from  the  business. 

The  co-operative  plan  on  which  the  corporation  will  work 
was  formulated  by  Grant  W.  Stevens,  president  of  the  Wolver- 
ine Drug  Co.  of  this  city,  and  Albert  M.  Edwards.  Druggists 
of  the  country  are  invited  to  become  stockholders  by  subscrib- 
ing for  at  least  one  share  of  stock,  par  value  $10,  but  selling 
at  $12.50,  which  will  put  them  in  a  position  to  obtain  all  the 
products  of  the  concern  at  actual  cost  of  manufacture.  It  is 
said  that  already  2,000  druggists  have  subscribed  to  the  capital 
stock,  and  that  negotiations  have  been  entered  into  with  makers 
of  various  wellknown  proprietary  articles  with  a  view  to  have 
them  brought  under  the  co-operative  plan  of  manufacture. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  stockholders  held  yesterday,  a  temporam 
organization  was  effected,  as  follows:  John  W.  Webster,  presi4 
dent;  A.  T.  Young,  vice-president;  Albert  M.  Edwards,  secre4 
tary  and  manager  of  sales  and  organization  department,  and 
Grant  W.  Stevens,  treasurer  and  general  manager.  The  firsS 
annual  meeting  will  be  held  on  March  25  when  plans  for  ex-4 
pansion  will  be  considered  and  a  permanent  organization  ef- 
fected. 


SMUGGLED  OPIUM  SEIZED  IN  BALTIMORE 

"Queen  of  the  Opium  Ring"  Called  Head  of  Combina- 
tion— Ship  Pined  $14,800,  Captain  to  Stand  Trial 

Baltimore,  Feb.  10. — One  of  the  largest  seizures  of  smuggled 
opium  ever  made  was  effected  here  last  month  when  Customs 
officers  took  possession  of  not  less  than  295  cans,  valued  at 
approximately  $31,000  in  Liverpool,  which  had  been  secreted  in 
an  oil  barrel  aboard  the  steamer  Vedamore,  of  the  Johnston 
Line,  in  the  day  before  from  Liverpool.  The  seizure  was 
made  on  advices  from  New  York,  where  information  had  been 
obtained  that  the  opium  was  put  aboard  the  Vedamore.  On 
the  day  of  tlie  seizure  the  boatswain  of  the  vessel  was  takeni 
into  custody,  and  the  arrest  of  a  lamp  trimmer  followed  th^ 
next  day.  The  ship's  carpenter  was  also  apprehended,  as  waa 
a  stevedore  working  at  Locust  Point,  where  the  vessel  lay,  butl 
the  carpenter  was  released.  The  others,  it  is  stated,  made  con-3 
fessions,  sayng  the  opium  had  been  turned  over  to  them  by  al 
Japanese  calling  himself  "T.  Sato,"  who  has  been  in  troublg 
before,  and  is  said  to  be  a  member  of  the  opium  ring,  pursue<V 
by  the  Government  for  some  time  past. 

The  first  information  that  the  smuggling  would  be  attempted 
came  from  Liverpool,  where  a  woman,  named  Sophie  Gee,  the 
white  wife  of  a  Chinese,  was  arrested  as  she  stepped  from  a 
steamer  and  sent  back  to  the  United  States.  She  is  generally 
known  as  "Queen  of  the  Opium  Ring."  and  is  said  to  be  the 
real  head  of  the  combination.  The  arrest  of  Sato,  tlie  Japanese, 
was  effected  in  New  York,  and  the  men  taken  into  custody 
here  will  be  used  as  witnesses  against  him. 

The  men  arrested  here  said  they  had  brought  in  some  opium 
before,  first  taking  it  to  a  house  in  the  fashionable  section  of 
Baltimore,  near  several  of  the  leading  hotels  and  clubs,  and 
from  there  to  another  hovise,  whence  it  was  shipped  to  New 
York. 

The  shipment  seized  was  smoking  opium,  the  importation  ofl 
which  is  entirely  forbidden  by  law  under  any  circumstances. 
The  ship  was  fined  $14,800  for  having  smuggled  goods  aboard, 
and  the  captain  was  charged  with  lack  of  vigilance  and  re- 
leased on  bail  for  trial  when  the  \'edamore  returns  to  Balti- 
more on  her  ne.xt  trip.  It  is  not  contended  that  he  had 
knowledge  of  the  presence  of  the  opium  on  the  steamer.  The 
other  men  arrested  will  probably  be  tried  for  the  former  smug- 
gling acts  which  they  have  admitted.  The  penalty  is  a  fine  of 
not  more  than  $5,000  or  two  years  in  prison,  or  both,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  court. 


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127 


MEYER  BROTHERS  COMPANY  FAILS 

[ndebtedness  to  Creditors  said  to  exceed  $500,000 — 
'Court  Appoints  Receiver — Company  issues  Statement 

St.  Louis,  Feb.  10. — Edwin  W.  Lee  was  appointed  by  Judge 
Wilson  A.  Taylor  in  the  Circuit  Court  in  this  city,  on  Feb.  9, 
iemporary  receiver  for  Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Co.,  the  famous 
Middle  West  drug  jobbing  house,  located  here  and  said  to  be 
the  largest  concern  of  its  kind  in  the  world.  Lee  is  a  lawyer 
ind  was  formerly  excise  commissioner  of  St.  Louis  and  a  circuit 
;judge.  The  company  was  thrown  into  a  receivership  by  three 
creditors  with  claims  aggregating  $40,000,  the  petition  being 
filed  by  the  Mallinckrodt  Chemical  Co.,  the  Monsanto  Chemical 
Works  and  the  Parker  Distilling  Co.  The  petitioners  stated 
that  they  acted  for  themselves  and  for  any  other  creditors  who 
might  wish  to  join  action  with  them,  and,  while  giving  their 
claims  as  $40,000,  alleged  that  the  indebtedness  of  the  Meyer 
Bros.  Drug  Co.  to  other  creditors  was  "in  excess  of  $500,000." 

In  accordance  with  a  request  in  the  creditors'  petition,  Lee 
was  instructed  by  the  court  not  to  pay  any  salaries  to  the  e.xecu- 
tive  officers  of  the  Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Co.  during  the  term  of 
his  receivership.  Lee  was  required  to  give  a  bond  of  $50,000. 
His  appointment  was  at  the  suggestion  of  Schnurmacher  & 
Rassieur,  attorneys  for  the  petitioning  credit'  rs,  and  J.  C. 
Vaughan,  attorney  for  the  company. 

The  day  of  the  appointment  of  the  temporary  receiver  the 
following  notice  was  issued  by  the  firm: 
"To  our  Creditors  and  Friends: 

"To  conserve  the  assets  in  the  interest  of  all  of  the  creditois 
a  receiver  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  affairs  of  this  Company 
on  the  petition  of  several  large  creditors.  This  action  was 
deemed  necessary  as  creditors  had  filed  suit  while  other  suits 
were  threatened  and  it  was  not  opposed  by  us  because  it  was 
thought  best  for  all  concerned  to  have  a  receiver. 

"For  several  months  we  have  felt  the  great  need  of  addi- 
tional capital  in  our  business,  much  of  our  present  capital  be- 
ing tied  up  in  overdue  accounts  and  in  real  estate,  and  we  have 
taken  steps  to  secure  it,  but  thus  far  with  only  partial  success. 

"We  deeply  regret  our  embarrassment,  but  we  are  hop  ful  of 
a  satisfactory  outcome,  believing  that  our  friends  will  help  us 
in  our  dilemma,  and  that  we  will  be  enabled  to  go  on,  perpetu- 
ating the  business  founded  in  1852,  started  in  St.  Louis  in  1865, 
and  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Missouri  in 
1889. 

"^^ea^while  the  receiver,  Edwin  W.  Lee,  will  carry  forward 
the  business  as  heretofore,  and  it  is  hoped  that  r-ur  friends  will 
promptly  honor  his  orders.  His  obligations  are  a  first  lien, 
against  all  the  Company's  assets,  and  every  bill  will  be  dis- 
counted. 

"Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Company. 
'      "St.  Louis,  Mo.,  February  9th,  1915." 

The  creditors,  according  to  the  petition,  exceed  several  thou- 
■  sand  in  St.  Louis  and  other  places.  It  is  set  forth  that  the 
.  company,  as  a  corporation,  has  been  in  business  more  than 
twenty-five  years,  and  that  it  succeeded  the  firm  of  Meyer  Bros. 
I  &  Co.,  which  had  been  in  business  in  St.  Louis  as  a  co-partner- 
I,  ship  for  more  than  forty  years.  The  company,  established  more 
>  than  sixty  years,  according  to  the  petition,  has  for  many  years 
been  doing  a  business  amounting  to  millions  of  dollars  annually. 

The  business  has  been  prosperous,  according  to  the  petition, 
and  the  credit  and  standing  of  the  company  has  always  been 
high,  its  name  and  good  will  being  of  great  value  though  not 
,  listed  on  the  company's  books  as  an  asset.  The  petition  sa.d 
that  if  the  company's  assets,  not  including  the  good  will,  could 
be  disposed  of  in  bulk,  or  as  the  assets  of  a  going  concern,  they 
would  yield  a  sum  largely  in  excess  of  the  liabilities,  but  on  a 
forced  sale  would  not  realize  enough  to  pay  the  debts. 

The  petition  stated  that  because  of  general  business  depres- 
sion the  company  had  been  unable  to  collect  many  accounts, 
totaling  more  than  $400,000,  and  because  of  slow  collections 
had  been  unable  to  pay  off  its  own  indebtedness  as  it  matured, 
and  had  been  unable  to  purchase  on  credit  to  complete  the 
manufacture  of  goods  in  process  of  being  made  or  to  borrow 
money  for  such  purposes. 

The  petitioning  creditors  alleged  that  numerous  other  credi- 
tors were  threatening  to  file  suits,  and  that  among  these  were 
the  owners  of  several  large  buildings  occupied  by  the  Meyer 
Bros.  Drug  Co.  as  stores  and  warehouses.  In  these  buildings 
were  stored  goods  with  an  approximate  value  of  .SI. 000,000.  It 
was  suggested  in  the  petition  that  under  a  receivership  arrange- 


ments might  be  made  whereby  the  company's  stock,  furniture, 
fixtures  and  appliances  might  be  sold  in  lump  for  a  sum  more 
than  suflicient  to  pay  the  debts.  The  receivership  was  asked 
for,  the  petitioners  said,  because  it  was  feared  that  the  filing 
of  ordinary  civil  suits  for  debt  might  cause  a  great  number  of 
other  suits  to  be  brought,  resulting  in  simultaneous  judgments 
for  amounts  greater  tlian  the  company  could  pay. 

The  company,  according  to  the  petition,  had  been  behind  in 
its  rent  for  several  months  and  the  owners  of  the  buildings 
which  it  leased  were  threatening  eviction  suits.  These,  it  was 
said,  would  be  disastrous  to  the  business,  as  the  stock  stored 
in  the  buildings  consisted  of  many  small  packages  which  could 
be  removed  only  at  great  labor  and  expense.  The  creditors  said 
the  company  employed  more  tlian  400  persons  and  a  discon- 
tinuance of  its  business  would  throw  these  employes  out  of 
work.  It  was  also  believed,  it  was  said  in  the  petition,  that  if 
the  Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Co.  were  to  file  suits  against  its  credito.s 
it  would  force  many  druggists  into  bankruptcy  in  all  parts  of 
the  country,  thus  ultimately  injuring  its  own  business. 

The  officers  of  Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Co.  are:  President,  Theo- 
dore F.  Meyer;  vice-president,  Otto  P.  Meyer;  secretary,  G.  J. 
Meyer;  treasurer,  C.  W.  Wall;  assistant  secretary,  A.  C.  Meyer. 
The  location  is  219  South  Fourth  Street. 


NOW  PRESIDENT  CHARLES  G.  MERRELL 

He  "Will  Develop  his  Theory  of  Best  Service  to  All 
as  Basis  of  True  Co-operation 

Cincinnati,  Feb.  10 — At  the  recent  meeting  of  the  stockhold- 
ers of  the  Wm.  S.  Merrell  Chemical  Company,  held  in  this 
city,  the  following  officers  were  elected  without  opposition : 

  President,  Charles  G.  Merrell; 

treasurer,  R.  W.  Proctor; 
secretary,  Thurst  n  Merrell. 
Board  of  directors — •  Charles 
G.  Merrell,  R.  W.  Proctor, 
Thurston  Merrell,  Charles  H. 
Stephens,  Frank  Ellis,  Geoige 

B.  Ehrman,  M.  D.  and  Fen  ton 
Lawson. 

Charles  G.  Merrell,  the  new 
president,  is  the  oldest  son  of 
the  late  George  Merrell,  whose 
death  occurred  on  Dec.  12 
last,  and  a  grandson  of  Dr. 
William  S.  Merrell,  who 
founded  the  business  in  1828. 

C.  G.  Merrell  comes  to  his 
new  position  well  equipped 
for  its  duties  and  responsibili- 
ties.   He  graduated  from  the 

Charles  G.  Merrell  Boston  School  of  Teclmology 
in  1888  at  the  head  of  his 
class.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  actively  connected  with  the 
Merrell  Company.  He  is  a  master  of  pharmaceutical  manu- 
facturing in  all  of  its  details.  He  is  popular  with  all  branches 
of  the  trade,  and  his  theorj'  of  best  service  to  all  as  a  basis  of 
true  cooperation  will  be  made  the  foundation  of  his  future 
work. 


Anti-Opium  Protocol  Signed  by  Three  Countries 
The  Hague,  Feb.  12. — The  protocol  of  the  anti-opium  con- 
vention of  1912  was  signed  at  The  Hague  by  Henry  van  Dyke,, 
the  American  minister  to  the  Netherlands;  Tang  Tsing  Fou, 
the  Chinese  minister,  and  M.  Loudon,  the  Netherlands  minister 
of  foreign  affairs.  The  protocol  aims  at  the  suppression  of  the 
opium  traffic  and  international  traffic  in  cocaine  and  noxious 
and  habit-forming  drugs.  The  affixing  of  the  signatures,  as 
reported  above,  puts  the  convention  into  immediate  force  for  the 
signatory  countries,  which  comprise  approximately  475,000,000 
inhabitants. 


Elects  new  Officers 
Milwaukee  Pharmaceutical  Association  has  the  following  of- 
ficers for  the  ensuing  year:  President,  George  H.  Keston;  vice 
president,  J.  J.  Possehl ;  secretary,  W.  F.  Kaiser;  treasurer, 
L.  H.  Kressin;  executive  committee,  S.  A.  Eckstein,  F.  De 
Harde,  Rud  Best,  Herman  Lambeck,  William  Thomas  and 
A.  R.  Eberle. 


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THE  PflARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[March,  1915 


A.  Ph.  A.  BRANCHES  ELECT  OFFICERS 

Discuss     Harrison     Law — Primarily     an  Internal 
Revenue  Measure,  but  Designed  to  Regulate 
Sale  of  Narcotics 

Baltimore  Branch 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Baltimore  Branch  of  the  A.  Ph.  A. 
was  held  on  Wednesday  evening,  January  20th,  in  Hynson, 
Westcott  and  Co.'s  assembly  room  at  Charles  and  Franklin 
Streets,  with  President  E.  F.  Kelly  in  the  chair. 

Louis  J.  Burger,  a  Phar.  G.,  but  now  a  member  of  the  Balti- 
more bar  and  a  United  States  Commissioner,  as  well  as  pro- 
fessor of  pharmaceutical  jurisprudence  in  the  Department  of 
Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Maryland,  delivered  an  address 
on  the  Harrison  bill,  prefacing  his  remarks  by  suggesting  to 
Mr.  Hynson  that  he  give  a  brief  historical  sketch  of  the  bill. 
This  brought  out  that  the  bill  had  its  beginning  as  the  result 
of  the  work  of  Dr.  Hamilton  Wright  of  Vermont,  which  cul- 
minated in  the  pigeon-holed  Foster  bill.  This  bill  had  some 
excellent  features  but  it  required  so  many  onerous  entries,  rec- 
ords, reports,  etc.,  that  it  would  have  necessitated  an  endless 
amount  of  accumen  and  accuracy  to  obey  its  mandates  and 
avoid  its  penalties.  This  bill  was  not  reported  out  of  com- 
mittee but  the  desire  for  national  legislation  to  prevent  the 
increasing  spread  of  the  narcotic  habit  evil  was  so  great,  that 
the  different  interests  involved  finally  got  together,  through  the 
Drug  Trade  Conference  and  the  Harrison  bill  was  the  outcome. 

Mr.  Burger  went  through  the  law  thoroughly  and  took  up  a 
section  at  a  time,  stopping  to  answer  questions  as  he  went 
along  and  when  he  had  finished,  led  the  discussion  which 
followed. 

S.  L.  Hilton,  a  member  of  the  Washington  Branch,  who 
took  quite  an  interest  in  the  bill  while  on  its  way  through 
Congress,  reviewed  it  and  laid  particular  stress  on  the  neces- 
sity of  every  pharmacist  registering  promptly,  following  its  re- 
quirements thoroughly,  and  keeping  records  accurately. 

The  following  points  were  brought  out :  The  law  is  an  in- 
ternal revenue  measure  and,  as  a  result  applies  to  every  one.  It 
is  not  simply  an  interstate  law  like  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act, 
but  reaches  into  every  nook  and  corner  under  the  Stars  and 
Stripes  and  affects  every  individual.  It  is  intended  to  regulate 
the  traffic  in  opium,  coca  and  preparations  thereof  and  espe- 
cially applies  to  importers,  manufacturers,  jobbers,  institutions, 
retail  pharmacists  and  physicians  (M.  D.,  D.  D.  S.,  D.  V.  S.) 

The  first  thing  necessary  is  to  register  at  the  internal  revenue 
office  and  get  a  registration  number  and  a  set  of  order  blanks. 
The  next  is  to  make  and  keep  on  file  a  complete  and  exact 
inventory  (to  be  verified  by  oath  between  March  1  and  5)  of 
the  stock  of  opium,  coca  leaves,  or  any  compound,  manufacture, 
alkaloid,  salt,  derivative  or  preparation  of  them  containing  more 
than  2  grains  of  opium,  more  than  ^  grain  of  morphine,  or 
more  than  %  grain  of  heroin,  or  more  than  1  grain  of  codeine, 
or  any  salt  or  derivative  of  any  of  them  in  1  fluid  or  avoirdu- 
pois ounce,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  of  any  synthetic  substitute 
for  cocaine.  Liniments  or  ointments  for  external  use  only 
which  contain  opium  or  its  alkaloidal  salts  do  not  have  to  be 
reported. 

Getting  in  or  sending  out  these  items  listed  must  be  done 
only  tliroUL'li  ihc  official  blanks  or  through  prescriptions,  which 
liii'i  m.unI  !n  sr_;iMfl  in  full  by  the  doctor  prescribing  them 
wiiii   I.I-  iiuiuber  and  address,  the  prescription  must 

'■]'  II  tl,  lull  .Mine  of  the  patient  with  residence  and  date 
am!   !  I'Miii  ilic  party  receiving  the  medicine  must  be 

olii.Mii'  .l  \  s,  It.  file  must  be  kept  for  these  prescriptions 
or  J  II  col. 1  krjii  1,1  ilie  number  and  date,  and  a  duplicate  must 
be  kept  of  every  order  for  any  of  these  items  bought,  the 
original  order  of  any  sold  to  otlw  r  dnist;ists  must  also  be  pre- 
served along  with  the  above  for  two  yiar.s.  All  records  and 
files  must  be  in  such  form  as  to  be  readily  accessible  to  inspec- 
tors who  are  to  call  at  irregular  intervals. 

An  accurate  record  must  kept  of  all  preparations  made 
which  contain  any  of  i   .       ii.  ■:  ,    md  thr  u>i.  of  ,i  formula 

card,  not  onlv  for  ll:.  .!,■-    Ini  ,iK..  i  ..ivthing 

made  about  the  pharn,  ,.  .-i-d  ,iiul  ,i  i  m -i  ox ,  ,  i  /  This 

could   t..-  (  lici  Kcd   Ml  i  ;>!••:   .  :    1.  .  I   ...  in  1   l>  Irll.-.l   l.i   ll)r  licxt   time  a 

IK  -,  loi      1,.  I..  ,:  :.|,    mm!  in.i.ition^  .  o,,M  1-  n  ,,.lr  on  it  thus 

a  N.ilii.iM.   1  i  oi  ,  ,,,  |.  ImIi  1,  woul.i  ll.    .1    .■  -  on  hand. 

.\  line  of  as  nuK  li  as  $2,lHin  and  ini|ii  isoiuia  nl  for  as  many 
as  five  years  or  both  may  be  imposed  for  violation  of  this  law. 


Drugs  or  preparations  suspected  to  be  on  hand  in  violation  of 
this  law  can  be  seized  and  forwarded  for  examination. 

The  bill  was  discussed  from  every  angle  and  viewpoint  and 
a  rising  vote  of  thanks  was  extended  to  Messrs.  Burger  and 
Hilton  for  the  excellent  manner  into  which  they  had  gone  into 
the  subject  and  for  their  painstaking  and  thorough  exposition 
of  the  subject. 

The  incoming  president  was  authorized  to  appoint  a  com- 
mittee of  five  on  publicity  with  the  idea  in  view  of  acquainting 
the  public  through  the  press  as  to  the  workings  of  the  law  and 
also  to  prepare  them  for  some  of  the  .shocks  which  they  might 
otherwise  receive  when  some  of  their  old  favorites  are  refused 
them.  As  so  much  time  had  been  consumed  in  the  considera- 
tion of  the  Harrison  bill,  the  second  topic  on  the  program  was 
postponed  until  the  February  meeting  and  the  annual  electioii 
of  officers  was  held.  | 

The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  1915  term:  Presi- 
dent, E.  W.  Hodson;  vice-president  and  chairman  of  the  execu- 
tive committee,  Charles  C.  Neal;  secretary  and  treasurer,  Wm. 
J.  Lowry,  Jr.;  assistant  secretary,  Olive  Cole,  Phar.  D.;  chair- 
man committee  of  practical  pharmacy  and  dispensing,  Charles 
L.  Meyer;  representative  in  the  Council,  Henr>'  P.  Hynson. 
The  rest  of  the  Committee  are  to  be  appointed  by  the  president. 

At  the  request  of  Dr.  Charles  Caspari,  Jr..  the  sense  of  the 
Branch  was  taken  on  the  proposed  change  from  cubic  centi- 
meters to  milliliters  in  the  coming  Pharmacopoeia  and  it  was 
suggested,  though  by  no  means  unanimousiv  that  milliliters 
should  be  used. 

It  was  decided  to  change  the  meeting  night  to  the  third  Wed- 
nesday for  each  month  instead  of  Thursdays  as  heretofore.  i 

Chicago  Branch  J 

The  January  meeting  of  the  Chicago  Branch  of  the  A.  Ph.  A. 
was  held  at  the  University  of  Illinois,  on  Friday  evening,  Jan-^ 
uary  22,  vice-president  Day  presiding. 

Secretary  Gathercoal  read  a  short  report  covering  the  year, 
1914  and  stated  that  the  Branch  had  held  nine  meetings  during, 
the  year  at  each  of  which  a  profitable  and  interesting  discus- 
sion of  some  subject  pertaining  to  pharmacy  was  presented. 
He  spoke  of  the  wide  publicity  given  the  reports  of  the  Branch 
meetings  in  the  pharmaceutical  press.  The  financial  report 
showed  expenditures  during  the  year  of  about  $70  and  a  bal- 
ance on  hand  of  .S2S,90.  j 

The  following  were  elected  to  ser\'e  the  Branch  for  the  en-| 
suing  year:  President,  Hugh  Craig;  first  vice-president  W.  HJ 
Day;  second  vice-president,  C.  A.  Storer,  third  vice-president,, 
iMiss  Jean  Gordon;  secretar>'-treasurer,  E.  X.  Gathercoal ;  chair- 
man, membership,  L.  L.  Krazek ;  committee  on  legislation,  Jas." 
H.  Wells;  committee  on  practice,  Wm.  Gray;  committee  oaj 
medical  relations,  Dr.  Bernard  Fantus:  committee  on  publicity,] 
Thos.  Potts. 

President  Craig  addressed  the  meetins;  in  "The  Administra- 
tion of  the  Stamp  Tax."  In  ^fr,  Traic's  opinion  the  pharma-f 
ceutical  organizations  should  unite  in  opjiosition  to  any  further* 
extension  of  this  emergency  law  beyond  its  present  limitation,' 
i.  e..  the  end  of  this  year.  He  stated  that  the  prospects  for  a 
continued  improvement  in  business  conditions  were  certainly 
good  and  that  with  such  improvement  any  necessity  for  an  ex- 
tension of  the  stamp  tax  beyond  tin'  i.n  si.nt  year  should  disap- 
pear. However,  pharmacists,  through  their  organizations, 
should  present  a  strong  prote.st  against  any  possible  extension 
of  die  law.  Dr  Tm  .  s  II.  Bcal  followed  Mr.  Craig  with  an 
address  on  the  Il.irrisou  .\ct.  .As  a  delegate  to  the  Drug  Trade 
r'onf.  rcnre.  Dr.  Beal  has  acquired  a  very  intimate  knowledge 
of  ihis  1  iw  in  fact  framing  some  of  the  provisions  himself.  He 
■  xi  l  ini  d  why,  ostensibly,  this  act  was  a  Revenue  Measure, 
I  1  1'  I  1  1:1!  intent  it  aimed  to  e.xercise  such  a  control  over 
of  the  narcotic  drugs,  opium  and  coca  leaves,  as 
'  drug  habit  evil.  He  stated  that  the  law  as  it 
1  was  a  compromise  not  fully  meeting  the  ideas  of 

nil  ll  '  .'vcrnment  or  the  Drug  Trade  Conference. 
1  I  .  \  inous  phases  of  the  law  were  presented  as  answers  to  a 
s.  li.  s  ,.i  .in.stions,  the  first  question  being:  "Who  shall  or  shall 
not  be  licensed  under  this  law?"  The  answer  brought  out  the 
fact  that  any  person  whether  physician,  pharmacist,  dentist 
veterinarian  or  not  upon  the  payment  of  the  license  fee  of  $1, 
might  avail  himself  of  the  privilege  of  handling  these  narcotir 
clrug.s,  while,  of  course,  all  who  did  deal  in  them  must  be  so 
licensed.  The  real  value  of  this  portion  of  the  law  is  in  tli* 
IHiblicity  feature,  for  provision  is  made  so  that  anyone  mav 
oiitain  a  list  of  all  such  licensed  persons  and  proper  state  and 


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ojunicipal  officers  may  obtain  copies  of  die  quarterly  reports 
(hat  are  required  from  ail  licensed  persons.    With  such  infor- 
tion,  state  and  municipal  anti-narcotic  law  violations  may 
rigidly  prosecuted. 

One  of  the  very  onerous  features  of  the  original  bill  which 
equired  licensed  persons  to  keep  a  balanced  account  of  the 
sales  of  tJiese  prohibited  drugs  against  their  purchases  was 
..very  fortunately  replaced  by  the  official  order  blank  method. 
,  Now  the  pharmacist  is  required  to  keep  on  file  for  two  years 
•all  orders  for  purchases,  and  all  orders  for  sales  and  all  pre- 
^scriptions  coming  under  this  law  and  to  report  the  same  upon 
request  of  a  revenue  official. 
'    About  eighty  pharmacists  were  in  attendance. 

New  York  Branch 

At  the  Februar\'  meeting  of  the  New  York  branch  of  the 
A.  Ph.  A.,  held  at  the  New  York  C(illt-t;e  of  Pliarmacy,  Thomas 
'D.  McElhenie  reported  that  the  cimiu  il  had  re  ferred  the  elec- 
tion of  an  editor  for  the  Journal  to  a  siM  ti.il  committee  and 
masked  for  instruction.    A  resolution  was  adoiitcd  to  tlie  effect 
I  that  it  was  the  sense  of  the  brancli  "that  its  representative  in 
j^the  Council  cast  his  vote  for  the  candidate  for  editor  of  the 
I- journal  recommended  by  the  special  committee  having  the  mat- 
ter under  consideration." 

Dr.  Jacob  Diner,  pro  dean  of  the  Fordham  university  school 
Lof  pharmacy,  read  a  paper  on  "Serum  Diagnosis."  He  briefly 
I  reviewed  the  progress  of  serum  diagnosis  beginning  with  the 

^  work  of  Gruenbaum  and  Gruber,  the  results  of  which  led  up 
to  what  is  now  known  as  the  Widal  reaction  for  typhoid  fever. 
After  discussing  the  theorj-  of  agglutination  and  the  technic  of 
the  method,  with  some  explanation  as  to  how  to  obtain  the 

I  serum,  and  how  to  interpret  results,  the  speaker  led  up  to  the 
second  important  step,  viz:  the  ^^'as.se^man  reaction  for  the 
diagnosis  of  syphilis.    The  theory  and  technic  were  explained 

.  in  detail,  particularly  the  line  of  reasoning  and  experimentation 
which  evolved  the  use  of  the  so-called  cycles  or  systems.  After 
describing  in  detail  the  three  essential  factors  necessary  to  pro- 

.  duce  hemolysis,  viz.,  1.  the  blood  corpuscles  of  the  same  species 

^  which  were  used  for  immunization,  called  antigen;  2.  the  spe- 

^  cific  immune  bodies  created  by  the  immunized  animal  after  fre- 
quent injection  of  that  particular  antigen,  called  amboceptor; 
3.  the  substance  destroyed  by  heating  the  immune  serum  (ther- 
molabile)  and  restored  by  the  addition  of  normal,  non-iinmune 
serum,  from  animals  of  the  same  species,  called  complement; 
the  speaker  demonstrated  how  the  reaction  is  carried  out. 

!'      Brief  mention  of  the  work  done  by  M'Donagh  and  Klein  in 

I   their  application  of  the  foregoing  principle  to  the  diagnosis  of 

^  gonorrhea  was  followed  by  the  description  of  the  Abdcrhalden 
reaction,  first  used  to  diagnose  pregnancy  in  its  early  stages, 
based  upon  the  presence  or  absence  of  ferments  in  the  blood  of 

(  the  patient  capable  of  digesting  albumins  and  thus  causing 
them  to  become  dialyzable.    This  reaction  is  now  largely  being 

^  used  in  the  diagnosis  of  cancer. 

The  paper  was  discussed  at  great  length  by  Messrs.  Wein- 

;  stein,  Hohman,  Roemer,  Wimmer,  Raubenheimer  and  Mayo. 

I  A  rising  vote  of  thanks  was  accorded  the  author. 

Dr.  George  C.  Diekman.  chairman  of  the  committee  on  prog- 
ress of  pharmacy,  presented  a  number  of  abstracts,  among 
which  were  the  following:  Distinguishing  between  natural  and 
artificial  camphor,  a  criticism  of  the  methods  of  identification 
and  purity  of  cera  flavor  of  the  P.  G.,  detection  of  caramel 
with  phenol-sulphonic  acid,  a  new  method  for  melting-point 
determinations  of  fats,  a  method  for  the  estimation  of  boric 
acid  in  ointments,  the  stability  of  phosphorus  when  dissolved 
in  fi.xed  oils,  as  well  as  a  list  of  recent  foreign  proprietaries. 

C.  O.  Bigelow  as  chairman  of  the  "Mayo  dinner"  committee 
reported  a  surplus  of  SI. 55  from  that  affair.  The  committee 
was  discharged  with  thanks  and  the  surplus  ordered  returned 
into  the  treasury.  During  the  transaction  of  routine  business. 
President  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  Caswell  A.  Mayo  entered  accom- 
panied by  Professor  H.  P.  Hynson,  of  Baltimore.  ■  They  were 
given  a  rousing  welcome  and  responded  with  a  few  well  chosen 
remarks. 


Philadelphia  Branch 

President  E.  Fullerton  Cook,  of  the  Philadelphia  branch  of 
the  A.  Ph.  .\.,  appointed  Joseph  \V.  England,  Professor  Henr>- 
Kraemer  and  Franklin  M.  Apple,  as  a  nominating  committee, 
at  the  February  meeting  of  that  organization.  The  committee 
was  instructed  to  submit  nominations  for  office  at  the  March 
meeting.    Dell  W.  Youngken  was  unanimously  elected  a  mem- 


ber. Richard  Cuthbert,  jr.,  presented  an  interesting  paper  on 
"The  Professional  Ideals  of  Pharmacy."  In  the  absence  of  Dr. 
F.  E.  Stewart,  his  paper  on  "Professional  Pharmacy  from  the 
^■iewpoint  of  the  ronmicrcial  Laboratory"  was  read  by  the 
socrrtiiA  I'ldli^sor  Julius  W,  Sturmer  presented  the  current 
I  M'Utii.il  louinds.    The  papers  submitted  were 

di.saiv-.  d  l.>  M.MS.  W.  c;.  -Xebig,  Franklin  M.  Apple  and 
Professor  j.  1'.  RLiiiington. 

Interesting  features  of  the  meeting  were  the  exhibit  of  a 
large  number  of  preparations  manufactured  in  accordance  with 
the  new  U.S. P.  and  N.F.,  and  and  "Exhibit  of  Filled  Prescrip- 
tions," the  latter  the  work  of  Walter  S.  Froelich. 


St.  Louis  Branch 

The  St.  Louis  Branch  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  met  at  the  St.  Louis 
College  of  Pharmacy  on  Feb.  19.  Dr.  Leo  R.  Suppan  gave  a 
talk,  illustrated  with  lantern  slides,  on  "The  Monastery  Dis- 
pensaries of  the  !Middle  Ages,  a  Chapter  in  the  History  of 
Pharmacy." 


MICROSCOPE  FOE,  RETIRING  PRESIDENT 

Frank   F.   Ernst   Remembered   after   Six   Years  of 
Service  by  Members — Officers  Elected 

Boston,  Feb.  10.— The  annual  meeting  of  the  B.  A.  R.  D., 
held  at  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy,  was  made 
notable  by  the  presentation  to  Frank  F.  Ernst,  retiring  presi- 
dent, of  a  valuable  microscope,  the  gift  of  the  association  as  a 
token  of  its  appreciation  of  his  great  services  during  six  years 
as  president.  James  F.  Finneran,  member  of  the  executive 
committee  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  made  the  presentation  speech, 
telling  in  well  chosen  words  the  deep  appreciation  of  the  mem- 
bers of  Mr.  Ernst's  sacrifices  and  accomplishments  in  behalf  of 
pharmacy.  The  presentation  came  at  the  end  of  an  unusually 
busy  meeting,  and  Mr.  Ernst  responded  with  brevity  and  feel- 

These  officers  were  elected:  Joseph  T.  Waterhouse,  president; 
John  J.  Tobin,  M.  J.  Mclntire,  and  Leon  A.  Thompson,  vice 
presidents;  Lyman  W.  Griffin,  treasurer;  Charles  H.  Davis, 
secretary;  Sidney  B.  Rintels,  W.  H.  Pierce,  P.  J.  Dyer,  John 
H.  Dorsey,  John  R.  Sawyer,  Arthur  C.  Morey,  Charles  A. 
Stover,  George  E.  Grover,  A.  L.  Kimball,  C.  Everett  Packard, 
Charles  W.  Freeman,  Henry  L.  Greene,  William  H.  Glover 
and  Sherman  M.  Sears,  executive  committee. 

Mr.  Finneran  gave  an  address  on  the  features  of  the  stamp 
tax,  and  urged  the  affixing  of  a  stamp  in  all  cases  where  the 
question  of  doubt  arises.  "If  there  is  any  reasonable  doubt, 
put  it  on,"  was  his  advice. 

It  was  voted  to  collect  statistics  relative  to  the  work  required 
of  parcels  post  agencies  in  drug  stores,  for  the  purpose  of  co- 
operating with  the  state  and  national  associations  in  the  effort 
for  better  remuneration  for  such  service. 

C.  A.  Stover  reported  progress  on  the  activities  of  the  Union 
Wholesale  Drug  Company,  the  co-operative  buying  club,  and 
asked  every  member  of  the  association  to  identify  himself  with 
the  company. 

Prof.  C.  F.  Nixon  gave  an  illuminating  talk  on  the  Harrison 
bill,  and  he  told  of  the  things  which  druggists  must  do  to  con- 
form to  the  law.  Two  things  which  he  emphasized,  and 
which  are  to  be  circulated  by  the  association  to  all  its  mem- 
bers, as  a  warning,  are  the  necessity  of  making  application 
of  the  internal  revenue  collector  for  certain  forms,  and  to  file 
with  the  collector  before  March  5  a  statement  or  inventory  of 
all  narcotics  in  stock,  whether  in  the  form  of  pills  or  liquids 
or  bulk. 


Druggists  in  Massachusetts  Legislature 

Boston,  Feb.  10. — The  ^Massachusetts  Legislature  this  year 
contains  only  two  druggi.'its.  the  smallest  number  for  some 
years.  They  are  Fred  O.  Lrw  is  of  Lowell,  who  represents  the 
18th  Middlesex  district,  and  I.dn.ond  1'.  Talbot  of  Fall  River, 
who  represents  the  9th  Bristol  ilistric  t.  Lewis  is  a  Republican, 
and  has  a  store  at  48  Branch  street,  while  Talbot  is  a  Democrat 
and  has  a  store  at  2  East  Main  street.  It  is  Talbot's  first  term, 
and  Lewis's  second.  Lewis  has  been  appointed  on  the  com- 
mittee on  cities,  and  Talbot  on  the  committee  on  labor. 


.\t  Woodbury,  Ga.,  the  Williams  Drug  Co.  store  was  dam- 
aged in  a  $12,000  conflagration  which  visited  that  cily  re- 
cently. 


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G.  A.  S.  MEMBERS  LEARN  ABOUT  NEW  LAW 

S.  V.  B.  Swann  Explains  Harrison  Law — Advises 
Separate  Box  Prescription  File — Other  Features 

S.  V.  B.  Swann,  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee  of  the 
German  Apothecaries'  Society,  at  the  February  meeting  of  that 
organization,  discussed  the  regulations  for  the  enforcement  of 
the  Harrison  law,  which  were  recently  issued  by  the  Internal 
Revenue  Department.  He  emphasized  the  importance  of  own- 
ers of  more  than  one  store  registering  eac.h  separately  under 
the  act.  He  also  pointed  out  that  if  a  physician  wanted  hypo- 
dermic tablets  containing  any  of  the  narcotic  drugs  specified 
in  the  law  for  office  use,  he  would  have  to  make  out  an  order 
on  the  regular  order  blank  supplied  by  the  government.  The 
druggist  must  know  the  registration  number  of  the  physician 
whose  prescription  he  is  filling,  if  the  prescription  contains 
narcotics.  The  Harrison  law  supersedes  the  Treasury  decision 
enforced  by  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry  anent  the  sale  of  cocaine. 
_  Mr.  Swann  suggested  that  a  separate  file  of  special  construc- 
tion be  employed  to  keep  prescriptions  containing  narcotics, 
inasmuch  as  the  law  requires  that  they  be  filed  separately.  He 
stated  that  if  the  druggist  kept  narcotic  prescriptions  on  the 
regular  prescription  files  he  would  be  obliged  to  keep  an  index 
of  all  prescriptions  containing  any  of  the  proscribed  drugs.  By 
keeping  such  prescriptions  in  a  separate  box  file,  it  would  be 
easier  both  for  the  pharmacists  and  for  the  inspector  to  pro- 
duce and  look  over  these  records  when  necessary. 

That  seven  Brooklyn  druggists  had  been  arrested  for  selling 
Bell's  syrup  of  codeine  without  a  prescription,  was  reported  by 
Mr.  Swann.  He  was  unable  to  state  whether  these  arrests 
were  made  at  the  instigation  of  the  board  of  health  or  the  State 
authorities. 

A  number  of  communications  were  read  by  Corresponding 
Secretary  Carl  Baum.  The  Professional  League  of  Long  Island 
City  suggested  several  amendments  to  the  Boylan  law.  Mr. 
Swann  remarked  that  any  proposed  amendments  to  the  Boylan 
law  would  be  taken  up  by  the  New  York  Pharmaceutical  Con- 
ference. An  invitation  was  received  from  the  Scientific  Society 
of  New  York  requesting  the  members  to  participate  in  the  cen- 
tennial anniversary  of  Bismarck's  birthday.  President  Robert 
S.  Lehman  asked  the  members  to  take  part  in  the  affair. 

Otto  P.  Gilbert,  chairman  of  the  entertainment  committee, 
reported  that  almost  $400  had  been  realized  on  the  charity 
concert  held  January  28.  On  his  motion,  a  vote  of  thanks  was 
extended  to  Miss  Elsa  Riefflin  and  the  other  artists  who  con- 
tributed so  much  to  the  artistic  success  of  the  occasion. 

Otto  Raubenheimer,  chairman  of  the  scientific  committee,  re- 
ported that  in  the  near  future  papers  would  be  read  by  F.  Fr. 
A.  Haase,  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  on  "Tobacco,"  and  H.  L.  Rehse, 
of  Long  Island,  on  "Poultry."  Professor  Charles  E.  Vander- 
kleed,  of  Philadelphia,  who  started  on  a  trip  to  Germany  re- 
cently sent  his  greetings  to  the  society  and  promised  to  lecture 
before  the  members  about  his  experiences  and  impressions 
while  abroad. 

Emil  Roller  discussed  dispensing  by  physicians,  condemning 
the  practice.  He  suggested  that  the  trade  committee  be  en- 
larged to  give  this  matter  thorough  attention  and  to  work  out  a 
remedy.  The  suggestion  was  acted  upon.  The  committee  was 
enlarged  to  include  Mr.  Roller.  Among  those  who  discussed 
the  speaker's  remarks  were  Messrs.  Gilbert,  Raubenheimer, 
Riefflin,  Schleussner,  and  C.  N.  Lehman. 

Emil  Lindemann,  of  Staten  Island,  and  George  Neuschaefer, 
of  Brooklyn,  were  elected  members. 

Otto  Raubenheimer  concluded  the  meeting  by  lecturing  on 
the  British  Pharmacopoeia.  He  criticized  the  processes  and 
preparations  of  the  latest  revision  of  this  book  and  pointed  out 
that  16  years  have  elapsed  since  the  last  revision.  The  B,  P. 
has  two  temperature  standards,  15.5°C.,  and  62°F.  In  some 
parts  of  the  book  the  unit  of  weight  is  spelled  "gramme"  and 
in  others  "gram."  The  latter,  he  thought,  might  readily  be 
confused  with  the  word  "grain." 

Mr.  Raubenheimer  called  attention  to  the  introduction  of  the 
word  "mils"  in  place  of  cubic  centimeters.  He  cited  several 
instances,  also,  to  sho>v  tlint  the  nnmmrlritun-  of  the  B.  P.  is 
confusing.    He  depm  i  •!  n  .  u  h  pharmacopoeia 

in  calling  for  the  us.  :  certain  drugs 

and  giving  no  offici  i!  i  us,  in  the  case 

of  spirit  of  nilroglyc  M  ;i  1 1  n  ; .  , ,  im  ',,1  tMinmerce"  is  given 
as  one  of  Hie  inRrcdic  nls.  The  practicability  of  the  formula 
given  for  iiuuil.ige  of  acacia  was  questioned  by  Mr.  R  uben- 


heimer,  and  he  also  called  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  opium 
content  of  paregoric  had  been  increased  to  5  per  cent.  In 
conclusion,  he  asserted  that  "on  the  whole,  the  new  British 
pharmacopoeia  is  no  credit  to  English  pharmacy  or  to  phanru.cy 
in  general." 


KINGS  COUNTY  MEMBERS  ALL  "IN  FAVOR" 

Society  Reaffirms  Its  Endorsement  of  Stevens  Bill 
and  will  get  State  Congressmen  to  Push  it 

The  Kings  County  Pharmaceutical  Society,  at  its  February 
meeting,  held  at  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy,  reaffirmed 
its  endorsement  of  the  Stevens  price-maintenance  bill,  H.  R. 
13305,  and  instructed  the  secretary  to  write  every  congressman 
from  Brooklyn  requesting  them  to  use  their  best  efforts  to  bring 
about  the  favorable  reporting  out  of  this  measure  by  the 
House  committee  on  interstate  and  foreign  commerce.  The 
secretary  was  further  instructed  to  request  Arthur  S.  Wardle, 
president  of  the  N.  Y.  S.  P.  A.,  to  appeal  to  the  Congressmen 
from  all  sections  of  New  York  State.  A  resolution  was  also 
adopted  requesting  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  to  investigate 
the  many  minor  institutions  in  the  State  in  which  drug  shops 
are  often  conducted  by  incompetent  internes,  who  are  permitted 
to  fill  prescriptions.  It  was  pointed  out  that  numerous  poison- 
ings and  deaths  might  occur  from  this  source  and  the  institu- 
tions' reports  would  not  divulge  the  condition  of  affairs. 

J.  H.  Rehfuss,  reporting  for  the  legislative  committee,  called 
attention  to  the  "model"  narcotic  bill  which  would  soon  be  in- 
troduced into  the  State  legislature  by  the  N.  Y.  S.  P.  A., 
legislative  committee  and  which  would  conform  with  the  Har- 
rison law.  He  stated  that  the  Whitney  bill  of  last  year,  to  put 
druggists  beyond  the  reach  of  the  bonding  companies,  would  be 
revived.  Mr.  Rehfuss  expressed  the  opinion  that  druggists 
should  keep  close  watch  of  the  drafting  of  the  new  State  con- 
stitution. Particular  attention  should  be  given  to  see  that  em- 
ployes in  the  pharmacy  should  be  held  responsible  for  their' 
own  acts. 


N.  Y.  R.  D.  A.  HOLDS  ANNUAL  BANQUET 

The  New  York  Retail  Druggists'  Association  held  its  18th 
annual  banquet  and  reception  at  the  Laurel  garden,  75  East 
116th  street,  on  the  evening  of  January  29.  The  affair  was 
well  attended  and  was  a  great  success.  The  banquet  was 
served  late  in  the  evening  and  was  preceded  and  followed  by 
dancing.  Many  attractive  souvenirs  were  distributed  among 
the  guests.  Among  those  who  through  their  efforts  contributed 
to  the  success  of  the  occasion  were:  President,  George  J.  Pa- 
litz;  first  vice  president,  Julius  A.  Klein;  second  vice  presi- 
dent, Pincus  Herz;  treasurer,  Peter  Diamond;  financial  secre- 
tary. Dr.  B.  Miller;  corresponding  secretar>',  Edward  Sher; 
recording  secretary,  L.  Marmor;  sergeant  at  arms,  M.  M. 
Rosenberg;  entertainment  committee,  Edward  Sher,  chairman; 
G.  J.  Palitz,  H.  Sarason,  M.  A.  Feinberg,  A.  Margulis.  iM.  Mj 
Rosenberg,  P.  Herz,  general  chairman;  reception  committe«J| 
Dr.  B.  Miller,  chairman;  Dr.  J.  Weinstein.  Peter  Diamond,  J. 
Leon  Lascoff,  George  Rosenson,  C.  Bernstein,  Dr.  Samuel 
Harkavy  officiated  as  floor  manager. 


BALTIMORE  DRUGGISTS  DISCUSS  LAW 

Baltimore,  February  3. — Th;  members  of  the  Baltimore  Re- 
tail Druggists'  Association  turned  out  in  large  number  for  a 
meeting  at  tlie  Hotel  Emerson  last  I^Iorday  night  to  hear  dis- 
cussed some  of  the  points  in  the  Harrison  Anti-Narcotic  law, 
which  will  go  into  t.  oct  shortly.  R.  E  Williamson,  the  pre- 
siding officer;  Dr.  H.  P.  Hynson,  Charles  L  Meyjr  and  otnera 
discussed  the  regulations  recently  issued  by  the  Government  at 
Washington  for  the  guidance  of  collccton;  of  internal  revenue  in 
regard  to  the  enfor';ement  of  tho  regulatory  provisions  of  the 
statute,  and  they  pointed  out  thit  compliance  with  tlie  require- 
ments would  necessitate  much  kec,  ing  of  records,  which  might 
at  first  glance  appear  very  burdensome  to  the  retail  druggist 
and  the  dispenser.  These  sellers  arc  not  only  required  to  regis- 
ter themsci  es,  but  they  must  exercise  care  that  the  drugs  which 
they  sell  do  not  go  to  any  one  without  proper  authorit>-  to 
receive  them.  In  other  words,  ever>'  one  registered  as  a  lawful 
distributor  of  the  drugs  must  see  to  it  that  cven,-body  else  who 
buys  from  them  is  registered,  this  double  method  of  security 
being  effected  by  a  system  of  records  kept  on  file.    The  re- 


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131 


Jailer  is  compelled  lo  record  his  own  purchases,  and  he  must 
^fliewise  keep  a  record  of  the  sales,  and  the  two  must  tally 
i|with  the  quantity  of  narcotics  he  may  happen  to  have  on  hand 
/nrhen  a  Government  inspector  comes  around  to  investigate. 
'"  The  speakers,  however,  gave  it  as  their  opinion  that  when  a 
druggist  had  once  adopted  a  thorough  system  of  keeping  his 
^records,  and  of  sending  in  proper  requisitions  to  wholesale 
r  houses,  much  of  the  difficulty  now  believed  to  attach  to  the  new 

•  regulations  would  disappear. 

'  Some  fifty  of  the  members  of  the  organization  were  present, 
attesting  thereby  their  direct  interest  in  the  subject. 

*  ELECTS  OFFICERS  AND  MEMBERS  BANQUET 

Baltimore,  February  2. — The  Baltimore  Drug  Exchange  held 
i'  its  annual  meeting  on  January  20  at  the  Hotel  Emerson,  when 

the  nominating  committee  reported  and  the  organization  elected 
'  the  following  officers  for  the  ensuing  year :  President,  James 
~  E.  Hancock.  John  F.  Hancock  &  Son;  First  Vice-President,  Al- 

frcd  E.  Mealy,  Gilbert  Bros.  &  Co.;  Second  Vice-President, 
^  James  Owens,  Carr,  Owens  Co.;  Secretary,  J.  Emor\'  Bond, 
••  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.;  Treasurer,  Dr.  A.  R.  L,  Dohnie,  Sharp  & 
f  Dohme;  Executive  Committee,  W.  M.  McCormick,  ZMcCormick 
L&  Co.;  Joseph  F.  Hindes,  Emerson  Drug  Company,  and  G. 
U  Frank  Baily,  James  Baily  &  Son. 

'     The  annual  reports  were  submitted,  which  showed  the  or- 
'  ganization  to  be  in  an  excellent  condition,  financially  and  other- 
wise,  and  the  activities  of  the  association  during  the  year  in 

■  the  way  of  fighting  injurious  measures  and  promoting  tL  e 
'  which  were  in  the  interest  of  the  public  were  set  forth. 

At  the  banquet  which  formed  the  principal  feature  of  the 
I  evening.  Howard  E.  French,  of  Smith,  Kline  &:  French  Co., 
Philadelphia,  spoke  on  the  inequalities  as  to  the  admission  of 
"  drugs  to  the  various  ports  of  the  United  States.  He  pointed 
'  out  that  collectors  of  customs  at  nearly  all  of  the  principal 
'  ports  had  different  rulings  on  importations,  and  that  this  di- 
_  vergence  caused  the  importers  much  loss  and  trouble.  Mr. 

■  French  has  made  a  special  study  of  the  subject  and  presented 
it  in  a  highly  interesting  way. 

;  Leroy  D.  Oldham,  of  the  H.  B.  Gilpin  Company,  Baltimore, 
t  entertained  the  company  with  a  witty  address  and  Addison  E. 
j  Mullikin  discoursed  on  "Civic  Ideals."  John  B.  Thomas,  of 
I'  the  Thomas  &  Thompson  Drug  Company,  was  also  an  honored 
1-  guest.  There  were  some  forty-one  members  in  attendance,  the 
-  Exchange  having  grown  in  a  most  gratifying  manner  during 
•  the  year. 

fl   

J       BOSTON  D.  C.  P.  A.'s  FIRST  ANNUAL  BALL 

Boston,  Feb.  16. — The  Boston  Drug  Clerks  Protective  Asso- 

I  dation,  which  is  organized  as  Local  28,  of  the  American  Fed- 
eration of  Labor,  held  its  first  annual  ball  Feb.  11  in  Howe 
Hall,  and  the  affair  was  attended  by  about  800  persons.  A 

'  souvenir  program  of  24  pages  was  issued,  well  filled  with  ad- 
vertising, and  containing  the  portraits  of  five  of  the  officers. 
In  the  program,  also,  was  a  statement  of  the  reasons  for  or- 

'  ganizing,  and  appealing  to  the  general  public  in  their  struggle 
for  the  right  to  organize.    The  statement  said  that  following 

'  the  organization  of  the  association;  six  of  their  members,  all 
employed  by  the  Riker-Jaynes  Company  for  periods  varying 
from  two  to  ten  years,  were  dismissed  without  warning,  and 
that  the  matter  of  the  dismissals  was  taken  up  first  by  the 
Boston  Central  Labor  Union,  and  after\vard  by  the  New  Eng- 
land Representative  of  the  American  Federation  of  Labor,  but 
that  no  satisfaction  could  be  obtained  either  from  Mr.  Alley  or 
from  the  Boston  manager. 

The  officers  of  the  association  are :  Bernard  S.  Devlin,  presi- 
dent; Arthur  Viens  and  B.  A.  Mansfield,  vice  presidents;  Wal- 
ter .\.  Guptill,  recording  secretary;  John  F.  Hoffman,  corres- 
ponding and  financial  secretary;  Patrick  J.  Kinnier,  guide; 
Thomas  J.  Loughlan,  Francis  H.  Tapley,  Harry  Pitchers,  trus- 
tees; George  Alexander,  S.  F.  Rosin,  William  J.  Kelley,  audit- 
ing committee. 


BAY  STATE  PHARMACISTS  MEET 

Boston,  Feb.  15. — The  midwinter  meeting  of  the  Massachu- 
setts State  Ph.  A.  was  held  today  at  the  Hotel  Bancroft  in 
Worcester,  for  the  purpose  of  considering  pending  legislation 
affecting  the  interests  of  phannacy.  There  was  a  representative 
gathering  from  all  over  the  state.  President  Frank  J.  Camp- 
bell of  Lowell  presided.    James  F.  Finneran  of  Boston,  chair- 


man of  tlie  committee  on  legislation,  made  a  thorough  and  com- 
prehensive report  upon  all  bills  which  have  been  presented  to 
tlie  Legislature  which  in  any  way  affect  pharmacy. 

\'ery  naturally,  in  view  of  the  approaching  day  when  the 
Harrison  narcotic  bill  will  go  into  effect,  much  attention  was 
paid  to  the  matter  of  state  legislation  on  the  same  lines,  and 
as  a  result  of  tlie  meeting  was  the  passage  of  a  vote  in  favor 
of  an  anti-narcotic  law  which  will  combine  the  provisions  of 
tlie  state  and  federal  law  in  one.  The  proposed  new  law,  it 
was  explained,  is  a  result  of  conferences  between  physicians 
and  pharmacists,  and  would  make  the  procuring  of  narcotics  so 
difficult  that  it  would  do  much  toward  eliminating  the  "dope" 
fiend. 

Definite  action  was  taken  on  the  place  of  holding  the  annual 
meeting.  Instead  of  going  to  Swampscott,  as  during  the  re- 
cent years,  the  association  voted  to  accept  the  invitation  of  the 
Springfield  Board  of  Trade  to  hold  the  midsummer  meeting 
in  tliat  city. 

YOUNG  PHARMACISTS  NOTHING  TO  FEAR 

Examining'  Board  Doesn't  Want  to  Find  Out  lio-w 
Little  Candidate  Knows,  but  is  he  Competent? 

Boston,  Feb.  10.— President  Charles  F.  Ripley,  of  the  state 
Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy,  appealed  to  the  traveling 
men  of  the  state,  at  the  annual  dinner  of  the  Traveling  Men's 
Auxiliary  of  the  Massachusetts  State  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion, to  assure  the  young  men  of  the  state  who  are  contem- 
plating taking  the  examination  for  registration  that  they  have 
nothing  to  fear  in  such  examination. 

"It  is  up  to  you  travelling  men,"  said  President  Ripley,  "to 
put  right  the  boys  who  are  candidates  for  registration.  Many 
boys  who  come  before  us  are  so  frightened  that  they  fail  to 
answer  the  questions  which  they  might  easily  answer  under 
ordinary  circumstances.  As  president  of  the  board,  I  wish  you 
would  tell  these  young  men  that  it  is  not  our  purpose  to  find 
out  how  little  they  know,  but  merely  to  ascertain  if  the  young 
man  is  competent  to  take  charge  of  a  drug  store.  You  traveling 
men  have  a  great  opportunity  to  set  them  right,  and  to  stimu- 
late confidence  in  themselves." 

The  annual  dinner  was  held  at  the  Plaza  Hotel  and  was 
attended  by  over  100.  J.  A.  Baader,  the  president,  presided, 
and  C.  H.  Perry  was  the  eloquent  and  gifted  toastmaster.  Be- 
side President  Ripley,  the  guests  included  ex-Mayor  Jolm  F. 
Fitzgerald  of  Boston,  "Charlie"  Brickley,  the  Harvard  football 
captain  and  kicker,  M.  Sumner  Coggan,  the  new  counsel  for 
the  association,  and  T.  D.  Lavelle,  assistant  district  attorney  of 
Suffolk  Countv. 


MINNESOTA  Ph.  A.  WELL  ATTENDED 

More  than  400  pharmacists  attended  the  31st  annual  meeting 
of  the  Minnesota  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  held  re- 
cently at  the  Hotel  Ryan,  St.  Paul.  In  response  to  an  address 
by  Governor  Hammond,  Donald  Robertson,  of  Argyle,  former 
State  senator,  declared  "We  don't  know  what  the  Harrison  act 
will  do,  but  we  do  know  that  we  are  going  to  accept  it."  In 
his  annual  address,  President  Max  Menzel  suggested  legislation 
which  would  provide  for  an  official  prescription  blank,  to  be 
used  by  all  physicians  in  the  State  of  Minnesota.  He  recom- 
mended that  the  word  "State"  be  dropped  from  the  association's 
official  name.  He  urged  that  the  executive  committee  be  elected 
to  serve  three  years,  one  new  member  to  be  elected  each  year. 
Mr.  Menzel  concluded  his  address  with  a  recommendation  that 
the  members  respond  to  the  appeal  sent  out  by  Holland  pharma- 
cists for  aid  for  the  pharmacists  of  Belgium. 

Among  the  addresses  and  papers  presented  at  the  meeting 
were  the  following : 

"Retail  Store  Accounts,"  C.  H.  Turner,  of  St.  Paul,  and 
"How  to  Make  the  Soda  Fountain  Pay  Winter  and  Summer," 
Emil  P.  Hilbert. 

W.  S.  Smetana,  chairman  of  the  commercial  section,  opened 
the  general  discussion  on  commercial  pharmacy.  Among  the 
subjects  discussed  were : 

"Modem  Store  Arrangement  for  Economy  and  Efficiency  in 
Selling  Goods,"  and  "Application  of  the  Stamp  Revenue  Tax." 

The  following  officers  were  elected :  President,  R.  J.  Messing 
St.  Paul,  who  is  also  president  of  the  R.  D.  A.  of  that  city; 
first  vice  president,  J.  F.  Deneck,  Minneapolis;  second  vice 
president.  Miss  Marie  Piesinger,  New  Prague;  third  vice  presi- 
dent, C.  McGregor,  Detroit;  secretary.  Professor  Edward  L> 


132 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[March,  1915 


Newcomb,  University  of  Minnesota ;  treasurer,  L.  J.  Aberwald, 
St.  Paul. 

Two  hundred  and  forty-eight  new  members  were  elected. 
Amendments  to  the  by-laws  covering  failure  to  pay  dues  for 
three  consecutive  years  will  throw  out  more  than  200  members. 
Truman  Griffin,  Minneapolis;  W.  T.  Abbott,  Duluth,  and  H. 
W.  Roetzke,  St.  Paul,  were  elected  members  of  the  executive 
committee.  Retiring  president  Max  Menzel,  of  Pipestone,  pres- 
ented the  association  with  a  gavel  made  of  catlinite,  or  pipe- 
stone,  of  which  the  Indians  made  pipes.  It  was  fashioned 
from  a  piece  of  stone  found  in  the  vicinity  of  Pipestone. 

The  Minnesota  Travelers'  auxiliary  elected  these  officers : 
President,  T.  J.  McMillan,  of  Minneapolis;  first  vice  president, 
W.  H.  Schneider,  St.  Paul;  second  vice  president,  C.  H.  Pear- 
son, Minneapolis;  third  vice  president,  C.  S.  Burrows,  Minne- 
apolis; secretary  and  treasurer,  A.  H.  McMullen.  W.  R.  Neb- 
lett,  F.  Charboneau  and  George  Gardiner  were  named  members 
of  the  executive  committee. 


Boston  D.  A.'s  Annual  Meeting 

The  Boston  Druggists'  Association  held  its  annual  meeting 
and  dinner  Jan.  26  at  Youngs  Hotel,  with  full  ranks.  About 
75  members  were  present,  and  paid  signal  honor  to  William  F. 
Sawyer,  the  veteran  druggist,  by  making  him  an  honorary  mem- 
ber. The  following  officers  were  elected:  William  S.  Briry, 
president;  George  H.  Ingrahani,  treasurer;  Harry  C.  Wiagin, 
secretary;  Fred-L.  Carter,  Jr.,  Charles  F.  Ripley,  H.  E.  Bow- 
man, A.  H.  Bartlett,  Charles  C.  Hearn,  F.  W.  Doliber,  and  W. 
H.  Glover,  executive  committee;  C.  E.  M.  Harrington,  Ralph 
R.  Patch,  H.  C.  Otis,  H.  W.  DeCoster  and  R.  Albro  Newton, 
membership  committee.  Four  new  members  were  admitted,  as 
follows;  J.  E.  Mullen,  H.  C.  Muldoon,  C.  Whitney  Hubbard 
and  A.  H.  Adams. 


AMONG  THE  ASSOCIATIONS 


The  Philadeli-ihia  .Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  at  its  an- 
nual meeting  held  in  the  Continental  Hotel,  endorsed  the  Har- 
rison anti-narcotic  law,  which  goes  into  effect  March  1,  and 
provides  that  all  persons  handling  opium  and  its  derivatives 
must  be  registered.  Heretofore  druggists  were  compelled  to 
keep  a  record  of  the  sales  but  physicians  were  not.  Theodore 
Campbell,  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature,  was  elected 
president;  W.  A.  Carpenter,  A.  J.  Frankeberger  and  W.  D. 
Reynolds,  vice-presidents;  G.  W.  Fehr,  treasurer;  J.  H.  Bar- 
low, secretary,  and  R.  W.  White,  chairman  of  the  executive 
committee. 

The  National  Paint,  Oil  and  Varnish  Association  at  its  re- 
cent meeting  at  the  New  Willard  Hotel,  Washington,  D.  C, 
discussed  the  question  of  selecting  a  permanent  secretary,  and 
also  the  plan  of  the  Paint  Trade  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Ex- 
change. It  was  suggested  that  a  competent  solicitor  be  en- 
gaged to  personally  visit  the  cities  where  increased  insurance 
could  be  secured  and  lay  the  plan  before  the  trade.  The  offi- 
cers of  the  association  are:  President,  W.  D.  Foos;  vice-presi- 
dents, P.  H.  Callahan,  J.  E.  Hatt,  and  F.  P.  Cheesman ;  secre- 
tary, Chas.  J.  Caspar.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Cleve- 
land in  September. 

I'he  New  Jersey  Drug  Clerks'  Association  will  hold  its  first 
animal  n  (. i  | .1  i. jii  aiid  liall  on  Wednesday  evening,  April  29  at 

l'iM\  ilrl-'jii^^  iiiMii|.>!  tli(  aiuiunl  convention  of  Kappa  Psi 
hrU\  ,r,M,tlv    ,1  M  is.a.  ii.is,  Us  ColleKe  nf  I'harnKuv.  lios- 


Charles  W.  Stockhausen,  corresponding  secretary;  C.  A.  Senne- 
wald,  financial  secretary;  O.  J.  Cloughly,  H.  L.  Hudson,  A.  S. 
Ludwig,  Charles  Runner  and  W.  F.  Ittner,  executive  board. 

The  Illinois  State  Ph.  A.  will  meet  at  Springfield,  June  IS 
to  17,  inclusive.  This  is  contrary  to  an  earlier  report  that  Cen- 
tralia  had  been  chosen.  It  was  questioned  whether  the  latter 
city  had  adequate  hotel  facilities  to  care  for  the  convention. 

The  Lowell  (Mass.)  Ph.  A.  elected  the  following  officers: 
President,  Fred  Howard;  vice  president,  Joseph  Routhier;  sec- 
retary and  treasurer.  Fred  K.  Burtt;  executive  committee,  R.  S. 
Donoghue,  W.  R.  Kiernan  and  Charles  Devno.  Professor 
Charles  F.  Nixon,  of  Leominster,  was  the  guest  of  honor  on 
this  occasion,  which  was  that  of  the  annual  dinner. 

The  Louisville,  Ky.,  druggists'  association  has  requested  the 
Board  of  City  Commissioners  to  enact  an  ordinance  prohibiting 
druggists  from  selling  liquors  in  any  quantities,  except  for 
medicinal  purposes,  and  then  onlv  on  the  prescription  of  a 
regular  practising  physician.  A  fine  of  not  more  than  SI 00 
nor  less  than  $25  is  the  penalty  proposed  for  each  offense. 

The  Albany  (X.  Y.)  Drug  Club  has  elected  the  following, 
officers:  President,  W.  T.  Morris;  vice  president,  Albert  L. 
Frederick,  and  secretary-treasurer,  Frank  J.  Smith.  The  an- 
nual banquet  followed  the  election  and  at  this  function  Edwardi 
Loeb,  the  retiring  president,  presided.  The  speakers  were 
Mayor  Joseph  W.  Stevens,  President-elect  ^Morris,  Charles  Gib- 
son. Senator  Samuel  A.  Jones,  Dr.  Erastus  Corning,  Secretary' 
of  State  Francis  M.  Hugo  and  others.  Mr.  Gibson  urged  the| 
repeal  of  the  Boylan  law.  ' 

The  Rexall  club  of  New  Jersey  held  a  meeting  at  .Atlantic 
City  recently  and  elected  John  A.  Schult,  of  Trenton  nresident. 
Mr.  Schultz  was  also  made  chairman  of  the  special  service^ 
committee.  The  club  is  composed  of  117  druggists.  It  was, 
decided  at  the  meeting  that  newspaper  advertising  is  practically' 
the  only  advertising  which  gives  the  retail  druggist  desired  re- 
sults.   The  consensus  was  against  house-to-house  distributions. 

Norfolk,  Portsmouth  and  Berkley,  \'a.,  druggists  and  drug 
clerks  met  recently  at  the  jNIonticello  hotel,  Norfolk,  and  or- 
ganized as  a  permanent  association  for  the  purpose  of  fighting! 
price  cutting  in  the  drug  business.  The  members  will  en-j 
deavor  to  get  rational  prices  on  goods  now  cut  to  the  point  of' 
no  profit.  O.  M.  Jones  was  elected  temporary  chairman;  R.  L.' 
Francis,  secretary,  and  G.  R.  Taylor,  treasurer.  A  campaign,' 
for  members  will  be  conducted. 


J.  S.  MERRELL  DRUG  CO.  70  YEARS  OLD 

The  J.  S.  Merrell  Drug  Co.,  of  St.  Louis,  recently  celebrated 
the  70th  anniversary  of  its  existence  by  placing  a  full  page 
advertisement  in  each  of  the  city  papers  announcing  the  fact^ 
In  the  ad.  the  statrimnt  was  made  that  the  concern  had  shovraj 
a  steady  growth  umL  r  the  following  rules  of  conduct:  I 


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"Never  have  secret  terms  with  people  from  whom  goods  are 
bought. 

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Golden,  L.  A.  Seitz.    After  the  show  there  w  is  ihiuiir^- 

The  St.  Louis  R.  D.  A.,  at  its  recent  aiinn.il  in.iimu  for 
the  election  of  officers,  named  Dr.  W.  A.  Ilodsilur  piesideut 
for  another  term;  B.  C.  Huger.  first  vice-president;  Otto  C. 
Hauser,  second  vice-president;  George  F.  Hausgen,  treasurer; 


'  Tk.   -         1      !    ;  iii,.i:  k.is  I"  en  in  command  for  30  years, 

and  the  tliinl  -em  ration  is  well  in  the  harness,  preparing  to 
take  coinni.md  when  the  time  comes." 

The  advertisement  also  carried  fifty-four  photographs.  Cen- 
trally grouped  were  pictures  of  J.  S.  ^Merrell,  founder,  de- 
ceased, 1SS5;  Edward  Bindschadlcr.  late  secretary,  deceased 
1010;  and  TInbert  S.  Merrell.  late  vice-president,  dccc.i.scd  1911. 
At  the  he  ld  of  li  e  aimouncement  were  the  pictures  of  Cyrus  P. 
Walbriil^e  piesnk  nt  and  general  manager;  George  B.  Merrell, 
vi(  e-]>i(  siilent.  s.iles  manager  and  house  superintendent;  and 
Mi  rnU  r  Walbridge.  second  vice-president,  city  credits  and 
In  ,1.1  of  i.ilkction  department.  Likenesses  of  other  officers — 
Hubert  ."^  Merrell,  Jr.,  secretary,  chemist  and  head  of  labora- 
tory; and  Henry  J.  Stolle.  treasurer,  country  credits  and  gen- 
eral auditor 


^Marcii.  1915] 


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133 


FROM  THE  BUSINESS  FIELD. 


r>vcK  &  Rayner.  retail  druggists,  Chicago,    will   erect  a 
S750.(X)0  fifteen-story  building  at  the  southwest  comer  of  State 
and  Adams  streets.    The  general  style  of  the  architecture  will 
,:be  modern  Spanish.    The  e.xterior  will  be  of  white  terra  cotta. 
.  A  special  feature  of  the  building  will  be  the  construction  of  20 
i  display  cases  in  the  lobby  for  the  use  of  tenant';     liuck  & 
t  Rayner  will  occupy  the  corner  store  and  basement,  wliii  h  will 
'be  of  the  most  sanitary  construction,  with  glass  and  muhie  as 
the  principal  materials.     With  this  corner  establishment,  the 
i  company  will  have  control  by  long  leases  of  three  of  the  most 
I  valuable  corners  on  State  street,  besides  five  other  stores  in  the 
'  city.    The  officers  of  the  company  are  Louis  Eckstein,  presi- 
dent: Stephen  Hexter.  vice  president,  and  Wm.  L.  Brown, 
.Charles  V.  Boynton.  C.  P.  Wheeler  and  Richard  C.  Lake,  di- 
rectors.    It  is  expected  that  the  building  will  be  ready  for  oc- 
.cupancy  by  July  1.    The  company  offered  $100  for  a  suitable 
name. 

The  Leggett  Drug  Co.  has  been  organized  to  succeed  Leg- 
gett  &  Peddie.  of  Glens  Falls.  X.  Y.    The  members  of  the  new 
» corporation  are  Fred  L.  LaSalle,  president;  E.  J.  Smith,  vice 
-president  and  treasurer,  and  F.  T.  Atwell,  secretary.    The  re- 
;  tiring  member  of  the  old  firm  is  George  Leggett.    He  has  been 
in  business  in  the  above  city  for  approximately  52  years,  and 
with  this  over  a  half  century-  of  experience,  feels  that  he  is  en- 
titled to  be  relieved  from  business  cares.    Charles  B.  Pcddie,  a 
member  of  the  old  firm,  died  Dec.  9,  last  year.    !Mr.  LaSalle, 
I  president,  has  been  with  the  business  12  years;  E.  J.  Smith, 
with  it  13  years,  had  charge  of  the  paint  and  glass  department, 
and  Mr.  .\twell,  a  graduate  of  Albany  C.  P.,  has  been  in  the 
.  retail  drug  business  16  years. 

The  Croom-Stebler-Hudsox  Drcg  Co.,  successor  to  the 
I  Carter-Mayfield  Drug  Co.,  Shreveport,  La.,  is  composed  of 
I  the  oldest  and  most  experienced  drug  men  in  that  city.  Upon 
taking  charge  of  the  business  at  the  wellknown  location,  326 
I  Texas  St..  about  two  months  ago,  the  new  company  gave  the 

I-  store  a  complete  overhauling,  and  increased  the  stock  until  now 
it  includes  every  line  to  be  found  in  the  modern  drug  store. 
W.  G.  Hudson,  formerly  general  manager  of  the  Shreveport 
I  Drug  Co.,  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  new  company  and 
also  the  general  manager.  Eniil  W.  Stebler,  also  formerly  of 
j  the  Shreveport  Co.,  is  vice-president  in  charge  of  the  prescrip- 
I  tion  end  of  the  business.  The  president  is  C.  B.  Croom,  a 
I  wellknown  banker  and  capitalist  of  IMooringsport,  La. 

I  The  Riker-Jayxes  drug  store  employes  held  their  third  an- 
1  nual  assembly  recently  in  beautiful  Convention  Hall,  where 

nearly  1.000  persons  participated.  It  was  a  very  successful 
,  affair,  and  due  in  large  measure  to  the  efficiency  of  H.  D.  Vit- 

tum.  advertising  manager  for  the  company.     .Associated  with 

him  on  the  general  committee  were  the  foil-  m  _  i,  ^  .n^  and 
I  the  names  of  the  committee  they  serveri  1 1  F, 

Nickerson.  refreshments;  G.  J.  Chambers  I  F. 

-  Sencne,  badges;  M.  E.  Adams,  hall  and  miwi-     .1    li    -j  iiiney, 

decorations;  W.  F.  Doherty,  secretary;  P.  J.  Neeson,  treasurer; 

W.  S.  Shaffer,  assistant  treasurer.    Mr.  Doherty  served  as  floor 

director. 

Joseph  Fleming  &  Sons  Co.,  druggists  of  ISIarket  street, 
,  Pittsburg.  Pa.,  were  found  guilty  in  Criminal  Court  recently  of 
selling  poisonous  drugs  destructive  to  life  in  quantities  of  five 
grains  or  under  without  inquiring  the  purpose  for  which  they 
were  to  be  used.  John  H.  Staley.  president  of  the  company, 
stated  he  had  given  orders  to  his  druggists  to  abide  strictly  by 
the  act  governing  the  sale  of  poisons.  The  jury  convicted  on 
the  third  count  in  the  indictment,  the  first  and  second  were  for 
selling  without  a  prescription  and  without  registering.  The 
drug  sold  was  heroin.  The  verdict  in  these  counts  was  not 
guilty. 

H.  K.  MfLPORD  Co.,  has  recently  purchased  the  buildings  at 
428  and  430  South  Thirteenth  St..  Philadelphia,  and  after  ex- 
tensive alterations,  have  refitted  them  as  laboratory  administra- 
tive offices,  in  which  the  general  superintendent  and  assistants 
are  located,  and  where  also  will  be  housed  the  purchasing  agent, 
cost  department,  stock  records,  etc.  The  Mulford  Co.  now 
occupies  the  entire  block  bounded  by  Waverly,  Lombard,  Thir- 
teenth to  Addison,  in  addition  to  the  block  at  11th  and  Cather- 
ine Sts.,  and  the  suburban  properties  at  Glenolden  and  Ridge- 


way,  the  latter  being  devoted  exclusively  to  the  production  of 
veterinary  biological  products. 

F.  K.  Sharp  is  the  next  "good"  druggist  to  receive  publicity 
from  Collier's  ^^'eekly.  J.  D.  Henderson,  of  Knoxville,  Tenn., 
"a  long-time  subscriber,"  recently  sent  in  to  that  publication 
the  following:  "In  your  editorial  columns  of  December  26, 
1914,  you  refer  to  an  advertising  sign  in  a  drug  store  in  To- 
peka.  K:in.  I  feel  that  it  is  right  and  proper  to  tell  you  that 
Toin  ka  has  nothing  on  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  as  there  has  been  for 
fiHir  ye:us  :i  siijn  in  a  prominent  place  in  the  store  of  F.  B. 
Sliaip,  druggist,  which  reads  as  follows:  "If  you  are  sick 
enough  to  take  medicine,  consult  a  physician.  Advertising,  not 
merit,  sells  most  of  the  patent  medicines." 

The  Read  Drug  and  Chemical  Co.,  of  Baltimore,  which 
conducts  several  stores  in  different  parts  of  the  city,  gave  its 
employes  an  entertainment  at  the  Liberty  and  Lexington  street 
establishment  on  February  5.  A  few  invited  guests  also  were 
present.  Luncheon  was.  served,  for  which  the  tables  were  ar- 
ran.ged  in  the  shape  of  a  physician's  "IJ."  Several  films  of 
motion  pictures  were  shown,  and  goodnatured  caricatures  of 
almost  every  one  in  the  gathering  were  thrown  on  the  screen. 
Talks  on  business  were  given  by  Ralph  A.  Nattans.  general 
manager  of  the  stores,  and  others. 

Charles  W.  Weltner,  a  druggist  of  Charleroi,  Pa.,  has 
gone  into  voluntary  bankruptcy,  together  with  his  son,  Ed- 
ward G.  Weltner,  a  druggist  of  Uniontown,  Pa.  The  action 
against  the,  elder  Weltner  was  brought  by  Fayette  County 
creditors.  His  assets  were  given  at  $67,000  and  his  liabilities 
at  $87,000.  That  Weltner  was  forced  into  bankruptcy  because 
of  his  coal  holdings  was  shown  by  the  recital  of  his  assets 
which  were  in  the  main  composed  of  400  acres  of  coal  land  in 
Greene  County.  His  store,  a  house  and  a  lot  were  included  in 
the  smash. 

The  New  Hampshire  Drug  Co.,  with  offices,  laboratories 
and  sales  warerooms  at  Traction  and  Canal  streets,  Manchester, 
N.  H.,  has  been  organized  as  a  new  wholesale  drug  concern.  It 
is  claimed  to  be  the  only  company  of  its  kind  between  Boston 
and  Portland.  The  personnel  of  the  company  is  as  follows: 
Walter  H.  Henry,  Boston,  president;  George  Elliott  Dunn,  vice 
president;  H.  A.  Mullikin,  treasurer.  A  completely  equipped 
bacteriological  laboratory  will  be  a  feature,  also  a  bottling 
equipment,  and  an  up-to-the-minute  system  of  storage  for  vo- 
latile chemicals. 

John  K.  Ball,  Main  street,  Carmi,  III,  druggist,  recently 
featured  a  "Booster"  contest,  which  caused  considerable  excite- 
ment in  that  city.  A  button  was  given  a  certain  citizen  of 
Carmi,  who  was  wellknown  and  anyone  who  held  a  Booster' 
coupon  in  his  hand  and  correctly  asked  for  the  Booster  Button 
would  be  given  it  by  the  citizen.  In  turn  the  button  was  taken 
to  Mr.  Ball's  store  and  traded  for  a  gold  watch,  which  was 
the  prize  awarded  in  the  contest.  The  boys  in  the  contest 
tackled  everybody  on  Main  street,  much  to  the  delight  of  the 
good  citizens  of  Carmi. 

Senator  J.  P.  Hemphill  has  introduced  two  bills  in  the 
TiMliana  Legislature  that  are  of  special  interest  to  druggists  and 
which  are  backed  by  the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  the  Indiana  State  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  and  the  State  board  of  pharmacy.  One 
bill  requires  that  all  persons  desiring  to  register  shall  be 
graduates  of  a  four  years'  course  in  pharmacy,  and  the  other 
fixes  .salaries  of  pharmacists  in  all  State  and  penal  benevolent 
institutions  at  not  less  than  .ST.t  or  more  than  $100  a  month 
and  rec|uiring  them  to  lie  legistered. 

The  Avery  Chemic.\l  Co:mpany,  makers  of  lactates,  Bos- 
ton, which  has  been  operating  under  the  laws  of  Maine,  has 
been  granted  a  Massachusetts  charter.  Under  the  Maine  laws, 
the  capital  of  $250,000,  and  the  officers  were  as  follows:  Alan 
A.  Claflin,  president:  Stanl.  y  F  1-  a itli full,  trea.surer;  and  they 
and  J.  Murray  Walker  ami  Cliailrs  L.  Gagnebin,  directors. 
The  incorporators  of  the  m  w  loinpany,  which  will  have  a 
capital  of  $280,000,  are  Messrs.  Claflin,  FaithfuII  and  Walker. 
The  Boston  office  is  at  88  Broad  street. 

The  Conrad  Grocery,  715  Washington  avenue,  St.  Louis, 
recently  announced  the  opening  of  a  drug  store  in  connection 
with  the  grocery.  This  includes  a  prescription  department.  It 
is  said  this  is  the  first  grocery  drug  store  west  of  the  Missis- 
sippi. The  drug  department  is  under  the  supervision  of  J.  A. 
W'eipert.  Toilet  articles  are  a  main  feature.  "VVe  have  been 
in  business  41  years,"  said  Fred  Conrad,  "and  this  new  depar- 
ture is  only  in  keeping  with  our  efforts  to  always  make  sub- 
stantial progress." 


134 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAIi  ERA 


[March,  1915 


The  Warren  Chemical  Products  Company,  Warren,  Pa., 
recently  received  the  largest  order  in  its  history  and  immediately 
started  operations  to  its  fullest  capacity  and  largest  working 
force.  The  plant,  which  is  one  of  Warren's  leading  industries, 
has  received  a  $500,000  order  for  gun-cotton  from  one  of  the 
warring  European  Powers.  The  plant  will  operate  both  day 
and  night  until  the  order  is  filled.  This  is  the  second  contract 
the  company  has  received  since  the  starting  of  hostilities  in  the 
old  country. 

Francisco  Trapani,  35,  a  druggist  of  226  East  29th  street, 
New  York,  recently  pleaded  guilty  in  Special  Sessions  of 
practicing  medicine  without  a  license  on  a  two-year-old  boy 
who  died  after  his  ministrations.  A  Bellevue  hospital  physician 
when  summoned,  said  the  child  was  dying  of  croup,  but  could 
have  been  saved  if  a  doctor  had  been  called  earlier.  The 
boy  died  four  hours  later  and  Trapani  gave  a  death  certificate 
to  the  undertaker,  which  was  approved  by  a  coroner's  physi- 
lian.    Trapani  was  remanded  for  sentence. 

E.  R.  Squibb  &  Sons  Co.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  were  separated  fr.  m 
$3,500  in  cash  and  $5,000  in  checks  recently,  when  a  confiden- 
tial messenger,  who  for  25  years  had  carried  the  company's 
payroll,  turned  the  funds  over  to  a  22-year-old  Squibb  employe, 
and  then  went  back  to  the  office  "to  find  out  why  the  'boss' 
had  sent  for  him."  The  clever  one  had  destroyed  all  his  "pho- 
tographs a  week  or  so  previously  and  inasmuch  as  he  had  also 
expressed  a  desire  to  visit  the  Panama  exposition,  he  may  be 
headed  in  that  direction.    Detectives  were  put  on  the  trail. 

John  A.  Patten,  a  wealthy  citizen  of  Chattanooga,  Tenn., 
a  manufacturer  of  proprietary  medicines  and  a  Methodist,  is 
suing  Harper's  Weekly  Corporation  and  McClure's  Publica- 
tions, Inc.,  for  $250,000  damages,  alleged  to  have  been  in- 
curred by  the  publication  of  an  article  published  in  Harper's 
Weekly  on  January  9.  The  case  is  an  action  for  alleged  libel 
and  was  begun  in  the  Supreme  court.  The  action  is  also  against 
Norman  Hapgood  personally.  Papers  have  been  served,  it  is 
reported. 

Herman  Friedlander,  a  druggist  of  31  13th  street,  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  was  held  in  $1,000  bail  on  a  charge  of  having  in  his 
possession  and  selling  improper  articles.  The  charge  was 
brought  by  Anthony  Comstock,  president  of  the  Society  for  the 
Prevention  of  Vice.  Together  with  a  warrant  officer,  Mr.  Com- 
stock, and  an  agent  of  the  society,  called  at  Friedlander's  store 
and  purchased  some  articles  which  they  held  as  evidence,  and 
the  arrest  followed.  Over  1,500  pieces  of  unlawful  merchandise 
were  confiscated. 

The  Neuralgyiine  Co.,  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  according  to 
the  annual  report  of  President  Weiss,  earned  a  net  profit  in 
1914  of  21  per  cent.  The  earnings  for  the  year  were  slightly 
lower  than  for  the  previous  year,  but  this  was  accounted  for 
on  the  grounds  that  the  company  always  has  had  a  large  for- 
eign trade,  which  was  necessarily  curtailed  somewhat  by  the 
European  war.  The  old  board  of  directors  were  re-elected  as 
follows:  H.  F.  Behrens,  W.  E.  Weiss,  A.  H.  Diebold,  Otto 
Schenk,  Henry  G.  Stifel,  C.  A.  Aul  and  F.  F.  Jadwin. 

Edward  H.  Hull,  who  for  the  past  four  years  has  been 
head  clerk  in  the  drug  store  of  Ward  Rees,  Elm  street,  Spring- 
field, Mass.,  has  purchased  the  interest  of  the  latter.  Some 
time  early  in  March,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rees  are  expected  to  leave 
for  California,  where  they  will  pass  several  months.  The  busi- 
ness is  of  long  standing,  having  been  established  47  years  ago. 
Mr.  Hull  is  a  graduate  of  Buffalo  University  and  has  been  a 
student  at  the  University  of  Virginia  and  the  State  Normal 
school,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Mitchell  &  Gaynor,  druggists,  Boston,  recently  suffer  J 
damage  to  the  extent  of  $2,500  by  fire  in  their  Columbus  avenue 
drug  store,  corner  of  West  Newton  street,  recently.  The  fire 
started  in  the  basement,  probably  from  spontaneous  combustion, 
and  it  was  necessary  to  chop  up  some  of  the  floor  of  the 
store  to  fight  it.  Miss  Sue  Forsyth,  one  of  the  clerks,  who  was 
the  first  to  smell  smoke,  showed  presence  of  mind  by  putting  all 
the  books  and  private  papers  in  tlie  safe  before  leaving. 

The  Burrough  Bros.  Manufacturing  Co.,  manufacturers 
of  pharmaceuticals,  Baltimore,  has  leased  some  17,350  square 
feet  of  space  in  the  Coca  Cola  Building,  Center  Market  Space 
and  Pratt  street,  and  is  expected  to  occupy  the  new  quarters 
about  April  1.  The  building  now  used  by  the  company  was 
especially  crcrtcd  for  it  years  ago,  when  the  late  Horace  Bur- 
rough  W  IS  |ii(siil,  nt  of  the  company,  but  the  desire  to  secure 
more  iiii'Wnii  f  u  ilnics  prompted  the  change. 


The  Griswold  Drug  Co.,  capital,  $10,000,  was  recently  in- 
corporated. This  Hartford,  Conn.,  drug  business  is  that  of 
C.  R.  Griswold,  and  was  founded  in  1836.  The  officers  are: 
President  and  treasurer,  Charles  R.  Griswold;  vice  president, 
Robert  Griswold;  secretary,  John  C.  O'Neil.  Mr.  Griswold  is 
one  of  the  veterans  of  the  drug  business  in  his  city  and  w*U 
continue  to  manage  the  store  himself.  Mr.  O'Neil  has  been 
with  the  Griswold  house  10  years. 

The  Harle-Hass  Wholesale  Drug  Co.,  Council  Bluffs,  la^ 
has  elected  the  following  officers:  President,  Willoughby  Dye, 
Macedonia;  vice  president,  Chris  Straub,  Council  Bluffs;  sec- 
retary, T.  I.  Leary,  Council  Bluffs;  treasurer,  A.  J.  Faul,  Coun- 
cil Bluffs;  general  manager,  F.  H.  Garrett;  directors,  W.  Dye, 
William  Skillicom,  Glenwood;  Chris  Straub,  H.  C.  Hatlen-j 
hauer,  Council  Bluffs;  L.  I.  Edson,  Council  Bluffs;  F.  Hi 
Garrett  and  E.  J.  Raymond,  Des  Moines.  I 

South  Texas  Drug  Co.,  San  Antonio,  stockholders  at  thei* 
recent  annual  meeting  formulated  definite  plans  for  the  altera-, 
tion  of  their  building  in  conformity  with  the  city's  plan  for 
the  widening  of  West  Commerce  street.  The  following  officers 
were  elected:  President,  H.  G.  Henne;  vice  president  and  gen-' 
eral  manager,  R.  M.  Walmsley;  vice  president,  H.  V.  Schu- 
mann; secretary  and  treasurer,  S.  H.  Frieze ;  auditor  and  nian-| 
ager  of  the  credit  department,  G.  B.  Morris. 

The  Hook  Drug  Co.,  of  Lafayette,  Ind.,  has  purchased  the 
lease  on  the  building  at  Sixth  and  Main  streets.  The  lease  ha* 
nine  years  to  run.  A  few  months  ago  the  Hook  company  pur- 
chased the  William  W.  Johnson  drug  store  at  410  Main  street 
and  will  move  from  that  location  to  the  scene  of  the  new  lease 
May  1.  The  rear  end  of  the  ground  floor  of  the  leased  build- 
ing will  be  converted'  into  offices  and  will  be  rented  to  pro- 
fessional practitioners. 

The  Read  Drug  and  Chemical  Co.  has  reoccupied  its  origi- 
nal premises  at  the  southeast  comer  of  Lexington  and  Howard 
streets,  Baltimore,  Md.  This  company's  store  was  damaged  by 
fire  some  time  ago,  since  when  it  has  been  occupying  the  old 
Philipsbom  store  at  the  southeast  corner  of  Lexington  a->d 
Liberty  streets.  The  burned  building  has  been  remodeled  and 
is  now  practically  "as  good  as  new."  The  formal  opening  was 
attended  by  many. 

The  L.  F.  Brown  Pharmacy,  600  Washington  avenue, 
southeast,  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  was  visited  by  yeggs  recently, 
who  were  unable  to  get  the  safe  open  with  one  charge  of  nitro- 
glycerine. They  put  in  a  second  charge,  which  when  it 
went  off,  blew  out  the  drug  store  windows,  threw  a  school 
teacher  upstairs  out  of  bed  and  aroused  the  neighborhood  for 
three  blocks  around.  It  also  opened  tlie  safe.  The  booty  con- 
sisted of  $200  in  cash  and  stamps.  ; 

The  Hausman  Drug  Co.,  recently  of  Trinidad,  Col.,  where 
]Mr.  Hausman  has  conducted  three  stores,  also  a  jobbing  busi- 
ness, has  just  opened  a  beautiful  store  in  Pueblo.  .\  30-foot' 
soda  fountain  and  a  pretty  balcony  are  features.  The  Pueblo' 
store  is  under  the  management  of  W.  H.  Gordon.  It  is  lo- 
cated at  Fourth  and  Main  streets.  The  public  made  n  in- 
spection of  the  establishment  upon  the  occasion  of  its  opening. 

J.  D.  Humphrey  &  Son,  Huntsville,  Ala.,  have  opened  a 
beautiful  new  drug  store  in  the  recently-erected  Twickenham 
hotel  building  in  that  city.  The  opening  day  was  a  gala  occa- 
sion and  the  store  was  thronged  with  visitors.  The  soda  foun- 
tain, a  modern  sanitary  apparatus,  is  in  the  charge  of  Earf 
Davidson,  a  native  of  Huntsville,  who  has  had  considerable 
experience  at  some  of  tlie  largest  fountains  in  the  South. 

— The  Louis  K.  Liggett  Co.,  of  Boston,  has  leased  the 
store,  basement,  and  subway  store  in  the  building  446-S  Fulton 
street,  corner  of  Hoyt  street.  Brookl>-n,  for  a  long  tenn  of 
years  and  at  a  rental  aggregating  about  $500,000.  The  premises 
are  now  occupied  by  .Vcker,  Merrall  &  Condit,  and  after  ex- 
tensive alterations  the  Liggett  Co.  will  take  possession  about 
July  1. 

Wagner  &  Pool,  druggists,  Morris,  111.,  have  been  made  a 
free  dispensary  for  silver  nitrate,  in  individual  tubes;  diph- 
theria antitoxin,  typhoid  vaccine,  free  antiblindness  treatment 
packages,  free  pamphlets  containing  advice  and  regulations 
ancnt  contagious  diseases;  also  diphtheria,  typhoid  and  tuber- 
culosis laboraton,'  examination  outfits.  Every  city  in  the  State 
will  have  such  a  feature. 

C.  E.  Scarr,  who  conducted  a  drug  store  in  South  Omaha, 
Neb.,  for  22  years,  and  who  two  years  ago  disposed  of  the 
establishment,  has,  after  traveling  extensively  in  the  East  and 


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South,  decided  that  there  is  no  place  like  South  Omaha,  and 
has  again  entered  the  drug  business  in  that  city.  His  partner 
is  his  former  head  prescription  clerk,  Joseph  ("Joe")  Peschek, 
and  the  firm  is  known  as  the  C.  E.  Scarr  Drug  Co. 

The  R.  a.  CARmcH.^EL  Co.,  manufacturers  of  toilet  prepara- 
tions, Detroit,  Mich.,  has  had  a  prosperous  year,  according  to 
reports  presented  at  its  annual  meeting.  R.  A.  Carmichael 
was  re-elected  president  The  other  officers  are :  J.  T.  Belanger, 
vice  president;  J.  A.  Stuart,  secretary  and  treasurer;  directors, 
M.  W.  Allen,  The.  Beyster,  Ora  Labadie,  W.  J.  Carlyle  and  the 
officers. 

Woodward,  Ci~\rke  &  Co.,  druggists,  Portland,  Ore.,  won 
the  suit  brought  against  them  by  Carl  Hayne-.  who  clair„:d 
$50,000  damages,  alleged  to  have  been  incurred  by  the  breaking 
up  of  his  home,  etc.,  because,  as  he  charged,  his  wife  had  taken 
laudanum  obtained  from  the  defendants.  The  husband  charged 
that  the  company  had  sold  the  laudanum  with  malicious  intent. 
The  judge  directed  a  verdict  for  the  defendants. 

Cle\i:laxd,  Texx.,  associated  pastors  recently  asked  the  city 
council  to  close  the  drug  stores,  soda  fountains,  etc.,  on  Sunday. 
Needless  to  say,  Cleveland  merchants  are  protestinf  ""r-ticular- 
ly  inasmuch  as  the  new  ouster  law  is  being  investigated,  and 
the  mayor  intimates  that  he  will  close  all  places  of  business  on 
Sunday. 

Fred  W.  SAtrt;R,  pharmacist  of  Herkimer,  N.  Y.,  has  pur- 
chased from  the  L.  B.  Jones  estate  the  drug  business  located 
in  the  Prowse  building  in  North  street.  Mr.  Sauer  has  been 
connected  with  the  store  since  1897.  He  is  now  serving  as 
super\-isor.  He  has  also  ser\-ed  several  years  as  town  clerk  of 
Herkimer. 

The  Independent  Drug  Co.,  Chicago,  has  leased  the  store 
just  north  of  that  occupied  by  C.  D.  Peacock  at  the  northeast 
comer  of  Adams  street.  It  fronts  281^2  feet  with  a  depth  of 
147  feet  and  a  width  of  35  feet  in  the  rear  part.  The  lease  is 
for  a  term  of  12  years,  and  the  terms  are  said  to  provide  for  a 
term  rent  of  appro.ximately  $350,000. 

— The  .•\meric.\n  Druggists'  Fire  Insurance  Co.  held  its 
annual  stockholders'  and  directors'  meetings  at  the  Hotel  Gib- 
son, Cincinnati,  recently,  the  board  and  officers  being  re-elected 
A  good  year  was  reported,  in  spite  of  adverse  conditions,  and 
prospects  for  even  better  business  during  1915  were  remarked 
upon. 

The  Mount  Holly  (N.  C.)  Drug  Co.  has  been  placed  in 
the  hands  of  a  receiver.  Liabilities  are  estimated  at  $3,500  or 
more,  while  the  assets  consist  of  stock  of  drugs  and  fixtures. 
This  company  was  incorporated  several  months  ago,  with 
Lawrence  W.  Jenkins,  president,  and  R.  F.  Grice,  secretary 
and  treasurer. 

Bl-rroughs  Wellcome  &  Co.'s  New  York  Branch  has 
moved  its  exhibition  rooms,  offices  and  city  order  department 
to  more  up-to-date  and  commodious  premises  at  18  to  20  East 
41st  Street.  The  new  premises  are  very  centrally  located,  V  - 
ing  but  half  a  block  east  of  the  New  York  Public  Library  and 
convenient  to  the  Grand  Central  Subway  Station. 

The  Paris-Wood  Drug  Co.,  operatmg  two  stores  in  Colorado 
Springs,  Colo.,  has  dissolved,  W.  W.  Wood  of  the  firm  taking 
over  the  Opera  House  BIocr  store  '  hich  he  will  operate  under 
the  name  of  the  Wood  Drug  Co.  A.  R.  Paris,  the  other  mem- 
ber of  the  old  firm,  has  taken  over  the  Acacia  Hotel  store 
and  will  operate  it  under  the  narr.ci  (.'f  tiie  ?ari.s  Drug  Co. 

The  SpuTtLOCK-NEAL  Co.,  wholesale  drugsists,  Nashville, 
Tenn..  had  its  entire  sales  force  in  that  city  recently  for  annual 
conference.  The  stockholders  met  on  the  same  day  and  follow- 
ing the  business  of  each  contingent,  officers,  stockholders  and 
salesmen  gathered  in  a  private  dining  room  of  the  Commercial 
club  and  enjoyed  a  "spread." 

The  Southern  Pharmaceutical  Co.,  Nashville,  Tenn.,  re- 
cently announced  that  it  will  place  27  vaccines  on  the  market 
early  in  April.  The  company  was  established  in  Nashville 
about  a  year  ago,  with  a  capital  of  $1,000,000.  It  was  founded 
on  the  co-operative  plan  and  many  druggists  and  physicians 
throughout  the  State  took  stock. 

The  Rasmussen  Drug  Co.  is  the  style  of  the  company  which 
will  establish  a  drug  store  in  the  comer  building  of  the  Wells 
block  on  Main  street,  Aberdeen,  S.  D.  Roy  E.  and  E.  D. 
Rasmussen  are  the  members  of  the  new  firm.  The  former  has 
been  associated  with  the  Lacey  drug  store  for  11  years.  The 
latter  is  a  successful  business  man. 

The  Riker-Jaynes  Drug  Store,  Holyoke,  Mass.,  has  occa- 


sioned some  discussion  in  union  circles  by  having  a  postal  sub- 
station installed.  Because  the  store  was  considered  unfair  to 
labor,  a  resolution  was  adopted  to  that  effect,  protesting  against 
the  installation  of  the  station,  and  copies  were  sent  to  the  local 
postoffice  and  to  the  postmaster-general. 

Charles  H.  Scarborough,  proprietor  of  drug  stores  in  Lan- 
caster, Pa.,  Philadelphia  and  Wilmington,  Del.,  has  sold  the 
Lancaster  store  to  Clyde  H.  Cooper,  the  present  manager.  Mr. 
Cooper  graduated  from  Philadelphia  C.  P.  in  1903  and  has 
been  with  the  store  for  the  past  19  years.  He  has  been  its 
manager  for  the  past  nine  years. 

John  P.  Fravvley,  Bangor,  Me.,  has  again  returned  to  ma- 
hogany as  the  material  of  his  store  fittings.  The  new  soda 
fountain,  wall  fixtures,  etc.,  are  of  that  wood.  Before  the  fire, 
which  almost  destroyed  his  store  some  years  ago,  Mr.  Frawley 
had  expensive  and  handsome  mahogany  fixtures.  After  the 
fire  he  fitted  the  store  in  white  enamel. 

Richardson  Drug  Co.,  Omaha,  Neb.,  stockholders  recently 
elected  as  directors  C.  F.  Weller,  H.  S.  Weller,  F.  C.  Patton, 
E.  P.  Ellis  and  J.  W.  Fisher.  Officers  elected  are:  Charles  F. 
Weller,  president  and  general  manager;  H.  S.  Weller,  vice 
president  and  assistant  general  manager;  F.  C.  Patton,  trea- 
surer, and  E.  P.  Ellis,  secretary. 

The  Cash  Drug  Store,  Longview,  Texas,  has  been  ..ild  by 
E.  G.  Spinks  to  Dr.  W.  M.  Cole  and  W.  H.  Terreu,  oi  Long- 
view.  Mr.  Terrell  has  been  manager  of  the  Motley  Drug  Co. 
for  several  years  and  Dr.  Cole  has  been  a  practicing  physician 
for  many  years. 

Lane-Herrin  Drug  Co.,  Millen,  Ga.,  has  dissolved,  H.  O. 
Herrin  retiring  from  the  firm.  The  business  will  be  conducted 
under  the  style  of  Lane  Drug  Co.,  which,  it  is  reported,  will 
settle  all  the  former  firm's  liabilities  and  receipt  for  all  debts 
due  that  concern. 

The  Hebbard  Drug  Store,  Board  street,  Lynn,  Mass.,  has 
been  purchased  by  George  Nelson  Harris,  who  formerly  con- 
ducted a  drug  store  at  the  comer  of  Lafayette  and  Leach  streets, 
Salem,  and  who  recently  has  been  acting  as  manager  of  the 
Ropes  drag  store,  Salem. 

John  Meier,  for  30  years  in  the  drag  business  in  Columbia 
City,  Ind.,  has  disposed  of  his  interest  in  the  Meier  &  Keiser 
drag  store,  to  his  partner,  John  Keiser,  and  will  for  some  time 
take  a  much  needed  rest.  He  has  not  yet  decided  what  he  will 
do  after  he  has  quit  "just  loafing,"  as  he  put  it. 

Charles  O.  Heitkam,  a  draggist  at  1534  Central  avenue, 
Indianapolis,  is  being  sued  for  $3,000,  damages  alleged  to  have 
been  incurred  by  the  plaintiff  when  she  "painted"  her  face 
with  carbolic  acid,  which  she  claims  she  had  purchased  at 
the  defendant's  drug  store  for  decolorized  iodine. 

Robes'son-Pettet  Co.,  Louisville,  Ky.,  officers  and  employes 
were  the  guests  recently  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  of  Indianapolis,  at  a 
banquet  at  the  Watterson  hotel.  C.  M.  Harmon,  the  Louisville 
representative  of  the  host,  had  the  affair  in  charge. 

The  Crane  Drug  Co.,  Portand,  Mich.,  in  its  annual  report 
to  the  secretary  of  state  recently  named  these  directors:  Presi- 
dent, G.  W.  Allen;  vice  president,  G.  D.  Allen;  secretary-trea- 
surer, A.  A.  Mack;  C.  D.  Tomy  and  G.  W.  Rice. 

The  Wolpe  Drug  Co.  recently  opened  its  store  for  business 
at  the  southwest  corner  of  Central  avenue  and  Adams  street, 
Phoenix,  Ariz.  Both  wholesale  and  retail  departments  will  be 
conducted. 

The  Owl  Drug  Co.'s  business  in  New  Decatur,  Ala.,  has 
been  sold  to  Dillehay  Bros.,  B.  E.  Praitt  and  E.  P.  Gilbert,  who 
will  conduct  it  in  the  future.  The  Owl  Drag  Co.  owns  a  drag 
store  at  Decatur,  which  will  be  continued  under  the  old  style. 

Clarence  G.  Anderson  has  moved  his  drug  .store  back  to 
his  former  location  on  Sixth  street.  East  Liverpool,  O.,  and 
now  has  one  of  the  most  complete  and  prettiest  pharmacies 
in  his  section  of  the  State. 

L.  H.  Coley's  drug  store  in  the  Pittsfield  (111.)  house  block 
has  been  opened  with  E.  H.  West  in  charge.  The  store  is 
handsomely  equipped  and  decorated,  and  carries  a  splend'J 
stock  of  goods. 

The  Chester  E.  Saw\t;r  Co.,  draggists,  Huntington  avenue 
and  West  Newton  street,  Boston,  suffered  a  loss  of  $300  from 
fires  which  broke  out  on  the  afternoon  of  Feb.  4,  and  again 
early  in  the  morning  following,  but  were  quickly  subdued. 

Pegram  Patton  Drug  Co.,  Birmingham,  Ala.,  stockholders 
recently  elected  the  following  officers:  President,  W.  E.  Pegram; 


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vice  president,  A.  E.  Patton,  and  secretary  and  treasurer,  E.  R. 
Smith. 

The  Nyal  Company  of  Michigan  has  been  granted  a  license 
to  operate  in  Missouri.  The  capital  stock  of  the  company  is 
$2,500,000,  of  which,  $34,345  is  to  be  employed  in  Missouri, 
with  office  and  headquarters  in  Kansas  City. 

Frank  Leimeier,  of  Chicago,  has  purchased  'the  $10,000 
drug  store  stock  of  the  late  C.  W.  Watson,  of  Belvidere,  111. 
Mr.  Leimeier,  who  is  a  druggist,  will  move  his  family  to  Belvi- 
dere in  the  near  future. 

Walter  Burke,  James  Moran  and  James  H.  Carr,  druggists 
of  Clinton,  Mass.,  are  all  in  the  race  for  the  office  of  town 
clerk.  Mr.  Carr  has  been  town  clerk  for  13  years  and  is  seek- 
ing re-election. 

The  Sledge  Drug  Co.,  of  Tunica,  Miss.,  organized  in  that 
city  two  years  ago,  has  filed  a  petition  in  bankruptcy,  sche- 
duling assets  of  $5,000,  and  $2,500  liabilities. 

The  Howe  (Nebr.)  Drug  Store  recently  closed  up  for  want 
of  business.  The  town  will  be  without  a  pharmacy  unless  some 
of  the  farmers  finance  the  enterprise. 

The  Reycroft  Drug  Co.,  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  and  its 
employes  have  been  fined  a  total  of  $900  for  alleged  violations 
of  the  liquor  laws. 

The  Columbus  Pharmacy,  Main  avenue  and  Washington 
street,  Spokane,  Wash.,  was  visited  by  thieves  recently  who 
stole  a  sign  from  its  fastenings. 

The  Crescent  Pharmacy,  J.  B.  Forbes  and  J.  A.  Jones, 
proprietors,  has  been  moved  into  one  of  the  stores  in  the  Becker 
building,  Columbus,  Ga. 

W.  G.  McAllister  has  sold  his  drug  store  at  Belmont,  O., 
and  will  move  shortly  to  his  farm  east  of  that  town.  S.  L. 
Murphy  was  the  purchaser. 

A.  E.  McViCAR,  who  has  conducted  a  store  for  several  years 
at  500  East  Douglas  avenue,  Wichita,  Kan.,  has  leased  a  st  re 
in  the  Mead  building,  in  the  first  block  on  North  Market  street. 

The  Lehman  Medicine  Co.,  of  Nappanee,  Ind.,  has  been 
sold  to  Wilson  Roose  and  E.  C.  Zeisel,  of  Elkhart. 

Michael  Hennes,  for  three  years  with  the  Gillespie  Drug 
Co.,  St.  Joseph,  Mich.,  has  purchased  the  Parish  drug  store, 
Kalamazoo. 

The  Caton  Pharmacy,  Catonsville,  a  suburb  of  Baltimore, 
Md.,  was  damaged  by  fire  attributed  to  mice  gnawing  matches 
on  the  night  of  February  10. 

G.  E.  Blayney  &  Son  recently  opened  a  drug  .store  in  Fair- 
field, 111.,  they  having  come  from  Elkhart,  Ind.,  for  that  pur- 
pose. 

Carl  Schw.\rtz  has  become  a  part  owner  of  the  Peoples' 
drug  store,  Cadillac,  Mich.,  having  purchased  the  interest  of 
E.  H.  Liephart. 

•  E.  W.  O'Hanlon,  druggist  of  Winston-Salcm,  N.  C,  will 
erect  a  six-story  steel  store  and  office  building,  99  by  35,  fire- 
proof, and  to  cost  $70,000. 

The  Corner  Drug  Store,  Hattiesburg,  Miss.,  has  had  an 
involuntary  petition  in  bankruptcy  filed  against  it,  one  of  the 
creditors  demanding  $4,500,  money  loaned. 

John  Wyeth  &  Brc,  Inc.,  manufacturing  chemists,  Bos- 
ton, were  recently  robbed  of  morphine,  cocaine  and  heroin, 
valued  at  $300. 

Joseph  F.  Mulcahy,  a  Leominster,  Mass.,  druggist,  was  re- 
cently found  not  guilty  by  a  jury  of  the  charge  of  keeping 
liquor  in  his  store  and  that  the  same  was  sold  there. 

Brewer  &  Co.,  Worcester,  Mass.,  held  its  fourth  annual 
gleefest  recently,  employes  from  all  departments  and  the  heads 
of  the  firm  participating  in  the  glee. 

Charles  G.  Jackson,  druggist  at  Grinnell,  la.,  has  sche- 
duled liabilities  in  the  sum  of  $5,944  and  assets  aggregating 
$4,057. 

J.  M.  WwN  hn.s  pnrrli:ised  the  drug  business  of  the  Live 
Oak  Drug  Co  ,  Li\  .  <  )  d:  1  l.i.,  from  D.  D.  Musgrove,  to  whom 
he  sold  it  a  sh.ii  i  i  mi    i  - 

The  Hospn  \i  Si  i  i  i  >  i  n  Ims  rented  a  .store  in  the  building 
of  E.  D.  T.iit,,  M,,  v,„,ih  -i  ,^..u.  tlx-  Latta  Arcade,  Char- 

lotte, N.  « •.  .111.1  «  ill  ..p..,,  I  diuu  store. 

_The  C'l.AKki.  C.w  Co,  I'liilailcliillia,  manufacturers  of  drug- 
gists' tin  ware,  has  purchased  the  plant  and  equipment  of  the 
Taite  &  Sisler  Co.,  and  will  manufacture  similar  goods. 


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W.  Frazer;  sulphuric  and  nitric  acids,  W.  iM.  Grosvenor;  salt 
and  hydrochloric  acid,  O.  L.  Shinn;  elements  and  compounds, 
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electrochemical  industries,  W.  L.  Landis;  lime,  cement  and 
plaster,  Richard  K.  Meade ;  clay,  bricks  and  potter>',  Allen 
Rogers;  glass,  James  Gillinder;  white  lead,  G.  W.  Thompson; 
zinc  oxide,  George  B.  Heckel;  pigments  and  paint  oils,  Maxi- 
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of  iron  and  steel,  Bradley  Stoughton :  fertilizers,  A.  G.  Still- 
well;  commercial  organic  chemicals,  Allen  Rogers;  illuminating 
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F.  E.  Dodge;  petroleum  industry,  Thos.  T.  Gray;  destructive 
distillation  of  wood.  W.  B.  Harper ;  oils,  fats,  and  waxes,  Carleton 
Ellis;   linseed  oil,  G.  W.  Thompson;   hydrogenation  of  oils, 

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powders,  Lincoln  Burrows;  glycerin.  .\.  C.  Langmuir;  laun- 
dering, W.  F.  Faragher;  essential  oils,  synthetic  perfumes  and 
flavoring  materials,  .-Xlois  von  Isakovics;  resins,  oleoresins,  gum 
resins  and  gums,  Allen  Rogers;  shellac.  A.  C.  Langmuir;  rub- 
ber and  allied  gums.  Frederic  Dahnerth ;  varnish,  A.  H.  Sabin; 
sugar,  Guilford  L.  Spencer;  starch,  glucose,  dextrin  and  gluten, 
G.  W.  Rolfe;  brewing  and  malting,  Robert  ^^'ahl:  wine  making, 
X.  Hjelte  Claussen;  distilled  liquors.  Gustave  L.  Goob;  textiles, 
J.  Merritt  Matthews;  dyestuffs  and  their  application.  L.  A. 
Olney;  art  of  paper  niakinc  C.  V.  Lull;  cellulose  industries, 
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Rogers;  vegetable  tanniiiL;  r  ii  viils.  Jnhn  Y.  Yocum;  glue 
and  gelatine,  Jeroiiie       x.indrr ;  casein,  E.  L.  Tague. 

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DIGF.ST  ni   idMMFXTS  ON  THE  PHARMACOPOEIA  OF  THE 
UNi  ri  I)   ."^1  \  ri  S    (Sth  decennial   revision)   and  on  the  Na- 
tioii.il    I  .Mimil.iiy    (4th   revi.^^ion)    for  the  calendar  year  1913. 
8  vo.,  511  pages.    lUillctin  No.  98,  Hygienic  Laboratory,  Wash- 
ington.    Government  Printing  Office. 
This,  the  ninth  bulletin  of  the  series  prepared  by  Messrs. 
"Moii'-r  and  ^^'ill)ert,  represents  a  more  or  less  comprehensive 
I'll  ,  lion  Ml  ill,  nilical.  phannaceutical  and  chemical  literature, 
in  ,inv  \\,i>  n  litiiiL;  to  pharmacopoeial  subjects,  published  dur- 
ini;  the  year  I'M.v    This  literature,  according  to  the  compilers, 
"is  particularly  interesting  because  the  revision  work  on  the 
Pharmacoiiocia  and  on  the  National  Formulan.-  is  reported  to 
be  practically  completed,  and  the  manuscripts  for  both  books 
are  about  ready  for  the  press."    In  relation  to  the  effort  that 
has  been  made  to  incorporate  in  the  volume  the  results  of  analy- 
sis included  in  the  published  reports  of  State  food  and  drug 
commissioners,  it  is  stated  that  "these  reports  clearly  show  the 
need  of  more  adequate  control  of  the  medicine  supply  business." 


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137 


The  completion  of  this  volume  brings  the  material  practically 
up  to  date,  and  we  agree  with  the  compilers  th  t  the  possibility 
■of  completing  the  compilation  of  the  material  for  future  bulle- 
tins within  a  very  reasonable  time  after  the  close  of  the  calendar 
year,  should  make  these  publications  of  value  to  a  greater  num- 
ber  of  persons  interested  directly  or  indirectly  in  tlie  control  of 
medical  supplies. 

APPUED  AND  ECONOMIC  BOTANY.    Especially  adapted  for 
the  use  of  students  in  technical  schools,  agricultural,  pharma- 
ceutical and  medical  colleges,  and  also  a  book  of  reference  for 
chemists,  food  analysts,  and  students  engaged  in  morphological 
and  physiological  study  of  plants.    By  Henry  Kraemer,  Ph.  B. 
(in  chemistry).   Ph.   M.    (in  pharmacy).  Ph.   D.    (in  botany). 
Professor  of  botany  and  pharmacognosy,  and  director  of  the 
microscopical  laboratory  in  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy; member  of  the  Revision  Committee  of  the  Pharmacopoeia 
of  the  U.  S.,  etc.     8  vo.,  806  pages,  cloth,  $5.     Published  by 
the  author,  145  No.  Tenth  st.,  Philadelphia. 
The  author  of  this  work  is  wellknown  to  pharmacists  through- 
out the  countr>'  as  a  thorough  and  competent  botanist,  and 
none  is  more  cognizant  of  the  various  problems  in  the  technical 
field  that  need  the  assistance  of  the  trained  botanist  in  finding 
their  solution.    Thus,  for  die  student,  to  quote  the  author,  "a 
rather  extended  knowledge  of  botany  and  a  very  thorough  pre- 
paration in  certain  phases  of  botanical  work  are  absolutely  re- 
quired in  order  to  prepare  him  to  meet  and  solve  the  problems 
that  arise  in  the  commercial  world.    Many  of  the  commercial 
problems  tliat  are  held  to  be  chemical  and  which  are  handed  to 
the  chemist  for  solution  are,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  of  a  botanical 
character  and  can  be  solved  with  less  expense  and  less  time  by 
the  trained  botanist.    What  is  really  needed  is  the  trained  ana- 
lyst, who,  while  proficient  with  chemical  methods  is  thoroughly 
versed  in  microscopic  technique.  .  .  .  Nearly  all  of  the  prob- 
lems upon  which  one  is  liable  to  be  consulted  in  active  practice, 
whether  they  involve  new  processes  of  manufacture  or  the  ex- 
amination of  finished  market  material,  show  at  the  outset  that 
the  analyst  must  have  a  ver>'  thorough  knowledge  of  the  cell 
constituents  and  the  tissues  composing    the    raw  material." 
Here,  then,  is  the  reason  for  this  book,  and  in  following  the 
author  through  the  various  chapters,  we  must  confess  that  he 
has  closely  adhered  to  that  object  throughout. 

More  than  one-half  of  the  material  presented  in  the  book  is 
devoted  to  the  study  of  cell  contents,  forms  of  cells,  and  the 
outer  and  inner  morphology  of  higher  plants.  The  facts  and 
illustrations  presented  cover  not  only  the  latest  researches  on 
their  morphologj-,  origin,  and  distribution,  but  also  the  most 
recent  advances  in  regard  to  their  chemical  nature.  In  the 
practical  examination  of  the  crude  materials  of  the  market  one 
finds  more  or  less  contamination  with  fungi,  lichens,  and  other 
lower  plants,  and  these,  with  the  morphology  of  the  higher 
plants  are  succinctly  treated  in  Chapter  I.  The  chapter  on 
classification  of  higher  plants  is  quite  extended  and  illustrated 
with  a  large  number  of  photographs,  showing  not  only  many 
interesting  wild  plants,  but  the  principal  economic  plants  that 
are  used  as  foods,  drugs,  and  for  other  economic  purposes. 
There  is  a  chapter  on  nomenclature  showing  the  derivation  of 
botanical  names  and  their  correct  spelling,  and  chapters  on  the 
cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  and  microscopical  technique. 
Taken  all  in  all,  some  of  the  author's  best  work  is  reflected  in 
this  book,  and  in  his  grasp  and  presentation  of  the  fundamental 
facts  of  his  subject  he  has  displayed  not  a  little  ability  in  pro- 
ducing a  work  that,  though  technical,  is  highly  interesting. 
The  index  contains  some  6,000  titles,  while  the  volume  is  fully 
illustrated,  the  424  plates  comprising  about  2,000  figures. 

EXPORTERS'  ENCYCLOPAEDIA,  llth  (1915)  edition.  Contain- 
ing full  and  authentic  information  relative  to  shipments  for 
every  country  in  the  world.    1,152  pages,  cloth,  S7.50  (includ- 
ing monthly  corrections  and  the  Exporters'  Review  for  the  cal- 
endar year).     New  York.    Exporters'  Encyclopaedia  Co. 
This  book  is  one  which  will  appeal  to  every  manufacturer 
who  has  or  is  aiming  to  have  an  export  business.    That  it  has 
fulfilled  its  mission  in  previous  years  is  shown  by  the  fact  that 
it  is  practically  indorsed  by  all  of  the  steamship  lines,  export 
houses,  forwarders  and  leading  manufacturers  throughout  the 
country.    Among  other  things  it  tells  the  exporter  how  to  make 
shipments  to  every  foreign  countr>'  in  full  security  against  de- 
lays, fines,  annoyance  to  customers;  of  practical  routes  to  every 
place;  full  information  concerning  bills  of  lading  and  nearest 
ports,  consular  regulations,  payment  of  freights,  and  of  every 
practical  route  from  the  United  States  to  every  foreign  coun- 
try.   New  features  embody  matter  relating  to  war  risk  insur- 
ance, contraband  of  war,  shipping  belligerents,  etc.    In  short, 


the  book  is  so  full  of  export  information  that  no  persuasive 
effort  on  the  part  of  tlie  publishers,  or  of  any  one  else,  is 
needed  to  exploit  its  value. 

ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  SURGEON  GENERAL  OF  THE 
PUBLIC  HEALTH  SERVICE  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 
Published  by  the  U.  S.  Treasury  Department,  Washington,  D. 
C.  1914. 

This  volume  of  357  octavo  pages  gives  a  detailed  report  of 
the  United  Public  Health  Service  for  the  fiscal  year  1914  ac- 
cording to  the  following  divisions:  Administrative  organization; 
scientific  research,  maritime  quarantine,  sanitary  reports  and 
statistics,  marine  hospital  and  relief,  personnel,  and  publica- 
tions. It  is  noted  that  at  the  beginning  of  the  fiscal  year  there 
were  on  duty  46  pharmacists,  divided  as  follows:  first  class, 
16;  second  class,  24;  third  class,  6.  One  pharmacist  of  the 
second  class  and  two  pharmacists  of  the  third  class  resigned; 
one  pharmacist  of  the  third  class  was  appointed,  2  pharmacists 
of  the  second  class  were  reinstated,  and  8  pharmacists  of  the 
second  class  were  promoted,  leaving  at  the  close  of  the  fiscal 
year  46  pharmacists  on  duty,  as  follows,  first  class,  24,  second 
class,  17,  third  class,  5, 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  llth  ANNUAL  CONVENTION  OF 
THE  NATIONAL  ASSOCIATIONS  OF  BOARDS  OF  PHAR- 
MACY, held   in   Detroit,  August  24-29,  1914. 

The  volumes  issued  by  this  association  are  always  interest- 
ing to  the  individual  who  is  endeavoring  to  keep  track  of  the 
efforts  that  are  being  made  by  State  officials  in  the  matter  of 
enforcing  pharmacy  laws  and  the  examination  and  registration 
of  pharmacists.  But  to  the  board  member,  the  book  contains 
much  of  a  suggestive  and  informative  character,  as  for  example, 
the  discussion  of  methods  of  bookkeeping  for  board  secretaries, 
pages  9  and  10;  the  president's  address,  pages  13  to  15;  and 
the  several  reports  of  the  committees  on  syllabus,  legislation, 
advisory  examination,  etc.  As  is  wellknown,  one  of  the  objects 
of  the  National  Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy  is  to  pro- 
vide general  interstate  reciprocity  of  certificates  for  qualified 
registered  pharmacists,  based  upon  a  uniform  minimum  stand- 
ard of  pharmaceutical  education.  Boards  of  thirty-four  states 
are  now  active  members  and  grant  reciprocal  registration 
through  the  association. 


DENTIST'S  DIARY,  1915,  Lehn  &  Fink,  New  York. 

This  year's  issue  of  this  valuable  annual  should  appeal  to 
and  be  appreciated  by  the  average  dentist  for,  as  the  publishers 
state  on  the  title  page,  it  is  "the  book  that  breathes  the  new 
spirit  in  dentistry."  Of  course,  the  tooth  paste  specialty  con- 
trolled by  this  firm  receives  frequent  mention,  yet  from  the 
amount  of  useful  information  given,  the  book  is  far  from  being 
solely  an  advertising  medium.  In  addition  to  many  memoranda 
pages  and  monthly  calendar  pages  with  a  complete  system  of 
records,  the  book  contains  such  information  as  that  carried  in 
lists  of  abbreviated  terms  in  common  use  in  prescriptions,  com- 
mon and  scientific  names  of  many  substances,  boiling  points, 
tables  for  percentage  solutions,  weights  and  measures  equiva- 
lents, poisons  and  their  antidotes,  and  hundreds  of  useful  hints 
and  suggestions  pertaining  to  the  teeth  and  their  treatment. 
All  of  these,  so  far  as  we  have  discovered,  may  be  taken  at 
their  full  value  and  in  the  belief  that  the  material  was  collated 
and  pre-digested  by  one  who  thoroughly  understands  his  sub- 
ject. 

THE  CHEMIST  AND  DRUGGIST  DIARY,  1915. 

This  volume  marks  the  forty-seventh  year  of  this  publication, 
which  is  issued  by  the  publishers  of  the  well-known  exponent 
of  English  pharmacy.  The  Chemist  and  Druggist.  Like  its 
predecessors,  the  volume  contains  a  plethora  of  advertising  that 
would  satisfy  the  aspirations  of  almost  any  American  publisher. 
These  advertisements  cover  a  wide  field  of  products  handled  by 
the  English  pharmacist,  all  of  which  are  carefully  indexed,  the 
total  number  running  into  the  thousands.  The  professional  in- 
formation presented  also  covers  a  wide  sweep,  much  of  it  be- 
ing, as  might  be  expected  in  the  use  of  a  book  for  British 
chemists,  of  a  directory  character,  containing  telegraphic  ad- 
dresses, lists  of  organizations  in  the  United  Kingdom,  jMctro- 
politan  Medical  institutions,  physicians  and  surgeons,  postal 
information  and  the  like.  Of  general  interest  are  the  articles 
on  business  and  practice  and  the  monographs  on  the  new  Brit- 
ish Pharmacopoeia.  The  Diary  is  sent  postpaid  to  all  sub- 
scribers of  the  Chemist  and  Druggist. 


138 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[Makch,  1915 


Frederick  Stearns  &  Co.,  Detroit,  Celebrate  Sixtieth  Anniversary 


Founder  a  Contributor  to  Science  and  Patron  of  Art,  and  Pioneer  in  Pharmaceutical  Manufacturing — History  of  the  Business 

and  Company's  Personnel. 


THE  house  of  Frederick  Steams  &  Co.,  of  Detroit,  was 
founded  sixty  years  ago,  and  the  February  issue  of 
the  New  Idea  commemorates  the  anniversary  by  the 
publication  in  its  columns  of  an  interesting  sketch  of  the 
growth  of  the  company,  which  is  practically  contempora- 
neous with  the  rise  of  the 
pharmaceutical  industry  in 
this  country.  The  found- 
er was  a  pioneer,  for  he 
entered  pharmacy  when  it 
was  marking  time  and 
started  the  forward  march 
which  routed  the  preju- 
dices and  so-called  ethics 
of  that  day,  thereby  mak- 
ing possible  the  modern 
progressive  and  prosper- 
ous drug  store. 

Sixty  years  ago  a  young 
man  came  from  the  East 
to  what  was  then  the 
West.  His  name  was 
Frederick  Steams,  and  he 
arrived  in  Detroit  on 
New  Year's  day,  1855.  He 
had  been  in  the  employ  of 
one  of  the  largest  drug 
stores  in  Buffalo,  where  he 
gained  a  practical  know- 
ledge of  retail  pharmacy, 

and  had  also  attended  courses  in  chemistry  and  pharmacy  in 
the  University  of  Buffalo.  Mr.  Steams  once  said  that  his 
only  assets  at  that  time  were  "little  money,  fair  credit  and 
high  hope". 

His  first  laboratory  was  in  the  rear  of  his  store,  where 
he  m.anufactured  pharmaceuticals,  which  he  sold  to  retail 
druggists  by  making  occasional  trips  through  the  State. 
Business  increased  and  he  soon  needed  more  room  for  manu- 
facturing, and  in  1871,  after  having  suffered  two  losses  of 
$80,000  by  fire,  he  decided  to  separate  his  wholesale  and  re- 
tail business  from  his  manufacturing.  He  then  removed  his 
laboratory  to  a  building  in  Woodbridge  St.,  and  in  1876  he 
introduced  the  "The  New  Idea"  into  pharmacy  as  a  weapon  to 
fight  quackery.  He  first  offered  a  few  of  the  more  popular 
home  remedies,  printing  the  formula  upon  the  package,  together 
with  the  directions  for  use.  These  preparations  were  known 
as  Stearns'  Non-Secrets"  and  they  were  offered  to  the  re- 
tail druggist  at  a  price  which  allowed  a  good  margin  of 
profit. 

In  1899  he  commenced  the  publication  of  the  New  Idea,  a 
journal  devoted  to  commercial  pharmacy  and  given  the  title  be- 
cause "it  was  to  spread  the  news  of  the  "New  Idea"  through- 
out the  United  States."    In  1881,  in  order  to  devote  all  of  his 


Fred'k  K.  Stearns 


time  to  manufacturing,  he  disposed  of  his  wholesale  and  retail 
business,  and  soon  moved  t.o  new  quarters  on  Twenty-first  and 
Porter  streets.  In  1882  the  business  was  incorporated  with 
$200,000  capital  stock,  with  Frederick  Steams  as  president. 
In  1884,  a  branch  was  established  in  Windsor,  Ont.,  to  serve 
the  needs  of  Canadian  customers.  In  1900,  the  present  labo- 
ratory of  the  company  on  Jefferson  ave.  was  occupied,  and 
here  the  business  developed  so  rapidly  that  it  became  necessary 
to  increase  the  capital  stock  to  $2,000,000,  which  is  ten  time 
what  it  was  in  1882.  Such,  in  rapid  review,  are  some 
salient  points  or  milestones  that  mark  the  record  of  the 
ness  life  of  Frederick  Stearns  &  Co.,  and  the  story  of  its- 
achievements  substantiates  the  wellknown  theorem  that  great 
structures  can  only  be  erected  on  the  foundation  of  the  "square 
deal". 


1  times,  I 
of  the} 
e  busi-  I 


Wayland  D.  Stearns 


David  M.  Gr-w 


Fri.d'k  b.  Sti.arns 


In  the  personnel  of  the  "men  behind  the  guns",  Frederick 
Stearns  &  Co.  have  been  highly  favored,  the  founder,  who  died 
in  1907,  being  widely  known  for  his  contributions  to  science 
and  as  a  patron  of  art.  The  present  officers  of  the  company, 
whose  portraits  are  shown  on  this  page,  are :  Frederick  K. 
Stearns,  president;  Wayland  D.  Steams.  1st  vice-president  and 
general  manager;  Willard  Ohiigher,  2nd  vice-president;  David 
M.  Gray,  secretary  and  commercial  manager,  and  Frederick  S. 
Stearns,  treasurer. 

RECENT  FIRES 

At  Portland,  Ore.,  Laurelwood  pharmacy,  damage  aboutj 
$1,000. 

At  Morgan  City,  La.,  Belanger  Drug  Co.,  $14,000  loss;  in- 
surance, $10,000. 

.^t  Forest  City,  la.,  Thurston  drug  store,  loss.  $30,000. 

At  Augusta,  Ga.,  Frost's  pharmacy,  damage,  $1,000. 

.•\t  Heber  Springs,  Ark.,  Dashiel's  drug  store. 

At  Alma.  Mich.,  Charles  Rhodes,  dmggist,  $5,000. 

.\t  Fairview,  Mo.,  Miller  Drug  Co.  destroyed;  loss,  $2,500; 

iiiMUMnrr  ,.n  sl.n  k,  $1,750. 

At  Drir  .ii   Mi>l;,  Louis  K.  Liggett  Co.,  water  loss,  $20,000. 

.\t  Si  I  I'.m/c  X.  Y.    J.  A.  Vanderbelt,  $3,000. 

.\t  CluiKlan,  Li.,  Garrett  &  West's  drug  store,  windows- 
htDkiii  and  building  scorched  from  fire  nearby,  but  stock,  etc., 
r-i  iiml  witli  little  damage;  $50,000  worth  of  property  was  de- 
-II -A. a  mar  store. 

\i  r.  iltiniore,  Md.,  fire  discovered  in  two  stores  of  .Associated 
Dru.H  .Sicins  on  same  day;  damage,  insignificant. 

At  Boston,  Mass..  Mitchell  &  Gaynor's  drug  store.  Columbus 
avenue  and  West  Newton  street,  $1,000  damage. 

At  Mart,  Texas.  Hillman  drug  store,  loss.  $15,000. 

At  Paragould,  Ark  ,  G.  T.  Hopkins'  drug  store  a  complete 
loss,  $12,000,  with  $,S.000  insurance. 

At  New  York  City,  R.  P.  Lesley,  druggist;  damage,  $2,000; 
insured. 


March,  1915j 


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139 


BOTTLE  ATTACHMENT 

JOSEPH  B,  CLAYTON,  Baltimore,  Md.,  has  invented  an 
attachment  of  the  character  specified  (Patent  No. 
1,128,849),  which  comprises  a  resilient  wire  or  rod  bent 
to  form  a  series  of  spiral  coils  spaced  apart  from  each  other 
and  gradually  decreasing  in  cross  section  toward  their  inner 
end,  and  a  second  series  of  coils  at  tlie 
other  end  of  less  diameter  than  die  coils 
of  the  first  named  series  and  of  ap- 
proximately equal  diameter,  the  last- 
named  coils  being  adapted  to  engage  the 
neck  of  a  bottle  and  the  first 
named  coils  forming  an  open  frame- 
work inclosing  the  stopper  and  extend- 
ing beyond  the  same,  said  coils  being 
adapted  to  lie  one  within  the  other 
when  they  are  pressed  together  to  per- 
mit access  of  the  stopper.  A  reference 
to  the  accompanying  drawing  will 
show  the  practical  applicability  of  this 
device.  Engaging  the  neck  of  the  bot- 
tle the  coils  are  supported  in  position 
around  the  stopper,  and  by  being 
made  to  gradually  decrease  in  diameter 
toward  the  bottle  engaging  means,  the  coils  can  be  made  to 
lie  one  within  the  other  when  compressed. 

Dispensing  Bottle 
This  device,  the  invention  of  Josiah  K.  Lilly,  assignor  to  the 
Eli  Lilly  &  Company,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  (Patent  No.  1,126,040) , 
is  a  drop  dispensing  liquid  container  having  an  open  end  and  a 
single  opening  in  the  side  below  the  open  end,  and  a  flexible 
closure  member  which  is  provided  with  a  head  which  seats 


1.128,849. 


1,126,040. 

against  the  outer  end  of  the  bottle  and  solid  flexible  plunger 
body  portion  of  a  length  sufficient  to  extend  beyond  the  open- 
ing so  as  to  close  the  same  when  the  head  of  the  closure 
is  pressed  against  its  seat.  The  liquid  withiii  the  container 
is  forced  out  a  drop  at  a  time  when  pressure  is  applied  to 
the  plunger  body,  substantially  as  described. 

Mixing  Machine 
This  device,  adapted  for  many  mixing  operations,  is  the 
invention  of  Joseph  F.  Prokop,  Hay  Springs,  Neb.  (Patent 
No.  l,126.85fV  and  comprises  a  support,  a  frame  projectinj- 


1,126,859. 


laterally  from  the  ^upport,  an  upright  carried  by  the  outer 
■extremity  of  the  lateral  frame  and  extending  above  and  be- 
low the  "support,  a  rotatable  mixing  element  including  a 
flexible  shaft  operatively  engaged  with  the  support,  said 
shaft  being  adapted  for  detachable  engagement  with  the  bear 
ings  of  the  upright  of  the  frames,  and  means  for  imparting  axial 
rotation  to  the  flexible  shaft. 


PATENTS 

Granted  January  26,  1915. 

1,126,040— Josiah  K.  Lilly,  assignor  to  The  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  Indi- 
anapolis, Ind.     Dispensing  bottle. 

1,126,065— Cebert  H.  Newhall,  Philadelphia,  Pa.     Bottle  clcsure. 

1,126,172 — Rudolph  Weisbach,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  Non-rcfillable 
bottle. 

1,126,239 — John  D.  Mclntyre,  Everett,  'Mass.  Device  for  soaking 
corks. 

1,126,287— Edmund  H.  Ruehl,  New  Hamburg,  Ontario,  Canada. 
Sealing  cap  for  bottles. 

1,126,330— George  A.  Williams,  assignor  to  The  Williams  Sealing 
Corp.,  Waterbury,  Conn.     Bottle  capping  device. 

1,126,429 — Richard  Eilersen,  Copeijhagen,  Denmark.  Process  for 
making  casein  from  buttermilk. 

1,126,432— Max  Engelmann  and  Benedikt  Merkel,  Elberfeld,  Ger- 
many, assignors  to  Synthetic  Patents  Co.,  Inc.,  New  York,  N. 
Y.    Pharmaceutical  product. 

1,126,467— Harold  Hibbert,  assignor  to  E.  I.  du  Pont  de  Nemours 
Powder  Company,  Wilmington,  Del.  Method  of  condensing 
polyhydric  alcohols. 

1,126,549 — George  Kohler,  Otto  Chrzescinski  and  Hugo  Kohler,  as- 
signors to  Farbenfabriken  voim.  Friedr.  Bayer  &  Co.,  Elber- 
feld, Germany.  Beta-acetylalkyl-dialkylamins. 

1,126,601 — Robert  B.  Whitmarsh,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.    Water  bag. 

1,126,627 — Wilhelm  Gaus,  assignor  to  Badische  Anilin  &  Soda  Fabrik, 
Ludwigshafen-on-the-Rhine,  Germany.  Process  for  electrolyzing 
alkalichlorid  solution. 

Granted  February  2,  1915. 

1,126.822— Michael  J.  Milmoe,  assignor  to  W.  C.  Ritchie  &  Co., 
Chicago,  111.     Labeling  machine. 

1,126,824 — Michael  J.  Milmoe,  assignor  to  W.  C.  Ritchie  &  Co., 
Chicago,  111.     Labeling  machine. 

1,126,859 — Joseph   F.    Prokop,   Hay   Springs,   Nebr.    Mixing  machine 

1,126,926— Ferdinand  G.  Weichmann,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  assignor  to 
Fenoform  Corporation,  Hastings-upon-Hudson,  N.  Y.  Produc- 
tion of  anhydrous  reaction  products  of  phenol  and  formaldehyde. 

1,127,009— William  J.  Judd,  Hillsdale,  N.  J.  Mixer. 

1,127,144— Samuel  S.  Williamson,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Non-refillable 
bottle. 

1,127,221 — Marcus  Finkelstein,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Ice  bag  cap. 

1,127,298— Wilhelm  Siegfried,  Erfurt,  Germany.     Label  fastener. 

1,127,348 — Joseph  Bardsley,  Yeadon,  Pa.,  assignor  to  Dairymens 
Supply  Co.,  Lansdowne,  Pa     Bottle  capping  machine. 

1,127,357 — Cecil  V.  Gavaza,  Boston,  Mass.,  assignor,  by  mesne  as- 
signments, to  Gavaza  Bottle  Cap  Co.,  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass. 
Bottle  cap. 

Granted  February  9,  1915. 

1,127,384 — Frederick  R.  Adams,  assignor  to  W.  A.  Plummer  Mfg. 

Co.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.     Water  bag. 
1,127,391 — Thomas  T.  Bathurst,  Kansas  City.  Kans.     Storing  and 

dispensing  apparatus. 
1,127,452 — Eberhard  Koch,  Grosse  Tete,  La.    Turpentine  and  resin 

extractor. 

1.127.496 —  John  North,  Toledo,  Ohio.    Hair  coloring  device. 

1.127.497—  Conrad  V.  O'Malley,  Rome,  N.  Y.  Non-refillable  bottle. 
1,127,603 — Paul  Ehrlich  and  Paul  Karrer,  assignors  to  Farbwerke 

vorm.  Meister  Lucius  &  Bruning,  Hochst-on-the-Main,  Germany. 
Alkali  salts  of  the  3.3'-Diamino-4.4'-Dioxayarsenobenzcne  com- 
bined with  silver  and  process  of  making  same. 

1,127,687 — Henry  A.  Slattengren,  Lindstrom,  Minn.  Bottle. 

1,127,694— Manford  E.  Sterrett,  Burrows,  Ind.  Bottle. 

1,127,812— Sigmund  Schiff,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Capillary  bottle  stop- 
per. 

1,127,840— Thomas  L.  L.  Wilson  and  Maximilian  M.  Haff,  Ottawa, 
Canada,  assignors,  by  direct  and  mesne  assignments  to  Southern 
Investment  Co.  of  Canada,  Ltd.,  Montreal,  Canada.  Ammoniated 
acid  phosphate  and  process  of  making  same. 

1,127,871 — Jacques  Duclaux,  Paris,  France.  Recovery  of  formic 
esters  used  as  solvents  of  cellulose  compounds. 

1,127,912— -Mfrcd  Motroni,  New  York,  N.  Y.     Bottle  stopper. 

1,127,993— William  A.  Il.ivwi.ith,  Univotsal,  Ind.  Bottle. 

1,128,045— Gustaf  L.  R.  r„,ti,  ,  „,,.  fonprrs,  N.  Y.,  assignor  to 
Clarkson  A.  Collin^.  X'  i\   ^'mk.  X.  Tooth  cleaning  device. 

1,128,139— John  P.  Hoffm.ni.  All, any.  X.  V.     Tooth  brush. 

1,128,203— Clyde  F.  W.  i'  h.  1.  ."-i  ranton.  Pa.,  assignor  to  Technical 
Supply  Co.,  a  Corpor.ition  of  New  Jersey.     Bottle  top. 

Granted  February  16,  1915. 

1,128,369 — Albrecht  Srhmidt,  Gustav  Kronlcin,  and  Ernst  Runne, 
assignors  to  F.irbwerke  vorm.  Meister  Lucius  &  Bruning, 
Hochst-on-the-Main,  Germany.  Carbazol-sulfonic  acids  and 
process  of  making  same. 

1,128,452— Samuel  R.  Joffe,  Nathan  Joffe,  and  Louis  F. .  Mahle, 
Rochester,  N.  Y. ;  said  Samuel  R.  Joffe  assignor  to  said  Nathan 
Joffe.     Non-refillable  bottle. 

1,128,509— Patrick  H.  Quinn,  Somerville,  Mass, 

1,128,637— James  A.  Trimble,  Brooklyn,   N.  Y. 
solution. 

1,128,780— Christian   Il.Tnsen  .Tnd  Anton  Weindel 

many,    .T;~i(;nr,rs   to   Synthetic   Patents  Co., 

N.  Y.    Pr(Ki'^^  for  producing  acetic  acid  from  acetylene, 
1,128.804 — .Mwin    Mittasch    and   Christian    Schneider,   assignors  to 

Badische   Anilin   &    Soda   Fabrik,  Ludwigshafen-on-the-Rhine, 

Germany.    Process  of  producing  hydrogen. 


Bottle  cap. 
Hydrogen-peroxid 


Lcverkusen,  Ger- 
Inc,   New  York, 


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[Maech,  191& 


1,128,843 — Carl  Bosch  and  Alwin  Mittasch,  assignors  to  Badische 
Anilin  &  Soda  Fabrik,  Ludwigshafen-on-the-Rhine,  Germany. 
Production  of  Ammonia. 

1,128,849— Joseph  B.  Clayton,  Baltimore,  Md.    Bottle  attachment. 

1,128,951— Charles  J.  De  Coster,  West  AUis,  Wis.  Non-refiUable 
bottle. 

1,128,966— Franz  Fischer,  assignor  to  Henkel  &  Cie.,  Dusseldorf, 
Germany.     Process   of   making   peroxid   of  hydrogen. 


TRADE-MARKS 


Published  January  26,  1915. 

70,708— Barclay  &  Barclay,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Preparations  for 
dressing,  improving  and  dyeing  hair,  etc. 

72,401— McCormick  &  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md.  Witch-hazel,  blood 
purifier,  cold-cream,  etc. 

76,954 — Aktiebolaget  Grumme  &  Son,  Stockholm,  Sweden.  Mouth- 
wash, tooth-paste,  etc. 

79,634 — Jesse  D,   Kinney,  Fort  Meade,  Fla.    Dropsy  remedies. 

79,781 — ^Jeff.  Davis  Norman,  Loraine,  Texas.  Medical  compounds 
for  treatment  of  cancer,  dropsy,  etc. 

79,827 — Winner  Stock  Remedies  Co.,  Kenton,  Ohio.  Liquid  blister, 
antiseptic  powders,  etc. 

80,456 — Herman  A.  Bruckner,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.  Remedy  for  ner- 
vous disorders. 

81,125^— Border  Chemical  Co.,  Revere,  Mass.  Remedy  for  diph- 
theria, sore  throat,  pneumonia,  and  la  grippe. 

81,695,  81,696 — Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich.  Fluid  extracts, 
tinctures,  etc. 

81,895— Frederick   C.   Dilberger,  Los  Angeles,   Cal.     Remedy  for 

diseases  of  females. 
82,044 — F.  C.  Galehouse,  Taft,  Cal.    Tonic  laxative. 
82,067 — Papier  Poudre  Limited,  London,  England.  Skin  preparation. 
82,359 — Augustus  C.  Trump,  Columbus,  Ohio.    An  external  remedy 

for  headache,  colds,  catarrh,  etc. 
82,638— Antonino  Battaglia,  Glendale,  N.  Y.     Dandruff  remedy. 
82,752— Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Lip  salves  and 

rouges. 

82,794 — Lena  Rivears,  Portland,  Ore.    Cold  cream  and  skin  cleanser. 
83,174 — John   N.   Kohlerman,  Baltimore,   Md.     Restoring  color  of 
human  hair. 

83,244— Christina  Fink,  West  New  York,  N.  J.  Salve  for  external 
sores  and  burns. 

83,278 — Lavoris  Chemical  Co.,  Minneapolis,  Minn.    Dentifrice  and 

tooth-cleaning  compound. 
83,310— H.  L.  Tilly,  Memphis,  Tenn.    Hair  tonic. 
83,344— Charles  A.  Farlow,  Pueblo,  Colo.  Pyorrhea. 

Published  February  2,  1915. 

50,914 — The  Marcy  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.     Liver  remedy. 

53,255 — Isaac  Schlossberg.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  assignor  to  W.  T. 
Hanson  Co.,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.  Pills  and  tablets  for  constipa- 
tion and  sick  headache. 

73,558 — Amelia  H.  Reed,  Chicago,  111.  Blood  purifiers  and  remedies 
for  rheumatism. 

78,750— John  H.  O'Grady,  Chicago,  111.    Medicinal  compound  for 

diseases  of  the  stomach  and  intestines. 
79,596— P.   Beicrsdorf  &  Co.,  Hamburg,   Germany.     Surgical  and 

medical  plasters. 


79,718 — E.  Merck,  Darmstadt,  Germany.    Hydrogen  peroxid  in  »oU(J 

form  and  rendered  stable. 
80,907 — John  H.  Morgan,  Fresno,  Cal.    Cough  syrups. 
80,980 — Stephen  Fargo,  Cleveland,  Ohio.    Remedy  for  anemia,  pal* 

and  sallow  complexions,  nervousness,  etc. 
81,619 — Russell  Law,  assignor  to  Vecto  Chemical  Co.,  Inc.,  New 

York,  N.  Y.    Medicated  salve  for  nasal  affections. 
81,655 — West  Disinfecting  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Disinfectants 

insecticides. 

82,962— William  J.  Steele,  Baldwin,  N.  Y.  Remedy  for  diseases  of 
the  throat. 

Published  February  9,  1915. 
78,177— Harry  B.  Shuman,  Boston,  Mass.    Mouth  wash  and  tootb 
powder. 

78,326 — Samuel  M.  Heldfond,  Portland,  Ore.  Liniments,  com  re- 
mover, uric-acid  solvent,  etc. 

80,978 — Stephen  Fargo,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Salts  for  constipation, 
kidney,  liver,  and  stomach  disorders. 

81,219— Stephen  Fargo,  Cleveland,  Ohio.    Toilet  cream. 

82.377 —  Estate  of  Howard  A.  Kingdon,  deceased,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  by 
Clara  A.  Kingdon,  administratix,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  Medicinal 
compounds  for  diseases  of  women. 

82,744 — Nyal  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich.  Surgical  gauze,  absorbent  cotton, 
etc. 

83,048 — Pierre  Olivier,  Lake  Charles,  La.    Preparation  for  treatment 

of  lungs,  consumption,  etc. 
83,242— Marie  Earle,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Toilet  cream,  toilet  water, 

hair  lotion,  etc. 

83.378—  William  T,  James,  Chicago,  111.  Preparation  for  the 
throat,  and  nasal  passages. 

83,386 — Horace  Wintersmith,  Elizabethtown,  Ky.  Remedy  for 
syphilis,  gonorrhea,  gleet,  and  similar  disease's. 

83,463 — Meyers  and  Theiner,  Detroit,  Mich.     Hair  tonics. 

83,468— Frank  Walukiewitz,  La  Salle,  111.    Medicated  plasters. 

83,473 — J.  Bailey  Johnson,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  Greaseless  massage  face 
cream. 

83,531— The   Aunt    Emma's    Co.,    Waukegan,    111.      Treatment  for 

goiter. 

83,590 — MacAndrews  and  Forbes  Co.,  Camden,  N.  J.  Fire  extin- 
guishing composition. 

83.611,  83,614— Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co.,  Philadelphia.  Pa.  Uni- 

ment. 

83.612,  «,613— Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co.,  Philadelphia.  Pa.  Ver- 
mifuge. 

83,615— Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  An 

cide. 

83,624 — Julius  Schmid,  Inc.,  Astoria,  N.  Y.    Soluble  organic  sulfo 

preparations. 

Mary  Hickcy.  Oelwein.  Iowa.    Hair  tonic, 
s'  f    1  -R.ilK-rt  M.  Smith,  Hatticsbure,  Miss.  Catarrh  remedy. 
S5,:i  3  -Hiaiiu^nd  Remedy  Co.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.    Throat  pastils. 
S,^.~s^  -St(oiiol  Laboratories,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Liquid  antiseptic 
S3, SI 3 — Stephen  Farso,  Cleveland.  Ohio.    Hair  invigorator. 
83,869— The  Arlington  Chemical  Co.,  Yonkers,  N.  Y.  Medicinal 

foods. 

83,873— Benjamin  H.  Harris,  New  York.  N.  Y.    Hair  restorer  »n 
tonic. 

83.877— Knoll  &  Co.,  Ludwigshafen-on-the-Rhine,  Germany.  Laxa- 


March,  1915] 


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141 


THE  DRUG  MARKETS 


RAPID  ADVANCE  OF  COD  LIVER  OIL 


Carbolic  Acid  Marching   On  and  Upward   in  Price 

with  Salicylates,  Benzoates  and  Syn- 
thetics Trailing  After 

See  Pages  43  to  51  for  Prices  Current. 

Changes  Since  Last  Report. 

A— Acacia.  Sorts   lb.     .26  —  .28 

A— Acetphenetidin,  U.  S.  P  lb.  1.90  —  2.10 

A— Acif'    Benzoic,  German   lb.  1.20  —  1.30 

D— Acid,  Butyric,  100%   lb.  1.40  —  1.50 

A— Acid,  Carbolic,  Crystal,  bulk   lb.  1.20  —  1.30 

10  and  15  lb  cans  lb.  1.25  —  1.35 

1-lb.  bottles   lb.  1.30  —  1.40 

Crude,  10  to  90%   gal.      .40  —  .90 

C — Acid,  Chu-omic   cz.      .08  —  .10 

D — Acid,  Citric,  Crystal,  less  than  kegs  . .  lb.     .61  —  .66 

D— Acid,  Formic,  Cone,  1-lb.  bottles   lb.     .85  —  1.00 

D— Acid,  GallicJ^i,  V',  and  1-lb.  cartons  ..lb.      .85  —  .93 

D — Acid,  Hydrobromic,  concentrated,  vial  .oz.     .10  —  .12 

Dilute,  U.  S.  P.,  V.  inc  oz.      .05  —  .09 

A— Acid,  Molybdic,  C.  P  lb.  6.50  —  7.00 

D— Acid  Oleic,  Purified   lb.  —  .25 

A— Acid,  Phosphoric,  Svrupy,  85%   lb.      .40  —  .45 

Glacial,  Sticks   lb.      .60  —  .75 

A— .Acid,   Picric   lb.  1.45  —  1.75 

A— .\cid,  Pyrogallic,  i/.      and  1-lb.  cans  .lb.  1.60  —  1.90 

D— .-\cid,  Pryroligneous,  Purified   lb.      .18  —  .22 

A— -Vcid,  Salicylic,  1-lb.  cartons   lb.  1.40  —  1.45 

Bulk   lb.  1.35  —  1.40 

D— Acid,  Tannic,  Pharm.  1-lb.  cartons  lb.     .75  —  .90 

Medicinal   lb.  1.00  —  1.1" 

A— Alcohol,  Cologne  Sp.  95%,  U.  S.  P.  bbl.  gal.  —  2.60 

Less   gal.  2.80  —  2.94 

Commercial,  95%.  U.  S.  P.  Bbl.  .gal.  —  2.58 

Less   gal.  2.78  —  2.90 

Denatured,  bbl.  and  HbbI  gal.  .40  —  .50 

Less   gal.      .50  —  .60 

Methylic  (Wood),  bbl  gal.  .50  —  .60 

Less   gal.  .60  —  .70 

A— Alkanet  Root   lb.  29>  —  .32 

A— Althea  Root,  Cut   lb.  .65  —  .70 

A— Aluminum  Acetate   lb.  .80  —  .85 

A— Aluminum  Sulphate,  Cryst.,  C.  P  lb.  .45  —  .50 

D — Ammonium  Acetate.  Crystal   oz.  .10  —  AS 

D — Ammonium  Muriate   lb.  .12  —  .14 

D — Ammonium  Phosphate,  1-lb.  bottles  ...lb.  .45  —  .5C 

A — Ammonium  Salicylate   lb.  .85  —  .95 

D— Anise  Seed.  Star   lb.  .28  —  .31 

D— .\safetida,  Good,  Fair   lb.  .50  —  .65 

Powdered   lb.  .60  —  .70 

A— Atropme  Sulphate,  Y^-oz.  vials   oz.  20.00  —  25.25 

D— Balsam  Fir,  Canada   lb.  1.20  —  1.30 

Oregon   lb.  .18  —  .22 

A— Balsam,  Tolu   lb.  .65  —  .70 

D— Beans,  Tonka,  Angostura   lb.  1.75  —  1.85 

Vanilla,  Mexican,  long   lb.  5.00  —  5.75 

Short   lb.  4.00  —  4.75 

D— Beans.  Vanilla,  Bourbon   lb.  3.75  —  4.25 

D— Belladonna  Leaves,  German   lb.  1.40  —  1.50 

A— Belladonna  Root  German   lb.  1.20  —  1.35 

D— Berberine  Sulphate,  1  oz.-vials   oz.  1.75  —  1.90 

D— Cacao  Butter,  Bulk   lb.  .36  —  .42 

D— Caffeine.  Pure,  (oz.  35-40c)   lb.  4.50  —  4.75 

Bcnzoate   oz.  .50  —  .60 

Citrated   lb.  4.00  —  4.25 

Hydrochloride  (true  salt)   oz.  .50  —  .60 

Sulphate,        oz.-vials   oz.  .65  —  .70 

Valerate   oz.  .60  —  .70 

D — Calcium  Lactophosphate,  Solution   lb.  120  —  1.30 

Sulphate,  Precipitated,  Pure   lb.  .35  —  .40 

Sulphite   lb.  .14  —  .16 

D— Camphor,  Powdered   lb.  .55  —  .65 


.A— Cantharides,  Russian,  Sifted   lb.  6.50 

.A — Capsicum   lb.  .28 

Powdered   lb.  .33 

D — Cerium  Oxalate   lb.  .33 

D — Chamomile  Flowers,  Roman  or  Belgian  lb.  .50 

D — Cinchonidine,  Alkaloid,  Pure   oz.  .45 

A — Codeine   oz.  7.25 

Phosphate   oz.  6.75 

Sulphate   oz.  7.00 

D— Colchicum  Seed   lb.  .75 

Powdered   lb.  .85 

D — Copaiba,  Para   lb.  .40 

A — Cotoin,  true,  %  oz.-vials   ea. 

D— Cream  Tartar,  Powdered   lb.  .35 

D — Creosote  Carbonate   oz.  .25 

D — Cumin  Seed   lb.  .25 

D — Dextrine,  Yellow   lb.  .08 

White   lb.  .09 

D — Digitalin,  Yf.  oz.-vials   oz. 

15  grain  vials   ea.  .50 

A — Digitalis,  Leaves,  German   lb.  .28 

Powdered   lb.  33 

A — Dog  Grass,  Cut   lb.  .27 

A — Dragon's  Blood,  Pow'd   lb.  .45 

D — Elaterium  oz.  .70 

D — Ergot,  Russian   lb.  1  10 

A— Ether,  Chloric,  U.  S.  P  lb.  .45 

A — Ether,  Valeric   oz.  .80 

A — Flaxseed,  Ground   lb.  .06 

A — Golden  Seal  Root   lb.  5.25 

Powdered   lb.  5.45 

D — Guaiacol,  Liquid   lb.  2.65 

A — Guarana  Powdered   lb.  1.55 

D— Hemol   oz.  .80 

A— Henbane  Leaves,  German   lb.  .45 

Powdered   lb.  .55 

D — Hexamethylenamine   lb.  .75 

D — Homatropine  Hydrobromide   gr.  .22 

Hydrochloride   gr.  .40 

Salicylate  and  Sulphate   gr.  .40 

D — Hyoscyamine,  Amorphous,  15-gr.  vial  .ea. 

Hydrobromide   gr.  .12 

D — Ichthymol    lb.  4.25 

D — Iodine  Bromide   oz. 

A — Ipecac  Root,  Rio   lb.  3.65 

Powdered   lb.  3.80 

D — Iron  Benzoate   oz. 

A— Iron  Citrate,  U.  S.  P  lb.  .80 

and  Ammonia,  Soluble   lb.  .75 

D — Iron  Phosphate,  Gran.  1-lb.  bottles  lb.  .68 

•A — Iron  Sulphate,  Crystal,  Pure   lb.  .08 

A— Kamala   lb.  1.25 

Powdered   lb.  1.35 

D — Kola  Nuts,  Small  and  Large   lb.  .17 

Powdered   lb.  .23 

A — Ladies'  Slipper  Root    lb.  .47 

D — Lanolin   lb.  .50 

Anhydrous   lb.  .75 

A — Licorice  Root,  Russian,  Cut   lb.  .22 

D — Lithium  Bitartrate   oz. 

Bromide   lb.  2.50 

Carbonate   lb.    1.50  - 

Citrate   lb.  1.85 

Salicylate   lb.  1.80 

A — Lycopodium   lb.  1.10 

A — Magnesium  Hypophosphite,  Pure   lb.  1.75 

Metal,  Powdered   oz.  .35 

Ribbon   oz. 

A — Malva  Flowers,  Large   lb.  .55 

Blue,  Small   lb.  .50 

A — Malico  Leaves   lb.  1.10 

A— Menthol,  Crystals   lb.  3.25 

A — Mercury   lb.  1.00 

Oxide,  Red  (Red  Precipitate)   lb.  1.10 

Salicylate   oz.  ,27 


7,00 
.32 
.36 
.37 
.55 
.50 
7.50 
7.25 
7.5u 
.8,) 
.90 
.45 
3.38 
.38 
.38 
.30 
.12 
.15 
10.75 
.55 
.33 
..3' 
.30 
.65 
.75 
1.15 
.60 
.85 
.07 
5.50 
5.60 
2.75 
1.75 
.85 
.55 
.60 
.80 
.33 
.45 
.45 
3.75 
.15 
4.50 
.40 
3.85 
4.00 
.18 
.90 
.83 
.73 
.12 
1.35 
1.45 
.22 
.28 
.55 
.65 
.90 
.28 
.22 
2.60 
1.65 
1.95 
1.90 
1.2S 
1.85 
.40 
.25 
.70 
.6-* 
1.25 
3.3.^ 
1.1  ; 
1.42 
.30 


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[March,  1915 


lb. 

1.65 

D    Oil  Bergamot   

lb. 

3.80 

A  Oil  Birch   Black  (Betula)   

lb 

2.40 

X)  Oil  Cajuput   . .   

lb 

1.00 

JD — Oil  Camphor   

lb 

.22 

D    Oil  Citronella   

lb. 

.55 

A — Oil  Cod  Liver,  Norwegian   

..gal. 

1.15 

.  .ea. 

30.00 

16.00 

A — Cottonseed   Yellow  and  White   

gal 

.78 

D — Oil  Erig"ron   

lb. 

1.35 

D    Oil  Ginger 

.45 

D    Oil  Haarlem    Dutch  . 

gross 

2.50 

lb. 

1.45 

A — Oil  Lemon   

lb 

1.35 

A — Oil  Linseed,  Boiled   

.65 

Raw   

gal. 

.63 

D    Oil  Orange  Bitter   

lb. 

2.75 

A — Oil  Beppermint,  New  York   

. .  .lb. 

1.75 

lb. 

1.75 

D — Oil  Rose  Kissanlik  

12.00 

A — Uii  baiad,  Union  uil  t-o  

, 

.  .gal. 

lb. 

5.70 

A — Oil  Sassafras   

lb 

.95 

A    Oil  Thyme   Commercial  •  .... 

lb 

35 

Red  No   1   :  

lb. 

1.50 

White   

. .  .lb 

1  75 

 Oil  Wintorgrccn  Synth.  

. . .  lb. 

1.25 

j\ — Oil  Womisecd  Baltimore  

lb. 

1.55 

D — Qil  Wormwood,  American,  good  , . . 

. .  .lb. 

2.75 

lb 

8.90 

lb. 

11.50 

U.  S.  P.  Powdered   

. .  .lb. 

11.00 

X) — Pareira  Brava  Root   

lb. 

.30 

J) — Peppermint  Herb,  German   

. .  .lb. 

.50 

D — Pilocarpine,  Alkaloid,  Pure   

.05 

Hydrobromide   -  

'  gr 

.05 

fjy(irochloride   

gr 

.03 

.03 

D    Pink  Root,  True   

lb. 

.50 

,A — Poppy  Seed,  Blue  (Maw)   

...lb. 

.20 

White   

lb. 

.23 

D — Potassa,  Caustic,  Com   lb. 

.lb. 

.15 

D — Potassium  Bitartrate  (Cream  Tartar)  .lb. 

.35 

D — Potassium  Carbonate  (Pearlash)    . . 

...lb. 

.18 

lb. 

.28 

..  ,1b. 

.29 

lb. 

.33 

A — Potassium.  Chloride   

...lb. 

.22 

..lb. 

.80 

lb. 

3.20 

A — Potassium  Permanganate   

...lb. 

.28 

Pure,  Powdered   

..  lb. 

.34 

D — Potassium  Prussiate,  Red   

...lb. 

.65 

. ,  lb. 

.30 

.12 

lb. 
,  lb. 

.30 

.22 

, . ,  lb. 

1.30 

D — Quinine  Sulphate,  100-oz.  tms   

. .  .oz. 

.27 

lb. 

.20 

D — Saffron  American  (Safflower)   

...lb. 

.45 

lb. 

12.75 

A — Sage  Leaves,  Italian   

...lb. 

.26 

, .  , lb. 

.32 

lb. 

4.65 

lb. 

1.25 

D — Scopolamine  Hydrochloride,  5  gr.  vial  ea. 

.75 

, .  lb. 

.55 

lb. 

.65 

D — Seidlitz  Mixture   

...lb. 

.17 

A — Senna  Leaves,  Tinncvclly,  Select  . . . 

...lb. 

.20 

D    Silver  Chloride   

Nitrate,  Stick  (lunar  Caustic) 

. .  .oz. 

'43 

1.05 

box. 

3.50 

5.50 

...lb. 

1  20 

D — Sodium  Bichromate   

...lb. 

.18 

Bitartrate   

...lb. 

.80 

Bromide   -  ■ 

...lb. 

.63 

Chloride,  C.  P  

...lb. 

.18 

1.80                      Dried   lb.  .30  —  .35 

4.10                Iodide     lb.  4.10  —  425 

2.55     A— Sodium  Salicylate    ..   lb.  1.25  —  1.35 

1.10     D— Sodium  Sulphate,  Dry   lb.  .08  —  .12 

.28  D— Sodium  &  Potass.  Tar.  (Rochelle  Salt)  lb.  .20  —  .25^ 

1.55     A — Strophanthus  Seed,  Brown    lb.  .65  —  .8£» 

1.25     D— Strychnine,  Alkaloid,  ^-oz.  vials   oz.  1.05  —  1.15 

33.00                Sulphate,  J^-oz  vials   oz.  1.05  —  1.1-' 

17.50     A— Sunflower  Seeds   lb  .15  —  .18 

.83     D— Thymol   lb.  725  —  7.50 

1.40                Iodide,  U.  S.  P  lb.  6.75  —  7.00 

.50  D— Tragacanth,  Aleppo,  Extra   lb.  2.00  —  2  25 

2.70                No.  1   ..lb  1.85  —  2.0C 

2.00     A— Turpentine,  Venice   lb.  .44  —  ^0 

1.45     A— Wormseed,  Levant,  Powdered   lb.  .60  —  .70 

.70     D— Zinc  Acetate,  1-lb.  bottles   lb.  28  —  22 

.68     .A.— Zinc  Chloride,  Granulated   lb.  .30  —  .40 

3.00     D— Zinc  Iodide   oz.  .37  —  .40 


Note — A,  advanced;  D,  declined;  C,  correction;  N,  7ieiu. 

1.85   ' 

13.00 

.75  TEW  YORK,  February  23.— Notwithstanding  two  holi- 

6.0c  1  \     days  have  interfered  with  the  routine  of  business  they 

100  seem  to  have  had  no  apparent  effect  on  prices  which 

,73  have  been  fluctuating,  and  small  purchases  the  rule.    At  the 

190  same  time,  considerable  buying    of    American    supplies  by 

2.00  English  and  French  agents  for  export  has  been  reported,  and 

1.3.";  the  pressure  arising  from  foreign  inquiry  is  beginning  to  make 

1.70  itself  felt,  the  domestic  demand  being  firmer  and  indicating 

3.25  that  small  dealers  as  well  as  manufacturers  are  stocking  up. 

9.10  In  some  quarters  the  stocks  of  crude  drugs  and  chemicals 

12.00  are  becoming  depleted"  and  the  prospects  of  receiving  fresh 

11.5;^)  supplies,  especially  of  the  more  important  botanicals  and  cer- 

.36  tain  chemicals,  is  not  reassuring.    Among  the  features  of  the 

.55  month  in  the  way  of  changes  are  the  rapid  advances  of  cod 

.07  liver  oil  and  carbolic  acid,  the  last  named  carrying  in  its  trail 

.07  a  number  of  important  s>Tithetics  and  such  products  as  the 

06  benzoates,  salicylic  acid,  etc.,  due  to  the  embargo  placed  upon 

.0.)  the  parent  substance  by  the  warring  nations.    Picric  acid  for 

.55  the  same  reason,  has  nearly  doubled  in  price.      Alcohol  is 

22  slightly  higher,  while  advances  are  noted  for  Russian  canthar- 

.25  ides,  capsicum,  digitalis  leaves,  German,  golden  seal  root,  Rio 

.18  ipecac,  lycopodium,  magnesium  salts,  malva  flowers,  menthol, 

.38  peppermint  oil,   English  sandalwood   oil,    and    linseed  oil. 

.22  Among  the  most  notable  price  declines  are  tannic  acid,  tonka 


.32  and  vanilla  beans,  caffeine  and    its    salts,    colchicum  seed, 

.34  elaterium,  liquid  guaiacol,  hyoscyamine,  kola  nuts,  lithium  salts, 

.35  various  essential  oils,  opium,  quinine  rochelle  salt,  prickly  ash 

.25  berries,  salicin,  castile  soap,  sodium  iodide,  strychnine,  thymol. 

.85  and  tragacanth. 
3.35        Opium — Is  lower,  the  domestic  demand  being  very  light  and 


.33  the  buying  limited  to  what  is  actually   needed    by  dealers. 

.39  Natural  is  quoted  at  $8.90(g$9.10  per  pound,  granulated  at 

.70  $11.50@$12,  and  U.  S.  P.  powdered  at  $ll(g$11.50.    The  im- 

.35  ports  of  opium  for  the  week  ending  Feb.  13  amounted  to  8 

.15  cases  valued  at  $6,801.      The  total  imports  for  the  twelve 

.35  months  ending  Dec.  31,  1914,  were  415,990  pounds,  valued  at 

.30  $1,976,497,  as  against  552,648  pounds,  valued  at  $2,391,417 

1.35  for  the  year  1913. 


.31  Codeine — Demand  for  this  alkaloid  continues  light,  although 

.25!-'  it  is  strongly  held,  jobbers  having  advanced  their  quotations 

.50  to  $7.25@$7.50  per  ounce  for  alkaloid,  $6.75@$725  for  phos- 

1325  phate,  and  $7@$7.50  for  sulphate. 

.30  Quinine — Cable    advices    indicate    considerable  firmness 

.37  abroad,  a  condition  that  is  not  reflected  in  this  market,  sul- 

4.90  phate  being  quoted  here  on  the  basis  of  27c  in  100-oz.  tins. 

1.4U  Government  statistics  show  importations  for  the    year  1914 

1.00  to  have  been  2,967,801  ounces  of  quinine  sulphate,  valued  at 

.70  $703,173,  against  2,970,548  ounces,  valued  at  $562,134  for  the 

,75  previous  year.      Importations    of    cinchona    bark    for  1914 

20  .THKumted  to  3,944,509  pounds,  valued  at  $538,195  and  for 

.30  1  '1  5   :  SiK,  (11  pounds,  valued  at  $306,763. 

.68  (  \\ ;  11  M  iDF.s — Scarcity  of  all  varieties   are    reported  and 

.47  Russi.ui.  silted,  have  been  advanced  to  $6.50@S7  per  pound. 

IT"  ACETPHENETIDTV— Owing  to  high  prices  of  raw    or  basic 

3.7S  materials  caused  by  scarcity,  jobbers  are  now  quoting  $1.90{g'$2. 10 

5.75  per  pound  for  U.  S.  P. 

1.3v  .\lcohol — A  moderately  active  market  is  reported  for  all 

.22  grades  and  quotations  have  advanced,  as  follows.  Cologne 

.90  spirit,  95%,  U.  S.  P..  by  the  barrel,  $2.60  per  gallon:  less. 

.67  S2.S0@$2.94  per  gallon;  commercial.  95%.  U.  S,  P..  by  the 

.20  barrel,  $2.58  per  gallon;  less,  $2.78@$2.90;  denatured  by  the 


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143 


arrel,  40@50c  per  gallon;  less  5O@60c  per  gallon.  Methylic 
wood)  alcohol  is  quoted  at  50@60c  per  gallon  for  barrels  and 
lalf  barrels,  and  60@70c  per  gallon  for  less. 

Cod  LrvER  On. — The  market  reflects  a  sharp  upward  move- 
nem  both  here  and  abroad  owing  to  reports  of  reduced  sup- 
)lies  and  tlie  hesitation  of  fishermen  to  go  to    tlie  fishing 
;rounds  on  account  of  possible  mines  in  the  North  sea.  These 
eporis  have  also  been  supplemented  by  dispatches  from  the 
)ther  side  that  Germany  has  been  purchasing  large  quantities 
A  oil,  causing  an  advance  in  price  in  foreign  markets.  The 
ashing  season  is  now  on,  however,  and  the  latest  reports  in- 
iicate  that  the  oil  yield  is  exceptionally  large,  owing  to  the 
.•xcellent  condition  of  the  livers  of  the  fish  caught.    The  catch 
io  far  this  season  is  reported  at  5,300,000  fish,  producing  5,051 
..irrels  of  oil,  as  compared  with  5,000,000  fish,  yielding  4,224 
!s  of  oil  for  the  corresponding  period  last  year.  Nor- 
n  is  quoted  in  this  market  at  $30@$33  per  barrel,  $16@ 
'  per  half-barrel,  or  $1.15@$1.25  per  gallon. 
t.vKBOLic  Acid — Stocks  are  becoming  depleted  and  dealers 
are  raising  their  prices  the  like  of  which  has  never  before  been 
kr.  .Ml.    No  extensive  quantity  sales  have  been  reported,  and 
>  ctions  are  for  small  amounts  only.    Crjstal  in  bulk  is 
;  at  $1.20@$1.30  per  pound;  in  10  or  is'lb.  cans,  $1.2S@ 
in  1-lb.  bottles,  $1.30@$1.40.    Crude  in  bulk,  10  to  90 
at.,  is  held  at  40(a;90c  per  gallon. 

icYLic  Acid — For  similar  reasons,  this  acid  has  also  ad- 
J.  1-lb.  cartons  being  quoted  at  $1.35@$1.45  per  pound," 

Rand  bulk,  $1.35@$1.40.  Salicylates  are  also  higher,  sodium 
salt  being  marked  up  to  $1.25@$1.35  per  pound,  ammonium 
jSalicylate,  S5@95c  per  pound,  mercury  salicylate,  27@30c  per 
'ounce,  and  potassium  salicylate  12@lSc  per  ounce. 
,  Benzoic  Acid — Scarcity  of  toluol,  the  raw  material  used  in 
,  the  manufacture  of  this  acid,  has  caused  manufacturers  to 
,  raise  their  prices,  and  the  German  variety  is  quoted  at  $1.20 
•  @$1.30  per  poimd.  Sodium  benzoate  has  also  been  advanced 
.  to  $1.20@$1.30  per  pound. 

Be.\ns — Tonka  are  in  plentiful  supply  and  Angostura  are 
f.  down  to  $1.75<a$1.85  per  pound.    Mexican  vanilla  are  also 
■y  lower,  owing  to  light  demand  and  fair  supplies.    Mexican,  long 
are  obtainable  at  $5@$5.75,  and  short  at  $4@$4.75  per  pound. 
:  Bourbon  are  offered  freely  at  $3.75@$4.25. 

Seidlitz  Mi.xture — Competition  among  manufacturers  has 
i  caused  an  easing  off  of  quotations  on  this  article,  20@30c  per 
■  pound  being  asked,  according  to  size  of  order. 

RoCHELLE  Salt— For  similar  reasoris  a  decline  in  price  is 
noted,  jobbers  quoting  20@25!^c  per  pound. 

Ergot — Reports  differ  somewhat  as  to  the  character  of 
available  supplies,  but  Russian  is  quoted  at  $1.10@$1.15  per 
pound,  although  some  holders  have  advanced  their  prices. 
Spanish  is  unchanged. 
I  Menthol — Has  materially  advanced,  higher  freight  rates 
from  Japan  being  given  as  the  contributing  cause.  Crystals 
are  held  at  $3.25@$3.35  per  pound. 

On.  Or.\xce — Lower  quotations  obtain  for  bitter,  $1.75@ 
$1.85  per  pound  being  asked.  An  active  demand  has  .been  re- 
ported from  some  consuming  centers,  but  nothing  of  the  kind 
is  reflected  in  this  market. 

Oil  Lemon — .\  firmer  undertone  is  reported  in  primary 
markets  and  the  upward  movement  is  shown  in  the  slight  ad- 
vanc  in  prices  here,  $1.35@$1.45  being  asked. 

On.  Peppermint— Is  still  in  good  demand,  $1.75@$1.85 
per  pound  being  asked  for  both  New  York  and  Western. 

Oil  Birch — Black  (betula)  is  scarce  and  held  at  $2.40@ 
S2.55  per  pound. 

Poppy  Seed — .\  further  uplift  in  prices  following  depiction 
of  spot  stocks  is  reported,  and  jobbers  have  advanced  theif 
quotations  to  20@22c  for  blue  (maw),  and  23@25c  for  white. 

Sunflower  Seeds — Stocks  of  the  small  variety  are  said  to 
be  exhausted,  while  the  large  are  firmly  held  at  15@18c  per 
pound. 

Golden  Seal — The  sharp  advance  in  the  price  of  this  do- 
mestic root  is  attributed  to  the  reduction  of  spot  stocks,  and 
jobbers  have  pushed  up  their  quotations  to  $5.2S@$5.50  for 
whole,  and  S5.4S@S5.60  for  powdered. 

Ipecac — Still  continues  to  exhibit  strength  and  quotations 
are  .?3.65@$3.8S  per  pound  for  whole  Rio,  and  $3.80@$4  for 
powdered 

Digitalis — Owing  to  extreme  scarcity  German  leaves  have 
advanced  to  2S@33c  per  pound  for  whole,  and  33@37c  for 
powdered.    Revision  of  prices  for  digitalin    in    J/^-oz.  vials 


shows  a  slightly  lower  range,  $10.75  per  ounce  being  asked; 
15  grain  vials,  50@55c. 

Saffron — A  slightly  easier  tone  is  noted  for  Spanish, '  true 
Valencia  being  quoted  at  $12.75@$13.25.  American  (safflower) 
is  also  lower  at  45@50c  per  pound. 

Thymol — An  easier  feeling  prevails  anticipatory  of  possible 
replenishment  of  stocks,  although  in  some  quarters  this  is  re- 
garded as  extremely  unlikely.  At  the  same  time  jobbers'  quo- 
tations show  a  lower  range  at  $7.25@$7.50  per  pound.  Thymol 
iodide,  U.  S.  P.,  is  also  at  $6.75@$7  per  pound. 

Potassium — A  general  revision  shows  higher  prices  for 
most  of  the  salts,  although  some  are  reported  as  being  easier. 
For  chlorate  28@32c  is  asked,  purified  being  listed  at  29@34c 
and  purified,  granular,  at  33'^35c.  Demand  for  permanganate 
has  caused  an  advance  in  this  salt,  28@39c  being  asked  for 
crystal,  and  34@39c  for  pure  powdered.  Germany  has  placed 
an  embargo  upon  the  exportation  of  these  salts  to  neutral 
countries,  but  evidence  seems  to  be  lacking  as  to  the  enforce- 
ment of  the  edict. 

Pareira  Brava — Local  holders,  following  replenishment  of 
spot  stocks  and  lack  of  demand,  have  marked  down  prices  to 
30@36c. 

Pulsatilla — For  several  weeks  the  market  has  been  bare 
and  none  was  obtainable  at  any  figure.  It  is  now  available  at 
Sl.30'^'^1.35  per  poand. 

Lithium  Salts — All  salts  of  this  metal  are  lower  and  quoted 
as  follows;  Bitartrate,  22c  per  ounce;  bromide,  $2.50@$2.6O 
per  pound;  carbonate,  Si  .50ffg$1.6S  per  pound;  citrate,  $1.85 
@$1.95  per  pound;  salicylate,  $1.80@$1.90  per  pound. 

Sodium  Salts — With  the  exception  of  the  salicylate  and 
benzoate,  a  reduction  in  price  has  been  made  for  most  of  the 
salts,  the  following  quotations  obtaining;  Bichromate,  18@22c; 
bitartrate,  80@90c;  bromide,  63@67c;  chloride,  C.  P.,  18@ 
20c;  dried,  30@35c,  and  iodide,  $4.10@$4.25,  each  per  pound. 


Sanitary  Paper  Soda  Cups  and  Sundae  Dishes 

In  the  direction  of  fountain  progress  the  installation  of  sani- 
tarj'  methods  and  equipment  has  done  more  toward  attracting 
attention  and  developing  the  business  than  any  other  effort. 
The  attainment  of  the  highest  degree  of  efficiency  in  service 
and  cleanliness  has  been  one  of  the  main  objects  sought,  and 
along  this  line  should  be  mentioned  the  Paper  Soda  Cups  and 
Paper  Sundae  Dishes,  manufactured  by  the  American  Water 
Supply  Co.  of  N.  E.,  whose  advertisement  appears  in  this 
issue  of  The  Era.  Their  use,  while  it  reduces  the  labor  of 
service  to  a  minimum,  appeals  to  the  trade  as  being  absolutely 
sanitary,  and  advertises  the  fountain  operator  who  employs, 
them  as  a  leader  in  modern  methods.  The  Soda  Cups  are 
dispensed  from  handsome  nickel  and  glass  brackets,  and  are 
served  in  nickel  or  silvered  holders,  while  the  Sundae  Dishes 
are  served  in  aluminum,  nickle  or  silvered  holders.  See  the 
manufacturers'  advertisement  for  description  and  illustration 
of  these  helps  to  modem  sanitary  dispensing. 

Prat  Dumas  Filtering  Paper 

The  sole  agents  for  this  celebrated  line  of  Filtering  Paper,. 
E.  Fougera  &  Co.  Inc.,  have  recently  placed  a  price  upon  this 
line,  which  figures  out  lower  than  any  price  at  which  this 
paper  has  ever  been  sold  before — and  this  in  spite  of  the 
extra  expense  of  importing,  such  as,  war  risk,  high  freight 
rates,  etc.  They  are  also  cautioning  their  customers  to  be 
sure  that  they  get  the  genuine  article  as  there  are  a  number 
of  imitations  on  the  market,  and  in  a  number  of  instances  some 
part  of  the  name  is  used. 

One  of  the  main  reasons  for  the  superiority  of  this  brand,  and 
its  consequent  endorsement  by  the  majority  of  the  drug  trade, 
is  the  wonderful  quality  of  the  water  used  in  its  manufacture, 
which  cannot  be  duplicated  in  any  other  part  of  the  world,  and 
which  springs  from  natural  sources  right  at  the  door  of  Messrs. 
Prat  Dumas  &  Co.'s  plant  in  Couze  de  Saint  Front,  France. 

Special  Offers  on  New-Skin 

The  manufacturers  have  just  announced  new  offers  on  this 
well-known  specialty.  Full  particulars  will  be  given  to  any 
reader  of  this  paper  who  will  write  at  once  to  the  following 
address:  Department  N,  Newskin  Company,  98-100  Grand 
Avenue,  Brookyn,  New  York.  A  postal  card  will  do.  The 
offers  include  liberal  allowances  in  Free  Goods  in  the  way 
of  bonus. 


144 


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[Maech,  1915 


Rice  Leaders  of  the  "World  Association 

This  Association,  of  which  the  founder  and  president  is 
Elwood  E.  Rice,  is  an  organized,  co-operative  movement 
among  different  lines  of  industry  to  demonstrate  to  dealers 
and  the  consuming  public  the  quality  and  desirability  of  the 
distinctive  products  of  members  of  the  association.  The 
membership  comprises 
many  well-known  con- 
cerns of  national  repu- 
tation like  the  Win- 
chester Repeating  Arms 
Company;  The  Yale  & 
Towne  Mfg.  Company; 
Eaton,  Crane  &  Pike 
Company;  Yawman  & 
Erbe  Mfg.  Company ; 
Armour  &  Company ; 
Pillsbury  Flour  Mills 
Company;  The  Towle 
Maple  Products  Com- 
pany; American  Opti- 
cal Company ;  Berry 
Brothers,  Inc;  Reming- 
ton Typewriter  Com- 
pany ;  The  Carborun- 
dum Company;  L.  E. 
Waterman  Company ; 
Alabastine  Company ; 
International  Acheson 
Graphite  Company ; 
Eberhard  Faber ;  and 
dozens  of  others  equal- 
ly well-known.  These 
great  concerns  are 
identified  as  members  of  the  Association,  through  the  emblem, 
which  is  largely  used  by  them  in  their  publicity.  It  visualizes 
the  business  principles  of  members  of  the  association,  which 
also  are  the  qualifications  for  membership. 

Ihe  Association  Emblem  is  becoming  well-known  to  the 
consuming  public  and  is  a  mark  by  which  high  grade  pro- 
ducts of  members  may  be  recognized.  It  represents  collective- 
ly the  sterling  business  motives  and  methods  which  Members' 
names  stand  for  individually.  Among  the  several  interesting 
and  practical  Association  services  is  one  having  special  in- 
terest for  druggists.  It  is  a  Window  Display  Competition 
in  which  $15,000  in  Cash  Prizes  are  offered  to  dealers  making 
Window  Displays  of  the  products  of  members  of  the  associa- 
tion. There  are  463  Cash  Prizes  in  this  contest,  the  first 
being  $2,000,  the  second  $1,000  and  the  third  $500,  etc.  The 
prize-winning  Window  Displays  will  be  judged  from  photo- 
graphs sent  in  to  the  association,  and  the  judges  will  be 
recognized,  competent  and  impartial  authorities  on  Window 
Display  who  will  make  their  seections  solely  upon  the  merit 
•f  the  Competitors'  Displays.  The  names  of  these  judges 
will  be  published  in  due  course. 

All  contesting  Dealers,  whether  or  no  prize  winners,  will 
receive,  after  the  close  of  the  Contest,  an  Album  containing 
reproductions  of  100  of  the  prize-winning  Window  Displays. 
This  Album,  used  as  a  text  book,  will  be  an  invaluable  guide, 
to  Druggists,  all  over  the  country.  By  referring  to  it  they 
will  be  able  to  gain  ideas  and  inspirations  for  making  future 
Window  Displays,  and,  by  adapting  the  ideas  therein  embodied 
to  their  own  individual  requirements,  they  will  be  able  to 
get  the  benefit  from  properly  arranged  Window  Displays  in 
their  stores.  The  Association  states  that  in  its  future  ac- 
tivities, it  always  will  give  expression  to  the  idea  of  benefitting 
dealers  handling  products  of  its  members. 

3-H  Iceless  Ice  Cream  Packer 
This  Iceless  Packer  is  claimed  by  the  manufacturers.  The  3-H 
Mfg.  Co.,  Lawrence,  Kansas,  to  keep  cream  in  serving  condi- 
tion longer  under  severe  tests  than  the  ordinary  ice-packed 
carrier  will  without  re-iceing,  thereby  saving  time  and  labor, 
and,  according  to  size,  from  iV^z  to  20c  on  each  package  de- 
livered. The  Packer  is  light  but  durable,  is  metal  cased, 
finished  with  aluminum  bronze,  has  solid  insulating  compo- 
sition of  the  highest  efficiency,  and  is  provided  with  an  ab- 
solutely non-rust  lining.  It  is  made  in  1-,  2-,  •)-  and  S-quart 
sizes,  and  the  manufacturers  state  thai  it  is  tli<-  In.  si  .<i  i.  ntif- 
ic  development  for  sanitary  delivery  of  it c    (i-  jiii  ,  s 

without  the  use  of  ice  and  salt.    It  obviates  many  ol  the  un- 


pleasant features  attending  ice  cream  delivery,  a  point  that 
will  appeal  to  all  customers.  Write  to  the  manufacturers  for 
catalogue  and  offer  of  Packer  for  trial. 


More  Profits  on  Chewing  Gum 

Since  the  new  stamp  tax  went  into  force,  several  of  the 
chewing  gum  manufacturers  have  advanced  their  prices.  Some 
of  them  are  trying  to  equalize  the  matter  by  including  coupons 
in  with  their  goods  which  entitle  the  druggist  to  additional 
supplies  on  presentation,  but  these  are  not  very  satisfactory. 
When  a  dealer  has  to  make  20  sales  in  order  to  take  in  $1.00, 
he  must  have  a  very  liberal  profit  on  such  sales.  One  druggist 
who  has  carefully  figured  this  out  writes  us  that  he  cannot 
afford  to  display  5c  goods  on  his  show  case  or  counter  tinless 
he  doubles  his  money  on  each  sale.  In  addition  to  the  large 
number  of  sales  to  be  handled,  he  states  that  there  is  always 
more  or  less  loss  on  goods  that  are  displayed  where  the  pubUc 
can  help  themselves.  It  is  his  contention  that  no  druggist  can 
afford  to  pay  more  than  50c  a  box  for  his  chewing  gum,  and  at 
60c  or  64c,  as  some  manufacturers  are  charging,  it  is  not 
profitable  to  the  dealer  to  handle  such  goods. 

While  there  is,  of  course,  an  advantage  in  handling  gums 
that  are  well  known,  on  the  other  hand,  a  dealer  can  very 
often  sell  any  brand  of  gum  that  he  displays,  if  it  is  of  stan- 
dard quality.  In  this  connection,  the  Helmet  Co.  of  Cin- 
cinnati are  making  a  special  bid  for  druggists'  trade  on  chew- 
ing gum,  and  are  putting  up  four  or  five  of  their  best  quality 
goods,  wrapped  in  tin  foil,  which  they  sell  to  retail  druggists 
at  44c  a  box,  20  packages  to  the  box,  which  also  includes  the 
war  tax.  They  also  put  up  a  cheaper  line  of  gums  which 
are  designed  to  sell  at  2  packages  for  5c  which  they  supply  to 
dealers  at  60c  per  box  of  40  packages.  They  also  pay  express 
charges  on  all  orders  for  ten  or  more  boxes. 

Dealers  who  want  to  make  more  money  on  their  gum  busi- 
ness should  get  in  touch  with  these  manufacturers  who  will 
no  doubt  be  glad  to  send  them  samples  on  request.  In  our 
opinion  it  pays  a  dealer  to  sell  a  good  quality  of  gum,  par- 
ticularly if  the  gum  is  not  one  of  the  popular  advertised 
brands.  If  the  quality  is  satisfactory,  the  customer^  is  satisfied 
and  is  sure  to  come  back  for  more.  On  the  other  hand  if 
you  sell  him  an  inferior  gum,  he  is  thoroughly  dissatisfied  and 
will  go  somewhere  else  when  he  wants  an  additional  supply. 


The  Folding  Scout  Camera 
The  Folding  Scout  is  a  brand  new  Camera  for  the  amateur 
photographer,  at  a  moderate  price.  For  years  there  has  been 
a  demand  for  just  such  a  camera  in  the  round  end  vertical 
model.  To  meet  tliis  demand  meant  an  undertaking  far  in 
advance  of  any  other  maker.  It  called  for  the  building  of 
an  entirely  different  stj'le  camera  to  get  away  from  the  bulky 
square  end  horizontal  models  on  the  market.  These  Cameras 
are  compact,  light  in  weight  and  substantial  in  construction, 
being  made  of  aluminum  with  reinforced  wood  sides  and 
covered  with  waterproof  leatheret.  .All  metal  fittings  are 
made  of  heavy  gauge  brass,  highly  nickel  finished.  Both  the 
bellows  and  the  covering  of  tlie  bed  are  of  genuine  leather. 
The  long  way  opening  of  the  bed  provides  a  generous  focal 
length  for  the  lens  without  further  mechanism  to  the  bed  ex- 
tension. The  new  patent  double  lock  back  used  on  these  in- 
struments is  simple,  positive  and  complete,  giving  unusual 
convenience  in  removing  for  loadmg  and  unloading  the  camera. 
The  improved  bed  rest  is  a  most  convenient  support  when* 
making  either  vertical  or  horizontal  time  e.xposures  without 
the  aid  of  a  tripod,  although  two  tripod  sockets  are  available. 

A  choice  of  two  lens  selections  has  been  made  witli  regard 
to  the  needs  of  the  average  amateur,  in  the  offering  of  either 
the  Meniscus  Achromatic  or  Rapid  Rectilinear  Lenses.  But 
one  shutter  equipment  is  offered — the  Seneca  Uno  with  pusli 
cord  release.  This  Shutter  is  of  the  automatic  self-setting 
type  and  permits  time,  bulb  or  instantaneous  exposures.  It 
has  five  leaves  which  when  opening  assume  a  star  shaped 
aperture  giving  the  greatest  illumination.  It  also  embodies  the 
Iris  Diajihragm  to  conveniently  arrange  for  the  stop  opening 
(l.sin.l,  is  luted  with  a  hooded  brilliant  reversible  finder  se- 
r  Ml  l\  ittachcd  to  the  front  standard,  and  an  improved  noise- 
1. -s  u  iiuling  key.  The  cameras  will  take  any  standard  make 
if  J.iylight  loading  roll  film.  Sizes  No.  Ik  and  No.  3  have  a 
i  ip.u'ity  of  twelve  exposures,  and  No.  3A  a  capacity  of  ten 
exposures  without  reloading. 


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500  New  Harrison  Labels  Free 
The  trade    will  be    interested  in    the  offer    made  by  the 
,  McCourt  Label  Cabinet  Co.  in  their  advertisement  in  this 
1    issue  of  The  Era,  to  send  without  cost  to  all  druggists  who 
I    will  ask  for  them,  500  New  Harrison  Law  Labels  in  roll  form, 
'   and  printed  in  two  colors.    The  wording  on  the  label  calls 
attention  to  the  operation  of  the  new  law,  and  is  designed  to 
^    be  placed  on  all  prescriptions  for  opium  and  proscribed  drugs. 
I    It  reads  as  follows;    "Under  the    Harrison    Law,  effective 
t   March  1,  1915,  this  prescription  can  be  refilled  only  by  ob- 
«    taining  a  new  prescription  from  your  physician."    The  use 
of  the  label  on  such  prescriptions  is  sure  to  save  the  druggist 
'    many  explanations. 

The  McCourt  I^bel  Cabinet  Co.  also  call  attention  to  the 
McCourt  Label  System  and  outline  a  number  of  advantages 
■  which  tend  to  support  their  claims  that  the  McCourt  Roll 
,  Label  Cabinet  is  the  neatest,  quickest,  safest,  and  most  eco 
nomical  labeling  system  in  the  world.  By  its  use  the  label 
wanted  can  be  found  instantly,  while  a  simple  motion  of  the 
hand  withdraws  and  cuts  it  off.  There  is  no  annoyance  from 
the  labe's  becoming  mixed  or  stuck  together.  See  the  manu- 
facturers' advertisement  illustrating  the  cabinet  and  telling  of 
its  economies. 

Abbey  &  Imbrie's  Catalogue  No.  186 

A  disciple  of  good  old  Isaak  Walton  has  said  that  it 
is  the  hardest  thing  in  the  world  for  an  angler  to  refrain  from 
giving  advice.  Therefore  if  you  are  interested  in  "Fishing 
Tackle  that's  fit  for  Fishing,"  or  want  to  get  interested  in  it, 
either  as  a  dealer  or  as  a  fisherman,  you  should  send  for  a 
copy  of  the  new  illustrated  catalogue  of  more  than  200  pages 
issued  by  Abbey  &  Imbrie,  this  city,  whose  advertisement 
appears  on  another  page  of  this  number  of  the  Era.  Among 
the  special  features  of  the  book  are  eight  pages  in  colors,  made 
by  the  new  four-color  photographic  process,  and  representing 
a  serious  effort  to  assist  the  angler  in  the  selection  of  his 
outfit  wherever  distinctions  in  color  are  important  in  determin- 
ing his  choice.  There  are  also  special  articles  on  choosing  the 
right  rod,  what  to  consider  in  reels,  fishing  lines  and  their 
uses,  some  points  about  hooks,  the  choice  of  bait,  suggestions 
on  choosing  an  outfit;  in  short,  there  are  so  many  hints  and 
so  much  information  for  all  kinds  of  fishing  that  the  catalogue 
is  sure  to  be  appreciated  by  all  readers.  It  tells  about  all 
kinds  of  tackle  for  all  kinds  of  fishing. 

Prevention  of  Infection  with  Iodine 

The  value  of  iodine  for  the  prevention  of  infection  in 
wounds  of  a  local  nature  has  long  been  recognized.  What 
would  seem  to  be  the  most  rational  methods  of  application, 
however,  have  been  perfected  in  this  country  in  three  pre- 
parations manufactured  by  Eli  Lilly  &  Company  at  Indian- 
apolis. 

These  products  are  called  logens.  They  consist  of  a  powder, 
an  ointment  and  an  oil,  and  in  their  original  state  they  show 
no  iodine  content;  but  on  contact  with  the  moisture  of  the 
secretions,  as  in  superficial  wounds  or  cavities  lined  with 
mucous  membrane,  it  is  claimed  they  liberate  small  quantities 
of  iodine  slowly  over  an  extended  period  of  time.  Some  re- 
markable reports  are  on  file  at  the  Lilly  home  office,  which  jus- 
tify the  assertion  that  iodine  is  a  valuable  germicide,  and  that 
logen,  Lily,  in  its  best  adapted  form,  is  a  decidedly  improved 
method  of  applying  it. 

Advertising  Service  Makes  Remarkable  Gain 
What  is  considered  a  remarkable  gain  was  made  during  the 
month  of  January  by  the  Van  Ostrand-Curren  Company  of 
Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  when  it  added  102  drug  stores  to  its  already 
large  list  of  service  users.  This  company  is  composed  of 
practical  men  who  have  put  in  their  time  as  druggists  before 
entering  the  advertising  field,  and  it  is  due  to  their  enterprise 
and  through  knowledge  of  drug  store  advertising  that  the  Van 
Ostrand-Curren  Company  has  been  able  to  make  strides  that 
have  put  it  among  the  foremost  in  this  particular  field. 

The  service  ranks  high  in  the  estimation  of  the  druggists 
using  it,  a  fact  that  is  evinced  by  the  many  letters  of  approba- 
tion received.  Space  is  given  each  month  to  newspaper  copy, 
form  letters,  window  trims,  special  sales  plans  and  showcards 
of  convenient  size  printed  in  two  colors  are  furnished.  The 
Van  Ostrand-Curren  Company  deserves  the  hearty  support  it 
is  receiving  from  druggists. 


Elcaya  in  New  Styles 

Yielding  to  insistent  demand,  Mr.  Crane  of  Elcaya  fame, 
announces  that  he  will  market  Creme  Elcaya  in  dollar  jars  and 
tubes.  The  latter  are  novel  in  design,  and  have  a  flat  bottom 
that  permits  the  tube  to  be  displayed  in  an  upright  position, 
and  also  makes  it  easier  for  the  consumer  to  roll  up  the  tube 
for  e.x-pelling  the  contents.  With  the  approach  of  Summer  the 
demand  for  these  tubes  should  be  very  large. 

The  dollar  size,  which  holds  three  times  the  quantity  of  the 
50c  jar,  is  round  and  the  top  is  held  in  place  by  an  aluminum 
spring.  There  is  no  label,  and  the  white  jar  is  sure  to  har- 
monize with  whatever  else  may  appear  on  the  dresser.  Elcaya 
thus  handsomely  packaged  has  already  acquired  a  wide  distri- 
bution and  sale,  and  orders  are  readily  filled  through  jobbers. 
Mr.  Crane's  effort  in  upholding  the  retail  price  on  Elcaya  is 
appreciated  by  retail  dealers  who  will  be  interested  in  these 
new  additions.  Cerat  and  Baume  Elcaya  are  also  marketed  in 
similar  containers. 

Rochester  Root  Beer 

The  J.  Hungerford  Smith  Co.  are  advertising  for  the  first 
time  in  this  issue,  some  very  attractive  offers  for  their 
Rochester  Root  Beer.  Every  soda  fountain  owner  and  soft 
drink  dispenser  will  be  interested  in  the  new  and  novel  sug- 
gestions this  firm  make  for  serving  Root  Beer  in  big  glass 
steins,  and  must  agree  that  when  so  served,  "foaming  and 
sparkling"  in  a  handsome  stein,  it  will  be  far  more  appetizing 
and  attractive  than  when  served  in  the  usual  way". 

Rochester  Root  Beer  has  always  been  a  big  seller,  and  now 
that  the  J.  Hungerford  Smith  Co.  have  put  their  complete 
offers,  including  steins  and  Root  Beer  dispensers,_  within  the 
reach  of  each  and  every  dealer,  the  sales  of  this  brand  of 
Root  Beer  cannot  fail  to  increase  rapidly  as  dealers  will  quickly 
appreciate  the  profit  possibiities  this  new  method  of  service 
offers.  Read  the  J.  Hungerford  Smith  Co.  ad  for  further  in- 
formation. 

An  Improved  Shaving  Soap 

Parke  Davis  &  Co.  announce  an  improved  Euthymol  Shav- 
ing Soap  that  yields  a  perfect,  creamy,  lasting  lather,  and  pre- 
pares the  way  for  a  smooth,  easy,  pleasant  shave.  The  con- 
tainer, a  tube,  is  sealed  and  remains  so  until  the  soap  is  '—nted 
for  use.  when  the  seal  is  broken.  This  makes  an  air-tight 
package,  keps  the  soap  fresh  and  prevents  it  from  drying  out 
when  on  the  druggist's  shelves. 

The  manufacturers  are  making  extensive  plans  for  the  pro- 
motion of  Euthymol  Shaving  Soap  to  consumers.  The  new 
and  attractive  display  packer  placed  upon  the  cigar-counter  or 
show-case  this  package  is  sure  to  attract  attention.  Printed 
matter  for  counter  distribution  will  be  sent  to  druggists  on 
application.  A  carefully  considered  and  far-reaching  campaign 
of  education  is  being  conducted  that  gives  promise  of  enhanc- 
ing the  reputation  and  creating  a  market  for  Euthymol  Shav- 
ing Soap.    Druggists  will  do  well  to  prepare  for  the  demand. 

Chamberlain's  Remedy  Not  Under  Narcotic  Law 

The  Chamberlain  Medicine  Co.,  Des  Moines,  la.,  announce 
that  the  sale  of  Chamberlain's  Colic,  Cholera  and  Diarrhoea 
Remedy  is  not  affected  in  any  way  by  the  National  Narcotic 
(Harrison)  Law,  as  it  contains  only  1  and  99-100  of  a  grain 
of  opium  in  a  fluid  ounce,  and  in  their  advertisement  on  another 
page  they  quote  the  provisions  of  the  law  showing  how  this 
well-known  remedy  is  exempted.  This  information  is  import- 
ant and  will  relieve  the  druggist  of  any  solicitude  he  may  have 
regarding  the  application  of  the  law  to  this  preparation. 


Now  James  B.  Horner,  Inc. 

James  B.  Homer,  Inc.,  is  the  style  of  the  business  formerly 
conducted  by  the  late  Major  James  Brown  Horner,  at  3  Piatt 
street,  but  recently  reorganized  by  Joseph  Mathias  and  Albert 
F.  Bertine,  experts  in  essential  oils.  These  men  have  bocn 
connected  with  the  company  for  31  and  26  years  respectively,  and 
inherited  the  business  in  essential  oils  and  drugs,  which  was 
founded  by  the  deceased.  The  officers,  Mr.  Mathias,  president, 
and  Mr.  Bertine,  secretary-treasurer,  with  G.  H.  Kuper,  con- 
stitute the  board  of  directors.  Major  Homer  also  established 
and  conducted  a  business  in  cubeb  cigarettes,  which  was  left 
to  his  son,  Marshall  F.  Homer. 


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Index  to  Advertisers,  page  35.     Index  to  Goods  Advertised,  pages  36  8c  38 

Index  to  Text  Pages 


Alcohol,  Methyl,  Deniges'  Test, 
Abstracts,    Foreign,  116 
116. 

Allen,   James    Monroe,  124. 
Alpers,   Dr.   William   C,  121. 
American    Druggists'    Fire  In- 
surance Co.,  1.35. 
Arkin,  James  A.,  122. 
Associations,  Clubs,  etc — 

Albany  (N.  Y.)  Drug  Club, 
132. 

American  Pharmaceutical- 
Baltimore  Branch,  128. 
Chicago  Branch,  128. 
New  York  Branch,  129. 
Philadelphia  Branch,  129. 
St.  Louis  Branch,  129. 

Baltimore  Drug  Exchange, 
131. 

Baltimore  Retail  Druggists, 
130. 

Boston  Drug  Clerks  Protec- 
tive, 131. 

Boston  Druggists,  132. 

Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
126. 

Boston  Retail  Druggists,  129. 
German  Apothecaries,  130. 
Illinois   Pharmaceutical,  132. 
Kings  Co.  (N.  Y.)  Phar.  Soc, 
130. 

Kappa  Psi,  132. 
Louisville  Druggists,  132. 
Lowell    (Mass.)  Pharmaceuti- 
.  132. 

Manufacturers    of  Medicinal 

Products,  125. 
Massachusetts  Pharmaceutical, 

131. 

Milwaukee  Pharmaceutical, 
127. 

Minnesota  Pharmaceutical, 
131. 

National  Paint,  Oil  and  Var- 
nish, 132. 

New  Jersey  Drug  Clerks',  132. 

New  York  Retail  Druggists, 
130. 

Norfolk,  Portsmouth  and  Ber- 
keley (Va.)   Druggists,  132. 
Philadelphia  Retail  Druggists, 

Rexali  Club  of  N.  J.,  132. 
St.  Louis  Drug  Club,  132. 
St.^^JLouis    Retail  Druggists, 

Avery  Chemical  Co.,  133. 

Ball,  John  K.,  133. 

Ball,  W.  A.,  121. 

Barbour,  Graham,  122. 

Black,  E.  L.,  122. 

Bottle^^  Attachment,  Clayton's, 

Bottle  Dispensing,  Lilly's,  139. 

Bottling     Explosion,  Necessity 
for  Gloves  and  Mask,  123. 

Brown,  Ed.,  121. 

Books  Reviewed— 

Annual  Report  of  the  Surgeon- 
General  of  the  Public  Health 
Service  of  the  U.  S.,  1914, 

Autenreith,  Laboratory  Manu- 
al for  the  Detection  of  Poi- 
sons  and   Powerful  Drugs, 

Chemist  .ind  Druggist  Diary 
191S,  137. 

Dentists'  Diary,  1915.,  137. 

Digest  of  Comments  on  the 
Pharmacopoeia  and  N.  F. 
for  1913,  136. 

Exporters'  Encyclopaedia,  1 1th 
Ed.   (1915),  137. 

Kracmer,  Applied  and  Eco- 
nomic Botany,  137. 

Proceedings  National  Associa- 
tion of  Boards  of  Pharmacy, 
1914,  137. 

Rog^e^s,  Industrial  Chemistry. 

Brown  Pharmacy,  L.  F.,  134. 
Buck  &  Rayner,  133. 


Burl.e,  Walter,  122. 

Burrough  Bros.  Mnfg.  Co.,  134. 

Burroughs  Wellcome  &  Co.,  135. 

Campbell,  Milton,  122. 

Carmichael  Co.,  R.  A.,  135. 

Caipenter  Chcm.  Co.,  Co-Opera- 
tive,  126. 

Chewing  Gum,  107. 

Chittenden,  C.  L.,  122. 

Cocaine,  Possession,  Misdemean- 
or, 120. 

Cocaine  Substitutes,  107. 

Coleman,  Miss  Alice  G.,  117. 

Colleges,  Medical  for  Women, 
114. 

Colleges,     Pharmaceutical  for 

Women,  114. 
Conrad  Grocery,  133. 
Cooper,  Mrs.  Mary  S.,  118. 
Correspondence,  100. 
Cote,  Ernest  E.,  124. 
Crane  Drug  Co.,  135. 
Croom-Stebler-Hidson  Drug  Co.. 

133. 

Druggists,  Colored,  in  U.  S., 
114. 

Druggists  in  Mass.  Lesislaturc, 
129. 

Drugs,  Narcotic,  Sale  and  Dis- 
posal, 104. 
Dundorre,  Harry  W.,  122 
Early,  James  B.,  121. 
Eaton,  H.  H.,  121. 
Editorials — ■ 

Harrison    Anti-Narcotic  Law, 


97. 

Uncle  Sam  plus  $2000,  100. 
The   Chain   Store   C-D  Store 

Menace,  99. 
The  Meyer   Bros.  Drug  Co., 

99. 

Ehman,  Fred,  122. 
Ellingwood,  Edward,  124. 
Ernst,  Frank  F.,  129. 
Ernul,  McG.,  124. 
"External",  Defined,  107. 
Fires,  Recent,  138. 
Fleming,  &    Sons    Co.,  Joseph 
133. 

Fluck,  Frank  W.,  122. 
Fortune,  Benjamin  L.,  124. 
Frawley.  John  P.,  135. 
Fricke,  Louis  C,  124. 
Friedlander,  Herman,  134. 
GracfF,  Raymond  N.,  121. 
Gray,  David  M.,  138. 
Griswold  Drug  Co  ,  134. 
Hair  Straightener,  115. 
Harle-Hass  Whole'^ale  Drug  Co., 
134. 

Harper,  Grace  I.,  119. 
Harrison  Narcotic  Law,  101. 
Hausman  Drug  Co.,  134. 
Hcm|ibilI,J.  P.,  133. 
Hengst,  J.  Edwing,  124. 
Holderbrad,  George  W.,  122. 
Hook  Drug  Co.,  134. 
Homer,  Inc.,  James  B.,  145. 
House  Cleaning,  Cashing  in  on, 
117. 

Hull,  Edward  H.,  134. 
Humphrey  &  Son.  J.  D.,  134. 
Hunt.  John  Barkley,  123. 
Huttcnmiller,  H.  W.,  121. 
Hvpophvsis,     Active  Principle, 
116. 

Ignatius,  Sister  Mary,  123. 
Independent  Drug  Co.,  135. 
Iodine  Solution.  Wijs's,  106. 
Johenning,  John,  124. 


Kennedy,  Alfred  H.,  122. 
K'cldahl    Methjd,  Modification, 
116. 

Kring,  Mrs.  Richard,  118. 

Lackey,  H.  L.,  124. 

Lane  Drug  Co.,  135. 

Laporte,  Idward,  122. 

Lathrop,  Miss  Julia,  117. 

Law,  Harrison,  Penalties  for 
Failure  to  Register,  107. 

Law,  Harrison,  Points  to  be  Ob- 
served, 128. 

Law,  Harrison,  Preparations  Ex- 
empted and  Affected,  108. 

Lav>-,  Harrison,  Supplemental 
Decisions,  107. 

Law,  Narcotic,  Harrison,  101. 

Law,  Narcotic,  Physician's  Rec 
ord,  107. 

Law,  Narcotic,  Registry  and 
Payment    of    Special  Tax, 


Law,- Narcotic,  Regulations,  10a. 
Lead,  in  Water,  Test,  116. 
Legal  Decisions,  120. 
Leggett  Drug  Co.,  133. 
Leimeier,  Frank,  136. 
License    Tax    Paid,  Recovery. 
120. 

Liggett,  Louis  K.,  122. 
Liggett  Co.,  Louis  K.,  134. 
Lippert,  Otto  C.  F.,  123. 
Lotion,  Andeer's,  114. 
Lotion,  Resorcin,  114. 
Lyons,  I.  L.,  Jr.,  121. 
McDonough.    Dr.    Patrick  T.. 
124. 

Magnesium  Citiate,  116. 

Market  Reort,  14'. 

Matricaria,  Constituents,  116. 

Merrell,  Ashbell  N.,  124. 

Merrell,  Charles  C.,  127. 

Merrel:  Chemical  Co.,  William 
S.,  127. 

Merrell  Drug  Co.,  J.  S.,  132. 

Meyer,  A.  C,  12?. 

Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Co.,  127. 

Michaels,  A.  H.,  124. 

Millard.  A.  E.,  121. 

Mitchells  &  Gayncr,  134. 

Mixing  Machine,   Prokop's,  139 

Morphine  Solutions,  Steriliza- 
tions, 116. 

Mostly  Per'.onal,  121. 

Mount  Holly  (N.  C.)  Drug  Co., 
135. 

Muldoon,  R.  V.,  122. 
Mulford  Co.,  H.  K.,  133. 
Munn,  A.  M.,  124. 
Music.  Medical  Uses,  117. 
Narcotic  DrugS;  Dispensing,  105. 
Narcotic     Drugs,  Inventories, 
106. 

Narcotics,   Sale,   Official  Form« 

Necessary,  105. 
NciUy,  William  C,  122. 
Ncuralgyline  Co.,  134. 
New  Hampshire  Drug  Co.,  133. 
Novocaine,  107. 
Nyal  Co.,  136. 
Obituaries,  123. 
Ohligcr,  Willard,  138. 
Oldficia,  Frank  P.  K.,  121. 
Opium  Protocol  Signed,  127. 
Opium     Smuggling,  Baltimore. 

126. 

Owl  Drug  Co.  (New  Decatur), 
135. 

Packard.  President  C.  Herbert. 


•■Paris-Wood  Drug  Co.,  135. 

Patent  Office,   Work  for  1914, 
100. 

Patents,  Trademarks,  etc.,  13S. 
Patdcki,  Marion  August,  |24. 
Patten,  John  A.,  134. 
Pegram  Patton  Drug  Co.,  135. 
Pharmacists,    Young,  Examina-j 
tion,  131.  I 
Pierce,  David  J.,  124.  '• 
PocDk,  Thomas  G.,  122. 
Polish,  Metal,  Non-Inflammablc  ' 

...  I 

Pomade,  Anti-kink,  115. 

Profits,  Gross  and  Net,  100.  ^ 
Question  Box,  114.  | 
Rasmussen  Drug  Co.,  135.  I 
Read   Drug  &  Chem.   Co.,  133J 
134.  1 
Remington,  L.  J.,  124. 
Rescrcin  in  Face  Lotion,  114. 
Rice  Leaders  of  the  World  As- 
sociation, 144. 
Richardson  Drug  Co.,  135. 
Riker-Jaynes  Drug  Co.,  133,  135 
Robertson,  John  B.,  124. 
Robinson-Pettet  Co.,  135. 
Rutherford.  Mrs.  R.  G.,  118. 
Sacchaiin,  Determination,  116. 
Sauer,  Frel  V.'.,  135. 
Sayre.  L.   E.,  122. 
Scarlet     Red    Spray  Solution.^ 


114, 

Scarr,  C.  E.,  134. 
Schertz,  Christian,  121.  ' 
Segui,  Eugene  A.,  124. 
Shakman,  Moritz  M.,  124. 
Sharp,  F.  13.,  133. 
Skillman,  Harry,  122. 
Smith,  John  A.,  124. 
Snyder,  Frank.  122. 
Sommer,  R.  E.  W..  123. 
South  Texas   Druj   Co.,  134. 
Southe  -n    Pharm  iceutical  Co., 
135. 

Spurlock-Ncal  Co.,  135. 
Squibb  &  Sons.  E.  R.,  134. 
Stamps,   Special  Tax,  Narcotic, 
104. 

Stearns,  Fred'k  K.,  138. 
Stearns,  Fred'k  S.,  138. 
Stearns,  Wayland  D,,  138. 
Stearns  &  Co.,  Frederick.  138. 
Stier.  George  F.,  121. 
Thiophyscin.  IIS. 
Thymin-Pochl,  IIS. 
Tillson.  A.  H.,  122. 
Tobiicco  Cures.  Therapy,  108. 
Trapani,  Francisco  134. 
Uriozon,  118. 
Urotropine,  Solution,  115. 
Velsor,  Joseph  A.,  123. 
von  Rohr.  Arthur,  121. 
Wagner  &  Pool.  134. 
Walsh,  John  F..  122. 
Walsh.  William  H..  124. 
Warren  Chemical  Products  Co., 
134. 

Webster.  Charles  H..  123. 

Wciglo,  George.  J..  121. 

Weltncr  Charles  W..  133. 

WTiolcsale  vs.  Retail  Dealers, 
Distinction.  107. 

Windo.v  Displ.iv,  Value.  100. 

Woodw;.rd.  Clarke  &  Co..  135. 

Women  in  Pharm.icy.  117. 

Women  in  Pharmacy  and  Allied 
Professions,    Advance,  119. 

W.  O.  N.  .\.  R.  D..  Organiza- 
tion Ideals,  11.^. 

Word,  M.  F..  121. 

Wvcth  &  Bro.,  John.  136. 

Wycth.  Maxwell.  122. 


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:Editori.\l  axd  Pharmaceutic.\l    Pages  147-170 

Editorials   147-150 

\      Correspondence    150 

Official  Rulings  on  the  Harrison  Narcotic  Law  and 

Supplemental  List  of  Preparations   151-155 

Cultivation  of  Medicinal  Plants    156 

Get  some  Butter  for  your  Bread    158 

Recreation  for  Pharmacists    159 

'      Trend  of  Modem  Pharmacy    160 

ttings  from  Great  Britain    162 

:  stion  Box    163 

•   reign  Abstracts    165 

Rittman  Process  Announced    167 

L Women  in  Pharmacy    169 
Bws  AND  Trade  Section                              Pages  171-194 

Mostly  Personal   171-172 

Obituaries    1  7/i 

I      Prescription  Scheme  Falls  Through   '.   175 

[      Movies  on  Patent  Medicine  Fakirs    176 

.       Harrison  Narcotic  Law  in  the  Making    177 

1       Associations,  Clubs,  etc   179 

I       News  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  Branches    180 

!,      From  the  Business  Field    184 

'       Board  Examinations    186 

I       Trade  Notes,  etc   187 

'<       Patents.  Trademarks,  etc   ISO 

i       Drag  Markets    191 

irNDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS    Page  48 

'  [NDEX  TO  GOODS  ADVERTISED    Pages  44-47 

(iCNDEX  TO  READING  P.\GES   Page  194 


UN-IFGRM  STATE  N-ARCOTIC  LAWS 

We  have  been  greatly  interested  in  the  move- 
ment inaugurated  by  the  United  States  Chamber 
of  Commerce  to  harmonize  State  and  Federal  leg- 
islation in  the  direction  of  promoting  greater  uni- 
formity and  efficiency  of  food  and  drug  regulation 
in  the  United  States,  in  order  that  the  people  there- 
of might  "receive,  generally  and  equally,  the  most 
effective  protection  in  the  food  and  drugs  con- 
sumed." Any  one  who  has  had  occasion  to  com- 
pare the  various  requirements  obtaining  in  the 
several  states  has  early  discovered  that  what  has 
been  designated  as  an  adulteration  by  law  in  one 
State,  may  be  perfectly  admissible  under  the  law 
of  another  State.  In  other  words,  what  is  a  legal 
truth  for  one,  is  a  criminal  fraud  for  another.  In 
a  recent  address  by  Charles  Wesley  Dunn,  a  well 
known  authority  on  food  and  drug  laws,  he  said : 

A  single  article  of  food  wrapped  in  the  original  sealer  con- 
tainer may  travel  around  the  country  in  the  normal  channels 
of  commerce  and  under  various  local  laws  and  regulations,  may 
completely  lose  its  purity  and  wholesomeness,  its  name,  and 
its  entire  identity,  on  several  occasions,  and  be  subject  to  seizure 
and  destruction.  An  ethical  drug  product,  of  recognized  thera- 
peutic value,  for  which  no  improper  claims  are  made,  may, 
under  certain  conditions,  go  through  the  country  and  be  legal 
about  half  the  time.  With  irreconcilably  conflicting  laws  the 
manufacturer  or  dealer  has  no  opportunity  for  escape,  despite 
the  best  endeavor,  being  compelled  to  violate  one  law  to  con- 
form to  another.  I  believe  it  may  be  asserted  that  if  all  the 
food  and  drug  laws  and  regulations  were  exactly  enforced  but 
few  manufacturers  and  dealers  would  not  be  in  the  courts, 
facing  prosecution.  We  do  not  urge  the  merits  of  conflicting 
contentions.  We  only  advance  the  suggestion  that  the  best 
possible,  the  most  efficient  law  be  adopted  uniformly  and  gener- 
ally, so  as  to  give  equal  protection  to  all  the  people,  and  so 
as  to  establish  a  single  rule  of  conduct  for  all  commerce. 

Similar  comments  can  be  advanced  by  almost 
any  one  who  will  compare  the  provisions  of  the 
Federal  Narcotic  law  with  the  narcotic  laws  on  the 
statute  books  of  the  several  States.  There  is  no 
reason  that  we  know  of  why  the  official  order  forms 
and  duplicate  copies  thereof  issued  by  the  Com- 
missioner of  Internal  Revenue  could  not  be  ap- 
proved and  adopted  by  all  the  States  without  com- 
pelling the  pharmacist  in  a  particular  state  to  make 
out  another  set  of  order  forms  to  cover  the  same 
order  to  comply  with  the  law  of  his  State!  One 
set  of  records  should  be  sufficient  for  all  practical 
purposes,  and  there  appears  to  be  no  valid  reason 
why  the  evidence  of  sale  or  use  of  any  narcotic 
recorded  in  one  registration  should  not  "an.swer  all 


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requirements.  The  amount  of  detail  now  heaped 
upon  the  druggist  is  greater  than  that  of  the  dealer 
in  any  other  calling,  and  the  uselessness  of  dupli- 
cate work  and  records  seems  uncalled  for.  Phar- 
macists should  work  for  imiform  legislation  in  this 
direction  in  their  respective  States.  The  Federal 
regulation  of  the  sale  and  distribution  of  narcotics, 
we  believe,  has  found  a  permanent  place  on  the 
Nation's  statute  books,  and  we  are  not  sure  but 
that  it  would  prove  a  wise  move  for  most  of  the 
States  to  hand  over  entirely  the  enforcement  of 
siuch  laws  to  the  National  Governmevit.  At  any 
rate,  but  little  progress  will  be  made  in  any  State 
legislation  that  seeks  to  enforce  a  duplication  of 
records  or  deviates  from  the  general  principles  laid 
down  in  the  Federal  Narcotic  Act. 


TREND  OF  LEGISLATION  IN  NEW  JERSEY 

In  no  outline  of  proposed  pharmaceutical  legisla- 
tion that  we  have  seen  during  the  last  few  years 
have  so  many  apparently  good  features  been  incor- 
porated as  appears  in  the  pharmacy  bill  now  before 
the  New  Jersey  Legislature.  So  far  as  we  can  dis- 
cover, the  bill  represents  the  experience  gained  in 
enforcing  the  provisions  of  the  previous  and  present 
laws,  and  if  enacted,  it  will  place  the  practice  of 
the  calling  in  that  State  in  an  advanced  position. 
Fundamentally,  all  laws  are  enacted  for  the  benefit 
of  the  public,  and  in  the  endeavor  to  secure  such 
legislation,  the  interests  of  those  most  affected  are 
not  always  fully  considered.  But  in  the  points  that 
have  been  crystallized  in  the  measure  now  before  the 
New  Jersey  Legislature,  we  see  reflected  many  of 
the  advanced  views  held  by  the  pharmacists  them- 
selves. Indeed,  the  bill  is  mainly  the  effort  of  the 
New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  as 
such,  it  has  the  backing  of  the  pharmacists  of  the 
State. 

In  studying  the  bill,  one  will  find  many  of  the 
phases  of  legislation  affecting  pharmacy  that  have 
been  put  forward  in  other  States.  As  might  be  ex- 
pected, a  clause  carrying  graduation  from  a  school 
of  pharmacy  as  a  prerequisite  for  registration  is 
most  important.  This  provision  also  defines  such 
schools  in  that  they  must  comply  with  the  rules  and 
regulations  of  the  board  of  pharmacy  and  require 
of  students  before  entrance  upon  pharmaceutical 
studies  an  academic  education  equal  to  one  year's 
completed  study  of  approved  high  school  work. 
This  requirement  is  in  line  with  the  views  of  a 
large  number  of  pharmacists  who  have  seriously 
studied  the  many  problems  confronting  present 
day  pharmacy.  The  trend  of  all  legislation,  both 
Federal  and  State,  has  been  and  is  in  the 
direction  of  placing  greater  responsibilities  upon 
the  pharmacist  and  hedging  the  practice  of  his 
calling  with  greater  restrictions.  To  moot  these 
responsibilities  a  general  education  is  fundaiiKMital, 
and  the  State  has  the  right  to  insist  1liat  tliose 
who  propose  to  follow  the  calling  shall  equip 
themselves  in  a  manner  which  shall  best  subserve 
the  interests  of  the  public  and  of  the  pharmacist 


himself.  In  this  matter  the  framers  of  the  bill 
have  exhibited  considerable  wisdom  in  providing 
that  this  section,  as  to  the  certificate  of  preliminary- 
education  or  the  registration  of  a  pharmacist  who 
was  a  graduate,  or  who  may  become  a  graduate 
within  three  years,  shall  not  become  effective  for 
three  years  after  the  passage  of  the  act.  This 
means  that  colleges  of  pharmacy  are  to  have  time 
in  which  to  revise  their  standards  of  admission  to 
meet  the  requirements. 

Another  section  which  will  attract  attention  from 
some  quarters  is  that  which  gives  to  the  board  of 
pharmacy  the  power  to  refuse  registration  or  re- 
voke certificates  for  certain  named  reasons.  Some 
of  the  powers  here  directly  granted  have  been  held 
in  greater  or  less  degree  by  the  boards  of  other 
states,  but  in  no  law  can  we  recall  so  large  a 
number  which  are  so  distinctly  stated.  In  this 
connection,  the  section  which  provides  the  refusal 
or  revocation  of  "a  certificate  of  applicant  or 
holder  when  afflicted  by  a  mental  disease  of  such 
a  character  as  to  render  him  a  menace  to  the 
public  if  allowed  to  practice  pharmacy,"  will  be 
read  with  interest.  Just  what  evidence  will  be 
required  to  designate  one  a  "menace,"  is  a  de- 
batable question,  but  there  is  no  doubt  that  there 
may  be  some  individuals  now  practicing  pharmacy 
that  the  designation  will  fit. 

One  of  the  best  provisions  of  the  entire  act,  how- 
ever, is  that  which  provides  annually  $10,000  or  so 
much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  enforce- 
ment of  the  law.  This  provision,  if  enacted,  will 
place  the  board  in  an  independent  position  and  en- 
able its  members  to  perform  their  duties  without 
fear  or  favor.  One  of  the  greatest  drawbacks  to 
pharmacy  law  enforcement  in  tlie  past  has  been 
due  to  the  fact  that  the  State,  while  providing  a 
law  and  a  board  for  carrj^ing  out  the  provisions  of 
that  law,  made  no  appropriation  with  which  tlie 
board  could  work.  This  lack  of  power  to  enforce 
the  law  to  the  fullest  extent  handicapped  the 
board,  and  in  many  instances  made  the  law  a 
laughing  stock  to  violators  and  unsatisfactory  to  its 
staunchest  defenders.  These  several  provisions  in 
the  proposed  New  Jersey  pharmacy  law.  including 
that  providing  for  reciprocal  registration,  art 
worthy  of  the  support  of  all  pharmacists  in  thai 
State,  and  the  measure  in  our  opinion,  shows  in  { 
most  positive  manner  the  direction  and  trend  oi 
present  day  legislation  relating  to  pharmacy. 


THE  CONTROL  OF  PRICES 

Absolute  control  of  the  sale  price  of  manufae 
tured  articles  of  all  kinds  throughout  the  Unite< 
States  will  no  longer  i-emain  Avith  the  patentee,  i 
the  iiitcrpri't.ition  of  a  decision  handed  down  tb 
other  (lay  liy  Judge  Augustus  N.  Hand,  sitting  ii 
the  U.  S.  District  Court  in  this  city,  by  whicl 
R.  H.  Macy  &  Co.  succeeded  in  having  dismisse( 
the  complaint  in  a  suit  instituted  by  the  Victo: 
Talking  ]\rae]iiiie  Company.  Tlie  latter  compan; 
sought  to  enjoin  the  department  store  from  sellini 


Apkil,  1915] 


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149 


its  talking  machines,  records,  and  other  parapher- 
nalia, because  of  a  refusal  to  sign  an  agreement  by 
which  the  Victor  company  could  dictate  the  prices 
■of  its  output. 

We  cannot  attempt  to  give  the  various  points 
raised  by  the  parties  in  the  case  at  issue,  but  the 
decision  is  of  interest  to  pharmacists  as  it  follows 
the  precedent  furnished  by  the  decision  handed 
down  some  time  ago  in  the  Sanatogen  case.  The 
Court  said:  "The  only  question  is  whether  a  pat- 
entee who  has  once  received  his  royalty  covering 
the  use  of  the  patented  article  during  the  entire 
life  of  the  patent  can  by  his  license  prevent  the 
transfer  of  the  use  of  his  license  in  a  case  where 
upon  the  expiration  of  the  patent  there  is  a  sale  of 
the  machine  itself  to  the  ultimate  possessor  condi- 
tioned upon  the  obsen  ance  of  the  terms  of  the 
license." 

Attention  was  called  to  the  Sanatogen  case, 
wherein  the  Supreme  Court  held  that  the  patent 
law  did  not  give  the  exclusive  right  to  dictate  the 
price  of  a  subsequent  sale  when  a  sale  has  once 
taken  place.  The  license  agreement  in  the  Sana- 
togen case  contained  a  clause  by  which  title  in  the 
article  is  revested  in  the  patentee  whenever  the 
article  was  sold  for  less  than  the  fixed  price.  The 
Court  could  see  no  distinction  between  permanent- 
ly parting  with  the  title  to  a  patented  article  so  far 
as  the  right  to  restrict  the  price  to  the  consumer 
is  concerned.  In  the  Sanatogen  case  the  decision 
enimeiated  the  principle  that  patentees  have  not 
the  right,  after  selling  a  patented  article,  to  control 
the  price  for  which  it  shall  be  sold  by  the  retailer 
to  the  final  consumer. 


AS  TO  SOME  EXEMPTED  PREPARATIONS 

Several  inquiries  have  come  to  this  office  regard- 
ing the  status  of  "Warburg's  tincture,  N.  F.,  and 
Camphorated  tincture  of  opium,  U.  S.  P.,  under 
the  provisions  of  the  Federal  narcotic  law.  Both 
of  these  preparations  contain  less  than  the  permis- 
sible amount  of  narcotic  allowed  by  the  law  and 
both  are  therefore  in  the  exempted  class.  The  in- 
quiry concerning  paregoric  was  in  one  or  two  iu- 
stances  occasioned  by  the  fact  that  in  the  advance 
proof  of  the  list  of  preparations  which  appeared  in 
the  March  Era,  the  name,  while  correctly  appear- 
ing in  the  list  of  exempted  preparations,  also  ap- 
peared by  mistake  in  the  list  affected  by  the  law. 
As  printed  in  the  March  Era,  however,  this  error 
was  corrected. 

Again.  Brown  ^Mixture  lozenges  and  Warburg's 
tincture  pills  Cnot  Warburg's  pills,  N.  F.,  which 
contain  no  opium)  are  not  official  forms  of  these 
remedies,  and  the  opium  content  is  based  upon  the 
particular  manufacturer's  statement.  Confusion 
■seems  to  exist  between  the  terms  "Warburg's  pills" 
and  "W^arburg's  tincture  pills."  The  latter  are 
•not  made  by  any  official  formula,  and  a  number  of 
manufacturers  list  .such  pills  or  cap.sules  represent- 
ing the  medicinal  strength  in  each  pill,  tablet  or 
■capsule  or  1  fluid  dram  of  the  official  tincture 
(which  contains  opium"),  and  the  necessary  concen- 


tration to  reduce  the  tincture  to  pill  or  capsule  form 
increases  proportionately  the  opium  content  in  each 
avoirdupois  ounce  of  the  finished  product.  There- 
fore, for  the  exact  status  and  opium  content  of  any 
sample  of  Warburg's  tincture  capsules,  pills,  or 
tablets,  the  statement  of  the  particular  manufac- 
turer should  be  consulted,  as  various  strengths  of 
these  are  listed.  We  repeat:  Warburg's  pills,  N.  F. 
contain  no  opium  and  are  exempt;  Warburg's 
tincture  pills,  capsules  or  tablets,  if  they  are  made 
from  the  official  tincture,  should  contain  opium,  the 
quantity  in  each  avoirdupois  ounce  of  finished 
product,  however,  depending  upon  the  strength 
desired  by  the  individual  manufacturer,  or  upon 
other  modifications  he  may  have  introduced  into 
his  formula. 


PERILOUS  COMPETITION" 

We  print  herewith  a  letter  from  an  esteemed 
subscriber  on  the  subject  of  chain  store  and  de- 
partment store  competition.  It  reveals  the  inter- 
est evinced  generally  by  retail  druggists  in  present 
day  buying  conditions.    Read  it: 

Editor  of  the  Era. 

Sir — Your  editorial  on  "The  Wholesale  Druggist"  in 
the  February  number  of  the  Era  is  the  best  thing  you  have 
uttered  in  your  history.  You  are  not  telling  us  anything  new 
nor  are  you  the  first  to  give  utterance  to  the  sentiments  ex- 
pressed; but  yours  is  the  first  real  complete  crystallization  of 
conditions  into  word  form  for  a  decade.  It  is  an  open  secret 
that  for  twenty  five  years  the  N.  W.  D.  A.  has  been  the  closest 
corporation  in  tlie  United  States,  beside  which  some  of  the 
colossal  trusts  which  have  been  busted  have  been  as  milk  and 
water  institutions. 

The  retail  trade,  especially  those  who  have  been  really 
fighting  the  battles  of  the  retailer  through  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 
and  other  organizations,  have  been  fully  cognizant  of  condi- 
tions and  the  blighting  influence  and  death  throttle  the  whole- 
salers held  on  the  retail  trade — or  at  least  those  who  did  not 
free  themselves  from  the  grip  in  time — and  that  these  condi- 
tions were  aided  and  encouraged  by  a  few  of  the  so-called 
leaders  in  the  organizations  of  retailers  is  strongly  suspected. 
It  is  believed  that  the  warm  frienships  existing  between  cer- 
tain wholesalers  and  their  representatives  and  certain  of  the 
leaders  and  headquarters  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  were  not  for 
naught,  and  the  result  was  a  considerable  falling  off  in  the 
loyalty  of  the  body  of  the  membership  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 

The  United  Drug  Merchants,  Rexail  and  A.  D.  S.  were  not 
accidents,  but  were  called  forth  by  the  unbearable  conditions 
which  existed  through  the  manipulations  and  influences  of 
the  N.  W.  D.  A. 

If  you  and  other  editors  and  owners  of  the  pharmaceutical 
press  had  only  sounded  the  warning  twenty  years  ago,  the 
retailers'  concerns  would  never  have  reached  the  gigantic 
growth  they  have  attained.  You  were  too  long  with  the  whole- 
salers and  their  allies,  and  it  seems  to  me  you  always  choked 
off  any  voice  that  was  raised  for  their  emancipation  under 
the  wholesalers  rule  and  dictum. 

It  is  not  too  late  for  the  emancipation  of  the  great  body 
of  small  retailers  who  have  not  yet  seen  the  light,  and  I  hope 
and  trust  that  your  editorial  will  revolutionize  conditions  so 
that  the  small  retailer  will  come  into  his  own. 

Yours  truly, 
Smartweed. 

Because  so  much  of  our  space  and  attention  re- 
cently has  been  devoted  to  matters  directly  con- 
cerned with  the  operation  of  the  new  Federal  Nar- 
cotic law  it  should  not  be  inferred  that  the  Era  is 
neglecting  this  matter.  On  the  contrary  we  hope 
ultimately  to  be  a  factor  in  the  accomplishment  of 


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reforms  that  will  be  of  distinct  advantage  to  re- 
tailers throughout  the  United  States. 

For  informative  purposes  the  histories  and  ex- 
periences of  organizations,  wholesale  or  retail,  are 
useful;  but  what  is  needed  right  now  is  a  live, 
practicable  idea,  based  on  thorough  knowledge  of 
trade  usages  and  menaces;  one  capable  of  develop- 
ment on  the  lines  of  least  resistance. 

CHEAP  BUYING  must  be  the  keystone  of  any 
bridge  that  is  built  over  this  river  of  doubt.  Can 
this  end  be  reached  in  any  way  except  through 
the  co-operation  of  jobbers  and  retailers? 

The  threatened  competition  does  not  affect  the 
retailer  alone.  Next  in  line  is  the  jobber,  and  then 
the  manufacturer.  Already  wholesale  grocers,  seiz- 
ing opportunities  presented  by  the  exigencies  of 
war,  have  entered  the  drug  and  chemical  export 
and  import  business.  The  fancied  security  of 
wholesalers  would  be  amusing  were  it  not  so  full 
of  perils  to  other  branches  of  the  trade.  The  cigar- 
drug  store  combination  lacks  neither  brains  nor 
money,  and  already  it  is  laying  the  foundation  for 
selling  securities  in  its  enterprises  to  the  public. 
After  establishing  its  means  of  selling  or  distribu- 
tion what  is  to  prevent  its  entrance  to  the  field  of 
manufacture  ? 

Again  we  insist  that  the  ordinary  instincts  of 
self-preservation  should  actuate  wholesalers  and 
jobbers  to  come  promptly  to  the  relief  of  retailers 
— before  the  damage  has  been  done. 

We  shall  welcome  all  suggestions  bearing  on  this 
highly  important  question. 

MORE   NARCOTIC  PREPARATION'S 

In  this  issue  of  The  Era  we  print  as  supplemental  to  the 
list  which  appeared  in  the  March  issue  of  this  journal,  an 
additional  list  of  drugs  and  preparations  exempted  and  affected 
by  the  Harrison  Narcotic  Law,  thereby  placing  in  fairly  com- 
plete and  concise  form  this  information  for  the  use  of  drug- 
gists and  others  who  are  most  interested  in  the  observance 
of  the  law.  In  the  compilation  of  these  lists  we  have  en- 
deavored to  make  this  information  as  authoritative  and  com- 
plete as  possible,  and  we  will  welcome  the  criticism  or  as- 
sistance of  any  subscriber,  druggist  or  manufacturer  that  will 
tend  to  make  further  improvement  in  this  direction. 

These  lists,  with  additional  information  showing  the  amount 
of  narcotic  drug  in  each  fluid  or  avoirdupois  ounce  of  each 
preparation  listed,  will  be  issued  in  pocket  form  as  a  sup- 
plement to  the  Era  Price  List  and  one  copy  will  be  sent 
free  to  each  Era  subscriber  whose  subscription  includes  the 
Price  List.  In  importance  the  information  contained  in  this 
consolidated  list  is  next  to  that  contained  in  the  official  regu- 
lations, for  without  either  regulations  or  a  knowledge  of  the 
great  number  of  preparations  affected  by  the  law,  the  average 
druggist  would  find  difficulty  in  mastering  all  of  the  details 
and  intricacies  this  new  legislation  has  developed. 

"GREAT  DRUG  SCANDAL" 

The  Ivondon  corr(=;pnndent  of  Weekly  Drug  Markets 
writes  as  follows  undrr  the  date  of  March  9: 

"The  publii  v.n^  sl  iitlril  tliis  evening  by  a  nrwspaprr  on- 
tent-sheet  amiMniH  n-  .1  Ci-  it  Drug  Scandal'.  11;.  \,  iul..r 
of  The  Glob,  111  iMssin-  il„  puirhasrd  ropy  nniwlv  ,.n  i.l,-.l 
to  your  correspondent,  who  |i,is^iM\-  y^.w,-  xi^n  il  ,if 

concern:  'That  paper,  sir,  li;is  r^ii  :i  word  in  it  ,.i  1-  :i  1^  ^  1  I 
can't  even  pronounce  it  i;,  ini^  iipipn"    il.  1'!|'m 

that  "blessed  word"  in.  mhi  in.  miIn  il,,^hr,|  ,,,,ms-,  il,.-  r  ni.l 
It  must  be  our  old  fuMid  11-  \ nrrtln  l,  m  li  n  .minr  Sine 
enough,  The  Control!.  I  Cim,  1  .1  l',,ir,ii<  lud  lu.l  h-  foir  Idni 
the  continued  application  (,l  Mr.  H,  S.  Wdli  onu-  lor  the  sus- 


pension of  the  Trade  Mark  (Schering's  Berlin)  "Urotropine". 
At  the  last  hearing  the  matter  stood  over  for  three  months 
to  see  how  the  stocks  lasted.  These  in  the  meantime,  had 
become  quite  exhausted.  The  trade-marked  name  had  ap- 
peared in  the  German  Pharmacopoeia  since  1910  and  is  re- 
ferred to  in  the  index  of  the  Swiss  Pharm.  The  total  avoid- 
ance of  the  trade  mark  was  not  pressed,  so  long  as  its  use  is 
permitted  for  the  duration  of  the  war. 

"The  Controller  expressed  the  opinion  that  the  applicant 
had  a  stronger  case  than  the  applicants  in  the  Aspirin  case 
had  and  he  would  give  his  decision  later. 

"During  the  hearing  it  transpired  that  the  Government,  ow- 
ing to  the  great  scarcity  of  the  product,  had  granted  a  license 
to  the  agents  to  import  a  supply  of  "Urotropine"  from  Ger- 
many direct.  Hence  the  press  article  referred  to  and  its  de- 
nunciation of  the  Government's  action  in  permitting  trade 
with  the  enemy." 


Correspondence 


Did  He  Overcharge  for  this  Prescription? 

Editor,  The  Pharmaceutical  Era : 

Will  you  publish  in  the  Era  the  enclosed  prescription  and 
ask  what  sliould  be  the  charge  for  compounding  the  same? 
I  charged  $1.25,  and  I  want  to  know  if  you  think  I  over- 
charged the  customer?  The  customer  said  that  I  had  over- 
charged him,  for  the  doctor  (prescriber)  had  said  that  the 
"medicine  would  not  cost  more  than  90c  or  $1." 

Very  truly  yours, 

L.  B.  J. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  prescription  above  referred 


to: 

Mentholis    3jv 

01.  betula   •  5jv 

01.  oleic   3vj 

01.  turpentine   oj 

Spt.  vini  recti   •  5vj 

M.  Sig.  Rub  in  well. 


(Considering  the  present  high  cost  of  the  materials  named 
in  the  above  prescription,  and  also  the  increased  cost  for 
operating  expenses,  it  is  not  likely  that  the  majority  of  drug- 
gists will  say  that  L.  B.  J.  charged  one  cent  more  than  he 
should  have  done  in  asking  the  customer  $1.25  for  the  com- 
pounded medicine.  However,  we  pass  the  question  along  to 
Era  readers,  and  should  like  to  have  them  submit  their 
opinions  as  to  what  should  be  a  fair  price.  We  are  well 
aware  that  the  nomenclature  used  in  the  prescription  is  an 
incongruous  mixture  of  Latin  and  English  (the  prescription  is 
printed  as  submitted  to  us),  but  this  violation  of  the  rules  of 
the  game  does  not  in  this  instance  constitute  the  controversial 
point.  How  much  would  you  charge  for  compounding  the 
prescription  ? — Ed. ) 


The  Arkansas  State  Legislature  defeated  by  a  very  close  vote 
a  bill,  fathered  by  Mr.  Taylor,  to  regulate  the  operation  of 
retail  drug  stores  and  requiring  that  they  be  conducted  by 
licensed  pharmacists.  Three  State  legislators  contended  that 
the  measure  would  work  hardship  on  the  country  merchants, 
who  sell  patent  medicines  and  also  against  the  traveling  medi- 
cine vender.  The  measure  had  tlie  endorsement  of  the  State 
Ph.  A. 


DRUGGISTS — PLEASE  NOTICE 
We  are  trying-  to  compile  a  complete  list  of  all 
co-operative  buying  companies  and  clubs  in  connec- 
tion with  the  retail  drag  trade,  and  we  will  thank  our 
subscribers  to  send  us  information  in  regard  to  any 
such  to  which  they  belong. 

In  each  case  please  send  us  the  correct  name  of 
the  company  or  club  as  well  as  its  address  and  the 
name  of  one  or  more  of  its  officers  or  managers. 

We  are  anxious  to  make  this  list  complete  and  will 
appreciate  the  co-operation  of  our  subscribers.  Please 
address. 

Era  Druggists  Directory,  No.  3  Park  Place.  New- 
York. 


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Official  Rulings  on  the  Narcotic  Law 

The  following  rulings  for  the  enforcement  of  the  Federal  Narcotic  Law 
were  issued  by  the  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue  on  March  9: 


(T.  D.  2172) 
Narcotic  law. 

Synopsis  of  rulings  on  questions  relating  to  the  act  of  Con- 
gress approved   December   17,    1914,   known  as 
the  Harrison  narcotic  law. 
1  Treasury  Department, 

Office  of  Commissioner  of  iNTERX.Ai  Revenue, 

Washington,  D.  C,  March  9,  1915. 
The  following  synopsis  of  rulings  on  questions  relating  to 
the  narcotic  law  is  published  for  the  information  of  Internal 
Revenue  officers  and  others  concerned.  All  rulings  or  parts 
of  rulings  heretofore  made  which  are  in  conflict  herewith  are 
hereby  revoked : 

Acceptance  of  orders. — The  words  "accept"  and  "accept- 
ance" as  used  in  section  2  of  the  act  are  held  to  apply  to 
the  notice  of  acceptance  of  the  purchase  order,  or,  if  such 
notice  is  not  given,  to  the  delivery  or  shipment  of  the  goods 
I  to  the  purchaser.  The  date  of  such  notice  or  shipment  will 
be  the  "date  of  acceptance"  in  such  cases. 

Administration,  external  and  internal. — Liniments, 
ointments,  or  other  preparations  containing  drugs  not  specifi- 
cally exempt,  used  for  oral,  nasal,  aural,  ocular,  rectal,  ure- 
thral, or  vaginal  administration  cire  not  in  such  cases  used 
externally  and  are  therefore  not  exempt  from  the  provisions  of 
this  law. 

Attendance  (personal),  definition  of. — A  physician, 
dentist,  or  veterinarian  must  actually  be  absent  from  his  office 
and  in  personal  attendance  upon  a  patient  in  order  to  come 
within  the  exemption  of  section  2,  paragraph  A,  of  this  law. 

Analysis,  samples  of. — While  no  special  provision  is 
made  in  the  act  for  the  purchase  by  chemical  laboratories  of 
narcotic  drugs  to  be  used  as  test  reagents  in  analytical  work, 
or  for  the  forwarding  by  physicians  of  samples  for  analysis, 
the  purchase  or  disposal  of  such  drugs  for  the  purposes 
named  would  not  be  in  violation  of  the  act,  provided  the  same 
are  purchased  or  received  by  regularly  established  chemical  or 
analytical  laboratories,  and  the  requirements  as  to  registra- 
tion and  keeping  of  records,  etc.,  are  fully  complied  with.  In 
either  such  case  registration  and  payment  of  special  tax  will 
be  necessary  (sec.  1  of  act),  and  the  prescribed  order  blanks 
must  be  used  as  to  all  purchases  of  such  drugs,  as  required 
by  section  2  of  the  act. 

Where  such  drugs  are  purchased  for  analytical  work  there 
should  be  kept,  in  addition  to  the  duplicate  order  blanks,  a 
record  showing  when  such  drugs  were  received,  the  kind  and 
quantity  received,  and  from  whom  received.  This  record 
should  also  show  as  to  each  kind  the  quantity  used  for  ana- 
lytical work  and  the  quantity  remaining  unused  at  the  close 
of  each  month. 

Samples  forwarded  by  physicians  for  analysis  must  be  en- 
tered in  their  records  (art.  10,  Regulations  35),  as  where  like 
drugs  are  dispensed  or  distributed  other  than  directly  to  pa- 
tients. Laboratories  receiving  such  samples  must  also  enter 
'  the  same  on  their  records,  as  in  the  case  of  purchases  above 
referred  to. 

Branches,  registration  of. — Each  separate  branch  of 
any  firm,  partnership,  or  corporation  dispensing  or  distributing 
any  of  the  drugs  coming  within  the  scope  of  this  law  will  be 
required  to  register  and  pay  the  special  tax.  The  name  of  the 
firm,  partnership,  or  corporation  should  be  indicated  on  the 
application  for  registry  with  the  name  of  the  manager  in 
charge  of  the  branch  immediately  beneath. 

Charity  org'anizations. — Xot  supported  solely  by  the 
State,  county,  or  municipality  must  register  and  pay  the  spe- 
cial tax  and  keep  a  record  of  drugs  dispensed  or  distributed. 

City  hospitals,  status  of. — (See  Exemptions  from  reg- 
istration.) 

I       Consumers  obtaining  drugs. — A    consumer,  as  such, 
will  not  be  permitted  to  register  under  this  law  and  can  only 


obtain  a  supply  of  such  drugs  through  a  duly  registered 
physician,  dentist,  or  veterinarian. 

Containers. — It  will  not  be  necessary  under  the  provi- 
sions of  this  act  for  net  weights  to  be  placed  upon  containers 
of  tablets  or  other  preparations,  so  long  as  the  proportion  of 
the  inhibited  drug  to  the  ounce  is  indicated  thereon.  Such 
containers  and  contents,  however,  will  be  subject  to  the  pure 
food  and  drugs  act  and  regulations  issued  thereunder. 

Containers  broken  or  destroyed. — Where  a  container 
becomes  broken  or  destroyed  through  accident  in  transporta- 
tion or  otherwise  it  will  be  necessary  for  the  person  registered 
to  make  affidavit  as  to  the  quantity  and  kind  of  drug  lost  or 
destroyed,  and  keep  such  affidavit  on  file  with  his  order 
forms. 

Containers,  use  of  pasters  on. — No  objection  to  the 
use  of  pasters  on  containers  already  in  stock  and  labeled  to 
denote  a  reduction  of  narcotic  drug  to  the  exempted  class 
indicated  in  section  6. 

Dealers,  drugs  returned  to. — Where  any  of  the  drugs 
or  preparations  coming  within  the  scope  of  this  law  were  in 
the  hands  of  persons  on  March  1,  1915,  and  are  to  be  re- 
turned to  a  registered  manufacturer  or  dealer  from  whom  the 
same  were  purchased,  the  person  returning  the  same  will  at- 
tach to  the  inventory  made  by  him  March  1,  1915,  a  memor- 
andum of  the  drugs  or  preparations  returned,  specifying  the 
kind  and  quantity  returned  and  the  date  of  return.  Upon 
the  receipt  of  such  drugs  or  preparations  the  manufacturer  or 
dealer  will  attach  to  his  inventory  a  like  memorandum  giving 
also  the  name  of  the  person  from  whom  such  drugs  or  prepa- 
rations were  received. 

Department  stores  handling  drugs. — A  general  mer- 
chant who  handles  any  of  these  drugs  or  preparations  under 
authority  of  the  State  laws  must  register  and  pay  the  special 
tax  required  by  the  Federal  law. 

Diacetyl  morphine. — As  this  is  the  chemical  name  for 
heroin  it  will  be  classed  as  such. 

Drugs,  exportation  of. — Pending  the  issuing  of  regula- 
tions under  the  provisions  of  paragraph  (c),  section  2,  of 
this  act,  narcotic  drugs  may  be  exported  without  a  special 
permit.  The  order  of  the  foreign  consignee,  together  with  a 
duplicate  bill  of  lading  or  other  shipping  receipt  covering  the 
consignment  should,  however,  be  filed  with  the  prescribed 
purchase  orders  on  which  like  drugs  are  shipped  to  pur- 
chasers in  the  United  States.  Direct  sales  on  personal  ap- 
plication of  a  physician  residing  and  practicing  outside  of  the 
United  States  can  under  no  circumstances  be  permitted,  as 
such  sales  would  not  be  regarded  as  an  exportation  within 
the  meaning  of  the  statute. 

Drugs  dispensed,  record  of. — A  physician  or  dentist 
who  administers  minute  quantities  of  drugs  coming  within 
the  scope  of  this  law  in  his  office  may  keep  a  record  of  the 
date  when  a  stock  solution  is  made  and  the  date  when  such 
stock  solution  is  exhausted  without  keeping  a  record  of  the 
name  and  address  of  each  patient  to  whom  such  drugs  are 
administered.  This  plan  will  be  allowed,  how^ever,  only  in 
cases  of  those  physicians  and  dentists  who  use  minute  quan- 
tities of  these  drugs,  such  as  oculists,  aurists,  and  other 
specialists;  but  where  a  physician  engaged  in  a  general  prac- 
tice otherwise  administers  such  drugs  it  will  be  necessary  for 
him  to  keep  a  record  of  the  name  and  address  of  the  patient, 
of  all  drugs  dispensed,  distributed,  or  administered  in  his 
office,  and  of  such  drugs  left  with  a  patient  to  be  taken  in 
his  absence.  Only  such  drugs  as  are  personally  administered 
by  a  physician  to  a  patient  when  away  from  his  office  are 
exempt  from  record. 

Drugs  delivered,  receipts  for. — A  retail  dealer  in  filling 
a  prescription  or  order  form  calling  for  any  of  the  drugs 
coming  within  the  scope  of  this  law  is  not  required  to  de- 
mand a  receipt  therefor. 


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[April,  191^ 


Druggist  engaged  in  more  than  one  business. — A 

retailer  having  more  than  one  place  of  business,  or,  if  in 
any  case,  the  retailer  is  engaged  in  more  than  one  profession 
or  business  where  any  of  the  drugs  coming  within  the  scope 
of  this  law  are  made,  stored,  or  dispensed  should  make  ap- 
plication for  registration  in  each  such  case. 

Educational  institutions. — Any  department  of  a  uni- 
versity, college,  or  other  educational  institution  using  drugs 
coming  within  the  scope  of  this  law  must  register  with  the 
collector  of  internal  revenue  and  pay  the  special  tax.  The 
dean  of  each  department  should  sign  the  application  for  regis- 
try and  the  order  blanks  used  to  obtain  a  supply  of  these 
drugs.  Such  drugs  used  in  a  dental  infirmary  or  laboratory 
should  be  recorded  in  a  book  kept  for  that  purpose. 

Employees  of  registered  persons. — Persons  registered 
under  this  law  will  be  held  responsible  for  the  acts  of  their 
employees  in  dispensing  or  distributing  any  of  the  drugs 
coming  within  the  scope  of  this  law. 

Exemptions  from  registration. — Under  the  act  Gov- 
ernment, State,  county,  and  municipal  officers,  lawfully  en- 
gaged in  purchasing  drugs,  etc.,  specified  in  the  act  for  the 
various  departments  of  the  Army  and  Navy,  the  Public  Health 
Service,  and  for  Government,  State,  Territorial,  district,  coun- 
ty, municipal,  or  insular  hospitals  or  prisons  are  held  to  be 
exempt  under  section  1  and  paragraph  (d)  of  section  2  from 
the  provisions  of  the  act  relating  to  registry  and  special  tax 
to  purchase  and  use  of  such  drugs  and  to  the  keeping  of 
records  of  the  same.  Any  such  officers,  however,  engaged  in 
private  practice  must  register,  pay  special  tax  and  keep  the 
records,  and  comply  with  all  the  requirements  of  the  law 
and  regulations. 

Exemption  of  certain  preparations. — The  exemptions 
provided  in  section  6  of  this  law  are  held  to  apply  only  to 
United  States  Pharmacopoeia  standard  preparations  or  to 
remedies  prepared  under  private  formula,  such  as  are  usually 
carried  in  stock  by  druggists  and  dispensed  without  pre- 
scriptions, and  not  to  pseudo  preparations  or  remedies  pre- 
pared, prescribed,  or  sold  on  account  of  the  narcotic  drug 
contained  therein. 

Fraudulent  prescriptions. — A  druggist,  when  receiving 
a  prescription  for  any  of  the  drugs  coming  within  the  scope 
of  this  law,  should  carefully  scrutinize  such  prescriptions  and 
where  he  has  reason  to  believe  that  the  same  is  forged  or  that 
the  quantity  of  drug  prescribed  is  unusually  large,  he  should, 
before  filling  such  prescription,  satisfy  himself  that  the  same 
is  genuine  and  properly  prepared.  Every  druggist  should 
know  the  signature  of  the  reputable,  legitimate  physicians  in 
his  locality,  and  should  he  fill  a  fraudulent  prescription  he 
would  be  liable  to  prosecution. 

CHospitals  and  sanatoriums  must  keep  a  record  of  drugs 
dispensed,  distributed,  or  administered  therein. 

Inventories  must  be  retained  on  file  by  person  making 
same  and  not  sent  to  the  collector  of  internal  revenue  or  the 
Treasury  Department.    Such  inventories  must  be  sworn  to. 

Inventories. — Every  person,  firm,  or  company  who  com- 
mences business  after  March  1,  1915,  of  importing  or  manu- 
facturing any  of  the  drugs  or  preparations  coming  within  the 
scope  of  this  law,  will,  at  the  time  of  registering  with  the 
collector  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  such  drugs  or  preparations 
are  imported  or  manufactured  make  a  sworn  inventory  of  all 
such  drugs  and  preparations  in  the  manner  prescribed  in 
article  13  of  Regulations  No.  35. 

Laboratories — Samples  for  analysis.     (See  Analysis.) 

Manufacturer,  definition  of. — The  word  "manufactur- 
er" as  used  in  this  law  is  not  construed  to  be  applicable  to 
druggists  or  apothecaries  (retail  dealers),  as  it  is  necessary 
for  practically  every  pharmacist  to  manufacture  certain  prepa- 
rations for  use  in  compounding  prescriptions;  and  this  office 
holds  that  but  one  registration  will  be  required  of  such  re- 
tail dealer.  Such  retail  dealer,  if  so  using  any  narcotic  drugs, 
should  keep  a  record  of  the  quantity  used. 

Manufacturing  exempted  preparations. — A  dealer  or 
manufacturer  using  any  quantity  of  narcotic  drugs  mentioned 
in  the  law  for  manufacturing  preparations  which  in  their 
finished  state  are  exempt  should  keep  an  accurate  record  of 
all  such  narcotic  drugs  used  for  this  purpose. 

Merchants,  general,  handling  drugs. — (See  Depart- 
ment stores.) 


Name  in  full — Meaning. — A  physician  may  sign  pre- 
scriptions calling  for  drugs  coming  within  the  scope  of  this 
law  the  same  as  he  would  sign  a  check  or  legal  document, 
i.  e.,  J.  H.  Smith,  John  H.  Smith,  or  John  Henry  Smith. 

Nurses,  status  of. — Not  allowed  to  register  and  can  only 
have  narcotic  drugs  in  their  possession  under  direction  of 
registered  physician.  Can  only  obtain  supplies  of  such  drugs 
upon  registered  physician's  prescription  and  only  when  nurs- 
ing patient  of  such  physician. 

Ointment,  liniments,  etc.,  for  external  use  only  con- 
taining more  than  the  quantity  of  drugs  sjjecifically  exempt 
under  section  6  can  be  dispensed  or  distributed  without  com- 
plying with  its  provisions,  only  when  such  ointments,  lini- 
ments, and  other  preparations  contain  ingredients  rendering 
them  unfit  for  internal  administration — in  other  words,  they 
must  be  denatured. 

Opium,  definition  of. — In  making  calculations  upon  the 
amount  of  opium  present  in  any  given  preparation,  this  office 
will  take  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  standard  for  opii 
pulvis  (powdered  opium)  containing  12  per  cent  to  12.5 
per  cent  of  morphine. 

orders,  date  of  acceptance. —  (See  Acceptance  ot  order 
forms. ) 

Order  forms,  filing  of. — Order  forms  filed  according  to 
systems  already  in  use,  if  readily  accessible  to  an  officer  of 
the  Government,  will  be  considered  as  a  substantial  compli- 
ance with  article  9  of  Regulations  No.  35. 

Orders  incompletely  filled. — It  will  be  necessary  when 
a  wholesale  dealer  is  unable  to  completely  fill  a  retail  dealer's 
order  for  both  the  original  and  duplicate  orders  to  have 
made  thereon  a  notation  as  to  the  quantity  or  quantities  sup- 
plied, and  the  date,  and  the  subsequent  filling  of  such  order 
should  also  be  indicated  on  both  the  original  and  duplicate 
order  forms. 

Order  forms,  lack  of  space  for  complete  order. — 

Where  more  drugs  or  preparations  are  to  be  ordered  than  the 
space  on  the  order  form  will  permit,  it  will  be  necessary'  to 
make  use  of  additional  order  forms.  The  attaching  of  extra 
sheets  to  these  forms  is  not  permissible. 

Order  forms  not  to  be  used  as  prescription  blanks. — 
Original  and  duplicate  order  forms  are  only  to  be  used  for 
obtaining  a  supply  of  the  drugs  and  preparations  covered  by 
this  law  and  can,  under  no  circumstances,  be  used  as  a  pre- 
scription. 

Paregoric,  status  of. — Camphorated  tincture  of  opium 
prepared  according  to  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  stand- 
ard, contains  not  quite  two  grains  of  powdered  opium  to  the 
fluid  ounce  and  is,  therefore,  exempt  from  the  provisions  of 
this  law. 

Partnerships  of  physicians. — Where  two  or  more 
physicians,  dentists,  or  veterinary  surgeons  are  in  partner- 
ship, doing  business  under  a  firm  name,  it  is  necessarv-  for 
the  firm  to  be  registered,  the  firm  registry  number  to  be  in- 
dicated in  ordering  any  of  the  drugs  for  use  in  the  office 
practice  of  the  members  of  the  firm,  each  individual  physician, 
dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  in  such  partnership  should 
register  and  pay  the  special  tax  under  his  own  name,  if  alsr 
engaged  in  private  practice. 

Personal  attendance,  definition  of. — (See  Attend- 
ance.) 

Physicians,  dentists,  and  veterinarians  practicing 
in  more  than  one  district. — If  maintaining  an  office  in 
more  than  one  internal-revenue  district  must  register  in  each 
district.  If  not  maintaining  more  than  one  office  registration 
in  one  district  permits  him  to  practice  in  any  other  district 
with  hut  one  registration. 

Places  of  business,  more  than  one. — (See  Druggists 
engaged  in  more  than  one  business.) 

Prescription  blanks. — .\  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary 
surgeon  can  make  use  of  any  prescription  blank,  provided  the 
same  is  properly  dated  and  signed  and  has  indicated  thereon 
the  iiln^iriin  ^;  iidih- his  registn,'  number,  and  the  name 
and  aiKliis^  xVr  prrson  for  whom  such  prescription  is 
writti  ii  1  he  (  i  i  iinu  iit  does  not  furnish  a  form  upon  which 
prescriptions  nia\  be  written  and  the  special  order  form  can 
not  he  \\<rd  f(ir  tliis  purpose. 

Prescriptions,  partial  filling  of.— Original  prescrip- 
tions only  c;in  he  lawfully  filled  by  druggists,  and  the  partial 


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153 


filling  of  such  prescriptions,  from  time  to  time,  where  large 
quantities  of  drugs  have  been  prescribed,  will,  uiKier  no  cir- 
cumstances, be  permitted. 

Proprietary  preparations  with  an  exempted 
amount  of  narcotic  drug-. — It  will  not  be  necessary  for 
a  registered  physician,  in  order  to  secure  patent  or  proprietary 
medicines  containing  less  than  amounts  named  in  section  6  of 
this  law,  to  furnish  with  such  order  a  Government  blank. 

Proprietary  articles  on  hand  or  in  course  of  manu- 
facture on  March  1,  where  the  same  are  in  the  hands  of 
dealers,  numulacturers,  or  persons  not  authorized  to  register, 
or  in  process  of  manufacture  under  like  conditions.  By  the 
provisions  ol  this  law,  unregistered  persons,  except  those  spe- 
cifically exempt,  are  not  authorized  to  manufacture,  deal  in,  or 
have  in  possession,  or  control  any  prohibited  drugs.  The  law 
is  mandatory  and  has  provided  no  escape  from  its  provisions 
from  the  date  of  its  taking  effect,  March  1,  1915.  The  pur- 
pose of  postponing  the  taking  effect  of  the  law  for  two  and 
one-half  months  from  the  date  of  its  passage,  December  17, 
1914,  to  March  1,  1915,  was  doubtless  to  give  dealers  and 
manufacturers  time  to  dispose  of  the  drugs  which  they  could 
not  otherwise  handle  after  that  date.  It  they  failed  to  do 
this,  the  responsibility  rests  with  them  and  they  must  im- 
icediately  comply  with  the  law  by  ridding  themselves  of  the 
possession  of  the  prohibited  drugs  in  any  and  every  form 
either  by  destruction  or  otherwise,  i.  e.,  manufacturers  will 
be  permitted  to  reduce  the  drugs  to  the  allowed  proportion  of 
opium  or  coca  leaves  or  their  derivatives,  and  in  the  case  of 
dealers  where  not  prohibited  by  the  transportation  proviso, 
that  is,  where  the  unlawful  compound  can  be  immediately  re- 
turned to  the  manufacturer,  such  manufacturer  might  act  as 
agent  for  the  dealer  to  reduce  the  opium  or  coca  leaves  or 
their  derivatives  contained  therein  to  a  legal  basis.  This,  of 
course,  could  only  be  done  within  the  State,  as  distinct  pro- 
hibition extends  across  State  lines.  Conditions  may  also  exist 
where  the  prohibited  drug  or  preparation  may  be  exported 
under  the  provisions  of  paragraph  (c),  section  2,  of  the  law. 

Receipts  for  drugs  delivered. — (See  Drugs  delivered, 
receipts  for.) 

Reregistration. — A  person  properly  registered  under 
one  line  of  business  can  not  transfer  his  registry  number  to 
another  line  of  business. 

Refilling  prescriptions. — Only  original  prescriptions 
can  be  filled  by  druggists  and  apothecaries  and  can  not  be 
refilled  without  violating  this  law. 

Reg^tration,  who  eligible  for. — The  following  per- 
sons legitimately  engaged  in  the  practice  of  their  profession 
and  dealers  allowed  by  the  State  laws  to  handle  narcotic  drugs 
are  eligible  to  registry  under  this  law:  Persons  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  medicine  and  surgery,  persons  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  dentistry,  persons  engaged  in  the  practice  of  veteri- 
nary medicine  and  surgery,  persons  engaged  in  the  importa- 
tion and  sale  of  drugs,  persons  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
and  sale  of  drugs  at  wholesale,  persons  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  drugs  at  retail. 

An  osteopath,  therefore,  or  other  person  heretofore  adminis- 
tering these  drugs,  if  not  classed  as  a  physician  in  the  State 
in  which  he  resides,  would  not  be  permitted  to  register  under 
this  law. 

Salesmen,  traveling. — Persons  desiring  to  register  under 
this  law  must  have  some  fixed  place  of  business  where  sales 
are  made  and  where  purchase  orders  received  by  them  can  be 
kept  on  file  for  the  inspection  of  a  Government  officer.  Trav- 
eling salesmen  will  not  be  able  to  comply  with  these  require- 
ments, but  no  objection  is  seen  to  such  salesmen  soliciting 
orders  and  forwarding  the  necessary  purchase  orders  to  their 
employers  to  be  filled  by  them.  Such  purchase  orders  received 
from  registered  persons  in  any  internal-revenue  district  may 
be  filled  by  a  firm  in  any  other  district,  but  the  same  when 
accepted  should  be  filed  according  to  their  serial  numbers  as 
to  district. 

Sales,  accommodation. — A  druggist  making  an  accom- 
modation sale  to  another  druggist  in  an  emergency  will  be 
regarded  as  a  retail  dealer. 

State  laws. — This  act  in  no  way  interferes  with  the 
operation  of  the  laws  of  any  State  respecting  the  manufacture, 
sale,  or  use  of  narcotic  drugs  unless  such  laws  are  in  direct 
conflict  therewith. 


Special-tax  stamps. — Must  be  posted  in  a  conspicuous 
place  by  every  person  registering  under  tliis  law. 

Third-party  shipments. — Wholesale  dealers  or  jobbers 
in  nminiir  elm-.,  when  unable  to  fill  orders  received  from 
retail  di  iKis  scud  their  own  purchase  order  to  manu- 

facturer uitii  rciiucst  that  such  drugs  be  shipped  directly  to 
retailer.  In  such  cases  orders  so  sent  must  give  name  of 
retailer  and  his  registry  number  and  number  of  his  purchase 
order.  There  is  no  objection  to  having  drugs  invoiced  to 
jobber  when  so  requested  by  registered  retailer  in  ordering 
directly  from  wholesale  dealer. 

Vessels,  supplies  of  drugs  for. — Registered  physicians 
and  veterinarians  will  be  allowed  to  write  prescriptions,  if 
prepared  according  to  regulations,  for  any  quantity  of  drugs 
to  be  used  on  ocean-bound  vessels  or  where  such  vessels  will 
be  beyond  the  reach  of  registered  physicians  and  veterinarians. 
Such  prescriptions  must  indicate  the  purpose  for  which  in- 
tended. 

D.WID   A.  G.A.TES, 

Acting  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue. 

Approved  : 

W.  G.  Mc.\doo,  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 

Supplemental 

To  Collectors  of  Internal  Revenue:  The  question  as 
to  whether  novocain  and  similar  preparations  come  under 
the  provisions  of  the  Harrison  Narcotic  Law  as  synthetic 
substitutes  for  cocaine  is  now  under  consideration.  Ufitil  this 
question  is  fully  determined,  novocain  and  similar  preparations, 
the  exact  character  of  which  has  not  been  fully  established, 
will  not  be  held  as  coming  within  the  scope  of  this  law. 

Respectfully, 
David  A.  Gates,  Acting  Commissioner. 

Supplemental 

Washington,  March  15,  1915. 

D.  O.  Haynes  &  Co., 

3  Park  Place,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Gentlemen : 

Replying  to  the  inquiries  contained  in  your  letter  of  March 
10th,  you  are  advised  that  the  registry  numbers  issued  by  the 
Collectors  of  Internal  Revenue  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Harrison  Narcotic  Law  are  not  transferable,  and  should  a 
firm  registered  under  this  law  change  its  name,  it  should  at 
once  notify  the  Collector  and  request  registration  under  the 
new  name.  Respectfully, 

G.  E.  Fletcher,  Deputy  Commissioner. 


SOME   PROPOSED  LEGISLATION 

The  Washington  State  legislature  defeated  a  bill  to  revise 
the  pharmacy  code  because  its  regulations  were  held  by  the 
legislators  to  be  too  strict.  Several  of  the  legislators  argued 
that  the  measure  would  make  the  drug  business  "a  closed  cor- 
poration." 

Senator  Darrah  of  Iowa  has  introduced  a  bill  in  the  State 
Senate  appropriations  committee  providing  for  a  reorganiza- 
tion of  the  State  pharmacy  commission.  It  may  be  reported 
as  a  commission  bill.  It  provides  for  three  commissioners  at 
a  salary  of  $1,800,  each  commissioner  to  be  assigned  to  a 
third  of  the  State  and  to  be  responsible  for  the  enforcement 
of  the  law  in  his  district. 

The  Connecticut  State  legislature's  committee  on  public 
health  and  safety  has  before  it  a  bill  prohibiting  physicians 
from  dispensing  medicine  unless  they  have  become  registered 
as  pharmacists.  The  measure  has  caused  considerable  ill- 
feeling  between  the  two  professions,  particularly  inasmuch  as 
a  representative  of  the  druggists  has  asserted  that  many  doctors 
in  the  State  had  written  prescriptions  that  would  have  re- 
sulted in  death  of  the  patients  if  the  druggists  had  filled  the 
prescription  as  written. 

Representative  James  D.  Jerome  has  introduced  a  bill  in 
the  Michigan  State  legislature  which  would  broaden  the  power 
of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  in  order  that  that  body  might 
revoke  the  license  of  any  druggist  who  is  convicted  of  violation 
either  of  the  narcotic  or  liquor  laws  of  the  State.  Country 
stores  selling  drugs  must,  under  the  measure,  take  out  a  $] 
license,  thereby  coming  under  the  rules  and  regulations  of 
the  Board. 


154  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA  [April,  1915 

Preparations  Exempted  and  Affected  by  Harrison  Law 


For  the  convenience  of  druggists  we  published  in  the  March 
issue  of  the  Era  a  list  of  drugs  and  preparations  affected  by 
the  Harrison  Narcotic  Law,  the  names  of  which  had  been 
reported  to  us  by  manufacturers  up  to  the  date  of  going  to 
press.  Many  additions  were  to  be  expected,  and  as  announced 
in  that  issue,  we  present  herewith  the  following  additional 
list  of  preparations  coming  under  the  law,  as  also  additional 
information  based  upon  announcements  of  manufacturers  show- 
ing changes  in  formulas  which  place  such  preparations  in  the 
exempted  class.  It  has  been  our  endeavor  to  make  this  list 
as  complete  and  authoritative  as  possible,  and  to  this  end  we 


cordially  invite  the  criticism  of  any  subscriber  or  druggist  that 
will  tend  to  make  further  improvement  in  the  list. 

This  list  in  its  entirety,  with  the  additional  information 
showing  the  amount  of  narcotic  drug  in  each  fluid  or  avoirdu- 
pois ounce  of  each  preparation  listeil,  will  be  issued  in  pocket 
form  as  a  supplement  to  the  Era  Price  List,  and  one  copy  of 
the  same  will  be  sent  free  to  each  Era  subscriber  whose  sub- 
scription includes  the  Price  List.  In  importance,  this  list  will 
rank  next  to  the  official  regulations  for  the  druggist  who  wishes 
to  be  fully  informed  of  all  preparations  that  are  affected  by 
the  Federal  Narcotic  Lavv-. 


DRUGS  AND  CHEMICALS 

Eucaine-Alpha-Beta — All  salts 

Euphthalamine  Hydrochloride 

Holocaine 

Meconin 

Narcophin 

Pantopon 

Paracodin 

AMPOULES 

Cocaine  Hydrochloride  (Lilly)  (Tilden) 
Codeine  Sulph.  (Tilden) 
Morphine    Sulph.,    all    strengths  (Lilly) 
(Tilden) 

and  Atropine,  all  strengths  (Lil- 
ly)  (P.  D.  &  Co.)  (Tilden) 
BOUGIES 
Urethral  No.  301  (2261) 
No.  312  (2261) 

CAPSULES 
Creosote  and  Codeine  Com.  No.  207  (2261) 
Strontium-Colchicine  Comp.  (Zemmer) 

COKDIALS 
Kola  Comp.  (Norwich) 

ELIXIRS 
Acetanilid  Comp.  Special  (Lilly) 

"         and  Codeine  Comp.  (O.D.  Co.) 
Antinausea  Comp.  (EUis-Lillybeck) 
Celery  Comp.  (Lilly) 
Celery  and  Black  Haw 
Chlorodyne  (Lafayette) 
Coca  and  Guarana  N.  F. 
Cordial  Mangoleum  &  Cocaine  (T.N.  Co.) 
Kolas  Cordial  with  Cocaine  (T.  N.  Co.) 
Cyprepedium  Comp.  (Swan-Myers) 
Damiana  Comp. 

Eupnein  (Schieffelin)  See  Note 

Heroin  and  Terpin  Hydrate  No.  2  (Mc- 
Coy H.  Co.) 

Heroin  Terpin  Hydrate  and  Creosote 

Hypnotic  Comp.  (N.  B.  &  Co.) 

ISIorphine  and  Codeine  Comp. 

Narcophin  Solution  (Mulford) 

Papaverine  (Lafayette) 

Poppy  Aromatic  (Stearns) 

White  Pine  Cordial  (Tilden) 

Note— Elixir  Eupnein,  Modified  (Schieffelin) 

is  exempt.    Contains  Heroin  '/i  gr.  fl.  oz. 

EXTRACTS  POWD.  AND  SOLID 

Saw  Palmetto  Comp. 

EYE  OINTMENTS  AND  COLLYRES 

Dionin  and  Atropine  (Lilly) 

FLUIDEXTRACTS 

Camphor  Comp.  B.  P.  (For  Tinct.) 
Opium  Aqueous 

Opium  Deodorized  (For  Tinct.) 
LOZENGES     AND  COMPRESSED 
LOZENGES 

r.rnn(lii,il  Tnivroved  (Norwich) 
Brown    MiM.irc    (Steams)  (Fraser) 
Brown  Mixture  Comp,  (Zemmer)  (Fraser) 
Brown  IMix.  &  Ammon.  Chloride  (Stearns) 
Licorice  and  Opium  U.  S.  P.  see  Glycyr- 
rhiza  and  Opium 


MIXTURES 

Corrective  Cordial 
Diarrhoea  (Squibb)  N.  F. 

(Velpeau)  N.  F. 
Sun  Cholera  N.  F. 

OINTMENTS 

Anodyne  Zinc 

Astringent  Comp.  (Zemmer) 
Ichthyol  Comp.  (Rectal)  (Lafayette) 
Ophthalmic  No.  30  (Lafayette) 
Hemorrhoidal  (5487A) 

PILLS  AND  GRANULES 
Anticholera  (McK.  &  R.) 
Antidysentery — Segond 
Atropine  and  Morphine  (all  sizes) 
Capsicum  Comp. — Andrews 
Coca  Extract 

Corrosive  Sublimate  and  Opium 

Cough  A  &  B  (Stearns) 

Coryza  (Norwich) 

Exalgine  and  Quinine 

Headache  (Stearns) 

Heroin  Camphor  and  Creosote — Daly 

Heroin  and  Terpin    Hydrate    1st  Form. 

(Schieffelin) 

"         "        "  "        2nd  Form. 

(Schieffelin) 
"       Terpin  Hydrate  and  Creosote 
Morphine  Acetate  (all  sizes) 
Morphine  and  Atropine  (all  sizes) 
Morphine  Hydrochloride  (all  sizes) 
Morphine,  Hyoscyamus  and  Camphor 
Morphine  and  Belladonna  (all  sizes) 
Morphine  Comp. — Hubbard 
Neuralgia  (Stearns) 
Opium  and  Lead  Acetate  (all  sizes) 
Opium  U.  S.  P.  (all  sizes) 
Opium,  Camphor  and  Tannin 
Opium  and  Silver  Nitrate 
Phenacetine  and  Qui.  Comp.    l4  Strength 
Improved  (Schieffelin) 
"  "      "         "  Improved 

(Half  Strength)  (Schieffelin) 
"  Salol  and  Codeine    J/s  gr. 

(Schieffelin) 

"  Salophen  and  Codeine  }/i  gr. 

(Schieffelin) 
Quinine,  Ipecac,  Digitalis,  and  Opium 
Salicylic  Acid  and  Morphine 
Soap  Comp.  B.  P. 

Terpin  Hydrate  and  Codeine  (all  sizes) 

POWDERS 
Cholera  Infantum  (Mulford) 
SOLUTIONS 
Cocaine  Hvdrorhl.  w.  Mcthaform  (Stearns) 
Nasal  Rprav  2-7  (Toledo  P.  Co.) 
Spray  No.  10  f.=^4S7A1 

SUPPOSITORIES 
Anti.septic  Conitones  (54S7A) 
Rectal  and  Vauinal  Nos.  1  &  2  (5487A) 
Opium  and  Belladonna  (5509) 
Vaginal  No.  360  (2261) 
No.  376  (226n 
Vaginal  and  Rectal  (Toledo  P.  Co.) 


SYRUPS 

Blood  Root  and  Cherry  Comp.  (N.  B.  & 
Co.)  (No.  2  Norwich) 

Cannabis  Comp. 

Codeine  Comp.  (Mulford) 

Diacetyl  Morph.  Arom.  Com.  (N.B.&Co.) 

Glycerine  and  Heroin  Comp.  (Mulford) 

Heroin  and  Muriate  Ammonia 

"       "    Terpin  Hydrate 
Palmo-Dionin    (Upjohn)   (Old  Formula) 

New  formula  exempt 
Pectoral,  Jackson's  N.  F. 
Terebene  Compound. 

with  Heroin  (Norwich) 
Tolu  and  Cannabis  Compound  (Norwich) 
White  Pine  Expectorant  (Baker) 

"       "     and  Heroin  Comp.  with  Tar 
Wild  Cherry  and  Terebene    Comp.  witb 
Heroin  (Norwich) 
TABLETS  AND  TABLET  TRITUR- 
ATES 
Alum  Comp.  (Steams) 
Alum  Comp.  Preferred  (Mulford) 
Ammonium  Carbonate  Comp.  (Mulford) 
Chloride  Comp.    Nos.    2  &  3 
(Toledo  P.  Co.) 
"         Salicylate  Comp. 
Anodyne 

Expectorant  (Mulford)  (Steams) 
(Schieffelin) 
.\nalgine  Comp.  (Mulford) 
Analgesic  Comp.  with  Codeine  (Mulford) 
Antiasthmatic  No.  2  (Mulford)  (Norwich) 
Anticold  No.  2  (Toledo  P.  Co.) 
Anticoryza  (Stearns) 
Antinausea 

Antineuralgic — Arthur 
Anlisyphilitic  (Toledo  P.  Co.) 
Asthma  Improved 
Astringent  Tonic 

"         Comp.  (Zemmer) 
.^stringent — Bangs 
Bismuth  and  Ipecac  Comp. 
Bismuth  Sulphocarbolate  Comp. 
Bronchitis  Nos.  1  to  5 

No.  1  Preferred  (Mulford) 
Bryonia  Comp.  (T.  N.  Co.) 
Ca'mph  Salecetin  (Bell) 
Cardiac  Tonic  No.  3  (Mulford) 
Cold  Nos.  1  to  7  inch 

"      (T.  N.  Co.) 

"     and  Fever  (Tilden) 
Coryza  MacCuen— "A"    (Steams)  (Bell) 

"  and  Hay  Fever,  ilod. — Wetherby 
Cough  "A"  (Steams) 

"     "C"  (Steams) 
Coush  Irritative  (T.  N.  Co.) 

"     i^fentholated  (W'aferhury) 

"  Sedative — Shaw 
Croup  (Norwich) 
Croup  Comp. — Green 
Cyanogen  Comp.  (Cough  T.  N.  Co.) 
Diarrhea  "A"  (Steams) 

Aromatic  (Mulford) 
"B"  (Schieffelin) 


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155 


rrhea  (Bell) 

Special  (Lafayette) 
icntery  (Mulford) 
lectorant  No.  1  (Schieffelin) 
"  No.  1  (Mulford) 

No.  2  (Mulford) 
No.  3  (Mulford) 
No.  4  (Mulford) 
■gory  Salt  (Norwich) 
ppe  Improved 

,/  Fever  Nos.  1  &  2 — Wetherby 

onias  Compound,  \'aginal 

oin  Guaiacol  and  Bismuth — Daly 

■      and  Phenacetine  (all  sizes) 

!Ction  Preferred 

Dmnia  (O.  D.  Co.) 

isea  (Toledo  P.  Co.) 

iralgia  No.  1  (Mulford) 

urn  Ipecac  and  Lead  (all  sizes) 
Codea  (T.  N.  Co.) 
^^nacetine  &  Codeine  (all  combinations) 
Morph.,  Atrop.,  and  Gelsemium 

i  Gum  Comp.  with  Cocaine 

nine  Laxative  (Mulford) 

•umatic  (Steams) 

•Co-Phen  (Lafayette) 

icetin  (Bein 
ii  codeia  (Bell) 
hative  Improved  (Schieffelin) 
S  ium  Bicarb  and  Paregoric  Comp. 
Philitic  (See  Note) 

|pin  Hydr.  Co.  (Schieffelin)  (Norwich) 
and  Heroin  Comp.  (P.  D.  &  Co.) 
k  (all  sizes) 

r-oat  (Schieffelin)  (Bell) 
If -oat  Mentholic  (Norvvich) 
t-oat  Stimulant  (O.  D.  Co.) 
L'mol  Throat  with  Cocaine 
(isilitis  Follicular 

ffinal  Astringent  and  Antiseptic  Pref. 
['onal  and  Morphia  Sulph.  Nos.  1  &  2 

Phenacetine  and  Codeine 
I:  Sulphocarbolate  Comp. 
fe — The  Norwich  Pharmacal  Company 
jnnounces  that  their    Syphilitic  Tablet 
Jo.  763  contains  no  opiites. 


TABLETS — VETERINARY — HYPO 

Apomorphine  Hydrochloride  (all  sizes) 
Morphine  and  Hyoscine  (P.  D.  &  Co.)  (all 
sizes) 

Morphine,  Sulphine  and  Atropine  Sulphate 
(Fraser)  (all  sizes) 
TINCTURES 
Cannabis  Specific  (McCoy  H.  Co.) 
Opium  B.  P. 
Poppy  Comp. 

WINES 

Coca  (Stearns) 

SPECIALTIES  &  PROPRIETARIES 

The  numbers  in  parentheses  refer  to  ttamcs 
of  manufacturers  in  Part  3,  Era  Price  List 
Alkalet  Anodvne  (Infant)  (5509) 
"      Chlorodyne  (5509) 
"      Codeine  1-67  gr.  (5509) 
"      Coryza  (5509) 
"     Griplet  (5509) 
A.  &  H.  Pastilles  No.  59 

Nos.  1  &  3 
No.  58 
No.  26 

Analgesic  Paste  (Tate's) 
Antikamnia    and    Codeine    Tablets  (Old 
(Formula)  (232) 
Antiseptonoids  Suppositories  (Lafayette) 
Aseptic  Local  Anesthetic  (Tate's) 
Bechol  with  Heroin  (3769)  see  note 
Blackberry  Balsam  (4081) 
Cherotole  Comp.  (Ilium) 
ChIoro-.\nodyne  Liquid  (5487A) 
Catarrh  Cream  (1183) 

Powder  (1183) 
Cerebral  .Anodyne  and  Sedative  (1183) 
Citro-Codeia  Lozenges  (5509) 
Cocaine  Points  (3554) 
Corrective  Cordial  (5487A) 
Creo-Terpin    (Old  Form)    (5877)  see  note 
Creo-Hydrate  Comp.  (Ilium) 
Dermacilia  Ointment  (Old  Form.)  (1475A) 

Eye  Rem.  (Old  Form.)  (1475A) 
Devitalizing  Fibre  (3554) 
Diaterpin  Comp.  (P.  P.  Co.) 


Flanders  Diarrhoea  Remedy  (1517) 
Glycerole  Heroin  Comp.  (5597) 
Glycerole  Expectorant  (3535) 

Heroin  Comp.  (1705) 
Glycero-Hydrate  Comp.  (P.  P.  Co.) 
Glysana  (3842) 

Ilammeloids  Suppositories  (Lafayette) 
Heroin  Comp.  Glycerite  (4081) 
Herosedan  (4366) 
Herosote  (5487A) 
Heroterpine  (5012)  see  note 
Heroterpine  Laxative  (5012) 
Kamnoids  (P.  P.  Co.) 

Note — The  Wm.  S.  Merrill  Chemical  Co. 
announce  that  their  Bechol  with  Mor- 
phine is  exempt.    Contains  Morphine  J4 
gr.  fl.  oz. 
Liquor  Neurans  (3535) 
Local  Anaesthetic  Solution  (3554) 
Moyer  Bros.  Asthma  Cure  (3967) 
Neurocaine  (5012) 

No-Vo  Injc.  for  Local  Anesthesia  (Tate's) 
Palmo-Dionin  (Old  For.)  (Upjohn)  (5717) 
Papine  (429) 
Pulp  Solidifier  (Tate's) 
Red     Spruce    and    Heroin  Expectorant 
(4081) 

Safe-T-Kros  Colic  Cure  (Old  Form.)  (150) 
Sanpinol  (4366) 
Stypticin  (Merck)  (3764) 
Svapnia  (1293) 

Syrupus  Expectorans  (P.  P.  Co.) 
Syr.  Terebene  Aromatic  and  Heroin  (4177) 
Tu-Co-Bo  Suppositories  (Lafayette  P.  Co.) 
Unguentine  Crayons  with  Opium  (4177) 
Unguentine  Crayons  with  Protargol  with 
Opium  (4177) 

Urethral  Crayons  (3535) 
\'apocaine  (3554) 
A'aporole  and  Combinations  (848) 
V.  I.  G.  (5758) 

Note — Wampole's  Creo-Terpin  (New  For- 
mula), and  Schieffelin's  Heroterpin  (New 
Formula),  are  reported  by  the  manufac- 
turers as  exempt,      gr.  Heroin  each,  to  oz. 


Iilcium  Acetylsalicylate — 

I  According  to  van  Itallie  and  Olivier,  the  best  method  of  pre- 
\  ring  this  salt  consists  in  mixing  molecular  amounts  of  cal- 
.,im  and  acetylsalicylic  acid  in  alcoholic  solution,  and  add- 
g  sufficient  ammonia  to  almost  neutralize  the  acidity.  The 
'  Icium  salt  of  the  acid  separates  in  the  form  of  colorless 
•ystals,  which  are  filtered  off  and  washed  with  alcohol  until 
,  •  reaction  for  chlorine  is  obtained  Investigation  showed 
I  at  many  brands  of  this  substance  are  now  on  the  market 
Ciich  are  of  more  than  doubtful  purity,  and  depart  widely 
|)m  the  proper  composition.  (Pharm.  Weekblad.,  1914,  p. 
i'61.)   

1  iscoloration  of  Sodium  Salicylate — 
j  It  has  long  been  noted  that  solutions  of  sodium  salicylate 
i  idually  assume  a  brown  color  when  sodium  bicarbonate  is 
j^ded,  with  the  eventual  deposition  of  a  black  sediment.  This 
1  ange  can  be  attributed  either  to  an  impurity  in  the  salicy- 
j  e,  or  to  an  impurity  in  the  bicarbonate,  or  to  the  action 
L  the  bicarbonate  on  the  salicylate.  Greenish  and  Beesley 
[ve  thoroughly  investigated  the  question,  and  find  that  the 
.lor  change  is  due  to  sodium  sesquicarbonate,  present  in 
nail  amounts  in  almost  all  bicarbonate,  or  formed  during 
j  iting  or  standing  of  the  solutions.  Pure  sodium  salicylate, 
;  spared  by  different  methods,  gave  the  darkening  with  every 
I  nple  of  bicarbonate,  although  the  solution  of  the  salicylate 
\  itself  showed  no  color  after  months.  This  led  to  the  con- 
;ision  that  the  effect  was  not  due  to  any  impurity  in  the 
i  icylate.  But  a  solution  of  the  sesquicarbonate  caused  dark- 
ling within  12  hours,  and  a  mixture  of  sodium  carbonate 
|d  bicarbonate,  equivalent  to  the  sesquicarbonate,  showed  the 
I  ne  phenomenon.  Traces  of  iron  were  proved  to  have  noth- 
/:  to  do  with  the  discoloration.  The  oxygen  of  the  air 
pears  to  hasten  the  change.    The  nature  of  the  black  sedi- 


ment has  not  yet  been  determined.  (Greenish  and  Beesley, 
Pharm.  J.,  1915,  p.  201.) 

Mercury  Oxycyanide — 

Under  the  name  of  mercury  oxycyanide  (hydrargyrum  oxy- 
cyanatum),  two  different  substances  are  met  with,  one  of  which 
is  the  true  ox^ycyanide,  Hg(CN)2HgO,  while  the  other  is  a 
mixture  of  this  salt  with  mercuric  cyanide.  It  appears  that 
the  latter  was  the  first  compound  to  appear  on  the  market, 
and  dispensers  must  decide  which  salt  is  meant  by  prescribers, 
if  the  specification  is  not  clear.  The  good  results  reported 
from  the  use  of  mercury  oxycyanide  were  obtained  by  using 
the  mixed  salt,  as  the  experiments  were  all  made  before  the 
true  oxycyanide  came  into  use.  The  bactericidal  power  seems 
to  lie  in  the  cyanide  itself.  The  true  salt  is  soluble  in  water 
in  the  proportion  of  1  :  75,  but  prescriptions  frequently  call 
for  a  5  per  cent,  solution,  which  proves  that  the  more  soluble 
mi.xcd  salt,  containing  about  one-third  oxycyanide  and  two- 
thirds  cyanide,  is  meant.  Herzog  proposes  to  call  the  latter 
"Hydrargyrum  oxycyanatum,  containing  cyanide",  while  the  true 
salt  should  bear  the  official  name  "Hydrargyrum  o-xycyanatum 
verum".  Rupp  points  out  the  important  facts  that  heating  a 
solution  of  the  oxcyanide  over  a  free  flame  must  be  avoided, 
as  particles  of  the  salt  become  decomposed,  forming  the  oxide; 
also  that  the  oxycyanide  is  incompatible  with  acids,  acid  salts, 
or  salts  of  weak  bases  (alkaloids),  all  of  which  neutralize 
the  oxy-salt,  leaving  the  cyanide.  The  salts  are  to  be  placed 
in  the  Supplement  of  the  German  Pharmacopoeia,  under  the 
above  names.  The  true  salt  should  contain  98.2  per  cent,  of 
oxycyanide,  determined  by  direct  titration  with  decinormal 
acid,  using  methyl  orange  as  indicator,  while  the  product  con- 
taining an  excess  of  cyanide  .should  contain  33.2  per  cent,  of 
oxycyanide.    (Herzog,  Apoth.  Ztg.,  1915,  p.  79.) 


156 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[ApRir.,  191 


The  Cultivation  of  Medicinal  Plants* 


By  Dr.  FRED  B.  KHiMER 


AMONG  the  things  that  have  come  to  us  through  the  Eu- 
rofjean  conflict  has  been  an  increased  interest  in  the 
s;tudy  of  geography,  and  incidentally  an  increased  atten- 
tion as  to  the  source  of  the  plants  which  supply  our  materia 
medica.  In  this  country  and  abroad,  we  have  been  inclined  to 
regard  the  supply  of  certain  drugs  as  inexhaustible,  because 
they  are  indigenous.  As  manufacturers,  we  placed  our  orders, 
and  tons  were  piled  up  in  our  storehouses.  Suddenly  we  found 
that  a  war  embargo  means  a  blockade  of  the  drug  supply,  and 
our  attention  is  rapidly  turned  to  the  home  sources. 

"America  can  produce  anything  made  or  grown  on  the  face 
of  the  earth,  and  produce  it  better  and  cheaper  than  any  other 
Nation  under  the  sun,"  cries  the  buncombe  orator,  and  the  dic- 
tum goes  forth:  "We  shall  grow  our  own  plants."  But  while 
we  find  that  a  discussion  over  a  "scrap  of  paper"  can  bottle  up 
the  world's  supply  of  drugs,  we  likewise  learn  that  drug  plants 
will  not  grow  on  paper.  Were  this  the  case  the  numerous 
dissertations  which  have  appeared  upon  this  theme  would  over- 
stock the  market. 

For  more  than  a  generation  the  decreasing  supply  of  medici- 
nal plants,  in  our  land  and  abroad,  has  been  discussed  from 
every  angle — the  field  has  been  well  furrowed. 

In  the  appendi.x  to  this  paper  some  of  the  literature  which 
has  appeared  in  the  last  decade  is  noted.  Out  of  it  one  can 
plainly  read  the  injunction  "I  told  you  so,"  as  well  as  find 
many  instructive  dissertations.  While  the  work  accomplished 
through  these  theses  has  given  but  little  light  that  can  be 
grasped  by  the  buyer  and  user  of  drugs,  much  of  it  is  of  great 
value  in  increasing  our  knowledge  of  the  drug  plants  which 
have  been  studied. 

The  interest  in  the  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  has  been 
capitalized  by  the  "get-rich-quick"  schemes  which  have  used 
the  magazines  and  public  press  to  exploit  extraordinary  claims 
of  imaginary  profits.  "Millions  from  weeds!"  "Plants  which 
grow  like  weeds,  are  cut  and  cured  like  hay  and  sell  for  $900.00 
per  ton !"  have  been  used  as  slogans.  These  flamboyant 
frauds,  coupled  with  irresponsible  statements  that  have  ap- 
peared in  the  public  journals,  have  been  detrimental  rather  than 
helpful. 

The  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture  has,  for  some 
time,  given  attention  to  the  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants. 
Their  work  has  included  the  domestication  and  cultivation  of 
native  drug  plants,  supplies  of  which  are  obtainable  with  in- 
creasing difficulty.  (Hydrastis,  senega,  spigelia).  The  Depart- 
ment has  also  given  attention  to  the  crude  drugs  obtained 
chiefly  or  exclusively  from  foreign  sources,  which  they  deemed 
could  be  grown  profitably  in  this  country.  Under  their  direc- 
tion, experimental  cultivations  of  belladonna,  hydrastis,  stra- 
monium, aconite,  opium,  poppy  and  licorice  have  been  made  in 
localities  exhibiting  a  variety  of  climatic  and  soil  conditions. 

The  fundamental  work  of  the  Department  is,  of  course, 
agricultural.  The  ever  present  question  is — will  it  pay  the 
farmer  to  grow  drug  plants?  The  efforts  of  the  Department 
have  been  limited,  but  painstaking,  and  are  helpful  in  so  far 
as  they  go.  But  the  drug  market  will  not  be  influenced  by 
their  labors  until  it  can  convince  itself  and  the  agricultural 
interests  that  the  cultivation  of  drugs  can  be  made  profitable. 
But  little  in  the  way  of  encouragement  as  to  the  profitable 
t^inw  iim  of  drugs  has  appeared  in  the  Department's  publica- 
tions However,  a  recent  statement  by  W.  W.  Stockburger,  of 
111'  r.iU'.iu  of  Plant  Industry,  is  to  the  effect  that — "given 
l\ir  inccs.sary  favorable  conditions  a  fair  return  may  be  ex- 
,  pectcd  from  several  drug  crops." 

The  resources  of  the  Bureau  of  Plant  Industry,  at  Washing- 


nun  i 
purp 


for  the  dissemination  of  iiJormation,  and 
if  any  institution  or  person  interested  in  the 

tlie  colleges  of  pharmacy  have  been  able  to 
I'  ntioii  to  this  important  subject.    A  limited 
I'stablished  small  gardens  for  research 
•     iIh  scope  of  such  small  gardens  can  only 
t  drug  plants  for  the  classroom.  Little 
\ '^n  to  any  one  species,  nor  can  any 
I    iiiic  ends  be  made.    The  "botanic  gar- 


of  Maniifa 


of  Modi 


dens,"  so-called,  are  not  likely  to  solve  the  problem ;  their  wo.-k 
on  their  present  basis  to  grow  and  study  specimen  plants. 

Without  some  special  stimulus  we  can  look  for  but  litde  he  : 
from  the  agricultural  colleges  and  farms.    The  problem  co 
fronting  these  investigators  is  to  improve  present  agricultur 
methods,  in  order  to  make  the  farming  more  profitable.    Wh  ■ 
is  needed  is  the  establishment  of  industrial  gardens  especial  ; 
designed  for  the  growth  of  medicinal  plants.    This  would  nece  - 
sitate  several  acres  of  ground  in  which  cultivations  of  a  varif 
of  plants  can  be  made,  in  a  small  way  at  first,  extending 
the  work  develops  to  cultivations  under  conditions  looki  . 
towards  commercial  products.     In  a  measure  we  need  t 
methods  of  the  agricultural  farm  adapted  to  medicinal  produc  - 
For  information  we  may  turn  to  the  avenues  from  which  o  . 
supplies  have  been  obtained  in  the  past. 

At  present  there  are  a  number  of  successful  growers 
strictly  medicinal  plants  on  the  British  Islands.  Famil: 
names  are  those  of  Ransome  &  Son,  Hitchin,  England,  Squ 
&  Son,  and  Stafford,  Allen  &  Son,  Bedfordshire,  Englnd. 
many  instances  the  work  of  cultivation  is  connected  with  t 
manufacture  of  medicinal  extracts  from  the  plant.    It  is  to 
noted  that  some  of  these  growers  carefully  prepare  the  lea\' 
of  digitalis,  hyoscyamus,   belladonna,  etc.,  and  sell  them  2 
high  prices  to  American  buyers.    The  portions  of  the  plai.t. 
which  the  American  buyer  rejects,  they  make  into  extracts  a:.' 
other  compounds  for  home  consumption. 

In  England,  as  well  as  on  the  Continent,  the  industry  c 
drug  growing  and  drug  gathering  is  being  crowded  more  a:; 
more  from  old  centers  into  regions  where  labor  is  cheap.  Viil 
plants  are  gathered  by  a  lower  strata  of  peasants,  and  tr. 
tendency  to  secure  cheap  labor  and  keep  prices  down,  militate 
against  any  improvement  in  quality.  Even  before  the  presc. 
upheaval  in  these  countries,  the  available  supply  of  many  crud 
drugs  was  not  on  the  increase.  Regions  where  drugs  were  oi-C 
gathered,  are  now  occupied  either  by  villages  and  factories  0 
cultivated  farms.  Drug  plants  were  exterminated  and  the  galh 
erers  moved  on.  The  main  producer,  the  peasant  gatherer,  i 
an  ignorant  person  who  knows  little  and  whose  desires  ir 
small.  He  has  only  one  market  and  is  satisfied  to  take  whu 
ever  price  is  offered  him.  As  an  exception  to  this,  however,  w 
find  that  certain  intelligent  English  and  Continental  produce: 
carry  on  the  industry  in  a  painstaking  manner.  It  is  also  t 
be  noted  that  in  certain  cities  on  the  Continent  sewage  farrr 
have  been  established,  on  some  of  which  medicinal  plant  grew 
ing  has  been  undertaken. 

Under  the  conditions  which  obtain  in  England  and  upon  il 
Continent,  the  primary  object  seems  to  be  to  maintain  a  certii 
color;  in  other  words,  the  standard  is  appearance  rather  tl  a 
quality.  The  shrewd  producer  of  drugs  has  learned  that  : 
certain  stages  of  growth,  the  root  and  the  leaf  yield  the  desire 
color  and  texture,  and  this  is  the  point  which  he  strives  ' 
attain. 

So)i:i  .  iiliyhtcnment  as  to  the  condition  and  quality  of  t! 
Mums  w  liu  li  wf  manufacture,  may  be  gathered  from  the  foUov 
111;.;  ohsei  v.itions  : 

]Many  drugs,  especially  roots,  when  received  by  the  bi  >■ 
from  the  growing  district,  are  not  marketable.  They  may  n 
have  lircn  well  washed  and  they  may  not  have  been  well  di  e 
and  will  11  1omL..I  :it  in  heaps  present  a  motley  array  of  col  1; 
sizis  nul  si  I  i]M  s  It  is  the  pro\'ince  of  the  dealer  to  put  t!  c 
into  I  niiikii'M.  .on.liiion,  and  this  he  is  able  to  do  by 
serie  s  of  w  isl.in-s,  splitting,  cutting  and  dn,-ing,  and  a  gen  t 
dressing  n|i.  until  tl  v.  l.ole  lot  is  brought  to  a  uniform  outw.i 
apji'  I!  I  '  I-  s  ;,  '  m  establishment,  when  one  sees  a  1  e. 
of  I)  :  ich  ought  to  be  dark,  and  a  heaj 

d.nl  ought  to  be  light,  and  in  proxi;  li 

tin  1  .arcs  and  solutions  of  various  col  r 

dyes  .ir.ii  li  .    iil,,     i,    ean  imagine  how  easily  a  clianp' 
color  might  be  brought  about.    In  other  words,  he  can  re  ',: 
that  many  of  our  drugs  are  subjected  to  a  toninc  im^  1 
which  may  or  may  not  affect  tlieir  value  for  medicin.il  \ 
poses. 

.\t  the  present  time,  at  best,  and  irrespective  of  the  !>;  -> 
disturbed  condition  of  the  source  of  supply,  we  seem  de]  ei  :> 
upon  a  haphazard  source  for  our  crude  drugs.  Undei  t' 
condition  the  commercial  value,  the  physiological  action  .m  ; 


I 

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157 


i  herapeutic  value  of  a  given  drug  may  depend  quite  large  y 
ipon  the  man  who  removes  it  from  the  soil.  This  suggests  lo 
IS  that  the  man  witli  the  hoe,  or  the  man  with  the  scytlie  is 

'  iuite  as  important  as  the  man  behind  the  percolator,  for  each, 
n  a  measure,  holds  the  life  of  llie  patient  in  tlieir  hands. 

•  The  present  source  for  drug  plants  seems  to  stand  as  a  bar 
o  progress.  The  raw  material,  the  foundation  of  our  work, 
oUected  from  the  most  irresponsible  and  uncontrolled  sources, 
ubjected  to  ever>-  variation  of  wind  and  cloud,  shifted  and 

'hanged  by  every  ebb  and  flow  of  population  and  people — the 

product  of  the  labor  of  the  outcasts  from  human  life,  consti- 
uting  the  meanest  of  industries,  and  one  in  which  any  change 
n  the  status  of  the  people  sends  the  drug  gatherer  further  and 

'urther  into  the  abyss.  The  living  medicinal  plant,  containing 
he  most  delicate  and  sensitive  substances  in  materia  medica,  is 

■landled  by  rough,  coarse,  destructive  methods — mixed,  sophis- 
icated,  adulterated  by  unscrupulous  middlemen.  The  organic 
.tructure  of  the  highest  complexity,  and  containing  the  most 

'lelicate  principles  known  to  science,  is  handled  more  roughly 
han  ore  from  the  mines,  or  lumber  from  the  forests. 

f  Pharmaceutical  chemistr>'  and  manufacturing  pharmacy  have 

-nade  much  progress  in  our  day,  and  when  we  look  into  the 
ource  of  its  basic  material  we  wonder  that  it  has  made  this 

'•regress.  To  compare  the  history  of  belladonna,  or  any  drug 
ilant.  from  the  field  to  the  laboratorj',  with  that  of  textile  fibre 

,jid  dyewoods,  is  a  thousand  degrees  to  the  disadvantage  of 
he  manufacturing  pharmacist.  It  seems  to  me  tliat  to  place 
he  supply  of  medicinal  plants  on  an  equal  basis  with  oats, 

■ye,  wheat  or  fruits,  and  apply  to  them  the  knowledge  of 
nodem  horticultural  and  agricultural  science,  is  to  place  them 
in  a  safe  and  rational  basis,  which  will  amount  to  a  revolu- 
ion  in  medicine. 

In  the  case  of  plants  that  have  a  large  demand,  certain  scien- 
ific  attention  has  been  given  to  their  source  of  supply,  and 
vhere  such  attention  has  been  given,  as  in  the  case  of  drugs 

vhich  produce  the  essential  oils,  and  such  plants  as  cinchona, 
•anilla.  etc.,  the  value  of  the  product  obtained,  as  compared 

'vith  haphazard  methods,  has  been  strikingly  demonstrated.  The 
irugs  to  which  pharmacists  and  manufacturers    alike  have 
nven  no  attention  along  this  line  would,  when  taken  collec- 
ively,  also  involve  a  large  money  value. 
Is  it  not  true  that  any  drug  which  is  of  sufficient  importance 

0  be  engrafted  into  the  Pharmacopoeia,  or  to  be  used  as  a 
ife  saving  agent,  is  worthy  of  our  best  attention?  Would  not 
he  extension  of  the  study  which  has  been  so  beneficial  to  a 
ew  of  our  drugs,  serve  for  the  benefit  of  all  our  vegetable 
nedicinal  plants? 

Practically  all  of  the  medicinal  substances  which  dose  the 
\merican  people,  and  residents  in  foreign  lands,  are  either 
nade,  or  in  one  way  or  another  supplied,  by  this  Association 
,)f  Manufacturers  of  Medicinal  Products.  The  problem  of  the 
uture  supply  of  medicines  from  plants  rests  with  us.  How 
.hall  we  meet  it?  In  the  past  we  have  relied  upon  the  law  of 
.upply  and  demand.  We  have  not  hesitated  to  ravish  the 
"arth  to  fill  the  drug  warehouses,  and  when  the  drug  granary 
vas  overflowing  we  lowered  the  price  to  choke  off  the  inflow. 

1  For  the  moment  the  acres  in  Europe  where  drugs  grow,  have 
)een  furrowed  with  trenches  of  the  contending  armies,  and  the 
'oil  has  been  enriched  by  the  bodies  of  the  slain.  This  latter 
•tatement  is  literally  true  in  respect  to  portions  of  Belgium, 
•"ranee  and  some  of  the  Polish  provinces.  So  far  as  the  Con- 
inental  drug  supplies  are  concerned,  we  can  await  the  faltering 
■low  recovery  in  the  aftermath  of  the  war,  we  can  trust  to 
'avoring  or  unfavoring  winds — we  can  let  it  alone. 

Manufacturers  of  medicine  have  never  given  serious  attention 
,0  the  cultivation  of  native  drugs.  For  fifty  years  the  husband- 
ng  of  the  supply,  and  cultivation,  have  been  urged,  with  little 
'  vail.  We  shall  find  scarcely  any  relief  from  the  farming  indus- 
•ry.  Drug  plants  are  such  a  specialized  crop  in  comparison 
viih  food  products,  and  so  limited  in  demand,  that  we  may  at 
•nee  forestall  any  hope  that  the  farmer  will  ever  supply  us 
'vith  little  else  than  packing  straw. 

The  suggestion  made  by  the  writer,  that  every  pharmacist 
night  cultivate  drugs  in  his  home  garden,  has  been  criticised. 
Tontinental  druggists,  by  this  method,  as  well  as  augmenting 
heir  supply  by  purchasing  from  their  neighbors,  fill  their  home 
lemand  and  at  times  accumulate  a  surplus  for  the  markel 
'Vere  the  thousands  of  American  pharmacists  to  raise  a  few 
'wunds  of  drugs,  the  effect  would  be  apparent,  and  if  these 
•harmacists  would  apply  their  training  in  science  to  this  work. 


we  could  hope  for  some  enlightenment  upon  the  drugs  which  we 
use.  I  do  not  hesitate  to  recommend  to  every  member  of  this 
.■\ssociation  to  prepare  now  and  put  in  his  backyard  a  few 
drug  plants  such  as  he  uses  in  his  laboratory.  He  will  pos- 
sibly receive  some  pleasure  and  not  a  little  edification  from  his 
effort. 

The  situation  seems  to  be  that  for  drug  plants  there  are  no 
vast  regions  where  millions  of  pounds  of  plants  are  produced 
industrially.  There  are  less  than  a  score  of  places  in  the  world 
where  they  are  cultivated,  and  from  these  places  but  little 
reaches  our  market.  For  the  most  part  our  drugs  come  from 
the  lower  peasant  people,  including  the  "mountain  whites"  of 
our  own  land.  By  handfuls  they  accumulate  at  some  centra 
point,  and  then  by  a  circuitous  route  reach  the  laboratory. 
There  can  never  be  a  certainty  or  a  uniformity  of  supply- 
there  can  never  be  an  improved  supply.  The  advance  of  indus- 
try  into  a  region  changes  and  stifles  even  these  meager  sources. 
At  the  present  time  our  whole  drug  supply  of  the  south  ana 
middle  west  is  threatened  by  the  advent  of  the  settlement 
worker,  who  proposes  to  civilize  the  mountain  people — teach 
them  to  give  up  digging  and  dance  the  tango.  Thus  do  the 
"war  lords"  and  the  missionary  uproot  the  drug  supply. 

It  does  not  seem  right  that  we  should  rest  content  to  obtain 
the  basic  material  for  our  industries  from  such  haphazard 
sources.  Under  these  conditions  we  are  not  on  a  par  with  the 
maker  of  steel  or  the  hammerer  of  brass  and  copper.  They 
can  separate  the  elementary  product  which  they  need — we  can- 
not change  a  root  or  leaf.  We  are  not  on  an  equal  footing 
with  the  old-time  herbalist,  who  went  into  the  field  and  selected 
from  the  living  plants — we  take  it  as  it  is  sent  to  us.  The 
records  of  work  upon  the  properties  of  plants,  their  constituents, 
their  action  and  uses  fill  volumes,  but  of  the  growing  plant 
itself  we  know  less  than  did  the  ancient  herb  doctor. 

To  view  the  question  rightly  we  must  approach  it  from  a 
different  point  of  the  circle.  There  must  be  a  great  change. 
If,  for  example,  the  supplies  of  drug  plants  from  any  source 
actually  and  permanently  ceased,  manufacturers  would  then  be- 
gin to  till  the  fields,  and  in  a  decade  our  supply  in  quantity 
and  quality  would  differ  radically  from  that  which  obtains 
at  present. 

No  catastrophe  is  great  enough  to  close  and  keep  the  Ameri- 
can factories  closed  if  they  were  really  put  to  it.  The  factor 
of  price  would  not  govern,  and  here  is  the  crucial  test.  If  we 
want  an  improved  supply  of  medicinal  plants  we  can  get  them. 
If  we  want  to  control  the  quality  of  the  raw  material  that 
enters  into  our  laboratory,  we  can  do  it.  We  can  make  our 
extractions  from  selected  leaves  and  roots  and  flowers  if  we 
will,  but  this  will  mean  no  little  outlay.  It  will  require  a 
change  greater  than  all  the  world's  wars,  greater  than  an  earth- 
quake, pestilence  or  famine  can  bring  about.  It  means  a 
change  in  the  spirit  that  guides  and  rules  our  business  life.  To 
really  give  us  sufficient  home-grown  medicinal  plants  to  supply 
our  needs,  will  only  come  when  we  eliminate  the  factor  of  cost, 
when  we  approach  the  problem  in  the  spirit  of  service,  and 
for  the  time  eliminate  the  spirit  of  gain.  Belladonna  grown  by 
Johnson  &  Johnson  cost  in  the  first  years  one  hundred  dollars 
per  pound;  digitalis  grown  in  the  Lilly  gardens  cost  probably 
one  thousand  dollars  for  the  first  few  pounds,  but  it  has  been 
worth  the  effort  and  the  world  has  been  enriched  from  the 
outlay. 

There'  are  certain  possibilities,  as  well  as  probabilities,  con- 
nected with  the  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  that  are  worthy 
of  consideration  by  the  manufacturers  of  products  therefrom. 

First — the  manufacturer  who  starts  out  with  high  expecta- 
tions, and  places  a  hundred  or  a  thousand  acres  of  ground 
under  cultivation,  without  consideration  of  all  the  factors  con- 
nected therewith,  will  be  surprised  at  the  small  yield  and  the 
corresponding  high  cost  of  his  product.  If,  without  due  con- 
sideration, he  should  induce  the  farmers  and  gardeners  in  the 
vicinity  of  his  factory  to  put  medicinal  plants  under  cultivation, 
he  would  also  be  surprised  and  disappointed  at  the  outcome. 

If  all  the  manufacturers  who  are  interested  in  belladonna 
should  succeed  in  the  cultivation  of  a  considerable  number  of 
acres,  the  yield  might  be  so  large  as  to  depress  the  price  and 
discourage  further  attempts,  and  the  whole  matter  would  swing 
back  to  former  conditions.  If,  at  the  close  of  the  European 
struggle,  certain  supplies  of  crude  drugs  should  come  forward, 
and  the  amount,  quality  and  price  become  satisfactory,  the 
manufacturer  would  be  apt  to  rest  content  and  leave  things 
as  they  are. 


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On  the  other  hand,  there  are  possibilities  which  should  invite 
the  attention  of  the  conscientious  manufacturer. 

First,  the  possibility  of  an  increased  yield.  Thus  the  drugs 
now  in  scant  supply  and  low  in  quality,  might  become  constant. 
In  the  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  there  is  the  possibility 
of  securing  uniformity,  which  is  not  possible  under  the  condi- 
tions which  now  prevail.  It  is  a  well  known  fact  that  plants 
such  as  cinchona,  opium  and  the  like,  under  cultivation  have 
given  an  increased  yield  of  constituents,  and  there  is  good 
reason  to  believe  that  other  medicinal  plants  might  be  made  to 
follow  the  same  course. 

It  has  been  demonstrated  that  in  certain  plants,  under  culti- 
vation, there  is  an  increased,  possibly  an  enhanced  action.  In- 
cidentally, it  has  been  established  that  by  destroying  the  diastase 
immediately  upon  gathering  certain  plants,  it  is  possible  to 
retain  all  of  the  appearance  of  the  fresh  plant  unimpaired, 
especially  as  it  relates  to  color  value.  A  notable  example  of 
this  came  under  the  writer's  observation  on  the  drug  farms 
abroad.  With  such  plants  as  belladonna,  hyoscyamus,  etc.,  the 
leaves  are  collected  in  such  a  way  that  they  are  not  allowed 
to  wilt,  and  are  carefully  dried  and  sold  at  a  high  price  per 
pound.  The  same  part  of  the  plant,  carelessly  handled,  would 
only  bring  a  few  cents  per  pound.  The  power  of  the  drug 
obtained  from  plants  in  which  the  diastasic  ferments  had  been 
destroyed,  has  been  found  in  general  to  be  more  active  than 
those  dried  in  the  ordinary  manner,  and  there  are  recorded 
results  showing  a  different  action  from  specimens  prepared  by 
different  methods. 

Plants  in  life  contain  soluble  ferments,  and  during  the  ordi- 
nary process  of  drying  these  ferments  exert  an  oxidizing  and 
hydrolizing  action  upon  the  constituents;  they  change  in  color, 
odor,  taste  and  appearance,  and  it  has  been  hinted  that  the 
action  of  these  ferments  resulted  in  the  loss  of  a  large  propor- 
tion of  the  active  principles. 

The  problems  quite  tersely  set  forth  by  the  Department  of 
Agriculture,  and  others,  as  arising  in  connection  with  the  medi- 
cinal plant  cultivation  are  as  follows: 

Some  of  the  lines  of  study  and  investigation  which  need  to 
be  emphasized,  are  those  surrounding  the  adaptation  and  ac- 
climatization of  medicinal  plants; 

The  conditions  under  which  the  active  principles  of  the  plants 
are  formed ; 

The  behavior  of  the  plant  itself  under  varying  conditions  of 
climate  and  culture. 

One  authority.  Dr.  F.  A.  Miller,  gives  the  following  specific 
enumeration  of  the  problem : 

What  species  are  best. 

What  type  of  soil  is  the  most  suitable  for  the  individual 
plant. 

What  fertilizer,  if  any,  should  be  used. 
How  much  cultivation  and  irrigation  is  necessary. 
Which  are  the  best  months  for  harvesting,  curing  and  pack- 
ing. 

Particularly  desirable  is  a  practical  basis  and  correlation  of 
the  study  of  varieties  of  the  plant  constituents,  due  in  part  to 
the  difference  in  geographical  locations. 

Finally,  the  statement  is  made  that  the  selection  and  breeding 
of  medicinal  plants  not  only  promises  to  merit  a  reward  of 
great  practical  and  economical  importance,  but  also  affords  a 
field  for  the  widest  scientific  activity. 

As  a  tangible  suggestion  towards  this  end,  I  offer  the  follow- 
ing: 

Manufacturers  of  the  class  represented  in  this  Association 
may  turn  over  to  their  laboratory  staff  the  work  of  investiga- 
tion of  one  or  more  plants. 

Several  manufacturers,  notably  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  the  PI.  K. 
Mulford  Company  and  Johnson  &  Johnson,  have  in  a  way 
independently  contributed  much  towards  this  end. 

Manufacturers  can  encourage  the  work  by  the  establishment 
of  gardens  devoted  to  medicinal  plants,  connected  eillicr  with 
colleges  of  pharmacy  or  agricultural  colleges,  in  wlii(  h  iiuesti- 
gations  and  research  can  be  made  with  industiiil  onds  in 
view.  This  would  necessitate  either  individual  donations  to 
such  institutions,  or  the  establishment  of  a  joint  fund  to  be 
applied  to  the  purpose  noted. 

I'iiKillv,  iiLis'  .issniiK'  tliiit  if  tlic  mnniifacturers  of  medici- 
n;il  II.    I.  ,1K    li  i.i.sird   in  .snuring  a  plant  drug 

supi''--.  ini|.i-\ii|  III  ,|n,!i;\  jMil  qiiantily,  they  can  do  so  if 
they  all-  uilliiij;  to  i>ay  llu-  juice;  that  is  to  say,  they  must 
pay  the  price  of  years  of  systematic,  scientific  investigation 


and  experimental  cultivations,  which  under  the  present  cor.'_ 
tions  are  necessary  to  bring  about  a  successful  outcome. 


GET  SOME  BUTTER  FOR  YOUR  BREAD 

An  Empire  State  Druggist  Testifies  To  the  Impoi 
ance  of  Knowing  Cost  Price 

^(TN  the  beginning  a  partner  and  I  bought  a  store  v,:.: 
I  was  making  a  fair  living  for  a  proprietor  and  cle:, 
writes  a  well-known  Empire  State  druggist  to  the  L : 

"By  a  system  of  inventorying  and  repricing  we  put  it  ii. 
condition  to  afford  us  a  fair  profit  above  a  living.  Ha^ : 
established  this  condition  we  devoted  our  time  to  the  buy: 
and  selling;  increasing  the  volume  of  business  and  trying 
buy  as  close  as  possible. 

"For  a  series  of  years  we  made  money.  Then  for  a  st"^ 
of  years  we  broke  even.  Then  we  made  a  little  money,  t: 
came  a  time  when  we  went  back  some. 

"We  were  not  able  to  figure  out  the  Why?  of  the  variati 
Our  volume  of  sales  did  not  show.  We  had  figured  ■ 
prices. 

"When  the  time  came  that  we  went  back  some  I  moui  * 
the  'Worry  Wagon'.    I  looked  up  the  expense  account: 
personal  account;  the  possibility  of  a  leakage;  the  amount 
accounts  carried — all  to  no  effect. 

"About  that  time  came  a  discussion  in  trade  papers  as 
whether  a  dealer  should  figure  his  percentage  of  profit  :, 
expense  on  his  costs  or  on  his  receipts. 

"The  matter  seemed  foolish  to  me,  because  it  makes 
difference  if  he  uses  the  same  basis  for  the  whole  prob'. 
It  irritated  me  until  I  thought  I  would  see  what  my  percent 
of  gross  profit  was  running.    For  a  week  we  kept  track 
the  cost  of  each  particular  sale.    At  the  end  of  the  week 
figured  it  out  and  found  that  my  percentage  of  gross  pre  f 
was  Just  about  equal  to  my  percentage  of  expense.    I  thoup! 
we  had  not  been  very  careful  in  the  matter  and  tried 
another  week. 

"During  this  week  I  did  a  lot  of  thinking.  I  knew  th.  i 
.  were  a  few  things  we  were  selling  too  close.  With  th'5 
items  the  price  had  been  recently  advanced,  but  I  thoupl 
they  would  be  reduced  soon  and  I  did  not  like  to  chai^ 
the  prices.  The  second  week  gave  me  almost  the  same  p-: 
centage  of  gross  profit. 

"I  then  knew  that  my  prices  must  be  revised.  I  comment  ^ 
to  keep  account  of  my  costs  every  day. 

"1  marked  up  a  few  items  which  I  knew  were  being 
too  low  and  found  I  increased  my  gross  profit  2  per  ct 
There  was  the  solution  of  my  troubles. 

"I  revised  the  prices  on  two  or  three  lines  of  goods  ar 
found  an  increase  of  3  per  cent.  more.    Then  I  'went  to  ■ 
and  scrutinized  every  price  in  the  store.    I  raised  my 
centage  of  gross  profit  to  the  old  standard. 

"Then  I  commenced  to  figure  on  what  had  happened 
reduce  my  percentage  of  gross  profit,  I  found  that  nearly  c: 
item  in  stock  had  been  advanced  in  cost — not  enough  ad\ 
r.ry  that  I  increased  my  prices  of  many  of  them — but  c 
item  had  advanced  a  little.  I  had  been  touched  by  the  'I; 
Cost  of  Living'.  Nearly  every  patent  medicine  has  been 
vanced  10  per  cent,  or  more  above  its  cost  before  the  Sp.; 
War.  Nearly  every  drug  or  chemical  has  been  advancec 
price  some  since  that  time.  All  of  these  advances  were  b' 
taken  out  of  my  net  profit.  The  result  was  that  I  had 
little  'net'  left. 

"I  had  supposed  that  if  I  kept  my  'volume  of  sales'  up 
my  expense  account  down  I  was  all  right;  but  the  inci' 
of  CDSts  had  used  up  my  percentage  of  net  profit. 

■1  111  SI-       <r,'.ses  of  costs  had  come  so  gradually  that  I 
iMt  !     1     ;  ii!(ir  extent.    Any  old  flood — or  drought — or 

lu  ,   nl  .iMkc  would  advance  the  price  of  something; 
nothing  secn.cd  to  reduce  the  price  of  anytliing. 

"The  method  of  increase  was  to  advance  by  a  serics 
sniall  increases — and  smaller  declines — and    more  advan 
and  at  last  a  decline,  leaving  the  price  about  25  per  i 
to  50  per  cent,  higher  than  before  the  action  commenccil 
most  cases  the  retail  price  was  not  changed  during  the  aci 
That  advance  came  out  of  our  net  profit.    If  an  article 
cost  20  cents  per  pound  and  had  sold  at  '5c  per  oz. — 
for  10c — 40c  per  pound.'  and  the  cost  ad\-anced  to  30c 
pound  we  probably  did  not  change  our  selling  price, 
seldom  sold  a  'pound".    We  thought  the  price  would  soor 


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back— and  anyway  the  smaller  sales  afforded  a  good  profit. 
But  the  cost  had  advanced  50  per  cent,  and  that  came  out  of 
our  net  profit.    It  ate  up  our  proportion. 

"Look  up  your  sales  for  1914.  Look  up  how  much  you  paid 
out  from  these  sales  for  everything  except  merchandise.  Add 
to  that  'paid  out'  amount  tlie  sum  you  want  for  net  profit. 
See  what  percentage  that  sum  is  of  your  total  sales.  Then 
arrange  your  prices  so  that  every  week  your  sales  show  that 
percentage,  or  better,  of  gross  profit. 

"The  only  way  to  be  sure  of  this  result  is  to  keep  tiack 
of  costs  as  the  goods  go  out.  This  need  not  necessarily  be 
done  every  day,  but  it  should  be  done  one  day  per  week  until 
you  are  satisfied.  Try  it  once  for  a  week  and  you  will  'use 
no  other.'    Vou  will  get  a  shock  that  will  do  you  good. 

"You  should  not  advance  everything  in  one  day;  nor  make 
the  total  advance  on  any  article  in  one  raise;  nor  use  a  'Brass 
Band'  in  any  advance. 

"Do  It  Now.    Get  a  little  butter  to  spread  on  your  bread." 


Recreation  for  Pharmacists* 

By  A.  J.  KLINE 

THE  subject  of  this  paper  may  be  a  little  out  of  place  in 
the  scientific  section  of  our  meeting.  Whether  you  can 
make  any  use  of  it  or  not  I  do  not  know.  As  a  matter  of 
fact,  we  all  get  lots  of  advice  in  this  world,  much  of  which  we 
<an  never  use. 

It  has  been  my  e.\-perience,  that  after  one  has  had  the  cares 
of  a  business  on  his  hands  for  many  years,  one  becomes  a  little 
rusty  in  the  scientific  or  technical  part  of  pharmacy.  This  work 
must  be  left,  more  or  less,  to  our  teachers  in  colleges  of  phar- 
macy, to  whose  time  is  taken  up  entirely  by  the  study  of  these 
things  and  whose  ser^-ices  are  always  freely  given  to  us  at 
these  meetings  and  appreciated  too,  I  am  sure. 

The  druggist  and  his  methods  of  doing  business,  intentional 
or  otherwise,  are  not  altogether  above  criticism.  Some  things 
might  be  said  against  his  ways  of  living,  his  close  confinement, 
his  long  hours  of  work,  depriving  him  of  many  pleasures  to 
which  he  is  justly  entitled,  in  his  efforts  to  make  a  living  for 
himself  and  family  and  provide  a  competency  for  old  age.  And 
yet,  in  spite  of  many  discouraging  conditions,  in  spite  of  many 
perple.xing  things,  in  spite  of  petty  annoyances,  the  ofttimes 
unfair  and  unprofitable  demands  on  him,  there  are  many  ways 
of  enjoyment  within  his  reach  if  he  will  only  make  use  of 
them  even  though  the  profits  of  his  business  do  not  admit  the 
giving  away  of  libraries  or  the  remote  possibility  of  getting  a 
titled  pauper  into  the  family. 

I  believe  it  not  only  our  privilege  but  our  duty,  as  retail 
-druggists,  to  indulge  in  some  kind  of  recreation  outside  of  the 
regular  occupation,  if  only  for  a  few  moments  each  day.  There 
is  just  as  much  need  of  mental  recreation  as  of  muscular  exer- 
<ise.  The  development  of  mind  and  hand  should  go  together. 
A  symmetrical  condition  of  mind  and  body  can  only  be  brought 
about  by  different  forms  of  exercise. 

The  human  mind  is  wonderfully  inclined  to  drop  into  a  rut 
and  stay  there,  and  it  often  requires  a  tremendous  effort  to  get 
out  of  the  well  beaten  path.  What  is  needed  is  not  so  much 
absolute  rest  as  a  change  of  work,  to  bring  into  use  each  day 
some  faculties  which  we  are  not  using  in  our  daily  business.  A 
man  who  is  hopelessly  in  the  rut,  is  as  deficient  as  a  jackknife 
with  many  blades,  only  one  of  which  can  be  used  because  the 
rest  have  become  dull  and  useless  from  long  disuse. 

I  believe  in  hobby  riding,  in  fads,  in  getting  interested  in 
something  outside  the  business  which  brings  the  bread  and 
butter,  some  form  of  amusement  or  work  away  from  the  daily 
grind,  always,  of  course,  within  reasonable  limits.  The  man 
who  works  his  brain  exclusively  becomes  eccentric,  lopsided, 
sometimes  fanatical.  The  man  who  uses  only  his  hands  be- 
comes dull  and  uninteresting. 

Our  work  is  not  hard  in  the  sense  that  the  laborer  or  trades- 
man finds  his  work  tiresome.  It  is  no  worse  than  other  fields 
of  labor  and  is  npt  as  bad  as  many  others.  It  is  the  continual 
responsibility,  the  everlasting  care,  the  proper  and  conscientious 
observance  of  the  many  laws  which  hedge  us  in  on  all  sides, 
that  finally  wears  out  the  nerves  and  makes  us  long  for  a 
chanee.  Hence  the  need  of  getting  some  of  the  other  cells  to 
work,  the  wisdom  of  stirring  up  the  dormant  faculties. 

•  From  the  Proceedings,  Minne5ota  Ph.  A. 


And  what  is  the  proper  form  of  amusement?  Let  each  one 
answer  for  himself.  Let  each  one  follow  his  own  inclinations, 
natural  or  acquired.  If  you  like  to  see  things  grow,  if  you  are 
interested  in  the  most  wonderful  of  all  mysteries — reproduction 
— get  up  early  in  the  morning  in  the  spring  time,  and  with  lake 
and  spade  go  into  your  back  yard,  make  use  of  vour  lumbar 
vertebrae,  and  the  muscles  of  your  back.  Get  back  to  the 
soil.  You  are  all  right  as  long  as  you  don't  have  to  make  a 
living  that  way.  You  still  have  your  drug  store.  If  you  like 
to  see  nature  in  all  her  beauty  and  perfection,  interest  yourself 
in  growing  flowers  and  vegetables.  If  the  song  of  the  haughty 
cockerel  at  4  A.  M.  is  sweet  music  in  your  ears,  get  a  f:\v 
chickens.  You  may  then  enjoy  not  only  fresh  eggs  for  your 
breakfast  but  win  a  prize  at  the  poultry  show  and  make 
$1,500.00  per  year  from  20  hens  on  the  back  part  of  a  c'.ty 
lot  40  feet  square,  that  is  if  you  know  how.  This  must  be  so 
for  the  ad.  says  so.    But  in  the  meantime  keep  your  drug  store. 

Give  a  little  thought  now  and  then  to  the  mysterious  forces 
of  nature  after  you  close  your  drug  store.  The  change  will  do 
you  good,  broaden  your  mind,  get  you  out  of  the  rut.  We 
say  the  days  of  miracles  are  past  and  so  they  are  as  far  as 
Bible  miracles  are  concerned,  but,  to  the  human  mind,  is  there 
a  greater  miracle  than  that  there  can  come  from  the  union  of 
two  opposite  germs  so  small  that  they  can  be  seen  only  with 
the  aid  of  a  powerful  microscope,  the  physical  and  mental 
characteristics  of  each  parent  and  in  the  case  of  the  human 
being,  the  color  of  the  hair  and  eyes  the  peculiar  expression  of 
the  face,  the  sound  of  the  voice  and  even  little  mannerisms 
such  as  similar  ways  of  walking,  holding  of  hands,  etc.  There 
must  be  a  beginning  somewhere  for  there  is  no  effect  without 
a  cause.  These  characteristics  must  be  contained  in  embryo, 
but  what  causes  their  development?  What  wonderful  power  is 
contained  in  the  little  seed  that,  under  the  influence  of  light 
and  heat  and  moisture  produces  a  plant  just  like  the  one  from 
which  it  originally  came?  Imagine,  if  you  can,  the  changes 
that  have  taken  place  in  the  transformation  of  a  crust  of  bread 
into  the  dramas  of  Shakespeare  or  Dante's  Inferno ! 

Place  a  certain  seed  into  the  ground  and  it  will  secr.te 
enough  noison  to  kill  a  hundred  people.  Another  seed  planted 
in  the  same  soil  and  in  the  same  spot  will  bring  forth  delicious 
fruit  or  beautiful  flowers.  What  wonderful  force  guides  each 
succeeding  step  in  the  development  of  the  plant?  Can  you  tell 
why  one  flower  will  reflect  red,  another  yellow,  another  violet 
and  so  on  through  all  the  colors  of  the  spectrum?  You  cover 
up  a  green  plant  with  the  rich  black  dirt  of  your  garden;  in  a 
short  time  it  is  attacked  by  myriads  of  bacteria;  it  falls  to 
pieces,  the  plant  decays  and  turns  into  earth  and  in  its  place 
comes  forth  another  plant,  thus  linking  the  dead  world  with 
the  living.  These  micro-organisms  are  simply  scav»""— - 
compose  the  green  plant  and  furnish  food  for  the  new.  Were 
it  not  for  these  invisible  aids  old  Mother  Earth  would  soon  die. 
Did  man  ever  create  a  more  wonderful  laboratory  than  this? 

From  the  "Prince  of  Peace:  "I  was  eating  a  piece  of  water- 
melon some  months  ago,  and  was  struck  with  its  beauty.  I 
took  some  of  its  seeds  and  dried  them  and  weighed  them,  and 
found  it  would  require  some  five  thousand  seeds  to  weigh  a 
pound,  and  then  I  applied  mathematics  to  that  forty-pound 
melon.  One  of  these  seeds,  put  into  the  ground  when  warmed 
by  the  sun  and  moistened  by  the  rain,  goes  to  work.  It  gathers 
from  somewhere  two  hundred  thousand  times  its  own  weight 
and,  forcing  this  raw  material  through  a  tiny  stem,  constructs  a 
watermelon.  It  covers  the  outside  with  a  coatir"  of  green;  in- 
side of  the  green  it  puts  a  layer  of  white,  and  within  the  white 
a  core  of  red,  and  all  through  the  red  it  scatters  seeds,  each 
one  capable  of  continuing  the  work  of  reproduction.  Where 
did  that  little  seed  get  that  tremendous  power?  Where  did  it 
find  its  coloring  matter?  How  did  it  collect  its  flavoring  ex- 
tract? How  did  it  build  a  watermelon?  Until  you  can  explain 
a  watermelon,  do  not  be  too  sure  that  you  can  set  limits  to 
the  power  of  the  Almighty  or  say  just  what  He  would  do,  or 
how  He  would  do  it.  I  cannot  explain  the  watermelon,  but  I 
eat  it  and  enjoy  it." 

Years  ago,  while  attending  the  Medical  School  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan,  students  were  permitted  to  ask  questions 
after  the  lecture.  One  day  this  question  was  asked :  Doctor, 
what  causes  the  first  beat  of  the  foetal  heart?"  Dr.  Dunster 
raised  himself  up  and  exclaimed:  "Almighty  God."  Can  you 
give  a  better  answer? 

The  druggist,  being  naturally  of  a  scientific  turn  of  mind, 
should  enjoy  the  study  of  these  things.  Prof.  Newcomb  has 
told  us  about  the  effect  that  various  chemicals  and  fertilizers 


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have  on  the  growth  of  different  medicinal  plants,  and  their  in- 
fluence on  the  alkaloids  contained  in  them.  This  offers  a  big 
field  for  experiment  and  is  just  in  its  infancy.  The  effect  that 
different  climates  and  localities  has  on  the  medicinal  value  of 
plants  is  also  interesting  and  offers  a  big  field  for  research.  The 
use  of  electricity  in  the  growth  of  plants  has  been  made  the 
object  of  study  by  scientists  and  important  results  may  be  ex- 
pected. 

The  growth  and  culture  of  mushrooms  and  fungi  in  general 
is  interesting  work  and  may  be  followed  with  profit.  They 
furnish  a  delicacy  for  your  table  and  will  help  solve  the  prob- 
lem of  the  high  cost  of  living,  that  is  so  far  as  the  seller  is 
concerned.  With  proper  management  it  may  add  from  $60  to 
$100  per  month  to  your  income,  but  in  the  meantime  keep  on 
with  your  drug  business.  These  are  some  of  the  by-paths  into 
which  you  may  wander  leading  to  pleasant  hours  and  a  long 
life. 

If  you  have  been  coaxed  into  the  belief  that  your  country 
needs  your  services  and  can  no  longer  do  without  you,  sacrifice 
yourself.  A  certain  amount  of  politics  is  good  for  a  man  and 
keeps  him  from  brooding  over  his  troubles.  It  will  teach  him 
that  this  thing  we  call  "public  opinion"  is  very  fickle  and  un- 
certain. The  best  fellow  doesn't  always  win,  not  in  your  case 
at  least.  You  will  be  surprised  to  learn  how  many  accomp- 
lishments you  really  have,  mostly  bad  ones.  The  wonder  of  it 
all  is,  that  you  have  been  permitted  to  run  at  large  so  long.  It 
will  help  you  to  spend  your  sixteen-hour-a-day-profits  far  be- 
yond your  expectations,  and  in  the  end  you  may  learn  that  you 
have  been  misinformed  as  to  our  country's  needs.  At  any  rate, 
win  or  lose,  you  have  had  a  valuable  experience,  one  that  has 
pulled  you  out  of  the  rut.  I  do  not  mean  to  belittle  the  drug- 
gists' part  in  public  service,  for  a  record  of  his  work  in  public 
life  shows  that  he  is  capable  and  efficient  and  has  rendered 
valuable  service. 

These  thoughts  are  especially  applicable  to  the  retail  drug- 
gist, whose  daily  work  keeps  him  within  four  walls,  and  who 
has  special  need  to  answer  to  the  call  of  the  outside  world. 
There  is  much  to  do  and  enjoy  away  from  the  prescription 
case.  Advancing  years  should  ripen  our  judgment  and  increase 
our  worth.  A  man  should  never  outlive  his  usefulness,  should 
never  cease  to  take  an  active  and  lively  interest  in  human  af- 
fairs. When  he  does  so,  the  time  for  chloroform  has  come,  if 
ever.  Don't  tie  up  because  you  have  reached  the  age  limit. 
Keep  a-going.  The  man  who  has  nothing  to  do  but  sit  on  his 
front  porch  and  suck  his  thumb,  is  an  object  of  pity.  Your 
destiny  is  very  largely  in  your  own  hands.  As  a  man  thinks 
so  he  is.  Longevity  is,  I  believe,  more  a  mental  than  a  physical 
condition.  Ordinarily,  you  should  live  as  long  as  you  expect  to. 
They  say  the  death  of  an  old  person  is  almost  always  a  painless 
one,  and  barring  accidents,  this  should  be  the  manner  .f  your 
exit. 

"Talk  health,  that  dreary  never  changing  tale 

Of  mortal  maladies,  is  worn  and  stale; 
You  cannot  charm  or  interest  or  please 
By  harping  on  that  minor  chord  disease." 
That  you  may  live  long  and  enjoy  the  fruits  of  right  living, 
I  offer  you  the  following  prescription.    Please  don't  substitute. 
Take  each  day :  Work — ten  hours ;  play — as  often  as  you  can ; 
laugh — when  you  feel  like  it;  sleep — q.s.  ad  24  hours. 
Mix  with  love  for  everybody,  yourself,  your  competitor,  your 
neighbor,  but  always  with  proper  discrimination. 


The  Trend  of  Modern  Pharmacy 

Frequently  jar-seeing  pharmacists  have  tried  to  outline  'he 
trend  of  pharmacy  from  the  view-point  of  their  own  ex- 
periences, and  for  this  reason,  if  none  other,  the  'oUoiiing 
brief  address  by  Governor  W.  S.  Hammond  at  the  icccni 
meeting  of  the  Minnesota  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
coming  as  it  does  from  a  layman,  will  be  read  with  i'::ei- 
est.  We  are  indebted  to  Prof.  F.  J.  W idling  for  tl.c 
stenographic  report  of  the  address,  who  writ',s  lhat  it 
"is  so  in  line  with  the  views  taken  by  the  more  prct^'cssizc 
pharmacists  that  a  wide  publicity  of  the  reuia^-ks  will  vo 
doubt  be  of  benefit  to  pharmacy". 

IT  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  come  here  this  morning  at 
die  beginning  of  your  deliberations  to  bid  ym  w  .  Kome, 
to  greet  you,  and  to  express  the  hope  that  ili.  \N,,ik  that 
you  do  here  may  be  of  benefit  to  the  phann  u  i^is  ..f  the 
State,  to  the  pharmacists  of  the  United  States  and  to  all  the 
people  with   whom  in  your  various  capacities  you  come  in 


contact.  The  pharmacist  is  a  great  deal  more  than  the  apothe- 
cary of  old  or  the  druggist  of  even  more  recent  days.  There 
was  a  time  when  the  apothecary  shop,  the  drug  store,  was  a 
sort  of  gather-as-you-please  place  to  gossip  over  the  events 
of  the  day  and  incidentally  and  between  times  to  compound 
various  medicinal  preparations.  The  work  of  the  apothecar>- 
was  a  particular  and  technical  kind  of  work  and  there  was  so 
little  of  it  that  the  compensation  was  necessarily  quite  large. 
But  there  has  come  a  great  change  in  recent  years. 

The  pharmacist  is  the  scientific  man  as  was  the  apothecary 
of  old.  He  is  the  technical  compounder,  the  registered  drug- 
gist, but  he  is  more  of  a  business  man  than  his  predecessors 
were,  and  because  of  that  fact  the  people,  those  who  trade 
with  the  pharmacist,  have  been  the  gainers.  The  whole  call- 
ing itself  seems  to  have  taken  on  another  form.  I  imagine 
there  is  not  so  much  compounding  to-day  as  there  was  a 
few  years  ago.  Great  pharmaceutical  establishments  do  a 
great  deal  of  the  work  that  the  old  time  apothecary  did. 
Under  these  changing  conditions,  it  is  very,  ver>'  advisable, 
it  seems  to  me,  that  there  be  frequent  meetings  for  commtmi- 
cation  of  ideas  and  thoughts  relating  to  the  business  among 
the  pharmacists  of  the  state.  The  average  pharmacist  has 
become  somewhat  of  a  business  man;  he  has  always  been  to 
some  extent  a  business  man,  but  I  am  inclined  to  think  that  to- 
day he  is  more  of  a  business  than  professional  man,  while 
sometime  ago,  he  was  more  of  the  professional  man  than  the 
business  man.  Now,  is  there  any  danger  growing  out  of  this? 
Is  there  anything  that  you  ought  to  think  about  in  cormection 
with  this  change,  if  I  am  correctly  advised  and  my  conclu- 
sions are  warranted  by  the  facts? 

It  would  be  unfortunate  if  this  old  time  honored  profession 
should  become  merely  business.  So  much  of  the  sentiment, 
so  much  of  the  romance  would  be  taken  away  that  we  might 
feel  somewhat  sad  at  the  change,  but  more  than  mere  senti- 
ment, more  than  mere  romance — it  would  be  another  develop- 
ment of  the  dollar  idea.  I  admire  the  successful  business 
man.  We  cannot  but  be  astonished  at  the  great  efforts  of 
the  captains  of  industry.  We  like  the  strong,  pushing,  virile 
business  men  who  start  with  little  or  nothing,  and  build  up 
gigantic  enterprises,  but  they  are  business  men.  We  v.-ould  not 
want  our  lawyers,  our  doctors,  our  apothecaries,  our  clergy- 
men, to  be  distinguished  principally  as  mere  business  men. 
We  like  to  have  them  remain  in  the  realm  of  professionalism, 
and  be  as  great  and  as  useful  in  professional  work  as  others 
are  in  the  business  field.  Now,  I  trust  that  with  these  great 
houses  compounding  so  many  of  the  things  that  the  apothe- 
caries themselves  compounded  not  many  years  ago.  that  we 
will  not  have  a  change  in  this  line  of  work,  and  that  the 
apothecary  may  remain  the  professional  instead  of  the  busi- 
ness man,  realizing,  of  course,  the  necessit>'  of  good  judg- 
ment and  of  business  skill  in  the  conduct  of  any  business 
enterprise. 

There  are  very  important  matters  connected  with  pharmacy 
that  are  wholly  unrelated  to  the  question  of  bookkeeping  and 
income  and  outgo.  We  are  all  interested,  and  you  are  particu- 
larly interested  in  the  legislation  tending  to  restrict  the  use 
of  noxious  drugs.  Here  is  a  line  of  endeavor  that  of  course 
should  be  absolutely  divorced  from  the  business  end  of  the 
work.  Here  is  a  question  that  appeals  to  you  as  professional 
men  and  as  men  who  desire  to  adipt  their  profession  to  the 
best  interests  of  their  brothers  and  sisters,  and  any  attempt,  I 
fear,  to  connect  this  kind  of  legislation  with  the  business  end 
of  the  pharmacist's  occupation  and  profession  would  tend  to 
detract  from  the  high  professional  standard  that  the  apothe- 
cary lias  always  had.  and  that  the  modem  pharmacist  should 
endeavor  to  maintain. 

I  am  not  a  |ilianiiacist.  but  a  mere  observer,  I  have  spoken 
simply  as  a  lixinan  in  a  general  way.  My  purpose  in  comirg 
li-K  w  IS  n.it  t.i  (i<!i\rr  a  lecture.  I  could  not  hope  to  im- 
I'lii  to  im;   111,!  women  like  yourselves  who  have  stu- 

.lir,l  till  sul'L.t  f.T  \i,irs.  but  I  may  in  a  way  represent  tlie 
layman  who  looks  upon  the  pharmacist  as  the  majority  t 
layman  do — who  wishes  him  well  and  desires  to  see  tlie  timt*- 
honorcd  and  highly  respected  profession  maintain  all  that 
good  in  it,  and  push  on  to  high  and  better  results. 

The  Manistee.  Fla.,  town  council  has  passed  an  ordinan<. 
providing  that  all  drug  stores  be  closed  at  10:30  every  Sunday, 
and  tliat  the  proprietors  shall  not  open  doors  or  permit  cu" 
tomers  or  other  persons  to  be  in  their  stores  after  the  he 
specified,  except  for  the  purchase  of  medicines  in  cases  of  emt 
gency. 


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Practical  Pharmacy  and  System  in  a  Prescription  Department* 

By  ADDISON  DIMMITT,  Louisville,  Ky. 


Addisox  Dijimitt 


WITH  your  permission,  I  will  take  up  the  latter  part  of 
this  query  first — system  in  prescription  work,  such  as 
we  have  adopted  in  our  own  place  of  business. 
Some  weeks  ago  we  published  a  little  pamphlet,  and  in  same 
we  gave  the  story  of  a  prescription,  which  is  applicable  to  this 
subject.    It  is  in  part  as  follows:  "When 

a  prescription  is  received  in  our  place  of   

business,  we  at  once  attach  it  to  one  of 
our  prescription  department  record  forms." 
This  form  is  original  with  us  and  covers 
all  possible  information  relative  to  the 
prescription  to  be  filled.  Thus:  There 
are  blank  spaces  for  the  name  of  the  per- 
son for  whom  the  prescription  is  to  be 
filled;  address,  date,  time  of  day  received, 
time  promised  to  be  finished;  spaces  for 
a  check  to  indicate  if  prescription  is  to  be 
called  for,  waiting,  to  be  sent,  price,  C. 
O.  D.,  charge,  original  back,  copy  want- 
ed, double  quantity,  prescription  filled  by, 
prescription  checked  by,  serial  nnmber  of 
prescription,  customer's  claim  check  num- 
ber, if  re-fill,  and  time  finished. 

These  prescription  department  records 
are  filed  in  our  prescription  department  in  alphabetical  order 
and  kept  indefinitely.  The  advantages  of  this  record  form  we 
think  are  numerous.  At  the  end  of  each  day's  business  from 
these  record  forms  we  quickly  estimate  tlie  number  of  new  pre- 
scriptions filled;  the  number  of  re-fills;  the  price  charged;  so 
that  it  is  easy  to  keep  a  record  by  the  month  or  year  of  exactly 
the  total  number  of  prescriptions  filled  and  average  price,  thus 
gi\-ing  a  basis  for  estimating  the  volume  of  business  done  in 
the  prescription  department. 

Another  feature  of  this  record  we  have  found  of  especial 
value,  is  that  frequently  customers  will  lose  their  claim  checks. 
If  so,  we  can  quickly  refer  to  the  record  form  which  contains 
the  name  of  the  owner  and  find  the  serial  number  of  their  pre- 
scription for  them.  This  also  proves  true  months  or  years 
afterwards  when  a  person  loses  the  bottle  or  box  containing 
the  serial  number  of  a  prescription  he  wishes  refilled.  There 
is  another  good  feature  in  connection  with  the  prescription 
record  forms.  They  show  you  accurately  the  annual  value  of 
your  prescription  files  from  a  refill  basis.  When  taking  inven- 
tory or  selling  your  business,  it  is  impossible  to  accurately 
estimate  the  value  of  your  prescription  files  unless  you  have 
something  of  this  nature  as  a  guide. 

Reverting  back  to  the  receipt  of  a  prescription  in  our  place 
of  business,  would  say  that  the  receiving  clerk  after  attaching 
prescription  to  the  record  form  properlv  filled  out  '^l-ices  both 
in  a  small  wooden  tray  under  a  metal  clamp.  The  color  of 
the  tray  indicates  to  the  prescription  department  the  order  in 
which  the  prescriptions  are  to  be  filled ;  red  tray,  emergency ; 
white  tray,  regular  order;  blue  tray,  no  hurry,  tomorrow.  Our 
head  prescriptionist  receives  in  the  prescription  department 
these  trays,  stamps  on  the  prescription  serial  number  date  and 
price;  then  hands  it  (still  in  the  tray)  to  one  of  the  pre- 
scription clerks  to  compound.  Under  general  instructions  to 
all  prescription  clerks,  the  prescription  is  first  read  carefully, 
noting  doses,  chemical  changes  or  incompatibilities,  if  any. 
Also  if  all  ingredients  and  directions  are  clearly  written  and 
perfectly  understood.  If  there  be  any  uncertainty  of  detail,  the 
matter  is  again  referred  to  the  head  prescription  clerk,  who,  if 
at  all  in  doubt,  will  telephone  the  physician  who  wrote  it  for 
verification.  When  the  prescription  is  perfectly  understood, 
the  clerk  compounds  it,  leaving  each  package  of  ingredients 
standing  by  the  tray  until  the  prescription  is  completely  filled 
and  directions  written  on  a  typewriter  and  attached.  He  then 
calls  one  of  the  other  prescription  men  to  his  side,  who  takes 
up  the  original  prescription  and  checks  carefully  the  ingredients 
and  amounts  as  they  are  called  back.  The  prescription  then 
goes  to  the  head  clerk,  who  again  inspects  it,  and  if  found  cor- 
rect wraps,  attaches  claim  check  or  delivery  instructions,  and 
sends  the  package  down  for  delivery. 

As  to  the  arrangement  of  a  prescription  department  to  fa- 
cilitate rapid  work,  cleanliness  and  comfort,  I  would  say  I 

*  Rnd  hcforr  the  Kentucky  Ph.  .\.,  and  reprinted  from  the  Pro- 
ceedinRs. 


can  only  describe  our  own  room,  which  embodies  our  ideas, 
and  which  we  have  been  told  is  very  good.  Our  department  is 
furnished  entirely  in  white  enameled  wood  and  white  Belgian 
glass,  including  file  cases,  bins,  work  tables,  walls,  ceilings, 
zinc  and  typewriter.  The  file  cases  are  serial  numbered  and  in 
them  we  carry  all  broken  packages  of  pills,  tablets,  fluid  ex- 
tracts, essential  oils,  small  package  chemicals  and  proprietary 
medicines.  These  items  are  arranged  alphabetically  as  far  as 
practical  in  these  files  and  each  group  of  products  is  indexed 
separately,  so  that  a  new  clerk  can  quickly  refer  to  the  index 
and  learn  on  what  file  a  tablet,  pill  or  fluid  extract  can  be 
found.  In  the  bins  above  these  files  we  carry  full  packages  of 
proprietary  preparations. 

Our  dispensing  counter  proper  is  18  feet  long,  and  is  white 
Belgian  glass.  In  fact,  all  cases  in  our  prescription  depart- 
ment and  laboratory  are  covered  with  the  same  material,  which 
can  be  kept  absolutely  clean,  as  it  is  not  affected  by  either 
acids  or  alkalies.  On  the  counter  proper  we  have  two  sensitive 
prescription  balances,  and  in  drawers  immediately  beneath  are 
found  pill,  tablet  and  cachet  machines,  prescription  bottles, 
pill,  suppository,  eye-water  and  powder  boxes,  powder  papers, 
empty  capsules,  etc.  In  another  section  of  the  room  we  have 
a  work  case  made  especially  for  preparing  ointments,  the  top 
being  partially  covered  with  white  glass  and  the  remaining 
part  zinc.  On  this  zinc  are  two  gas  attachments  for  Bunsen 
stoves,  also  a  suppository  machine.  Above  this  ointment  slab, 
is  a  complete  assortment  of  official  and  non-official  ointments, 
cerates,  plasters,  etc. 

In  another  section  of  the  prescription  room  is  a  refrigerator 
in  which  are  kept  suppositories,  lactic  bacillary  tablets,  spirits  of 
nitre,  and  numerous  items  required  to  be  kept  cold.  In  the 
center  of  the  department  is  an  immense  work  table — glass  top — 
under  which  are  kept  old  prescription  files  and  numerous  items 
for  convenience.  In  another  part  of  the  room  is  an  eight-foot, 
one  piece,  white  enamel  sink,  with  hot  and  cold  water.  Above 
are  four  grooved  white  shelves  for  keeping  the  clean  utensils. 

The  use  of  typewritten  labels  is  greatly  appreciated  by  our 
patrons,  as  the  numbers  and  directions  can  be  read  easily. 
Hinged  pill  and  powder  boxes  are  also  used,  thus  avoiding 
any  possibility  of  tops  being  lost  or  changed.  We  have  also 
lately  adopted  a  system  of  dispensing  all  ointments  in  collap- 
sible tubes.  This  can  be  done  equally  as  rapid  as  placing  in  a 
jar,  and  at  approximately  the  same  expense,  including  cost  of 
a  carton  for  the  tube.  This  seems  to  be  appreciated  by  our 
patrons,  as  all  ointment  jars  quickly  become  greasy  and  un- 
sanitary. This  room  has  three  large  windows  and  two  doors, 
giving  good  light  and  ventilation.  Adjoining  the  prescription 
department  is  our  laboratory.  We  have  three  sides  completely 
encased  from  floor  to  ceiling,  finished  in  white,  the  center  part 
of  which  has  glass  doors  in  which  are  kept  galenical  prepara- 
tions and  surplus  stock  of  chemicals.  Between  the  windows 
where  the  light  is  good,  is  an  analytic  case,  on  which  we  have 
numerous  Bunsen  burner  attachments,  vacuum  filters.  Burette 
stands,  analytic  balances,  etc.  In  one  corner  over  white 
enameled  sink  is  a  Stokes'  still,  where  we  distil  water.  All 
preparations  prepared  by  us  having  alcoholic  menstrua  or  of- 
ficial assays  as  required  by  the  U.  S.  P.  or  N.  F.,  are  made 
by  our  chemist,  who  uses  a  control  number,  attaching  the 
same  to  the  package,  which  number  corresponds  to  an  indexed 
record  card.  We  have  found  this  feature  most  beneficial  to 
our  business,  to  say  nothing  of  the  personal  satisfaction  of 
knowing  that  the  official  products  prepared  are  checked  so  as  tc 
meet  the  requirements  of  all  pure  food  and  drug  acts.  So 
much  for  system  in  prescription  work,  as  we  see  it. 

Now,  as  to  the  first  part  of  the  query  given :  Practical  phar- 
macy, or,  as  I  see  it,  the  practice  of  pharmacy,  goes  hand  in 
hand  with  the  practice  of  medicine,  law  or  any  other  profes- 
sion, and  it  means  applying  the  scientific  knowledge  of  our 
profession  to  our  business  in  a  practical  way.    Thus : 

To  know  positively  that  when  we  dispense  a  prescription  nr 
sell  over  our  counters  paregoric  or  solution  of  magnesia  citrate, 
or  any  other  pharmaceutical  preparation,  that  it  is  right,  that  it 
is  pure  and  that  the  strength  is  up  to  the  required  standard. 

To  know  that  the  crude  drugs  we  purchase  are  good  and, 
further,  to  know  how  they  should  be  kept  properly,  so  as  to 
preserve  their  activity. 


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To  know  that  all  galenical  preparations  or  simple  counter 
remedies  prepared  contain  exactly  the  proper  amount  of  each 
ingredient,  so  that  a  dose  will  be  dependable  and  positive. 

To  know  that  the  scales,  weights  and  measures  are  abso- 
lutely clean  and  accurate. 

To  know  chemical  and  physiological  incompatibilities. 

To  know  doses  and  antidotes. 

To  know  that  patrons,  who  come  to  you  in  all  confidence, 
literally  placing  their  lives  in  your  hands,  will  not  be  deceived 
in  any  manner,  either  by  substitution,  diverting  a  sale  or  by 
ignorance. 

To  know  that  pharmacy  is  a  profession  limited  to  its  own 
field,  and  while  allied  with  that  of  the  practice  of  medicine, 
yet  we  must  recognize  that  pharmacists  are  not  taught  to  diag- 
nose disease,  for  that  is  exclusively  the  field  of  the  physician. 

To  know  that  your  pharmaceutical  education  and  experience 
entitles  you  to  just  remuneration  for  your  skill  and  service. 

Last,  but  not  least,  to  "know  thyself."  To  let  your  conscience 
be  your  guide  in  all  things,  for  that  will  tell  you  to  be  just 
and  honest  in  your  business  relations  with  your  fellow  men, 
which,  after  all,  is  the  only  foundation  which  endureth  forever. 


Jottings  from  Great  Britain 

(By  our  London  Correspondent) 

The  Manufacture  of  Synthetic  Drugs 

SO  far  the  progress  with  the  manufacture  of  drugs  which 
have  hitherto  been  obtained  from  Germany  has  apparent- 
ly not  been  very  rapid.  This  however  is  not  surprising 
as  the  beginning  of  a  new  business —  for  it  is  new  so  far  as 
this  country  is  concerned — must  necessarily  be  slow ;  the  ex- 
perimental stage  so  far  as  several  drugs  are  concerned,  however, 
is  over  and  it  is  quite  probable  that  within  the  next  few 
months  we  shall  see  a  number  of  synthetic  drugs  being  manu- 
factured on  a  commercial  scale.  At  the  present  time  salicylic 
acid,  salicylate  of  soda  and  acetyl  salicylic  acid  are  being  pro- 
duced commercially,  but  not  in  sufficient  quantity  to  meet  the 
demand  and  consequently,  prices  are  steadily  rising  and  sali- 
cylates are  something  like  six  times  the  price  quoted  before 
the  war. 

Phenacetin  is  another  drug  being  manufactured  here,  and 
among  photographic  chemicals,  hydroquinone  and  amidol  are 
two  of  the  substances  that  are  now  being  offered.  Burroughs 
Wellcome  &  Co.,  are,  it  is  understood,  making  a  number  of 
synthetic  products  and  as  I  mentioned  in  a  previous  letter, 
this  firm  has  obtained  the  right  to  work  the  salvarsan  patents. 

Good  progress  is  being  made  with  the  manufacture  of  labo- 
ratory glassware  and  there  are  now  on  the  market  some  samples 
of  resistance  glass  which  the  makers  claim  to  be  almost  as 
good  as  the  Jena  glass,  but  a  good  deal  of  experimental  work 
will  have  to  be  done  before  this  claim  can  be  fully  justified. 
On  the  other  hand,  samples  of  British  made  apparatus  from 
soft  glass  whicli  I  have  seen  are  of  excellent  material  and 
finish. 

The  Government  scheme  for  the  establishment  of  the  coal 
tar  color  industry  has  not  yet  been  adopted  although  a  num- 
ber of  modifications  in  the  original  proposals  have  been  made. 
There  seems  to  be  no  doubt,  however,  that  a  National  scheme 
of  some  kind  will  eventually  be  adopted.  In  the  meantime 
aniline  dyes  are  becoming  scarcer  and  scarcer.  The  British 
Medical  Association  has  officially  recommended  doctors  to  ex- 
ercise economy  in  the  use  of  the  following  drugs: — salicylates, 
acetyl  salicylic  acid,  salol,  liquid  paraffin,  lanoline,  novocaine, 
ichthyol,  eucaine,  protargol,  juniper  oil,  paraldehyde,  thymol, 
phenazone,  phenacetin,  barbitone  (veronal)  and  potash  salts. 
The  Scarcity  of  Leeches 

As  a  result  of  the  war  medicinal  Icrrlics  are  practically  un- 
obtainable in  this  country,  as  the  figlitiniz  b.itli  in  I'  istcrn  and 
Western  Europe  is  going  on  in  districts  fr.nn  w  lii.  h  leeches 
are  usually  obtained.  A  small  supply  of  the  kind  of  leech 
that  is  used  in  Indii  lias  been  imported  and  in  due  course 
a  consiunna  ni  .  !  Anviuiian  leeches — which,  by  the  way,  are 
official  ill  law    I'iia  1  inacopoeia — is  expected. 

British-made  Acetyl  Salicylic  Acid 

As  I  mentioned  above,  acetvl  salicylic  acid  is  now  being 
made  in  this  country,  but  doubt  has  been  expressed  by  some 
medical  men  and  others  as  to  the  identity  of  the  various  makes 
and  especially  as  to  their  identity  with  aspirin.  Statements 


are,  in  fact,  sometimes  made  that  one  sample  or  another  causes 
secondary  effects,  such  as  irritation  of  the  stomach.  Professor 
H.  L.  Smith — the  Pharmaceutical  Society's  new  professor  of 
chemistry —  has  been  making  an  examination  of  the  various 
specimens  and  he  reported  on  them  at  the  Februarj'  scientific 
meeting  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society.  Some  of  the  samples 
were  of  very  high  quality  and  he  has  no  hesitation  in  re- 
porting that  acetyl  salicylic  acid  may  be  obtained  without 
difficulty,  chemically  pure,  from  more  than  one  source;  but  as 
with  other  chemicals,  indifferent  and  impure  makes  are  on 
the  market  and  the  same  discrimination  should  be  used  in 
buying  it  as  with  all  drugs.  Apropos  of  this  question  of 
acetyl  salicylic  acid,  there  is  some  misunderstanding  with  re- 
gard to  the  trade  mark  "aspirin".  The  Keene  Laboratories, 
Limited,  has  obtained  the  right  to  use  the  trade  mark  but 
this  is  a  legal  difficulty  which  the  Patent  Court  has  been 
called  to  decide.  "Aspirin"  is  reported  twice ;  one  of  the 
makes  being  for  use  in  the  United  Kingdom,  and  the  other 
for  use  in  the  Colonies.  The  question  the  Court  has  to 
decide  is  whether,  if  the  mark  is  suspended,  it  may  be  used 
both  in  this  country  and  in  the  Colonies;  it  is  also  a  mo'- ■ 
question  whether,  if  the  mark  is  suspended,  it  may  be  us- 
not  only  by  the  person  who  applied  for  its  suspension,  but  L; 
anyone  who  chooses. 

Discoloration   of  Sodium   Salicylate   in   Solution  by 
Alkalies 

The  discoloration  of  mixtures  containing  sodium  salicylate 
and  sodium  bicarbonate  has  long  been  a  source  of  trouble 
to  pharmacists.  It  has  been  attributed  to  the  us- 
of  a  stock  solution  of  sodium  bicarbonate  in  which  part  ^ : 
the  bicarbonate  has  been  converted  into  carbonate,  the  ac- 
tion of  the  latter  on  the  salicylate  being  more  marked  tha: 
that  of  the  bicarbonate.  Professor  H.  G.  Greenish  and  A.  E 
Beesley  have  been  investigating  the  question  in  the  Pharmri- 
ceutical  Society's  Research  laboratory  and  have  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  the  discoloration  is  due  to  the  ox>'gen  of  the 
air  acting  on  the  salicylate  in  the  presence  of  sodium  sesqui- 
carbonate.  The  addition  of  about  a  grain  of  sodium  sulphite 
or  bisulphite  to  an  ordinary  eight  ounce  mixture  produces  a 
marked  preservative  effect  and  there  is  no  objection  to  be  made 
to  such  an  addition, 

A  Fortune  of  2%   Million  Dollars 

The  will  of  the  late  William  Ransom,  founder  of  the  fir:- 
of  Wm.  Ransom  &  Son,  Ltd.,  of  Hitchin  has  just  bee: 
proved.  He  left  a  fortune  of  £504,898— more  than  $2,500,00 
The  death  duties  on  the  properties  will  amount  to  near! 
$500,000.  William  Ransom  commenced  the  cultivation  of  me 
dicinal  plants  at  Hitchin  in  1845,  beginning  with  lavender 
henbane  and  belladonna,  and  subsequently  he  became  knov, : 
all  over  the  world  as  a  grower  of  medicinal  plants  and  a  manu 
facturer  of  extracts  and  other  galenical  preparations. 


COMPOSITION  OF  PRINTING  INKS 

A  general  description  of  the  composition,  manufacture,  an 
properties  of  some  of  the  common  types  of  printing  inks  i- 
contained  in  Circular  No.  53  of  the  Bureau  of  Standards,  whic 
has  just  been  issued.    The  materials  entering  into  the  com 
position  of  printing  inks  are  divided  roughly  into  two  classes 
viz.,  oils  and  pigments.    The  first  class  includes  linseed  oil 
rosin  oil,  the  various  semidrying  oils,  gums   (resins),  rosir 
and  soa]!.    The  second  class  includes  the  various  pigment* 
from  which  tlie  inks  derive  their  color,  and  to  some  extent 
their  consistency  and  working  qualities.    A  brief  description 
of  the  preparation  and  properties  of  these  materials  is  given 
The  subject  of  driers  is  treated  in  a  separate  chapter.  Variou 
formulas  are  given  showing  the  approximate  composition  of 
some  inks.    The  manufacture  of  printing  inks  is  described 
showing  the  method  of  preparing  the  oil  varnish  and  pig 
ments,  the  methods  of  mixing  and  grinding,  etc. 

To  obtain  satisfactor>'  results  in  printing,  these  two  factors, 
ink  and  paper,  must  be  carefully  adjusted.  It  is  well  known 
that  an  ink  which  is  satisfactory  on  one  paper  will  not  bf 
so  on  another,  all  other  conditions  being  constant.  On 
phase  of  this  relationship  between  ink  and  paper  is  the  opacity 
of  the  ink,  a  subject  of  particular  importance  in  the  thre 
and  four  color  processes.  Emphasis  is  laid  on  the  necessit 
for  tlie  printer  to  select  the  proper  grades  of  paper  whic 
will  be  suitable  for  his  work. 


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THE  QUESTION  BOX  ? 


Coloring  Red  Rubber  Black 
(N.  M.  P.) — So  far  as  we  know  it  would  be  practically 
impossible  to  use  any  chemical  or  compound  to  "restore  red 
rubber  to  its  original  black  color".  In  the  first  place,  natural 
rubber  is  not  black,  only  as  it  may  be  so  "smoked"  in  the 
"curing  process."  For  commercial  uses  the  natural  rubber  is 
usually  treated  with  "fillers",  both  organic  and  mineral,  the 
latter  inckiding  insoluble  coloring  matters,  vulcanizing  agents 
and  substances  which  are  designed  to  increase  the  tensile 
strength  ol  the  rubber,  depending  upon  the  proposed  use  of  the 
rubber  article  to  be  manufactured.  The  principal  coloring 
matters  now  in  use  by  rubber  chemists  are  vermilion,  antimony 
sulphide,  red  lead,  red  o.xide  of  iron,  ultramarine,  lamp  black, 
chrome  yellow,  burnt  umber,  etc.,  and  it  is  easy  to  see  that 
when  one  of  these  substances  has  been  once  incorporated  with 
the  rubber  "mix",  a  change  in  color  of  the  finished  product 
can  not  be  expected  by  the  addition  of  any  agent  without 
injury  to  the  rubber.  Of  course,  the  application  of  an  elastic 
varnish  to  the  outside  might  be  suggested,  but  even  this  would 
likely  prove  impracticable. 

Custom,  perhaps,  has  decreed  that  rubber  of  a  certain  color 
is  the  best  for  a  particular  purpose,  and  for  some  uses,  the 
choice  may  be  based  upon  experience.  But  so  far  we  have 
learned  there  is  no  practicable  process  for  "restoring"  i.  e., 
making  red  rubber  look  black.  If  one  wants  rubber  of  a 
black  color,  that  is  the  kind  he  should  purchase.  In  working 
over  reclaimed  rubber,  the  manufacturer  has  to  get  rid  of  the 
fillers  and  coloring  agents  used  in  the  first  manufacture  before 
he  can  proceed  to  work  it  up  into  other  stock. 

Oil  of  Spike  Compound 

(A.  H.  C.) — We  have  gone  over  a  large  number  of  veteri- 
nary formulas  and  have  found  a  few  in  which  turpentine  and 
sulphuric  acid  are  components.  However,  tlie  following  formu- 
la from  the  first  edition  of  the  Era  Formulary,  published  in 
1893,  seems  to  come  the  closest  to  the  points  noted  in  your 
inquiry ; 

Oil  of  Spike. 


Oil  of  turpentine    32  ounces 

Sulphuric  acid    2  ounces 

Barbadoes   tar    16  ounces 

Whali  oil    64  ounces 

Oil  of  origanum    2  ounces 

Oil  of  juniper  wood    1  ounce 


Gradually  add  the  sulphuric  acid  to  the  turpentine,  stirring 
constantly;  when  cold,  add  the  other  ingredients. 

The  reaction  between  the  sulphuric  acid  and  turpentine  is 
apt  to  be  very  violent,  and  only  a  very  small  quantity  of  the 
acid  should  be  added  at  a  time  under  constant  stirring,  the 
mixture  being  allowed  to  cool  somewhat  before  adding  more 
acid.  This  operation  should  be  done  outside  the  building  so 
as  to  avoid  any  risk  from  explosion  or  fire  from  the  heat  de- 
veloped. 

This  formula  is  the  type  of  some  of  the  so-called  spavin  and 
ringbone  remedies  that  are  found  on  the  market.  It  should  be 
noted  that  while  this  formula  appears  under  the  old  name 
"Oil  of  Spike",  the  preparation  could  not  now  be  legally  mar- 
keted under  that  title.  Under  the  ruling  of  the  food  and  drug 
authorities  the  name  "oil  of  spike"  properly  belongs  to  the  oil 
procured  from  the  broad  leaved  variety  of  lavender  which 
grows  wild  in  Europe,  the  Lavandula  Spica.  The  odor  of  this 
oil  is  less  fragrant  than  that  of  common  oil  of  lavender,  and  is 
somewhat  analogous  to  that  of  oil  of  turpentine,  with  which 
it  is  said  to  be  often  adulterated. 

Masking  the  Odor  of  Tar 

(J.  S.  B.) — "Please  inform  me  through  the  Question  Box 
what  will  overcome  the  odor  of  tar  in  a  hair  preparation?" 

It  is  somewhat  difficult  to  suggest  any  method  of  overcoming 
the  peculiar  empyreumatic  odor  of  tar,  although  it  is  probable 
that  the  odor  may  be  partially  modified  or  masked  by  the  addi- 
tion of  suitable  odoriferous  substances.  In  some  cases,  the 
use  of  glycerite  of  tar  is  recommended,  as  in  its  preparation 
the  tar  is  previously  washed,  thtis  tending  to  remove  some  of 


the  disagreeable  odor  and  some  of  the  acid  constituents  always 
present  in  tar.  This,  when  compounded  into  tlie  hair  prepara- 
tion, may  be  further  "masked"  by  the  addition  of  suitable  per- 
fume odors.    Thus,  in  the  following  formula  taken  from  the 


Era  Formulary : 

Glycerite  of  tar    2  ounces 

Tincture  of  cantharides    1  dram 

Oil  of  lavender    1  dram 

Spirit  of  ammonia    1  dram 

Bay  rum    4  ounces 

Cologne  water,  sufficient  to  make    1  pint 


But  whatever  attempt  may  be  made  to  disguise  the  odor, 
tar  is  tar,  and  so  long  as  it  is  employed  this  most  important 
characteristic  of  the  presence  of  tar  must  be  taken  into  con- 
sideration. 

Manufacture  of  Pyridine  Bases 

(Subscriber)— We  are  informed  that  practically  the  entire 
supply  of  pyridine  bases  used  in  denaturing  alcohol  is  im- 
ported, and  that  very  little,  if  any,  is  now  obtainable  in  this 
market.  To  use  these  bases  for  this  purpose,  however,  certain 
formalities  must  be  observed  and  they  may  be  found  fully  out- 
lined in  the  bulletin  of  "Regulations  and  Instructions  Con- 
cerning Denatured  Alcohol",  issued  by  the  United  States  In- 
ternal Revenue  Service,  Washington. 

Pyridine  bases  are  prepared  from  bone  oil,  or  the  fraction  of 
coal  oil  or  shale  oil  distilling  between  80°  and  250°,  the 
bases  being  separated  by  treatment  with  sulphuric  acid,  and 
the  acid  liquid  then  distilled  or  boiled  with  a  current  of  steam 
till  the  vapors  no  longer  show  the  presence  of  pyrrol.  The 
liquid  is  filtered  through  linen  to  separate  the  tarry  matters, 
an  excess  of  caustic  soda  added,  and  the  whole  distilled  with 
steam.  The  distillate  is  allowed  to  cool,  and  again  treated 
with  a  large  quantity  of  solid  caustic  potash  or  soda,  till  the 
pyridine  bases  separate  as  an  oily  layer  on  the  surface  of  the 
alkaline  lye.  The  upper  stratum  is  separated,  and,  if  it  con- 
tains aniline,  it  is  treated  with  fuming  nitric  acid,  which  is 
cautiously  added  and  the  mixture  gradually  heated  to  boiling, 
the  aniline  being  thus  destroyed  while  the  pyridine  bases  re- 
main intact.  According  to  Allen,  pyridine  is  more  commonly 
made  from  crude  heavy  naphtha.  The  lowest  and  most  im- 
portant homologue  or  member  of  the  pyridine  series  or  bases 
is  pyridine  itself,  which  is  of  special  interest,  because  of  having 
been  recognized  as  one  of  the  parent  substances  of  many  alka- 
loids, and  also,  as  the  starting  point  in  the  preparation  of 
several  valuable  antipyretics. 

Manufacture  of  Chicle  Chewing  Gum 

I'W.  W.  P.) — Various  formulas  for  the  manufacture  of 
chewing  gum  from  chicle  have  been  published  in  previous 
volumes  of  the  Era,  which  see.  The  following  formula  is 
taken  from  the  Era  Formulary; 

The  basis  of  nearly  all  brands  of  chewing  gum  on  the  market 
is  chicle,  some  paraffin  or  wax  being  occasionally  added,  it  is 
said,  to  harden  the  mass.  The  most  successful  manufacturers 
attribute  their  success  to  the  employment  of  the  most  approved 
machinery  and  the  greatest  attention  to  details. 


Chicle  gum    56  parts 

Hard  paraffin    15  parts 

Balsam  of  tolu    2  parts 

Balsam  of  peru    2  parts 

Granulated  sugar,  fine    160  parts 

Glucose    64  parts 

Water,  q.  s. 


Soak  the  chicle  in  the  water  until  it  absorbs  all  that  it  will 
take  up.  Melt  the  paraffin  and  balsams  together  and  add  the 
swelled  chicle.  In  the  meantime  mix  the  sugar  with  50  parts 
of  water  and  boil  together  until  a  little  of  the  liquid,  with- 
drawn on  the  end  of  a  stick,  and  quickly  dipped  into  a  glass 
of  cold  water,  snaps  between  the  fingers  on  an  attempt  to 
make  it  bend  ("crack  degree").  When  this  point  is  reached, 
quickly  remove  from  the  fire  and  pour  out  on  a  large  marble 
slab,  the  surface  of  which  has  been  previously  greased  with 


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butter  or  good  sweet  oil.  As  soon  as  the  syrup  is  spread, 
add  to  it.  a  little  at  a  time,  carefully  working  in,  the  melted 
mixtures  of  gums,  paraffin,  etc.,  until  a  portion  of  the  mix- 
ture is  found  to  have  the  proper  degree  of  toughness.  The 
flavoring  (any  desired  essential  oil)  should  be  well  incorporated 
with  the  paraffin  and  gum  mixture  before  adding  the  syrup. 
Some  experimenting  may  be  necessary  to  adjust  the  quantities 
to  a  nicety  with  the  different  batches  worked  or  sample  of 
chicle  employed,  but  the  proportions  named  in  the  formula  are 
practically  those  generally  employed.  To  a  large  extent  the 
formulas  used  are  "trade  secrets",  but  on  general  principles, 
the  purification  processes  must  be  of  a  character  not  to  appreci- 
ably affect  the  flavor,  plasticity,  or  the  weight  of  the  gum. 

In  Roger's  "Industrial  Chemistry",  recently  published,  it  is 
stated  that  Darling  has  suggested  the  use  of  Pontianak  gum 
for  the  manufacture  of  chewing  gum  and  this  material  is 
probably  used  for  this  purpose  at  present  to  some  extent. 

Potassium  Iodide  and  Nitrite 

(C.  D.  S.) — "We  send  herewith  a  prescription  recently 
brought  to  us  for  refilling.  We  contend  that  it  cannot  be 
filled  without  producing  a  reaction  which  would  liberate  free 
iodine  and  a  gas,  and  that  it  is  a  dangerous  preparation  and 
should  be  labeled  'poison'.  We  filled  the  prescription  twice 
and  in  both  instances  the  mixture  exploded  after  standing 
Those  in  charge  of  another  drug  store  here  say  they  have 
repeatedly  filled  the  prescription  and  got  no  reaction  there- 
from.   Will  you  advise  me  on  this  and  ask  your  readers  to 


comment  on  the  same?" 

The  prescription  is  as  follows: 

Potassium  nitrite    64  grains 

Potassium  iodide    64  grains 

Caripeptic  liquid,  enough  to  make    4  fl.  ounces 

Mix.    One  dram  after  eating. 


The  most  noticeable  incompatibility  here  is  that  between 
the  nitrite  and  iodide,  the  latter  being  decomposed  with  the 
formation  of  iodine  and  nitric  oxide.  Further  reactions  are 
somewhat  obscured  by  the  fact  that  the  composition  of  the 
caripeptic  liquid  is  not  stated,  but  there  is  a  strong  presump- 
tion tliat  there  is  some  free  acid  present,  and  this  with  the 
organic  matter  of  the  liquid  would  further  complicate  the 
reactions.  In  our  opinion  the  prescription  should  not  be  dis- 
pensed, and  we  would  like  to  have  the  criticisms  of  practical 
dispensers  thereon  for  publication  in  the  Question  Box. 

Carbonating  Cider:  Essence  of  Older 

(B.  Bros.) — We  are  informed  that  any  good  cider  can  be 
carbonated  the  same  as  any  other  beverage,  the  cider  being 
placed  in  bottles  and  then  charged  with  carbonic  acid  gas  up 
to  the  desired  pressure  as  shown  on  the  pressure  gauge.  Cider 
may  be  obtained  from  almost  any  locality  where  apple  raising 
is  engaged  in.  Western  New  York,  the  States  contiguous  to  the 
Great  Lakes,  Washington,  Oregon,  and  various  others.  This 
is  largely  handled  through  the  wholesale  grocery  trade,  and  if 
you  can  get  in  communication  with  a  dealer  of  this  character 
covering  your  territory  you  would  probably  be  able  to  make 
satisfactory  arrangements  for  securing  pure  cider  by  the  barrel. 

However,  some  of  the  so-called  cider  dispensed  at  the  soda 
fountain  is  produced  by  means  of  either  a  concentrated  syrup 
of  apple  juice  (cider)  or  from  an  essence.  Of  the  latter  type 
we  give  the  following  formula,  taken  from  an  English  publi- 
cation, and  recommended  for  the  production  of  an  imitation 


cider ; 

Acetic  ether    1  ounce 

Amyl   acetate    1  ounce 

Amyl  butyrate    1  ounce 

Butyric  ether    3  ounces 

Amyl  valerianate    6  ounces 

Distilled    water    40  ounces 

Rectified  spirit    140  ounces 

Mix  and  dissolve. 


(Use  2  ounces  of  the  essence  to  each  gallon  of  syrup  for 
making  the  beverage,  and  an  ounce  of  the  syrup  to  make  a 
pint). 

We  are  not  familiar  with  the  champagne  cider  to  which  you 
refer.  There  are  various  brands  met  with  and  numerous  for- 
mulas have  been  published  for  their  fabrication.  Probably 
the  following  is  as  good  as  any  of  them;  To  every  8  gallons 
of  sweet,  still  cider  add  2  pints  of  strained  honey,  or,  in  its 
absence,  2  pounds  of  sugar.    Stir  well,  bung  the  cask  and  let 


stand  for  8  days.  Add  5  fl.  oxinces  of  skimmed  milk  or  ]/$ 
ounce  of  dissolved  isinglass  and  immediately  thereafter  2^. 
pints  of  diluted  alcohol.  Let  stand  for  4  days,  bunging  up 
the  cask  tightly. 

Massage   Cream  Without  Casein 

(E.  S.) — According  to  the  Era  Formulary,  there  are  two 
distinct  classes  of  preparations  of  the  character  which  is  out- 
lined rather  indefinitely  in  your  inquiry — those  containing  gly- 
cerin and  a  gum,  like  tragacanth,  as  their  base,  and  those  made 
principally  of  sodium  stearate.  To  the  latter  small  quantities 
of  lanolin  are  sometimes  added,  and  nearly  all  of  them  con- 
tain a  surplus  of  stearin.    Here  are  some  formulas: 

(1) 


Stearic   acid    2]/^  ounces 

Sodium  carbonate  (dry)    3  drams 

Glycerin    3  drams 

Water    24  ounces 


Melt  the  stearic  acid  on  a  water  bath,  add  the  sodium  car- 
bonate and  glycerin  dissolved  in  4  ounces  of  boiling  water. 
Heat  with  constant  stirring  until  effervescence  ceases  and  add 
the  remainder  of  the  water  gradually,  beating  to  a  foam  in  a 
warm  mortar.    Can  be  perfumed  as  desired. 

(2) 


Stearic  acid    3  ounces 

Glycerin    3  ounces 

Water    6  ounces 

Potassium  carbonate    ^  ounce 

Borax    lyi  drams 

Powdered  tragacanth    4  drams 

Perfume,  sufficient. 


Place  the  glycerin  on  a  water  bath  and  heat  to  150°  F., 
add  the  tragacanth  previously  rubbed  up  with  a  little  alcohol. 
Add  the  stearic  acid,  heat  till  melted,  then  add  the  borax 
and  potassium  carbonate  dissolved  in  the  hot  water.  Stir 
until  the  mixture  begins  to  set,  then  add  the  perfume. 
(3) 


Soft  white  petrolatum    1  ounce 

Lanolin    ounce 

Powdered  castile  soap    1  dram 

Melt  together,  mix,  and  add 

Rose  water    J-j  fl. ounce 

Mix  well,  then  incorporate 

Oil  of  rose    2  drops 


For  other  information  we  would  refer  you  to  tlie  Era  For- 
mulary which  contains  formulas  for  typical  preparations  of 
most  classes  of  creams  exploited  in  the  market  by  manufac- 
turers. 

Acid  in  Solution  of  Acid  Phospliates 
(H.  W.  G.) — -"What  is  the  strength  of  phosphoric  acid  em- 
ployed in  making  acid  phosphate  solution  for  use  at  the  foun- 
tain ?" 

Under  the  Food  and  Drug  laws  of  most  of  the  states  there 
is  but  one  "solution  of  acid  phosphates",  and  that  is  the  pre- 
paration which  is  made  according  to  the  formula  given  on  page 
94  of  the  National  Formulary,  a  copy  of  which  you  doubtless 
have.  The  solution  when  thus  made  contains  in  tlie  finished 
product  about  18  per  cent,  of  phosphoric  acid,  that  is,  the  cal- 
cium and  magnesium  phosphates  in  the  bone  ash  would 
yield  this  per  cent,  of  acid.  A  solution  of  phosphoric  acid 
in  water  is  not  a  solution  of  acid  phosphates.  We  have  known 
dispensers  to  use  dilute  phosphoric  acid  (10  per  cent.)  in- 
stead of  solution  of  acid  phosphates,  and  it  would  probably 
answer  the  purpose,  but  it  should  not  be  employed  for  other 
than  what  it  really  is. 

Cold  Water  Powder  Paste 

(J.  H.  O.) — "I  wish  tlie  formula  for  making  cold  water 
powder  paste.  I  have  several  formulas  containing  caustic 
soda,  sulphate  of  ammonia,  etc.,  but  they  are  no  good.  I 
iiave  a  ver>'  large  number  of  formulas." 

We  are  unable  to  give  a  formula  which  seems  to  answer 
the  requirements  here  prescribed.  The  querist  himself  has  had 
considerable  experience  with  pastes  of  different  kinds,  and  to 
help  him  out  we  have  gone  over  considerable  of  the  technical 
literature  at  our  command  with  somewhat  negative  results 
Possibly  some  reader  can  supply  information  along  this  line 
and  will  send  it  to  this  department  for  the  benefit  of  all 
concrrncd. 


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Choice  of  Indicators — 

Melckebeke  has  brought  together  in  small  compass  a  number 
of  important  obser\'ations  on  the  choice  of  indicators  in  volume- 
tric analysis,  which,  although  not  essentially  new,  still  are  of 
interest  on  account  of  the  compendious  style  of  presentation. 
The  indicators  of  acidimetry  are  divided  into  diree  groups: 
1 — those  which  form  stable  salts,  since  tliey  possess  strong 
acid  or  basic  properties,  including  methyl  orange,  Congo  red, 
cochineal,  iodeosin,  and  lacmoid;  2 — those  which  contain  but 
two  hydroxyl  groups,  such  as  fluorescin,  litmus,  hematoxylin 
and  phenacelin ;  and  3 — tliose  which  are  only  feebly  acid  oi 
basic,  as  phenolphthalein,  rosoHc  acid,  and  turmeric.  Those 
of  the  first  group  should  be  used  in  the  titration  of  strong 
acids  or  bases;  they  also  permit  the  titration  of  the  alkali 
salts  of  weak  acids,  as  if  only  free  alkali  were  present,  and  are 
hence  specially  adapted  for  use  with  weak  bases.  Those  of 
the  third  class  are  to  be  employed  when  weak  acids  are  present ; 
the  salts  of  strong  acids  and  weak  bases  may  be  titrated  as  if 
only  free  acid  were  present.  The  indicators  of  the  second 
group  have  intermediate  properties,  and  are  to  be  used  for 
the  titration  of  strong  or  moderately  strong  acids  or  bases. 
Langslow  has  tabulated  the  properties  of  the  most  important 
indicators,  calling  attention  to  the  following  points  which  must 
be  observed  when  choosing  an  indicator;  1.  Color  of  the  solu- 
tion. For  instance,  methyl  orange  cannot  be  used  to  titrate 
picric  acid ;  lacmoid  is  to  be  preferred.  2.  Action  of  substances 
present  on  the  indicator.  Nitrous  acid  affects  methyl  orange; 
litmus  should  not  be  used  in  cold  solutions  containing  carbon 
dioxide  or  hydrogen  sulphide;  ammonia  interferes  with  the 
sensitiveness  of  phenolphthalein ;  hyrochloric  acid  destroys  the 
color  of  permaganate.  3.  Composition  of  the  solution.  Zinc, 
copper,  and  iron  sulphates  react  acid  towards  litmus,  but 
neutral  to  methyl  orange;  therefore  the  latter  can  be  used 
to  determine  free  acid  in  their  solutions.  Sodium  bicarbonate 
and  sodium  hydrosulphide  react  neutral  to  phenolphthalein, 
but  alkaline  to  litmus  and  methyl  orange.  In  the  presence  of 
hydrogen  sulphide  methyl  orange  gives  good  results  at  ordinary 
temperatures,  but  with  litmus  boiling  is  necessary.  Certain 
organic  substances,  as  acetone  and  alcohol,  also  interfere.  4. 
The  sensitiveness  of  the  indicators.  In  order  to  obtain  sharp 
color  changes,  the  indicator  should  be  present  in  as  small  an 
amount  as  possible.  It  is  always  best  to  titrate  in  the  cold 
if  possible,  as  indicators  are  less  sensitive  in  hot  solution. 
(Pharm.  Weekblad,  1914,  p.  1579.) 
An  Important  Incompatibility — 

Guyot  calls  attention  to  the  incompatibility  between  mercuric 
benzoate  and  cocaine  hydrochloric,  which  are  often  prescribed 
together  in  injections.  The  benzoate  of  cocaine  which  forms 
is  very  insoluble  in  water,  so  that  almost  all  the  alkaloid  is 
removed  from  solution.  If  sodium  chloride  is  added  to  the 
solution,  as  is  usually  the  case,  mercuric  chloride  is  also 
formed,  resulting  in  a  very  irritating  solution.  \'arious  claims 
have  been  advanced  for  the  use  of  mercuric  benzoate  in  thera- 
peutics, but  to  Guyot  these  claims  seem  unjustified.  The  salt 
is  only  sparingly  soluble  in  water,  and  is  not  very  stable,  the 
solution  decomposing  into  mercuric  oxide  and  benzoic  acid 
t  on  heating.  The  claim  that  mercuric  benzoate  affords  a 
means  of  administering  large  doses  of  mercury  in  a  small 
amount  of  material  is  utterly  false,  as  this  salt  contains  less 
mercurv  than  any  of  the  commoner  salts  of  that  metal.  (Guyot, 
J.  Pharm.  Chim.,  1913,  p.  24.) 
Incompatibility  of  Cherry  Laurel  Water — 

Andouard  has  mentioned  the  fact  that  cherry  laurel  water 
precipitates  morphine  in  the  form  of  a  hydrocyanide,  while 
Maisch  has  stated  that  this  alkaloid  is  thrown  out  in  the  free 
state,  and  not  as  a  cyanide,  by  alkaline  cyanides.  Patrouillard 
finds  that  the  hydrocyanic  acid  of  cherry  laurel  water  slowly 
precipitates  morphine  from  its  neutral  solutions.  Daclin  has 
made  the  same  observation  with  salts  of  cocaine.  Barille 
adds  that  salts  of  cocaine,  morphine,  eferine,  sparteine,  and 
strychnine,  with  some  samples  of  cherry  laurel  water,  give 
i  turbid  solutions,  with  or  without  a  precipitate.  Mittenaere 
attributes  these  effects  to  traces  of  copper  which  he  has  found 
m  certain  of  the  waters.    Grelot  seeks  the  cause  in  several 


directions.  First,  artificial  cherry  laurel  water  is  sometimes 
prepared,  using  potassium  cyanide  and  tartaric  acid,  and  may 
throw  out  the  alkaloids  from  solutions  mixed  with  it.  Again, 
traces  of  copper  may  be  present  in  waters  improperly  distilled 
from  copper  retorts.  Lastly,  traces  of  zinc  or  lead  tnay  be 
present.  All  the  precipitates  formed  are  soluble  in  ammonia, 
soda,  potash,  lime  water,  and  dilute  hydrochloric  acid.  Grelot 
is  in  favor  of  abolishing  the  use  of  cherry  laurel  water  as  a 
solvent  for  alkaloidal  salts,  and  believes  that  a  more  rigorous 
standard  for  the  content  in  hydrocyanic  acid  should  be  set, 
since  the  use  of  artificial  waters  is  by  no  means  so  rare  as  is 
supposed.    (Grelot,  Sdiweiz.  Apoth.  Ztg.,  1914,  p.  628.) 

Determination  of  Cineol  in  Eucalyptus  Oils — 

The  unreliability  of  the  resorcin  method  for  the  estimation 
of  cineol  is  somewhat  reduced  if  the  oil  is  first  rectified,  and 
only  the  portion  boiling  between  170°  and  190°  is  used  for  the 
test,  but  the  results  are  usually  too  high.  The  method  is  at 
its  best  when  the  percentage  of  cineol  is  not  more  than  40  or 
SO  per  cent.  A  warm  55  per  cent  solution  of  resorcin  should 
be  used.  To  dilute  a  high  percentage  oil,  turpentine  distilling 
between  156°  and  160°  only  should  be  employed.  One  hundred 
cc.  of  the  oil  to  be  tested  are  distilled  in  a  flask  of  ISOcc.  ca- 
pacity, the  fraction  between  170°  and  190°  is  collected;  and 
diluted  if  necssary  with  the  redistilled  turpentine,  to  measure 
lOOcc.  The  temperature  is  noted,  and  from  6  to  lOcc.  are 
shaken  with  warm  55  per  cent  resorcin  solution.  After  5 
minutes'  shaking,  more  resorcin  solution  is  added,  to  the  mix- 
ture in  the  graduated  flask,  so  as  to  bring  the  level  of  the 
liquids  into  the  neck.  The  whole  is  then  cooled,  and  the  vol- 
ume of  the  cineol  read  directly  in  the  usual  way.  (Harding, 
Analyst,  1914,  p.  475.) 

Absorptive  Power  of  Magnesium  Carbonate — 

It  is  well  known  that  magnesium  carbonate  has  the  property 
of  absorbing  volatile  oils  and  camphor,  and  of  giving  them  up 
again  to  water.  This  is  made  use  of  in  the  manufacture  of 
aromatic  waters.  Maranne  reports  another  interesting  obser- 
vation along  the  same  lines.  A  strong  double  paper  bag,  con- 
taining powdered  camphor,  was  placed  on  a  cube  of  magne- 
sium carbonate,  which  was  itself  wrapped  in  very  heavy  paper. 
In  about  two  months  or  less,  the  cube  was  found  to  have  a 
very  feeble  odor  of  camphor.  On  triuurating  a  portion  of  it 
with  water,  the  odor  became  more  perceptible.  When  a  weak 
acid,  such  as  citric,  was  used  to  dissolve  the  carbonate,  the 
odor  of  camphor  became  almost  as  strong  as  in  spirit  of  cam- 
phor. The  two  substances  have  been  separated  from  each  other 
by  three  layers  of  heavy  paper.  This  proves  the  necessity  for 
keeping  magnesium  carbonate  well  protected  from  all  odorous 
substances,  especially  those  which  might  prove  disagreeable  in 
certain  preparations  made  from  it,  such  as  the  purgative  lemon- 
ade of  the  French  Codex.  (Maranne,  Union  Pharm.,  1914, 
p.  517:  through  Pharm.  J.) 
Phenol  from  Chlorbenzene — 

Very  shortly  after  the  discivery  of  the  halogen  substitution 
products  of  benzene,  their  great  stability  toward  hydrolyzing 
agents  was  noted.  If  chlorbenzene  is  heated  for  from  10  to 
20  hours  with  water  at  300°,  under  pressure,  the  chlorbenzene 
is  almost  totally  unchanged.  Only  a  very  small  trace  of  phenol 
is  found  dissolved  in  the  water.  But  with  dilute  caustic  soda 
solution  at  300°,  hydrolysis  takes  place  very  easily.  Concen- 
trated alkali  solutions  give  rise  to  complicated  reactions.  In 
the  stationary  autoclave  the  substance  is  almost  unattacked  Ly 
50  per  cent  caustic  soda.  With  stirring,  some  hydrogen  is 
split  off.  The  cause  of  dilute  soda  solutions  should  therefore 
afford  another  simple  method  for  preparing  phenol  from  ben- 
zene. (Meyer  and  Bergius,  Ber.,  1914,  p.  3155.) 
Contrast  Substances  in  Roentgenology — 

.^t  present  the  substance  oftenest  used  for  this  purpo.se  is 
barium  sulphate,  which  must  be  absolutely  free  from  sulphide, 
nitrate,  carbonate,  and  phosphate,  all  of  which  are  soluble 
in  the  juices  of  the  stomach  and  intestine.  The  mixture 
usually  employed  contains  from  80  to  150g.  of  barium  sulphate, 
15g.  of  mondamine,  ISg.  of  sugar,  20g.  of  coca  powder,  and 
SOOg.  of  water.    Bolus  alba  is  an  ideal  contrast  substance,  on 


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account  of  its  insolubility  and  freedom  from  toxicity,  but  it 
does  not  give  sharply  defined  outlines  in  the  picture.  Bis- 
muth subnitrate  has  been  used  since  1904,  but,  in  addition 
to  its  high  cost,  has  the  disadvantage  that  under  certain  little 
understood  conditions  some  nitrate  is  formed,  and  cases  of 
death  have  resulted  from  its  use.  It  was  accordingly  replaced 
by  the  subcarbonate,  which  still  gives  rise  to  irregular  effects. 
Bismuth  sulphide,  a  dark  brown  powder,  is  recommended  by 
Kaestle.  It  should  be  carefully  tested  for  sulphate,  which 
sometimes  forms  when  it  has  been  kept  for  a  long  time. 
Cerium  oxide  has  been  used  by  some  investigators,  but  its 
cost  is  entirely  too  great,  and  the  absolute  insolubility  of  this 
substance  in  the  body  has  not  been  proved.  Iron  oxide  is 
only  slightly  soluble  in  the  stomach,  and  50g.  can  be  adminis- 
tered without  bad  effect.  One  per  cent  of  tragacanth  is  added. 
Cinnabar,  or  red  sulphide  of  mercury,  gives  sharp  images,  but 
should  be  used  in  living  subjects  only  after  a  most  careful 
search  for  soluble  mercury  salts.  Magnetic  iron  ore  is  com- 
pletely insolible  in  water  and  dilute  acids,  but  must  be  ground 
fine  enough  to  pass  a  sieve  containing  5000  meshes  per  square 
centimeter  (about  180  to  the  inch).  In  the  form  of  "Dia- 
phanite",  this  oxide  has  been  largely  used.  Manganic  oxide 
scarcely  deserves  consideration.  Thorium  oxide  is  quite  in- 
soluble in  all  solvents,  and  is  among  the  most  trustworthy  of 
all  contrast  media.  Colloidal  tungsten  gives  as  good  results 
as  bismuth  and  is  nontoxic  in  doses  up  to  80g.  Zirconium 
oxide  is  found  in  "Contrastin".  (Merck,  Jahresbericht,  1914; 
through  Schweiz.  Apoth.  Ztg.,  1914,  p.  657. 
Colorimetric  Determinations — 

A  recent  article  by  Fabinyi  deals  with  the  colorimetric  de- 
terminations of  colchicine  and  morphine.  For  the  first,  he 
makes  use  of  the  reaction  described  by  Zeisel,  which  is  carried 
out  as  follows:  The  aqueous  solution  of  colchicine,  containing 
some  concentrated  hydrochloric  acid  and  a  few  drops  of  ferric 
chloride  solution,  is  boiled  for  several  minutes;  in  the  presence 
of  colchicine,  the  color  becomes  dark  olive  green;  on  dilution 
with  water  the  color  does  not  disappear;  on  shaking  with 
chloroform,  it  changes  to  a ■  fine  ruby  red.  For  the  morphine 
determination,  Fabinyi  prefers  the  reaction  of  Radulescu,  in 
which  the  acid  morphine  solution  is  treated  with  a  crystal  of 
sodium  nitrite,  and  made  alkaline  after  the  evolution  of  gas 
has  ceased.  A  reddish  yellow,  rose,  or  ruby  red  color  results, 
depending  on  the  amount  of  morphine  present.  The  color  is 
discharged  by  acids,  but  restored  by  alkalies.  The  compari- 
sons are  of  course  made  with  solutions  containing  known 
amounts  of  alkaloids,  which  have  been  subjected  to  the  same 
treatment.  (Fabinyi,  Chem.  Ztg.,  1914,  p.  1099.) 
Composition  and  Analysis  of  Licorice  Extracts — 

For  the  determination  of  water,  5  g.  of  the  powdered  sub- 
stance are  dried  at  100-105°  to  constant  weight;  the  percentage 
of  moisture  should  not  exceed  12  or  13  per  cent.  The  pro- 
portion of  constituents  soluble  in  ammoniacal  water  is  found 
by  dissolving  2.5  g.  in  a  tube  in  20  cc.  of  water,  the  solution  then 
being  centrifuged  for  15  minutes.  The  liquid  is  poured  off 
and  saved.  The  residue  is  then  stirred  with  10  cc.  of  very 
dilute  ammonia,  and  again  centrifuged.  After  pouring  off  the 
wash  water,  which  is  added  to  the  first  solution,  the  process 
of  washing  is  repeated  with  another  10  cc.  of  ammoniacal 
water.  The  combined  washings  are  evaporated  to  dryness  and 
brought  to  constant  weight,  forming  the  "soluble"  constituents. 
The  insoluble  residue  can  be  tested  microscopically  for  starch 
and  other  substances.  It  is  also  used  for  the  determination  of 
ash.  A  portion  of  an  aqueous  extract  from  a  known  weight 
of  dried  extract  is  evaporated  to  a  sirup,  placed  in  a  graduated 
centrifuge  tube,  and  filled  to  the  10  cc.  mark;  25  cc.  of  95  per 
cent,  alcohol  are  then  added,  the  mixture  is  shaken,  and  cen- 
trifuged for  15  minutes.  The  precipitated  gums  and  mucin 
substances  are  then  dried  and  weighed,  and  reported  as  "inso- 
luble in  70  per  cent,  alcohol."  The  nitrogenous  material  is 
determined  by  the  Kjeldahl  method,  using  the  residue  insolu- 
ble in  alcohol.  If  more  than  3  per  cent  of  nitrogen  is  present, 
the  licorice  extract  must  be  regarded  with  suspicion.  For 
the  determination  of  glycyrrhizin,  dissolve  a  weiRlud  portion 
of  the  extract  in  alcohol,  filter,  evaporate  tin-  nKnh,,l,  dissolve 
the  residue  in  water,  and  make  up  to  50  cc  Ait.  r  cooling, 
add  a  few  cc.  of  strong  hydrochloric  arid,  slii  11,  and  .set 
aside  for  24  hours.  Pour  off  \hc  liquid  frmn  ibr  |.itih-1ikc 
residue,  and  wash  by  dcc:i n i  i  tmn  w  itli  riln  i -s.iuii  il.  il  w  aier, 
using  25  cc.  in  all.  Dissoh.  i1h-  risi.iur  in  a  litllc  aniimmia 
water,  filter,  wash  the  filter  with  a  liulc  ammonia,  and  cvapo 
rate  the  filtrate  in  a  weighed  dish.    The  percentages  of  gly- 


cyrryhizin  varied  widely,  from  3,6  to  27,88,  Sugar  is  deter- 
mined by  the  polarimeter,  after  decolorizing  by  lead  acetate. 
To  show  the  presence  of  gum,  dissolve  1  g,  of  extract  in  a  test 
tube  in  10  cc,  of  water,  add  1  cc.  of  10  per  cent,  copper  sul- 
phate solution,  and  filter.  To  the  filtrate  add  half  its  volume 
of  soap  water.  After  repeated  shakings  the  solution  should  re- 
main clear ;  one  per  cent,  of  gum  produces  a  gelatinous  precipi- 
tate. (Telle,  Ann.  Falsific,  1914,  p.  3) 
Hair  Dyes — 

On  this  subject,  which  seems  to  be  of  ever-increasing  interest, 
Ditmar  has  prepared  a  comprehensive  treatise,  in  which  the 
various  dyes  are  classified,  and  many  formulas  are  given.  The 
first  class  consists  of  vegetable  colors,  of  which  henna  and  in- 
digo are  most  important.  The  former  produces  only  one  color, 
red,  and  is  used  in  the  form  of  a  thick  paste  which  is  spread 
on  the  hair.  The  head  is  wrapped  in  a  warm  towel,  and  the 
color  is  allowed  to  act  for  several  hours.  Indigo  is  also  used 
by  the  Persians,  who  apply  it  immediately  after  using  henna, 
if  a  black  dye  is  desired.  Lighter  shades  are  produced  by  a 
concentrated  infusion  of  German  chamomile  flowers.  Hair 
dyes  containing  lead  have  been  used  since  early  antiquity  and, 
although  their  use  has  been  forbidden  in  Germany  for  20  years, 
they  are  still  met  with  All  of  them  are  dangerous.  Silver 
solutions,  also  in  use  for  many  years,  are  represented  in  their 
simplest  form  by  the  "Persian  Water",  which  was  merely  an 
aqueous  solution  of  silver  nitrate.  Such  solutions  are  danger- 
ous, this  applying  also  to  those  in  which  the  silver  salt  is 
mixed  with  lime.  Silver  salts  are  sometimes  used  in  con- 
junction with  pyrogallic  acid.  A  solution  containing  about  1 
per  cent  of  the  latter  in  dilute  alcohol  is  first  thoroughly 
brushed  into  the  roots  of  the  hair  and  along  the  strands,  after 
which  a  silver  solution  containing  from  2  to  20  per  cent, 
of  silver  nitrate  in  ammoniacal  rose  water  is  applied,  according 
to  tlie  shade  desired.  This  solution  should  not  be  allowed 
to  touch  the  scalp.  The  treatment  must  be  repeated  every  two 
or  three  weeks.  Another  preparation  contains  silver  nitrate 
in  one  solution,  and  potassium  sulphide  in  the  second.  The 
Turkish  preparation  "Rasticks"  consists  of  an  ointment  con- 
taining gall  nuts,  finely  divided  iron  oxide,  and  fine  copper 
filings.  These  are  worked  up  with  water  and  a  little  per- 
fume until  a  doughy  mass  is  obtained.  Modem  substitutes 
for  the  rasticks  contain  pyrogallic  acid  instead  of  gall  nuts, 
and  by  properly  choosing  the  metallic  oxides  employed,  every 
shade  can  be  counterfeited.  Another  metallic  dye  consists  of 
bismuth  citrate  in  ammoniacal  alcohol  and  rose  water,  which 
is  applied  to  the  hair  after  washing  free  from  grease,  followed 
by  a  strong  solution  of  sodium  hyposulphite.  Many  synthetic 
dyes  have  been  used  for  tinting  the  hair,  and  the  most  im- 
portant by  far  is  the  well  known  paraphenylenediamine,  which, 
on  oxidation,  yields  a  fast  black  dye,  the  so-called  "Bandrow- 
sky  base".  As  an  oxidizing  agent,  hydrogen  peroxide  or  po- 
tassium dichromate  is  used.  Other  amino  derivatives  have 
been  tried,  but  all  seem  to  have  too  irritating  effects  on  the 
scalp,  with  the  exception  of  some  sulphonic  acids.  (Ditmar, 
Seifenfabrikant,  1914,  Nos.  49  and  50.) 
For  Masking  Facial  Defects — 

In  order  to  equalize  facial  defects,  such  as  slight  malforma- 
tions of  the  nose,  ears,  cheeks,  etc,  Zinsser  recommends  the 
following  mass:  jMoisten  50  g,  of  gelatin  with  a  little  water, 
and  melt  on  the  water  bath.  Add  100  g.  of  glycerin,  with 
constant  stirring.  Color  with  ultramarine,  cinnabar,  and  zinc 
white,  with  ochre  if  needed.  This  mass  is  specially  useful  on 
account  of  its  elasticity  and  natural  appearance. 

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'April,  1915] 


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RITTMAN  PROCESS  ANNOinj-CED 

Secretary  of  the  Interior  Lane  Reports  Features  of 
Process  and  Enlarges  on  its  Significance 

Secretary  of  the  Interior  Lane,  recently  announced  the  dis- 
covery by  the  United  States  Bureau  of  iMines  of  two  chemical 
processes,  one  of  which,  it  is  claimed,  will  be  of  tremendous 
importance  to  the  oil  industry,  greatly  increasing  tlie  supply 

'  of  gasoline,  while  the  other  may  make  tlie  United  States  ab- 
solutely independent  of  the  rest  of  the  world  in  regard  to  im- 
portant materials  necessary  for  the  dye  industry  and  the  manu- 

'  facture  of  high  explosives  used  in  warfare  and  in  engineering 
operations. 

The  first  of  tliese  processes  promises  to  enable  the  indepen- 
dent refiners  in  this  country  to  increase  tlieir  output  of  gaso- 
line from  petroleum  200  per  cent  or  more.  With  an  estimated 
production  on  the  part  of  the  independent  refiners  of  12.000,000 
'  barrels  of  gasoline  in  a  year,  this  will  mean  an  output  from  the 
I  independents  alone  of  36,000,000  barrels,  greater  than  the  total 
•  pro<luction  today  from  all  sources. 

The  second  process  includes  the  manufacture  from  crude 

■  petroleum  of  what  is  known  chemically  as  toluol  and  benzol, 

■  both  of  which  have  heretofore  been  obtained  from  coal  tar.  As 
:  Germany  has  specialized  far  beyond  other  countries  in  by- 

■  products  from  coal,  the  United  States  and  the  rest  of  the 
world  have  been  dominated  by  that  country  as  regards  those 
products  of  toluol  and  benzol  which  are  the  important  bases 
for  the  production  of  dye  stuffs  and  high  explosives,  and  es- 

'  pecially  smokeless  powder. 

The  discoverer  of  these  two  valuable  processes,  after  many 

■  years  of  research,  is  Dr.  Walter  F.  Rittman,  chemical  engineer 
of  the  Bureau  of  Mines,  the  work  having  been  done  at  Colum- 
bia University,  Xew  York,  the  facilities  of  the  laboratory  theie 
having  been  turned  over  to  the  Federal  Government  by  Presi- 
dent Nicholas  Murray  Butler. 

Application  has  been  made  by  Dr.  Rittman,  on  behalf  of 
the  Federal  Government,  to  patent  these  processes  in  order  to 
prevent  any  monopoly  in  their  vise,  the  patents  to  be  dedicated 
to  the  whole  American  people. 

"These  processes,"  said  Secretary  Lane,  "are  fraught  with 
the  utmost  importance  to  the  people  of  this  country.  For 
some  time  the  Standard  Oil  Company,  through  the  great 
amount  of  money  at  its  command,  through  its  employment  of 
expert  chemists  and  through  its  extensive  organization,  has  had 
a  big  advantage  over  the  independents  in  the  production  of 
gasoline,  this  company  having  a  patented  process  that  obtains 
for  it  as  much  as  three  times  the  amount  of  gasoline  from  a 
given  quantity  of  petroleum  as  the  independents  now  obtain. 

'  There  are  two  or  three  other  large  corporations  that  have  an 
efficient  process  for  the  manufacture  of  gasoline,  but  the  in- 
dependents as  a  whole  have  never  been  able  even  to  approach 
the  results  obtained  by  the  Standard  Oil  Company.  Now  the 
Federal  Government,  through  the  efforts  of  Dr.  Rittman,  pro- 
poses to  make  free  for  the  use  of  all  of  the  people  of  this 
country  who  wish  it,  a  process  that  is  confidently  expected  to 
increase  their  yields  of  gasoline  from  crude  petroleum  fully 
200  per  cent  and  perhaps  more,  such  results  having  repeatedly 
been  obtained  in  the  laboratory.  It  is  claimed  by  Dr.  Rittman 
that  his  process  is  safer,  simpler  and  is  more  economical  in 
time  than  processes  now  in  use  and  these  are  economic  factors 
of  great  importance.  With  a  steadily  increasing  demand  for 
gasoline  for  automobiles,  motor  boats  and  engines,  this  fortu- 
nate discovery  comes  at  the  proper  time.  It  is  but  two  years 
ago  that  the  automobile  industrj',  fearful  that  the  supply  of 
gasoline  might  not  be  adequate  for  its  rapidly  expanding  busi- 
ness, offered  through  the  International  Association  of  Recog- 

.  nized  .\utomobile  Clubs,  a  prize  of  $100,000  for  a  substitute 
for  gasoline  that  would  cost  less  than  gasoline.  Happily  the 
urgency  of  this  situation  has  passed  and  at  the  present  time 
there  is  a  plentiful  supply  of  motor  fuel  to  meet  immediate 
demand.  This  new  process  adds  to  the  hope,  that  in  spite 
of  the  wonderful  growth  in  the  use  of  gasoline,  there  may  not 
be  any  shortage  in  the  future.  It  indicates  an  increased  pro- 
duction of  gasoline  from  the  present  production  of  petroleum— 
an  output  of  50.000.000  barrels  instead  of  25,000,000,  as  under 
the  present  methods.  It  will  render  free  for  use  to  all,  the 
results  of  that  efficient  and  intelligent  research  which  has 
heretofore  been  only  at  the  command  of  the  wealthy.  I  am 
led  to  believe  that  it  will  not  only  be  of  inestimable  value  to 


the  refiners  commanding  but  limited  capital  as  well  as  those 
of  wealth,  but  also  to  the  hundreds  of  thousands  of  users  of 
gasoline.  When  it  is  realized  that  the  gasoline  industry  each 
year  in  tliis  country  yields  products  amounting  in  value  to 
between  $100,000,000  and  $150,000,000,  the  importance  of  this 
discovery  is  seen. 

"The  second  process  discovered  by  Dr.  Rittman  may  prove 
of  much  more  value  to  the  country  than  the  first,  in  that  it 
suggests  the  establishment  of  an  industry  in  which  Germany 
has  heretofore  been  preeminent — the  dye  industry,  and  also 
promises  indirectly  a  measure  of  national  safety  of  incalculable 
import.  Among  necessary  ingredients  of  high  explosives  used 
in  modern  warfare  toluol  and  benzol  are  in  the  first  rank. 
Heretofore  these  products  have  mainly  been  obtained  in  Ger- 
many and  England  from  coal  tar,  and  the  explosives  manufac- 
turers have  had  to  depend  largely  on  the  supply  from  these 
sources  in  the  making  of  explosives.  I  understand  that  some 
toluol  and  benzol  have  been  obtained  from  American  coal  and 
water-gas  tars,  but  this  supply  does  not  begin  to  satisfy  the 
present  demands.  The  Federal  Government  now  proposes  to 
obtain  the  toluol  and  benzol  from  crude  petroleum  also.  I 
am  further  informed  that  these  products  can  be  produced  from 
practically  any  American  petroleum  and  that  the  supply  can 
be  made  sufficient  not  only  for  the  entire  American  trade  but 
also  for  other  purposes.  This  process  has  gone  far  enough  to 
indicate  that  the  two  products  can  be  produced  at  a  reasonable 
cost.  The  real  comforting  thing,  however,  is  that  we  have  the 
knowledge  that  this  source  of  supply  is  at  the  command  of  our 
people,  and  that  in  time  of  great  national  stress,  if  the  nation 
is  ever  called  upon  to  defend  itself,  we  will  be  able  to  manu- 
facture the  most  efficient  and  most  powerful  explosives  known 
in  warfare.  Were  it  not  for  this  discovery,  it  is  possible  that 
in  such  an  emergency,  we  might  be  compelled  to  rely  largely 
on  the  greatly  inferior  explosives  that  were  used  in  the  time 
of  our  Civil  War  and  this  would  spell  national  disaster. 

"Dr.  Rittman  concludes  from  his  experiments  that  this  pro- 
cess may  become  more  economical  than  the  German  method 
of  obtaining  these  products  from  coal  tar,  as  this  process  not 
only  makes  toluol  and  benzol,  but  also  gasoline  in  considerable 
quantities.  He  intimated  to  me  the  possibility  of  the  value 
of  the  gasoline  being  an  important  factor  in  paying  the  costs 
of  the  process.  If  this  should  prove  to  be  true,  it  may  result 
in  eventually  giving  the  United  States  a  supremacy  in  the  dye- 
stuffs  industry  that  has  for  some  time  belonged  to  Germany, 
since  toluol  and  benzol  are  the  source  of  many  of  these  im- 
portant dye  stuffs  that  are  used  in  the  silk,  cotton  and  woolen 
industries.  It  would  also  tend  to  prevent  disturbance  of  the 
great  industries  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  silks,  cottons 
and  woolens  in  such  extraordinary  times  as  we  are  now  ex- 
periencing, for  we  would  be  able  to  supply  them  with  the 
necessary  dyes." 

Company  to  Make  Benzol  Accepts  Big  War  Order 

It  was  recently  announced  in  the  daily  press  that  $250,000 
had  been  advanced  by  independent  manufacturers  for  the 
establishment  of  a  plant  in  which  the  Rittman  process  might 
be  tried  out  commercially.  More  specific  information,  ob- 
tained by  the  Era  in  this  city,  is  to  the  effect  that  the 
Aetna  Products  Co.  was  the  independent  company  to  first 
"come  across"  with  the  "cold  cash"  and  has  put  up  the  sum 
of  $300,000  for  the  establishment  of  a  plant  in  accordance 
with  the  government  plans  and  to  be  conducted  under  gov- 
ernment supervision,  which  will  be  used  for  the  commercial 
development  of  the  benzol  feature  of  the  Rittman  process. 
The  Er.\'s  informant  also  reports  that  on  the  strength  of 
the  Government's  acceptance  of  the  Aetna  company's  propo- 
sition, before  even  a  brick  was  laid,  this  company  accepted 
$6,000,000  worth  of  picric  acid  war  orders  from  one  of  the 
belligerents  abroad.  Dr.  Rittman  (March  22)  has  been  in 
Pittsburgh  for  several  weeks  and  it  is  reported  that  a  plant, 
previous  to  this  venture  not  in  use,  has  been  taken  over.  It 
has  been  learned,  too,  that  Dr.  Rittman  has  received  an  offer 
for  his  English  rights  to  his  process.  Our  information  is 
also  to  the  effect  that  independent  companies  have  clubbed 
together  and  subscribed  the  sum  of  $500,000  for  the  trying  out 
on  a  commercial  scale  of  the  other  features  of  the  procrss. 
Of  interest  to  chemists  is  the  fact  that  Dr.  Rittmnn  soKfd 
the  entire  process  on  paper  before  he  worked  on  it  in  the 
laboratory,  his  angle  of  attack  being  more  from  the  point  of 
physics  than  of  chemistry. 


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[April,  1915 


Miss  Anna  G.  Bagley 


Women  in  Pharmacy  and  the  A.  Ph.  A. 

By  MISS  ANNA  G.  BAGLEY. 

THE  establishment  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation at  its  Denver  meeting  in  1912  of  a  Women's 
Section,  was  one  of  the  most  progressive  steps  yet  taken 
for  Women  in  Pharmacy  in  this  country.  The  men  who 
guide  A.  Ph.  A.  affairs  have  by  their  wise  counsel  in  things 
pharmaceutical,  won  a  repu- 
tation for  far-sighted  judg- 
ment and  the  Women's  Sec- 
tion will  again  demonstrate 
this  wise  foresight  in  antici- 
pating conditions  by  prepara- 
tion to  meet  them  when  they 
have  arrived. 

The  A.  Ph.  A.  has  for  a 
great  many  years  warmly 
welcomed  to  membership  any 
woman  interested  in  pharmacy 
to  that  extent,  and  the  Wo- 
men's Section  was  therefore 
not  needed  to  open  the  way 
for  the  pharmacy  graduate  or 
the  registered  pharmacist  to 
enter.  But,  it  must  not  be 
forgotten  that  of  the  vast, 
number  of  women  interested 
in  pharmacy,  all  are  not  pro- 
fessionally interested. 
Perhaps  in  no  other  business  or  profession  is  there  such 
a  close  connection  with  the  home  life  as  in  pharmacy,  because 
with  the  long  hours,  about  the  only  way  for  the  druggist  to 
enjoy  any  home  life  is  to  have  the  home  and  store  together. 
And  because  of  woman's  special  aptitude  for  the  business, 
how  often  are  the  women  called  to  "help  out"  in  the  store ! 
There  are  many  other  cases  where  the  women  do  not  actu- 
ally help  in  the  store,  but  consult  with  and  advise  the  head 
of  the  family  as  to  the  conduct  of  the  business.  This  proves 
then,  that  although  a  woman  may  not  have  studied  pharmacy 
or  is  not  a  registered  pharmacist,  if  her  support  is  received 
through  the  operation  of  a  retail  pharmacy,  she  is  interested 
in  pharmacy  and  all  that  pertains  to  it. 

While  the  professional  women  pharmacists  have  been  ac- 
corded every  privilege  which  their  brothers  enjoy  in  pharma- 
ceutical organizations,  their  advent  into  the  business  is  yet  too 
recent  not  to  have  its  disadvantages  for  them. 

Fortunately,  a  large  part  of  the  opposition  wh'ch  v.-onien 
pharmacists  first  encountered  has  been  dispelled.  However, 
they  yet  find  it  difficult  to  get  the  most  desirable  positions, 
namely:  prescriptionists  in  the  retail  pharmacies  doing  an  av- 
erage business,  which  is  the  ideal  berth  for  women.  The 
majority  of  women  pharmacists  employed  to-day  will  be  found 
in  the  larger,  departmentized  stores  where  they  are  given  a 
semi-professional  position.  These  stores  recognize  the  special 
fitness  for  women  in  the  sales  department,  and  the  large  work- 
ing force  employed  eliminates  the  one  great  objection  usually 
urged  against  the  employment  of  women  pharmacists — tint  she 
cannot  be  e.xpected  to  do  some  kinds  of  work  which  could  be 
demanded  of  a  man  in  the  same  position.  The  gradually  in- 
creasing number  of  clerks  who  are  college  graduates  di^niaiidin,^ 
larger  salaries,  will  in  time  eliminate  this  whole  question  of 
the  registered  clerk  doing  the  porter's  work,  ami  .vhen  that 
time  arrives,  the  women  applicants  will  be  on  the  same  footing 
as  the  men  applying  for  a  position. 

To  better  conditions  for  women  pharmacists  and  -emovo 
those  disadvantages  which  they  must  encounter,  will  lie  the  aim 
of  the  Women's  Section.  We  have  seen  how  the  |m.  - 
fessional  woman  can  better  their  own  and  their  hu.sbands' 
conditions  by  correcting  those  of  the  business  generally;  we 
have  pointed  out  some  of  the  needs  of  the  professional  women ; 
and  we  ask,  how  can  pharmacy  be  better  served  than  to  help 
its  people  to  better  living  and  earning  conditions?  How  better 
can  this  end  be  accomplished  than  through  the  earnest  woxK 
of  the  women  in  pharmaey? 

No  one  will  'I  nv  il  i  i-  ii  \  nf  the  unfavorable  conditions 
in  the  drug  l>\i^iii.      i  -    a  result  of  general  social  con- 

ditions. Neitlu  r  I  . in  .1  li-  .iMiu  d  that  no  organization  of  men 
has  done  as  cffeiti\e  woik  in  bettering  social  conditions  as 
have  the  organizations  of  women.    Therefore,  the  foresightcd- 


ness  in  establishing  the  Women's  Section  in  the  A.  Ph.  A.  is 
apparent;  for  as  women  generally  become  educated  to  do  public 
work  of  this  nature,  a  strong  association  of  all  women  inter- 
ested in  pharmacy,  both  non-professional  and  professional, 
will  wield  a  wonderful  influence  in  shaping  the  trend  and 
final  destiny  of  pharmacy. 

It  is  admitted,  of  course,  that  generally  speaking  the  non- 
professional women  in  pharmacy  find  this  viewpoint  somewhat 
of  an  innovation,  but  those  faithful  few  who  have  followed 
husband  and  fathers  from  the  store  to  every  .\.  Ph.  A.  Con- 
vention for  twenty  years,  were  not  long  in  seeing  the  light 
which  is  to  lead  on  the  work  of  the  Women's  Section.  Co- 
operation is  the  spirit  of  the  day.  Every  woman  understand.^ 
the  meaning  of  co-operation  in  the  home  and  more  or  less 
with  the  business  through  which  the  home  is  maintained,  and 
the  work  which  the  Women's  Section  proposes  to  undertake 
is  only  the  same  co-operation  on  a  somewhat  broader  line. 

One  of  the  stated  objects  of  the  Women's  Section  is  as  fol- 
lows: 

The  object  of  this  Section  shall  be  to  emphasize  the 
right  and  capability  of  women  to  engage  in  pharma- 
ceutical pursuits  as  a  means  of  livelihood ;  to  unite  the 
women  employed  in  pharmaceutical  pursuits  for  mutu- 
al encouragement  and  assistance ;  to  labor  for  the  im- 
provement of  legislation  regulating  the  registration  as 
pharmacists  of  women  employed  in  the  practice  of 
pharmacy  in  hospitals  and  other  public  institutions; 
to  unite  the  women  members  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  in  a 
section  for  social  purposes,  and  to  co-operate  in  the 
promotion  of  the  general  progress  of  pharmacy  and  of 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
With  the  active  co-operation  of  the  non-professional  and 
professional  women,  backed  by  the  well-regulated  machiner> 
and  strong  influence  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.,  the  prospects  for  ful- 
filling the  mission  of  the  Women's  Section  are  verv-  bright. 

Since  any  work  must  have  its  measure  of  selfishness  to  se- 
cure the  interest  of  those  attempting  it,  the  Women's  Section 
is  very  desirous  of  securing  the  active  co-operation  of  all  non- 
professional women.  Those  who  have  not  as  yet  taken  pari 
and  are  willing  to  join  in  the  work,  should  see  that  their  hus- 
bands are  members  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.,  which  will  entitle  them 
(the  women  of  the  family)  to  membership  in  the  Women's 
Section.  It  is  also  desirous  of  bringing  into  the  A.  Ph.  A 
all  professional  women  pharmacists,  and  extends  to  those  of 
the  United  States  and  Canada  an  invitation  to  join. 

The  work  undertaken  is  a  big  one  and  needs  the  devotion 
and  help  of  many  to  complete  it.  We  do  not  expect  to  be  able 
in  a  few  short  years  to  accomplish  tilings  after  the  manner  of  .\ 
Ph  .A.  to-day.  The  sixty-three  years  of  effort  behind  A.  Ph. 
A.  make  it  the  power  it  now  is,  but  with  it  as  a  model  abo\  r 
us,  our  aim  is  to  promote  a  slow  and  steady  growth,  adding 
each  year  a  few  more  accomplishments  until  the  Women's 
Section  is  fully  and  firmly  established  The  present  officers 
are  representatives  of  many  branches  of  pharmacy.  The  first 
officers  were  appointed  by  the  president  of  .\.  Ph.  A. 

Mrs.  John  Culley,  Ogden,  Utah,  the  1914-1915  president 
comes  from  the  non-professional  ranks  of  women  in  pharmacy 
Practical  retail  pharmacy  is  represented  by  ^Irs.  Kittie  Har- 
board  Graver,  who  has  conducted  a  retail  pharmacy  in  Salen 
Oregon,  and  is  the  only  woman  to  serse  on  a  State  Board 
Pharmacy.    Mrs.  Graver  has  held  office  on  the  Oregon  Boar' 
during  a  total  of  twelve  years  service.    Hospital  pharmacy  i- 
represented  by  the  Third  \'ice-president.  Miss  Jean  Gordo; 
of  Oak  Park,  111.    The  colleges  are  represented  by  j.  roiess> 
Zada  M.  Cooper  of  Iowa  College  of  Pharmacy,  a  member  (  ■ 
the  Executive  Committee.      On  the  Membership  Committc 
are  Mrs.  IM.  IM.  Gray,  publisher  of  pharmaceutical  text  book.< 
ATi.'vs   .'Mice  Henkel,   botanist  in   the  U.  S.  Department 
A-rieulture  and  Miss  Mary  L.  Creighton.  a  former  teacher  e 
^vl.itni.i  Medica  in  the  Scio  College  of  Pharmacy  and  formal.' 
ve:us  secretary  to  Dr.  J.  H.  Beal.    The  Secretary-  of  the  Sec- 
tion, as  Associate  Editor  of  the  Midland  Druggist,  repre- 
sents the  pharmaceutical  press. 

The  other  officers  of  the  Section  may  be  termed  the  real 
advisers  to  tlie  "allied  powers"  in  things  pharmaceutical.  They 
are,  Honorani'  President.  Mrs.  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  Boston; 
second  vice-president  Mrs.  H.  M.  Whelpley.  St.  Louis;  his- 
torian, Mrs.  George  B.  Kauffman,  Columbus,  Ohio;  treasurer. 
Mrs.  F.  H.  Carter,  Indianapolis;  chairman  of  executive  com- 
mittee, Mrs,  J.  O.  Burge,  Nashville.  Others  on  the  Member- 
ship Committee  are,  Mrs.  C.  T.  P.  Fennell,  Cincinnati,  Ohio: 
and  Mrs.  C.  A.  Stover,  Cambridge.  Mass. 


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Ckjnducted  by  EMMA  GARY  WALLACE 


Pests  of  Various  Kinds 

THE  woman  pharmacist  should  be  tlie  authority  for  the 
women  of  her  entire  community  as  to  the  best  means 
of  safely  and  effectively  ridding  their  homes  of  house- 
hold pests.  One  has  to  be  a  woman  and  to  have  scalded,  and 
cleaned,  and  smudged,  and  poisoned  some  particular  kind  of 
insects,  only  to  have  tliem  crop  out  livelier  than  ever,  in  order 
to  appreciate  the  trying  nature  of  these  things. 

The  average  man  does  not  realize  that  it  is  insufficient 
oftentimes,  to  sell  a  bottle  of  bed  bug  poison  when  a  whole 
room  or  several  rooms  have  become  infested  with  these  nui- 
sances, nor  yet  that  a  small  can  of  roach  powder  is  often  a 
mere  aggravation  in  trying  to  get  rid  of  roaches  and  water 
bugs.  The  women  folks  afflicted  with  anything  of  this  kind 
should  be  able  to  go  to  a  sister  in  the  business  and  to  obtain 
e-xplicit  directions  as  to  'u:hat  to  do  and  hozv  to  do  it.  This 
is  quite  as  wortliy  as  helping  get  people  well  after  the  bugs 
have  bitten  them  and  made  them  sick.  It  is  like  building 
a  barbed  wire  fence  at  the  top  of  a  precipice  in  place  of  a 
hospital  at  the  bottom  of  it. 

It  is  not  necessary  to  be  able  to  tell  the  genealogy  of  the 
various  pests  and  the  scientific  names  for  them  and  other 
exhaustive  data;  it  is  enough  for  our  purpose  to  know  "just 
how"  methods  of  getting  rid  of  them. 

Very  many  times  poisonous  solutions  will  dispose  of  the 
living  insects  and  yet  just  when  the  housewife's  soul  begins 
to  rest  in  peace  and  contentment,  a  second  hatching  will  ap- 
pear and  strike  terror  to  her  heart.  The  woman  pharmacist 
will  earn  her  life  long  gratitude  who  will  explain  to  her  that 
the  living  insects  will  be  destroyed  by  the  poisonous  decoc- 
tion she  is  offering  and  further  that  the  eggs  which  are  en- 
cased in  a  gelatinous  shell  may  be  dissolved  by  applications 
of  gasoline  to  the  crevices  where  these  are  deposited.  Wall 
paper  may  be  sponged  off  with  gasoline  and  if  done  gently 
it  will  often  clean  it  as  well  as  destroy  the  ova  of  insects. 
Of  course,  all  light  and  fire  must  be  far  removed  from  the 
room  being  so  treated.  There  are  no  half  way  measures  al- 
lowable with  bugs.  It  is  a  case  of  eternal  vigilance  until  the 
last  one  has  disappeared  and  for  sometime  after. 

One  druggist — a  very  successful  one,  and  a  man  at  that — 
had  quite  a  nice  business  on  this  line  of  work  alone.  He 
guaranteed  to  rid  any  room  of  insects  upon  payment  of  a 
reasonable  price,  depending  upon  the  size.  A  small  room 
would  be  done  for  a  couple  of  dollars,  and  larger  ones  in 
proportion.  He  used  a  method  whereby  deadly  fumes  pene- 
trated to  every  comer  of  the  room,  effectively  destroying  all 
animal  life  therein.  For  a  room  approximately  ten  by  twelve 
or  fourteen  feet,  he  proceeded  by  stopping  up  all  cracks  about 
the  windows,  sealing  up  doors  except  the  one  through  which 
he  would  leave,  and  otherwise  making  the  room  as  tight  as 
possible.  Next  he  placed  a  stone  jar  in  the  center  of  the 
room  putting  it  upon  an  iron  plate.  Into  this  one  quart  of 
sulphuric  acid  and  two  quarts  of  water  were  emptied.  He  was 
now  ready  for  the  last  step  with  a  wet  cloth  in  one  hand 
and  a  one  pound  package  of  cyanide  of  potassium  in  the 
other.  Lastly,  he  would  drop  the  package,  paper  and  all, 
into  the  sulphuric  acid  solution,  at  the  same  time  placing 
the  wet  cloth  over  his  mouth  making  a  hasty  exit.  Any  cre- 
vices about  this  door  were  quickly  filled  with  rags  or  sealed 
up  from  the  outside.  The  house  itself  was  now  vacated  by 
the  family  for  a  period  of  eight  hours.  At  the  end  of  this 
time  the  druggist  returned  and  with  a  wet  cloth  pressed  to 
mouth  and  nostrils,  entered  the  sealed  room  and  threw  open 
the  windows.  After  two  or  three  hours  of  thorough  airing 
it  was  ready  to  be  put  to  rights  by  the  owners  who  could  rest 
assured  that  it  was  free  of  troublesome  inhabitants.  It  was 
much  cheaper  than  burning  up  furniture  and  bedding  or 
spending  days  doing  work  that  might  not  be  final  at  all. 

At  this  season  of  the  year  it  is  well  to  make  a  study  of 
preventives. — of  insects  on  plants,  poultry,  and  if  the  communi- 
ty is  an  agricultural  one,  the  cattle  themselves  may  be  given 


some  attention.  Animals  suffer  intensely  because  of  insects  and 
it  affects  dieir  health  and  disposition.  There  are  many  com- 
pounds, powders,  and  decoctions  on  the  market  for  remedying 
the  situation.  These  tilings  have  to  be  studied,  stocked  and 
the  public  thoroughly  acquainted  with  the  service  in  this 
connection  you  have  to  oft'er. 

Red  and  black  ants  are  especially  numerous  in  some  lo- 
calities during  the  summer,  also  spiders,  caterpillars,  and 
garden  grubs.  The  Agricultural  Departments  of  many  States 
and  the  U.  S.  Department  of  Labor,  Washington,  D.  C.  have 
pamphlets  containing  valuable  and  helpful  information  along 
these  lines.  It  will  pay  to  get  and  to  study  them,  and  to  find 
out  what  you  can  offer  in  drugs  or  apparatus  that  will  save 
work  and  crops  and  insure  good  results. 

Rats  and  mice  should  also  have  a  share  of  attention.  Sul- 
phur scattered  about  their  haunts  is  valued  by  some  as  a 
means  of  getting  rid  of  them.  Pastes,  poisons,  and  biscuits 
are  especially  prepared  for  this  purpose.  Emphasis  should  be 
laid  upon  the  importance  of  keeping  all  poisons  out  of  the 
way  of  children  and  of  plainly  marking  everything  so  that 
it  may  not  be  mistaken  for  something  harmless. 

There  are  few  families  which  sooner  or  later  in  the  course 
of  the  year,  do  not  have  occasion  to  require  something  for 
the  purpose  of  destroying  obnoxious  pests.  If  you  can  gain 
the  trade  of  these  people  it  may  be  the  point  of  contact 
through  which  further  trade  can  be  won  and  confidence  es- 
tablished. 

Goods  of  this  nature  are  in  a  direct  line  with  germicides 
and  disinfectants.  Why  not  make  your  store  the  headquar- 
ters for  supplies  for  fumigating,  disinfecting,  cleansing,  and 
last  but  not  least,  for  ridding  homes,  stores,  and  institutions 
of  destructive  and  dangerous  carriers  of  disease? 

Drug  stores  usually  carry  some  of  these  things  regularly  in 
stock  and  once  in  a  while  mention  a  few  of  them,  but  that 
is  insufficient.  Educational  work  should  be  done  regularly, 
from  time  to  time  showing  the  dangers  of  neglect  and  the 
comparative  ease  with  which  relief  can  be  gained.  Each  sea- 
son has  its  own  particular  pest.  The  wide-awake  business 
woman  will  make  each  one  pay  her  something  on  account, 
and  she  will  perform  a  real  and  worthwhile  service  in  doing 
it,  too. 


ABOUND  THE  CIRCUIT 

Boston  Chapter  No.  1  celebrated  Gentlemen's  Night  Febru- 
ary 19th,  at  the  rooms  of  the  Metaphysical  Club  on  Hunting- 
ton Avenue.  Both  ladies  and  gentlemen  listened  to  a  wonder- 
fully interesting  address  on  "Music"  by  Mr.  H.  W.  L.  Hub- 
bard of  the  Boston  Opera.  His  talk  was  illustrated  at  the 
piano  by  Mr.  F.  M.  Baxter. 

The  many  friends  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Otto  C.  Groenland  will 
be  pleased  to  know  that  Mr.  Groenland  is  improving  after 
his  recent  illness. 

Mrs.  J.  V.  Calver  is  recovering  from  her  broken  arm.  She 
has  not  stopped  work  on  account  of  this  handicap.  She  has 
worked  her  way  across  the  Continent  and  is  now  in  San 
Diego  "doing"  the  Fair  and  attending  to  business. 

Louisville  Chapter  of  the  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D.  held  a  very 
successful  meeting  March  4th.  Mrs.  Adele  Brandeis  read  a 
paper  on  "Disposal  of  the  City  Garbage"  which  proved  both 
interesting  and  instructive.  Dr.  E.  R.  Bush  demonstrated  the 
value  of  certain  gymnastic  exercises  before  the  ladies  using 
a  living  model.  The  afternoon  proved  to  be  a  thoroughly  en- 
joyable and  profitable  one. 

On  March  18  the  Louisville  Chapter  visited  the  new  City 
Hospital.  This  is  a  million  dollar  structure  and  incorporates 
the  last  word  in  hygiene  and  sanitary  science.  The  Superin- 
tendent of  the  hospital,  Colonel  Fowler,  acted  as  host.  The 
trip  through  this  institution  was  both  interesting  and  illumi- 
nating to  the  wives  of  the  druggists.  Other  Chapters  will 
do  well  to  organize  similar  visits  in  their  own  cities. 

Mrs.  Kittie  Harboard  Graver  is  now  making  her  home  in 
Ardsmore,  Pa. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[April,  1915 


A  DRUGGIST'S  WIFE  AND  DAUGHTER 


f^'  ... 

When  Dr.  O.  P.  Phares  of  the  Union  Pharmacy,  Liberty, 
Ind.,  was  fatally  stricken  with  apoplexy  last  May,  his  widow, 
Mrs.  Minnie  Phares  most  naturally  felt  she  could  never  spend 
another  hour  in  the  store.  But  when  the  first  bitterness  of 
her  grief  was  past,  she  determined  to  study  and  make  such  a 
success  of  the  business  that  her  charming  little  ten  year  old 
daughter  would  also  look  upon  it  as  the  field  of  work  into 
which  she  would  gladly  enter.  And  so  Mrs.  Phares  has  put 
her .  shoulder  to  the  wheel  to  do  alone  that  which  was  pre- 
viously so  ably  managed  for  her. 

Mrs.  Phares  was  born,  reared  and  educated  at  Connorsville, 
Ind.,  and  three  years  after  her  graduation  from  High  School, 
was  married  to  Dr.  O.  P.  Phares,  a  practising  physician  of 
her  native  town.  This  was  in  1897.  Two  years  later,  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Phares  decided  to  purchase  a  drug  store  at  Liberty, 
and  almost  every  day  of  the  fifteen  intervening  years  this  de- 
voted couple  has  spent  together  in  the  store. 

Their  only  child  Clementine  is  an  inestimable  comfort  to 
her  mother  and  Mrs.  Phares  says  she  finds  her  a  great  help 
at  busy  times.  Already  the  little  lady  can  tell  the  cost,  selling 
price,  and  profit  on  most  articles  sold.  It  will  surely  follow 
that  she  will  develop  into  a  pharmacist  of  the  highest  order. 


PHILADELPHIA  CHAPTER  CELEBRATES 

Philadelphia  Chapter  always  expresses  its  joy  in  having 
been  born  by  having  a  birthday  party  which  brings  together 
the  entire  membership  in  a  delightful  social  gathering. 

All  previous  gatherings  of  this  nature  have  been  held  at 
the  hospitable  home  of  J'rs.  William  Estelle  Lee,  823  North 
24th  Street,  but  this  year,  while  Mrs.  Lee  acted  as  the  hostess 
as  the  president  of  the  Chapter,  the  entertainment  was  given 
at  the  home  of  Mrs.  William  T.  Burke,  Chapter  Secretary, 
1201  N.  nth  Street. 

Mrs.  Fannie  E.  McBride,  the  national  president  of  the 
Organization,  was  the  guest  of  honor.  The  weather  man  was 
kind  and  an  unusually  large  number  of  ladies  sought  the 
Burke  home  to  meet  Mrs.  McBride  and  to  celebrate  the  occa- 
sion. There  were  a  number  of  members  of  other  Chapters 
present,  Wilmington  being  represented  by  several.  The  house 
and  table  decorations  were  gold  and  white.  Refreshments 
were  served  and  a  most  enjoyable  afternoon  was  spent  by  all 
present. 

The    Annual   Dance   was   held    in   the    au-litorinm    nf  the 
Philadelphia   College   .if   Pharn,:uy.     A    fin.    niusi,  ,1 
was  rendered  during  tlie  earlier  i)art  of  tin-  r\rimiL:,  i  li  ipu  r 
members  and  friends  of  Chapter  members  taking  part. 

That  all  might  be  fitted  for  the  next  day's  work,  refresh- 
ments were  served  promptly  at  twelve  o'clock  and  the  guests 
departed  in  •^•uu]  season,  tt  i-;  the  hope  of  tlie  miny  friends 
of  Pbil.Hlelplii  ,  Cli.iplM  tlni  llirie  \vill  lie  ni.nu  -n.1i  occa- 
sions in  llie  fulme  ,in.l  llvil  tin-  pro*]ieiitv  ,.f  tlie  Organiza- 
tion  will   eonlinu,    1 1  m  .  >,  r '  1 1.  m  ,  I    the  years   to  eonie. 

The  rogulai  m  uitliK  :Mr,lin^  of  the  Clia]itor  was  among 
the  most  iiilenMin-  .if  i!r  There  was  a  large  attend- 

ance out  and  Mis.  llu;.;li  Monroe,  a  prominent  settlement 
-worker  of  the  city,  told  of  her  work  among  the  women  of 


the  manufacturing  districts.  This  led  to  the  consideration  of 
the  possibility  of  healthful  living  for  the  average  working 
family  on  a  capital  of  five  hundred  dollars. 

The  meeting  proved  to  be  very  practical  as  many  valuable 
points  were  brought  out. 


MARCH  MEETING  OF  BOSTON  CHAPTER 

The  monthly  meeting  of  Boston  Chapter  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D. 
was  held  at  the  Metaphysical  Club  Rooms  on  March  18th 
and  was  well  attended.  Mrs.  Cooper  presided.  Mrs.  Green 
gave  an  interesting  report  of  the  Mid-winter  meeting  of  the 
Massachusetts  State  Federation  and  Mrs.  Connolly  reported 
the  Boston  City  Federation  meeting.  The  members  of  the 
Nominating  Committee  were  then  appointed. 

The  program  for  the  afternoon  was  in  charge  of  the  Con- 
servation Committee  and  Mrs.  Morey  chairman,  introduced 
Miss  Carolyn  Sweet,  chairman  of  Conservation  of  the  State 
Federation,  who  gave  a  most  interesting  and  informal  talk  on 
Conservation  of  Natural  Resources,  giving  many  facts  rela- 
tive to  the  forests  of  the  country  and  the  need  of  planting  new 
trees  each  year.  She  spoke  of  the  Lincoln  Highway,  which 
is  to  extend  from  New  York  to  San  Francisco  across  the 
Continent,  a  splendid  memorial  to  our  greatest  American, 
Abraham  Lincoln. 

Mrs.  Hubbard  and  Mrs.  Murphy  were  the  pourers  at  the 
tea  table,  during  the  refreshment  hour  which  was  in  charge 
of  Mrs.  \\  ilson,  chairman  of  Hospitality. 


St.  Louis  Chapter 

The  Woman's  Auxiliary  of  the  National  Association  of  Re- 
tail Druggists  held  its  recent  regular  meeting  at  the  home  of 
Mrs.  F.  Ulrich,  2001  Salisbury  street.  Thirty  ladies  were 
present,  and  it  was  decided  to  join  the  Missouri  Federation 
of  Woman's  Clubs.  Airs.  Ulrich  introduced  her  father-in-law, 
F.  A.  Ulrich,  oldest  druggist  in  the  United  States.  Mr.  Ulrich 
will  be  100  years  old  next  November.  When  Mr.  Ulrich  en- 
tered the  drug  business  there  was  no  College  of  Pharmacy,  no 
law  requiring  druggists  to  register,  and  no  laws  requiring 
doctors  to  register. 


Louisville  Women  Wide  Awake 

The  February  meeting  of  the  Louisville  Chapter  of  the 
W.  O.  was  one  of  the  finest  of  the  year.  There  was  a  large 
attendance  as  the  weather  was  particularly  delightful.  Airs. 
Clarence  L.  Alartin,  Chairman  of  Home  Economics  in  the 
Kentucky  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs,  gave  a  most  en- 
joyable talk  on  "Home  Economics."  Her  address  was  prac- 
tical and  helpful  and  the  members  thoroughly  enjoyed  it. 

In  March  the  Louisville  women  had  the  privilege  of  hear- 
ing Miss  Helen  Louise  Johnson,  Chairman  of  Home  Eco- 
nomics in  the  General  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs. 

The  Ball  given  by  this  Chapter  in  January  was  a  brilliant 
success,  both  socially  and  financially.  There  was  a  little 
snow  on  the  ground  but  the  weather  was  delightful. 

At  the  January  meeting  the  members  were  addressed  by  the 
Lieutenant  Governor  of  Kentucky,  E.  J.  McDemott  on  "Some 
Civic  Questions  of  the  Present  Day."  In  addition  to  this  Dr. 
Bush  gave  a  talk  and  demonstration  on  "How  To  Sit."  Both 
speakers  met  with  a  cordial  welcome  from  the  Chapter  and 
their  help  and  inspiration  were  much  appreciated. 


New  York  to  Ballot  on  Woman  Suffrage 

Woman  suffrage  is  apparently  making  headway  in  the  \'ari- 
ous  States.  A  res.-iluti.Mi  proposing  an  amendment  to  the  New 
York  State  ronstituli.in  providing  for  such  suffrage  passed 
the  1913  Legislature  by  a  large  majority,  while  a  similar  re- 
solution pas.sed  the  1915  Legislature  unanimously.  This 
means  that  the  voters  of  New  York  will  now  have  the  oppor- 
tunity to  vote  on  the  amendment  next  November. 

The  women  of  eleven  States  vote  now  on  an  equality  with 
men.  The  women  of  Illinois  vote  for  president,  municipal 
and  r.iunlv  .>flu.  is  Five  or  more  States  will  decide  this  ques- 
tion ilniiii-  il'.  !  i.sent  year.  The  question  is  asked:  Is  New 
York  t.i  lis:  ti.l.in.l  in  this  important  question,  or  is  it  to  have 
the  benefit  of  the  woman's  point  of  view  in  the  problems  of 
good  govcrnnu-nt  ? 


News  and  Trade  Section 


j       Mostly  Personal  j 

A  Trojan  Worker  Now  Turns  to  Play 

ALFRED  H.  Cosden  resigned  as  president  of  the  Riker- 
Hegeman  Drug  Co.  at  the  recent  annual  meeting  of 
that  concern.  Mr.  Cosden  retires  at  the  age  of  42 
years  and  has  spent  exactly  half  his  life  in  the  retail  drug 
business,  having  started  in  as  a  messenger  at  the  Riker  store  in 
in  Sixth  avenue,  near  22nd 
street,  in  1894.  In  21  years, 
the  period  it  takes  an  ordi- 
nary individual  to  attain  his 
majority,  he  has  risen  from 
that  initial  "job",  through 
all  the  vicissitudes  of  drug 
store  employment,  to  the 
presidency  of  a  company  con- 
ducting a  system  of  105  retail 
drug  stores. 

Mr.  Cosden  came  to  New 
York  from  Dover,  Delaware, 
where  he  had  served  a  two- 
year  apprenticeship  in  a  drug 
store.  Arriving  in  the  me- 
tropolis a  stranger,  he  was 
obliged  to  accept  wuiiL  work 
he  could  get.  From  messeng- 
er to  president  of  the  busi- 
ness, in  which  he  has  been 
the  guiding  spirit,  his  rise 
has  been  remarkable,  but  the  process  has  been  neither  secret 
nor  patented.  From  Mr.  Cosden's  own  statements  in  the 
daily  press,  one  might  conclude  that  he  has  been  addicted  to 
the  only  drug  the  State  has  forgotten  to  legislate  against — 
concentrated  essence  of  work.  In  1896,  he  graduated  from 
the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy.  It  was  only  a  little 
more  than  a  decade  later  that  the  Wm.  B.  Riker  &  Son  Co., 
having  acquired  the  five  Bolton  stores  in  Brooklyn,  and  the 
five  Jaynes'  stores  in  Boston,  found  that  Mr.  Cosden  was  the 
man  who  possessed  the  most  intimate  knowledge  of  the  greatly 
augmented  business  and  made  him  president.  When  the 
Riker  and  Hegeman  interests  were  merged  in  1910,  Mr.  Cos- 
den was  made  first  vice  president  and  general  manager  of 
the  new  concern.  At  an  ensuing  election  he  was  made  presi- 
dent of  the  Riker-Hegeman  company,  which  now  does  an 
annual  business  of  fifteen  millions  or  more 

Mr.  Cosden  has  announced  tliat  he  will  now  try  and  "break 
even"  with  life.  In  a  newspaper  interview  he  says  he  has 
worked  "like  a  Trojan",  but  has  not  forgotten  how  to  play. 
He  has  recently  completed  a  contract  for  a  $250,000  home 
on  Long  Island  and  will  there  devote  much  of  his  time  to 
his  fine  string  of  trotting  horses,  in  which  he  is  deeply  in- 
terested. He  has,  with  a  friend,  purchased  five  miles  of  a 
river  between  Quebec  and  New  Brunswick,  and  says  he  will 
be  there  when  the  salmon  are  running.  Fish  and  horses 
will  keep  him  amused,  but  he  asserts  that  he  has  other  plans 
in  mind.  Mr.  Cosden  is  reputed  to  have  made  himself  wealthy 
during  his  21  years  of  concentrated  business  life,  but  he 
declined  in  the  interview  cited  to  estimate  his  fortune.  He 
is  succeeded  as  president  of  the  Riker-Hegeman  company  by 
John  S.  Alley,  formerly  of  Boston. 


.\lfred  H.  Cosden 


Friends  Honor  W.  Pitt  Rich  at  Birthday  Dinner 
W.  Pitt  Rich,  traveling  representative  of  Parke,  Davis  &• 
Co.,  was  tendered  a  dinner  at  the  Downtown  club,  Newark, 
N.  J.,  by  a  dozen  or  more  of  his  oldtime  friends  and  fellow 
travelers  on  the  recent  occasion  of  his  fiftieth  birthday.  A 
silver  loving  cup  was  presented  to  Mr.  Rich  by  those  present, 
among  whom  were  W.  D.  Fox,  A,  J.  Stephens,  Ben  Isaacs. 
L.  T.  McLelland.  C.  W.  Haviland,  W.  J.  Caughev  Fred  B 
Stumpf,  H.  L.  Taylor.  A.  M.  Piatt,  C.  H.  Herr,  R.'m.  Smith, 
H.  B.  Smith,  R.  H.  French,  S.  E.  Moore  and  W.  Millspaugh. 


Now  Heads  Merrell  Advertising  Staff 

THE  trade  and  many  warm  personal  friends  throughout 
the  country,  who  esteem  him  highly  for  his  professional 
ability  and  urbanity  of  manner,  will  be  interested  to 
learn  that  Dr.  G.  Strohbach  has  become  part  of  the  William 
S.  Merrell  Chemical  Co.,  of  Cincinnati,  and  will  have  entire 
charge  of  the  advertising  end  of  the  business.  Into  this  new 
field  he  brings  a  wealth  of  professional  and  business  experience. 
A  Cincinnatian  by  birth  and  education,  it  is  not  strange  that 
he  should  be  enthusiastic  in  promoting  the  products  of  his 
"native  heath",  Notwitlistanding  the  fact  that  he  spent  the 
early  years  of  his  life  in  Alabama  and  lived  for  a  time  in 
Chicago,  he  yet  considers  himself  only  as  a  Queen  City  Man 
and  "booster". 

Dr.  Strohbach  graduated  with  honor  from  the  Ohio  Medi- 
cal College  in  1903.  He  was  in  the  printing  business  for 
many  years  and  then  became  a  publisher,  this  affording  him  prac- 
tical training  from  the  "forms"  to  the  editorial  room.  In  1907,  he 
became  associated  with  the  Lancet-Clinic  as  managing  editor, 
assuming  full  charge  of  the  publication  in  1912,  His  scientific 
training  has  admirably  fitted  him  for  his  new  duties.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  Ohio 
Valley  Medical  Association,  the  Mississippi  Medical  Associa- 
tion and  a  number  of  other  scientific  organizations.  At  pre- 
sent he  is  the  secretary  of  the  Cincinnati  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine. In  his  new  position  he  hopes  to  have  accorded  him  the 
same  cordial  relations  that  have  been  extended  to  the  entire 
personnel  of  the  Merrell  Company  and  will  endeavor  at  all 
times  to  merit  it. 


Pharmaceutical  Personalities 

— Henry  Waiter  Jones,  druggist  at  1600  East  55th  street, 
Chicago  observed  the  anniversary  of  Washington's  birth  by 
relating  in  the  News  of  his  city  how  he  talked  with  Washing- 
ton "secondhand."  In  the  early  '70's,  when  he  was  pretty 
much  of  a  boy,  back  in  Ottawa,  111.,  that  he  had  talked  with 
a  garrulous  old  chap,  half  blind  and  so  senile  no  one  could 
guess  his  age.  This  old  fellow  told  Mr.  Jones  an  interesting 
tale  of  how  General  George  Washington  and  a  party  of  horse- 
men had  brought  their  horses  to  a  stop  on  the  bank  of  a 
river  in  Connecticut  and  General  Washington  had  patted  the 
narrator  on  the  head  and  inquired  the  way  to  the  nearest  ford. 
As  the  men  were  abut  to  ride  away  one  of  them  turned  back 
and  said  "P'r'aps  you'd  like  to  know  that  this  is  General 
Washington  and  his  staff."  Mr.  Jones,  besides  being  a  drug- 
gist, is  a  collector  of  old  books. 

— A.  A.  Hyde,  drug  manufacturer,  of  Wichita,  Kans.,  told 
the  story  of  his  life  to  200  members  of  the  Men's  club  of 
the  First  Presbyterian  church  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.  He 
recalled  how  he  had  come  to  Kansas  in  1865,  had  quickly 
made  ^100,000  in  the  banking  business,  had  gone  into  busi- 
ness on  a  larger  scale  and  then  lost  more  than  $100,000.  With 
nine  children  to  look  for,  he  again  plunged  into  business,  this 
time  to  manufacture  drugs.  In  a  short  time,  according  to 
the  story,  he  was  in  even  better  financial  standing  than  before, 
Mr,  Hyde  got  started  spending  his  money  by  the  pleas  of  a 
young  missionairy  who  persuaded  him  to  part  with  $1,000  to 
establish  a  college  in  Korea.  Mr.  Hyde  said  he  had  been 
spending  ever  since.  He  is  one  of  the  main  backers  of  Em- 
poria college  and  other  educational  institutions. 

— Clipton  M.  R,\wlins,  druggist  at  8313  Euclid  avenue, 
Cleveland,  is  now  in  South  America,  if  som^  obstreperous 
cruiser  has  not  questioned  the  nature  of  the  steamship  Vasari's 
cargo.  On  the  9th  of  January  Mr.  Rawlins  sailed  for  Buenos 
Ayres,  and  was  scheduled  to  visit  Bahia,  Brazil,  Rio  de  Janeiro, 
Santos,  Montcvi(irr),  T'rufjuay.  He  will  spend  some  time  at 
Buenos  Ayres  and  fiom  there  will  travel  across  the  continent 
to  Valparai.so,  Chili.  He  will  also  visit  Santiago,  Chili;  Mol- 
lendo.  P,nh"vi,-i  ;  Lima,  Peru,  and  Guayaquil,  Ecuador.  He 
v.ill  tr,\.l  the  Western  coast  of  South  America  to  the 
"hi'j.  'lit<li  '  ,iim1  by  this  route  will  make  New  Orleans,  returning 
thence  to  Cleveland.  Mr.  Rawlins  is  in  search  of  health  and 
is  accompanied  by  his  friend,  George  C.  Bardons  of  Cleveland. 


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[April,  1915 


Mr.  Rawlins'  drug  business  is  now  in  charge  of  Donald 
France. 

— Harry  B.  Mason,  editor  of  the  Bulletin  of  Pharmacy, 
Detroit,  Mich.,  in  addition  to  his  many  pharmaceutical  ac- 
complishments, has  attained  the  reputation  of  one  who  "loves 
sport  for  sport's  sake".  At  least  such  is  the  conclusion  of 
the  local  scribe  of  the  Tribune  of  that  city,  who  writes  of 
the  personnel  of  the  athletic  committee  of  the  new  Detroit 
.A-thletic  Club,  recently  appointed  by  President  Hugh  Chal- 
mers of  that  organization.  The  committee,  of  which  Mr. 
Mason  is  a  member,  will  have  general  charge  of  athletics  in 
the  club  house,  which  is  to  be  thrown  open  to  members  next 
month. 

— B.  D.  Merrell,  the  oldest  druggist  at  Superior,  Wis.,  has 
succumbed  to  the  "back  to  the  farm  movement",  and  has  sold 
his  East  End  pharmacy,  which  he  has  conducted  for  almost 
a  quarter  century  to  Floyd  Priest,  proprietor  of  the  only  other 
drug  store  in  that  end  of  the  city.  Mr.  Merrell  will  actively 
engage  in  growing  and  marketing  fruit.  He  has  about  15  acres 
in  tree  and  bush  fruits  at  Amnicon  Falls,  about  10  miles  out 
of  the  city  on  the  Northern  Pacific.  This  new-turned  agri- 
culturist has  served  as  park  commissioner  for  the  East  End 
during  the  past  decade  and  has  effectively  promoted  the  idea 
of  the  "City  Beautiful." 

— David  Gleason,  formerly  a  pharmacist  at  the  drug  store 
of  William  S.  Flint,  Worcester,  Mass.,  has  been  appointed 
pharmacist  at  the  United  States  marine  hospital,  Staten  Island, 
having  passed  the  civil  service  examination  for  that  position. 
Mr.  Gleason  is  the  third  pharmacist  employed  by  Mr.  Flint  to 
receive  an  appointment  in  the  government  service.  Dr.  George 
C.  Pariseau,  who  holds  the  rank  of  captain  in  the  U.  S.  army 
and  is  stationed  in  New  Jersey,  and  Dr.  Dennis  J.  Murphy, 
a  physician  at  the  Federal  insane  hospital,  Washington,  are 
the  other  two. 

— Commodore  John  J.  Tobin  of  the  South  Boston  Yacht 
Club,  and  Mrs.  Tobin,  kept  open  house  at  their  home,  5 
Telegraph  Street,  South  Boston,  on  March  17,  when  Boston 
observed  the  anniversary  of  the  evacuation  of  the  city  by  the 
British  in  1776,  and  his  company  included  every  one  of  his 
fellow  members  of  the  Massachusetts  Board  of  Registration 
in  Pharmacy,  with  their  wives.  Others  present  included  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  James  F.  Finnernan,  and  Thomas  W.  White  of 
Newton,  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Efficiency  and 
Economy. 

— Irvine  Morris,  who  for  a  time  managed  the  Associated 
Drug  Stores  pharmacy  at  Eutaw  and  Saratoga  streets,  Balti- 
more, but  who  is  now  manager  of  a  New  York  drug  store, 
eloped  March  7  with  Miss  Blanche  Dorsey,  who  was  usher 
at  a  Baltimore  theatre,  and  the  two  were  married  in  New 
York.  The  first  news  of  the  elopement  received  in  Baltimore 
was  contained  in  a  message  to  the  doorkeeper  of  the  theatre, 
which  read  "Send  my  trunk  and  my  poodle." 

Charles  F.  MACAvif,  for  years  owner  of  a  drug  store  at  201 
Fort  Wayne  avenue,  Richmond,  Ind.,  has  turned  the  estab- 
lishment over  to  Benjamin  B.  Myrick,  owner  of  the  Wayne 
County  Abstract  Co.  Mr.  Magaw  is  one  of  the  veteran  drug- 
gists of  his  city  and  also  manufactures  several  specialties  for 
the  market.  His  store  was  at  one  time  patronized  by  the 
wealthiest  people  of  Richmond. 

— Joseph  T.  Stokes,  druggist  of  Indianapolis,  was  recently 
elected  president  of  the  Marion  club  of  that  city.  The  entire 
"Regular  ticket",  headed  by  Mr.  Stokes,  triumphed  in  the 
election  of  officers,  which  was  the  most  spirited  in  the  history 
of  the  club.  "Stick  to  Stokes"  was  the  slogan  of  the  Regulars, 
who  cast  487  votes  against  the  200  cast  for  Mr.  Stokes'  op- 
ponent. 

— Emmet  Hieeman,  manager  of  the  Public  drug  store, 
Minot,  N.  D.,  was  severely  injured  by  an  explosion  which 
blew  out  the  whole  front  of  the  store.  He  dropped  a  lighted 
match  into  a  can  filled  with  ether  while  closing  the  safe. 
Other  chemicals  in  the  store  also  exploded.  The  fire  loss  was 
estimated  at  $14,000. 

— Dr.  H.  C.  Russell  has  been  appointed  to  succeed  Dr. 
Sommer  as  dean  of  the  pharmacy  department  of  Marquette 
university.  He  will  also  act  as  the  chief  executive  of  the 
university  until  the  arrival  of  President  Joseph  Grimmelsman, 
now  in  Italy.  Dr.  Russell  has  been  a  member  of  the  Mar- 
quette faculty  for  10  years. 

— Wn.l.TAM  Thiesen,  prominent  druggist  of  Racine.  Wis., 


according  to  the  political  dopesters  of  that  city,  will  have  a 
clear  field  for  the  office  of  mayor  of  Racine  at  the  coming 
spring  election.  The  present  mayor  will  not  run  for  re-elec- 
tion. Mr.  Thiesen  is  owner  of  a  string  of  Red  Cross  drug 
stores  in  Racine. 

— Charles  H.  Goddard,  secretary  and  general  manager  of 
the  American  Druggists'  Syndicate,  Long  Island  City,  and 
Mrs.  Goddard,  are  in  San  Francisco.  Mr.  Goddard  is  in 
that  city  in  connection  with  the  syndicate's  exhibit  at  the 
exposition. 

• — Melville  A.  France,  the  son  of  Thomas  J.  France,  a 
trustee  of  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy,  has  been  ap- 
pointed United  States  district  attorney  for  the  eastern  dis- 
trict of  New  York,  which  includes  Brooklyn,  Long  Island  and 
Richmond. 

— George  G.  Muth,  of  the  wholesale  drug  firm  of  Muth 
Bros.  &  Co.,  Baltimore,  who  is  widely  known  in  the  trade, 
submitted  to  an  operation  March  15  for  the  removal  of  an 
eye,  which  was  hurt  in  an  accident  more  than  thirty  years 
ago  and  has  since  given  him  much  trouble. 

— Samuel  Y.  Harris,  a  widely  known  pharmacist  who  con- 
ducts a  store  at  Poppleton  and  Lombard  streets,  Baltimore,  is 
a  candidate  for  the  Second  Branch  of  the  City  Council.  He 
has  a  large  following,  and  there  is  every  prospect  that  he 
will  be  elected. 

— Thomas  F.  Mayo,  son  of  John  P.  Mayo  of  the  Mayo 
Drug  Co.,  Columbias,  Miss.,  and  nephew  of  Cas- 
well A.  Mayo,  editor  of  The  American  Druggist,  is  now  at 
Oxford  University,  England,  as  a  Rhodes  scholar  from  Mis- 
sissippi. 

— Elmer  Wiedenhoeft,  junior  member  of  Peterson  & 
Wiedenhoeft,  druggists,  Geneseo,  la.,  recently  underwent  an 
operation  for  appendicitis  in  a  hospital  in  that  city.  Mr. 
Wiedenhoeft  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Iowa  School  of 
Pharmacy  and  is  very  popular  in  his  city. 

— George  Rust,  who  up  to  1905  conducted  a  drug  store  in 
the  National  bank  building  at  Canton,  111.,  was  a  recent  visitor 
in  that  city.  Mr.  Rust  has  sold  his  drug  business  in  Whiting. 
Iowa,  and  is  taking  a  wellearned  rest  before  embarking  in 
business  again.  • 

• — Mrs.  E.  C.  Hathaway,  wife  of  the  well  known  Norris- 
town.  Pa.,  druggist,  who  recently  underwent  an  operation  at 
Dr.  Joseph  Price's  Hospital  in  Philadelphia,  is  reported  as 
coming  along  nicely  and  it  is  expected  that  she  will  be  able 
to  get  about  in  a  very  short  time. 

— L.  G.  Mack,  well  known  Milwaukee  druggist,  lost  his 
six-cylinder  Hudson  automobile  recently,  while  he  and  his 
family  were  attending  the  theater.  The  car  was  stolen  from 
Grand  avenue  and  Second  street. 

— A.  J.  More,  president  of  Homick,  More  &  Porterfield. 
wholesale  druggists,  of  Sioux  City,  la.,  was  a  recent  visitor 
in  the  local  drug  trade.  Mr.  More  was  accompanied  by  his 
wife  and  the  two  expected  to  go  to  Florida  from  this  city. 

— Louis  C.  Deisel,  president  of  the  L.  C.  Diesel  Drug  Co., 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  according  to  a  recent  report,  was  about  to  file 
his  declaration  as  a  candidate  for  the  Democratic  nomination 
for  Alderman  in  the  Tentli  Ward  of  his  city. 

— A.  W.  Olds,  a  former  Hartford,  Mich.,  druggist,  was  re- 
cently married  to  Miss  Frances  Martin,  of  Three  Oaks,  the 
wedding  having  been  sonsummated  at  Kalamazoo.  The  couple 
will  reside  in  Grand  Rapids. 

— A.  R.  Hendricks,  of  the  Hendricks  Drug  Co.,  Sterling. 
111.,  recently  announced  that  due  to  his  rapidly  increasing  busi- 
ness, which  has  obliged  him  to  open  another  store,  he  posi- 
tively could  not  run  for  mayor. 

— Mich.\el  O'Connor,  170  Shawmut  avenue,  Boston,  was 
held  up  in  his  store  recently  by  a  rough  person  with  a  gun 
who  locked  the  druggist  in  his  own  cellar.  The  intruder  took 
about  $30  for  his  trouble. 

— Ch.arles  T.  Baumann,  druggist  has  been  nominated  as 
a  candidate  for  mayor  of  Sprinfield,  111.,  to  oppose  the  present 
incumbent  of  that  office  who  is  a  candidate  for  re-election. 

— John  C.  Hoppm.xn,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Henr\- 
Drug  Co.,  Burlington,  la.,  has  just  completed  his  30th  year 
of  service  with  that  firm. 

—Charles  Smith,  druggist  of  Lacon,  111.,  has  offered  a  free 
trip  to  the  Panama  E.xposition  to  his  patrons. 


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Obituaries 


George  W.  Evans 

George  W.  Evans,  president  of  the  Evans-Smith  Drug  Co., 
of  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  died  of  a  complication  of  diseases  at 
San  Antonio,  to  which  city  he  had  gone  last  January  in  the 
hope  of  improving  his  health.  He  had  been  ill  for  nearly  two 
years.  He  was  49  years  of  age.  Mr.  Evans  had  been  presi- 
dent of  the  Evans-Smith  Drug  Co.  since  the  death  of  his 
brother,  Henry  W.  Evans,  in  1907.  Mr.  Evans  was  born  on 
a  farm  in  Lincoln  county,  Ky.,  on  July  29,  1865,  and  gradu- 
ated from  the  Center  college  in  Danville,  Ky.  In  1885  he 
was  employed  in  the  Diamond  drug  store,  conducted  at  Kansas 
City  by  his  brother,  Henry  W.  Shortly  afterward  he  entered 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  and  later  became  a 
partner  of  his  brother.  The  two  brothers  retained  the  store 
until  1893,  when  they  disposed  of  it  and  organized  the  Evans- 
Gallagher  Drug  Co.,  with  J.  A.  Gallagher.  George  W.  Evans 
was  the  firm's  traveling  representative. 

In  1896.  George  W.  Evans  became  interested  in  the  manu- 
facturing business  in  Chicago,  but  retained  his  interest  in  the 
drug  company.  In  1908  he  returned  to  Kansas  City  and 
bought  out  Mr.  Gallagher.  The  Evans-Smith  Drug  Co.  was 
then  made  the  style  of  the  firm,  and  Henry  Evans  was  elected 
president;  I.  L.  Smith,  vice  president,  and  George  Evans, 
secretary.  Only  this  year,  Mr.  Evans  went  into  partnership 
with  John  T.  Kennedy,  but  retained  the  old  firm  name.  The 
new  partner  was  formerly  vice  president  of  the  Minneapolis 
Drug  Co.  Mr.  Evans  was  a  member  of  the  Kansas 
City  club,  where  he  resided,  the  Commercial,  Country  and  the 
Elm  Ridge  clubs.    A  sister  survives  him. 


Dr.  Charles  E.  Bessey 

Dr.  Charles  E.  Bessey,  professor  of  botany  and  horticul- 
ture in  the  University  of  Nebraska,  and  wellknown  to  phar- 
macists throughout  the  country  as  the  author  of  the  textbook 
on  botany  bearing  his  name,  died  at  Lincoln,  Neb.,  last  month. 
He  was  69  years  of  age.  For  thirty  years  he  had  been  con- 
nected with  the  University  of  Nebraska,  twice  being  its  act- 
ing chancellor,  and  dean  of  its  industrial  college  at  the  time 
of  his  death.  In  1910  Dr.  Bessey  served  as  president  of  the 
American  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science.  He 
was  also  president  of  the  Botanical  Society  of  Ameri- 
ca in  1895,  the  Society  for  the  Promotion  of 
Agricultural  Science  from  1SS9  to  1891,  of  the  department 
of  natural  science  of  the  National  Educational  Association  in 
1895  and  the  American  Microscopical  Society  in  1902. 

Dr.  Bessey  from  18S0  to  1897  was  botanical  editor  of 
Science,  a  post  which  he  rf  ^'i'-  '  <!  in  \''>07.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Torrey  Botanical  '  i  mica!  seminary  of  the 

University  of  Nebraska,  i  t  Srirnce  of  St.  Louis, 

the  Washington  Academ\  ;  :     -   th.-  Wild  Flower  Pres- 

ervation Society,  the  Amernan  lon^iry  .\ssociation  and  the 
.American  Breeders  Association. 


Frederick  A.  Russell 

Frederick  A.  Russell,  60,  a  member  of  Russell  &  Lawrie, 
retail  druggisU,  Tarrytown,  N.  Y.,  died  at  his  home  in  that 
city  from  Bright's  disease.  He  had  been  confined  to  his 
bed  for  10  weeks.  Mr.  Russell  was  liom  at  Marion  near 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  but  received  his  professional  education  in 
New  York  City.  He  at  one  time  conducted  the  store  in 
Irvington,  now  known  as  the  Barr  pharmacy.  Twenty-one 
years  ago  with  James  T.  Lawrie,  he  established  the  drug 
business  referred  to  above,  which  is  located  at  Broadway  and 
Main  street.  Mr.  Russell  was  for  13  years  treasurer  of  Tarry- 
town  and  had  actively  advocated  many  of  the  improvfments  in 
that  village.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  Kyk-Uit  council. 
Royal  .Arcanum,  and  a  member  of  the  New  York  State  Phar- 
maceutical .Association  and  the  Westchester  County  Pharma- 
ceutical .Association.  He  was  a  frequent  attendant  at  the 
meetings  of  the  New  York  Pharmaceutical  Conference  in  this 
city.  Besides  his  wife,  Mary  A.  Russell,  two  children.  Miss 
Marie  .A.  Russell  and  Frederick  A.  Russell,  survive. 


RECENT  DEATHS 

—George  W.  Finney,  63,  retired  druggist  of  Uhrichsville, 
O.,  died  recently  after  a  long  illness  of  paralysis.  Last  sum- 
mer, because  of  ill  health  Mr.  Finney  was  obliged  to  give  up 


his  drug  store  on  Grant  street.  Last  September  he  was 
striken  w  itli  luiralysis,  which  confined  him  to  his  bed  where 
he  liail  leniaiiinl  .  i  mik  ,■,  He  was  born  in  Holmes  county, 
()1mii,  and  .si  I  tied  ni  Tin  ielis\illc  when  quite  young.  In  1874 
he  opened  a  dvw^  store  at  Dennison.  He  was  married  in 
Uhrichsville  in  1873  !Mr.  Finney  was  one  of  Dennison's  most 
prominent  citizens  and  had  been  trustee  of  Mill  township, 
member  of  the  city  council,  member  of  the  board  of  education 
and  city  clerk  at  Dennison.  He  was  an  Odd  Fellow  and  a 
Mason.    His  wife  and  one  son  survive. 

—Dr.  James  J.  Brophy,  pharmacist  at  the  New  Jersey 
state  prison,  died  recently  at  his  apartments  in  the  Aleda 
Hotel,  Trenton.  Death  was  due  to  pneumonia,  from  which 
he  had  suffered  for  some  time.  Dr.  Brophy  was  never  mar- 
ried. He  was  born  at  AUentown,  N.  J.,  fifty-four  years  ago. 
.After  receiving  a  common  school  education  he  graduated  with 
the  degree  of  doctor  of  pharmacy.  He  afterwards  opened  a 
drug  store  in  AUentown,  which  he  conducted  for  many  years. 
He  was  appointed  pharmacist  at  the  state  prison  about  fifteen 
years  ago  and  filled  the  position  with  great  credit.  He  was  a 
Mason  of  high  degree  and  a  prominent  member  of  other  or- 
ganizations. 

— George  E.  Halsey,  73,  druggist  of  Chicago,  prepared  to 
visit  his  daughter  at  Moline,  la.,  where  he  expected  to  re- 
store his  health.  He  died  at  Hahnemann  hospital,  Chicago. 
Mr.  Halsey  had  been  ill  for  some  time  with  diabetes  and  had 
been  confined  for  several  weeks  in  the  hospital.  All  ar- 
rangements had  been  made  to  take  him  to  Moline,  but  his 
condition  suddenly  grew  worse  and  his  death  was  very  yuJiien, 
being  unexpected  even  by  the  attending  physicians.  Mr.  Hal- 
sey is  said  to  have  made  a  fortune  in  tlie  homeopathic  remedy 
business.  .At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  the  owner  of  the 
Halsey  Homeopathic  ph,'.r.T„-cv  on  Sta*e  stre;t. 

— John  Temple,  81,  prominent  druggist  of  Galesburg,  III., 
formerly  with  the  old  Greenleaf  Drug  Co.  of  that  City  and  a 
G.  A.  R.  veteran,  is  dead.  He  was  born  at  Darlington,  Eng- 
land, January  8,  1834.  He  came  to  Canada  in  1857,  and 
shortly  thereafter  to  Galesburg.  He  enlisted  in  Company  E, 
17th  Illinois  volunteers,  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war, 
but  later  served  as  hospital  steward  on  "The  City  of  Mem- 
phis." At  the  close  of  the  war  he  entered  the  Greenleaf  Drug 
Co.,  where  he  remained  for  more  than  20  years.  His  wife 
and  three  of  eight  children  survive  him. 

—Jacob  Jesson,  65,  died  at  his  home  in  Ontario,  Cal.  Mr. 
Jesson  was  a  prominent  druggist  in  Muskegon,  Mich.,  20  years 
ago,  having  served  on  the  Michigan  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy from  1885  to  1892.  For  six  years  he  was  a  member 
of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Muskegon  county.  He  was 
born  at  Vamitz,  Denmark,  and  came  to  the  United  States 
when  nine  years  of  age,  settling  with  his  parents  at  Sycamore, 
III.  His  wife,  two  daughters  and  two  sons  survive  him.  The 
funeral  was  held  under  the  auspices  of  the  Masonic  lodges  of 
Ontario. 

— J.  C.  Ederhardt,  druggist  of  La  Grange,  Mo.,  and  form- 
erly a  traveling  salesman  for  the  Aldo  Sommers  Drug  Co., 
of  Quincy,  111.,  committed  suicide  by  taking  poison.  Two  notes 
were  left  by  the  deceased,  one  telling  the  mayor  of  La  Grange 
that  the  poison  was  working  faster  than  his  pen,  the  other 
being  addressed  to  Aldo  Sommers,  of  Quincy.  The  motive  for 
his  deed  is  unknown.  He  worked  for  the  Quincy  drug  firm 
20  years  and  formerly  conducted  a  drug  store  at  Palmyra.  He 
was  about  59  years  old. 

—William  Lott  Hankins,  for  50  years  proprietor  of  a 
drug  store  in  Princeton,  N.  J.,  and  personally  known  to 
thousands  of  Princeton  university  alumni,  died  at  the  home 
of  his  son-in-law  at  Brooklyn  in  his  84th  year.  He  lived  in 
Princeton  until  eight  years  ago,  when  he  went  to  Brooklyn. 
During  his  many  years  in  the  university  town  he  was  a  regular 
attendant  at  all  the  athletic  sports  held  by  the  students  and 
was  a  source  of  information  concerning  the  athletes  of  bygone 
days.  Mr.  Hankins  was  a  graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy.    A  daughter  survives. 

—John  Tull  died  at  his  home  in  Waynesville,  N.  C.  He 
was  a  former  resident  of  Morganton,  where  he  had  lived  for 
about  30  years  and  was  the  pioneer  druggist.  He  conducted  a 
drug  store  for  25  years  at  a  location  which  is  yet  familiarly 
known  as  the  Tull  corner.  During  his  residence  in  Morgan- 
ton  he  was  one  of  the  most  influential  men  of  the  town,  having 
been  mayor  for  many  years  and  taking  a  prominent  part  in 
all  public  affairs.    Since  leaving  Morganton  he  managed  a 


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drug  store  at  Waynesville.  His  widow  and  five  children  sur- 
vive. 

— Alfred  H.  Snyder,  74,  for  25  years  engaged  in  the  drug 
business  at  South  Bend,  Ind.,  died  at  his  home  in  that  city. 
He  had  been  ill  one  year.  For  many  years  he  was  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Snyder  &  Busbv  on  South  Michigan  street, 
which  business  was  taken  over  about  10  years  ago  by  Ralph 
H.  Woods  and  Frank  Streibel.  Mr.  Snyder  was  born  at 
Sharon  Springs,  N.  Y.,  and  came  to  South  Bend  34  years 
ago.  He  had  retired  from  active  business  life.  His  widow, 
a  daughter  and  a  son  survive. 

— Robert  A.  Roe,  former  assemblyman  and  city  pharmacist 
at  Paterson,  N.  J.,  who  died  recently  was  buried  at  Holy 
Sepulchre,  the  services  being  impressively  military.  A  firing 
squad  of  30  members  of  the  Fifth  Regiment  fired  three  volleys 
over  the  grave,  and  a  Fifth  regimental  bugler  sounded  taps. 
Many  Spanish  war  veterans  attended  tlie  funeral,  at  which 
the  hospital  corps  of  the  Fifth  regiment  was  also  present.  The 
pall  bearers  were  members  of  this  corps.  Mr.  Roe  was  an 
Elk. 

— Frobe  J.  Lagasse,  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  died  at  his 
residence  in  that  city  after  a  long  illness.  He  was  a  charter 
member  of  the  Federation  Franco-American,  branch  No.  2, 
and  was  a  retired  druggist.  In  1884  he  was  engaged  as  an 
employe  by  Pease  &  Dandurand.  Four  years  later  he  pur- 
chased an  interest  in  Lussier  &  Lagasse.  He  was  connected 
with  that  business  until  about  three  months  ago.  His  widow 
and  two  children  survive. 

— Phillip  Vollmer,  71,  a  former  druggist  and  a  wellknown 
resident  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  died  at  the  Old  Masons'  home, 
Shelbyville.  Mr.  Vollmer  was  born  in  Louisville  and  sr. 
most  of  his  life  there.  He  served  in  the  Union  army  durin'i 
the  Civil  war.  At  its  close  he  engaged  in  the  drug  business. 
He  conducted  a  store  at  Wenzel  and  Jefferson  street,  ard 
later  at  Preston  and  Chestnut  streets.  He  went  to  the  O'd 
Masons'  home  last  September.    A  son  and  a  daughter  survive. 

—Frank  D.  Osborne,  30,  the  first  Bettendorf,  la.,  post- 
master and  the  first  man  to  open  a  drug  store  in  that  town, 
died  at  the  home  of  his  parents  at  Davenport.  He  had  been 
ill  for  some  time  with  Bright's  disease.  He  was  a  graduate 
of  the  University  of  Michigan  and  was  for  one  year  head 
chemist  at  the  Davenport  glucose  plant.  Mr.  Osborn's  pleas- 
ing personality  had  won  him  many  friends. 

• — James  W.  McMurray,  58,  Nashville,  Tenn.,  died  in  an 
infirmary  in  that  city  following  an  illness  of  several  months. 
He  was  a  resident  of  Nashville  for  the  past  quarter  of  a 
century,  and  had  been  prominendy  identified  in  local  whole- 
sale drug  circles.  Before  connecting  with  the  Berry-De  Mo- 
ville  Co.  he  was  a  traveling  salesman.  His  wife  and  five 
children  .survive. 

— Milton  Sab.ath,  38,  president  of  the  Maritime  Drug  Co., 
New  York,  died  of  a  complication  of  diseases  at  his  home  in 
Brooklyn.  A  wife  survives.  He  was  a  member  of  Adelphi 
lodge,  F.  and  A.  M.,  and  the  United  Brothers  of  Manhattan. 

— Elihu  Mix,  formerly  with  Schieffelin  &  Co.,  died  at 
Rockford,  111.,  on  March  17.  He  was  interred  at  Noroton, 
Conn. 

— Isaac  H.  McComas,  28  years  old  and  for  several  years  a 
traveling  salesman  for  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  died  at  his  home 
in  North,  S.  C,  on  February  28,  according  to  a  telegram  re- 
ceived at  Baltimore  by  his  aunt  with  whom  he  had  lived  for 
a  number  of  years.  Mr.  McComas  went  to  South  Carolina 
last  August  because  of  ill  health.  He  was  born  in  Frederick 
county,  Md.,  and  leaves  a  widow. 

— Joseph  W.  Massot,  druggist  in  various  municipal  in- 
stitutions at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  for  nearly  20  years,  and  for  the 
past  nine  years  druggist  at  the  City  sanitarium,  died  recently 
following  an  illness  of  eight  months.  His  father,  the  late 
Eugene  L.  Massot,  was  for  many  years  a  wellknown  druggist 
at  Fourth  and  Spruce  streets.  A  widow  and  six  children 
survive. 

— John  A.  Bartlett,  veteran  druggist  of  Cleveland,  O., 
died  following  an  operation  at  Lakeside  hospital.  He  was 
born  at  Boonton,  N.  J.,  in  1855,  and  came  to  Cleveland  in 
1881.  He  conducted  a  drug  store  at  Harvard  avenue  and 
Broadway  S.  E.  He  was  a  director  of  the  Provident  Building 
and  Loan  association  and  of  the  Broadway  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

— PIenry  L.  Strohmeyer,  head  of  the  firm  of  Strohmeyer  & 
Co.,  druggists,  Milwaukee,  died  on  Feb,  II  at  the  age  of  63 


years.  Mr.  Strohmeyer  was  born  in  Milwaukee  and  had  been 
engaged  in  the  drug  business  at  565  Third  street  for  many 
years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order.  Mr.  Stroh- 
meyer is  survived  by  three  brothers  and  two  sisters. 

— James  Leedom  Kooker,  druggist,  Philadelphia,  lied  at 
his  home,  13th  and  Diamond  streets.  Since  January  he  has 
suffered  with  liver  trouble.  He  was  a  graduate  of  l-hiladel- 
phia  C.  P.,  class  of  '81,  had  conducted  a  store  at  3  3th  an<l 
Diamond  streets  for  18  years.  He  was  active  in  Masonry. 
His  widow,  a  son  and  a  brother  siinive 

— John  D.  Sheehan,  39,  employed  in  Springfield,  Mass., 
as  a  druggist,  died  at  the  home  of  his  parents  at  West  Warren. 
He  had  a  large  circle  of  friends  and  was  one  of  the  most 
popular  young  men  in  West  Warren.  Drug  clerks  and  phy- 
sicians of  Springfield  sent  a  large  easel  of  Easter  lilies  and 
roses  to  his  funeral. 

— John  Francis  IMcGovern,  29,  died  at  the  home  of  his 
mother  at  Jefferson,  Pa.  He  was  registered  in  11  states  and 
Canada  and  was  a  graduate  of  the  Pittsburgh  and  Philadelphia 
colleges  of  pharmacy.  His  mother,  four  sisters  and  two 
brothers  survive.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus. 

— Dr.  John  J.  McFadden,  who  at  one  time  conducted 
several  drug  stores  in  West  Philadelphia  is  dead.  He  had 
been  retired  for  many  years,  but  still  kept  in  touch  with 
friends  he  had  met  in  the  course  of  his  business  career.  He 
is  survived  by  a  widow  and  a  son  who  is  also  a  druggist. 

— Alfred  W.  Thton,  who  conducted  a  drug  store  at  the 
corner  of  Prince  and  Salem  streets,  Boston,  for  more  than  30 
years  passed  away  March  4,  at  his  home  in  New  Boston,  N. 
H.,  where  he  had  lived  for  the  past  ten  years.  He  was  65 
years  of  age,  and  is  survived  by  a  wife  and  two  brothers. 

— Charles  A.  Gifford,  a  former  resident  of  Westport, 
Mass.,  died  at  Kenwood  Park,  la.,  where  he  had  gone  several 
years  ago.  He  was  engaged  in  business  first  in  the  whole- 
sale drug  business  and  later  in  the  retail  business  at  Cedar 
Rapids.    He  had  been  ill  for  some  time. 

■ — William  B.  McMechen,  who  for  many  years  conducted 
a  drug  store  at  3740  Lancaster  avenue,  West  Philadelphia, 
died  recently.  He  is  survived  by  a  widow.  Death  was  un- 
expected and  came  as  a  shock  to  the  numerous  friends  whom 
he  had  known  throughout  the  city. 

— Alfred  W.  Tilton,  New  Boston,  N.  H.,  for  many  years 
a  druggist  in  Boston,  died  at  his  New  Hampshire  home.  He 
had  been  ill  five  months.  For  more  than  30  years  he  con- 
ducted the  drug  store  at  the  corner  of  Prince  and  Salem 
streets,  Boston. 

— W.  M.  Drew,  54,  local  salesman  for  Parke.  Davis  &  Co., 
Detroit,  Mich.,  died  at  Holy  Cross  hospital.  His  wife  and  a 
son  survive  him.  He  was  a  native  of  Iowa,  a  member  of 
.\rgenta  lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  of  El  Kalah  temple  Mystic 

Shrine. 

— Charles  Edward  Thton,  proprietor  of  the  Tilton  drug 
store,  Portsmoutli,  N.  H.,  is  dead.  AW  the  drug  stores  in  that 
city  were  closed  at  the  time  of  the  funeral  and  the  proprie- 
tors attended  the  services.    Mr.  Tilton  was  an  Elk. 

— Thomas  Kenna,  45,  Troy,  N.  Y.,  pharmacist,  died  sud- 
denly at  his  home.  He  was  born  in  Troy  and  attended  the 
public  schools  there  He  was  a  wellknown  amateur  ball  player 
and  played  in  the  old  ani.Ueur  leaguo  in  Troy. 

— Frank  W.  Klexerp,  a  member  of  Klcnert  Brothers,  which 
firm  conducts  several  drug  stores  in  Minneapolis,  died  at  his 
home  in  that  city,  following  a  five-day  illness  with  pneumonia. 
He  was  born  at  Portage,  Wise,  33  years  ago. 

— N.  C.  Dodge,  senior  partner  of  the  Dodge  pharmacies, 
conducting  stores  in  Claremont,  Springfield  and  Charlestown, 
N.  H..  died  following  an  illness  of  seven  days  of  pneumonia. 
A  brother  and  his  parents  survive. 

— Fred  Nesper,  druggist  at  Muscatine,  la.,  died  recently,  al! 
drug  stores  in  that  city  being  closed  for  one  hour  as  a  mark 
of  respect  to  the  deceased.  He  was  a  Mason  and  his  pall- 
bearers were  32°  Masons. 

— John  H.  Lawson,  a  manufacturer  of  medical  lotions, 
died  at  his  home  in  Melrose,  March  2,  aged  56.  He  was  a 
brother  of  Thomas  W.  Lawson,  the  noted  opponent  of  "high 
finance." 

— J.  H.  Wilts,  druggist  at  Pomeroy,  la.,  died  at  the  State 
hospital  at  Knoxville  recently. 


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PRESCRIPTION  SCHEME  FALLS  THROUGH 

Alblex    Chemical   Co.   Tries  to   Share   Profits  with 
Physicians — Idea  was  not  an  Original  One 

The  Alblex  Chemical  Company  is  the  style  of  a  "Practi- 
tioners' Co-operative  Profit  Sharing  Drug  Concern,"  located 
at  1541  Madison  avenue,  which,  under  date  of  January  18, 
1915,  circularized  physicians  in  this  city  soliciting  their  par- 
ticipation in  tlie  company's  business.  The  circular  letter  leads 
up  to  the  presentation  of  the  company's  proposition  by  asking 
the  physician  what  financial  benefit  he  derives  from  the  con- 
cerns manufacturing  the  preparations  for  which  he  writes 
thousands  of  prescriptions.  According  to  the  letter,  it  was 
because  the  practitioner  does  not  share  in  the  slightest  the 
fortunes  he  helps  create  that  several  practicing  physicians 
were  prompted  to  establish  a  Physicians'  Co-operative  Profit 
Sharing  Drug  Concern,  known  as  the  Alblex  Chemical  Co. 
The  letter  explains  the  twofold  purposes  of  the  company: 
"first,  to  manufacture  and  market  medicinal  preparations  of 
merit  and  therapeutic  efficiency;  and  Second,  to  liberally  share  with 
physicians  who  prescribe  these  products,  the  net  profits  resulting 
from  their  sale. 

"To  physicians  prescribing  our  products,  a  net  discount  of  Z'i'^c 
will  be  remitted  every  month,  on  the  retailing  prices  of  any  and 
all  of  these  remedies  they  may  have  prescribed  during  the  course 
of  the  month.  And  an  additional  discount  of  5%  will  be  allowed 
our  colleagues  writing  not  less  than  one  hundred  Rs  (Blex  pro- 
ducts) each  month — this  extra  discount  payable  semi-annually. 

"Considering  that  you  are  investing  nothing,  and  that  we  are 
putting  out  strictly  ethical  preparations,  chemically  and  thera- 
peutically worthy  of  recognition  by  the  medical  profession,  you 
must  undoubtedly  realize  that  it  would  be  to  your  advantage  to 
join  us  in  this  fraternal  profit  sharing  plan,  as  so  many  of  your 
colleagues   have   already  done. 

"We  want  to  m^kc  it  clear  to  you  that  this  concern  was  estab- 
lished by  physicians,  for  the  benefit  of  physicians;  and — that  it 
docs  not  ask  you  to  invest  any  money  or  to  buy  any  shares  of 
stock.    All  it  requires  is  that  you  prescribe  our  Blex  preparations." 

The  letter  head  bears  the  names  of  the  following  prepara- 
tions : 

■  Tab.  Xeurosed-Blex,"  "Tab.  Gastrogestin-Blex,"  'Til.  Cas- 
cal-Blex,"  "Hero- Ammoniac-B lex"  and  "Elix.  Blexotone  with 
Syr.  Iron  Iodide." 

An  Er.\  representative  called  at  1541  !Madison  avenue  and 
talked  with  Dr.  Alexander  Block,  who  said  he  represented 
and  helped  organize  the  Alblex  Chemical  Co.,  which  is  now 
about  three  months  old.  He  said  that  the  circular  letter  re- 
ported above  had  been  sent  out  to  about  100  physicians  in 
the  city  and  that  the  recipients  of  the  communications  ex- 
pressed no  interest  in  the  proposition.  Dr.  Block  stated  that 
the  original  plan  as  outlined  in  the  letter  had  been  abandoned 
because  it  did  not  work  out  as  had  been  expected.  The  com- 
pany will  now  do  a  straight  business  in  standard  preparations 
with  dispensing  physicians  and  druggists  outside  of  New  York 
City. 

Dr.  Block  wanted  to  know  why  the  Era  should  be  interested 
in  the  company's  business.  He  was  informed  that  it  was 
"unethical."  Dr.  Block  thought  that  this  would  be  the  opinion 
of  any  druggist,  and  could  not  see  why  the  physician  should 
not  share  in  the  business  which  he  helped  create.  The  Era 
representative  asked  him  if  it  wasn't  contrary  to  human  iiiture 
for  a  physician  not  to  prescribe  preparations  in  which  he  was 
financially  interested  more  frequently  than  was  necessary.  The 
doctor  did  not  think  that  the  physicians  would  be  inclined  to 
do  this.  He  was  very  much  impressed  with  the  economic  as- 
pect of  the  physician  as  a  factor  in  the  creation  of  the  manu- 
facturer's financial  success.  He  abo  expressed  the  opinion 
that  his  scheme  was  not  new  in  the  medicine  business. 

Dr.  Block  had  discovered  that  it  takes  considerable  money 
to  establish  a  proposition  such  as  his  among  physicians,  at 
least  it  took  more  money  than  the  company  had  at  its  dispo- 
sition. If  it  had  had  the  money  and  had  succeeded  in  getting 
the  physicians  interested,  the  company  would  not  hesitate  to 
Utilize  its  original  scheme. 

InaugTirates  One-Cent  Sale 
Boston,  March  5. — Inaugurating  for  the  first  time  in  his 
city  a  one-cent  sale  much  as  the  larger  Rexall  stores  have 
done  in  metropolitan  centers,  Charles  W.  Freeman,  the  leading 
druggist  of  Chelsea,  completed  such  a  sale  which  covered  a 
period  of  three  days.  In  every  way  it  was  a  great  success. 
To  every  purchaser  of  any  article  in  a  long  list  of  articles, 
at  the  regular  price,  a  .second  article  of  the  same  kind  was  ob- 
tainable for  one  cent,  and  this  applied  to  articles  ranging  from 
chewing  gum  to  hot  water  bottles.  To  advertise  the  unique 
sale  he  used  about  half  a  page  of  the  dr>ily  newspaper  in  his 


city,  beginning  the  day  before  the  sale,  and  running  it  three 
days. 


wherrett-mize  drug  co's  plan 

C.  J,  IMount,  the  newly  elected  president  and  general 
manager. of  the  Wherrett-Mize  Drug  Co.,  Atchison,  Kansas, 
is  nothing,  if  not  original.  Upon  taking  charge  of  the  plant, 
he  found  the  company  in  the  old-time  rut  of  sending  repre- 
sentatives to  small  towns,  often  four  times  a  month  where  the 
monthly  purchases  did  not 
not  amount  to  $150,  and  of 
giving    various    discounts  to 


compete  with  other  houses.  In 
following  this  practice,  he  ar- 
gued that  no  house  could 
build  up  a  prosperous  busi- 
ness and  maintain  the  respect 
and  confidence  of  the  trade 
by  giving  one  man  5'^''  dis- 
count and  his  neighbor,  wIkisi- 
money  was  just  as  good,  only 
1%  for  cash.  He  therefore 
announced  to  the  trade  that 
effective  January  1,  the  only 
discounts  of  his  company 
would  be  1%  on  drugs  and 
2%  on  sundries,  and  that  no 
deviation    from    this  policy 


would    be    permitted,  unless 
the  dealer  would  sign  the  "co-  C.  J.  Mount 

operative   sales   contract"  he 
originated. 

This  contract  provides  that  tlie  dealer  shall  send  his  orders 
by  mail  to  the  company,  which  will  then  bill  the  goods  out 
at  the  lowest  published  Missouri  River  prices,  and  upon  re- 
ceipt within  ten  days  of  the  full  amount  of  the  invoice  the 
company  will  send  to  the  dealer  a  check  for  5%  covering 
everything  on  the  order,  thus  eliminating  the  troubles  and 
dissatisfaction  incident  to  a  special  discount  on  a  restricted 
list  of  purchases.  In  the  practical  operation  of  this  co-opera- 
tive plan,  IVIr.  Mount  informs  the  Era,  the  proposition  has 
been  very  successful,  and  it  has  made  it  possible  for  the  com- 
pany to  reduce  its  sales  force  from  twelve  to  six  representa- 
tives within  a  few  months  with  an  increased  volume  of  busi- 
ness. By  the  end  of  the  year  he  expects  to  be  able  to  further 
reduce  the  traveling  force  to  three  representatives  who  will 
visit  contract  customers  three  or  four  times  a  year,  introducing 
new  specialties,  and  ironing  out  any  little  differences  that  may 
arise  between  the  company  and  customers. 

According  to  Mr.  Mount,  this  innnovation  has  passed  the 
experimental  stage  and  promises  to  revolutionize  the  whole- 
sale drug  business  of  the  country.  That  the  traveling  sales- 
man is  not  a  good  fellow,  is  not  the  question,  but  rather  one 
should  ask  "Can  the  retail  druggist  afford  the  luxury  of  con- 
tributing to  their  support?"  Mr.  Mount  believes  that  this 
modem  idea  of  merchandizing  is  good,  for  it  means  a  sub- 
stantial saving  to  the  retailer  and  enables  him  to  compete  with 
the  mail  order  houses  and  also  to  do  a  larger  volume  of  busi- 
ness on  a  smaller  amount  of  capital,  eliminating  the  «necessity 
of  his  buying  quantity  lots  in  order  to  get  the  best  discounts. 

The  Wherrett-Mize  Co.  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of 
the  State  of  Kansas  with  a  capital,  fully  paid  up,  of  $250,000. 
It  occupies  its  own  re-inforced  fire-proof,  concrete  building  in 
Atchison,  a  structure  that  has  been  described  as  modern  "to 
the  last  tick  of  the  clock." 


DRUGGISTS — PLEASE  NOTICE 

We  are  trying  to  compile  a  complete  list  of  all 
co-operative  buying  companies  and  clubs  in  connec- 
tion with  the  retail  drug  trade,  and  we  will  thank  our 
subscribers  to  send  us  information  in  regard  to  any 
such  to  which  they  belong. 

In  each  case  please  send  us  the  correct  name  of 
the  company  or  club  as  well  as  its  address  and  the 
name  of  one  or  more  of  its  officers  or  managers. 

"We  are  anxious  to  make  this  list  complete  and  will 
appreciate  the  co-operation  of  our  subscribers.  Please 
address, 

Era  Druggists  Directory,  No.  3  Park  Place,  New 
York. 


176 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[April.  1915 


MOVIES  ON  "PATENT  MEDICINE  FAKIRS' 


CONTEST  OVER  HUSBAND'S  ESTATE 


Health  Department  warns  Show  Patrons  against  Pro- 
prietary Medicines  whose  "Claims 
are  Always  Cunning-  Lies" 

Dr.  S.  S.  Goldwater.  since  his  appointment  as  head  of  the 
New  York  City  Department  of  Health,  has  waged  "persistent 
opposition  to  proprietary  medicines  in  general,  and  particularly 
has  he  arrayed  himself  against  the  makers  of  so-called  "nos- 
trums", whose  claims  for  the  therapeutic  value  of  their  reme- 
dies he  believes  to  be  extravagant  and  unfounded.  In  line 
with  this  policy,  the  local  department  has  had  prepared  and 
has  recently  furnished  to  some  of  the  moving  picture  houses 
in  this  city  a  lantern  slide  for  projection  upon  their  screens, 
warning  all  patrons  of  these  shows  against  "patent  medicine 
fakirs"  whose  "claims  are  always  cunning  lies".    A  reproduc- 

ADVICE^ 
From  The  Department  of  Health, 

G 1 of  New  'York 

I\fJ\|'mMake  the  Patent  Medieine 

ItiiilJ.  Faket- Rieh! ---- 

His  elaims  are  cdwcofs  ewming  lies. 

Kei\       Feel  Sick  Go  to 
M)ur  Family  Doctor. 
He  isyoup  Best  Friend. 

tion  of  this  slide  is  here  shown  and  which  has  been  exhibited 
in  some  of  the  houses  in  New  York,  though  others,  we  have 
been  informed,  have  declined  to  use  it. 

The  comment  has  been  made  that  the  Board  of  Health  has 
authority  to  close  up  places  of  amusement  which  do  not  con- 
form to  its  requirements,  and  in  view  of  this  fact,  it  might  be 
reasonable  to  suppose  that  the  majority  of  the  smaller  houses 
would  feel  under  some  compulsion  to  use  the  film,  whether  the 
proprietors  of  the  houses  agree  with  the  arguments  set  forth 
or  not.  It  is  probable,  however,  that  the  assumption  upon 
which  this  comment  is  based,  is  not  so  very  important.  But 
the  fact  that  the  slide  originated  with  the  health  authorities 
may  be  taken  as  evidence  of  the  uncompromising  attitude  of 
the  department  against  the  manufacturers  of  proprietary  medi- 
cines. Whether  the  method  employed  to  advertise  physicians 
is  in  line  with  the  code  of  ethics  of  that  profession  is  a  ques- 
tion to  which  more  than  one  answer  can  be  given. 


Owl  Drug  Co.  "Takes  Off  Its  Hat" 

The  Owl  Drug  Co.,  of  San  Francisco,  sends  tlic  Era  a 
copy  of  the  Examiner  of  February  21,  containing  an  a<lvcr- 
tisement»of  the  company  on  the  day  following  the  opening  (if 
the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition.  In  this  ad- 
vertisement, which,  by  the  way,  was  the  cause  of  a  great  deal 
of  favorable  comment,  filled  a  goodly  portion  of  one  page  of 
the  newspaper  in  question,  and  within  a  margin  artistically 
delineating  the  head  of  an  owl.  The  Owl,  in  trenchant  lan- 
guage, "Takes  off  its  hat  to  the  creators  of  the  i:xi)osition". 
Not  only  was  obeisance  and  salutation  extended  to  the  Presi- 
dent and  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Exposition,  but  "  Mr. 
Workingman",  "Dreamers  of  a  Fairy  City",  the  Mayor  and 
Board  of  Supervisors,  "Mr.  Property  Owner",  and  everybody 
who  had  had  anything  to  do  with  the  great  undertaking  was 
congratulated.  Listen  to  this  peroration:  "The  Owl  needn't 
pledge  you  the  success  of  the  Exposition — that  is  assured.  It 
pledges  you  instead  the  health  and  long  life  of  that  vast  army 
of  crusaders  who  entered  yesterday  into  possession  of  the  City 
of  Enchantment,  after  a  campaign  of  difficulties.  Individually, 
no  man  was  indispensable;  collectively,  the  ronniumity  was 
confronted  by  a  task  that  many  considered  irn|M)s,silili-.  Success 
is  immediate — immense.  And  no  battlelUUl  ihior.ition  is 
more  highly  cherished  than  the  honor  of  having  p.uticipated 
in  the  success  of  the  World's  Greatest  Exposition," 


Handwriting   Experts   assert   Will   which   Cuts  ofif 
Widow  was  Written  by  the  Decedent 

,  Philadelphia,  March  15. — Thomas  J.  Husband,  Jr.,  a  wealthy 
magnesia  manufacturer,  wrote  the  will  which  cut  off  his  wife 
from  participation  in  his  $100,000  estate,  according  to  a  ver- 
dict returned  by  a  jury  in  Judge  Bergy's  Court,  recently. 
I\Irs.  Husband  contested  the  will.  It  was  alleged  that  Harold 
H.  E.  Balbemie,  a  druggist,  who,  together  with  his  brother, 
Dr.  C.  D.  Balbernie,  conducts  drug  stores  at  52  and  Walnut 
streets  and  200  West  Chelten  avenue  and  4800  Westminister 
avenue,  and  who  had  been  in  the  employ  of  Mr.  Husband, 
wrote  the  document,  which  was  also  witnessed  by  the  druggist 
and  his  brother. 

Handwriting  experts  employed  by  the  defense  asserted  posi- 
tively that  the  writing  in  the  contested  document  was  that 
of  Mr.  Husband.  Witnesses  for  Mrs.  Husband  wavered  under 
cross-examination  leaving  the  impression  that  they  were  not 
certain  as  to  the  authorship. 

Husband  died  in  June  of  1913.  Two  wills  were  found. 
The  first  will  left  the  estate  to  Mrs.  Husband,  and  the  second 
contained  no  mention  of  her  at  all,  bequeathing  the  estate  to 
"my  legal  heirs,"  which  include  sisters  of  the  testator,  a 
brother-in-law,  and  their  children.  Much  of  the  Husband 
property  is  in  New  Jersey,  and  should  the  will  be  probated 
there,  it  may  deprive  the  widow  of  the  S5000  widow's  exemp- 
tion to  which  she  is  entitled  under  the  law  of  this  State. 


SUE  DRUGGISTS  FOR  DAMAGES 

Cincinnati    Complainants    Allege    Bodily  Sufferings 
were  Caused  through  Acts  of  Defendants 

Cincinnati,  March  19 — The  effect  of  a  single  c;ise.  in  which 
a  verdict  is  awarded  on  an  extremely  uncertain  state  of  facts, 
is  indicated  in  the  case  of  the  M.  C.  Dow  drug  string,  in 
Cincinnati.  In  a  suit  against  the  Dow  concern  recently,  by 
a  person  who  alleged  that  she  was  poisoned  by  receiving 
arsenic  in  a  supposed  package  of  Epsom  salts  said  to  have 
been  purchased  at  Dow's  a  verdict  of  S15.000  for  the  plaintiff 
was  rendered;  and  very  shortly  after  a  woman  filed  a  suit 
against  Miss  Dow  for  $5,000  damages,  on  the  ground  that  she 
had  purchased  a  strawberry  soda  in  one  of  the  Dow  stores 
nearly  two  years  ago,  and  that  it  had  caused  her  to  suffer 
ever  since  from  stomach  trouble ! 

Theodore  Rosenthal,  a  druggist,  at  Eighth  and  \'ine  streets, 
has  been  sued  for  damages  in  the  imposing  sum  of  S2J>,350  by  a 
Mrs.  Hattie  Aiken,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.  Mrs.  .Mken  bases  her 
suit,  which  was  filed  recently  in  the  United  States  District 
Court,  upon  the  allegation  that  she  was  arrested  without 
ground  on  the  charge  of  obtaining  money  under  false  pretences, 
at  the  instance  ot  ]Mr.  Rosenthal,  and  was  confined  in  the 
Cincinnnati  jail,  of  whose  accommodations  she  speaks  in  the 
lowest  terms.  She  asserts  that  she  contracted  indigestion, 
bronchitis  and  rluunuitisni  during  her  confinement  in  the  jail, 
hence  ;he  suit. 


Whitney  Bill  Abandoned  and  Compromise  Sanctioned 

.\ll>anv,  ^l.inh  _M  At  a  conference  of  representatives  of 
the  Xi  \>.    A"  IK  1  harmaceutical  .\ssociation,  the  State 

Board  of  l  i  n  ;  k  ;.  i  ^i  those  interested  in  the  anti-narcotic 
rru.'^a^l^■  in  Niw  \  oik  City,  it  was  agreed  to  abandon  the 
Whitney  bill,  modify  its  provisions  and  insert  them  in  the 
hill  iif  .\sscnil>lynKin  Bloch,  which  at  the  time  of  this  re- 
jiort  is  on  second  hearing  in  tlie  Assembly.  The  compromise 
bill  requires  that  the  druggists  refilling  a  prescription  calling 
for  a  minimum  amount  of  a  narcotic  shall  first  assure  himself 
that  it  is  for  the  person  for  whom  originally  compounded. 

To  ]iie\ent  (hiplicate  order  blanks,  it  was  agreed  that  the 
Federal  l.iw  Manks  could  be  approved  by  the  State  Commis- 
sioner of  Ilealili,  and  blanks  under  the  State  laws  permitted 
in  case  the  Federal  law  was  declared  unconstitutional.  One 
provision  of  the  Bloch  bill  requires  physicians  to  make  a 
physical  examination  of  a  patient  each  time  before  giving  him 
a  drug  cure.  The  compromise  bill  also  requires  druggists  to 
keep  a  record  of  all  drugs  used  in  compounds,  to  preven' 
druggists  from  selling  narcotics  across  the  counter  and  render 
their  accounting  by  saying  they  had  used  them  in  medicinal 


Apkil,  liJlOj 


THE  PIIAR.MACEUTICAL  EKA 


LIQUOR  LICENSE  LEGISLATION  FAILS 

Present  Law,  which  Permits  Druggists  to  sell  Spirits 
in  Massachusetts,  not  to  be  Repealed 

Boston,  March  5. — The  battle  against  the  druggists  liquor 
license  has  been  fought,  and  the  druggists'  license  will  con- 
tinue for  another  year  at  least.  In  the  committee  hearings 
before  the  committee  on  Public  Health  the  opponents  of  the 
bill,  led  by  the  Massachusetts  Anti-Saloon  League  appeared, 
in  large  force,  and  every  member  of  the  legislature  receivp-d  a 
printed  pamphlet  containing  reasons  why  the  druggisU'  license 
should  be  repealed.  President  Frank  J.  Campbell  c/i  the  Mas- 
sachusetts State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  for'nier  President 
L.  G.  Heinriu  of  Holyoke.  Hon.  Hugh  O'PvOurke  of  Wor- 
cester and  Representative  Edmond  P.  Tai;DOt  of  Fall  River, 
all  appeared  to  remonstrate  against  am;  tinange  in  the  law. 

The  committee  on  public  health,   with  two  dissenters,  gave 
the  petitioners  for  the  legislation,  leave  to  withdraw.  Yester- 
day, in  the  House,  the  advocates,  of  the  legislation,  under  the 
leadership  of  Representative  O^theron  of  Beverly,  attempted  to 
overturn  the  adverse  commit  tee  report.    He  declared  that  tliis 
!  :;s!,tiM'  was  favo'--ed  a  year  ago  in  the  report  of  the 
utee  on  'Ine  investigation  of  drunkenness  in  the 
it  the  commission  declared  it  to  be  their  belief 
■>latioii  would  tend  to  decrease  drunkenness.  On 
t.  kie  said  that  the  amount  of  liquor  sold  by 
M-assachusetts  was  far  more  than  could  reasonably 
'  o  be  used  for  medicinal  purposes,  which  was  the 
why  druggists  were  permitted  to  sell  it  at  all. 
lared  it  was  unfair  to  permit  druggists  to  engage 
r  business  on  such  an  extensive  scale  as  they  do, 
iur  .:        irninal  price  of  $1  when  very  high  license  fees  for 
'  those  e->igaged  in  the  business  are  required  from  others. 

Representative  Mulveney,  in  opposition,  said  the  bill  was 
not   needed,  as  under  the  present  law  the  State  Board  of 
^  Registration  in  Pharmacy  has  the  power  to  close  any  drug- 
'  ito  'c  which  fails  to  carry  on  its  business  in  a  satisfactory  man- 
ner.   Representative  Lewis  of  Lowell,  a  druggist,  pointed  out 
'  ftiat  every  citj'  and  town  had  the  remedy  in  its  own  hands  at 
'  uU  times,  in  its  power  to  refuse  to  grant  any  druggists  licenses. 
[  The  motion  to  substitute  the  bill  for  the  adverse  report  was 
\  adopted  on  a  rising  vote,  71  to  68.    A  roll  call  was  demanded, 
tnd  then  by  a  vote  of  98  to  129  substitution  was  refused,  and 
th-"  idverse  report  was  accepted. 


300  REXALL  JUNIORS  BANQUET 

i  Boston,  March  24. — Three  hundred  New  England  Rexall 
I  clerks  gathered  at  the  Hotel  Brunswick  for  the  second  "Get 

■  Together  "  dinner  of  the  New  England  Rexall  Juniors,  given 

•  by  the  proprietors  of  the  Re.xall  stores.  Louis  K.  Liggett, 
k  president  of  the  United  Drug  Company,  was  the  principal 

■  speaker.  "The  great  problem  of  the  company  today",  he  de- 
j  clared.  "is  to  find  the  kind  of  men  adapted  for  the  running 
'  of  its  stores.  It  requires  just  as  good  a  man  to  run  a  store 
f  that  does  only  a  $150-a-day  business  as  it  docs  to  run  one 

•  doing  a  $l,000-a-day.  For  that  reason  the  company  does  not 
intend  to  acquire  any  more  stores  so  situated  that  they  will 
do  a  business  as  small  as  the  former  sum,  profitable  though 

J  that  is."  Mr.  Liggett  insisted  that  no  good  results  could  come 
\  from  a  salesman  arguing  with  a  customer.  "A  good  salesman 
»  will  alv.ays  agree  with  the  customer,  no  matter  if  the  latter 
'  says  that  black  is  white." 

>  Newton  Newkirk,  James  C.  Brady  and  Fred  Rogers,  the 
'  last  t'.vo  being  directors,  were  the  other  speakers.  Mr.  Brady 
(  recalled  the  founding  of  the  company  14  years  ago  in  the  very 
|,  room  of  the  banquet.  Charles  E.  Muman  acted  as  toast- 
}  master  Mr.  Muman  and  Walter  J.  Willson,  the  latter  edi- 
tor of  '  Rexall  Advantages,"  made  all  the  arrangements  for 
I  the  affair. 


•  ■      Blker-Hegeman  Co.  Annual  Meeting  Interesting 
j      At  the  recent  annual  meeting  of  the  Riker-Hegeman  Drug 

I  Co.,  the  board  of  directors  was  reduced  from  14  to  12  mem- 

I  bcrs.    The  retiring  directors  are  F.  I.  Becton,  J.  H.  Marshall, 

I"  E.  D.  Cahoon  and  George  Ramsey.    The  two  new  directors 

y  are  William  J.  Narcross  and  Sidney  S.  Whelan.    J.  H.  Flag- 

jj  ler  was  elected  chairman.    Wilbur  J.  Rash  was  elected  vice- 

I  president  to  succeed  John  S.  Alley,  who  was  elected  president 

\  to  succeed  Alfred  H.  Cosden,  resigned.    Herbert  S.  Collins 


and  R.  B.  Wattley  r'V;main  as  vice-president  and  treasurer,  re- 
spectively. D.  J .  Cotter  was  elected  secretary.  Mr.  Alley 
joined  the  Jaynes  Drug  Co.,  of  Boston,  in  1898,  and  became 
general  ma'.iager  of  that  company.  He  came  to  this  city  in 
January,  1914,  as  vice-president  of  the  Riker-Hegeman  Drug 
Co.    Hft  is  45  years  of  age. 


HARRISON  NARCOTIC  LAW  IN  THE  MAKING 

About  5,000  Applications  for  Registration  in  Balti- 
more District — Provisions  Easy  for  Druggists, 
but  Exacting  for  Physicians 

Baltimore,  March  2. — The  effect  of  the  Harrison  Anti-Nar- 
cotic law  taxing  and  regulating  the  sale  of  narcotics  and  habit- 
forming  drugs  and  all  their  compounds,  is  not  expected  to  be 
immediate,  especially  since  it  is  thought  that  the  persons  who 
have  been  engaged  in  illegal  traffic  laid  in  considerable  sup- 
plies of  drugs  in  anticipation  of  the  restrictions  to  be  im- 
posed. 

It  is  believed  here  that  the  compulsory  keeping  of  records 
and  systems  of  double  'checking  will  bring  about  a  great  de- 
crease in  the  drug  habit  after  a  time. 

The  necessity  of  every  physician  having  to  go  on  record  is 
also  expected  to  have  a  big  moral  effect.  One  physician,  for 
instance,  called  at  the  office  of  the  Internal  Revenue  Collector 
recently,  and  said  he  had  two  patients,  one  of  whom  drank  a 
pint  of  laudanum  a  day,  while  the  other  took  100  grains  of 
morphine  a  week.  He  said  that  if  these  persons  were  de- 
prived of  the  drugs  they  would  in  all  probability  go  crazy 
and  kill  somebody,  but  tliat  he  did  not  want  to  go  on  record 
as  dispensing  the  drugs  in  such  quantities,  and  that  the  two 
persons  would  have  to  get  another  physician.  About  5,000 
applications  as  dispensers  of  drugs  had  been  filed  in  the  Inter- 
nal Revenue  office  here.  The  Harrison  law  received  special 
consideration  at  a  joint  meeting  of  the  City  Medical  Society, 
and  of  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association,  held  re- 
cently. .At  this  meeting  Dr.  H.  P.  Hynson,  of  Hynson,  West- 
cott  &  Co.,  gave  a  history  of  the  agitation  which  resulted  finally 
in  the  enactment  of  tlie  law.  He  stated  that  prior  to  1904 
the  Governor  of  the  Philippines  reported  that  he  was  having 
much  trouble  with  the  growth  of  the  drug  habit  among  the 
Chinese  of  the  Archipelago,  who  grew  lazy  and  vicious  under 
the  influence  of  opium  and  became  exceedingly  difficult  to 
deal  with.  President  Roosevelt  appointed  a  commission,  with 
Bishop  Brent  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  as  chairman,  to  study 
the  problem.  Dr.  Hamilton  Wright,  of  Vermont,  was  made 
a  member  of  the  commission,  and  its  inquiries  extended  to 
other  fields,  including  eventually  various  other  countries,  among 
them  Turkey  and  Persia,  where  observations  similar  to  those 
conducted  by  the  Governor  of  the  Philippines  had  been  made. 
The  Commission  met  in  February,  1909,  at  Shanghai  and  can- 
vassed the  whole  situation,  with  the  result  of  making  suitable 
recommendations,  which  Senator  Cullom  embodied  in  a  bill. 
The  provisions  of  the  measure,  however,  were  found  to  be 
so  drastic  that  the  bill  failed,  its  requirements  in  the  main 
being  embodied  later  in  a  bill  introduced  by  Congressman 
Foster  of  Vermont.  The  proper  committee  held  hearings  at 
Washington,  which  were  productive  of  a  great  diversity  of 
views,  the  various  interests  sending  representatives  and  arguing 
the  problem  solely  from  their  own  point  of  view. 

It  was  at  this  stage  that  Dr.  Hynson,  who  had  gone  to 
Washington  along  with  other  Baltimoreans  to  submit  the 
views  of  pharmacists  from  this  city,  suggested  that  the  dif- 
ferent pharmaceutical  organizations  name  delegates  to  a  general 
trade  conference,  at  which  the  druggists  could  get  together  on 
what  they  wanted,  so  that  their  proposals  might  receive  the 
united  backing  of  all.  This  was  done,  with  conspicuous  suc- 
cess, the  bill  as  finally  passed  embracing  the  recommendations 
made  by  the  conference. 

The  physicians,  it  api)ears,  were  greatly  interested  in  the  bill 
in  so  far  as  it  affected  their  profession,  and  they  had  brought 
much  influence  to  bear  with  the  object  of  making  the  pro- 
visions of  the  act  as  light  as  possible  for  them  and  as  hard  as 
practicable  for  the  druggists.  By  one  of  those  peculiar  combi- 
nations of  circumstances  which  sometimes  occur  to  shape  mat- 
ters, the  bill,  as  finally  pas.sed.  made  it  comparatively  easy  for 
the  druggists,  but  proved  to  be  very  exacting  for  the  physi- 
cians, who  are  now  in  the  position  of  having  to  register  and 
otherwise  conform  to  requirements  from  which  they  sought  to 
be  exempt. 


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N.  J.  PH.  A.  AMENDS  ITS  flHABMACY  BILL 

Section  13  has  been  Subjected  to  changes  several 
times  and  is  presented  in  its  entin°ty 

The  legislative  committee  of  the  New  Jersey  State  .Pharma- 
ceutical Association  has  made  the  following  changes  lin  the 
original  draft  of  its  proposed  new  State  pharmacy  act: 

Page  3,  Section  No.  2,  line  22 :  Change  "may"  to  "shall." 

Page  7,  Section  No.  6:  Change  the  wording  of  the  proviso, 
lines  21-26,  to  read  as  follows: 

"Provided,  however,  that  the  requirements  of  this  section  of  the 
act  relating  to  the  certificate  of  preliminary  education  and  to 
graduation  from  a  school  of  pharmacy  shall  not  become  effective 
until  three  years  after  the  passage  and  approval  of  this  act, 
nor  shall  these  requirements  apply  to  any  applicant  for  regis- 
tration as  a  pharmacist  who  was  a  graduate  of  pharmacy  at 
the  time  of  the  passage  of  this  act  or  who  may  become  a 
graduate  of  a  school  of  pharmacy  within  a  period  of  three  years 
after  the  passage  and  approval  of  this  act." 

Page  9,  Section  10,  line  4:  After  the  word  "applicant"  intro- 
duce: "for," 

Page  9,  Section  10,  line  18:  After  the  word  "license"  intro- 
duce: "or  a  certificate" 

Page  9,  Section  10,  line  20:  Before  the  word  "certificate" 
introduce  the  words:  "license  or  a" 

Section  13,  which  has  been  changed  several  times,  now 
reads : 

The  proprietor  of  any  store  or  establishment,  other  than  a 
pharmacy,  who  shall  hereafter  sell  or  offer  for  sale  any  drug 
enumerated  in  schedules  A  or  B  of  this  act  or  any  medicinal 
article  or  patented  or  proprietary  remedy  known  to  contain 
any  such  ingredient  in  such  quantity  or  form  as  in  the  opin- 
ion of  said  Board  of  Pharmacy  may  be  dangerous  to  human 
life,  shall  be  termed  a  licensed  storekeeper  in  drugs  and  must 
first  procure  from  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  of  the  State  of 
New  Jersey  a  license  as  a  licensed  storekeeper  in  drugs;  to  be 
licensed  as  a  licensed  storekeeper  in  drugs,  the  applicant  must 
be  not  less  than  twenty-one  years  of  age,  of  good  moral  char- 
acter, and  if  the  applicant  is  satisfactory  to  the  board,  and 
upon  payment  of  a  fee  of  one  dollar,  the  said  board  shall,  if 
satisfied  that  the  applicant  is  a  proper  person  to  engage  in 
the  selling  of  such  drugs,  issue  to  him  a  license  as  a  store- 
keeper within  the  meaning  of  this  act;  such  license  shall  be 
numbered  and  dated  and  contain  a  schedule  of  such  drugs  and 
medicinal  preparations,  other  than  proprietary  medicines,  as 
shall  be  permitted  to  be  sold  in  original  packages  as  put  up 
by  and  bearing  the  label  of  a  registered  pharmacist  or  a  repu- 
table pharmaceutical  manufacturer;  the  license  shall  not  be 
transferable  and  must  be  conspicuously  displayed  in  the  store 
of  storekeeper  to  whom  issued,  and  this  license  shall  entitle 
the  holder  thereof  to  conduct  only  the  licensed  store  for  which 
it  is  granted,  and  must  be  renewed  the  first  week  in  January 
of  each  and  every  year,  a  renewal  fee  of  one  dollar  to  be 
paid  therefor;  anyone  violating  this  section  shall,  upon  convic- 
tion, be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  not  more  than  fifty  dollars,  to- 
gether with  the  cost  of  the  prosecution. 

Page  11,  Section  14,  line  16:  After  the  words  "section  shall" 
introduce  the  following  words:  "be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor 
and" 

Page  13,  Section  16:  Omit  lines  36,  37,  38,  39,  40,  41,  42, 
and  on  line  43  the  words  "of  the  State  of  New  Jersey." 

Page  13,  Section  16,  line  44:  Strike  out  the  following  words: 
"and  the  additions  provided  for  in  this  section," 

Page  14,  Section  16,  Schedule  A,  line  79 :  After  "opium"  in- 
troduce the  following  words:  "or  one-quarter  {Y^)  grain  of 
morphine  or  one  (1)  grain  of  codeine  or  one-eighth  (^)  grain 
-of  diacetyl  rnorphine  (heroin)" 

Page  16,  Section  No.  17,  lines  32-33:  Change  "one-half 
grain  of  codeine"  to  "one  (1)  grain  of  codeine." 

The  purpose  of  these  changes  in  Schedule  A,  Section  16,  and 
in  Section  17,  is  to  make  the  State  law  comply  with  the  Har- 
rison law. 

The  legislative  committee  has  also  had  introduced  in  the 
State  Assembly  bill  No.  123,  which  is  an  act  to  regulate  the 
sale  of  narcotics  and  requires  the  original  prescription  of  a 
duly  licensed  practitioner  of  medicine,  dentistry  or  veterinary 
medicine  for  transactions  in  cocaine,  betaeucaine,  alphaeucaine, 


tropocaine,  novocaine,  stovaine,  alypin,  or  any  salt,  derivative 
or  chemical  compound  of  any  of  these  substances,  or  any  pre- 
paration, admixture  or  compound  containing  of  these  sub- 
stances or  their  salts,  derivatives  or  chemical  compounds.  Such 
written  order  or  prescription  must  be  signed  by  the  prescriber. 

The  bill  also  requires  a  prescription  for  the  dispensing,  etc., 
of  chloral  hydrate,  opium,  morphine,  heroin,  codeine,  ethylmor- 
phine  (dionin),  diacetyl  morphine  (heroin),  or  any  salt,  de- 
rivative or  cheniical  compound  of  any  of  these  substances,  or 
-any  preparation,  adini.xlure  or  compound  containing  any  of 
the  foregoing  substances  or  their  salts,  derivatives  or  chemical 
compociinds.  Such  written  order  or  prescription  must  be  dated 
and  signeu'  by  the  prescriber,  and  he  must  write  thereon  the 
name  and  aoldress  of  the  patient.  Refilling  is  limited  to  pre- 
scriptions contaiining  minimum  quantities  of  narcotic.  Prepa- 
rations containing  c(.='rtain  minimum  quantities  of  narcotics  are 
e-xempt  from  the  presci-iption  requirement,  as  are  also  lini- 
ments, ointments  or  piasters  marked  "for  external  use." 

For  legitimate  reasons  professional  practitioners  may  sell  or 
give  away  any  of  the  subsi'ances  enumerated.  Disposition, 
without  a  legitimate  reason,  co.nstitutes  a  misdemeanor.  The 
bill  also  makes  it  possible  for  .any  manufacturing  chemist, 
wholesale  druggist  regularly  engaged  Sn  the  business  of  selling 
drugs,  or  any  registered  pharmacist,  to  sell,  supply  or  deliver 
any  of  the  substances,  salts,  derivatives,  admixtures,  com- 
pounds mentioned,  upon  the  written  order  of  another  manu- 
facturing chemist,  wholesaler,  or  of  a  registi^red  pn  rmacist, 
licensed  practitioner  of  medicine,  dentistry  or  veterinar  ■  medi- 
cine, or  to  sell  to  hospitals,  colleges,  scientific  or  public  insti- 
tutions, or  to  the  sale  of  opium  and  the  preparations  thereof, 
or  its  alkaloids,  their  salts  and  derivatives,  upon  th»  written 
order  of  a  known  manufacturer  of  proprietary  -  =  for 

the  purpose  of  such  manufacture,  etc. 


DRUG  TRADE  TO  BOOM  PHILADELPx,  .  A 

Philadelphia,  March  12 — One  of  the  greatest  demonstrat.ions 
designed  toward  business  progressiveness  was  made  in  tJiis 
city  recently,  when  600  business  men,  assembled  at  a  diimi=r 
in  the  Manufacturers'  Club  and  jointly  assumed  the  leader- 
ship in  a  movement  to  bring  to  Philadelphia  that  share  of 
the  trade  of  the  world  which  they  consider  rightfully  belongs 
to  them.  The  principal  subject  of  discussion  was  the  question 
of  the  merger  of  the  trade  bodies  of  this  city  into  one  larg^ 
central  organization,  a  subject  which  in  1913  received  consider- 
able attention.  All  present  were  agreed  that  now  -.vas  the 
opportune  time  and  favorable  action  on  the  merger  was  urged, 
port  development  demanded,  and  a  note  of  warning  was  s<?unded 
that  this  forward  movement  must  be  started  immediit  ly. 

The  Philadelphia  drug  manufacturers,  jobbing  anJ.  ?.llied 
industries  were  largely  represented,  and  among  tho.^c  in  at- 
tendance were:  Howard  B.  French,  president  of  the  1  -.il.ide!- 
phia  C.  P.;  W.  R.  Warner,  secretar>'  and  treasurer  of  the 
Wm.  R.  Warner  &  Co.;  Miers  Busch  and  Clayton  F  Shoe- 
maker; Milton  Campbell,  president  H.  K.  Mulford  Co.,  and 
Henry  C.  Tnimbower,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  John  Wyeth 
&  Bro.,  Inc., 


Three  Features  Mark  Jersey  City  Druggists'  Banquet 

The  Jersey  City  (N.  J.)  Druggists'  .Association  recently 
held  a  banquet  at  the  Berkeley  club  which  ser\-ed  to  en^phasize 
three  events  in  the  retail  drug  trade  of  that  city.  These  were  the 
election  of  a  Jersey  City  man,  John  C.  Gallagher  to  the  presi- 
dence  of  the  State  association,  the  return  of  F.  A.  Bongartx 
from  Europe  and  the  retirement  of  John  S.  Bras  from  tiie 
drug  business.  In  the  absence  of  President  C.  A.  Cole,  the 
secretary',  Luke  C.  Heinz,  officiated  as  toastmaster.  The 
speakers  were  Dr.  John  A.  Chard.  .\.  M.  Piatt,  president  of 
the  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Travelers'  .\ssociation :  F.  A. 
Bongartz.  John  C.  Gallagher,  C.  J.  McCloskey.  John  G  Block, 
the  Hudson  county  member  of  the  membership  committee  of 
the  N.  J.  Ph.  A.,  and  George  W.  Buckens.  Ralph  Whiting, 
tlie  son  of  a  pharmaceutical  traveling  man  and  a  former 
member  of  the  "Merry  Widow"  company,  sang  a  number 
of  selections.  Mr.  !McCloskey  directed  his  remarks  to  the 
business  side  of  pharmacy  and  advocated  the  establishment  of 
a  firm  bank  credit  by  every  druggist  laying  stress  also  on  the 
necessity  of  taking  advantage  of  cvcr>'  discount,  etc  Mr. 
Buckens  had  charge  of  the  arrangements  for  the  affair,  which 
proved  very  enjoyable. 


April,  1915] 


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News  from  Associations 


SEMI-MONTHLY  -'JOURNAL"  PROPOSED 

A.  Ph.  A.'s  Publicity  Unsatisfactory,  Gist  of  Paper 
Read  before  N.  Y.  Branch — Remedy  Suggested 

The  presentation  of  a  paper  entitled  "A  Plan  for  a  more 
Serviceable  A.  Ph.  A.  Journal,"  by  its  author,  R.  P.  Fischelis 
was  the  leading  feature  of  the  March  meeting  of  the  New 
York  branch  of  tlie  American  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
held  at  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  author 
suggested  the  division  of  tlie  journal  into  two  numbers  to 
appear  semi-monthly,  one  number  to  contain  papers  and  pro- 
ceedings of  the  association  and  its  branches,  the  other  the 
editorials,  news  items,  etc.  The  paper  was  discussed  by  Otto 
Raubenheimer,  Dr.  Wm.  C.  IMansfield,  Caswell  A.  Mayo  and 
Dr.  Joseph  Mayer,  and  was  referred,  by  motion,  to  the  pub- 
lication committee  of  the  parent  body  with  the  endorsement 
of  the  branch. 

Mr.  Fischelis  stated  in  his  paper  that  it  has  been  apparent 
to  many  members  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  for  some  time  that  the 
Journal  is  not  giving  as  satisfactory  service  as  was  to  be 
expected  from  the  contentions  of  tliose  who  advocated  discon- 
tinuing the  issuance  of  a  volume  of  annual  proceedings  and 
substituting  therefore  a  monthly  journal.  The  author  ex- 
plained that  he  did  not  purpose  to  criticize  the  past  or  present 
management  of  the  Journal,  but  rather  was  desirous  of  out- 
lining a  plan  by  which  tlie  Journal  could  be  made  to  serve 
the  members  of  the  association  with  greater  satisfaction. 

The  following  taken  from  Mr.  Fischelis'  paper  is  especially 
interesting  in  that  it  accords  with  the  observ'ations  of  speakers 
at  previous  meetings  of  the  branch: 

"Modem  journalism  of  any  type  demands  that  news  be 
presented  to  the  reading  public  as  concisely  and  expeditiously 
and  yet  as  fully  as  possible.  Members  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  who  present  papers  at  its  meetings 
or  at  meetings  of  its  local  branches  are  not  permitted,  according 
to  the  by-laws  to  publish  these  papers  elsewhere  until  after 
they  have  appeared  in  the  Association's  Journal.  Such  a  re- 
quirement would  be  just,  if  the  papers  were  published  within 
two,  three,  four  or  even  six  months  of  the  date  of  presentation, 
but  when  a  member  presents  a  paper  at  one  meeting  of  the 
Association  and  fails  to  see  it  printed  in  the  Journal  until  a 
full  year  has  elapsed,  it  is  questionable  whether  he  will  think 
it  worth  his  while  to  contribute  future  papers  of  any  importance 
to  the  Association,  for  only  a  very  small  percentage  of  the 
members  are  in  a  position  to  attend  the  annual  meetings  and 
besides,  there  is  never  sufficient  time  to  read  all  of  the  papers 
presented;  so  it  is  really  through  their  publication  that  mem- 
bers expect  to  bring  their  views  before  the  pharmaceutical 
public.  It  should  be  the  function  of  the  Journal  to  serve 
the  members  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  in 
such  a  way  as  to  at  least  compare  favorably  with  the  publicity 
obtainable  through  the  balance  of  the  pharmaceutical  press 
in  this  country." 

In  brief,  the  author's  proposition  is  as  follows: 

"While  th-  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  is  big 
enough,  in  every  sense  of  the  word,  to  support  a  weekly  jour- 
nal, it  would  perhaps  seem  like  too  great  a  leap  to  take  at 
once,  to  urge  a  weekly  publication  at  present. 

"Conditions  are  such,  however,  that  one  need  not  hesitate 
to  strongly  advocate  a  semi-monthly  publication  of  the  Journal. 
If  we  had  two  issues  of  the  Journal  each  month  some  of  the 
material  available  could  be  presented  in  a  manner  somewhat 
as  follows:  Assuming  that  the  dates  of  publication  would  be 
the  first  and  fifteenth  of  each  month,  the  issue  appearing  on 
the  first  of  each  month  could  contain  the  editorials,  selected 
articles,  local  branch,  college  and  other  news,  legal  items  and 
reports  of  council  business. 

"The  issue  appearing  on  the  fifteenth  of  each  month  could 
then  be  devoted  to  the  publication  of  the  papers  presented,  at 
the  meetings  of  the  Association  and  its  local  branches  to- 
gether with  discussions  upon  them,  contributed  articles,  ani. 
any  special  features  of  scientific  or  general  pharmaceutical 
interest  which  the  editor  and  the  publication  committee  ma> 
deem  wise  to  publish." 


The  paper  contains  other  very  pertinent  details,  and  in- 
asmuch as  it  must  first  be  published  in  the  Journal,  those  inter- 
ested will  have  an  opportunity  to  test  out  some  of  the  author's 
observations. 

Otto  Raubenheimer  also  presented  a  paper,  which  was  en- 
titled ".-V  Review  of  the  British  Pharmacopoeia,"  and  in  the 
course  of  its  persual  he  advanced  the  opinion  that  this  book 
of  standards  was  not  as  good  as  it  should  be.  Mr.  Rauben- 
heimer, in  his  reference  to  the  substitution  of  the  term  "mil" 
for  cubic  centimeter  in  the  B.  P.,  stated  that  the  revision  com- 
mittee of  the  U.  S.  P.  had  also  decided  to  make  this  change. 
Caswell  A.  Mayo,  president  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.,  presented  the 
following  motion,  which  was  unanimously  adopted : 

"Be  it  resolved,  that  the  New  York  branch  protests  against 
the  adoption  of  the  term  'mils'  for  'Cc'  and  that  the  Chair- 
man of  the  Revision  Committee  of  the  U.  S.  P.  be  requested' 
to  call  for  another  vote  on  the  question." 

Dr.  William  C.  Anderson,  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
education  and  legislation,  presented  an  extensive  report.  He 
observed  that  it  was  gratifying  to  note  the  quick  response 
of  the  retail  drug  trade  to  the  requirements  of  the  Harrison 
act.  He  explained  some  of  the  more  recent  rulings  of  the 
Internal  Revenue  Department  regarding  this  law.  In  this- 
connection  he  pointed  out  that  a  ruling  requiring  the  pharma- 
cist to  make  a  record  of  the  disposition  made  of  all  narcotics 
purchased,  had  been  unofficially  made  by  the  department. 

A  communication  from  Caswell  A.  Mayo,  as  secretary  of 
the  New  York  Pharmaceutical  Conference,  was  read,  re- 
questing that  the  branch  send  delegates  to  the  conference  and 
asking  financial  support  for  that  organization.  A  motion  was 
carried  to  the  effect  that  the  branch  appoint  three  delegates. 
Dr.  Jacob  Diner  opposed  this  action,  protesting  that  the 
branch,  as  representing  the  A.  Ph.  A.,  should  not  concern 
itself  with  matters  of  local  legislation.  His  view  was  con- 
tested by  Dr.  Anderson  and  Mr.  Mayo. 

Dr.  George  C.  Diekman,  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
the  progress  of  pharmacy,  read  an  interesting  report  con- 
taining numerous  abstracts  from  various  publications.  Cal- 
monal,  a  calcium-bromide-urethan  compound  is  recommended 
as  hypnotic  without  narcotic  effect.  Durolit  is  a  lacquer  pre- 
pared according  to  a  patented  process  and  is  said  to  resist 
hot  solutions  of  alkalis.  Normal  opium  is  the  name  suggested 
for  opium  containing  definite  quantities  of  morphine,  codeine, 
narcotine  and  meconic  acid.  Professor  Kopert-Rostock  states 
in  the  Phar.  Zentralhalle  that  he  considers  artificial  camphor 
free  from  poisonous  properties.  A  long  list  of  specialties 
were  also  included  in  the  report. 

By  letter,  President  John  Roemer  suggested  that  the  branch 
hold  its  meetings  semi-monthly.  Secretary  Jeannot  Hostmann 
was  instructed  to  embody  the  suggestion  in  the  notices  for  the 
next  meeting. 

Several  representatives  of  the  Board  of  Health  and  the 
Bureau  of  Standards  were  present  at  the  meeting  and  a  dis- 
cussion of  the  "Standardization  of  Pharmaceutical  Graduates" 
resulted  in  the  president  being  empowered  to  appoint  a  com- 
mittee to  further  consider  the  matter.  This  action  was  pro- 
vided for  in  the  following  motion,  which  was  adopted : 

"Be  is  resolved,  that  the  New  York  branch  of  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association  approves  of  the  spirit  of  the 
suggested  standardization  of  graduates  as  proposed  by  the  Bureau 
of  Standards  of  the  New  York  Board  of  Estimate  and  Ap- 
portionment and  that  the  president  appoint  a  committee  of 
three  to  discuss  the  matter  with  the  representatives  of  the 
Bureau." 

S.  Meyer,  of  College  Point,  was  proposed  for  membership  by 
President  Roemer  and  unanimously  elected. 

Detroit  Branch 

The  third  meeting  of  the  Detroit  Branch  of  the  k.  Ph.  A. 
was  held  at  the  Wayne  County  Medical  Building. 

Mr.  Seltzer,  in  a  report  for  the  Committee  on  Legislation 
stated  that  some  amendments  to  the  present  Michigan  phar- 
macy law  had  been  drawn  up  by  the  Committee,  aided  by 
Mr.  Woodruff,  and  some  of  these  would  be  presented  to  the 
Legislature  at  it's  present  sitting.  Modifications  of  the  nar- 
cotic law  were  especially  desireable,  and  are  to  be  submitted 
for  action. 

Prof.  W.  H.  Allen  called  attention  to  the  con^'usion  existing 
with  regard  to  a  reliable  antidote  to  mercuric  chloride  poison- 
ing, and  presented  the  following  resolution,  which  was  adopted' 
by  vote  of  the  Branch : 


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"In  view  of  the  fact  that  poisoning  by  mercuric  chloride  has 
increased,  and  the  antidotes  at  present  published  do  not  appear 
to  be  always  reliable,  it  is  desirable  that  an  investigation  be 
made  by  the  A.  Ph.  A.  to  decide  upon  better  antidotes  and 
to  publish  the  same  so  that  pharmacists  may  have  such  in- 
structions to  render  "first  aids",  pending  the  arrival  of  a  phy- 
sician." 

Mr.  Allen  also  exhibited  a  sponge,  originally  weighing  4 
ounces,  and  the  "mud"  weighing  ounces  which  he  had 

washed  therefrom,  and  which  had  undoubtedly  been  present 
as  a  filler,  the  sponge  having  been  sold  by  weight.  He  ob- 
jected to  the  reflection  on  the  retail  druggist  which  such'  con- 
ditions bring.  The  subject  was  discussed  briefly  by  Messrs. 
Rohnert,  Mann,  and  others  who  tended  to  the  view  that  the 
selling  of  sponges  is  no  longer  an  attractive  issue  for  pharma- 
cists, many  of  whom  are  now  discouraging  it. 

W.  L.  Scoville  presented  "Three  Interesting  Incompatibili- 
ties" with  illustrations, — the  first  being  the  change  of  quinine 
to  quinotoxin  through  the  influence  of  organic  acids,  and  point- 
ing out  an  important  incompatibility  between  quinine  and 
aspirin.  The  second  incompatibility  is  the  decomposition  of 
organic  acids  by  ferric  salts,  induced  by  light,  the  acids  being 
reduced  to  water  and  carbon  dioxide  and  causing  an  efferve- 
scence which  may  burst  a  bottle.  The  third,  was  a  combina- 
tion of  boric  and  tartaric  acids  in  tablets  which  proved  to  be 
sufficiently  active  chemically  to  liberate  hydrochloric  acid  from 
ammonium  chloride. 

C.  F.  Mann  gave  an  informal  talk,  upon  the  "Relationship 
between  clerk  and  employer"",  pointing  out  the  needs  for  mutual 
confidence,  mutual  forbearance  and  reasonable  expectations  on 
each  side,  and  calling  attention  to  a  number  of  details  in 
carrying  out  such  a  policy.  Mr.  Weaver  discussed  the  subject 
briefly,  stating  that  he  believed  that  both  clerk  and  employer 
profited  by  great  expectations  on  each  side  rather  than  by  ex- 
pecting little. 

Baltimore  Branch 

At  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Baltimore  Branch  of  the  A. 
Ph.  A.  the  following  chairmen  of  standing  committees  were 
elected;  Membership,  Charles  Morgan;  professional  relations, 
John  B.  Thomas;  education  and  legislation,  Louis  Schulze. 
It  was  announced  that  the  Internal  Revenue  Department  con- 
siders it  advisable  for  physicians  not  to  have  their  registry 
numbers  printed  on  their  prescription  blanks,  but  to  write  the 
number  on  the  blank  each  time  he  wrote  a  prescription,  for 
if  numbered  blanks  were  used  they  might  fall  into  the  hands 
of  unscrupulous  persons  who  might  thus  obtain  supplies  of 
narcotics  until  the  fraud  was  discovered. 

Dr.  Charles  C.  Neal  read  a  very  interesting  paper  on  the 
preservation  of  galenicals,  which  was  followed  by  a  general 
discussion,  which  developed  the  following  points  and  observa- 
tions ; 

Any  deterioration,  in  about  one  third  of  the  Pharmacopeia 
preparations,  is  due  to  carelessness  in  preservation  or  storage. 
A  preliminary  sedimentation,  rather  than  precipitation,  being 
in  the  majority  of  tinctures  and  fluid  extracts  in  from  a  few 
hours  to  several  weeks  after  they  have  been  made.  After  this 
usually  inert  sediment. has  ceased  falling  and  has  been,  as  it 
usually  is,  filtered  out,  the  finished  preparation  should  be 
practically  stable,  if  kept  in  proper  containers,  securely  stop- 
pered, and  at  a  uniformly  moderate  temperature  and  protected 


this    ,11.  . 

quesciiii  -ii 

Pou.Imi  >l 

tainer.s  but  sl,.,ul. 
powder  left  on  tlu- 


I  \li.u  I  In  a  solid 

U,M,1  irsult  of 

;  |.i...hu,,l  in  dcli- 

,  out  of  their  con- 
itula.    .'\iiy  of  the 


)l  the  ncrk  and 


cork,  will  invariably  become  a  solid  extract,  especially  in  damp 
climates,  the  cork  sticks  and  is  generally  broken  in  attempting 
to  remove  it.  Solid  extracts  should  be  taken  from  the  center 
of  the  jar  and  any  to  be  replaced  should  be  dropped  in  the 
same  place  and  not  wiped  from  the  spatula  on  the  side  as 
hardening  of  that  left  there,  follows. 

"No  sane  man  or  official  will  hold  a  pharmacist  for  an 
allowable  deterioration  in  the  strength  of  spirit  of  nitrous 
ether,  tincture  of  iodine.  Fowler's  solution,  or  similar  prepara- 
tions" was  the  answer  of  a  state  official  to  a  query,  but  it 
was  pointed  out  that  care  must  be  exercised  in  making  every- 
thing, especially  in  making  spirit  of  nitrous  ether  in  small 
quantities  and  storing  it  in  small  amber  bottles.  It  was  also 
brought  out,  that,  in  these  and  similar  cases,  the  new  Pharma- 
copiea  proposed  to  allow  for  a  slight  deficiency  or  increase  in 
strength. 

The  general  use  of  tap  water  by  some  pharmacists  was  con- 
demned and  its  replacement  in  all  preparations  by  distilled 
water  was  advocated. 

Solution  of  magnesium  citrate  made  with  recently  distilled 
water  or  boiled  and  cooled  stock  distilled  water  has  kept  for 
months  and  need  not  be  freshly  prepared.  A  case  was  cited, 
an  account  of  which  appears  in  the  1911  Proceedings,  of  a 
bottle  of  this  solution  which  showed  no  signs  of  decomposi- 
tion, excepting  darkening,  after  fifteen  years. 

Charles  C.  IMeyer  suggested  a  unique  way  in  which  to  pre- 
pare this  solution ;  Drop  the  oil  of  lemon  calculated  from  the 
required  quantity  of  syrup  of  citric  acid,  on  the  magnesium 
carbonate  (which  must  be  of  U.  S.  P.  quality  and  not  the  kind 
marked  for  "Technical  use  only");  place  this  into  all  of  the 
distilled  water  necessary  for  the  finished  product,  stir  well, 
place  the  citric  acid  cr>-stals  in  a  muslin  bag  and  suspend  just 
below  the  surface  of  the  liquid.  Solution  will  take  place  rapid- 
ly and  when  completed,  add  sugar,  calculated  from  the  re- 
quired quantity  of  syrup  of  citric  acid.  Filter,  bottle,  charge, 
cap  with  a  crown  cork  and  label.  He  has  kept  it  for  eight 
months  and  it  may  keep  longer. 

Stock  solutions  of  the  salts  of  the  halogens  or  of  the  al- 
kaloids can  be  kept  for  a  long  time  or  until  used  and  shown 
no  signs  of  fungus  growth  if  made  with  boiled  and  cooled 
distilled  water. 

Mr.  Meyer  brought  along  a  wonderful  assortment  of  appa- 
ratus, most  of  which  is  in  regular  use  about  his  pharmacy. 
Among  the  various  and  sundry  objects  in  his  exhibit  were. — • 

A  percolator  ring  with  three  movable  pins  which  could  be 
adjusted  by  thumb  screws  to  take  anything  from  a  small  fun- 
nel to  a  large  percolator.  An  absorbent  cotton  holder  made 
from  a  slide  covered  wood  box  with  a  hole  in  the  bottom  out 
of  which  the  cotton  protuded.  This  was  kept  in  an  elevated 
position  and  small  tufts  could  be  pulled  away  and  used  for 
filtering,  etc.,  while  the  rest  of  the  cotton  was  kept  clean  and 
protected  from  dust :  A  box  arranged  similarly  but  with  a 
slit  in  the  bottom  out  of  which  the  end  of  a  roll  of  bandage 
gauze  protuded.  Any  length  desired  for  straining  or  other 
]iurposes  could  be  pulled  out  and  cut  off  with  scissors ;  A 
spring  holder  for  rubber  stamps  for  holding  graduates  bottom 
up  and  allowing  them  to  drain  without  the  top  coming  in 
contact  with  a  dusty  shelf;  .\n  egg  beater  for  quickly  making 
.  iiiiilsioii-,.  .\  small'sauor  kraut  c\itii  r  for  shaping  up  small 
pi.i.s  ..1  i.istile  soap,  utili/iii.i;  th.-  sh.uings  for  soap  liniment: 
A  sill. ill  tin  machine  oil  can  for  liiliim  capsules  with  oil: 
hand  power  raiipinu  ii.iJiine  for  c,i]']'ing  magnesium  citrate 
solution  bolllis  with  nown  caps,  costing  $6;  An  irrigating 
a|.|iiratiis  can  with  tube  attaciicd  for  filling  liquids  into  bot- 
1'.^  \  nil  I'M-  ot  other  ingenuous  things  were  shown  and 
Mr    Mr\,i  was  looked  upon  as  a  wizard. 

Ml  Mu  Ihnisi  contributed  a  paper  on  difficult  prescrip- 
11,1!  ,  i:i.l  l  ioimht  out  that  cocaine  hydrochloride  was  incom- 
i.iiiM  with  horax  in  solutions  that  contained  no  glycerin. 
S|  1  i\  siihiti  Ts  ,1  some  of  the  proprietary  mild  alkaline  anti- 
s  ;,ti,  li  nn  l-  \ !  ic  h  formerly  formed  precipitates  when  co- 
1  Hi:  h\ , ho,  1:1  II  1.1,  was  added,  do  not  form  them  now.  This 
1„  lis  ,,ui  whit  has  long  been  contended,  that  the  manufactur- 
ers of  this  cla.ss  of  medicines  are  likely  to  change  their  formulas 
from  time  to  time  and  the  dispensing  pharmacist  may  get 
different  reactions  as  a  result. 

The  subject  of  the  salting  out  of  quantities  of  essential 
oils  in  solutions  of  bromides  or  other  salts  in  aromatic  waters 
was  brought  out  by  a  prescription  which  contained  8  minims 
of  spirit  of  anise  in  a  two  ounce  chloroform  water  solution 
of  sliontiuiii  bromide  and  rcsorcinol.    No  method  of  mixing 


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this  was  devised  which  produced  a  clear  solution,  except  to 
add  a  small  quantity  of  distilled  water  and  in  others  by  a 
larger  quantity,  produced  clear  solutions. 

A  prescription  calling  for  ammonium-  carbonate,  syrup  of 
iron  iodide  and  mucilage  of  acacia  caused  all  sorts  of  trouble. 
The  best  procedure  under  the  circumstances  seemed  to  be 
to  use  tragacanth  and  dissolve  the  carbonate  in  half  the  re- 
quired quantity  of  water  and  mi.x  the  syrup  with  the  other 
half,  mi.\  tliese  two  solutions  and  in  the  mixture  dissolve  the 
tragacanth.  In  all  cases  of  a  precipitate  occurring  when  two 
soluble  substances  produce  it,  tlie  rule  to  follow  is  as  above 
and  to  dilute  the  solutions  of  each  as  much  as  the  formula 
will  permit  and  then  mix  them. 

In  considering  the  swelling  up  of  mass  capsule  prescriptions 
of  antikamnia  and  citrate  caffeine  and  the  prevention  of  it  by 
using  an  equivalent  amount  of  caffeine  alkaloid,  it  was  brought 
out  that  the  tablets  of  antikamnia  and  codeine,  which,  here- 
tofore, contained  IS  grains  codeine  sulphate  to  the  ounce, 
now  contain  only  %  grain  to  the  ounce,  the  manufacturers 
having  gotten  ahead  of  the  Harrison  act  by  placing  a  line 
between  the  1  and  the  S. 

Chicago  Branch 

The  March  meeting  of  the  Chicago  Branch  of  the  A.  Ph.  A. 
on  March  16  was  attended  by  a  large  number  of  druggists, 
the  attractive  feature  being  a  discussion  of  the  operation  of 
the  Harrison  Anti-narcotic  Law  led  by  the  Deputy  Col- 
lector of  Internal  Revenue  at  Chicago.  Deputy  Collector 
Mehany  read  the  most  recent  rulings  from  the  Treasury  De- 
partment at  Washington  and  answered  many  questions.  He 
stated  that  more  than  12,000  applications  for  registrations  had 
been  filed  at  the  Chicago  office,  that  the  extra  work  involved 
had  nearly  swamped  the  office  force  but  that  they  would  soon 
have  things  running  smoothly.  A  number  of  additional  in- 
spectors have  already  been  appointed  and  a  strict  enforcement 
of  the  law  is  certain. 

In  the  discussion  two  points  were  brought  prominently 
fonvard :  1st,  the  tendency  on  the  part  of  newspapers  to  un- 
justly stigmatize  pharmacists  as  dope  sellers,  and  second;  the 
very  exaggerated  exploitation  of  "doping"  by  the  newspapers 
to  furnish  "scare-heads".  As  President  Craig  put  it — every 
crime  in  the  calendar  from  chicken  stealing  to  murder  is  as- 
cribed to  "dope"  using  or  to  "dope"  fiends. 
■  Dr.  Beal  presented  a  resolution  to  the  effect  that  the  Branch 
formally  protest  against  a  statement  published  in  the  Chicago 
Tribune  over  the  name  of  Dr.  N.  A.  Evans.  This  statement 
quoted  from  The  Pharmaceutical  Journal,  was  ascribed  to  a 
druggist  and  was  to  the  effect  that  for  every  ounce  of  laudanum 
used  in  compounding  physician's  prescriptions,  he  sold  a  gallon 
over  the  counter,  mostly  to  dope  users.  Dr.  Beal  said  that 
this  condition  was  certainly  untrue  of  American  pharmacy  and 
unjust  to  .-\merican  pharmacists  and  that  because  a  few  un- 
scrupulous or  criminal  druggists  sold  dope  was  not  a  reason 
why  all  professional  pharmacists  should  be  so  condemned.  No 
more  so  than  because  ten  thousand  persons  are  arrested, 
charged  with  crime,  every  year  in  Chicago,  every  inhabitant 
of  Chicago  should  be  stigmatized  as  a  criminal.  The  state- 
ment of  one  druggist  in  England  to  the  effect  that  he  sold 
dope  should  not  be  applied  to  American  Pharmacy,  and, 
furthermore.  Dr.  Beal  strongly  questioned  whether  this  state- 
ment by  any  means  represented  a  general  condition  of  British 
pharmacy. 

Wm.  Loesch,  speaking  for  the  Economical  Drug  Co.,  stated 
that  his  firm  filling  more  than  400  prescriptions  daily,  used 
but  two  gallons  of  laudanum  in  1914. 

Jas.  H.  Wells,  also  in  the  loop  district  of  Chicago,  affirmed 
that  his  store  used  less  than  one  pint  of  laudanum  annually. 

W.  K.  Forsyth  in  the  business  district  of  the  South  Side 
stated  that  he  used  less  than  one  gallon  of  laudanum  yearly 
and  that  most  of  this  was  employed  in  one  physician's  pre- 
scriptions for  liniments  and  that  he  sold  no  laudanum  over 
the  counter.  C.  F.  Storer,  a  North  side  druggist  uses  annually 
less  than  one-half  gallon  of  laudanum  and  this  mostly  in 
veterinar>'  prescriptions.  S.  K.  Sass,  a  prominent  West  Side 
pharmacist  uses  not  more  than  1500  Cc.  of  laudanum  annu- 
ally and  this  exclusively  in  prescriptions  and  these  largely  lini- 
ments.   Never  sold  any  over  the  counter. 

These  statements  and  other  similar  ones  made  by  pharma- 
cists in  attendance  at  the  meeting  were  all  positively  affirmed 
to  be  true  and  so  far  as  their  experience  went  the  same 
condition  is  true  in  most  of  the  other  Chicago  drug  stores. 


Furthermore,  the  city  code  prohibits  the  sale,  except  upon  pre- 
scription, of  opium  and  its  alkaloids,  cocaine  and  other  nar- 
cotics, and  during  the  past  year,  despite  the  fact  that  a  vigor- 
ous investigation  has  been  carried  on  so  that  most  of  the  eleven 
hundred  drug  stores  in  Chicago  have  been  visited,  the  inspec- 
tors have  been  able  to  convict  less  than  twenty  druggists  for 
violation  of  tliis  law. 

Dr.  Beal's  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted. 

Philadelphia  Branch 

President  E.  Fullerton  Cook  called  the  Philadelphia  Branch 
of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  to  order  in  the  Temple  College  of  Pharmacy, 
where  the  meeting  was  held  on  March  9.  The  trea.surer's 
report  showed  receipts  of  $99.50  and  expenditures  of  $40.75, 
leaving  a  cash  balance  of  $58.75. 

The  programme  of  the  evening  included  "An  Illustrated 
Description  of  the  U.  S.  P.  IX  in  various  Stages  of  its 
Revision,"  by  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington ;  "The  Botany  and 
Pharmacognosy  of  the  U.  S.  P.  IX,"  by  Prof.  Kraemer; 
a  summary  of  the  changes  in  "Standards  and  Tests  for  In- 
organic Chemicals  in  U.  S.  P.  IX",  by  Prof.  Chas.  H.  La- 
Wall;  and  the  "Current  Review  of  Pharmaceutical  Journals" 
by  Dr  Robert  P.  Fischelis. 

After  the  programme  had  been  concluded,  Prof.  F.  E.  Stew- 
art introduced  the  following  resolution: 

RESOLVED,  That  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  hereby  suggests 
to  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  Penn- 
sylvania that  further  legislation  regarding  the  sale, 
possession,  distribution  and  dispensing  of  habit- 
forming  drugs  be  held  in  abeyance  until  a  proper 
trial  shall  be  given  to  the  recently  enacted  Harrison 
Law  intended  for  the  control  of  the  same,  and  that 
therefore  further  action  regarding  the  bills  now  before 
the  Senate  and  House  relating  to  this  subject  be  post- 
poned in  accordance  with  this  resolution,  and 

RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of  this  resolution  be 
sent  to  the  several  state  medical,  pharmaceutical  and 
drug  organizations  asking  their  cooperation  in  secur- 
ing the  postponement  of  further  legislation  regarding 
habit-forming  drugs  until  the  Harrison  Law  has  been 
properly  tried  out  as  aforesaid. 
The  resolution  was  seconded  by  Prof.  Remington  and  passed 
by  ballot. 

The  committee  on  nominations  recommended  the  following 
nominations  for  the  various  offices  of  the  Branch  for  1915-1916, 
and  all  were  elected  by  the  ballot  of  the  retiring  president. 
The  new  officers  are;  President,  S.  C.  Henry;  1st  vice-presi- 
dent, J.  W.  Sturmer;  2nd  vice-president,  W.  G.  Neebig;  secre- 
tary-treasurer, J.  Ed.  Brewer;  Committee — Practical  Pharma- 
cy, Charles  LaWall,  chairman,  O.  W.  Osterlund  and  J. 
C.  Peacock;  Membership,  A.  J.  Staudts,  Quintus  Hoch  and 
Frank  E.  Morgan;  Professional  Relations,  William  L.  Cliffe, 
chairman,  Francis  E.  Stewart,  M.  D.,  and  Franklin  M.  Apple. 

Prof.  Remington  introduced  the  new  officers  preceding  the 
introduction  with  a  short  eulog>'  of  each. 

The  Iforthern  Ohio  Branch  of  the  A.  Ph.  A. 

At  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Northern  Ohio  Branch  of  the 
A.  Ph.  A.,  held  at  the  Cleveland  School  of  Pharmacy,  the 
following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year:  President, 
Wm.  T.  Hankey;  vice-president,  W.  M.  Fox;  secretary-treasur- 
er. Prof.  P.  G.  Albrecht;  member  of  the  council;  L.  C.  Hopp. 

After  the  election  of  officers.  Prof.  Albrecht  read  a  very  in- 
teresting paper  on  the  history  of  chemistry  entitled,  "The 
fathers  of  the  science  from  the  time  of  the  Alchemists  up  to 
the  time  of  Davy  at  the  beginning  of  the  19th  century".  Prof. 
Wm.  C.  Alpers,  in  a  short  speech  mentioned  the  most  promi- 
nent chemists  of  the  I9th  century  as  Bunsen,  Licbig  and 
Woehler. 

B.  A.  R.  D.  Against  Coupons  iii  Package  Goods 

Boston.  March  22 — .\t  a  special  meeting  of  the  B.  A.  R.  D. 
held  March  10  it  was  voted  by  the  following  resolution,  to 
condemn  the  practice  of  placing  coupons  in  package  goods: 

"Resolved :  That  we  view  with  disfavor  the  placing  of 
coupons  in  package  goods  by  manufacturers,  and,  therefore, 
we  will  discourage  the  handling  of  goods  containing  coupons; 
and  be  it  further 

"Resolved:  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  sent 
to  all  trade  papers." 


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BROOKLYN   DRUGGISTS   DISCUSS  LAWS 

Kings  Co.  Pharmaceutical  Society  Hears  Dong  Report 
on  Situation  by  Dr.  Anderson 

The  feature  of  the  Kings  County  Pharmaceutical  Society's 
March  meeting,  held  at  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy, 
was  an  extensive  report  upon  the  pharmaceutical  legislative 
situation.  State  and  National,  presented  by  Dr.  Wm.  C. 
Anderson,  chairman  of  the  committee  in  charge  of  that  work. 
Dr.  Anderson  reported  that  no  action  had  been  taken  upon 
the  local  Board  of  Health  proprietary  preparation  label  ordi- 
nance and  that  the  Board  of  Health's  narcotic  ordinance  affect- 
ing household  preparations  sold  in  this  city  was  being  held 
in  abeyance.  Dr.  Anderson  also  asserted  that  some  individual 
was  going  about  the  city  picking  up  oldtime  patent  medicines, 
preparations  which  have  been  laid  away  on  the  druggists' 
shelves  for  years  and  which  he  probably  never  expected  to  sell. 
The  purchaser's  object  might  be  to  "expose"  the  patent  medi- 
cine "evil,"  and  the  druggist  should  be  careful  that  the  pre- 
parations do  not  contain  narcotics  in  quantities  which  would 
make  him  liable  under  the  law.  The  labels  on  these  old  pre- 
parations do  not  state  the  quantity  of  narcotic  present. 

According  to  Dr.  Anderson,  a  rigid  inspection  is  being  made 
under  the  cocaine  and  Boylan  laws  and  druggists  should  be 
sure  that  prescriptions  coming  under  those  measures  should 
contain  the  name  in  full  of  the  physician  and  the  name  of 
the  patient.  Prescriptions  not  written  plainly  in  accordance 
with  the  law  should  be  refused.  The  speaker  reported  a  num- 
ber of  State  bills,  among  them  the  Evans  bill,  making  a  vio- 
lation of  the  Boylan  law  a  felony,  instead  of  a  misdemeanor ; 
the  Hamilton  bill,  also  making  a  violation  of  the  Boylan  law 
a  felony ;  a  bill  to  label  all  beverages  containing  more  than 
two  per  cent,  of  alcohol  with  a  statement  to  the  effect  that 
""this  beverage  is  a  poison,  etc.,"  this  bill  being  a  pet  prohi- 
'bition  measure  resurrected;  a  bill  against  advertising  treat- 
ment for  venereal  diseases;  the  WhiUiey  bill  making  rules  of 
the  Board  of  Pharmacy  of  the  same  force  as  the  provisions  of 
the  law,  requiring  that  an  apprentice  shall  obtain  his  ex- 
perience under  the  personal  supervision  of  a  pharmacist  or 
druggist  and  in  a  drug  store  or  a  pharmacy,  providing  that 
all  apprentices  shall  be  registered  as  such  and  pay  a  fee  of 
$1,  amending  the  law  relative  to  the  employer's  responsibility 
for  his  employe's  actions,  amending  the  clause  relative  to  pre- 
scriptions containing  minimum  quantities  of  narcotics,  and 
cutting  down  considerably  the  schedule  of  drugs  in  general 
stores.  The  Heffernan  bill  provides  for  the  sale  of  bichloride 
tablets  only  when  of  a  blue  color  and  triangular  in  shape. 
The  bill  providing  for  the  uniformity  of  the  Boylan  and  Har- 
rison laws  repeals  in  the  former  the  necessity  of  noting  the 
physician's  'phone  number. 

Reporting  on  National  legislation,  Dr.  Anderson  observed 
that  Congress  had  adjourned.  The  Page  and  Stevens  bills, 
he  said,  would  be  taken  up  at  the  next  session.  He  also 
strongly  advised  that  the  members  rigidly  observe  the  pro- 
visions of  the  Harrison  law,  especially  inasmuch  as  it  was 
now  being  realized  that  it  is  the  pedlar,  and  not  the  retail 
pharmacist,  who  is  the  cause  of  the  traffic. 

J.  H.  Rehfuss  also  discussed  the  legislative  situation  He 
affirmed  the  assertion  that  the  Harrison  law  would  establish 
the  fact  that  the  druggists  are  not  the  chief  distributors  of 
narcotics.  Speaking  on  the  State  association's  bill,  he  stated 
that  a  jirotest  had  been  sent  to  President  Wardle,  of  the 
N.  Y,  S.  P.  A.,  relative  to  the  subject  of  employer's  respon- 
sibility He  contended  that  the  employer  should  not  be  held 
entirely  responsible  for  the  actions  of  his  licensed  employes. 
Mr.  Rehfuss'  discussion  of  the  proposed  amendment  of  the  Boy- 
lan law  led  up  to  a  motion  by  Dr.  Andcr.son  that  the  pro- 
vision requiring  the  name  of  the  purchaser  be  deleted  and  that 
the  "name  of  the  person  to  whom  such  sale  is  made"  be 
rerpiind.    The  motion  w:is  n.lMpted. 

As  (li,iiirii,m  i.f  ilii  , . -mniitirr  on  supervision,  T.  J.  France 
nporir.i  ih.ii  III,  ,,ii|,.j,  N'.Ms  111  an  excellent  condition- finan-- 
'i  '  i'      '  . '    ^  lo  luiiiihrr  of  students. 

of  $256  was  reported  on  hand  in  the  societj 


Dr.  Joseph  Mayer  read  a  paper  on  the  "Standardization  of 
Volumetric  Solution  of  Sodium  Thiosulphate."  Dr.  Henry  W 
Schimpf  and  Professor  Otto  Raubenheimer  discussed  the  paper 
at  length.  Following  an  interesting  discussion  of  the  proprie- 
ty of  presenting  papers  at  meetings  generally  extended  by  a 
large  amount  of  legislative  work,  Dr.  Mayer  was  tendered  a 
vote  of  thanks. 

Secretary  A.  E.  Hegeman  announced  the  death  of  John 
Miller,  of  Brooklyn,  a  former  member. 

This  meeting  of  the  society  was  unusually  well  attended. 
Among  the  visitors  were  J.  Leon  Lascoff,  president  of  the 
State  Board,  and  Hugo  Kantrowitz. 


A.  Ph.  A.  Rates  to  San  Francisco 

Thomas  F.  Main,  chairman  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  committee,  has 
sent  to  all  members  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  an  announcement  con- 
taining the  following  information  concerning  railroad  rates  for 
those  who  propose  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  association  to 
be  held  in  San  Francisco,  August  9  to  14  inclusive.  The 
routes,  as  planned,  will  give  visitors  an  opportunity  to  see 
considerable  of  the  Great  West  at  a  minimum  expense,  and 
the  fares  from  the  various  cities  to  San  Francisco  and  return 
are  as  follows: 

Direct      one  way  via  Pullman 
routes         Portland  lower 
From  (one  way) 

Boston, 

N.    Y.    C.    lines   $104.20  $121.70  $18.50 

Boston, 

B.  &  M.  via  Wa'jash    101.20  118.70  Do. 

New  York 

N.   Y.   C.   &  Pa.   lines    98.80  116.30  18.00 

Differential    lines    94.30  111.80  Do. 

West.   Sh.   &  Wabash    94.30  111.80  Do. 

Philadelphia    95.20  112.70  17.50 

Baltimore    92,95  110.45  Do. 

Washington    92.95  110.45  Do. 

Chicago    62.50  80.00  13.00 

Cincinnati    70.25  88.40  14.50 

St.    Louis    57.50  "5.00  12.50 

Atlanta    72.55  95.00  14.50 

Savannah    80.50  104.50  15.00 

Jacksonville    80.50  104.50  Do. 

New    Orleans    57.50  83.75  11.50 

St.    Paul    63.85  74.95  13.00 

Denver    45.00  62.50  9.00 

The  railroad  fares  quoted  are  for  round  trip  tickets,  good 
for  three  months,  with  stop  over  privileges  west  of  Chicago. 
Lower  rates  are  announced  for  upper  berths  and  for  tourist 
sleeping  car  one  way  rates. 

Direct  routes  may  be  described  as  all  running  directly  into 
California  without  passing  through  Oregon  or  Washington. 
Via  Portland  includes  Northern  Pacific  R.  R.  (for  Yellow- 
stone National  Park),  Great  Northern  R.  R.  (for  Glacier 
National  Park),  Canadian  Pacific  (for  Banff,  Lake  Louise, 
Field  Glacier,  etc.)  Tourist  sleepers  are  not  available  gener- 
ally east  of  Chicago,  but  are  attached  to  through  Chicago 
trains  leaving  Boston,  via  Boston  &  Maine  and  Wabash  route 
on  Mondays,  Wednesdays  and  Fridays.  New  York  passengers 
via  West  Shore  and  Wabash  can  board  these  cars  at  Rotter- 
dam Junction.  A  special  tourist  or  Pullman  sleeper  can  be 
reserved  for  parties  of  24  and  upwards.  The  sleeping  car 
rates  named  are  for  continuous  service;  for  stop  overs  en-route, 
an  extra  charge  is  made  which  is  partially  compensated  by 
using  the  cars  for  sleeping  purposes  and  thus  saving  hotel  bills. 


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Instructions  on  Papers  for  N.  Y.  S.  P.  A. 

Members  of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  .\ssociation 
who  intend  to  present  papers  at  the  annual  convention  of  that 
organization,  to  be  held  in  Buffalo  in  June,  are  requested  by 
the  committ.'c  on  j .!;.-, rrnarv  and  queries,  which  consists  of 
Frederic  1..  M<o  .  >1  liiii-in,  101  West  66th  street;  Dr.  Wil- 
liam M.Tii.slicKl  an.1  1  r.iiik  E.  Lock,  to  prepare  titles  and  sub- 
mit them  to  the  committee  as  soon  as  possible.  Copies  of 
papers  may  follow  later.  Contributors  are  advised  to  make 
carbon  copies  of  tlieir  papers  and  to  send  the  original  with 
one  copy,  to  the  chairman  of  the  committee.  The  committe- 
also  requests  that  the  paper  take  not  longer  than  20  minutes 
to  read.  If  the  contributor  is  unable  to  be  present  to  read 
the  paper,  he  is  requested  to  abstract  it  and  submit  both  ab- 
stract and  the  paper.  The  committee  is  desirous  that  attending 
members  take  part  in  the  session  of  the  committee.  .\\\ 
papers  must  be  in  the  liaiuls  of  the  committee  bv  Tunc  1% 
1915. 


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G.  A.  S.  REPORTS  -PROGRESS" 

Proceeding's  of  March   Meeting-  Mostly  Routine  in 
Nature — Prescription  Symposium  Popular 

The  March  meeting  of  the  German  Apothecaries'  Society 
was  largely  of  a  routine  nature.  Corresponding  Secretary 
Carl  Baum  read  communications  tendering  the  congratulations 
of  both  the  German  and  tlie  Austrian  pharmaceutical  societies 
to  Robert  S.  Lehman  upon  his  being  elected  president  of  the 
society.  Similar  communications  from  the  society's  new  hon- 
orary member.  Professor  Herman  Thoms,  of  the  Pharmaceutical 
Institute  of  Berlin,  and  from  Dr.  F.  Stohr,  of  the  Austrian 
Pharmaceutical  Society  were  read.  By  letter,  the  German 
Literary  Defense  Committee  requested  the  society  to  join  the 
former  body,  which  was  accomplished  by  resolution.  A  request 
for  contributions  from  the  Society  of  Friends  of  East  Pru.ssian 
Refugees  was  received  and  a  resolution  adopted  providing  for 
the  circularizing  among  the  members  of  a  collection  ILst, 

Otto  Raubenheimer,  chairman  of  the  scientific  committee, 
informed  the  society  that  F.  F.  A.  Haase,  a  member,  will  in 
the  near  future  lecture  on  "Tobacco"  and  that  Emil  Roller 
would  discourse  on  "Colloids"  at  the  October  meeting.  !Mr. 
Raubenheimer  announced  a  symposium  on  difficult  prescrip- 
tions for  the  meeting  herewith  reported. 

Otto  P.  Gilbert,  chairman  of  the  entertainment  committee, 
reported  that  the  sum  of  $401  had  been  raised  at  the  charity 
concert  held  on  the  evening  of  January  28.  Mr.  Gilbert  took 
occasion  to  thank  all  who  had  contributed  to  the  success  of 
the  affair.  He  recommended  that  similar  affairs  be  held  in 
the  future  for  charitable  purposes.  The  summer  outing  will 
be  held  at  Witzel's  pavilion,  College  Point.  These  affairs  are 
always  gala  occasions  with  the  members  of  the  society,  most 
of  whom  endeavor  to  attend.  The  outing  will  be  held  some 
time  in  June. 

George  Xeuschaefer,  a  new  member,  of  Brooklyn,  was  in- 
troduced to  those  present  and  warmly  welcomed.  At  the  re- 
quest of  the  president  the  members  rose  to  honor  the  memory 
of  an  oldtime  member,  Herman  F.  Cassebeer,  formerly  pharma- 
cist at  42nd  street  and  9th  avenue.  Hugo  Kantrowitz  read  a 
letter  from  Dr.  Richard  Firbas,  of  the  Austrian  Pharmaceu- 
tical Society,  expressing  the  latter's  thanks  for  the  honor  be- 
stowed upon  him  by  having  been  elected  an  honorary  member 
of  the  G.  A.  S.  The  acknowledgment  of  the  German  Red 
Cross  Society  for  bandage  material  sent  to  it  was  read.  A 
clipping  from  an  Austrian  newspaper  was  read  reporting  the 
receipt  of  similar  material  sent  the  Austrian  Red  Cross  Socie- 
ty. On  Feli.x-  Hirseman's  motion  it  was  decided  to  send  the 
proceeds  of  tlie  charity  concert  to  the  treasurer  of  the  general 
fund. 

Among  those  who  discussed  the  prescription  symposium  were 
Otto  Edler.  President  Lehman,  Professor  Henry  Schimpf, 
Otto  P.  Gilbert,  Carl  Wippermann  and  others.  The  sympo- 
sium proved  so  popular  that  it  will  be  made  a  feature  of  a 
future  meeting. 


American  Med.-Pharm.  League  to  Publish  Journal 

The  .\merican  Medico-Pharmaceutical  League  has  decided 
to  resurrect  its  official  journal  which  will  be  published  under 
the  name  of  the  "Medico-Pharmaceutical  Digest",  with  head- 
quarters in  Chicago,  and  under  the  direction  of  P.  A.  Manda- 
bach.  Dr.  Brose  Horn,  president  of  the  board  of  health  of 
Gas  City.  Ind..  will  be  editor,  and  Dr.  Samuel  Brothers,  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  will  be  "official  contribution  editor."  According  to 
the  official  announcement,  "tlie  management  will  aim  to  make 
this  journal  a  representative  digest  containing  the  cream  of 
current  literature  within  the  sphere  of  the  medico-pharmaceu- 
tical world."  A  number  of  committees  have  been  appointed 
to  assist  in  the  publication  of  the  League's  new  organ. 

At  the  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the  executive  committee 
held  on  March  1,  the  corresponding  secretary.  Dr.  Samuel  F. 
Brothers,  announced  that  440  new  members  had  been  elected 
<luring  the  last  twenty-two  months.  He  also  stated  that  the 
titles  of  fifteen  papers  had  already  been  submitted  for  presen- 
tation at  the  eighteenth  annual  meeting  to  be  held  at  the 
Hotel  Astor,  this  city,  on  May  24. 


New  Drug  Clerks  Association  in  New  York  City 

Drue  clerks  of  this  city,  among  them  many  graduates  of 
Brooklyn.  Xew  York  and  Fordliam  colleges  of  pharmacy,  met 
at   Sazigny  hall.   229   Lenoz   avenue   recently   and  organized 


the  Associated  Pharmacists  and  Drug  Clerks  of  Greater  New 
York.  The  meeting  was  very  enthusiastic  and  all  present  were 
very  much  in  favor  of  the  organization.  Mr.  Bakst,  of  N.  Y. 
C.  P.,  read  a  paper  outlining  the  purposes  of  the  association, 
and  a  constitution  was  adopted.  Officers  were  elected  as  fol- 
lows : 

President  Harry  L.  Goldwag;  first  vice  president,  M.  Moslas; 
second  vice  president,  Mr.  Tesano ;  third  vice  president,  A. 
Teitelbaum;  secretary,  M.  Brazin;  financial  secretary,  D.  Rie- 
del.  A  treasurer  will  be  elected  when  the  funds  of  the  as- 
sociation require  the  services  of  such  an  official. 


Pharmaceutical  Conference  Considers  Lawyer's  Fees 

Several  meetings  of  the  New  York  Pharmaceutical  Confer- 
ence were  held  during  March  for  the  purpose  of  considering 
the  question  of  the  amount  of  fee  to  be  paid  Attorney  Goodel- 
man  for  his  services  in  behalf  of  the  conference  in  connection 
with  the  Board  of  Health  ordinance  (182).  The  first  meeting 
was  held  on  March  4  th,  and  on  this  occasion  a  special  com- 
mittee consisting  of  Peter  Diamond,  C.  O.  Bigelow,  T..  J. 
France,  Victor  Calcagno  and  S.  Schoenfeld  was  appointed 
to  cooperate  with  the  N.  Y.  S.  P.  A.  legislative  committee  in 
its  consideration  of  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  insofar  as  the  convention  has  to  do 
with  pharmaceutical  matters.  John  Roemer  made  a  vigorous 
plea  in  behalf  of  the  establishment  of  a  State  department  of 
pharmacy.  Dr.  Wm.  C.  Anderson  presided  at  the  meeting, 
and  in  the  absence  of  Caswell  A.  Mayo,  Louis  Berger  acted 
as  secretary. 


Fire  "Visits  St.  Louis  Manufacturers 

Fire  and  explosion  of  chemicals  destroyed  the  one-story  crys- 
tallizing plant  of  the  Mallinckrodt  Chemical  Works,  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  in  the  early  part  of  March.  The  building  had  been 
used  for  the  manufacture  of  camphor  and  sulphate  of  soda. 
A  spark  from  a  motor  is  believed  to  have  started  the  fire, 
which  caused  damage  of  about  $10,000.  A  fireman  and  several 
employes  were  injured.  There  was  a  $100,000  fire  at  the  plant 
last  June.    Several  firemen  were  injured  at  that  fire. 

The  three-story  brick  plant  of  the  American  Fixture  and 
Show  Case  Manufacturing  Co.,  1543-47  North  Seventh  Street, 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  was  damaged  by  fire  the  morning  of  March 
19,  about  $25,000  on  the  building  and  about  $50,000  on  stock. 
The  plant  was  valued  at  $150,000.  Insurance.  One  fireman 
was  injured. 


Pittsburgh   Wholesalers   Celebrate  Anniversary 

The  W.  J.  Gilmore  Drug  Co.,  wholesale  druggists  of  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.,  recently  celebrated  its  29th  anniversary.  On  May 
1,  1886,  this  company  opened  for  business  in  a  small  store- 
room at  623  Liberty  avenue,  with  a  floor  space  of  20x80  feet. 
Four  years  later,  the  establishment  was  located  at  430  Seventh 
avenue,  where  slightly  larger  quarters  were  afforded.  The 
company  now  occupies  the  storeroom  at  430  Seventh,  and  the 
entire  building  at  426-28-30  Seventh  avenue.  The  title  was 
taken  over  a  few  years  ago  by  Samuel  Dempster,  who  has  de- 
voted his  entire  time  and  energy  to  building  up  and  develop- 
ing the  present  day  business.  The  organization  has  grown 
from  five  to  250  department  heads  and  employes.  The  com- 
pany's slogan  is  "Fair  Dealing  to  All." 


Old  New  York  House  to  Deal  Only  in  Specialties 

Neidlinger  Bros.,  who  have  been  in  the  druggists'  sundries 
business  in  New  York  City  for  more  than  45  years,  have 
decided  to  give  up  the  general  line  and  confine  themselves 
to  specialties.  The  firm  was  established  by  William  and 
Philip  Neidlinger  almost  a  half-century  ago  in  John  .street. 
It  moved  shortly  afterwards  to  100  William  street,  and  for  the 
past  15  years  has  been  in  Murray  street.  It  is  asserted  that 
the  firm  will  continue  to  sell  sterling  graduates,  ointment 
pots  and  other  specialties. 


Notice  to  Dealers  Handling  Dr.  Seth  Arnold's  Balsam 

Dr.  Seth  Arnold's  Balsam  is  now  being  manufactured  to 
conform  to  the  new  Anti-narcotic  Law.  Any  druggist  having 
stock  in  store  may  return  to  the  manufacturer  with  bill  by 
parcel  post  or  express  paid,  making  proper  entry  on  Narcotic 
list  of  goods  on  hand  March  1st.  New  goods  will  be  sent 
in  exchange  and  charged. 


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[April,  1915 


FROM  THE  BUSINESS  FIELD. 


Thomas  R.  and  Eura  Lee  Gibson  and  W.  B.  Davis, 
stockholders  of  the  Ozark  Medicine  Co.,  Springfield,  Mo.,  were 
recently  enjoined  from  transacting  any  business  for  the  com- 
pany. This  is  but  one  feature  of  a  long  drawn  out  contro- 
versy between  the  three  named  and  S.  A.  Hascltine,  who 
claimed  that  he  was  secretary  and  attorney  for  the  company, 
and  who  charged  that  the  three  defendants  had  called  a  meet- 
ing for  January  7th  for  the  purpose  of  declaring  the  com- 
pany bankrupt.  He  alleged  that  none  of  the  three  were  of- 
ficers of  the  company.  Haseltine  also  asked  that  Gibson's 
stock  be  cancelled,  which  the  court  could  not  do  unless  the 
original  petition  was  amended.  Much  of  the  company's  af- 
fairs were  aired  in  court,  and  the  defendants  may  ask  for  a 
new  trial,  and  denied  that,  may  take  an  appeal. 

The  Cooperative  Department  Stopj;s  Syndicate,  capital, 
$500,000,  is  a  new  concern  of  this  city  which  is  undertaking 
a  cooperative  scheme  of  manufacturing,  buying  and  distri- 
buting a  general  line  of  household  remedies,  toilet  preparations, 
perfumes  and  other  articles  usually  carried  in  drug  sections 
of  department  stores.  Articles  of  incorporation  have  been 
filed  at  Hartford,  Ct.,  with  Raymond  G.  Keeney  at  the  head. 
Mr.  Keeney  was  at  one  time  president  of  the  Hartford  Life 
Insurance  Co.  Bernard  H.  Karmen,  formerly  associated  with 
the  A.  D.  S.,  who  is  secretary  and  general  manager  of  the 
new  syndicate,  is  the  founder  of  the  enterprise.  The  idea  of 
the  new  concern  seems  to  be  to  manufacture  for  sale  in  the 
department  stores  high  grade  toilet  preparations  to  supplant 
foreign  made  articles  on  the  market  of  a  similar  nature. 

Edward  W.  Graupner,  druggist  at  Second  avenue,  near 
West  38th  street.  New  York,  was  recently  arrested,  after 
detectives  had  found  on  the  premises  drugs  which  the  police 
appraised  at  $10,000.  One  of  the  detectives  accused  the  drug- 
gist of  placing  $100  in  his  hand  and  begging  him  not  to  make 
the  arrest.  It  is  also  alleged  that  the  druggist  promised  the 
detective  to  pay  the  latter  a  regular  monthly  payment  if  he 
were  permitted  to  go.  Graupner  was  charged  with  violating 
health  board  sections  relative  to  having  no  prescriptions  or 
records  in  his  place;  having  no  record  of  the  disposition  of 
narcotics;  having  no  record  of  cocaine  or  overstock  of  cocaine, 
and  with  violating  Section  378  of  the  penal  code  relating  to 
bribery. 

The  Laughlin  Fruit  Co.,  manufacturers  of  a  toilet  cream, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  has  been  made  the  defendant  in  a  suit 
brought  by  H.  N.  H.  Woodcock,  champion  golf  player  of  the 
San  Gabriel  Valley  Country  club,  bachelor  and  man-about- 
town,  for  the  sum  of  $5,000,  damages  alleged  to  have  been 
incurred  when  the  defendant  company  published  a  picture  of 
the  plaintiff  golfing  with  a  "female  person  unknown  to  him" 
in  the  February  issue  of  a  California  publication.  The  pic- 
ture shows  Woodcock,  the  "female  person,"  and  a  caddy  with 
a  background  of  the  Midwick  Country  club.  Woodcock  is  in 
the  act  of  driving  off  and  the  "female  person"  is  anointing 
her  arms  with  the  toilet  cream.  The  picture,  according  to 
the  plaintiff,  is  a  fake  and  has  exposed  him  to  ridicule. 

The  Gerity  Drug  Store,  corner  of  Lake  and  Carroll 
streets,  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  was  sold  recently  to  E.  C.  McKallor, 
of  Binghamton.  Mr.  McKallor  owns  a  chain  of  drug  stores 
and  is  reputed  one  of  the  biggest  drug  store  men  in  his  part 
of  the  country.  Despite  the  change  in  proprietorship,  the 
style  of  the  store  will  remain  the  same.  Thomas  Gerity,  tlie 
principal  stockholder  of  the  company,  will  continue  his  labo- 
ratory business,  which  had  become  so  extensive  as  to  make 
the  transaction  just  completed  necessary.  The  company  has 
occupied  the  same  location  since  1847,  and  this  is  the  first 
time  that  some  member  of  the  Gerity  family  has  not  been  a 
member  of  the  company. 

The  Bates  Drug  Store,  corner  of  Moran  square  and 
Summer  street,  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  which  had  been  closed  for 
several  months,  was  recently  opened  for  business  under  the 
direction  of  the  Imperial  Drug  Co.,  of  which  John  Moran  is 
the  head,  and  Roscoe  Howe,  the  manager.  The  store  has 
been  considerably  impn.\..!  vim.  it  wa.s  last  dciing  business. 
The  partners  in  the  i.  i  iliis  ,liui;  sioir  are  well- 

known  in  Fitchburg,  \!  m;'  l,  m  In  business  in 

that  city  for  some  yv.n  w,     li,mr.  |., mv;  one  of  its 

hcstknown  druggists.    'Ih,'   l.itt.r  was  in   business  for  many 


years  in  the  Brigham  block  on  Main  street,  but  was  recently 
burnt  out. 

The  Boyd  Drug  Co.,  corner  of  Lafayette  and  Leach 
streets.  South  Salem,  Mass.,  recently  opened  its  handsome  new 
drug  store,  the  proprietor,  Harry  Boyd,  and  his  assistant, 
Mr.  Ford,  receiving  many  congratulations.  The  store,  located 
upon  the  site  of  the  old  Harris  drug  store,  which  was  burned 
down  in  the  conflagration  of  June  25,  is  handsomely  fitted  in 
mahogany,  with  the  latest  style  furniture  for  doing  a  drug 
business.  A  very  ornamental  soda  fountain  occupies  a  promi- 
nent place  in  the  store.  Over  a  temporary  store  opened  im- 
mediately after  the  fire,  Mr.  Boyd  had  a  sign :  "Harry  Boyd, 
pharmacist.    Watch  us  come  back." 

Lazar  Bresler,  a  druggist,  2365  Seventh  avenue,  was  sen- 
tenced to  the  penitentiary  for  three  months.  Evidence  was 
produced  to  the  effect  that  Bresler  filled  a  prescription  calling 
for  four  grams  of  codein  without  obtaining  the  name,  age 
and  address  of  the  buyer.  The  National  Pharmaceutical  So- 
ciety, since  Mr.  Bresler  was  sentenced,  has  applied  for  a  cer- 
tificate of  reasonable  doubt,  which  was  granted,  and  the  drug- 
gist was  liberated  under  bail.  The  case  will  be  appealed  by 
the  N.  P.  S.,  of  which  Mr.  Bresler  is  not  a  member.  The 
society  has  issued  a  circular  soliciting  funds  for  financing  of 
its  defense  of  Mr.  Bresler. 

The  Hedquist  Drug  Co.  (two  stores),  the  Provo  Drug 
Co.,  the  Sutton-Chase  Drug  Co.,  and  the  Moore  Drug  Co.,  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  recently  made  the  following  announcement 
in  the  local  press  of  that  city :  "Inasmuch  as  it  seems  to  be 
the  desire  of  the  majority  of  the  people  of  Utah  to  dispense 
with  the  use  of  intoxicating  liquors,  we,  the  druggists  of  Provo, 
hereby  serve  notice  on  the  public  that  from  now  on  we  will 
carry  in  stock  no  liquor  of  any  sort,  except  grain  alcohol,  and 
can,  therefore,  fill  no  prescriptions  calling  for  liquor  in  any 
form." 

The  H.  a.  Tressler  Drug  Co.,  Dayton,  O.,  has  been 
placed  in  the  hands  of  a  receiver  upon  the  application  of 
H.  a.  Tressler,  who  says  he  is  surety  on  $1,700  represented 
in  promissory  notes  for  the  company.  Tressler,  it  is  reported, 
states  that  he  is  the  owner  of  75  shares  of  common  stock  in 
the  concern,  and  is  surety  on  about  $10,000  indebtedness  of  the 
company,  of  which  $4,300  is  past  due,  and  that  there  are  no 
funds  with  which  to  pay  the  claims.  According  to  the  pe- 
tition the  establishment  is  now  operating  at  a  loss  and  the 
company  is  unable  to  borrow. 

John  F.  Hancock  &  Sox,  manufacturers  of  medicated  loz- 
enges and  other  pharmaceuticals,  now  located  at  Baltimore  and 
Howard  streets,  Baltimore,  have  purchased  the  property  at 
521  West  Lombard  street,  which  covers  an  area  22  by  175 
feet.  The  present  structure  is  to  be  torn  down  and  a  new  one 
erected  in  every  way  suitable  for  the  purposes  of  the  new  pur- 
chasers. Within  a  short  distance  of  the  location  are  the 
warehouses  of  the  H.  B.  Gilpin  Co.,  Gilbert  Bros.  &  Co.,  the 
Resinol  Company  and  the  Emerson  Drug  Company. 

Max  Mendelsohn  has  opened  an  unique  drug  store  in 
the  Kress  building,  Houston,  Texas.  The  store  will  not 
handle  patent  medicine.s  or  any  of  the  usual  sundries  carried 
by  drug  stores.  It  will  be  devoted  exclusively  to  the  hand- 
ling of  drugs,  chemicals  and  pharmaceuticals  necessary  to 
compound  prescriptions.  There  are  70  physicians,  surgeons 
and  dentists  in  the  building.  Mr.  ^Mendelsohn  is  a  graduate 
of  the  University  of  Illinois  School  of  Pharmacy  and  has 
resided  in  Houston  for  the  past  five  years. 

Carr,  Owens  &  Co.,  wholesale  druggists  at  27  South  How- 
ard street,  Baltimore,  pleaded  guilty  on  March  12  in  the 
United  States  Court  of  violating  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs 
Act  in  the  shipment  of  twelve  dozen  packages  of  a  medicinal 
compound  to  Wilmington,  Del.,  January  14,  1913.  It  was 
charged  that  the  nictlicine  was  misbranded  as  an  effectual  reme- 
dy for  bronchitis,  consumption  and  all  throat  and  lung  troubles. 
A  fine  of  $50  and  costs  was  imposed  and  paid. 

H.  B.  :McColley,  a  druggist  at  2970  North  New  Jersey 
street,  Indianapolis,  has  been  sued  for  the  sum  of  $5,000, 
alleged  damages  sustained  by  the  plaintiff,  who  alleges  that 
he  purchased  from  a  clerk  in  the  store  10  cents  worth  of 
what  was  purported  to  be  calomel,  but  which  proved  to  be 
corrosive  sublimate.  It  was  also  alleged  that  tlie  bottle  bore 
a  partially  destroyed  label  on  which  appeared  no  poison  warn- 
ing or  mention. 

The  Green  &  Horsey  Drug  Co.,  Augusta,  Ga.,  has  been 


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sold  by  Dr.  Joseph  E.  Green  and  associates  to  Anna  R 
Campbell  &  Co.  A  statement  has  been  made  to  the  effect 
that  all  the  employes  will  be  retained.  The  Green  &  Horsey 
Drug  Coporation  is  located  at  820  Broad  street,  and  the 
place  has  been  occupied  by  a  drug  business  for  probably  75 
to  100  years. 

The  Owx  Drug  Co.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  recently  gave  the 
people  of  that  city  an  opportunity  to  eat  some  of  the  war 
bread  now  in  use  in  Europe,  particularly  in  Germany.  The 
bread  given  away  was  baked  according  to  the  official  formula 
of  the  German  government  and  is  supposed  to  give  a  more 
concentrated  food  value  to  the  loaf  than  does  the  usual  loaf 
of  bread. 

B.  D.  Mf.rkell,  pioneer  pharmacist,  Superior,  Minn.,  has 
sold  his  store  at  Becker  avenue  and  West  Fifth  street,  where 
he  has  been  located  for  25  years  or  more,  to  the  Priest  Drug 
Co.  Mr.  Merrell  will  leave  immediately  for  his  fruit  farm 
near  Amnicon,  at  the  conclusion  of  the  transaction.  The 
Priest  Drug  Co.  will  transfer  the  stock  of  the  Merrell  store 
to  its  two  stores  in  Superior. 

J.  B.  QtncCLE's  interest  in  the  drug  firm  of  E.  J.  Quiggle 
&  Co.,  Groton,  S.  D.,  has  been  purchased  by  Oscar  Anderson, 
thus  placing  the  business  in  the  hands  of  two  young  men, 
both  graduates  of  Groton  high  school.  Frank  E.  Blair,  pro- 
prietor of  the  Blair's  pharmacy,  the  other  drug  store  in  Gro- 
ton, is  a  graduate  of  the  same  institution. 

The  Prusslax  Remedy  Co.,  20  East  Chicago  avenue,  St. 
Paul,  Minn.,  was  recently  purchased  by  J.  U.  L.  Lamprey, 
formerly  Northwest  manager  of  the  Rochester  Germicide  Co. 
The  consideration  is  said  to  have  been  about  $30,000.  Mr. 
Lamprey  will  take  charge  at  once.  He  plans  to  double  the 
capacity-  of  the  plant. 

The  WiLLL\jr  S.  Nagle  Drug  Co.  recently  opened  its 
new  drug  store  at  59  Sumner  avenue,  Springfield,  Mass.,  and 
it  is  one  of  the  best  equipped  establishments  of  its  kind  in 
the  city.  Every  feature  of  interior  design  was  created  by  Mr. 
Xagle. 

Fred  R.  Durgin,  proprietor  of  the  Cliftondale  pharmacy, 
302  Lincoln  avenue,  Cliftondale.  Mass..  has  sold  out  to  Drug- 
gist Morrison,  of  Quincy,  who  for  the  past  few  years  has  been 
manager  of  the  Walsh  Drug  Co.,  Quincy.  Mr.  Durgin  re- 
tires because  of  ill  health. 

The  Cast  Drug  Co.'s  store  at  St.  Joseph,  Mich.,  was  re- 
cently entered  by  burglars  who  climbed  through  the  transom 
and  obtained  $377,  $15  of  which  belonged  to  the  city,  and  $48 
to  the  German  Lutheran  church,  Albert  Tilly  a  member  of  the 
firm  being  treasurer  for  the  city  and  the  church. 

Henry  &  Carvtx's  drug  store,  Dixon,  Ky.,  was  almost 
wrecked  by  an  explosion  of  a  gas  lighting  plant  recently. 
The  front  of  the  store  was  blown  out  and  the  prescription 
counter  and  shelving  overturned.  The  damage  to  stock 
amounted  to  about  $2,000. 

Harry  A.  Kemper,  son  of  S.  A.  Kemper,  the  well  known 
druggist  of  314  15th  ave.,  Newark,  N.  J.,  has  leased  the 
store  at  the  comer  of  18th  and  Waverly  avenues,  same  city, 
where  he  will  open  an  up-to-date  pharmacy  on  or  about 
April  1.    Harry  is  a  graduate  of  the  New  York  C.  P. 

The  Associated  Drug  Stores,  Baltimore,  have  leased  the 
store  room  adjoining  their  pharmacy  on  the  northeast  corner 
of  Charles  and  Lexington  streets,  and  will  enlarge  the  place 
as  soon  as  possession  of  the  premises  can  be  obtained.  The 
lease  is  for  a  term  of  years  and  runs  up  to  $35,000. 

Peter  J.  Mor..\x,  proprietor  of  a  pharmacy  on  Mechanic 
street,  Clinton,  Mass..  recently  lost  considerable  stock  becau.se 
of  rain  that  leaked  through  the  ceiling  of  the  former  Crystal 
club  headquarters,  situated  above  his  store. 

The  L.  D.  Lyon  drug  store,  a  new  establishment  at  St. 
David.  111.,  had  its  opening  before  the  management  or  the  pub- 
lic was  ready.  A  March  gale  blew  in  the  plate  glass  window 
and  the  townspeople  gave  the  new  place  a  brief  but  critical 
inspection — from  the  outside. 

The  W.\re  Drug  Co.,  Mayo,  Fla.,  whose  building  was 
recently  destroyed  by  fire,  is  planning  to  rebuild  at  once. 
R.  G.  Ware,  who  was  on  his  annual  vacation,  upon  receiving 
a  telegram  about  the  fire,  hastened  home  to  take  charge  of 
affairs. 

The  Ruh  Drug  Co..  Fond-du-lac,  Wis.,  has  elected  the 
following  officers:  President.  .\.  P.  Ruh;  vice  president.  P.  B. 


Haber;  secretary,  F.  M.  Givens;  tre.asurer,  W.  C.  Lalis,  H.  C. 
Moore  and  the  officers  constitute  the  board  of  directors. 

Wn.i.iAM  J.  Cameron,  druggist  at  Glennwood,  Ga.,  has 
filed  a  voluntary  petition  in  bankruptcy  listing  liabilities  of 
$2,189  and  assets  of  $4,350,  of  which  $1,600  are  claimed  as 
exemptions. 

The  Cy-RIE  Whson  drug  store.  South  Main  street,  Goshen, 
Tnd.,  was  formally  opened  recently,  500  manicure  sets  being 
given  away  upon  that  occasion.  Orchestral  music  was  a 
feature. 

Thure  Osterberg  is  the  proprietor  of  a  new  drug  store 
located  in  the  Hotel  Custer,  Galesburg,  111.  Robert  F.  Lee,  of 
Kewanee,  is  in  charge  of  the  prescription  department  of  the 
store.    A  sanitary  soda  fountain  is  a  feature. 

J.  H.  Sandberg,  of  Pequot,  Minn.,  has  received  notice  from 
the  Indian  department  to  close  his  drug  store.  Pequot  people 
believe  this  is  the  forerunner  of  activity  of  the  Indian  de- 
partment in  that  section. 

Edward  Lehman,  druggist,  at  185  Union  avenue,  Memphis, 
Tenn.,  has  had  constructed  a  one-story  brick  store,  which  will 
have  a  frontage  of  40  feet  on  Union  avenue  and  will  be 
modern  in  every  detail. 

Ralph  Norton  for  the  past  three  years  with  the  Irwin 
Drug  Co.,  Des  Moines,  la.,  has  entered  into  partnership  with 
the  Schrader  Drug  Co.,  at  West  9th  and  Grand  avenue.  The 
firm  will  be  known  as  the  Schrader-Norton  Drug  Co. 

The  L.  W.  Holland  drug  store,  Bankburnett,  Texas,  has 
been  sold  to  the  Farmers  State  bank  for  $1,000.  W.  T.  Ford, 
of  Sweetwater,  has  purchased  the  stock  of  goods  and  fixtures 
and  will  open  the  drug  store  when  the  sale  is  approved. 

The  Franks  Drug  Co.,  Atlantic,  la.,  has  added  to  the  rear 
of  their  store  in  order  to  house  their  ice  cream  manufacturing 
machinery,  having  decided  to  make  all  their  own  ice  cream 
during  the  coming  season. 

Powers  &  Estes,  druggists,  Portland,  Ore.,  have  secured 
a  permit  to  erect  a  single-story  brick  building  at  13th  and 
Burnside  streets.  The  estimated  cost  is  $4500,  and  the  build- 
ing will  be  put  up  immediately. 

Robert  P.  Heinrichs,  druggist  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  recently 
lost  a  certificate  of  deposit  for  $4572.  The  paper  was  in  one 
of  two  pocketbooks  which  were  lost  while  he  was  upon  an 
automobile  ride.    No  one  attempted  to  cash  the  certificate. 

Charles  A.  Henderson,  78  one  of  the  oldest  druggists  at 
Anderson,  Ind.,  has  sold  his  drug  store  to  Dr.  H.  C.  Heaton 
and  Hal  Hayes,  who  will  conduct  the  place  under  the  style  of 
the  Heaton  &  Hayes  Drug  Co. 

The  Red  Cross  drug  store,'  Peoria,  111.,  owned  by  W.  D. 
Lacey,  is  to  be  an  allnight  feature.  The  demand  for  an  all- 
night  prescription  service  in  that  city  led  to  the  new  de- 
parture. 

Fr.ank  a.  Delgado,  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  has  sold  his  store 
at  1602  Main  street,  to  J.  D.  McCallman  and  is  about  to 
open  a  new  store  at  1860  Oak  street,  the  latter  establishment 
to  be  known  as  Delgado's  prescription  pharmacy. 

The  W.  H.  Frey,  Inc.,  drug  store,  142  Sycamore  street, 
Petersburgh,  Va.,  has  been  purchased  by  Russell  &  Rowe, 
under  whose  proprietorship  and  management  the  business  will 
hereafter  be  conducted. 

C.  E.  Harmon  and  Tom  McCleary',  Roundup,  Mont., 
have  i>urcliasi  cl  :i  siti-  in  that  city  and  will  open  a  drug  store. 
Th-ir  sInI-    1.  Hi.    Mii^^.-lshell  Drug  Co. 

.Xlikx  11.  W'an'.  ti:i\(ling  salesman  with  Hazeltine  &  Per- 
kins Drug  Co.,  Gr.md  Rapids,  Mich.,  has  purchased  a  half 
interest  in  the  Simmons  Carburetor  Co.,  of  Shelby. 

Erwin  C.  Snyder,  employed  as  a  druggist  by  N.  H.  Shearer 
&  Co.,  York,  Pa.,  has  purchased  a  drug  store  at  Mechanics- 
burg  from  Dr.  J.  S.  D.  Eisenhower. 

The  Black  Drug  Co.,  Columbia,  Tenn.,  recently  held  the 
foriiiil   oj.fiiini^   of  its  new  drui;  ur\i   to  the  Vogue. 

Rcfi.  ,L,iiMii-,  ■•rrc  served  to  tln'  n  :ir,  ■  i-n-.is. 

Amd:^  J  I  AX  was  the  i)ui .  ] i,. r  mI  tlic  drug  store  re- 
cently .sold  :it  nil  ti. Ill  nt  Siilrm,  N.  II.  IMr.  Cowan  was  form- 
erly a  clerk  ill  li.i-.  I  st,il.lj~.iiiiu-nt. 

The  Riki,I'-.I \^  vi,^  Co  ims  opened  a  store  at  1  Main 
street,  Bangor,  Mc.  the  l(i2ii<l  Riker  store  in  this  country. 


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Board  Examinations 


California 

Following  is  the  list  of  applicants  granted  registration  at  the  re- 
cent meeting  of  the  California  Board  of  Pharmacy: 

Licentiates:  Farrel  L.  McGowan;  F.  A.  Kormann;  Frank  M. 
Smith;  Sister  Laurienne;  William  D.  Bost;  Milton  P.  Krampe;  Leon 
H.  Wentworth;  Ira  J.  Hamilton;  Fred  J.  Matthews;  VVadie  S.  Bon- 
tagy;  Dale  L.  Cumley;  Vincent  C.  Quartararo;  David  Leonard  Kahl; 
Enrico  Gentilini;  William  E.  Hoffman;  Lester  M.  McAfee;  Marion 

G.  Shulman;  Anthony  V.  Bressani;  Joseph  S.  Ward;  Leslie  J. 
Freeman;  H.  B.  DuPee;  Earl  E.  Drown;  Filiberto  F.  Saldamando; 

H.  J.  Molitor;  Harry  N.  Hill;  Harry  E.  Baker;  J.  Huntley  Jones; 
Sewall  Gower;  Elwood  I.  Randle;  Gus  Claassen;  Aug.  F.  Glaive; 
Arthur  L.  T.  Jorgenson;  Louis  Lengfeld;  Bertram  J.  McDonough; 
Irving  L.  Nason;  Karl  G.  Ayers;  William  P.  Brisgol;  Harry  D.  Nor- 
ton; Adam  G.  Kading;  Reinhardt  E.  Ohm;  John  Allen  Weaver; 
Sherry  E.  Jones;  Fred  Osborn;  Lena  K.  Behrens;  Ellis  I.  Lindley; 
Morris  H.  Rosenberg;  William  M.  Arighi;  Herman  J.  Deragisch; 
Adolph   D.    Kaufmann;   Clarence  A.    Hull;   Carroll    E.  Brunger. 

Assistants:  Joseph  Ballarin;  John  A.  McElhern;  Samuel  Cassel; 
Ernest  W.  McCracken;  R.  deContreras;  William  L.  Dorian;  Frank 
W.  Connolly;  A.  Edward  Dart;  Cletus  A.  Herbster;  Orla  M.  Fitch; 
Lee  E.  Houghton;  Fernand  Rouseyrol;  Stanley  H.  Rich;  Thomas  J. 
Lenehan;  James  Herbert  Walker;  Frank  A.  Arena;  Fred  Paul  Be- 
retta;  W.  Allan  Baker;  Ernest  C.  Pruess;  R.  Artha  Clarke;  Max 
Perlman;  J.  Clair  Hamilton;  Harley  E.  Anson;  Lewis  W.  McKelvey; 
Marie  Marchese;  Henry  B.  Cassel;  A.  J.  Willis;  Joseph  Abrams; 
Dale  B.  Wetzler;  TuUio  Silva;  Charlie  C.  Overstrect;  Carl  Paulson; 
Ernest  L.  Locke;  Charles  Swiggett;  John  M.  Austin;  Albert  C. 
Behne;  Max  Roycr;  Pearl  G.  Decker;  T.  C.  McMillan;  James  Erie 
Miller;  Grover  C.  Hoffman. 

Credentials:  Louis  V.  Bruns;  William  T.  Hyde;  O.  R.  Reans; 
Henry  R.  Monroe;  Fred  Enfield;  Fred  R.  Jacobs;  Jesse  D.  Louis; 
H.  DeForrest  Smith;  John  C.  Martin;  Carl  L.  Kurtz;  George  A. 
Tudhope;  Llewellyn  P.  Jenkins;  Burton  P.  St.  John;  George  W. 
Skeath;  Lewis  Park  Winans;  Wilfred  A.  Jones. 

The  next  meeting  will  take  place  in  Los  Angeles  on  -.pril  12, 
the  examinations  commencing  on  the  14th,  and  in  San  Francisco  on 
April  19,  the  examinations  beginning  on  the  21st. 

Delaware 

Twelve  candidates  presented  themselves  for  examination  at  the 
meeting  of  the  Delaware  Board  of  Pharmacy  held  at  Newark  on 
January  6,  four  of  whom  were  successful  as  pharmacists  and  two  as 
assistants  as  follows:  Pharmacists:  Willard  S.  Seidel,  Wilmington; 
Roy  W.  Townsend,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Ernest  I.  Johnson,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.,  and  Garland  B.  Potterfield,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Assistants: 
Elias  C.  Stump,  Wilmington  and  John  T.  Kardas,  Baltimore,  Md. 

The  next  meeting  of  the  board  will  he  held  at  Newark  on  April 
7th. 


Indiana 

Indianapolis,  March  12.— The  Indiana  Board  of  Pharmacy  has 
granted  registration  to  the  following  applicants  who  successfully 
passed  the  January  examination  of  the  board: 

Registered  Pharmacists:  James  Adams,  Chrisney;  John  G.  Ames, 
Wabash;  T.  L.  Bradshaw,  Bippus;  D.  W.  Crone,  Martinsville;  Er- 
nest Davis,  Sellersburg;  W.  H.  Errich,  South  Bend;  Mrs.  Bertha 
Ellis,  Torre  Haute;  L.  E.  Grayson,  Indianapolis;  Adolphus  Hoffman, 
Indianapolis;  L.  W.  Klenhenz,  Decatur;  Miss  E.  E.  McKeehan,  Ft. 
Wayne;  M.  J.  Quigley,  Hammond;  Miss  Ruble  Roberts,  Indianapo- 
lis; K.  H.  Sherrick,  Indianapolis;  Sister  M.  Caspara  (Anna  Aver- 
dung).  Sister  M.  Lucile  Elahive,  St.  Mary  of  the  Woods,  Sister  M. 
Rosa  (Mary  F.  Seipel),  Lafayette;  Jules  J.  Theibert,  Marion;  W.  E. 
Ticen,  Laurel;  B.  B.  Van  Leer,  Marion;  C.  E.  Wagoner,  Indianapo- 
lis; John  R.  Witters,  Hebron.    All  of  Indiana. 

Registered  Assistants:  L.  W.  Amos,  Greensburg;  L.  N.  Ashworth, 
Connersville;  G.  W.  Cochran,  Idaville;  J.  G.  Green,  Marion;  E.  B. 
Harper,  Oakland  City;  T.  C.  Collier,  Lawrenceburg;  Charles  Harold, 
Terre  Haute;  Frank  Lockhart,  Indianapolis;  J.  P.  Masters,  Thorn- 
town;  Ray  McGill,  Terre  Haute;  R.  W.  Richards,  Indianapolis; 
G.  B.  Shene,  Terre  Haute;  C.  R.  Thomas,  Indianapolis;  F.  E. 
Waugh,  Crown  Point;  Mrs.  Katherine  Aubrey,  Hammond. 

rh.irles  A.  Baley,  Fremont,  Ind.;  H.  E.  Lewis,  Boonville,  Ind., 
and  (,.  A.  Trippett,  Dillsboro,  Ind.,  were  registered  by  reciprocal 
agreement  with  the  states  of  Texas,  Oklahoma  and  Kentucky. 


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1-ainzin,  Boston; 


Walter  M.  Rice,  Westfield;  Charles  E.  Stuart,  Cambridge;  Earl  M. 
Baldwin,  West  Stockbridge;  Fred  L.  Burnell,  Pittsfield;  Wilbur  H. 
Crowell,  Harwich;  George  F.  Curry,  Jr.,  New  Bedford;  William  R. 
Ryder,  Boston;  John  Williams,  Brockton;  Stephen  J.  Bialkowski,. 
Salem;  Charles  S.  Dalton,  New  Bedford;  Dclmont  T.  Griffin,  Ev- 
erett; Gerald  P.  Hudson,  Boston;  Walter  PoUano,  Lawrence;  Joha 
F.  Reca,  Boston. 

Minnesota 

St.  Paul,  March  12.— At  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Minnesota. 
Board  of  Pharmacy  held  in  the  University  of  Minnesota,  twelve 
applicants  were  registered  as  pharmacists,  and  thirty-one  were  regis- 
tered as  assistant  pharmacists.    Their  names  follow: 

Registered  pharmacists — Frank  C.  Booth,  Hans  C.  Pereson,  Sam. 
Rosenfield,  N.  Vere  Sanders,  Carl  A.  Swanson,  Minneapolis;  Elmer 
J.  Ahlf,  Worthington;  Benedict  S.  Ash,  Willmar;  Joseph  Faas,  Du- 
luth;  Josei>h  Friauf,  Glencoe;  C.  A.  Ringdahi,  Litchfield;  Henry  R. 
Witter,  Park  Rapids,  and  Charles  E.  Wright,  New  Richmond,  Wis. 

Assistants — James  A.  Ilk,  Wilhelm  A.  Kohnke,  Harry  Lieberman,. 
James  J.  Mee,  Walter  R.  Stewart,  Joseph  Stolkosky,  St.  Paul;  Ray- 
mond B.  Dahl,  Albert  Grain,  A.  N.  Stromsmoe,  Minneapolis;  Ar- 
thur W.  Newman,  Arvid  Trulson,  Sam  M.  Zeidel,  Duluth;  William 

F.  Behrends,  Appleton;  James  E.  Boyd,  Wilbert  H.  Hoselton,  War- 
ren; John  F.  Danger,  Rush  City;  Eugene  C.  Dunham,  Northfield; 
Ragnar  Hammersten,  Cokato;  Francis  W.  Maudry,  Le  Sueur  Cen- 
ter; Thomas  McDonald,  Hawley;  J.  C.  Moon,  Blackduck;  Victor 
Noreen,  Winthrop;  Wilbert  F.  Ott,  Sleepy  Eye;  Percy  K.  Putney, 
Hutchinson;  Emil  A.  Schatz,  Montgomery;  Alvin  U.  Wallen,  Madi- 
son; Frank  J.  Miese,  Stillwater;  A.  C.  Cannon,  Woonsocket,  S.  D.,. 
and  A.  Kelley  Clark,  River  Falls,  Wis. 

H.  W.  Rietzke  of  St.  Paul  was  elected  president  and  E.  A.  Tapper 
of  Minneapolis  was  elected  secretary. 

Ohio 

Columbus,  March  12. — The  list  of  successful  applicants  at  the  ex- 
amination held  for  registered  pharmacists  in  Columbus  Jan.  12,  13- 
and  14,  contains  these  names: 

Louis  R.  Polster,  Joseph  S.  Silpe,  Sidney  Hollander,  Isador  S. 
Siegel,  Gilbert  M.  Burkey,  George  L.  Kappus,  Cleveland;  John  H. 
Ganin,  Edward  H.  Hehemann.  Fred  W.  Wiggerman,  Donald  H. 
Wieteki,  Herman  F.  Schultz,  Maurice  Solomon,  Mrs.  Eleanor  Wil- 
liams, Cincinnati;  John  T.  Cummins,  Robert  K.  Stephens,  Columbus; 
Edwin  J.  Ritter,  Charles  H.  Giese,  Massillon;  Gilbert  Langman, 
Merrill  Swain,  Hamilton;  Thomas  W.  Greenland,  Glen  R.  Butler, 
Lima;  Carl  C.  King,  Delphos;  William  M.  Culbertson,  Toledo:  Wil- 
liam  E.  Kutza,   Lorain;   Wilbur  L.   Duncan,  Youngstown;  Nelson 

G.  Yates,  Ada;  Henry  A.  Stvpe,  East  Liverpool;  Ralph  C.  Knise- 
ley.  New  Philadelphia;  Clarence  A.  Peat,  Norwalk;  Tobias  C.  Cov- 
ert, Loudonville;  A.  Earl  Clakins,  Akron;  William  H.  Oppy,  Johns- 
town, Pa.;  Harry  S.  Wood,  Homestead,  Pa.;  Henry  C.  Lohler,  New- 
port, Ky.;  William  E.  Dean,  Ludlow,  Ky. 

The  following  received  grades  high  enough  on  their  pharmacist 
examination  to  entitle  them  to  registration  as  assistant  pharmacists: 

Clifford  C.  Wagner,  Charles  J.  Burda,  William  Henslee,  Isador  R. 
Reich,  Cle viand;  H.  W.  Allen,  Springfield;  Ralph  Maurer,  Elyria,- 
Ralph  A.  Rettig,  Holgate;  Dana  A.  West,  Butler,  Pa. 

The  following  are  registered  as  assistant  pharmacists: 

B.  Clarence  File,  Max  S.  XJberstine,  Charles  L.  Pekarek,  Nathan 
S.  Greenfield,  Edward  I.  Robinson,  Samuel  B.  Schweitz,  Elmer  J. 
Zickes,  Edwin  C.  Dille,  Cleveland;  John  H.  Mowery,  Glen  R.  Ka- 
grise,  Clifford  J.  Visconti,  Benjamin  Solomon,  Oscar  Endicott,  Ed- 
win J.  Schnell,  Cincinnati;  Jesse  F.  Christen,  Toledo;  Ernest  P. 
Simonds,  Columbus;  Roy  E.  Shook,  Canton;  Homer  C.  Leffler, 
Zanesville;  James  K.  Hazel,  Fostoria. 

There  were  twenty-seven  applicants  for  assistant  pharmacist  cer- 
tificates and  fifty-six  applicants  for  pharmacists'  certificates. 

The  next  examination  will  be  held  in  Columbus  April  6  and  7. 

There  are  3,947  registered  pharmacists  in  Ohio,  according  to  the 
annual  report  filed  with  the  governor.  There  are  5S1  assistant 
pharmacists.  During  the  past  year  certificates  were  granted  to  170 
to  be  pharmacists  and  69  to  be  assistant  pharmacists.  This  is  the 
largest  number  ever  granted  in  any  one  year. 

Tt],olP  xsland 

Proviii.  1. ,  ,  \;  1  applicants  who  passed  the 

Board   mI    I'li  :  ,  M    in   this  citv   recentlv  are 

A.  W.  VvAU.   W  1  -ther  M.  Kane  'and  RobcVt  H. 

Atkins  hnth  ,.i   !■  :  n,., 

I'll'    1m. .11,1  tlu-  following  officers:  President,  Dr.  W.  J. 

Afi  r.iw  :  \  1- (  |M  c -nil  lit.  Howard  A.  Pearce;  secretary  and  registrar, 
J.nii.  -         lir,  1111,111.  I'.nvtucket. 

I  li' I  II.  lIi'^^  1  registered  pharmacists  in  the  State  and  202- 
r'  1  '  ,1.  1  11.  re  arc  also  274  registered  assistant  pharma- 
n  '  I        1   •  ■  il   of  66S  registered  pharmacists  and  assistant 

'  III  I  I  -  III  ilii  Mate.  Of  these  94  pharmacists  and  lOS  assistant 
pli.iiin.m-i?.  ail  ^aid  to  be  without  location. 

Iowa 

T)i  Mnines,  March  12.— Twent v-three  of  the  seventy-eight  persons 
w  !i  .  v.  c-cntly  took  the  state  pharmacy  examination  passed.  The 
■  I       -till  applicants  included  one  woman.  Miss  Edna  Becker,  of 

!>.'<•  ni'iirt. 

II  .  ulin  passed  are:  O.  A.  Aamodt.  Dcs  ^^oines:  Ralph  Char- 
I  I.  iviiiin  i;  C.  L.  Cavanaiigh.  Fort  Dodce;  Raleigh  E.  DIarer. 
I'  M  l  I  ,!iia  M.  Becker.  Davenport:  Tames  H.  Carlisle.  De» 
^1  I  1  Davis.  Des  Moines:  William  F.  DcLang.  De» 
M..iti,x:  W  ('.  Forsvth,  Mvstic:  LeRov  Grav.  Monroe:  Knute  E. 
(Monstal.  Fstherville:  F.  M. "Harlan.  Harlan:  Gorild  H.  Humphrey. 
Des  Moines:  Oscar  E.  Tohnson.  Davton;  .\1  .V.  Miller.  Des  Moines; 
-Mbert  Nigp.  Merrill:  Tames  .\.  Pierce.  Griswold;  HaroM  C.  Rust. 
Scranton:  E.  R.  Shepherd.  Grcclev.  Colo.:  Carlos  Vidal.  Dc» 
Moines;  Clare  A\'ilson,  Des  Moines;  Carl  C.  Watcrbury,  Dcs  Aloines. 


April,  1915] 


THE  FHARxMACEUTICAL  ERA 


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New  Diamond  Dye  Annual  and  Direction  Book 
Each  year  the  makers  of  Diamond  Dyes,  Wells  &  Richard- 
son Company,  of  Burlington,  \'t.,  publish  a  wiluablc  book— 
"The  Diamond  Dye  Annual  and  Direction  IWu.k  '  This, 
druggists  distribute  to  their  customers  who  imu  in  n  hundreds 
upon  hundreds  of  money-saving  ways  to  use  IJianiond  Dyes. 
The  annual  is  handsomely  printed  on  a  good  grade  of  paper; 
the  illustrations  are  by  competent  artists,  and  the  book  is 
written  by  a  corps  of  experts  on  the  -ubject  of  dyeing.  Prob- 
ably one  of  the  most  valuable  features  of  this  book  is  the 
testimony  of  a  great  many  women  who  have  used  Diamond 
Dyes  with  complete  success  every  year.  Some  clever  women 
discover  new  uses  to  which  the  Dyes  may  be  put.  The 
makers  of  Diamond  Dyes  quickly  seize  upon  these  suggestions 
and  spread  the  news  to  women  throughout  tlie  country.  This 
they  do  by  using  big  advertising  space  in  magazines,  news- 
papers and  Uirough  "The  Diamond  Dye  Annual  and  Direction 
Book." 

Diamond  Dyes  have  had  a  phenomenal  sale  and  the  suc- 
cess attained  by  these  dyes  has  been  described  as  furnishing 
I  an  object  lesson  and  confirming  the  trutli  of  the  saying  "It 
pays  to  advertise."    George  M.  Bessett,  general  manager  of 
the  Wells  &  Richardson  Co.,  recently  said  in  an  interview: 
"We  are  selling  a  household  necessity.    If  we  can  sell  Diamond 
Dyes  through  advertising,  how  certain  it  is  that  any  retail 
druggist  can  increase  his  business  by  advertising  in  his  local 
newspapers  or  through  other  publications.    To  aid  the  drug- 
gist we  have  an  attractive  line  of  electros  which  we  furnish 
■  free  to  retail  dealers  on  request.    These  electros  are  valuable 
to  the  druggist  who  contracts  newspaper  space  by  the  year 
and  wishes  "to  keep  this  space  full  of  human  interest  at  all 
times.    The  drug  store  lias  so  many  things  to  sell  that  by 
advertising  steadily  they  are  sure  to  feature  goods  and  ar- 
ticles which  ever>'  man,  woman  and  child  in  tlieir  community 
is  buying  daily.    By  advertising  steadily  druggists  can  attract 
the  majority  of  buyers  to  their  stores  and  make  the  profits 
which  now  are   being  distributed  among  their  competitors. 
I  Our  new  'Diamond  Dye  Annual  anl  Direction  Book'  No.  13, 
•  will  be  especially  handsome  and  we  are  sure  more  helpful 
to  American  women  and  to  retail  druggists  than  any  we  have 
;  published  in  past  seasons.    We  feature  this  book  in  each  one 
,  o  our  advertisements  by  offering  it  free  to  any  one  who  will 
i  wTite  for  it."    Druggists  should  make  use  of  this  selling  help. 


Illinois  Druggist  -will  Instal  New  Walrus  Fountain 

One  of  the  most  artistic  soda  fountains  ever  built  will  soon  be 
:  installed  by  Stuart  Broadwell,  a  prominent  druggist  of  Spring- 
•  held,  111.  It  is  of  the  Walrus  type,  and  the  price  paid  for 
'  this  fountain  will  exceed  that  usually  paid  for  outfits  two  or 
,  three  times  its  size,  owing  to  the  ver>'  high  grade  materials 
.(that  enter  into  the  cost  of  construction.    The  back  bar  and 

counter  of  the  outfit  will  be  of  Pavonazza  marble,  embellished 
'  with  Tiffany  art  glass  decorations,  while  the  top  of  the  back 
■  bar,  and  also  of  the  counter,  will  be  of  an  imported  grade 
'  of  white  Belgian  glass.    A  special  refrigerating  compartment 

equipped  with  thirty  porcelain  drawers  will  be  provided  in 
Uhe  base  of  the  back  bar  for  caring  for  serums,  while  in  the 
!  superstructure  will  be  a  very  elaborate  refrigerator  display 
•case  for  keeping  and  showing  high  grade  boxed  candies.  In 
;  this  venture  Mr.  Broadwell  bought  this  notable  fountain  from 
'  the  standpoint  of  quality  and  elegance,  price  being  his  last 

consideration. 


An  Improved  Pepsin 
A  special  high-grade  pepsin,  which  in  appearance  and  quali- 
^ty  is  markedly  different  from  the  pepsin  offered  by  any  com- 
'petitor,  is  that  announced  by  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.    The  new 
^  product  is  the  result  of  a  series  of  experiments  extending  over 
•  i  period  of  nearly  three  years,  and  according  to  the  manufac- 
turers, represents  an  improved  process  of  manufacture.  Un- 
like the  familiar  "scale"  product,  the  new  pepsin  is  a  spongy 
substance,  attractive  in  appearance,  lighter  in  color  than  any 
I  pepsin  heretofore  offered,  and  is  free  from  the  offensive  char- 
t  ;  icteristics  of  ordinary  pepsin.    In  fact,  it  has  no  objectionable 
I  j  Jdor  or  taste,  and  when  kept  in  properly  corked  container,  it 
\  1  -emains  in  prime  condition  longer  than  any  other  pepsin.  It 
r  >  s  supplied  in  a  wide  range  of  digestive  activity-strengths  of 
1 1000,  2000,  3000,  5000,  6000,  and   10,000.     Physicians  and 
^sharraacists  alike  will  welcome  this  new  high-grade  pepsin, 
'  A-hich  represents  a  real  scientific  achievement. 


Bishop-Babcock-Becker  Go's  new  Catalogue 

One  of  the  most  artistic  catalogues  that  has  been  our  privi- 
lege to  examine  in  many  years  is  that  issued  by  the  Bishop- 
Babcock-Becker  Co.,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  descriptive  of  the 
"Red  Cross"  Iceless  Soda  Fountains,  "Eureka"  carbonators, 
etc.,  made  hy  this  company.  The  catalogue  contains  in  addi- 
tion to  the  beautiful  duplicate  covers,  fifty-six  pages,  each 
14x11  inches,  and  made  of  a  very  high  grade  of  calendered 
paper.  The  catalogue  is  fully  illustrated,  many  of  the  illus- 
trations being  in  color  and  reproducing  faithfully  the  various 
materials  used  in  the  construction  of  the  "Red  Cross  Iceless 
Fountains."  One  of  the  most  interesting  features  of  this  cata- 
logue is  the  graphic  illustrations  showing  the  construction  of 
these  fountains,  and  more  particularly  the  65  features  of  the 
"Red  Cross"  Iceless  interior.  There  are  also  illustrations  and 
text  descriptive  of  the  Eureka  Carbonators — electric,  hydraulic 
and  hand-power — made  by  this  company,  inventions  which  save 
the  '  'fuss,  work  and  worry"  accompanying  the  old  method  of 
buying  soda  water  in  tanks.  These  Carbonators  are  described 
as  working  automatically,  are  "fool  proof,"  cannot  be  tampered 
with,  and  they  insure  a  constant  supply  of  perfectly  carbonated 
water,  always  under  uniform  pressure,  and  enable  the  operator 
to  "serve  better  soda  water  at  a  lower  cost."  The  artistic 
beauty  of  this  Catalogue  cannot  be  fully  described;  it  should 
be  seen  to  be  appreciated. 


New-Skin  Special  Offer 

At  the  present  time  the  Newskin  Company  is  giving  away 
free  to  every  purchaser  of  a  special  assortment  one-half  dozen 
of  the  25c  packages.  The  bonus  amounts  to  25%.  The  quan- 
tity that  has  to  be  taken  is  4  dozen  of  the  small  size  and 
dozen  of  the  medium  size;  total  value  $4.00  at  regular  trade 
prices.  Profit  on  the  order  95%.  This  is  known  as  "Offer 
A".  It  can  be  supplied  by  wholesale  houses  generally  through- 
out the  United  States.  There  is  also  "Offer  B"  as  follows — 
3  dozen  small  size  $2.25,  bonus  one-sixth  dozen  of  the 
medium  size,  equivalent  to  about  15%.  Both  offers  can  be 
supplied  by  wholesale  dealers,  generally  throughout  the  United 
States,  who  are  given  "Premium  Certificates"  for  retail  dealers 
to  fill  out.  If  you  have  any  difficulty  in  getting  these  Special 
Offers  from  your  regular  jobber  a  blank  will  be  sent  on  ap- 
plication to  the  manufacturers,  Newskin  Company,  98-100 
Grand  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  New  York.  The  offers  will  expire 
in  April.  New-Skin  is  a  standard  specialty  in  its  class  and 
you  can  safely  stock  it  ahead. 


True  Fruit  Pineapple  Products  from  the  Bahamas 

People  who  have  visited  the  tropics,  and  eaten  bananas, 
piineapples,  etc.,  in  their  natural  state,  have  said  that  one  can- 
not know  the  real  flavor  of  bananas  or  pineapples  until  he 
has  tasted  these  fruits  that  are  fully  ripened  where  they 
grow.  The  J.  Hungerford  Smith  Co.  argue  along  the  same 
fine,  in  their  double  page  ad  in  this  issue,  their  subject  being 
"TRUE  FRUIT"  Pineapple  Products.  They  claim  that  the 
Bahama  Pines  are  the  choicest  variety  and  that  to  be  at  their 
best,  they  must  be  ripened  on  the  stump,  as  Nature  intended. 

Instead  of  using  pineapples  from  local  markets  therefore, 
the  J.  Hungerford  Smith  Co.  put  their  pineapples  up  in  the 
Bahama  Islands,  and  thus  secure  in  their  "TRUE  FRUIT" 
Pineapple  Products,  the  utmost  in  richness  and  delicacy  of 
flavor.  This  explains  why  so  many  discriminating  soda  water 
men,  prefer  this  brand  of  Pineapple.  The  ad  referred  to  will 
give  you  further  details. 


The  Druggists'  Peroxide 

In  the  manufacture  of  this  commodity  the  MalHnckrodt 
Chemical  Works  have  always  aimed  to  supply  an  exception- 
ally pure  and  reliable  article,  especially  for  the  drug  trade. 
It  is  so  widely  handled  and  distributed  by  the  retail  druggists 
of  the  United  States  that  it  has  become  known  as  "The 
Druggists'  Peroxide."  Cheaper  brands  have  been  offered  on 
the  market  for  distribution  through  department  stores,  but 
the  druggists  who  have  desired  to  give  their  patrons  full  value 
for  their  money,  have  experienced  much  satisfaction  in  hand- 
ling the  M.  C.  W.  brand. 

All  wholesale  drug  houses  are  in  a  position  to  supply  their 
trade  with  M.  C.  W.  Peroxide  at  prices  that  will  enable  them 
to  meet  any  reasonable  competition,  and  it  should  always  be 
remembered  that  "the  best  is  none  too  good  in  medicinal  pro- 
ducts." 


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[April,  1915 


New  Tube  for  Mennen's  Shaving  Cream 

New  tubes  of  unique  design,  have  been  adopted  as  con- 
tainers for  Mennen's  Shaving  Cream,  manufactured  by  the 
Gerhard  Mennen  Chemical  Co.,  of  Newark,  N.  J.  This  de- 
sign is  based  on  the  German  style  of  decorating  packages, 
the  scheme  being  carried  through  with  the  strong  lettering 
characteristic  of  all  Mennen  products — a  poster  treatment  of 
the  wellknown  trademark  and  the  suggesting  of  the  stripes  of 
a  barber  pole.  The  designer  of  the  tube.  Franklin  Bittner, 
one  of  the  foremost  exponents  of  poster  art  in  this  country, 
is  also  designing  a  carton  and  special  advertising  features 
for  this  wellknown  shaving  specialty.  It  is  believed  that  this 
is  the  first  time  in  this  country  that  an  artist  of  national 
reputation  has  devoted  his  efforts  to  the  question  of  packages 
design.  The  Mennen  Co.,  for  the  protection  of  the  dealer, 
have  issued  notice  of  this  new  tube,  so  that  present  stocks  may 
be  moved  in  ample  time  before  announcements  of  the  new 
design  appear  in  their  consumer  advertising.  As  a  further 
protection,  so  that  there  will  be  no  "old"  stock  on  the  mar- 
ket at  any  time,  the  carton  in  which  the  tube  is  packed  will 
remain  unchanged  for  some  little  time,  thereby  avoiding  any 
difference  in  appearance  of  the  Cream  on  the  shelf  or  as  it  is 
delivered  to  the  customer. 

W.  A.  McDermid,  the  sales  and  advertising  manager  of  the 
Mennen  Co.  is  a  strong  believer  in  price  maintenance,  and 
his  published  utterances  on  the  subject  are  interesting  to  drug- 
gists as  indicative  of  the  attitude  of  his  company  toward  this 
very  vital  question. 


The  McCourt  Label  Cabinet 

The  utility  of  the  McCourt  Label  Cabinet  for  the  v.se  of 
the  up-to-date  druggist  will  be  quickly  noticed  by  anyone 
who  has  ever  experienced  the  trouble  and  difficulties  con- 
nected with  storing  labels  in  drawers,  especially  at  times  when 
the  labels  become  mixed  or  are  thrown  out  of  their  proper 
compartments  In  fact,  one  cannot  ward  off  these  annoyances 
if  he  uses  the  old  compartment  method,  and  the  worst  part  of 
it  is  that  these  exasperating  experiences  always  happen  when 
the  druggist  is  in  the  greatest  hurry  and  his  time  is  most 
valuable. 

But  such  trials  do  not  happen  to  the  druggist  who  uses  the 
McCourt  Label  Cabinet.  By  its  use  the  druggist  has  jusi,  the 
labels  that  he  uses,  indexed  and  arranged  so  that  a  single 
motion  of  the  hand — without  opening  or  closing  a  single 
drawer — can  be  drawn  out  and  pasted  on  the  box  or  bottle 
wanted.  The  labels  are  supplied  in  roll  form,  which,  it  is 
claimed,  enables  the  druggist  to  buy  them  from  40  to  50% 
cheaper  than  he  could  buy  them  in  any  other  way.  Additional 
advantages  are  that  the  labels  thus  supplied  cannot  become 
soiled,  stuck  together,  tightly  rolled  up,  or  non-adhesive.  The 
Cabinet  does  away  with  all  of  the  disagreeable  features  that 
are  almost  sure  to  be  encountered  where  flat  gummed  labels 
are  used.  Read  the  McCourt  Label  Cabinet  Co's  advertise- 
ment in  this  issue  and  write  for  further  particulars. 


"Twilight"  Hypodermics 

You  will  have  calls  foi  S  &  D's  hypodermics  of  scopolamine 
l/130th.  and  l/400th.  and  for  their  two  new  morphine  and 
scopolamine  combinations  of  l/7th.  with  l/130th.  and  l/12th, 
with  1 /400th.  from  physicians  who  are  interested  in  the  "Twi- 
light Sleep"  method  of  painless  child-birth  which  is  being 
discussed  so  much  the.se  days  in  both  medical  and  lay  publi- 
cations and  should  stock  at  least  a  few  tubes  of  each.  Put 
up  in  20s  and  100s  as  usual.  Ask  S.  &  D.  for  prices  and 
full  data. 


Delcara  Marshmallows 

At  the  last  meeting  of  the  American  Pharni.iK  ul  ii  ,il  .\«so- 
ciation,  a  well-known  and  successful  i)harni;u  i-1  -tatcd  ili.it 
he  believed  the  candy-business  of  the  future  will  he  done  by 
the  drug  store.  To  reach  this  advanced  position,  the  line  sold 
must  be  attractive  and  unique.  The  Rochester  Candy  Works, 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  ni''  (icilinc  a  dnnancl  fdp  just  such  i^ocid.s, 
and  in  this  issue  ni    'I  im    1  \- \   iIm\  iiicniinn   td  tlu-ir 

Famous  Delcara  M.,)-.l  ir.iil.-u,  h  th.-y  linn-.-.i-is  to 
compare  and  tcsi  wiili  miIht  Ihjh.]  on  iln'  niiikri  re- 

gardless of  I'li^r      Til,  I,:,        11^1, iimII. |..,|    ,,,,  i„ 

attractive  sr;.l..!  i -  «lii>li  iri.iil  at  si  ,„i.1  Si 

each,  and  wliidi  air  .1.  ,  h,,  ,  ,!  |,v  tlu-  mamifac  tutors  to  Ik-  the 


"fluffiest,  the  purest,  the  sweetest  confection  you  ever  tasted." 
Druggists  are  invited  to  write  for  free  samples  of  these  Marsh- 
mallows,  and  also  to  note  that  the  Delcara  Selling  Plan  in- 
cludes free  advertising  in  your  local  newspaper.  Read  the 
advertisement  and  send  a  card  today  for  free  samples  and 
full  information. 


Steel  Soda  Fountain  Furniture 

The  Toledo  Metal  Furniture  Co.,  in  its  advertisement 
this  issue  of  the  Era,  offer  to  druggists  and  soda  dispensers 
a  line  of  convenient,  durable,  economical  and  serviceable  Uhl 
Art  Steel  Furniture.  This  line  has  become  deservedly  popular 
because  of  its  quality,  which  returns  100%  value  and  guaran- 
tees  prolonged  new- 
ness. It  stands  the 
test  of  service  and 
costs  a  little  more 
because  it  is  worth 
more,  and  for  the  lit- 
tle difference  in  price 
you  get  a  big  differ- 
ence in  value. 

The  first  chair 
brought  out  by  the 
Uhl  Brothers  in 
small  bicycle  shop 
Toledo  fifteen  years 
ago,  at  once  estab- 
lished the  U-shaped 
formation  of  cold- 
rolled  steel  as  the 
most  ingenious  r 
i'ented  for  securing  in  the  legs  of  chairs, 
stands  and  tables  a  maximum  of  strength  with  a  minimum  of 
weight,  without  any  sacrifice  of  appearance.  It  also  proved 
that  the  novel  patented  truss-locking  device  possessed  both 
simplicity  and  strength.  From  this  humble  beginning  the 
plant  has  grown  to  an  occupancy  of  60,000  square  feet  of  floor 
space,  and  is  of  the  most  modem  construction,  and  equipment. 
Read  the  company's  advertisement  on  another  page  and  write 
for  particulars  concerning  Uhl  Art  Steel. 


thed 


Robertson's  Fruit  Tablets 

"Manufacturing  is  a  matter  of  Formula.  But  Salesmanship 
is  genius.  This  applies  to  most  selling  problems,  but 
ROBERTSON'S  fruit  tablets,  my  druggist  friends  tell  me,  are 
an  exception.  They  are  their  own  salesmen !  The  beautiful, 
vari-colored — red,  blue,  green,  brown,  yellow  and  orange — 
crystals  displayed  on  the  counter  in  the  attractive  jars  in  which 
they  arrive,  will  sell  themselves.  And  all  the  while  they  work 
silently  for  the  druggist,  who  receives  a  liberal  profit.  Health 
Nuggets,  I  call  them,  with  a  prenatal  tendency  toward  the 
art  of  Auto-salesmanship." — Elbert  Hubbard. 


TH.  Y.  State  versus  Federal  Anti-Narcotic  Laws 

Secretary  Warren  L.  Bradt  of  the  New  York  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy  sends  us  a  copy  of  a  letter  received  by  him  from  the 
office  of  the  Attorney-General.  The  correspondence  is  self- 
explanatory,  and  the  letter  is  printed  herewith: 

Albany,  Feb.  25,  1915. 

Hon.  Warren  L.  Bradt,  Secretary,  State  Board  of  Pharmacj-. 
Albany,  N.  Y. 

Dear  Sir: —  Receipt  is  acknowledged  of  your  letter  of  Feb- 
ruary 3d,  relative  to  possible  conflict  which  may  arise  between 
the  State  Law  relating  to  the  sale  of  habit  forming  drugs  ant! 
the  Federal  statute  upon  the  same  subject. 

Deputy  Griffin  of  this  Department  has  consulted  with  Sena- 
tor Boylan  and  at  some  time  he  hopes  to  arrange  a  conferencs 
with  Senator  Whitney,  a  representative  of  this  department  aii'l 
yourself.  At  some  time  in  tlie  future  my  views  upon  this 
question  may  be  desirable.  In  the  meantime,  however,  it  i 
my  opinion  that  the  State  authorities  should  continue  to  en- 
force the  State  Law  according  to  its  requirements.  It  is  m; 
understanding  that  obedience  to  the  State  law  does  not  neces- 
sarily result  in  violation  of  the  Federal  act.  However,  so  fa 
as  you  are  concerned,  you  are  required  to  enforce  the  Stat 
l;iw  as  it  stands.  The  officers  charged  with  the  administra 
tion  of  the  Federal  .\ct  of  course,  have  the  responsibility  c 
enforcing  its  provisions. 

Very  truly  your, 
E.  E.  WOODBL-RY,  Attorney-General. 
By  Merton  E.  Lewis,  First  Deputy. 


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PATENTS  AND  TIRADE  MARKS 


POISON  INDICATOR 

MANY  mechanical  inventions  have  been  devised  for  ap- 
prising individuals  of  the  poisonous  contents  of  bot- 
tles that  they  may  be  called  upon  to  handle.  One  of 
the  most  recent  devices  of  this  character  is  the  invention  of 
Mahalah  T.  Hudson,  Kirksvillc,  Mo.  (Patent  No.  1,131,839), 
shown  in  the  accompanying  illustration.  It  comprises  a  frame 
formed  from  a  blank  and  provided  with  a  central  body,  upon 
which  are  formed  integral  arms  bent  upwardly  so  as  to  meet 
at  their  end  portions;  a  bell  carried  by  the  ends  of  said  arms, 
integral  plates  formed  upon  said  body  and  extending  at  right 
angles  thereto,  said  plates  being  adapted  to  rest  upon  the 
\ipper  portions  of  a  cork  of  a  bottle  for  retaining  the  frame  in 
its  correct  vertical  position,  and  spurs  extending  downwardly  from 
the  lower  portion  of  the  body  for  digging  into  tlie  cork  where- 
by the  poison  indicator  will  be  held  in  engagement  and  rest 
«venly  on  the  upper  portion  of  the  cork. 


1,131,339, 


1,132,126. 


Toilet  Article 
This  device,  the  invention  of  William  N.  Sharp,  Chicago, 
111.  (Patent  No.  1,132,126),  comprises  an  oblong  rectangular 
case  open  along  one  face  closed  at  one  end  and  having  a 
longitudinal  slot  in  one  end  near  the  opposite  face  and  ex- 
tending through  said  closed  end,  a  brush  hinged  in  the  op- 
posite open  end  of  the  case  to  fold  and  fit  lengthwise  into 
it  clear  of  the  bottom  to  leave  a  space,  and  a  comb  pivoted 
at  one  end  to  the  bottom  face  of  the  case  near  its  opposite 
«nd  to  fold  into  the  latter  through  said  slot  at  a  right  angle 
to  the  direction  of  folding  the  brvish  and  extend  into  said 
space  and  along  and  out  of  contact  with  the  brush  bristles. 


Percolator 

This  percolator,  the  invention  of  John  W.  Hagearty,  New- 
Britain,  Conn.  (Patent  No.  1,132,472),  consists  of  a  liquid 
receiving  chamber  having  a 
flat  top  wall  and  a  delivery 
tube  extending  upwardly  there- 
from, a  valve  supported  from 
the  said  top  wall,  suitable  for 
closing  a  port  in  the  said  wall, 
the  valve  being  in  the  form  of 
a  flat  plate  having  holes  in  the 
«nd3,  and  the  supporting  means 
for  the  said  valve  comprising  a 
plurality  of  headed  piiis  passing 
through  the  said  holes,  extend- 
ing downwardly  from  the  said 
top  wall,  and  having  the  heads  at  the  lower  side  of  said  plate. 
The  percolator  is  shown  in  the  drawing  reproduced  herewith. 


1.132,472. 


Twine  Holder 
This  device,  a  twine  holder,  is  the  invention  of  Alexander 
M.  Kelly.  Knoxville.  and  Benton  L.  Shaner,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
(Patent  No.  1,131,843).  It  comprises  a  spool  carrying  shaft,  a 
support  in  which  the  shaft  is  removably  seated  and  having 
means  for  holding  the  shaft  against  rotation,  and  a  drum 
mounted  to  rotate  on  said  shaft  and  to  inclose  a  spool  of 
twine  or  cord,  said  drum  having  cylindrical  end  portions  of 
sufficient  length  to  extend  over  the  end  portions  of  the  spool, 
and  the  drum  intermediate  of  said  end  portions  having  open- 
ings shorter  than  the  length  of  said  spool  and  having  curved 


walls  arranged  to  direct  the  cord  toward  the  central  portion 
of  the  spool,  one  of  said  heads  being  removable,  substan- 
tially as  described.      The  drum  is  actuated  by  means  of  a 


1,131,843.  TWINE-HOLDER 


1,132,140. 


spring  wire  which  is  secured  to  the  drum  at  its  intermediate 
portion  with  one  of  its  free  end  portions  bearing  against  the 
inner  surface  of  the  drum,  while  the  other  free  end  portion 
extends  in  the  opposite  direction  within  the  drum. 


Bottle  and  Cap  Fastener 

George  A.  Williams,  assignor  to  the  Williams  Sealing  Cor- 
poration, Waterbury,  Conn.,  is  the  inventor  of  this  device 
(Patent  No.  1,132,140),  which  is  the  combination  with  a 
bottle  having  a  cap  comprising  an  elastic  skirt  and  a  con- 
tractile ring,  said  ring  having  hooked  end  portions,  of  a  ta- 
pering locking  device  adapted  to  engage  said  hooked  ring  ends, 
said  locking  device  being  movable  bodily  in  a  plane  parallel 
at  all  times  to  the  bottle  neck,  said  movement  in  one  direction 
contracting  the  ring  and  in  the  opposite  direction  expanding 
the  ring.  A  wedge-shaped  fastening  device  arranged  for  en- 
gagement with  the  hooked  ends  and  adapted  to  move  at  right 
angles  to  the  plane  of  the  ring  is  employed  to  contract  the 
ring,  the  device  being  provided  with  seats  for  receiving  the 
hooked  ends  of  the  ring  when  the  device  is  in  its  locked 
position. 


PATENTS 


Granted  February  23,  1915 

,129,069— Theodore  E.  Buechner,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Non-refillable 
bottle. 

,129,270 — Hans  Belart,  Huddersfield,  England.  Medicinal  prepa- 
ration for  human  use. 

,129,283 — Frank  L.  Fischer,  South  Superior,  Wis.  Bottle  and 
closure  means  therefor. 

,129,306— Howard  L.  Marsh,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Process  of  intro- 
ducing iron  into  foods,  drugs,  and  beverages. 

,129,307 — Howard  L.  Marsh,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Process  of  form- 
ing compounds  of  iron  and  carbohydrates. 

,129,321— Hans  K.  A.  S.  von  Euler-Chelpin,  assignor,  by  mesne 
assignments,  to  Aktiebolagct  Astra,  Apotekarnas  Kemiska 
Fabriker,  Stockholm,  Sweden.  Manufacture  of  carbohydrate 
phosphoric-acid  esters. 

,129,477 — Horace  C.  Gardner,  Chicago,  111.  Apparatus  for  con- 
densing ammonia  from  a  gaseous  to  a  liquid  state. 

,129,542 — Hilding  O.  V.  Bergstrom,  Stockholm,  Sweden.  Method 
of  producing  methyl  alcohol  or  other  volatile  substances  from 
wood  or  other  material  containing  cellulose. 

,129,578 — George    F.    Knox,    Milwaukee,    Wis.    Crown    cork  sea' 

,129,618 — Ludwig  W.  Zaar,  Chicago,  111.,  assignor  of  one-third  to 
Max  M.  Modell  and  one-third  to  Joseph  Ubelaker,  Chicago, 
111.    Bottle  closure. 

,129,721 — Samuel  Peacock,  Chicago,  111.,  assignor  to  International 
Agricultural  Corporation,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Process  of  pro- 
ducing salts  of  potassium  and  aluminum  and  Sxed  nitrogen 
compounds. 

Granted  March  2,  1915. 

,129,865 — Hans  J.  Hahl.  Elberfeld,  Germany,  assignor  to  Synthetic 

Patents  Co.,  Inc.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Oxyquinolin  compounds. 
,129,952— Robert  B.  Brunswick,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Bottle  opener. 
,129,953— Albert    Busch,    Brunswick,    Germany,    assignor    to  the 

Firm    of  Johann   A.    Wuefling,   Berlin,   Germany.    Process  of 

manufacturing  lithium  acety.salicylate. 
,130.015— John  T.  H.  Paul,  assignor  to  E.  Goldman  &  Co.,  Inc., 

Chicago,  111.    Bottle  washing  machine. 
,130.104 — Fritz     Kaschig,     Ludwigshafen-on-the-Rhine,  Germany. 

Process  for  the  production  of  nitric  acid. 


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,130,183 — Louis  Marconi,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Bottle  closure. 
,130,255 — Clarence  P.  Byrnes,  Sewickley,  Pa.    Vacuum  bottle. 
,130,317— Hugh  K.  Moore,  Berlin,  N.  H.    Process  of  making  so- 
dium sulfid. 

,130,488 — Clarence  F.  Davy,  Fitzroy,  New  Zealand.  Protective 
bottle. 

Granted  March  9,  1915. 

,130,783— George  A.  Williams,  assignor  to  The  Williams  Sealing 
Corporation,  Waterbury,   Conn.    Bottle  and  cap  fastener. 

,130,856 — William  C.  Sutcliffe,  Lismore,  New  Zealand.  Non-re- 
fillable  bottle. 

,130,867— Alphons  L.  Westrich,  Tooele,  Utah.    Telltale  bottle. 
,130,961 — Epaminondas    Clark,    New   York,    N.    Y.    Nasal  liquid 
inhaler. 

,131,201 — Edwin  Bluthardt,  Chicago,  III.    Bottle  seal  and  cap. 
,131,304 — Samuel  S.  Williamson  and  George  R.  Carothers,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

,131,326 — Herman  F.  Busch,  Millvale,  Pa.,  assignor  to  Armstrong 
Cork  Co.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  Cork  seal  for  bottle  stoppers  and 
the  like  and  method  of  making  the  same. 

,131,355— James  C.  Forrester,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Bottle  cap  as- 
sembling machine. 

,131,400 — Charles  AIcKeever,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.    Bottle  stopper. 

,131,497— Vern  Wheeler,  Embree,  Gayville,  S.  D.  Non-refiUable 
bottle. 

,131,544 — George  T.  Parr,  Minneapolis,  Minn.    Bottle  closure. 

Granted  March  16,  1915. 
,131,676— Horace  M.  Cake,  Washington,  D.  C.    Process  of  form- 
ing bottle  caps. 
,131,708— Otto  Kampee,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Bottle  closure. 
,131,839— Mahalah  T.   Hudson,  Kirksville,  Mo.    Poison  indicator. 
,131,843— Alexander  M.  Kelly,  Knoxvillc,  and  Benton  L.  Shaner, 

Pittsburgh,  Pa.    Twine  holder. 
,131,985— Frederick  W.  Bellois,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Bottle  closure. 
,132,126— William  N.  Sharp,  Chicago,  111.    Toilet  article. 
,132,140 — George  A.  Williams,  assignor  to  The  Williams  Sealing 

Corporation,  Waterbury,   Conn.    Bottle  and  cap  fastener. 
,132,162— Henry  J.  Chilton.  Chicago,  111.    Bottle  handling  machine. 
,132,180— Edward  Hales,  West  Bromwich,   England.    Holder  for 

bottles,  jars,  and  other  like  vessels. 
,132,238— Alexander  Bogdanffy,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Machine  for 

manufacturing  wood-top  corks. 
,132,326 — Joseph  F.  Fouyer,  Marseille,  France.    Tooth  brush. 
,132,472— John  W.  Hagearty,  New  Britain,  Conn.  Percolator. 
,132,512 — Frederick    E.    Carlson,    assignor   to    Landers,  Frary 

Clark,   New   Britain,   Conn.    Casing  for  vacuum   bottles  and 

other  dev'-'-i 


TRADE  MARKS 


Published  February  23,  1915. 

76,389— Ella  L.  K.  Willison,  Chicago,  III.    Toilet  lotions,  creams, 
salves,  etc. 

82,558— Heywood  Toilet  Specialties  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Face 
emollient,  hair  salve,  hair  tonic,  etc. 


83,144 — Anglo-American  Pharmaceutical  Co.,  Croydon,  England  and 
New  York.    Tonic  medicine. 

83,597— Albert  V.   Widmann,   Newark,   N.  J.    Remedies  for  gas- 
tric catarrh,  flatulence,  ulcer  of  stomach,  etc. 

83,621 — California  Fig  Syrup  Co.,  Reno,  Nev.,  etc.    Liquid  laxa- 
tive medicines. 

Published  March  2,  1915. 

75,923— Erwin  Bolgar,  Cleveland,  Ohio.    Candv  laxative?. 
76,501— Herman    Kallenberg,   Jr.,    New    Rochclle,    X.    Y.    A  hair 
restorer. 

'79,933— Robert  G.  Blackie,  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  Canada.  Denti 

f rices  and  mouth- wash. 
82,233— Langley    &    Michaels    Co..    San    Francisco,    Cal.  Toilet 

cream,  dental  cream,  bandoline,  floor  wax,  etc. 
82,294 — John   M.   Alexander,   Marshalltown,   Iowa.       Remedj  for 

dandruff  and  diseases  of  the  bladder  and  kidneys. 
83,644 — J.  Stamer,  Savannah,  Ga.    Remedy  for  curing  the  tobacco 

habit. 

83,669— Tempy  Robinson,  Guthrie,  Okla.    Remedy  for  dropsy  and 

kidney,  bladder,  and  stomach  troubles. 
83,847 — Anna  D.   Adams,   Chicago,  III.    Bath  salt. 
83,918— John   J.    Wittwer,    Senior,    Seattle,   Wash.    Hair  cleanser. 

Published  March  9,  1915. 

67,481— The    Renzie    Drug    Co.,    Ltd.,    Wellington,    New  Zealand. 

Medicines  for  indigestion,  dyspepsia,  heartburn,  etc. 
82,544 — Julius  L.  Mciulcl,  assignor  of  one-half  to  Louis  Bergman. 

New  York.  X.  Y. 
83,652— Cryst.il  rhanii.i.y.  Quinton,  Okla.    Chill  tonic,  liver  tonic 

and  antiliilious  pilN. 
83,950 — The  Ahicndt       Sons  Co.,  Toledo,  Ohio.    Stomach  bitters. 
84,288— Alonzo  F.  Richardfon,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Medicinal  tonic«. 

Published  March  16,  1915. 

61,577— Thomas  Grav,  Hillsboro,  N.  H.,  Carrie  L.  Gray,  executrix 
of  said  Thomas  Gr.-iv.  deceased,  assignor  to  Frank  J.  Casey 
and  John  B.  Taskcr.  Hillsboro.  N.  H..  doing  business  as  the 
Grav' Hclpuall  Co.,  Hillsboro,  N.  H.  Remedy  for  sore  throat, 
colds,  catarrh,  etc. 
72,050— Toniiie  M.  JfcRao.  Bisbee.  Ariz.  Hair  tonic. 
81, 551—1. orcn/o  Trujillo-Marin,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Pills  used  in 
tlu-  Irr.iimnit  nf  physical  waste,  etc. 

Turner,  Bakersfield,  Cal.    Face  cream. 
Chemical  Co..  Omaha.  Nebr.    Foot  lotion. 
1  nv,    Philadelphia.    Pa.    Complexion  powders. 
I'rcbol.  Passaic,  N.  J.    Medicinal  wines, 
cy  &  Co..  New  York.  N.  Y.  Rouges. 
James,   Ltd.,  New  York,  N.  Y.    A  corapourJ 
sulfur  ointment. 

83,779 — John  Norris,   Tanon   City.  Colo.    Rheumatism  liniment. 
84,097 — "Mike  Rabith,  Barberton,  Ohio,    ^fcdicinal  salve. 
84,144— Ralph   Rapp.  Now  York,  N.  Y.    Bath  powder. 
84,157— Barclay  &  Co.,   Wilmington,   Del.    Toilet,   medicinal,  •r-f 
shaving  soaps. 

84,335— The  Cooper  Medicine  Co.,  Dayton.  Ohio.    Medical  pn 

ration  v.sod  as  a  tonic. 
84,415— Henry  Thayer  &  Co..  Cambridge,  Mass.  Liniment. 


'  — R.  II.'m.i 

83,699— Mcnicy  v>i 

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191 


COD  LIVER  OIL  STILL  CLIMBING 

Carbolic  Acid  Shortage  Becoming  Acute  and  No  Out- 
side Supplies  in  Sight — Tragacanth  Scarce 

See  pages  43  to  51  for  Prices  Current. 

CH.\NGES  SES'CE  LAST  REPORT. 

A— Acacia,  Sorts   lb.  .20  —  .30 

A— Acetanilide   lb.  .90  —  1.25 

A— Acetphenetidine,  U.  S.  P  lb.  4.00  —  4.50 

A— Acid,  Benzoic,  German   lb.  2.00  —  2.25 

A— Acid,  Carbolic,  Crj-stal,  Bulk   lb  1.35  —  1.45 

10-  &  15-lb.  cans  lb.  1.40  —  1.50 

1-lb.   bottles   lb.  1.50  —  1.55 

A— Acid,  Citric,  Granulated   lb.  .62  —  .67 

Powdered   lb.  .68  —  .72 

A— .\cid  Oxalic   lb..  .20  —  .24 

Powdered   lb.  .24  —  .26 

A— .\cid,  Picric   lb.  1.75  —  1.90 

A— Salicylic  Acid,  1-lb.  cartons   lb.  1.45  —  1.55 

Bulk   lb.  1.40  —  1.50 

A — Adeps  Lanae,  Anhydrous   lb.  .55  —  .60 

Hvdrous   lb.  .38  —  .40 

D— Agaricin   oz.  1.20  —  1.30 

D— Alcohol,  Denatured,  bbls  and  ^-bbl.  ...gal.    .35  —  .40 

D— Alkanet  Root   lb.  .25  —  .30 

A — .\mmonium  Benzoate   oz.  .12  —  .16 

from  True  Benzoic  Acid  oz.  .20  —  .25 

A — Ammonium  Iodide                                  lb.  4.50  —  4.75 

A — Ammonium  Salicylate   lb.  .95  —  1.25 

A— Atropine  J^th-oz.  vials   oz.  24.00  —26.00 

A — .\tropine  Sulphate,  J^th-oz.  vials   oz.  23.25  — 25.25 

D— Balsam  Tolu   lb.  .55  —  .60 

D— Barium  Hydrate,  Caustic,  C.  P.  Cryst  ..lb.  —  .25 

D— Bayberry  Bark,  Select   lb.  .15  —  .19 

D — Beans,  Tonka,  Angostura   lb.  1.50  —  1.60 

A — Belladonna  Leaves,  German   lb.  1.50  —  1.60 

Root,  German   lb.  1.45  —  1.50 

Powdered   lb.  1.55  —  1.60 

A— Benzine   gal.  .30  —  .40 

D — Benzoin,  Sumatra   lb.  .43  —  .50 

Powdered   lb.  .56  —  .60 

A— Bismuth  Salicylate,  65%   lb.  3.25  —  3.60 

40%   lb.  3.00  —  3.25 

Subbenzoate   lb.  3.85  —  4.00 

Subcarbonate   lo.  3.50  —  3.70 

Subgallate   lb.  2.95  —  3.15 

Subiodide   lb.  5.65  —  5.90 

Subnitrate   lb.  2.95  —  3.25 

A— Blue  Mass  (Blue  Pill)   lb.  .68  —  .75 

Powdered   lb.  .70  —  .80 

D— Buchu  Leaves,  Long   lb.  1.45  —  1.55 

Powdered   lb.  1.55  —  1.65 

Short   lb.  1.55  —  1.60 

Powdered   lb.  1.65  —  1.70 

A— Caffeine,   Pure   lb.  4.75  —  5.00 

D— Calamus,  Root,  White,  peeled  &  split  ..lb.  .55  —  .60 

A — Calcium  Chloride,  Fused   lb.  .55  —  .75 

A — Calcium  Lactate   oz.  .10  —  .12 

A — Calcium  Sulphocarbolate   lb.  .10  —  .13 

D -Calendula   Flowers   lb.  65  —  .70 

A — Canary  Seed,  Sicily   lb.  .f)  —  .11 

Smyrna   lb.  .10  —  .11 

A — Capsicum   lb  .32  —  34 

Powdered   lb.  .37  —  40 

A — Caicara  Sagrada  Bark   lb.  .20  —  .21 

D — Chamomile  Flowers,  Hungarian   lb.  .35  —  .40 

Roman  or  Belgian   lb.  .42  —  .48 

A— Chicle   lb.  .70  —  .75 

D— Chrysarobin   oz.  .24  —  26 

A— Colchicum  Seed   lb.  .85  —  .90 

;              Powdered   lb.  .95  —  1.00 

D— Colocynth,  Select   lb.  .50  —  .60 

Pulp   lb.  .52  —  .56 


A— Condurango  Bark,  True   lb.  .28  —  .32 

D— Copaiba,  S.  A  lb.  .42  —  .48 

D— Cramp  Bark   lb.  .20  —  .25 

D— Cubeb  Berries,  Sifted   lb.  .60  —  .70 

Powdered   lb.  .70  —  80 

A— Cumin   Seed   lb.  .30  —  .34 

D— Dandelion  Root   lb.  .28  —  .32 

Cut   lb.  .31  —  .35 

A — Digitilis  Leaves,  German   lb  3?  —  .37 

Powdered   lb.  .37  —  .43 

D— Fennel  Seed   lb.  .28  —  .34 

D— Galangal  Root,  Selected   lb.  23  —  .27 

Powdered   lb.  .30  —  .34 

A — Gelseminine,  German,  15  gr.  vials   ea.  —  5.00 

A— Glycerin   lb  .25  —  .3: 

A — Guaiac,  Resin   lb.  .35  —  .50 

Powdered   lb.  .45  —  .55 

D — Guaiacol  Carbonate  (oz.  .30-.35)   lb.  —  4.00 

D— Guarana  (PauUinia)   lb,  1.35  —  1.45 

Powdered   lb.  1.50  —  1.65 

D — Henbane  Leaves,  German   lb.  .35  —  .45 

Powdered   lb.  .45  —  .50 

D — Ipecac  Root,  Carthagena   lb.  2.10  —  2.20 

Powdered   lb.  2.25  —  2.35 

Rio   lb.  3.50  —  3.60 

Powdered   lb.  3.65  —  3.75 

A— Isinglass,  Russian   lb.  5.80  —  6.30 

A— Lithium  Salicylate   lb.  2.00  —  2.40 

D— Lupulin   lb.  2.00  —  2.20 

A — Lycopodium   lb.  1.25  —  1.30 

D— Mace,   Whole   lb.  .65  —  .70 

Powdered   lb.  .75  —  .80 

D — Magnesium,  Metal,  Powdered  -  oz.  .30  —  .32 

Sulphate  (Sal  Epsom)   lb.  .02  —  .04 

A — Malva  Flowers,  Large   lb.  .85  —  1.00 

Blue,  Small   lb.  .75  —  .85 

A — Manganese  Hypophosphite   lb.  1.50  —  1.85 

D— Manna,  Flake,  Large   lb.  .90  —  .95 

Small   lb.  .52  —  .58 

A — Matico  Leaves   lb.  1.25  — -1.35 

A— Menthol,  Crystals   lb.  .3.40  —  3.50 

A— Mercury   lb.  1.30  —  1.35 

A— Mullein  Flowers,  1-lb.  cans   lb.  1.85  —  1,95 

A— Mustard  Seed,  White   lb.  .15  —  .18 

D — Nickel  Acetate   oz.  —  .17 

Bromide   oz.  • —  .17 

A— Oil  Almond,  Sweet,  Pure   lb.  1.00  —  1.20 

D— Oil  Aniseed,  Star   lb.  1.50  —  1.65 

D— Oil  Bergamot   lb.  3.60  —  3.85 

D— Oil   Cassia   lb.  1.00  —  1,65 

A — Oil  Castor,  American   lb.  .121^ —  .16 

A — Oil  Cod  Liver,  Norwegian   gal.  1.75  —  1.85 

Barrels   ea.  42.00  —45,00 

i/^-barrels   ea.  23.00  —25.00 

D— Oil  Coriander   oz.  .55  —  .65 

D— Oil   Croton   lb.  1.25  —  1.40 

D — Oil  Lemongrass   lb.  1.30  —  1.40 

D— Oil  Orange,   Bitter   lb.  2.50  —  2,75 

D— Oil   Pennyroyal   lb.  1.55  —  2.10 

D— Oil  Poppy,  True   lb.  .20  —  .25 

D— Oil  Rose,  Kissanlik   oz.  10.00  —11,00 

Oil  Wintergreen,  Synthetic   lb.  1.60  —  1.75 

D — Ointment,  Mercurial,  ^  mercury   lb.  .75  —  .80 

]/}  mercury   lb.  .70  —  .75 

D— Opium,  Natural   lb  8,10  —  8.25 

Granulated   lb.  10.00  —11.00 

U.  S.  P.  Powdered   lb.  9.75  —10.75 

A — Pelletierinc  Tannate,  15  gr.-vials   ea.  —  .40 

A — Phenacetine,  Bayer  (lb.  $8)   oz.  —  .66 

A — Pitch,  Burgundy,  American   lb.  .12  —  .15 

A— Potassa  Caustic,  Com  lb.  .18  —  ,20 

A — Potassium  Chlorate   lb.  .38  —  .40 

Powdered   lb.  .39  —  .41 

Purified  and  Gran  lb.  .40  —  .42 

A— Potassium  Chloride,  CP  lb.  .25  —  .30 


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[April,  1915 


A — Potassium  Citrate   lb.  .77 

D — Potassium  Glyceropliosphate   oz.  .15 

A — Potassium    Permanganate   lb.  .38 

Pure,  Powdered   lb.  .43 

D— Potassium  Sulphide   lb.  .24 

A— Rape  Seed,  English   lb.  .12 

German   lb.  .10 

A— Resorcin,  Pure  White   lb.  1.50 

D — Sage  Leaves,  Italian   lb.  .26 

A— Salol   lb.  1.30 

A— Seidlitz  Mixture   lb.  .17 

A — Senna  Leaves,  Tinnevelly   lb.  .25 

A — Silver  Nitrate,  Crystal   oz.  .42 

Fused,  Cones   oz.  .44 

A— Soap  Tree  Bark,  Cut   lb.  .24 

Powdered   lb.  .25 

A — Sodium  Benzoate   lb.  2.00 

A— Sodium  Iodide  (oz.  .37-.42)   lb.  4.40 

A — Sodium   Salicylate   lb.  1.75 

D— Squill  Root,  White   lb.  .12 

D — Storax,  Liquid    lb.  .40 

A — Strontium  Salicylate   lb.  1.25 

A— Thymol   lb.  7.00 

A — Tragacanth,  Aleppo,  Extra   lb.  2.25 

No.  1   lb.  2.00 

Powdered   lb.  1.60 

A — Wax,    Japan   lb.  .18 

A — Wormseed  (Chenopodium)   lb.  .16 

Powdered   lb.  .22 

Note — A,  advanced;  D,  declined;  C,  correction;  N, 


—  1.00 

—  .25 

—  .45 

—  .50 

—  .32 

—  .14 

—  .12 

—  1.65 

—  .28 

—  1.40 

—  .22 

—  .30 

—  .45 

—  .48 

—  .28 

—  .30 

—  2.10 

—  4.65 

—  2.00 

—  .14 

—  .45 

—  1.50 

—  8.00 

—  2.35 

—  2,25 

—  2.35 

—  .20 

—  .18 

—  .26 
new. 


New  York,  March  22 — A  study  of  market  conditions  during 
the  past  three  weeks  tends  to  show  that  price  quotations  are 
in  many  instances  based  upon  possible  future  contingencies, 
most  of  them  beyond  the  present  horizon,  and  any  of  which 
may  be  realized  before  tlie  reader  has  had  the  opportunity  to 
■cast  his  eye  upon  these  lines.  Thus,  the  opening  of  the 
Dardanelles  by  the  Allied  fleets,  the  success  or  failure  of  the 
Germans  or  British  to  get  shipments  from  the  outside  world 
or  to  deliver  their  products  to  anxious  buyers,  have  such  a 
bearing  upon  market  prices  in  general,  that  many  of  the  ar- 
ticles naturally  included  in  these  categories,  are  being  more 
firmly  held,  and  some  of  them  advancing  to  prices  near  that 
reached  shortly  after  the  declaration  of  hostilities.  Manufac- 
turers have  named  higher  prices  for  many  chemicals  in  con- 
sequence of  the  higher  cost  of  raw  materials,  and  a  number  of 
botanical  drugs  have  been  advanced  on  the  possible  scarcity 
suggested  by  smaller  import  movements.  Trading  has  been 
only  moderately  active,  however,  and  most  purchases  have  been 
in  the  line  of  current  requirements.  Among  the  price  changes 
of  principal  importance  in  the  way  of  advances  are  those 
noted  for  cod  liver  oil,  carbolic  acid,  salicylic  acid  and  its 
congeners,  acetanilide,  bismuth  salts,  picric  acid,  chicle,  lycopo- 
dium,  menthol,  phenacetine,  seidlitz  mixture,  resorcin,  various  po- 
tassium salts,  senna  leaves,  thymol  and  wormseed.  Declines 
in  prices  are  noted  for  denatured  alcohol,  buchu  leaves,  Cala- 
mus root,  Hungarian  and  Roman  or  Belgian  chamomile  flowers, 
galangal  root,  ipecac  root,  mace,  magnesium  metal,  manna, 
various  essential  oils  and  opium. 

Opium — Business  in  this  commodity  is  practically  at  a 
standstill,  and  inquiries  are  wanting.  It  is  said  that  more 
than  100,000  pounds  of  the  gum  are  stored  on  this  side  of 
the  water,  not  counting  the  stocks  held  by  manufacturers  and 
speculators  from  before  the  war.  The  operation  of  the  Feder- 
al narcotic  law  is  also  exerting  a  restrictive  influence  upon 
domestic  buying,  and  quotations  have  declined  to  $8.10@$.25 
per  pound  for  natural,  $10@$11  for  granulated,  and  $9.75@ 
$10.75  for  U.  S.  P.  powdered. 

Quinine — A  strong  undertone  pervades  the  market,  with 
prices  unchanged  at  27@31c  per  ounce  for  100-oz.  tins.  Des- 
patches from  London  report  the  stocks  in  that  market  to  be 
2,618,608  ounces  on  March  1,  as  against  3,285,968  ounces  on 
the  corresponding  date  last  year 

Cod  Liver  Oil- — The  present  quotations  are  the  highest 
that  this  article  has  reached  since  1911,  when  the  oil  reached 
$50  per  barrel.  It  is  now  held  at  $42@$45  per  barrel,  or 
$23@.$25  per  half-in-  '  I  '  ,  prospect  of  still  higher  prices 
prevailing.    The  (  i  ulvance  is  largely  due  to  the 

demand  from  Genu  oil  is  being  used,  it  is  said, 

for  both  edible  and  n'.; mn.il  purposes.  Another  important 
factor  for  the  increase  in  price  in  this  market  is  due  to  the 


purchase  here  of  large  quantities  of  oil  by  French  and  Russian 
agents,  the  domestic  consumption  not  amounting  to  very  much. 

Carbolic  Acid — This  article,  the  basic  material  for  many 
products,  is  still  advancing  in  price,  crystal  in  bulk  being 
quoted  at  $1.35@$1.45  per  pound;  in  10  and  15-lb.  cans  at 
$1.40@$1.50,  and  in  1-lb.  bottles  at  $1.50@$1.55.  The  shortage 
is  becoming  more  acute,  with  no  immediate  relief  expected 
from  the  supplies  of  other  countries. 

Menthol — Prices  have  advanced  slightly,  and  crystal  is 
held  at  $3.40@$3.50  per  pound.  It  is  stated  that  Japanese 
manufacturers  have  curtailed  shipments  to  this  country  to 
manipulate  prices,  but  so  far,  the  market  has  been  quiet  with 
but  little  demand. 

Picric  Acid — The  extended  use  of  this  acid  by  the  belli- 
gerents as  an  explosive  has  influenced  a  sharp  advance,  and 
jobbers  quote  $1.75@$1.90  per  pound.  Steel  manufacturers, 
it  is  reported,  are  taking  steps  to  produce  the  acid  here  on  a 
large  scale. 

Silver  Nitrate — A  reduction  in  the  domestic  price  of  the 
metal  has  caused  a  decline  in  the  price  of  the  nitrate  which 
is  now  quoted  at  42@47c  per  ounce  for  crystal,  and  44@48c 
per  ounce  for  fused  in  cones. 

Thymol — The  depletion  of  supplies,  with  no  new  stock 
coming  to  hand,  has  stiffened  prices,  and  jobbers  quote  $7@ 
$8  per  pound. 

CoNDURANGO  Bark — The  exhaustion  of  spot  stocks  has 
caused  a  firmer  feeling,  and  quotations  have  been  advanced  to 
28@32c  per  pound. 

Acid,  Benzoic — The  scarcity  of  toluol  has  resulted  in  higher 
prices,  and  German  is  held  at  $2@$2.25  per  pound.  There  is 
practically  no  demand  for  acid  made  from  gum  benzoin. 

Buchu  Leaves — A  revision  of  prices  shows  a  lower  range 
for  all  grades,  long  being  held  at  $1.45@$1.55  per  pound  for 
whole,  and  $1.55@$1.65  for  powdered;  short,  $1.55@$1.60  for 
whole,  and  $1.65@$1.70  for  powdered. 

Senna  Leaves — Scarcity  of  this  article  is  due  to  the  em- 
bargo recently  placed  upon  shipments  from  Egypt  to  any 
country  but  Great  Britain  or  France,  and  the  expulsion  of 
the  principal  operators  from  the  Soudan  by  the  British  au- 
thorities. Tinnevelly  leaves  are  firmly  held  at  2S@30c  per 
pound. 

Tragacanth — Aleppo  is  scarce  and  the  uncertainty  of  ax- 
rivals  of  future  supplies  has  caused  this  gum  to  be  strongly 
held,  extra  being  quoted  at  $2.25@$2.35,  and  No.  1  at  $2@ 
$2.25.  Turkey  gum  is  also  reported  scarce,  but  prices  are 
unchanged  at  last  month's  quotations. 

Belladonn.\ — German  leaves  and  root  are  higher,  the  former 
being  held  at  $1.50@$1.60  per  pound.  Whole  root  is  quoted 
at  $1.45@$1.50;  and  powdered  $1.55@$1.60. 

Digitalis— A  strong  upward  trend  is  noted,  and  prices  for 
German  have  been  raised  to  32@37c;  powdered.  37@43c. 

Canary  Seed — All  varieties  are  firmer,  10@llc  per  pound 
being  asked  for  both  Sicily  and  Smyrna. 

Chamomile  Flowers — Revision  of  quotations  showed 
slightly  lower  prices,  with  Hungarian  being  held  at  35@40c 
and  Roman  or  Belgian  at  42@48c.  .At  the  same  time,  deple- 
tion of  spot  stocks  and  the  uncertainty  of  replenishing  sup- 
plies from  Trieste  and  Italy  tend  to  advance  quotations. 

Lycopodium — This  article  has  been  advancing  for  some  time, 
and  the  future  is  somewhat  uncertain.  Jobbers  quote  $1.25@ 
$1.30  per  pound. 

Acetphenetidine — Demand  from  manufacturers  and  agents 
of  foreign  governments  has  caused  a  strong  advance  in  prices, 
and  U.  S.  P.  is  now  held  at  $4@$4,25. 

Potash — In  the  absence  of  imports  from  Germany  and  the 
embargo  placed  upon  all  shipments  from  that  country  b)' 
Great  Britain  and  France,  holders  have  advanced  their  prices 
for  all  grades  and  many  of  tlie  salts.  Caustic,  commercial,  is 
held  at  18@20c;  chlorate,  3S@40c:  powdered,  30(S'41c,  and 
purified  and  granular,  40@42c:  chloride,  C.  P.,  25@30c:  ci- 
trate, 77c@$l ;  permanganate,  3SC(f45c;  and  pure,  powdered,  43 
@50c. 

Salicylic  Acid — Due  to  the  growing  scarcity  of  phenol, 
manufacturers  have  advanced  their  prices  on  this  article,  and 
jobbers  now  quote  $1.45@$1.5S  in  1-lb.  cartons,  and  $1.40(g> 
$1.50  per  pound  in  bulk.  Revised  prices  for  Uie  various  saK- 
cylates  also  show  higher  ranges,  as  follows:  Ammonium,  95c(^ 
$1.25  per  pound;  bismuth.  eS-Tr,  $3,25(ff$3.60:  40%,  $3^ 
$3.25;  sodium,  $1.75(?$2;  strontium,  $1.25@$1.50  per  pound. 

Bismuth  S.\lts— In  addition  to  the  ad\'ance  noted  for  th- 
salicylate  of  bismuth  in  the  preceding  paragraph,  all 
salts  of  this  metal  are  higher,  jobbers  quoting  as  follows;  sub- 


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benzoate,  $3.85@$4;  subgallate,  $2.9S@$3.15;  subiodide,  $5.65 
@$5.90;  subnitrate,  $2.95@$3.25. 

CuBEB  Berries — Recent  arrivals  and  lack  of  demand  are  re- 
sponsible for  the  decline  noted  in  the  quotations  for  this 
item,  sifted  being  held  at  6O@70c,  and  powdered  at  70@ 
80c. 

Malva  Flowers — Have  been  in  scanty  supply  and  prices 
have  advanced  to  8Sc@$l  per  pound  for  large,  and  75@85c 
for  small  blue  flowers. 

Sace — Lack  of  demand  and  little  interest  are  responsible 
for  the  decline  in  price,  Italian  being  obtainable  at  26@28c 
per  pound. 

CuMix  Seed — Depletion  of  spot  stocks  has  strengthened  the 
position  of  this  article,  and  jobbers  quote  30@34c  per  pound. 

Ipecac — Following  the  replenishment  of  spot  stocks,  quota- 
tions have  been  reduced  to  $2,10@2.20  for  whole  Carthagena, 
and  $2.25@$2.35  for  powdered.  Rio  is  held  at  $3.50@$3.60 
for  whole,  and  $3.65(a3.75  for  powdered. 

Mustard — Black  is  unchanged.  White  is  firmer  and  prices 
have  been  advanced  to  15@lSc  per  pound  for  whole. 

C.\i.endul.\  Flo\vers — Are  easier,  and  prices  have  declined 
to  65@70c. 

On,  Bergamot — Recent  arrivals  of  new  stock  and  lack  of 
active  demand  have  caused  a  decline  in  this  essence,  which  is 
now  obtainable  at  $3.60@$3.85  per  pound. 

On,  AxiSE— Star  is  lower,  with  quotations  ranging  from 
$1.5O@?1.60  per  pound. 

On,  Or.\nce — Bitter  is  in  moderate  demand  only,  and 
prices  have  eased  off  to  $2.50@$2.75  per  pound.  Sweet  is 
unchanged  at  last  month's  quotations. 

Oil  Lemoxcrass — This  essence  is  also  easier  owing  to  lack 
of  demand,  jobbers  quoting  $1.30@$1.40  per  pound. 

On,  Rose — In  the  absence  of  the  usual  European  purchases, 
stocks  here  have  accumulated  with  a  consequent  decline  in 
prices,  Kissanlik  being  offered  at  $10@$11  per  ounce. 

On,  WlXTERGREEX — Synthetic  is  strongly  held  and  supplies 
are  reported  scanty  in  this  market.  Prevailing  jobbing  quo- 
tations are  $1.60@$1.75  per  pound. 

Galang.\l  Root — A  revision  in  prices  shows  a  lower  range, 
with  selected  whole  root  quoted  at  23@27c,  and  powdered  at 
30@34c  per  pound. 

Gu.\R.\x.\ — Is  lower  and  obtainable  at  $1.35@$1.4S  per 
pound  for  whole  and  $1.50@$1.65  for  powdered. 

Rape  Seed — Is  somewhat  strongly  held,  with  prices  marked 
up  to  12@14c  for  English,  and  10@12c  for  German. 

Seidlitz  Mixture — Following  an  advance  in  price  by  manu- 
facturers, quotations  have  been  advanced  to  17@22c  per  pound. 

Soap  Tree  B.\rk — The  reduction  of  spot  stocks  has  caused 
jobbers  to  mark  up  their  quotations  for  cut  to  24@28c  per 
pound.    Powdered  is  held  at  25@30c. 

COLCHICUM  Seed — Present  quotations  show  an  advance,  85 
@90c  per  pound  being  asked  for  whole,  and  95c@$l  per 
pound  for  powdered. 

Isinglass — Russian  is  higher,  $5.80@$6.30  per  pound  being 
asked. 

Wax — Japan  is  in  reduced  supply,  following  a  raise  in  the 
import  cost  and  an  advance  in  freight  rates.  Jobbers  quote 
18@20c  per  pound. 

Wormseed — Chenopodium  is  higher  at  16@18c  per  pound 
for  whole,  and  22@26c  for  powdered. 


N.  Y.  C.  P.  ELECTS  OFFICERS 

Professor  Edward  Kremers  Lectures  on  "The  Evolu- 
tion of  the  Apothecary  and  His  Shop." 

Professor  Charles  F.  Chandler,  vice  president  of  the  New 
York  College  of  Pharmacy,  presided  at  the  March  meeting  of 
that  institution,  at  which  the  annual  election  of  officers  was 
held.    The  following  were  unanimously  elected: 

President,  Nicholas  Murray  Butler;  first  vice  president, 
Charles  F.  Chandler;  second  vice  president,  Wm.  Jay  Schieffe- 
lin;  third  vice  president,  Albert  Plaut;  treasurer,  Clarence  O. 
Bigelow;  secretary,  Thomas  F.  Main;  assistant  secretary, 
Charles  W.  Holzhauer;  trustees  to  serve  for  three  years: 
Arthur  H.  Elliott,  David  Costello,  Ernest  Stauffen,  V.  Chapin 
Daggett  and  William  P.  Ritchey. 

Secretary  Main  presented  a  brief  report  of  a  previous  meet- 
ing of  the  college  trustees,  remarking  particularly  upon  the 
reduction  of  the  institution's  indebtedness  to  the  sum  of 
$55,000.  Professor  Chandler  commented  interestingly  upon 
this  feature  of  the  report,  asserting  that  it  presented  a  most 


remarkable  case  of  an  educational  institution  paying  off  its 
indebtedness  without  receiving  bequests  or  funds  from  outside. 
In  earlier  days  the  college  had  an  indebtedness  of  $125,000, 
and  a  iloating  debt  amounting  to  $15,000. 

Secretary  Main  also  reported  the  deaths  of  M.  K.  Switzer, 
Charles  H.  White,  Joseph  A.  Velsor  and  Alfred  H.  Kennedy, 
all  college  members.  Mr.  Main  stated  that  he  would  present 
biographies  of  the  deceased  at  a  future  meeting. 

Caswell  A.  Mayo,  chairman  of  the  lecture  committee,  re- 
ported that  Dr.  Edward  Kremers,  dean  of  the  University  of 
Wisconsin  School  of  Pharmacy,  would  lecture  on  "The  Evolu- 
tion of  the  Apothecary  and  his  Shop."  Mr.  Mayo  called  upon 
Dean  Rusby  to  introduce  Dr.  Kremers.  Dean  Rusby,  in 
making  his  introduction,  recalled  an  A.  Ph.  A.  meeting  of  some 
20  years  ago,  when  a  young  man — Dr.  Kremers — read  a  paper 
presenting  his  conception  of  what  a  young  man  should  be  to 
be  a  good  pharmacist.  The  paper,  said  the  Dean,  had  been 
extremely  prophetic.  Other  interesting  features  of  Dr. 
Kremers'  personality  and  work  were  also  developed  by  the 
speaker. 

Dr.  Kremers'  lecture,  which  was  illustrated  with  an  abun- 
dant supply  of  interesting  stereopticon  slides,  was,  in  synop- 
sis, as  follow : 

Derivation  of  the  word  "apotheke",  i.  e.,  a  place  for  storage. 
Thus  the  modern  German  word  for  library,  viz.  "Bibliothek" 
designates  a  storage  place  for  books.  One  of  the  art  galleries 
in  ^Munich,  the  "Pinakothek"  is  a  storage  place  for  paintings. 

The  word  pharmacist  is  derived  from  another  Greek  word 
"pharmakon",  meaning  a  medicament. 

The  precursors  of  the  modern  apothecary  and  his  shop : — 

1.  )  In  Egypt  (Priests  and  later  charlatans). 

2.  )  In  Greece  (Root  cutters,  ointment  makers,  ointment 
sellers,  etc.) 

3.  )  In  Rome  (Medicine  peddlers,  herbalists,  the  street  of 
the  ointment  makers  or  "seplasium" ) . 

4.  )  Among  the  Arabians   (Hospital  pharmacies.  First 
public  pharmacy  in  Bagdad  in  8th  century.) 

5.  )  Among  Christians  (Monastic  dispensaries  in  southern 
Italy). 

The  modern  apothecary  or  pharmacist. 

The  first  public  apothecary  shop  in  Naples  in  the  11th 
century. 

Separation  of  pharmacy*  from  medicine. 
Establishment  of  apothecary  shops  in  Germany  since  the 
12th  century. 

1.  )  Hospital  and  monastic  dispensaries. 

2.  )  Court  apothecaries. 

3.  )  Municipal  apothecaries. 

a.  )  "Real"  concessions. 

b.  )  Personal  concessions. 

The  evolution  of  the  "chemist  and  druggist"  in  England. 
The  physician  and  his  assistant,  the  apothecary. 
The  apothecary  a  medico-pharmaceutical  practitioner. 
The  grocers,  or  sellers  "engros"  and  the  "chemist  and 
druggist." 

The  modern  "pharmaceutical  chemist." 
The  druggist  and  pharmacist  in  the  United  States. 
Early  development  along  English  lines. 
The  advent  of  the  German  "Apotheker." 
Legislative  restrictions  and  control. 

The  endeavor  of  the  modern  drug  store  to  meet  the  de- 
mands of  the  people. 


Corks  that  Give  tTniversal  Satisfaction 
How  to  get  corks  in  a  uniformly  good  quality  is  a  problem. 
Ordinary  commercial  designations,  such  as  X,  XX,  XXX,  etc., 
are  really  no  index  to  go  by,  since  they  vary  greatly  among 
different  manufacturers.  There  are  two  brands,  however,  that 
can  be  relied  on  to  give  uniform  satisfaction,  namely.  Circle 
A  Corks  and  Circle  B  Corks,  manufactured  by  the  Armstrong 
Cork  Company  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  Circle  A  Corks  have  been 
on  the  market  for  the  past  28  years  until  today  they  are 
recognized  generally  as  being  the  standard  prescription  corks 
of  America.  Aside  from  the  profit  that  the  sales  yield,  the 
manufacturers  take  just  as  much  pride  in  keeping  this  well- 
known  brand  up  to  the  highest  standard  as  the  druggist  docs 
in  compounding  prescriptions  accurately.  Circle  B  Corks  are 
inferior  only  to  the  Circle  A  grade.  Both  brands  are  packed 
in  double  sacks,  a  srong  paper  bag  inside  one  of  muslin. 
Your  troubles  will  end,  so  far  as  corks  are  concerned,  if  in 
ordering  you  specify  either  of  these  two  brands. 


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[April,  1915 


Index  to  Advertisers,  page  48.      Index  to  Goods  Advertised,  pages  44-47 

Index  to  Text  Pages 


Abstracts,  Foreign,  165. 

Acid,    Acetyl    Salicylic,  British 
Made,  162. 

Ablex  Chemical  Co.,  175. 

American    Fixture    and  Show 
Case  Mfg.  Co.,  183. 

Apothecary  and  his  Shop,  Evo- 
lution, 193. 

Apparatus,     Time     Saving  for 
Pharmacists,  180. 

Associated  Drug  Stores,  185. 

Associations,  Clubs,  etc. — 

Amer.    Med.-Pharm.  League, 
183. 

American  Pharmacc  itical,  182. 
Baltimore  Branch,  180. 

Boston     Retail  Druggists, 

Chicago  Branch,  181. 

Detroit  Branch,  179. 

New  York  Branch,  179. 

Northern  Ohio  Branch,  181. 

Philadelphia,  181. 
Associated     Pharmacists  and 

Drug  Clerks  of  Greater  N. 

Y.,  183. 
Drug  Trade  to  Boom  Phila- 
delphia, 178. 
German  Apothecaries,  183. 
Jersey  City  Druggists,  178. 
Kings   Co.  (New  York)  Pharm. 

Soc,  182. 
New  England  Rexall  Juniors, 
177. 

New    Jersey  Pharmaceutical, 
178. 

New    York    Pharm.  Confer- 
ence, 183. 
New  York  State  Pharm.,  182. 
W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D.— 
Boston  Chapter,  169,170. 
Louisville  Chapter,  169,  170. 
Philadelphia  Chapter,  170. 
St.  Louis  Chapter,  170. 
Bagley,  Miss  Anna  C,  168. 
Bandrowsky  Base,  166. 
Bartlett,  John  A.  174. 
Bates  Drug   Store,  184. 
Baumann,  Charles  T.,  172. 
Benzol  from  Crude  Petroleum, 

Rittman  Process,  167. 
Bessey,  Dr.  Charles  E.,  173. 
Boards  of  Pharmacy — 
California,  186. 
Delaware,  186. 
Indiana,  186. 
Iowa,  186. 
Massachusetts,  186. 
Minnesota,  186. 
Ohio,  186. 
Rhode  Island,  186. 
Bottle  and  Cap  Fastener,  Wil- 
liams', 189. 
Boyd  Drug  Co.,  184. 
Bresler,  Lazar,  184. 
Brophy,  Dr.  James  J.,  173. 
Calcium  Acetyl  Salicylate,  155. 
Carr,  Owens  &  Co.,  184. 


Chewing  Gum,  Chicle  Manufac- 
ture, 163. 
Cider,  Carbonating,  164. 
Cider,  Champagne,  164. 
Colchicine,    Colorimetric  Deter- 
minations, 166. 
Colleges  of  Pharmacy- 
New  York,  193. 
Cooperative    Department  Stores 

Syndicate,  184. 
Cosden,  Alfred  H.,  171. 
Cost     Prices,     Importance  of 

Knowing,  158. 
Correspondence,  150. 
Cream,  Greaseless,  164. 
Deisel,  Louis  C,  172. 
Delgado,  Frank  A.,  185. 
Dimmitt,  Addison,  161. 
Dodge,  N.  C,  174. 
Dow,  M.  C,  176. 
Drew,  W.  M.,  174. 
Durolit,  179. 
Eberhardt,  J.  C,  173. 
Essence,  Cider,  164. 
Editorials- 
Chain   Store   and  Department 

Competition,  149. 
Control   of  Prices,  148. 
Exempted  Preparations  under 

Harrison  Law,  149. 
Great  Drug  Scandal,  ISO. 
More    Narcotic  Preparations, 
ISO. 

Perilous  Competition,  149. 
Trend  of  Legislation  in  New 

Jersey,  148. 
Uniform  State  Narcotic  Laws, 

149. 

Evans,  George  W.,  173. 
Facial  Defects,  Masking,  166. 
Finney,  George  W.,  173. 
France,   Melville,  A.  172. 
Galenicals,  Preservation,  180. 
Gasoline     Supply,  Increasing, 

Rittman  Process,  167. 
Cast  Drug  Co.,  185. 
Gerity  Drug  Store,  184. 
Gifford,  Charles  A.,  174. 
Gilmore  Drug  Co.,  \V.  J.,  183. 
Gleason,  David,  172. 
Goddard,  Charles  H.,  172. 
Graupner,  Edward  W.,  184. 
Graver,   Mrs.   Kittie  Harboard, 

169. 

Green  &  Horsey  Drug  Co.,  184. 
Hair  Dyes,  166. 
Hair  Preparation,  Tar,  163. 
Ha'.sey,  George  E.,  173. 
Hancock  &  Son,  John  F.,  184. 
Hankins,  William  Lott,  173. 
Harris,  Samuel  Y.,  172. 
Hathaway,  Mrs.  E.  C,  172. 
Ucdquist  Drug  Co.,  184. 
Henry  &  Carvil,  185. 
Ilileman,  Emmet,  172. 
Hyde,  A.  A.,  171. 
Hydrargyrum  Oxycyanatum,  155. 
Husband,  Thomas  J,  Jr.,  176. 
Indicators,   Choosing,  165. 
Inks,      Printing,  Composition, 
162. 


Insects,  Getting  Rid  of,  169. 

Jesson,  Jacob,  173. 
,ncs,  Henry  Walter,  171. 

Paraphenylenediamine,  166. 

Kemper,   Harry  A.,  185. 
una,  Thomas,  174. 

Klcnert,  Frank  W.,  174. 

Kooker,  James  L.  174. 

Kremers,   Dr.   Edward,  189. 

Lagasse,  Frobe  J.,  174. 

Laudanum,  Consumption  in  Chi- 
cago Stores,  181. 

Laughlin  Fruit  Co.,  184. 

Law,  Anti-Narcotic,  Federal  vs. 
New  York,  188. 

Law,  Harrison,  in  the  Making, 
177. 

Law,  Harrison,  Preparations 
Exempted  and  Affected,  154 

Law,  Narcotic,  Harrison,  Ru- 
lings, 151. 

Lawson,  John  H.,  174. 

Leeches,  Scarcity,  162. 

Legislation,  Liquor,  Massachu- 
setts, 177. 

Legislation,  Pharmacy,  New 
Jersey,  178. 

Legislation,  proposed  in  Various 
States  153. 

Licorice  Extracts,  Composition 
and  Analysis,  166. 

London  Letter,  162. 

McCoUey,  H.  B.,  184. 

McComas,  Isaac  H.,  174. 

McFadden,  Dr.  John  J.,  174. 

McGovern,  John  Francis,  174. 

McMechem,  William  B.,  174. 

McMurray,  James  W.,  174. 

Magaw,  Charles  F.,  172. 

Magnesium  Carbonate,  Absorp- 
tive Power,  165. 

Mallinckrodt  Chemical  Works, 
183. 

Market  Report,  191. 
Mason,  Harry  B.,  172. 
Massage  Cream,  without  Casein, 
164. 

Massot,  Joseph  W.,  174. 
Mayo,  Thomas  F.  172, 
Mendelsohn,  Max.,  184. 
Mercury  Oxycyanide,  155. 
Merrell,  B.  D.,  172. 
Mix,  Elihu,  174. 
More,  A.  J.,  172. 
Morphine,  Colorimetric  Determi- 

Morris,  Irvine,  172. 

Mostly  Personal,  171. 

Mount,  C.  J.,  175. 

Muth,  George  G.,  172. 

Nagle  Drug  Co.,  Wm.  S.,  185. 

Ncidlinger  Bros..  183. 

Ncsper,   Fred,  174. 

New  York  Movies  on  ''Patent 
Jlcdicine  Fakirs",  176. 

New  York,  Whitney  Bill  Aban- 
doned, 176. 

Obituaries,  173. 

O'Connor,  Michael,  172. 

Oil  Eucalyptus,  Cincol  Determi- 
nation, 16S. 

Oil,  Spike  Compound,  163. 

Opium,  Normal,  179. 

Osborne.  Frank  D.,  174. 

Owl  Drug  Co.,  176. 

Owl  Drug  Co.  (Los  Angeles), 
185. 

Ozark  Medicine  Co..  184. 


Paste,  Powder,  Water  Soluble, 
164. 

Patents,  Trademarks,  etc.,  189. 

Percolator,  Hagearry's,  189. 

Persian  Water,  166. 

Pests  of  Various  Kinds,  169. 

Phares,  Mrs.  Minnie,  170. 

Pharmacy,  Modern,  Trend,  160. 

Pharmacy,  Practical,  in  Pre- 
scription Department,  161. 

Phenol  from  Chlorbenzene,  165. 

Plants,  Medicinal,  Cultivation, 
156. 

Poison  Indicator,  Hudson's,  189. 
Prescription,      Did     he  Over- 
charge? 150. 
Prescription  Difficulties — 

Cherry    Laurel     Water  with 

Morphine,  165. 
Mercuric    Benzoate    and  Co- 
caine Hydrochloride,  165. 
Potassium  Iodide  and  Nitrite. 
164. 

Prussian  Remedy  Co.,  185. 
Pyridine     Bases,  Manufacture, 
163. 

Question  Box,  163. 
Quiggle  &  Co..  E.  J.,  185. 
Ransom,  William,  162. 
Rasticks,  166. 
Rawlins,  Clifton  M.,  171. 
Recreation  for  Pharmacists,  159. 
Rich,   W.   Pitt,  171. 
Riker-Hegeman  Drug  Co.,  177. 
Riker-Jaynes  Co.,  185. 
Rittman.  Dr.  Walter  F.,  167. 
Roe,  Robert  A.,  174. 

Roentgenology,  Contast  Sub- 
stances, 165. 

Rubber,  Black,  Coloring  Rea, 
163. 

Ruh  Drug  Co.,  185. 
Russell,  Frederick  A.,  173. 
Rust,  George,  172. 
Sabath,  Milton,  174. 

Salts  in  Aromatic  Waters,  Salt- 
ing Out,  180. 

Sheehan,  John  D.,  174. 

Snyder,  Alfred  H.,  174. 

Sodium  Salicylate,  Discolora- 
tion, 155,  162. 

Solution  Acid  Phosphates,  Acid 
Strength,  164. 

Stokes,  Joseph  T.,  172. 

Strohbach,  Dr.  G..  171. 

Strohmeycr,  Henry  L.,  174. 

Synthetic  Drugs,  Manufacture 
in  England,  162. 

Tar.  Odor,  Masking,  163. 
Temple,  John.  173. 
Tilton,  Alfred  W.,  174. 
Tillon,   Charles   Edward,  174. 
Tobin,  Commodore  John  J.,  172. 
Toilet  .\rticle.  Sharp's,  189. 
Tolliol    from    Crude  Petroleum. 

Rittman  Process.  167. 
Tres.sler  Drug  Co.,  H.  A.,  1S4. 
Tull.   John,  173. 
Twine  Holder,  Kelly's.  189. 
Victor  Talking  Machine  Co.,  vs. 

R.  H.  Macy  &  Co..  148. 
Vollmcr.  Phillip.  174. 
Whorrct  Mize  Drug  Co..  175. 
Wilts,  J.  H..  174. 
Woni.in     Suffrage.     New  York 

State.  170. 
Women  in  Pharmacy,  169. 
Women  in  Pharmacy  and  the  .\. 

Ph.  .\..  168. 


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Table  of  Contents. 


Ediiori.\l  .\nd  Pk.vr>[.\ceutical   Pages  195-218 

Editorials    195-196 

Correspondence    197 

Fighting  Typhus  in  Serbia    198 

Thos.  A.  Edison  on  the  Dye  Situation    199-200 

Digest  of  United  States  and  State  Narcotic  Laws  201-210 

The  Vacationist  and  the  Drug  Store    211 

Women  in  Pharmacy    212-213 

Points  of  Law  Affecting  Retail  Druggists    214 

Question  Bo.x    215-216 

Standardization  of  Thiosulphate  Solution    217 

Foreign  Abstracts    218 

News  and  Trade  Section'   Pages  219-242 

Future  of  American  Made  Perfumery    219 

Druggists  find  Electric  Novelties  Profitable    220 

Mostly  Personal    223 

Obituaries    225 

House  of  Delegates  of  the  A.  Ph.  A   227 

Colleges  of  Pharmacy  Activities    230 

Effect  of  Narcotic  Act  on  Prescriptions   231 

Board  Examinations    232 

New  Preparations  and  Specialties   233 

Era  Course  in  Pharmacy    234 

Patents  and  Trade  Marks   237 

Drug  Markets    239 

INDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS   Page  26 

INDEX  TO  GOODS  ADVERTISED   Pages  27-30 

INDEX  TO  READING  PAGES   Page  242 


BUYING  CLUBS  TRYING  TO  MEET  CHAIN  STORE 
COMPETITION 

The  organization  of  buying  clubs  by  local  drug- 
gists is  a  practical  way  for  the  independent  retail 
druggists  to  meet  the  competition  of  the  large  cor- 
porations which  are  extending  their  chains  of  drug 
stores  into  all  sections  of  the  country. 

No  part  of  the  United  States  seems  to  be  exempt 
from  the  demoralizing  effect  of  these  ambitious 
monopolists  of  the  retail  drug  trade.  A  repre- 
-t  iit;iti\c  of  a  San  Francisco  drug  jobbing  house, 
w  lin  was  in  New  York  City  the  past  month,  re- 
marked that  the  situation  on  the  Pacific  Coast  is 
no  different  tha  n  in  the  East.  The  names  of  the 
concerns  are  different,  but  the  principle  of  ob- 
taining business  by  the  indiscriminate  and  unfair 
slashing  of  prices  is  the  same  wherever  the  chaia 
store  obtains  a  foothold. 

Fortified  by  plenty  of  capital  and  big  buying 
capacity  these  stores  often  cut  prices  to  the  point 
where  there  is  a  loss  instead  of  a  profit,  but  they 
are  able  to  stand  such  a  loss  where  a  small  retailer 
could  not,  in  order  that  they  may  eventually  con- 
trol the  local  field.  In  practice  this  works  out 
very  similar  to  the  methods  by  which  the  Standard 
Oil  Company  drove  independent  competition  from 
every  section  of  the  country  through  a  policy  of 
"dumping"  on  the  market  great  quantities  of  oil 
at  a  price  so  low  that  no  small  independent  pro- 
ducer could  meet  it. 

The  United  States  Supreme  Court  has  held  that 
this  sort  of  competition  is  illegal,  and  although  the 
same  court  has  also  held  that  price  maintenance 
cannot  be  enforced  by  law,  the  time  will  come 
when  courts  of  .justice  will  recognize  that  wilful 
price-cutting  for  the  purpose  of  injuring  a  com- 
petitor is  unfair  and  illegal  competition. 

In  this  i-ssue  of  the  Era  a  correspondent  who 
signs  himself  "A  Buyer,"  but  whose  identity  is  of 
course  known  to  the  editors,  points  out  at  some 
length  that  the  solution  of  the  chain  store  problem 
will  not  come  through  quantity  buying  on  the  part 
of  the  small  retailer,  and  the  consequent  tying  up 
of  a  larger  amount  of  capital,  but  that  l)uying  in 
the  very  smallest  quantities  consistent  with  actual 
day-to-day  requirements,  paying  cash  and  taking 
the  discounts,  will  come  nearer  to  bringing. about  a 
solution. 


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[JVIay,  1915 


This  argument  might  carry  more  weight  if  the 
wholesale  druggists  could  adjust  their  prices  so  as 
to  afford  au  opportunity  for  the  smaller  retailers 
to  re-sell  at  a  price  that  would  meet  the  chain 
store  prices  and  leave  even  a  meager  profit.  We 
know  of  more  than  one  retail  druggist  in  New  York 
City  who  purchases  certain  of  his  remedies  at  re- 
tail from  the  chain  stores  because  their  retail  prices 
on  those  items  are  at  times  less  than  the  jobber's 
price  at  wholesale.  Is  it  not  up  to  the  jobber  in 
such  instances  to  find  a  way  to  help  the  small  re- 
tailer rather  than  to  furnish  ammunition  for  the 
chain  stores  by  making  it  impossible  for  the  inde- 
pendent retailers  to  meet  such  cut-rate  prices  ? 

PROVISIONS  OF  STATE  NARCOTIC  LAWS 

In  this  issue  of  the  Era  we  devote  considerable 
space  to  the  presentation  of  an  analysis  of  the  Fed- 
eral and  State  narcotic  legislation  now  in  force  in 
the  United  States,  prepared  by  Martin  I.  Wilbert,  of 
the  Public  Health  Service,  and  reprinted  from  the 
Public  Health  Reports.  Viewed  in  its  entirety,  this 
presentation  of  the  various  laws  and  ordinances  re- 
flects in  a  somewhat  convincing  manner,  that 
though  there  is  shown  a  disposition  on  the  part  of 
legislators  to  effectively  control  the  distribution  of 
habit-forming  drugs,  the  results  of  their  work  has 
been  far  from  uniform,  the  laws  being  so  burdened 
with  provisos  and  exceptions  as  to  make  them  al- 
most valueless  from  a  practical  point  of  view. 

The  reason  for  this  ineffectiveness  is  not  hard  to 
discover.  In  some  of  the  States  the  laws  do  not 
specifically  charge  any  one  person  or  number  of 
persons  with  their  execution,  and  few  if  any  of  the 
statutes  outline  the  methods  to  be  employed  in  en- 
forcing them.  According  to  Mr.  Wilbert,  in  prac- 
tically no  State  is  there  any  record  of  a  direct  ap- 
propriation for  enforcing  the  existing  antinarcotie 
legislation.  This  failure  to  provide  the  necessary 
wherewithal  to  work  has  proved  a  handicap  in  more 
than  one  direction.  Another  drawback  has  been  the 
difficulty  of  securing  the  records  of  sales,  making  it 
practically  impossible  to  locate  any  given  leak  from 
the  presumably  legitimate  channels  of  trade  to  the 
admitted  illicit  trafficker  in  narcotic  drugs.  In  this 
direction  the  Harrison  law,  it  is  expected,  will 
furnish  much  of  the  information  necessary  to  make 
existing  laws  operative,  and  the  requirements  will 
at  all  events  serve  to  place  the  individual  mem- 
bers of  the  drug  trade  on  record  as  never  before, 
and  will  assist  the  authorities  in  the  locating  of 
vicious  dope  sellers  and  detecting  the  leaks  from 
the  legitimate  drug  trade  to  the  illicit  dealers. 

Some  of  the  interesting  facts  brought  out  in  Mr. 
Wilbert 's  study  are  shown  in  the  fact  that  while 
no  less  than  49  political  divisions  have  some  form 
of  cocaine  legislation,  only  20  of  the  States  make 
it  unlawful  for  physicians  to  prescribe  for  habitual 
users  and  only  17  States  make  it  unlawful  for 
other  than  those  specially  authorized  to  have  co- 
caine or  other  narcotic  drugs  in  their  possession. 

The  cmunorjilioTi  of  these  drawbacks  tends  to 
show  111'  pr..lilrni  involved  in  further  legisla- 
tive elToi-t  is  mil  .■!  simple  one.  Uniform,  progres- 
sive and  practical  legislation  is  demanded,  prefer- 


ably of  the  type  furnished  by  the  Federal  Act.  Of 
eoui-se,  the  requirements  of  each  individual  State 
must  be  cared  for,  but  the  State  authorities  should 
work  in  co-operation  with  the  Federal  officials.  In 
fact,  experience  tends  to  show  that  one  law  is  apt 
to  be  less  burdensome  and  far  more  effective  in 
the  control  of  the  distribution  of  habit-forming 
drugs  than  the  unallied  and  heterogeneous  collec- 
tion of  acts  now  upon  the  Statute  books  of  the 

various  States.   . 

PRICE  MAINTENANCE  AGREEMENTS 

A  NEW  phase  has  been  injected  into  proposed 
price-maintenance  protection  without  the  aid  of 
patent  monopoly,  by  a  suit  which  has  been  recently 
filed  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia against  the  Beech-Nut  Packing  Co.  by 
James  O'Donnell,  a  retail  druggist  of  Washington, 
who  will  be  remembered  as  the  individual  who  car- 
ried to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  the 
so-called  Sanatogen  case,  which  was  decided  in  his 
favor.  In  his  complaint  in  the  present  suit  the 
druggist  alleges  that  the  defendant  company  has 
been  successful  in  entering  into  agreement  with 
most  of  the  jobbers  and  a  large  majority  of  the 
retail  trade  throughout  the  country  whereby  they 
will  sell  to  the  public  at  the  fixed  price  stipulated 
by  the  manufacturer.  This  arrangement,  he  al- 
leges, effectually  shuts  off  supplies  to  him  and  he 
therefore  has  been  unable  to  fill  the  numerous  or- 
ders that  have  been  made  upon  him  for  this  prod- 
uct. 

To  further  emphasize  this  contention.  Druggist 
O'Donnell  has  also  instituted  suit  against  the 
Riker-Hegeman  Co.  for  his  failure  to  purchase  a 
certain  brand  of  perfumery,  controlled  by  the  New 
York  concern,  under  an  alleged  price  maintenance 
plan.  In  both  of  these  suits  the  defendant  alleges 
that  not  only  is  he  deprived  of  the  ordinary  profits 
which  he  would  derive  from  the  sale  of  a  staple 
article,  but  that  he  is  also  deprived  of  a  large  num- 
ber of  customers.  The  additional  statement  is  also 
made  that  if  he  were  to  subscribe  to  the  price-fixing 
agreement  proposed  by  the  manufacturer,  he  would 
himself  violate  the  law. 

The  claims  made  by  the  defendant  in  the  suit  at 
issue  are  indicative  of  the  opposition  that  has  been 
experienced  in  the  attempt  to  secure  Federal  legis- 
lation to  protect  retail  merchants  against  cut-rate 
competition,  ntore  particularly  the  Stevens  bill, 
which  was  aimed  to  prevent  the  imfair  use  of  well- 
known  goods  as  advertising  bait,  by  guaranteeing 
a  uniform  price  to  all  consumers.  Enemies  of  this 
bill  have  stated  that  if  enacted  it  would  operate  to 
give  trade-marked  goods  a  monopoly,  but  this  has 
been  questioned  because  the  bill  explicitly  states 
that  its  provisions  do  not  apply  to  any  article  that 
is  produced  or  controlled  by  a  monopoly.  The  bill 
is  backed  by  various  associations  of  retail  mer- 
chants, including  a  number  of  druggists'  organiza- 
tions, and  in  some  form  is  bound  to  reappear  in 
Congress  during  the  coming  sosision.  Wliether  th  ? 
outcome  of  the  O'Donnell  suit  will  have  anv  sig- 
nificant bearing  upon  future  legislation  r>rovidin'* 
for  the  maintenance  of  prices  remains  to  be  seen. 


May,  1915] 


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The  Chain  Store  And  The  Small  Retailer 


Correspondent  of  the  Era  Declares  That  Frequent 
Turnover,  Not  Quantity  Buying,  Will  Solve  Problem 


Editor,  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

How  to  meet  the  prices  of  tlie  chain-stores  presents  a  real 
and  serious  problem  to  thousands  of  business  men  in  this 
country.  Many  a  man  today  is  haunted  by  thoughts  of  bank- 
ruptcy and  visions  of  the  red  flag  of  the  auctioneer  lloating 
over  his  place  of  business  because  he  can  not  soiv'e  ihis  pioblem. 

Every  independent  retailer  who  is  competing  with  them  as- 
serts that  he  cannot  possibly  sell  goods  as  cheaply  as  they  do. 
If  asked  to  explain  why  not,  he  answers  that  their  immense 
volume  of  business  enables  them  to  buy  their  merchandise  in 
large  quantities,  directly  from  the  manufacturers  and  get  their 
best  discounts,  which,  in  his  own  case  go  as  profits  to  the  job- 
bers, from  whom  he  is  compelled  to  purchase  his  merchandise 
at  list  prices  without  any  discounts  at  all. 

Practically  every  manufacturer  of  a  well  advertised  article 
establishes  a  certain  minimum  quantity  which  must  be  pur- 
chased and  delivered  at  one  time  to  get  his  best  discounts. 
These  quantities  vary  from  about  $100,  or  less  sometimes,  to 
$300  and  more,  at  list  prices.  The  discounts  allowed  from  th  se 
prices  also  var>-,  although  they  are  usually  placed  at  15  per 
cent.  The  jobbers  buy  these  quantities  to  get  the  discounts 
which  they  keep  as  their  profit  for  distributing  these  goods  to 
retailers,  to  whom  they  sell  them  at  list  prices.  The  owners 
of  chain-stores,  because  of  their  large  output,  also  buy  directly 
from  the  manufacturers,  thus  eliminating  the  jobber,  and  so 
get  these  discounts  for  themselves.  For  this  reason  the  small 
retailer,  competing  with  chain-stores,  who  buys  these  same 
goods  from  his  jobber  seems  to  have  15  per  cent  the  worst  of  it. 
However,  we  are  going  to  show  that  discount  is  not  always 
the  most  important  thing  to  be  considered  when  buying  mer- 
chandise. 

Suppose  a  chain  of  stores  sells  in  all  its  various  "links"  in 
one  week  24  dozen  of  a  certain  well  advertised  article  at  10 
cents  each,  the  list  price  of  which  is  $1  per  dozen,  and  that 
the  manufacturer  of  it  will  not  sell  less  than  120  dozen  at  15 
per  cent  discount.  Of  course,  the  owners  of  the  chain-stores 
will  buy  this  quantity  to  get  the  discount  of  15  per  cent.  But 
for  the  very  reason  that  they  do  buy  large  quantities,  much 
larger  than  any  single  one  of  their  stores  can  sell  within  a 
reasonable  length  of  time,  they  are  compelled  to  maintain 
warehouses  or  distributing  depots,  to  which  their  purchases  are 
shipped  and  there  unpacked  and  stored  and  distributed  and 
charged  to  their  various  branches.  All  this  costs  money.  And 
it  is  a  safe  guess  that  the  owners  of  any  chain  of  stores  would 
be  more  than  pleased  if  their  distributing  centres  did  not  ab- 
sorb any  more  than  5  per  cent  ( it  is  more  likely  6  or  7  per  cent ) 
or  rather  of  the  15  per  cent  discounts  which  they  obtain 
because  of  their  large  orders.  So  that  by  the  time  this  article 
reaches  the  branch-stores  where  it  is  to  be  sold,  the  15  per 
cent  discount  has  shrunk  to  10  per  cent. 

To  return  to  the  120-dozen  purchase:  120  dozen  at  $1  per 
dozen  less  10  per  cent  (not  15  per  cent,  because  ^<  of  that 
has  gone  for  handling)  costs  ($120  less  $12)  $108.  120  dozen 
sold  at  10  cents  each  brings  (1,440  times  10  cent.<;)  $144. 
$144  less  $108  cost  gives  $36,  amount  earned  by  $108,  therefore 
each  dollar  of  capital  invested  in  this  article  earns  '^'^36  divided 
by  $108)  33yj  cents,  since  120  dozen  is  bouebt  and  sold  in  5 
weeks,  10?^  times  in  52,  each  dollar  invested  in  this  article 
cams  (10y=,  times  33^  cents)  S3.46  in  one  year.  At  20  per 
cent  discount  each  dollar  earns  $5.20  in  1  year.  Assume  that 
480  dozen  of  this  same  article  is  offered  at  40  per  cent  discount. 
It  looks  good,  doesn't  it?  Let  us  look  into  the  proposition. 
480  dozen  at  $1  per  dozen,  amounts  to  S480,  less  40  per  cent 
discount  ($192)  it  costs  $288  and  sells  for  (5,760  times  10 
cents)  S576:  the  earnings  are  ($576  minus  S288)  $288,  hence 
each  dollar  invested  earns  $1.  Now  480  dozen  are  a  20  weeks' 
stock,  as  this  can  be  turned  only  (52  divided  by  20)  23/$  times 
a  year,  each  dollar  earns  but  $2.60  in  that  time.  Not  so  much 
as  that  earned  by  each  dollar  of  the  smaller  order  at  one-quarter 
the  discount. 


Now,  suppose  that  a  small  retailer  sells  only  one  (1)  dozen 
of  this  same  article  in  a  week.  He  buys  it  from  his  jobber 
and  therefore  pays  $1  per  dozen  for  it,  and  of  course  does  not 
get  any  discount.  He  retails  this  at  the  same  price  as  the 
chain-stores,  10  cents  each,  which  brings  him,  then,  (12  times 
10  cents)  $1.20,  so  that  $1  invested  in  this  article  earns  20 
cents  in  one  week.  Now,  if  he  will  buy  from  his  jobber  only 
one  dozen  of  this  article  at  a  time,  his  weekly  requirement, 
without  discount,  once  a  week,  the  same  dollar  of  his  working 
capital,  by  being  invested,  and  re-invested  52  times  will  earn 
for  him  (52  times  20  cents)  $10.40  in  one  year.  Compare 
$10.40  with  $3.46  and  $2.60,  the  yearly  earnings  on  one  dollar 
invested  in  the  same  article,  by  the  chain-stores  at  10  per  cent 
and  40  per  cent,  discount,  one  dollar  of  his  working  capital  has 
earned  three  or  four  times  as  much  as  one  dollar  of  theirs. 

Say  that  this  retailer  is  offered  4  dozen  of  this  article  at  10 
per  cent  discount.  Will  he  take  it?  He  will,  also,  he  will  lose. 
4  dozen  at  10  per  cent  discount  costs  $3.60  and  sells  for  (48 
times  10  cents)  $4.80,  difference  $1.20,  the  amount  earned  by 
$3.60;  then  each  dollar  earns  ($1.20  divided  by  $3.60)  333^ 
cents,  but  4  dozen  are  4  weeks'  supply,  as  this  can  be  bought 
and  sold  only  13  times  in  52  weeks  each  dollar  earns,  therefore 
(13  times  33^  cents),  $4.33  in  one  year.  Compare  this  with 
$10.40  earned  in  the  same  length  of  time  by  the  weekly  order. 

To  illustrate  further  the  utter  foolishness  of  blindly  grasping 
discounts,  and  to  emphasize  the  importance  of  the  quick  turn- 
over, assume  that  this  retailer  is  offered  75  per  cent  discount 
on  this  article  if  he  will  place  a  single  order  for  52  dozen,  the 
quantity  he  will  sell  in  one  yenr  52  dozen  at  $1  a  dozen  less 
75  per  cent  costs  ($52  minus  $39)  $13,  52  dozen  sells  for  (624 
times  10  cents)  $62.40,  $13  cost  deducted  from  this  leaves 
$49.40,  the  amount  earned  on  $13.  Now  this  quantity  is  turned 
over  only  once  in  a  year,  therefore  each  dollar  earns  ($49.40 
divided  by  $13)  $3.80  in  that  time.  Compare  $3.80  earned  on 
each  dollar  of  a  75  per  cent  discount  order  turned  over  once  a 
year,  with  $10.40  earned  on  each  dollar  of  the  no  discount  order 
turned  over  52  times  a  year.  If  these  13  dollars  were  invested 
in  13  different  articles,  as  in  the  $1  weekly  order,  they  would 
earn  in  one  year  (13  times  $10.40)  $135.20  instead  of  $49.40 
notwithstanding  the  discount  of  75  per  cent;  and  the  same 
amount  of  capital  would  carry  in  stock  thirteen  items  instead 
of  one. 

Each  dollar  invested,  or  re-invested,  in  any  quantity  of  mer- 
chandise, whether  the  order  be  for  $1  or  $1,000,  will  earn  ex- 
actly the  same  amount  in  a  year  as  in  the  instances  cited,  if  the 
goods  be  bought  at  the  same  prices  and  discounts  and  turn  d 
over  in  the  same  length  of  time  on  the  same  margin  of  profit. 

It  has  been  shown  how  large  discounts  on  a  single  article 
have  been  more  than  offset  by  a  quick  turnover.  Is  there  any 
real  reason  why  this  could  not  be  done  on  practically  every- 
thing? The  weekly  order  for  a  week's  requirements  also  en- 
ables the  smallest  retailer  to  do  business  on  another  man's 
money.  He  can  turn  it  over  and  get  his  money  for  it  in  seven 
days,  pay  for  it  in  ten  days  and  get  a  cash  discount  besides 
three  days  after  it  is  sold.  And  the  cash  discounts,  at  1  per 
cent,  amount  in  one  year  to  more  than  one-half  (52  per  cent) 
of  the  amount  of  the  weekly  order. 

The  small  retailer  is  in  a  far  better  position  to  turn  over  his 
stock  faster  than  is  the  owner  of  a  chain  of  stores.  It  is  not 
scattered,  but  is  all  under  one  roof  where  he  can  watch  it  con- 
stantly, and,  he  has  a  direct  personal  interest  in  the  results  of 
any  plan  that  will  bring  him  more  money.  On  the  other  hand 
the  chain-store  owner  has  his  stock  widely  distributed  among  a 
number  of  stores,  and  must  depend  on  employes  who  have  no 
further  financial  interest  in  his  business  than  their  weekly  pay. 
.•\ny  retail  merchant  who  will  carefully  study  the  principle  of 
the  intensive  turnover  and  apply  it  to  every  item  in  his  stock 
can  snap  his  finger  at  the  "chain-store  peril." 

"A  Buyer." 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[May,  1915 


Fighting  The  Typhus  Fever  In  Servia 

Rockefeller  Foundation  Offers  Important  Work  to  General 
Gorgas,  Who  Cleansed  Havana  After  Spanish- American  War 


Sanitary  Commission  sent  to  Serbia  by  The  Rockefeller  Foundation.  Left  to  right:  Dr.  Andreiv  Sellards,  Harvard  Medi- 
cal School,  Clinical  Laboratory  Assistant;  Dr.  George  C.  Shattuck,  Harvard  Medical  School,  Clinical  Assistant;  \V.  S. 
Standifer,  Birmingham,  Ala.,  Assistant  Sanitary  Inspector;  Dr.  F.  B.  Grinnell,  Harvard  Medical  School,  Assistant  Sanitary 
Inspector;  Luis  de  la  Pena  of  Panama,  Assistant  Sanitary  Inspector  {Doctor  de  la  Pena  aided  General  Gorgas  in  his  irork 
on  the  Isthmus);  Dr.  Hans  Zinsser,  Cohimlna  Vnivcrsity,  Bacteriologi.si :  Dr.  Thomas  W .  Jackson,  Spartanburg,  S.  C,  Chief 
Sanitary  Inspector;  Hobart  D.  Brink,  of  llir  .In-ir  Ilnspil.il  Coip^.,  I.Urlv  ,itl.:rl,,^,l  to  the  Walter  Reed  Hospital,  Washing- 
ton, Storekeeper;  Dr.  B.  W.  Caldwell,  Efl iukI'^'iv.  .  III.,  II,,^l>il„l  A  li m i ,sl i I o, . 

These  men  will  be  joined  by  Dr.  Richard  P.  Stroni;,  of  Harvard  i'mvcruly,  in  charge  of  the  Commission,  Dr.  NicoU, 
of  the  Pasteur  Institute,  France,  expert  typhus  consultant,  and  Charles  Eby,  disbursing  officer. 


IN  1900,  which  was  shortly 
after  the  Spanish-American 
war,  there  were  1200  cases 
of  yellow  fever  in  Havana,  Cu- 
ba. In  1901  this  had  been  re- 
duced to  18  cases  and  in  1902 
the  dreadful  scourge  had  been 
wiped  out,  not  a  single  case  be- 
ing reported  to  the  health  au- 
thorities during  that  year. 

These  diminishing  figures 
represent  the  achievement  of 
William  Crawford  Gorgas,  who 
first  applied  practically  the  dis- 
covery made  by  the  martyred 
Major  Reed  and  his  associates 
of  the  transmission  and  control 
of  yellow  fever  whicli  had 
scourged  Havana  for  140  years. 

This  same  William  Crawford 
Gorgas,  who  is  Major  Genera 
Gorgas  now,  has  received  an  of- 
fer from  the  Rockefeller  Foun- 
dation to  lead  the  battle  against 
typhus  in  Serbia.  His  accept- 
ance will  probably  be  condi- 
tional upon  an  opportunity  to 
do  a  large  service  for  humanity. 
His  plans,  if  he    accepts,  arc 

likely  to  await  ihr  npoit  of  the  Sanitary  Commission 
rected  by  D.»ior  ki.lni,!  ]',  Strong  of  the  Harvard  Medical 
School.  This  (  MiiiiiiissiMii,  which  is  sent  by  the  Rockefeller 
Fnuiulali.m.  s  nl,  J  li,,,,,  Xcw  York  on  April  3. 

l  iiiir  <l.i\^  Ih|,,|(  ill,  \  li  ft,  the  S.  S.  Patras  carried  an  ad- 
\.inM-  .sliiiiiiM  111  ,,1  iiir  iliial  supplies  ahead  of  them.  Those 
supplies  included,  among  many  other  items,  100,000  pomuU 
of  sulphur,  1,000  cakes  of  snap,  Jim  000  bi-chloride  tablets, 
200  gallons  of  formaldehy.l.  ,  l,5iiO  vials— 20  c.  c.  each-  -of 
cholera  i)arteiia,  and  about  two  tons  of  Kraft  paper  in  rolU. 

This  sliiiniant  also  included  1,650  pounds  of  chloroform  for 
the  Sc  ilii  in  R,  ,!  Cross,  and  500  pounds  consigned  to  Doctor 
E.  W.  Kyan,  who  has  hei'ii  in  rhart;i'  of  an  immense  American 
Red  Cross  hospital  at  r..  h  i  i^h-  .\l..iut  the  time  the  anaes- 
thetic was  due  to  naili  M.hi.m  l-;\an.  ,i  ealileijram  announced 
that  he  was  himself  .stiickeii  with  typiius  and  was  not  ex- 
pected to  recover.  Some  days  earlier,  Doctor  Magruder  lost 
his  life  at  the  same  place.    The  Serbian  Red  Cross  reported 


Surgeon-General  Gorgas 


di 


the  loss  of  105  physicians,  and 
a  news  dispatch  from  Xish 
stated  that  in  the  preceding  two 
months  107  physicians  out  of 
452  had  died. 


I 


X  all  history  no  neutral  or- 
ganization has  ever  before 
approached  the  record  of 
work  done  by  the  American 
Red  Cross  in  behalf  of  the  war- 
riors and  non-combatants  of 
other  nations.  The  shipments 
when  itemized  and  totaled  show- 
that  the  organization  has  sent  to 
the  various  war  zones  to  date 
more  than  1.200  bales  of  an  av- 
erage weight  of  500  pounds  each 
of  absorbent  cotton;  surgical 
gauze  thtit  if  stretched  in  a  single 
line  would  reach  from  the  Bat- 
ter}-, in  New  York,  to  Niagara 
Falls;  more  than  32.600  pounds 
of  chloroform  and  ether;  over 
65.0(H)  yards  of  bandages,  and 
1,123  cases  of  surgical  instru- 
ments. 

The  supplies  sent  to  France 
constitute  in  bulk  the  largest  of 
n  •!  Is  To  that  country  has  gone  about 
'  lit  cotton,  15,000  yards  of  bandages, 
nil  iiul  surgical  gauze,  four  automobile  am- 
of  surgical  supplies,  5. 085  pounds  of  chloro- 
1  cases  of  hospital  clothing.  7,000  stretchers, 
mcnts  of  crinoline,  alcohol,  blankets,  and 


the  Am-  ri,.i 
300,1  ini  I  p,ui 
165,000  \ai. 
buleiu.s.  :ii 
form  .1  111  1  I  \ 
and  ni,iii> 

Great  Britain  follows  France.  To  that  country  has  been 
shipiied  about  77,000  pounds  of  absorbent  cotton,  162,000 
yards  of  plain  and  surgical  gauze,  4  automobile  ambulances. 
10.000  yards  of  bandages,  11,350  pounds  of  chloroform  and 
ether,  96  cases  of  surgical  supplies,  besides  many  shipments 
which  included  stretchers,  hot-water  bottles,  blankets,  rubber 
goods,  hospital  clothing,  and  typhoid  and  tetanus  serum. 

Including  the  shipments  to  Serbia,  Austria-Hungary,  Rus- 
sia, Belgium,  and  Germany,  the  value  of  these  supplies  which 
have  been  distributed  to  all  the  warring  countries,  are  said  to 
be  in  excess  of  $1,000,000. 


May,  1915] 


THE  PHARxMACEUTICAL  ERA 


19U 


Thomas  A.  Edison  on  Dye  Situation 


Inventor  Says  American 
Manufacturers  Fear  "Dumping" 
By  Germany  After  the  War 


THOMAS   A.   EDISON    believes  coal   tar  dyes 
can  be  manufactured  profitably  in  the  United 
States  if  Congress  will  enact  an  anti-dumping 
law,  similar  to  the  one  now  operative  in  Canada. 

To  a  representative  of  die  Piiakmaceutic.ai.  Er.\  Mr. 
Edison,  in  his  laboratory  in  West  Orange,  N.  J.,  "the 
home  of  the  Edison  industries,"  gave  this  exposition  of 
his  views  on  the  subject: 


Dr.  Rittman,  whose  discovery 
of  a  new  method  of  extracting 
ine,  benzol  and  toluol  from 
petroleum,  has  interested  the  sci- 
entific world,  and  Thomas  A.  Edi- 
son, who  was  the  first  to  begin 
the  manufacture  of  benzol  in  this 
country.  {Photographs  by  Harris  & 
Ewing  and  Underwood  &  Underu-ood.) 


Germany  produces  approximately 
900  colors  or  shades.  Fewer  than 
100  of  these  are  absolutely  essen- 
tial to  our  textile  manufacturers. 
Of  course  the  others  are  valuable 
from  a  selling  standpoint,  but  they 
are  not  of  sufficient  importance  to 
affect  the  industry  seriously.  !Manv 
of  them  attract  the  feminine  ey.-. 
but  are  not  wholly  necessary.  Woman 
was  just  as  beautiful  before  tiicv 
were  heard  of. 

"The  difficulty  in  the  situation  i> 
the  apprehension  on  the  part  of  capi- 
tal that  immediately  hostilities  in 
Europe  are  concluded  Germany  will 
proceed  to  "dump"  synthetic  dyes 
in  the  United  States  at  prices  which 
would  preclude  successful  competi- 
tion. Favored  by  labor  conditions 
which  give  them  an  advantage  of 
nearly  100  per  cent,  they  could  and 
would  make  short  work  of  our  en- 
terprise under  our  existing  laws. 

"I  suppose  I  was  the  first,  or 
among  the  first  to  introduce  the 
practice  of  "dumping"  manufactures 
in  foreign  countries.  Years  ago 
when  I  was  making  electric  lights 
and  meeting  pretty  sharp  competi- 
tion I  had  my  capiul  and  over 
head  charges,  labor  cost,  etc..  figured 
pretty  closely.  I  knew  the  produc- 
tive capacity  of  the  factory  to  a 
lamp.  They  cost  42  cents,  and  we 
were  making  more  than  we  could 
sell  at  a  profit. 

"In  these  circumstances  I  sent  a 
salesman  to  Europe  and  put  the 
lamps  on  the  market  there  at  35 
cents.    We  sold  thousands  of  them 


ab  oad,  and  European  manufacturers 
were  not  slow  in  denouncing  what  they 
called  "a  shrewd  Yankee  trick."  We 
made  a  great  deal  of  money  by  the 
move,  because  there  was  no  addition  to 
our  fixed  charges— in  fact  most  of  the 
35  cents  per  lamp  we  received  was  clear 
profit. 

"After  the  war,  if  the  industry  is  es- 
tablished here,  the  German  coal  tar  dye 
manufacturers  will  find  themselves  in 
the  same  position  I  was  in — and  they 
will  do  the  same  thing  I  did  unless  Con- 
gress passes  an  act  to  prevent  them  from 
doing  it. 

"No,  I  do  not  think  a  duty  or  tariff 
on  imported  coal  tar  dyes  is  imperative 
— at  any  rate  if  one  is  needed  it  should 
be  a  moderate  one.  Nothing  like  30 
per  cent  ad  valorem,  with  a  specific  duty 
of  7^  per  cent.,  as  has  been  suggested 
in  .some  quarters. 

"Yes,  the  situation  today  in  the  tex- 
tile industry  is  serious ;  but  how  many 
persons  will  be  thrown  out  of  employ- 
ment through  the  inability  of  the  manu- 
facturers to  obtain  German  dyes  is 
somewhat  conjectural.  Exact  data  on 
the  quantity  of  dyes  in  stock  or  ob- 
tainable  is  not  available;  consequently 
estimates,  whether  300,000  or  100,000, 
are  largely  guess-work.  It  is  enough  to 
know  that  the  situation  is  portentous. 

"What  we  need  immediately  are 
primary  colors.  Take  red  for  example. 
To  manufacture  this  color  beta-naph- 
thol  is  required. 

"It  is  an  easy  matter  for  our  chemists 
to  produce  everything  needed  for  the 
manufacture  of  aniline  dyes,  but  we  can 
look  for  no  full  development  of  the  in- 


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[May,  1915 


dustry  until  some  inducement  is  held  out  to  capital  to  enter 
it. 

"The  strictures  placed  upon  American  chemists  by  persons 
and  publications  who  have  only  superficial  knowledge  of  the 
situation  deceive  the  public,  it  is  true;  but  these  critics  are 
barking  up  the  wrong  tree." 

At  this  point  Mr.  Edison  let  it  be  understood  that  the 
predicament  of  American  textile  manufacturers  is  due  more 
than  anything  else  to  wliat  may  be  termed  "political  chemistry" 
in  Washington. 

"A  man  who  is  presumed  to  know  something  about  a  given 
subject,"  he  continued,  "is  brought  before  a  commission  or 
committee  at  the  capitol  and  submitted  to  a  line  of  hypotheti- 
cal questioning  plainly  with  the  idea  either  of  discrediting 
him,  or  displaying  the  talents  of  his  questioner  in  what  is 
practically  cross-examination.  Most  men,  especially  scientists, 
avoid  this  sort  of  an  ordeal  whenever  possible. 


"The  financial  backing  of  my  own  enterprises  in  making 
carbolic  acid,  benzol  and  other  things  needed  in  our  plant  was 
furnished  by  Henry  Ford  and  Nicholas  F.  Brady.  Neither 
gentleman  expects  any  commensurate  return  on  his  investment. 
They  were  actuated  wholly  by  a  desire  to  'help  out'  in  a  situa- 
tion that  promised  no  little  embarrassment.  Our  equipment  at 
the  Silver  Lake,  N.  J.  and  at  the  Cambria  Steel  Works  was 
bought  with  their  money." 

Concerning  the  processes  of  Dr.  Walter  F.  Rittman  now  be- 
ing developed  in  Pittsburgh  Mr.  Edison  said : 

"It  seems  to  me  that  Dr.  Rittman's  process  for  making 
gasoline  from  crude  oil  is  likely  to  be  the.  most  successful. 
The  demand  for  gasoline  is  bound  to  grow  with  the  increasing 
use  of  motors  and  any  method  that  has  a  tendency  towards 
lessening  the  cost  of  gasoline  will  be  of  universal  benefit. 

"Of  his  benzol  and  toluol  process  I  am  less  certain.  The 
future  will  tell  about  them." 


Books  Reviewed 


PERFUMES  AND  COSMETICS,  THEIR  PREPARATION  AND 
MANUFACTURE.    A  complete  and  practical  treatise  contain- 
ing directions  and  formulas  for  making  handkerchief  perfumes, 
smelling  salts,  sachets,  fumigating  pastils,  cosmetics,  hair  dyes, 
and   all   toilet   preparations,   including   the   use    of  synthetics. 
By  William  Askinson,  Dr.  Chem.  Translated  from  the  German. 
Revised  with  additions  by  W.  L.  Dudley  B.  Sc.,  and  a  corps 
of  experts.  4th  edition.  8  to.,  344  pages,  cloth  $5.    New  York, 
Norman  W.  Henley  Publishing  Co. 
This  volume,  in  scope  and  possible  utility,  marks  an  ad- 
vance over  earlier  editions,  and  as  such  it  will  be  of  value 
to  the  pharmacist  who  wishes  to  manufacture  perfumery  on 
the  small  scale  or  who  desires  trustworthy  information  con- 
cerning odoriferous  substances.    In  the  development  of  the 
subject  the  reader  is  first  told  about  aromatic  substances  in 
general,  taking  up  in  order  the  chemical  products  used  in 
perfumery,  true  perfumes  and  formulas  for  their  manufacture, 
classification  of  odors,  hygiene  and  cosmetic  perfumery,  formu- 
las for  emulsions,  creams,  meals,  pastes,  preparations  used 
for  the  hair,  skin  cosmetics,  and  not  a  little  general  informa- 
tion concerning  their  use. 

There  appears  for  the  first  time  a  chapter  on  synthetic  per- 
fumes and  a  tabular  synopsis  of  artificial  products  employed 
in  such  manufacture.  The  author  states  that  the  formulas 
have  been  brought  up  to  date  by  substituting  in  them  arti- 
ficial for  natural  products  wherever  such  substitution  has 
been  demanded  by  modern  practice.  Also  new  is  the  chapter 
on  the  manufacture  of  casein  and  the  antiseptic  and  therapeu- 
tic values  of  perfumes. 

THE  BOOK  OF  PRESCRIPTIONS  with  notes  on  the  pharmacology 
and  therapeutics  of  the  more  important  drugs,  and  an  index 
of  diseases  and  remedies.    By  E.  W.  Lucas,  F.  C.  S.,  pharma- 
ceutical chemist,  etc.    With  an  introduction  by  Arthur  Latham, 
M.  A.,  M.  D.,  F.  R.  C.  P.,  physician  and  lecturer  on  medicine 
at    St.    George's    Hospital.    10th    edition.    Size    4'/$  x  6^  in., 
375  pages,  cloth  $2.50.    Philadelphia.  P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co. 
This  book  is  designed  primarily  for  the  prescriber,  but  it 
also  is  of  importance  to  the  pharmacist  who  follows  closely  in 
his  work  the  trend  of  modern  prescribing,  for  the  very  large 
number  of  additions  to  materia  medica  during  recent  years 
has  completely  altered  the  character  of  the  prescriptions  writ- 
ten at  the  present  day.    Thus,  while  the  general  lines  followed 
in  earlier  editions  have  been  adhered  to,  this  book  defines  all 
the  more  important  synthetic  and  other  remedies,  giving  spe- 
cific examples  of  prescriptions  containing  those  remedies  only 
which  have  been  proved  to  be  of  some  service  in  medical 
practice. 

Dr.  Latham,  who  writes  the  introduction,  states  that  everj' 
drug  in  common  use  has  been  included  in  this  edition,  and 
his  recommendation  of  the  book  to  his  British  rnnfrcres  car- 
ries considerable  weight.  In  the  prescriptions  used,  the  quan- 
tities according  to  the  imperial  system  are  placed  side  by  side 
with  their  practical  equivalents  according  to  the  metric  sys- 
tem. Dr.  Latham's  comment  that  the  day  has  passed  when 
there  niv  ri<l\,int,mr  in  writing  the  necessary  directions 

in  bad  1  itiii,  wliiili  ii  is^ht  or  might  not  be  interpreted  cor- 
rectly l.y  ihi-  (lis|i(nsrr.  is  significant  and  may  apply  to  British 
conditions.  Init  on  this  side  of  the  water  one  rarely  finds  a 
prescription  in  which  the  directions  to  the  patient  are  written 


m  any  other  than  the  vernacular,  unless  the  patient  be  a  for- 
eigner. 

THE  BOOK  OF  PHARMACOPEIAS  AND  UNOFFICIAL  FOR- 
MULARIES. Containing  the  formulas  of  the  British,  United 
States,  French,  German  and  Italian  Pharmacopoeias,  together 
with  formulas  from  unofficial  sources,  as  the  British  Pharma- 
ceutical Codex,  The  National  Formulary,  the  Pharmacopoeias 
of  the  principal  London  Hospitals,  etc.,  the  whole  comprising 
about  5,000  formulas.  By  E.  W.  Lucas,  F.  I.  C,  F.  C.  S.,  etc., 
and  H.  B.  Stevens,  F.  I.  C,  F.  C.  S.,  etc.,  12  mo.,  524  pages, 
cloth,  $3.    Philadelphia.  P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co. 

As  might  be  inferred  from  the  above  descriptive  title,  this 
book  presents  in  comparative  form  the  formulas  contained  in 
the  pharmacopeias  of  Great  Britain,  the  United  States,  France, 
Germany,  and  Italy,  and  a  large  number  of  unofficial  formula- 
ries. The  pharmacist  will  find  the  book  most  serviceable,  es- 
pecially if  he  is  located  in  a  cosmopolitan  district  where 
the  demands  upon  him  call  for  remedies  employed  by  physi- 
cians of  foreign  training.  But  most  helpful  of  all  will  be 
found  the  data  relating  to  the  various  preparations  which,  as 
presented,  will  save  the  time  and  trouble  in  making  the  neces- 
sary calculations  when  a  few  ounces  of  any  preparation  are 
required.  In  fact,  it  is  the  comparative  arrangement  of  the 
book  which  will  make  it  of  general  utility.  Under  the  sec- 
tional headings  and  in  the  appendix  brief  notes  on  the  pro- 
cesses in  common  are  given,  while  the  materia  medica  table, 
covering  nearly  thirteen  pages,  gives  the  English  equivalents 
of  all  French,  German,  and  Italian  names  used  in  the  book 
A  copious  index  also  adds  to  the  value  of  the  book,  a  most 
important  feature  in  a  work  of  this  kind. 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  NATIONAL  WHOLESALE  DRUG 
GISTS'  ASSOCIATION.  40th  annual  meeting,  Indianapolis. 
September  21  to  26,  1914.  8  vo.,  521  pages,  cloth,  New  York 
Burr  Printing  House. 

This  volume  contains  a  stenographic  report  of  the  meetinc 
of  the  association  held  in  the  Indiana  capital  city  last  year 
as  also  the  full  text  of  the  various  committee  reports,  sue! 
as  those  on  credits  and  collections,  legislation,  drug  market 
employers'  liability  and  workman's  compensation,  proprietan 
goods,  fire  insurance,  etc.,  as  also  that  by  Lee  M.  Hutchin? 
of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  on  commercial  travelers  and  sellinc 
methods,  .\mong  the  important  points  brought  out  in  th- 
last  named  report  are  those  relating  to  the  over  solicitation  c:' 
business  and  the  allowances  of  cash  discount  after  the  ex- 
piration of  the  di.scount  date.  According  to  Mr.  Hutchin.^ 
the  prevailing  opinion  seems  to  be  that  the  most  successfi: 
commercial  travelers  are  those  who  are  trained  by  the  housf- 
in  which  they  are  employed.  In  the  matter  of  remuneratio- 
for  the  services  of  salesmen  it  appears  that  straight  salan."  an  : 
itemized  expense  account  is  the  most  satisfacton.-  to  all  par- 
ties concerned. 

There  are  many  other  questions  discussed  which  tend  ti 
show  that  the  jobber  also  has  his  difficulties,  and  that  he 
tr>ing  to  meet  them  in  a  scientific  and  business-like  manne: 
The  book  contains  half  tone  cuts  of  all  present  officers  an! 
members  of  the  board  of  control,  and  illustrations  of  thr 
members  whose  death  occurred  since  the  previous  meeting. 
The  roster  of  mrmborship  corrected  to  Februan.-,  this  year, 
shows  the  names  of  261  active  and  ,^46  associate  member.^ 
as  compared  with  262  active,  and  347  associate  members  fcr 
the  year  1013. 


May,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


201 


Digest  of  U.  S.  and  State  Narcotic  Laws 


A  convenient  Record  of  All  the  Legislation  now  on  the 
Statutes  Affecting  the  Sale  of  Opiates  of  Every  Kind 


IN  all  our  histor>'  no  greater  interest  has  e%-er  been  evinced 
in  efforts  to  restrict  the  sale  and  distribution  of  habit- 
forming  drugs  than  that  which  has  made  itself  felt  during 
the  past  two  or  three  years.  Evidence  of  tliis  is  seen  in  the 
mass  of  legislation  that  has  been  enacted  in  the  various  States 
from  lime  to  time,  and  which  culminated  in  the  passage  of 
the  Harrison  Narcotic  Law  which  became  effective  on  ISIarch 
1  of  the  present  year.  The  various  steps  in  this  progressive 
legislation  are  shown  in  the  following  analysis  of  the  Federal 
and  State  anti-narcotic  legislation  now  in  force  in  the  United 
States,  which  has  been  prepared  by  Martin  I.  \\'ilbert,  teclini- 
cal  assistant,  division  of  pharmacology,  of  the  United  States 
Public  Health  Ser%ice,  and  uken  from  the  Public  Health  Re- 
ports. 

Space  will  not  permit  a  full  presentation  of  Mr.  Wilbert's 
comments  on  this  comparative  study  of  enacted  legislation,  but 
this  fact  will  become  evident  to  the  careful  student  who  at- 
tempts to  follow  his  work — the  absence  of  uniformity  in  the 
laws  and  their  proved  inefficiency.  To  provide  for  eventual 
development  in  this  direction  he  suggests  and  advocates  con- 
sistent and  persistent  efforts  on  the  part  of  all  persons  inter- 
ested in  the  advancement  of  public  health  or  social  better- 
ment to  secure  uniform  and  practical  legislation  that  will 
effectually  preclude  the  misuse  of  habit-forming  drugs.  No 
one  is  more  interested  in  this  subject  than  pharmacists,  and 
that  they  may  fully  understand  what  has  been  done  in  this 
direction  before  attempting  to  secure  other  legislation  is  the 
principle  reason  for  devoting  so  much  space  to  this  interest- 
ing analysis  of  existing  narcotic  laws. 

United  States 

Drugs  included. — Opium,  or  coca  leaves,  or  any  compound, 
manufacture,  salt,  derivative  or  preparation  thereof. 

Exceptions.— r-  Preparations  and  remedies  which  do  not  con- 
tain more  than  two  grains  of  opium,  or  more  than  one-fourth 
grain  of  morphine,  or  more  than  one-eighth  of  a  grain  of 
heroin,  or  more  than  one  grain  of  codeine,  or  any  salt  or 
derivative  of  any  of  them  in  one  fluid  ounce,  or  if  a  solid 
or  semisolid  preparation,  in  one  avoirdupois  ounce;  or  to 
liniments  ointments,  or  other  preparations  which  are  pre- 
pared for  e.xternal  use  only,  e.xcept  liniments,  ointments,  and 
other  preparations  which  contain  cocaine  or  any  of  its  salts 
or  alpha  or  beta  eucaine  or  any  of  their  salts  or  any  syn- 
thetic substitute  for  them.  The  provisions  of  this  act  shall 
not  apply  to  decocainized  coca  leaves  or  preparations  made 
therefrom,  or  to  other  preparations  of  coca  leaves  which  do 
not  contain  cocaine. 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  written  prescription  issued  by 
a  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  registered  under 
this  act. 

Sale  to  dealer. — On  the  written  order  of  the  person  to 
whom  such  article  is  sold,  bartered,  exchanged,  or  given 
away,  on  a  form  to  be  issued  in  blank  for  that  purpose  by 
the  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescriptions  and  orders  to  be  pre- 
served for  a  period  of  two  years  from  the  day  on  which 
such  prescription  or  order  is  filled. 

Record  by  physician. — Physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  sur- 
geon to  keep  a  record  of  all  such  drugs  dispensed  or  dis- 
tributed for  a  period  of  two  years  from  the  date  of  dis- 
pensing or  distributing. 

Possession. — Unlawful  for  any  person  who  shall  not  have 
registered  and  paid  the  special  tax  to  have  in  his  possession 
or  under  his  control  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs.  Such  pos- 
session or  control  shall  be  presumptive  evidence  of  a  viola- 
tion of  the  law. 

Smoking  opium. — The  importation  and  use  of  opium  for 
other  than  medicinal  purposes  prohibited  and  an  internal- 
revenue  tax  of  S.SOO  per  pound  is  imposed  on  opium  manu- 
factured in  the  United  States  for  smoking  purposes. 


Lazvs  enforced  by. — Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue. 
Penalties. — Fine   or   imprisonment   or  both. 
References. — Act  December  17,  1914,  and  acts,  January  17, 
1914.     Public  Health  Rept.  Reprint  No.  240,  Pages  22-29. 
Alabama 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  alpha  or  beta  eucaine,  opium,  mor- 
phine, heroin,  or  any  salt  or  compound  of  any  of  the  fore- 
going substances,  or  their  salts  or  compounds. 

E.xccptions. — Preparations  containing  not  more  than  two 
grains  of  opium,  or  not  more  than  one-fourth  grain  of  heroin, 
or  not  more  than  one-eighth  grain  of  cocaine,  or  not  more 
than  one-eighth  grain  of  alpha  or  beta  eucaine  in  one  fluid 
ounce,  or  if  a  solid  preparation,  in  one  avoirdupois  ounce. 
Provided  that  the  above  provision  shall  not  apply  to  prepa- 
rations containing  opium  and,  recommended  and  sold  in  good 
faith  for  diarrhea  and  cholera,  each  bottle  or  package  of 
which  is  accompanied  by  specific  directions  for  use  and  a 
caution  against  habitual  use,  nor  to  powder  of  ipecac  and 
opium,  commonly  known  as  Dover's  powder,  nor  to  lini- 
ments or  ointments  when  plainly  labeled  "for  external  use," 
nor  to  the  sale  of  laudanum  in  quantities  not  exceeding  1 
ounce  to  the  same  person  in  one  day. 

Sale  to  consumer. — Original  written  order  or  prescription 
of  a  lawfully  authorized  practitioner  of  medicine,  dentistry, 
or  veterinary  medicine. 

S^ile  to  dealer. — Law  does  not  apply  to  sales  by  jobbers, 
wholesalers,  and  manufacturers  to  general  merchandise 
stores,  to  retail  druggists,  or  to  qualified  physicians,  or  to 
each  other. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Written  order  or  prescription  to 
be  preserved  on  file  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  five  years. 
Record  by  physician. — 
Possession.— 
Smoking  opium. — 

Laws  enforced  by. — Board  of  Pharmacy. 
Penalties. — Violation  a  misdemeanor  punishable  bv  Cne. 
References.— L?LV,'s,    1909,   No.  207.    Public  Health  Bulle- 
tin No.  56,  page  58. 
Local  regulations. — 

Alaska 

Drug   included. — Opium    or   any    preparation    of  which 
opium  is  the  principal  medicinal  agent. 
Exceptions. — 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  prescription  of  a  practicing  physi- 
cian. 

Sale  to  dealer. — 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescription  to  be  kept  on  file  for 
one  year. 

Record  by  physician. — 
Possession. — 

Smoking  opium. — Unlawful  to  sell  opium  or  preparations 
in  which  opium  is  the  principal  medicinal  agent  to  be  smoked 
on  or  about  the  premises  where  sold.  Unlawful  to  frequent 
an  opium  den. 

Laws  enforced  by. — 

Penalties. — Violation  punishable  by  imprisonment  or  fine. 
References. — Compiled     laws,     1913,     sections  2025-2030. 
Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  61. 
Local  regulations. — 

Arizona 

Drugs  included. — Opium,  morphine,  or  preparations  of 
either  of  them,  or  cocaine,  or  chloral. 

Exceptions. — Preparations  containing  not  more  than  10 
grains  of  opium,  or  two-thirds  grain  of  heroin,  or  one- 
fourth  grain  of  morphia,  or  2  grains  of  codeine,  or  240 
grains  of  chloral  hydrate  in  1  fluid  ounce,  providing  the 
dose  is  not  given  as  more  than  1  fluid  dram,  or  if  a  solid 
preparation  in  1  avoirdupois  ounce. 


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Sale  to  consumer. — A  prescription  properly  filled  out  and 
signed  by  duly  licensed  physician,  druggist,  dentist,  or  ve- 
terinarian. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Provisions  do  not  apply  to  sales  by  job- 
bers, wholesalers,  and  manufacturers  to  pharmacists. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescription  is  to  be  retained  in 
a  separate  file  or  book  and  entry  kept  in  a  book  for  that 
purpose. 

Record  by  physician. — Physicians,  druggists,  veterinarians, 
and  dentists  shall  keep  on  record  the  name  and  address  of 
persons  receiving  the  proscribed  drugs.  Record  to  be  pre- 
served for  five  years. 

Possession. — • 

Smoking  opium. — Unlawful  to  open  or  maintain  any  place 
where  opium  or  any  of  its  preparations  are  sold  or  gjven 
away  to  be  smoked  at  such  place. 

Laws  enforced  by. — Board  of  Pharmacy. 

Penalties. — Violation,  misdemeanor  punishable  by  fine  or 
imprisonment,  or  both. 

References. — Revised  Statutes,  Civil  Code,  1913,  sections 
4817-4818,  Revised  Statutes,  Penal  Code,  1913,  sections  291- 
296.  Public  Health  Rept.,  reprint  No.  146,  page  21.  Re- 
vised Statutes,  1901,  Penal  Code,  sections  261-267,  Public 
Health  Bulletin.  No.  56,  page  63. 

Local  regulations. — 

Arkansas 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine  or  any  of  its  salts  or  any  prepa- 
ration or  mixture  thereof. 
Exceptions. — 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  a  written  prescription  of  physician 
or  dentist  licensed  under  the  laws  of  this  State. 
Sale  to  dealer. — 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescriptions  to  be  filed  and  pre- 
served. 

Record  by  physician. — 
Possession. — ■ 
Smoking  opium. — - 

Laws  enforced  by. — Prosecuting  attorney  of  county. 
Penalties. —  Fine  or  imorisonment. 

References.— L^ws,    1905",   No.   278.    Public  Health  Bulle- 
tin No.  56,  page  65. 
Local  regulations. — • 

California 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  opium,  morphine,  codeine,  her- 
oin, alpha  eucaine,  beta  eucaine,  novocaine,  or  chloral 
hydrate,  or  anv  of  the  salts,  derivatives  or  compounds  of 
the  foregoing  substances  or  any  preparation  or  compound 
containing  any  of  the  foregoing  substances,  or  any  prepa- 
Tation  or  compound  containing  any  of  the  foregoing  sub- 
stances or  their  salts,  derivatives,  or  compounds. 

Exceptions.- — Preparations  containing  not  more  than  2 
grains  of  opium,  one-fourth  grain  of  morphine,  or  one- 
half  grain  of  codeine,  or  one-sixth  grain  of  cocaine,  or 
one-sixth  grain  of  heroin,  or  one-sixth  grain  of  eucaine,  or 
one-sixth  grain  of  novocaine,  or  one-sixth  grain  beta  eu- 
caine, or  10  grains  chloral  hydrate  in  1  fluid  ounce,  or  if  a 
solid  preparation,  in  1  ounce,  avoirdupois. 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  a  written  order  or  prescription  of 
a  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  licensed  to  prac- 
tice in  this  State. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Wholesale  jobbers,  wholesalers,  and  manu- 
facturers are  reauired  to  make  an  entrv  of  sale  in  a  book 
open  for  inspection  by  proper  authorities  and  preserved  for 
at  least  five  years  after  the  date  of  the  last  entry  therein. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescription  to  be  permanently 
retained  on  file. 

Record  by  physician.- — Physicians  to  report  in  writing  the 
treatment  of  any  habitual  user  of  narcotic  drugs. 

Possession. — Tllocal  to  possess  a  pipe  or  pipes  for  use  for 
-niokiii'-  Mi-in-i     ..r    .^ll:Mtv,    tinctures,    or    other  narcotic 

'  •  ilnigs,  pipes  used  for  smok- 

ing   II  tiiKtiurs    or    other  narcotic 

prriKii  .  ~<     ■  i.i  iiM\'  be  seized. 

I.n:.'  li.i.ii.l  (.f  pharmacy. 

Pcniii.'ii  K  I'inr  (n  imin  isdiiniriit ;  for  third  offense  im- 
prisonment for  not  more  than  five  years. 

References. — Henning's  Geiirral  T.aw.s,  1014,  chapter  410, 
section  S,  8a.  Public  Health  Rept.  Reprint  No.  146,  page 
26. 


Colorado 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine  or  its  salts,  alpha  or  beta  eu- 
caine or  their  salts,  any  compound,  mixture,  or  solution  or 
other  product  whatever  of  which  cocaine  or  any  of  the 
above  drugs  is  a  constituent  or  ingredient. 

Exceptions. — 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  a  bona  fide  written  prescription 
of  a  duly  registered  physician. 

Sale  to  dealer. — At  the  time  of  making  sale  entry  shall  be 
made  in  a  book  kept  exclusively  for  that  purpose. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescription  to  be  kept  on  file 
for  five  years. 

Record    by   physician. — Physician   to   cause   record   to  be 
made  of  the  drugs  used. 
Possession. — 
F.Moking  opium. — 

Laws  enforced  by. — Justices  of  the  peace  to  have  juris- 
diction in  their  respective  counties. 

Penalties. — Violation  a  misdemeanor,  punishable  by  fine  or 
imprisonment. 

References. — Laws,  1913,  chapter  57.  Public  Health  Re- 
port, Reprint  No.  146,  page  29. 

Local  regulations. — Denver  ordinance  No.  20,  February  21, 
1912.    Public  Health  Rept.  Reprint  No.  146,  page  30. 
Connecticut 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  salts  of  cocaine,  or  any  prepa- 
ration containing  cocaine,  eucaine  or  its  salts,  or  heroin  or 
diacetyl  morphine  and  its  salts,  or  dionin  or  ethyl  morphine 
or  any  of  its  salts  or  derivatives,  or  morphine  or  any  de- 
rivatives thereof,  or  any  gum  or  natural  opium. 

Exceptions. — Forms  adapted  to  external  use  only  or  prepa- 
rations containing  not  more  than  one-half  grain  of  morphine 
or  not  more  than  one-half  grain  of  heroin  in  1  fluid  ounce,  or 
if  a  solid  preparation,  in  1  avoirdupois  ounce. 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  a  properly  written  prescription  of 
a  licensed  physician  within  five  days  after  the  date  of  such 
l)rescription. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Only  on  receipt  of  a  written  order  on 
an  official  order  blank  supplied  by  the  commissioners  of 
pharmacy.    Sales   to   be  reported  monthly. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescriptions  to  be  retained  in  a 
separate  file  or  book,  and  a  record  to  be  made  in  a  book 
kept  for  that  purpose. 

Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — No  person  not  specifically  authorized  shaU 
liave  in  his  possession  at  any  time  more  than  5  grains  of 
any  of  the  drugs  mentioned. 

Smoking  opium. — Unlawful  to  keep  or  maintain  a  house 
which  is  or  is  reputed  to  be  an  opium  joint. 

Laws  enforced  by. — Commissioners  of  pharmacy. 

Penalties. — Fine  of  not  more  than  $500  or  imprisonment  of 
not  more  than  one  year,  or  both. 

References.— 'Laws,  1913,  chap.  191.  Public  Health  Rept 
Reprint  No,  146.  p.  29.  Laws,  1911,  chap.  118.  Public 
Health  Bulletin  No.  56.  p.  80. 

Local  regulations. — 

Delaware 

Drugs  included. — Morphine,  opium,  cocaine,  chloral  hy- 
drate, or  any  of  their  compounds. 

Exceptions  — Law  doe>  not  apply  to  the  sale  of  paregoric 
or  to  niiv  (ither  iiiild  roTii|iound  or  to  persons  who  are  sick 
or  in  .hHm!  n.,,!  ,>f  imv  of  such  drugs  as  a  medicine. 

Sah-  to  <  f');.v,ii,., ». — On  a  certificate  of  a  licensed  physi- 
cian. 

Sale  to  dealer. — 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Certificates  to  be  kept  on  file  at 
place  of  business,  open  to  inspection  by  all  persons. 
Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — 
Smoking  opium. — 
Laws  enforced  by. — 

Penalties. — Fine  or  imprisonment,  or  both. 

J?c/crf>ifr5.— Laws,  1913,  chap.  182.  Public  Health  Rep. 
Reprint  No.  240,  p.  32. 

Local  regulations. — City  of  Wilmington  Ord.  July  13,  1903. 
Public  Health  Rept.  Reprint  No.  56.  page  S3. 

District  of  Columbia 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  salts  of  cocaine,  or  preparations 
containing  cocaine,  or  salts  of  cocaine;  morphine,  salts  of 
morphine,   or   preparation  containing  morphine   or  s.ilts  of 


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morphine;  or  any  opium,  or  preparation  containing  opium;  or 
any  chloral  hydrate,  or  preparation  containing  chloral  hydrate. 

Exceptions. — Preparations  containing  not  more  than  two 
grains  of  opium,  or  not  more  than  one-quarter  grain  of 
morphine,  or  not  more  than  one-quarter  grain  of  cocaine, 
nor  more  than  two  grains  of  ciiloral  hydrate  in  one  fluid 
ounce,  or  if  a  solid  preparation  in  one  avoirdupois  ounce. 
Preparations  sold  in  good  faith  for  diarrhea  and  cholera,  each 
bottle  or  package  of  which  is  accompanied  by  specific  direc- 
tions for  use  and  caution  against  habitual  use,  nor  to  lini- 
ments or  ointments  sold  in  good  faith  as  sucli  when  plainly 
labeled  "for  external  use  only,"  nor  to  powder  of  ipecac 
and  opium,  commonly  known  as  Dover's  powder  when  sold 
in  quantities  not  exceeding  20  grains. 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  an  order  or  prescription  of  a  law- 
fully authorized  practitioner  of  medicine,  dentistry,  or  ve- 
terinary medicine. 

Sale  to  dealers. — 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Orders  or  prescriptions  to  be  re- 
tained on  file  for  a  period  of  three  years. 
•  Record  by  physician. — 
Possession. — 
Smoking  opium. — 
■  Lau-s  enforced  by. — Board  of  pharmacy. 
Penalties. — Fine  or  imprisonment.. 

References.— I'nited  States  Statutes,  volume  34.  page  179, 
chapter  2084.    Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  86. 
Local  regulations. — 

Florida 

Drugs   included. — Opium,   morphine,   cocaine,  or  its  salts, 
atropine,  belladonna,  or  conium. 
Exceptions. — 

Sale  to  consumer. — Written  prescription  of  a  licensed 
practicing  physician. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Section  does  not  apply  to  manufacturers 
making  and  selling  at  wholesale  to  druggists  or  to  sales  thereof 
for  the  use  of  dentists,  physicians,  hospitals,  or  infirmaries. 

Record  h\  pharmacist. — 

Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — 

Smoking  opium. — 

Laws  enforced  by. — 

Penalties. — \'iolation    a    misdemeanor    punishable    by  im- 
prisonment or  fine. 
'     References.— l^aws.  1909,  chapter  5957.    Public  Health  Bul- 
letin No.  56.  page  88. 
Local  regulations. — Jacksonville  Ord.  August  9,  1912.  Pub- 
-  lie  Health  Kept.    Reprint  No.  146,  page  33. 

Georgia 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  alpha  or  beta  eucaine,  opium, 
'■  morphine,  heroin,  chloral  hydrate,  or  any  salt  or  compound  of 
f  any  of  the  foregoing  substances,  or  any  preparation  or  com- 

I  pound  containing  any  of  the  foregoing  substances,  or  their 
k  salts  or  compounds. 

j     E.xceptions. — Preparations  containing    not    more    than  four 
)■  grains  of  opium,  or  not  more  than  one  grain  of  morphine,  or 
;  not  more  than  one-fourth  grain  of  heroin,  or  not  more  than 
'  one-eighth  grain  of  alpha  or  beta  eucaine,  or  not  more  than 
'  twenty  grains  of  chloral  hydrate,  in  one  fluid  ounce,  or  if  a 
solid  preparation  in  one  avoirdupois  ounce.    Preparations  con- 
,  taining  opium,  sold  in  good  faith  for  diarrhoea  and  cholera, 
'arVi  bottle  or  package  of  which  is  accompanied  by  specific 
'  -   tions  for  use  and  caution  against  habitual  use,  nor  to 
'"r  of  ipecac  and  opium,  commonly  known  as  Dover's 
i-r,  nor  to  liniments  or  ointments  when  plainly  labeled 
external  use  only." 
.^-.tr  to  consumer. — Original  written  order  or  prescription  of 
^    i.vfully  authorized  practitioner  of  medicine,  dentistry,  or 
-inary  medicine. 

to  dealer. — Provisions  do  not  apply  to  sales  at  whole- 

R'-rord  by  pharmacist. — Order  or  prescription  to  be  perma- 
nently retained  on  file. 
'     Rrcord  by  physician. — 
Possession. — 

.'^"inking  opium. — Unlawful  to  set  up,  maintain  or  open  any 
^  place  for  the  smoking  of  opium  or  any  preparation  thereof. 

I I  Laws  enforced  by. — Board  of  Pharmacy. 


Penalties. — \'iolation  a  misdemeanor  punishable  as  prescribed 
in  law. 

References. — Civil  Code,  1910,  sections  1651-52,  Penal  Code, 
If'lO,  sections  384  and  459.    Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56, 

Local  regulations. — 

Idaho 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  alpha  or  beta  eucaine,  opium, 
morphine,  heroin,  chloral  hydrate,  or  any  salt  or  compound 
o!  any  of  the  aforegoing  substances,  or  any  preparation  of 
compound  containing  any  of  the  aforegoing  substances,  or  their 
salts  or  compounds. 

Exceptions. — Preparations  containtng  not  more  than  two 
grains  of  opium,  or  not  more  than  one-fourth  grain  of  mor- 
phine, or  not  more  than  one-fourth  grain  of  heroin,  or  not 
more  than  one-eightli  grain  of  cocaine,  or  not  more  than  one- 
eighth  grain  of  alpha  or  beta  eucaine,  or  not  more  than  ten 
grains  of  chloral  hydrate  in  one  fluid  ounce,  or  if  a  solid 
preparation  in  one  avoirdupois  ounce.  Preparations  contain^ 
ing  opium  and  recommended  and  sold  in  good  faith  for  diarr- 
hoea and  cholera,  each  bottle  or  package  of  which  is  accom- 
panied by  some  specific  directions  for  use,  and  caution  against 
habitual  use,  nor  to  powder  of  ipecac  and  opium  commonly 
known  as  Dover's  powder,  nor  to  liniments  or  ointments  when 
plainly  labeled  "for  external  use  only." 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  order  or  prescription  of  a  lawfully 
authorized  practitioner  in  medicine,  dentistry,  or  veterinary 
medicine. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Provisions  do  not  apply  to  sales  at  whole- 
sale. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Order  or  prescription  to  be  perma- 
nently retained  on  file. 
Record  by  physician. — 
Possession. — • 

S>moking  opium. — Unlawful  to  open,  maintain,  or  keep  a 
resort  for  the  purpose  of  smoking  opium,  or  any  preparation 
containing  opium.  Also  unlawful  to  bargain  for,  buy,  take, 
or  accept  any  opium  or  preparation  containing  opium  in  any 
house  or  place  to  be  taken  on  the  premises. 

Laws  enforced  by. — County  attorneys. 

Penalties. — Violation  a  misdemeanor  punishable  by  fine  and 
subsequent  violation  punishable  by  fine  and  imprisonment. 

References. — Revised  Code,  1908  (as  amended  by  Laws, 
1909,  H.  B.  98),  sections  1400a  to  1400c  and  sections  6830 
to  6832.    Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  p.  97. 

Local  regulations. — 

Illinois 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  alpha  or  beta  eucaine,  or  any 
salt  or  compound  or  derivative  of  any  of  the  foregoing  sub- 
stances, or  any  preparation  or  compound  containing  any  of 
the  foregoing  substances,  or  any  of  their  salts  or  compounds 
or  derivatives. 

Exceptions. — 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  written  prescription  of  a  duly 
registerfd  physician. 

Sale  to  dealer. — May  be  sold  at  wholesale  on  the  written 
order  of  a  licensed  pharmacist  or  licensed  druggist,  duly  regis- 
tered practicing  licensed  dentist,  or  licensed  veterinarian.  An 
entry  of  the  sale  to  be  preserved  for  at  lest  five  years. 

Record  hy  pharmacist. — Prescription  to  be  permanently  re- 
tained on  file. 

Record  by  physician. — 

Po.^.<:e.<:sion.— 

Smoking  opium. — 

La-u-s  enforced  by. — Board  of  Pliarmacv. 

Penalties. — Violation  a  misdemeanor,  fine  or  imprisonment. 
References. — Revised  Statutes,  1913.  chapter  91,  section  32a 
to  ,^2c.    Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  103. 
Local  regulations. — 

Indiana 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  alpha  or  beta  eucaine,  opium, 
morphine  or  heroin,  cannabis  indira,  or  nny  ^alt  or  any  com- 
pound or  derivative  of  any  of  the  {<>vcu.i>\ui'  -ul .,i ,i n. '-s,  or  any 
preparation  or  roinpound  containint;  nny  nf  \\ir  'ni.  uning  sub- 
stances or  any  of  tluir  snlts  or  rnm|iovimls  nr  derivatives. 

Exceptions. — Prfpar:iti'iii';.  fiatcnt  or  proprieta ly,  containing 
not  more  than  2  grains  i.f  npiuni.  or  one-fourth  grain  of  its 
alkaloidal  salts  or  their  derivatives  to  the  ounce,  or  admix- 


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tures  of  ipecac  and  opium,  commonly  known  as  Dover's 
powders,  liniments,  suppositories,  ointments,  and  plasters, 
plainly  labeled  "for  external  use  only." 

Sale  to  consumer. — Written  prescription  of  a  duly  registered 
physician,  licensed  veterinarian,  or  licensed  dentist. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Before  delivering  any  of  the  articles  enum- 
erated an  entry  of  the  sale  thereof  is  to  be  made  in  a  book 
kept  for  that  purpose;  said  book  shall  always  be  open  for  the 
inspection  of  proper  officials  of  the  law  and  shall  be  preserved 
for  five  years  after  the  date  of  the  last  entry  therein.  Report 
of  sales  to  be  made  monthly  to  the  board  of  pharmacy. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescriptions  to  be  permanently  re- 
tained on  file. 

Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — 

Smoking  opium. — 

Laws  enforced  by. — Indiana  State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

Penalties. — Violation  of  act  a  misdemeanor,  pimishable  by 
fine  and  imprisonment. 

References.— I^aws,  1913,  chapter  118.  Public  Health  Rept. 
Reprint  No.  146,  page  37. 

Local  regulations. — 

Iowa 

Drugs  included. — Coca  (erythroxylon  coca),  cocaine,  alpha 
or  beta  eucaine  or  derivatives  of  any  of  them  or  any  preparation 
containing  them  or  derivatives  of  them,  or  cotton  root,  ergot, 
oil  of  tansy,  oil  of  savin,  or  derivatives  of  any  of  them. 

Exceptions. — 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  original  written  prescription  of  a 
registered  physician  or  veterinary  or  licensed  dentist  personally 
known  to  the  seller. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Law  does  not  apply  to  sales  at  wholesale. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — 

Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — 

Smoking  opium. — Unlawful  to  maintain  any  place  in  which 
opium  or  any  of  its  preparations  or  compounds  are  sold  or 
given  away  to  be  used  for  smoking  in  such  place. 

Laws  enforced  by. — Peace  officers,  county  attorney  to  prose- 
cute. 

Penalties. — Fine;  second  offence,  fine  or  imprisonment. 
References. — Laws,   1911,  chapter  126;   Code  1897,  section 
5003;  Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  112. 
Local  regulations. — 

Kansas 

Drugs  included. — Morphine,  cocaine,  or  chloral. 
Exceptions. — 

Sale  to  consumer.- — Prescription  of  a  physician. 
Sale  to  dealer. — 
Record  by  pharmacist. — 
Record  by  physician.-  ,  . 

Possession. — 
■   Smoking  opium. — 
Laws  enforced  by. — 

Penalties. —  Violation  a  misdemeanor,  punishable  by  fine  or 
by  imprisonment. 

References. — General  Statutes,  1909,  section  3099;  Public 
Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  117. 

Local  regulations. — 

Kentucky 

Drugs  included. — Alkaloid  cocaine,  or  .6  salts,  or  alpha  or 
beta  eucaine,  or  their  salts,  or  any  admixture  containing  co- 
caine or  eucaine. 

Opium  or  its  alkaloidal  salts  or  their  derivatives,  or  any  ad- 
mixture containing  opium  or  its  alkaloidal  salts  or  their  de- 
rivatives. 

Exceptions. — Cocaine,  none. 

Opium  preparations,  patent,  proprietary  or  otherwise,  con- 
taining not  more  than  2  grains  of  opium  or  one-fourth  of  a 
grain  of  its  alkaloidal  salts  or  their  derivatives  to  the  ounce 
or  admixture  of  ipecac  and  opium  commonly  known  as  Dover's 
powder,  or  the  antispasmodic  mixtures  of  the  National  Formu- 
lary official  at  the  time  of  sale,  or  lotions,  liniments,  supposi- 
tories, ointments  and  plasters  plainly  labeled  "For  external  use 
only." 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  original  written  prescription  of  a 
legally  qualified  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Proscribed  drugs,  sold  at  wholesale  only  to 
pharmacists  and  to  legally  qualified  physicians,  dentists,  and 
veterinarians. 


Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescription  to  be  kept  on  file  b; 
pharmacists. 

Record  by  physician. — 
Possession. — 
Smoking  opium. — 

Laws  enforced  by. — Board  of  pharmacy. 

Penalties. — Violation  a  misdemeanor,  punishable  by  fine. 

References. — Carroll's    Statutes,    1909,    section    2635a  an 
Laws,  1912,  House  Bill  No.  203.    Public  Health  Bulletin 
56,  page  203. 

Local  regulations. — 

Louisiana 

Drugs  included. — Law:  Cocaine,  "crown,"  or  concoction  ii 
which  cocaine  is  the  principal  ingredient. 

Sanitary  Code:  Cocaine,  eucaine,  opium,  morphine,  heroir 
or  any  salts  or  compounds  of  the  foregoing  substances  or  an 
preparation  or  compound  containing  any  of  the  foregoing  suh 
stances,  or  their  salts  or  compounds. 

Exceptions. — Law:  The  sale  or  barter  of  patent  or  proprie 
tary  medicines. 

Sanitary  code :  Paregoric  and  bona  fide  proprietary  medicine 
containing  not  more  than  two  grains  of  opium,  or  more  tha 
two-fifths  of  a  grain  of  morphine,  or  not  more  than  one-ha 
of  a  grain  of  heroin  in  one  fluid  ounce,  or  if  a  solid  prepara 
tion,  not  more  than  one  avoirdupois  ounce.  Preparatioi 
containing  opium,  recommended  and  sold  in  good  faith  f( 
diarrhea  and  cholera,  when  each  botde  or  package  is  accon 
panied  by  directions  telling  its  use  or  a  caution  against  hab; 
tual  use,  nor  to  the  powder  of  ipecac  and  opium  (common I 
known  as  Dover's  powder),  or  to  liniments  or  ointments  cor 
taining  cocaine  or  its  salts,  when  plainly  labeled  "for  extern, 
use  only." 

Sale  to  consumer. — Law:  Prescriptions  of  an  authoriz' 
practicing  physician. 

Sanitary  code:  On  the  original  written  order  or  prescriptif 
of  a  lawfully  authorized  practitioner  of  medicine  or  bona  fi' 
prescriptions  of  dentists. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Sanitary  code:  Provisions  do  not  apply 
sales  to  hospitals,  scientific  colleges,  or  public  institutioi 
physicians,  and  dentists. 

Record    by    pharmacist. — Sanitary    code:  Prescriptions 
order  to  be  permanently  retained  on  file. 

Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — 

Smoking  opium. — 

Laws  enforced  by. — Sanitary  code :  Louisiana  State  Board 
Health. 

Penalties. — Law:  Misdemeanor,  punishable  by  fine  or  i: 
prisonment  or  both. 

Sanitary  code:  Fine.  For  second  offense,  fine  or  imprisi 
ment  or  both. 

References. — Law:  Revised  Laws,  Supplement,  1908,  r 
147.    Public  Health  Bulletin  Xo.  56,  page  123. 

Sanitary  code:  Sanitary  code,  1911,  sections  551-5 
Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  123. 

Local  regulations. — 

Maine 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  or  alpha  or  beta  eucaine,  or 
of  their  salts  or  any  synthetic  substitute  for  them,  or 
preparation  containing  the  same,  or  any  salts  or  compoi: 
thereof,  opium,  morphine,  heroin,  codeine,  cannabis  indicn 
cannabis  sativa,  or  any  salt,  compound,  or  preparation  of  s 
substances. 

Exceptions. — Cough  remedies  and  other  domestic  and  i 
prietary  preparations  which  do  not  contain  more  than 
grains  opium,  or  one-hnlf  grain  morphine,  or  one-fourth  c 
heroin,  or  one  grain  codeine  or  their  salts  in  one  fluid  o.: 
or,  if  a  solid  pi-cii,ir,ition,  in  one  avoirdupois  ounce:  prcj' 
tions  containing  opium  or  its  salts  as  remedies  for  diarrl  i 
cholera,  or  neuralgia;  Dover's  powders:  also  liniments  :i 
ointments  which  are  prepared  for  external  use  only. 

Sale  to  consumer. — Cocaine,  etc.  On  the  written  prescr 
tion  of  physician,  dentist,  or  vctcrinan.-  surgeon  registfi 
under  the  law  of  the  State  in  which  he  resides. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Cocaine,  etc.  Upon  a  written  order,  wh 
order  is  to  be  kept  on  file  for  at  least  two  years. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescriptions  to  be  preser\'cd  for 
least  two  years. 

Record  by  physicinn. — Practitioner  of  medicine.  surfU 
dentistry,  or  veterinary  medicine  to  keep  a  record  in  a  b< 


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of  the  name  and  address  of  a  patient  treated  and  the  quan- 
tity of  the  drug  dispensed,  furnished,  or  given  away  on  each 
separate  occasion. 

Possession. — Unauthorized  possession  of  any  of  the  drugs 
aiunierated  is  illegal  and  prima  facie  evidence  that  such  pos- 
aession  is  unlawful. 

Smoking  opium. — 

Laxi's  enforced  by. — 

Penalties. — Fine  or  imprisonment,  or  both. 
References.— Uiv^s,  1913,  chap.  211.    Public  Health  Rept. 
Reprint  No.  146,  page  43. 
Local  regulations. — 

Maryland 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  eucaine,  opium,  morphine,  heroin, 
■chloral  hydrate,  or  any  salts  or  compounds  of  any  of  the  fore- 
going substances  or  any  preparation  or  compound  containing 
any  of  the  foregoing  substances  or  their  salts  or  their  com- 
pounds. 

Exceptions. — Provisions  shall  not  apply  to  paregoric,  lauda- 
num, or  to  bona  fide  proprietary  medicines  containing  codeine 
•or  not  more  than  2  grains  of  opium,  or  not  more  than  two- 
^ths  grain  of  morphine,  or  not  more  than  one-fourth  grain 
of  heroin,  or  not  more  than  10  grains  of  chloral  hydrate  in 
1  fluid  ounce,  or,  if  a  solid  preparation,  in  1  avoirdupois 
n  :-       nor  to  preparations  containing  opium  and  recommended 
1  in  good  faith  for  diarrhea  and  cholera,  each  bottle 
.ige  of  which  is  accompanied  by  specific  directions. 
:o  consumer. — The  original  written  order  or  prescrip- 
tion of  a  lawfully  authorized  practitioner  of  medicine,  den- 
tistry, or  veterinary  medicine. 
Sale  to  dealer. — 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescription  to  be  permanently  re- 
tained on  file. 

Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — Unlawful  for  unauthorized  person  to  possess 
any  of  the  proscribed  drugs. 

Smoking  opium. — Unlawful  to  set  up  or  establish  in  any 
.,phce  whatsoever  any  apparatus  or  device  whereby  opium  may 
be  used  by  smoking  in  any  manner  by  other  persons. 
,    La:us  enforced  by. — Board  of  Pharmacy  and  all  prosecuting 
ofiBcers. 

Penalties. — Violation  of  the  law  a  misdemeanor,  punishable 
by  fine  or  imprisonment,  or  both. 

I  References. — Bagby's  Annotated  Code,  1914,  volume  3,  ar- 
fdcle  27,  section  251-254,  374,  378.  Public  Health  Bulletin 
». 

■,  Local  regulations. — Baltimore  (Swann  ordinance).  Public 
^Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  130. 

.  Massachusetts 

\:  Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  or  any  of  its  salts,  alpha  or  beta 
'  Sicaine,  or  any  of  their  salts  or  any  synthetic  substitute  for 
if-Jiem. 

1  Opium,  morphine,  heroin,  codeine,  cannabis  indica,  cannabis 
tativa,  or  any  preparation  thereof,  or  any  salt  of  the  said  sub- 
I  ;tance. 

[  Exceptions. — Cocaine:  None. 

,    Opium,  etc.:  Prescriptions,  preparations,  or  remedies  that  do 
^JOt  contain  more  than  two  grains  of  opium  or  more  than  one- 
.juarter  of  a  grain  of  heroin,  or  more  than  one  grain  of  co- 
lein'\  or  more  than  one-half  of  a  grain  of  extract  of  cannabis 
or  more  than  one-half  of  a  grain  of  extract  of  cannabis 
or  any  salt  or  compound  of  any  of  them  in  one  fluid 
or  if  a  solid  or  semisolid  preparation,  to  the  avoirdupois 
ui.  :;  nor  to  liniments,  ointments,  or  other  preparations  which 
Jt  prepared  for  external  use  only;  nor  to  preparations  con- 
,  lining  any  of  the  said  substances  which  are  sold  in  good  faith 
or  diarrhea  or  cholera,  or  neuralgia,  and  which  do  not  con- 
[  ain  more  than  six  gi-ains  of  opium  or  more  than  three-quar- 
1  era  of  a  grain  of  morphine  to  each  fluid  ounce,  or  if  a  solid 
'  T  semisolid  preparation  to  the  avoirdupois  ounce ;  not  to  any 
'  ompound  medicinal  tablets,  pills,  or  powders  containing  not 
.'ver  one-twentieth  of  a  grain  of  morphine  or  one-quarter  of 
j  grain  of  codeine,  or  any  of  their  salts,  except  heroin,  to  each 
i^'ill,  powder,  or  tablet. 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  written  prescription  or  order  of 
1   registered  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon. 

Sale  to  dealer. — On  a  written  order  duly  signed,  said  order 
Ij  3  be  kept  on  file  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  two  years  from 

1^ 


the  date  of  delivery  and  shall  be  at  all  times  open  to  inspec- 
tion by  proper  officials. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescriptions  to  be  retained  on  file 
for  a  period  of  at  least  two  years. 

Record  by  physician. — Every  physician,  veterinarian,  and 
dentist  shall  keep  a  record  in  a  suitable  book  of  the  names 
and  addresses  of  all  persons  to  whom  he  dispenses  narcotics. 

Possession. — Unlawful  to  possess  cocaine. 

Smoking  opium. — 

Laws  enforced  by. — State  board  of  health. 

Penalties. — Violation  a  misdemeanor  punishable  by  fine  or 
iiBprisonment  or  both. 

References.— 'Laws,  1910,  chapter  387.  Public  Health  Bul- 
letin No.  56,  page  135.  Laws,  1914,  chapter  694.  Public  Health 
Rept.  Reprint  No.  240,  page  43. 

Local  regulations. — 

Michigan 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine  or  its  salts  and  alpha  or  beta  eu- 
caine or  any  of  their  salts;  or  any  compound,  mixture  or  so- 
lution or  other  product  whatsoever  of  which  cocaine  or  any 
salts  or  alpha  or  beta  eucaine  or  any  of  their  salts  is  a  con- 
stituent or  ingredient. 

^Morphine  or  its  salts  or  its  derivatives. 

Exceptions. — • 

Sale  to  consumer. — Cocaine.  On  the  written  prescription  of 
a  registered  physician.  Morphine,  on  the  original  prescription 
of  a  legally  practicing  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Cocaine:  On  a  written  order  duly  signed. 

Morphine:  Sales  at  wholesale  not  restricted. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescription  to  be  kept  on  file  and 
open  to  inspection. 

Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — 

Smoking  opium. — 

Laws  enforced  by. — Board  of  Pharmacy. 

Penalties. — Violation  a  misdemeanor  punishable  by  fine  or 
imprisonment  or  both. 

References.— L.o-wdVs  Michigan  Statutes,  1913,  sections 
3360-3365,  5150.    Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  134. 

Local  regulations. — 

Minnesota 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  hydrochlorate,  or  any  salt  or  com- 
pound of  cocaine,  or  preparation  containing  cocaine. 
Exceptions. — 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  written  prescription  of  a  physi- 
cian, dentist,  or  veterinarian,  licensed  under  the  laws  of  this 
State. 

Sale  to  dealer. — In  original  packages  only. 
Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescriptions  to  be  filed  and  pre- 
served. 

Record  by  physician.— 
Possession  — 

^mo'm^  opium. — iTnawf  il  to  cper.  or  nu-  ntai'.i  a  resort 
where  opium  or  any  of  its  preparations  shall  be  sold  or  given 
away  to  be  smoked  or  used  therein. 

Laws  enforced  by. — The  county  attorney  to  prosecute  on 
complaint  being  made. 

Penalties. — Fine  or  imprisonment. 

References. — General  Statutes,  1913,  sections  5041-5042, 
8965.    Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  145. 

Local  regulations. — Minneapolis  City  Ordinances,  October 
10,  1913.  Public  Health  Report  Reprint  No.  240,  page  SO 
St.  Paul  City  Ordinance. 

Mississippi 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine  in  any  quantity  whatsoever. 
Exceptions. — 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  prescription  of  regular  licensed  phy- 
sician or  dentist. 
Sale  to  dealer. — 
Record  by  pharmacist. — 
Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — Possession  of  cocaine  by  person  not  authorized 
by  law  to  sell  or  purchase  the  same  considered  presumptive 
evidence  that  the  person  is  engaged  in  keeping  the  same  for 
sale. 

Smoking  opium. — 

Laws  enforced  by. — Justice  of  the  peace  of  the  county. 
Penalties. — Imprisonment. 


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References. — Code,  1906,  chapter  28,  as  amended  by  Laws, 
1910,  chapter  186.  PubHc  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  147. 
Laws,  1914,  chapter  144.  Public  Health  Rept.  Reprint  No. 
240,  page  51. 

Local  regulations. — 

Missouri 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  hydrochlorate,  or  other  salt  or  any 
compound  of  cocaine,  or  preparation  containing  cocaine  or 
any  compound  thereof. 

Exceptions. — • 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  written  prescription  of  a  licensed 
physician  or  licensed  dentist. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Provisions  do  not  apply  to  sales  at  whole- 
sale. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — 
Record  by  physician. — ■ 
Possession. — 

Smoking  opium. — Unlawful  to  frequent  or  to  maintain  any 
place  where  opium,  hashish,  or  any  other  deadly  drugs  are 
smoked  for  the  purpose  of  smoking  such  deadly  drug  or  drugs. 

Laws  enforced  by. — 

Penalties. — Fine ;  second  offense  fine  or  imprisonment,  or 
both. 

References.— Revised  Sututes,  1909,  section  5786,  5787,  and 
4822.    Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  150. 

Local  regulations. — Joplin,  Mo,,  city  ordinance,  September 
1,  1914.    Public  Health  Rept  Reprint  No.  240,  page  54. 
Montana 

Drugs  included. — Opium,  morphine,  alkaloid-cocaine,  or  al- 
pha or  beta  eucaine,  or  codeine,  or  heroin,  or  any  derivative, 
mixture,'  or  preparation  of  any  of  them. 

Exceptions. — Patent  or  proprietary  or  medicinal  preparations 
containing  opium,  or  morphine,  in  combination  with  other 
active  elements  where  the  dose  of  opium  is  less  than  one-quar- 
ter grain,  or  morphine  not  more  than  one-twentieth  grain,  or 
codeine  not  more  than  one-quarter  grain,  or  heroin  not  more 
than  one-twelfth  grain. 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  signed  prescription  of  a  physi- 
cian or  veterinarian  duly  licensed  under  the  law  of  the  State. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Exempts  sales  to  licensed  physicians,  vete- 
rinarians, and  druggists. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescription  to  be  retained  for  a 
period  of  two  years. 

Record  by  physician.— 

Posscssioti. — • 

Smoking  opium. — Unlawful  to  open  or  maintain  or  to  resort 
to  any  place  where  opium  or  any  of  its  preparations  is  sold 
or  given  away  to  be  smoked  at  any  such  place. 

Laws  enforced  by. — 

Penalties. — Fine  or  imprisonment  or  both. 
References. — Laws,   1911,  chapter  11,  Revised  Code,  '  1907, 
section  8377.    Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  154. 
Nebraska 
Drugs  included. — Cocaine. 
Exceptions. — 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  prescription  of  a  physician. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Does  not  prohibit  sale  to  retail  druggists, 
physicians,  or  dentists,  nor  the  use  in  prescriptions  of  this 
drug  by  dentists  in  the  practice  of  their  profession. 

Record  by  pharmacist. —  , 

Record  by  physician. — 

Possessio7i. — 

Smoking  opium. — Cities  permitted  to  regulate,  prohibit,  and 
suppress  opium  joints,  dens,  and  other  disorderly  houses. 
Laws  enforced  by. — 
Penalties. — 

References.— Cohhey's    Annotated    Statutes,    1911,  section 
2101a.    Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  157. 
Local  regulations. — 

Nevada 

Drugs  included.— Cor.unr.  opium,  morphitio,  codeine,  hero- 
in, .ilpliii  (ii.iiiii.  1m  I,  .iiiiiiir,  iiovoraiiir.  nr  chloral  hydrate 
or  aiix  ol  til.  ^  ilis,  .1- I  iv.iiivcs,  (ir  r<>niiHUin<ls  ..f  the  fore- 
goiiiL'  sill isi.i iH  (  ^  r,i  MIX  |i,ir,iii,m  ov  compound  containing 
atu'  oi  (III  t..i.  p.iijv:  siil.siiniis  or  the  ir  ,'vUts,  (lerivativcs  orcom- 
pmniiU..i   iliiii   sill,    I  Im  i\  1 1 1\ I  s  or  c  cinipounds, 

I  I'lif^if.  I'ri  |cjijiioiis  c  out, lining  less  than  two  grains 
of  opium,  or  one-fourth  grain  of  morphine,  or  one-half  grain 
of  codeine,  or  one-sixth  grain  heroin,  or  one-sixth  grain  cocaine. 


or  one-sixth  grain  eucaine,  or  one-sixth  grain  novocaine,  o 
one-sixth  grain  beta  eucaine,  or  10  grains  chloral  hydrate  ii 
one  fluid  ounce,  or  if  a  solid  preparation  in  1  ounce  avoirdu- 
pois, or  to  the  sale  of  strychnine  or  other  poisons  for  the  pur- 
pose of  destroying  noxious  wild  animals. 

Sale  to  consumer. — Written  order  or  prescription  of  a  pb>- 
sician,  dentist,  or  veterinarian  licensed  to  practice  in  this  State 

Sale  to  dealer. — An  entry  of  the  sale  of  each  article  to  1 
made  in  a  book  kept  for  that  purpose.  Such  books  should  1^ 
preserved  for  at  least  five  years  after  the  date  of  the  last  entr 
therein. 

Record  by  pliarmacist. — Prescriptions  to  be  permanently  ri 
tained  on  file. 

Record  by  physician. — ■ 
Possession. — 

Smoking  opium. — Unlawful  to  possess  an  opium  pipe  or  ■ 
keep  a  place  of  any  kind  to  be  used  as  a  resort  for  the  usi'  - 
of  opium  or  any  of  its  preparations. 

Laws  enforced  by. — Officials  in  charge  of  the  food  and  iru,^ 
act  to  cooperate  with  the  State  board  of  phar  nacy. 

Penalties. — First  and  second  offtn.se  a  misdemeanor,  thii  \ 
oflonsc',  a  irlcnj 

References.— 'LiLV.s,  1913,  chapter  207.  Public  Health  Rep- 
Reprint  No.  146,  page  57.  Compiled  laws,  1899,  sectior  5 
4811-4816.    Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  160. 

Local  regulations. — 

New  Hampshire 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine  or  any  of  its  salts  or  any  synthtt 
substitute  for  the  aforesaid  or  any  preparation  containing  ai 
of  the  same. 

Exceptions. — ■ 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  original  written  prescription 
a  physician. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Does  not  apply  to  sales  to  apothecari' 
druggists,  physicians,  veterinarians,  and  dentists. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescriptions  to  be  retained  ai  J 
kept  on  file. 

Record  by  physician. — • 

Possession. — 

Smoking  opium. — 

Laws  enforced  by. — State  board  of  health. 
Penalties. — Fine  or  imprisonment  or  both. 
References.— L?L\\?>.  1909,  chapter  162.    Public  Health  Bul- 
letin No.  56,  page  162. 
Local  regulations. — 

New  Jersey 

Drugs  included. — The  alkaloid  cocaine  or  its  salt,  alpha  : 
beta  eucaine  or  their  salts,  opium,  morphine,  codeine,  chlo-  . 
or  any  of  the  derivatives  of  chloral,  or  any  admixture  of  > 
caine  or  eucaine  or  any  patent  or  proprietary  remedy  conta; 
ing  cocaine  or  eucaine. 

Exceptions. — 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  written  prescription  of  a  d. 
licensed  and  practicing  physician. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Drugs  may  be  sold  on  the  written  order 
a  duly  licensed  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon 
person  regularly  engaged  in  the  wholesale  drug  trade,  and 
entry  of  the  sale  is  to  be  made  in  a  book  kept  for  that  p 
pose. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescription  to  be  preserved  for  ■ 
least  five  years. 

Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — I'nwarranted  possession  a  misdemeanor. 
Smoking  opium.— Cily  council   has  power  to  restrict 
suppress  opium  joints. 
L.r.rs  rnforrrd  by.— 

/'i  ll  ./.'iV*     \  iolation  of  law  a  misdemeanor, 
7\,  ■  ».  ;/,  ,  V     Compiled  Statutes,  1910,  voiume  2.  page  17"6 
Public  Heahh  lUilletin  No.  56.  page  166. 
Local  regulations. — 

New  Mexico 

Drugs  included. — Opium  or  its  preparations  contiining  ir  • 
than  2  grains  of  opium  to  the  ounce,  or  its  alkaloids,  er  • 
and  cotton  root  or  their  preparations,  coca  or  its  preparati 
or  alkaloids,  oil  of  tansy,  oil  of  pennyroyal,  oil  of  savine 
any  emmcnagogue  or  other  abortive  agent. 

Exceptions. — Preparations  containing  less  than  2  grain;; 
opium  to  the  ounce  as  above. 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  written  prescription  of  a  regul  : 
licensed  physician. 


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Sale  to  dealer. — No  provisions  other  than  that  the  law  does 
not  "apply  to  regularly  licensed  physicians  dispensing  poisons 
to  their  patients." 

Record  by  pharmacist. — 

Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — 

Synoking  opium. — Unlawful  for  any  person  to  keep  or  main- 
tain what  is  commonly  known  as  a  hop  or  opium  joint. 

Laifs  enforced  by. — Board  of  pharmacy. 

Penalties. — \'iolation  a  misdemeanor,  punishable  by  fine  or 
imprisonment  or  both. 

References.— La.\\s,  1909,  chapter  142.  Public  Health  Bul- 
letin No.  56,  page  173. 

Local  regulations. — 

New  York 

Drugs  included. — Alkaloid  cocaine  or  its  salts,  or  alpha  or 
beta  eucaine  or  their  salts,  or  any  admixture,  compound,  so- 
lution, or  product  of  which  cocaine  or  eucaine  or  their  salts 
may  be  an  ingredient. 

Chloral,  opium  or  any  of  its  salts,  alkaloids,  or  derivatives, 
or  any  compound  or  preparation  of  any  of  them. 

E.xceptions. — Cocaine:  Prescriptions  for  less  tlian  1  grain 
to  the  fluid  ounce  or  2  grains  to  the  ounce  of  ointment  may 
be  refilled. 

Chloral  and  opium:  Domestic  and  proprietary  remedies,  ac- 
tually sold  in  good  faith  as  medicine,  tliat  do  not  contain  more 
than  2  grains  of  opium,  or  one-fourth  grain  of  morphine,  or 
one-fourth  grain  of  heroin,  or  1  grain  of  codeine,  or  10  grains 
of  chloral  or  their  salts  in  1  fluid  ounce,  or,  if  a  solid  prepara- 
tion, in  1  avoirdupois  ounce,  nor  to  plasters,  liniments,  and 
ointments  for  external  use  only. 

Sale  to  consumer. — Cocaine:  On  the  written  prescription  of 
physician  registered  to  practice  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

Chloral  and  opium :  On  the  written  prescription  of  a  duly 
licensed  physician,  veterinarian,  or  dentist. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Cocaine  may  be  sold  in  the  original  package 
at  wholesale  provided  a  record  of  sale  be  kept. 

Chloral  and  opium  may  be  sold  only  on  orders  written  on 
oincial  order  blanks  furnished  by  the  State  commissioner  of 
health. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Cocaine:  Written  prescriptions  to 
be  retained. 

Chloral  and  opium:  Prescriptions  to  be  retained. 
Record  by  physician. — Chloral  and  opium :  Physicians,  drug- 
gists, pharmacists,  veterinarians,  and  dentists  to  keep  on  record 
the  name  and  address  of  each  person  to  whom  the  enumerated 
drugs  are  administered  or  disposed  of  in  any  way.    Record  to 
1   be  preserved  for  five  years. 

Possession. — Possession  must  be  justified  by  certificate  issued 
'  by  dispenser.  Amount  of  cocaine  and  related  products  in 
:  possession  of  retail  druggists  or  medical  practitioners  limited 
.   by  law. 

Smoking  opium. — Unlawful  to  maintain  or  resort  to  any 
:    place  where  opium  or  any  of  its  preparations  is  smoked. 
i|      Laws  enforced  by. — Commissioner  of  health. 
I      Penalties. — Violation  a  misdemeanor. 

I»  References.— 'Ldiws  1913,  chapter  470.  Public  Health  Rept. 
I  Reprint  No.  146,  page  63.  Laws  1914,  chapter  363.  Public 
\  Health  Rept.  Reprint  No.  240,  page  65.  Consolidated  laws, 
:  1909.  section  1533.  Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  p.  174. 
I  Local  regulations. — New  York  City  Ord.  Bd.  of  Health, 
w  1914.  Public  Health  Rept.  Reprint  No.  240,  page  65.  Sche- 
,  nectady  Ord  ,  1913.  Public  Health  Rept.  Reprint  No.  240, 
i   page  68. 

North  Carolina 
Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  alpha  or  beta  eucaine,  or  any 
mixture  of  either  or  any  salt  or  compound  of  any  of  the  fore- 
going substances,  or  any  preparation  or  compound  containing 
'  any  of  the  foregoing  substances  or  their  salts  or  compounds. 

Opium,  morphine,  heroin,  or  any  salt  or  compound  of  any 
'  of  the  foregoing  substances,  or  any  preparation  or  compound 
.  containing  any  of  the  foregoing  substances,  or  their  salts  or 
i  compounds. 

I     Exceptions. — Cocaine:  None. 

I  Opium,  etc.:  Preparations  containing  opium  and  recom- 
^  mended  and  sold  in  good  faith  for  diarrhea  and  cholera,  each 
I  bottle  or  package  of  which  is  accompanied  by  specific  direc- 
tions for  use,  and  a  caution  against  habitual  use,  nor  to 
.  powder  of  ipecac  and  opium,  commonly  known  as  "Dover's 
I  powder";  not  to  liniments  or  ointments  when  plainly  lalicled 
I  "For  external  u.se  onlv." 

il 


Sale  to  consumer.— Coca.mt.  On  the  prescription  of  a 
licensed  physician. 

Opium,  etc.  On  the  written  order  or  prescription  of  a 
lawfully  authorized  practitioner  of  medicine,  dentistry,  or 
veterinary  medicine. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Sales  to  pharmacists,  chemists,  and  sales 
for  scientific,  public  or  medicinal  uses  permitted. 

Record  by  pharmacist . — Prescriptions  to  be  at  all  times  open 
to  inspection  of  authorized  oflicers  of  the  law. 

Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — Possession  of  the  above  drugs  a  misdemeanor. 
Smoking  opium. — 

Laws  enforced  by. — Board  of  pharmacy. 

Penalties. — Cocaine.  Violation  a  misdemeanor  punishable 
by  fine  or  imprisonment  or  both. 

References.— Fuhlic  Laws,  1913,  chapter  81.  Public  Health 
Rept.  Reprint  No.  146,  page  65.  Pell's  Revisal  1908,  chapter 
95,  as  amended  by  Laws  1909,  chapter  713.  Public  Health 
Bulletin  No.  56,  page  179. 

Local  regulations. — ■ 

North  Dakota 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine  or  products  which  contain  cocaine 
or  any  of  its  salts  or  derivatives. 

E.xceptions. — ■ 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  written  prescription  of  a  licensed 
physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon. 
Sale  to  dealer. — 
Record  by  pharmacist. — ■ 
Record  by  physician.— 
Possession. — 

Smoking  opium. — Place  used  for  the  smoking  of  opium  de- 
clared to  be  a  public  nuisance. 

Laws  enforced  by. — 

Penalties. — Violation  a  misdemeanor  punishable  by  fine. 
References.— CompWtd  laws,   1913,  sections  504-505,  2943, 
Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  182. 
Local  regulations. — ■ 

Ohio 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  alpha  or  beta  eucaine  or  alypin, 
morphine,  acetyl-morphine,  diacetyl-morphine,  di-acetyl-ester- 
morphine,  ethyl  morphine,  heroin,  chloral  hydrate,  opium,  or 
any  of  their  alkaloids,  salts,  derivatives  or  compounds,  or  any 
.synthetic  equivalent  thereof,  either  as  to  the  physical  proper- 
ties or  physiological  action. 

Exceptions. — Liquid  preparations  sold  in  good  faith  as  medi- 
cines containing  not  more  than  two  grains  of  opium,  or  not 
more  than  one-fourth  grain  of  morphine,  or  not  more  than  one- 
fourth  grain  of  heroin,  or  not  more  than  one-eighth  grain  of 
alpha  or  beta  eucaine,  or  not  more  than  10  grains  of  chloral 
hydrate  in  1  fluid  ounce,  or  if  a  solid  preparation,  in  1  avoir- 
dupois ounce. 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  original  written  prescription  of  a 
physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  duly  licensed  under 
the  laws  of  this  State. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Law  does  not  apply  to  sale  at  wholesale  of 
any  quantity  of  the  above  mentioned  drugs  to  duly  registered 
pharmacists,  physicians,  dentists,  or  veterinary  surgeons. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescriptions  to  be  kept  on  file  for 
at  least  two  years. 

Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — Possession  by  unauthorized  persons  shall  le 
prima-facie  evidence  of  violation  of  the  law  by  such  person. 

Smoking  opium. — Unlawful  to  maintain  or  to  resort  to  a 
place  where  opium  is  smoked. 

Laws  enforced  by. — 

Penalties. — Fine  or  imprisonment,  or  both. 

Re/erencej.— Laws,  1913,  No.  326.  Public  Health  Rept. 
Reprint  No.  146,  page  68.  General  Code,  1910,  section  12679. 
Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  186. 

Local  regulations. — 

Oklahoma 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  alpha  or  beta  eucaine,  opium, 
morphine,  codeine,  heroin,  or  any  salt  or  compound  of  any  of 
the  foregoing  substances,  or  their  salts  or  compounds. 

Exceptions. — Preparations  containing  opium,  rrorphine,  co- 
deine, heroin,  or  any  salt  or  compound  of  the  foregoing  sub- 
stances, and  recommended  and  sold  in  good  faith;  each  bottle 
or  package  of  which  is  accompanied  by  specific  directions  for 
use,  nor  to  powder  of  ipecac  and  opium,  commonly  known  as 
Dover's  powder,  nor  to  liniments  or  ointments  when  plainly 
labeled  "for  external  use  onlv." 


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Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  original  written  order  or  pre- 
scription of  a  lawfully  authorized  practitioner  of  medicine, 
dentistry,  or  veterinary  medicine. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Provisions  do  not  apply  to  sales  at  whole- 
sale. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Orders  or  prescriptions  to  be  per- 
manently retained  on  file. 
Record  by  physician. — 
Possession. — 
Smoking  opium. — 

Laws  enforced  by. — Peace  officers;  county  attorney  to  prose- 
cute. 

Penalties. — Violation  of  law  a  misdemeanor  punishable  by 
fine;  subsequent  violations,  fine  or  imprisonment. 

References. — Laws,  1910,  chapter  52.  Public  Health  Bul- 
letin, No.  56,  page  191. 

Local  regulations. — 

Oregon 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  opium,  morphine,  codeine,  heroin, 
alpha  eucaine,  beta  eucaine,  novocaine,  or  chloral  hydrate  or 
any  of  the  salts,  derivatives,  or  compounds  of  the  foregoing 
substances  or  their  salts,  derivatives,  or  compounds. 

Exceptions. — Preparations  containing  less  than  two  grains 
opium,  or  one-fourth  grain  morphine,  or  one-half  grain  co- 
deine, or  one-sixth  grain  heroin,  or  one-sixth  grain  cocaine, 
or  one-sixth  grain  eucaine,  or  one-sixth  grain  novocaine,  or 
one-sixth  grain  beta  eucaine,  or  ten  grains  chloral  hydrate  in 
one  fluid  ounce,  or  if  a  solid  preparation  in  one  avoirdupois 
ounce,  and  the  sale  or  compounding  of  remedies  for  veterinary 
purposes  and  liniments. 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  written  order  or  prescription  of  a 
physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  licensed  to  practice 
in  this  State. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Law  does  not  apply  to  sales  at  wholesale. 
Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescription  or  order  to  be  perma- 
nently retained  on  file. 
Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — Unlawful  for  unauthorized  person. 

Smoking  opium. — Unlawful  to  maintain  or  frequent  an 
opium  den. 

Laws  enforced  by. — Board  of  Pharmacy. 

Penalties. — Fine  or  imprisonment  or  both. 

References.— Lsiws,  1913,  chapter  164.  Public  Health  Rept. 
Reprint  No.  116,  page  71.  Lord's  Oregon  Laws,  1910,  chap- 
ter 8,  sections  2155-2158.  Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56, 
page  195. 

Local  regulations. — 

Pennsylvania 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  or  its  salts,  derivatives,  or  com- 
pounds; or  alpha  or  beta  eucaine,  or  their  salts,  derivatives  or 
compounds;  or  any  substance  or  preparation  containing  co- 
caine, its  salts,  derivatives,  or  compounds,  or  alpha  or  beta 
eucaine,  their  salts,  derivatives,  or  compounds. 

Exceptions. — 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  original  written  prescription  of  a 
duly  registered  practicing  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinarian. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Record  of  sales  to  be  made  in  a  book  kept 
for  that  purpose  and  orders  for  drugs  kept  on  file  and  quar- 
terly reports  of  the  sales  to  be  made  to  the  Board  of  Phar- 
macy. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescriptions  to  be  Kept  on  file  for 
at  least  five  years. 

Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — Possession  by  unauthorized  per-sons  illegal. 

Smoking  opimn. — Illegal  to  maintain  or  frequent  a  place 
where  opium  is  smoked,  or  to  keep  or  exhibit  any  apparatus, 
device,  or  instrument  for  the  smoking  of  opium. 

Laws  enforced  by.— Board  of  Pharmacy. 

Penalties. — Violation  punishable  by  fine  or  imprisonment  or 
both. 

References.— V-ardon'z  Digest,  13th  Edition,  1905,  volume  1, 
page  990;  Supplement,  1909,  volume  5,  page  5298.  Public 
Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  198. 

Local  regulations. — Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  Ord.  Nov.  16,  1914. 
Public  Health  Rept.  Reprint  No.  240,  p.  73. 

Rhode  Island 

Drugs  included. — ^Cocaine,  heroin,  alpha  or  beta  eucaine, 
opium,  morphine,  chloral  hydrate,  or  any  alkaloid,  salt  or 
compound  containing  any  of  the  foregoing  substances. 


Exceptions. — Preparations  containing  not  more  than  six 
grains  of  opium,  or  not  more  than  one-quarter  grain  of  mor- 
phine, or  not  more  than  two  grains  of  chloral  hydrate,  or, 
not  more  than  one-sixteenth  of  a  grain  of  cocaine,  in  one 
fluid  ounce,  or  if  a  solid  preparation,  in  one  avoirdupois 
ounce ;  and  preparations  containing  opium  and  sold  in  good 
faith  for  diarrhea  and  cholera,  each  bottle  or  package  of  which 
is  accompanied  by  specific  directions  for  use,  and  a  caution 
against  habitual  use,  nor  to  liniments  or  ointments  when 
plainly  labeled  "For  external  use  only." 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  original  written  order  or  pre- 
scription of  a  practitioner  of  medicine,  dentistry,  or  veterinary 
medicine,  such  order  or  prescription  not  to  be  recompounded 
or  redispensed  if  it  bears  the  vi^ords  "not  to  be  repeated," 
signed  by  the  prescriber. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Provisions  do  not  apply  to  sales  at  whole- 
sale. 

Record  by  pharmacist.    Original  prescription  to  be  perma- 
nently retained  on  file. 
Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — Unauthorized    possession    illegal    and  deemed* 
evidence  of  violation. 
Smoking  opium. — 

Laws  enforced  by. — Board  of  pharmacy. 

Penalties. — Violation  a  misdemeanor  punishable  by  fine  and 
subsequent  violations  punishable  by  fine  and  imprisoimient. 

References. — General  Laws,  1909,  chapter  178.  Public 
Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  212.  Laws,  1914,  chapter,  1087. 
Public  Health  Rept.  Reprint  No.  240,  Page  82. 

Local  regulations. — 

South  Carolina 
Drugs  included. — Cocaine  or  any    compound    or  mixture 
thereof. 

Exceptions. — 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  written  prescription  of  a  medi- 
cal practitioner. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Sales  by  wholesale  druggists  to  retail  or 
wholesale  druggist  or  use  by  licensed  dental  practitioner  in 
his  practice. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — 

Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — Illegal  possession  a  misdemeanor  and  evidence 
of  intent  to  violate  the  law. 
Smoking  opium. — 

Laws  enforced  by. — Board  of  Health. 

Penalties. — Violation  a  misdemeanor  punishable  by  fine  or 
imprisonment  or  both. 

References. — Laws,  1907,  No.  250,  as  amended  by  Laws, 
1911,  No.  85.    Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  215. 

Local  regulations. — 

South  Dakota 

Drugs  included. — Opium  or  any  commodity  of  which  opiun: 
is  an  ingredient. 
Exceptions. — 

Sale  to  consumer. — Only  by  person  having  a  written  permit 
or  license  from  the  authorities  of  city  or  town  in  which  such 
person  carries  on  business. 

Sale  to  dealer. — 

Record  by  pharmacist. — 

Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — 

Smoking  opium. — Unlawful  to  smoke  opium  or  to  maintain 
a  place  where  opium  may  be  smoked. 

Laws  enforced  by. — .Ml  ministerial  officers. 

Penalties. — Violation  a  misdemeanor,  punishable  by  fine  or 
imprisonment  or  botli. 

References. — Revised  Codes,  1903.  Political  Code,  sections 
2861-2866.    Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  218. 

Local  regulations. — 

Tennessee 

Drugs  included. — Opium  or  coca  leaves,  or  any  compound, 
manufacture,  salt,  derivative,  or  preparation  thereof. 

Exceptions. — Preparations  and  remedies  which  do  not  con- 
tain more  than  2  grains  of  opium  or  more  than  one-fourth  of 
a  grain  of  morphine,  or  more  tlian  one-twelfth  of  a  grain  of 
heroin,  or  more  than  1  grain  of  codeine,  or  any  salt  or  deri\'a- 
tive  of  any  of  them  in  1  fluid  ounce,  or.  if  a  solid  preparation, 
in  1  avoirdupois  ounce;  or  to  liniments,  ointments,  or  other 
preparations  which  are  prepared  for  external  use  only,  except 


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liniments,  ointments,  and  other  preparations  which  contain 
cocaine  or  any  of  its  salts,  or  alpha  or  beta  eucaine,  or  any 
of  their  salts,  or  any  synthetic  substitute  for  them.  The  pro- 
visions of  tliis  act  do  not  apply  to  decocainized  coca  leaves  or 
preparations  of  coca  leaves  which  do  not  contain  cocaine. 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  a  written  prescription  issued  by  a 
physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  registered  in  the 
State  of  Tennessee. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Sales  to  be  recorded  in  accordance  with  the 
rules  and  regulations  provided  therefor. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescriptions  to  be  kept  on  file  for 
a  period  of  two  years. 

Record  by  physician. — Physicians  who  dispense  or  distri- 
bute any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs  to  keep  a  duplicate  of  all 
prescriptions  issued,  said  duplicates  to  be  kept  for  a  term  of 
two  years. 

Possession. — Possession  of  aforesaid  drugs  presumptive  evi- 
dence of  violation  of  the  law. 
Smoking  opium. — 

Laws  enforced  by. — Pure  food  and  drug  inspector. 
Penalties. — Violation  a  misdemeanor,  punishable  by  fine  or 
imprisonment. 

References. — Laws,  1913,  chapter  11,  Public  Health  Rept. 
Reprint  No.  240,  page  84. 
Local  regulations. — 

Texas 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  salts  of  cocaine,  or  preparations 
containing  cocaine,  or  salts  of  cocaine,  or  any  morphine  or 
salts  of  morphine,  or  preparations  containing  morphine  or 
salts  of  morphine,  or  any  opium  or  preparations  containing 
opium,  or  any  chloral  hydrate,  or  any  preparations  containing 
chloral  hydrate. 

Exceptions. — Preparations  containing  not  more  than  two 
grains  of  opium,  or  not  more  than  one-eighth  grain  of  mor- 
phine, nor  more  than  two  grains  of  chloral  hydrate  or  not 
more  than  one-sixteenth  grain  of  cocaine  in  one  fluid  ounce, 
or  if  a  solid  preparation,  in  one  avoirdupois  ounce ;  and  pre- 
parations recommended  in  good  faith  for  diarrhea  or  cholera, 
each  bottle  or  package  of  which  is  accompanied  by  specific  di- 
rections for  use  and  the  caution  against  habitual  use;  nor  to 
liniments  or  ointments  when  plainly  labeled  "For  external  use 
only."  Patent  or  proprietary  preparations  sold  by  druggists 
or  others  containing  any  of  the  foregoing  substances,  the  sale 
of  which  is  prohibited  by  this;  provided  such  preparations  be 
not  compounded  or  sold  for  the  purpose  of  the  evasion  of  this 
law. 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  original  written  order  or  pre- 
scription of  a  lawfully  authorized  practitioner  of  medicine, 
dentistry,  or  veterinary  medicine. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Provisions  do  not  apply  to  sales  at  whole- 
sale. 

Record  of  pharmacist. — Prescription  to  be  preserved  and  at 
all  times  open  to  inspection  by  authorized  officers. 
Record  by  physicians. — 
Possession. — 

Smoking  opium. — A  place  used  for  the  purpose  of  smoking 
opium  or  in  any  manner  using  opium  is  defined  as  a  disorderly 
house. 

Laws  enforced  by. — 

Penalties. — Violation  of  law  a  misdemeanor  punishable  by 
fine,  and  third  offence  by  fine  and  imprisonment. 

References. — Penal  Code,  1911,  article  461a-461b,  and  ar- 
ticle 359.    Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  224. 

Local  regulations. — 

Utah 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  morphine,  heroin,  codein  (co- 
deine), alpha  eucaine,  beta  eucaine,  novocaine,  or  opium,  or 
any  of  the  derivatives  of  opium. 

Exceptions. — Preparations  as  are  recognized  by  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia  or  standard  proprietary  remedies. 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  prescription  of  a  reputable  li- 
censed practicing  physician,  licensed  dentist,  or  licensed  veteri- 
nary surgeon. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Before  delivery  of  any  of  the  articles  enume- 
rated an  entry  of  the  sale  is  to  be  made  in  a  book  kept  for 
that  purpose  only.  Such  book  to  be  preserved  for  at  least  five 
years  after  the  date  of  the  last  entry  therein. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — 

Record  by  physician. — 


Possession. — Possession  of  the  enumerated  drugs  tinlawful. 
Smoking  opium. — Unlawful  to  keep  a  house  where  opium 
is  smoked  or  chewed  by  others  than  members  of  the  family. 

Laws  enforced  by. — 

Penalties. — Violation  a  felony,  ptmishable  by  imprisonment 
or  both. 

Refere7ices.—La.vis,  1913,  chapter  48.    Public  Health  Rept. 
Reprint,  No.  146,  page  75. 
Local  regulations. — 

Vermont 

Drugs  included. — Morphine,  opium,  cocaine,  heroin  .  .  . 
paregoric,  chloral  hydrate     ...  or  any  salts,  solutions,  ex- 
tracts, or  tinctures  of  such  drugs 

Exceptions.— 

Sale  to  consumer. — When  sold  by  a  person  other  than  a 
registered  pharmacist  or  physician  shall  be  offered  only  in 
original  and  sealed  packages  or  bottles  which  shall  have  been 
prepared  by  a  registered  pharmacist  or  manufacturing  chemist. 

Sale  to  dealers. — 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Sale  of  drugs  mentioned  to  be  re- 
corded in  a  book  kept  for  that  purpose  and  open  to  the  in- 
spection of  proper  officials. 

Record  by  physician. — Legally  qualified  practitioners  of 
medicine  are  exempted. 

Possession. — 

Smoking  opium. — 

Laws  enforced  by. — State  board  of  health. 
Penalties. — Fine. 

Reference. — Public  Statutes,  1906,  section  5485.  As  amended, 
Laws,  1908,  chapter  161.  Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56, 
page  232. 

Local  regulations. — 

Virginia 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  alpha  or  beta  eucaine,  or  any 
mixture  of  either. 

Morphine,  heroin,  opium,  and  preparations  thereof  con- 
taining a  higher  percentage  of  morphine  than  tincture  of  opium 
of  the  strength  ordered  by  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia, 
or  any  salt  or  compound  of  the  foregoing  substances. 

Exceptions. — Cocaine :  None. 

Morphine,  etc.:  Cough  sirups  and  other  domestic  and  pro- 
prietary remedies  of  this  character,  which  are  prepared  and 
sold  in  good  faith  as  medicines  and  not  intended  for  defeating 
the  purposes  of  this  chapter,  if  such  remedies  do  not  con- 
tain more  than  two  grains  of  opium  or  one-third  grain  of 
morphine  or  one-fourth  grain  of  heroin  in  one  fluid  ounce, 
or  if  a  solid  preparation  in  one  avoirdupois  ounce,  nor  to 
preparations  containing  opium  which  are  prepared  and  sold 
in  good  faith  for  diarrhea  and  cholera,  each  bottle  or  package 
of  which  is  accompanied  by  specific  directions  for  use  and  a 
caution  against  habitual  use ;  nor  to  powder  of  ipecac  and 
opium,  commonly  known  as  "Dover's  powder,"  nor  to  lini- 
ments or  ointments,  when  plainly  labeled  "For  external  use." 

Sale  to  consumer. — Cocaine :  On  the  prescription  of  a  li- 
censed physician. 

Morphine,  etc. :  On  the  written  prescription  oi:  order  of  a 
lawfully  authorized  practitioner  of  medicine,  dentistry,  or 
veterinary  medicine. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Cocaine:  Sales  at  wholesale  to  pharmacists, 
druggists,  or  chemists,  or  to  hospitals,  colleges,  scientific  or 
public  institutions,  or  to  licensed  physicians,  dentists,  or  veteri- 
nary surgeons. 

Morphine,  etc. :  Law  does  not  apply  to  sales  at  wholesale. 
Record  by  pharmacists. — Cocaine :  Prescriptions  for  cocaine 
to  be  filled  only  once. 
Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — Cocaine:  Unlawful  possession  with  intent  to 
sell,  a  felony. 

Smoking  opium. — Use  of  opium  for  the  manufacture  of 
cigarettes  illegal. 

Laws  enforced  by. — 

Penalties. — Violation  of  laws  relating  to  cocaine  a  felony. 
Violation  of  law  relating  to  morphine,  punishable  by  fine  or 
imprisonment  or  both. 

References. —Code,  Supplement,  1910,  pages  794,  825,  919. 
Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  237. 

Local  regulations. — 

Washington 

Drugs  included. — Opium,  morphine,  alkaloid-cocaine,  or  al- 
pha or  beta  eucaine,  or  any  derivative,  mixture,  or  prepara- 
tion of  any  of  them. 


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Exceptions. — Patent  or  proprietary  medicines  containing 
opium  or  morphine,  in  combination  or  compound  with  other 
active  elements  wherein  the  dose  of  opium  is  less  than  one- 
quarter  grain,  or  the  dose  of  opium  is  less  than  one-twentieth 
grain. 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  signed  prescription  of  a  physi- 
cian duly  licensed  under  the  laws  of  this  State. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Laws  do  not  apply  to  sales  to  a  person 
known  to  be  a  licensed  physician  or  licensed  druggist. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescription  to  be  kept  on  file  for  a 
period  of  two  years. 

Record  by  physician. — • 

Possession. — 

Smoking  opium. — Unlawful  to  open,  maintain,  or  frequent 
any  place  where  opium,  morphine,  alkaloid  cocaine  ...  or 
any  derivative,  mixture,  or  preparation  of  them  shall  be  in 
any  manner  used  by  persons  resorting  there  for  the  purpose. 

Laws  enforced  by. — Peace  officer,  the  prosecuting  attorney 
of  the  county  where  sold,  or  any  authorized  inspector  of  drugs. 

Penalties. — Violation  a  gross  misdemeanor. 

References.-— Code  and  statutes,  1910,  sections  2509,  2510, 
2670.    Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56.  page  242. 

Local  regulations. — 

West  Virginia 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  alpha  or  beta  eucaine,  opium, 
morphine,  heroine  (heroin),  chloral  hydrate  or  any  salt  or  com- 
pound of  any  of  the  foregoing  substances  or  their  prepara- 
tions or  compounds  containing  any  of  the  foregoing  substances 
or  their  salts  or  compounds. 

Exceptions. — Preparations  containing  not  more  than  one- 
half  grain  of  opium,  or  not  more  than  one-twelfth  grain  of 
heroine  (heroin),  or  not  more  than  one  thirty-second  grain  of 
cocaine,  or  not  more  than  one  thirty-second  grain  of  alpha  or 
beta  eucaine,  or  not  more  than  two  grains  of  chloral  hydrate  in 
each  dose ;  also  preparations  containing  opium  and  recom- 
mended and  sold  in  good  faith  for  diarrhea  and  cholera,  each 
bottle  or  package  of  which  is  accompanied  by  specific  direc- 
tions for  use  and  caution  against  habitual  use,  or  to  powder 
of  ipecac  and  opium,  commonly  known  as  Dover's  powder, 
nor  to  liniments  or  ointments,  when  plainly  labeled  "For 
external  use  only." 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  original  written  order  or  pre- 
scription of  a  lawfully  authorized  practitioner  of  medicine, 
dentistry,  or  veterinary  medicine. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Provisions  do  not  apply  to  sales  at  whole- 
sale. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescription  to  be  permanently  kept 
on  file. 

Record  by  physician. — 

Possession. — Unlawful  possession  with  intent  to  sell,  a 
felony. 

Smoking  opium. — 

Laws  enforced  by. — Board  of  pharmacy. 

Penalties. — Violation  a  misdemeanor  punishable  by  fine; 
third  offense,  fine  or  imprisonment. 

References.— Code,  1913,  sections  5415-5423.  Public  Health 
Bulletin  No.  56,  page  246. 

Local  regulations. — 

"Wisconsin 

Drugs  included. — Opium,  morphine,  heroin,  fcocainel,  alpha 
or  beta  eucaine,  chloral  hydrate,  or  any  salt  or  combinations 
of  the  same. 

Exceptions. — Preparations  containing  not  more  than  two 
grains  of  opium,  one-fourth  grain  of  morphine  or  heroin, 
one-eighth  grain  of  alpha  or  beta  eucaine,  or  10  grains  of 
chloral  hydrate  in  one  fluid  ounce,  or  if  a  dry  preparation 
in  one  avoirdupois  ounce.  Preparations  containing  opium 
when  recommended  and  sold  in  good  faith  for  diarrhea,  colic, 
or  cholera,  each  bottle  or  package  being  arrnniiianicd  by 
specific  directions  for  use,  nor  to  powder  of  ipcciK  ,ni<l  oi  iimi. 
nor  to  liniments,  ointments,  and  other  prep.Tr.itions  ir,,,ni- 
mended  and  .sold  in  good  faith  for  external  apiilicatimi.  (i>ii- 
taining  any  of  the  narcotics  named  in  this  section  when  plainly 
labeled  "For  external  use  only." 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  prescription  of  a  lawfully  au- 
thorized practitioner  of  medicine,  dentistry,  or  veterinary  medi- 
cine. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Not  restricted. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescription  to  be  dated  and  kept 
on  file. 

Record  by  physician. — 


Possession. — Unlawful  for  person,  firm,  or  corporation  to 
have  or  keep  in  their,  his,  or  its  store  any  more  than  2  ounces 
of  cocaine  at  any  time. 

Smoking  opium. — Unlawful  to  maintain  or  to  resort  to  a 
place  where  opium  or  any  of  its  preparations  is  sold  or  given 
away  to  be  smoked. 

Laws  enforced  by. — 

Penalties. — Violation  a  misdemeanor  punishable  by  fine  cr 
imprisonment. 

References.—StiLtutes,  1913,  section  1914.  Public  Health 
Rept.  Reprint,  No.  240,  page  91.  Statutes,  1913,  section  4575a 
Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  254. 

Local  regulations. — 

Wyoming 

Drugs  included. — Cocaine,  eucaine,  beta  eucaine,  alpha  e'j- 
caine,  morphine,  heroin,  chloral  hydrate,  Indian  hemp,  opiur;\ 
or  any  salt,  compound,  or  derivative  thereof. 

Exceptions. — Preparations  as  are  recognized  by  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia  or  new  formulary,  or  pharmaceutical 
preparation  to  be  used  in  the  filling  of  prescriptions  writttn 
by  a  regular  registered  practicing  physician  in  this  State. 

Sale  to  consumer. — On  the  prescription  of  a  licensed  prac- 
ticing physician  registered  in  this  State. 

Sale  to  dealer. — Law  does  not  apply  to  sales  at  wholesa  • 
by  jobbers,  wholesalers,  and  manufacturers  to  retail  druggist-- 
nor  to  sales  at  retail  by  retail  druggists  to  regular  licens' 
practicing  physicians,  dentists,  or  veterinary  surgeons  regis- 
tered in  this  State,  nor  to  sales  to  State,  county,  or  priva: 
hospitals. 

Record  by  pharmacist. — Prescription  shall  be  kept  on  iV 
open  to  inspection  by  proper  authorities. 

Record  by  physician. — On  administration  of  an  excess  rf 
the  dosage  of  the  drug  mentioned  in  the  law,  a  report  is  to  be 
made  within  five  days  to  the  secretary  of  the  State  board  cf 
health. 

Possession. — Possession  by  any  unauthorized  person  ur- 
lawful. 

Smoking  opium. — Unlawful  to  keep  or  to  frequent  a  plac? 
where  opium  smoking  or  the  use  of  opium  in  any  form  is 
practiced. 

Laws  enforced  by, — State  pharmacy  commission. 

Penalties. — Violation  a  felony,  punishable  by  fine  or  im- 
prisonment or  both. 

References.— La.\vs,  1913,  chapter  93.  Public  Health  Rept 
Reprint  No.  146,  page  80.  Compiled  statutes,  1910,  sectioD- 
5970-5971.    Public  Health  Bulletin  No.  56,  page  258. 

Local  regulations.— 


Tannin  Mouth  Wash 

^'arious  formulas  have  been  published  for  astringent  mou"' 
washes  containing  tannin,  the  following  being  typical : 


(1) 

Tannic  acid    Yi  ounce 

Lugol's  solutiim    5.  drams 

Tincture  of  nivriN    2  drams 

Rose  water,  enough  to  make   1  pint 


Mix  and  filter  after  several  days.  Two  or  three  teaspoor 
fuls  may  be  added  to  a  glass  of  cold  or  hot  water  to  rinse  th 
mouth  after  eating.  Diluted  with  an  equal  volume  of  war: 
water  it  is  very  valuable  as  an  astringent  in  dentistry,  esp- 
cially  after  extraction  of  teeth. 

(2). 


Tannic  acid   360  grains 

Boric  acid   720  grains 

Glycerm    6  fl.  ounces 

Solution  of  cochineal    1  fl  dram 

Rose  water,  enough  to  make   40  fl.  ounces 

(3) 

Rod  gum    1  ounce 

Tannin    6  drams 

Tincture  of  pyrcthrum    6  drams 

Lavender  water    1  ounce 

Alcohol    S  ounces 

Water  enough  to  make    1  pint 


Mix,  macerate  for  three  days,  and  filter. 

According  to  the  British  Pharmaceutical  Codex,  tannic  ar 
is  a  valuable  ingredient  of  liquid  and  solid  dentifrices  ft 
use  when  gums  are  spongy  and  receding.    "\  20  per  cen:. 
solution  in  alcohol  has  been  found  useful  for  application  ii> 
such  gunis". 


:Mvy,  1915]  THE  PHAR:\rACEUTICAL  ERA 

The  Vacationist  and  His  Needs 


By  EMMA  GARY  WALLACE 


Eii;ma  Gary  Wallace 


ALMOST  everybody  takes  a  vacation  now-a-duys.  Tliis 
means  that  a  large  number  of  people  in  your  vicinity 
will  plan  to  spend  days  or  weeks  in  some  other  locality. 
Changes  of  food,  water,  weather,  and  minor  accidents  are 
sure  to  cause  them  to  require  drug  store  supplies.  Even  if 
nothing  happens  to  mar  the 
\-acation  pleasure,  there  are  a 
number  of  comfort  tilings 
which  the  vacationist  would 
rather  buy  at  his  home  drug 
store,  provided  he  thinks 
about  it.  It  will  save  per- 
fectly good  time  when  he  is 
away  and  he  is  sure  of  what 
he  is  getting. 

One  of  the  weaknesses  of 
the  human  race,  is  not  to  an- 
ticipate what  its  requirements 
will  be  until  the  moment  of 
actual  need  arises.  The  tour- 
ist has  planned  for  a  time 
of  rest  and  pleasure  and  he 
is  loathe  to  associate  anything 
with  this  period  suggestive  of 
discomfort,  yet  the  fact  re- 
mains that  when  the  traveler 
finds  his  equipment  inade- 
quate, it  is  almost  always  the  drug  store  which  he  hastens  to 
find. 

The  woman  pharmacist  who  waits  for  vacation  customers 
to  flock  to  her  on  their  o\vn  initiative,  to  realize  and  to  define 
their  needs,  may  wait  in  vain.  Don't  do  it!  In  place  of 
letting  your  customers  sally  forth  unthinking  and  unarmed, 
why  not  show  them  that  it  is  the  part  of  wisdom  to  provide 
themselves  with  a  reasonable  supply  of  things  in  the  drug 
store  line  which  they  are  very  sure  to  need?  To  be  sure, 
everybody  in  your  vicinity  will  not  go  on  a  vacation,  but 
many  will,  and  in  suggesting  what  the  vacationist  may  need, 
probably  an  equal  number  of  sales  will  be  made  to  stay-at- 
homes. 

The  autoist,  the  camper,  the  resorter,  and  the  tourist  are 
all  to  be  considered.  If  you  do  not  sell  them  the  things 
they  will  surely  need,  some  one  else  will  do  so  and  that  some 
one  will  be  the  person  wide  awake  to  his  or  her  opportunity. 

Do  not  wait  until  the  vacationists  are  just  about  to  tele- 
phone the  expressman  to  come  for  their  baggage  before  you 
begin  to  stir  up  this  line  of  trade  Begin  early!  Two  months 
or  six  weeks  at  least  before  the  summer  exodus  commences. 
Your  mailing  list  will  furnish  the  names  of  those  who  usually 
change  their  place  of  residence  in  the  summer  time.  A  friend- 
ly and  suggestive  letter  mailed  under  a  two  cent  stamp  to 
these  people  will  bring  ready  returns.  A  series  of  news- 
paper talks  will  reach  many  others  Something  of  this  kind 
has  done  good  work  in  seasons  past. 

VACATIONISTS,  ATTENTION  I 
You  have  anticipated  a  rest  and  a  change  for  months 
and  rightly  so.  You  will  pack  your  trunk  or  suitcase 
carefully  with  ample  supplies  of  clothing.  Be  equally 
solicitous  about  your  health,  for  upon  it  depends  your 
good  time  and  your  opportunity  to  recuperate. 

Be  prepared  for  disturbances  caused  by  change  of 
water  and  food,  excessive  heat  or  sudden  extremes  of 
weather,  unusual  exercise,  and  such  small  accidents  as 
are  liable  to  occur.  Johnny  may  cut  his  foot  on  the 
beach.  Jenny  may  eat  of  unripe  fruit.  You  may  blis- 
ter your  arms  rowing. 

Purchase  your  drug  store  supplies  at  home  where  all- 
the-year-around  prices  prevail.  Quality,  assortment,  and 
price  cannot  be  expected  to  be  the  same  where  business 
is  operated  for  transients  or  for  a  few  weeks  only  each 
year. 

We  will  be  glad  to  call  and  arrange  a  Special  \'acation 


Outfit,  if  you  wish.    Which  of  the  following  things  will 
you  need  to  take  with  you  to  insure  'Safety  First'? 
Rubber  Bathing  Caps  Fountain  Pens 

Hot  Water  Bottle  Medicine  Glass 

Dyspepsia  Remedies  Bandages 
Rubber  Gloves  Peroxide   of  Hydrogen 

Fountain  Syringe  Talcum  Powder 

Cholera  Mixture  Cold  Cream 

Mild  Cathartics  Toilet  Soap 

Absorbent  Cotton  Bath  Spray 

Sanitary  Napkins  Goggles 
Toilet  Waters  Corn  Plasters 

Shaving  Soap  Sponge  Case 

Sponges  Rhinitis  Tablets 

Shampooes  Smelling  Salts 

.\ntiseptic  Dressings  Belladonna  Plaster  (For  Sea- 

Foot  Powder  sickness) 
Thermos  Bottle  Correspondence  Cards 

Headache  Relief  Alcohol  Stove 

Borax  Your  Favorite  Prescription. 

Stationery 

Almost  every  one  will  recall  incidents  of  being  taken  sud- 
denly ill  away  from  home  and  of  feeling  strangely  at  sea 
because  of  their  remoteness  from  their  base  of  supplies.  The 
idea  of  having  things  likely  to  be  needed  at  hand  will  be 
pleasing  to  many,  while  others  will  argue  that  it  is  something 
of  a  nuisance  to  take  emergency  supplies  along  when  the 
emergency  calling  for  their  use  may  not  arise  at  all.  In  order 
to  meet  the  last  objections  successfully,  pack  a  complete  and 
compact  traveling  outfit  and  place  it  in  your  window.  Make 
a  list  of  all  the  things  actually  contained  in  this  small  box 
and  display  this  list  on  a  sign  card  back  of  the  box.  It  is 
surprising  how  much  of  real  value  may  be  packed  into  a  box 
nine  inches  long,  four  inches  deep,  and  eight  inches  wide. 
You  can  suggest  on  the  same  card  that  vacation  boxes  will 
be  made  up  to  order  to  supplement  supplies  already  on  hand. 
It  may  not  be  amiss  to  point  out  that  having  the  right  thing 
to  use  at  the  right  minute  may  save  suffering  and  expense. 
.\  case  that  recently  came  under  the  writer's  notice  will  illus- 
trate this. 

A  traveler  contracted  a  severe  cold  and  showed  every  symp- 
tom of  serious  illness.  Knowing  that  an  interruption  of  this 
nature  would  seriously  interfere  with  much  business  in  hand, 
the  traveler,  who  by  the  way  was  a  woman,  inquired  as  to  the 
availability  of  a  house  physician  and  the  price  charged  for  a 
call  in  this  rather  popular  hostelry.  The  night  rates  were 
quoted  as  ten  dollars  per  call  after  mid-night.  The  Emergency 
Case  was  promptly  brought  into  play.  A  belladonna  plaster, 
a  hot  water  bag,  a  laxative,  some  quinine,  and  a  cough  mix- 
ture were  forthcoming,  and  next  day  the  traveler  was  able 
to  resume  her  journey  in  comparative  comfort.  Of  course, 
in  case  of  serious  disturbance  no  Emergency  Outfit  should 
be  depended  upon  when  a  skilled  physician  can  be  procured, 
but  the  possession  of  such  an  outfit  may  serve  as  the  stitch 
in  time  which  will  prevent  serious  inconvenience  of  perhaps 
illness. 

From  almost  every  locality  there  will  be  many  people  who 
will  go  elsewhere  this  summer.  If  you  have  the  confidence 
of  your  share  of  these  travelers,  there  is  no  reason  why  you 
cannot  furnish  them  with  their  drug  store  supplies  or  most  of 
them,  for  the  summer  season  as  well. 

The  camper  will  welcome  pastilles,  etc.  to  keep  away  mos- 
quitos  and  will  be  glad  to  know  you  have  a  lotion  which 
will  sooth  the  sting  of  unwelcome  bites.  The  autoist  has  a 
special  line  of  needs  and  should  also  carry  a  small  accident 
case  somewhere  handy.  The  resorter  should  be  prepared  for 
the  first  symptom  of  ptomaines  and  with  freckles  and  sun 
bum  remedies.  The  tourist  will  be  glad  to  supply  himself 
with  tooth  paste,  paper  towels,  etc.,  etc. 

Of  course  show  your  customers  that  it  is  for  their  advan- 
tage to  buy  at  home  to  save  annoyance,  disappointment,  and 
money. 


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[May,  1915 

WOMEN  IN 

By  Emma  Gary 


Mrs.  Estelle   V.   Wisendanger,  Wood- 
mere.  L.  I.,  the  president  of  the 
New  York  Women's  Ph.  Ass'n 


MiSs   Lillian   Leiterman   of   New  York 
City,    prominent    in    the    New  York 
Women's    Pharmaceutical  As^s'n 


Mrs.   Shimer,   the  vnfe   of  Miles  H. 
Shimer.  a  well  known  druggist 
of  Philadelphia 


Some  Business  Crystals 

THE  customer  who  would  persuade  you  to  break  the  law 
for  his  benefit  can  usuallly  be  depended  upon  to  speak 
casually  of  the  incident  to  his  friends  and  to  condemn 
you  as  a  witness  if  occasion  arises.  It  is  a  false  idea  that 
friends  and  customers  are  won  by  such  means.  The  con- 
fidence of  the  worth-while  people  of  the  community  is  re- 
tained most  surely  by  "Keeping  in  the  middle  of  the  King's 
highway." 

The  most  lavish  buyers  are  not  always  the  most  prompt 
to  settle.  Those  who  pay  cash  are  entitled  to  the  closest  prices, 
those  who  settle  their  bills  within  ten  days  to  a  cash  dis- 
count. Make  it  an  object  for  your  customers  to  pay  as  nearly 
as  possible  as  they  go.  Many  a  man  has  been  ruined  be- 
cause so  much  of  his  capital  was  tied  up  in  book  accounts. 

The  best  way  to  keep  one's  credit  good  is  to  pay  bills 
pimctually,  to  take  advantage  of  discounts,  and  not  to  buy 
more  heavily  of  stock  than  the  prospective  outlet  for  the  same 
warrants. 

In  engaging  help,  in  giving  a  contract  to  have  work  done, 
or  for  the  purchase  of  goods  or  fixtures,  have  the  agreement 
in  writing.  An  understanding  before  hand  is  much  better 
than  a  law  suit  afterwards.  Many  a  man  has  hesitated  to 
demand  this  protection  for  fear  the  one  with  whom  he  was 
doing  business  would  think  he  doubted  his  generosity  and 
honor.  Sometimes  before  the  deal  was  settled  at  the  cost 
of  many  dollars  and  much  worry,  he  thought  he  had  been 
unnecessarily  squeamish. 

To  misrepresent  goods  is  effectively  to  close  tlie  door  for 
future  sales  with  that  customer. 

It  seems  but  fair  to  trade  with  those  who  patronize  you. 
The  basis  of  dealing  in  each  case  should  be  the  same,  how- 
ever, that  is,  on  eitlier  a  wholesale  or  a  retail  basis.  What 
is  sauce  for  the  goose  should  be  sauce  for  the  gander,  and  if 
future  relations  are  to  remain  pleasant,  each  must  deal  fairly 
and  squarely  with  the  other. 

The  good  humored  cashing  of  checks  for  unidentified 
strangers  is  risky  business.  Any  person  with  the  least  busi- 
ness acumen  should  not  be  offended  at  a  courteous  explana- 
tion that  cashing  checks  is  strictly  against  the  rules  of  tlie 
house. 

The  individual  who  claims  to  feel  insulted  at  the  presen- 
tation of  a  just  bill  has  given  evidence  that  tlicre  are  really 
grounds  for  suspicion. 

The  proposition  of  the  man  who  offers  you  a  wonderful 
bargain  provided  you  grab  it  on  the  spot  should  be  passed  up 
promptly.  A  square  deal  will  stand  the  time  of  necessarj-  in- 
vestigation. 


When  plenty  of  goods  are  being  bought  regularly  and  stil) 
there  is  difficulty  in  meeting  the  bills  for  these  same  goods, 
it  is  time  for  investigation.  Either  the  establishment  is  be- 
coming over-stocked,  there  are  needless  leaks  in  the  business 
owing  to  loose  methods,  or,  the  books  need  the  services  of  aa 
expert  accountant  to  locate  the  difficulty. 


Around  the  Circuit 


Dr.  Charlotte  E.  Stimson  of  the  West  Suburban  Hospital, 
Oak  Park,  Illinois,  has  recently  taken  the  Civil  Service  Exami- 
nation for  State  Inspector  of  Pharmacies.  There  were  sixty- 
eight  applicants  and  the  many  friends  of  Dr.  Stimson  hope 
she  will  be  the  one  chosen  for  the  place.  Her  friends  in 
Illinois  will  work  for  her  and  tlie  state  as  a  whole  may  be 
assured  that  if  she  receives  the  appointment  her  work  will  be 
thorough,  conscientious,  and  yet  eminently  fair. 

A  number  of  different  schemes  are  being  tried  to  designate 
prescriptions  containing  Narcotics  which  cannot  be  re-filled. 
One  woman  pharmacist  writes  the  letter  "N"  over  the  number 
of  every  such  prescription.  Another  is  having  a  rubber  stamp 
made  bearing  the  word  "Narcotic"  so  that  a  red  ink  pad  may 
be  used  to  plainly  distinguish  these  from  the  regular  ones 
which  may  be  filled  upon  request.  Still  another  is  keeping 
two  separate  files  and  pasting  all  prescriptions  of  a  narcotic 
nature  in  a  book  kept  especially  for  that  purpose. 

What  next?  A  large .  drug  store  prominently  located  re- 
cently enjoyed  a  thriving  business  for  several  days  by  holding 
a  special  sale  of  satin  flowers  and  fruits.  These  were  bargains 
at  ten  and  twenty  five  cents  and  were  suitable  for  hat  trim- 
mings or  rorsjL:i'  houquets.  Olives,  marmalade,  jelly,  canaiy 
birds,  book's.  niM)or  toys,  umbrellas,  and  fancy  crackers  have 
been  suggested  for  such  sales,  but  the  artificial  flowers  were 
a  new  one  to  the  observer.  The  point  of  contact  with  the 
drug  business  seemed  to  be  the  cash  returns  they  yielded. 

Mrs.  J.  V.  Calver  reports  business  is  brisk  in  the  far  West 
and  much  anticipation  concerning  the  influx  of  visitors  inci- 
dent to  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition. 

The  April  meeting  of  the  Louisville  Chapter  of  the  W.  O.  N. 
A.  R.  D.  was  held  April  1,  at  the  usual  place.  Miss  Florence 
Witherspoon  spoke  on  the  "Burden  of  the  Fecble-Minded  as. 
Regards  Deficient  Children,"  and  Dr.  E.  R.  Bush  pave  aii 
address  on  "Breathing  and  Its  Relation  to  Health."  This  u 
the  last  of  a  series  of  lectures  given  by  Dr.  Bush.  The  serie.-; 
of  card  parties,  held  within  the  last  two  montlis  has  affordol 
a  fine  opportunity  for  social  intercourse  among  tlic  Chapter 
members  and  their  friends. 


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PHARMACY 

Wallace 


Miss  Mabel  Cameron  of  Pasadena,  Cal., 
well  knoum  among  the  women's  as- 
sociations of  the  Pacific  Coast 


Mrs.   Fannie  K.   Schenk  of  Deer  Trail, 
Colo.,  who  is  greatly  interested  in 
the  women's  associations 


Miss  Florence  Hamburg  of  Rochester, 
N.  Y.,  one  of  the  younger  members 
of  the  women's  auxiliaries 


The  many  friends  of  Mrs.  William  T.  Burke  of  1201  N. 
11th  St.,  Philadelphia,  will  be  exceedingly  pained  to  learn  that 
Mr.  Burke  died  suddenly  April  5th.  He  had  long  been  iden- 
tified with  ethical  pharmacy  in  Philadelphia,  and  he  will  be 
greatly  missed  by  his  associates.  Mrs.  Burke  is  secretary  of  the 
Philadelphia  Chapter,  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D.  The  sympathy  of 
the  women  of  this  Department  is  extended  to  her  in  her 
bereavement. 

Mrs.  W.  E.  Lee  of  823  North  24th  St.,  Philadelphia,  has 
been  re-elected  president  of  the  Philadelphia  Chapter  W.  O. 
as  the  ladies  were  sure  they  could  not  get  along  without  her 
efficien  leadership. 


being  done  by  that  organization,  while  his  son,  Paul  J. 
bach,  in  response  to  a  call,  made  a  clever  speech. 

Dr.  Berger  gave  some  entertaining  tragic  accounts  of  first 
experiences  in  his  life  as  a  druggist's  apprentice.  Dr.  Vor- 
sanger  gave  an  instructive  talk  on  auto-vaccines  and  urged 
the  pharmacists  to  encourage  patronage  in  this  line.  Mrs. 
Ackley  and  Miss  Berger,  daughters  of  the  hostess,  added  to 
the  entertainment  of  the  guests  by  readings  and  musical  se- 
lections. Delicious  refreshments  were  served  and  the  meeting 
was  voted  by  all  present  as  an  unusually  successful  one. 


NEW  YORK  WOMEN'S  PH.  A. 

The  New  York  Women's  Pharmaceutical  Association  is  do- 
ing excellent  work  under  the  leadership  of  its  President, 
Professor  Grace  Irene  Harper  who  has  charge  of  the  phar- 
macy work  in  the  New  York  Medical  College  and  Hospital 
for  Women.  Miss  Hannah  Mayer  is  Vice-President,  Miss 
Ruth  Propper,  Recording  Secretary,  and  Miss  Rose  Fried, 
Corresponding  Secretary,  and  Miss  Lillian  Leiterman,  Trea- 
surer. 

In  addition  to  this  the  membership  comprises  the  following 
list  of  well-known  names:  Mrs.  C.  Anghel,  Mrs.  I.  Braswell, 
Miss  Virginia  Baker,  Miss  Helen  A.  Butkus,  Mrs.  May  V. 
Crosby,  Mrs.  Bertha  DIugasch,  Miss  Henriette  DeMayo,  Miss 
Sarah  Dorfman,  Mrs.  Sarah  Goldberg,  Airs.  Mary  V.  Jerome, 
Miss  Hertz,  Miss  Fanny  Hart,  Miss  Bella  Jacobson,  Miss 
Daisy  Kemble,  Miss  Louise  Kramer,  Miss  Ida  Lesser,  Mrs. 
Frances  Klepper,  Miss  Jennie  Loeb,  Miss  Esther  Matusow, 
Miss  Lucille  Rein,  Miss  Sarah  Rosenstein,  Mrs.  Diana  Robin- 
son, Miss  Eleanor  Richardson,  Mrs.  Bertha  Sasmor,  Mrs. 
E.  B.  Schwazer,  Mrs.  Alary  Schench,  Miss  Rosalie  Sorkne, 
Miss  Frances  Ulanoff,  Miss  Usdansky,  Miss  Carolyn  Santore, 
Miss  Lillian  Goldblatt,  Mrs.  Estelle  Wisendanger,  Miss  Olga 
Praisner. 


W.  P.  A.  P.  C.  Invites  Women  Pharmacists 

The  Women's  Pharmaceutical  Association  of  the  Pacific 
Coast,  through  its  president,  Mrs.  R.  E.  White,  and  secretary, 
Miss  Teresa  Sala,  is  sending  out  invitations  to  all  women 
pharmacists  visiting  the  Panama  Exposition  to  meet  with  the 
members  at  the  regular  meetings  of  the  association,  which  are 
held  on  the  fourth  Friday  of  every  month  at  223  Pacific  Build- 
ing, Market  and  Fourth  streets,  San  Francisco. 


CHICAGO  WOMAN'S  PH.  A. 

The  Chicago  Woman's  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  at 
the  home  of  Mrs.  (Dr.)  Berger,  3430  Southport  .\ve..  Chicago, 
was  one  of  the  best  attended  and  most  thoroughly  interesting 
meetings  the  .Association  has  ever  held  in  the  entire  course  of 
its  history.  Mr.  Mandabach,  secretary-treasurer  of  the  Na- 
tional Drug  Clerics'  Association  gave  a  talk  upon  the  work 


CELEBRATES  TWELFTH  ANNIVERSARY 

The  Woman's  Pharmaceutical  Association  completed  its 
twelfth  year  and  duly  celebrated  the  event  by  a  splendid 
meeting  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Mabel  S.  Beard,  4111  Spring- 
field Ave.,  Chicago. 

There  was  an  unusually  large  attendance  and  good  cheer 
and  enthusiasm  were  much  in  evidence.  The  annual  election 
of  officers  resulted  in  the  re-election  of  Miss  Olive  B.  Pierce, 
Ph.  G.,  R.  Ph.  pharmacist,  of  Elgin  State  Hospital,  Elgin, 
111.,  as  president;  Mrs.  Anna  Eicher,  Ph.  G.,  R.  Ph.,  1st  vice- 
president;  Mrs.  Mabel  S.  Beard,  Ph.  G.,  R.  Ph.,  2nd  vice- 
president;  and  Dr.  Charlotte  E.  Stimson,  Ph.  G.,  R.  Ph., 
secretary-treasurer. 

P.  F.  Coffey,  President  of  the  Chicago  Drug  Clerks'  As- 
-sociation,  was  present  and  extended  a  most  cordial  invita- 
tion to  the  W.  Ph.  A.  to  attend  their  meetings  at  the  Sherman 
House,  the  first  Wednesday  evening  of  each  month.  Music, 
expression  dancing,  games,  the  serving  of  delicious  refresh- 
ments, and  much  enjoyable  conversation  filled  the  evening 
which  proved  all  too  short,  as  Mrs.  Beard  and  family  are 
such  delightful  entertainers,  that  their  guests  are  always  loath 
to  leave,  even  though  Sunday  mom  is  not  far  off. 

The  Woman's  club  of  the  Allied  Dru£  Trade,  of  Chicago, 
held  a  children's  Washington  fancy  dress  party  at  the  Hotel 
Sherman  on  Washington's  birthday,  more  than  250  gayly  at- 
tired little  colonial  dames  attending. 


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Points  ot  Law  that  Affect  Retail  Druggists 

Massachusetts  Attorney  Delivers  an  Interesting  Address  and 
Discusses  Liability   under   Law  for  Acts  Causing  Injury 


Boston,  April  10 — "Law  for  Druggists,"  was  the  subject  of 
an  address  delivered  at  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Phar- 
macy March  1,  by  M.  Sumner  Coggan,  attorney  for  the  Mas- 
sachusetts State  Pharmaceutical  Association.  The  address 
dealt  with  some  unusual  phases  of  law  in  its  bearing  on  drug- 
gists, and  was  a  notable  contribution  to  the  courses  at  the 
college. 

Mr.  Coggan  emphasized  the  difference  between  the  common 
law  and  the  statute  law,  and  said: 

"There  is  no  statute,  federal  or  state,  which  says  you  must 
not  make  the  mistake  of  giving  laudanum  when  rhubarb  is 
called  for,  and  making  you  liable  in  damages  to  the  party 
injured,  but  you  are  liable  and  your  liability  is  determined 
by  the  principles  of  common  law.  The  principle  is  the 
broad  general  one  of  'the  duty  which  you  owe  to  society  to 
refrain  from  doing  any  act  which  will  inflict  a  wrong  or  do 
an  injury  to  your  fellow  man.' 

Druggists  Liable  for  Mistakes 

"A  druggist  who  makes  a  mistake  in  the  compounding  of 
a  prescription  or  affixes  the  wrong  label,  or  makes  an  error 
in  transcribing  the  directions  from  a  prescription  to  the  label, 
must  suffer  in  damages  to  the  party  injured. 

"By  another  principle  of  the  common  law,  known  as  the 
law  of  agency,  the  proprietor  becomes  liable  for  any  mistake 
of  his  clerk,  by  whose  error  a  person  is  injured  or  rendered 
ill.  But,  of  course,  in  every  instance  the  one  element  which 
must  be  affirmatively  shown  by  the  injured  party  is  negli- 
gence. Unless  negligence  exists  no  liability  attaches  to  the 
druggist. 

"Many  drugs  today  are  sold  in  packages  or  bottles  just  as 
received  from  the  manufacturers,  and  when  the  manufacturer 
is  the  grantor  of  their  contents  as  he  represents  them  to  be, 
it  is  a  very  different  thing  for  the  druggist  or  retailer.  The 
druggist  has  the  right  to  rely  upon  the  representations  made 
to  him  by  the  manufacturer. 

Must  Be  Negligence  by  Druggist 

"If  he  has  bought  the  drug  from  a  reputable  manufacturer, 
either  directly  or  indirectly  under  oral  representations  of  its 
contents  or  as  to  what  it  is,  and  has  not  known  differently, 
sells  it  in  reliance  upon  their  representation,  he  will  not  be 
liable  if  it  turns  out  to  be  a  different  drug,  though  the  use 
of  such  drug  produces  serious  injury  to  the  person  taking  it. 

"There  must  be  negligence  on  the  part  of  the  druggist 
making  the  sale,  unless  he  enters  into  an  engagement  of  war- 
rantry. 

"It  is  very  different,  however,  where  the  druggist  breaks 
the  package  and  retails  it  to  the  customer.  He  then  has  the 
opportunity  to  examine  and  ascertain  what  the  drug  is.  Then 
the  label  of  a  harmless  drug  placed  by  a  reputable  wholesale 
dealer  on  a  poisonous  drug  purchased  from  them  will  not  pro- 
tect the  druggist  from  liability,  even  though  he  has  failed  to 
discover  the  mistake  when  handling  it. 

"The  common  law  says  that  all  persons  who  deal  with 
deadly  poisons,  or  noxious  and  dangerous  substances  are  held 
to  a  strict  accounting.  It  further  holds  that  there  is  an  im- 
plied representation  on  the  part  of  the  druggist  that  the  drug 
delivered  to  the  purchaser  is  the  drug  requested,  and  that  the 
purchaser  has  a  right  to  rely  upon  that  representation.  I  know 
of  no  profession,  not  excepting  even  that  of  the  physician, 
which  is  so  productive  of  serious  consequence  following  care- 
lessness or  negligence  than  that  of  the  druggist." 

Liability  Insurance  Recommended 

Touching  on  the  druggist  liability  insurance  policies,  Mr. 
Coggan  said  tliat  he  believed  no  man  in  the  drug  business 
today  can  afford  to  be  without  this  insurance.  "Fortunately," 
said  he,  "you  are  able  to  purchase  at  a  comparatively  small 
annual  payment  an  indemnity  from  financial  liability  follow- 
ing your  mistakes,  and  immunity  from  the  burden  of  person- 
ally preparing  and  defending  any  action  which  may  be  brought 
against  you.  I  settled  an  action  last  year  by  payment  to  the 
plaintiff  of  $1,000  for  injuries  alleged  to  have  been  caused 
by  the  transposition  of  labels  on  two  bottles,  and  after  the 


settlement  I  figured  up  with  my  client  what  it  would  have 
cost  him  had  he  carried  the  insurance  I  have  spoken  of.  We 
found  it  would  have  cost  him  only  $268  for  the  entire 
time  he  had  been  in  business. 

Insurance  Should  Not  Abate  Carefulness 

"But  one  thing  I  want  to  impress  upon  you  above  all  others : 
Do  not  let  the  fact  that  you  carry  insurance  abate  in  the 
slightest  degree  the  care  to  the  smallest  detail  of  compounding, 
labeling  and  dispensing. 

"You  should  also  insure  under  some  approved  company 
whereby  you  become  a  subscriber  to  the  Workmen's  Compensa- 
tion Act.  The  expense  is  based  on  the  size  of  your  pay  roll, 
and  you  become  immediately  relieved  from  any  liability  to 
persons  in  your  employ  who  may  become  injured  in  their  em- 
ployment, and  at  the  same  time  the  injured  employee  receives 
certain  remuneration  while  incapacitated. 

"Then  again  there  is  one  more  policy  which  you  should 
take  out.  This  is  the  general  liability  policy — not  expensive, 
but  very  pleasant  help  in  time  of  trouble. 

About  Leases  and  Contracts 

"Do  not  take  a  store  without  a  written  lease  for  a  definite 
period,  and  with  the  option  on  your  part  of  renewal. 

"Be  sure  that  the  party  from  whom  you  lease  has  the  right 
to  give  you  that  lease — if  he  is  the  owner,  that  he  has  a  good 
title  and  that  no  condition  of  any  mortgage  on  the  premises 
may  be  broken  by  your  establishing  a  drug  business,  or  a 
business  where  the  prohibition  of  the  sale  of  liquor  is  a  con- 
dition in  the  title  of  the  property. 

"If  you  are  sub-leasing  from  a  lessee,  be  sure  that  his  lease 
gives  him  the  right  to  sub-lease,  and  contains  nothing  that 
will  prohibit  your  rights  to  do  business  on  the  premises  as  a 
druggist. 

"If  your  lease  runs  for  seven  years,  or  if  it  runs  for  a 
shorter  period  and  your  option  for  an  extension  should  carr>- 
it  beyond  the  seven  years  period,  your  lease  must  be  recorded. 

"Should  you  desire  to  purchase  a  going  business  you  should 
exercise  the  greatest  care  in  investigation  of  the  amount  of 
business  previously  done,  remembering  that  any  representa- 
tions of  the  seller  may  be  merged  in  the  written  contract  which 
you  enter  into,  and  that  in  no  case  is  the  seller  bound  by  any 
such  representation  as  he  may  make  as  to  what  business  you 
may  do  if  you  buy  his  store. 

"You  should  satisfy  yourself  to  his  title  as  to  whedier  there 
are  any  personal  property  mortgages  recorded  at  your  City- 
Hall  against  the  goods  in  the  store;  as  to  his  right  to  transfer 
his  right  in  the  lease.  Under  the  'sales  of  goods  in  bulk  act' 
the  seller  must  give  you  a  sworn  list  of  his  creditors,  and  they 
must  be  notified  before  the  sale  takes  place  or  his  stock  even 
after  you  have  purchased  it  still  remains  liable  for  his  past 
indebtedness. 

"Should  you  buy  a  bankrupt  stock,  or  purchase  a  store 
through  a  trustee  or  receiver,  in  bankrupcy,  make  sure  he  has 
been  authorized  by  the  court  to  sell  for  the  particular  amount 
you  are  paying, 

"In  making  contracts  or  giving  orders  make  and  keep  a 
copy,  and  be  sure  your  copy  is  an  accurate  one.  Be  sure  con- 
tracts contain  all  the  terms  to  which  you  have  orally  agreed. 
The  law  presumes  that  if  a  contract  is  once  reduced  to  writ- 
ing it  contains  everything  there  was  to  it,  and  oral  evidence 
cannot  be  introduced  to  contradict  or  enlarge  on  the  writtai 
terms. 

Can  Come  Back  on  Manufacturer 

"If  the  purchaser  of  goods  within  the  state,  eillier  of  food 
or  drugs,  you  can  obtain  from  your  jobber  a  guarantee  that 
if  the  goods  are  not  as  represented,  or  up  to  standard,  you  can 
come  back  on  the  manufacturer. 

"Under  no  conditions  should  you  be  persuaded  to  endorse 
a  promissory  note  for  your  neighbor  or  business  friend. 

"Look  upon  your  assets  as  belonging  to  your  creditors  to 
tlie  extent  of  your  liabilities.  Take  for  your  guidance  the 
golden  rule — and  remember  that  your  biisiness  is  yours  to  con- 
duct and  not  to  be  left  to  your  employees." 


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THE  QUESTION  BOX 

The  '  ''Hovc  to  Do  It ' '  Department 


CONDUC  TED  BY  PHARMACEUTICAL  EXPERTS 
For  the  benefit  of  ERA  Subscribers 


Application  of  the  Harrison  Law 

(M.  B.) — "I  have  read  the  rulings  of  the  Government  on 
the  Harrison  narcotic  law  as  published  in  the  April  Era,  but 
I  do  not  understand  or  see  anything  definite  in  regard  to  lini- 
ments or  ointments.  Of  course,  it  is  said  that  such  can  be 
sold  when  the  preparation  is  unfit  for  internal  use.  \\'hat  I 
wish  to  know  is:  Do  I  have  to  keep  a  record  of  such  sales? 
For  e.xample,  a  customer  has  a  receipt  calling  for  equal  parts 
of  laudanum,  tincture  of  arnica,  and  witchhazel.  Suppose  I 
had,  as  shown  by  inventory  on  March  1,  16  ounces  of  lauda- 
num, and  today  I  have  none,  while  my  prescription  file  shows 
prescriptions  accounting  for  but  12  ounces  of  the  laudanum, 
the  remaining  4  ounces  of  the  original  stock  having  been  used 
on  verbal  order  to  make  the  liniment  as  above.  ' 

Xo,  you  are  not  required  to  keep  a  record  of  the  sale  of  a 
liniment  or  ointment  containing  opium  or  morphine.  Under 
section  6  of  the  Narcotic  law,  it  is  specifically  stated  that  the 
provisions  of  the  Act  do  not  apply  to  "liniments,  ointments,  or 
other  preparations  which  are  prepared  for  external  use  only." 
The  ''provisions,"  of  course,  refer  to  the  prohibition  of  sales  of 
preparations  containing  opium,  morphine,  etc.,  except  on  pre- 
scription of  licensed  physicians,  which  must  be  filled  by  li- 
censed pharmacists,  who  are  required  to  make  certain  records, 
etc.  The  clause  in  section  6  exempts  these  external  prepara- 
tions from  the  provisions  previously  stated,  and  permits  the 
druggist  to  sell  liniments,  ointments,  etc.,  for  external  appli- 
cation without  making  any  record  of  sale. 

While  the  law  and  regulations  apparently  do  not  require 
any  record  of  such  sales,  druggists  for  their  own  protection 
should  note  on  their  inventories  an  entry  of  all  stock  em- 
ployed to  make  up  such  liniments,  ointments,  etc.,  so  that  if 
any  question  should  arise  as  to  the  disposition  of  stock  the 
answer  thereto  will  be  found  in  the  inventory.  In  your  case 
we  should  make  an  entry  of  the  date  and  amount  of  the 
laudanum  used  in  making  the  liniment,  but  it  is  not  necessary 
that  a  record  should  be  made  of  the  sale  of  such  a  prepara- 
tion. 

Drip  Fluid  Disinfectant 
(H.  E.  B.)— Most  of  the  so-called  "drip  fluid  disinfectants" 
used  for  urinals  and  closets  with  a  drip  apparatus  usually 
contain  cresol  or  creolin,  somewhat  on  the  type  of  compound 
solution  of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  and  perfumed  with  cheap  aro- 
matic oils.  On  account  of  the  cost,  manufacturers,  we  are 
told,  sometimes  use  cresylic  acid  which  is  comparatively  cheap. 
Here  is  a  formula: 

Cresylic  acid    40    fl.  ounces 

Rosin    8    av.  ounces 

Caustic  potash    IJ^  av.  ounces 

Water  to  make    }/2  gallon 

Place  the  cresylic  acid  in  a  suitable  dish,  add  the  rosin,  and 
apply  heat  until  the  latter  is  melted  and  dissolved.  Dissolve 
the  caustic  potash  in  about  5  fl.  ounces  of  water,  add  to  the 
previous  mi.xture  and  boil  together  until  clear  and  homo- 
geneous. Cool  and  add  enough  water  to  make  gallon.  If 
the  caustic  potash  is  less  than  83  per  cent,  in  strength,  more 
of  it  will  be  required.  If  the  saponification  is  not  completed 
after  30  minutes  of  boiling,  it  is  an  indication  that  more 
caustic  potash  is  needed.    Another  formula  is  the  following: 


Boil  together  1  gallon  of  crude  carbolic  acid  (or  "oils,"  if 
cheapness  be  required),  palm  oil,  1  pound;  soda  ash,  3 
pounds;  and  water,  2  gallons,  for  two  hours,  replacing  the 
water  so  as  to  maintain  a  volume  of  at  least  2^/2  gallons. 
Set  aside  for  several  days  and  decant  the  clear,  brown  fluid. 
Such  solutions  become  milky  when  mixed  with  water.  Euca- 
lyptus oil,  pine  oil,  and  other  essential  oils  may  be  added  to 
these  mixtures  with  benefit  so  far  as  the  odor  is  concerned. 

Books  on  Reagents  and  Stains 
(H.  J.  H.) — Nearly  all  standard  works  on  microscopic  tech- 
nique give  formulas  for  the  preparation  of  the  various  reagents 
and  stains  used  in  the  study  of  plant  and  other  tissues. 
Among  the  books  pertaining  to  this  class  of  work  are:  Base, 
"Elements  of  Vegetable  Histology,"  $1.50;  Cohn,  "Chemical 
and  Microscopical  Tests  and  Reagents  known  by  their  auth- 
ors' names,"  $3;  Gage,  "The  Microscope,"  §1.50;  Greenish, 
"The  Microscopical  Examination  of  Food  and  Drugs,"  $3. 
Probably  the  book  by  Cohn  previously  noted,  comes  nearest 
to  your  outline  of  a  formulary  of  this  character,  but  it  scarcely 
touches  upon  technique.  All  of  the  books  named  are  more  or 
less  employed  in  the  various  colleges  of  pharmacy  and  other 
institutions  in  which  these  subjects  are  taught. 

Some  Proprietary  Specialties 

(S.  Bros.) — We  cannot  give  the  formulas  for  the  various 
specialties  named  in  your  query,  but  a  number  of  tliem  have 
been  analyzed  by  the  authorities  in  different  States,  particu- 
larly by  the  Indiana  State  Board  of  Health,  the  Food  De- 
partments of  North  Dakota,  Ohio,  Michigan,  and  the  officials 
of  other  bureaus  connected  with  the  various  municipalities.  As 
showing  tlie  character  of  some  of  the  specialties  you  have 
named,  we  take  the  following  information  from  official  reports: 

Suljo  Solution;  superfluous  hair  remover;  contains  sodium 
sulphide,  2.5  per  cent.;  water,  97.5  per  cent.;  retails  at  $1 ; 
estimated  cost,  J^c. 

Zintone;  skin  beautifier;  composed  of  stearic  acid,  soap, 
borax,  perfumed:  selling  price,  SOc;  estimated  cost,  5c. 

Eptol;  skin  whitener;  consists  of  stearic  acid  and  soap,  75 
per  cent;  borar,  17  per  cent;  water,  8  per  cent.;  selling  price, 
SOc;  estimated  cost,  3c. 

Sarsene;  a  blood  remedy;  consists  of  extract  of  senna,  sarsa- 
parilla,  etc.;  selling  price,  50c;  estimated  cost,  3c. 

Beta  Qumol;  "makes  the  best  hair  grower";  composition 
variously  reported;  analyst  of  Indiana  Board  of  Health  reports 
"quinine,  resorcin,  menthol,  betanaphthol,  and  alcohol,"  while 
the  Ohio  Bureau  of  Drugs  reports  "alcohol,  glycerin,  quinine 
and  menthol";  selling  price,  50c;  cost,  5c. 

Therapy  of  Little-used  Drugs 
(R.  D.  Co.) — All  of  the  drugs  named  are  treated  with 
short  shrift  in  the  standard  works  on  materia  medica  and 
tlierapeutics.  The  reason  for  this  is  not  hard  to  discover,  as 
all  are  but  little  used  in  general  practice,  notwithstanding 
the  fact  that  "sweet  flag"  (calamus)  is  still  retained  in  the 
■  Pharmacopoeia,  a  fluid  extract  being  official.  Sweet  flag  is 
a  simple  bitter  and  feeble  aromatic,  and  preparations  of  the 
drug  have  been  prescribed  in  combination  with  tonics  in  dys- 
pepsia and  gastric  disorders  to  relieve  flatulence,  etc.  The 
dose  of  the  fluidextract  is  from  5  to  IS  minims,  but  so  far 


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as  we  can  ascertain,  there  is  no  standardized  method  for  pre- 
paring a  powdered  extract,  so  that  the  relative  drug  strength 
of  such  an  extract  remains  for  the  manufacturer  thereof  to 
state. 

The  medical  literature  on  "dwarf  elder"  is  still  more  meager, 
although  the  root  has  been  employed  in  domestic  practice  and 
by  botanic  physicians  as  a  diuretic  in  the  treatment  of  dropsy, 
gravel,  suppression  of  urine  and  other  urinary  disorders.  On 
general  principles  the  dose  of  the  drug  (the  rhizome  is  the 
part  used)  in  the  form  of  infusion  or  fluidextract  is  from  J/2 
to  2  drams. 

According  to  the  United  States  Dispensatory,  "fenugreek" 
is  never  employed  internally  for  human  beings,  but  the  ground 
seeds  are  used  to  an  enormous  extent  in  the  manufacture  of 
cattle  powders  or  condition  powders.  The  powdered  seeds 
are  occasionally  employed  in  curry  powders,  and  the  green 
parts  of  the  plant  are  largely  used  in  the  countries  where  it 
is  cultivated,  both  as  a  fodder  and  for  culinary  purposes.  All 
authorities  are  agreed  that  its  use  is  restricted  to  veterinary 
practice,  principally  as  a  "seasoner"  for  other  remedies  and 
because  most  animals  like  tlie  aromatic  odor.  It  possesses  no 
medicinal  properties  in  the  scientific  sense,  although  a  cen- 
tury or  so  ago  it  was  sometimes  prescribed  for  making  poul- 
tices on  account  of  tlie  large  percentage  of  mucilage  the  en- 
dosperm of  the  seeds  contained. 

Sodium  Perborate 

(S.  E.  F.) — Sodium  perborate  should  not  be  confused  with 
sodium  pyroborate.  Both  are  definite  chemical  compounds, 
the  first  being  represented  by  the  formula  NaBOj.  4H2O, 
and  the  latter  NaAO,.  lOH^O;  the  latter  name  is  also  a 
synonym  for  the  pharmacopoeial  sodium  borate.  Among  the 
commercial  brands  of  sodium  perborate  met  with  in  this  mar- 
ket are  those  made  by  the  Roessler  &  Hasslacher  Co.,  this 
city,  and  E.  Merck,  Darmstadt,  Germany  (Merck  &  Co., 
New  York). 

Several  processes  of  manufacture  have  been  outlined,  the 
following  being  typical;  When  a  mixture  of  248  grams  of  boric 
acid  and  78  grams  of  sodium  peroxide  is  gradually  added  to 
2  liters  of  cold  water,  a  crystallized  compound  is  obtained. 
When  the  latter  in  solution  is  treated  with  the  proper  pro- 
portion of  an  acid,  sodium  perborate  separates.  It  is  very 
stable  when  dry,  but  in  solution  it  has  all  the  properties  of 
a  solution  of  hydrogen  peroxide.  It  may  also  be  prepared  by 
the  action  of  an  alkali  peroxide  and  carbon  dioxide  or  an  al- 
kali borate  and  other  methods.  Some  of  these  processes  are 
patented.  Sodium  perborate  occurs  as  a  white  granular  salt, 
odorless  and  soluble  in  water;  the  solution  has  a  saline  taste. 
It  is  decomposed  by  water  into  hydrogen  peroxide  and  sodium 
metaborate,  producing  an  alkaline  solution.  It  is  also  decom- 
posed by  catalyzers,  ferments  and  animal  tissues.  Heated  to 
140°  F.  it  evolves  oxygen,  and  when  heated  to  a  higher  tem- 
perature it  gradually  loses  all  its  available  oxygen  and  water 
of  crystallization. 

This  salt  is  among  the  proposed  additions  to  the  forthcoming 
edition  of  the  U.  S.  P.,  the  rubric  accompanying  the  de- 
finition therefor  requiring  "not  less  than  9  per  cent,  by  weight 
of  available  oxygen".  It  is  an  antiseptic,  deodorant  and  bac- 
tericide, and  is  used  in  wounds,  purulent  sores,  varicose  ulcers, 
etc.  In  general,  it  is  used  in  place  of  hydrogen  peroxide  over 
which  it  is  said  to  have  the  advantage  of  yielding  an  alkaline 
solution.  It  is  also  applied  as  a  dusting  powder  or  in  a  2 
percent,  solution.  We  have  no  doubt  the  formula  for  a  den- 
tifrice will  "work"  if  a  standard  brand  of  sodium  perborate 
is  used,  but  tlie  resulting  product  will  be  no  more  stable  than 
the  ordinary  solution  of  hydrogen  peroxide.  You  should  be 
able  to  purchase  sodium  perborate  through  any  jobber. 

Compound  Syrup  of  Thyme 
(R.  D.  Co.) — We  cannot  give  the  formula  for  the  proprie- 
tary preparation,  although  the  compiler  of  "Modern  Materia 
Medica"  states  that  "pertussin  {extractum  thymi  saccaratum) 
is  defined  as  a  sweetened  compound  fluid  extract  of  thyme 
(1:7)  containing  also  per  cent,  of  potassium  bromide. 
Some  say  it  contains  no  bromide.  As  its  name  indicates,  it 
is  a  whooping-cough  remedy.  Dose  (children),  a  small  tea- 
spoonful  to  a  tablespoonful,  according  to  age,  four  times  a 
day." 

Under  the  title  "compound  syrup  of  thyme"  the  following 
formulas  are  said  to  produce  preparations  having  somewhat 


similar  therapeutic  preparations,  the  first  being  from  the 
"Formulae  magistrales  Germanicae",  the  official  formulary  of 
the  Deutschen  Apotheker-Verein  (Germany),  and  correspond- 
ing to  our  National  Formulary : 

Sirupus  Thymi  Compositus 

(  Thymian-Keuchhustensaf  t ) 


Iluidextract  of  thyme    15.0 

Sodium  bromide    2.0 

Glycerin    5.0 

Alcohol    3.0 

Simple  syrup  to  make    150.0 


M.    Tablespoonful  four  times  a  day  (for  whooping-cough). 
As  in  all  German  formulas,  the  above  quantities  are  by 
weight. 

The  following  is  from  "Pharmaceutical  Formulas"  (Lon- 


don) : 

Liquid  extract  of  garden  thyme    2  fl.  ounces 

Liquid  extract  of  wild  thyme   2  fl.  ounces 

Alcohol  (90  per  cent.)   1  fl.  ounce 

Potassium  bromide   400  grains 

Simple  syrup    15  fl.  ounces 

Distilled  water  to  make   20  fl.  ounces 


Dissolve  the  potassium  bromide  in  1  fl.  ounce  of  distilled 
water.  Mix  the  alcohol,  liquid  extracts,  and  syrups;  then 
add  the  potassium  bromide  solution  and  sufficient  distilled 
water  to  make  20  fl.  ounces.  Each  fluid  dram  contains  21/2 
grains  of  potassium  bromide. 

Bicinus;  Bicin 

(S.  S.) — We  think  you  have  confused  the  word  ricinus  with 
ricin,  the  first  being  the  name  of  the  genus  producing  the 
seeds  from  which  castor  oil  is  derived  and  shown  in  the  bo- 
tanical name  Ricinus  communis,  ricinus  being  the  Latin  for 
"tick",  which  the  seed  of  the  castor  oil  plant  resembles.  The 
chief  constituent  of  castor  oil  seeds  is  about  50  per  cent,  of 
fixed  oil  (Oleum  ricini),  the  well-known  oil  defined  by  the 
Pharmacopoeia,  while  the  crystalline  alkaloid  "ricinine",  and 
the  poisonous  phytalbumose  "ricin",  have  been  obtained  from 
the  cake  left  after  the  extraction  of  the  oil.  Kraemer  states 
that  the  poisonous  principle  ricin  fovmd  in  oil  cake  has 
been  reported  as  apparendy  poisonous  to  cattle,  but  not  to 
poultry. 

According  to  Cushny,  ricin  is  poisonous  in  doses  of  about 
1/25  milligram  (1/1600  grain)  per  kilogram  bodyweight  when 
it  is  injected  into  the  blood,  and  is  somewhat  less  poisonous 
when  applied  subcutaneously,  but  seldom  causes  any  symp- 
toms when  swallowed,  as  it  is  apparently  destroyed  for  the 
most  part  by  the  digestive  ferments.  It  is  thus  among  the 
most  powerful  of  the  vegetable  poisons  when  it  is  injected 
directly  into  the  blood.  Death  often  occurs  only  several 
days  after  the  injections  in  animals,  and  in  the  interval  no 
symptoms  make  their  appearance  except  loss  of  appetite,  and 
towards  the  end,  diarrhea  and  vomiting.  This  to.Talbumin 
has  been  the  subject  of  investigation  by  various  physiological 
chemists  and  toxicologists  and  the  results  of  their  studies  are 
widely  scattered  through  medical  and  technical  literature.  We 
can  not  attempt  to  give  more  than  the  above  resume'. 

"Tr.  Lattai  Vesicatoria" 
(H.  T.  S.) — "Tr.  Lattai  vesicatoria"  is  no  doubt  intended 
for  "tincture  of  cantharides",  a  fact  which  can  be  readily 
verified  by  reading  the  prescription  in  which  the  same  ap- 
pears (which  you  have  not  sent  to  us)  or  by  ascertaining  the 
purpose  for  which  the  preparation  is  to  be  employed.  The 
present  Pharmacopoeia  defines  cantharides  as  "the  beetle 
Cantharis  vesicatoria  (Linne)  De  Geer,"  etc.,  although  many 
of  the  older  writers,  at  least  before  the  advent  of  tlie  mor' 
modem  scientific  nomenclature,  followed  the  Latin  of  Fabrica.<; 
in  denominating  "Spanish  Flies"  as  Lytta  vesicatoria,  the 
first  word  relating  to  "madness",  and  the  second  being  de- 
rived from  vesica,  a  blister,  of  or  belonging  to,  or  capable  of 
blistering. 

It  is  probable  that  "Lattai",  as  employed  in  your  prescrip- 
tion is  a  misspelling,  for  Lytta  is  the  correct  older  Latin  form 
We  have  tiaccd  the  word  through  a  number  of  cognate  lan- 
guages and  we  find  no  precedent  for  this  variant  form,  al- 
though such  may  exist.  But  the  similarity  of  the  word  with 
the  older  form  is  too  obvious,  and  we  are  quite  positive  that 
"tincture  of  cantharides"  is  wanted. 


May,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


217 


Standardization  of  Sodium  Thiosulphate  Volumetric  Solution* 


By  Dr.  JOSEPH  L.  MAYER 


A REFERENCE  to  page  563  of  the  U.  S.  P.  will  show 
that  the  official  method  of  standardizing  sodium  thio- 
sulphate y.  S.  is  to  employ  a  decinormal  solution  of 
potassium  dichromate  proceeding  as  follows: — 

To  a  solution  of  about  1  Gni.  of  potassium  iodide 
(Potassii  lodidum  U.  S.  P.)  in  10  Cc.  of  diluted  sulphuric 
acid  contained  in  a  flask  of  about  500  Cc.  capacity,  add 
slowly,  from  a  burette,  20  Cc.  of  tenth-normal  potassium 
dichromate  \'.  S.,  shaking  after  each  addition.  Place 
a  watch-glass  on  the  mouth  of  tlie  flask  and  allow  it  to 
stand  for  five  minutes,  then  dilute  the  solution  with  about 
250  Cc.  of  distilled  water,  add  some  starch  T.  .S.,  and 
then,  from  a  burette,  tlie  trial  solution  of  sodium  thiosul- 
phate, in  small  portions  at  a  time,  shaking  afte.-  e.icli  au- 
dition, and,  toward  the  end  of  tlie  operation,  j  educing 
the  flow  to  drops,  until  die  blue  color  of  the  mixture 
changes  to  a  light  green:  note  the  number  of  Cc.  of  the 
trial  sodium  thiosulphate  solution  consumed.  Then  di- 
lute the  sodium  thiosulphate  solution  so  that  equal  volumes 
of  it  and  the  tenth-normal  potassium  dichromate  V.  S.  will 
exactly  correspond  to  each  otlier  under  the  above  conditions, 
at  25'  C.  (77°  F.)." 

On  page  549  of  the  U.  S.  P.  volumetric  iodine  solution  is 
directed  to  be  made  by  the  following: — 

"Tenth-normal  iodine  V.  S.  may  be  prepared  according  to 
either  of  the  following  methods. 

1.  Dissolve  12.59  Gm.  of  pure  iodine  (see  below)  in  a 
solution  of  IS  Gm.  of  potassium  iodide  in  300  Cc.  of  water. 
Then  add  sufficient  water  to  make  the  solution  measure,  at 
25*  C.  (77°  F.),  exactly  1000  Cc.  Unless  freshly  prepared, 
its  strength  should  always  be  determined  anew  at  the  time 
it  is  used.    Transfer  the  solution  to  glass-stoppered  vials. 

Preparation  of  Pure  Iodine. — Heat  powdered  iodine  (lodum, 
U.  S.  P.)  in  a  porcelain  dish  placed  over  a  bath  of  boiling 
water  for  twenty  minutes,  and  stir  it  constantly  with  a  glass 
rod,  so  that  adhering  moisture,  cyanogen  iodide,  and  most 
of  the  iodine  bromide  and  iodine  chloride,  if  present,  may 
be  vaporized.  Then  transfer  the  iodine  to  a  porcelain  or  other 
non-metallic  mortar,  and  triturate  it  with  about  5  percent,  of 
its  weight  of  dry  potassium  iodide,  so  as  to  decompose  any 
remaining  iodine  bromide  and  iodine  chloride.  Then  return 
the  mass  to  the  dish,  cover  it  with  a  glass  funnel,  and  heat 
the  dish  carefully  on  a  sand-bath.  Detach  the  sublimed,  pure 
iodine,  and,  after  pulverizing  and  drying  for  twenty-four 
hours  over  calcium  chloride,  keep  it  in  well-stoppered  bottles, 
in  a  cool  place." 

Since  N/10  iodine  is  the  exact  equivalent  of  N/10 
NajSjOj  the  U.  S.  P.  on  page  550  gives  as  an  alternative 
method  of  preparing  the  N/10  iodine  the  following: — • 

"Dissolve  about  14  Gm.  of  iodine  (lodum,  U.  S.  P.)  in  a 
solution  of  18  Gm.  of  potassium  iodide  (Potassii  lodidum, 
U.  S.  P.)  in  about  300  Cc.  of  water,  diluting  finally  to  1000 
Cc.  Of  this  solution  (which  is  too  concentrated),  carefully 
measure  from  a  burette  10  Cc.  into  a  flask,  then  add  gradu- 
ally and  cautiously,  from  a  burette,  tenth-normal  sodium 
thiosulphate  V.  S.  (shaking  constantly)  until  the  color  of 
the  solution  is  discharged.  Note  the  number  of  Cc.  of  the 
sodium  thiosulphate  V.  S.  consumed,  and  then  dilute  the  iodine 
solution  so  that  any  known  volume  of  the  latter  will  require 
for  decolorization  exactly  the  same  volume  of  the  tenth-normal 
sodium  thiosulphate  V.  S." 

This  indicated  to  me  that  the  factor  for  NajSjOj  V.  S.  stan- 
dardized by  either  potassium  dichromate  or  resiiblimed  iodine 
would  be  the  same  and  to  determine  whether  such  was  ac- 
tually the  casj  the  following  work  was  undertaken.  A.  N/10 
KjCfjO?  V.  S.  was  made  up  by  the  following  method  on 
page  551  of  the  U.  S.  P.  employing  Kahlbaum's  Salt. 

"Dissolve  4.8713  Gm.  of  pure  potassium  dichromate,  which 
has  been  pulverized  and  dried  at  120°  C.  (248°  F.)  (see 
Reagent  No.  85).  in  sufficient  water  to  measure,  at  25°  C. 
(77°  F.).  e.xactly  1000  Cc." 

The  NajSjOa  V.  S.  standardized  against  this  had  the  factor 
recorded  in  tabulation  below. 

*  Read  before  the  Kines  County  Pharmaceutical  Society,  March 
9.  1915. 


Another  lot  of  N/lO  KjCrjO,  made  up  by  the  same  method 
using  Baker's  salt,  the  same  NajSjOa  V.  S.  had  the  factor 

noted  below. 

Small  amounts  of  iodine  prepared  as  directed  under  V.S. 
iodine  were  weighed  off  and  after  solution  in  water  with  the 
aid  of  KI  employed  to  standardize  the  NajSjO,  sol;  the  factor 
is  recorded  below. 

Iodine  prepared  as  directed  by  the  U.  S.  P.  under  V.  S. 
iodine  was  mixed  with  KI  placed  in  a  small  porcelain  crucible, 
heated  on  a  sand  bath  until  copious  evolution  of  iodine  fumes. 
Then  one  of  a  set  of  watch  glasses  with  ground  edges,  which 
had  been  tared  with  a  clip,  was  slipped  over  the  top  of  the 
crucible  until  a  sufficient  amotmt  of  iodine  had  sublimed, 
when,  after  cooling,  tlie  watch  glasses,  clip  and  iodine  were 
weighed  again,  the  increase  in  weight  noted  being  the  amount 
of  iodine.  The  watch  glasses  and  iodine  without  clip  were 
then  put  into  a  few  Cc  KI  sol.,  and  when  the  iodine  was 
dissolved  the  NajSjOa  V.  S.  was  run  in  until  the  reaction  was 
complete.    The  factor  for  the  NajSjOa  Sol.  is  noted  below. 

Factor  employing  Kahlbaum's  Chemical  1  Cc.=  .011342 
grammes  iodine  1  c.  c.=  .9009  C.  c.  N/10  Na^S^O,  V.  S. 

Baker's  Chemical  1  Cc. =.01 1362  grammes  iodine.  1  Cc. 
=.9025  C.  c.  N/10  Na^S.Oa  V.  S. 

Iodine  resublimed  on  funnel  1  c.  c. =.01 1539  grammes  iodine. 
1  Cc.=.91652  Cc.  N/10  Na^S^  V.  S. 

Iodine  resublimed  on  watch  glass  1  Cc. =.01 1533  grammes 
iodine  1  Cc.=.91604  N/10  Na^SaOa  V.  S. 

These  results  indicate  that  the  use  of  resublimed  iodine  gives 
higher  and  probably  more  accurate  results  than  the  potassium 
dichromate  method. 

I  am  fully  aware  of  the  fact  that  the  potassium  dichromate 
used  for  standardization  is  usually  directed  to  be  checked 
against  pure  iron  as  evidenced  by  the  following  citation  from 
page  136  U.  S.  Dept.  Agr.  Division  of  Chemistry,  Bui.  107  re- 
vised. Under  the  determination  of  the  iodine  number  of  fats 
and  oils. 

"Decinormal  potassium  bichromate. — Dissolve  4.9083  grams 
of  chemically  pure  potassium  bichromate  in  distilled  water  and 
make  the  volume  up  to  1  liter  at  the  temperature  at  which 
the  titrations  are  to  be  made.  The  bichromate  solution  should 
be  checked  against  pure  iron;" 

but  of  course  this  requires  another  determination  and  further 
complicates  the  standardization  of  the  NajSjOa  V.  S. 

In  view  of  the  close  duplicates  obtained  by  the  use  of 
resublirned  iodine,  and,  the  simplicity  of  employing  the  watch 
glasses  'and  clip  method,  I  would  suggest  this  as  the  most 
satisfactory  means  of  accurately  standardizing  NajSjOj  V.  S. 

The  sodium  thiosulphate  solution  was  made  by  taking  4 
liters  of  distilled  water,  boiling  until  all  air  and  CO2  were 
expelled,  placing  in  a  large  amber  colored  bottle  and  when 
cool,  dissolving  about  100  grams  of  C.  P.  sodium  thiosulphate 
in  the  liquid.  The  bottle  containing  the  solution  was  set  away 
in  a  dark  place  until  ready  for  use  (about  6  weeks).  Then 
a  syphon  tube  with  pinch  cock  was  inserted  and  a  layer  of 
neutral  liquid  petrolatum  placed  on  top  of  the  liquid,  when, 
by  blowing  into  a  hollow  glass  tube  in  the  other  hole  of  the 
rubber  stopper,  the  syphon  was  started. 

The  solution  made  by  using  distilled  water  from  which  the 
air  and  CO2  are  expelled,  allowing  it  to  stand  until  decompo- 
sition and  precipitation  has  taken  place,  and  then  covering  it 
with  a  layer  of  liquid  petrolatum  and  syphoning  off  the  quan- 
tities of  solution  required,  makes  an  ideal  method  of  handling 
not  only  this  volumetric  solution  but  very  many  others  it  being 
our  practice  to  follow  this  method  whenever  possible. 


The  Rutherford  County  (Tenn.)  Druggists'  Association  was 
recently  organized  at  the  drug  store  of  the  Sweeney  Drug  Co., 
Murfreesboro,  and  all  of  the  druggists  of  that  city  are  mem- 
bers. Every  druggist  in  the  county  will  be  invited  to  join. 
R.  W.  Vickers  was  elected  president  and  E.  B.  Griffis  secre- 
tary. The  organization  will  meet  every  two  weeks.  The  Har- 
rison law  is  receiving  the  members'  particular  attention. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[May,  1915 


FROM  EUROPEAN  WORKERS 

New  Analytical  Methods — Analysis  of  Glycerophos- 
phates — Salvarsan-Sodium — Detection  of 
Saponin  in  Beverages 

MOST  of  the  articles  now  appearing  in  the  journals  from 
abroad  are  along  analytical  lines,  and  the  Abstracts 
this  month  reflect  this  state  of  affairs.  Improvements 
in  pharmaceutical  processes  and  preparations  do  not  seem  to 
be  claiming  as  large  a  share  of  attention  as  formerly.  Among 
the  new  tests  outlined  below  are  those  for  saponin,  iodine 
in  tinctures,  the  cinchona  alkaloids,  and  glycerin  in  glycero- 
phosphates. Among  the  new  remedies  discussed  salvarsan- 
sodium,  a  soluble  compound  of  this  important  arsenical,  is 
of  chief  interest.  Two  English  chemists  show  that  iodine  as  a 
germicide  in  alcohol  and  water  solution  is  about  four  times  as 
powerful  as  phenol.  Bourquelot  and  his  students  report  a  new 
biochemical  synthesis. 
Analysis  of  Glycerophosphates — 

After  an  extended  investigation  of  the  methods  of  analysis 
used  for  glycerin  and  glycerophosphates,  Francois  and  Bois- 
menu  sum  up  as  follows:  Free  glycerin  may  be  detected  by 
transforming  it  into  acrolein  by  heating  with  potassium  bi- 
sulphate,  and  conducting  the  vapors  into  a  solution  of  rosani- 
line  decolorized  by  sodium  bisulphite.  The  red  color  resulting 
changes  to  blue  on  heating.  The  glycerin  must  first  be  freed 
from  formaldehyde,  alcohol,  water,  and  all  volatile  substances 
by  heating  on  the  water  bath.  Glycerin  combined  in  glycero- 
phosphates may  be  detected  by  the  same  procedure,  and  the 
same  is  probably  true  of  glycerin  combined  in  lecithin.  Oxi- 
dation .of  free  glycerin  in  the  wet  way  must  be  conducted  with 
a  large  excess  of  potassium  dichromate,  if  the  product  is  to 
be  carbon  dioxide  alone,  and  the  solution  must  be  boiled  for 
a  long  period.  The  ratio  of  glycerin  to  dichromate  should  be 
about  1  to  20.  The  solution  must  be  boiled  for  two  hours 
at  least.  The  same  method  gives  exact  results  for  combined 
glycerin.  After  treatment  with  the  chromate  mixture,  the  so- 
lution can  be  used  for  the  determination  of  the  phosphoric 
acid. 

A  New  Biochemical  Synthesis — 

Bourquelot,  Bridel,  and  Aubry  have  effected  the  synthesis 
of  a  new  glucoside  from  isopropylene  glycol,  a  diacid  alcohol 
in  which  one  alcohol  group  is  primary  and  the  other  secondary. 
It  also  contains  an  asymmetric  carbon  atom,  but  is  optically 
inactive  through  internal  compensation.  It  was  of  interest  to 
learn  whether  the  union  with  glucose  would  give  a  mono- 
or  a  di-glucoside,  and  whether  the  products  would  be  active. 
A  mixture  containing  lOOg.  of  glucose,  400g.  of  the  glycol,  and 
63g.  of  distilled  water  was  treated  with  5g.  of  emulsin,  and 
allowed  to  stand  at  room  temperature  from  March  till  October. 
In  that  interval  the  rotation  had  changed  from  23.33°  to 
—2.43°.  After  removal  of  the  water  and  uncombined  glycol,  the 
glucose  was  destroyed  by  fermentation  with  top  yeast,  and  the 
residue  purified  by  distillation  and  extraction  with  proper  sol- 
vents. The  glucoside  could  not  be  crystallized.  It  had  a 
markedly  bitter  taste,  did  not  reduce  copper  solution,  and  had 
a  rotation  of — 30.3°  Hydrolysis  with  dilute  acid  gave  0.542g. 
of  glucose  from  0.7612g.  of  substance:  the  theory  for  a  mono- 
glucoside  is  0.575g.  of  glucose.  The  glycol  recovered  from  this 
glucoside  was  inactive,  proving  that  the  synthetic  action  of 
.imilsin  .iffccts  both  optical  isomers  in  the  same  manner.  (J. 
!'liiin     '  liini.,   1915,  p.  105.) 

Iodine  in  Pharmaceutical  Preparations — 

Lorniand  criticizes  Thurston's  method  for  the  determination 
of  iodine  in  tinctures  on  the  ground  that  the  reaction  between 
the  iodine  compounds  and  potassium  dichromate  is  not  com- 
l>l(tc  within  a  reasonable  time,  since  carbon  tetrachloride  will 
slill  c\ii,i(t  free  iodine  from  the  reaction  mixture  after  forty- 
(  lii.uis.  The  author  proposes  the  following  method:  A 
sample  of  about  5g.  of  the  tincture  is  weighed  out  in  a 
beaker,  and  to  it  are  added  5  or  6  drops  of  a  solution  of  so- 
dium bisulphite,  followed  by  sufficient  water  to  give  a  clear 


solution,  without  any  yellow  tint.  Two  drops  of  caustic  soda 
solution  are  then  added,  to  convert  the  bisulphite  into  the 
neutral  salt.  At  this  stage  all  iodine  is  converted  into  iodide. 
After  the  addition  of  5  drops  of  nitric  acid,  the  solution  is 
boiled.  Under  these  conditions,  the  author  claims  that  no 
iodine  is  lost,  while  the  greater  part  of  the  sulphur  dioxide 
is  driven  off.  Then  lOcc.  of  normal  silver  nitrate  are  mea- 
sured into  the  beaker,  with  an  additional  5cc.  of  nitric  acid. 
The  silver  iodide  is  coagulated  by  a  second  boiling  of  the  solu- 
tion. If  the  precipitate  is  grayish,  this  indicates  the  pre- 
sence of  a  little  silver  sulphite,  which  must  be  broken  up  by 
prolonged  boiling.  The  silver  iodide  is  then  collected  and 
weighed  as  usual.  (Lormand,  .^nn.  Falsific,  1914,  p.  432.) 
Delicate  Reaction  of  Apomorphine — 

The  characteristic  blue  coloration  produced  by  the  oxida- 
tion of  apomorphine  hydrochloride  solutions  by  atmospheric 
oxygen  can  be  intensified  as  follows :  Five  cc.  of  the  solution 
are  mixed  with  5  drops  of  a  saturated  solution  of  mercuric 
chloride  and  the  same  amount  of  10  per  cent,  sodium  acetate 
solution.  The  mixture  is  boiled,  cooled,  and  shaken  with  amyl 
alcohol,  which  dissolves  the  blue  substances.  The  test  is 
claimed  to  be  sensitive  to  one  part  of  apomorphine  in  500,000. 
(Grimbert  and  Leclere,  J.  Pharm.  Chim.,  1915,  p.  23.) 
Detection  of  Saponin  in  Beverages — 

The  use  of  Nessler's  reagent  for  the  detection  of  saponin 
is  found  to  be  of  no  value,  at  the  presence  of  coffee  extract 
interferes  with  the  test,  reacting  in  the  same  way  as  saponin. 
In  order  to  separate  the  saponin  in  sufficiently  pure  form,  the 
author  proceeds  to  change  it  into  a  difficultly  soluble  barium 
compound.  The  saponin  is  first  extracted  by  shaking  the 
liquid  under  examination  with  phenol  solution,  and  from  the 
latter  the  saponin  is  removed  by  shaking  with  water.  This 
aqueous  solution  is  concentrated  on  the  water  bath  to  25  cc, 
transferred  to  a  125  cc.  cylinder,  which  is  then  filled  up  with 
freshly  prepared,  saturated  baryta  water,  and  after  vigorous 
shaking  the  cylinder  is  set  aside  until  settling  is  complete. 
The  clear  liquid  is  poured  into  another  vessel,  which  is  also 
filled  with  baryta  water  as  before,  shaken,  and  allowed  to 
settle.  This  process  is  repeated  until  a  colorless  liquid  is  ob- 
tained. The  combined  precipitates  are  washed  into  a  flask, 
decomposed  by  carbon  dioxide,  the  solution  filtered,  and  evapo- 
rated to  dryness.  The  saponin,  which  at  this  stage  is  con- 
taminated with  barium  carbonate,  is  purified  by  extraction 
with  alcohol.  The  purified  substance  gives  with  concentrated 
sulphuric  acid  first  a  green  color,  which  slowly  changes  to 
yellow,  then  to  pink,  red.  reddish  violet,  and  finally  a  dirty 
red  with  violet  streaks.  (Campos,  ."^nn.  Chim.  Anr.Iyt.,  p.  289.) 
Salvarsan-Sodium — 

In  order  to  avoid  the  difficulties  and  inconveniences  at- 
tendant on  the  preparation  of  solutions  of  salvarsan  in  alka- 
lies, the  manufacturers  have  brought  out  a  new  product,  known 
as  salvarsan-sodium,  which  is  siinpK-  il..-  ,<M,lium  salt  of  sal- 
varsan, prepared  with  unusual  cai  t:  a  stable  salt, 
which  is  ready  for  use  after  ir  it  in  water. 
Extreme  precautions  are  necessar;.  ^  .  tlie  salt,  other- 
wise poisonous  by-products  result.  Tlie  new  compound  is  a 
fine  golden-yellow  powder,  of  peculiar  odor,  easily  soluble  in 
water  with  alkaline  reaction.  The  arsenic  content  is  20  per 
cent.  The  atmosphere  darkens  salvarsan-sodium  and  its  so- 
lutions, with  the  formation  of  poisonous  substances.  For  these 
reasons  it  is  packed  in  \acuum  ampules.  The  substance  is 
carefully  tested  before  being  packed,  both  as  to  its  chemical 
purity  .iikI  its  tuxii  (  n.  .  ts  on  .inimals.  It  is  administered  in 
a  1  \>vv  lent,  .solution,  nuulo  up  in  0.4  per  cent,  salt  solution, 
which  has  been  iire\icnislv  sterilized  and  cooled,  (.\poth.  Ztg., 
1915,  p.  135.) 


The  Louisville  (Ky.)  College  of  Ph.Trmacy  senior  class  or- 
ganization has  elected  these  officers:  President.  Hart  Perry, 
Richmond,  Ky. ;  vice  president,  David  Garbcr,  JcUico.  Tenn,; 
secretary-treasurer,  B.  F.  Doherty.  Louisville:  sergeant-at-arms, 
C.  H.  Adams,  Louisville.  May  12  was  set  for  the  graduation 
exercises. 


News  and  Trade  Section 


Future  of  American  Made  Perfume  and  Toilet  Goods 


Preparations  made  in  the  United  States  are  Declared 
to  be  the  equal  in  Every  respect  of  those  imported 


Written   especially   for   "The   Pharmaceutical  Era" 
by  A.  M.  Spiehler,  president  of  the  Manufacturing 
Perfumers'  Association  of  the  United  States 

AMERICAN  manufacturers  of  perfumes  and  toilet  prepa- 
rations stand  squarely  on   tlie   broad    platform  that 
their  products  are  equal,  on  all  lines,  point  by  point, 
I )   the   foreign  product ;   that  in  many   instances   they  are 
superior.    In  quality  alone,  the  foreign  makers  have  nothing 
^^^^^^^^^  to  offer;  they  have  simply  the 

^^^^^^^H^^^k         advantage  of  a  label  to 
^^^^^^^F^^^^        the  retail  buyers  of  America. 
^^^^^^K/l^        \  American  products  now  pos- 

^^^H^^W^^  \       sess  a  decided  merit  of  economy 

^^^m       ■'^SatlHttk       ^'^^         American  buyer.  Out 
'*^*^B^B'l      °^  every  dollar  spent  for  for- 
\      f perfumes    and    toilet  ar- 
^  'icles,    65    cents    goes    to  the 

ustom  house  in  payment  of 
duty.  To  this  duty,  there  is 
now  added,  because  of  the 
war,  extraordinary  freight  and 
insurance  charges  upon  the 
goods  in  transit. 

The   question   may   well  be 
asked:  "What  is  the  future  of 
.\merican-made   perfumes  and 
\   M   .'^rii.iiLfiR  toilet  preparations?"    With  the 

advantage  of  actual  merit  in 
quality  and  a  demonstrated  economy  in  price,  augmented 
by  war  conditions,  why  should  not  the  American  manufac- 
turer capture  the  American  field?  Why  should  he  not  estab- 
lish himself  forthwith,  in  a  position  to  dominate  the  home 
market?  Such  promises  to  be  the  outcome  of  the  situation. 
Indications  are  to  be  seen  on  all  sides  that  the  demand  for 
our  American  products  is  growing  day  by  day. 

The  Case  of  Talcum  Powder 

Not  only  is  the  use  of  American  perfumes  increasing,  but 
never  before  has  the  consumption  of  toilet  articles  of  cer- 
tain grades  been  as  great  as  at  the  present  juncture.  Talcum 
powder  may  be  taken  as  an  excellent  example.  Here  is  a 
strictly  American  product,  invented  by  an  American  manu- 
facturer, which  has  attained  a  sale  that  can  only  be  measured 
in  hundreds  of  tons.  While  leading  foreign  makers  have 
been  forced  to  engage  in  the  manufacture  of  this  important 
toilet  article,  the  .-Vmerican  product  controls  the  home  market. 

How  long  will  American  women  continue  to  pay  a  higher 
price  for  an  inferior  product  because  of  a  foreign  label?  Has 
not  the  time  arrived  when  a  campaign  of  education  should 
be  started  to  create  a  spirit  of  patriotism  in  favor  of  American 
goods?  How  long  can  prejudice  alone  aid  the  foreigner  to 
market  his  product  in  open  competition  with  the  American 
manufacturer? 

All  manufacturers,  American  and  foreign,  draw  their  raw 
materials  from  the  same  source  of  supply.  American  genius 
has  achieved  a  notable  triumph  in  recent  years,  however,  in 
reproducing  more  successfully  the  odor  of  the  natural  flowers. 
In  the  delicate  blending  of  odors  in  perfumes  of  the  higher 
class,  the  foreign  manufacturers  to  day  have  fallen  behind. 
They  are  unable  to  compete  with  American  skill.  It  is  time 
the  women  of  America,  who  constitute  the  main  class  of 
ultimate  consumers,  were  taught  the  superiority  of  quality  that 
has  been  achieved  by  domestic  genius. 

Five  of  the  leading  foreign  companies  have  established 
branches  in  the  United  States,  making  their  products  in  this 
country,    but  marketing  their  output  with  a  foreign  label. 


The  American  consumers  are  paying  extra  money  in  these 
cases  for  the  label  alone.  There  is  a  law  against  misbranding 
of  products,  that  is  strongly  supported  by  popular  sentiment; 
why  should  not  this  false  labelling  of  goods  come  under  equal 
condemnation  of  public  sentiment? 

U.  S.  Manufacturers  Guarantee  Products 

The  American  manufacturer  stands  behind  his  own  pro- 
ducts. Always  and  in  every  case,  he  makes  good  any  defects 
and  he  can  always  be  reached  to  meet  demands  of  retailers. 
If  foreign  products  deteriorate  or  are  in  any  way  damaged, 
the  loss  falls  on  the  American  retailer. 

Why  should  not  the  retail  druggists  of  America  favor  Ameri- 
can-made perfumes  and  toilet  preparations,  in  preference  to 
the  foreign  product?  Why,  in  fact,  should  they  not  co- 
operate in  educating  the  American  buyer  to  prefer  American 
goods?  Much  is  heard  in  these  days  of  a  recreated  patriotic 
spirit  in  American  trade.  This  is  America's  opportunity  to 
capture  the  markets  of  the  world  and  to  establish  domestic  in- 
dustries on  a  broader  foundation  than  they  have  had  in  the 
past. 

American  manufacturing  perfumers  ask  no  special  favors 
from  American  consumers.  They  do  ask  simple  justice,  how- 
ever. They  offer  quality  and  price.  They  are  competing,  not 
against  merit  but  prejudice ;  it  is  now  simply  a  contest  of 
labels.  How  long  will  a  label — often  a  false  and  misleading 
label  at  that — be  rated  higher  in  the  American  market  by 
the  American  buyer  than  superior  quality  at  lesser  cost?  The 
retail  drug  trade  will  be  taking  no  chance  with  its  customers. 
It  can  safely  undergo  an  injection  of  trade  patriotism,  without 
jeopardizing  the  quality  of  the  products  that  are  offered  to 
consumers  in  the  way  of  American  made  perfumes  and  toilet 
preparations. 

The  pertinent  question  is  asked,  what  the  American  Manu- 
facturing Perfumers'  Association  is  doing,  in  this  crisis  of 
trade,  to  increase  the  demand  for  American  made  goods.  In 
the  past,  it  must  be  admitted  frankly  its  efforts  have  been  fee- 
ble. Such  attempts  have  been  limited  practically  to  the  mis- 
sionary work  done  through  the  salesmen,  employed  by  the 
members  of  the  association.  A  few  articles  have  appeared 
from  time  to  time  in  magazines  and  trade  papers,  but  they  have 
been  comparatively  few. 

There  is  a  wide-open  field  for  the  cultivation  of  a  spirit 
of  civic  patriotism  cn  the  part  of  the  manufacturing  perfumers 
of  the  United  States.  Never  was  there  a  more  opportune 
time  for  the  initiation  of  a  campaign  of  education  among  the 
women  of  America.  Doubtless  scores  of  American  associations 
engaged  in  kindred  industries  stand  ready  to  cooperate.  In 
no  case,  however,  are  the  opportunities  for  efficient  expansion 
of  trade  greater  than  in  the  case  of  the  manufacturing  per- 
fumers. Certain,  in  no  cases  are  the  arguments  based  on 
more  solid  foundations.  It  is  time  the  men  who  are  manu- 
facturing perfumes  and  toilet  articles  in  America,  made  an 
effective  appeal  to  the  retail  druggists  of  the  country  and 
through  this  agency  to  reach  out  to  the  ultimate  consumer, 
the  American  woman. 


Urges  Effective  Laws  Against  Fakes 
Baltimore,  April  10 — Dr.  L.  F.  Kebler,  chief  of  the  drug 
division.  Bureau  of  Chemistry,  United  States  Department  of 
Agriculture,  recently  lectured  before  the  Advertising  Club  of 
Baltimore  and  urged  effective  laws  to  wipe  out  fake  medicines 
and  to  prevent  quack  doctors  and  so-called  beauty  specialists 
from  plying  their  trade.  Dr.  Kebler  did  not  mince  words  in 
condemnation  of  those  who  perpetrate  fraud  upon  the  public, 
and  he  said  that  the  Government  was  using  every  means  in 
its  power  to  put  out  of  business  those  who  manufacture  and 
offer  for  sale  "cure-alls"  of  every  description. 


220  '  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA  [May,  1915 

Druggists  find  Electric  Novelties  Profitable 

This  is  One  of  the  Special  Lines  Which  Pharmacists 
are  using  to  Build  Up  Commercial  Side  of  Business 


mrCH  OUR  WINDOW  DISPLAYS 

Quality  fi'^'^'^s 


An  interesting  window  dis'play  of  electric  novelties  by  the  A.  D.    Thompson   Drug   Company,   Minneapolis,  Minn. 


A SPECTATOR  sitting  in  the  upper  balcony  of  the 
Metropolitan  Opera  House,  New  York  looking  down 
into  the  pit,  would  see  some  unusually  bright  fire- 
flies. They  flit  over  watchfaces,  streak  across  programs,  and 
shine  above  seat-numbers.  These  are  Slectric  flashlights. 
They  can  be  profitably  handled  by  drug  stores.  Returns  are 
good,  and  the  range  of  appeal  is.  wide. 

Pharmacy  and  flashlights  are  not  as  incongruous  as  they 
may  seem.  A  sick  baby  or  a  sick  man  usually  requires  at- 
tention at  night.  How  much  better  it  is  to  keep  a  loaded 
"flash"  under  the  pillow  than  a  burning  lamp  on  the  table! 
How  much  easier  it  is  to  press  a  button  than  to  ignite  a 
stubborn  wick  or  to  stumble  in  the  dark  toward  an  elusive 
switch !  Consequently,  one  need  feel  no  qualms  in  recom- 
mending flashlights  to  customers  who  have  just  bought  medi- 
cine. 

Their  usefulness  is  not  confined  to  the  sick-room.  Well 
persons  may  use  them  to  poke  under  furniture  in  search  of 
lost  collar  buttons,  to  shine  on  mudholes  along  dark  walks, 
to  illuminate  a  room  in  which  strange  noises  have  been 
heard,  to  light  up  the  barn  when  "Dobbin"  must  be  harnessed 
at  night,  to  "see  Nellie  home,"  or  to  explore — with  greater 
safety — tlie  "innards"  of  a  balky  automobile.  Their  conveni- 
ence to  pharmaceutical  purchasers  is  shown  by  the  fact  that 
one  manufacturer  is  carrying  on  concentrated  advertising  in 
nurses'  and  druggists'  magazines  Their  wide  range  of  appeal 
is  attested  by  the  circumstance  that  tliis  same  concern  is 
selling  $18,000,000  worth  of  them  annually. 

From  such  information  as  the  Era  has  collected,  it  seems 
that  the  profits  run  from  33  percent.,  on  very  small  orders,  to 
45  percent.,  on  very  large  orders.  A  small  assortment  can 
be  bought  for  about  %\S,  retailing  at  $25.  Unfortunately,  the 
whole  of  such  an  order  would  be  needed  to  make  aiiy  sort  of 
a  window  display. 

Mr.  Hunter,  manager  of  Liggett's  Grand  Central  Store, 
the  manager  of  a  large  city  drug  store,  favorably  situated  in 
a  huge  railroad  station,  ilci  l.ucs  flashlights  have  proved  an 
excellent  side  line.    Profits  arc  higher  than  on  other  side-lines, 


he  thinks,  and  the  goods  are  salable  throughout  the  year. 
They  go  nicely  with  cameras  and  cutlery. 

Renewal  of  batteries  constitutes  the  real  attractions  of  this 
line  to  the  druggist,  just  as  records  and  blades  are  more 
profitable  in  the  long  run  than  phonographs  and  safety  razors. 
Sales  for  batteries  average  four  and  a  half  for  each  lightcase. 
Profits  on  these  are  approximately  proportional  to  profits  on 
the  original  flashlight. 

Window  display  is  the  logical  method  of  advertising  these 
goods.  The  manufacturers  will  furnish  car  and  window  cards. 
Retailers  will  also  gather  the  benefits  from  a  wide  and  ex- 
pensive campaign  now  being  conducted  by  magazine  and  peri- 
odical advertising. 

A  few  cards  and  the  "flashes"  themselves  furnish  the  best 
exhibits  for  a  window.  The  same  instinct  which  make  fish 
swim  toward  a  torch  and  small  boys  drag  lanterns  instills 
in  the  man  a  desire  to  possess  a  flashlight — and  use  it. 


James  W.   Gedney  Wins  Suit 

In  the  suit  of  H.  Planten  &  Son,  Brooklyn.  X.  Y.,  against 
(>:  ]':ist  133rd  street,  New  York  City, 
United  States  District  Court  has 
affirms  the  right  of  the  defendant 
IS  products  as  "C.  &  C."  and  Ged- 
il.ick)  Capsules.  The  court  rules  that 
there  has  been  no  infringement  of  the  trademark  of  H.  Plan- 
ten  &  Son,  maintaining  that  "C.  &  C."  is  merely  a  shortening 
of  "Cubebs  and  Copaiba"  and  therefore  purely  descriptive. 
Mr.  Gedney  will  be  pleased  to  supply  copies  of  the  full  court 
decision  to  parties  specially  interested  in  tliis  trademark  liti- 
gation. 


Tames  W,  Ge.h 
Judge  Wahrr  1 
dismissi-il  iln  , 
to  continue  ti' 
ney's   "C.   &  C. 


The  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  .\ssociation  will  hold 
its  annual  meeting  at  Buffalo,  June  22  to  25.  inclusive.  The 
Buffalo  committee  of  arrangements  includes  Thomas  Stoddard, 
W.  G.  Gregory,  R.  K.  Smither  and  George  Reiniann. 


May,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


221 


Druggists  Successful  in  Selling  Fishing  Tackle 

Particularly  in  Small  Towns  where  Good  Angling  is  Nearby 
Has  the  Drug  Store  an  Opportunity  to  Satisfy  the  Demand 


Brook  fishing  still  remains  one  of 
the  most  popular  American  sports 


MAXY  druggists  do  not  realize  the  possibilities  of  hand- 
ling fishing  tackle.  For  drug  stores  in  smaller  towns, 
and  for  those  in,  or  under,  hotels  at  summer  resorts 
■near  stocked  water,  there  is  a  profitable  field  in  this  branch 
•of  sports.  In  large  cities,  specialized  sportsmen's  shops  handi- 
•cap  the  concerns  which  would  carry  angling  goods  as  a  side- 
line; but  in  smaller  communities  a  lucrative  trade  of  this  sort 
may  be  established,  even  if  in  competition  with  hardware 
merchants. 

"The  small-town  druggist  has  a  distinct  advantage  over  the 
hardware  dealer,"  a  manufacturer  of  fishing  goods  tells  the 
Era. 

"The  hardware  man,  when  handling  fishing  equipment, 
nearly  always  aims  at  volume  of  biisiness.  He  tries  to  turn 
his  stock  over  several  times  during  the  brief  season  of  demand. 
As  a  consequence,  he  slashes  his  prices  to  a  point  where  his 
profits  are  less  than  the  cost  of  doing  business,  and  refuses 
to  handle  goods  of  better  quality,  because  they  can  not  be 
sold  speedily  and  repeatedly.  There  is  thus  a  demand  for 
high-grade  materials  which  he  does  not  meet. 

"The  druggist,  on  the  other  hand,  does  not  confuse  his 
sporting  goods  with  his  other  stock.  He  maintains  his  profits 
of  from  fifty  to  one  hundred  per  cent,  on  anglers'  supplies, 
and  establishes  a  line  of  permanent  customers  who  would  not 
'be  content  with  shoddy  outfits." 

Chance  to  Sell  Other  Things 

If  the  clerk  be  a  good  salesman,  tackle  will  probably  be 
the  least  of  the  fisherman's  purchases  in  the  drug  store.  Every 
sale  of  hooks  and  corks  will  furnish  a  convenient  occasion  for 
pushing  other  wares  which  the  disciple  of  Walton  may  need 
on  his  trip.  It  will  stimulate  a  supplementary  demand  for 
cigars  and  tobacco,  pipes,  matches,  cutlery,  thermos  bottles, 
malted  milk  tablets,  condensed  and  dessicated  foods  of  all 
sorts,  sunburn  lotions,  oil  of  pennyroyal,  and  other  medica- 
ments. 

Set  a  fisherman  to  sell  a  fisherman.  .\  clerk  who  himself 
indulges  in  the  sport  can  pull  and  satisfy  local  trade.  When 
a  ctistomer  buys  camphor  balls,  he  does  not  ask  advice  as  tn 
the  proper  size  and  style  of  each  particular  ball; 
'but  when  he  buys  tackle,  he  frequently  prefaces  his  purchase 
with  a  query: — "Say,  Bill,  what  sort  of  a  hook  would  you 


Along  the  seaboard  surf  fishing  attracts  hundreds  who  wade 
in  with  rubber  boots  to  snare  the  finny  tribe. 


222 


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[May,  1915 


use  for  those  striped  bass  in  Skunk  Creek?"  If  "Bill"  can 
tell  him,  the  chances  of  a  sale  are  enhanced.  So,  the  druggist 
who  is  himself  a  fisherman,  has  a  drawing  power  and  an 
advantage  above  his  competitor  whose  hands  have  never  been 
calloused  by  a  rod.  It  is  noteworthy,  in  this  regard,  that  A. 
W.  Law,  treasurer  of  Abbey  and  Imbrie,  one  of  the  largest 
wholesalers- of  fishing  tackle,  has  informed  the  Era  that  when 
druggists  do  handle  fishing  tackle  it  is  usually  because  some 
one  in  their  stores  are  themselves  enthusiastic  about  the  sport. 
Advertising  Should  be  Easy 

Advertising  tackle  should  be  comparatively  easy.  It  has 
received  little  attention.  The  skilful  advertiser  should  re- 
ceive proportionate  results.  The  common  method  is  simply 
to  lump  rods,  lines,  hooks,  and  corks  together  in  a  window, 
relying  on  the  primal  love  of  fishing  to  make  the  display  ef- 
fective. A  little  ingenuity  could  evolve  more  striking  means 
with  little  trouble  and  slight  expense. 

The  Robert  Ogiivy  Company  of  New  York,  who  conduct  a 
retail  department  in  connection  with  their  wholesale  business, 
have  worked  out  an  attractive  mechanical  sign  with  no  more 
machinery  than  an  old  eight-day  clock,  two  small  storage  bat- 
teries, and  an  ordinary  gilt  fish  sign. 

The  president  of  the  company,  being  of  an  inventive  mind, 
constructed  the  mechanism  himself. 


The  fish  was  hung  by  a  pendulum,  which  was  attached 
with  a  spring  to  the  back  of  a  board  hung  high  in  the  window. 
Its  lower  jaw  was  sawn,  and  a  hinge  was  inserted.  .\  string 
ran  from  this  jaw  to  a  crank,  which  was  rotated  by  the  main 
wheel  of  the  clock,  the  escapement  wheel  having  been  removed. 
This  crank  also  set  the  fish  moving  in  the  plane  of  the  pen- 
dulum, by  means  of  a  jointed,  piston-like  rod.  A  wire  from 
the  two  small  batteries  ran  down  the  pendulum.  A  frog 
containing  treble  hooks  was  suspended  in  front  of  the  fish, 
just  at  the  end  of  the  arc  in  which  it  was  swinging. 

As  the  open-mouthed  fish  swung  up  to  the  frog,  the  string 
attached  to  its  lower  jaw  was  pulled  up,  contact  was  es- 
tablished, and  the  eyes  glowed.    Apparently,  he  had  snapped 
at  the  twitching  frog,  who  bobbed  about  in  helpless  terror. 
Avoid  Overstocking 

This  is  only  one  device  of  the  many  which  may  suggest 
themselves  to  the  fertile-minded  pharmacist.  Even  a  con- 
ventional advertisement  of  fishing  tackle  in  a  daily  newspaper 
would  stand  out  like  a  sore  thumb — so  few  persons  ever  give 
publicity  to  these  goods. 

Above  all,  the  wise  druggist  will  remember  that  the  demand 
for  anglers'  supplies  is  seasonal  and  rigidly  limited,  and  that 
no  ingenuity,  no  perseverance,  can  retrieve  the  mistake  of 
overstocking. 


Baseball  Goods  Find  Ready  Sale  in  Many  Drug  Stores 


A CANVASS  of  a  number  of  drug  stores  to  find  out  what 
sidelines  are  profitable  to  the  druggist  during  the 
summer  months  indicates  that,  next  to  camera  sup- 
plies, baseball  and  tennis  goods  bring  in  the  most  profit.  This, 
of  course,  does  not  include  cigars  and  stationery  which  are 
part  of  the  regular  stock  of  the  druggist  the  year  round. 

The  initial  expense  required  to  lay  in  a  stock  of  baseball 
goods  is  comparatively  small,  ranging  from  $50  to  $150.  One 
druggist,  who  has  a  small  store  in  the  suburbs  of  a  large  city, 
said  that  each  spring  he  bought  $50  worth  of  base  ball  goods 
from  a  firm  in  Cincinnati.  That  gave  him  sufficient  stock 
to  supply  the  early  demands  of  the  boys  in  the  neighborhood 
for  their  spring  practice.  During  the  summer  he  ordered  more 
goods  as  occasion  demanded  and  in  the  course  of  the  season 
bought  in  all  about  $300  worth.  The  profit  on  these  goods 
was  about  thirty-three  and  one-third  per  cent.,  so  that  at 
the  end  of  the  summer  months  he  had  made  $100  gross  profit 
with  very  little  extra  trouble  and  expense.  In  addition,  the 
soda  and  candy  sold  to  the  boys  who  came  into  the  store  for 
baseball  goods  amounted  to  considerable. 

A  man  who  has  a  store  opposite  a  large  public  school  found 
he  could  make  a  much  greater  profit  than  this.  He  began 
carrying  baseball  goods  three  years  ago  and  in  that  time  esti- 
mated that  he  has  made  a  profit  of  about  $1,800.  Before  the 
school  closed  in  the  spring  he  said  that  he  often  sold  $10  or 
$15  worth  of  baseballs,  gloves  and  bats  in  a  single  day.  Most 
of  the  sales  were  of  the  cheaper  grade  of  goods  such  as  the 
high  school  boys  wanted  for  practice.  During  the  latter  part 
of  the  summer  the  playgrounds  near  the  school  made  a  fairly 
constant  demand  for  athletic  goods.  He  also  sold  a  large 
number  of  tennis  balls  as  the  playgrounds  included  tennis 
courts  open  to  the  public. 


In  a  small  town  not  far  from  New  York  City  a  druggist 
said  he  had  been  able  to  work  up  a  considerable  trade  in 
baseball  goods  by  appealing  to  the  members  of  the  juvenile 
baseball  league.  His  attention  was  first  attracted  to  the  pos- 
sibilities of  baseball  goods  by  the  demands  of  his  young  son 
who  played  on  one  of  the  teams.  The  young  son  may  have 
helped  -to  advertise  his  father's  business  but  soon  after  the 
druggist  put  in  his  supply  he  had  worked  up  a  good  sized 
trade.  The  sales  were  small  but  numerous.  He  encouraged 
the  members  of  the  league  to  come  to  his  store  for  their  sup- 
plies by  "setting  up"  the  sodas  to  the  members  of  the  win- 
ning team  after  each  league  game. 

The  amount  of  window  display  required  to  advertise  such 
a  side  line  is  small.  ^Many  of  the  druggists  use  the  same 
window  that  contains  their  other  wares.  They  say  they  find 
it  sufficient  merely  to  let  the  passer  by  know  that  such  things 
are  in  the  store.  Those  who  make  the  greatest  profit,  however, 
are  the  ones  who  divide  their  window  and  make  a  special 
display  of  athletic  goods,  from  one  quarter  to  one  third 
of  the  entire  window  space  being  used  for  this  purpose.  One 
enterprising  dealer  secured  large  pictures  of  the  big  league 
teams  in  action  and  used  them  as  a  background  for  his  dis- 
play. 

The  sales  manager  of  one  of  the  best  known  sporting  goods 
houses  in  New  York  City  said  that  his  firm  already  supplied 
baseball  and  tennis  goods  to  hundreds  of  druggists  all  over  the 
country.  "The  stores  in  the  smaller  towns  and  at  the  sum- 
mer resorts  are  our  best  customers."  he  said.  "The  orders 
from  these  customers  avcr.ige  about  $100  at  a  time.  We  sell 
the  largest  amounts  to  the  druggists  at  the  watering  places 
and  the  fashionable  mountain  resorts,  as  the  customers  at 
these  places  demand  a  better  line  of  goods." 


MEYER  BROS.  DRUG  CO.  TO  REORGANIZE 

Report  of  Receiver  Shows  that  Business  of  the  Firm 
Totaled  more  than  $5,000,000  a  Year 

St.  Louis,  April  20 — Yesterday  Edwin  W.  Lee,  receiver  for 
Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Co.,  filed  his  report  for  the  47  business 
days  he  had  been  in  charge  of  the  concern.  This  was  supple- 
mented by  a  report  from  the  accountants,  who  set  forth  that 
at  various  times  certain  officers  and  stockholders  had  with- 
drawn sums  totaling  $751,220.93;  that  five  corporations  pro- 
moted by  certain  officers  of  the  drug  company,  ami  owning 
realty  and  leaseholds  in  St.  Louis,  had  rccci\r(l  :i(l\:iiires  from 
the  drug  company  of  $361,482.71.  Estiniatr^  ,<\  v,  h  it  should 
be  realized  on  these  properties  and  mone>'  w  illuli.iw  n  were 
made.  The  report  also  mentioned  a  claim  of  the  wife  of  an 
officer  of  the  company  for  the  proceeds  of  a  note  for  $100,000 
deposited  with  the  company,  the  note  being  secured  by  col- 
lateral and  endorsed  by  the  company. 

The  report  stated  the  company  had  pursued  the  policy  of 


carrying  life  insurance  on  delinquent  debtors  and  that  on  Feb. 
0,  1915,  insurance  of  this  character  was  carried  to  the  ex- 
tent of  $201,250. 

The  assets  of  the  company,  according  to  the' report  included 
warehouse  property  in  Kansas  City,  salt  mines  in  Michigan, 
and  residence,  farm  and  timber  property,  tlie  equity  of  which 
was  estimated  at  $160,384.  The  accountants  stated  that  at 
the  time  the  books  were  gone  over  the  indebtedness  of  cus- 
tomers to  the  company  was  $351,891.43. 

The  receiver  stated  that  he  had  taken  advantage  of  dis- 
counts on  all  purchases  and  had  saved  $6,635.03.  He  said 
he  had  retained  only  necessary  employes  and  put  the  saving  in 
salaries  in  two  months  at  $2,933.33. 

He  said  that  from  an  e.xamination  of  the  books  it  appeared 
that  the  business  of  the  firm  had  totaled  from  $5,000,000  to 
$6,000,000  a  year.  He  estimated  that  from  tlie  amount  of 
business  during  the  time  he  had  been  in  charge  the  total  this 
year  would  be  from  $3,000,000  to  $4,000,000. 

Reorganization  plans  are  e.\pected  to  be  completed  by  May 
1  for  the  resumption  of  business  as  in  the  past. 


May,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


223 


A  Change  in  Drug  Journal  Publishers 


W.  H.  Cousins,  of  Wichita  1-alls,  Texas,  well  km 
out  the  drug  trade  as  a  humorist,  writer, 
and  pharmacist,  is  notliing  if  not  versatile, 
for  other  worlds  to  conquer,  has  reefed  hi: 
on     the     voyage     of  pharmaceutical 
journalism.     On     the     first    of  last 
month    he    purchased    the  Southern 
Pharmaceutical  Journal,  succeeding  E. 
G.  Eberle  as  owner  and  editor,  and  will 
hereafter  wield  the  blue  pencil  himself. 
He  brings  to  his  new  venture  a  practi- 
cal knowledge  of  the  drug  business,  the 
pen  of  a  ready  writer,  and  the  experi- 
ence of  one  who  has  successfully  solved 
the  commercial  side  of  the  drug  busi- 
ness.     That  he  will  creditably  acquit 
himself  in  his  new  undertaking  there 
is  no  doubt,  and  the  Era  wishes  him 
bon  z-oyage. 

E.  G.  Eberle,  former  owner  and  editor  of  the  journal  named, 
has  been  selected  by  the  Council  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  as  editor 
of  that  organization's  Journal,  succeeding  Prof.  J.  H.  Beal  who 
resigned  some  months  ago  on  account  of  failing  health.  Prof. 
Eberle  has  been  prominent  in  Texas  drug  circles  for  many 
years,  having  ser\ed  both  as  president 
of  the  State  association  and  as  professor 
of  pharmacy  in  Baylor  University.  He 
has  long  been  a  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association  which 
he  has  served  in  many  different  capaci- 
ties, including  the  presidency,  and  is 
thoroughly  familiar  with  its  object  and 
work.  He  was  bom  in  Watertown, 
Wis.,  in  1863,  and  graduated  from  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in 
1884.  He  joined  die  association  in  1896 
and  since  that  time  has  attended  prac- 
tically every  annual  meeting.  No  mem- 
ber is  more  widely  or  better  known  in 
the  association  and  all  of  the  friends, 
and  they  are  many,  are  sure  that  he  will  remain  true  to  the 
best  traditions  of  American  Pharmacy  and  pharmaceutical 
journalism.   • 

New  Board  of  Pharmacy  Member 

Jacob  H.  Rehfuss,  of  BrookljTi,  has  been  appointed  to  the 
New  York  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  to  fill  out  the  term  of 
Thomas  F.  Raymow,  recently  deceased.  Mr.  Rehfuss  re- 
quires little  introduction.  He  is  well  known  to  the  progressive 
pharmacists  of  the  country, 
having  been  actively  engaged 
in  pharmaceutical  affairs,  both 
National  and  State,  for  years. 
He  is  now  chairman  of  the 
legislative  committee  of  the 
National  Association  of  Re- 
tail Druggists.  As  president, 
he  called  to  order  the  conven- 
tion of  the  New  York  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association  at 
Saratoga  Springs  last  June. 
He  is  an  ex-president  of  the 
Kings  County  Pharmaceutical 
Society,  and  its  college,  the 
Brooklyn  College  of  Pharma- 
cy. Although  Mr.  Rehfuss 
has  always  been  a  hard  and 
earnest  organization  worker, 
he  has  not  neglected  his 
store,  and  may  be  looked  upon 
as  a  successful  druggist.  Be- 
sides running  his  business  and  carrying  on  his  organization 
work,  he  found  time  only  a  year  or  so  ago  to  successfully  com- 
plete a  post  graduate  course  at  the  B.  C.  P. 


Eberle 


Neilly,  Director  of  Advertising 

FEW  men  in  the  drug  trade  have  had  a  more  interesting 
and  varied  experience  in  sales  and  advertising  than 
\\'illiani  C.  Noilly,  who  was  made  assistant  to  the 
president  of  Frederick  -Stearns  &  Co.,  of  Detroit,  last  year, 
recently  assumed  the  additional  duties  of  director  of  adver- 
tising for  that  company. 
Starting  out  with  the  Angier 
Chemical  Co.  of  Boston,  he 
rose  in  about  eight  years  to 
a  position  where  he  was 
placed  in  control  of  sales 
and  advertising  in  Canada, 
West  Indies  and  South 
America. 

Mr.  Neilly  was  then  em- 
ployed in  a  similar  position 
by  Chester  Kent  &  Co.  for 
several  years,  and  later  be- 
came advertising  manager  of 
the  United  Drug  Co.,  a  po- 
sition he  held  for  eight 
years.  In  the  latter  capaci- 
ty, all  of  the  responsibility 
of  organizing  the  United 
Drug  Co.,  Ltd.  of  Canada 
was  placed  upon  him,  as 
well  as  the  task  of  estab- 
lishing laboratories  in  Toronto.  The  successful  accomplish- 
ment of  this  work  led  to  his  selection  as  the  first  president  and 
general  manager  of  the  Canadian  corporation,  while  he  con- 
tinued to  administer  the  duties  of  advertising  manager  for 
the  Boston  company.  IMr.  Neilly  has  been  an  ardent  student 
of  publicity  methods  and  the  art  of  planning  advertising  cam- 
paigns to  sell  goods,  .^s  the  director  of  advertising  for 
Frederick  Stearns  &  Co.,  his  wide  experience  and  e-xtended 
knowledge  of  conditions  in  his  chosen  field  are  sure  to  add  to 
the  reputation  he  has  already  so  honorably  won. 


r 


WIXLLA.M:  C.  Neilly 


Pacific  Drug  Trade  Prospering 

H.  C.  Reck,  manager  of  the  druggists'  sundries  department 
of  the  Coffin  Redington  Co.,  San  Francisco,  a  recent  visitor 
in  New  York,  is  not  pessimistic  as  to  drug  and  general  trade 
conditions  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  California,  he  says,  like 
other  parts  of  the  country,  has  undergone  a  period  of  business 
quietude.  In  San  Francisco  itself,  the  situation  was  inten- 
sified by  a  multitude  of  'tourists'  of  the  brake-beam  variety, 
who  came  West  with  the  expectation  that  the  exposition  might 
furnish  them  with  work.  But,  on  the  other  hand,  the  re- 
action caused  by  the  war  has  not  been  felt  as  keenly  there  as 
in  the  East.    Business  now  has  a  better  tone. 

The  exposition  has  been  a  real  inspiration  to  business.  Drug 
wholesalers  and  drug  manufacturers,  however,  have  not  re- 
alized the  importance  of  exhibiting.  Very  few  of  them  are 
represented.  This  shows  a  failure  to  take  advantage  of  the 
situation.  The  A.  Ph.  A.,  and  other  bodies  of  a  similar 
nature  will  convene  in  San  Francisco.  "This  circumstance, 
in  itself,  should  be  a  sufficient  motive  for  elegant  displays. 
Large  pharmaceutical  firms  never  had  a  better  opportunity  to 
advertise  by  exhibits."  According  to  Mr.  Reck,  the  attendance 
at  the  exposition  has  exceeded  that  of  any  other  fair  ever  held 
in  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Reck  expressed  his  opinion  of  the  chances  of  the  small 
pharmacist  in  competition  with  chain  drug  stores.  These 
linked  establishments  are  present  on  the  Pacific  coast,  as  in 
the  East.  "They  enjoy  advantages  of  discount  that  the  small 
dealer  does  not!  There  is  only  one  answer  to  the  situation: — 
They  must  cut  an  awful  slice  off  the  small  fellow's  profits." 


Jacob  H  Rehpuss 


— R.  A.  McCoRMiCK,  vice-president  of  McCormick  &  Co., 
Baltimore,  Md.,  is  chairman  of  the  Maryland  Commission  to 
the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition,  and  with  Governor  Golds- 
borough,  his  staff  and  many  notables  of  the  State,  will  leave 
for  San  Francisco  on  May  6  to  attend  the  ceremonies  incident 
to  "Maryland  State  Day"  on  May  19.  As  a  young  man  Mr. 
McCormick  was  a  resident  of  the  Pacific  Coast  for  a  number 
of  years  and  was  married  in  San  Francisco. 


224 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[May,  1915 


— Ernest  I.  Webster,  proprietor  of  the  Grafton,  Mass., 
drug  store  recently  celebrated  the  36th  anniversary  of  his  en- 
trance into  the  drug  business.  On  March  17,  1879,  he  started 
in  Castleton,  N.  Y.,  and  later  was  engaged  at  Canaan,  Ct., 
Hartford,  Ct.,  Longmeadow,  Mass.,  and  Waterbury,  Ct.  In 
the  last-named  city  he  conducted  the  West  side  pharmacy.  Ha 
came  to  Grafton  nine  years  ago  and  purchased  the  store  of 
Henry  J.  Pushard.  He  is  a  member  of  Franklin  lodge,  F.  & 
A.  M.,  in  Grafton,  also  of  Hampden  lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  of 
Springfield.  He  has  four  children,  one  of  whom  JJr.  Lloyd  H. 
Webster,  is  superintendent  of  the  pill  department  of  the  John 
Wyeth  &  Co.  Edgar  A.  is  with  Brewer  &  Co.,  Worcester,  and 
Duane  E.  is  a  student  at  the  Massachusetts  C.  P. 

— William  C.  Gregory,  Marblehead,  Mass.,  druggist,  com- 
pleted 45  years  in  the  drug  business  as  "his  own  boss"  re- 
cently. Since  1889  he  has  conducted  his  present  store  in 
the  Gregory  block,  corner  School  and  Essex  streets.  During 
his  business  career  he  has  been  burned  out  three  times  and  his 
store  has  been  burglarized  many  times.  At  present  the  busi- 
ness is  in  a  very  flourishing  condition.  He  went  into  busi- 
ness for  himself  at  21.  During  his  career  he  has  compounded 
70,743  prescriptions.  He  installed  the  first  telephone  in  Mar- 
blehead. He  is  a  32  degree  Mason  and  a  member  of  the 
Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company  of  Boston.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  Atlantic  lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  and  Wil- 
liam D.  Gregory  camp  of  Sons  of  Veterans. 

— Warren  L,  Bradt,  secretary  of  the  New  York  State  Board 
of  Pharmacy,  recently  addressed  the  members  of  the  Albany 
Drug  Club  on  the  different  laws  governing  the  practice  of 
pharmacy  in  New  York  State.  Among  other  things  he  stated 
that  the  pharmacist  doing  business  in  the  State  is  operating 
subject  to  the  provisions  of  twelve  or  thirteen  statutes,  be- 
sides the  various  local  ordinances.  His  remarks  were  so  well 
received  by  members  of  the  Troy  Association  who  were  pre- 
sent that  he  was  requested  to  repeat  the  address  in  that  city, 
and  which  he  did  before  a  large  number  of  druggists  of  Troy, 
Cohoes  and  vicinity  in  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  rooms, 
Troy. 

— Dr.  a.  Jacobi,  the  Nestor  of  American  medicine,  and  an 
ex-president  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  will  be 
tendered  a  testimonial  banquet  on  the  evening  of  May  6,  at 
the  Hotel  Astor,  New  York,  the  occasion  being  the  eighty- 
fifth  anniversary  of  his  birthday.  The  banquet  is  given 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Bronx  Hospital  and  Dispensary, 
William  J.  Robinson,  M.  D.,  being  the  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee of  arrangements.  The  price  per  plate  has  been  fixed 
at  $3,  and  reservations  for  seats  should  be  sent  to  A.  L.  Gold- 
water,  M.  D.,  treasurer,  141  West  121st  street,  New  York. 

— H.  U.  BOLLES,  president  of  the  Weatherhead  Drug  Co., 
Cincinnati,  was  recently  honored  by  appointment  as  one  of 
the  members  of  a  special  committee  of  150  of  the  leading 
business  men  of  the  city,  who  are  charged  with  the  duty  of 
suggesting,  and,  if  possible,  carrying  out,  improvements  de- 
signed to  help  the  downtown  district  of  the  city.  From 
Charles  P.  Taft,  brother  of  the  former  president,  to  "Garry" 
Herrman,  of  baseball  fame,  the  committee  contains  only  well- 
known  and  successful  men,  and  the  selection  of  Mr.  Bolles  is 
therefore  a  high  compliment  to  him. 

— Frank  N.  Carpenter,  secretary  of  the  Manufacturing 
Perfumers'  Association,  is  now  general  manager  of  Aubrey 
Sisters,  Inc.,  102  West  32nd  street.  New  York  City,  manu- 
facturers of  toilet  preparations.  Mr.  Carpenter  was  for  many 
years  associated  with  Lazell,  Dalley  &  Co.,  New  York  City, 
of  1906,  has  become  connected  with  Aubrey  Sisters,  Inc.,  102 
West  32nd  street,  New  York  City,  as  head  chemist.  He 
formerly  was  with  A.  A.  Vantine  &  Co.  and  Wanamaker's, 
New  York. 

— Dr.  Charles  P.  T.  Fennell,  president  of  the  Cincinnati 
section  of  the  American  Chemical  Society  and  a  w  i  ll-kiunvn 
pharmacist,  and  Dr.  Alfred  Springer,  a  prominent  mcnilier  of  the 
Cincinnati  organization,  were  among  the  princ>i3al  sjicakers  at  a 
meeting  of  the  Dayton  section  held  recently,  and  which  was  at- 
tended by  25  Cincinnati  druggists  and  chemical  experts.  The 
party  was  given  a  dinner  at  the  National  Cash  Register  Fac- 
tory, after  a  trip  through  the  plant. 

— Frank  G.  Ryan,  president  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  De- 
troit, Mich.,  who  had  the  misfortune  to  fall  on  the  ice  in 
front  of  his  residence  last  February,  breaking  his  right  leg 
in  two  places  below  the  knee,  is  once  more  at  his  desk,  al- 
though the  injured  member  is  still  protected  by  a  cast.  For 
another  week  or  two  he  will  have  to  navigate  with  the  aid  of 


crutches  and  an  automobile.  His  general  health  is  reported 
to  be  excellent. 

—Frank  H.  Altherr,  of  the  Whittaker-G winner  Drug 
Co.,  of  Dayton,  O.,  is  one  of  the  charter  members  of  the 
Dayton  branch  of  the  National  Association  of  Credit  Men, 
which  was  recently  organized.  The  Association  in  Dayton 
started  with  a  charter  list  of  thirty-five  members,  which  is 
considered  extremely  good,  in  view  of  the  relatively  small 
size  of  the  city. 

— William  S.  Fairchtld,  son  of  Samuel  W.  Fairchild,  of 
Fairchild  Bros.  &  Foster,  and  former  president  of  the  New 
York  College  of  Pharmacy,  was  recently  married  to  Miss 
Cornelia  De  Lancey  Cammann,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Charles  L.  Cammann,  jr.  The  ceremony  was  performed  at  the 
Church  of  St.  Mary  the  Virgin,  this  city.  B.  Tappen  Fair- 
child  was  his  brother's  best  man. 

— -Edgar  H.  Wilson,  druggist,  Indianapolis,  who  was  re- 
cently arrested  on  the  charge  of  obstructing  a  public  highway 
with  his  automobile  by  letting  it  stand  in  front  of  his  drug 
store  for  a  period  longer  than  the  law  permitted,  was  dis- 
charged in  the  police  court.  The  policeman  who  made  the 
arrest  claimed  that  the  auto  stood  for  three  hours,  the  drug- 
gist asserting  it  stood  only  30  minutes. 

— Dr.  Leo  Suppan,  assistant  instructor  in  chemistry  at  the 
St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  recently  de- 
livered a  lecture  on  the  evolution  of  the  apothecary  shop  be- 
fore the  St.  Louis  Medical  History  club.  The  subject  of  his 
lecture  was  "The  Apothecary  Shops  of  the  Monasteries  in  the 
Middle  Ages."    It  was  illustrated. 

— J.  M.  Wallace,  pharmacist  at  the  R.  C.  Webster  drug 
store.  Canton,  111.,  recendy  celebrated  his  54th  year  in  the 
drug  business.  He  observed  upon  this  occasion  that  not  only 
had  the  drug  business  changed  greatly  in  the  past  50  years, 
but  people  have  also  changed  in  their  habits.  He  has  con- 
ducted drug  stores  in  Bushnell  and  Lewistown. 

— Jerome  J.  Keene,  for  two  years  in  the  drug  business  at 
Talbott  avenue  and  22nd  street,  Indianapolis,  and  for  six 
years  a  member  of  the  Indiana  State  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
has  been  appointed  special  inspector  in  the  narcotic  depart- 
ment for  the  Sixth  internal  revenue  district,  and  will  busy 
himself  in  enforcing  the  Harrison  law. 

— John  R.  Wall,  a  former  member  of  the  New  York  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy,  was  recently  re-elected  president  of  the 
U.  A.  Sage  Club,  a  West  Side  social  organization  of  New 
York  City.  In  recognition  of  his  services  the  members  of 
the  club  presented  him  with  a  silver  loving  cup. 

— Fred  S.  Rogers,  of  Middletown,  N.  Y.,  at  last  report  was 
convalescent  from  a  serious  surgical  operation  at  the  Polyclinic 
hospital,  this  city.  He  is  reported  to  be  doing  nicely  and  his 
physicians  assure  him  a  complete  restoration  to  health  and  to 
his  oldtime  vigor.    No  date  has  been  set  for  his  arrival  home. 

— W.  E.  Kennedy,  proprietor  of  the  City  drug  store.  Clin- 
ton, 111.,  for  the  past  five  years,  left  recently  for  Chicago, 
where  he  will  make  his  home.  He  will  work  for  a  time  at 
the  drug  store  of  his  daughter  at  65  th  street  and  Vincennes 
avenue.    He  sold  his  own  store  to  B.  G.  Chambers. 

—Walter  P.  Scott,  druggist,  Lincoln.  Nebr.,  who  was 
seriously  injured  in  an  automobile  accident  recently  will  re- 
cover, it  is  reported.  It  was  first  thought  that  his  left  hip 
was  broken,  but  this  was  disproved  in  the  course  of  an  X- 
ray  examination. 

— Fred  H.  Ruicker,  druggist,  1056  West  117th  street, 
Chicago,  was  beaten  until  unconscious  by  a  man  who  presented 
a  spurious  prescription  calling  for  cocaine.  The  beating  was 
delivered  with  the  butt  end  of  a  revolver,  which  the  fiend  had 
first  pointed  at  the  druggist,  then  reversed. 

—  Tames  C.  Crane,  so\c  agent  of  the  Elcaya  products.  New 
^'nrk.  after  a  long  period  of  close  application  to  business,  is 
taking  a  much  needed  rest  at  the  French  Lick  Springs,  Ind. 
lie  left  New  York  on  April  3  and  will  remain  at  the  Springs 
about  four  weeks. 

The  Hemphill  bill,  now  before  the  Indiana  State  legislature, 
provides  that  prospective  drug  clerks  must  take  a  two  years' 
course  before  they  make  application  for  examination.  Those 
antagonistic  to  the  measure  claim  that  it  is  aimed  at  a  pri\-ate 
school  conducted  by  Professor  A.  L.  Green.  Irvington.  Pro- 
fessor Green  was  the  dean  at  Purdue  University  School  of 
Pharmacy  previous  to  the  establishment  of  his  school  several 
years  ago. 


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— Fr.\nk  L.  E.  Gauss,  formerly  secretary  of  the  Searle  & 
Hereth  Co.,  manufacturing  pharmacists,  Chicago,  and  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  Chicago  Drug  Club,  and  later  identified 
with  McClure's  Magazines  and  other  publications,  has  been 
elected  president  of  the  Sterling  Gum  Co.,  of  New  York. 

— Mrs.  Edwin  O.  G.\le,  whose  husband  died  two  years  ago 
and  was  a  member  of  Gale  &  Blocki,  Chicago,  druggists,  has 
presented  an  '"S.OOO  parsonage  to  Unity  church,  universalist, 
Kenilworth  avenue  and  Lake  street,  Oak  park.  The  house 
adjoins  the  church. 

— Adolph  H.  Ackerm.\n,  proprietor  of  Ropes'  Drug  Co., 
Union  street,  Lynn,  Mass.,  selling  agents  for  the  Penslar 
Drug  Co.,  Detroit,  was  a  guest  of  tiie  latter  company  at  a 
banquet  in  Montreal,  April  5th.  He  was  a  speaker  on  that 
occasion. 

— W.  H.  Dakby,  Florence,  S.  C,  has  been  appointed  State 
inspector  under  the  Harrison  law.  He  will  leave  his  pharmacy 
in  charge  of  his  son,  W.  H.  Darby,  jr.,  who  graduates  from 
college  this  Spring. 

— \V"u.LL\M  Eger,  for  some  time  employed  in  a  Cincinnati 
store,  has  taken  charge  of  the  Devanney  Pharmacy,  in  Wash- 
ington C.  H.,  Ohio,  succeeding  Jos.  Wittenberg,  who,  in  turn, 
goes  back  to  Cincinnati,  where  he  was  formerly  a  drug  clerk. 

— J.  T.  Dexson,  proprietor  of  the  Crescent  drug  store, 
DeKalb,  111.,  wrenched  or  sprained  his  foot  while  unpacking 
some  bo.xes  in  the  rear  of  his  store.  The  injury  was  painful 
but  will  not  cause  permanent  harm. 

— WrLLL\M  H.  Sage,  druggist,  has  been  appointed  a  deputy 
internal  revenue  collector,  to  assist  Collector  Julius  F.  Smie- 
tanka,  of  Chicago,  enforce  the  Harrison  law.  Mr.  Sage  lives 
in  Wheaton. 

— G.  F.  Stier,  Walnut  Hills,  Cincinnati,  druggist,  recently 
appointed  a  Federal  inspector  to  assist  in  the  enforcement 
of  the  Harrison  law,  has  been  transferred  from  Collector  Gil- 
ligan"s  to  Revenue  Agent  Captain  Shelley's  office. 

— WiLLL\M  NoRTHRUP  McMiLL.'tN',  millionaire  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  druggist  and  mine  owner,  with  e.xtensive  interests  in 
England  and  Africa,  has  enlisted  in  the  British  army  as  lieu- 
tenant.   He  is  said  to  have  joined  a  regiment  in  Africa. 

— E.  A.  Deeds,  for  15  years  vice  president  and  general  man- 
ager of  the  National  Cash  Register  Co.,  Dayton,  Ohio,  has 
resigned. 

— Ch.\rles  T.  BAUir.\XN,  druggist,  was  elected  mayor  of 
Springfield,  111., by  a  plurality  of  20  votes.  According  to  re- 
port, the  election  will  be  contested. 

— Cl.\rexce  Lile,  Granite  City,  111.,  druggist,  who  is  a 
member  of  his  county  board  of  supervisors,  has  perfected  a 
device  for  wrapping  gum. 

— Dax  Swanxell,  druggist,  was  elected  president  of  the 
Champaign,  111.,  chamber  of  commerce. 

— C.  F.  Wn-LLAM  ScHVLTZ,  Elgin,  111.,  druggist,  has  been 
appointed  deputy  grand  master  of  Masons  for  his  district. 

— O.  L.  Biebixger,  secretary  of  the  Mallinckrodt  Chemical 
Works,  St.  Louis,  was  a  recent  visitor  in  this  city. 


Obituaries 


FRED  A.  HUBBARD 

Fred  A.  Hubbard,  of  8  Hollis  street,  Newton,  Mass.  a  long- 
esUblished  druggist  in  that  city,  and  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent men  in  Massachusetts  in  pharmaceutical  matters,  died 
April  19  of  heart  disease  at  his  summer  home  in  South  Dux- 
bury.  Mr.  Hubbard  was  bom  56  years  ago  in  Manchester, 
N.  H.,  but  had  spent  most  of  his  life  in  Newton.  Twenty- 
seven  years  ago,  with  another  clerk,  he  purchased  the  store 
solely  owned  by  himself  in  recent  years.  He  had  served  as  a 
member  of  the  State  Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy  and 
as  its  secretary.  He  was  a  member  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical, Massachusetts  Pharmaceutical  and  the  Boston  Drug- 
gists' association,  and  of  tlie  Boston  Association  of  Retail 
Druggists.  In  1907-8  he  was  president  of  the  National  Associ- 
ation of  Boards  of  Pharmacy,  presiding  at  the  annual  meeting 
held  in  Hot  Springs,  Ark.  For  several  years  he  served  as 
ward  alderman  and  alderman  at  large  in  Newton.  He  was 
the  first  president  of  the  Newton  Board  of  Trade  and  a  mem- 
ber of  Dalhousie  lodge  of  Masons  and  of  the  Hvmnewell  club 
<^f  Newton.  His  wife,  a  son,  a  daughter  and  a  brother  sur- 
■  '■  •■  him. 


The  late  F.  M.  Fisk 


FRED.  M.  nSK 

FRED  M.  FISK,  manager  of  the  European  headquarters 
of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  in  London,  died  on  the  evening 
of  April  10.  While  the  end  came  suddenly,  Mr.  Fisk, 
had  been  seriously  ill  and  in  the  hands  of  physicians  for  a 
number  of  months.  Mr.  Fisk's  connection  with  the  Detroit  com- 
pany covered  a  period  of 
something  like  30  years.  He 
was  employed  to  explore  what 
was  new  territory  for  the 
products  of  the  house.  First 
"covering"  the  Pacific  Coast, 
he  was  subsequently  sent  on 
a  trip  around  the  world.  He 
was  very  successful  in  intro- 
ducing the  preparations  of  the 
house  in  Japan,  India,  Aus- 
tralia and  in  various  coun- 
tries, other  than  those  men- 
tioned. Mr.  Fisk  investigated 
the  field  for  Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 
in  England,  and  was  placed  in 
control  of  the  company's 
branch  established  in  London. 
As  compared  with  an  original 
three,  the  company's  organi- 
zation in  Great  Britain  and  on 
the  continent  now  numbers 
about  400  employes. 

Mr.  Fisk  was  born  in  Adri- 
an, Michigan,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  Adrian  Com- 
mandery  of  Knights  Templar. 
He  was  master  of  the  Ameri- 
cessor  in  the  conduct  of  the  London  branch  is  his  brother,. 
Harry  J.  Fisk,  who  has  long  been  associated  with  the  London 
can  Masonic  lodge  of  London  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He 
was  also  secretary  of  the  American  Navy  league  and  presi- 
dent of  the  American  Society  in  London.    Mr.  Fisk's  sue- 

management.   

THOMAS  F.  RAYMOW 

Dr.  Thomas  F.  Raymow,  a  member  of  the  New  York  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy,  died  at  his  home  in  Brooklyn  on  April 
12th,  following  an  illness  of  some  duration.  Dr.  Raymow  was 
for  a  number  of  years  a  member  of  the  faculty  of  Brooklyn 
College  of  Pharmacy,  serving  as  lecturer  in  pharmaceutical 
Latin  and  instructor  in  phar- 
macy and  drug  assaying.  In 
his  demise  the  college  has  lost 
a  faithful  and  loyal  friend. 
This  sentiment  was  unani- 
mously expressed  by  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Kings  County 
Pharmaceutical  Society  and 
the  college  at  a  recent  meeting 
of  the  former  organization, 
on  which  occasion  the  follow- 
ing resolution  was  adopted: 

"Resolved,  That  the  Kings 
County  Pharmaceutical  Socie- 
ty enter  upon  its  records  a 
tribute  to  the  memory  of  Dr. 
Thomas  F.  Raymow  and  di- 
rect that  a  copy  thereof  be 
forwarded  to  the  family  of 
our  deceased  friend  with  the 
assurance  of  an  abiding  sym- 
pathy with  them  in  their  hour 


The  late  T.  F.  Raymow 


of  grief." 

Dr.  Raymow  was  a  practical  pharmacist,  as  well  as  an 
educator,  and  until  several  years  ago  conducted  a  drug  store 
at  559  Coney  Island  avenue,  Brooklyn.  He  was  a  man  who 
also  believed  in  recreation,  and  a  fishing  trip  in  the  Adiron- 
dacks  during  the  month  of  August  was  an  annual  event  with 
him.    He  was  a  member  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  and  the  N   Y  S 

P.  A.  

FRANK  DANA  MORSE 

Frank  Dana  Morse  died  at  his  home  on  Deering  street, 
Portland,  Me.,  on  March  30,  after  a  few  days'  illness,  death 


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being  due  to  diabetes,  from  which  he  had  long  been  a  patient 
sufferer.  He  was  born  in  Portland,  September  11,  1873,  and 
was  a  graduate  of  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy.  For  the 
l)ast  twenty  years  he  has  been  associated  with  H.  H.  Hay  Sons, 
and  since  1905  has  been  a  director  in  that  company.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Portland  club,  Portland  Yacht  club,  and 
the  American  and  Maine  Pharmaceutical  associations,  and  a 
director  of  the  Falsmouth  Loan  and  Building  Association. 
He  never  married.    His  mother  and  two  sisters  survive  him. 


RECENT  DEATHS 

— Levi  M.  Sxow,  veteran  Fairhaven,  Mass.,  druggist,  form- 
er representative  from  the  sixth  Bristol  district  and  former 
chairm.an  of  the  legislative  committee  on  prisons,  died  re- 
cently. He  was  almost  74  years  of  age.  For  more  than  50 
years  he  had  worked  in  a  drug  store,  and  44  of  those  years 
he  had  spent  in  Fairhaven.  He  retired  from  business  on  New 
Year's  eve,  1909.  He  served  two  terms  in  the  Massachusetts 
legislature.  He  was  born  in  Mattapoisett  on  April  19,  1841. 
In  1909,  Mr.  Snow  retired  from  the  Republican  town  com- 
mittee, upon  which  he  had  served  for  25  years.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Massachusetts  Ph.  A.  in  1889-90.  In  1885  he 
became  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. 
He  was  a  mason  of  high  degree;  a  director  of  the  George  H. 
Tabor  Masonic  Building  association,  and  a  director  of  the 
Fairhaven  National  bank  and  the  Fairhaven  Institution  for 
Savings.    A  widow  and  one  daughter  survive  him. 

— George  G.  Cunningham,  76,  died  after  a  long  illness 
from  a  complication  of  diseases  at  his  home  in  Joplin,  Mo. 
He  had  been  a  resident  of  Missouri  for  50  years  and  of  Jop- 
lin 15  years.  Until  1912,  when  he  was  forced  to  retire  because 
of  ill  health,  he  had  been  engaged  in  the  drug  business,  first 
conducting  a  store  at  15th  and  Main  streets  and  later  at  203 
Main  street.  He  was  born  in  Tennessee  in  1839.  At  19  he 
went  to  Lebanon,  Mo.,  there  becoming  interested  in  the  drug 
business.  In  1864,  shortly  before  the  close  of  the  civil  war, 
he  enlisted  in  company  I,  Sixteenth  Alissouri  cavalry.  He 
was  a  member  of  O.  P.  Morton  post  of  the  G.  A.  R.  His 
wife,  one  son  and  two  daughters  survive  him. 

— Louis  ScHR--\DER,  vice  president  of  the  Goodwin  Drug 
Co.,  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  died  recently  of  heart  failure.  He 
was  born  in  Hanover,  Germany,  and  came  to  this  country  when 
about  15  years  of  age.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was  in 
the  employ  of  McCabe-Kraft  &  Co.,  and  later  with  Logan- 
List  &  Co.,  druggists.  In  1883  he  engaged  with  J.  F.  Good- 
win and  A.  C.  Richardson  in  the  wholesale  drug  business 
under  the  firm  name  of  the  Richardson-Goodwin .  Drug  Co. 
He  had  been  connected  with  that  company  since  its  organiza- 
tion.   His  wife  and  three  children  survive. 

— William  Thompson  Burke,  53,  prominent  druggist  of 
Philadelphia,  and  a  former  president  of  the  Philadelphia 
A.  R.  D.,  died  at  his  home  of  heart  trouble.  For  more  than 
25  years  Mr.  Burke  conducted  a  drug  store  at  11th  street 
and  Girard  avenue.  He  was  bom  in  Bristol,  and  after  gradu- 
ating from  P.  C.  P.,  married  Florence  Kennedy,  daughter  of 
the  man  who  established  the  store,  in  which  Mr.  Burke 
later  purchased  an  interest.    A  widow  and  one  son  survive. 

• — Benjamin  Armstrong,  71,  died  following  a  ten  days' 
illness  of  pneumonia  at  his  home  in  Wilkes  Barre,  Pa.  Mr. 
Armstrong  was  born  in  Wales,  and  came  to  this  country  40 
years  ago.  For  20  years  he  conducted  the  Music  hall  pharma- 
cy on  West  Market  street.  During  the  past  20  years  he  has 
been  the  relief  druggist  at  different  pharmacies  in  Wilkes 
Barre.    His  wife  and  two  children  survive  him. 

— James  A.  Stone,  druggist  of  Williamsburg,  Va.,  died  re- 
cently at  his  home  in  that  city.  He  was  a  native  of  Cul- 
peper,  and  was  for  a  number  of  years  a  resident  of  Richmond, 
where  he  was  connected  with  W.  P.  Poythress  &  Co.  Since 
leaving  that  firm  several  years  ago,  he  has  conducted  a  suc- 
cessful drug  store  at  Williamsburg.  His  wife  and  one  son 
survive. 

—Hiram  F.  Fell,  of  Oxbow,  N.  Y.,  died  at  the  age  of  80 
years,  after  57  years  spent  in  the  drug  business.  His  death 
occurred  just  two  days  before  he  was  to  have  turned  over  to 
a  younger  successor  the  little  one-story  frame  drug  store,  in 
wliidi  lif  had  for  so  many  years  compounded  prescriptions. 
'III!    nl.l  .li  iiLiist   is  Mii\i\rd  bv  one  son,  who  is  manager 

.,f    ll,-     Willi, Ml   -l-ll  1''' 

11i.m:v  .\km  navi  r,  ()\  a  retired  druggist,  died  at  his  home 
at  A{ho\,  Mass.,  of  pneumonia.    He  was  a  native  of  Canada. 


Mr.  .\rsenault  opened  a  drug  store  in  .\thol  in  1880,  con- 
tinuing it  until  three  years  ago,  when  he  sold  out.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  St.  Jean  de  Baptiste  Societie.  A  wife  and 
two  daughters  survive  him. 

— S.  W.  Applecate,  druggist  who  conducted  a  pharmacy  at 
Michigan  street  and  Colfax  avenue.  South  Bend,  Ind.,  died 
at  the  home  of  his  father.  His  mind  became  unbalanced 
recently  while  working  in  the  drug  store.  His  wife  and  one 
child  survive. 

— James  B.  Davis,  36,  a  buyer  for  the  Spokane  Drug  Co., 
Spokane,  Wash.,  died  of  heart  failure  a  half  hour  following  col- 
lapse while  quietly  speaking  to  a  fellow  employe  in  the  of- 
fices of  the  company.  His  wife  and  a  seven-year  old  son 
survive  him. 

— Howard  Kinsbury,  55,  druggist,  Philadelphia,  was  fatal- 
ly injured  by  a  fall  downstairs,  dying  soon  after  the  accident 
in  Hahnemann  hospital.  He  once  conducted  a  pharmacy  at 
11th  and  Walnut  streets,  but  lost  his  money  and  the  store 
through  poor  investments. 

• — John  J.  Holzschuh,  62,  pioneer  druggist  of  Minrmeapo- 
lis,  Minn.,  who  35  years  ago  conducted  a  drug  store  at  Wash- 
ington and  5th  avenues  in  that  city,  is  dead.  Mr.  Holzshuh 
had  been  engaged  in  the  drug  business  all  his  life. 

— Frederick  Harbridge,  78,  pioneer  druggist  of  Racine, 
Wis.,  died  recently.  He  was  bom  at  Cheshire,  England,  living 
first  in  Chicago,  before  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Racine. 
His  wife  and  four  sons  survive. 

— Fr.'vnk  W.  Leon.\rd,  Bay  City,  Mich.,  druggist,  committed 
suicide.  His  act  is  ascribed  to  the  Harrison  lajv.  He  swal- 
lowed prussic  acid  when  detectives  found  $500  worth  of  co- 
caine in  rooms  over  his  store. 

— William  R.  Smith,  57,  for  many  years  a  druggist  at 
Groveport,  O.,  died  recently  following  an  illness  of  several 
months.  The  services  were  in  charge  of  Groveport  lodge  of 
Masons.    His  widow  and  a  son  survive. 

— Frank  X.  Wolperx,  58,  druggist,  Louisville,  Ky.,  died  at 
his  home  of  a  complication  of  diseases.  He  had  been  in  the 
drug  business  for  more  than  30  years.  His  widow  and  five 
children  survive. 

— John  C.  Cronh-^rdt,  63,  Baltimore,  who  at  one  time  con- 
ducted a  drug  store  at  Greenmount  avenue  and  Madison  street, 
died  at  his  home  of  pneumonia.  His  wife,  a  son  and  a  daugh- 
ter survive. 

— H.  E.  LUBBINGA,  druggist  at  4841  Forrestville  avenue, 
Chicago,  dropped  dead  in  his  store  in  that  city,  heart  disease 
being  given  as  the  cause. 

— W.  A.  Graham,  68,  druggist  of  Sandusky,  O.,  died  at  the 
Toledo  State  hospital.  For  years  he  had  been  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  Ohio  Ph.  A. 

— Frederick  D.  Diamond,  of  Rogers  &  Diamond,  Chicago, 
druggist,  died  recently.  He  was  bom  in  Canada  in  1874. 
.'\  widow  and  son  survive. 

— Frank  Sellers  Dunlap,  la.,  died  in  that  city.  He  con- 
ducted a  drug  store  and  was  in  tlie  prime  of  life. 


New  York  County  Ph.  S.  Holds  Annual  Banquet 

The  New  \'ork  ("iiunly  Pharmaceutical  Society  licld  its 
fifth  annual  banciuct  at  .Vschenbroedel  hall,  150  East  S6th 
street,  about  200  members  and  guests  attending.  J.  Leon 
Lascoff,  president  of  the  New  York  State  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
acted  as  toastmaster,  and  among  the  speakers  were  Caswell 
.'\.  Mayo,  president  of  the  .\merican  Pharmaceutical  .Associa- 
tion: Dr.  Jacob  Diner.  pro-Dean  of  Fordham  University 
School  of  Pharmacy;  Dr.  Joseph  Wcinstein,  president  the 
New  York  Retail  Druggists'  Association:  .\lderman  Jacob 
Weil,  Peter  Diamond,  John  R.  Wall,  president  of  the  National 
Pharmaceutical  Society,  and  others.  The  society  elected  the 
following  officers: 

Honorary  president.  Dr.  George  C.  Diekman;  president,  Ber- 
nard Colle;  vice-president,  J.  Leon  Lascoff:  treasurer.  Otto 
Raubenheimer,  and  secretary,  Oscar  M.  Goldlust. 


The  Galveston  (Tex.)  Retail  Druggists"  Association  re- 
cently held  its  15th  annual  oyster  roast,  about  100  persons 
attending.  Frank  B.  Dwyer.  president  of  the  Houston  drug- 
gists' association,  it  is  reported,  won  the  medal  for  eating  4377 
oysters  during  tlie  evening.  Dr.  E.  B.  Kcnner  officiated  as 
master  of  ceremonies. 


May,  1915]  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA  227 

News  of  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 


Hynsox 


The  House  of  Delegates  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.* 

By  H.  p.  HYNSON,  Phar.  D.,  Baltimore. 

THE  forty  and  more  well  organized  and  active  state 
pharmaceutical  associations  which  are  most  satisfac- 
torily and  efficiently  protecting  and  proniotinc;  s;tiitr:il 
pharmaceutic  interests  in  the  several  states  of  w  hich  c.u  h  is 
a  part,  are  a  positive  pride  and  especially  gratifying  to  all 
a  part,  are  a  positive  pride  and  espe- 
cially gratifying  to  all  loyal  and  ambi- 
tious pharmacists. 

All  these  state  associations,  you  may 
reminded,  have  exactly  the  same- 
comprehensive  character  of  membership. 
They  include  all  the  different  phases  of 
pharmacy  and  the  basis  of  organization 
and  the  objects  to  be  obtained  are  prac- 
tically the  same  in  all  of  them.  So  far 
as  their  diversified  membership  and  the 
work  they  are  doing  is  concerned,  they 
are  also  in  exact  accord  with  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association  of  which 
they  are  proudly  accepted  children. 
These  state  associations  are  in  no  way 
justly  subject  to  adverse  criticism,  yet,  they,  like  many  other 
good  things,  should  progress  naturally,  and  their  usefulness 
and  helpfulness  should  be  steadily  extended.  Indeed,  not- 
withstanding all  that  has  been  accomplished  by  them,  these 
organizations  may  be  made  of  still  more  value  to  their  local 
constituents  and  of  immensely  more  assistance,  nationally. 
How?  By  giving  them  equal  uniform  and  exclusive  represen- 
tation in  a  national  body  composed  of  their  delegates.  This 
may  be  done  by  giving  them  sole  control  of  the  House  of 
Delegates  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  Why? 

Because, owing  to  the  character  of  their  membership,  which 
is  catholic,  pharmaceutically,  and  not  restricted  to  any  special 
branch  of  pharmacy,  the  A.  Ph.  A.  is  the  only  national  body 
with  which  they  can  consistently  be  connected,  and  the  only 
one  with  the  objects  and  work  of  which  they  can  perfectly 
harmonize.  In  fact,  they  are  now  practically  state  divisions 
of  the  .•\merican  Pharmaceutical  Association;  certainly,  they 
are  more  possibly  so  and  more  nearly  so  than  are  any  other 
class  of  local  associations. 

What  advantages  would  follow  correlating  these  state  asso- 
ciations and  more  closely  attaching  them  to  the  A.  Ph.  A.  ? 
Any  one  giving  a  moments  open  thought  to  the  subject  will 
see.  The  assistance  and  interest  of  other  state  associations 
may  be  secured  to  further  progressive  measures  originating  in 
any  one  of  them,  if  the  measure  is  not  strictly  local.  The 
accomplishments  and  the  helpful  experiences  of  one  may  be 
passed  on  to  the  many.  The  voice  of  each  local  association 
may  be  heard  by  the  others  on  national  issues  and  the  greatly 
desired  uniformity  of  state  laws  and  state  measures  may  be 
more  quickly  secured;  for  instance,  state  pure  food  and  drug 
acts,  mercury  bichloride  regulations,  poison  labeling,  weight 
and  measure  laws.  There  will  always  be  interesting  and  help- 
ful suggestions  coming  from  the  local  bodies,  regarding  sub- 
jects that  have  been  intelligently  discussed  "at  home". 

Representation  in  a  national  body  will  greatly  stimulate  and 
encourage'  these  state  associations,  by  giving  them  an  outlet 
for  their  views  and  conclusions  regarding  national  questions. 
It  will  give  them  vastly  increased  opportunities  for  action, 
such  opportunities  as  they  are  seeking  and  must  have. 

To  the  A.  Ph.  A.,  the  advantage  of  this  more  formal  and  more 
orderly  connection  will  be  manifold  and  far-reaching;  the 
establishment  of  such  a  Hou.sc  of  Delegates  will  at  last  make 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  .*\.ssociation  truly  the  national 
representative  of  pan-pharmacy,  geographically  and  otherwise, 
and  pan-pharmacy  needs  such  representation  just  now  to  en- 
able it  to  present  a  dignified,  worthy  and  effective  front  when 
co-operating  with  other  comprehensive  representative  bodies, 
such  as  the  American  Medical  .Xs-sociation.  the  American  Pub- 
lic Health  .\.ssociation  or  the  .American  Chemical  Society.  Such 

*Conimunications  of  the  Chairman  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  Committee  to 
"Investigate  the  Hous:  of  Delegates"  and  .sent  to  his  "associates 
and  others" 


a  house  of  delegates  will  undoubtedly  increase  interest  in 
the  parent  body  and  nmst.  of  necessity,  bring  greater  loyalty 
for  the  .\.  Ph.  A.  in  all  state  associations  that  have  become  an 
integral  part  of  it  through  the  House  of  Delegates.  This 
greater  interest  will  surely  add  individual  members  to  the 
A  Ph.  A.,  especially  if  such  membership  is  made  a  pre-re- 
quisite  to  the  office  of  delegate.  It  would  be  a  happy  sequel, 
indeed,  if,  finally,  all  members  of  the  state  associations  should 
feel,  in  duty  bound,  to  become  members  of  the  mother  body, 
whose  House  of  Delegates  is  composed  solely  of  their  dele- 
gates. It  is  safe  to  predict  that  these  state  associations  WILL 
sooner  or  later  get  together  just  as  the  state  boards  have 
already  become  correlated.  Why  should  it  not  be  now  and 
with  the  A.  Ph.  A.?  This  would  be  good  for  them  and  for 
it. 

Now,  then,  what  are  the  difficulties  in  the  way?  None,  the 
getting  rid  of  which  would  not  greatly  benefit  and  more  con- 
sistently place  all  those  involved.  The  disposal  of  the  delega- 
tions that  have  been  taking  part  in  the  transactions  of  the 
House  of  Delegates  is  absolutely  all  that  is  in  the  way  of 
making  it  a  creditably  consistent,  unusually  useful,  deservably 
desirable  body. 

Ninety-nine  organizations  appointed  delegates  and  forwarded 
their  credentials  to  the  A.  Ph.  A.  last  year.  Of  these,  six 
were  purely  local  associations  of  retail  druggists,  which  may 
have  or  should  find  national  representation,  like  other  .such 
organizations  in  the  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists. 
Eleven  sending  credentials  were  local  branches  of  the  A.  Ph. 
A.,  which  already  have  full  representation  in  the  Council. 
Two  were  women's  organizations,  one  of  these  an  auxiliary  of 
a  national  association,  the  other  a  local  body;  both  could  find 
agreeable  placement  in  the  Women's  Section.  Thirty  were 
schools  of  pharmacy  for  which  splendid  national  representa- 
tion is  offered  in  the  American  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical 
Faculties.  Three  were  college  alumni  associations,  which  could 
more  properly  secure  national  representation  through  their 
respective  schools  or  through  the  state  association  of  the  com- 
monwealth in  which  their  organization  is  located.  One,  only, 
was  a  medical  school,  which  is  effectively  represented,  nation- 
ally, by  the  American  Association  of  Medical  Schools. 

Delegates,  representing  the  Executive  Departments  of  the 
U.  S.  Government,  the  Republic  of  Cuba  and  the  American 
^Medical  Association  should,  without  question,  be  accorded 
much  more  respectful  recognition  at  the  General  Sessions  and 
should  not  be  placed  on  an  equal  footing  with  delegates  from 
very  small  local  associations,  college  alumni  associations,  local 
branches,  etc. 

There  now  remain  but  the  six  national  pharmaceutic  bodies, 
each  specifically  representative  of  some  particular  phase  of 
pharmaceutical  pursuit;  these  were  N.  W.  D.  A.,  N.  A.  R.  D., 
N.  A.  B.  P.,  A.  A.  P.  C,  A.  M.  M.  P.,  N.  A.  D.  C,  and  the 
thirty-six  uniform  state  associations. 

It  is  contended  that  the  National  Associations  representing, 
nationally,  the  different  phases  or  divisions  of  pharmacy  should 
be  given  recognition  at  the  general  sessions  or  should  be 
formed  into  a  congress  to  themselves,  where  they  may  equally 
discuss  such  matters  as  are  of  general  interest  to  such  national 
bodies  as  a  whole. 


NEW  YORK  BRANCH 

Dr.  Leo  Fried  and  Chairman  John  Roemer  read  papers  be- 
fore the  April  meeting  of  the  New  York  branch  of  the  A.  Ph. 
.\..  held  at  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  sub- 
ject of  the  former's  paper  was  "Data  and  Method  of  Assay 
of  Iodine  Ointment."  and  in  it  he  pointed  out  that  absorp- 
tion of  iodine  by  the  bcnzoinated  lard  in  the  official  iodine 
ointment  begins  practically  at  once  after  its  manufacture. 
Dr.  Fried  had  tabulated  the  amounts  of  iodine  absorbed  in 
given  periods  of  time,  and  pointed  out  how  this  absorption 
by  the  fat  might  interfere  with  the  usual  assay  processes.  This 
interference  might  cause  a  pharmacist  to  be  accused  of  having 
made  an  ointment  of  iodine  below  standard.  Dr.  Fried  gave 
methods  for  estimating  the  total  and  free  iodine  in  the  oint- 
ment. Dr.  Turner,  Otto  Raubenhcimer  and  Dr.  Jacob  Diner 
discussed  this  paper. 


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[May,  1915 


Mr.  Roemer  discoursed  on  the  "Phenomena  of  Drug  Ac- 
tion". The  question  "why  do  drugs  act"  has  never  been 
answered  by  scientists,  according  to  Mr.  Roemer.  In  his 
opinion  the  discovery  of  radium  was  the  key  to  the  whole 
situation.  Drugs  do  not  act,  never  did  and  never  will,  was 
his  contention.  If  they  did,  why  is  it  they  do  not  act  on  a 
dead  body?  Pain,  according  to  the  author  of  the  paper,  was 
an  interruption  of  the  current  of  a  body,  a  short  circuit  as  it 
were.  The  application  of  certain  remedies  relieves  pain  be- 
cause the  remedies  restore  equilibrium  in  the  body  affected. 
Certain  classes  of  remedies  could  be  grouped  according  to 
their  electrolytic  action.  Thus,  an  astringent  might  be  a 
weak  electrolyte  of  a  certain  class;  a  rubefacient  a  stronger 
electrolyte  of  the  same  class  and  a  vesicant  a  stronger  elec- 
trolyte yet  of  the  same  group. 


Philadelphia  Branch 

Prof.  C.  H.  LaWall,  in  the  absence  of  the  president  and 
vice-president,  presided  at  the  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia 
Branch  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  held  on  April  13  at  the  Medico- 
Chirurgical  College.  On  recommendation  of  the  Committee, 
the  reply  to  the  Pearson  article  on  "Pills  and  Piracy"  was 
laid  on  the  table.  The  programme  included  the  reading  by 
Joseph  Rosin  of  Dr.  Rosengarten's  paper  on  "the  Standards 
and  Tests  for  Organic  Chemicals  in  the  U.  S.  P.  IX";  a 
comprehensive  survey  of  the  new  features  of  "The  Extracts, 
Fluidextracts  and  Tinctures  of  the  U.  S.  P.  IX",  by  George 
M.  Beringer,  and  "The  Current  Review  of  Pharmaceutical 
Journals",  by  Prof.  E.  FuUerton  Cook. 


Baltimore  Branch 
Baltimore,  April  12, — The  monthly  meeting  of  the  Balti- 
more Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
was  devoted  largely  to  a  discussion  of  the  advantages  of  the 
metric  system,  which  was  discoursed  chiefly  by  Wm.  J.  Lowry, 
who  gave  some  "short  cuts"  in  the  way  of  making  reduc- 
tions from  the  old  system.  He  said  he  used  the  metric  system 
regularly.  He  admitted  that  when  a  druggist  bought  by  the 
ounce,  pound,  pint  or  gallon,  and  sold  by  the  same  "old- 
styled,  cumbersome,  but  popular,  customary,  ever-present  and 
always-with-you  us"  way,  and  had  to  figure  out  cost,  profit 
and  selling  price  on  the  same  basis,  the  old  way  was  very 
convenient. 

The  factors  presented  in  conversion  were  multiplying  ones 
and  were  intended  to  be  used  when  the  formula  called  for 
1,000  cc.  of  finished  product.  A  gallon,  he  said,  is  equivalent 
to  58,418  grains  or  61,440  minims.  If  a  formula  for  a 
gallon  of  a  preparation  calculated  for  1,000  cc.  is  wanted,  all 
that  is  necessary  to  do  is  to  point  off  three  places  in  either  of 
these  two  figures  and  multiply  the  quantities  in  grams  by 
58.418,  when  the  product  will  be  in  grains,  which  can  be 
reduced  to  avoirdupois  pounds,  ounces  and  grains.  To  multi- 
ply the  quantities  in  cubic  centimeters  by  61.44,  the  product 
will  be  in  minims,  which  can  be  reduced  to  pints,  fluid  ounces, 
drams  and  minims.  If  tables  be  kept  of  the  number  of 
grains  or  minims  in  each  ounce  from  1  to  16  as  well  as 
tables  by  500's  from  500  to  7,000,  showing  the  equivalents  in 
fluid  ounces,  drams  and  minims,  the  conversion  becomes  easy. 
For  pints,  divide  either  of  these  factors  by  8,  for  quarts  by  4, 
for  a  multiple  number  of  gallons,  multiply  by  the  number 
of  gallons  wanted. 

Another  short  cut  was  mentioned  by  Charles  L.  Meyer,  who 
gave  a  quick  way  of  approximating  the  price  of  a  single  item 
which  had  been  priced  by  the  gross.  This  was  to  multiply  by 
.007,  as  for  example :  Price  $30  by  the  gross— 30  x  .007  equals 
.21  or  21  cents.  A  gross  of  an  item  priced  at  the  thousand 
will  cost  practically  one-seventh  of  the  thousand  price. 

As  a  remedy  for  the  great  changes  in  colors  in  guaiac,  honey 
and  acacia  mixtures,  rather  much  used  in  Baltimore,  one 
of  the  answers  suggested  that  the  acacia  be  heated  to  100* 
C.  or  212*  F.,  thus  destroying  the  oxidase.  This  treatment,  it 
was  stated,  would  certainly  kill  the  ferment,  but  would  not 
affect  the  emulsifying  properties  of  the  gum.  The  same 
treatment  was  proposed  for  drugs  containing  ferments  which 
were  useless  medicinally  and  which  caused  trouble  or  decom- 
position in  the  finished  product. 

The  new  insecticide  para-dichlorobenzene,  which  has  re- 
ceived the  O.  K.  of  the  United  States  Agricultural  Depart- 
ment, was  mentioned  in  the  course  of  the  discussion.  It  is 
a  non-inflammable  :nul  incxi .nisivc  <  rvst:illiiir  substance  which 
readily  vaporizes,  nti.l  ;,s  tins  viii.n  is  In-iMCr  than  air,  the 
substance  is  placed  .ilnn.   tin  .mul.s  i..  1.,   iir.iicd,  the  vapor 


penetrating  to  the  bottom.  It  ranges  from  23  cents  a  pound 
in  5  pounds  lots  to  15  cents  a  pound  in  barrels. 

Much  interest  was  manifested  in  an  article  entitled  "The 
Gold  Mines  of  Pharmacy."  in  connection  with  which  Dr. 
H.  P.  Hynson,  remarked,  that  pharmacy  per  se  was  better 
now  than  in  the  so-called  "good  old  days,"  and  was  on  a 
higher  plane,  and  that  the  men  engaged  in  pharmacy  were  of 
as  high  a  class  as  ever,  but  that  it  was  the  environment  of 
pharmacy  that  caused  many  persons  to  misjudge  it.  In  the 
so-called  "good  old  days"  pharmacy  was  associated  with  paint, 
oils,  glass,  etc.,  and  now  it  was  associated  with  so  many  di- 
versified interests  that  in  many  cases  the  drug  store  of  today 
was  in  reality  a  department  store.  But,  though  the  environ- 
ment was  different,  the  pharmacy  in  these  stores  was,  as  a 
rule,  conducted  on  a  high  plane.  In  some  of  these  very 
stores  the  pharmacy  department  was  almost  ideal,  Mr.  Hynson 
said. 

Dr.  John  F.  Hancock,  who  began  his  apprenticeship  as  a 
pharmacist  in  January  3,  1854,  talked  of  what  he  believed 
were  the  good  old  days  and  grew  reminiscent,  speaking  with 
deep  feeling  of  some  of  the  men  with  whom  he  had  been  asso- 
ciated. 

Charles  F.  Meyer  and  Louis  Schulze  both  emphasized  that 
the  head  of  the  store  should  set  the  standards  and  be  a  good 
example  for  both  the  clerks  and  the  customers,  and  Charles 
Morgan,  of  Morgan  &  Millard,  characterized  the  point  epi- 
grammatically  when  he  said  the  proprietor  should  be  the 
pace  maker. 

Detroit  Branch 
At  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Detroit  Branch  of  the  A.  Ph.  A., 
Prof.  C.  W.  Edmonds,  of  the  University  of  Michigan  delivered 
a  very  interesting  address  on  the  subject  of  "Twilight  Sleep", 
in  which  he  traced  the  history  of  this  treatment  from  the  use 
of  morphine  and  scopolamine  by  Dr.  Schmeidburg  as  a  sur- 
gical anaesthetic  in  1900,  to  its  application  for  obstetric  pur- 
poses in  1902,  and  the  development  of  the  method  since. 
Articles  on  the  subject  in  popular  magazines  were  referred  to 
as  sensational  and  misleading.  The  alleged  difference  between 
scopolamine  and  hyoscine  he  thought  had  no  foundation  in 
fact,  and  that  the  differences  in  effects  are  more  probably  due 
to  personal  characteristics  and  the  frequency  and  amount  of 
the  doses. 

The  pharmacology  of  the  treatment  was  described  in  detail, 
then  general  conclusions  drawn  from  a  study  of  about  800 
cases  as  to  its  value. 

The  method  is  designed  to  destroy  the  memory  of  pain 
rather  than  to  entirely  deaden  the  pain  itself,  and  when  proper- 
ly used,  this  effect  is  reached.  The  mother  comes  through 
the  ordeal  with  less  exhaustion  and  probably  less  suffering 
than  without  it.  It  needs  continuous  watching  by  the  physician, 
however,  and  sometimes  induces  delirium,  and  so  is  not  adapted 
to  use  outside  of  hospitals.  The  effect  on  the  child  is  more 
questionable,  since  the  scopolamine  narcotizes  the  reflex  cen- 
ters and  hinders  breathing,  and  a  few  cases  of  the  death  of 
the  child  have  occurred  due  to  its  use.  It  probably  lengthens 
the  time  of  labor,  and  increases  the  need  of  forecbolics  or  the 
application  of  forceps. 

The  paper  was  discussed  by  Drs.  Judd,  Kamperman  and 
Bell  who  agreed  in  general  with  Prof.  Edmond's  conclusions. 
Prof.  Schlotterbeck  discussed  the  question  of  the  identity  of 
hyoscine  and  scopolamine,  and  declared  that  there  is  no  ground 
for  considering  them  anything  but  identical. 


Denver  Branch 

The  meeting  of  the  Denver  Branch,  was  held  at  the  .\dams 
Hotel  Tuesday  evening,  Feb.  16,  was  preceded  by  a  dinner, 
the  following  members  being  present:  INIessrs  W.  A.  Hover, 
Alkirc,  Clark.  Swoboda,  Pillsbury,  McKcnzie.  Payne.  Wilson. 
Lagasse.  Hiltner  Clayton.  Bresler,  Nitardy,  Hensel.  Kostitch, 
Best,  Lord,  Charles,  Bcnkma,  W.  T.  Hover  and  Washburn. 

In  the  absence  of  the  secretary  who  was  ill,  Mr.  Clayton 
served  in  that  capacity.  The  minutes  of  the  Januar>'  meeting 
were  read  and  ordered  corrected  to  show  that  the  report  of 
the  committee  on  "A  Plan  for  Establishing  a  Third  Year  of 
the  Pharmacy  Department  of  the  State  University  in  Denver" 
had  been  adopted  at  that  meeting.  Dean  Washburn  stated 
that  the  University  Regents  have  already  announced  in  the 
catalog  now  in  press  that  such  a  course  will  be  arailabl",  but 
doubted  if  any  students  would  be  in  attendance  tlie  coming 
year,  as  all  those  who  will  complete  the  two-year  course  have 
already  made  other  plans. 


Mat,  1915]  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA  229 

Many  Drug  Conventions  Are  Soon  To  Be  Held 


COlSrVENTION  SEASON  HAS  OPENED 
During  Next  Few  Months  Many  Associations  will 
hold  Meetings 

Many  pharmaceutical  associations,  National  and  State,  will 
■hold  their  annual  meetings  during  the  coming  season,  and  the 
following  list  has  been  compiled  by  the  Era  showing  the 
names  of  such  organizations  and  the  dates  when  such  meetings 
will  be  held,  so  far  as  the  information  has  been  received  by 
this  office. 

Proprietary   Association   of   America,   New    York,   May  11. 

President,  Frank  Cheney,  Toledo,  Ohio;  secretary,  Charles 

P.  Tyrell,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
American  Medical  Association,   San   Francisco,    June  21-25. 

President,  V.  C.  \'aughan,  Ann  Arbor.  Mich.;  secretary, 

Alexander  R.  Craig,  535  Dearborn  St.,  Chicago,  111. 
American  Association  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemists,  Rochester. 

N.  Y.,  May   .    President,  Geo.  C.  Hall,  Pittsburgh,  Pp., 

secretary,  B.  L.  Maltbie,  250  High  st.,  Newark,  N.  J. 
American  Medico-Pharmaceutical  League,  New  York,  I£otel 

Astor,  May  25.    Secretary,  Samuel  F.  Brothers,  96  New 

Jersey  ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Flavoring  E.xtract  Manufacturers'  Association,  Clp,veland,  Ohio, 

Julv  7-9.    President,  Dr.  S.  H.  Baer,  St  Louis;  secretary, 

F.  P.  Beers,  Earlville,  N.  Y. 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  San  Francisco,  August 

9  to  14.    President  Caswell  A.  Mayo,  New  York,  secretary, 

William  B.  Day,  Chicago,  111. 
American  Institute  of  Chemical    Engineers,    San  Francisco, 

August  25  to  28.    Secretary,  John  C.  Olsen,  Cooper  Union, 

New  York. 

National  Association  of  Reta.il  Druggists,  Minneapolis,  August 
30-September  5.  Preside^it,  Samuel  C.  Henry,  Philadelphia; 
secretary,  Thomas  H.  Potts,  Chicago,  111. 

National  Wholesale  D:uggists  Association,  Santa  Barbara, 
Cal.,  September  26.  President,  Charles  A.  West,  Boston, 
Mass.;  secretary,  Thomas  F.  Main,  91  FuUon  st..  New 
York. 

Louisiana  Pharmaceutical  Association,  New  Orleans,  May  11 
to  13.    Secretary,  George  W.  McDuff,  New  Orleans. 

Kansas  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Wichita,  May  11-13. 
Secretary,  D.  von  Riesen,  Maryville. 

Michigan  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Grand  Rapids,  June 
9  to  11.    Secretary,  Von  W.  Fumiss,  Nashville. 

Kentucky  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Dawson  Springs,  June 

16-  18.    Secretary,  J.  W.  Gayle,  Frankfort. 

Illinois  State  Pharmaceutical    Association,    Springfield,  June 

15-17.    Secretary,  W.  B.  Day,  Chicago. 
New   Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Hotel    Essex  and 

Sussex,  Spring  Lake,  June  15  to  18  inclusive.  Secretary, 

Frark  C.  Stutzlen,  Elizabeth. 
Missouri  Pharmaceutical  Association,    Pertle    Springs,  June 

17-  18.    Secretary,  H.  M.  Whelpley,  St.  Louis. 

Nort^h  Carolina  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Durham,  June 
13-17.    Local  secretary,  P.  W.  Vaughan,  Durham. 

Wisconsin  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Fond  du  Lac,  June  22 
25.  Secretary  for  local  arrangements,  B.  J.  Kremer, 
Pond  du  Lac. 

'  l^^v  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Buffalo,  June  28. 
Secretary,  Edward  S.  Dawson,  Jr.,  125  So.  Salina  St., 
^Syracuse. 

,  N  ew  Hampshire  Pharmaceutical    Association,    Hotel  Went- 
'  worth,  New  Castle,  June  29-30.    Secretary,  Eugene  Sullivan, 
■  '  Concord. 

rhio  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Cedar  Point,  July  13  to 
16  inclusive.    Secretary,  Thco.  D.  Wetterstroem,  Cincinnati. 


AMONG  THE  ASSOCIATIONS 

The  Louisiana  State  Ph.  A.  will  hold  its  annual  convention 
at  the  Grunewald,  New  Orleans.  May  11,  12,  and  13.  An 
exhibit  of  drug  store  products  will  be  a  feature  and  the  com- 
mittee of  arrangements  is  figuring  on  having  25  or  30  houses 
participate.  The  entertainment  committee  consists  of  J.  N. 
W.  Otto,  chairman;  Adam  Wirth,  Lucien  E.  Lyons,  F.  A. 
Dicks,  A.  D.  Parker,  Max  Samson  and  A.  Di  Trapini.  On 
Tuesday  and  Wednesday  of  the  convention  the  association 


will  be  the  guests  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  and  Sharp  &  Dohme, 
respectively.  The  annual  outing  will  probably  consist  of  an 
excursion  up  tlie  Mississippi  river. 

The  Michigan  State  Rexall  Dealers'  Association  at  its 
recent  annual  meeting  at  Detroit  did  not  pass  a  resolution 
whereby  the  members  pledged  themselves  not  to  sell  liquors 
in  any  fo'^n.  Such  a  resolution  was  drawn  up,  but  was 
squelched  in  committee.  The  members  decided  that  the  mat- 
ter was  one  for  individual  decision.  Officers  were  elected  as 
follow.^ :  President,  J.  A.  Skinner,  Cedar  Rapids;  first  vice 
president,  J.  A.  Beukenna,  Grand  Rapids;  second  vice  presi- 
dent, A.  S.  Pretman,  Manistee;  secretary,  W.  C.  Peters, 
Mc  nroe. 

The  Detroit  (Mich.)  Drug  Salesmen's  club  was  addressed 
at  its  March  meeting  by  Charles  L.  Pickell,  formerly  dean 
of  the  pharmacy  department  of  the  Ferris  institute. 

The  Rock  County  Association  of  Retail  Druggists  recently 
held  its  annual  meeting  at  the  Grand  hotel,  Janesville,  Wis. 
C.  A.  Smith,  of  Beloit,  read  a  paper  on  the  Harrison  law. 

The  Iowa  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  meet  this  sum- 
mer at  Clear  Lake,  the  executive  committee  having  recently 
so  arranged.  The  committee  is  composed  of  A.  J.  Killmer, 
Mason  City;  Al.  Falkenheiner,  Algona;  Charles  Clark,  St. 
Louis;  Ed.  Wick  and  Joe  Gaults,  both  of  Des  Moines. 

The  New  Bedford  (Mass.)  Drug  Clerks'  Association  was 
organized  recently  in  that  city.  A  temporary  organization  was 
formed,  A.  M.  Bessette  being  elected  chairman  of  the  execu- 
tive committee,  and  J.  Toupin,  secretary  and  treasurer.  A 
committee  of  five  was  elected  to  draw  up  a  set  of  by-laws. 
The  organization  plans  to  hold  a  series  of  lectures  on  sub- 
jects pertaining  to  pharmacy. 

The  Tidewater  Druggists'  association,  Norfolk,  Va.,  at  a 
recent  meeting  instructed  its  ordinance  committee  to  confer 
with  a  committee  from  the  Norfolk  County  Medical  Society 
in  connection  with  the  adjustment  of  differences  existing  re- 
garding the  city  ordinance  regulating  tlie  sale  of  narcotics. 
The  druggists  are  not  in  favor  of  the  promiscuous  sale  of 
laudanum,  morphine  or  cocaine,  but  are  opposed  to  an  ordi- 
nance which  would  require  a  prescription  for  paregoric,  ordi- 
nary cough  syrups  and  other  proprietaries  containing  an  in- 
finitesimal amount  of  morphine  or  other  narcotics.  The 
fact  that  such  an  ordinance  would  prove  a  discrimination  in 
favor  of  druggists  just  beyond  the  city  limits  was  also  pointed 
out. 

Plans  are  being  completed  rapidly  for  the  annual  conven- 
tion of  the  Wisconsin  Ph.  A.,  which  will  be  held  this  year 
at  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis.,  June  22  to  25.  C.  F.  Geisse  is  the 
general  chairman  of  arrangements  for  the  Wisconsin  Pharma- 
ceutical Travelers'  association,  while  B.  J.  Kremer  of  Fond 
du  Lac  is  representing  the  druggists  of  Fond  du  Lac  in  a 
similar  capacity.    The  various  committees  appointed  to  aid  in 

President  Charles  A.  Cole  called  to  order  a  meeting  of  the 
Jersey  City  Retail  Druggists'  Association  held  recently  at 
657  Newark  avenue,  in  that  city.  Luke  C.  Hines,  secretary, 
reported  15  new  members,  and  that  he  had  sent  out  600 
communications  pertaining  to  recent  legislation  and  that  this 
work  had  been  appreciated  by  the  trade.  Treasurer  E.  H. 
Maier  reported  that  the  expense  of  this  activity  had  not  af- 
fected the  association's  balance.  It  developed  in  the  course 
of  a  strenuous  discussion  on  the  subject  of  weights  and  mea- 
sures that  the  publicity  attendant  upon  recent  official  investi- 
gation in  this  direction  had  led  Jersey  City  druggists  to  test 
their  weights.  In  very  few  instances  did  they  find  any  varia- 
tions from  standard.  The  speaker  of  the  evening  was  Otto 
Raubenheimer.  His  subject  was  "The  Making  of  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia."  A  typical  German  repast  was  served 
at  the  close  of  the  meeting.  At  the  association's  next  meeting 
the  subject  for  discussion  will  be  "How  Shall  the  Druggist 
Advertise?" 

The  Virginia  Rexall  club  held  its  recent  annual  convention 
at  Staunton,  electing  as  officers:  President,  A.  T.  Hall,  Rich- 
mond; first  vice  president,  C.  P.  Kearfoot,  Martinville; 
second  vice  president,  Mr.  Fitshugh,  Charlottesville;  third 
vice  president,  George  M.  Farrar,  Clifton  Forge;  secretary  and 
treasurer,  John  J.  Riley,  Harrisonburg  The  next  convention 
will  be  held  at  Richmond,  next  February. 


230  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA  [May,  1915 

Activities  of  the  Leading  Colleges  of  Pharmacy 


New  York 

After  having  served  faithfully  for  six  years  as  assistant 
secretary  of  the  college,  E.  W.  Runyon  at  the  recent  election 
of  officers  declined  renomination  for  office,  and  was  succeeded 
by  Charles  W.  Holzhauer,  ex-president  of  the  New  Jersey 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

At  the  May  18  meeting  of  the  college,  Dr.  John  'Vildman,  of 
New  York  University,  will  present  the  final  lecture  oa  account- 
ing, and  it  is  hoped  that  there  will  be  a  large  attendance 
on  that  occasion.  \ 

The  course  in  practical  pharmaceutical  acco^^nting 
which  the  Board  of  Trustees  have  decided  to  inco\po- 
rate  in  the  college  curriculum,  will  come  in  the  junior  year  ^nd 
the  hours  of  study  on  certain  afternoons  of  the  week  will  \e 
extended  to  six  o'clock  to  accommodate  the  class. 

The  following  class  officers  have  been  elected :  Senior  class- 
President,  Benjamin  H.  Wallach;  vice  president,  Jacob  Nie- 
meth;  secretary.  Miss  Helen  F.  Roudin;  treasurer,  Le  Roy 
Hagaman;  historian,  Louis  B.  Mollica;  reporter,  George  N. 
Graves. 

Junior  class — President,  George  H.  Dowsey ;  vice  president, 
Raymond  W.  Salm;  secretary,  Isador  Singer;  treasurer,  Charles 
P.  Klingele. 

University  class,  first  year — President,  A.  A.  Hammond;  vice 
president,  K.  S.  Kirkland;  secretary,  E.  T.  Keenan;  treasurer, 
W.  O.  Bacon;  class  reporter,  R.  A.  Lehman. 

University  class,  second  year — President,  Herman  F.  Strong- 
in;  vice  president,  Ernest  Capeci;  treasurer,  Osmond  M. 
Guck;  secretary,  Miss  May  O'Connor. 

Brooklyn 

The  annual  banquet  of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the 
Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy,  held  on  the  evening  of  March 
2Sth  at  the  college  building,  was  the  occasion  of  a  rollicking 
good  time,  graduates  and  students  present  making  things 
lively  with  their  yells  and  songs.  Dean  Dr.  William  C.  An- 
derson acted  as  toastmaster,  and  the  speakers  were  Dr.  Henry 
J.  J.  Kassebaum,  Jr.,  president  of  the  Alumni  Association; 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Williams,  Hemy  B.  Smith,  president  of  the  col- 
lege; Harry  Goldwag,  president  of  the  postgraduate  class, 
Henry  B.  Schwartz,  president,  senior  class;  Harry  A.  Gordon, 
president,  junior  class;  Jacob  H.  Rehfuss,  ex-president  of  th^ 
college  and  ex-president  of  the  N.  Y.  S.  P.  A.;  Benjamin  P. 
Milando,  representing  the  Mortar  and  Pestle  club;  M  V. 
Lewis,  speaking  for  the  class  of  1912;  Melville  J.  France,  as- 
sistant U.  S.  district  attorney  and  others.  The  Rev.  J  Stewart 
Walsh  who  has  attended  many  affairs  of  the  coUeg.:  wired 
his  regrets,  a  previous  engagement  keeping  him  away. 

The  senior  class  of  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy  has 
elected  the  following  officers:  President,  Henry  D.  Schwartz; 
vice  president,  Curt  C.  Unverhau;  treasurer,  William  Cohen, 
and  secretary,  Ralph  Martin. 

University  of  Michigan 

J.  R.  Dean,  B.  S.  '13,  is  holder  of  the  fellowship  which  the 
Flavoring  Extract  Manufacturers  Association  maintain  for 
the  year  1914-1915.  The  subject  of  research  is  vanilla  extract 
and  some  of  the  problems  presented  in  its  manufacture. 

The  enrollment  cards  for  the  school  year  1914-1915  show 
an  attendance  larger  than  any  previous  year.  Approximately 
fifty  per  cent,  of  the  students  are  enrolled  for  the  four  year 
course,  five  per  cent,  are  special  students  not  candidates  for 
a  degree,  twenty-five  per  cent,  are  enrolled  for  the  three  year 
course,  and  twenty  per  cent,  for  the  two  year  course. 

The  Pharmacy  relay  team  consisting  of  Captain  Robinson 
and  Messrs.  Fischer,  Dillon  and  Smith,  all  of  the  freshman 
class,  earned  campus  honors  on  IMarch  24  by  winning  the 
championship  interclass  race  when  they  bested  the  Junior  En- 
gineers in  1  :54  1-5  time.  Captain  Robinson  is  looked  upon  as 
the  most  valuable  track  athlete  who  has  entered  Michigan  in 
a  long  time  Robinson  is  enrolled  in  the  four  year  course 
IcKliuK  to  llir  (l.m,c  ,,f  V,   S.  in  pharmacv. 

"i  \  W  -  ii'i  I'h  (  'SS  of  the  Columbus  Laboratories 
irirnil\  mI.Ii.  s,.  M  ii,,  Mu.lrnts  of  pharmacy  and  chemistry 
upon  "  l  lu-  Ri  l.iticii  <,l  Mour  to  Modem  Bread  Making."  Dr. 
Wesener  was  one  of  the  principal  expert  witnesses  in  the  case 
which  was  broi'ght   by  the   Federal  Government  against  the 


manufacturers  of  Bleached  Flour.  He  gave  the  results  of  his 
own  researches  upon  the  color  compound  of  unbleached  flour 
and  its  behavior. 

By  action  of  the  Board  of  Regents  the  title  of  the  School 
of  Pharmacy  has  been  changed  to  College  of  Pharmacy.  This 
action  is  in  harmony  with  the  definition  adopted  by  the  As- 
sociation of  American  Universities  and  later  approved  by  the 
National  Association  of  Slate  Universities.  According  to  this 
definition,  the  term  College  is  restricted  to  a  part  of  the  Uni- 
versity the  standard  of  admission  to  which  is  equivalent  to 
that  required  by  the  Carnegie  Foundation  for  the  Advance- 
ment of  Teaching,  and  which  offers  instruction  of  not  less 
than  two  years'  duration  leading  to  a  first  degree  in  arts,  let- 
ters, or  sciences.   

Indianapolis 

The  1915  class  of  the  Indianapolis  College  of  Pharmacy 
carried  out  elaborate  plans  for  its  graduation.  The  commence- 
nient  held  Thursday,  April  15,  at  the  Independence  Tum- 
verein  Hall  on  North  Meridian  street. 

Tj'  e  officers  of  the  class  were:  President,  Edwin  Stuckmeyer; 
vice  president.  Jesse  Straker;  secretary  and  treasurer,  William 
Jenkins.  The  class  included  the  following  members:  H. 
Danner,  L.  TDuesterberg,  Ivan  Hickson,  W.  Jenkins,  Mrs.  C.  H. 
Johnson,  H.  (3.  Kennedy,  C.  Kettner,  Jr.,  L.  Lytle,  A.  Y.  Mat- 
sumote,  Paul  H.  M^.'Her,  Eugent  Newman,  Frank  M.  Reed,  R. 
W.  Richards,  William  F-  Resner,  N.  E.  Rowson,  A.  Scott, 
Jesse  Straker,  Edwin  Stuckmeyer,  William  White,  Roy  Wright 
and  Joseph  Yaggi.  , 

TJniversitj',  of  Illinois 

The  classes  of  the  University'  of  Illinois  school  of  pharmacy 
have  organized  and  elected  officei's  as  follows:  Senior  class- 
President,  H.  L.  Eberly;  vice  president,  S.  S.  Trippett;  secre- 
tary, L.  A.  Gorham ;  treasurer,  Ralpt  Hawthorne ;  sergeant-_at- 
arms,  H.  A.  Nelson.  Junior  class— president,  Ed.  Baldwin; 
vice-president,  Frank  Graham;  secretary,' ^D.  B.  Real;  treasurer, 
Tom   Copeland;    sergeant-at-arms.  Erne.''*-  Denson;  historian, 

Warde  Imes.   

Iowa  State  "University 

Prof.  R.  A.  Kuever  addressed  the  Iowa  ^Vssociation  of  Ice 
Cream  and  Butter  Makers  on  the  subject  of'  Vanilla  at  their 
recent  convention  at  Des  Moines.  He  delivers  ^  ^  similar  ad- 
dress before  the  Nebraska  .Association  at  Omah,>>  Nebraska. 

Professor  Jagadis  Chander  Bose  of  the  Univf'l^'^y  of  Cal- 
cutta, India,  a  distinguished  plant-physiologist,  v^elivered  an 
address  on  his  discoveries  before  the  students  and  faculty  on 
Feb.  9.  Prof.  Bose  has  lectured  before  the  Royal  I^istitute  of 
London,  at  the  Universities  of  Oxford  and  Cambrid,,"^'  Paris. 
Berlin,  and  Vienna.  The  English  Government  has  t'onferred 
upon  him  the  decoration  of  the  Companionships  of  the  Star  of 
India  and  of  the  Indian  Empire,  and  sent  him  on  a  sc.)^^"*'^'^ 
mission  to  Europe  just  a  few  months  before  the  outbre.,^1^  of 

the  war.    k 

Creighton  College  of  Pharmacy  \ 

The  commencement  exercises  of  the  Class  of  1915  of  Creiy?^" 
ton  College  of  Pharmacy  were  held  at  the  College  of  lla"' 
Auditorium  on  Feb.  25.  J.  L.  Schmidt,  tlie  speaker  of  V'^*^ 
evening  and  a  well  known  druggist  of  Omaha  gave  an  intV""' 
esting  talk  on  the  present  laws  governing  the  drug  traiF^ 
Pres.  Francis  X.  McMenamy,  conferred  the  degrees  upon  t.l''' 
candidates  among  whom  were  three  lady  students: — Margar*' 
O  '  Connell.  Eulalia  Steinauer.  and  Louise  DeFrance.  .VfteV 
the  graduation  e.xercises  a  banquet  was  tendered  the  graduate;! 
at  the  Hotel  Paxton.  I 

Jersey  City  I 
The  Junior  Class  of  the  Department  of  Pharmacy  of  the  ' 
College  of  Jersey  City,  this  year  is  not  only  large  in  numbei 
but  also  great  in  activity.  They  have  even  formed  a  new  fra- 
t.  rnity.  having  the  mystic  letters  P.  I.  D.,  which  means  "Pros- 
pin  hiv.iitus  Diligentia"  or  "Look  Forward  O  Youth  with 
Diligrme" 

On  March  19  Dr.  John  Roemer  of  White  Plains,  X.  Y 
delivered  an  address  on  "Scientific  Pharmacy"  to  the  students 
of  the  College.  The  lecturer  gave  a  historic  review  of  th<- 
growth  of  the  manufacturing  chemical  and  pharmaceutical 
industry,  the  evolution  of  the  dispensing  doctor  and  the  cor- 
resnondine  retrocression  in  retail  pharmacy. 


iM.vY,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


231 


Effect  of  Narcotic  Act  on  Prescriptions 

By  WORTHLEY  F.  RUDD,  Professor  of  Chemistry, 
Medical  College  of  Virginia,  Richmond,  Va. 

THE  effect  of  the  "Harrison  Act"  upon  the  number  of 
narcotic  prescriptions  has  been  an  open  question  among 
those  interested  in  this  subject.  In  order  to  get  actual 
data,  the  writer  and  his  assistant,  W.  L.  Irwin,  have  exatnined 
prescription  files  in  eleven  representative  drug  stores  since 
April  1st,  and  the  results  are  tabulated  herewith. 


ail  stores 

The  stores  were  carefully  selected  from  various  sections 
of  the  rity  of  Richmond  with  the  idea  of  covering  the  field 
as  completely  as  possible.  For  example.  Store  Xo.  1  is  located 
in  a  part  of  the  city  where  the  residents  are  largely  operatives 
in  large  manufacturing  plants:  No.  2  is  in  a  good  residential 
section  only  recently  annexed  to  the  City,  and  Xo.  6  is  in  the 
heart  of  the  city  near  a  prominent  transfer  point.  The  files 
were  examined  for  March  1914,  February  1915  and  March 
1915.    Refills  have  not  been  counted. 

The  writer  and  his  assistant,  who  are  familiar  with  local 
conditions,  believe  that  the  findings  represent  an  average  that 
would  have  been  maintained  had  all  the  stores  in  the  city 
been  examined.  The  figures  in  the  table  speak  for  them- 
selves. In  March  1915  there  were  of  course  a  considerable 
number  of  prescriptions  for  laudanum,  which  could  be  bought 
over  the  counter  in  \'irginia  prior  to  this  date.  In  one  store 
these  amounted  to  about  one  fourth  of  the  total  narcotic 
prescriptions  during  that  month.  The  fact  that  certain  nar- 
cotic prescriptions  could  be  refilled  prior  to  the  enforcement 
of  the  Harrison  Act  has  necessarily  had  a  tendency  to  in- 
crease the  number  of  new  prescriptions  since  March  1st. 
Another  factor  entering  into  the  matter  is  that  a  large  number 
of  narcotic  proprietaries,  such  as  elixir  of  heroin  and  terpin 
hydrate,  were  sold  over  the  counter  formerly  but  are  now  sold 
only  on  prescription. 

The  writers  would  be  glad  to  see  similar  investigations  made 
in  other  sections  of  the  country. 


PLANT  REMEDIES  FOR  DRUG  STORES 

N.  Y.  Pathologist  Shows  how  Insecticides  and  Fungi- 
cides Can  he  Sold 

That  the  sale  of  insecticides  and  fungicides  properly  be- 
longs to  the  pharmacist  is  not  questioned,  but  seldom  has  the 
trade  awakened  to  the  possibilities  in  handling  these  sup- 
plies and  thus  developing  a  very  legitimate  business.  To 
«ncourage  work  in  this  direction,  M.  F.  Barrus,  plant  patholo- 
gist, of  the  College  of  Agriculture,  Ithaca,  X'.  Y.,  has  sent  a 
circular  letter  to  the  druggists  of  the  Empire  State,  calling 
their  attention  to  the  various  control  measures  for  diseases 
and  pests  on  the  farm,  a  subject  that  many  farmers  know  very 
little  about,  while  many  who  have  read  up  the  subject  do 
not  know  where  to  get  the  necessary  chemicals  and  other 
TTiaterials  to  do  the  work.    By  buying  a  quantity  of  the  chemi- 


cals a  farmer  needs,  and  by  selling  them  at  an  attractive 
price  that  will  bring  a  profit,  the  druggist  can  work  up  a 
side  line  that  is  entirely  proper  and  in  keeping  with  his  pro- 
fessional skill. 

Mr.  Barrus  says:  "These  goods  should  be  prominently 
displayed  in  a  show  window  at  the  proper  season  and  by 
suitable  placards  and  signs  the  use  of  the  material,  the  method 
of  applying  it,  and  the  cost  of  the  application  should  be 
clearly  explained.  Show  windows  often  display  goods  of  ques- 
tionable value.  Here  is  a  chance  for  druggists  to  display 
something  of  known  value,  to  educate  the  public,  to  confer  an 
actual  benefit  and  bring  a  profit.    One  should  not  stop  with 


Percent 
tic  Narcotic 

14.28 
13.95 
8.16 
11.85 
13.83 
9.28 
9.85 
16.06 
14.6 
23.03 
14.09 


window  displays,  but  advertise  these  goods  in  other  ways  so 
that  all  people  who  would  have  need  of  them  may  know  where 
to  get  them.  The  value  to  you  will  not  stop  with  the  sale 
of  them.  Rarely  does  a  farmer  enter  a  store  to  buy  but  a 
single  article,  and  if  he  is  satisfied  with  the  purchase  he  will 
come  again." 

Some  of  the  more  important  materials  to  handle  and  their 
uses: 

Formaldehyde  Solution — For  oat  smut,  stinking  smut  of 
wheat  and  potato  scab. 

Corrosive  sublimate  (bichloride  of  mercury)  powdered  and 
in  tablet  form.^ — For  potato  scab  and  disinfecting  wounds  of 
trees. 

Copper  sulfate  and  Lime  (burnt  or  hydra  ted) — For  making 
bordeaux  mixture  used  in  spraying  potatoes  and  other  vege- 
tables. 

Prepared  bordeaux  (Paste  or  powder) — For  use  in  gardens 
and  for  those  who  do  not  wish  to  prepare  bordeaux. 

Lime  sulfur  solution — For  general  orchard  spraying. 

Arsenate  of  Lead  (paste  or  powder) — For  biting  insects. 

Black  leaf  40  Tobacco  extract  — For  sucking  insects. 

The  department  of  plant  pathology,  college  of  agriculture, 
Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  offers  to  furnish  those  who  will  make  a  dis- 
play of  the  above  mentioned  goods  with  printed  leaflets  giving 
directions  for  the  use  and  application  of  these  materials,  and 
will  assist  dealers  with  information  about  manufacturers  or 
wholesalers  who  handle  these  goods,  and  will  give  suggestions 
about  window  displays. 

The  suggestions  of  the  New  York  plant  pathologist  should 
prove  of  value  to  druggists  of  other  states  who  are  located  in 
rural  communities. 


Pharmacy  in  Chicago  High  Schools 
Chicago,  III. — A  new  departure  in  pharmaceutical  in- 
struction is  announced  by  the  educational  authorities  of  this 
city  by  the  offer  of  a  four  year  pharmacy  preparatory  course 
to  be  given  in  the  high  schools  of  this  city.  The  details  have, 
just  been  made  public  by  District  Superintendent  W.  M. 
Roberts,  under  who.sc  direction  the  plan  has  been  worked  out. 

This  course  is  offered  in  accordance  with  the  recommenda- 
tion of  the  Chicago  Retail  Druggists  A.ssociation,  through  its 
executive  board,  and  is  intended  primarily  to  assist  boys  who 
are  employed  as  apprentices  in  pharmacy  to  acquire  a  suffi- 
cient number  of  credits  to  gain  admittance  to  the  schools  of 
pharmacy. 


■jfroportion  Narcotic  Prescriptions  to  Total  Prescriptions 


March 

February 

March 

1914 

Percent 

1915 
Percent 

1915 

Store 

Total 

Xarcotic 

Xarcotic 

Total  X'arcotic 

Narcotic 

Total 

Xarcot 

Xo.  1 

1  557 

106 

19.03  1 

614 

125 

20.03 

658 

84 

Xo.  2 

1  -^4 

51 

14.9 

314 

41 

13.05 

408 

58 

Xo.  3 

1  787 

120 

15.24 

647 

93 

14.37 

867 

121 

Xo.  4 

692 

84 

12.14 

492 

45 

9.14 

723 

59 

Xo.  5 

1  126 

8 

6.34 

162 

13 

8.64 

134 

16 

Xo.  6 

1  1348 

195 

14.46 

1229 

172 

14.00 

1518 

210 

Xo.  7 

1  438 

45 

10.29 

341 

38 

11.11 

485 

45 

Xo.  S 

1  276 

26 

9.42 

1  22q 

21 

9.5 

274 

27 

Xo.  9 

1  545 

83 

15.23 

617 

87 

14.1 

685 

110 

Xo.  10 

1  1275 

180 

14.11 

1041 

117 

11.23 

1705 

249 

Xo.  11 

1  361 

32 

8.86 

574 

80 

13.93 

803 

185 

Total 

1  6747 

930 

13.78 

6258 

832 

13.29 

8260 

1164 

232  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA  [I^Iay,  1915 

Results  of  State  Pharmacy  Board  Examinations 


New  York 

Secretary  Warren  L.  Bradt  has  given  out  a  list  of  the  successful 
candidates  before  the  Board  of  Pharmacy,  examination  held  Janu- 
ary 27-28,  1915. 

The  examinations  were  held  at  Albany,  Buffalo,  and  New  York. 
Following  are  the  names  of  those  entitled  to  receive  licenses. 
Pharmacists— At  Albany:  Ruth  L.  Marsh,  Paul  G.  Dennis,  Herbert 

E.  Reynolds,  Clarence  E.  Schneider,  George  L.  Mailloux,  Roy  M. 
Peddie,  Henry  C.  Sherman. 

At  Buffalo:  William  E.  Lytle,  Andrew  W.  Nixon,  Jesse  H.  Dil- 
dine,  Guy  J.  Pierce,  Harold  E.  Frank,  Carl  Wittie,  Wallace  R. 
Austin. 

At  New  York:  Rose  F.  Ofrias,  Lena  O.  Ager,  Louis  Herzlich, 
Hyman  Vogel,  E.  Grove  Stevens,  Jacob  M.  Jacobs,  Abraham  Wag- 
ner, Charles  P.  Reis,  Jr.,  Salvatore  Prinzivalli,  Samuel  Levitch, 
Michele  de  Lalla,  Ephraim  Frcedman,  Harry  T.  Hammer,  Arno 
W.  C.  Kassner,  Edward  P.  Kenney,  Ludwig  Lechner,  Joseph 
Klauber,  Samuel  Siegel,  Frank  A.  Greene,  William  L.  Kirschner, 
Benjamin  Maslon,  Daniel  M.  Toomey,  Daniel  W.  Odell,  Nicholas 
J.  Solimena,  Maximilian  P.  Gordon,  Justin  Venetucci,  Vincent  F. 
Moiitalbano,  Herbert  I.  Bluestone,  Alfred  E.  Rinaldi,  Thomas  G. 
Osborn,  Charles  M.  Storm,  Clarence  S.  Lord,  Stephen  F.  Greco, 
John  Wilbur  Vaughn,  Harry  Sorowitz,  Angelo  Pellegrino,  Aaron 
M.  Dixon,  Walter  K.  Tengelson,  Max  N.  Katz,  Fred  E.  Earth, 
Edgar  L.  Meadinger,  Benjamin  A.  Hayes,  Abraham  Troulman, 
David  K.  Gritz,  Albert  J.  Lambert,  Isidore  Rabinowitz,  Aron 
Spcctor. 

Druggists— At  Albany:  Charles  A.  Edwards,  Joseph  H.  Brown, 
Floyd  M.  Tacey,  Floyd  Reagan.  Hcrschel  J.  Hess,  Ralph  M. 
Lord,  John  B.  Vernoy,  Mabel  T.  Williams,  Samuel  Warfman, 
Brooks  F.  Wood,  William  L.  Barker,  DeWitt  B.  Armstrong,  Joseph 

F.  Malo,  Jr.,  John  E.  Kelly,  Victor  L.  Smith,  George  H.  Mason. 
At  Buffalo:   Peter  E.  Zegler,   Bernard  J.   McAniff,  Clarence  M. 

Schmarder,  Nathan  G.  Horwitz,  Carlton  W.  Cofran.  John  Pickin, 
Michael  J.  Connolly,  William  H.  Hoschke,  Earle  Milligan,  Joseph 
P.  Shuder,  Elmer  J.  Mclndoo,  John  L.  Hudson,  Frederick  E. 
Williams,  Charles  J.  Maid,  Carl  Deisig,  Charles  A.  Edwards. 

At  New  York:  Charles  Ajamian,  Alexander  M.  Serota,  John  J. 
Hill,  Michele  DeMattia,  William  J.  Korbonits,  Abraham  S.  Kerr, 
Maurice  D.  Newman,  George  D.  Virden,  Edward  Feiro. 

Illinois 

At  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Illinois  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
held  in  Springfield,  the  following  applicants  passed  successful  exami- 
nations: 

Registered  Pharmacists: — H.  G.  Barnum,  David  Cohen,  Leo  J. 
Hillman,  Abraham   Myerson,   R.  J.   Prendergast,  Albert   Robin,  J. 

D.  Skowron,  Paul  CJngcr,  all  of  Chicago  and  A.  O.  Graff,  Highland: 
Ralph  Hawthorne,  Enfield;  Sister  Earnesta,  Springfield;  W.  E. 
McCabe,  Rushville;  Cyrus  W.  McPike,  Rock  Island;  Walter  A. 
Reese,  Collinsville;  Whitten  D.  Stone,  Greenview;  Wm.  C.  Sulli- 
van, Flanaga;  Henry  Wilson,  Monmouth. 

Assistant  Pharmacists: — Harry  Block,  Marcus  Curshen,  A.  D. 
Dillard,  E.  W.  Keefrcy,  Philip  Kleinman,  A.  A.  Peckler,  W.  J. 
Ritter,  Herman  Retzky,  Wm.  J.  Scanlon,  F.  A.  Tekieniewski, 
Chas.  M.  Vitule,  F.  E.  Wismewski,  all  of  Chicago  and  J.  Earl 
Evans,  Decatur;  T.  J.  Flynn,  Bloomington;  Fred  C.  Jackson,  Cham- 
paign; I.  U.  Kauffman,  LaGrange;  Harold  J.  Kelley,  Pontiac; 
Fred  L.  Leib,  Carbondale;  Earle  D.  McBride,  Flora;  E.  J.  Reiss, 
East  St.  Louis;  Arthur  W.  Smith,  Bloomington;  Homer  G.  Wil- 
liams, Granite  City. 

Local  Registered  Pharmacists:— N.  G.  Hart,  Ullin;  L.  E.  Buden- 
bostel,  Campbell  Hill:  Leonard  McBride,  Varna;  Jas.  A.  Meikle, 
Sheffield;  Schiller  Sorensen,  Shannon. 

The  next  meeting  of  the  board  for  the  examination  for  regis- 
tered pharmacist  will  be  held  in  Chicago  on  Tuesday,  March  16 
at  31  West  Lake  St.  On  Thursday  March  18  an  examination 
will  be  conducted  for  assistant  pharmacists.  The  next  apprentice 
examinations  will  be  held  on  Friday,  March  5. 

Springfield,  April  9 — At  the  meeting  of  the  Illinois  State  Board 
of  Pharmacy  held  in  Chicago  on  March  16-18  the  following  appli- 
cants for  registration  were  successful  in  their  examinations: 

Registered  Pharmacists — Joseph  Allegretti,  W.  E.  Bevermann, 
M.  T.  Brekke,  W.  E.  Carson,  E.  S.  Crouch,  E.  L.  Dahl.  Chas.  R. 
DeWitt,  Otto  J.  Jirsa,  J.  H.  Kakacek,  C.  M.  Kowslski,  G.  D. 
Faucek,  S.  M.  Gordon,  R.  L.  Greenwood,  L.  L.  Haffner,  C.  W. 
Obermillcr,  G.  H.  Parker,  R.  C.  Reed,  Edw.  J.  Boucek,  A.  F. 
Stahl,  L.  L.  Stitzer.  Robt.  J.  Stuhbs,  J.  G.  Warczak,  all  of  Chicago 
and  Mike  Bianco,  DuQuoin;  F.  E,  Boehm,  Oak  Park;  C.  C.  Bond, 
Mt.  Vernon;  Aug.  Claus,  Molinc;  Rov  W.  Cloe,  Pana;  E.  R.  Davis. 
Abingdon;  R.  W.  Donaldson,  Oak  Park;  H.  L.  Eberly,  Aurora; 
L.  L.  Eubanks,  Marion;  Paul  Herrmann,  Aurora;  C.  D.  Lightfoot, 
Farmington;   C.   B.   Lovell,   Libcrtyville;   Wm.   C.   Lyman,  Peoria; 

A.  J.  McClean,  River  Forest;  A.  R.  Maycrhoffcr,  E.  St.  Louis; 
J.    Z.    Potter,    Johnston    City;    C.    H.    Preston.    Stillman  Valley; 

E.  J.  Wichterman,  Tu.scola;  C.  E.  Wiles,  Kankakee. 

Assistant  Pharmacists — Wm.  Bcckman,  Raymond  Crist.  R.  H. 
Cunradi,  E.  H.  Denson,  E.  W.  Dewey,  Abraham  Epstein,  C.  J. 
Faucek,  S.  M.  Gordon,  R.  L.  Greenwood.  L.  L.  B.iffnrr.  C.  W. 
Ranichen.  H.  A.  Curlcc,  C.  J.  Havranek,  James  Kla.lik.  l.uiu-s  Kor- 
shak,  Thco.  Lcckband,  Max  R.  Mandel,  D.  C  M:.ivh.tll,  T.  C. 
Moraczcwski.  A.  R.  Pcrlow,  IT.  A.  Picper.  I.  S.  K,.l.niv.  Icrome 
Roscficld.  R.  C.  Srhmilt.  K.  C.  S.  Imlt/,  T.  D.  .'^pr.H  lirr.  'll.  A. 
Styrt,  WfiK  W,  ,n,„>.,  \  I.  W  M. .,!„,, ni.  of  Clii.-.-.t:..  a,ul  Rov 
R.  Barm-,  (.mi,,,,;  I  r  (.,.,,  I,,,  ,,,,,„;  ( ;,■„.  I.,  Cnriiv.  Morri- 
son; F.  W.  i:..,l,„,,.  (  ,,:,,:>, 11,  .  1,  1,  Ma,a>-n,  Antio.b;  Wm.  T. 
Hayes.  Ro.  lu  llr;  I'liarb  s  11.  ll.  nU.  l.  Ottawa:  A.  V.  Tsa.icson, 
Danville;    1).   Lyman   Miller.   Carmi;    P.   W.   Rosenberg,  Rochelle; 

B.  E.  Simmons,  Willmette,  C.  V.  Whitney,  Wcnona;  T.  W.  Whit- 
tington,  Marion. 


New  Jersey 

At  the  January  examination  of  the  New  Jersey  Board  of  Phar- 
macy held  in  Trenton,  the  following  candidates  were  successful: 

Registered  Pharmacist:— Max  Alexander,  New  York,  N.  Y.; 
Chandler  Arcularius,  Newark;  Benjamin  Baumgarten,  Jersey  City; 
Morris  M.  Bernstein,  New  York,  N.  Y.;  George  Willy  Boehme, 
Hoboken;  Raymond  Bourgholtzer,  Easton,  Pa.;  Jay  William  Bright, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Ervin  L.  W.  Caccia,  Paterson;  Jay  Wylie  Clark, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Harold  S.  Connamacher,  Newark;  Samuel  Elk, 
New  York,  N.  Y.;  Charles  Everlockner,  Burlington;  Emidio  Fasano, 
Jr.,  Jersey  City;  Jacob  Fiedler,  Newark;  George  Flack,  Atlantic 
City;  Joseph  L.  Ford,  Orange;  Maurice  J.  Gartenberg,  Newark; 
Samuel  Geller,  Jersey  City;  Raymond  Gibney,  Coatesville,  Pa.; 
Alexander  Goldberg,  Paterson;  Harry  A.  Goldberg,  East  Orange; 
Leo  Green,  New  York,  N.  Y. ;  Seneca  E.  Griswold,  East  Orange; 
James  E.  Hanna,  Julius  Hyman,  New  York,  N.  Y. ;  Irving  I. 
Jacobs,  Newark;  Jacob  M.  Jacobs,  Paterson;  Edmund  Jackson, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Jacob  D.  Kaplan,  Newark;  Arno  Wm.  Kassner, 
Jamaica,  N.  Y.;  John  J.  Kershuli*,  Newark;  Abraham  S.  Kerr, 
Paterson;  James  W.  Kephart,  Ashbourne,  Pa.:  Joseph  B.  Lanigan, 
Elizabeth;  Louis  Levy,  Newark;  Bernhard  Marmerstein.  Newark; 
William  Marx,  Evergreen,  N.  Y. ;  Frank  A.  McHenrv,  Orange: 
John  E.  McHenry,  Trenton;  Samuel  Meyer,  College  Point.  N.  Y.; 
Edward  J.  Morris,-  Trenton;  Maurice  D.  Newman.  Elizabeth; 
Conrad  Pfannenschmid.  Jersey  City;  Perry  I.  Precwinkle,  Roselle 
Park;  Herman  Sloan,  Newark;  Samuel  Steyer,  Philadelphia,  Pa.; 
Henry  H.  Stiles,  Moorestown;  Harry  Swain.  Haddon  Heights; 
Frederick  C.  Theile.  West  Hoboken;  Charles  O.  Tomlin,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.;  Ernest  Thompson,  Hightstown:  John  Valvano.  Eliza- 
beth; Charles  K.  Wendell,  Plainfield;  Philip  S.  Willingmyre. 
Jacob  Weiner,  Atlantic  City. 

Registered  Assistant:  Lewis  Concialdi.  Rockaway;  Alexander  H. 
Cornish.  Jr..  Chatham;  William  H.  Dischert,  Camden;  Maurice  J. 
Gartenberg,  Newark;  Robert  Green,  Atlantic  City:  John  H.  Van  D. 
Hoagland.  New  Brunswick;  Daniel  W.  Jordan,  Jersey  City;  Huga 
Krause,  Atlantic  City;  Irving  Leipsig,  Bavonne;  Albert  Lerner, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Andrew  J.   Martella,   New  York,   N.  Y. 

The  next  meeing  of  the  board  for  examinations  will  be  held  in 
Trenton  on  Thursday  and  Friday  April  15   and  16. 


Vermont 

The  twentieth  annual  meeting  of  the  Vermont  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy  was  held  at  Montpelier  on  Jan.  12,  the  full  Board  being 
present  including  Chas.  H.  Skinner  of  Windsor,  who  was  appointed 
by  Governor  Fletcher  to  fill  out  the  unexpired  term  of  D.  F.  Davis 
of  Barre  who  resigned  for  lack  of  time  to  devote  to  the  work. 

Seven  candidates  appeared  for  examination  and  of  these  only  two- 
were  successful  in  obtaining  certificates,  and  both  of  these  were- 
Assistants  as  follows:  Francis  J.  Kelly,  Burlington,  and  A.  F. 
Finnegan.  Winooski. 

The  officers  elected  were  as  follows:  President.  E.  G.  JfcClallen, 
Rutland;  secretary.  M.  G.  Beebe,  Burlington;  treasurer.  W.  L. 
Gokay.  Bennington.  The  other  members  are  W.  F.  Root  of  Brat- 
tleboro,  and  Chas.  H.  Skinner  of  Windsor.  Governor  Gates  reap- 
pointed M.  G.  Beebe  to  succeed  himself  for  another  term  of  five- 
years. 

President  McClallen  has  designated  the  following  dates  for  the 
coming  year:  April  14,  July  14  and  October  13,  with  the  February 
meeting  to  be  determined  after  the  legislature  adjourns,  as  thert 
arc  some  proposed  changes  in  time  of  meeting  to  be  acted  upon. 

Virginia 

At  the  examination  held  in  Richmond  on  Jan.  19.  there  were  27 
applicants  for  registered  pharmacist.  Of  this  number  9  were  given 
certificates  as  reeistcrtd  pharmacists,  as  follows:  J.  M.  Bailey, 
Richmond;  T.  B.  Hord,  Richmond;  C.  W.  Ray.  Welch.  W.  Va.; 
W.  H.  Danull,  Bi.stun.  Ma^s.:  R.  E.  Monroe.  Richmond;  A.  F. 
Auringcr.  Richmond;  Frank  l.arncr.  Richmond;  J.  N.  Greene,  Nor- 
folk, and  E.  M.  Hardin.  Richmond. 

The  following  applicants  for  registered  pharmacist  were  given  tht 
registered  assistant  pharmacist  certificate,  as  follows:  P.  C.  King, 
Richmond;  J.  LeG.  Johnson,  Baltimore,  Md.;  H.  G.  Shirkey,  Rich- 
mond. 

There  were  11  .T|>iiiioants  for  examination  as  registered  assistant 
pharmaci-^t^-.  .,f  wli.,>n  7  were  successful,  as  follows:  F.  V.  Berry, 
Richmoii.l;  S  11  r.irkins.  Tr..  Staunton:  C.  V.  Brav.  Richmond; 
O.  O.  A-hworth.  Ri.nmond:  H.  J.  Nowlan.  Roanoke;  G.  M.  Cole- 
niiii.  (  iilpiprr;  11.  C.  Painter,  Richmond. 

I  ll,-  i,,ll,,uini;  were  registered  by  reciprocitv:  E.  M.  Henderson, 
.^i.uini,,]!.  from  Indiana:  E.  T.  Burkholdcr.  College  Park.  V». 

fK.m  Cnorti.i.  .and  H.  G.  Mitcheil.  Star.  N.   C.  from  Georgia. 

The  next  examination  will  be  held  in  Richmond  on  April  20. 


Massachusetts 

Ten  pharmacists  were  registered  as  a  result  of  the  February 
examinations  in  Massachusetts,  and  five  certificates  were  issue* 
to  assistants,  as  follows;  Charles  E.  Lynds.  Roxbury;  Richard  H. 
Aforris.  Everett;  Edward  M.  Rcddy.  Swampscott:  Charles  R. 
Burnham.  .\thol:  Antonio  A.  Delage.  Boston;  Ernest  L.  I^nitley, 
Boston;  George  E.  Thomas.  Lvnn;  George  E.  Cabana.  Springfield; 
William  J.  Carroll.  Randolph;  George  D.  Colgan,  Cambridge;  Joh» 
A  Darrah.  Springfield. 

Assistants:— William  J.  Dillon.  Chicopcc  Falls;  Fred  E.  Keegan, 
Everett:  Fred  J.  Murphy.  Worcester;  Fred  A.  Hobb,  Atholp 
Edwin  F.  Qoinlan,  Newtonville. 


May,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


233 


New  Preparations  and  Specialties 


EVEBEADY  FOUNTAIN  PEN  LIGHT 


NEW  PRODUCTS  OF  P.  D.  &  CO. 


A  new  type  of  flashlight,  exactly  like  a  "banker's"  fountain 
pen  in  size  and  appearance,  has  just  been  announced  by  the 
American  Every  Ready  Works,  308  Hudson  St.,  New  York. 

This  Fountain  Pen  Light  is  said  to  have  several  important 
and  exclusive  features.  The  light  can  be  either  flashed  or 
burned  continuously  as  desired,  and  laid  down  while  burning 
*o  that  both  hands  are  free  to  work.    The  Tungsten  battery 


Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  are  calling  the  attention  of  the  drug 
trade  to  their  two  preparations,  "Silvol,"  and  "Agar."  More 
than  a  hundred  publications  are  being  used,  it  is  said,  to  bring 
these  to  the  attention  also  of  the  medical  profession. 

"Silvol"  is  a  new  silver  compound,  described  as  an  active 
germicide,  astringent  and  sedative,  in  scale  form,  an  efficient 
agent  for  the  treatment  of  acute  inflammations  of  mucous 
membranes.  It  is  supplied  in  one  ounce  bottles  and  in  6-grain 
capsules  in  bottles  of  50. 

".Agar"  is  a  product  of  Japan,  derived  from  seaweed,  sup- 
plied commercially  in  the  form  of  coarse  flakes — a  mechanical 
la.xative  that  will  come  into  wide  use,  it  is  predicted  by  the 
makers,  in  the  treatment  of  chronic  constipation. 


The  Eveready  jountam  pen  light. 


1915   SENECA  ASSORTMENTS 


for  this  light  has  been  designed  and  made  with  special  care 
and  only  the  very  highest  grade  of  materials  are  usf-d  in  it. 
Its  life,  as  shown  by  tests,  is  declared  to  be  longer  than  any 
of  the  other  smiilar-sized  batteries  on  the  market  and  is 
fully  guaranteed. 

The  Fountain  Pen  Light  is  Sy^  inches  long,  ^  inch  in 
•diameter,  and  weighs  only  1  Yi  ozs.  It  has  a  clip  so  that  it  can 
tc  securely  carried  in  the  vest  pocket,  without  inconvenience. 
The  retail  price  complete  with  battery  is  $1.00. 


"PEACH  MELBA"  FOR  THE  SODA  FOUNTAIN 

This  is  the  season  of  the  year  when  owners  of  soda  foun- 
tains are  seeking  new  ways  of  making  that  feature  of  their 
business  more  profiuble.  The  J.  Hungerford  Smith  Co., 
Rochester.  X.  Y.,  is  introducing  a  new  fountain  delicacy  known 
as  "Peach  Melba,"  which  is  declared  to  be  one  of  the  biggest 
selling  sundaes  this  concern  has  ever  recommended  to  the 
trade. 

It  is  well  known  to  patrons  of  high  class  restaurants  that 
a  satisfactory  peach  melba  will  be  priced  on  the  menu  card 
at  fifty  to  seventy-five  cents.  Over  the  fountain  a  peach 
melba  equalling  in  quality  that  which  one  might  get  at  the 
Waldorf-.Vstoria  can  be  served  for  fifteen  cents,  and  the  cost 
to  the  fountain  operator  will  not  exceed  five  cents,  it  is  said 

\n  assortment  for  this  dish  is  being  offered  by  the  J. 
Hungerford  Smith  Co.,  which  includes  six  quarts  of  sliced 
•melba  peaches,  six  quarts  of  peach  melba  sauce,  a  formula 
for  making  it  in  the  most  delicious  way,  together  with  window 
•strips  and  a  lithograph,  17  by  25  inches,  in  twelve  colors  for 
advertising  it — all  at  a  price  which  makes  it  possible  to  get  a 
200  per  cent,  profit  on  every  sale. 


INTESTI-FERMIN  TABLETS 

One  of  the  difficulties  encountered  by  druggists  in  the 
handling  of  bacillus  Ublets  for  intestinal  troubles  is  that 
unless  kept  in  very  low  temperatures  they  deteriorate  rapidly 
and  lose  their  effectiveness  as  remedial  agents.  The  claim 
is  made  by  the  Berlin  Laboratory,  Inc.,  225  Fifth  avenue. 
New  York  City,  that  "Intcsti-Fermin"  tablets  can  be  kept 
in  any  temperature  and  are  guaranteed  to  retain  their  vitality 
for  not  less  than  12  months,  this  statement  being  backed  up 
by  scientific  tests. 

Since  Prof.  Metchnikoff,  in  his  research  work  at  the  Insti- 
tute Pasteur,  Paris,  determined  that  the  chief  cause  of  many 
•diseases,  such  as  gastro-intestinal  troubles,  rheumatism,  diabe- 
tes, constipation,  nervous  diseases,  loss  of  memory  and  appe- 
tite, mental  depression,  etc.,  is  due  to  auto-intoxication  or  the 
self-poisoning  of  the  human  system  by  poisonous  toxins  exist- 
ing and  thriving  in  the  colon,  there  has  been  a  number  of 
remedies  of  the  bacillus  type  placed  on  the  market. 

"Inte.iti-Formin"  tablets  contain  a  true  culture,  it  is  claimed, 
■of  the  bacillus  Eulgaricus.  type  A.,  combined  with  Glyco- 
Bakter.  the  longevity  bacillus.  They  are  prescribed  as  an 
antidote  for  the  insidious  poisons  of  the  cells  of  the  •vital 
•organs,  restoring  them  to  normal  and  regular  action. 


The  Seneca  Camera  Mfg.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  has  pub- 
lished a  booklet  in  which  are  given  the  experiences  of  twenty- 
seven  dealers  who  have  installed  camera  departments.  This 
booklet  contains  interesting  and  helpful  information  for  drug- 
gists who  contemplate  adding  a  camera  and  photographic  sup- 
ply department  to  their  stores  this  spring  or  summer.  The 
Seneca  company  also  calls  attention  to  its  1915  assortment 
aggregating  only  $50,  which  includes  ten  cameras  and  enough 
photographic  supplies  to  start  a  small  department.  A  num- 
ber of  improvements  have  been  made  in  the  1915  models  of 
Seneca  cameras. 


TRADE  LITERATURE 

The  Lambert  Pharmacal  Company,  St.  Louis.  Mo.,  has  is- 
.sued  a  booklet  entitled,  "Selling  Helps  For  Live  Druggists." 
Copies  are  furnished  upon  request. 

The  Armstrong  Cork  Co.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  has  published  a 
little  folder  entitled,  "Be  Careful,"  referring  to  Circle  A.  and 
Circle  B.  corks. 


ZINC  OXIDE  ADHESIVE  PLASTERS 

Eberly  &  Eberly,  Akron,  Ohio,  manufacturers  of  "Special 
High  Grade  Zinc  Oxide  Adhesive  Plaster,"  advertised  in  this 
issue  of  the  Era,  are  quoting  prices  and  showing  how  druggists 
can  meet  competition  and  make  money  by  sell- 
ing their  plasters.  Buyers  will  not  fail  to 
discover  the  difference  in  the  returns  if  they 
will  compare  the  following  prices  with  the 
prices  they  have  been  paying  for  similar 
goods : 

in.  X  \  yd.,  Y2  gross,  $2.10;  or  3Sc  per 
dozen ;  5/2  in.  x  1  yd.,  1  gross,  $4 ;  1  in.  x  1 
v'd.,  Y2  gross,  $2.70,  or  45c  per  dozen;  1  in  x 
yd.,  per  gross,  $5.20.    For  five  gross  lots, 
:  in.  x  1  yd.,  $3.80  per  gross;  1  in  x  1  yd., 
$5  per  gross. 

By  specializing  in  these  two  sizes  of  plasters,  the  manufac- 
turers claim  they  arc  able  to  save  both  the  necessary  first 
cost  and  upkeep  of  a  large  plant,  which  enables  them  to  give 
to  the  druggist,  who  sells  only  these  sizes,  a  better  plaster 
for  less  cost  than  could  otherwise  be  obtained. 

Samples  we  have  examined  fully  confirm  the  claims  made 
for  this  plaster. 


Pennsylvania  House  Aims  Blo-w  at  Trading  Stamps 

Harrisburg,  Pa.,  .'\pril  12. — The  House  passed  the  Walton 
bill  by  a  vote  of  146  to  17.  This  measure,  if  enacted,  would 
virtually  drive  the  trading  stamp  companies  out  of  business. 
The  fee  is  $1000  for  companies  originating  the  stamps,  and 
every  concern  would  have  to  pay  a  $1000  fee  for  each  place 
of  business.  A  retail  merchant  wishing  to  issue  stamps  of 
his  own  accord  the  fee  would  be  $150  annually.  One-fourth 
of  the  revenues  would  go  to  the  State  and  the  remainder  to  the 
counties  for  road  and  bridge  purpo.ses.  The  bill  was  said  to 
have  the  backing  of  the  Retail  Merchants'  Association  of 
Pennsylvania,  with  a  membership  of  10,000. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[May,  1915 


News  of  the  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy 

iiii 

Ezra  Harris  Charles  Swoboda  Sterling    Coldren  Irby  C.  Ta\-lor  M.  S  Edwards 


Recent  Graduates  of  the  Era  Coursee 

The  following  students  have  recently  been  graduated  from 
the  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy,  receiving  the  usual  diploma: 


Matriculation  Graduating 
Number  Average 

7930— D.  M.  Banister,  Springfield,  Vt   93 

7965 — Jerome  Jenkyns,  Washington,  D.  C   95 

7968— Percy  D.  Hutchins,  Springfield,  Vt   96 

7986— E.  M.  Stansbury,  Peoria,  111   90 

7992—  R.  A.  Eggleston,  Hinsdale,  Mass   98 

7993 —  Alfred  J.  Huevelmann,  Cincinnati,  Ohio  . .  93 
8011— Theo.  G.  J.  Sandow,  Deer  Park,  Wash.  ..  94 

8037— Milton  S.  Edwards,  Lexington,  Tenn   90 

8060— Sterling  P.  Coldren,  Greeley,  Colo   94 

8089— James  R.  Merrell,  Bryant,  Okla   82 

8169— Raymond  C,  Hacker,  Greencastle,  Pa.  ...  93 

8249— Motohiko  Matsumi,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  ...  96 

8329— Charles  Swoboda,  Takoma,  D.  C   96 

8344— F.  W.  Steimle,  Indianapolis,  Ind   90 

8349— Wm.  Ezra  Harris,  Carrier  Mills,  111   97 

8372— Irby  C.  Taylor,  Converse,  S.  C   92 

8381— Wesley  G.  Van  Ness,  Jackson,  Mich   89 

8392—  Courtland  G.  Bartlett,  Jr.,  Gardner,  Mass.  96 

8393—  Harry  W.  Gruver,  York,  Pa   95 

8494— Raymond  K.  Hagar.  Patten,  Me   97 


Era  Students  Pass  State  Boards 

A  number  of  graduates  of  the  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy 
have  recently  passed  the  state  board  examinations.  They  are 
as  follows: 

Arkansas — Emil  J.  Hanggi,  Little  Rock,  registered  phar- 
macist. 

Delaware — W.  Floyd  Jackson,  Wilmington,  assistant  phar- 
macist. 

Kentucky — Chas.  F.  Bartholomew,  Ft.  Thomas;  C.  H. 
Brockmeyer,  Fredonia,  registered  pharmacists. 

Louisiana — C.  E.  McHale,  New  Orleans,  assistant  pharma- 
cist. 

Maryland— G iff ord  L.  Potts,  Elkton,  assistant  pharmacist. 
Massachusetts — Mrs.    Philomene    Lacouture,    Fall  River, 
Mass. 

New  Jersey — Edw.  .\.  Bank,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  registered 
pharmacist. 

New  York— Mrs.  Mabel  T.  Williams,  Utica,  N.  Y. 
Druggists. 

Ohio— Merrill  Swain,  Hamilton.  Ohio. 

Uses  Collection  of  Crude  Drugs 
In  studying  for  qualification  as  a  registered  pharmacist, 
Ezra  Harris  of  Carrier  Mills,  111.,  uses  a  collection  of  172 
specimens  of  crude  drugs  in  addition  to  the  ERA  Course  in 
Pharmacy.  With  the  Era  (  ..m^,  hi  has  used  as  reference 
books  the  U.  S.  Dispcnsator\  n  .i  1  l.ill  iiid's  Medical  Chemistry 
with  good  success.  His  "In  I'mu  .i\<rage  was  96.6  per 
cent.  "I  am  well  pleased  wiih  tlu  I.k.\  Course,"  he  writes. 
He  hopes,  through  the  start  he  has  thus  gotten,  to  qualify  for 
higher  study. 


Era  Student  Working  in  Hospital 

Charles  A.  Swoboda  of  Takoma  Park,  D.  C.  who  has 
been  pursuing  studies  in  pharmacy  through  the  Era  Course, 
is  holding  the  position  of  dispensary  attendant  in  the  W. 
Reed  Hospital.  He  writes  that  the  Er-A.  Course  has  given 
him  a  very  practical  scope  of  pharmaceutical  education  and 
training,  and  that  he  realizes  the  course  has  been  of  great 
help  to  him  and  has  saved  him  a  great  deal  of  money. 

Colorado  Graduate  Has  Profited  by  Course 

Sterling  P.  Coldren,  of  Greeley.  Colo.,  one  of  the  recent 
graduates  of  the  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy,  says  the  instruction 
he  received  was  "helpful,  clear  and  precise."  In  preparing 
himself  for  a  pharmacist  I\Ir.  Coldren  got  considerable  as- 
sistance from  a  school  teacher,  with  whom  he  roomed.  The 
course  supplied  him  with  the  incentive  to  study,  and  he  has 
profited  from  this  application  to  the  extent  of  having  doubled 
his  salary. 

Writing  of  the  course  he  says :  "It  is  as  good  as  any  one 
would  want  as  it  touches  every  phase  that  one  can  get  without 
practical  experience.  My  father  was  at  one  time  a  registered 
pharmacist  in  Indiana  and  it  is  my  ambition  to  become  regis- 
tered in  Colorado  and  be  a  real  jiharmacist.  Thanks  to  the 
Era  Course." 

Course  Worth  Ten  Times  Its  Cost 

Irby  C.  Taylor,  who  is  employed  by  the  People's  drug  store. 
Converse,  S.  C,  says  that  if  he  could  sell  the  information 
he  has  obtained  from  the  Er.\  Course  in  Pharmacy  he  would 
not  take  ten  times  the  ten  dollars  it  cost  him. "I  do  not  see 
how  you  get  out  such  a  complete  and  systematic  course  for 
ten  dollars,"  he  writes.  "I  will  always  be  glad  to  reccommend 
the  course  to  anyone." 

Tennessee  Student  is  Graduated 

Melton  S.  Edwards  of  Lexington,  Tenn..  employed  by  the 
Stewart  Drug  Company,  is  a  recent  graduate  of  the  Eka 
Course.  Although  h.iving  only  a  little  spare  time  for  study 
each  day  he  worked  hard  for  eiglu<on  months  and  passed  his 
examination  entilling  him  to  a  diploma.  "I  have  taken  no 
other  course  in  pharmacy."  he  writes,  "but  the  Era  Course. 
I  would  rccdiiinund  it  to  any  person  desiring  to  engage  in 
pharmary.    I  think  it  has  been  verj'  profitable  for  me." 

Era  Course  Surprised  Him 

"When  T  enrolled  in  the  Era  Course."  writes  R.  K.  Hagar 
of  Paiii  ii.  M.iinr  "it  was  with  a  feeling  of  scepticism  in  regard 
to  corn  ■.iMiii.l' 11.  r  (  inirscs  in  general.  But  before  many  weeks 
had  eLi|>si.l  this  i.oling  left  me  and  I  can  now  willingly  say 
that  I  obtained  more  benefit  from  the  Er.\  Course  than  I 
thought  possible  through  any  mail  course.  Before  I  had  re- 
ceived many  lectures  I  saw  that  in  a  few  pages  I  was  getting 
the  essentials  of  pharmacy  that  would  have  taken  me  months 
to  dig  out  from  the  regular  text  books  of  the  ordinary  drug 
store.  It  was  the  elimination  of  the  non-essentials,  the  good 
outline  in  each  lecture  and  the  personal  element  in  the  cor- 
rection of  recitation  papers  that  made  the  course  particularly 
valuable  to  me." 


May,  1915]  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA  235 

Plan  a  Campaign  to  Push  Made  in  America  Perfumery 

Manufacturers  in  Annual  Convention  Declare  That  European 
War  Has  Created  Opportunity  Such  as  Industry  Has  Never  Had 


A CAMPAIGN  of  education  of  the  American  public  and 
retailers  of  perfumes  and  toilet  preparations  against 
what  was  termed  the  "unfair  prejudice  in  favor  of 
goods  bearing  foreign  labels"  was  proposed  at  the  convention 
of  the  Manufacturing  Perfumers'  Association  of  the  United 
States.  This  was  the  twentj-first  annual  meeting.  It  was 
held  at  the  Hotel  Biltmore,  New  York  City,  Tuesday,  Wed- 
nesday and  Thursday,  April  27,  28  and  29.  There  was  a 
representative  attendance. 

In  his  annual  address  the  president,  A.  M.  Spiehler  of  Ro- 
chester, N.  Y.,  recommended  that  the  association  employ  a 
paid  secretary,  a  paid  pub'icity  manager  to  write  special  ar- 
ticles for  the  trade  journals  and  popular  magazines  on  Ameri- 
can-made perfumery,  and  a  paid  legislative  investigator,  whose 
duty  it  would  be  to  keep  the  association  officials  in  touch  with 
all  new  legislation  affecting  the  interests  of  manufacturing 
perfumers. 

President  Spiehler  declared  tliat  "never  in  the  history  of 
the  perfume  industry  has  the  outlook  been  so  bright  as  at  the 
present  time.  The  general  and  widespread  movement  for 
American-made  products  is  an  aftermath  of  war  conditions. 
This  crusade  can  be  specialized  and  utilized  in  our  own  in- 
dustr>-  to  the  fullest  advantage  if  prompt  action  is  taken  on 
our  part.  Ever>'  opportunity  should  be  grasped  to  obtain  the 
greatest  possible  benefit  from  the  movement  in  popularizing 
American-made  perfumes  and  toilet  preparations.  Realizing, 
as  we  all  do,  that  quality  dominates  the  domestic  product, 
this  is  the  psychological  movement  to  eliminate  the  unfair  pre- 
judice in  favor  of  goods  bearing  foreign  labels." 

It  was  also  declared  that  the  perfume  industry  is  greatly 
over-taxed  by  the  United  States  Government,  not  only  in 
customs  duties  imposed  on  materials  obtained  from  abroad  for 
the  manufacture  of  perfumes,  but  more  especially  with  regard 
to  the  stamp  tax  recently  levied  as  a  so-called  "war  measure." 
Action  was  urged  to  prevent,  if  possible,  the  continuance  of 
the  stamp  tax  after  December  31,  1915. 

The  report  of  the  secretar\-  showed  that  the  association  now 
has  47  active  members,  63  associa  e  members  and  four  honor- 
ary members.  This  is  a  gain  of  14  active  members,  two  as- 
sociate members  and  one  honorary  member  during  the  past 
year. 

A  healthy  financial  condition  was  indicated  by  the  treasurer's 
report  which  showed  available  assets  of  almost  $7,000. 

Reports  of  committees  occupied  most  of  the  afternoon  of 
■  the  first  day.    The  most  significant  report  was  that  of  the 
Committee  on  Importations  and  Undervaluations  of  Foreign 
Goods,  which  was  read  by  Walter  Mueller  of  A.  A.  \'antine 
J  &  Co.,  New  York  City.    It  was  as  follows: 

"The  total  imports  of  perfumery  and  other  toilet  prepara- 
•  tions  during  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1914,  amounted  to 
$1,856,552,  an  increase  of       of  1  per  cent,  over  the  previous 
year.    The  duties  on  these  goods  amounted  to  $1,229,577. 

"Of  the   fore-going  total,   $772,377   consisted  of  prepara- 
tions containing  alcohol,  such  as  extracts,  toilet  waters,  lo- 
^  tions,  hair  tonics  and  dentifrices.    The  imports  of  these  de- 
creased        per  cent. 

"The  balance  of  the  imports,  51,084,174,  consisted  of  non- 
'  alcoholic  preparations,  such  as  face  powders,  sachets,  brillian- 
,  tine,  hair  dyes  and  grease  paints.  The  imports  of  these  in- 
.  creased  S-7/10  per  cent. 

"The  values  of  the  individual  ifjms  and  the  percentage  that 
each  forms  of  the  total  imports  is  approximately  as  follows, 
'  according  to  the  Examiner  of  Perfumery  at  the  Appraiser's 


office.  New  York. 

1—  Face  Powders,  29%    $542,087 

2—  Toilet  Waters,  21%    386,188 

Sachets,  20%    379,460 

4— Extracts.  10%    193,094 

' — Brilliantine.  Hair  Dyes  and 

Grease  Paints,  9%    162,627 

6—  Lotions.  8%    154,475 

7—  Hair  Tonics  and  Dentifrices,  2%    38,620 


"The  fore-going  figures  are,  as  stated,  approximated  as 
neither  the  Statistical  Division  of  the  Customs  House  at  New 
York,  the  .Appraiser's  Office,  nor  the  Bureau  of  Foreign  and 
Domestic  Commerce  at  Washington  has  on  file  figures  showing 
the  imports  of  the  various  items  coming  under  the  head  of 
perfumery  and  other  toilet  preparations.  It  would  seem  ad- 
visable for  the  Association  to  make  an  effort  to  have  the 
Bureau  of  Foreign  and  Domestic  Commerce  segregate  the 
amounts  of  the  various  items  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  us 
to  compare  in  detail  the  growth  of  imports  with  the  con- 
sumption of  domestic  products,  and  also  to  determine  to  what 
extent  the  word  "imported"  signifies  what  it  implies. 

"The  annual  consumption  of  imported  perfumery  and  other 
toilet  preparations  in  the  United  States,  so  far  as  can  be 
gathered,  forms  but  a  small  percentage  of  that  of  domestic 
goods.  But,  small  as  it  is,  it  is  worthy  of  serious  considera- 
tion on  the  part  of  the  ."Vmerican  perfumer  if  for  no  other 
reason  than  that  of  pride.  The  consumption  of  imported 
goods  of  any  kind  always  constitutes  more  or  less  of  an  in- 
direct reflection  upon  the  quality  of  similar  domestic  products. 

"While  the  American  perfumer  of  course  controls  the  bulk 
of  the  trade,  that  of  the  masses,  his  foreign  competitor  seems 
to  have  the  advantage  so  far  as  the  trade  of  the  classes  is 
concerned.  His  goods  are  bought  by  what  is  generally  termed 
the  best  class  of  trade.  This  class  exercises  an  important  in- 
fluence in  that  its  selection  and  use  of  certain  goods  gives  them 
a  considerable  prestige  in  the  estimation  of  other  consumers. 

"Is  this  class  influenced  in  its  preference  for  the  imported 
article  by  the  belief  that  the  higher  price  is  synonymous  with 
a  higher  standard  of  quality? 

"Or  is  it  influenced  by  the  undeniably  artistic  manner  in 
which  the  imported  goods  are  put  up? 

"Or  is  it  the  esthetic  significance  of  the  word  "Paris"  that 
gives  our  foreign  competitors  the  advantage  over  our  goods? 

"The  raw  materials  used  by  the  foreign  and  the  domestic 
perfumer  come  from  the  same  source.  Surely  there  is  as 
much  technical  skill  and  ability  employed  in  the  mixing  of 
these  materials  by  the  American  perfumer  as  is  the  case  with 
the  foreign  perfumer.  Yet  so  far  as  the  consumer  is  con- 
cerned, the  ultimate  judge,  there  is  sufficient  difference  be- 
tween the  finished  products  to  command  her  trade  for  the  im- 
ported article  despite  its  high  price. 

Compared  with  the  American  perfumer,  who  through  adver- 
tising and  other  methods  spends  large  sums  to  promote  the 
demand  for  his  product,  the  foreign  perfumer  does  compara- 
tively little  in  this  direction.  The  retail  profit  on  his  goods 
as  a  general  thing  is  lower  than  that  allowed  by  domestic 
goods.  His  terms  are  rather  arbitrary.  The  good  will  of  the 
trade  that  the  American  perfumer  takes  such  pains  to  culti- 
vate forms  but  a  minor  point  in  his  selling  policy.  Yet  he 
gets  the  cream  of  the  business. 

"We  have  been  hearing  and  reading  much  of  late  regarding 
the  'Made  in  .America'  movement.  It  would  seem  apropos  to 
divert  some  of  this  energy  towards  our  industry,  basing  our 
claims  not  on  sentimental  grounds  so  much  as  on  the  quality 
of  our  products.  Any  efforts  along  this  direction  would  of 
course  have  to  be  made  with  a  thorough  appreciation  of  two 
of  the  most  important  factors  that  seem  to  influence  the  con- 
sumption of  imported  goods,  namely,  the  package  and  the  sig- 
nificance of  the  label." 

The  following  officers  were  elected: 

A.  M.  Spiehler,  of  Adolph  Spiehler,  Inc.,  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
President;  S.  S.  West,  of  the  Abner  Royce  Co.,  Cleveland, 
Vice-president ;  F.  F.  Ingram,  of  the  F.  F.  Ingram  Co.,  De- 
troit, 2d  Vice-president;  Walter  Mueller,  of  Vantine  &  Co., 
New  York,  secretary;  A.  B.  Calisher,  of  Calisher  &  Co.,  New 
York,  treasurer. 

All  of  the  above  officers  were  re-elected,  except  Mr.  Mueller, 
who  succeeds  Frank  N.  Carpenter. 

The  following  men  were  nominated  at  the  afternoon  session, 
.April  28,  to  fill  three  vacancies  in  the  executive  board: 

Theodore  Ricksecker,  New  York;  D.  H.  McConnell,  New 
York;  William  A.  Bradley,  New  York;  Vincent  B.  Thomas, 


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[May,  1915 


New  York;  George  F.  Merrell,  Chicago;  and  O.  J.  Cathcart, 
Newburg,  N.  Y. 

Representative  Rowe,  elected  to  Congress  last  fall  from  the 
Brooklyn  district,  addressed  the  association.  He  promised  to 
give  his  efforts  and  his  influence,  whenever  needed  to  forward 
the  interest  of  the  perfumers  at  Washington. 

A  special  library  committee  reported  that  the  libraries  in 
many  large  cities  had  been  culled  for  bibliographies  of  books 
on  perfume  manufacturing  and  allied  industries. 


G.  A.  S.  OPPOSES  STATE  COMMISSIOIT 

On  Recoi-d  against  the  Proposition  to  Separate  Com- 
mercial and  Professional  Pharmacy 

The  German  Apothecaries'  Society  at  its  April  meeting 
went  on  record  as  opposed  to  the  establishment  of  a  State 
pharmacy  commission  and  the  separation  of  commercial  from 
professional  pharmacy.  C.  N.  Lehman,  of  Tottenville,  L.  I., 
a  member  of  tlie  N.  Y.  S.  P.  A.  committee  of  eleven  having 
these  matters  under  consideration,  asked  the  society  to  ex- 
press Its  attitude  toward  them,  in  order  that  he  might  be  so 
guided  at  an  approaching  meeting  of  the  committee.  Reso- 
lutions were  adopted  to  the  effect  that  the  members  favored 
the  State  Board  as  it  is  today,  and  pointing  out  that  divorc- 
ing the  commercial  di-ug  store  and  the  professional  pharmacy 
was  impossible  in  this  country.  Among  those  who  agreed  in 
discussion  upon  these  points  were  Messrs.  Swann,  President 
Robert  Lehman,  Riefflin,  Gilbert  and  others. 

Several  communications  were  read  by  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary Carl  Baum.  One,  from  the  German-American  Literary 
Defense  Committee,  requested  the  members  to  buy  $5  shares 
in  a  project  to  establish  a  daily  newspaper,  to  be  printed  in 
English  and  which  should  stand  for  strict  neutrality.  An- 
other letter  included  a  request  to  the  members  to  attend  a 
play  at  the  German  theatre,  Irving  place,  the  play  being  the 
work  of  Julius  Krause,  editor  of  the  evening  edition  of  the 
Staats-Zeitting. 

Hugo  Kantrowitz  read  a  very  interesting  letter  from  Richard 
Seipel,  president  of  the  Wiener-Apotheker-Hauptgremium,  who 
is  custodian  of  all  the  archives  relating  to  the  pharmacists 
of  Austria.  In  behalf  of  the  Austrian  Red  Cross,  the  latter 
thanked  the  members  for  the  bandage  material  supplied  by 
them.  He  reported  that  the  war  had  caused  only  a  small 
loss  in  business  to  Vienna  pharmacists,  especially  small  when 
one  considered  the  large  number  that  had  been  called  to 
military  service.  What  was  true  of  Vienna,  according  to 
Herr  Seipel,  was  also  true  of  other  large  cities  in  Austria 
and  Germany. 

Treasurer  Fred  Schaefer  reported  that  about  60  members 
had  contributed  approximately  $100  toward  a  fund  for  the 
benefit  of  East  Prussian  refugees  in  Germany.  George  T. 
Riefflin  was  requested  to  tender  this  sum  to  the  proper  com- 
mittee. S.  V.  B.  Swann,  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee, 
presented  a  detailed  report,  explaining  the  pertinent  regula- 
tions anent  the  Harrison  law  in  T.  D.  2172,  noting  the  sta- 
tus of  the  Whitney  bill  and  Heffernan  bills,  and  pointing  out 
the  features  of  the  Bloch  law,  just  signed  by  Governor  Whit- 
man. 

Mr.  Riefflin  reported  upon  a  conference  he  had  had  with 
Ernst  A.  Boetzel,  in  the  course  of  which  a  misunderstanding 
which  had  led  the  latter  to  tender  his  resignation  was  cleared 
up.    Mr.  Boetzel  is  now  back  in  the  society. 

Louis  H.  Loewenstein,  748  10th  avenue,  was  proposed  for 
membership  by  Alderman  Fred  Trau. 

Honorary  President  Charles  F.  Schleussner  brought  up  the 
Bresler-Harrison  law  case,  asking  for  information,  which  he 
received.  He  was  also  informed  that  the  National  Pharma- 
ceutical Society  was  aiding  in  the  defense  of  Mr.  Bresler. 

Otto  P.  Gilbert  advised  llie  members  that  the  State  Board 
was  now  very  active  relative  to  the  illegal  sale  of  bichloride 
tablets. 

F.  F.  A.  Haase  raised  the  question  whether  a  pharmacist's 
widow  owning  a  drug  store  could,  under  the  Harrison  law, 
purchase  narcotics.  He  was  answered  in  the  affirmative,  but 
told  that  she  could  not  dispense  the  narcotics. 

President  TjIuimh  c:i11.,1  :i)i.ntion  to  the  death  of  Carl 
Hau.scr  il  '  .  '         i-i,  i  illcd  by  many  the  "Ger- 

man M    '  M'  lixored  a  humorous  lec- 

ture :it  il  '  >  -  11  h  ly.    The  secretary  was 

instructed  in  .seiul  the  widow  a  kttcr  of  sympathy. 


'  F.  F.  A.  Haase,  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  lectured  at  this  meeting 
on  "The  History  of  Tobacco." 

George  T.  Riefflin  brought  up  a  query  under  the  Harrison 
law.  Could  a  physician  order  the  repetition  of  a  prescription 
by  simply  giving  the  number  and  address,  without  making 
out  a  new  prescription.  ]Mr.  Schleussner  advised  obtaining 
a  ruling  on  the  point  raised,  but  the  consensus  was  that  the 
physician  should  write  a  new  prescription. 

This  meeting  was  held  on  April  15,  having  been  postponed 
from  April  1,  to  give  members  an  opportunity  to  participate 
in  the  many  festivities  held  on  the  latter  date  in  celebration 
of  Bismarck's  birthday. 


LEGISLATION  BEFORE  KINGS  CO.  PH.  S. 

At  the  April  meeting  of  the  Kings  Coimty  Pharmaceutical" 
Society,  held  at  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy,  Dr.  William 
C.  Anderson,  chairman  of  the  committee  on  legislation,  ex- 
plained the  pertinent  features  of  T.  D.  2172.  which  received 
attention  in  a  previous  issue  of  the  Era.  On  State  legisla- 
tion, he  reported  that  the  excise  alcohol  bill  was  being 
pressed  hard  and  it  was  hoped  that  it  would  pass.  This  was 
according  to  information  imparted  in  a  letter  he  had  re- 
ceived from  President  Wardle.  The  wood  alcohol  bill,  he 
stated,  was  progressing  nicely.  As  to  the  chances  of  the 
coupon  bill,  however,  he  could  not  say. 

The  Whitney  bill  to  amend  the  Boylan  law  had  been  aban- 
doned at  a  conference  attended  by  Secretary  of  the  State 
Board  Warren  L.  Bradt  and  President  Wardle,  and  a  com- 
promise measure,  the  Bloch  bill,  had  thereafter  received  the 
attention  of  the  association's  representatives.  The  Bloch  bill, 
since  this  report,  has  been  signed  by  the  Governor.  It  per- 
mits the  refilling  of  certain  narcotic  prescriptions,  providing 
the  refilled  prescription  is  for  the  same  person  for  whom  it 
was  first  filled. 

Dr.  Anderson  pointed  out  that  the  Whitney  bill  had  been 
withdrawn  from  the  Governor  due  to  the  work  of  the  dry 
goods  men  and  that  now  was  the  time  to  "kill"  it  by  individual 
action.  This  bill  provided  that  the  rules  of  the  State  Board 
should  become  law,  and  made  the  proprietor  responsible  for 
the  actions  of  his  licensed  and  unlicensed  help.  Dr.  .Anderson 
would  not  recommend  that  the  society  oppose  this  legisla- 
tion. 

Dr.  Wm.  F.  Morgan,  chairman  of  the  committee  having  the 
society's  detail  work  in  charge,  reported  that  4,000  blotters  con- 
taining official  formulas,  had  been  printed  during  the  past 
month. 

Jacob  H.  Rehfuss  advocated  the  keeping  of  records  on  ex- 
empted narcotic  prescriptions.  Druggists,  he  contended,  should 
do  it  for  their  own  protection.  The  burden  of  proof  was  on 
the  pharmacist.  Mr.  Rehfuss  also  called  attention  to  the  ac- 
tivity of  the  coupon  corporations.  The  packing  of  coupons 
in  goods  handled  by  druggists  had  raised  the  wholesale  price 
of  some  of  them.  He  reported  that  the  Chicago  retail  grocers 
had  adopted  a  resolution  to  the  effect  that  they  would  treat 
with  disfavor  articles  so  packed,  and  the  attorney  of  a  coupon 
corporation  had  notified  the  organization  that  the  resolution 
would  be  regarded  as  a  violation  of  the  Sherman  act.  and  an 
act  interfering  with  legitimate  commerce.  If  the  action  was 
not  rescinded,  the  corporation  would  take  steps  to  collect  the 
penalty  provided  under  the  Sherman  act.  Mr.  Rehfuss  de- 
cried such  an  attempt  to  throttle  criticism  of  a  business  policy, 
and  pointed  out  the  danger  which,  if  such  methods  were  per- 
missible, might  be  incurred  by  any  association  criticizing  a 
corporation's  business  policy. 

Dr.  Rein  read  a  paper  on  "Thyroid  Preparations,  their 
Actions  and  Uses." 


Reycroft  Drug  Co.  Not  Guilty 

Arthur  D.  Reycroft  and  Louis  W.  Reycroft,  doing  business 
as  the  Reycroft  Drug  Co.,  and  their  clerk.  Herman  Gleisman, 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  were  acquitted  on  April  16  of  the  charges 
of  violating  tlie  liquor  law.  The  trial  which  lasted  two  days, 
was  before  a  jury,  the  charges  against  the  druggists  growing 
out  of  the  crusade  conducted  last  November  by  the  agents  of 
the  Law  Enforcement  League.  We  are  glad  to  call  attention 
to  this  outcome  of  the  trial,  as  in  tlie  ^farch  Er.\  it  was 
stated  that  the  defendants  had  been  fined  for  the  alleged 
violation,  a  statement  which  it  now  appears  was  not  war- 
ranted by  the  facts  or  by  the  evidence  which  resulted  in 
the  jur>-'s  verdict  of  "not  guilty". 


ILky,  1915] 


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237 


LOCK  FOR  POISON  CONTAINER 

LEOX  H.  DOWNS,  Goshen,  X.  Y.,  is  the  inventor  of  a 
poison  container  (Patent  No.  1,134,566)  which  com- 
prises a  casing,  a  cover  hinged  thereto,  and  a  slotted 
member  for  lock- 
ing the  casing  and 
cover  together,  the 
slotted  member  Le- 
ing  secured  upon 
the  cas'Jig  and 
having  a  shouldei- 
upon  its  free  end 
which  engages  the 
casing  when  Ihe 
cover  is  closed, 
and  means  ror  re- 
leasing the  engage- 
ment by  a  key 
'   '  passed       th -ougb 

.<si>«a  Nj*^        1,132,566.  said  slot  and  en- 

gaging the  plate. 

A  spring  secured  upon  the  casing  has  its  outwardly  pressing 
free  end  disposed  within  the  slot  and  is  pressed  into  engage- 
ment with  the  plate  for  disengaging  the  shoulders. 


Rotary  Tooth  Brush 

This  device  is  the  invention  of  Harry  Allan,  Toronto,  Ont., 
Canada  (Patent  No.  1,133,90"),  and  comprises  a  casing,  a 
shaft  joumaled  in  and  extending  from  the  casing,  a  brush 
carried  by  the  projecting  end  of  the 
shaft,  means  carried  by  the  casing  for 
rotating  the  shaft  and  brush,  a  chan- 
neled guard  partially  inclosing  the  shaft 
and  having  a  spoon-shaped  portion  par- 
tially inclosing  the  brush,  said  guard 
having  its  channeled  portion  provided 
with  an  angularly  built  arm,  and  means 
for  connecting  the  arm  with  the  casing 
for  adjusting  the  guard  and  its  spoon- 
shaped  portion  toward  and  away  from 
the  shaft  and  brush.  At  the  inner  end 
of  the  channeled  portion  of  the  guard 
is  provided  an  arm  bent  at  right  angles 
thereto  and  formed  with  a  longitudinal 
slot  through  which  passes  a  binding 
screw  which  enters  the  adjacent  flat 
side  of  the  casing,  whereby  the  guard 
and  its  spoon-shaped  portion  may  be 
adjusted  and  fixed  in  adjusted  posi- 
tion to  the  casing. 


1,133,907 


TRADE-MARKS 


Published  March  23,  1915. 

70,928— Co-operative  Drug  Manufacturing  Co.,  now  American  Drug 
Mfg.  Co.,  Jackson,  Tenn.     Castor  oil,  soothing  syrup,  etc. 

71,622— Mary  J.  Nunes,  Tonopah,  Nev.  External  remedies  for  in- 
flammation, burns,  ruptures,  etc. 

73,S91— L.  Sonneborn  Sons  Inc.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  A  mineral  oil 
useH  a.i  a  merlicine. 

76,909— Richard  Simon,  Newton,  N.  J.    Stomach  drops. 

78,116— Clara  Tetlow,  Philadelphia,  Pa.    Face  powder. 

:82,0»1— Schuyler  C.  Unruh,  Benton  Harbor,  Mich.  Rheumatism 
remedy. 

82,652— The  Antipainola  Co.,  Willacoochee,  Ga.  Treating  rheuma- 
tism, neuralgia,  etc. 

83.057— Whetzel,  Billups  and  Pickrell,  Colfax,  Wash.  Treatment 
for  dandruff  and  eczema. 

83,338— John  Wyeth  &  Bro.,  Inc.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Medicated 
and  pharmaceutical  tablets,  triturates,  etc. 

83,707— Eugene  M.  Attridge,  Binghamton,  N.  Y.  Toilet  water, 
sachet  powder,  etc. 

83,712— Sol  Meyer,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  Preparations  for  the  pre- 
vention of  venereal  diseases. 

83.812— Stephen  Fargo,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Remedy  for  vaginitis, 
leucorrhea,  etc.  ^  , 

-•84,030,  84,031,  84,032— The  Intravenous  Products  Co.,  Denver,  Colo. 
Intravenous  treatment  of  syphilis,  pellagra,  and  malaria. 


S4,081 — Genung  and  Mayer,  West  Haven,  Conn.  Anesthetics,  ob- 
tundents, etc. 

84,156,   S4, 158— Barclay   &  Co.,  Wilmington,   Del.     Hair  tonic. 
84,188— John  J.  Bockar,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Rheumatism  remedy. 
84,200— Lashneen  Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.    A  cosmetic  for  the  growth 

of  thick  and  long  eyelashes. 
84,202— Louis  H.  Pinco,  New  York,  N.  Y.    A  laxative  gum. 
84,228— Hani  A.   Rosenberg,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Hair  tonic,  hair 

restorer  and  hair  pomade. 
84,319— Charles   B.    Spies,   New   York,   N.   Y.     Scalp   tonic,  skin 

cream,  etc. 

84,397— BuKola  Tablet  Co.,  Portland,  Ore.  Remedy  for  nerves, 
bladder,  and  kidneys. 

84,403 — Mrs.  L.  W.  James,  State  Line,  Miss.  Remedy  for  pimples, 
black  heads,  sun  tan,  etc. 

84,407— W.  H.  Metzger  Mfg.  Co.,  Quincy,  111.  Preparation  for  de- 
stroying vermin,  etc. 

84,414 — George   F.   Smith,  Washington,   Pa.     Remedy  for  colds. 

84,714 — Amos  Stewart,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  Remedy  for  rheumatism, 
lumbago  and  kidney  trouble. 

Published  March  30,  1915. 

70,896— Thomas  M.  Griffiths,  St.  Louis  Mo.  A  cathartic  and  laxa- 
tive. 

78,783— The  Cooper  Medicine  Co.,  assignor  to  Tona  Vita  Medicine 
Co.,  Dayton,  Ohio.    Medicinal  tonic. 

82,086— American  Drug  &  Press  Association,  Decorah,  Iowa.  Tooth- 
ache drops,  sore  throat,  etc. 

82,450— Pedro  M.  Salas,  Tampa,  Fla.  Remedy  for  gonorrhea  and 
gleet. 

83,236— Templetons  Rheumatic  Capsule  Corp.,  Ltd.,  Toronto,  On- 
tario, Canada.    Rheumatism  remedy. 

83,457 — Jesse  J.  Culp,  Warrensburg,  Mo.    Hog  worm  remedy. 

83,793— Lizzie  S.  Barron,  Baltimore,  Md.    Liver  pills. 

84,195— Richard  Hudnut,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Perfume,  toilet  water, 
headache  cologne,  etc. 

84,241 — Gustantinos  Y.  Jianellis,  Detroit,  Mich.  Scalp  and  dan- 
druff preparations. 

84,337— Fully  &  Lewis,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.    Foot  powder. 

84,528— Josie  Fay,  Detroit,  Mich.  Ointment. 

84,690— Nancy  Hartford,  Silver  Creek,  Nebr.    Tuberculosis  remedy. 
84,862— Herbert  L.  Partridge,  La  Crosse,  Wis.    Corn  remedy,  tooth- 
ache drops,  etc. 

84,881— The  Favorita  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Remedy  for  removing 
dandruff. 

84,925— Stephen  Fargo,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Liniment. 
84,930— Hello-Boy  Manufacturing  Co.,  Farrell,  Pa.    An  antiseptic. 
84,942— William  L.  Schultz,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Face-powder. 
84,957— The  Empire  Regenerator  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Hair  color- 
ings and  hair  dves. 

84.966—  Field  C.  Morgan,  Claremont,  N.  H.    Laxative  pills. 

84.967—  National  Remedy  Co.,  Inc.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Laxative  syrup. 

Published  April  6,  1915. 

63,865 — St.  Ivel,  Ltd.,  Yeovil,  England,  Preparations  for  the  brain 
and  nerves. 

66,616— Carrie  H.  Rubel,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Medicine  for  kidneys, 
etc. 

72,989— Charles  H.  McClanahan,  Cowden,  111.    Preparation  for  the 

treatment  of  cancer. 
76,874 — J.  D.  Riedel  Aktiengesellschaft,  Berlin,  Germany.  Sedative, 

antipyretic,  and  antimyalgic  compounds. 
79,418— Radium   Limited,   U.    S.   A.,   New   York.   N.   Y.  Chemical 

substances  adapted  to  give  off  radio-active  emanations,  etc. 
82,277— Leselia   Remedies   Co.,   Louisville,   Ky.     Salves,  medicinal 

tonics,  etc. 

83,189— William  H.    Schleizer,   Chicago,  111.     Laxative  tablets. 
83,231— Standard  Oil  Company,  Whiting,  Ind.    Petrolatum  oil. 
83,380— Jacob  Luttenberger,  Easton,  Pa.    Eye  remedy. 


Granted  March  23,  1915. 
1,132,566— Leon   H.   Downs,   Goshen,   N.   Y.   Lock  for  poison  con- 
tainer. 

1,332,620— Wallace  C.  Sabine,  assignor  to  the  Carter's  Ink  Co., 
Cambridge,  Mass.    Pour-out  for  bottles. 

1.132.709—  George  Eichelbaum,  assignor  to  the  firm  of  Kalle  &  Co., 
Aktiengesellschaft,  Biebrich-on-the-Rhine,  Germany.  Manu- 
facture of  aluminium-acetate  compounds. 

1.132.710—  Carleton  Ellis,  Montclair,  N.  J. 
the  like. 

1,132,855— Julian  H.  Kendig,  of  Pittsburgh, 
rentum  Bottle  Machine  Co.,  Tarentun 
machine. 

1,132.931— Milo  E.  Hamilton,  Worcester,  Mass.     Bottle  stopper. 

1,132,975— Hugh  H.  Robertson,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  assignor  to  Con- 
tinental Can  Co.,  Inc.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  Cap  for  bottles  or 
jars, 

1,132,977— Max  Rosenthal,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  assignor  of  one-half 
to  George  Schmidt,  Jr.,  Elizabeth,  N.  J.     Hot  water  bottle. 

1,133,086— Carl  Bosch,  assignor  to  Badische  Anilin  &  Soda  Fabrik, 
Ludwigshafen-on-the-Rhine,  Germany.  Production  of  ammon- 
ium sulfate. 


Detoxicating   oil  and 


Pa.,  assignor  to  Ta- 
Pa.     Bottle  making 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[IMay,  1915 


1,133,225— Emil    Boser  a 

refillable  bottle. 
1,133,250— William  M.    Ruthrauff,  Tucson 


Earnest   Matz,    Hollywood,  Ca 


Non- 


ihce. 


Ariz.  Ident 

Granted  March  30,  1915. 

1,133,505— Oscar  Roelke.  St.   Louis,  Mo.     Bottle  top. 

1,133,602— Frank  O.  Woodland,  assignor  to  Economic  Machinery 
Co.,  Worcester,  Mass.     Labeling  machine. 

1,133,803— John  F.  Jensen,  Union  Hill,  N.  J.  Non-refillable  bot- 
tle. 

1,133,832— Gustav  Blieberger,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Method  of  mak- 
ing menthyl-salicylic  methyl  ester. 

1,133,907— Harry  Allan,  Toronto,  Ontario,  Canada.  Rotary  tooth 
brush. 

1,133„916— Friedrich   Boedecker,   assignor  to  J.   D.    Riedel  Aktien- 

gesellschaft,     Berlin-Britz,     Germany.     Compounds     of  hexa- 

methylenetetramin. 
1,133,929— Albert  Alfred  Carper,  Catonsville,  Md.,  assignor  to  The 

Crown  Cork  &  Seal  Co.,   Baltimore,  Md.     Bottle  machine, 
1,133,950— John  A.  Fretz  and  Thomas  F.  Craven,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Bottle  closure. 

1,133,961— Ludwig  Hess,  Berlin-Britr,  Germany.  Orthovanadic- 
acid  and  esters  and  their  solutions. 

1,134,065— Joseph  V.  Hull,  assignor,  by  mesne  assignments,  to 
Anchor  Cap  and  Closure  Corp.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Machine 
for  vacuum  sealing. 

1,134,066,  1,134,067,  1,134,068— Joseph  V.  Hull,  assignor,  by  mesne 
assignments  to  Anchor  Cap  &  ,  Closure  Corp.,  New  York.  Re- 
ceptacle closure. 

47,150— (Designs)    Willis   Burnett,   Chillicothe,   111.     Poison  bottle. 

Granted  April  6,  1915. 

R.  Bloch,  Paris,  France.  Perfume  sprayer. 
R.   Planten,   New   York,   N.   Y.     Gelatin  cap- 


1,134,098- May 
1,134,156-Herr 

sule. 
1,134.210— Edw 


rd  A. 


Charles 


signer    of    one-half  tc 
Non-refillable  bottle, 
ipeg,   Manitoba,   Canada.  Non- 


Langton, 
T.  Hayner,  New  York,  N.  " 
1,134,242— James  A.   Stodgell,  Wi 
refillable  bottle. 

1,134.323— Andreas  Farago,  Budapest,  Austria-Hungary.  Process 
for  preventing  decomposition  of  hydrogen  peroxid  solutions. 

1,134,450-Ernest    S.    Goldy,    Haddonfield,    N.   J.     Tooth  brush. 

1,134,459— Loeser  Kalina,  New   York,  N.   Y.     Folding  tooth  brush. 

1,134,536— John  H.  Holmes,  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  England.  Ap- 
paratus for  dispensing  liquids. 

1,1.34,647— Manuel  J.  Souza,  Selma,  Cal.     Non-rcfillable  bottle. 

1,134,676— John  J.  Gaynor  and  Peter  Carl  Lieber,  assignors  ti 
Progress  Machine  Co.,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  Bottle  capping 
machine. 

1,134,885— John  A.  Matson,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Non-refiUable  bottle. 
Granted  April  13,  1915. 

1,135,094— Leonard  Bartlett,  Chicago,  III.,  assignor  of  one-half  to 
Matthew  T.  Lvnch,  Chicago,  111.     Bottle  cap  or  seal. 

1,135,203— Michal  Morawiecki,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  Non-refillable  bot- 
tle. 

1,135,328— John  Schies,  Anderson,   Ind.     Bottle  or  jar  closure. 
1,135,635— August  Tiesse,  Chicago,  111.    Labeling  machine. 


1,135,680— John  J.  Gaynor  and  Peter  Carl  Lieber,  assignors  to 
Progress  Machine  Company,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  Bottle  capping 
machine. 

1,135,718— William  H.  Ranagan,  Vineland,  N.  J.    Bottle  stopper. 
1,135,922— John  Rebrovich,   Pittsburgh,  Pa.    Brush  guide  for  den- 
tifrice containers. 


Doctors  Commend  Druggists 

"Better  Fellowship  at  any  Price"  is  the  slogan  of  the  ^Mem- 
phis  Drug  Club,  and  that  the  membership  have  accomplished 
results  along  this  line  is  shown  by  the  support  the  organiza- 
tion has  received  from  the  trade  generally,  but  also  from  phy- 
sicians. When  the  Harrison  law  went  into  operation,  the 
club  issued  a  notice  to  physicians,  calling  attention  to  the 
provisions  of  the  Act,  sending  to  each  prescriber  with  tlie 
notice  a  blank  for  use  in  writing  prescriptions  for  narcotics, 
the  latter,  however,  omitting  all  reference  to  any  druggist's 
name  and  other  advertising. 

That  the  effort  was  appreciated  by  the  medical  fraternity 
is  shown  by  the  following  resolution,  offered  by  Dr.  J.  L. 
Andrews,  superintendent  of  the  board  of  health,  at  the  last 
meeting  of  the  ^Memphis  and  Shelby  County  Medical  .Asso- 
ciation : 

"Resolved,  That  the  INIeniphis  and  Shelby  County  Medical 
association  go  on  record  as  being  opposed  to  the  long-es- 
tablished custom  of  writing  prescriptions  on  blanks  advertis- 
ing any  firm  and  request  all  their  members  not  to  use  such 
blanks,  regulation  blanks  being  obtainable  from  any  druggist." 

The  resolution  was  passed  unanimously  and  the  Memphi.'s 
Drug  club  feels  that  its  efforts  for  recognition  have  not  beer 
in  vain. 


Statement  of  Ownership 
Statement  filed  for  .\pril  1,  1915  of  Ownership.  Management, 
ri,  of  ill  rH.\RM.\CEUTic.\L  Er.a,  published  monthly  at  Xew 
Wnk.  N  \ as  requued  by  the  Act  of  .\ugust  2-4,  \9\2.  Sec- 
tion -1()7'  ■  Postal  Laws  and  Regulations:  Editor  and  managing 
editor,  E,  J.  Kennedy;  business  manager.  D.  O.  Haynes;  pub- 
lishers, D.  O.  Haynes  &  Co.,  all  of  No.  3  Park  Place.  Xew 
"S'ork.  Owners,  D.  O.  Haynes  &  Co.,  D.  O.  Haynes.  and  E. 
King,  all  of  New  York.  No  bonds,  mortgages  or  other  securi- 
ties issued.  Signed,  D  O.  Haynes  &  Co.,  by  D.  O.  Haynes, 
President.  Sworn  and  subscribed  to  before  P.  Frank  Sonnek. 
Notary  Public,  Queens  Co.,  N.  Y.,  on  .■\pril  3,  1914.  Commis- 
sion expires  March  30,  1917. 


May.  1915] 


TIIK  I'lIAR.MACFA'TICAL  ERA 


23!) 


INCREASING  SCARCITY  OF  SYNTHETICS 

Naphthalene  in  Demand  and  Rapidly  Advancing  in 
Price — Norwegian  Cod  Liver  Oil  has 
Fallen  ofE  and  is  Lower 


See  pages  43  to  51  for  Prices  Current. 
Changes  Srs'CE  Last  Report. 

A— .\cctanilid   lb.  150  - 

A— .\cid.  Benzoic,  German   lb.  2.20  - 

A— .\cid,  Gallic,  J4.  J^.  and  1-lb.  cartons  lb.  .93  - 

I  A— Acid,  Picric   lb. 

A— Acid,  Salicylic,  1-lb.  cartons   lb.  1.65  - 

Bulk  lb.  1.60  - 

'  D— .\conitine  Nitrate,  Cryst.  15-gr.  v  ea. 

D— Alcohol,  Denatured,  bbls.  &       bbls.  ..gal.  .37  - 

,  A — .\lmonds.  Bitter,  shelled   lb.  .43  - 

D— Aloes.  Cape   lb.  .14  - 

Powdered   lb.  .20  - 

'  D — Aloin,  1-oz.  vials   oz.  .03  - 

A — .Vmmonium  Bromide,  1-lb.  bottles   lb.  .85  - 

'  D— .\mmonium  Iodide   lb.  4.40  - 

'  A— Ammonium  Muriate   lb.  .14 

I                     C.  P.  Granular   ....lb.  .18  - 

■                      Powdered   lb.  .15  ■ 

D — Ammonium  sulphate   lb.  .06 

D — Balsam  Fir,  Canada   lb.  1.15 

1  D— Barium  Chloride   lb.  .15 

Nitrate,  Powdered   ..lb.  .20 

Sulphate,  Pure,  precip  !.lb.  .25 

A— Bay  Rum,  Porto  Rican,  bbls  gal.  1.65 

D — Beans,   \'anilla,  Mexican,   long   lb.  4.50 

Short   lb.  3.75 

Bourban   lb.  3.50 

A — Belladonna  Leaves,  German   lb.  1.60 

D— Benzoin,  Sumatra,  Powdered   lb.  .53 

A— Bismuth  Citrate  and  Ammonium   lb.  3.45 

Salicylate,  65  per  cent  lb.  3.60 

40    per   cent  lb.  3.25 

D — Bone,  Cuttlefish,  Jewelers'   lb.  .60 

D— Borax.  Refined   lb.  .06 

D— Buckthorn  Bark   lb.  .25 

D— Burdock  Root,  Crushed   lb.  .20 

D— Cacao  Butter,  Bulk   lb.  .35 

Baker's  A  and  White   lb.  .40 

Dutch   lb.  .35 

MaiUard's   lb.  .36 

D— Caffeine,  Pure   lb.  4.25 

A— Calamus  Root,  White,  Peeled  and  Split  lb.  .52 

A— Calcium  Chloride,  Crude   lb.  .08 

D— Camphor,  Refined  (bbls.)   lb.  .42 

^-Ib.  squares   lb.  .43 

Japanese  lb.  .42 

A— Cannabis  Indica  Herb   lb.  2.00 

D— Caraway  Seed   lb.  .14 

D— Cardamom  Seed,  Bleached   lb.  1.60 

Decorticated   lb.  1.30 

Powdered   lb.  1,40 

D— Celery  Seed   lb.  .24 

A — Chamomile,  Flowers,  Hungarian   lb.  .48 

Roman  or  Belgian   lb.  .46 

D— Colchicum  Seed   lb.  .65 

Powdered   lb.  .75 

A— Condurango  Bark   lb.  ..^0 

D — Copaiba.  South  American   lb.  .42 

A — Coumarin   oz.  .38 

A— Creosote.  Beechwood   lb.  1.00 

D — Creosote.  Carbonate   oz.  .20 

D — Digitalis  Leaves,  German   lb.  .30 

A— Dog  Grass.  Cut   lb.  .30 

>  D— Dover's  Powder   lb.  1.90 

D — Dragon's  Blood,  Powdered   lb.  .40 

A— Ergot,  Russian   lb.  1.20 

Powdered   lb.  1.35 


1.75 
2.35 
1.10 
2,25 
1.75 
1.70 
.70 
.42 
.53 
.18 
.25 
.10 
1.00 
4.50 

.22 

.20 


.30 
l.:o 
5.00 
4.i5 

1.70 

4.50 
4.00 
3.60 
.90 
.081/4 
.30 
.24 
.40 
.45 
.40 
.44 
4.75 
.62 
.10 
.51 
.52 
.51 
2.15 
.16 
1.80 
1.40 
1.48 
.28 
.52 
.50 
.75 
.80 
.34 
47 
.45 
1.25 
.25 
.32 
.36 
2.00 
.60 
1.30 
■  1.40 


A— Fennel  Seed   lb.  .34    —  .44 

D— Gentian  Root   lb.  .15    —  .18 

D— Ginger  Root,  African   lb.  .12    —  .14 

Powdered   lb.  .16    —  .18 

Powdered   lb  .20    —  .23 

D— Glycerin   lb.  .25    —  .30 

D — Grains  of  Paradise   lb.  .30    —  .35 

Powdered   lb.  .30    —  .40 

D— Guaiac  Resin   lb.  .35    —  .45 

Powdered   lb.  .40    —  .45 

A— Guaiacol,  Liquid   lb.  2.75    —  3.25 

A— Iodine,  Resublimed   lb.  4.15    —  4.30 

A— Iodoform,  Cryst.  &  Powdered   lb.  4.60    —  5.30 

A — Ipecac  Root,  Carthagena   lb.  3.00  — ■  3.15 

Powdered   lb.  3.15    —  3.25 

A— Iron  and  Quinine  Cit.  U.  S.  P.  (12  p.  c. 

Quinine)   Scales   lb.  2.30    —  2.50 

A — Iron  Quinine  and  Stryclmine   lb.  2.60    —  3.00 

A — Iron  Salicylate   oz.  .11    —  .15 

D — Iron  Sesquichloride   lb.  .30    —  .35 

Solution   lb.  .09    —  .15 

D— Iron  Subsulphate   lb.  .20    —  .27 

A — Iron  Tartrate  and  Ammonium   lb.  .70    —  .80 

D — Iron  Valerate   oz.  .20    —  .23 

A — Lavender  Flowers   lb.  .30    —  .50 

A— Leeches,  Best  Swedish   ea.  .12    —  .15 

A — Licorice,  Corigliana   lb.  .33    —  .38 

Mass   lb.  .32    —  .37 

Root,  Russian,  cut   lb.  .24    —  .28 

Powdered   lb.  .22    —  .26 

Root,  Spanish,  Bundles   lb.  .17    —  .22 

Powdered   lb.  .18    —  .23 

A — Lithium  Acetate   oz.  —  .22 

Bitartrate   oz.  —  .24 

Carbonate   lb.  1.40    —  1.50 

Citrate   lb.  1.70    —  1.80 

Salicylate   lb.  2.20    —  2.40 

A— Malva  Flowers,  Blue,  small   lb.  1.30    —  1.80 

D — Manganese  Bromide   lb.  .18    —  .23 

Chloride,  Cry.stal   lb.  .25    —  .55 

Hypophosphite   lb.  1.75    —  1.85 

Lactate   oz.  .22    —  .25 

D— Manna,  Flake,  Large   lb.  .85    —  .92 

D— Menthol,  Crystal   lb.  3.25    —  3.35 

D— Mercury   lb.  1.27    —  1.32 

A — Mercury  Bichloride  (Corrosive  Sub.)    .lb.  1.05    —  1.10 

Powdered   lb.  1.00    —  1.10 

Bisulphate   lb.  .95    —  1.00 

Chloride  (Mild)  Calomel)   lb.  1.10    —  1.25 

D — Mercury  Nitrate,  Solution   oz.  .10    —  .15 

A— Mullein  Flowers,   1-lb.  cans   lb.  2.10    —  2.20 

A— Naphthalene,  Flake  or  Balls   lb.  .08i^—  .10 

D — Nickel  and  Ammonium  Sulphate   lb.  .18    —  .21 

D— Oil,  Almond,  Bitter   lb.  5.00    —  5.50 

D— Oil,  Almond,  Sweet,  Pure   lb.  1.00    —  1.15 

A— Oil,  Aniseed,  Star   lb.  1.60    —  1.70 

D— Oil,  Bergamot,   lb.  3.40    —  3.50 

D— Oil,  Cassia   lb.  1,00    —  1,50 

D— Oil,  Citronella   lb.  .55    —  1,45 

D— Oil,  Cloves   lb.  1.35    —  1,40 

D— Oil,  Cod  Liver,  Norwegian,  bbls  ea.  40.00    —  41,00 

Half-bbls  ea.  21,00    —  23,00 

D— Oil,  Eucalyptus   lb.  .75    —  .85 

A— Oil,  Fennel  Seed   lb.  3.00    —  3.25 

A — Oil,  Haarlem,  Capsules,   gross.  —  27,00 

D— Oil,  Lemon   lb,  1,25    —  1,35 

A— Oil,  Mustard.  Artificial   Ih,  3,25    —  3,50 

D— Oil,  Nutmeg   lb,  1.20    —  1,25 

D— Oil,  Orange,  Bitter   lb,  2,20    —  2,35 

Sweet   lb,  1.75    —  1.95 

A— Oil,  Pepper,  Black  (Oleoresin,  U.  S.  P.) lb.  —  3.90 

A— Oil,  Peppermint,  New  York   lb.  1,85    —  2,00 

D— Oil,  Rosemary  Flowers   lb.  1.10    —  1.25 

D— Oil,  Sandalwood,  English   lb.  5.60    —  5.85 


240 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[]\Iay,  1915 


D— Oil,  Thyme,  Red,  No.  1   lb.  1.45  —  1.60 

A— Oil,  Wintergreen,   lb.  4.60  —  4.90 

Synthetic   lb.  1.50  —  1.70 

A—Oil,  Wormseed,  Baltimore   lb.  1.85  —  2.00 

D— Opium,  Natural   lb.  7.80  —  8.00 

Granulated   lb.  9.50  —  10.10 

U.  S.  P.  Powdered   lb.  9.40  —  10.00 

A— Paraldehyde   lb.  1.15  —  1.30 

A— Pepper,  White   lb.  .28  —  .32 

D — Phosphorus,  Amorphous   lb.  1.05  —  1.15 

D — Pitch,  Burgundy,  American   lb.  .10  —  .12 

D— Potassa,  Caustic,  Com  61b.      .16  —  .19 

D — Potassium  Benzoate   oz.  .15  —  .22 

A — Potassium  Bicarbonate   lb.  .28  —  .32 

A — Potassium  Bichromate   lb.  .22  —  .26 

A — Potassium  Bromide   lb.  .75  —  .95 

A— Potassium  Chlorate   lb.  .40  —  .50 

Powdered   lb.  .41  —  .51 

Purified  and  Granular  lb.  .42  —  .52 

D — Potassium  Chloride   lb.  .75  —  .85 

D — Potassium  Permanganate   lb  .65  —  .70 

Pure  Powdered   lb.  .71  —  .76 

D— Powder,  Dover's   lb.  1.90  —  2.00 

A— Pulsatilla  Herb   lb.  1.45  —  1.65 

A— Rochelle  Salt   lb.  .22 1^—  26^ 

A— Saffron,  Spanish,  True  Valencia   lb.  13.25  —  13.50 

D— Saffrol   lb.  .35  —  .40 

A— Seidlitz  Mixture   lb.  .18^—  .23^ 

A— Senna,  Tinnevelly   lb.  .30  —  .34 

A— Soap  Tree  Bark,  Whole   lb.  .20  —  .24 

Cut   lb.  .32  —  .35 

A— Sodium  Benzoate   lb.  2.10  —  2.30 

A — Sodium  Bromide   lb.  .76  —  .85 

A— Sodium  Citrate   lb.  .70  —  .85 

A— Sodium  Salicylate   lb.  1.85  —  2.00 

D— Spirits  Turpentine   gal.  .52  —  .63 

A— Stora.x,  Liquid   lb.  .45  —  .48 

D — Stramonium  Leaves,  Pressed   lb.  .36  —  .40 

A— Strontium  Bromide   lb.  .80  --  1.20 

A-Thymol   lb.  8.50  -  9.00 

A— Tragacanth,  Aleppo,  No.  1   lb.  2.10  —  2.30 

D— Wax,  Bay   lb.  -28  —  .32 

D_Wax,  Carnauba,  No.  1   lb.  .60  —  .65 

A— Wax,  Japan   lb.  .20  —  .25 

A— Wormseed,  Levant  (Santonica)   lb.  .70  —  ./5 

Powdered   lb.  -80  —  .85 

D— Zinc  Sulphate,  CP  lb  -15  —  .18 

NOTE — A,  advanced;  D,  declined;  C,  correction;  N,  new. 

NEW  YORK,  April  22— The  priifcipal  feature  of  the  mar- 
ket during  the  past  month  has  been  the  increasing 
scarcity  of  the  so-called  synthetic  products,  especially 
those  which  have  heretofore  been  imported  from  the  countries 
at  war.  Carbolic  acid,  benzoic  acid,  artificial  oil  of  mustard, 
coumarin,  naphthalene,  and  many  other  articles  whose  basic 
origin  is  traceable  to  coal  tar  or  its  congeners,  are  all  in  re- 
stricted supply,  with  prices  correspondingly  advancing.  Many 
botanical  drugs  of  foreign  origin  are  also  showing  increased 
strength,  although  the  place  of  some  of  these  can  be  taken 
by  drugs  of  domestic  origin.  Sales  have  been  largely  restricted 
to  the  current  requirements  of  domestic  buyers  and  a  some- 
what limited  export  business.  Opium  is  lower.  Other  de- 
clines noted  are  those  for  vanilla  beans,  cacao  butter,  camphor, 
cardamom  seed,  digitalis  leaves,  ginger,  glycerin,  various  es- 
sential oils,  and  some  of  the  waxes.  Among  the  price  changes 
showing  advances  are  those  for  acetanilid,  various  acids,  bay 
rum,  cannabis  indica  herb,  iodine  and  iodoform,  licorice, 
lithium  salts,  naphthalene,  oils  of  wintergreen  and  wormwood, 
and  the  various  potassium  salts  and  compounds.  Spanish  saf- 
fron is  also  higher.  As  a  general  proposition,  tlie  market 
shows  but  little  activity,  and  there  is  not  much  doing  beyond 
meeting  the  current  requirements  of  buyers. 

Opium— There  is  a  lack  of  interest  on  the  part  of  domestic 
manufacturers,  and  the  market  is  characterized  as  easy,  with 
natural  being  quoted  by  jobbers  at  ?7.80@$8  per  pound. 
Granulated  is  held  at  $9.50(5)$10.10,  and  U.  S.  P.  powdered  at 
$9.40@$10.  It  appears  that  spot  stocks  have  far  exceeded  the 
demand,  which  has  been  very  light  from  domestic  consumers, 
and  only  of  moderate  proportions  from  foreign  buyers. 

Quinine— The  demand  from  domestic  consumers  is 
moderate.  Imports  of  the  sulphate  and  all  alkaloids  or  salte  of 
cinchona  in  the  eight  months  ending  February  last  totalled 


1,745,090  ounces  valued  at  $431,119,  as  against  1,630,634  ounces 
valued  at  $327,563  a  year  ago.  The  imports  of  cinchona 
bark  for  the  same  period  were  valued  at  $358,455,  against 
$217,941  for  the  corresponding  period  last  year.  The  next 
Amsterdam  auction  is  scheduled  for  May  21  when  50,000 
ounces  of  British  pharmacopoeial  salts  will  be  offered.  Job- 
bing prices  in  this  market  are  unchanged  at  27@31c  in  100- 
oz.  tins. 

Cod  Liver  Oil — The  general  market  reflects  a  somewhat 
easier  tone,  with  Norwegian  marked  down  to  $40@$41  per 
barrel,  and  $21@$23  per  half  barrel.  The  demand  has  fallen 
off  considerably.  The  latest  advices  from  the  Norwegian 
fields  report  the  number  of  fish  and  production  of  oil  as 
follows:  Fish  catch  for  the  Lofoten  district,  14,700,000  fish, 
as  compared  with  16,200,000  fish  for  the  corresponding  period 
last  year;  fish  catch  for  all  Norway  so  far  this  season,  46,800,- 
000  fish,  as  compared  with  57,600,000  fish  for  the  similar 
period  in  1914;  oil  yield  for  all  Norway,  33,757  barrels,  as 
compared  with  37,015  barrels  for  the  corresponding  period  of 
last  year. 

Carb  Lie  Acid — Is  very  steady  on  the  basis  of  $1.35(gS1.4S 
per  pound  for  crj'stal  in  bulk;  in  10  and  15-lb.  cans,  $1.40@ 
$1.50  per  pound;  in  1-Ib.  bottles,  $1.50@$1.55. 

Menthol — With  an  easing  up  of  demand,  this  article  com- 
mands a  slightly  lower  price,  jobbers  asking  $3.25@$3.5S 
per  pound  for  crystal. 

Camphor — Refined  has  been  marked  down  to  42@51c  per 
pound  in  barrel  lots,  43@52c  being  asked  for  }4-lh.  slabs. 
Japanese  is  held  at  42@51c  per  pound. 

Balsam  Fir — Canada  is  lower,  owing  to  the  customary  fall- 
ing off  in  demand  at  this  time  of  the  year,  jobbers  quoting 
$1.15@$1.2S  per  pound.  Oregon  balsam  is  unchanged  at  18@ 
22c  per  pound. 

Beans,  Vanilla — Liberal  offerings  and  lack  of  demand  have 
caused  a  reduction  in  prices,  and  jobbers  are  quoting  Mexican 
long  at  $4.50@$5  per  pound,  and  short  at  $3.75@$4.25  per 
pound.  Bourbons  are  held  at  $3.50@$4.  The  1914-1915  crop 
of  Mexican  beans  is  estimated  at  about  200,000  pounds,  or 
about  one-half  of  the  size  of  the  output  of  the  previous  year. 
Bourbons  are  in  more  plentiful  supply  both  here  and  in  France. 

Cannabis  Indica  Herb — A  recent  increase  on  the  export 
tax  of  this  drug  has  caused  importers  and  jobbers  to  mark 
up  their  prices,  and  the  latter  quote  $2@$2.15  per  pound. 


PELIX  HIRSEMAN  DEAD 

Felix  Hirseman,  for  many  years  one  of  the  most  active 
pharmaceutical  workers  in  the  State,  and  for  nearly  a  quarter 
of  a  century  prominently  identified  with  the  activities  of  the 
German  Apothecaries  Society  of  New  York  City,  died  on  April 
28  from  a  complication  of  diseases  following  kidney  trouble. 
He  was  bom  in  Silesia,  Prussia,  on  April  30,  1S55.  Soon 
after  coming  to  the  United  States  he  began  the  practice  of 
pharmacy  and  until  a  few  years  ago  had  owned  and  operated 
stores  in  various  places  in  the  Metropolis. 

He  was  married  in  1892,  his  wife  in  1898  taking  the  State 
board  examination  for  registered  pharmacist  and  passing  with 
the  highest  percentage  ever  recorded  by  the  board  up  to  that 
time.  The  Hirseman  stores  from  that  time  on  were  signifi- 
cant by  the  fact  that  tlie  store  signs  carried  the  names  of  botli 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hirseman  as  proprietors.  Mrs.  Hirseman,  who 
died  in  1912,  was  quite  as  active  in  organization  affairs  as 
her  husband  and  at  one  time  was  one  of  the  vice-presidents 
of  the  New  York  State  Ph.  A. 

One  who  well  knew  Mr.  Hirseman  once  said  that  he  lived 
very  near — in  the  hearts  of  his  fellows — to  the  maelstrom  of 
the  great  organizations  of  the  retail  trade  in  New  York  State, 
and  was  also  well  informed  on  pharmaceutical  affairs  in  the 
United  States,  for  he  had  frequently  represented  New  York 
pharmacists  in  the  National  organizations.  He  had  served  a 
number  of  terms  as  president  of  the  German  .\pothecaries 
Society,  and  also  as  treasurer,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death 
was  a  member  of  its  board  of  trustees.  In  1901  he  was 
elected  president  of  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

A  few  years  ago  he  retired  from  active  practice  of  pharmao-. 
and  in  company  with  Hugo  Kantrowitz  organized  the  German 
Apothecaries  Publishing  Co.,  of  which  he  was  president,  and 
took  over  the  publication  of  the  Dcutsch-Amcrikanischc  Apothc- 
ker  Zeitung.  He  was  a  member  of  Pclham  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M  . 
and  a  past  regent  in  the  Royal  Arcanum.  He  had  no 
children. 


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The  STANDARD  OIL  COMPANY 

(NEW  JERSEY) 

ANNOUNCES  A  NEW  PRODUCT 


It  is  a  Pure  "White  IMineral  Oil,  odorless,  tasteless,  and  equal  in  every 
respect  to  the  best  grade  of  Russian  oil. 

Nujol  is  i)ut  upon  the  market  at  this  time  in  order  to  satisfy  the  wide- 
spread demand  for  a  mineral  oil  suitable  for  use  in  the  treatment  of 
constipation.  It  is  a  perfect  product — produced  under  exacting  stand- 
ards of  accuracy  in  the  laboratories  of  the  world's  greatest  oil  refiners. 

The  mineral  oil  treatment  for  constipation  is  recognized  as  one  of  the 
most  important  of  recent  discoveries  in  medicine.  Doctors  everywhere 
are  prescribing  it;  customers  are  asking  for  it. 

Nujol  will  be  the  first  mineral  oil  to  be  advertised  on  a  big  scale,  not 
merely  in  the  medical  journals,  but  also  in  daily  newspapers  and  street 
cars.    It  is  the  mineral  oil  for  you  to  carry. 

STANDARD  OIL  COMPANY 

(New  Jersey) 

Bayonne  New  Jersey 


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[May,  1915 


Index  to  Advertisers,  page  26.       Index  to  Goods  Advertised,  pages  27-30 

Index  to  Text  Pages 


Abstracts,  Foreign,  218. 
Ackerman,  Adolph  H.,  225. 
Agar,  233. 

Altherr,  Frank  H.,  224. 
A.  Ph.  A.  House  of  Delegates, 
227. 

American    Red    Cross    and  the 

War,  198. 
Apomorphine,    Color  Reaction, 

218. 

Applegate,  S.  W.,  226. 
Arsonault,   Henry,  226. 
Armstrong,   Benjamin,  226. 
Associations,  Calendar  of  Meet- 
ings, 229. 
Associations,  Clubs,  etc. — 

American  Pharmaceutical,  227. 
New  York  Branch,  227. 
Denver  Branch,  228. 
Detroit  Branch,  228. 
Baltimore  Branch,  228. 
Philadelphia  Branch,  228. 
Chicago  Women's  Pharm.  213. 
Detroit  Drug  Salesmen,  229. 
Galveston  (Te.x.)  Retail  Drug., 
226. 

German  Apothecaries,  236. 
Iowa  Pharmaceutical,  229. 
Jersey  City  Retail  Dhuggists, 
229. 

Kings  Co.  (N.  Y.)  Pharm., 
236. 

Louisiana  Pharm.,  229. 
Manufacturing  Perfumers, 

219,  235. 
Michigan  State  Rexall  Dealers, 

229. 

New    Bedford   (Mass.)  Drug 

Clerks,  229. 
New  York  Co.   Pharm.  Soc, 

226. 

New  York  State  Pharm.  220. 
New  York   Women's  Pharm. 
213. 

Rock  Co.  (Wis.)  Retail  Dr., 
229. 

Rutherford  Co.  (Tenn.)  Drug- 
gists, 217. 

Tidewater  Druggist  (Norfolk), 
229. 

Virginia  Rexall  Club,  229. 
W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D. 

Louisville  Chapter,  212. 

Philadelphia  Chapter,  213. 
Wisconsin  Pharm.,  229. 
Women's       Pharm.,  Pacific 

Coast,  213. 
Baseball    Goods,    as    Side  Line, 

222. 

Bcta-Quinol,  215. 
Boards   of  Pharmacy — 


Illinois,  232. 
Massachusetts,  232. 
New  York,  232. 
Vermont,  232. 
Virginia,  232. 
Bolles,   H.   U.,  224. 
Books,  Reagents  and  Stains,  215. 
Books  Reviewed— 

Askinson,  Perfumes  and  Cos- 
metics, 200. 
Lucas,    Book    of  Pharmaco- 
poeias and  Formularies,  200. 
Lucas,  Book  of  Prescriptions, 
200. 

Proceedings  of  the  National 
Wholesale  Druggists  Asso- 
ciation, 1914,  200. 

Bradt,  Warren  L.,  224. 

Burke,   Mrs.   William   T.,  213. 

Burke,  William  Thompson,  226. 

Business  Crystals,  212. 

Calamus,  Therapy,  215. 

Cameron,   Mrs.   Mabel,  213. 

Cantharis  Vesicatoria,  216. 

Carpenter,  Frank  N.,  224. 

Chain  Store  and  Small  Retailer, 
197. 

Coldren,  Sterling  P.,  234. 
Colleges   of   Pharmacy — 

Brooklyn,  230. 

Creighton,  230. 

Illinois  University,  230. 

Indianapolis,  230. 

Iowa  University,  230. 

Jersey   City.  230. 

Louisville,  218. 

Michigan  University,  230. 

New  York,  230. 
Correspondence,  197. 
Cousins,  W.  H.,  223. 
Crane,  James   H.,  224. 
Cronhardt,  John  C,  226. 
Cunningham,  George  G.,  226. 
Darby,  W.  H.,  225. 
Davis,  James  B.,  226. 
Diamond,  Frederick  D.,  226. 
Disinfectant,  Drip,  215. 
Drugs,  Therapy,  215. 
Dye  Situations,  Edison  Discuses, 
199. 

Eberle,  E.  G.,  223. 
Edison,  Thomas  A.,  199. 
Editorials — 

Buying   Clubs   Trying   to  Meet 
Competition,  195. 
Price      Maintenance  Agree- 
ments, 196. 
Provisions  of  State  Narcotic 
Laws,  196. 
Edwards,  Melton  S.,  234. 
Egcr,  William,  225. 


Electric      Novelties  Profitable, 

220. 
I'ptol,  215. 

Era  Course  in  Pharmacy,  Gradu- 
ates, 234. 

Fairchild,    William    S.,  224. 

Fell,  Hiram  F.,  226. 

Fennel,  Dr.  Charles  P.  T.,  224. 

Fishing  Tackle  as  Side  Line  221. 
.    Fred   M.,  225. 

Fungicides,  Sale  in  Drug  Stores, 
231. 

Calo,   Edwin   O.,  225. 
(iauss,  Frank  L.   E.,  225. 
Gedney,  James   W.,  220. 
Glycerophosphates,  Analysis, 

Gorgas,    William    C,  198. 

Graham,  W.  A.,  226. 

..ry,   William   C,  224. 

Hamburg,  Miss  Florence,  213. 

Harbridge,  Frederick,  226. 

Harris,   Ezra,  234. 

Hirscman,   Felix,  240. 

ilnlt/>chuh,  John  J.,  226. 

Hubbard,   Fred  A..  225. 
son,   H.   P.,  227. 

Insecticides,  Sale  in  Drug 
Stores,  231. 

Insurance,  Liability,  Recom- 
mended, 214. 

Intesti-Fermin  Tablets,  233. 

Iodine,  Pharmaceuticals,  Deter- 
mination, 218, 

Isopropylene   Glycol,  Glucoside, 

Jacobi.  Dr.  A.,  224. 

■,  Dr.  L.  F.,  219. 
Keene,  Jerome  J.,  224. 
Kennedy,  W.  E.,  224. 
Kinsbury,  Howard,  226. 
Law,  Harrison,  Application,  215. 
Law,   Points   that  Affect  Retail 

Druggists,  214. 
Leonard,  Frank  W.,  226. 
Lilt;.  Clarence,  225. 
Lubbinga,  H.  E.,  226. 
Lytta  Vesicatoria,  216. 
McCormick,  R.  A.,  223. 

irket   Report,  239. 
Mt  ycr  Bros,  Drug  Co.,  222. 
Mm  so,  Frank  Dana,  225. 
M.iMly    Personal,  223. 
Mouth  Wash,  Tannin,  210. 
X  •■^ligencc.   Druggist's,  214 
X.illy,   William   C,  223. 
Dbituaries,  225. 

Patents,  Trade  Marks,  etc..  237. 
Perfumery,    American,  Future, 

219,  235. 
Pertussin,  216. 


Pharmacy,      Chicago  High 

Schools,  231. 
Planten  &  Son,  H.,  220. 
Poison  Container,  Downs',  237. 
Prescriptions  and  Narcotic  Act, 

231. 

Question  Box,  215. 
Raymow,  Thomas  F.,  225. 
Reck,  H.  C,  223. 
Rehfuss,  Jacob  H.,  223. 
Reycroft  Drug  Co.,  236. 
Ricin,  216. 
Ricinus,  216. 

Rittman,  Dr.  Walter  F.,  199. 
Rogers,  Fred  S.,  224. 
Ruicker,  Fred  H.,  224. 
Ryan,   Frank  G.,  224. 
Sage,  William  H.,  224. 
Salvarsan-Sodium,  218. 
Saponin  in  Beverages,  Detection 

218. 
Sarsene,  215. 

Schenk,  Mrs.  Fannie  K.,  213. 
Schrader,  Louis,  226. 
Schultz,  C.  F.  William,  225. 
Scott,  Walter  P.,  224. 
Sellers,   Frank,  226. 
Shimer,  Mrs.  Miles  H.,  212. 
Silvol,  233. 

Smith,  William  R.,  226. 
Snow,    Levi   M.,  226. 
Sodium  Perborate,  216. 
Sodium  Pyroborate,  216. 
Sodium     Thiosulphate,     V.  S., 

Standardization,  217. 

!:i.  r.   A.   M.,  219. 
Stimson,  Dr.  Charlotte  E.  212. 
Stone,  James  A.,  226. 
Sulfo  Solution,  215. 
Suppan,  Dr.  Leo,  224. 
Swoboda,  Charles  A.,  234. 
Synthesis.  Biochemical,  218. 
Syrup  Thyme,  Compound,  216. 
Taylor,  Irby  C,  234. 
Tr.  Lattai  Vesicatoria,  216. 
Trading   Stamps,  Pennsylvania, 

233. 

Tooth  Brush,  Rotary,  237. 

Typhus  Fever,  Fighting  in  Ser- 
bia, 198. 

Vacationist  and  his  Needs,  211. 

'\all.  John  R.,  224. 

W  allace.  Emma  Gary,  211. 

Wallace,  J.  M..  224. 

^\'-bster,  Ernest  L.  224. 

Wilson,  Edgar  H.,  224. 

•••langer,  Mrs.  Estclle  V., 
212. 

Wolpcrt,  Frank  X.,  226. 
Women  in  Pharmacy,  212. 


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!  Editorl^l  and  Ph.\rmaceuticai,   Pages  243-269 

j"       Editorials    243-245 

Cost  Accounting  Based  on  Reported  Data    246-247 

New  Decisions  on  Narcotic  Law    248 

Building  Business  by  Mail    249-251 

Selling  Summer  Drug  Specialties    252-253 

Manufacture  of  Toilet  Preparations    254 

The  Cod  Liver  Oil  Industr>'    255-256 

Woman  an  .-Vuthority  on  Medical  Botany    257 

Pharmacists  and  Manufacturing  Laboratories  . .  259-260 

Question  Bo.x    261-262 

Foreign  Abstracts    263-264 

Legal  Decisions    265 

Camera  and  Photographic  Supplies    267-268 

'News  and  Trade  Section-    270-290 

Mostly  Personal    270 

Obituaries    272 

,      College  of  Pharmacy  Commencements    273-276 

Proprietary  Association  Meets    277 

News  of  .Associations    278-279 

Allied  Retailers  May  Fight  Chain  Stores   279 

Working  for  Reciprocal  Registration    280 

'      Premiums  for  Druggists    284 

Patents,  Trademarks,  etc   285-286 

^      Drug  Markets    287-289 

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COST  ACCOUNTING  FOR  DRUGGISTS 

Students  of  economies  have  in  various  ways  en- 
deavored to  arouse  interest  in  accounting  methods 
and  to  force  home  the  conclusion  that  one  cannot 
live  a  successful  business  life  unless  he  "always 
Icnows  where  he  stands."  It  cannot  be  denied  that 
such  knowledge  is  most  necessary  and  desirable,  if 
one  is  to  get  along  in  the  world,  but  to  evolve 
methods  which  shall  show  this  information  in  an 
intelligible  and  comprehensive  manner,  especially 
for  a  business  with  the  multiplicity  of  detail  and 
items  of  stock  enumerated  in  the  inventory  of  a 
modem  pharmacy,  is  quite  another  matter. 

Any  analysis  of  commercial  phases  of  the  drug 
business  must  be  based  upon  fundamental  facts, 
which  may  be  held  to  include  complete  data  as  to 
gross  sales  and  analyses  of  expenses  and  carefully 
worked  out  percentages  of  costs  and  profits,  and 
these  returns  should  be  sufficiently  numerous  to 
cover  representative  sections  of  the  country  so  as 
to  get  an  average  factor  that  will  apply  to  the 
business  generally.  "With  such  information  and 
statistics  at  his  command,  the  specialist  in  account- 
ing should  be  able  to  deduce  certain  conclusions 
having  a  definite  and  positive  value  to  the  mer- 
chant. 

In  this  issue  of  the  Era,  Dr.  John  R.  Wildman, 
of  the  School  of  Commerce  and  Accoimting  of  New 
York  University,  presents  a  summary  of  his  study 
of  data  submitted  by  druggists  relating  to  500  con- 
secutive sales,  as  collated  by  this  journal  early  in 
the  year.  The  nub  of  this  analysis  appears  in 
the  following  paragraph: 

"What  the  retail  druggist  needs  to  know  is 
whether  or  not  he  is  making  18  per  cent  on  his 
money;  whether  to  push  certain  lines,  to  discard 
them,  or  carry  them  only  for  accommodation; 
whether  certain  items  of  expense  are  too  high  or 
whether  they  may  be  legitimately  increased  and 
justified  by  increased  profits." 

To  what  extent  does  the  data  supplied  by  the 
druggists  answer  these  requirements?  According 
to  Dr.  Wildmnn,  it  would  appear  that  the  drug- 
gist is  creflili  il  wifli  nwikitig  more  money  than  he 
really  is,  Jini!  tli;it  lie  is  being  misled  by  a  lack  of 
knowledge  in  siiiiii>  cases,  or  by  an  inadequate  sys- 
tem or  lack  of  system  of  accounting.  Another  sig- 
nificant fact  brought  out  in  the  analysis  of  the 


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returns  is  tliat  proprietary  medicines  constitute 
the  most  unsatisfactory  line  the  druggist  handles, 
because  it  ties  up  more  capital  than  any  other,  and 
the  percentage  of  profit  is  lower  than  that  in  any 
other  line  except  cigars.  All  of  these  facts  when 
correlated  and  placed  in  juxtaposition  tend  to 
show  the  direction  the  pharmacist's  effort  should 
take  to  evolve  a  well  balanced  business.  It  is  just 
such  analyses  and  critical  studies  that  are  needed 
to  help  further  progress. 

SECRETS  OF  THE  CHAIN  STORE 

The  purchase  by  the  Riker-Jaynes  Co.  of  four 
leading  drug  stores  in  Boston,  Worcester,  Spring- 
field and  Holyoke,  Mass. ;  the  announcement  that 
the  same  company  is  seeking  a  store  in  Augusta, 
Me.,  and  the  Riker-Hegemau  Co.  is  looking  for  a 
desirable  location  in  Seranton,  Pa.,  and  has  leased 
one  of  the  most  important  downtown  corners  in 
New  York  City  for  another  new  store  are  recent 
developments  in  the  chain  store  situation.  The 
Liggett  chain  has  sold  three  of  its  Baltimore,  Md., 
stores,  but  will  soon  open  a  large  store  in  Brooklyn. 

That  there  should  be  any  connection  between 
this  branching  out  of  the  Riker-Hegeman  and 
Riker-Jaynes  chain  almost  simultaneously  with  the 
publication  of  an  article  in  the  Saturday  Evening 
Post  (issue  of  May  15)  on  "Secrets  of  the  Chain 
Store"  is  too  preposterous  for  belief.  Yet  one  of 
our  subscribers  was  moved  to  inquire : ' '  Why  should 
the  Saturday  Evening  Post  advertise  the  chain 
stores  from  coast  to  coast  ? ' ' 

The  Saturday  Evening  Post  article  was  interest- 
ing reading.  It  was  written  by  Forrest  Crissey,  a 
young  man  of  good  reputation  for  accuracy  and 
truthfulness.  Mr.  Crissey  is  a  regular  contributor 
on  business  topics  to  the  Post.  Therefore  his  inter- 
view purporting  to  be  with  the  general  manager  of 
one  of  the  large  drug  chains  is  of  more  than  usual 
interest.  The  chain  store  general  manager's  advice, 
in  this  article,  to  independent  drug  retailers  is, 
' '  Fight  the  chain  stores  with  their  own  methods. ' ' 

It  is  not  unfair  to  the  majority  of  independent 
drug  retailers  to  say  that  many  of  them  could  take 
valuable  lessons  from  the  chain  stores  so  far  as  suc- 
cessful merchandising  is  concerned.  Nevertheless 
we  believe  that  most  of  the  Era  druggists  would 
rather  die  poor  than  stoop  to  the  indefensible  busi- 
ness tactics  sometimes  employed  by  the  large  drug 
store  chains. 

In  the  first  place,  the  chain  stores  have  shown 
that  they  have  but  one  purpose  and  that  is  to  get 
what  they  want  no  matter  how  unscrupulous  may 
be  the  means.  This  does  not  apply  to  all  of  the 
smaller  chains,  but  is  particularly  true  with  refer- 
ence to  some  of  the  larger  ones.  What  they  do 
comes  "within  the  law"  but  constitutes  a  code  of 
business  ethics  that  the  average  high-minded  drug- 
gist would  not  approve  of  in  his  own  business. 

A  certain  prominent  location  was  controlled  by 
an  independent  retail  druggist  for  years.  In  fact 
he  had  spent  the  best  part  of  a  lifetime  building 
up  a  successful  trade  in  his  locality.  His  lease  had 
several  years  to  run  and  it  had  been  renewed  by 


the  landlord  every  five  years  almost  automatically. 
But  one  day  the  general  manager  of  the  chain 
picked  that  particular  location  as  a  good  one  for 
his  purpose  and  although  the  druggist  still  had 
several  years  of  his  lease  remaining  the  chain  store 
could  afford  to  wait.  They  took  an  option  on  the 
lease  at  its  expiration.  Meantime  the  independent 
druggist  went  on  with  no  knowledge  of  the  fact 
that  he  was  just  building  up  a  trade  which  would 
eventually  help  fill  the  coffers  of  the  chain  store 
system.  Within  just  a  few  months  of  the  expira^ 
tion  of  his  lease  he  was  notified  that  it  would  not 
be  renewed  and  he  was  virtually  turned  out  into 
the  street  and  the  years  he  had  spent  building  up 
his  business  went  for  naught. 

This  incident  may  sound  as  if  it  were  an  isolated 
case,  but  on  the  contrary  it  is  just  one  of  many 
such  things  that  have  occurred  since  the  chain 
stores  started  their  careers  of  greed.  The  same 
ruthlessness  in  business  that  characterized  some 
of  the  big  trusts  is  evident  in  the  operations  of  the 
chain  stores.  Some  druggists  have  been  fortunate 
enough  to  sell  out  to  them  at  a  good  profit,  but  the 
other  way  has  more  often  been  employed. 

If  the  chain  store  general  manager  quoted  in 
the  Saturday  Evening  Post  means  that  independ- 
ent druggists  should  use  such  methods  to  fight  the 
chain  stores  he  will  find  that  the  average  druggist 
has  neither  the  money  nor  the  inclination  to  obtain 
business  success  by  such  a  piratical  course.  If  he 
meant  that  independent  retailers  should  use  the 
chain  store  methods  of  merchandising  their  goods 
his  advice  should  be  well  taken,  because  in  all  fair- 1 
ness  it  must  be  admitted  that  they  have  sho^vn  how  i 
to  make  big  profits  in  the  drug  business.  ' 

THE  PHOTOGRAPHIC  DEPARTMENT 

The  retail  druggist  is  in  many  respects  the  bestl 
agent  for  cameras  and  photographic  supplies.  In 
the  smaller  towns,  where  there  are  no  exclusi^  e 
photographic  supply  dealers,  the  druggist  is  usual- 
ly given  first  choice.  Sometimes  the  stationer  and 
bookseller  is  a  close  rival,  but  the  druggist  has  the, 
advantage  of  longer  hours  and  frequently  has  the 
best  location,  and  what  is  more  to  the  point  he  haa 
a  knowledge  of  chemicals  such  as  are  used  in  pho- 
tographic processes. 

Even  in  the  large  cities,  where  there  are  high 
class  photographic  supply  stores,  the  drug  trade  is 
considerable  of  a  factor  in  the  distribution  _  of 
cameras,  films,  plates,  developing  and  printing 
equipment  and  supplies.  The  chain  store  has  ntfl 
been  slow  to  take  up  the  photographic  line.  In 
New  York  and  other  cities  of  the  East  the  Riker- 
Hegeman  and  the  Liggett  stores  have  photograpliic 
departments.  The  Evans  stores  in  Philadelphia 
the  Dow  stores  in  Cincinnati,  the  Judge  &  Doloh 
stores  in  St.  Louis,  the  Taylor  stores  in  Ijouisvillo— 
and  many  others  might  be  added  to  this  list— al) 
recognize  the  value  of  a  photographic  departmrnl 
as  an  adjunct  of  the  retail  drug  business. 

It  is  time  for  the  small  retailor  who  compla  nS 
of  not  making  money  to  wake  up  to  the  trade  pos- 
sibilities of  such  side  lines.   According  to  the  m;u»i 


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ufacturers  of  cameras  aud  photographic  materials 
wlio  come  in  contact  with  the  drug  trade  many 
druggists  are  not  as  well  posted  on  photography  as 
they  should  be  to  make  a  success  of  a  photographic 
department.  It  is  not  essential  that  one  be  an  ex- 
pert, but  a  reasonable  amount  of  time  and  study 
nuist  be  given  to  this  phiise  of  the  business  if  one 
would  make  cei'tain  of  its  being  worth  the  time, 
trouble  and  expense  given  to  it. 

The  Pharmaceutical  Era  hopes  to  be  of  assist- 
ance to  druggists  who  would  like  to  become  better 
posted  on  photography  and  the  sale  of  photograph- 
ic supplies,  and  commencing  with  this  i.ssue  will 
publish  each  month  a  department  devoted  to  that 
class  of  goods.  All  of  this  material  will  be  written 
and  edited  with  the  principal  idea  of  helping  the 
druggist  to  make  more  money  out  of  his  photo- 
graphic department.  For  tho.se  who  are  not 
handling  these  goods  now  it  will  have  an  occasional 
article  which  will  explain  the  methods  that  suc- 
cessful druggists  have  adopted  in  making  the  pho- 
tographic department  pay. 

"We  will  have  the  advantage  of  expert  knowledge 
and  are  pleased  to  place  this  knowledge  at  the  dis- 
posal of  any  druggists  who  have  problems  to  solve. 

THE  ERA  NABCOTIC  LIST 

Of  direct  service  to  the  physician  and  phai-ma- 
cist  is  the  Era  Narcotic  List,  which  presents  in 
condensed  form,  all  of  the  available  data  relating 
to  the  narcotic  content  of  drugs  and  preparations 
coming  under  the  application  of  the  Harrison  Law. 
This  information,  so  far  as  the  narcotic  drugs  and 
official  preparations  are  concerned,  is  quite  easily 
obtainable  by  anyone  thoroughly  familiar  with  the 
Pharmacopoeia  and  National  Formularj^,  but  with 
those  preparations  manufactured  by  special  form- 
ula or  secret  process,  the  desired  facts  are  not  so 
easily  obtainable,  and  as  a  result,  the  physician  and 
pharmacist,  if  they  would  keep  their  records  as 
required  by  the  law,  must  depend  upon  their  owti 
ability  to  determine  the  facts,  or  they  must  utilize 
the  declarations  set  forth  by  such  manufacturers. 

The  assembling  of  this  information  as  it  appears 
in  the  Era  Narcotic  List,  has  been  one  of  consid- 
erable labor,  but  the  results  obtained  justify  the 
claim  for  the  practical  usefulness  and  convenience 
of  the  book.  The  data  relating  to  pharmaceutical 
specialties  and  proprietary  remedies  are  trust- 
worthy and  those  furnished  by  the  manufacturers 
themselves.  Altogether  there  is  a  total  of  some 
1.600  official  and  proprietary  drugs  and  prepara- 
tions. The  book  fills  some  80  pages  in  vest  pocket 
size  and  sells  for  25  cents  a  copy. 


THE  SEASON  OF  STATE  CONVENTION'S 

A  REFEREXCE  to  the  Calendar  of  a.ssociation  meet- 
ings which  appears  on  another  page  of  this  issue  of 
The  Era.  will  quickly  convince  anyone,  even  if  he 
has  not  been  cognizant  of  the  fact,  that  the  con- 
vention season  has  now  well  begun,  and  from  now 
until  the  heat  of  Summer  begins  to  wane,  the  voice 


of  the  association  member  will  be  heard  in  the 
land.  In  other  words,  from  now  on  until  well  along 
in  September  there  will  be  a  pharmaceutical  or- 
ganization in  session  practically  every  week,  and 
some  weeks  there  will  be  held  more  than  one  con- 
vention. 

What  have  these  to  offer  to  the  pharmacist? 
First,  they  afford  avenues  of  mental  improvement 
and  physical  recreation  which  are  in  many  ways  as 
important  to  pharmacists  as  food  and  drink.  Hard 
working  pharmacists  too  often  are  confined  at  busi- 
ness during  long  hours  without  the  rest  from  their 
cares  and  relief  from  onerous  duties  that  are  pos- 
sible for  other  professional  men,  or  from  choice  they 
will  disregard  the  call  of  Nature  to  outdoor  exertion 
and  change  of  .scene  until  these  means  of  recupera- 
tion are  finally  forced  upon  them. 

But  the  pharmacist  who  would  get  the  most  out 
of  life  must  also  contribute  his  share  to  the  com- 
mon weal.  Membership  in  a  state  association  is 
not  only  a  duty  the  individual  pharmacivst  owes  to 
his  calling;  it  is  a  duty  he  owes  to  himself.  Local 
committees  are  putting  forth  every  effort  to  make 
the  attendance  this  year  a  record  breaking  one  in 
point  of  numbers  and  work  accomplished,  for  they 
fully  realize  that  in  legislative  matters  particularly 
they  can  hope  for  justice  only  by  presenting  a 
strong  and  well  organized  front.  In  the  Empire 
State  there  are  in  round  numbers  practically  4,500 
druggists,  of  whom  only  about  1.500  belong  to  the 
State  association.  Similar  conditions  exist  in  other 
States,  and  as  the  chairman  of  the  membership 
committee  of  the  N.  Y.  S.  P.  A.  puts  it,  "not  a  stone 
shall  be  unturned  until  I  have  convinced  every 
pharmacist  of  the  necessity  of  co-operating  with 
us."  This  kind  of  enthusiasm  is  infectious  and  the 
kind  that  wins  in  the  long  run.  If  you  have  not 
done  so  already,  co-operate  with  your  brother  drug- 
gists by  joining  your  State  association  and  then 
attend  the  convention  and  learn  how  other  pharma- 
cists meet  conditions  and  overcome  difficulties. 


TRUTHS  OF  INVESTMENT  AND  TURN-OVER 

The  interest  of  many  druggists  in  cost  accounting  methods 
is  indicated  by  the  following  letter  from  Ray  S.  Sisson,  of  A. 
C.  Sisson  &  Sons,  druggists  at  Decker,  Ind.: 

"Your  article  in  the  May,  1915  Era,  "The  Chain 
Store  and  the  Small  Retailer,"  has  just  been  read  by 
me  for  the  third  time.  It  is  one  of  the  best  items  you 
have  published  for  quite  a  time.  In  the  retail  drug 
business  of  today  and  tomorrow  the  retailer  is  going 
to  be  confronted  with  more  and  more  business  prob- 
lems and  such  articles  as  this  one,  explaining  as  it 
does  in  detail  some  of  the  pointed  truths  of  investment 
and  turn-over  must  be  learned  and  followed  to  be  suc- 
cessful. 

"Eighty  per  cent,  of  our  retailers  could  study  that 
article  with  profit  for  with  the  rising  costs,  both  of 
doing  business  and  drugs,  the  retail  druggist  has  got 
to  "get  wise"  or  else  lose  out. 

"Give  us  more  items  like  this  and  others  dealing 
with  the  financial  and  profit  side  of  things  and  we 
will  all  be  more  obliged  to  you  and  the  Era." 
Our  answer  to  Mr.  Sisson  is  to  ask  him  to  read  the  articles 
in  this  issue  on  "Building  Retail  Drug  Business  By  Mail" 
and  Dr.  Wildman's  comments  on  store  accounting,  as  above 
referred  to,  and  also  the  article  in  the  next  issue  by  W.  F. 
French  on  "Stopping  Little  Drug  Store  Leaks." 


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[June,  1915 


Inquiry  by  The  Era 

Eighty-five   Retailers   Keep   Record  of 
Five  Hundred  Consecutive  Sales 
In  Their  Stores 

By  Dr.  JOHN  R.  WILDMAN" 

School  of  Commerce  and  Accounting,  New  York  University. 

WHY  should  the  retail  druggist  complain  about  hard 
times,  keen  competition,  and  the  chain  stores  when 
he  is  making  18%  on  his  money? 
This  figure  is  the  result  of  a  tabulation  of  returns  made  by 
eighty-five  (85)  retail  druggists  on  report  forms  sent  out  by 
The  Pharmaceutical  Era. 

Several  hundred  of  these  forms  were  distributed  and  the 
following  data  was  asked  for : 

The  number  of  sales  of  (1)  drugs  and  chemicals,  (2)  pro- 
prietary medicines,  (3)  drug  sundries,  (4)  cigars  and  (5m 
miscellaneous  goods,  including  candy,  paints  and  oils,  and  all 
other  sales  not  included  above,  omitting  soda  fountain  sales, 
made  in  500  consecutive  sales,  and  the  total  cost  and  total 
selling  price  of  each  class.  The  form  also  asked  the  druggist 
for  the  percentage  of  his  total  sales  which  represented  his 
expenses.    A  blank  space  was  left  for  remarks. 

The  returns  represent  twenty-eight  (28)  states  and  are  well 
distributed  geographically.  They  come  from  towns  with  popu- 
lations of  one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  and  cities  of  five  mil- 
lions (5,000,000).? 

The  results  as  representing  the  retail  druggists  of  the  coun- 
try as  a  whole  must  be  considered  as  indicative  only  since 
the  true  situation  is  affected  by  the  small  number  of  reports 
and  the  fact  that  the  test  covers  only  five  hundred  (500)  con- 
secutive sales  in  each  case.  Many  circumstances  such  as  the 
season  of  the  year,  weather  conditions,  special  sales,  etc., 
might  also  affect  the  showing  where  five  hundred  sales  only 
form  the  basis  for  the  investigation.  The  results  might  of 
course  be  considerably  changed  if  the  test  were  to  be  applied 
to  the  business  of  a  year. 

Gross  Profit  40  Per  Cent 
According  to  the  statistics  compiled  from  these  returns  the 
retail  druggist  makes  a  gross  profit  of  40%  on  his  sales  or 
72%  on  his  cost.  Whether  the  percentage  be  stated  on  sales 
or  on  cost  makes  little  difference  so  long  as  one  method  or  the 
other  is  consistently  adhered  to. 

Much  discussion  has  been  had  in  the  past  two  or  three 
years  on  this  subject  and  it  miist  be  said  that  the  discussion 
is  very  largely  an  academic  one.  Stating  the  percentage  on 
sales  makes  it  impossible  ever  to  show  one  hundred  per  cent 
(100%)  profit  since  the  profit  may  never  be  greater  than  the 
amount  of  the  sales.  Basing  the  percentage  on  cost  makes  it 
greater  always  than  if  based  on  sales  and  for  such  reason  may 
be  psychologically  objectionable  to  the  druggist  who  feels 
generally  that  he  is  falsely  accused  of  large  profits. 

Cost  as  the  basis  seems,  however,  to  be  more  consistent  than 
sales  since  it  follows  logically  the  method  which  the  business 
man  uses  in  fixing  the  selling  price  of  his  goods.  It  is  also 
in  keeping  with  the  way  in  which  he  calculates  the  return 
on  his  investment. 

Figuring  on  the  Cost 

By  way  of  illustration,  if  a  man  invests  $10,000.00  in  bonds 
and  sells  them  for  $12,000.00,  his  profit  is  $2,000.00  or  20% 
on  the  investment.  It  is  to  be  doubted  if  any  intelligent  in- 
dividual would  use  $12,000.00  as  the  basis  for  ascertaining  his 
percentage  of  profit.  Why  then,  the  question  may  be  asked, 
should  gross  profit  be  computed  on  sales? 

Out  of  consideration,  however,  for  the  two  views  that  exist 
with  regard  to  this  matter,  the  results  according  to  classes 
of  goods,  will,  as  tabulated  below,  show  the  percentages  cal- 
culated on  both  bases; 

Drugs  and  Proprie-  Drug 
Chem-      tary  Sun- 
Total    icals  Medicines  dries  Cigars  Misc. 
Percentage  of  sales.  .40        52         30        41         25  36 
Percentage  of  cost ...  72       110        66        72         34  56 
These  results  will  perhaps  throw  no  new  light  on  the  situa- 


Reveals  Druggist  Is 


' '  What  the  retail  druggist  needs 
to  know  is  whether  or  not  he  is 
making  1 8%  on  his  money;  what  he 
is  making  money  on  and  what  he  is 
losing  on;  whether  to  push  certain 
lines ^  to  discard  them  or  carry  them 


tion  so  far  as  the  thoughtful  proprietor  is  concerned.  They 
will  no  doubt  be  of  interest  to  the  man  who  has  in  the  past 
been  too  busy  looking  after  the  minor  details  of  his  business 
to  consider  whether  or  not  it  paid  him  to  handle  cigars. 
Profits  on  Cigar  Department 

When  one  knows  that  the  percentage  of  expense  to  sales 
as  regards  the  eighty-five  returns  tabulated  is  26.46%  he 
may  well  consider  the  advisability  of  giving  up  his  cigar  de- 
partment on  which  his  gross  profit  is  25%.  The  contrast  is 
even  more  marked  when  the  gross  profit  on  cost  in  the  case 
of  cigars  (34%)  is  compared  with  the  percentage  of  expense 
to  cost  of  goods  (45.5%).    Here  surely  is  food  for  thought. 

Expenses,  as  reported,  varied  greatly.  The  lowest  was  10% 
(based  on  sales),  in  the  case  of  a  store  located  in  a  to\\-n  of 
250  inhabitants,  and  said  to  be  an  estimate.  The  highest  was 
40%  coming  from  a  city  with  a  population  of  75,000.  The 
average  26.46%  is  not  inconsistent  with  results  obtained  by 
the  National  Retail  Dry  Goods  Association  in  a  similar  in- 
vestigation with  regard  to  the  drug  goods  line  in  which  case 
the  percentage  of  expenses  to  sales  was  found  to  be  25.17%. 

Among  other  interesting  facts  developed  by  a  study  of  the 
returns  submitted  by  the  retail  druggists  are  the  average  sales 
by  classes  of  goods  and  the  percentages  which  the  sales  and 
cost  of  goods  sold,  respectively,  by  classes,  bear  to  the  total 
sales  and  cost  of  goods  sold.    These  are  shown  below : 


Average 

Sale 

Sales 

Cost 

Drugs  and  chemicals  . . . 

35.5c 

32.55% 

27.00%. 

Proprietary  medicines  . . 

40.5c 

28.92% 

30.33% 

.  .  25,6c 

19.65% 

20.09% 

,   ,  13.3c 

7.09% 

9.28% 

20.7c 

11.79%) 

13.30% 

Total   

28.6c 

lOO.OO^o 

100.00% 

Small  Profits  on  Proprietaries 

These  tables  bring  out  sharply  the  fact  that  proprictan' 
medicines  constitute  the  most  unsatisfactory  line  which  the 
druggist  handles  judged  by  the  cases  under  consideration. 
While  the  average  sale  of  this  line  is  higher  in  amount  than 
any  other  and  the  line  ties  up  more  capital  in  the  handling 
of  it  than  any  other  line  tlie  percentage  of  profit  is  lower 
than  in  any  other  case  except  cigars.  The  latter  while  yield- 
ing a  smaller  gross  profit  than  other  lines  requires  less  capital 
than  do  others. 

The  expense  per  sale  as  worked  out  from  the  data  collected 
amounted  to  $.0757.  The  expense  was  45.5%  of  the  cost  of 
goods  sold;  the  net  profit  26.6%  of  the  cost  of  goods  sold. 
It  therefore  follows  that  to  the  cost  of  his  goods  the  druggist 
added  72%  in  order  to  arrive  at  the  selling  price  and  that  on 
his  investment,  combining  cost  of  goods  and  expenses,  he  made 
18%. 

It  appears  from  a  study  of  the  information  gathered  from 
eighty-five  different  sources  tliat  the  retail  druggist  is  making 
more  money  than  he  really  is.  This  showing  is  probably  due 
to  the  fact  that  the  cost  as  figured  in  these  isolated  cases  has 
been  too  low.  Many  items  such  as  freight  and  cartage,  de- 
preciation, etc.,  have  probably  been  omitted.  Lack  of  knowledge 


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247 


Lax  on  Modern  Cost 


only  for  accommodation;  whether 
certain  items  of  expense  are  too  high 
or  whether  they  may  be  legitimately 
increased  and  justified  by  increased 
profits. 

— Dr.  John  R.  Wildman, 

with  regard  to  these  matters  probably  accounts  for  some  of 
these  lapses;  inadequate  systems  or  lack  of  system  for  others. 
What  druggist  needs  to  know  (fflc 

What  the  retail  druggist  needs  to  know  is  whether  or  not 
he  is  making  18*"^  on  his  money:  what  he  is  making  money 
on  and  what  he  is  losing  on ;  whether  to  push  certain  lines, 
to  discard  them  or  carry  them  only  for  accommodation  ;  whether 
certain  items  of  e.xpensc  are  too  high  or  whether  they  may  be 
legitimately  increased  and  justified  by  increased  profits. 

■'Facts  not  guess-work"  should  be  the  slogan.  Nothing 
would  give  the  retail  druggist  the  facts  which  he  needs  so 
quickly  as  a  properly  planned  and  correlated  system  of 
accounts  developed  from  an  extensive  and  intensive  study  car- 
r>ing  out  the  idea  of  work  begun  by  The  Pharmaceuti- 
c.\L  Era  in  the  recent  test  on  a  broad  scale. 


THE  PH.\RiiACEUTiCAL  Era's  mail  inquiry  of  several 
hundred  retail  druggists  as  to  the  nature  of  500  con- 
secutive sales  made  by  each,  formed  the  basis  of  a 
considerable  part  of  a  lecture  on  drug  store  accounting,  de- 
livered by  Professor  John  R.  Wildman,  of  New  York  Univer- 
sity, at  the  May  meeting  of  the  New  York  College  of  Phar- 
macy. Eighty-four  druggists  responded  to  the  Er.\'s  ques- 
tions with  the  proper  information,  which  was  a  classification 
of  the  500  sales  as  to  the  departments  in  which  they  were 
made — drugs  and  chemicals,  proprietary  medicines,  drug  sun- 
dries, cigars  or  miscellaneous.  The  forms  supplied  the  drug- 
gists also  provided  for  a  statement  of  the  number  of  sales, 
the  total  cost,  the  total  selling  price  and  the  per  cent,  of 
total  sales  representing  expense.    A  space  was  left  for  remarks. 

The  average  gross  profit  on  the  84  replies  was  about  40 
per  cent,  of  the  selling  price.  The  average  cost  of  doing 
business  was  about  26  per  cent,  of  the  selling  price.  The 
cost  of  doing  business  ranged  from  10  to  45  per  cent.  Pro- 
fessor Wildman  asserted  that  the  druggists  giving  the  un- 
usually low  cost  of  doing  business  merely  estimated  this 
factor.  They  thought  that  their  cost  of  doing  business  ought 
to  be  about  10  per  cent. 

A  peculiar  situation  was  developed  in  the  Er.\'s  interrago- 
tion  as  to  cigars.  A  druggist  in  a  city  of  45,000  population  re- 
ported fifty  sales  of  cigars  in  his  500  consecutive  sales,  these 
sales  totaling  $10.75.  His  average  cigar  sale  was  21i/2  cents. 
A  druggist  in  a  town  of  150  population  sold  cigars  to  16  cus- 
tomers, netting  him  $12.00,  the  average  sale  being  75  cents. 
Accounting  Radically  Wrong 
Professor  Wildman's  conclusion  after  going  over  the  84 
replies  was  that  there  was  something  radically  wrong  with 
the  system  of  accounting  of  some  of  the  druggists.  A  letter 
accompanied  one  of  the  blanks.  In  it  the  druggist-writer 
stated  that  the  idea  was  "a  new  one"  to  him.  The  expense 
I  find  seems  horrible,  yet  I  don't  know  what  to  do  about  it." 

Professor  Wildman  asserted  that  the  druggist's  method  of 
ascertaining  his  present  worth  at  the  end  of  a  certain  period 
by  the  asset  and  liability  method  was  a  valuable  one  for  the 
accountant,  but  extremely  dangerous  for  the  druggist.  "It 
shows  only  a  difference  in  condition." 

That  the  druggist  should  keep  a  record  of  his  purchases. 


Accounting  Methods 

New  York  Pharmacists  Listen  With  Inte- 
rest to  Dr.  Wildman's  Address  at 
College  of  Pharmacy 

was  Professor  Wildman's  contention.  "Invoices  are  not  al- 
ways pasted  up.  They  are  sometimes  placed  on  file,  and  only 
their  totals  entered."  He  outlined  on  the  board  a  form  for 
keeping  purchase  records.  It  concluded  the  date,  the  pur- 
chase and  a  classification  of  the  items  in  each  purchase.  The 
cash  book,  he  contended,  should  provide  a  classification  of 
receipts  and  disbursements;  the  journal  should  record  the 
opening  and  closing  of  entries  and  adjustments.  "Financial 
statements  are  not  what  the  cash  register  gives  you." 

"Proprietorship"  is  sometimes  called  present  worth,  was 
pointed  out  by  the  speaker.    For  example  the  following  cal- 


culation : 

Sales    $38.50 

Cost  of  sales    25.00 


Gross  profit    $13.50 

Expenses    10.00 


Net  profit    $  3.50 

Proprietorship    100.00 


Proprietorship  at  end  of  certain  period  $103.50 

Estimating  Profits  on  Sales 
Professor  Wildman  avoided  a  technical  discussion  on  how 


to  estimate  the  profit  on  a  sale,  but  said  that  he  favored 
taking  the  profit  on  the  cost,  because  the  average  layman  pre- 
fers to  build  up  on  cost.  "The  balance  sheet",  he  said,  "is 
a  good  thing  to  have  when  you  go  to  the  bank  to  borrow 
money.  It  shows  just  how  you  stand,  whether  you  are  making 
or  losing  money,  and  why.  It  is  one  thing  to  sell  at  a  loss 
■with  the  knowledge  of  the  fact  and  another  thing  to  sell  at 
a  loss  and  not  know  it.  He  cited  the  case  of  a  New  York 
City  manufacturer  who  produced  a  line  of  goods  and  figured 
his  cost  of  production  by  lumping  the  entire  cost,  but  without 
analyzing  this  total  cost  as  to  its  various  features.  The  manu- 
facturer had  a  good  business,  but  went  into  the  hands  of  a 
receiver.  Professor  Wildman  was  one  of  the  accountants  who 
discovered  that  one  of  this  manufacturer's  many  articles  had 
been  sold  at  a  price  below  the  cost  of  production,  the  true 
cost  never  having  been  ascertained.  This  manufacturer's 
competitor  in  nearby  Jersey  knew  his  cost  of  production  for 
that  article,  discovered  he  could  buy  it  cheaper  than  he  could 
make  it,  and  accordingly  gave  up  its  manufacture  and  favored 
his  competitor  with  his  orders.  This  fact  about  a  good  busi- 
ness was  not  discovered  until  it  had  failed. 

Druggists  Are  Waking  Up 

Chairman  Clarence  O.  Bigelow,  in  the  ensuing  discussion, 
observed  that  not  so  long  ago  retail  druggists  gave  little  or 
no  attention  to  bookkeeping,  and  the  colleges  of'  pharmacy 
considered  a  technical  equipment  all  that  was  necessary  for 
the  prospective  druggist.  Then,  competition  was  not  so  se- 
vere. The  advent  of  the  chain  store  and  new  and  up-to-date 
methods  have  awakened  the  retailer  to  the  fact  that  he  can 
not  compete  unless  he  pays  some  attention  to  the  commercial 
side  of  his  business. 

Mr.  Bigelow  recalled  the  delegation  of  fifty-two  druggists, 
representing  twenty-six  states,  which  had  visited  Washington 
at  the  conclusion  of  the  Spanish-American  war  and  argued 
for  the  removal  of  the  stamp  tax  on  proprietaries  and  phar- 
maceutical specialties.  He  had  been  one  of  the  delegates  and 
before  taking  action  wished  to  obtain  inside  information  as 
to  whether  the  retail  druggist  could  afford  the  tax.  To  this 
end  he  visited  the  financial  heads  of  most  of  the  large  whole- 
sale drug  houses  in  New  York  City.  Their  replies  varied 
only  five  per  cent.  Eighty-five  per  cent,  of  the  retail  druggist 
customers  of  those  wholesalers  at  that  time  were  considered 
m.solvent.  In  conclusion,  Mr.  Bigelow  asserted,  however,  that 
the  druggists  are  waking  up  and  are  paying  more  attention  to 
the  commercial  end  of  their  businea? 


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[June,  1915 


New  Decision  on  Narcotic  Law 

Quantity  of  Narcotic  Drug  That  May  be  Dispensed 
or  Prescribed — T.  D.  No.  2172  Revoked 

Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue  W.  H.  Osborn  recently 

sent  to  collectors  and  other  officers  of  internal  revenue  the 

following  treasury  decisions  relating  to  the  enforcement  of 
the  Harrison  Narcotic  law ; 

Treasury  Decision  No.  2200 

"The  Act  of  December  17,  1914,  provides  that  a  physician, 
dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  registered  under  the  provisions 
of  the  law  may  dispense  or  prescribe  any  of  the  narcotic 
drugs  coming  within  its  scope  to  patients  upon  whom  he 
shall  "personally  attend,"  and  "in  the  course  of  his  professional 
practice  only." 

"This  office  construes  the  words  "dispensed,  distributed,  or 
prescribed,"  used  in  the  act,  as  synonymous,  and  that  a 
physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  "dispenses"  within 
the  meaning  of  the  law  when  he  writes  a  prescription  calling 
for  any  of  the  narcotic  drugs  to  be  filled  by  a  registered 
dealer. 

"While  the  law  does  not  limit  or  state  the  quantity  of 
any  of  the  narcotic  drugs  that  may  be  so  dispensed  or  pre- 
scribed at  one  time,  it  does  provide  that  it  shall  be  unlawful 
to  obtain  by  means  of  order  forms  any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs 
for  any  purpose  other  than  the  use,  sale,  or  distribution  there- 
of, in  the  "conduct  of  a  lawful  business  in  said  drugs,  or 
in  the  legitimate  practice  of  his  profession."  Further  that 
all  preparations  and  remedies  containing  narcotic  drugs  com- 
ing within  the  scope  of  this  act  are  "sold,  distributed,  given 
away,  dispensed,  or  possessed  as  medicines  and  not  for  the 
purpose  of  evading  the  intentions  and  provisions  of  this  act," 
and  it  is  further  provided  that  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  not  registered  to  have  in  his  possession  or  under  his 
control  any  of  the  drugs,  preparations,  or  remedies  "which 
have  not  been  prescribed  in  good  faith  by  a  physician,  den- 
tist, or  veterinary  surgeon  registered  under  the  Act." 

"Therefore,  where  a  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinarian  pre- 
scribes any  of  the  aforesaid  drugs  in  a  quantity  more  than 
is  apparently  necessary  to  meet  the  immediate  needs  of  a 
patient  in  the  ordinary  case,  or  where  it  is  for  the  treatment 
of  an  addict  or  habitue  to  effect  a  cure,  or  for  a  patient 
suffering  from  an  incurable  or  chronic  disease,  such  physi- 
cian, dentist,  or  veterinary  surgeon  should  indicate  on  the 
prescription  the  purpose  for  which  the  unusual  quantity  of  the 
drug  so  prescribed  is  to  be  used.  In  cases  of  treatment  of 
addicts,  these  prescriptions  should  show  the  good  faith  of  the 
physician  in  the  legitimate  practice  of  his  profession  by  a 
decreasing  dosage  or  reduction  of  the  quantity  prescribed  from 
time  to  time,  while,  on  the  other  hand  in  cases  of  chronic  or 
incurable  diseases,  such  prescriptions  might  show  an  ascending 
dosage  or  increased  quantity.  Registered  dealers  filling  such 
prescriptions  should  assure  themselves  that  the  drugs  are  pre- 
scribed in  gnnd  faith  for  the  purpose  indicated  thereon  and 
if  iImn-  i.,  i.  ison  to  suspect  that  the  prescriptions  are  writ- 
ten i  M  til'  |iUi|iose  of  evading  the  intentions  of  the  law,  such 
dealtis  ^hijuiil  refuse  to  fill  same. 


PHYSICIANS  MAY  ORDER  REFILLS 

In  reply  to  the  inquiry  of  a  Brooklyn  druggist,  Deputy 
Conuuissioner  F,  Speer,  of  the  Treasury  Department,  Wash- 
inniii"    I'.   '  ,  makes  the  following  ruling   (under  date  of 

April    ;  ' 

1  i  I  i  '  "  .  iuered  under  the  provisions  of  the  Har- 
lisiiii  1  ,  lies  to  have  a  certain  narcotic  prescrip- 

tiiiii  iM  ^  the  druggist's  prescription  number,  he 

m;iv  iii.li'  ,i.  Ill-  1  iiiilicr  on  th.  luevieriptioii  blank  and  this 
would  be  considered  as  an  ••:  r  il  i  r  < -.i  i  i] 't  m ,  pn.\idcd 
however,  the  name  and  addn  '  ■!  i  itieiii  ilu  .Lite,  and 
the  ii.inie  atul  address  of  the  pl;\,Mi  i.ui  and  his  registry  num- 

b.a-     MM"    II    tl  1  leon. 

Ill  1  1 -e  a  druggist  must  have  on  file  a  prescription 

rallin  ;  Pn  narcotic  preparation  and  it  is  unlawful  to  re- 
fill original  prescriptions  except  as  indicated  above. 


Osage  Orange  as  a  Source  of  Dye 

Osage  orange,  much  planted  for  hedges  in  many  parts  of 
the  country,  especially  from  Indiana  southward  to  Texas,  is 
proposed  by  Director  Howard  F.  Weiss,  of  the  Forest  Labora- 
tory, Madison,  Wis.,  as  a  valuable  source  of  yellow  dye.  Il 
is  stated  that  manufacturers  have  demonstrated  the  prac- 
ticability of  the  product  for  dyeing  fabrics  various  shades 
of  orange  and  yellow,  and  that  its  use  will  tend  to  relieve 
the  scarcity  of  material  for  dyeing  purposes  caused  by  the 
embargo  on  German  exports  of  dyes.  .\  ljulletin  giving  de- 
tails of  extracting  the  dye  from  the  wood  and  other  informa- 
tion will  soon  be  issued. 


MAKING  LIME-SULPHUR  CONCENTRATE 

Investigations  for  the  purpose  of  encouraging  orchardists 
in  the  preparation  of  lime-sulphur  concentrates  for  their  own 
use  or  in  the  neighborhood  have  led  to  the  wide  use  of  this 
spray  material,  says  the  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture  Bul- 
letin No.  197,  "Homemade  Lime-Sulphur  Concentrate."  It  is 
of  relatively  little  importance  except  for  economy  in  storage 
space  how  dense  or  heavy  a  concentrated  solution  is  made 
because  it  can  be  readily  diluted  in  conformity  with  the  pur- 
pose for, which  it  is  to  be  used.  To  this  a  Baume'  hydrometer 
is  used,  the  stem  of  which  has  a  graduated  .scale.  When  the 
hydrometer  is  introduced  into  the  concentrated  lime-sulphur  it 
sinks  to  varying  depths  according  to  the  density  of  the  liquid. 
In  the  experiments  conducted  it  was  found  the  Baume'  hydro- 
meter should  register  33  to  34°  in  the  highly  concentrated  so- 
lution, as  later  here  described.  A  great  variation  in  density, 
from  25  to  31°,  of  the  ordinary  homemade  product  was  re- 
corded in  the  experiments,  where  the  usual  50-100-50  formula 
was  used.  The  amount  of  sediment  left  from  the  lime  and 
sulphur  varied  widely,  35  to  50  per  cent. 

One  of  the  homemade  cooking  plants  used  in  the  experi- 
ments consisted  of  a  12-horsepower  boiler  from  which  steam 
was  conducted  into  two  50-gailon  barrels.  Xo  coils  were 
used  in  the  bottoms  of  the  barrels,  the  steam  being  emitted 
through  the  open  end  of  a  straight  pipe  extending  within  a 
few  inches  of  the  bottom  of  the  barrel.  Small  batches  of  the 
50-100-50  formula,  amounting  to  25  gallons  of  the  finished 
product,  were  cooked  at  a  time.  About  20  gallons  of  water 
were  put  into  the  barrel,  the  steam  turned  on,  and  the  water 
brought  to  the  boiling  point.  The  lime  was  then  put  in  and 
after  it  had  begun  to  slake  the  sulphur  was  added.  The  mix- 
ture was  stirred  thoroughly  throughout  the  time  of  cooking  which 
lasted  an  hour.  It  was  allowed  to  settle  about  12  hours  and 
then  the  clear  solution  was  siphoned  off.  The  sludge  or  sedi- 
ment was  put  into  a  cider  press  and  the  clear  solution  pressed 
out,  using  10-ounce  canvas  cloth  for  filter.  In  these  experi- 
ments commercial  ground  sulphur  and  a  good  grade  of  lime 
was  used. 

The  50-100-50  formula,  meaning  50  pounds  lime,  100  pounds 
of  sulphur  and  water  to  make  50  gallons  of  the  concentrated 
solution,  has  generally  been  recommended  for  the  preparation 
of  home-boiled  concentrated  lime-sulphur  solution.  A  good 
grade  of  fresh  limestone,  containing  not  less  than  90  per  cent, 
calcium  oxid,  is  necessary  for  the  best  results.  Hydrated 
lime  is  sometimes  used  but  it  is  necessar\'  to  obtain  a  good 
grade  and  at  least  20  per  cent,  more  of  this  form  of  lime,  as 
it  contains  a  high  percentage  of  moisture. 

.\  highly  concentrated  solution  may  be  made,  by  using  the 
lime  and  siiliihur  at  the  ratio  of  1  to  2,  but  with  reduced 
ci'iintitirs  1.1  water.  The  formula  used  in  some  of  the  com- 
nu  1.  I  ll  Imie-snlphur  manufacturing  plants  is  SO  pounds  of 
fnsh  stdiie  lime.  IdO  jiounds  of  commercial  ground  sulphur, 
and  water  iii  m  iki  50  gallons  of  the  finished  product.  Solu- 
tions pi<pii,,l  \,\  tl;is  formula  should  test  on  an  average  33 
to  .>4  (le-i,,^  r.aume',  as  explained  above,  and  there  is  about 
5it  per  ,,nt  in  volume  of  sludge  after  allowing  the  solution 
1"  >  1  i  i  2A  hours.  There  is  only  about  5  per  cent,  to 
10  I'ei  cent,  in  volume  of  insoluble  materials. 

The  Norwich  Pharmacal  Co.,  Nor%\-ich.  Conn.,  or  New 
York,  Chicago  and  Kansas  City,  is  offering  to  pharmacists  a 
display  stand  for  its  product.  "UnKuentine."  This  company 
calls  attention  to  the  fact  that  "Unguontine"  is  employed 
wherever  there  are  physicians  or  hospitals.  Sales  stimulation 
is  the  purpose  of  the  display  stand  offered. 


June,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


249 


Building  Retail  Drug  Business  by  Mail 

Using  Uncle  Sam  to  Cultivate  the  Fertile  Field  Near  Home; 
How  the  Retail  Druggist  Can  Build  Up  Trade  in  His  Community 

By  CARL  C.  IRWIN" 

Copyright  1915  by  Carl  C.  Irwin. 


This  is  the  first  of  a  series  of  nine  articles  by 
Carl  C.  Irwin  on  "Building  Retail  Drug  Business 
By  Mail."  The  others  will  follow  in  order  as  fol- 
lows: 

July — "How  To  Get  the  Customer  Into  the  Store." 
August — "Organizing  the  Work  On  a  Practical  Basis." 
September — "The  Machiner>'  and  Equipment  Needed." 
October — "How  To  Classify  a  Mailing  List." 


November — "How  To  Collect  Names  For  a  Mailing  List." 
December — "How  To  Prepare  the  Direct-Mail  Literature." 
January — "Service  To  the  Customer." 

February — "Co-operation  To  Break  Down  the  Influence 
of  the  Mail-Order  House." 

The  Era  has  a  limited  number  of  reprints  of  the 
first  article  of  this  series  on  hand,  and  will  gladly 
supply  requests  for  same. 


THREE  druggists,  all  from  different  towns  in  Texas, 
met  in  the  smoker  of  the  pullman  bearing  them  East 
In  the  e.xchange  of  business  experiences,  the  conversa- 
tion turned  to  parcel  post  and  its  effect  on  the  retail  dealer. 
One  of  the  men  who  had  a  drug  store  in  a  small  town  said: 
"Until  recently,  I  have  been  bitterly  opposed  to  parcel  post. 
I  could  see  where  one  thing  after  another  was  making  it 
harder  ever>'  day  to  get  business;  and  when  the  measure  went 
through  I  believed  that  it  would  be  just  that  much  easier  for 
the  mail-order  house  and  the 
large  city  store  to  come  down  in- 
to my  territory  and  annex  my 
trade. 

"It  was  apparent  to  me  that 
anything  I  could  send  out  in  the 
way  of  a  catalog  or  other  litera- 
ture would  be  like  cheap  glass 
to  a  diamond  as  compared  with 
the  elaborate  matter  circulated  by 
the  larger  firms. 

"When  the  parcel  post  be- 
came an  actuality  I  felt  that  it 
was  the  beginning  of  the  end  for 
the  small  druggist — that  is  until 
I  waked  up  and  saw  behind  the 
catalog.  Once  I  got  that  from  in 
front  of  me  and  beheld  the  rich, 
virgin  field,  which  heretofore  had 
scarcely  been  scratched,  I  re- 
alized that  the  country  druggist 
can,  by  the  proper  cultivation  of 
that  field,  continue  to  be  the  big 
vital  factor  in  the  distribution  of 
driig  store  merchandise  in  his 
community  for  years  to  come." 

"I  don't  see  how  you  figure 
that  out,"  objected  the  second 
druggist.  "Only  last  month  I 
lost  seven  hundred  dollars  giving 
parcel  post  a  thorough  try-out. 
I  selected  five  thousand  names 
in  the  territory  just  outside  my 
regular  trade  circle — new  people 
I  wanted  to  get,  you  understand 
— and  sent  them  as  nice  a  little 
catalog  as  you  would  want  to 
see.  Do  you  know  what  I  got 
out  of  it?  Seventeen  orders: 
I  tell  you  there  is  nothing  in 
parcel  post  for  the  small  druggist." 

"Well,  I  haven't  given  it  a  trial  as  yet,"  remarked  the  third 
druggist,  "for  this  reason ;  I  think  anything  I  could  do  in  a 
mail-order  way  would  be  practically  cutting  the  ground  from 
under  my  feet. 

"If  I  go  to  work  and  educate  my  customers  to  buy  their 
goods  by  mail — if  they  get  the  habit  of  reaching  for  ;i  catalog 
every  time  they  want  anything — isn't  that  throwing  (lie  busi- 
ness directly  to  the  big  firms  which  have  the  finer  catalogs  and 


the  larger  and  more  varied  assortments  of  merchandise? 

"But,"  he  continued  turning  to  the  first  man,  "I  am  always 
ready  to  be  convinced.  How  did  you  find  a  way  to  get  busi- 
ness by  mail?" 

"By  looking  behind  the  catalog.  I  imagine  that  both  of 
you  think  just  as  I  did.  You  see  a  'bogie  man'  when  the 
idea  is  mentioned  to  you. 

"Say  'building  retail  business  by  mail'  to  you  and  it  im- 
mediately leaves  an  impression  of  parcel  post,  a  big  catalog,  a 
great  pile  of  orders  on  your  desk 
every  morning  and  a  wagon  load 
of  packages  going  out  through  a 
local  post  office  every  night. 
Now  isn't  that  true?" 

"I  thought  so,"  he  smiled  as 
they  nodded  their  heads  in  as- 
sent. "And  it  is  because  you 
have  the  wrong  viewpoint.  You 
are  constantly  planning  to  follow 
the  mail  order  house  methods  in- 
stead of  trying  to  combat  them. 
What  chance  have  you  to  race 
with  gigantic  organizations  which 
have  a  start  of  years  and  years?" 

"That  is  one  of  the  reasons  I 
haven't  tried  it,"  interrupted  the 
third  man. 

"Here's  the  idea,"  continued 
the  first  druggist,  "We  re- 
tail druggists  should  use  the 
mails,  not  so  much  to  distribute 
our  goods  to  the  consumer,  as  to 
bring  the  consumer  to  our  goods. 

"Years  ago,"  he  went  on, 
"when  there  was  plenty  of  land, 
we  skimmed  the  cream  by  rais- 
ing cattle  on  the  fields  of  grass 
that  grew  without  attention  on 
our  part.  Now  we  almost  nurse 
those  same  fields;  but  they  are  a 
hundred  times  more  valuable  to 


/  liave  been  bitterly  opposed  to  parcel  post' 


"The  drug  business — I  mean 
of  course,  the  merchandise  end — 
is  something  like  that.  We've 
been  content  to  have  the  customer 
come  in  voluntarily  and  ask  us  to 
sell  him  goods — a  sort  of  grazing 
off  the  top  of  our  field.  But  our 
job  in  the  future  is  to  plow  into  our  trade  field  with  Uncle 
Sam's  mail. 

"Sow  it  with  seeds  of  'here's  a  new  thing  you  ought  to  have.' 

"Cultivate  it  with  'You  ought  to  use  not  only  tooth  paste 
to  keep  your  teeth  and  gums  healthy  but  our  throat  wash  as 
weir. 

"Throw  on  the  light  of  reason  why  'You  can  buy  more 
satiifactorily  from  us.' 

"Fertilize  it  with  'Jim  don't  your  feet  feel  a  lot  better  with 


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those  arch  supports  we  sold  you  a  few  weeks  ago?" 

"Irrigate  it  with  'The  one  way  to  get  safe,  simple  home 
remedies  is  to  come  where  you  know  the  man  who  puts  them 
up  don't  send  away  and  get  goods  of  doubtful  quality!'  That 
is  the  way  I  use  the  mails  to  make  my  business  grow." 

This  merchant  was  simply  expressing  a  rapidly  growing 
sentiment  among  keen-witted  druggists  that  is  finding  ex- 
pression everywhere  in  the  closer  cultivation  of  the  trade  at 
home. 

.  Not  in  many  years  has  there  been  so  complete  a  revolu- 
tion of  trade  tactics,  such  a  totally  different  attitude  toward 
the  regular  and  the  prospective  customers ;  such  a  deep  in- 
terest in  the  means  and  devices  for  coaxing  trade  through  the 
mails,  as  that  which  is  taking  place  in  the  stores  where  the 
druggist  has  caught  a  glimpse  of  tlie  great  possibilities  of 
the  uncultivated  field  right  at  his  door. 

The  basic  idea  of  the  movement  to  build  retail  business 
by  mail  is  first  a  diversified  classification  in  both  of  the 
customers  and  the  prospective  customers,  and  then  a  direct 
appeal  to  each  individual  class  to  buy  certain  merchandise. 

A  city  directory  will  give  one  a  list 
of  all  the  people  in  town;  but  classi- 
fied for  use  in  a  mail  campaign,  the 
names  are  arranged  so  that  the  dealer 
can  conveniently  send  any  piece  of  lit- 
erature to  the  entire  list,  or  just  the 
regular  customers,  or  just  the  women, 
or  just  the  unmarried  women  or  just 
nurses. 

A  direct  appeal  to  nurses  exclusively, 
to  buy  something  in  which  all  nurses 
are  interested  or  need,  is  going  to  get 
big  returns.  There  is  no  waste  circu- 
lation and  the  missive  can  easily  be 
couched  in  terms  which  will  cause  each 
nurse  to  believe  that  it  has  been  writ- 
ten solely  to  her. 

The  retailer,  by  this  careful  classifi- 
cation of  the  names  in  his  lists,  puts 
himself  in  a  position  to  build  a  business 
by  mail  on  any  particular  kind  of  mer- 
chandise by  appealing  directly  to  the 
people  who  have  use  for  it. 

With  the  names  of  all  the  young,  un- 
married men  in  town  it  is  really  a  sim- 
ple matter  to  build  up  a  high-price  box 
candy  trade  by  going  directly  to  these 
young  chaps  by  mail,  and  educating 
them  to  a  wider  practice  of  giving  good 
candy. 

The  same  matter  in  a  newspaper  ad- 
vertisement would  shoot  over  the  heads 
of  three  fourths  of  the  readers. 

Or  a  druggist  in  a  tourist  town  may 
be  heavy  on  souvenir  goods  but  light 
on  tourist  trade.  What  surer  way  to 
remedy  this — to  build  trade  among  the 
tourists  than  to  direct  a  volley  of  ad- 
vertising matter  to  the  daily  hotel  guest 
lists. 

In  newspaper  advertising,  one  must 
talk  to  all  who  read ;  but  by  mail  the 

dealer  selects  the  individual  or  the  individual  class.  Neverthe- 
less, the  newspaper  is  a  most  essential  medium  which  must  not 
by  any  manner  of  means  be  neglected.  The  use  of  the  mails 
for  direct  purposes  is  of  the  specialization  character.  The  gen- 
eral campaign  must  be  kept  with  equal  persistence  and,  more- 
over, with  intelligent  discrimination. 

In  the  almost  unlimited  number  of  methods  used  in  building 
retail  business  by  mail,  parcel  post,  while  not  the  main  issue 
in  itself,  plays  no  small  part  in  the  program  In  fact  parcel 
post  has  been  the  incentive  for  the  activity  among  the  drug- 
gists who  are  now  making  a  success  in  building  their  business 
by  mail. 

Till  II  uMi  iti^ed  benefits  of  the  zone  system  to  the 
(  nul  l  I  I  IS  led  thousands  to  try  different  plans 

li  I  :   1  1 1  rel  post. 

.\  l  iH.  Mi  I'lisiness  expert  in  giving  explanations  why 

the  average  druggist  cannot  successfully  get  out  his  own  cata- 
log says: 

"The  primary  obstacle  is  its  great  cost  per  copy  created 
largely   by   the  limited   issue.    The  preliminary  cost   is  the 


same  whether  the  edition  is  large  or  small.  If  the  expense 
of  preparing  the  catalog  is  $1,000  and  only  2,000  copies  are 
printed  the  preparatory  cost  of  SO  cents  per  copy  becomes  a 
burden.  If  the  same  preparatory  work  went  into  an  edition 
of  30,000  the  preparatory  cost  would  shrink  to  three  and  one 
third  cents. 

"The  big  mail-order  catalogs  run  into  the  hundreds  of 
thousands — even  millions — and  the  average  druggist  cannot 
compete  with  them  in  appearance,  size  or  low  cost  of  pro- 
duction." 

On  the  other  hand  there  is  a  certain  small  town  in  which 
all  the  merchants  are  making  a  success  of  a  monthly  bulletin 
sent  out  co-operatively. 

Previous  to  the  adoption  of  the  bulletin,  there  was  much 
petty  jealousy  and  very  little  individual  effort  to  get  any 
business  except  that  which  came  easily  and  in  large  part 
voluntarily.  The  largest  private  mailing  list  was  less  than 
500  and  the  radius  of  the  territory  was  about  seven  miles. 

One  live  druggist  started  the  ball  rolling  by  calling  on  his 
neighbors  and  inviting  them  to  attend  a  mass  meeting  of  the 
business  men.  There  the  plan  was  pro- 
posed and  finally  adopted  after  much 
backing  and  filling  on  the  part  of  some 
of  the  dealers. 

Every  family  within  a  zone  made 
by  drawing  an  imaginary  circle  twenty- 
five  miles  from  the  town  in  every  di- 
rection, receives  a  copy  of  the  monthly 
bulletin.  Every  business  house  is  rep- 
resented in  the  advertising  section  and 
the  expense  is  pro-rated  according  to 
the  amount  of  space  used. 

The  concerted  invitation  to  come  to 
that  town  to  trade,  backed  up  by  the 
advantage  of  trading  there  in  person 
if  possible  or  next  best  to  send  the  order 
to  be  filled  by  parcel  post  has  been 
the  cause  of  many  dollars  rolling  into 
the  tills  of  the  business  man  which 
would  never  have  gone  there  as  the 
result  of  individual  effort.  Here  par- 
cel post  is  successfully  used  to  distri- 
bute goods  especially  to  the  extreme 
boundaries  of  the  zone. 

In  a  recent  broad  inquiry  among  all 
classes  of  merchants  in  the  medium  and 
smaller  towns  as  to  how  parcel  post 
had  affected  them,  the  replies  indicated 
that  the  great  majority  of  retailers,  in- 
dependent of  their  location,  feel  that 
they  have  benefited  from  the  service. 

The  chief  benefits  appear  to  be  a  re- 
duction in  both  mail  and  e.xpress  rates 
permitting  a  more  liberal  patronage  of 
the  jobbers  and  manufacturers  who 
carry  goods  in  stock — result:  Cheaper 
prices  to  the  consumer  or  greater  as- 
sortments carried  on  the  same  invest- 
ment: and  second  a  tremendous  saving 
in  the  cost  of  delivering  goods  to  the 
consumer.  The  latter  benefit  permits 
the  druggist  to  deliver  his  goods  almost 
anywhere  free:  it  also  enlarges  the  possibilities  of  extending 
a  mail  order  business  especially  on  si, i pie  articles  and  those 
in  which  style  and  fit  are  not  of  i>riiin-  importance.  With  it 
established  that  parcel  post  is  beneficial  to  him  in  a  general 
way  and  that  the  great  danger  lies  in  the  attempt  to  publish 
:i  citalo;.;  on  his  own  incentive,  the  live  druggist  begins  to 
iiiimiit  l\  iine.stigate  his  stock  to  find  which  of  the  items  can 
.■-111  1  ' --lulK   W  sold  by  parcel  post. 

Nr\i  lii  st.irts  the  collection  of  a  classified  list  of  all  the 
nanus  of  his  customers  and  his  prospective  customers  so  that 
he  can  both  distribute  certain  items  by  parcel  post  and 
through  other  mail  mediums  attract  new  trade  to  the  store. 

Through  the  mediums  of  parcel  post,  the  local  druggist 
can  often,  either  undersell  or  give  quicker  service  to  his 
trade  than  the  far-away  mail  order  house. 

.\  certain  good  sized  drug  store  each  spring  disposes  of  a 
great  quantity  of  blood  purifiers  by  sending  a  folder  to  all 
the  people  on  the  rural  routes  offer  to  mail  the  various 
brands  described  on  receipt  of  a  telephone  order  or  on  the 
enclosed  order  blank. 


Everybody  gets  a  copy  of  the 
monthly  bulletin" 


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251 


In  a  like  manner  a  thousand  and  one  other  items  in  the 
average  drug  store  can  be  successfully  sold  by  parcel  post 
because  unlike  a  dry-goods  store  no  elements  of  style  or  fit 
is  essential  to  sell  them.  Here  the  faster  service  or  the  lower 
mailing  cost  beats  the  mail-order  house  providing  the  prices 
are  approximately  the  same. 

Because  of  his  intimate  knowledge  of  his  customers,  his 
prospects  or  their  needs,  the  retailer  often  had  a  tremendous 
advantage  over  the  mail-order  house. 

To  illustrate;  Jake  Burns  is  a  farmer  who  has  a  sickly  son 
for  whom  he  buys  an  emulsion.  Usually  he  buys  from  the 
Jenkins  drug  store  five  miles  away.  Business  happens  to 
take  him  to  a  town  ten  miles  from  home  where  he  buys  a 
half  a  dozen  bottles  from  Smith,  the  druggist,  who  keeps  a 
record  of  the  purchase. 

Si.x  weeks  later.  Smith  in  a  follow-up  letter  offers  to  dupli- 
cate the  previous  sale,  and  send  the  emulsion — charges  paid 
if  Jake  will  send  the  money— and  Jake  does. 

Another  illustration:  Smith  knows  his  country:  He  knows 
how  a  hard  rain  kicks  the  bottom  out  of  the  country  roads; 
how  the  farmers'  feet  sink  to  the  ankles  in  tlie  barn  lot;  how 
it's  hard  to  get  to  town;  how  colds  follow  a  cold  spring  rain, 
and  he  is  prepared  in  advance  for  exactly  that  kind  of  a 
down  pour.  Just  when  the  ground  is  the  wettest,  the  rural 
mail  carriers  leave  Smith's  well  illustrated  circular  of  cold 
remedies  "Ready  to  mail  you  the  minute  we  get  your  telephone 
order"  at  every  farm  house  within  miles  of  Smith's  town. 

But  where  there  are  hundreds  of  similar  ways  for  the 
druggist  to  use  parcel  post  successfully  to  distribute  mer- 
chandise, there  are  actually  thousands  of  other  plans  when  he 
employs  the  "  mails"  in  the  broad  sense  to  bring  the  customers 
into  the  store. 

It's  a  good  thing  for  Smith  to  sell  cold  cures  by  parcel 
post  to  Fred  Simkins;  but  if  by  the  same  effort  he  could  have 
brought  Fred  and  his  family  into  the  store,  it  would  have 
been  infinitely  better. 

So  it  is  in  the  broader  use  of  the  mails  that  druggists 


"When  fit  and  style  are  essential" 


everywhere  are  most  deeply  interested.  No  longer  do  we  find 
the  equipment  in  the  office  of  the  modem  drug  store  limited 
to  books,  a  cash  register  and  perhaps  a  typewriter — new  ad- 
ditions have  appeared. 

In  this  comer  is  an  addressing  machine;  more  than  one 
1  second  is  its  speed.  Over  here  is  the  machine  which  makes 
the  druggist  his  own  printer.  Silently,  yet  with  a  speed  of 
several  thousand  an  hour,  it  will  manufacture  any  of  the 
score  of  inside  forms  used  by  the  clerks  or  at  the  operator's 
desire  will  produce  advertising  folders,  circulars,  post-cards 
ar  perfect  imitation  typewritten  letters. 

And  in  that  wall  of  filing  cabinets  there  is  more  than  just 


mere  names — there  is  probably  more  concrete  information  of 
value  to  the  store  than  in  the  heads  of  all  the  clerks  com- 
bined.   Those  cabinets  contain  the  mailing  list — the  druggist's 


"Smith's  well-illustrated  circular  of  cold  remedies." 

field  of  golden  opportunity  and  it  seems  the  more  he  culti- 
vates it  the  richer  he  grows. 


G.  A.  S.  PLAN-  SUMMER  OUTING 

Will  Go  on  June  17  to  College  Point,  Long  Island 

The  annual  summer  outing  of  the  German  Apothecaries 
Society  will  be  held  on  Thursday,  June  17,  at  Witzel's  Pa- 
vilion, College  Point,  Long  Island,  it  was  announced  at  the 
May  meeting  of  the  society  in  New  York  City.  First  Vice 
President  Paul  F.  Gebicke  presided  at  the  meeting  in  the 
absence  of  President  Robert  S.  Lehman,  who  was  en  route  to 
Porto  Rico. 

Two  or  three  references  to  the  war  in  Europe  were  made. 
American  newspapers  were  said  to  be  unfair  to  the  German 
cause  and  a  communication  from  the  Printers'  &  Publishers' 
Association  asked  members  to  buy  shares  in  a  project  to  es- 
tablish "a  real  American  newspaper."  Many  subscribed.  The 
German  Sailors'  Home,  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  sent  models  of  the 
cruiser  Emden  as  souvenirs  for  the  members,  which  were 
purchased  to  help  sailors  out  of  work.  Treasurer  Fred 
Schaefer  reported  contributions  totaling  $104  to  aid  East 
Prussian  refugees  in  Germany.  C.  R.  Meissner,  an  importer, 
requested  that  a  circular  letter  be  sent  to  President  Wilson 
suggesting  an  embargo  on  the  exportation  of  arms  and  ammu- 
nition to  Europe.  A  thousand  letters  were  ordered  printed 
and  they  are  to  be  sent  to  members. 

The  death  of  former  President  Felix  Hirseman  was  offi- 
cially announced.  Eulogies  of  Mr.  Hirseman  were  made  and 
resolutions  of  sympathy  to  be  sent  to  the  family  were  adopted. 
Attendance  at  funerals  of  deceased  members  was  declared  by 
Dr.  Charles  F.  Klippert  to  be  too  small.  Hereafter  postal 
cards  will  announce  funeral  arrangements  to  the  members. 

Other  matters  discussed  were  the  Saengerfest  in  Brooklyn, 
for  which  tickets  were  purchased  by  many  members  present; 
the  evening  courses  in  pharmacy  at  the  New  York  College  of 
Pharmacy,  which  Prof.  Curt  P.  Wimmer  said  are  very  suc- 
cessful and  well  attended;  the  separation  of  professional  and 
commercial  pharmacy,  which  will  be  reported  on  at  length  by 
C.  X.  Lehman  of  Tottenville,  Staten  Island,  at  the  Buffalo 
convention  of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association 
in  June. 

Louis  H.  Wwensttin,  748  Tenth  avenue,  New  York  City, 
was  elected  a  member. 


Frederick  E.  Niece,  chairman  of  the  committee  on  pharmacy 
and  queries.  New  York  State  Ph.  A.,  which  convenes  in  Buf- 
falo this  year,  announces  that  the  committee  will  hold  a 
special  session,  in  charge  of  the  chairman  on  the  afternoon  of 
Wednesday.  June  30,'  the  programme  being  confined  to  the 
reading  and  discussion  of  submitted  papers. 


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[June,  191:, 


Selling  Summer  Drug  Specialties 

Some  of  the  More  Salable  Things  in  the  Pharmacy 
During  Warm  Weather  and  How  to  Push  Them 

By  EMMA  GARY  WALLACE 


AFTER  the  numerous  needs  of  vacationists  are  filled  and 
these  people  have  departed  for  their  holiday  season, 
the  majority  of  stores  find  a  period  of  comparative 
quiet  in  regular  drug  store  lines. 

We  all  knovir  the  hurry  and  flurry  incident  to  getting  trav- 
elers started  on  their  journey  forth  from  our  own  homes 
and  we  remember  likewise  the  period  of  quiet  which  invari- 
ably follows  when  we  are  prone  to  sit  down  and  take  a  long 
breath  before  we  tackle  the  job  of  putting  the  house  to 
rights  and  starting  in  once  more  with  the  regular  daily  rou- 
tine. 

Exactly  the  same  is  true  in  business.  After  the  spring 
rush  we  are  too  likely  to  yield  to  the  temptation  to  take  it 
easy  for  a  while.  Then  when  business  is  slow,  we  persuade 
ourselves  comfortably  that  "There  is  nothing  doing."  In  reali- 
ty there  is  plenty  to  do,  plenty  of  sales  to  make,  and  plenty 
of  people  to  supply  if  we  will  only  go  after  this  trade  in 
earnest.  Let  us  not  forget  that  it  is  quite  as  profitable  as  that 
of  any  other  portion  of  the  year. 

While  your  public  goes  vacationing  elsewhere,  there  are 
many  people  who  will  come  to  your  locality  to  spend  some  of 
their  holiday  time.  What  have  you  to  offer  these  people 
which  will  tempt  them  to  make  purchases  on  the  spot,  thus 
leaving  their  cash  with  you? 

Selling  Gift  Novelties 

As  the  years  pass  by,  people  are  growing  wiser  and  more 
forehanded.  They  do  not  put  things  off  until  the  last  minute. 
"Shop  early"  crusades  reflect  this  spirit.  Everybody  is  look- 
ing for  good  values,  and  it  is  becoming  more  and  more  cus- 
tomary for  the  traveler  to  pick  up  interesting  little  souvenirs 
of  his  vacation  or  travels  and  to  present  them  later  to  his 
friends  for  birthday,  Christmas,  and  similar  gifts.  You  will 
notice  that  the  dry  goods  stores  usually  have  a  sale  of  blankets 
in  July  or  August  and  a  white  goods  sale  in  January  or  Feb- 
ruary. People  anticipate  their  needs  in  such  lines,  why  not  in 
ours? 

Have  a  table  in  the  center  of  the  store  or  a  counter  ad- 
vantageously placed,  devoted  to  the  use  of  gift  novelties. 
Prominent  among  these  should  be  some  characteristic  souve- 
nirs of  the  town, — historical,  industrial,  or  geographical,  for 
people  like  to  have  their  gifts  carry  a  special  thought.  The  as- 
sortment need  not  be  large  but  it  should  be  fairly  varied. 
Many  goods  which  have  been  carried  over  from  the  Christmas 
stock  can  be  used  here,  cleaning  them  up,  releasing  the  money 
invested,  and  making  room  for  something  else  later.  If  bar- 
gain prices  prevail  it  will  help  move  things  along. 

Other  Interesting  Side-lines 

Among  the  more  readily  salable  things  will  be  post  card 
albums  and  local  post  card  views ;  toilet  articles  in  silver, 
ivory,  decorated  china,  and  colonial  glass;  cunning  little  hot 
water  bottles  of  diminutive  size  or  shaped  like  small  rabbits; 
atomizers;  cut  glass  toilet  jars;  potpourri  jars  filled  with 
fragrant  spiced  rose  leaves;  small,  suitable  pieces  of  souvenir 
china  bearing  local  views,  delicately  colored;  brush  trays,  etc.; 
leather  goods;  choice  brushes;  and  any  small,  salable  novelty 
which  will  appeal  to  a  fair  number  of  buyers. 

One  drug  store  of  which  we  know,  is  making  a  very  satis- 
factory summer  special  of  aluminum  coffee  percolators. 

Toilet  Goods  Well  Displayed  Remunerative 

A  good  toilet  soap  made  in  the  shape  of  a  small  kewpie, 
packed  in  a  neat,  litllr.  uMimc;  imx  proves  a  rradv  .scllrr; 
little  sachet  bags  <.f  ^<]\•.v.,  M,,,-.  and  pink  cliilToii  lir.l  with 
ribbon  to  match,  Sdl.l  i  lii  <,!  s.k  lu-t  ii.iwdcr  and  dried  l.ixciulcr 
flowers  which  had  \<iui\  \  nni;  fire  in  a  certain  druR  sUuc. 
When  a  woman  was  plac'il  in  charge  of  the  department  she 
at  once  discovered  that  ]"ii|il(>  were  not  buying  much  sachet 
material.  She  argued  that  they  would  be  glad  to  do  so  if 
they  thought  about  it,  so  in  iicr  spare  time  she  made  five 


dozen  of  these  dainty,  little  bags,  secured  the  loan  of  a  velvet- 
lined,  mahogany  chiffonier  drawer,  tossed  a  dozen  dainty  hand- 
kerchiefs into  this  drawer,  part  of  them  unfolded  so  as  to  dis- 
play their  filmy  fineness,  placed  three  or  four  of  the  fragrar.  ■ 
bags  beside  them,  proppecl  the  drawer  up  at  the  back  with 
couple  of  seidlitz  powder  boxes,  scattered  the  rest  of  th 
sachets  around  the  violet-covered  window  floor,  marked  ther 
15c,  and  sold  the  lot  within  a  few  hours.  As  she  remarke' 
to  her  superior  in  charge,  "The  firm  had  been  hiding  it 
light  under  a  bushel." 

People  are  on  the  street  more  in  summer  than  in  winter 
They  cannot  spend  large  sums  every  time  they  go  out,  bu 
if  they  see  smaller  things  which  appeal,  they  will  readily  mak 
frequent  purchases. 

Bath  Luxuries 

This  is  the  time  of  the  year  when  fine  bath  supplies  of 
all  kinds  find  ready  sale.  Feature  a  bath  room  spray  that 
can  be  attached  to  the  ordinary  bath-tub  faucet.  Be  sure  th  • 
goods  offered  are  right.  Point  out  what  it  is  going  to  mea: 
in  health  and  comfort  before  the  summer  is  over.  Displa 
them,  advertise  them,  talk  about  them  as  a  health  and  corr.- 
fort  measure,  and  you  will  be  surprised  how  rapidly  thes- 
will  move  along. 

A  Combination  Set  of  a  spray,  a  bath-tub  seat,  and  a  goo 
bath  sponge  at  an  alluring  price  will  sell  many  of  these  ar- 
ticles. Of  course  to  make  the  combination  price  pull,  ar- 
ticles must  be  only  sold  separately  at  the  regular  prices,  which 
brings  the  price  of  the  three  sold  separately  considerably  in 
excess  of  the  special  offer. 

A  good  sanitary  hair  brush,  an  electric  curler,  a  bottle  o: 
shampoo,  and  a  good,  stout  comb,  also  makes  another  good 
summer  combination.  Warm  weather  is  the  best  time  to 
sell  these  curling  appliances  which  are  simple  to  use  and  ef- 
ficient as  well. 

The  regular  bathing  caps,  water  proof  bath  suit  bags,  an 
similar  supplies  will  be  featured  in  the  window  displays  fr^ 
quently.    This  is  the  time  to  push  the  sale  of  soaps,  talcu: 
powders,  creams,  complexion  lotions,  and  hand  cleaning  pasti> 
or  moist  soaps  for  the  automobilist. 

The  Fly  and  Insect  Nuisance 

This  is  the  time  when  the  fly  gets  in  its  deadly  work.  The 
trouble  is  that  people  do  not  put  on  their  screens  early  enough 
and  do  not  keep  them  on  late  enough  and  they  do  not  g'  • 
after  the  flies  soon  enough.    This  season  there  are  sever 
improvements  in  the  articles  offered  for  fighting  flies.  Poi: 
these  out  to  your  customers,  advertise   them,   and  sell  T 
goods  from  the  beginning  of  the  season  to  the  end.    One  i' 
will  carry  as  many  as  6,500.000  germs  and  deposit  a  good 
number  in  the  food  and  milk  pitcher  over  which  it  craw  - 
One  fly  may  cost  several  lives.    Tell  your  customer  this! 

Gardens  will  soon  be  infested  with  potato  bugs,  cabba- 
worms,  tomato  grubs,  and  other  discriminating  pests  whit 
arrive  to  feed  upon  our  choice  products.    What  have  you  t  ' 
offer  your  (  ust.nners  to  destroy  these  witli  the  least  time  ar.  i 
trouble?    Wiiatever  your  locality,  there  are  sure  to  be  garde:; 
pests.    The  government  has  spent  much  money  to  show  peop 
how  to  fight  tliese.    If  you  do  not  know  just  what  you  w,i 
to  recommend,  write  to  the  U.  S.  Department  of  Agricuitu: 
Division  of  Publications,  and  ask  them  for  a  list  of  Farmer- 
Bulletins.    This  should  be  sent  to  you  without  delay. 

Weed  Exterminators 

From  among  the  several  hundred  prepared  by  experts,  yc  i 
will  find  what  you  want,  whetlier  it  be  on  Weeds  and  How 
Kill  Them,   Garden   Disease  on   the   Pacific   Coast,  PotT 
Culture.  Insects  Affecting  Tobacco.  Methods  of  Exterminati- 
the  Texas  Fever  Tick.  Spraying  for  Apple  Diseases  and  t 
Coddling  Moth   in   the  Ozarks.   How   to  Destroy  Rats, 
what  not.  you  will  find  authority  to  back  your  recommend  - 


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tions.  It  only  takes  a  few  minutes  to  write  for  these  things 
and  you  may  learn  what  to  recommend  for  a  troublesome 
evil.  The  people  who  are  attending  to  these  things  are  ob- 
liged to  take  their  vacation  some  other  time.  They  are  on 
the  job  now,  furnish  them  with  what  they  need.  Qualify  as 
expert  advice  so  that  the  people  will  come  to  your  store  con- 
fident they  will  get  the  right  thing. 

Summer  Lubricants 
With  the  great  number  of  autos,  motorcycles,  and  other 
power-driven  vehicles  now  traveling  our  roads,  there  is  ex- 
tensive call  for  lubricating  oil,  not  a  small,  ten  cent  bottle 
sold  occasionally,  but  gallons  furnished  continuously  in  propor- 
tion to  the  distances  traveled.  Stores  which  carry  paints  and 
oils  or  feature  automobile  accessories  will  do  wtli  to  con- 
sider lubricants.  It  is  a  profitable  allied  side  line  and  it  is 
eminently  "summer  trade."  If  necessary,  delivery  can  be 
readily  arranged  and  still  have  a  satisfactory  profit  on  the 
goods  sold. 

The  Baby's  Needs 

Do  not  forget  tlie  baby's  needs.  The  drug  store  is  the 
legitimate  headouarters  for  these.  There  should  be  constantly 
in  stock  an  assortment  of  the  most  approved  nursing  bottles, 
nipples,  cleaning  brushes,  sterilizers,  pasteurizers,  foods  of 
various  kinds,  sugar  of  milk,  beef  extracts,  liquid  peptonoids, 
and  other  things  necessarv-  to  keep  the  baby  well,  or  help  get 
him  well  if  he  is  unfortunate  enough  to  fall  ill. 


The  woman  in  the  drug  store  will  be  eagerly  consulted  by 
the  mother  who  wishes  to  have  apparatus  explained  or  who 
is  in  doubt  on  minor  details.  Many  times  a  young  mother 
is  not  clear  in  her  own  mind  concerning  her  doctor's  directions, 
and  she  may  prefer  to  ask  the  "Woman  in  the  drug  store" 
just  what  sterilizing  and  pasteurizing  mean,  rather  than  to 
display  her  want  of  knowledge  to  some  one  who  expects  she 
knows  all  about  it.  Among  all  the  work  done  in  the  summer 
time  in  the  drug  store,  none  is  more  important  tlian  that  of 
furnishings  supplies  for  the  feeding  of  the  children  who  must 
be  artificially  nourished. 

A  "Baby  Week"  Suggested 

Make  your  store  the  headquarters  for  infant  supplies — ab- 
solutely pure  bicarbonate  of  soda,  lime  water,  suppositories, 
soda  mint  tablets,  rhubarb  and  soda  mixture,  chalk  mixture 
(always  freshly  prepared),  spiced  rhubarb,  spice  plasters,  vase- 
lines, castor  oil,  witch  hazel,  olive  oil,  milk  of  magnesia,  es- 
sence of  pepsin  (for  making  whey),  boric  acid  solution,  etc. 
ad  infinitum.  Why  not  have  a  Baby  Week  and  give  a  souvenir 
to  each  child  brought  personally  to  the  store? 

Keep  a  register  of  small  visitors  and  their  birthdays.  It 
will  be  valuable  later  on.  Make  every  mother  feel  this  is  the 
place  where  she  can  wait  comfortably  or  obtain  the  best  medi- 
cines and  baby  goods  for  the  little  one  in  whom  her  interest 
and  love  are  centered. 


A  Fourth  of  July  Window  for  the  Drug  Store 


THIS  year  of  all  otliers  it  seems  especially  apropos  to  pay 
particular  attention  to  the  Fourth  of  July,  the  spirit 
of  American  independence,  and  American  freedom.  We 
are  on  the  edge  of  we  know  not  what.  Head  lines  of  every 
paper  are  eagerly  consulted.  Perhaps  as  never  before,  we 
appreciate  the  peace  and  prosperity  which  is  ours.  The  fol- 
lowing window  will  not  be  difficult  to  arrange  and  will  be 
unusual  enough  to  attract  attention. 

Build  the  window  base  by  having  three  boards  nearly  the 
length  of  the  window  and  each  a  little  shorter  than  the  other. 
With  bricks  or  bo.xes  make  suitable  end  rests  for  these  boards 
so  that  you  will  have  three  steps  of  graduated  length.  Cover 
these  three  steps  with  red,  white,  and  blue  bunting,  letting 
it  come  out  to  cover  the  entire  window  base.  Put  the  two 
cards  upon  the  top  step  and  fasten  them  in  a  slightly  slanting 
position.  Between  these  cards  place  a  flag  rest  or  any  small 
contrivance  into  which  the  flag  staffs  of  three  flags  may  be 
thrust  and  held  firmly.  The  central  flag  should  have  a  staff 
at  least  a  foot  longer  than  the  other  two.  The  folds  of  the 
two  shorter  flags  should  rest  gracefully  on  the  top  of  the 
cards. 

Upon  these  steps  display  goods  which  will  show  up  plainly 
against  the  background.  For  example,  on  each  end  of  the 
lower  step  put  a  tall,  handsome  bottle  or  ornamental  jar  of 
fancy  candies.  Upon  the  comers  of  the  step  above  put  smaller 
glass  jars  of  gum,  package  chocolate,  or  anything  which  will 
appeal  to  those  celebrating  our  national  birthday.  Open  boxes 
and  baskets  of  fancy  confections  will  finish  this  part  of  the 
showing. 

Down  upon  the  window  floor  and  next  to  the  glass  lay  a 
row  of  giant  fire  crackers,  the  kind  which  open  and  show  the 
interior  filled  with  candy.  Leave  one  or  two  open  to  display 
the  contents.  .At  one  side  place  a  jardinere  filled  with  small 
flags  and  mark  them  10c  each.  At  the  other  side  balance  this 
with  an  immense  show  bottle  filled  with  red,  white,  and  blue 
liquid  so  that  the  layers  are  very  distinct,  even  although  rest- 
ing one  against  the  other.  This  will  attract  much  attention. 
From  time  to  time  directions  for  preparing  such  a  display 
globe  have  appeared  in  the  magazines.  Or.  if  this  is  too 
much  trouble,  build  a  small  fortress  of  bars  of  castile  soap 
leaving  loop  holes  through  which  bottles  of  malt  or  other 
preparations  having  similar  shaped  containers  are  thrust  to 
simulate  guns. 

Have  two  cards  printed  of  equal  size.  If  they  are  made 
four  feet  high  and  two  feet  wide  they  will  be  none  too  large. 
Upon  one  of  them  have  Van  Dyke's  lilting  little  poem  in- 


scribed entitled  "America  For  Me."  There  are  but  three 
verses  and  they  are  as  follows: 

"Oh.  London  is  a  man's  town,  there's  power  in  the  air; 
And  Paris  is  a  woman's  town,  with  flowers  in  her  hair; 
And  it's  sweet  to  dream  in  Venice,  and  it's  great  to 
study  Rome; 

But  when  it  comes  to  living,  there  is  no  place  like  home. 

I  know  that  Europe's  wonderful,  yet  something  seems  to 
lack; 

The  past  is  too  much  with  her,  and  the  people  looking 
back. 

But  the  glory  of  the  present  is  to  make  the  future  free — 
We  love  our  land  for  what  she  is  and  what  she  is  to  be. 

Oh.  it's  home  again,  and  home  again,  America  for  me ! 
I  want  a  ship  that's  westward  bound  to  plow  the  rolling 
sea, 

To  the  blessed  Land  of  Room  Enough  beyond  the  ocean 
bars, . 

Where  the  air  is  full  of  sunlight  and  the  flag  is  full  of 
stars." 

These  may  be  printed  or  written  in  a  large,  firm  hand. 
Wherever  these  verses  have  been  printed  they  have  struck  a 
patriotic  note  and  called  forth  unbounded  enthusiasm.  Upon 
the  other  card  have  the  following  appear  in  plain  letters: 


MADE  IN  AMERICA 

Let  us  be  loyal  to  home 
industries. 

Whether  they  are  national 
or  local,  they  should  be 
encouraged. 

Buy  Made  In  America  goods 

and 

BUY  THE:M  at  HOME 


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Manufacture  of  Toilet  Preparations 

By  DR.  JUSTIN  S.  BREWER,  MINNEAPOLIS 

{Concluded  jrom  page  84,  February  Era) 

Now  we  will  take  up  the  subject  of  greasy  cold  creams. 
These  are  the  most  valuable  of  any  agents  than  can  be  applied 
to  the  skin  because  they  supply  the  very  necessary  nourishment 
that  is  oftentimes  washed  out  of  the  skin  by  soap  and  water. 
Especially  are  they  beneficial  for  the  face  and  hands,  which 
are  more  frequently  bathed  than  any  other  part  of  the  body. 
Soap  seems  to  take  the  natural  oils  from  the  skin  and  some- 
thing is  necessary  to  replace  that  natural  oil,  otherwise  the 
skin  becomes  chapped,  rough  and  hard.  The  most  beneficial 
type  of  these  greasy  cold  creams  is  the  rose  water  ointment. 
From  my  standpoint,  almond  oil  and  pure  beeswax  are  just 
the  right  combination  to  give  the  softening  effect  that  you 
want.  This  combination  seems  to  be  more  readily  absorbed 
by  the  skin  than  anything  else.  This  rose  water  ointment  will 
undoubtedly  live  through  the  years  of  mineral  oil  creams.  Ask 
any  one  in  charge  of  these  beauty  parlors  where  they  use  large 
quantities  of  cream  and  almost  every  one  of  them  will  tell 
you,  if  they  have  used  the  old  rose  water  ointment,  that  it  is 
the  best  of  any  of  a  long  list.  But  we  have  one  great  objec- 
tion to  rose  water  ointment  from  a  merchandising  standpoint 
and  that  is  that  it  doesn't  keep  and  will  not  retain  its  smooth 
glossy  appearance  for  any  length  of  time.  That  has  opened  up 
the  way  to  a  very  important  industry  in  greasy  cold  cream. 
Now  good  greasy  creams  are  articles  which  will  keep  anywhere 
from  six  months  to  two  years  according  to  the  combination 
and  skill  used  in  their  manufacture.  A  good  cream  of  this 
type  should  be  composed  of  imported  Russian  white  mineral 
oil,  pure  beeswax,  perhaps  a  little  ceresin  wax  to  intensify 
the  whiteness  (although  it  is  not  to  be  recommended),  borax 
and  distilled  water,  or  rose  water.  This  will  give  you  an  ideal 
cream  and  one  which  will  stand  up,  as  I  said  before,  anywhere 
from  six  months  to  a  year,  or  two  years,  depending  upon  the 
exactness  of  the  proportions  and  the  method  of  sealing  the 
jar,  and  upon  other  less  important  elements  which  enter 
into  the  question.  These  creams  are  beneficial  to  the  skin 
although  they  are  not  as  good  as  rose  water  ointment, — they 
are  practically  neutral.  They  contain  nothing  that  can  be  in- 
jurious in  any  respect.  You  will  be  asked  whether  this  class 
of  creams  is  injurious  to  the  skin;  if  they  will  grow  hair.  You 
are  perfectly  safe  in  saying  they  are  not.  These  creams  are 
not  going  to  intensify  the  growth  of  the  hair.  Mineral  cream 
is  one  which  will  give  genuine  satisfaction  all  around  and  one 
which  you  need  not  be  afraid  to  recommend  at  all  times.  As 
a  perfume  for  this,  use  oil  of  rose  synthetic,  or  true  or  artificial 
rose  geranium,  with  a  little  pinch  of  something  else  to  sweeten 
it. 

Price  Dependent  on  Quality 

The  matter  of  price  is  somewhat  dependent  upon  the  quality, 
but  manufacturers  have  created  a  standard  for  prices:  2-ounce 
jars  should  not  cost  more  than  25  cents,  and  4-ounce  jars  not 
more  than  SO  cents.  Theatrical  cream  is  usually  put  up  in 
one-quarter  and  one  pound  cans.  Theatrical  cold  cream  con- 
tains a  little  more  water  and  oil,  to  make  it  soft,  because  it 
was  formerly  used  to  remove  the  makeup  of  theatrical  people. 
In  other  words,  it  is  a  sort  of  a  wash  to  wash  off  colors. 

Now,  we  come  next  to  a  very  important  kind  of  cream,  and 
that  is  the  rolling  massage  cream.  1911  seemed  to  have  been 
a  year  of  great  activity  in  rolling  massige  cream.  There 
are  Vwo  types  of  this  kind  of  casein  massage  cream  made  from 
milk  or  dry  casein  extracted  from  sweet  skimmed  milk.  The 
butter  fat  in  pure  sweet  milk  is  just  sufficient  to  keep  this 
cream  from  hardening  and  drying  up.  A  cream  made  from 
casein  from  skimmed  milk  dries  up  much  more  quickly.  If 
you  start  with  sweet  milk  you  have  the  advantage  of  a  lack 
of  odor  which  skimmed  milk  may  develop  if  it  has  grown  a 
little  sour.  To  the  milk  add  borax,  which  of  course  is  a 
solvent  for  casein,  and  warm  to  about  50°,  then  pour  in  a 
solution  of  alum.  Other  precipitants  are  used,  such  as  acetic 
acid,  but  alum  seems  to  work  the  best.  The  whole  should  be 
stirred  occasionally  for  10  or  15  minutes  and  the  casein 
allowed  to  .settle  .ukI  tlic  liquid  drained  from  the  top,  then 
the  whole  mass  i^  tin  own  on  fine  silkoline  or  cheese  cloth 
and  allowed  to  dr^iin.  iiul  then  for  every  gallon  of  milk  used, 
employ  about  five  gallons  of  pure  water  for  washing,  because 
you  must  take  out  the  excess  of  alum  used  to  precipitate  the 


casein-    After  you  are  sure  that  all  traces  of  alum  have  been 
removed,  throw  the  casein  into  a  press  and  squeeze  out  ali 
the  moisture  you  can  get  out  by  pressure.    You  can  readih 
gauge  this  by  weighing  the  amount  of  water  you  take  awa\ 
from  it  before  you  put  it  in  the  press.    Each  gallon  of  milk 
should  yield  two  pounds  of  rolling  massage  cream.    After  you 
have  got  the  excess  moisture  squeezed  out,  the  residue  shouk; 
be  placed  into  some  kind  of  mixing  machine.    It  is  a  very  hare 
matter  to  mix  in  a  mortar,  in  fact,  it  is  almost  impossible 
You  must  use  some  kind  of  a  dough  or  paste  mixer.    Ther  ■ 
is  a  machine  on  the  market  used  for  paints  that  works  abc  ; 
as  well  as  anything  there  is.    This  may  be  run  either  by  h:; 
power  or  electric  power.    Add  a  certain  percentage  of  b'  : 
acid.    Some  have  tried  to  make  this  cream  using  borax  f 
they  got  nothing  but  a  gelatinous,  rubber-like  mass.  B' 
acid  keeps  the  cream  in  the  proper  condition  and  will  pres^-: 
it  indefinitely.    Some  manufacturers  also  add  a  small  quani 
of  sodium  bicarbonate  first  and  then  afterwards  boric  acid  ; 
a  little  sodium  benzoate.    The  combination  of  sodium  benzr 
and  boric  acid  works  better  than  boric  acid  alone.  These  crei: 
are  not  very  good  for  the  skin.    They  have  a  tremendous  exc  ■ 
of  boric  acid  in  them.     Advise  your  customers  not  to   -  ■ 
these  creams  too  often. 

Another  type  of  cream  has  come  into  the  market  and  ' 
which  is  more  or  less  successful  and  that  is  a  rolling  mass 
cream  made  with  starch.    The  manufacturer  at  all  times 
looking  for  a  cheaper  substitute  whereby  he  can  obtain  ■ 
same  product.    Of  the  two  creams  I  would  prefer  the  sta; 
cream  as  being  less  injurious.    Certain  it  is  that  the  star 
cream  is  easier  and  cheaper  to  make  than  the  casein  crea:. 
This  cream,  to  give  it  the  proper  consistency,  contains  a  litt; 
soft  soap  which  is  made  with  a  pomade  base.    Usually  the= 
starch  creams  are  made  by  manufacturers  of  perfumery  v. 
use  the  pomades  from  which  they  extracted  the  flower  oc 
Seventy  per  cent  of  that  pomade  is  mixed  with  the  coo-, 
starch.     Of  course  a  preservative  like  sodium  benzoate 
added  to  enhance  the  keeping  qualities  and  then  a  very  stror. 
perfume  is  necessary  because  starch  has  the  tendency  to 
come  a  little  sour.    The  method  of  application  involves  a  ri; 
bing  into  the  skin  until  the  cream  rolls  out  and  brings  : 
dirt  with  it.    That  is  the  story  told  on  the  label.    The  cr- 
is  supposed  to  remove  impurities  from  the  pores  of  the  = 
and  cleanse  the  skin,  but  you  can  wash  your  hands  ten  ti: 
and  roll  on  this  cream  and  it  will  become  just  as  black  \ 
clean  hands  as  with  dirty  hands  because  the  casein  or  st  - 
has  the  tendency  to  darken  upon  being  pressed  or  rolled. 

We  now  come  to  another  class  of  creams  and  one  which 
very  interesting.    I  dare  say  that  every  man  in  this  room  h 
tried  to  make  a  liquid  almond  cream  which  would  not  separa: 
Many  of  you  have  succeeded  and  others  have  not.    It  is 
matter  of  exact  balancing  of  specific  gravity;  proper  prop 
tions  of  water,  wax,  soap  and  glycerin.    The  old-time  ain 
cream  was  made  from  blanched  almonds, — this  was  not  s,.' 
factory,  it  could  not  be  made  so  it  would  not  separate.  Li- 
particles  of  almond  would  separate  and  go  to  the  top  of  ■ 
bottle  and  stick  there  and  the  water  would  separate  at 
bottom,  showing  that  the  cream  was  not  perfectly  i;iade.  M.ii. 
facturers  who  wanted  a  good  product  got  down  to  a  P"i 
where  they  employed  only  beeswax,  a  little  spermaceti  an 
soap.    If  you  heat  beeswax  and  spermaceti  with  soap  an 
water  the  wax  will  turn  white,  just  as  it  does  with  cold  crean 
and  that  is  exactly  what  happens  in  these  liquid  creams;  tl 
wax  is  partially  saponified  and  emulsified.    Diffeiciit  kinds  < 
mucilage  are  employed  to  perfect  this  emulsion  a:>d  to  yield 
cream  that  will  not  separate.    Quince  seed  gives  best  resu! 
and  most  manufactures  are  using  this  kind  of  a  macilat^e.  It 
cream  to  be  perfect  in  appearance  and  without  separation  mu 
contain  a  large  percentage  of  soap,  and  if  one  i>s  vciy  paiticul: 
one  should  not  leave  the  cream  on  over  night  because  the  soai 
material  on  the  surface  of  the  skin  does  not  do  any  good.  Tt 
glycerin  or  mucilage  has  a  softening  effect  on  the  skin  an 
this  article  has  certain  benefits  for  relieving  chapped  or  irr 
tated  skin.    It  is  used  after  bathing  and  is  not  without  vah 
because  it  has  about  5  per  cent  of  alcohol  an.J  has  some  ant 
septic  value. 

Recent  cable  despatches  from  Berlin  announce  that  Pr<] 
Gochring  of  the  Physico-Chemical  Institute  at  Karlsruhe  hi 
discovered  a  new  chemical  element,  which  he  calls  breviut 
It  is  declared  that  the  new  element  is  radio-active  and  :i 
suits  from  the  disintegration  of  uranium. 


June,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


I     Cod  Liver  Oil  Industry  Hit  by  War 

Increased  Consumption  Has  Forced  the  Prices  Higher ; 
Getting  the  Oil  From  the  Fish  an  Interesting  Process 


Raising  the  trap  tiets  which  catch  the  codfish 


N  all  the  range  of  industries  that  are  drawn  upon  to 
furnish  raw  material  or  manufactured  products  to  the 
drug  trade,  there  is  none  that  is  watched  with  more 
f  interest  than  that  of  the  cod  fisheries.    In  ordinary  years  the 
Statistics  showing  the  progress  of  the  Season's  catch  have  al- 
ways had  an  important  bearing  upon  the  amount  of  cod 
liver  oil  likely  to  be  produced,  for  it  is  this  fixed  oil  in  which 
.  the  druggist  is  particularly  interested,  on  account  of  its  ex- 
pensive use  in  medicine  for  the  treatment  of  pulmonary  con- 
;  sumption,  and  the  vari- 
'ous  affections  connected 


scrofulous  di 


I  with 
^  thesis. 

During    the  presen; 
^-      -    however,  a  new 
has   been  in- 
into  the  condi- 
t.    ^   vhich  have  here- 
'  tot'ore    obtained  with 
.  regard   to   the  supply 
:  and   as   a   result,  tl.- 
fluctuations  in  prices- 
*■  barometer-like  —  h  a  v 
"followed    the  progrf-- 
j  of  the  European  war 
,both  as  to  the  na\  ; 
'  operations     contiguo  i  - 
'■^  to  the  fishing  groun 
j'near   the    North  .S- 
I, and   to    the    increa."^*  : 
'  consumption     by  the 
nations  engaged  in  the 
■  hostilities,    more  par- 
ticularly, Germany. 
These  conditions  have 
forced  the  price  to  un- 
;  precedented  levels, 
I  which  have  been  fur- 
/ther     accentuated  by 
I'  reports    that    the  re- 
mits of  cod  fishing  this  The 
year  are  below  expec- 


main  product; 


tation,  the  season  now  being  practically  closed  in  most  dis- 
tricts. In  the  last  official  statistics  that  have  come  to  hand 
the  catch  for  cod  for  1915  is  reported  at  48,600,000,  pro- 
ducing 40,056  hectoliters  of  oil,  as  compared  with  59,900,000 
fish  producing  44,831  barrels  of  oil  in  1914. 

In  this  market  considerable  oil  was  carried  over  in  1913 
from  the  abnormally  large  catch  of  the  preceding  year,  and  the 
article  sold  at  from  25  to  $26  per  barrel  until  the  passage  of 
the  present  tariff  measure,  which  removed  the  duty  entirely 
from  it  and  although 
the  previous  duty 
amounted  to  $4.50  per 
barrel,  its  removal  was 
anticipated  long  before 
the  passage  of  act,  so 
that  after  it  became 
operative,  cod  liver  oil 
was  selling  at  $24  per 
barrel.  On  April  1 
this  year  the  price  had 
advanced  to  $40@$45 
per  barrel,  these  quo- 
tations being  the  high- 
est the  oil  had  reached 
since  1911  when  it  was 
held  in  some  quarters 
at  $50  per  barrel. 

For  medicinal  use, 
the  Norwegian  oil  has 
always  reigned  su- 
preme, although  in  re- 
rent  years  modem  me- 
thods of  manufacture 
have  been  introduced 
into  Newfoundland, 
and  it  is  now  probable 
that  the  medicinal  oil 
from  this  source  is  not 
inferior  to  the  Norwe- 
gian oil.  The  objec- 
'joundland  tions  to  the  Newfound- 
land oil  that  formerly 


lillions  of  codfish  on   the  wharves  of 
fishing  company. 


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Women  at  work  drying  and  cleaning  the  cod.    Wives  of  fishermen  do  this  ivofk  while  their  husbands  arc 


prevailed  were  no  doubt  due  to  the  fact  that  the  nearness 
of  the  rendering  establishments  to  the  fishing  stations  and 
the  careful  sorting  of  the  livers  secured  the  best  oil  that 
could  be  produced  under  the  then  ruling  circumstances.  But 
the  introduction  of  new  methods,  as  we  have  stated,  has  done 
much  to  advance  the  claims  of  the  Newfoundland  product. 
Something  About  the  Cod 
According  to  the  Pharmacopoeia,  cod  liver  oil  is  obtained 
from  the  fresh  livers  of  Gadus  morrhua  Linne,  and  of  other 
species  of  Gadus.  The  common  cod  is  usually  described  as 
between  two  and  three  feet  long,  with  brown  or  yellowish  spots 
on  the  back.  The  body  is  moderately  elongated  and  some- 
what compressed,  and  covered  with  rather  soft  scales,  of 
which  the  head  is  destitute.  This  species  inhabits  the 
Northern  Atlantic,  and  is  particularly  abundant  on  the  Banks 
of  Newfoundland,  where  it  finds  food  adapted  to  its  wants. 
But  the  oldest  and  best  known  fishing  grounds  are  those 
of  Norway,  where  the  fish  makes  its  appearance  at  regular 
seasons.  In  the  Lofoten  Islands  the  cod  makes  its  appearance 
in  February,  and  the  fishing  season  lasts  from  February  until 
April.  On  the  Finmarken  coast  the  fish  do  not  arrive  until 
later,  and  they  are  often  accompanied  by  other  fish,  whose 
livers  sometimes  become  mixed  with  those  of  the  cod. 

In  recent  years  the  manufacturing  processes  of  cod  liver 
oil  have  undergone  a  complete  change,  chiefly  on  account  of 
the  demand  for  a  pure  medicinal  product.  As  now  con- 
ducted, the  best  grades  of  oil  are  worked  up  immediately  after 
taking  the  livers  from  the  fish  so  as  to  avoid  exposure  to 
the  air,  experience  having  shown  that  such  exposure,  even 
for  a  few  hours,  was  apt  to  cause  deterioration  in  the  quality 
of  the  oil.  To  obtain  these  results,  the  fresh  livers  are 
placed  in  tin-lined  vessels,  provided  with  open  steam  coils, 
almost  immediately  after  they  have  been  taken  from  the  fish, 
washed,  and  sorted — all  livers  showing  stains  being  discarded. 
Low  pressure  steam  is  then  blown  into  the  livers,  and  the 
oil  exudes  almost  immediately. 

Treatment  of  the  Oil 
^  The  crude  medicinal  oil  is  then  filtered  to  free  it  from 
liver  tissue,  and  bleached  by  treatment  with  fuller's  earth, 
or  by  exposure  in  closed  vessels  to  the  action  of  the  sun- 
light. Medicinal  oil  so  prepared  deposits  stcariiie  at  a  low 
temperature,  and  such  oil  is  termed  "congealing  oil".  Some 
pharmacopoeias  designate  a  "non-congealing  oil",  an  oil  which 
will  not  set  at  the  freezing  point.  Such  an  oil  is  obtained 
by  allowing  the  crude  medicinal  oil  to  cool  down  to  below  O'C, 
and  filtering  it  at  a  temperature  of  — 10°  C.  The  "stearine" 
is  sold  as  "fish  stearine"  of  best  quality  for  soap  making 
purposes. 

From  the  unsound  livers  comes  the  so-called  "cod  oil"  of 
commerce.    In  the  manufacture  of  this  oil,   the   livers  are 


boiled  out  with  water,  the  oil  which  rises  to  the  top  b-; 
skimmed  off.    The   "foots"   are  then  subjected  to  press, 
the  oil  obtained  being  of  a  very  dark  color,  possessing 
very  strong,   fishy  odor,   and  suitable  only  for  currying 
other  uses. 

Reference  has  been  made  to  the  Norwegian  and  Newfou: 
land  fisheries,  but  in  recent  years  the  cod  fish  industry 
reached  large  proportions  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  the  fisl. 
grounds  off  the   Alaskan  coast  contributing  largely  to 
production,  the  principal  rendering  establishments  for  the 
being  located  in  San  Francisco  and  northward  to  \'ancou' 
To  what  extent  these  fisheries  have  contributed  to  the  i 
duction  of  medicinal  cod  liver  it  is  difficult  to  state.  On 
Atlantic  Coast  from  Newfoundland  to  Labrador  it  is  e,- 
mated  that  between  thirty  and  fifty  thousand  people  are  • 
gaged  in  catching  and  curing  the  cod. 

Oil  Is  a  By-Product 

However  valuable  the  output  of  the  oil  may  be.  it  is  prim- 
ly but  a  by-product  of  the  cod  fishing  industry,  which  g; 
employment  to  thousands  of  hardy  men  who  face  the  ten 
of  the  sea  off  the  coasts  of  Northern  Europe,  the  North 
Atlantic  and  Pacific  shores  of  the  United  States  and  Canada 
even  far  away  Japan  and  Siberia.    A  glimpse  at  the  c 
ditions  which  prevail  in  the  fisheries  in  one  quarter  of 
globe,   tends  to  reveal  similar  conditions  wherever  the 
dustry  is  prosecuted.    The  fishermen  may  speak  a  diffe: 
language,  they  may  sail  under  various  flags,  and  have  var\ 
conceptions  of  constitutional  liberty  and  governmental  auth 
ty,  but  they  are  actuated  by  a  common  impulse  and  darinc 
pursuing  a  calling  which  is  not  entirely  free  from  hazard 
danger. 

Women  Employed  at  the  Work 

Probably  no  one  phase  of  the  fishing  industry  of  Newfou 
land  is  more  interesting  or  characteristic  to  the  lay  vL*^  : 
than  that  of  watching  the  process  of  securing  the  livers  ■ 
the  oil.    The  cod  fish  from  the  traps  are  brought  to  • 
curing  "barn"  and  dumped  into  baskets  which  are  pi. 
handy  to  the  workers.    A  woman  takes  a  cod,  places  it 
a  table  on  its  side,  and  then  with  a  knife  cuts  it  across  t 
neck  and  down  the  belly.    In  this  condition  she  slips  t 
fish  to  a  second  woman  who  jerks  off  its  head,  whicl 
used  as  a  fertilizer,  and  pasiscs  tlie  body  of  the  fish  on  '  ^ 
man  who,  in  turn,  cuts  the  stomach  open  and.  with 
cleaving,  removes  all  of  the  entrails.    The  liver  he  takes 
in  the  heavy  wool  glove  on  his  left  hand  and  tosses  it 
a  bucket  to  work  up  into  oil. 

The  livers  are  then  taken  to  the  rendering  establishn 
at  St.  Johns  where  the  oil  is  worked  up  along  the  methods  a  > 
described.    It  is  then  run  into  tin-lined  barrels  and  is  r 
for  shipment  to  the  various  markets  of  the  world. 


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Woman  an  Authority  on  Medical  Botany 


Miss  Alice  Henkel  of  Department  of  Agriculture  Shows 
Female  Sex  Has  Definite  Place  in  Profession  of  Pharmacy 


By  EMMA  GARY  WALLACE 


IT   is  a   significant   tribute   to   the   high   position  which 
women  hold  in  the  profession  of  pharmacy  and  chemistry 
that  many  of  the  valuable  bulletins  relating  to  medicinal 
plants  published  by  the  United  States  Department  of  Agri- 
culture have  been  written  by  a  woman,  Miss  Alice  Henkel, 
who  is  assistant  in  the  office 
of  Economic  and  Systematic 
Botany. 

Miss  Henkel's  work  is  well- 
known  to  thousands  of  drug- 
gists, students  and  professors 
of  pharmacy.  She  has  con- 
ducted many  original  investi- 
gations, the  results  of  which 
are  considered  authoritative 
in  the  sphere  of  applied  eco- 
nomic botany.  Nine  of  the 
bulletins  which  Miss  Henkel 
has  written  are  as  follows: 

Farmers'  Bulletin  No.  188 
'  Weeds  Used  in  Medicine." 

Bui.  No.  51,  Part  6, 
"Goldenseal." 

Bui.  No.  89,  "Wild  Medi- 
cinal  Plants   of   the  United 
Miss  Alice  Henkel  States." 

Bui.  No.  90,  Part  3,  "Pep- 
permint." 

Bui.  No.  107,  "American  Root  Drugs." 

Bui.  No.  139,  "American  Medicinal  Barks." 

Cir.  No.  6,  "Cultivation  and  Handling  of  Goldenseal" 

(revision  of  Bui.  No.  51,  Part  6) 
Bui.  No.  219,  "American  Medicinal  Leaves  and  Herbs." 
Bui.  No.  26.  "American  Flowers,  Fruits,  and  Seeds." 
These  have  all  been  exceedingly  popular,  some  of  them 
having  been  so  much  in  demand  that  they  have  been  re- 
ferred to  as  the  "six  best  sellers"  of  the  Superintendent  of 
Documents  office, 
^liss  Henkel's  training  for  the  work  she  is  doing  began 


really  when  she  was  a  child,  for  her  father,  August  Henkel, 
conducted  a  successful  pharmacy  in  Cincinnati.  When  Miss 
Henkel  was  six  years  old  her  father  moved  to  Hamilton,  Ohio, 
having  purchased  a  drug  store  there.  Her  early  education 
was  received  in  the  public  schools  of  Hamilton,  and  completed 
in  Washington,  D.  C,  whence  her  father  moved  to  accept  a 
Government  position.  Miss  Henkel  comes  of  a  long  line 
of  doctors,  druggists  and  botanists  and  interest  in  such  work 
was  bred  in  the  bone. 

Mr.  Henkel,  her  father,  was  hospital  steward  in  the  United 
States  Army  during  the  Civil  War,  and  was  at  one  time  as- 
sociated with  Professor  ]\Iaisch  in  the  U.  S.  Army  Labora- 
tory in  Philadelphia.  Having  studied  stenography  and  type- 
writing. Miss  Henkel  filled  a  position  for  a  while  in  a  news- 
paper office,  later  taking  a  civil  service  examination  and  was 
appointed  to  the  Department  of  Agriculture.  Her  knowledge 
of  pharmacy  helped  her  wonderfully  in  transcribing  matter 
which  contained  terms  relating  to  chemistry,  botany,  zoology 
and  pathology.  She  was  promoted  rapidly  and  was  frequently 
called  upon  to  take  dictation  from  Dr.  Charles  W.  Dabney, 
Assistant  Secretary  of  Agriculture  during  President  Cleve- 
land's administration.  Dr.  Dabney  urged  her  to  give  up 
stenography  and  study  some  scientific  subject.  She  acted 
upon  his  advice  and  decided  to  make  a  specialty  of  medical 
botany.  That  was  the  beginning  of  her  medical  plant  work, 
for  she  at  once  entered  the  National  College  of  Pharmacy 
and  for  three  years  took  work  fitting  her  for  the  field  of 
medical  botany. 

In  1898  she  was  transferred  to  the  Division  of  Botany 
because  of  her  exhaustive  knowledge  of  medical  botany,  and 
had  as  her  chief,  Frederick  V.  Coville,  the  United  States 
botanist,  who  among  other  lines  of  research,  had  entire  charge 
of  the  investigation  of  medicinal  and  poisonous  plants.  In 
1901  Mr.  Coville  placed  his  new  assistant  in  charge  of  all 
correspondence  and  all  work  relating  to  medicinal  plants  to 
be  cultivated  in  the  Government  testing  gardens,  among  which 
were  the  following : 

Hydrastis  canadensis,  Spigelia  marilandica,  Polygala  senega, 
Valeriana  officinalis,  Mentha  piperita,  Mentha  viridis,  Cheno- 


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podium  anthelminticum,  Aletris  farinosa,  Aconitum  napellus, 
Atropa  belladonna,  Digitalis  purpurea,  arid  Hyoscymus  niger. 
This  list  met  with  approval,  and  this  marvelous,  little  lady 
at  once  ordered  the  seeds  and  plants  and  had  them  planted  for 
trial  in  the  Government  Testing  Gardens,  thus  laying  the 
foundation  for  the  present  drug  farm. 

The  investigation  of  medicinal  plants  was  continued  under 
Mr.  Coville's  authority  until  1905,  and  when  in  that  year  this 
work  was  formed  into  an  independent  office  under  a  strange 
head,  Miss  Henkel  went  over  to  the  new  office  simply  because 
of  her  love  for  the  work. 

There  has  been  some  misapprehension  on  the  part  of  the 
public  concerning  the  medicinal  plant  investigation  under- 
taken by  the  Government.  Articles  have  been  noted  in  the 
press  at  various  times  which  gave  the  impression  that  medici- 
nal plant  investigation  was  not  begun  by  the  Department 
until  1903,  when  as  a  matter  of  fact  as  long  ago  as  1889  the 
Division  of  Botany  was  charged  with  this  work.  From  time 
to  time  this  Division  published  various  papers  and  circulars 
on  medicinal  plants  and  the  experimental  cultivation  of  drugs 
was  also  undertaken  by  the  Division  of  Botany  prior  to  1903. 

Miss  Henkel's  personality  is  as  delightful  as  her  work  is 
remarkable.  She  lives  with  her  mother  in  Chevy  Chase,  Mary- 
land, a  suburb  of  Washington,  D.  C.  The  accompanying 
pictures  of  the  house  and  a  portion  of  the  rarely  beautiful 
rose  garden  are  most  interesting.    Miss  Henkel  dearly  loves 


books,  flowers,  and  music.  She  possesses  quite  a  large  library, 
mostly  pharmaceutical,  botanical,  and  historical.  She  is  es- 
pecially proud  of  a  choice  collection  of  many  quaint,  old 
medical  botanies  and  books  of  travel,  the  latter  mostly  of 
the  Niagara  frontier,  in  which  region  she  is  particularly  in- 
terested. As  a  recreation  for  herself  and  a  means  of  rare 
entertainment  for  her  friends,  Miss  Henkel  plays  the  zither, 
the  real,  sure-enough  zither,  not  the  instrument  popular  some 
years  ago  under  the  name  "American  zither."  She  was  former- 
ly a  member  of  a  Washington  zither  quartette  which  often 
played  in  public. 

She  has  been  a  member  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  since  1902. 

We  have  notable  examples  of  women  who  have  achieved 
success  in  practically  all  branches  of  medicine,  chemistry,  and 
botany,  but  it  would  be  difficult  to  find  another  case  of  a 
young  woman  who  can  point  to  a  more  worthy  career  than 
Miss  Henkel.  Her  climb  up  the  ladder  of  recognized  effi- 
ciency has  been  a  steady  one,  nor  has  she  rested  when  she 
reached  the  top.  She  has  been  able  to  send  forth  a  vast  fund 
of  knowledge  which  has  enriched  and  is  continually  enriching 
the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  professions,  not  only  of  the 
United  States,  but  of  the  world  as  well.  The  debt  of  humanity 
to  Alice  Henkel, — this  sister-in-the-work  is  a  large  one,  and 
we  are  all  justly  proud  of  the  success  she  has  merited  and 
won. 


News  About  Women  Prominent  in  Pharmacy 


LOUISVILLE  CHAPTER  ELECTS  OFFICERS 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Louisville  Chapter  on  May  6  was 
one  of  the  best  meetings  of  the  whole  year.  The  attendance 
was  very  large.  Several  changes  were  made  in  the  constitu- 
tion.   The  annual  reports  were  excellent. 

The  following  officers  were  elected:  Miss  Clara  Hulskamp, 
president;  Miss  Emma  Friek,  1st  vice-president;  Miss  Eleanor 
Diehl,  2d  vice-president:  Mrs.  Henry  Baass,  secretary;  and 
Mrs.  J.  G.  Kruhl,  treasurer.  The  Board  of  Managers  are 
intrusted  for  the  coming  year  with  a  plan  of  work  and  the 
responsibility  of  a  club  house  fund. 


MRS.  WALLACE  IS  HONORED 

Mrs.  Leslie  O.  Wallace  of  Auburn,  New  York,  first  presi- 
dent of  the  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D.  and  chairman  of  its  Educa- 
tional Committee,  has  recently  been  honored  by  being  made 
chairman  of  the  Women's  Section  of  the  Adult  Division  of 
the  International  Sunday  School  Association.  The  object  of 
the  Women's  Section  is  to  further  the  work  of  adult  classes 
of  women  everywhere,  and  if  possible  to  effect  a  federation 
of  the  hundreds  of  thousands  of  Christian  women  in  English 
speaking  America.  By  so  doing  their  aims  will  be  unified  and 
a  vast  power  will  be  brought  to  bear  for  the  moral  support  of 
questions  relating  to  the  uplift  of  society. 

Recently,  Mrs.  Wallace  presided  at  the  first  Conference  of 
the  Women's  Section  held  at  Witherspoon  Hall,  Philadelphia. 
A  banquet  was  held  in  the  evening  attended  by  between  three 
and  four  hundred  Philadelphia  ladies.  During  her  stay  in 
Philadelphia,  Mrs.  Wallace  was  the  guest  of  Mrs  W.  E.  Lee. 


MR.  GROENLAND'S  DEATH  A  SHOCK 

The  news  of  the  death  of  Otto  Greenland,  who  passed 
away  at  his  home  in  Cincinnati  on  May  5  came  as  a  shock 
to  the  many  friends  who  had  known  him  in  life,  for  with 
the  coming  of  v/arm  weather  he  seemed  to  rally  from  the 
severe  illness  by  which  he  had  been  prostrated  all  winter,  and 
was  in  a  fair  way  to  recuperate.  Mr.  Groenland  had  long 
been  identified  with  the  best  interests  of  ethical  pharmacy  in 
Cincinnati,  where  he  owned  and  operated  two  stores.  He  had 
served  as  President  of  the  Ohio  Valley  Druggists'  Association, 
and  was  deeply  interested  in  the  work  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D., 
at  whose  meetings  he  was  always  eagerly  welcomed  as  a 
member  of  the  "old  guard".  His  wife,  who  is  widely  known 
throughout  the  drug  trade,  having  served  for  a  number  of 
years  as  treasurer  of  the  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D.,  and  her  family 
were  the  recipients  of  many  telegrams  and  messages  of  sym- 


pathy which  poured  in  from  all  sides  when  the  news  of  Mr. 
Greenland's  death  became  known.  The  Queen  City  Chapter 
of  the  W.  O.  is  really  the  child  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Groenland 
and  the  members  will  indeed  feel  this  sorrow  a  personal  one. 
The  sympathy  of  the  women  in  pharmacy  is  extended  to 
Mrs.  Groenland,  her  son  Albert  Groenland  and  his  wife, 
and  the  second  son,  Ormond  Groenland. 


MRS.  BURKE  TWICE  BEREAVED 

The  members  of  the  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D.  everywhere  will 
be  pained  to  learn  that  Mrs.  W.  T.  Burke  of  Philadelphia, 
secretary  of  the  W.  O.  chapter  in  that  city,  has  again  been 
called  upon  to  part  with  one  of  her  loved  ones.  During  the 
early  part  of  April,  it  will  be  remembered  that  Mr.  Burke, 
who  had  so  long  been  identified  with  pharmaceutical  matters 
in  that  city,  died  suddenly.  Sympathy  poured  in  upon  Mrs, 
Burke  from  her  sisters  everywhere.  One  son,  a  fine  young 
man  of  sixteen  years,  was  left  to  comfort  her  and  help  in 
the  management  of  the  store.  They  had  always  been  much 
to  each  other,  and  in  their  affliction  were  more  closely  drawn 
together  than  ever.  For  several  days,  this  son  had  not  been 
feeling  well,  but  not  ill  enough  to  require  the  services  of  a 
physician  or  even  medicine.  Upon  the  morning  of  May  12, 
he  did  not  arise  as  usual,  and  his  mother  entered  his  room, 
to  find  that  he  was  dead.  Those  who  grieved  for  her  in 
her  earlier  loss  will  again  sorrow  with  her  in  this  second 
sore  affliction,  for  wherever  Mrs.  Burke  is  known,  she  is 
loved. 


SYMPATHY  FOR  MRS.  HUBBARD 

The  sympathy  of  the  entire  organization  of  the  W.  O. 
N.  A.  R.  D.  is  extended  to  Mrs.  Fred  A.  Hubbard  of  Boston 
Chapter  No.  1  upon  the  death  of  her  husband,  which  was 
noted  in  last  month's  Er.4.  Mr.  Hubbard  had  long  occupied 
a  position  of  notable  prominence  in  pharmaceutical  circles  in 
the  old  Bay  State.  Mr.  Hubbard  had  gone  to  their  beautiful 
bungalow  on  the  shore  of  Duxbury  Bay  for  a  short  rest.  It 
was  at  this  place  that  he  was  stricken  with  a  fatal  heart 
trouble  from  which  he  did  not  rally.  Mr.  Hubbard  married 
Miss  Bertha  M.  \\'hitney  of  Watertown,  Mass.,  in  18^0 
and  until  his  death  they  lived  in  that  part  of  Boston  kno^\^l 
as  Newton.  Mr.  and  ^Irs.  Hubbard  were  prominent  figures 
for  upwards  of  twenty  years  at  the  meetings  of  many  Statt 
pharmaceutical  associations.  Mrs.  Hubbard  has  had  much  to 
do  with  the  success  of  the  work  in  the  Boston  Chapter.  A 
son  and  daughter  share  her  loss. 


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The  Retail  Druggist  as  a  Manufacturer 

Dr.  F.  E.  Stewart  Discusses  Relations  to  Commercial 
Laboratories  and  Suggests  Ways  of  Improving  Conditions 


By  F.  E.  STEWART,  Ph.  G.,  M.  D. 


Dr.  F.  E.  STEW..VRT 


BY  commercial  laboratories  I  mean  the  laboratories  of  the 
great  commercial  houses  engaged  in  the  pharmacal  and 
pharmaco-chemical  industries.    What  are  these  labora- 
tories doing  for  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  professions? 
They  are  making  most  of  the  chemical,  pharmacal  and  biolo- 
gical preparations  used  by  phy- 
sicians in  treating  the  sick. 

Why  are  the  commercial  la- 
boratories making  these  prepa- 
rations? Why  are  not  the  re- 
tail druggists  making  them? 
These  closely  related  and  mutu- 
ally dependent  questions  cannot 
be  answered  in  five  minutes  or 
in  an  hour. 

-As  a  general  proposition  it 
may  be  stated  that  the  concen- 
tration of  capital  and  the  cen- 
tralization of  business  has 
brought  about  this  change. 
Economic    Tendency  in 

Manufacturing 
Xo  well-informed  person  will 
dispute  that,  from  an  economic 
standpoint,  the  business  of  man- 
ufacturing and  dealing  in  medi- 
cinal drugs,  chemicals  and  pre- 
parations of  the  same,  can  be  carried  on  more  successfully  on 
a  large  scale,  than  when  operated  in  a  small  way.  This  ap- 
plies to  all  lines  of  manufacture  and  the  drug  business  is 
no  exception.  The  great  department  store  is  an  outcome  of 
this  economic  fact.  The  great  manufacturing  plants  in  all 
lines,  e.xist  because  of  it.  The  so-called  trusts  exemplify  the 
same  principle.  The  retail  druggists,  as  a  dealer  in  ready- 
made  goods,  is  in  competition  with  the  department  stores. 
As  stated  by  the  widow  of  an  old-time  prominent  druggist 
in  Philadelphia,  "When  I  was  a  girl,  no  one  thought  of  going 
an>-where  but  to  a  drug  store  for  a  sponge  or  tooth-brush, 
but  now  nobody  thinks  of  going  to  a  drug  store  for  either. 
Everybody  goes  to  the  department  store  for  both."  While  this 
statement  is  somewhat  exaggerated,  it  illustrates  the  ten- 
dency of  the  times. 

All  will  agree  that  true  pharmacy  is  developing  along  the 
lines  of  higher  education  and  greater  technical  skill.  The 
standardization  of  medicinal  drugs,  chemicals  and  galenical 
preparations  required  by  the  Pharmacopoeia  is  for  the  most  part 
impractical  except  when  conducted  on  a  large  scale,  thus 
raising  the  practice  of  pharmacy,  in  this  respect,  above  the 
reach  of  those  retail  druggists  who  are  not  doing  sufficient 
business  to  make  standardization  work  practicable. 

The  retail  druggist,  as  a  manufacturer  of  chemicals,  is  in 
competition  with  the  great  chemical  houses  with  their  labora- 
tories and  skilled  chemists.  What  chance  has  he  in  such 
competition?  Is  there  any  reason  why  he  should  not  pur- 
chase his  supplies  from  the  chemical  manufacturing  hous-^s? 

Retail  Drug^sts'  Competition 
The  retail  druggist,  as  a  manufacturer  of  galenicals,  is  in 
competition  with  the  great  commercial  laboratories  of  the 
pharmaceutical  manufacturing  houses.  While  his  chances  in 
competition  may  be  somewhat  better  than  in  competing  with 
the  chemical  houses,  the  very  fact  that  galenical  manufac- 
turing has  been  drifting  away  from  the  retail  drug  store  into 
the  great  commercial  laboratories,  is  a  strong  argument  against 
the  claim  that  the  retailers  can  manufacture  just  as  economical- 
ly as  the  large  laboratories.  If  he  can  purchase  his  .supi)!ies 
■of  galenical  preparations  from  the  manufacturing  pharmaceu- 
tical houses  at  greater  advantage  than  to  manufacture  them 
himself,  is  there  any  good  reason  why  he  should  be  denied 

•Read  at  the  February  Meeting  of  the  Phila.  Branch  A.  Ph.  A 


the  privilege?  If  he  can  prepare  his  chemicals  and  galenicals 
with  greater  economy  in  his  own  laboratory  than  to  pur- 
chase them,  he  certainly  does  not  display  business  ability  if 
he  does  not  do  so. 

There  are  of  course  two  classes  of  pharmacists  and  manu- 
facturing houses.  One  class  regards  pharmacy  simply  as  a 
commercial  business  of  barter  and  sale  and  the  other  class 
regards  it  as  a  profession.  The  former  considers  it  perfectly 
legitimate  to  manufacture  and  sell  almost  anything  for  which 
there  is  a  demand  or  for  which  a  demand  may  be  created 
by  advertising.  The  latter  hold  themselves  responsible  as 
professional  men  and  experts  in  drugs  and  realize  that  the 
commercial  methods  of  the  former  are  incompatible  with 
scientific  and  professional  requirements.  Professional  experts 
cannot  afford  to  employ  misleading  methods  of  advertising  or 
give  countenance  to  pretense  and  error  in  conducting  their 
business.  The  moment  the  public  has  occasion  to  doubt  the 
sincerity  of  their  statements,  their  reputation  as  experts  is 
gone,  and  they  sink  to  the  level  of  the  charlatan  and  quack. 
Pharmacists  in  purchasing  their  supplies  from  manufacturing 
houses  should  not  forget  this  distinction  between  professional 
pharmacy  and  pharmaceutical  quackery,  and  should  discrimi- 
nate in  favor  of  manufacturers  who  refrain  from  using  such 
illegitimate  commercial  methods  in  their  business  or  supply 
quacks  with  the  products  of  their  laboratories  for  carrying  on 
the  business  of  quackery. 

Nostrum  Business  Not  Pharmacy 

The  retail  druggist,  as  a  manufacturer  of  nostrums,  is  in 
competition  with  the  commercial  laboratories  of  the  great 
manufacturing  houses  engaged  in  the  nostrum  business,  but 
the  nostrum  business  is  not  pharmacy.  The  nostrum  busi- 
ness is  the  quack  medicine  business,  whether  carried  on  by  a 
so-called  patent  medicine  house  or  by  the  great  manufacturing 
houses  engaged  in  the  pharmacal  and  pharmaco-chemical  in- 
dustries. True  pharmaceutical  practice  consists  in  the  selec- 
tion, preparation,  preservation,  compounding  and  dispensing 
of  medicines,  prepared  in  accordance  with  common  standards 
jointly  adopted  by  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  professions 
and  conforming  with  scientific  and  professional  usages  in  their 
manufacture  and  sale.  This  is  the  true  ideal  of  pharmaceu- 
tical practice.  The  false  ideal  is  every  pharmacist  a  manu- 
facturer of  his  own  nostrums  and  a  prescriber  of  the  same 
by  recommending  them  over  the  counter  as  specifics  or  cures. 
The  retail  druggist  who  manufactures  and  recommends  his 
own  nostrums  or  the  nostrums  of  manufacturing  houses  there- 
by becomes  a  quack  doctor.  He  prescribes  without  a  diagno- 
sis and  thereby  violates  the  first  essential  to  correct  prescribing. 

Before  the  advent  of  the  advertising  business,  the  retail 
druggist  as  a  nostrum  manufacturer  was  an  individual  quack 
doctor.  The  advent  of  the  advertising  business  changed  all 
this  and  to  a  large  extent  the  retail  druggist  became  an  agent 
for  the  sale  of  nostrums  manufactured  by  great  nostrum  manu- 
facturing houses.  The  great  manufacturing  houses  engaged  in 
the  nostrum  business  in  advertising  nostrums  to  the  public 
are  prescribing  at  long  range  without  a  diagnosis.  The  prin- 
ciple is  the  same  whether  the  prescribing  is  done  at  long  range 
without  a  diagnosis  or  at  short  range  without  a  diagnosis. 
Individualism  m  Pharmacy 

Individualism  in  the  practice  of  pharmacy  is  taught  by  every 
college  of  pharmacy  and  to  the  extent  that  such  individualism 
is  practicable,  the  ideal  is  correct,  but  individualism  in  the 
practice  of  quackery  by  pharmacists  is  not  pharmacy.  Such 
practice  means  pharmaceutical  degradation. 

Much  of  the  so-called  new  remedy  business  carried  on  by 
the  great  manufacturing  houses  advertising  to  the  medical 
profession  is  but  another  phase  of  the  nostrum  business.  One 
class  of  nostrums  is  advertised  in  the  newspapers  to  fool  the 
people  and  the  other  class  is  advertised  in  the  medical  jour- 
nals to  fool  the  doctors.  During  the  past  thirty  years  tens 
of  thousands  of  alleged  new  remedies  have  been  introduced  to 


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[June.  1915 


the  medical  profession  as  wonderful  discoveries  in  therapeu- 
tics. Not  one-tenth  of  one  per  cent,  of  them  have  proved  of 
any  special  therapeutic  merit  in  comparison  with  older  and 
better-known  drugs  used  for  the  same  purpose. 

Now,  it  must  be  perfectly  apparent  that  the  retail  druggists 
as  manufacturers  of  nostrums  and  quack  medicines  cannot 
successfully  compete  with  the  great  manufacturing  houses  en- 
gaged in  this  business. 

It  has  been  said  that  the  retail  druggist  is  threatened  with 
extinction  and  this  is  not  surprising  under  the  circumstances. 
The  question  for  us  is: — What  are  you  going  to  do  about  it? 
Many  remedies  have  been  suggested,  one  of  which  is  the  co- 
operative manufacturing  of  nostrums  by  commercial  labora- 
tories conducted  under  the  control  of  retail  druggists'  organi- 
zations. But  this  plan  is  similar  to  that  of  the  iish  who 
jumped  out  of  the  frying  pan  into  the  fire  to  save  himself 
from  being  served  up  for  breakfast. 

N.  Y.  Drug-gists  Missed  their  Opportunity 

The  pharmacists  of  New  York  recently  had  an  opportuni- 
ty to  do  something  about  it  that  would  have  placed  pharmacy 
in  the  city  of  New  York  on  a  professional  basis  and  gained 
public  confidence.  What  did  they  do  about  it?  Did  they  co- 
operate witli  Commissioner  Goldwater  in  his  attempt  to  force 
the  nostrum  manufacturers  to  publish  their  formulas  so  the 
public  might  be  no  longer  deluded?  No.  They  missed  their 
opportunity  and  joined  with  the  nostrum  manufacturers  in  a 
protest  against  this.  How  can  pharmacy  expect  to  be  ranked 
as  a  professional  vocation  when  the  pharmacists  as  a  body 
align  themselves  with  those  who  prey  .upon  the  gullible  public 
and  exploit  the  sick? 

Function  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Professions 

I  am  saying  nothing  against  the  supplying  of  the  public 
with  pharmaceutical  preparations  made  in  accordance  with 
scientific  and  professional  requirements  and  dispensed  to  meet 
the  demands  of  the  public  for  legitimate  household  medica- 
tion. That  is  one  of  the  functions  of  the  pharmaceutical 
profession.  I  am  saying  nothing  against  chemical  and  phar- 
macal  manufacturing  houses  who  introduce  new  and  valuable 
therapeutic  agents  to  the  medical  profession. 

While  we  have  all  been  debating  what  to  do  about  it,  the 
public  has  been  waking  up  to  the  situation  and  the  results 
are  before  us  in  drastic  legislation  which  has  been  enacted 
and  is  being  proposed  for  the  protection  of  the  public  against 
fraud  in  the  drug  business.  Why  was  it  necessary  to  pass 
the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Act?  Why  was  it  necessary  to 
pass  the  Shirley  amendment  for  the  prevention  of  lying  in 
advertising?  Why  was  it  necessary  to  pass  the  Harrison 
Bill  to  prevent  the  public  from  being  debauched  by  habit- 
forming  drugs?  Were  these  bills  aimed  at  the  practice  of 
true  pharmacy,  namely,  the  business  of  manufacturing  and 
dispensing  medicines,  prepared  in  accordance  with  common 
standards  jointly  adopted  by  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical 
professions,  and  dispensed  to  meet  the  demands  of  legitimate 
pharma:eutical  and  therapeutic  practice?  Were  they  not 
rather  aimed  at  illegitimate  practices  on  the  part  of  physi- 
cians, druggists  and  the  manufacturing  houses? 

Cooperation  the  Kemedy 

Now,  what  is  the  remedy?  Is  not  the  remedy  to  be  found 
in  cooperation  between  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  pro- 
fessions and  the  great  manufacturing  houses  with  their  com- 
mercial laboratories  having  as  its  object  the  legitimate  practice 
of  pharmacy  and  medicine?  Such  cooperation  means  the  ele- 
vation of  pharmaceutic  practice  to  the  position  of  a  learned 
profession,  ranking  as  a  peer  with  the  other  learned  profes- 
sions. It  means  the  raising  of  the  pharmacist  to  a  higher  po- 
sition socially.  The  great  commercial  laboratories  under  such 
a  system  of  cooperation  would  no  longer  be  used  for  illegiti- 
mate purposes.  They  would  be  no  longer  emplovnl  fdr  the 
manufacture  of  nostrums  and  quack  medicines.  TIma  «,nil,l 
be  employed  in  the  production  of  medicinal  dnm^  i  li.  mh.  ,iU 
and  preparations  of  the  same,  prrivin  d  in  :i(  ( .  i  >I  i  n. .  w  iili 
the  latest  scientific  and  professional  1 1  i  piiK  nu  nts  i  Iw  i>ii.|"r 
enforcement  of  pure  food  and  dnii;  liws,  iiuludiiii;  .iimml- 
ments  intended  for  the  abolition  of  lying  in  ad\ irlismu-ut.s, 
will  bring  this  about.  The  educated  and  trained  pharmacist 
will  then  be  protected  from  unfair  competition  with  quacks 
and  pretenders.  To  the  extent  that  each  individual  pharma- 
cist is  provided  with  capital  and  facilities  to  do  his  own 
manufacturmg,  he  will  be  protected  in  so  doing.    To  the  ex- 


tent that  he  cannot  do  his  own  manufacturing  because  not 
properly  provided  with  capital  and  laboratory  facilities,  he 
will  purchase  his  supplies  from  the  great  commercial  labora- 
tories. But  in  either  case,  he  will  maintain  his  individual  re- 
sponsibility as  a  professional  man  because  he  will  be  in  posi- 
tion to  guarantee  that  the  medicines  he  dispenses  in  prescrip- 
tions and  over  the  counter  are  made  in  accordance  with  com- 
mon standards,  jointly  adopted  by  the  medical  and  pharmaceu- 
tical professions: 

It  does  not  mean  that  new  therapeutic  agents  will  not  be 
discovered  and  introduced  commercially,  but  it  does  mean  that 
this  work  will  be  done  in  cooperation  with  the  medical  pro- 
fession through  the  channels  of  original  materia  medica  re- 
search. The  work  will  be  cooperative.  In  the  cooperation  the 
universities  with  their  laboratories,  hospitals  and  clinics  will 
take  part,  and  also  the  commercial  laboratories  of  the  great 
manufacturing  houses  engaged  in  the  pharmacal  and  pharma- 
co-chemical  industries.  Thus  the  commercial  laboratories  in- 
stead of  being  a  menace  to  professional  pharmacal  and  medi- 
cal practice  will  become  of  great  service  to  the  medical  and 
pharmaceutical  professions,  to  the  science  of  medicine  and 
to  the  cause  of  humanity. 


Nebraska  Pharmacy  in  Ascendent 

Prof.  Frederick  J.  Wulling,  dean  of  the  College  of  Phar- 
macy, University  of  Minnesota,  recently  delivered  the  address 
of  the  day  at  the  convocation  of  the  University  of  Nebraska. 
From  May  10  to  13  was  designated  as  "pharmacy  week"  in 
recognition  of  the  promotion  of  the  department  of  pharmacy 
to  the  estate  of  a  full  college, 
and  which  has  been  given  as- 
surance that  it  may  soon  va- 
cate its  all  too  inadequate 
quarters  and  move  into  a 
building  entirely  its  own,  and 
one  adapted  to  the  purposes 
of  teaching  pharmacy. 

Dean  Wulling  was  well 
pleased  with  his  reception  in 
the  Nebraska  city.  In 
speaking  of  the  advancemen' 
of  the  department  to  a  college 
of  pharmacy  he  said :  "Dean 
Lyman  especially  is  ver>- 
happy  because  it  has  been 
his  constant  endeavor  since 
the  school  was  established  in 
190S  to  secure  for  pharmac\- 
a  more  equitable  place  among 
Prof.  F.  J.  Wullixg  the  University  colleges.  A- 
valuable  as  the  assigned  new 
building  is  the  good  will  toward  pharmacy  on  part  of  th( 
University  chancellor  and  the  regents,  who  have  promisee 
their  support  toward  the  development  of  pharmaceutical  edu- 
cation on  a  university  basis  in  Nebraska.  To  this  good  for- 
tune is  added  that  growing  out  of  the  constructive  activity  o: 
the  Nebraska  Ph.  A.  through  the  work  of  whose  president,  wh. 
is  also  State  Senator,  Senator  Brooklcy,  the  recently  adjoumei 
legislature  enacted  the  law  cle\-aliiiL;  th<-  school  into  a  collcg 
of  pharmacy,  and  which  places  iiharir.,icciitical  education  ii 
Nebraska  on  a  basis  comparable  witli  the  ranks  enjoyed  h) 
other  educational  departments. 

"This  is  only  another  evidence  of  the  upward  tendency  c 
pharmaceutical  education  throughout  the  countr>-.  Not  onl; 
are  the  colleges  developing,  but  the  state  associations  are  takin 
more  lively  interest  in  adequate  educational  standards.  Th 
state  boards,  too,  are  stimulating  the  upward  movement.  Th 
president  of  the  Nebraska  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  intrcxiuce 
a  resolution  at  the  Board  meeting,  held  while  I  was  at  Lin 
coin,  to  make  two  years  of  high-school  work  the  minimui 
academic  requirement  for  eligibility  to  state  e.\aminatior 
Minnesota  is  especially  pleased  that  Nebraska  has  now  fallc; 
in  line  in  the  matter  of  recognizing  medicinal  plant  cuitiva 
tion  as  a  legitimate  and  necessary  activity  of  a  coUc.ce  c 
pharmacy  in  its  provision  of  adequate  teaching  facilitie.- 
Nebraska  has  a  ver>'  respectable  nucleus  of  a  drug  garden  an  : 
is  in  a  fair  way  soon  to  inherit  room  in  some  of  the  Universit 
plant  houses  for  such  work  as  can  only  f>c  done  in  a  greo: 


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THE  QUESTION  BOX 

The  ''How  to  Do  It''  Department 


Conducted  by  Pharmaceutical  Experts 

For  the  benefit  of  ERA  Subscribers 
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Nickel  and  Silver  Plating 

(A.  V.  C.) — Formulas  for  nickel  and  silver  plating  are 
plentiful  enough,  but  the  successful  accomplishment  of  this 
kind  of  work  requires  considerable  experience.  Then,  too, 
the  deposition  of  the  plating  is  better  and  more  thoroughly  ac- 
complished by  the  medium  of  a  batter>s  which,  commercially 
at  least,  is  the  only  method  employed.  Coating  brass  with 
a  solution  of  mercurj-  in  nitric  acid  is  only  an  adaptation  of 
the  faker's  scheme  for  converting  copper  coin  into  silver,  and 
usually  exploited  among  circus  "gullibles".  The  coin  be- 
comes coated  with  mercurj-  and  has  the  sheen  of  silver,  but 
upon  exposure  it  quickly  darkens  as  the  mercury  becomes  oxi- 
dized upon  exposure  to  the  air.  While  the  process  may  illus- 
trate a  scientific  truth  as  to  the  galvanic  deposition  of  metals, 
it  is,  as  a  practical  accomplishment,  worthless. 

The  deposition  of  nickel  on  brass  without  the  use  of  an 
«Iectro-plating  batterv-  is  not  satisfactorily  accomplished,  and 
we  know  of  no  solution  "that  is  easily  applied"  which  will 
do  the  work.  To  "silver"  is  not  such  a  difficult  matter,  al- 
though the  deposit  obtained  by  the  application  of  a  liquid 
plating  wash  is  not  so  permanent  and  evenly  distributed  as 
that  with  a  battery.    Here  is  a  formula  to  "silver  brass" : 

Clean  the  article  thoroughly  with  dilute  nitric  acid,  wash 
with  water,  and  then  with  dilute  ammonia  water;  dry  in 
sawdust.  Take  1  part  of  silver  chloride,  3  parts  pearlash,  1 
part  of  whiting,  and  V/i  parts  of  common  salt;  or,  1  part 
silver  chloride,  and  10  parts  of  cream  of  tartar  and  rub  the 
brass  with  a  moistened  piece  of  cork  dipped  in  the  powder. 
Wash,  dr>-  in  sawdust,  and  immediately  lacquer  to  preserve 
the  surface. 

Liquid  Plating  Wash:  Dissolve  1  ounce  silver  nitrate  in 
12  ounces  soft  water,  and  add  2  ounces  of  potassium  cyanide. 
Shake  together  and  let  stand  until  it  becomes  clear.  For  use. 
put  into  ounce  vials  half  full  of  whiting  or  paris  white, 
and  fill  with  the  liquid.  This  is  very  poisonous  and  should 
be  handled  with  great  care.  It  is  applied  with  a  rag  to  the 
surface  to  be  plated,  allowed  to  dry  on,  when  the  surface  is 
nibbed  with  a  soft  leather  or  polishing  doth. 

While  either  of  these  formulas  will  probably  answer  your 
purpose  temporarily,  the  electro  deposition  of  the  plating  by 
means  of  a  battery  is  the  only  satisfactory  method. 

Renewing  a  Narcotic  Prescription 

(J.  F.  L.) — "I  would  like  to  know  throuRh  the  June  Era 
if  a  pharmacist  can  legally  renew  a  prescription  calling  for 
2  drams  of  camphorated  tincture  of  opium  in  a  three  ounce 
mi.xture?  If  he  cannot  renew  the  prescription,  kindly  give 
an  abstract  of  the  law  prohibiting  such  renewal?" 

The  druggist,  under  the  Federal  law,  is  not  prohibited  from 
refilling  a  prescription  which  does  not  contain  more  than  2 
■grains  of  opium  in  a  fluid  ounce,  a  much  greater  quantity 
than  would  result  on  compounding  the  mixture  to  which  you 
refer.  In  fact  a  druggist  can  .sell  to  any  one  camphorated 
tincture  of  opium  without  any  prescription  at  all,  provided 
he  does  so  in  good  faith  and  does  not  attempt  to  defeat  the 
purposes  of  the  law.  In  this  State  (New  York),  section  238 
of  the  pharmacy  law  was  recently  amended  to  avoid  dupli- 
cation or  conflict  with  the  Federal  law.  Under  the  Boylan 
law  druggists  were  forbidden  to  refill  more  than  once  "pre- 
scriptions containing  opium  ...  in  which  the  dose  of  opium 
exceeds  one  quarter  grain",  but  as  just  stated,  this  provision 
^•as  amended  by  the  enactment  of  the  so-called  "Bloch  bill." 


Action  of  Quinine  and  TJrea  Hydrochloride 

(G.  D.  C.) — Your  question  belongs  to  the  province  of  the 
physician,  for  not  having  had  clinical  experience,  we  can 
not  undertake  to  say  whether  the  substitution  of  quinine  and 
urea  hydrochloride  for  morphine  acetate  in  a  mixture  would 
produce  the  same  therapeutic  properties  or  not.  However, 
the  double  salt  is  said  to  have  the  actions  of  quinine,  and 
that  when  injected  hypodermically  or  applied  locally  it  exerts 
an  anesthetic  action  similar  to  that  of  cocaine.  It  has  been 
reported  that  the  anesthesia  is  in  some  cases  prolonged  for 
several  days.  Quinine  and  urea  hydrochloride  is  said  to  be 
especially  useful  in  the  treatment  of  malaria  by  hypodermic 
injections,  and  for  the  production  of  anesthesia  for  local  opera- 
tions. For  the  latter  purpose,  injections  of  a  solution  of  from 
0.25  to  1  per  cent,  strength  are  used.  For  application  to 
mucous  membranes,  solutions  varying  in  strength  from  10 
to  20  per  cent,  are  recommended. 

Solutions  of  this  double  salt  are  of  a  strong  acid  reaction, 
but  whether  this  would  interfere  with  the  rest  of  your  com- 
bination, remains  to  be  determined.  It  is  quite  probable, 
however,  that  a  reaction  would  develop  in  time  between  the 
hydrochloride  salt  and  the  silver  albuminate  and  lead  acetate, 
chlorides  of  silver  and  lead  being  formed.  On  theoretical 
grounds  these  reactions  seem  to  be  indicated,  and  the  possi- 
bility of  their  occurrence  should  be  practically  studied. 

Dose  of  Copperas  for  a  Mare 
(X.  Y.  Z.) — "Would  2  per  cent,  of  copperas  and  2  per  cent. 
Venetian  red  in  a  tablespoonful  dose  three  times  a  day  be 
strong  enough  to  affect  badly  a  mare  with  foal"  ? 

Not  being  skilled  in  veterinary  medicine,  we  can  not  give 
a  direct  answer,  but  judging  from  the  usually  described  ef- 
fects of  ferrous  sulphate  and  other  iron  preparations  upon 
the  human  economy,  it  is  not  likely  that  the  quantity  of  cop- 
peras indicated  would  be  productive  of  any  untoward  effects. 
The  dose  of  ferrous  sulphate,  as  laid  down  by  authors  of 
veterinary  materia  medica,  is  from  one  to  three  drams  for 
horses,  doses  that  far  exceed  the  quantity  in  the  above  mix- 
ture. It  is  usually  given  in  the  treatment  of  anemia,  being 
contra-indicated  when  plethora,  hemorrhage,  or  fever  exists. 
When  used  in  small  amounts  it  is  said  by  some  practitioners 
to  be  quite  as  efficacious  as  in  large  amounts,  and  less  apt 
to  disorder  the  stomach.  But  ferrous  sulphate,  like  most 
iron  preparations,  is  somewhat  astringent  and  this  property 
may  tend  to  produce  constipation,  a  condition  which  accord- 
ing to  all  laws  and  rules  of  hygiene  should  be  guarded  against 
This  fact  should  be  taken  into  consideration.  All  authorities 
are  agreed  that  the  pregnant  mare  should  be  liberally  fed,  but 
should  not  be  g^ven  fattening  foods.  Foods  that  tend  to 
costivencss  should  be  avoided,  and  especially  should  the  use 
of  medicines  that  act  violently  on  the  womb,  bowels,  or  kid- 
neys be  shunned  as  liable  to  cause  abortion.  Leading  veteri- 
narians direct  that  constipation  should  be  corrected,  if  possi- 
ble, by  bran  mashes,  carrots,  or  beets,  seconded  by  exercise, 
and  if  a  medicinal  laxative  is  required  it  should  be  olive  oil 
or  other  equally  bland  agent. 

Tanret's  Test  for  Sugar  in  TJrine:  Heller's  Test 

f  J.  H.  W.,  M.  D.) — Evidently  the  test  wanted  for  indicating 
the  presence  of  albumin  in  urine  is  that  known  as  Tanret's 
(mercuric-potassium  iodide   test),  although  the  writer  does 


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not  correctly  spell  the  author's  name.  The  following  is  Tan- 
ret's  formula: 

Dissolve  33.12  grams  of  pure  potassium  iodide  in  about  200 
Co.  of  distilled  water.  Add  13.54  grams  of  powdered  mer- 
curic chloride  and  warm  until,  with  sufficient  stirring,  the 
red  precipitate  of  mercuric  iodide  disappears,  leaving  a  clear, 
slightly  yellowish  solution.  Dilute  this  with  distilled  water 
to  about  800  Cc,  and  add  100  Cc.  of  strong,  pure  acetic 
acid.  Allow  to  stand  over  night  if  not  absolutely  clear,  and 
decant  from  any  small  precipitate  which  may  have  settled 
out.  Dilute  then  to  one  liter  with  distilled  water.  This 
solution  contains  the  two  salts  in  the  proportion  of  4KI  to 
HgCl,. 

The  test  with  the  reagent  so  prepared  is  carried  out  as 
follows : 

Filter  the  urine  to  make  it  perfectly  clear,  and  add  enough 
acetic  acid  to  give  it  a  good  acid  reaction.  To  about  10  or 
15  Cc.  in  a  test  tube  add  a  very  little  of  the  reagent,  a  drop 
at  a  time,  from  a  pipette  or  dropping  tube.  In  all  not  more 
than  five  drops  should  be  added,  as  this  is  saificient  to  give  a 
strong  precipitate  if  albumin  is  present.  The  precipitate  is 
flocculent,  and  appears  as  a  white  cloud  or  streak.,  as  the  first 
drop  of  the  heavy  mercuric  solution  scttk-s  and  mixes  with 
the  urine.  As  each  following  droo  minijles  with  the  urine 
the  hazy  cloud  grows  to  a  precipitate  in  case  the  urine  con- 
tains more  'han  a  mere  trace  of  a'bai.i  ci.  This  test  at  one 
time  was  considerably  employed  and  is  given  m  nearly  all  of 
the  older  works  on  urine  analysis.  \Vhen  the  test  solution 
is  to  be  kept  for  a  long  time  it  is  best  prepared  without 
the  addition  of  the  acetic  acid,  as  this  is  liable  to  produce  a 
slight  cecompcsition  in  time. 

In  regard  to  the  second  test  wanted  we  are  unable,  tn  find 
in  the  literature  at  our  command,  any  nie'.liod  under  the  name 
"Hill's",  but  it  is  possible  that  the  querist  has  in  mind  ''Hel- 
ler's" well-known  test  for  sugar  in  urine.  An  outline  of  the 
test  follows: 

Take  a  test-tube  and  place  in  it  2  drams  of  urine ;  if  albumin 
is  present,  first  rid  the  urine  of  it  by  means  of  heat;  if,  also, 
the  color  of  the  urine  is  dark — which,  however,  is  hardly  ever 
the  case  in  diabetic  urines — first  treat  the  urine  with  a  little 
lead  acetate  solution,  filter  the  urine  thus  freed  of  its  color 
and  then  take,  as  stated,  2  drams;  add  to  this  one  dram  of 
caustic  soda  or  potash  solution,  and  boil;  on  so  doing  the 
earthy  phosphates  precipitate  out,  and  if  they  are  in  large 
quantity  they  must  be  filtered  out ;  if  not,  their  presence  is 
disregarded.  The  color  of  the  urine,  if  sugar  be  present, 
changes  to  a  lemon-yellow,  yellowish-brown,  or  blackish-brown, 
according  to  the  quantity  of  sugar  present.  Add,  now,  a  few 
drops  of  nitric  acid;  the  dark  color  vanishes,  and  in  its  place 
the  odor  of  burnt  sugar  is  given  off.  This  test  has  been 
largely  superseded  by  Trommer's,  Fehling's  and  other  tests. 

Unintelligible  Prescription  Directions 
(G.  W.  D.) — Your  prescription,  sent  for  translation,  we 
have  shown  to  a  number  of  experienced  dispensers  who  agree 
with  us  that  the  directions  are  not  plainly  intelligible  to  the 
average  prescriptionist.  However,  they  are  uniformly  of  the 
opinion  that  it  was  the  intention  of  the  prescriber  to  make  a 
solution  of  1  dram  of  tannic  acid  in  enough  (q.  s.)  tincture 
of  opium  to  measure  1  fl.  ounce,  but  the  manner  in  which 
the  mixture  is  to  be  used  is  not  apparent.  It  is  probable  that 
a  certain  quantity  of  the  completed  mixture  is  to  be  added  to 
water  and  used  for  an  external  application,  although  the  ab- 
breviations representing  the  directions,  which  we  cannot  re- 
produce, are  not  enlightening  on  this  point. 

It  is  possible  that  the  verbal  instructions  given  to  the 
patient  might  throw  some  light  on  this  abbreviated  form  of 
prescribing.  "C"  as  used  in  the  directions  on  the  prescription 
may  be  an  abbreviation  for  the  Latin  verb  cape,  take  (thou 
being  understood),  while  the  dram  sign  (^),  as  representing 
the  quantity,  is  no  doubt  intended.  The  remaining  abbrevia- 
tions and  their  meaning  can  only  be  guessed.  They  may  mean 
pro  re  nata,  the  phrase  being  usually  translated  "occasionally", 
according  to  circumstances",  etc.,  as  may  be  readily  ascertained 
by  reference  to  any  work  on  prescription  writing.  This  sug- 
gestion would  seem  to  fit  in  with  a  possible  use  of  the  mix- 
ture, and  this  view  might  hr  confirmed  or  disproved  by  ques- 
tioning the  patient.  We  regret  that  we  cannot  give  a  more 
intelligible  rendering,  but  the  prescription  seems  to  have  been 
written  with  the  intention  of  making  it  purposely  obscure,  or 


the  prescriber  was  careless  in  writing.  The  incompatibility 
of  tannic  acid  with  the  alkaloid  morphine  should  be  con- 
sidered, though  the  final  answer  to  this  is  somewhat  depen- 
dent upon  the  manner  in  which  the  mixture  is  to  be  employed. 
We  suggest  that  you  communicate  with  the  prescriber  for  an 
interpretation. 

Precipitation  in  Syrup  of  Ferrous  Iodide 

(S.  L.  B.) — We  cannot  account  for  the  unusually  large 
amount  of  precipitate  which  you  describe  as  being  thrown 
down  on  allowing  the  syrup  of  iodide  of  iron  to  stand,  and 
it  is  difficult  at  this  distance  without  a  sample  for  examina- 
tion to  determine  the  cause  of  the  difficulty.  However,  mos" 
of  the  trouble  with  this  preparation  is  due  to  the  oxidation 
of  the  syrup  in  contact  with  air,  free  iodine  being  liberated, 
as  shown  by  the  dark  color  on  the  surface,  which  gradually 
spreads  downward  until  the  syrup  is  entirely  decomposed, 
and  precipitation  results.  Some  writers  have  suggested  that 
the  brown  coloration  is  partly  due  to  the  presence  of  caramel 
from  the  sugar,  but  in  our  experience  free  iodine  is  wholly 
responsible  for  the  change,  as  the  color  of  spoiled  ferrous 
iodide  can  be  changed  to  the  bright  green  indicated  by  the 
Pharmacopoeia  by  the  addition  of  bright  iron  wire  (better 
still,  card  teeth  or  reduced  iron). 

Starting  with  all  ingredients  answering  the  pharmacopoeia! 
tests,  no  great  difficulty  should  be  experienced  in  making  this 
syrup.  The  water  must  be  distilled,  and  free  from  micro- 
organisms. Tap  water,  which  has  ruined  more  than  one 
sample  of  this  preparation,  should  nevar  be  used.  When  de- 
composition has  once  started,  it  is  a  difficult  proposition  t: 
restore  the  syrup;  various  reducing  agents  to  prevent  the? 
changes  have  been  suggested  but  for  the  purpose  none  c 
them  have  been  found  to  work  better  than  the  addition  o: 
hypophosphorous  acid  as  directed  by  the  Pharmacopoeia.  We 
are  quite  sure  that  if  you  will  see  that  the  reaction  between  the 
iron  and  the  iodine  is  completed,  that  is,  that  all  the  iodin- 
is  taken  up  by  the  iron  (shown  by  the  solution  becoming  pa' 
green)  before  proceeding  to  boil  the  liquid,  and  then  following 
strictly  the  pharmacopoeial  directions,  you  will  have  no  dif 
ficulty.  Of  course,  this  means  that  the  syrup  when  nnishe 
must  be  kept  in  well-filled  bottles,  well  corked,  and  the  smal. 
er  the  bottle,  the  better.  Contact  with  air  tends  to  decompo- 
the  syrup,  the  ferrous  iodide  being  split  up  with  the  libera- 
tion of  iodine,  the  degree  of  decomposition  being  shown  t; 
the  gradually  increasing  and  darkening  color  of  the  syrup.  Th 
products  of  decomposition  are  deposited  as  a  precipitate  ; 
the  reaction  is  not  checked,  and  this  to  our  mind  is  exact/ 
what  has  happened  here,  although  we  cannot  account  11  : 
such  a  large  amount  of  precipitate  as  that  reported  by  th 
correspondent. 

Cresol  Remedy  for  the  Mange 

(E.  E,  P.) — We  cannot  give  the  formula  for  the  proprietar 
preparation,  although  various  formulas  for  the  cure  of  mangi  i 
are  given  in  the  Era  Formulary.  In  recent  years  cresol 
has  come  forward  as  a  remedy  for  the  treatment  of  this 
disease,  a  common  form  being  a  solution  made  on  the  type  of 
the  "Liquor  Cresolis  Compositus"  of  the  Pharmacopoeia.  The 
following  combination  has  also  been  recommended : 

Cresol    \l4  ounces 

Green  soap    1^  ounces 

Alcohol    14     fl.  ounces 

Mix.  The  mixture  may  be  made  stronger,  depending  upon 
the  disease  and  its  intensity.  A  daily  application  is  recom- 
mended until  a  cure  is  effected. 

Medical  Books  for  the  Pharmacist 
(C.  E.  R.l — It  is  somewhat  difficult  to  pick  out  any  work 
that  treats  of  diagnosis  from  the  medical  point  of  view  that 
treats  also  of  the  use  of  remedies,  that  would  be  generally 
satisfactory  to  the  pharmacist.  However,  the  following  wilf 
probably  give  most  of  this  kind  of  information  the  druggist 
ordinarily  wants: 

Wood.  "Household  Practice  of  Medicine"    $5.00 

Hartshorne,  "Practical  Household  Physician"    2.50 

Taylor,  "Index  to  Medicine"    3.75 

Williams  "Minor  Maladies  and  their  Treatment"  . .  3.50 

Conwell,  "Medical  Therapy"  (old  but  standard)  ..  2.50 


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FOREIGN  AESTEACTS 


Toxic  Principle  in  Seeds  of  Jatropha  Curcas — 

The  oil  extracted  from  the  seeds  has  been  in  use  for  some 
time  in  soap-making,  and  in  the  tropics  it  is  also  used  medi- 
cinally. The  seeds,  deprived  of  their  oil,  give  up  a  poisonous 
substance,  curcine,  on  extraction  with  physiological  salt  solu- 
tion. The  crude  extract  is  acidified  with  a  very  little  acetic 
acid,  and  the  toxin  then  salted  out  by  the  addition  of  sodium 
chloride  until  the  content  of  the  latter  salt  reaches  8  per  cent. 
Curcine  prevents  the  coagulation  of  the  blood,  and  is  very 
powerful  after  subcutaneous  injections.  It  seems  to  have 
little  effect  when  administered  by  tlie  moutli.  The  oil  is  also 
poisonous,  and  its  action  resembles  that  of  croton  oil.  Treat- 
ment with  alcohol  extracts  a  poisonous  acid,  curcanolic  acid. 
The  portion  of  the  oil  soluble  in  alcohol  is  shaken,  at  the  tem- 
perature of  the  water  bath,  with  saturated  baryta  water,  the 
precipitate  formed  is  washed  with  cold  water,  dried,  and  ex- 
tracted with  ether.  From  the  ether  extract  absolute  alcohol 
removes  a  compound  which  yields  curcanolic  acid  on  being 
acidified.  It  is  very  toxic  toward  frogs,  but  rabbits  do  not 
appear  to  be  affected  by  it.  (Felke,  Chem.  Zentralbl.,  1914, 
p.  1958.) 

Influence  of  Molds  on  Opium — 

In  general,  the  alkaloids  of  opium  seem  to  be  very  resistant 
against  the  enzymes  of  molds,  but  no  careful  study  of  the 
problem  has  been  made.  Friedrichs  has  lately  investigated, 
and  finds  that  the  effect  of  molds  on  opium  which  has  been 
carelessly  kept  is  quite  negligible.  The  alkaloids  appear  to  be 
unsuited  as  nourishing  substances  for  molds,  and  the  toxicity 
is  a  measure  of  the  resistance  of  the  alkaloid  toward  the  en- 
2>'matic  action.  Morphine,  which  is  more  toxic  than  codeine, 
is  also  more  resistant  to  molds  than  codeine,  and  the  latter 
is  in  turn  more  resistant  than  the  less  toxic  thebaine.  Asper- 
gillus niger  was  without  any  action  on  morphine,  but  attacked 
codeine  and  thebaine  slightly ;  Aspergillus  Ostianus,  sometimes 
found  on  Turkish  opium,  has  almost  no  action  on  morphine. 
Penicillium  and  Citromvces  arc  also  without  effect.  (Fried- 
richs. Z.  Physiolog,  Chem.,  1914,  p.  276.) 
Salol  with  Liquid  Paraffin — 

In  order  to  combine  the  effects  of  an  intestinal  antiseptic 
with  the  well  known  laxative  action  of  liquid  paraffin,  Goldby 
has  used  the  following  formula,  with  very  satisfactory  re- 
sults: "Salol,  800  grains;  oil  of  cinnamon,  40  minims;  chloro- 
form. 4  fluidrachms;  scarlet  red,  one-eighth  of  a  grain;  liquid 
paraffin,  to  make  80  fluid  ounces.  (Pharm.  J.,  1915,  p.  316.) 
Enomorphone — 

This  substance  is  a  new  remedy  consisting  of  allyl-morphine 
sulphate.  The  introduction  of  the  allyl  group  into  one  of 
the  phenolic  hydroxyls  of  morphine  brings  about  a  decided 
modification  of  the  pharmacological  action  of  the  parent  alka- 
loid, rendering  it  much  less  narcotic,  less  convulsive,  and  slight- 
ly stimulating  to  the  respiration.  Therapeutic  doses  will  have 
no  ill  effects  on  the  human  heart.  It  is  indicated  in  all  cases 
of  hy-pertension,  and  where  nitrates  are  administered,  the 
sedative  action  and  absence  of  effect  on  hemaglobin  being  ob- 
vious advantages  of  enomorphone.  It  occurs  as  white  needles, 
melting  at  173-175°,  soluble  in  water,  and  sparingly  soluble  in 
chloroform.  (Major  and  Wiki,  Apoth.  Ztg.,  1915,  p.  119; 
through  Pharm.  J.) 
Tests  for  Animal  Charcoal — 

Since  the  value  of  animal  charcoal  as  a  therapeutic  agent 
depends  on  its  absorptive  power,  the  Austrian  Ministry  of 
the  Interior  has  established  tests  as  follows:  One-tenth  gram 
of  finely  sifted  charcoal,  dried  at  120  degrees,  must  entirely 
decolorize  20  cc.  of  a  1  :  1000  solution  of  medicinal  methylene- 
blue  hydrochloride  on  being  shaken  with  the  latter  for  one 
minute,  without  filtration.  If  a  suspension  of  3  g.  of  animal 
charcoal  in  65  cc.  of  the  above  methylene-blue  solution  is 
drunk,  the  urine  secreted  during  the  next  24  hours  must  not 
show  any  green  tint.  (Apoth.  Ztg.,  1915,  pp.  15  and  99.) 
Detection  of  Iodine  in  Body  Fluids — 

To  prove  the  presence  of  iodine  in  urine,  saliva,  or  any 
other  body  fluid,  a  tablet  of  ammonium  persulphate  is  placed 
on  a  piece  of  filter  or  blotting  paper,  which  must  not  be  free 


of  starch,  and  is  moistened  with  5  to  7  drops  of  the  liquid 
under  examination.  The  presence  of  iodine  reveals  itself  by 
the  appearance  of  the  characteristic  blue  color  on  the  paper, 
while  very  small  traces  of  iodine  produce  a  violet  tint.  In 
cases  where  the  iodine  is  in  organic  combination,  the  test 
fails,  but  this  is  also  true  of  the  other  ordinary  tests  for 
iodine.  (Schumacher,  D.  Med.  Wochschr.,  1915  p.  196. 
New  Bismuth  Compounds — 

Halogen  substitution  products  of  gallic  acid  are  easily  pre- 
pared, the  dichlor-gallic  acid  being  made  by  passing  chlorine 
gas  into  a  solution  of  16  parts  of  gallic  acid  in  1000  parts  of 
water,  until  a  constant  depth  of  color  is  reached.  The  acidity 
is  partly  neutralized  by  alkali,  and  the  free  acid  is  shaken 
out  with  ether.  Dibrom-  and  diiodo-galHc  acids  are  prepared 
by  similar  methods.  If  1  part  of  bismuth  nitrate  is  dissolved 
in  2  parts  of  acetic  acid,  the  solution  diluted  with  5  parts 
of  water,  brought  to  80*,  and  treated  with  0.7  parts  of  dichlor- 
gallic  acid,  0.95  parts  of  dibrom-gallic  acid,  or  1.2  parts  of 
diiodo-gallic  acid,  in  50  parts  of  water,  basic  substitution  pro- 
ducts of  bismuth  subgallate  are  formed,  which  are  to  be  washed 
free  of  acid,  and  dried  at  a  gentle  heat.  The  iodo-substitu- 
tion  product  is  not  to  be  confused  with  airol,  from  which  it 
is  distinguished  by  its  higher  bismuth  content,  its  solubility 
in  ammonia,  and  different  constitution,  the  iodine  atoms  being 
joined  to  the  benzene  nucleus,  and  not  to  the  bismuth,  as  in 
airol.  (Lami,  Boll.  Chim.-Farm.,  1915,  p.  2.) 
Titanous  Chloride  as  a  Reagent — 

Monnier  describes  a  number  of  color  reactions  and  pre- 
cipitations which  point  to  the  value  of  titanous  chloride  as  a 
reagent  for  certain  acids  and  bases.  Platinum,  iridium,  palla- 
dium and  gold  solutions  are  reduced  by  it.  Chromates  are 
reduced  to  chromium  salts,  and  sulphites  and  thiosulphates  to 
sulphur.  Among  the  organic  acids,  formates  and  acetates  are 
reduced,  with  the  formation  of  violet  or  violet-black  basic 
salts.  Alkali  oxalates  give  a  yellow  coloration,  and  a  yellow- 
ish-brown precipitate  on  boiling.  Succinates  give  a  volumi- 
nous violet-gray  precipitate,  and  tartrates  a  gray  precipitate. 
The  intense  violet  coloration  formed  by  solutions  of  alkaline 
citrates  is  a  sensitive  and  characteristic  test.  After  a  few 
hours  the  surface  of  the  liquid  is  decolorized  by  oxidation, 
but  at  a  greater  depth  of  liquid  the  color  persists  for  several 
days.  Lactates  of  the  alkali  metals  give  a  pale  blue  to  violet- 
brown  coloration.  Benzoates  give  a  voluminous  brownish- 
green  precipitate,  salicylates  a  yellowish-green  precipitate,  and 
tannin  in  water  solution  a  voluminous  orange-red  precipitate. 
Citric  acid  may  be  detected  in  the  presence  of  formic,  acetic,  suc- 
cinic, lactic,  and  benzoic  acids  by  titanous  chloride,  but  oxalic 
and  salicylic  acids  interfere.  (Monnier,  Ann.  Chim.  Analyt., 
1915,  p.  1;  through  J.  Soc.  Chim.  Ind.) 
Interference  with  Strychnine  Reactions — 

In  the  course  of  a  medico-legal  investigation,  Mameli  stu- 
died the  substances  which  are  likely  to  interfere  with  the 
color  reactions  ordinarily  employed  in  the  detection  of  strych- 
nine. The  reactions  made  use  of  were  those  with  sulphuric 
acid  and  potassium  dichromate  (Otto's  reaction),  sulphuric 
acid  and  ammonium  vanadate  (Mandelin's  reaction),  picric 
acid,  potassium  ferrocyanide,  etc.  Substances  of  a  basic  nature 
are  naturally  isolated  along  with  the  alkaloids  in  chemical 
analy.ses,  and  among  those  which  may  interfere  with  the  tests 
for  strychnine  are  phenacetine,  paraphenetidine,  para-amino- 
phenol,  phenocoll,  protocatechuic  acid,  guiacol,  heroin,  helmitol, 
and  pyramidon,  as  well  as  zinc  sulpho-carbolate,  gly- 
cerin, and  hydrochloric  acid.  A  very  judicious  se- 
lection of  the  solvents  used  in  extracting  strychnine  in  poison- 
ing cases  must  be  made,  and  no  general  method  can  be  out- 
lined to  meet  all  requirements.  (Mameli,  Boll.  Chim.  Farm., 
1914,  May-Sept.) 

A  Brush-Ampule  for  Iodine — 

An  ingenious  device  used  in  the  French  army  enables  each 
soldier  to  carry  with  him  a  supply  of  tincture  of  iodine  suf- 
ficient to  disinfect  a  large  surface.  The  tincture,  which  con- 
tains potassium  iodide  to  preserve  it,  is  sealed  in  a  long  am- 
pule of  resistant  glass,  with  a  constriction  near  one  end.  The 


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dimensions  of  the  ampule  are  about  6  mm.  by  6  or  7  cm.  At 
the  constriction  a  file  mark  is  made.  On  breaking  the  tube 
at  the  file  mark,  the  short  end  is  thrown  away,  and  a  pledget 
of'  cotton  is  revealed,  which  reaches  into  the  remainder  of  the 
tube,  and  forms  an  impromptu  brush  with  a  reservoir  of 
tinctuTe  feeding  it.  The  outfit,  encased  in  a  small  carton, 
takes  up  no  more  room  than  a  pencil.  (Schweiz.  Apoth.  Ztg.) 
Germicidal  Value  of  Iodine — 

To  ascertain  the  value  of  iodine  as  a  disinfectant  in  sur- 
gical practice,  tincture  of  iodine  diluted  with  an  equal  volume 
of  90  per  cent,  alcohol,  and  the  same  tincture  diluted  with 
an  equal  volume  of  water,  were  tested  by  the  Rideal-Walker 
method.  B.  typhosus  was  the  test  organism,  and  the  iodine 
solutions  were  compared  with  phenol  solutions  of  the  strengths 
of  1  in  100  and  1  in  120.  No  growth  of  the  bacillus  was 
observed  in  cultures  from  the  iodine  solutions,  while  the  or- 
ganism was  not  killed  by  the  carbolic  acid  solutions.  Even 
when  the  iodine  was  further  diluted  to  a  strength  of  one-half 
or  one-quarter  of  one  per  cent.,  growth  was  prevented,  but  on 
going  beyond  the  latter  dilution,  the  bacillus  appeared  in  the 
subcultures.  The  conclusion  is  reached  that  for  naked  or- 
ganisms, iodine  is  four  times  as  powerful  a  germicide  as 
phenol,  in  alcoholic  aqueous  solutions.  (Maben  and  White, 
Chem.  Drug.,  1915,  p.  144.) 
Determination  of  Cinchona  Alkaloids — 

The  cinchona  preparation,  whether  bark,  extract,  or  what 
not,  is  heated  with  sulphuric  acid  in  a  closed  ilask  on  the 
water  bath,  and  the  solution  of  the  alkaloidal  sulphates  thus 
obtained  is  rendered  alkaline  with  sodium  hydroxide.  The 
alkaloids  are  then  extracted  in  the  usual  manner  with  an 
ether-chloroform  mixture.  The  solution  of  the  basic  princi- 
ples in  these  solvents  is  next  washed  with  saturated  sodium 
sulphate  solution,  excess  of  decinormal  sulphuric  acid  is  added, 
and  the  excess  of  ether-chloroform  removed  by  heating.  The 
residue  of  sulphuric  acid  is  then  titrated  with  alkali,  using  lit- 
mus as  indicator.  The  alkaloids  are  again  liberated  from  the  ti- 
tration liquid  by  an  excess  of  caustic  soda,  and  again  extracted 
with  the  ether-chloroform  solvent,  the  extracts  being  evaporated 
to  dryness,  after  the  addition  of  enough  sulphuric  acid  to  com- 
bine with  all  the  alkaloids  The  dry  crystalline  mass  is  then 
treated  with  a  little  ether,  and  the  mass  is  extracted  with 
saturated  quinine  sulphate  solution.  The  alkaloidal  sulphates, 
other  than  quinine,  are  dissolved  in  water  and  titrated  with 
decinormal  sodium  hydroxide  solution,  with  phenolphthalein 
as  indicator.  The  amount  of  quinine  is  determined  by  dif- 
ference. (Dufilho,  Ann.  Falsific,  1914,  p.  453;  through  J. 
Chem.  Ind.) 

Mass  of  Ferrous  Carbonate — 

Most  pharmacopoeias  prescribe  that  this  mass  shall  be 
prepared  from  hot  solutions  and  shall  be  washed  free  of  sul- 
phates. Some  oxidation  is  unavoidable  during  washing,  and 
the  mass  becomes  brownish.  In  order  to  avoid  all  changes. 
Carlson  recommends  the  following  procedure:  In  a  5-liter 
flask  dissolve  150  g.  of  sodium  bicarbonate  in  2  liters  of 
water,  which  must  not  be  warmer  than  75*.  To  this  solu- 
tion is  added  an  unfiltcred  solution  of  200  g.  of  ferrous  sul- 
phate in  750  cc.  of  water,  at  about  65°.  After  precipitation 
is  completed  by  shaking,  the  flask  is  immediately  closed  by 
a  cork,  and  set  aside  to  cool.  Then,  without  washing,  the 
precipitate  is  collected  on  a  roomy  cloth  filter,  pressed  out 
well,  and  dried  on  the  water  bath,  after  the  addition  of  the 
requisite  amount  of  sugar.  Above  all  one  must  take  care  that 
the  precipitate,  so  long  as  it  is  warm,  does  not  come  in  con- 
tact with  the  air.  Since  this  mass  is  not  washed,  it  contains 
traces  of  sulphates,  hut  a  solution  in  hj'drorhloric  acid,  in  the 
proportion  of  1  :  50,  gives  a  faint  turbidity  with  barium 
chloride  only  after  several  minutes,  showing  negligible  amounts 
o{  svil|ihatc.  Only  in  this  iinniniT  can  a  mass  be  prepared 
whiih  will  have  the  gravish  t;iri  n  color  described  in  the  phar- 
maroi)oeias.  (Carlson,  'Sv.nsk  I'harm.  Tidsk.,  1915,  p.  101.) 
New  Form  of  Zinc  Oxide — 

According  to  Rordorf,  there  is  now  on  the  market  a  very 
pure  form  of  /in.  wliich  meets  all  the  requirements  of 

the  Swiss  I'l'  I'Ut  presents  important  differences 

when  conipai''  ual  brands.    Instead  of  forming  an 

anioriilious  ]m,\,  .i.  i  ,i  |iio\-,'s  to  consist  of  comparatively 
rousr  si  il.  s.  It  is  snow  white,  very  light,  and  perfectly  Ary. 
r,,iH  (  III!  ill  .1  ointments  and  pastes  cannot  be  prepared  with 
it,  an.l  \\\\,-n  colors  are  added,  the  shade  is  unsatisfactory,  on 
account  of  the  granular  condition  of  the  preparation.  But  for 
dusting  powders  the  new  oxide  is  better  adapted  than  the 


ordinary  product.  Three  parts  of  oxide  of  zinc,  of  the  usual 
sort,  rubbed  up  with  two  parts  of  olive  oil,  form  a  thin  oint- 
ment. The  same  proportion  of  the  new  oxide  gives  a  dry 
product,  which  can  be  applied  as  a  powder.  It  is  thus  evi- 
dent that,  along  with  bismuth  subnitrate,  calcium  carbonate, 
tannin,  calcium  phosphate,  and  boric  acid,  zinc  oxide  must 
now  be  regarded  as  existing  in  a  light  and  a  heavy  modifica- 
tion, and  these  must  be  distinguished  in  prescribing  and  dis- 
pensing. (Rordorf,  Pharm.  Zentralhalle,  1915,  p.  27.) 
"K-Brot" — 

"K-Brot",  which  may  be  translated  "P-Bread",  is  the  fa- 
miliar term  for  the  German  potato  bread  of  which  so  much  has  j 
been  heard.    Parow  gives  some  interesting  details  about  the  | 
preparation  of  potato  flour  and  other  products.    Potato  starch  I 
flour  is  made  from  raw  and  grated  potatoes,  which  are  washed  I 
out  with  water,  so  as  to  free  the  starch  from  the  surrounding  | 
fibers.    The  starch  is  then  washed  several  times  with  pure  ' 
water,  allowed  to  settle,  or  dried  in  centrifuges,  and  again 
purified.    The  flour  consists  of  98  per  cent,  carbohydrates,  1 
per  cent  ash,  and  0.5  per  cent,  each  of  fiber  and  albumen. 
It  is  98  per  cent  digestible.    Potato  flakes,   (which  are  en- 
tirely different  from  the  American  "chips"),  are  prepared  from  ■ 
carefully  washed  and   boiled  potatoes.    After  removing  the 
jackets,  the  mass  is  heated  on  rollers,  from  which  it  is  scraped 
off  in  the  form  of  ribbons  or  sheets.    A  rotary  knife  cuts 
the  sheets  into  small  flakes,  which  then  pass  on  an  endless 
band  to  the  drying  rooms.    The  flakes  are  of  various  sizes,  j 
have  a  whitish  yellow  or  yellow  color,  and  a  pleasant  appe- 
tizing odor.    The  water  content  is  about  15  per  cent.    Rolled  | 
potato  flour  is  made  by  grinding  the  flakes.    It  contains  about 
90  per  cent,  of  carbohydrates,  and  7  or  8  per  cent,  of  nitro- 
genous material.    The  ease  with  which  the  potato  prepara- 
tions are  digested  makes  their  addition  to  other  foods  advan- 
tageous, although  the  nitrogen  proportion  is  slightly  lowered 
thereby.    The  food  value  of  potato  bread  is  almost  exactly 
equal  to  that  of  rye  bread.    No  changes  in  making  up  the 
dough  or  in  baking  are  needed  when  using  potato  flour. 
(Pharm.  Zentralhalle,  1915,  p.  39.) 
Papain — 

The  papaw  tree  (Carica  papaya)  is  largely  grown  in  Ceylonj 
Hawaii,  and  the  West  Indies  for  its  edible  fruit,  and  for  the 
preparation  of  the  digestive  ferment.  The  latter  is  obtained  by 
scarifying  the  nearly  ripe  fruits,  while  still  on  the  tree,  with 
a  bone  or  ivory  knife,  and  collecting  the  milky,  viscous  juice 
in  suitable  vessels.  The  juice  rapidly  coagulates,  and  must  be 
dried  at  once  to  prevent  decomposition.  A  little  formalde- 
hyde may  be  added  as  a  preservative.  The  coagulated  juice 
may  be  dried  in  the  sun,  but  artificial  means  are  to  be  pre- 
ferred. In  Montserrat,  (Leeward  Islands),  brick  dryers  with 
open  tops  are  used  They  contain  a  sheet  iron  tray  on  which 
is  spread  a  layer  of  sand,  one  or  two  inches  thick,  over  which 
is  stretched  a  sheet  of  linen  containing  the  dried  juice.  A 
low  temperature,  not  over  100  degrees  F.,  is  employed.  Genuine 
papain  has  a  slightly  salty  and  somewhat  acrid  flavor,  and  a 
characteristic  odor.  It  should  be  crisp,  and  not  sticky.  Cey- 
lon papain  is  often  adulterated  with  starch,  rice,  etc.  (Chem. 
Drug.,  .1915,  p.  133.) 
Determination  of  Alcohol — 

The  method  of  Richter  is  modified  by  Reusz  as  follows: 
In  a  separator  of  about  200  cc.  capacity  are  placed  25  cc.  of 
the  preiiaratioii,  25  cc.  of  a  20  per  cent,  sodium  chloride  so- 
lution, and  1.^  (1-  of  petroleum  ether  boiling  between  40°and 
50°.  .Shake-  wall  for  a  few  minutes.  The  alcohol  dissolves 
in  the  salt  solution,  and  the  layer  separates.  Draw  off  this 
layer  containing  the  alcohol.  After  a  time  a  new  layer  con- 
taining alcohol  separates,  which  is  also  drawn  off  and 
added  to  the  first.  The  last  traces  of  alcohol  are  extracted 
from  the  petroleum  ether  by  shaking  out  with  a  fresh  portion 
of  salt  solution.  Finally,  place  the  combined  salt  shakings  in 
a  distilling  flask,  and  distil  the  alcohol  over  into  a  pycno- 
meter,  first  neutralizing  volatile  acids  if  present.  (Reusie, 
Pharm.  Zentralhalle,  tlirough  Pharm.  J.,  1915,  p.  489.) 

The  Cadill.vc  Ttopentixe  Co.,  Cadillac,  Mich.,  has  pur- 
chased thousands  upon  thousands  of  tons  of  pine  stumps  from 
which  the  trees  were  cut  years  ago.  The  stumps  made  the 
land  worthless.  The  stumps  are  piled  up  mountains  high  in 
the  company's  yards,  the  dirt  washed  off.  and  then  they  aro 
run  through  a  "hog".  The  stump  is  reduced  to  a  pulpy  con- 
sistency when  it  goes  into  vats  where  by  a  distillation  pro- 
cess turpentine  is  extracted. 


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Insecticides — Misbranding — Fraudulent  Intent 
Unnecessary 

In  a  case  arising  out  of  a  seizure  under  the  tenth  section  of 
the  Insecticide  Act  the  packages  proceeded  against  were  labeled 
"Chloro-Napholeum."  The  libel  said  that  this  constituted  a 
misbranding.  It  charged  that  the  words  used  conveyed,  and 
were  intended  to  convey,  tlie  meaning  and  impression  that  the 
article  contained  as  an  ingredient  chlorine  or  chlor-naphthol. 
The  claimant  admitted  it  did  not.  It  was  held  that  the  allega- 
tion that  the  words  were  intended  to  convey  a  false  meaning 
was  immaterial.  Absence  of  fraudulent  intent  on  the  part  of 
the  shipper  is  not  a  defense  to  proceedings  under  the  Food  and 
Drugs  or  Insecticide  Acts.  The  interstate  shipment  was  ad- 
mitted. The  government  put  on  the  stand  a  number  of  expert 
witnesses  of  high  qualification,  among  them  some  of  the  most 
distinguished  authorities  on  pharmacology,  preventive  medicine, 
and  hygiene.  They  testified  that  chlorine  was  a  valuable  disin- 
fectant. It  had  been  recognized  as  such  as  far  back  as  the 
close  of  the  eighteenth  century.  It  is  now  extensively  used  in 
purifying  the  water  supplies  of  urban  communities.  Napthol 
is  also  a  wellknown  and  powerful  germicide.  As  early  as  1881 
the  name  chlor-napthol  had  been  given  to  a  definite  chemical 
compound.  To  chemists  the  name  was  descriptive.  It  con- 
veyed to  them  a  clear  idea  of  the  essential  composition  of  the 
product  to  which  it  was  applied.  Some  years  later  the  claim- 
ant's predecessors  adopted  "Chloro-Napholeum"  as  the  name 
for  their  disinfectant.  The  testimony  showed  that  chlor-naph- 
thol is  a  powerful  germicide.  It  is  not  hard  to  make,  but 
except  for  laboratory  purposes  it  is  seldom  made.  The  chemical 
witnesses  all  said  that  to  them  "chloro-napholeum"  indicated 
that  the  product  so  called  contained  chlorine  or  chlor-napthol 
as  an  essential  ingredient,  and  that  they  so  supposed  until  they 
learned  otherwise.  It  was  nevertheless  admitted  that  the  claim- 
ant's disinfectant  was  reliable,  valuable,  and  largely  used.  No 
attempt  was  made  to  controvert  any  of  the  testimony  offered  on 
behalf  of  the  government.  Claimant  put  witnesses  on  the  stand 
to  prove  that  the  ordinary  purchaser  knows  nothing  about 
chlor-napthol.  They  testified  that  the  people  who  bought 
chloro-naptholeum  attached  no  significance  to  the  name.  They 
asked  for  it  because  they  had  used  it  before,  or  had  heard  of 
somebody  else  who  had.  This  was  not  disputed  by  the  gov- 
ernment. The  issue,  therefore,  became  almost  entirely  one  of 
law.  No  facts  were  in  controversy.  At  the  argument  it  was 
stated  that  the  claimant  had  some  months  before  the  trial 
adopted  a  new  name  for  its  goods.  It  wanted  to  resume  the 
use  of  the  old  as  soon  as  its  right  to  do  so  could  be  clearly 
established. 

.\  word,  it  was  held,  does  not  become  purely  arbitrary  until 
it  has  lost  its  descriptive  significance  both  to  the  specialist  in 
the  subject  and  to  the  general  public.  The  claimant  said,  con- 
ceding this,  that  its  wares  have  by  that  name  been  on  the 
market  for  about  30  years.  Those  who  know  of  the  words 
only  in  connection  with  its  product  are  at  least  100  times  as 
numerous  as  those  who  ever  knew  what  their  real  meaning 
was  and  is.  The  claimant  contended  that  it  violated  no  law 
because  that  which  deceives  the  best  informed  does  not  deceive 
the  ignorant,  and  because  on  this  particular  subject  the  ignorant 
are  in  a  great  majority.  It  was  said  by  the  court  to  be  utterly 
impossible  for  any  court  or  jury  to  tell  how  much  of  the 
knowledge  that  the  few  have  disseminates  itself  through  the 
mass  of  the  populace  in  a  more  or  less  inaccurate  guise.  Under 
the  Insecticide  Act,  it  was  held,  goods  are  mi.sbrandcd  if  they 
bear  any  statement  which  will  deceive  or  mislead  any  pur- 
chasers who  are  of  normal  capacity,  and  who  use  that  capacity 
in  a  common  sense  way.  Whether  there  be  many  or  few  so 
deceived  is  not  material.  Whether  an  article  is  or  is  not  mis- 
branded  does  not  depend  upon  the  guess  which  court  or  jury 
can  make  as  to  the  relative  number  of  purchasers  who  would 
vote  "yes"  or  "no"  if  a  referendum  were  possible  as  to  whether 
they  had  or  had  not  been  deceived. 

Alluding  to  the  cost  and  inconvenience  of  familiarizing  the 
public  with  a  new  name,  the  court  said  that  it  must  be  borne 
in  mind  that  in  the  long  run  the  honest  manufacturer,  as 
claimant  doubtless  is,  is  the  one  principally  interested  in  the 
strict,  and  in  even  the  rigid,  enforcement  of  laws  of  this  char- 
acter.  The  more  candid  all  his  competitors  are  required  to  be. 


the  better  for  him.  Standards  impossible  of  unvarying  applica- 
tion will  work  to  his  injury.  He  cannot  afford  to  say  any- 
thing about  his  goods  which  is  not  in  every  reasonable  sense, 
and  from  the  standpoint  of  every  well-informed  person,  true. 
If  he  is  a  law-abiding  man,  he  does  not  want  to  take  the 
chance  of  doing  sometliing  which  may  be  held  to  be  illegal. 
He  is  always  likely  to  have  competitors  who  are  perfectly 
willing  to.  (United  States  v.  Two  Cases  of  Chloro-Naptholeum 
Disinfectant,  217  Fed.  477). 

Sale  or  Prescription  of  Poisons — Morphine —  ' 
"Legitimate  Use" 
Kentucky  .Acts  1912,  c.  86,  makes  it  an  offense  for  any  regis- 
tered pharmacist  or  licensed  physician  to  prescribe  for,  procure, 
or  sell  or  dispense  to  any  person  opium  or  its  alkaloidal  salts 
or  their  derivatives  or  any  admixture  containing  opium  or  its 
alkaloid  salts  or  tlieir  derivatives,  or  otherwise  deal  in  the 
same  for  any  purpose  other  than  for  "legitimate  use,"  under  a 
penalty  of  a  fine  of  not  less  than  $20  nor  more  than  $100. 
.\n  indictment  was  returned  under  the  statute  against  a  regu- 
larly licensed  and  practicing  physician,  for  prescribing  mor- 
phine for  a  purpose  other  than  for  a  legitimate  use.  The  cir- 
cuit court  sustained  a  demurrer  to  the  indictment  on  the  ground 
that  it  failed  to  charge  that  the  morphine  prescribed  for  and 
sold  to  the  purchaser  by  the  defendant  was  an  alkaloid  or  de- 
rivative of  opium  or  an  admixture  containing  opium,  and  the 
court  could  not  judicially  know  or  say  that  such  was  its  charac- 
ter. On  appeal,  tlie  appellate  court  said  that,  while  morphine 
was  not  named  in  the  statute  as  an  alkaloid,  derivative  or  ad- 
mixture of  opium,  it  did  not  suppose  there  was  a  person  of 
ordinary  intelligence  or  common  understanding  residing  in 
the  state  but  has  familiar  knowledge  of  its  power  as  a  narcotic, 
its  deadly  effect  as  a  poison,  and  that  it  is  an  alkaloid  or 
derivative  of  opium.  The  word  "morphine"  has  as  well-de- 
fined a  meaning  as  the  word  "whiskey"  and  its  qualities  and 
effects  are  as  well  known  to  the  generality  of  the  people  of  the 
state  as  are  those  of  the  intoxicant  called  "whisky" ;  and  mani- 
festly it  would  be  a  work  of  supererogation  to  allege  in  an 
indictment  charging  one  with  the  unlawful  sale  of  whisky  that 
it  is  a  spirituous  liquor  or  intoxicant.  It  was  therefore  held 
that  the  validity  of  the  indictment  was  not  affected  by  its 
failure  to  state  that  the  morphine  sold  was  an  alkaloid  or  de- 
rivative of  opium. 

The  defendant  also  insisted  that  the  failure  of  the  statute  to 
define  the  words  "legitimate  use"  rendered  it  void  for  uncer- 
tainty. In  other  words,  it  was  argued  that  the  statute  fixed  no 
standard  by  which  the  physician  in  selling  or  dispensing  opium, 
its  alkaloid  salts  or  derivatives,  is  enabled  to  know  what  Mse 
of  it  by  the  purchaser  would  or  would  not  be  legitimate.  The 
court,  however,  followed  Katzman  v.  Commonwealth,  140  Ky. 
124,  130  S.  W.  990,  where  it  had  under  consideration  the  valid- 
ity of  section  2630,  Kentucky  Statutes,  which  regulates  the 
sale  of  certain  poisons  by  retail,  and  declares,  in  substance,  that 
a  sale  or  delivery  of  such  poison  shall  not  be  made  by  any 
person  without  satisfying  himself  that  the  poison  is  to  be  used 
for  legitimate  purposes,  without  defining  the  words  "retail" 
and  "legitimate  purposes."  A  prosecution  instituted  by  war- 
rant against  Katzman  for  violating  this  statute  resulted  in  his 
conviction,  and  he  sought  a  reversal  of  the  judgment  on  the 
ground  that  the  statute  was  void  for  uncertainty  because  it 
failed  to  define  the  words  quoted.  The  court  held,  however, 
that  the  statute  was  not  void  on  this  ground.  It  said,  "It 
may  be  admitted  that,  although  the  meaning  of  the  words  're- 
tail' and  'legitimate  purposes,'  as  used  in  the  statute,  are 
reasonably  well  understood,  it  is  nevertheless  possible  that  there 
might  be  difference  of  opinion  as  to  whether  in  a  given  state 
of  case  the  sale  of  a  drug  was  by  retail  or  for  a  legitimate 
imrpose.  and  it  is  possible  that  in  administering  this  statute 
it  may  occasionally  happen  that  a  druggist  will  be  accused 
who  claims  not  to  know  what  con.stitutes  a  sale  by  retail  or 
what  is  a  legitimate  use  of  opium;  and  it  is  also  possible  that 
different  trial  courts  and  juries  may  not  always  be  harmonious 
in  the  conclusions  reached  upon  this  point.  But  the  fact  that 
there  may  be  occasional  doubt  or  want  of  agreement  on  this 
question  cannot  be  allowed  to  invalidate  the  statute." 

The  opinion  then  proceeded  to  state  that  a  person  who  has 
intelligence  enough  to  conduct  a  drug  store  could  not  fail  to 
know  what  would  constitute  the  selling  of  a  drug  by  retail  or 
to  understand  the  meaning  of  the  words  "legitimate  purposes" 
as  used  in  the  sUtute;  that  the  druggist  must,  as  declared  by 
the  statute,  first  satisfy  himself  that  the  sale  of  the  drug  or 
poison  is  for  a  legitimate  purpose;  and  that,  if  he  in  fact  docs 


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not  know  the  purpose  for  which  the  poison  is  to  be  used,  or 
has  any  doubt  about  it,  then  he  must  in  good  faith  exercise 
reasonable  care  to  find  out  the  purpose  for  which  it  is  bouglit 
"The  statute,"  it  was  said,  "was  intended  to  regulate  sales  by 
druggists,  and  when  it  is  sought  to  apply  the  words  'legitimate 
purposes'  to  a  sale  of  drugs  or  poisons  by  druggists,  they  hjve 
a  technical  meaning  that  may  not  be  clearly  known  or  under- 
stood by  courts  or  jurors,  and  so  it  is  permissible  to  allow 
experts  to  give  evidence  as  to  what  is  regarded  by  qualified 
druggists  and  physicians  legitimate  purposes  for  which  sales 
may  be  made,  so  that  the  trial  court  and  jury  may  be  in- 
formed as  to  what  is  recognized  as  a  legitimate  purpose  for 
which  these  drugs  may  be  sold  by  those  intrusted  with  their 
sale,  and  to  whom,  in  a  measure,  is  confined  the  knowledge  as 
to  what  constitutes  a  sale  for  legitimate  purposes." 

The  court  held  that  this  reasoning  must  control  in  the  con- 
struction to  be  given  the  words  "legitimate  use."  The  word 
"legitimate,"  in  the  statute,  was  not  used  in  its  original  sense 
of  lawful,  but  in  its  secondary  sense  of  proper  or  warranted, 
as  when  we  speak  of  a  "legitimate  conclusion,"  or  a  "legitimate 
argument."  Morphine  is  sold  for  legitimate  purposes  under 
the  statute  when,  under  the  facts,  a  druggist  or  doctor,  acting 
according  to  the  ordinary  usage  of  the  profession,  and  exer- 
cising ordinary  care,  would  have  made  the  sale.  This  it  was 
held,  was  a  question  for  the  jury.  The  judgment  was  therefore 
reversed,  and  the  case  remanded  for  further  proceedings.  (Com- 
monwealth V.  Garhart,  Kentucky  Court  of  Appeals,  169  S.  W. 
514). 


Book  Reviews 


BADGER  CHEMICAL  DIARY  FOR  1915. 

E.  B.  Badger  &  Sons  Co.,  constructors  of  chemical  appara- 
tus, Boston,  Mass.,  have  recently  issued  a  very  handy  little 
pocket  diary  under  tlie  above  title,  with  the  primary  object  of 
acquainting  the  chemical  industry  with  the  Badger  line  of 
chemical  machinery.  This  line  includes  apparatus  and  equip- 
ment used  in  distillation,  evaporation,  digestion,  extraction 
and  chemical  manufacturing  generally,  including  the  equip- 
ment and  special  machinery  of  complete  plants  for  wood  and 
alcohol  distillation  from  raw  material  to  finished  products. 
Of  special  interest  to  chemists  are  the  various  tables  relating 
to  atomic  weights,  lineal  expansion  of  solids,  and  liquids,  pro- 
perties of  various  chemicals  at  ordinary  temperatures,  metric 
conversion  tables,  heating  data  on  fuels,  strength  of  materials, 
etc.  There  are  also  maps  showing  the  various  countries  of 
the  world,  census  statistics  and  other  often  wanted  informa- 
tion in  tabular  form. 

THE  SPATULA  SODA  WATER  GUIDE  and  book  of  formulas 
for  soda  water  dispensers.  By  E.  F.  White,  soda  expert,  etc., 
4th  edition.  Size  8  x  10^  inches.  Paper.  Boston,  Spatula 
Publishing  Co. 

Compilations  of  soda  fountain  formulas  are  always  in  de- 
mand, and  this  collection,  whether  it  is  accepted  as  the  stan- 
dard of  authority  or  not,  as  the  author  would  like  to  have  us 
believe,  will  undoubtedly  answer  most  of  the  questions  the 
average  dispenser  has  put  to  him.  Besides  the  formulas,  there 
are  instructions  for  the  beginners  in  the  business,  information 
on  the  art  of  buying,  carbonating  water,  and  the  luncheonette. 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  FIFTEENTH  ANNUAL  MEETING  OF 
THE  AMERICAN  CONFERENCE  OF  PHARMACEUTICAL 
FACULTIES,  1914. 
This  volume  of  95  octavo  pages  contains  the  proceedings  of 
the  American  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties  held  in 
Detroit,  August  24-29,  last  year.    Much  of  the  .<>pacc  is  taken 
up  with  the  interesting  discussion  of  the  various  niinsi  iita- 
tives  of  the  colleges  holding  membership  in  the  .<i  u mi  i  li.  .ii 
on  the  subject  of  standardizing  degrees.      Forty  insiimiii.ns 
now   hold   membership   in   the    Conference,   an  or;j;ani/.ation. 
which,  from  its  inception,  has  done  much  to  standardize  and 
unify  methods  of  imparting  pharmaceutical  instruction. 

BULLETINS  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  WISCONSIN. 

"The  Alkaloidal  Content  of  Stramonium  Leaves",  by  Henrj- 
August  Langenheim,  B.  S.,  instructor  in  pharmacy,  and  "A 
Chemical  Study  of  the  Oils  of  Several  Species  of  Eupatorium" 


and  "A  Study  of  the  Chemical  and  Phystcal  Properties  of  Wis- 
consin Wormwood  Oil",  by  Emerson  R.  Miller,  acting  assis- 
tant professor  of  pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  and 
chemist  to  the  pharmaceutical  experiment  station,  are  the 
titles  of  two  bulletins  which  represent  contributions  from  the 
course  in  pharmacy  of  the  Badger  State  institution.  The  first 
of  these  presents  in  tabular  form  the  results  of  assays  extend- 
ing over  a  long  period  of  years  and  a  bibliography  down  to 
and  including  the  year  1914. 

In  the  bulletin  by  Prof.  Miller  there  appears  under  the  first 
title  an  account  comprising  the  results  of  a  chemical  investi- 
gation of  several  southern  as  well  as  northern  species  of 
Eupatorium  that  has  extended  over  about  ten  years  and  in- 
cludes the  following  species;  Eupatorium  capilliiolium,  E.  pur- 
pureum,  E.  hyssopijolium,  E.  perjoliaium  and  E.  serotinum. 
The  second  part  of  this  bulletin  contains  the  results  of  Prof 
Miller's  study  of  the  chemical  and  physical  properties  of  Wis- 
consin wormwood  oil,  the  production  of  which  is  the  oldest 
medicinal  plant  industry  in  the  State  and  one  which,  according 
to  the  author,  "has  proven  its  capacity  to  exist".  In  the 
opinion  of  this  investigator,  it  is  impossible  at  the  present 
time  to  state  within  what  limits  the  physical  and  chemical 
constants  of  the  Wisconsin  oil  may  be  expected  to  fluctuate. 
From  the  results  obtained  it  would  appear  "that  the  cultiva- 
tion in  rows  yields  a  better  oil  as  well  as  a  better  herb  than 
the  meadow  cultivation  in  which  cattle  are  permitted  to  do 
such  weeding  as  they  will.  Whether  the  cultivation  of  the 
plant  in  rows  will  prove  equally  profitable  remains  to  be 
seen." 

TWENTY-FIRST  ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  D.\IRY  AND 
FOOD  COMMISSIONER  of  the  State  of  Michigan  for  the 
year  ending  June  30,  1915.  8  vo.,  460  pages,  cloth.  Lansing, 
Wynkoop  Hallenbeck  Crawford  Co.,  State  printers. 

Uniform  in  size  with  the  annual  volumes  that  have  preceded 
it,  tlais  report  covers  the  work  done  by  the  dairy  and  food 
commissioners  department  during  the  fiscal  year.  This  re- 
lates to  inspections,  of  which  17,318  were  made  by  an  average 
of  eight  regular  food  inspectors,  four  dairy  inspectors,  and  two 
drug  inspectors;  prosecutions,  of  which  there  were  276  com- 
menced during  the  year,  resulting  in  222  convictions,  12  ac- 
quittals, 26  discharges,  and  34  cases  pending;  educational 
work;  weights  and  measures;  superv'ision  of  commission 
merchants,  and  beet  sugar  inspection.  The  Commissioner  re- 
lates his  experience  in  his  endeavor  to  prosecute  the  illegal 
selling  of  habit-forming  drugs  in  Detroit  during  the  summer 
of  1913.  and  the  in-effectiveness  of  tlie  laws  to  prevent  such 
sales.  He  proposes  a  new  law  on  the  subject  which  will  be 
sufficiently  drastic  to  suppress  the  traffic. 


PAMPHLETS  RECEIVED 

"Disinfection:  What  Disinfectant  is  the  most  generally  Ap- 
plicable for  Clinical,  Surgical  and  Sanitary  Purposes".  By 
H.  C.  Hamilton ;  "Local  Anesthetics — Some  Comparative  Phy- 
siological Reactions.  By  Oliver  E.  Closson,  Ph.  B.  (Studies 
from  the  Research  Laboratories,  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.) 

Hygienic  Laboratorj',  Bulletin  No.  100.  I.  "Pituitary  Stan- 
dardization. A  Comparison  of  the  Physiological  .Activity  of 
some  Commercial  Pituitary  Preparations."  By  George  B.  Roth. 
II.  "Examination  of  Drinking  Water  on  Railroad  Trains". 
By  Richard  H.  Creel.  III.  "\\-iriation  in  the  Epinephrine 
content  of  Suprarenal  Glands".  By  .\therton  Seidell  and 
Frederic  Fenger.     Washington.     Government  Printing  Office 

Hygienic  Laboratory,  Bulletin  No.  96.  I.  "Report  of  Inves- 
tigation of  Coastal  Waters  in  the  \'icinity  of  Gulfport  and 
Biloxi,  Miss,  with  special  reference  to  the  Pollution  of  shell- 
fish". By  R.  H.  Creel.  II.  "A  Comparison  of  Methods  for  the 
Determination  of  Ox-jgen  in  waters  in  Presence  of  Nitrite" 
By  Elias  Elvove.  III.  "Some  new  Compounds  of  the  Cholint 
Type",  etc.  By  G.  A.  Mengue.  IV.  "The  Detection  of  White 
Phosphorus  in  Matches".  By  Earle  B.  Phelps.  V.  "The  Chemi- 
cal Composition  of  Rubber  used  in  Nursing  Nippies  and  in 
some  Rubber  Toys".  By  Earle  B.  Phelps  and  .Mbert  Stephen- 
son. \T.  "The  Analysis  of  Thymol  Capsules".  By  Atherton  Sei- 
dell. VII.  "Seasonal  \'ariation  in  the  Composition  of  the 
Thyroid  Gland".  By  Atherton  Seidell  and   Frederic  Finger. 

VIII.  "Note  on  a  new  Apparatus  for  u.se  with  the  Winkler 
method  for  Dissolved  Oxygen  in  Water".  By  Hyman  L.  Shoub. 

IX.  "The  Pharmacological  Action  of  some  Senmi  Preserva- 
tives". By  Carl  Voegtlin. 


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Camera  Supplies  for  the  Drug  Store 


Photographic  Materials  Generally  Recognized  Now 
as  Logical  Adjunct  of  the  Commercial  Pharmacy 


THIS  issue  marks  the  introduction  by  The 
1]ha  of  a  departnient  devoted  to  cameras 
and  photographic  supplies  in  the  drug 
store.  These  goods  are  now  handled  in  so 
many  drug  stores  that  they  have  become  generally 
recognized  as  a  logical  part  of  the  drug  business. 
Nevertheless  many  druggists  liave  failed  to  post 
themselves  in  all  of  the  details  of  this  phase  of  their 
business.    It  will  be  the  aim  of  this  department  to 


give  each  month  worth-while  information  about 
amateur  photography  of  a  nature  to  assist  the 
druggist  in  handling  his  trade  to  the  best  advan- 
tage. Stimulating  articles  on  the  successful  meth- 
ods of  druggists  in  all  parts  of  the  country  will  be 
published.  Descriptions  of  profitable  specialties 
will  appear  regularly.  There  has  been  a  real  need 
in  the  drug  trade  for  information  of  the  kind  The 
Era  purposes  to  give. 


AUBURN,  NEW  YORK,  is  located  in  the  midst  of  what 
many  tourists  consider  the  most  beautiful  pastoral 
scenerj-  in  the  United  States.  It  is  not  surprising, 
therefore,  that  amateur  photography  should  flourish  there  and 
that  all  of  the  leading  druggists  of  Auburn  should  find  it 
profitable  to  carry  fairly  complete  stocks  of  cameras  and 
photographic  supplies,  as  well  as  doing  developing  and  print- 
ing for  picture  enthusiasts. 

Many  druggists  who  would  like  to  install  a  photographic 
department  are  perhaps  up  against  this  problem :  "Where 
would  I  put  it  if  I  had  it?"  This  is  the  question  that  con- 
fronted the  McGovem  Drug  Company  of  .-\uburn,  and  their 
solution  of  the  problem  is  therefore  especially  interesting. 

The  McGovem  Drug  Company  was  rather  slow  about 
putting  in  photographic  supplies,  arguing  for  sometime  that 
they  had  side  lines 
■enough.  Space 
also  was  at  a 
premium.  Never- 
theless constant  in- 
quiries for  this 
line  of  goods  final- 
ly convinced  the 
proprietors  that 
there  must  be  a 
field  for  profit 
here.  They  placed 
an  initial  order, 
did  a  little  adver- 
tising, and  were 
considerably  sur- 
prised to  find  how 
quickly  the  goods 
went.  People 
seemed  willing  to 
pay  a  good  price 
for  a  good  article 
and  a  sale  rangint; 
anywhere  from  $^ 
to  $25  netted  a 
satisfactory  profit 
Arrangements 
were  soon  com- 
pleted by  which  a 
nearby  photo- 
grapher  called 
twice  a  day  for  all 
films  left  for  de- 
velopment. One  fif 
the  features  of  tl.i- 
department  is  to 
develop  all  films 
purchased  here. 
The  photographer 
found  he  could 
make  it  profitable 
for  himself  to  de- 
velop    the  films 


free  and  to  give  a  percentage  to  the  department  on  all  print- 
ing done.  This  leaves  him  a  satisfactory  margin  as  so  many 
ordered  prints.  He  furnishes  all  materials  himself,  so  there  is 
no  expense  to  the  store  save  the  trouble  of  taking,  listing  and 
delivering  them  to  the  customers.  This  in  itself  forms  a  nice 
source  of  revenue. 

This  firm  is  enthusiastic  over  the  photographic  field  and 
plans  in  the  near  future  to  extend  the  department  and  its 
service  as  soon  as  space  can  be  gained  for  that  purpose. 
A  Photographic  Department  of  Superior  Merit 
The  Sagar  Drug  Company  of  Auburn  was  one  of  the  first 
to  establish  a  carefully-equipped  photographic  department.  The 
beginning  was  modest,  but  so  excellent  was  the  service  ren- 
dered that  it  rapidly  grew  apace  until  a  generous  section  of 
this  large  store  is  now  devoted  to  the  sale  of  photographic 

supplies  of  all 
kinds.  One  of  the 
display  windows  is 
frequently  used  to 
exhibit  the  various 
kinds  of  cameras 
and  kodaks  for 
sale,  and  as  the 
store  is  situated  in 
the  very  center  of 
the  main  Dusiness 
artery,  the  public 
has  come  to  know 
where  they  may 
fill  their  needs  at 
all  times. 

A  special  and 
competent  clerk  is 
detailed  to  serve 
all  customers  in 
this  department. 
He  knows  his 
business  and  is 
able  to  offer  such 
instruction  and 
advice  as  will  in- 
sure good  results. 
In  addition  to  this, 
a  n  experienced 
man  and  a  capable 
girl  are  constantly 
employed  develop- 
ing films. 

The  principles 
of  business  success 
which  have  been 
applied  here  are 
not  mysterious. 
They  are  simple, 
sound,  and  cojn- 
monsrnse,  and  as 
such  may  be  ap- 
plied   with  equal 


268 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[June,  1915 


Photographic  department  of  the  Sasar  Drug  Co.,  Auburn,  N.  I 
profit    to    any     retail     drug     business     wherever  located 


A.  J.  Merriman.  the  manager,  is  seen  in  the  picture 


any     retail  drug 
Success  Due  to 
All  films  purchased  at  this 
charge.    A  very  reasonable  fee 
customers  are  out  of 

reach    of    the  store,   

their  negatives  or 
prints  are  mailed  free 
of  charge. 

The  manager  of 
this  store  declares, 
that  he  is  convinced 
a  large  portion  of 
their  success  is  due, 
first  to  the  evenness 
of  the  work  turned- 
out,  and  second,  to 
the  speedy  develop- 
ment of  the  films  en- 
trusted to  their  care. 
He  says,  that  could 
all  work  be  finished 
for  delivery  to  the 
customer  within  twen- 
ty-four hours,  the 
condition  would  be 
ideal. 

Great  care  is  exer- 
cised in  the  selection 
of  the  stock.  If  a 
good  camera  is  sold, 
the  customer  carefully 
instructed  how  to  use 
it,  and  the  apparatus 
equipped  with  reli- 
able films,  it  is  all 
going  to  help  the 
photographer  who  de- 
velops ;m>i  ]■!  ini  ,  llic 
picturi  I 
encoui  I 

es    the    i  11. 1-::,.  I  ,  !..r 

the  better  success  he 
has  with  his  machine, 

the  mnrr  1-    v.  Ill  us.- 


busmess  wherever 
Good  Work 

store  are  developed  free  of 
is  made  for  printing,  and  if 


aged  and  put  his  Special 
camera  aside,  so  here 


camera  display  window  of  the  Sagar  Drug  Company,  Aubu 
Note  the  clearness  and  suggestivciiess  of  the  sign  cards. 


as  elsewhere,  it  may  be  said  "who  serves  best,  profits  most." 

The  illustration  of  the  photographic  department  is  inter- 
esting because  it  shows  a  case  electrically  lighted  in  such  a 
manner  as  to  attract  attention  night  and  day.  A.  J.  Merriman, 
who  has  the  depart- 
ment in  charge,  may 
be  seen  in  the  picture 
talking  with  a  cus- 
tomer over  the  tele- 
phone, about  a  cam- 
era which  he  holds  in 
his  hand. 

Location    on  Car 
Line  Helps 

John  J.  Monahan's 
drug  store  is  located 
at  the  comer  of 
Xorth  and  Genesee 
Street  in  Auburn. 
It  is  interesting  to 
know  that  the  Gene- 
see Street  which  ap- 
pears in  so  many  dif- 
ferent towns  through- 
out the  state,  is  in 
reality  a  continuation 
of  the  old  stage  coach 
road  over  which  the 
mails  were  carried  in 
e.ulicr  days.  If  yo;i 
arc  Genesee  street  in 
one  city,  it  is  a  i's- 
tant  part  of  tJie  same 
street  which  divides  a 
number  of  other 
cities  miles  away. 

Mr.  Monahan  saw 
great  possibilities  in 
the  camera  field  and 
realized  that  if  he 
sold  a  good  apparatus 
it  would  be  a  con- 
tinual feeder  for 
further  supplies.  At 
his  comer  tlie  cars  go 
in  four  directions  and 
people  did  not  realize 
they  were  being  edu- 
cated in  camera  goods 
when  thev  passed  the 


June,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


269 


waiting  moments  in  gazing  at  the  many  interesting  window 
■displays  featuring  these  goods.  It  was  noticeable  that  after 
a  time  not  a  few  of  these  people  would  drop  in  to  make  a 
casual  inquiry.  Later  they  were  more  than  likely  to  become 
purchasers. 

Mr.  Monahan  was  resourceful  enough  to  see  another  op- 
portunity opening  for  him.  .-Vs  he  sold  and  explained  the  use 
of  cameras,  he  became  an  enthusiast  himself  and  upon  his 


outings  about  the  city  and  through  the  country,  he  secured 
many  splendid  pictures.  These  were  featured  frequently'  in 
his  window  as  a  sample  of  the  work  done  by  an  amateur. 
Some  of  these  pictures  were  of  such  merit  that  they  were 
readily  salable  to  newspapers  in  the  locality  or  in  nearby  cities; 
especially  to  those  printing  an  Auburn  page.  As  these  pic- 
tures bore  the  inscription  "taken  by  J.  J.  Monahan,"  he 
secured  still  further  advertising. 


How  the  War  Has  Affected  the  Photographic  Trade 


Reprinted  from  Weekly  Drug  Markets. 


ABOUT  one  family  out  of  every  five  in  the  United  States, 
according  to  the  Census  estimate,  owns  and  operates 
a  camera.  The  drug  store  has  found  it  profitable  to 
cater  to  the  needs  of  this  vast  army  of  snap-shotters  and 
consequently  druggists  throughout  the  country  are  interested 
in  the  present  situation  in  photographic  supplies  brought  about 
by  the  war. 

Prohibition  by  the  French  of  e.vportations  of  many  chemi- 
cals and  the  enforced  suspension  of  German  foreign  commerce 
have  resulted  in  a  complicated  situation  among  the  photo- 
graphic industries.  There  has  been  an  absolute  lack  of  some 
supplies,  a  scarcity  of  others,  and  an  unequal  distribution  of 
still  others. 

The  Belgium  glass  factories  are  suffering  from  a  shortage  of 
labor  and  are  restricted  greatly  by  the  high  cost  of  raw 
materials.  The  same  thing  is  true  in  France,  where  labor  is 
scarce  and  where  some  of  the  plants  which  manufacture 
photographic  supplies  have  turned  their  attention  to  pharma- 
•ceutical  lines  now  in  great  demand.  Glass  in  these  two  coun- 
tries that  formerly  cost  30  francs  a  case  now  costs  150  francs 
a  case. 

Materials  for  making  chemical  developers  and  certain  grades 
•of  glass  have  been  retained  in  France  for  medical  necessities. 
The  glass  used  in  the  manufacture  of  Autochrom  plates, 
for  instance,  has  been  needed  in  x-ray  work.  Until  a  few 
weeks  ago,  no  Autochrom  goods  had  been  shipped  to  this 
country  since  last  December.  .According  to  R.  J.  Fitzsim- 
nions,  United  States  Agent  for  the  Lumiere  Jougla  Company, 
this  concern  has  acceded  to  the  wishes  of  the  government, 
and  turned  its  attention  to  the  production  of  pharmaceutical 
necessities.  It  has  gone  so  far  as  to  erect  a  hospital  just 
across  the  street  from  its  plant,  where  the  head  of  the  com- 
pany, who  is  himself  a  surgeon,  is  daily  to  be  found  in  the 
operating  room.  Naturally,  the  output  of  photographic  sup- 
plies has  been  limited. 

Autochrom  products,  however,  will  now  come  into  this 
country.  A  special  arrangement  with  the  French  government 
permits  the  importation  of  enough  materials  to  last  the  trade 
here  throughout  the  year. 

.'\s  a  result  of  these  conditions  prices  abroad  have  risen. 


Chemicals  have  soared.  Those  that  are  coal  tar  products  have 
gone  up  about  250  per  cent.  Plates  have  advanced  at  least 
25  per  cent. 

Under  the  circumstances,  the  rise  here  is  comparatively  small. 
Dry  plates  have  advanced  5  per  cent,  on  the  list  price,  but 
there  is  not  yet  any  stringency.  One  importer  states  that  this 
supply  is  quite  ample  and  that  orders  would  be  more  than 
welcome.  He  believes  that  any  present  fears  as  to  the  se- 
curity of  the  trade  here  are  unjustified.  A  shortage  in  ma- 
terials was  relieved  by  the  German  shipment  last  fall,  but 
according  to  Mr.  Fitzsimmons,  the  situation  may  become 
very  grave  unless  this  shipment  can  be  repeated,  for  Germany 
controls  the  bases  of  many  materials. 

Suspension  of  German  foreign  commerce  is  at  the  bottom 
of  the  whole  situation.  Low-priced  articles  from  the  Father- 
land have  hitherto  discouraged  American  manufacturers  of 
developing  materials.  As  late  as  two  months  ago,  one  im- 
porter bought  German  chemicals  and  brought  them  here  at 
one-half  of  their  cost  price  in  France.  Now,  the  American 
manufacturers  of  developers,  previously  discouraged  from  com- 
petition, are  caught  in  an  embarrassing  position.  However, 
it  is  believed  that  they  will  be  able  to  meet  the  emergency. 
Although  they  can  not  at  once  produce  on  a  huge  scale,  they 
will  undoubtedly  develop  their  output  to  a  point  where  they 
can  care  for  the  necessities  of  the  moment. 

With  reference  to  metol  and  hydrochinon,  consumers  are 
less  embarrassed  than  are  importers.  It  is  said  that  some 
dealers  and  users,  fearful  of  a  stringency  or  eager  for  specu- 
lative profit,  have  purchased  more  of  these  than  their  present 
needs  justify.  The  supply  is  therefore  unequally  distributed. 
If  metol  should  be  completely  shut  off,  there  would  simply 
be  no  more  pictures.  There  is  a  possibility  of  an  increasing 
scarcity  of  other  coal  tar  developers. 

Rigid  economy  and  abstinence  from  speculation  seemingly 
will  provide  a  solution  for  the  situation  with  reference  to  metol. 
G.  Gennert,  a  New  York  importer,  says  importers  of  metol 
have  not,  and  will  not  advance  the  price  on  account  of  its 
scarcity.  It  would  seem  that  hydrochinon,  however,  would 
have  to  go  up  as  the  price  of  aniline  oil  advances,  and  ani- 
line oil  is  already  high. 


Water  Colors  are  a  Profitable  Specialty  for  Photo  Supply  Department 


A^I.\TEUR  photographers  have  not  realized  how  effective- 
ly they  can  color  their  pictures.  Many  of  them  are 
under  the  delusion  that  applying  colors  involves  a 
difficult  technique.  The  same  thing  is  true  of  a  number  of 
druggists  who  do  printing  for  their  customers.  As  a  conse- 
quence, one  of  the  keenest  pleasures  and  one  of  the  most 
artistic  effects  of  photography  is  needlessly  lost. 

A  child  can  use  water  colors  on  photographic  prints.  The 
objects  and  figures  are  already  there.  No  creation  of  shape 
and  outline  has  to  be  evolved.  The  case  is  simply  one  of 
giving  a  suitable  tone  to  the  image.  It  is  a  question  of  care, 
of  taste,  of  observation,  rather  than  of  skill.  The  man  who 
sports  a  diamond  pin  in  a  gravy-spotted  tie,  the  woman  who 
wears  a  bright  red  waist  and  a  bright  green  skirt  at  the 
same  time,  the  child  who  thinks  that  water  is  always  blue, — 
each  of  these  will  probably  color  photographs  rather  badly. 

As  a  man  observes  the  tones  and  color — values  in  nature, 
he  will  be  more  successful  in  his  application  of  pigments 
to  photographs;  and,  reciprocally,  as  he  colors  more  photo- 
graphs, he  will  observe  nature  more  and  more  closely.  In  this 
way,  the  vocation  or  avocation,  as  the  case  may  be,  will  have 
an  educative  as  well  as  a  pleasurable  and  mercenary  value. 

No  doubt,  the  beginner  in  this  work  will  be  disappointed 
with  his  first  results,    .\lmost  surely,  he  will  use  too  much 


color  on  his  first  picture,  and  it  will  be  a  brilliant  and  gor- 
geous unreality.  But  a  little — very  little — perseverance  and 
the  exercise  of  observation  and  good  taste  will  add  a  new 
pride  to  his  pleasure  as  a  picture-maker. 

Druggists  who  do  printing  should  take  up  water-coloring 
more  studiously,  for,  certainly,  there  are  many  barbarities  of 
taste  committed  in  this  field.  The  technique  is  easily  acquired, 
but  surpassing  taste  is  as  rare  here  as  it  is  in  dress,  or 
manners,  or  in  any  other  phase  of  human  life  and  relation- 
ship. After  the  druggist  has  mastered  the  simple  technique, 
he  should  try  conscientiously  to  train  his  perception  and  de- 
velop his-  taste.  His  first  lesson  is  to  avoid  too  brilliant  colors. 
The  others  he  will  learn  for  himself. 

Whether  the  drug-store  sells  water-colors  to  photographers, 
uses  them  in  its  own  printing,  or  both,  it  should  do  its  part 
toward  informing  the  inexpert  picture-maker  that  the  color- 
ing of  photographs  is  an  occupation  which  is  open  to  him. 

Manufacturers  of  water  colors  and  of  other  colors  adapt- 
able for  photographic  uses  include  full  directions  with  their 
products.  One  company  puts  out  a  special  druggi.sts'  assort- 
ment, consisting  of  a  booklet  of  twelve  color  papers,  or  films, 
as  they  are  called.  These  are  the  Japanese  Transparent  Water 
Colors.  The  color  from  film  must  be  dissolved  in  water, 
whence  it  is  applied  to  the  photograph. 


News  AND  Trade  Section 


Perfumers'  New  Secretary 

Walter  Mueller,  who  was  elected  as  the  new  secretary  of 
the  Manufacturing  Perfumers'  Association  of  the  United 
States  at  its  recent  convention  in  New  York  City,  is  sales 


A.  M.  Spiehler 


Walter  Mueller 


and  advertising  manager  of  the  perfumery  department  of 
A.  A.  Vantine  &  Co.,  New  York. 

A.  M.  Speihler  of  Adolph  Spiehler,  Inc.,  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
whose   portrait   is  reproduced   herewith,   was  reelected   to  a 

second  term.   

SELLING  TRADEMARKED  GOODS 

Camera    Man    Discusses    Attitude    of    Dealers  and 
Manufacturers 

F.  K.  Townsend,  of  the  Seneca  Camera  Mfg.  Company, 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  says:  "In  my  trips  around  the  country  I 
have  had  time  to  call  on  retailers  in  every  line,  not  to  sell 
cameras,  but  to  find  out  what  their  attitude  was  toward  the 
manufacturer — and  to  trade  marked  goods.    Of  course  I  have 

found  a  diversity    of   opinion,   ^^^^^ 

but  I  have  come  across  one 
thought  almost  as  prevalent  as 
measles,  and  that  was — That  if 
said  retailer  pushed  and  built 
up  a  business  on  a  brand  of 
trade  marked  advertised  goods 
he  was  apt  to  lose  the  agency — 
so  it  was  better  for  him  to  push 
and  sell  goods  under  his  own 
label. 

"I  am  not  going  to  enter  into 
a  long  discussion  of  the  value 
of  advertised  brands  to  any 
store  on  account  of  the  greater 
ease  in  making  the  sale,  etc., 
etc.  You  have  had  that 
warmed  over  and  hashed  as 
often  as  Christmas  turkey. 

"But  I  do  want  to  say  a 
word  about  the  bug-a-boo  of 
losing  the  agency.  Every  man- 
ufacturer spends  large  sums  of 
money  to  get  dealers  to  handle 
his  line.  The  cost  of  the  origi- 
nal sale  is  invariably  more  than 

the  profit  on  the  order.    It's  the  reorders  from  the  dealer 


F.  K.  TowNSE^ 


that  make  money  for  the  manufacturer,  and  you  can  take  it 
from  me  that  no  manufacturer  ever  takes  the  agency  for  his 
goods  away  from  any  retailer  that  is  pushing  them — Business 
is  business  and  the  progressive  dealer  is  the  manufacturer's 
one  best  bet. 

"The  harder  a  man  pushes  a  line  the  more  the  manufac- 
turer of  that  line  is  ready  to  stand  back  of  him.  That's  the 
sentiment  back  of  this  company :  we  are  ready  to  go  into  the 
trenches  and  fight  with  and  for  any  man  who  handles  Senecas 
on  the  firing  line — we  need  you  and  you  need  us  just  as 
much  as  an  army  needs  its  base  of  supplies.  If  you  ever  get 
the  idea  that  this  company  is  trying  to  put  one  over — come 
to  Rochester  and  see  how  hard  we  are  trying  to  make  ever>-- 
thing  right.  We  make  mistakes  every  once  in  a  while  but 
you  will  find  us  ready  to  make  things  right.  It  is  my  one 
aim  and  ambition  to  make  the  Seneca  Dealers  plus  the  Seneca 
Camera  Mfg.  Co.  the  strongest  cooperative  merchandising 
force  in  the  country  and  Seneca  Cameras  a  product  that 
every  man  can  continue  to  take  pride  in  handling.  One  of  our 
dealers  uses  as  his  slogan — "You  must  be  satisfied  with  a 
Seneca  camera  or  we  won't  be  satisfied  to  make  the  sale." 
And  that's  the  way  this  company  feels  too." 


GIRL  BECOMES  PHARMACIST  AT  18 

Probably  one  of  the  youngest  women  pharmacists  in  the 
county  is  Miss  Ruth  Sansby 
of  St.  Paul,  !Minn.,  who  re- 
cently passed  the  state  board 
examination.  She  is  18  years 
old.  Miss  Sansby  is  a  grad- 
uate of  the  ^Minnesota  Insti- 
tute of  Pharmacy  in  Minne- 
apolis and  for  several  years 
has  been  employed  by  her 
brothers,  Sansby  Bros. .Drug- 
gists, who  conduct  a  store  at 
Sno  University  avenue,  St 
Paul. 

So  far  as  the  Era  knows 
Miss  Sansby  is  the  youngest 
Wt^. "' '  woman    pharmacist    in  the 

K^>'    j  United  States.    If  there  are 

i  I    /l    others  who  dispute  her  claim 
y  »  *  i  »i\  to  this  distinction    the  Er.a 
will  be  glad  to  make  them 
Miss  Ruth  S.\xsby  known  to  the  drug  trade. 

Dr.  J.  B.  POND  AT  SEVENTY-NINE 


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He 


ctive  service  as  president  of  the 
y.  Dr.  J.  B.  Bond,  of  Little  Rock, 
tb.at  body  when  his  term  expired 
■  age  of  seventy-nine  a  short  timf 
af;o,  anil  \\hi\r  li.  sai.i  ili.it  he  had  enjoyed  the  work  as  3 
nicmUi  i  aii'l  ]  ii .  >i, i,  iit  of  the  Imaril  very  murh.  he  thought  he 
was  "loo  old.  lurhaps,  to  enter  upon  another  five  year  term." 
So  well  had  he  performed  his  official  duties  that  tlie  members 
of  the  li.>ard  ordered  a  record  to  be  made  in  the  minutes  o; 

niiienient  and  expressive  of  their  appreciation  of  the 
■  l.tiihlul,  intelligent  and  venerable  scr\-ice  he  had  rendere<i 
the'  pe  ople  and  the  profession  of  pharmacy  in  the  State",  and 
the  wish  that  he  might  have  a  peaceful  and  happy  journey 
through  life. 

Dr.  Bond  has  been  active  in  pharmaceutical  work  in  and 
out  of  his  State  for  more  than  a  generation.  He  joined  thi 
.■\merican  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  1883.  and  but  fev- 
members  have  attended  the  annual  meetings  of  the  organiza- 
tion more  regularly.  He  early  took  an  active  part  in  th' 
work  of  the  National  Association  of  Banrds  of  Pharmacy  ani 
has  done  much  to  further  the  extension  of  reciprocal  regi.« 
tration.  During  the  Civil  war  Dr.  Bond  saw  ser\-ice  as  a  sur- 
geon in  the  Confederate  army. 


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— L.  T.  Sheffield,  president  of  the  New  England  Collap- 
sible Tube  Co.,  of  New  London,  Ct.,  recently  returned  from  a 
trip  to  California  where  he  had  been  since  the  early  part  of 
February  visiting  both  expositions  at  San  Diego  and  San 
Francisco.  On  his  way  from  New  York  to  Chicago  he  visited 
Detroit,  Indianapolis  and  St.  Louis,  spending  a  few  days  with 
the  heads  of  some  of  the  large  pharmaceutical  manufacturing 
concerns  and  visiting  a  number  of  prominent  houses.  Mr. 
Sheffield  found  business  very  prosperous  in  the  middle  and 
far  west,  conditions  which  should  soon  affect  the  east.  After 
stopping  a  few  days  at  the  Grand  Canyon  he  went  to  Coronado 
Beach  and  spent  several  weeks  there.  From  there  he  went 
to  Los  Angeles,  Pasadena,  Riverside,  Redlands,  Santa  Bar- 
bara and  San  Francisco,  traveling  on  the  Sante  Fe.  He  spent 
ten  days  visiting  the  Fair  at  San  Francisco  which  he  reports 
surpasses  his  e.xpectations. 

— .Alphonse  Major,  of  the  Major  Mfg.  Co.,  New  York, 
contributes  of  his  means  to  defray  the  expense  of  State  phar- 
maceutical association  meetings,  for  he  believes  that  such  con- 
ventions are  a  good  thing  for  the  trade.  He  is  also  strenu- 
ously opposed  to  the  use  of  tobacco  in  any  form,  and  in  ten- 
dering his  contributions  to  the  associations  for  helping  to  de- 
fray the  entertainment  e.xpenses  this  year  he  expresses  the 
hope  that  no  money  will  be  spent  for  cigars,  "because  to- 
bacco is  a  poison.  It  injures  the  human  frame  and  hurts 
the  unborn.  It  also  injures  the  roots  of  the  hair  and  causes 
baldness".  He  writes  that  there  is  lots  more  that  he  can  say 
on  the  same  subject. 

— Miss  Xeka  C.  Zuehlke  of  Birnamwood,  Wis.,  has  the  dis- 
tinction of  being  the  only  woman  student  in  the  senior  class 
in  the  school  of  pharmacy  at  the  University  of  Wisconsin  at 
Madison,  Wis.  Miss  Zuehlke  entered  the  two  years'  course 
with  quite  an  extensive  experience  as  a  nurse  and  finds  the 
Study  of  pharmacy  greatly  to  her  liking.  Her  enthusiasm  and 
thorough  knowledge  in  pharmacy  were  shown  in  a  marked 
manner  in  the  exhibit  maintained  at  the  recent  University  Ex- 
position by  the  school  of  pharmacy.  After  she  receives  her 
diploma,  it  is  Miss  Zuehlke's  ambition  to  have  two  years  of 
practical  experience  in  some  pharmacy  and  then  secure  a  li- 
cense from  the  Wisconsin  state  board  of  pharmacy. 

— Hexry  Rollm.\nx,  well  known  druggist  of  Chilton,  Wis., 
has  been  serving  his  third  term  in  the  legislature  after  a  vaca- 
tion of  a  few  years.  He  served  in  the  assembly  two  terms, 
being  elected  in  1906  and  1908  and  is  now  a  member  of  the 
state  senate.  He  has  had  a  good  deal  of  experience  in  public 
affairs,  so  the  senate  put  hin\  on  the  finance  commivtee  to 
help  solve  money  and  taxation  problems.  Mr.  Roiimann  was 
bom  in  Fond  du  lac,  W'is.,  in  1853,  served  an  apprenticeship 
as  a  druggist  and  started  a  drug  store  at  Chilton,  Wis.,  in 
1875.  He  was  an  alderman  of  Chilton  for  four  years,  mayor 
of  the  city  for  two  years,  president  of  the  Wisconsin  Ph.  A. 
in  1893  and  its  secretary  for  seven  years. 

— Prof.  Jaiies  H.  Beal  has  accepted  the  invitation  of  the 
Illinois  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  to  address  the  an- 
nual meeting  of  that  organization  to  be  held  at  Springfield  on 
June  15-17.  The  officers  of  the  association  are  very  much 
pleased  with  this  acceptance,  especially  since  the  Professor  is 
now  an  adopted  son  of  Illinois,  being  a  resident  of  Urbana. 
His  long  experience  in  association  work,  his  legal  training 
and  his  participation  in  the  framing  of  the  Harrison  Narco- 
tic law  and  other  important  legislation,  make  his  accession  to 
the  Illinois  Association  most  desirable,  and  the  officers  of  that 
organization  propose  to  give  him  an  enthusiastic  welcome. 

— Lemuel  F.  Su>es'Er,  who  has  conducted  a  drug  store  in 
Uxbridge,  Mass.,  for  33  years,  has  closed  his  store  and  will 
enter  the  Masonic  Home  at  Charlton.  He  has  been  engaged 
in  the  drug  business  for  55  years  and  retires  on  account  of 
ill  health.  He  has  been  a  successful  pharmacist  and  takes 
with  him  the  esteem  of  his  townspeople.  For  more  than 
half  a  century  he  has  been  an  active  Mason,  being  widely 
known  as  the  "father"  of  the  lodge  in  Spencer  which  he  as- 
sisted in  forming  many  years  ago.  He  has  attained  high  rank 
as  a  member  of  the  order.  He  has  four  children,  all  of  whom 
except  one  daughter  are  engaged  in  the  drug  business. 

— Lewts  E.  Wilson,  assistant  in  the  pharmacy  of  Frank  R. 
Partridge,  Augusta,  Maine,  recently  became  a  proprietor  in 
the  Capitol  city,  having  purchased  the  pharmacy  formerly 
operated  by  M.  J.  McCormick.  Mr.  Wilson  was  educated 
in  the  Richmond  public  schools  and  graduated  from  the 
Philadelphia  C.  P.  in  1910.    He  is  a  registered  pharmacist  in 


Pennsylvania  and  Maine,  having  passed  the  boards  of  phar- 
macy of  both  States.  He  has  a  beautiful  store  and  a  good 
stand,  and  his  friends  predict  a  successful  business  career 
for  him. 

— Eugene  Ringler,  engaged  for  many  years  until  his  re- 
tirement a  few  years  ago,  in  the  drug  business  at  Saginaw, 
Mich.,  recently  celebrated  his  91st  birthday.  He  was  bom 
in  Wurtemburg,  Germany,  and  came  to  America  in  1847,  and 
to  Saginaw  in  1856.  During  the  civil  war  he  served  as  sur- 
geon in  the  S8th  Ohio  Volunteers  and  with  General  Grant 
at  Vicksburg.  Since  his  retirement  from  business,  he  has  de- 
voted much  time  to  history,  literature  and  science,  and  his 
mind  is  as  active  as  that  of  a  much  younger  man. 

— Alan  Stuart,  formerly  a  member  of  the  Detroit  traveling 
staff  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  but  for  the  past  three  years 
traveling  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Bombay,  India,  branch, 
returned  to  Detroit  a  few  days  ago  for  an  extended  leave  of 
absence.  Mr.  Stuart  evidently  had  to  fight  his  way  back  to 
this  country,  since  he  struck  an  uprising  of  natives  at  Singa- 
pore, and  all  the  male  passengers  were  forced  into  action. 
While  several  of  the  party  were  killed,  Mr.  Stuart  escaped 
without  a  stratch. 

— Edward  H.  G.  Krelling,  Havana,  111.,  druggist,  has  on 
display  at  his  store  a  relic  which  'has  attracted  considerable 
attention  in  his  part  of  the  state.  It  is  a  gigantic  tooth, 
supposed  to  be  that  from  a  mastodon,  and  which  was  found 
near  Quiver  Creek,  several  miles  north  of  Havana.  The  tooth 
is  about  seven  inches  long,  seven  inches  high,  four  inches 
wide  and  weighs  seven  and  one-fourth  pounds.  It  was  found 
in  the  sand  and  is  in  an  almost  perfect  state  of  preservation 

— H.  G.  Carnell,  has  disposed  of  his  drug  store  in  Dayton, 
Ohio,  and  will  hereafter  devote  all  of  his  time  to  the  Na- 
tional Cash  Register  Co.  to  whose  board  of  managers  he  was 
recently  elected  a  member.  He  will  also  be  connected  with 
the  treasurer's  department.  The  Carnell  store  was  opened  by 
Mr.  Carnell's  father  in  1875.  John  W.  Miller  is  the  new 
proprietor. 

— S.  W.  Cook,  for  forty- five  years  a  druggist  of  Toledo, 
Ohio,  has  retired,  owing  to  poor  health.  He  started  his  busi- 
ness in  1870  in  the  Ohio  city,  and  for  many  years  the  building 
in  which  he  operated  was  one  of  the  old  landmarks  of  the 
East  Side.  Eleven  years  ago  he  moved  into  the  new  Cook 
block  at  618  Front  street.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cook  expect  to 
spend  the  summer  at  a  cottege  near  Presque  Isle. 

— Prof.  R.  H.  Needham,  for  the  last  ten  years  secretary 
of  the  faculty  and  professor  of  chemistry  and  toxicology  in 
the  Fort  Worth  School  of  Medicine  and  Texas  Christian 
University  School  of  Pharmacy,  has  resigned  and  accepted  a 
position  as  chemist  in  the  Agricultural  College  of  Kansas. 
Prof.  Needham  is  a  member  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  and  is  well- 
known  to  the  druggists  of  the  Southwest. 

— Victor  Diesing,  druggist,  5111  Gates  ave.,  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  was  recently  seriously  injured  by  a  fall.  He  was  stand- 
ing at  the  edge  of  an  excavation  in  a  vacant  lot  near  his 
store,  when  he  slipped  and  fell  fifteen  feet  to  the  bottom. 
When  taken  to  the  hospital  it  was  found  that  he  had  suft'ered 
a  fracture  of  the  left  collar  bone  and  numerous  bruises. 

— P.  N.  Hall,  druggist  at  Westfield,  Mass.,  has  retired 
from  the  drug  business  on  account  of  ill-health.  He  will 
remain  in  that  town  however,  where  he  was  recently  honored 
by  being  re-elected  chairman  of  the  board  of  selectmen.  His 
friends  are  wishing  him  a  speedy  recovery  to  health. 

— F.  H,  Arcularius,  former  president  of  the  Colorado  Phar- 
macal  Association,  and  also  for  many  years  a  member  of  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  has  purchased  the  Central  Pharmacy 
at  Colorado  Springs,  which  he  will  remodel  and  make  into 
one  of  the  finest  pharmacies  in  the  West. 

— Dr.  a.  V.  Rock,  of  Mobridge,  S.  D.,  has  received  an 
appointment  as  inspector  under  the  Harrison  Narcotic  law  for 
North  and  South  Dakota.  He  will  work  under  the  direction 
of  the  Internal  Revenue  Collector  at  St.  Paul,  but  his  head- 
quarters as  an  inspector  will  probably  be  at  Aberdeen,  S.  D. 

— George  S.  Draper,  inspector  of  foods  and  drugs  in 
Tennessee,  has  resigned  and  accepted  a  position  as  inspector 
in  the  Internal  Revenue  Service  with  headquarters  at  Nash- 
ville. He  will  look  after  the  enforcement  of  the  narcotic  law 
in  that  state. 


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[June,  1915 


Obituaries 


GEORGE  MASSEY 

George  Massey,  senior  member  of  Lanman  &  Kemp,  drug 
importers  and  manufacturers  of  pharmaceutical  specialties, 
New  York,  died  suddenly  of  pneumonia,  aged  71.  He  was 
bom  in  Witton,  Cheshire,  England  in  1843,  where  his  ancestors 
had  lived  since  the  occupation  of  that  part  of  the  country  by 
Baron  de  Massey,  who  crossed  to  England  with  William  the 
Conqueror.  His  father,  the  late  Rev.  Samuel  Massey  emi- 
grated to  Montreal,  Canada,  in  1853,  where  the  son  grew  to 
manhood.  On  coming  to  the  United  States  he  became  associ- 
ated with  Lanman  &  Kemp  and  later  was  made  a  partner. 
The  great  expansion  of  the  firm's  South  American  trade  was 
largely  due  to  his  effort,  and  in  recognition  of  his  valuable 
services  in  this  direction,  the  late  Edward  Kemp  bequeathed 
to  him  the  sum  of  $50,000. 

Mr.  Massey  was  prominent  among  the  British  residents  of 
New  York,  and  noted  for  his  charitable  work.  He  was  a 
trustee  of  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  contri- 
buted largely  to  building  up  its  now  extensive  library.  He 
was  also  a  former  president  of  the  British  Schools  and  Uni- 
versities Club,  and  had  served  upon  many  committees  of  the 
Drug  Trade  Section  of  the  New  York  Board  of  Trade  and 
Transportation.  William  M.  Massey,  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  retail  drug  firm  and  later  the  corporation  of  Caswell  & 
Massey,  was  a  brother.  George  Massey  is  survived  by  his 
wife,  a  son  and  a  daughter. 

P.  P.  VAN"  VLEET 

P.  P.  Van  Vleet,  for  many  years  president  of  Van  Vleet- 
Mansfield  Drug  Co.,  wholesale  druggists,  Memphis,  Tenn., 
and  well  known  throughout  the  South,  died  recently  at  his 
residence  in  that  city.  Pie  was  born  in  1849  at  Kalamazoo, 
Mich.,  and  received  his  education  in  Kalamazoo  College.  Soon 
after  completing  his  course,  he  started  out  for  himself,  with 
no  particular  place  north  of  New  Orleans  in  view,  but  on 
reaching  Memphis  he  was  quick  to  see  and  realize  the  possi- 
bilities of  that  city  for  future  development. 

He  secured  a  position  as  prescription  clerk  with  G.  W. 
Jones  &  Co.,  at  that  time  operating  the  largest  drug  house 
in  Memphis.  In  1879  he  purchased  a  half  interest  in  the 
business,  which  he  continued  until  1884,  when  he  established  the 
wholesale  house  of  Van  Vleet  &  Co.  In  1894  he  purchased 
the  Mansfield  Drug  Co.,  and  consolidated  the  business  under 
the  name  of  the  Van  Vleet-Mansfield  Drug  Co.,  a  concern 
which  soon  acquired  the  reputation  of  being  the  largest 
Southern  jobbing  drug  house.  Mr.  Van  Vleet  was  a  public 
spirited  man  and  contributed  much  of  his  wealth  to  the  wel- 
fare of  his  adopted  city.  He  was  prominent  in  golf  circles, 
an  ardent  fisherman  and  a  great  traveler,  having  made  several 
trips  to  Europe  and  Japan,  and  circumnavigated  the  globe 
once. 

ELI  BEN-CE 

Eli  Bence,  president  of  the  New  England  Rexall  Club  and 
a  prominent  pharmacist  of  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  died  recently  a 
short  time  after  sustaining  a  paralytic  shock  while  driving  in 
his  automobile  from  Great  Barrington  to  Pittsfield.  He  was 
born  in  Braintree  in  1865  and  learned  the  drug  business  in 
Fall  River.  Later  he  went  to  New  Bedford  and  there  con- 
ducted a  drug  store.  In  1905  he  purchased  the  Bridgman 
pharmacy  in  Pittsfield  which  he  continued  to  operate  until 
his  death.  He  was  widely  known  as  a  successful  pharmacist, 
and  held  membership  in  a  number  of  pharmaceutical  organi- 
zations. He  was  also  a  Mason  of  high  degree,  and  a  member 
of  the  Park  Club  of  Pittsfield.  His  widow  and  two  sons, 
Roy  and  Maxficld,  survive. 

Frederick  W.  R.  Eschman 

Frederick  W  K  lim  ui,  president  and  chief  chemist  of 
the  Arlington  '  '         1  .   "S'niik.  r^.  X    "S' .  died  suddenly 

in  that  city  ilumt  r|..;lii  hours.    He  was 

bom  in  HaiiM-  i  i,  u  ),,,  ;irul  (.aiuc  to  this  country  when 
17  years  of  age,  beginning  his  work  in  pharmacy  in  Washing- 
ton, Mo.    He  later  went  to  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  after  a  time 


located  in  New  York,  where  he  began  the  manufacture  of 
specialties  about  1875.  In  the  eighties  the  business  was 
moved  to  Yonkers,  when  Mr.  Eschmaim  took  up  his  resi- 
dence in  that  city.  He  was  married  in  1883,  and  his  wife 
and  a  son  and  daughter  survive. 

Loren  B.  Lord 

Loren  B.  Lord,  for  many  years  a  prominent  business  man 
of  Burlington,  Vt.,  and  a  former  member  of  the  firm  of  Lord 
&  Jones,  retail  druggists  of  that  city,  died  on  May  3,  aged 
74.  He  was  bom  in  Waterbury,  and  early  engaged  in  the 
drug  business.  The  manufacture  of  proprietary  specialties 
soon  engaged  his  attention,  and  he  organized  a  company  tmder 
the  name  of  Henry,  Johnson  &  Lord  to  develop  this  business. 
After  the  retirement  of  Gen.  W.  W.  Henry  from  the  company, 
and  the  death  of  E.  B.  Johnson,  Mr.  Lord  continued  the 
business  alone,  retaining  the  old  firm  name.  He  is  survived 
by  his  wife,  a  son  and  a  daughter. 

Bertram  Swift  Davis 

Bertram  Swift  Davis,  druggist  and  prominent  citizen  of 
Charlotte,  N.  C,  is  dead  from  the  effects  of  uremia.  He  was 
47  years  of  age,  and  a  member  of  the  Order  of  the  Cincinnati. 
He  was  also  prominently  identified  with  the  Masonic  Order 
and  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  His  wife  and  five 
children  survive. 


RECENT?  DEATHS 

— John  I.  Fellows,  a  druggist  and  resident  of  Fitchburg. 
Mass.,  for  forty-five  years,  died  recently.  He  was  76  years 
of  age,  enjoyed  a  wide  acquaintance  and  had  many  friends. 
In  the  Masonic  fraternity  with  which  he  was  prominently 
identified,  he  was  greatly  respected,  and  was  noted  as  the 
eleventh  oldest  member,  in  point  of  membership  of  Boston 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar.  He  was  a  native  of  Nova 
Scotia. 

— P.  F.  Hager,  for  six  years  prescriptionist  of  the  cit>- 
health  department,  Nashville,  Tenn..  died  on  May  10  after 
an  illness  of  about  three  weeks.  He  was  57  years  of  age, 
and  had  been  prominently  identified  with  the  drug  trade  of 
his  city  for  many  years.  For  23  years  he  was  connected  with 
the  Berry-Demoville  Co.  as  chemist,  and  previous  to  that 
time  had  been  with  Spurlock-Neal  Co.  He  is  survived  by 
his  widow,  three  sons  and  one  daughter. 

— NiLES  H.  She.\rer,  senior  member  of  N.  H.  Shearer  & 
Co.,  druggists,  Y'ork,  Pa.,  died  recently  at  his  home,  following 
a  complication  of  troubles.  He  was  wellknown  throughout 
the  trade  in  the  State,  and  was  prominent  in  the  business 
activities  of  his  town,  where  he  had  also  served  for  many 
years  as  a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank.  He  was  73 
years  of  age. 

— I.  F.  Gillette,  wellknown  in  wholesale  drug  circles  in 
New  York,  died  at  his  home  in  Brooklyn,  X.  Y.,  May  8.  He 
was  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war  and  at  the  time  of  his  death 
was  an  auditor  for  S.  R.  \'an  Duzer,  manufacturer  of  pro- 
prietary specialties.  He  was  62  years  old  and  .is  survived  by 
a  widow,  three  sons  and  one  daughter. 

— Dr.  W.  F.  H.\rwi:il,  63,  prominent  druggist  of  Nash- 
ville, Tenn,,  is  dead,  following  an  attack  of  pneumonia.  He 
was  prominent  in  Alasonic  circles  and  a  past  master  of  Cor- 
nelia Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.  He  was  born  and  reared  in  Pulaski, 
but  had  made  his  home  in  Nashville  practically  all  his  life. 
He  was  unmarried. 

— Louis  Ash,  Pittsburg,  Kansas,  died  recently  in  that 
city  from  a  complication  of  diseases  superinduced  by  an  at- 
tack of  rheumatism.  He  was  able  to  be  around  his  drus 
store  until  the  afternoon  preceding  his  death.  He  had  beer 
in  the  drug  business  for  twenty  years.  He  was  a  Shriner  and 
an  Elk. 

— Jexxett  .\.  R.wvsoN-,  for  forty  years  one  of  the  leading 
business  men  of  Buckfield,  Me.,  is  dead,  aged  68.  He  was  bom 
at  Paris  and  soon  after  his  removal  to  Buckfield  purch.ised 
the  drug  business  which  he  conducted  until  his  forced  retire- 
ment a  few  months  ago.  He  was  an  Odd  Fellow  and  a 
Mason. 

— Prop.  E.  Rudolph  Kunberger,  a  chemist  and  former 
member  of  the  faculty  of  Drexel  Institute.  Philadelphia.  Pa  . 
was  recently  found  dead  under  circumstinces  which  pointed 
to  the  indication  that  he  had  committed  suicide  by  the  in- 
halation of  gas.  He  lived  with  his  father-in-law,  in  the  rear 
of  whose  residence  he  conducted  a  laboratorj'. 


June,  1915] 


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273 


Colleges  Turn  Out  Many  New  Pharmacists 


Eighty  Schools  of  Pharmacy  in  the  United  States  Will 
Probably  Have   About   2,000   "  Grads "   This  Year 


ACCORDING  to  the  last  report  of  the  United 
States  Commissioner  of  Education,  cover- 
ing the  school  year  of  1913,  there  were  sev- 
enty-five schools  and  colleges  reporting  as  having 
departments  of  pharmacy.  Several  did  not  report 
to  the  Government.  The  probable  number  of  such 
recognized  schools  is  about  eighty.  There  were 
1,813  graduates  in  pharmacy,  according  to  that  re- 
port, and  the  number  will  probably  be  nearer  2,000 
this  year.  The  increased  requirements  demanded 
by  law  before  pharmacists  are  permitted  to  prac- 
tice is  swelling  the  number  of  students  at  pharma- 
ceutical colleges  each  year.  Four  states,  New  York, 
Pennsylvania,  Rhode  Island  and  North  Dakota, 


now  have  laws  making  it  necessary  for  a  pharma- 
cist to  have  a  college  of  pharmacy  degree  in  addi- 
tion to  the  practical  training  behind  the  prescrip- 
tion counter,  w^hile  other  states  are  requiring  in- 
creased educational  qualifications  preliminary  to 
the  practice  of  pharmacy.  Several  states  are  con- 
.sidering  legislation  which  will  require  graduation 
from  a  recognized  school  of  pharmacy  as  a  pre- 
requisite to  registration.  This  tends  to  place  the 
practice  of  pharmacy  on  a  higher  plane  as  a  pro- 
fession, while  at  the  same  time  the  commercial  side 
of  the  business  is  not  being  neglected,  as  colleges 
are  adding  courses  in  accounting,  advertising,  sales- 
manship and  kindred  merchandising  subjects. 


N.  Y.  C.  p.  AWARDS  DEGREES  TO  147 

Dr.  H.  B.  Woolston,  of  C.  C.  N.  Y.  Addresses  Gradu- 
ates— Members  of  Faculty  Present  Prizes 

One  hundred  and  forty-seven  students  were  graduated  by 
the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  at  its  recent  commence- 
ment held  at  Carnegie  hall.  Dr.  Henry  C.  Levis  conducted 
the  graduating  class  to  the  platform,  where  prayer  was  offered 
by  Rev.  Raymond  C.  Kno.x,  chaplain  of  Columbia  University. 
Provost  W.  H.  Carpenter,  of  Columbia,  made  the  opening 
address,  dwelling  particularly  in  his  remarks  upon  the  re- 
sponsibility of  the  pharmacist  relative  to  the  use  of  narcotics 
by  the  public.  Charles  W.  Holzhauer,  assistant  secretary- 
elect  of  the  college  presented  the  candidates  for  the  degree  of 
graduate  in  pharmacy,  and  Dean  H.  R.  Rusby  presented  the 
certificate  of  proficiency  as  food  and  drug  analyst  to  J.  Myron 
Rosenthal. 

Dr.  Howard  B.  Woolston,  of  the  College  of  the  City  of 
New  York,  addressed  the  graduates.  Jeannot  Hostmann, 
president  of  the  college  alumni  association,  presented  the 
medals  annually  awarded  for  scholarship  by  that  organization. 
The  recipients  this  year  were  Max  Levine,  gold  medal ;  De- 
borah .\rginteanu,  silver,  and  Eynon  H.  Williams,  bronze. 

Curt  P.  Wimmer,  Phar.  D.,  read  the  roll  of  honor,  which 
was  headed  by' the  names  of  the  medal  winners,  and  contained 
the  following  other  names : 

Morris  L.  Epstein,  Solomon  Feign,  Helen  F.  Roudin,  Ber- 
nard O'Malley,  Leslie  L.  Blake,  Isidor  Chambers,  George  N. 
Graves,  Hyman  Feinberg,  Robert  L.  Lee  and  Alfred  Larossa. 

The  trustees'  special  prizes  of  $100  each  were  awarded  by 
Anton  Vorisek,  Phar.  D.,  to  the  following: 

Miss  Deborah  .\rginteanu,  for  superior  work  in  analytical 
chemistry-,  (this  prize  was  won  by  Miss  Arginteanu's  brother 
in  1911)  ;  materia  medica,  Leslie  L.  Blake,  and  Eynon  H.  Wil- 
liams, pharmacy.  .Anton  \'orisck,  Phar.  D.,  awarded  the 
Italian  Pharmaceutical  Association's  prize  gold  medal  to  Miss 
Helen  Florence  Roudin.  The  valedictory  address  was  delivered 
by  Bernard  O'  Malley,  and  the  benediction  by  Rev.  Knox. 

The  following  were  awarded  the  degree  of  graduate  in  phar- 
macy: 

Miss  Deborah  Arginteanu,  Miss  Lena  Brill,  Miss  Marie  Gold- 
berg, Miss  Lena  Jean  Lindeman,  Miss  Daisy  Myerson,  J. 
Sebring  .\ckennan,  Aaron  Ajamian,  Pasquale  Amico,  Jr., 
Emil  Angel,  William  M.  Avstreih,  Benjamin  Barkin,  John 
Battaglia,  Max  Bedrick,  Benjamin  H.  Berkowitz,  Bernard  S. 
Berkowitz.  Nathan  J.  Bernstein,  .Arthur  W.  Besscr,  Leslie 
L.  Blake,  William  Blinder,  Carl  Aloysius  Boehlert.  Clifford  I. 
Bougher,  Henry  Jacob  Bravin,  Joseph  Cairoli,  Guiseppe  Can- 
nella,  Antonio  Settino  Carabillo,  Thomas  J.   Cecere,  Isidor 


Samuel  Chambers,  Nathaniel  Chapman,  Mario  L.  Cirillo,  Ben- 
jamin Cohen,  Nathan  Cohn,  Arthur  Corso,  Wilfred  John 
Donnelly,  Bernard  Joseph  Dunn,  Samuel  Dworkin,  Abraham 
Ehrlich,  Morris  Lazar  Epstein,  George  John  Ettenberg,  Solo- 
mon Feigin,  Hyman  Feinberg,  Miss  Mary  Rotlistein,  Miss 
Helen  Florence  Roudin,  Miss  Anna  Solosko,  Mrs.  Edith  Menke 
Thorn,  Jacob  Feinerman,  Philip  Feldman,  Benjamin  Feldstein, 
David  Israel,  William  M.  Jaffe,  Maurice  Leo  Kapplow,  Joseph 
Lambert  Melvin  Feltus,  Jeremia  Feniello,  Paul  Joseph  Fioren- 
tino,  Joseph  Fleck,  Jacob  Friedlieb,  Reuben  Friedman,  Joseph 
Pasquale  Friscia,  Vincent  Gallo,  Benjamin  Geiger,  Howard 
A.  W.  Geiger,  Raymond  Gilliar,  Louis  Gottesman,  George 
Nathan  Graves,  Birt  E.  Graystone,  William  Greenberg,  Morris 
M.  Greenwald,  Herman  Grimm,  David  Grossman,  Walter 
Joseph  Gurry,  August  Joseph  Hadinger,  Le  Roy  Sharrett 
Hagaman,  Henry  E.  Heddesheimer,  Max  Hendler,  John  J. 
Hill,  Philip  Hirsch,  Sam  Hofstein,  Henry  L.  Hudes,  Leon 
Bernard  Kaufman,  Augustus  T.  Kennedy,  John  William  King, 
Jr.,  Thomas  Carson  Kirkwood,  Charles  Howard  Knevitt, 
Morris  Krechevsky,  Alfred  Larossa,  Robert  Lester  Lee,  Na- 
than Levin,  Max  Levine,  Salem  Levine,  Abraham  George 
Lichtenstein,  John  Lione,  Herman  Loden,  Fred  Daniel  Lynch, 
Thomas  McGranaghan,  James  F.  Mclndoe,  Benjamin  M. 
Meltzer,  Leon  Milhauser,  D.  Sheldon  Miller,  Louis  B.  Mollica, 
Jacob  Neimeth,  Abraham  Nisselson,  Bernard  O'Malley,  Victor 
M.  Orefice,  Halsey  L.  Palmer,  Gabriel  Petrella,  Ralph  Eu- 
gene Piantieri,  Alfred  Pica,  David  E.  Portnow,  Paul  Pretzell, 
Lazar  Rabinowitz,  George  Peter  Reichardt,  Julius  Reider, 
David  Rosenberg,  Sol  Rosenfeld,  Anthony  F.  Ruppel,  Joseph 
Sachs,  Paul  Schoenberg,  David  Schwartz,  Moses  Shapiro, 
William  R.  Siena,  Everett  Sinclair,  Jacob  Sirkin,  Nicholas 
.Andrew  Smedira,  Paul  Joseph  Smith,  Walter  A.  Smith,  Charles 
J.  Somers,  William  Spottiswood,  Bertram  Clarence  Steves, 
Bernard  Strisower,  David  Svigelsky,  Anthony  J.  Taddonio, 
Saul  Taub,  George  Elwood  Taylor,  John  A.  Valvano,  George 
Dwyer  \'irden,  Francis  Peter  Viscardi,  Benjamin  E.  Wallach, 
Clifford  Edmund  Ward,  Israel  Weinshenker,  Abraham  Wein- 
stcin,  Ralph  Leander  Wheelock,  Philip  Widoff,  Eynon  Haverd 
Williams.  Herman  Wirtenhorg,  .Alfred  G.  Yoimg,  Max  Harris 
Zeroff,  Louis  W.  Zuckcr. 


BROOKLYN-  C.  P.  GRADUATES  173 

Hon.  Robert  H.  Roy  Delivers  Commencement  Address 
at  Exercises  in  Academy  of  Music 

The  twenty-fourth  annual  commencement  of  the  Brooklyn 
College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  on  the  evening  of  May  13,  at 
the  Brooklyn  Academy  of  Music,  142  graduates  and  31  post- 
graduates receiving  degrees,  which  were  conferred    by  the 


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dean,  Dr.  Wm.  C.  Anderson.  The  salutatory  was  delivered 
by  Harry  L.  Goldwag,  and  the  valedictory  address  by  Henry 
D.  Schwartz.  The  Hon.  Robert  H.  Roy  addressed  the  gradu- 
ates.   President  Henry  B.  Smith  awarded  the  following  prizes: 

Post  graduate  gold  medal,  Jacob  Scaletsky ;  post  graduate 
A.  Ph.  A.  membership,  Cosimo  Ligorio;  senior  gold  medal, 
William  Cohen;  senior  silver  medal,  Hersh  Weinberg;  senior 
A.  Ph.  A.  membership,  Samuel  M.  Fass;  senior  bronze  medal, 
Charles  Sharcoff;  senior  Anderson  medal,  Frances  Levine,  and 
junior  silver  medal,  Max  Samet. 

Henry  J.  J.  Kassebaum,  president  of  the  college  alumni 
association  awarded  the  alumni  prize  to  Curt  Unverhau.  Pro- 
fessor A.  Percival  Lohness,  secretary  of  the  faculty,  read  the 
senior  and  junior  honor  rolls,  which  contained  the  following 
names: 

Senior — Elias  Adelson,  William  Cohen,  Samuel  M.  Fass, 
Morris  Hirschfeld,  Edward  Horney,  Morris  Kassin,  Jacques 
Klein,  Nathan  Leventhal,  Benjamin  Levine,  Frances  Levine, 
Bernard  Pinnes,  Abraham  Rutenberg,  Henry  D.  Schwartz, 
Charles  Sharcoff,  Samuel  Solomon,  Curt  Unverhau,  Hersh 
Weinberg,  Morris  Wolf  and  Ludwig  Zwilling. 

Junior — Isidore  Alisberg,  Abraham  Block,  Kenneth  E.  Coop- 
er, Aaron  L.  Feller,  Herman  Getz,  Louis  G.  Gitlin,  Abraham 
A.  Helfand,  Benny  Kahn,  Samuel  Leventhal,  Max  Samet, 
Louis  Silverstein,  Israel  Spielberg,  Louis  Trywusch,  Jacob 
Weinberg,  Samuel  Zuckerman  and  Henry  Zuppello. 

The  degree  of  doctor  of  pharmacy  was  conferred  upon 
the  following: 

Isidore  Appleman,  Julius  Atkin,  Nathan  Birch,  Philip  Bruno, 
David  Chasan,  Louis  Cohen,  Morris  Davidson,  William 
Dembling,  Geronimo  Di  Geronimo,  Milton  Fisher,  Joseph 
Futterman,  Harry  L.  Goldwag,  Isidore  Hamburger,  Catherine 

A.  D.  Henderson,  Benjamin  Jospey,  Max  N,  Katz,  A.  Ber- 
trum  Lemon,  George  J.  Levberg,  Abraham  S.  Levy,  Ely  Levy, 
Joseph  H.  Levy,  Abraham  Lichterman,  Edward  Liebson,  Cosi- 
mo Ligorio,  Louis  Ludwig,  Oreste  Rivellese,  Jacob  Scaletsly, 
Julius  Siegel,  Louis  Sheinfine,  Herman  D.  Stolack,  Leo 
Wechsler. 

The  following  were  awarded  the  degree  of  graduate  in 
pharmacy : 

Elias  Adelson,  Max  Alexander,  William  H.  Arndt,  Philip 
Barashick,  Nathan  Baron,  Max  I.  Batt,  Ada  Berman,  Jacob 
Billig,  Samuel  I.  Billik,  Eli  Blum,  Joseph  A.  Blumenfeld, 
Irving  Bolkowitz,  Benjamin  Brich,  Henry  Briller,  Joseph  W. 
Brinkin,  Susan  Broder,  Isidore  Bronstein,  Israel  Brower,  Ben- 
jamin Chadaby,  Samuel  Chase,  Solomon  Chavkin,  Samuel  H. 
Chester,  Gershon  H.  Cohen,  William  Cohen,  Harry  Cane, 
Joseph  Cooper,  William  Ebersman,  Samuel  M.  Fass,  Robert 
Fisher,  Isidor  Fine,  George  Fitelevitch,  Louis  Franklin,  Rose 
Freedman,  Joseph  Freilich,  Philip  Friedman,  Samuel  B.  Frisch- 
berg,  Isaac  Gavrin,  Abraham  Gellin,  Isidor  R.  Gitlin,  Julius 
Greeniield,  Solomon  Greenspan,  Anna    Greenspoon,  Solomon 

B.  Groisser,  Harry  L.  Gruber,  Nathan  L.  Grushco,  Kaspar  C. 
Gruss,  Charles  J.  Guerra,  Mark  A.  Haykin,  Joseph  Henkin, 
Morris  Hirschfeld,  David  Hollander,  Edward  Horney,  Alex- 
ander Horowitz,  Samuel  Iskowitz,  Rosa  Joondeph,  Samuel 
Jurow,  Morris  Kassin,  Morris  Klatzko,  Jacques  Klein,  Wil- 
liam Klein,  Michael  Kornfeld,  Samuel  Kortchmar,  Harry 
Kosofsky,  David  Kramer,  Benjamin  Krell,  William  J.Kurz, 
Morris  Lehrer,  Morris  Lerner,  Samuel  Lemer,  Nathan  Leven- 
thal, David  Levine,  Frances  Levine,  Benjamin  Levin,  Frank 
Lubansky,  Samuel  M.  Marcus,  Benjamin  Markowitz,  Tobia 
Marrazzo,  Ralph  D.  Martin,  Isaac  Masarsky,  Samuel  May,  Jr., 
Frank  Mechella,  W.  Meiselas,  A.  Melman,  M.  Menaker,  Samuel 
Merkin,  Frank  A.  Mignano,  Benjamin  L.  Milana,  Julius  Mindes, 
David  Mintz,  Peisi  Mitnick,  Frank  Mogilevsky,  Max  Morton, 
Saul  Mostoff,  Bernard  Nadler,  Edward  Newman,  James 
Paderson,  Herman  Peck,  Hyman  Peckerman,  Mario  A.  Pel- 
lerano,  Bernard  Pinnes,  Isidor  Podolsky,  Reuben  Pollock, 
Robert  J.  Posner,  Joseph  Rabinowitz,  Isaac  Radin,  Morris 
Raskin,  Abraham  J.  Reisler,  Henry  A.  Riebesehl,  Barney 
Rivkin,  Emanuel  Rosenberg,  Isidor  Rosenberg.  ISIaurice  Rosen- 
gard,  Michael  Rose,  Abraham  Rutenberg.  Raphael  A.  Saltz, 
Albert  Schneider,  Samuel  Schneider  Bernard  Schrager,  Louis 
Seidman,  Julius  Selub,  Charles  Sharcoff,  Irving  Sherline,  Irv- 
ing Silver,  Abraham  Silverman,  Louis  Silverman,  Stanislaus 
Slomski,  David  Sokol,  S,  Solomon,  David  Spector,  Harris  Spiro, 
Joseph  Stark,  Henry  D,  Schwartz,  William  Telsey,  Samuel 
Tuchband,  Louis  Turan,  Curt  Unverhau,  Sophie  Wechsler, 
Hersh  Weinberg,  Julius  Weinstein,  Abraham  Weiss,  Morris 
Wolf,  Ludwig  Zwilling, 


ALBANY'S  LARGEST  CLASS 

The  largest  class  ever  graduated  from  the  Albany  College 
of  Pharmacy  in  the  thirty-four  years  of  its  existence,  received 
their  degrees  at  the  recent  commencement  exercises.  The 
class  numbered  forty-five,  four  of  whom  were  women.  Dr 
Willis  G.  Tucker,  dean  of  the  college,  presided,  and  the  ad- 
dress to  the  graduates  was  made  by  Dr.  T.  J.  Bradley,  dean 
of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy.  After  the  con- 
ferring of  the  degrees  by  Dr.  Charles  A.  Richmond,  chancellor 
of  Union  University  with  which  the  college  of  pharmacy,  is 
affiliated,  Harold  R.  Bronk  delivered  the  valedictory  address 
Charles  Gibson,  chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees,  presents 
the  prizes. 

Following  is  a  list  of  the  graduates: 

Jack  Walter  Abraham,  Rutland,  Vt. ;  Charles  Leo  Archam 
bault,  Plattsburgh, ;  Earl  Clark  Baker,  Potsdam;  Williar 
Levi  Barker,  Elizabethtown ;  MathiUdaM.Bongartz,  Kingston;  W 
James  Brislin,  Fort  Edward;  Harold  Raymond  Bronk,  Nev 
Baltimore ;  Joseph  Harold  Brown,  Albany ;  Charles  Henr 
Burnett,  Red  Hook;  Francis  Bernard  Casey,  Proctor,  Vt, 
William  Ernest  Dyroff,  Highland  Falls;  Norman  James  Fran- 
cis. Troy;  Roland  Raymond  Fuhrer,  Roscoe;  Marion  Monic 
Gray,  Rensselaer;  Robert  Ulysses  Green,  Sidney;  Henr> 
Gray  Haskins,  Granville ;  Francis  Aloysius  Healy,  Troy 
Daisy  May  Howard,  Windham ;  W'illiam  Dean  Hyde,  Waverly 
Sarkis  Ohan  Kerian,  Troy;  Walter  Kinnin,  Greenwich;  Josep! 
Michael  Kulakowski,  Amsterdam;  Thomas  Frederick  L' 
Grys,  Cambridge;  Edward  Langley  IVIarriott,  Rome;  Harr 
Sawyer  Metcalf,  Elizabethtown;  Darwin  Elmer  Mott,  Coble- 
skill;  George  Gabriel  O'Connell,  Moira;  Edward  Michae 
O'Neil,  Troy ;  Floyd  Jeremiah  Reagan,  Norfolk ;  Charie- 
Lawrence  Rozon,  Moira ;  Florence  Anna  Ryan,  Newport 
Walter  Leo  Ryan,  Rensselaer;  Elmer  John  Scheimer,  St 
Johnsville;  Harold  Joseph  Smith,  Warwick;  John  Joseji! 
Troy,  West  Stockbridge,  Mass,;  Louis  Napoleon  Turner 
Keeseville;  Andrew  Ulrichs,  Greene;  Henry  Jacob  Van  Vleck 
Hudson ;  John  Buckley  Vemoy,  Albany ;  Roland  Otto  Vogel 
Schenectady ;  Roy  Scofield  Wallace,  Nonvich ;  Albert  Dudle; 
Warner,  Albany;  Lloyd  Beardsley  Whittaker,  Hudson;  Johi 
William  Wieser,  Albany;  Brooks  Frank  Wood,  Salisbur; 
Center, 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Alumni  association  following  the  com- 
mencement exercises,  B,  L,  Maltbie,  '85,  of  Newark,  N,  J.,  w,-;- 
elected  president  to  succeed  Garrett  V.  Dillenbeck  of  Albaii> 
The  other  officers  are:  First  vice  president,  C.  B,  Sloai: 
Cobleskill;  second  vice  president,  L.  B.  Whittaker,  Hudson 
secretary  W.  A.  Larkin,  Albany;  treasurer,  E.  C.  Hutman 
Albany;  historians  for  1886,  Henry  A,  Kerste,  Schenectadv 
1891,  Herbert  E,  Walker,  Schenectady;  1896,  L,  D.  Larkin 
Glens  Falls;  1906,  Frank  W.  Rice,  Albany. 


ST.  LOUIS  C.  P.  COMMENCEMENT 

The  forty-ninth  commencement  exercises  of  the  St.  Loi.)- 
College  of  Pharmacy  were  held  at  Sheldon  Memorial  Hall, 
May  19.  There  was  the  usual  musical  program,  Degrt  -  ■ 
were  conferred  by  John  C,  Falk,  Ph.  G.,  M,  D„  president,  if 
graduate  in  pharmacy  and  bachelor  of  pharmacy  classes.  In 
troduction  was  by  Prof,  H,  M.  Whclpley,  dean,  Pharmaceuti 
cal  Chemist  Cla.ss  was  introduced  by  Prof.  Charles  E.  Caspar; 
Valedictory  address — "Drugs  and  the  Men" — was  by  Arthu 
E.  Bostwick,  Ph.  D.,  librarian  St.  Louis  Public  Librar> 
Alumni  prizes  were  conferred  by  William  H.  Thaler.  Ph.  G 
M.  D.  .VnnniiiKement  of  college  prizes  and  honors  was  b^ 
Otto  A,  Wall,  Jr.  Ph.  G.,  M.  D. 

The  graduate  in  pharmacy  class:  Louis  Abramson.  Mgiine 
Tchcrni.coff,  Russia ;  Clyde  ^lurphy  Anderson.  Rockville,  Mo 
Leslie  William  Barnes.  Walter  Edwin  Howald,  Cuba,  Mo 
George  Bosche,  Ph.  B.,  1911.  Glenn  Adrian  Burkart  Walte 
.\rden  Burkart,  Paul  Au,gustus  Burnette.  Ph.  B..  1913.  Phili 
Ludger  Chiles,  Joseph  Frey,  Theodore  Charles  Hagenow 
Samuel  Honigberg,  Frank  Eugene  Lane,  Jr..  Lawrence  Ra< 
coe  ^larglous,  Albert  John  Martin.  Otto  John  Moser.  Ph.  P 
1910,  Theodore  John"  Nelligan,  Henry  "William  Reiss,  F 
Francis  Sennewald,  George  Marcus  Weiss.  Louis  Frankli 
Westlake.  St.  I^uis:  Alfred  William  Couch,  De  Soto,  Mo 
Curt  Louis  Dauber,  Mascoutah,  111,;  Lyman  .Xrnienious  Den- 
and,  Kenneth  Nye  Robinson,  Floyd  Loftus  Welch.  Warrens 
burg.  Mo.;  Edmunds  Grey  Dimond,  Winona,  Miss.;  Gus 
tave  Adolph  Dorullis,  Centralia,  111.;  Joseph  Frank  E\'an.< 
Mountain   Grove,   Mo.;    Carter  Giles  Gibson.   Hope,  Ark 


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Willard  Arthur  Guyton,  Potosi,  Mo.;  Jesse  Everett  Harmon, 
Houston,  Mo.;  Walter  Sylvester  Hunter,  Macon,  Mo.;  An- 
drew Louis  Muentefering,  East  St.  Louis,  111.;  Charles  Her- 
man Riley,  Salem,  Mo.;  Enos  Sanford  Sisk,  Licking,  Mo.; 
John  Olhmar  Sum,  Washington,  Mo. ;  Clarence  Robert  Walker, 
Hermann,  Mo.;  Farrar  McNeal  Wilson,  Lebanon,  Mc;  John 
Zajicek,  Collinsville,  111. 

Bachelor  of  Pharmacy  class:  Herbert  William  Bixon,  Mid- 
dlebrook,  Mo.;  Harry  Erwin  Grafe,  St.  Louis;  Leo  George 
Kohl,  Belleville,  111.;  Roland  Henry  Kraege,  Yorktown,  Te.x.; 
Walter  Scott  McCormack,  Koshkonong,  Mo.;  Burl  Hulbert 
Smith,  East  St.  Louis,  111 

Pharmaceutical  Chemist:  Harold  Rufus  Rowe,  Ph.  G.,  1913, 
Willow  Springs,  Mo. 

Forty-ninth  Annual  Faculty  Dinner  was  given  for  the  gradu- 
ating class  at  Hotel  Jefferson,  the  evening  of  May  18.  Pro- 
fessor Whelpley  was  toastmaster.  Following  were  the  toasts 
and  those  who  responded :  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy,  J.  C. 
Falk,  Ph.  G.,  M.  D.,  president;  Omega  Phi  Society,  Walter 
Arden  Burkart,  president,  St.  Louis;  Alumni  Association, 
William  H.  Thaler,  Ph.  G.,  M.  D.,  St.  Louis;  Graduate  in 
Pharmacy,  Albert  John  Martin ;  Bachelor  of  Pharmacy  Class, 
Harry  Ervvin  Grafe ;  Pharmaceutical  Chemist  Class,  Harold 
Kraege;  Medals.  Glenn  Adrian  Burkart;  The  College  Faculty 
dent  J.  S.  Merrell  Drug  Co.;  Class  Honors,  Roland  Henry 
Kraege;  Medals,  Glenn  Adrean  Burkart;  The  College  Faculty, 
Prof.  Francis  Hemm ;  Student  Life,  Joseph  Frey ;  The  Laity, 
Arthur  E.  Bostwick;  The  Future,  Walter  Sylvester  Hunter; 
The  Class  of  1890,  Lather  M.  May,  St.  Louis;  Call  of  classes 
from  1866  to  1914,  inclusive. 


LOUISVILLE  C.  P.  CONFERS  DEGREES 

At  the  commencement  exercises  of  the  Louisville  College  of 
Pharmacy  recently  held  in  the  Woman's  Club,  Louisville,  the 
degrees  were  conferred  upon  the  graduates  by  President  Simon 
N.  Jones,  and  the  addres  of  the  day  was  delivered  by  Rev. 
J.  T.  Schieffelin.  The  valedictorian  was  William  Orville 
Patterson.    The  following  received  the  degree  of  Ph.  G. : 

Edwin  F.  Abbott,  Eskdale,  W.  Va.;  Jasper  Jones  Bailey, 
Hanson,  Ky. ;  Theophilus  P.  Brown,  Stanford,  Ky. ;  Hugh  T. 
Collins.  Lawrenceburg,  Ky.;  Frank  B.  Dougherty,  Jefferson- 
ville,  Ind.;  Curtis  B.  Dozier,  Thomasville,  Ala.;  Elias  A. 
Dunbar,  Jamestown,  Ky. ;  Luther  C.  Ellis,  Glasgow,  Ky. ; 
David  \J.  Garber,  Jellico,  Tenn.;  Ernest  S.  Julian,  Cleveland, 
Tenn.;  Jonathan  B.  Legg,  Clifty,  W.  Va.;  Wilbur  R.  Parks, 
Irvington,  Ky. ;  William  Orville  Patterson,  Hawesville,  Ky. ; 
Hart  L.  Perry,  Richmond,  Ky. ;  Frank  W.  Richey,  Cannelton, 
Ind.;  Robert  W.  Schroader,  Murray,  Ky.;  William  B.  Schultz, 
Middlesboro,  Ky. ;  Charles  H.  Tye,  Barbourville,  Ky, ;  Vernon 
Valentine,  New  Castle,  Ky. ;  Clay  Louis  Vallandingham, 
Owenton,  Ky.;  John  W.  Wear,  Murray,  Ky.;  Clarence  H. 
Adams,  Robert  P.  Brumleve,  Carl  J.  Eilers,  Samuel  Levin- 
stein, Harry  L.  Pfeiffer,  Jack  Posnansky,  Arthur  T.  Schreiber, 
Joseph  C.  Seitz  and  Karl  H.  Strober,  of  Louisville. 

Twenty-five  juniors  were  awarded  certificates  of  successful 
examinations. 


NEW  JERSEY  C.  P.  GRADUATES  26 

Diplomas  were  awarded  to  twenty-six  graduates  of  the  New 
Jersey  College  of  Pharmacy  by  President  William  O.  Kuebler, 
at  the  commencement  exercises  held  in  Wallace  Hall,  Newark, 
on  May  12.  .Addresses  were  made  by  Dr.  Philemon  E.  Hom- 
mell,  dean  of  the  college,  and  Rev.  Dr.  W.  Warren  Giles  of 
East  Orange.  Five  out  of  seven  prizes  awarded  went  to 
Irving  I.  Jacobs.  The  others  were  won  by  Samuel  Gruben 
and  George  H.  Father. 

The  other  graduates  were  Charles  K.  Wendell,  Joseph  De 
Rosa,  Harold  S.  Connamachcr,  William  Pearl,  E.  Gilmore 
Dutcher,  Albert  W.  Bach,  Louis  Levy.  William  A.  Messner, 
H.  Isador  Paroly,  Tobias  Schulhof,  Ernest  J.  H.  Schneider, 
William  Schavelson,  Lee  Bolshon,  Lawrence  Cohen,  Maurice 
J.  Gartenberg,  Nathan  Kerber.  Jacob  D.  Kaplan,  Clifford 
Lester,  Irving  Leipsig,  Walter  W.  Lawson,  Jeanette  Schole- 
nick,  Elizabeth  Butler  and  Alia  Daneski. 

After  the  exercises  the  members  of  the  class  held  a  ban- 
quet at  which  Mr.  Connamacher  served  as  toastmaster  and 
gave  the  class  prophecy. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS 

Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  of  Philadelphia,  delivered  the 
annual  commencement  address  at  the  graduating  exercises  of 
the  University  of  Illinois  School  of  Pharmacy,  held  in  New 
Central  Music  Hall,  Chicago.  The  degrees  were  conferred  by 
Judge  O.  A.  Harker,  dean  of  the  Law  School  and  represent- 
ing President  Edmund  J.  James.  After  awarding  the  prizes 
the  valedictory  address  was  delivered  by  Marshall  T.  Brekke. 

The  following  members  of  the  class  received  diplomas: 
Richard  J.  .Anderson,  Chicago;  Samuel  L.  Baker,  Gary,  Ind.; 
Mike  R.  Bianco,  DuQuoin;  Frederick  E.  Boehm,  Neenah, 
Wis.;  Marshall  T.  Brekke,  Rice  Lake,  Wis.;  Walter  O.  Buck- 
rucker,  Chicago;  Guy  B.  Davis,  Abingdon;  Ray  R.  Davis, 
.Abingdon;  Grover  O.  Drais,  Onawa,  Iowa;  Harry  L.  Eberly, 
Aurora;  Roy  F.  Fraser,  Elizabeth;  Victor  L.  Geispitz,  Chi- 
cago; Louis  A.  Gorham,  Chicago;  Louis  L.  Haffner,  Bloom- 
ington ;  Ralph  Hawthorne,  Alma ;  Michael  Jacobson,  Chicago ; 
George  W.  Jindrich,  Chicago;  Archie  K.  Johnson,  Jolietj 
Joseph  J.  Kakacek,  Chicago;  Rudolph  H.  Krebs,  Milford; 
Theodore  A.  J.  Leckband,  Grand  Mound,  la.;  Charles  J. 
Lesko,  Chicago ;  Stephen  E.  Malkewicz,  Chicago ;  Bates  A. 
Marriott,  Galesburg;  Philip  A.  Masterson,  Clinton,  Iowa; 
Franklin  C.  Mueller,  Jefferson,  Wis. ;  Frank  C.  Niemeyer, 
Stockton;  Oswald  E.  F.  Obermiller,  Galena;  Joseph  W.  Ray- 
craft,  Springfield;  Robert  C.  Reed,  Quincy;  F.  Harold  Seeger, 
Beardstown;  Bayard  E.  Simmons,  Chicago;  Ernest  L.  Slink- 
ard.  Grand  Junction,  Colo.;  Clifford  R.  Spalding,  Clinton, 
la.;  August  F.  Stahl,  Jr.,  Chicago;  Stewart  Strain,  Chicago; 
Roy  W.  Woelffer,  Lake  Mills,  Wis.;  Lawson  J.  Cooke  (Class 
of  '13),  Goodland,  Ind.;  Fred  L.  Leib  (Class  of  '14),  Anna; 
Lillian  Vorsanger  (Class  of  '12),  Chicago. 

Twenty-two  additional  members  of  the  class  received  cer- 
tificate of  having  finished  the  course  successfully,  and  will  re- 
ceive their  diplomas  when  they  have  reached  the  required  age 
and  obtained  the  necessary  practical  experience.  Certificates 
were  also  awarded  to  14  special  students. 

Following  the  commencement  exercises,  a  reception  and  ban- 
quet of  the  alumni  association  was  held  at  the  Congress  Hotel, 
125  alumni  and  friends  being  present.  Toasts  were  responded 
to  as  follows:  "The  University  of  Illinois",  Judge  O.  A. 
Harker;  "Pharmacy",  Professor  J.  P.  Remington;  "The  Alum- 
ni Association",  President  L.  L.  Mrazek ;  "The  Faculty", 
Professor  W.  B.  Day;  "The  Class  of  1915",  President  H.  L. 
Eberly;  "The  Class  of  1890",  Dr.  Charles  A.  Albrecht. 

Professor  C.  M.  Snow  presided  as  toastmaster.  The  occa- 
sion was  a  most  enjoyable  one. 


NORTHWESTERN  UNIVERSITY 

At  the  recent  commencement  exercises  of  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity, School  of  Pharmacy,  Chicago,  34  graduates  received 
the  degree  of  graduate  in  pharmacy.  They  were:  Walter  H. 
.Ayres,  Robert  S.  Barnes,  Roy  R.  Barnes,  August  E.  Claus, 
Roy  W.  Cloe,  Charles  A.  Collins,  George  L.  Curtis,  Clayton 
A.  Deitz,  Lindsay  Z.  Fletcher,  Harry  R.  Graves,  James  P. 
Hagen,  Earl  P.  Haney,  Charles  H.  Henkel,  George  M.  Hickey, 
Leo  J.  Hillman,  William  H.  Holbrook,  William  E.  Hyland, 
Adlie  V.  Isaacson,  Frank  S.  Kimball,  Cecil  D.  Lightfoot, 
Clarence  B.  Lovell,  Warren  B.  McCabe,  Palmer  E.  Nelson, 
Raymond  Pfeiffer,  George  F.  Pihl,  Grant  H.  Preston,  Francis 
C.  Reinardy,  Miguel  S.  Salinas,  Charles  H.  Smith,  Laurie  L. 
Stitzer,  Samuel  B.  Wade,  Frederick  W.  Waterman,  Lysbeth 
A.  Whitefort,  Frederick  B.  Wolff,  Jr. 

The  address  to  the  graduates  was  given  by  Dr.  A.  E. 
Swanson,  of  the  School  of  Commerce  of  the  University,  his 
subject  being  "Business  A.spects  of  Professional  Pharmacy". 
The  diplomas  were  presented  by  President  A.  W.  Harris. 

At  the  annual  banquet  of  the  Alumni  Association,  Glenn 
Frank,  alumni  secretary  of  the  University,  told  of  the  work 
being  done  in  professional  pharmacy  by  many  of  the  alumni. 
Prof.  W.  B.  Day  of  the  University  of  Illinois  gave  an  address 
on  the  work  of  pharmaceutical  organizations;  Prof.  R.  H. 
Gault  spoke  on  "Psychology  and  Pharmacy",  and  Dean  John 
H.  Long  made  an  address  on  "Pharmaceutical  Education". 

— .Albert  Plaut,  president  of  Lehn  &  Fink,  wholesale 
druggists.  New  York,  was  recently  elected  first  vice-president 
of  the  Merchants'  Association. 


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KANSAS  CITY  C.  P.  GRADUATES 

At  the  thirtieth  annual  commencement  of  the  Kansas  City 
College  of  Pharmacy  held  on  May  13  in  Grand  Avenue 
Temple,  Kansas  City,  twenty-four  students  received  the  degree 
of  graduate  in  pharmacy,  which  was  conferred  by  Dean  David 
V.  Whitney.  The  programme  included  musical  selections  and 
an  address  to  the  graduates  by  Dr.  Paul  Paquin.  The  college 
medal  was  awarded  to  Harry  F.  Kelly  of  Kansas  City  for 
the  highest  general  average,  with  honorable  mention  to  E. 
Giles  Wickwire  of  Larned,  Kan.,  there  being  but  one  point 
difference  in  the  averages.  Melville  D.  Brown  and  Thos.  S. 
Evilsizer  were  tied  for  the  Alumni  Medal  for  the  chemistry 
laboratory  prize  and  both  were  given  gold  medals.  Chas.  H. 
Bohrer,  West  Plains,  Mo.,  won  the  junior  medal  with  an 
average  of  86  per  cent.  J.  Wallace  King  and  Frank  P. 
Conlon  were  given  honorable  mention. 

Following  is  a  list  of  the  graduates: 

Lusk  Bakker,  James  Manford  Boles,  William  Clarence  Burt- 
nett,  Lyle  J.  Connely,  Melville  Dale  Drown,  Thos.  S.  Evil- 
sizer, Herman  R.  Friedson,  Ray  Delmar  Grun,  Asta  Hansen, 
William  T.  Hauber,  Harry  Frances  Kelly,  Douglass  Lauder- 
milk,  Gayland  S.  Leamon,  Mack  E.  McAuley,  Joseph  F. 
Marecic,  William  D.  Sheehan,  Leo  Sleifstein,  Curtiss  W.  Smith, 
J.  Wray  Vaughn,  Walter  Raymond  Wallace,  Wendall  H.  Way- 
delich,  E.  Giles  Wickwire,  Jr.,  Richard  C.  Williams,  Belva 
Harman  Wise. 


N.  Y.  C.  P.  JUNIOR  CLASS  DAY 

The  Alumni  Association  of  the  New  York  College  of 
Pharmacy  held  Junior  Class  Day  exercises  at  the  college  on 
May  12th,  the  day  before  the  college  commencement.  Dr. 
George  C.  Diekman  delivered  the  opening  address.  Other 
features  on  the  program  were  as  follows: 

Instrumental  trio,  F.  E.  Ambrose,  Miss  May  O'Connor  and 
K.  H.  Kirkland;  tenor  solo,  John  Amico;  "The  Fairy  Dance," 
Miss  Hortense  Seliger,  "The  Whirling,"  Miss  Antoinette  Rink, 
and  "Spanish  Dance,"  Miss  Seliger  and  Miss  Rink ;  imper- 
sonations, Murray  Leslie ;  "A  little  bit-of-exerything,"  by 
the  Columbia  cabaret  trio,  consisting  of  A.  Weinstein,  A. 
Pizik  and  S.  J.  Bravin;  two  chocolate  coated  pills,  Wm.  M. 
Levitt  and  N.  Aronofsky;  Leo  Feist's  1915  song  successes, 
Arthur  Shields  and  Sam  Wilson;  college  movies,  all  stars;  and 
soprano  solo,  Miss  Frances  Sendler. 

The  Junior  roll  of  honor  was  read  by  Jeannot  Hostmann, 
president  of  the  association,  who  also  awarded  the  alumni 
prizes.    The  list  follows : 

Isidore  Gell-Mann,  first  prize,  torsion  balance;  Mrs.  Es- 
tella  J.  J.  Baddour  and  Wm.  J.  McBride  tied  for  second  prize 
and  each  was  av\'arded  a  copy  of  Amy's  "Principles  of  Phar- 
macy;" Harold  S.  Ball,  third,  Culbreth's  "Materia  Medica 
and  Pharmacology;"  Truman  A.  Linck,  Herman  S.  Klein, 
Eernard  Skyanek,  Jos.  Simon,  Ernest  Capeci,  James  H.  Cum- 
niing,  Julius  Schatz,  Milton  W.  Sakson  and  Conrad  Klingele. 


B.  C.  P.  '15  CLASS  POST  GRADUATE  DINNER 

Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy  class  of  1915  held  its  post 
■graduate  dinner  at  the  Hofbrau  house,  Brooklyn,  on  the 
•evening  of  May  4.  The  guests  of  the  class  on  this  occasion 
were  Caswell  A.  Mayo,  president  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.,  Dr.  W.  C. 
Anderson,  dean  of  the  college,  and  Professors  Lohness  and 
Mayer.  Harry  L.  Goldwag,  president  of  the  class,  officiated  as 
toastmaster  and  practically  all  the  members  of  the  class  were 
•called  upon  to  respond  to  toasts. 


Atlanta 

Twenty-six  graduates  were  awarded  diplomas  at  the  com- 
mencement exercises  of  the  Atlanta  College  of  Pharmacy  held 
recently  in  the  Atlanta  theater  of  the  Georgian  city.  Dean 
George  F.  Payne  acted  as  master  of  ceremonies,  and  the  pro- 
gramme included  the  following  speakers;  J.  A.  Coles,  Arkan- 
•sas,  salutatory;  M.  L.  Arnau,  Dublin,  Ga.,  historian;  A.  F. 
Meyer,  Shreveport,  La.,  class  poet;  and  W.  P.  Thomas, 
"Sparta,  Ga.,  valedictorian. 


Jersey  City 

The  last  of  the  series  of  special  lectures  was  delivered  at 
the  Jersey  City  College  of  Pharmacy  by  Dr.  Paul  S.  Pittcngcr, 
pharmacologist  of  the  H.  K.  IVfulford  Company,  Philadclpliia. 


on  "Biological  Assays".  The  lecture  was  supple- 
mented by  a  brief  description  and  demonstration  of  one  or 
more  methods  coming  under  each  of  the  three  types,  namely; 
1st  type:  Reed  and  Vanderkleed  Guinea-pig  method,  Hough- 
ton's 12  hour  method,  Famulener  &  Lyon's  1  hour  method; 
2nd  type;  Blood  pressure  method  for  suprarenal  extract,  Blood 
pressure  method  for  ergot;  3rd  type;  Isolated  uterus  method 
for  Pituitary. 

Dr.  B.  S.  Pollak,  medical  director  of  the  Hudson  County 
Tuberculosis  Hospital  at  Snake  Hill,  also  addressed 
the  students  on  the  very  important  subject  "Problems  on  the 
Prevention  of  Tuberculosis".  The  lecturer,  a  former  professor 
of  Sanitary  Sciences  at  the  college  treated  the  subject  of 
tuberculosis  not  only  from  a  medical  standpoint,  but  also 
from  the  sociological  side. 


University  of  Iowa 

The  students  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy,  University  of 
Iowa,  recently  played  their  first  game  of  baseball  in  the 
inter-departmental  series,  their  opponents  being  the  students 
of  the  Dental  College.    The  score  resulted  in  a  tie — 3  to  3. 

It  is  the  intention  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy  to  celebrate 
the  thirtieth  year  of  its  history  by  giving  a  reunion  dinner  at 
the  time  of  the  meeting  of  the  state  association,  which  con- 
venes at  Clear  Lake  on  June  8.  All  former  students  are  ex- 
pected to  be  present  and  help  make  the  occasion  memorable. 

Prof.  R.  A.  Kuever  was  a  speaker  before  the  joint  conven- 
tion of  the  Iowa  State  Association  of  Registered  Nurses  and 
the  Iowa  League  of  Nursmg  Education  held  in  Iowa 
City  recently. 


University  of  North  CaroUna 
In  conjunction  with  the  extension  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  North  Carolina,  the  department  of  pharmacy  of 
that  institution  have  established  an  employment  bureau,  the 
service  being  under  the  direction  of  J.  G.  Beard,  assistant 
professor  of  pharmacy,  who  is  also  secretar>'  of  the  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association.  The  purpose  of  the  bureau  is  to 
establish  an  agency  whereby  drug  store  proprietors  may  se- 
cure clerks  and  clerks  locate  positions  without  expense  to 
either  party.  The  department  of  pharmacy  claims  for  this  de- 
parture the  merit  that  characterizes  the  extension  feature  of 
the  University's  work,  and  solicits  the  co-operation  of  the 
druggists  of  the  State  in  this  new  undertaking. 


Dinner  to  Dr.  Williara  Mansfield 

Dr.  William  Mansfield,  professor  of  pharmacognosy  at  the 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  affiliated  with  Columbia 
University,  was  tendered  a  complimentary  dinner  at  Allaire's 
Scheffel  hall,  17th  street  and  Third  avenue,  on  the  evening 
of  May  20th,  by  the  members  of  the  first  evening  class  at 
that  institution.  As  guests  at  the  dinner,  besides  Dr.  Mans- 
field, were  Caswell  A.  Mayo,  president  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  .Association,  and  J.  Leon  Lascoff,  president  of 
the  New  York  State  Board  of  Pharmacy.  The  members  of 
the  class  present  were:  Edward  A.  Wickham,  toastmaster; 
John  R.  Wall,  George  Oberdorfer.  Dr.  ISI.  R.  Schmidt,  A. 
Henning,  U.  W.  Friedmann,  Wm.  J.  Downer,  E.  J.  Kennedy, 
jr.,  and  A.  Huth. 


Students  Inspect  P.  D.  &  Co.  Plant 

Among  recent  visitors  to  the  Detroit  laboratories  of  Parke, 
Davis  &  Co.  wore  twenty  mechanical  engineering  students 
from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  forty  students  from  the 
INIechanical  Engineering  Department  of  the  Case  School  of 
.■\pplied  Science  at  Cleveland,  and  forty  engineering  students 
from  the  Ohio  State  University  at  Columbus.  These  visits 
were  a  part  of  the  prescribed  course  of  study  of  the  several 
student  hodi.s  ir.l  wore  interesting  and  instructive  because  of 
the  varii  il  nr.d  i  \i.  nsive  machinen.*  in  operation  at  the  com- 
pany's i>lant.  Oihor  recent  visiting  parties  to  the  labora- 
tories included  l.>5  monibers  of  the  I)rug  Salesmen's  .Asso- 
ciation of  Detroit,  and  twenty-five  members  of  the  Michi- 
gan State  Normal  College  Chemical  Club. 

On  iMay  15  the  pharmacy  students  of  the  University  of 
Michigan  inspected  the  plant  and  were  later  dined  at  the 
Hotel  Statlcr.  Practical  demonstrations  in  the  biological  and 
pharmaceutical  departments  were  made  for  the  part>'  of  85. 
W'.  D.  Paton  was  in  charge.  Dr.  R.  Miller,  head  of  the 
company's  experimental  departmejit,  presided  at  the  dinner. 
Dr   J.  M.  Francis  gave  an  address. 


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Honest  Advertising  for  Patent  Medicines 

Proprietary  Association  Heartily  Endorsed  the 
Printers'  Ink  Bill  at  Its  Recent  Convention 


THE  Proprietar\-  Association  of  America  heartily  endorsed 
the  Printers"  Ink  model  advertising  law  at  the  thirty- 
third  annual  convention  of  tliat  organization,  held  at 
the  Waldorf -.\storia  hotel,  New  York  City.  This  measure, 
in  the  states  where  it  has  been  enacted,  makes  the  misrepre- 
sentation of  goods  through  tlie  medium  of  advertising  a  mis- 
demeanor. The  association  recommended  that  this  law  be 
enacted  in  every  state  in  the  Union. 

The  members  also  enthusiastically  denounced  the  Xew  York 
City  Board  of  Health's  formula  disclosure  ordinance,  many 
present  characterizing  the  measure  as  unconstitutional,  "czar- 
like" and  otherwise  obnoxious.  Several  members  made  it  known 
that  tliey  were  not  inclined  to  obey  the  ordinance.  No  action 
was  taken,  however. 

The  great  amount  of  time  spent  upon  the  discussion  of 
the  above  two  propositions  minimized  the  attention  accorded 
the  question  of  price  maintenance,  the  proposed  publicity  cam- 
paign to  eliminate  substitution  on  the  part  of  retailers  in 
their  handling  of  proprietaries,  and  a  campaign  to  combat 
newspaper  crusades  against  "patent  medicines",  which  are 
conducted,  it  was  asserted,  regardless  of  the  merits  of  indi- 
vidual remedies.  The  association  in  1914  went  on  record  as 
in  favor  of  a  bill  to  prevent  discrimination  of  prices  and  to 
provide  for  publicity  of  prices  to  dealer  and  the  public.  The 
details  were  left  to  the  executive  committee.  At  this  meeting 
the  association,  contrary  to  expectation,  did  not  again  go  on 
record  as  endorsing  the  Stevens  bill  or  any  of  the  principles 
of  price  maintenance,  this  inaction  perhaps  being  due  to  the 
lack  of  time  for  its  due  consideration. 

President  Frank  J.  Cheney,  of  Toledo,  O.,  head  of  the  as- 
sociation for  ten  years,  was  absent  from  the  convention,  be- 
cause of  illness.  He  was  elected  honorary  president.  A.  H. 
Beardsley,  of  the  Dr.  Miles  Medical  Co.,  Elkhart,  Ind.,  was 
elected  president.    The  other  officers  are: 

First  vice  president,  William  H.  Gove,  Lydia  Pinkham 
Medicine  Co.,  L>Tin,  Mass. ;  second  vice  president,  Allen  F. 
Moore,  Pepsin  Syrup  Co.,  Monticello,  111.;  secretary-treasurer, 
Charles  P.  Tyrrell,  Syracuse  Medicine  Co.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ; 
executive  committee :  Joseph  F.  Hindes,  Emerson  Drug  Co., 
Baltimore;  R.  R.  Land,  Dr.  Kilmer  Co.,  Binghamton,  N.  Y.; 
F.  K.  Hyde,  Mentholatum  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.;  Will  A. 
Peairs,  Chamberlain  Medicine  Co.,  Des  Moines,  la.;  Z.  C. 
Patten,  jr.,  Chattanooga  Medicine  Co.,  Chattanooga,  Tenn.; 
Carl  J.  Balliett,  Foster-Milbum  Co.,  Buffalo;  Frank  Blair, 
Foley  &  Co.,  Chicago. 

Harry  B.  Thompson,  general  counsel  for  the  association, 
decried  in  his  address  the  star  chamber  proceedings  of  the 
Board  of  Health  of  this  city.  In  his  opinion  the  proprietors 
could  obtain  justice  in  proposed  legislative  activities  only  in 
public  hearings,  when  the  opportunity  was  presented  to  argue 
their  side.  Whenever  legislative  bodies  conducted  their  de- 
liberations in  private,  or  denied  the  proprietors  a  hearing,  then 
the  latter  could  not  hope  to  get  other  than  unfavorable  legis- 
lation and  rulings. 

J.  W.  Jacobs,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  representing  a  number  of 
Southern  religious  publications,  read  a  brief  entitled  "A  Cam- 
paign of  Defense  for  the  Proprietary  Association  of  America." 
In  it  he  pointed  out  the  rapidly  growing  sentiment  backed 
by  powerful  organizations,  demanding  that  all  statements  in 
regard  to  commodities  be  true.  "Public  sentiment  in  America," 
he  asserted,  "is  rapidly  crystallizing  in  favor  of  the  condem- 
nation of  any  manufacturer  of  a  proprietary  remedy  who  ad- 
vertises that  remedy  for  purposes  for  which  it  is  not  fitted, 
etc."  He  recommended  that  a  standard  of  integrity  in  busi- 
ness transactions  of  all  kinds  be  established  as  a  sine  qua  non 
for  membership  in  the  Association,  also  a  standard  of  effi- 
ciency in  the  commodities  manufactured  by  its  members,  and 
a  standard  of  truthfulness  in  the  representations  made  by  its 
members  in  regard  to  those  commodities. 

The  speaker  recommended  a  trade  mark  for  the  association 
which  should  be  advertised  and  which  individual  members 
should  be  licensed  to  use — after  examination  into  their  affairs 


and  methods  so  as  to  secure  the  full  approval  of  the  associa- 
tion under  its  ethical  rules.  The  advertising  value  of  such 
a  joint  symbol,  considering  what  it  would  stand  for,  would 
be  enormous. 

Publications  which  now  refuse  patent  medicines  might  be 
Induced  to  carry  tlieir  advertising.  Also,  the  dignity  of  the 
patent  medicine  manufacturing  house  would  be  raised,  for 
there  is  no  reason  why  the  patent  medicine  house  could  not 
be  raised  in  the  public  estimate  to  the  same  position  oi  digni- 
ty as  the  banker,  or  the  great  manufacturer  in  other  lines. 

That  Mr.  Jacobs'  proposition  would  cost  money  was  ex- 
plained by  Mr.  Jacobs.  "It  will  cost  money,  perhaps  several 
millions  of  dollars,  certainly  not  less  than  $1,000,000  to  get 
it  well  started."  The  members  of  the  association,  however, 
did  not  evince  any  inclination  to  raise  the  million  to  get  Mr. 
Jacobs'  scheme  to  "put  the  Proprietary  Association  right  with 
the  American  Public  Opinion"  "well  started",  but  there  is  no 
gainsaying  that  all  present  were  much  interested  in  his  perusal 
of  the  brief. 

Other  addresses  were  made  by  Caswell  A.  Mayo,  president  of 
the  A.  Ph.  A.,  Charles  A.  West,  Boston,  president  of  the 
N.  W.  D.  A.;  Dr.  Henry  C.  Lovis,  president  of  the  National 
Association  of  Manufacturers  of  Medicinal  Products;  David 
Watson,  of  Montreal,  president  of  the  Canadian  Proprietary 
Association;  Henry  R.  Strong,  of  St.  Louis;  Henry  C.  Fuller, 
of  the  Institute  of  Industrial  Research,  Washington,  D.  C. ; 
Carl  J.  Balliett,  of  Buffalo,  on  "Proprietary  Medicine  Adver- 
tising," Ervin  F.  Kemp,  of  Chicago,  subject,  "The  Secretary 
of  Committees." 

Much  of  the  association's  proceedings  was  conducted  in 
executive  session,  a  deviation  from  its  open  meeting  policy  of 
the  past  two  years. 


KANSAS  DRUaGISTS  "INDIFFERENT" 

Secretary  of  State   Association   speaks   his   Mind — 
W.  J.  Bangs  Re-elected  President 

"Kansas  druggists  are  indifferent  and  stupid.  They  have 
noticed  a  change  in  their  business,  yet  they  do  not  join  an 
organization  to  determine  the  cause  of  the  change.  A  number 
of  the  members  are  in  arrears  from  one  to  three  years  and  are 
careless."  This  was  the  assertion  of  D.  Von  Riesen,  of  Marys- 
ville,  secretary  of  the  Kansas  Ph.  A.,  made  at  the  recent  36tb 
annual  convention  of  that  organization,  held  at  the  Scottish 
Rite  Temple,  Wichita.  Mr.  Von  Riesen  recommended  that 
the  end  of  the  fiscal  year  for  the  association  be  made  Decem- 
ber 31,  instead  of  May  31.  He  suggested  that  J.  Leyden 
White,  George  P.  Englehard  and  Harry  B.  Mason  be  made 
honorary  members.  His  annual  report  showed  a  total  of 
646  members. 

W.  J.  Bangs,  of  Madison,  was  re-elected  president.  The 
other  officers  are: 

First  vice  president,  E.  E.  Bloom,  Hutchinson;  second  vice 
president,  B.  C.  Culp,  De  Soto;  secretary,  D.  Von  Riesen, 
Marysville;  assistant  secretary,  J.  M.  Brunt,  Topeka ;  treas- 
urer, J.  Schmitter,  Gypsum;  librarian,  L.  E.  Sayre,  Law- 
rence. 

By  resolution,  the  association  provided  for  a  fund  to  de- 
fray the  expense  of  an  investigation  of  drug  stores  suspected 
of  violating  the  prohibition  law  of  the  State.  A  committee 
of  three  was  appointed  to  carry  out  this  work,  and  its  mem- 
bers will  report  any  violation  to  the  proper  officials. 

Earles  L.  Schaefer  won  the  automobile  presented  to  the 
druggists  by  the  traveling  men.  The  secretary's  salary  was 
raised  from  .S150  to  $250.  Matt  Weightman,  Jr.,  for  20 
years  a  druggist  of  Topeka,  was  endorsed  as  Republican  can- 
didate for  State  treasurer.  Kansas  City  was  chosen  as  the 
place  of  meeting  for  1916.  The  date  will  be  May  16,  17 
and  18. 

Professor  C.   F.  Nelson,   of  Kansas  University,  informed 


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the  members  that  they  would  be  given  the  opportunity  of 
attending  free  school  for  a  week  at  the  University  in  the 
fall.  The  course  will  consist  of  a  week's  lectures  on  various 
branches  of  pharmacy,  and  an  effort  will  be  made  to  secure 
the  attendance  of  a  large  number  of  Kansas  druggists.  Pro- 
fessor Nelson  urged  the  pharmacists  of  the  State  to  estab- 
lish analytical  laboratories  and  to  place  them  in  the  front  of 
their  stores  in  place  of  soda  fountains.  "In  this  way,"  he 
said,  "pharmacy  may  be  raised  from  a  plane  above  business 
and  below  that  of  a  profession  to  a  real  profession.  The 
laboratory  can  be  fitted  out  for  $400  to  $500  and  would  pay 
well.  The  pharmacist  should  be  fitted  for  the  position  of 
city  chemist  or  bacteriologist  and  would  be  in  a  position  to 
aid  physicians  in  making  tests.  He  would  be  raised  to  a 
plane  equal  to  that  of  the  physician." 
Other  speakers  were: 

I.  F.  Deam,  State  food  and  drug  inspector;  Dean  L.  E. 
Sayre,  of  the  Kansas  University  School  of  Pharmacy;  W.  D. 
Mowry,  wholesale  druggist,  Kansas  City;  F.  W.  Ekstrand, 
Salina,  member  the  State  Board;  A.  Congdon,  food  and  drug 
inspector  for  the  State  Board  of  Health;  Edward  Hamill, 
secretary-treasurer  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Travelers'  Auxil- 
iary; J.  S.  Chism,  Wichita;  S.  T.  Jocelyn  and  J.  Leyden 
White,  Washington,  D.  C. 


WANT  PHARMACISTS  ON  HEALTH  BOARD 

liouisiana    Ph.    A.    to    Interview    Governor — ^A.  D. 
Parker  charges  Injustice 

Resentment  against  the  Louisiana  State  Board  of  Health, 
of  which  Dr.  Oscar  Dowling  is  chairman,  because  of  its 
regulation  insisting  upon  the  registration  of  the  ingredients 
of  all  patent  medicines  containing  narcotics,  came  to  light  at 
the  opening  session  of  the  annual  convention  of  the  Louisiana 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  New  Orleans  last  week. 

A.  D.  Parker,  president  of  the  Parker-Blake  Drug  Com- 
pany, a  wholesale  concern  of  New  Orleans,  which  manufac- 
tures a  great  many  proprietary  remedies,  was  most  vehement 
against  Dr.  Dowling  and  the  Louisiana  State  Board  of  Health. 
"The  regulation  is  unjust  and  unlawful,"  he  said  in  a  speech 
to  the  convention,  "and  I  will  fight  it  to  a  finish."  He  de- 
clared that  about  $5,000,000  is  invested  in  the  drug  business 
in  Louisiana,  much  of  which  is  represented  by  proprietaries. 

"The  druggist  is  the  last  man  to  create  fiendism  or  to  de- 
stroy the  happiness  of  any  home,"  said  Mr.  Parker,  "and  I 
take  this  occasion  to  deny  that  patent  medicines  are  respon- 
sible for  the  majority  of  drug  fiends." 

It  was  decided  at  a  later  session  of  the  convention  to  ask 
the  assistance  of  Governor  Hall  in  providing  for  the  election 
of  pharmacists  and  other  health  experts  to  the  state  board 
of  health.  At  present  only  physicians  are  eligible.  A  com- 
mittee consisting  of  A.  D.  Parker,  Fred  A.  Earhart  and 
C.  A.  MacDonald  was  appointed  to  wait  on  the  Governor. 

The  election  of  officers  resulted  as  follows: 

Fred  A.  Earhart,  New  Orleans,  president;  Charles  A.  Mac- 
Donald,  Port  Allen,  first  vice-president;  Eugene  H.  Daste, 
second  vice-president;  Dr.  George  S.  Brown,  treasurer;  George 
W.  McDuff,  recording  secretary;  Joseph  T.  Baltar,  corres- 
ponding secretary.  Members  of  the  executive  committee  elect- 
ed are:  Peter  Rupp,  J.  P.  Walker,  Martial  B.  Castiex,  E.  J. 
Bemadas  and  Sid  J.  Peters. 

Wilmington  Druggists  Elect  OflScers 

The  Wilmington  (Del.)  Association  of  Retail  Druggists 
recently  elected  the  following  officers: 

President,  Miss  Nora  Brendle;  secretary,  Vincent  Matthews; 
treasurer,  Albert  Dougherty;  executive  committee,  John  O. 
Bosley,  Mrs.  Etta  Devoe,  R,  H.  Newsome  and  L.  F.  Sanders. 

Pennsylvania  Ph.  A.  Auxiliary  Action 

To  create  a  "larger  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion", the  Traveling  Men's  Auxiliary  of  that  body  recently 
conducted  a  one-day  campaign  for  members  in  Philadelphia 
and  suburbs.  The  city  was  divided  into  .10  districts  and  two 
teams,  under  the  leadership  of  John  J.  McCullough  and 
Edward  T.  Hahn,  engaged  in  a  contest  for  the  honor  of  secur- 
ing the  greatest  number  of  members.  It  is  reported  that  the 
rampaign  was  very  successful. 


WHITNEY  BILL  NOT  APPROVED  BY  ALL 

Kings  Co.  Ph.  S.  Members  Protest  "Responsibility" 
Provision  at  May  Meeting 

Dr.  William  C.  Anderson  presented  an  interesting  report  on 
legislation  at  the  May  meeting  of  the  Kings  County  Pharma- 
ceutical Society,  held  at  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmao-. 
in  the  course  of  which  he  outlined  the  Whitney  bill,  which 
passed  both  houses  of  the  State  legislature,  the  Bloch  law 
and  various  recent  regulations  under  the  Harrison  law.  The 
Whitney  bill  had  been  held  up  by  the  department  store  people 
until  the  poison  schedule  was  altered.  The  measure,  however, 
still  contained  an  objectionable  feature  for  druggists  in  that 
it  made  the  proprietor  equally  responsible  with  the  clerk  for 
the  acts  of  the  clerk.  The  provision  previously  in  the  bill 
making  the  rules  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  the  same  as 
law  had  been  withdrawn.  Dr.  Anderson  had  not  heard  at 
the  time  of  the  meeting  whether  the  Whitney  bill  had  been 
signed  by  the  Governor.  He  concluded  his  report  by  express- 
ing the  opinion  that  the  members  could  congratulate  them- 
selves that  no  dangerous  measures  had  been  enacted. 

Dr.  Anderson  was  asked  why  the  society  had  not  protested 
the  provision  in  the  Whitney  bill  on  the  proprietor's  respon- 
sibility for  his  clerk.  He  explained  that  it  had  been  the 
custom  to  give  the  State  association  a  free  hand  in  State 
legislation,  and  that  this  matter  was  squarely  up  to  the  X.  Y. 
S.  P.  A.  legislative  committee.  The  members  should  protest 
at  the  Buffalo  convention  in  June.  Jacob  H.  Rehftiss,  a 
member  of  the  State  Board,  in  explaining  the  situation,  stated 
that  the  Board  had  been  blocked  in  its  enforcement  of  the 
law,  and  that  for  the  sake  of  the  public  health  it  was  neces- 
sary to  make  the  proprietor  responsible  for  his  clerk.  The 
consensus  of  opinion,  however,  seemed  to  be  that  if  the  bill 
was  passed  employers  of  drug  clerks  would  be  done  a  great  in- 
justice. 

Thomas  J.  France,  chairman  of  the  committee  on  supervi- 
sion, reported  that  the  college  would  graduate  31  post-gradu- 
ates and  143  seniors.  He  announced  that  Dr.  Wm.  Morgan, 
formerly  assistant  in  pharmacognosy  on  the  college  faculty', 
had  been  made  assistant  instructor  in  pharmacy,  and  Dr. 
Jacob  H.  Rehfuss  had  been  appointed  lecturer  in  pharmaceu- 
tical Latin  and  assistant  instructor  in  pharmacognosy. 

The  sum  of  $50  was  voted  toward  the  fund  to  defray  the 
expenses  of  the  State  association  at  its  Buffalo  convention. 


WHOLESALERS  SEGREGATE  NARCOTIC  DRUGS 

Charles  A.  West,  of  the  Eastern  Drug  Co.,  Boston,  presi- 
dent of  the  N.  W.  D.  A.,  and  F.  E.  Holliday,  general  repre- 
sentative for  the  same  organization,  attended  the  fifth  annual 
meeting  of  the  Mississippi  Valley  Druggists'  Association,  held 
at  the  Planters'  hotel,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Mr.  West  urged  on 
the  members  the  necessity  of  segregating  all  drugs  included 
in  the  Harrison  law.  Sixty-five  representatives  of  wholesale 
firms  in  the  territory  between  Cleveland,  O.,  and  Denver. 
Colo.,  were  present,  and  speakers  among  these  told  how  they 
enployed  special  help  in  charge  of  the  segregated  stock  in 
their  establishments  and  did  not  permit  the  filling  of  any 
orders  for  narcotic  drugs  until  the  Government  order  blank 
was  displayed. 

The  members  expressed  themselves  as  feeling  hopeful  that 
the  new  Federal  Trade  Commission  would  prove  beneficial 
to  business.  Trade  conditions  in  the  territory  from  Chicago 
to  Denver  were  said  to  be  normal,  while  those  in  the  South 
were  exhibiting  considerable  shrinkage  in  volume. 


Oppose  Printing  Formulas  on  Proprietaries 
At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  .Association  of  Re- 
tail Druggists,  a  resolution  was  adopted  unanimously  sup- 
porting the  State  Senate  Bill  No.  714,  which  if  passed,  will 
make  it  unlawful  for  druggists  to  sell  or  handle  any  patent 
preparation  containing  narcotics,  advertised  for  administra- 
tion to  infants  under  three  years  of  age.  It  is  the  purpose 
of  the  bill  to  put  an  end  to  the  "doping  "  of  infants  by  un- 
suspecting parents  who  purchase  patent  medicines.  Resolu- 
tions were  also  adopted  by  the  association  opposing  bill  555. 
which,  if  passed,  would  require  the  formula  to  appear  on  the 
label  of  all  patent  medicines  of  a  remedial  nature. 


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ALLIED  RETAILERS  MAY  FIGHT  CHAIN 

Co-operative  Movement  By  New  York  Merchants 
Urged  Against  Merger  of  Riker-Hegeman  Co. 
and  United  Cigar  Stores  Co. 

'I'liat  all  retail  merchants,  not  alone  the  independent  re- 
tail druggists,  would  suffer  by  the  consummation  of  the  pro- 
posed Riker-Hegeman  Co.  and  United  Cigar  Stores  Co.,  mer- 
ger, was  asserted  by  Dr.  William  C.  Anderson,  chairman  of 
the  New  York  Pharmaceutical  Conference,  at  a  recent  m:et- 

1  ing  of  the  Metropolitan  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  the 
local  athliated  body  of  the  N.  .\.  R.  D.,  held  at  Uie  New  York 
College  of  Pharmacy. 

Dr.  .-Vnderson  made  tliis  point  in  endeavoring  to  show  why 
any  legal  fight  which  might  be  waged  against  the  proposed 
combination  should  be  instigated  by  a  conference  of  New  York 

"     retail  merchants,  and  not  by  the  pharmaceutical  conference. 

I  One  look  at  the  police  department's  placard  announcem»nt 
•of  the  articles  a  druggist  must  not  sell  on  Sunday,  only  four 
•or  five  of  which  are  handled  by  independent  druggists,  and 
all  of  which  are  handled  by  the  chain  stores,  would  suffice 
to  show  why  all  retailers  should  be  interested  in  a  legal  fight. 
In  the  list  were  articles  carried  by  hardware  stores,  bric-a- 

.     brae  shops,  electric  supply  emporiums,  stationery  stores,  leathei 

,  shops,  toy  shops,  picture  stores,  jewelry  stores,  haberdasheries, 
etc. 

Allied  Conference  at  "Work 
Dr.  Anderson  explained  that  the  conference  of  allied  re- 
'     tailers,  the  organization  of  which  had  been  begun  a  year  or 
'     so  ago  when  the  Stevens  bill  was  being  so  strenuously  agi- 
tated, had  been  permitted  to  languish,  but  was  not  "dead."' 
The  committee  in  charge  of  its  permanent  organization,  v/hich 
•was  also  to  draw  up  a  constitution  and  by-laws,  is  again  ac- 
tively engaged  in  this  work,  and  a  meeting  will  be  held  in  a 
•week  or  so.    The  conference  will  consist  of  a  number  of  dele- 
gates from  every  retail  line  in  the  city.    Through  this  con- 
ference every  retail  trade  encroached  upon  by  the  chain  stores 
could  join  in  any  litigation  which  might  be  found  feasible. 

Upon  motion  of  Jacob  H.  Rehfuss,  chairman  of  the  legis- 
lative committee  of  the  National  .Association  of  Retail  Drug- 
gists, the  chairman  of  the  M.  A.  R.  D.,  A.  Klingmann,  v.-as 
authorized  to  appoint  three  delegates  to  the  allied  retailers' 
conference.  This  motion  also  favored  action  in  the  matter  by 
the  conference. 

Gro-wing  Into  Department  Stores 

The  danger  to  all  retailers,  including  the  big  d^ipartment 
stores,  was  enlarged  upon  by  Dr,  Anderson,  who  pointed  out 
'  the  subtle  effect  of  the  policy  of  the  chain  drug  stores  in 
gradually  putting  in  a  line  of  general  merchandise  and  at  the 
same  time  doing  business  under  the  style  of  a  drug  store.  The 
public  had  considerable  respect  for  a  drug  store  and  under  the 
guise  of  the  drug  store  it  was  easier  to  dispose  of  general 
merchandise  than  it  was  to  dispose  of  the  same  goods  through 
a  straight  out-and-out  general  or  department  store.  It  was 
osier  for  a  drug  store  to  be  a  department  store  and  sell 
general  merchandise  than  for  a  department  store  to  go  into 
the  drug  business  by  launching  a  drug  department.  The 
trend  from  the  chain  drug  store  to  the  chain  drug  department 
store  has  already  begun.  It  will  be  furthered  by  the  merging 
of  a  drug  chain  with  a  cigar  store  chain.  All  retailers  should 
join  in  any  fight  which  might  be  made  to  stop  the  movement, 
said  Dr,  Anderson, 

Stevens  Bill  Discussed 
Mr,  Rehfuss  presented  a  brief  report  on  National  legis- 
lation, pointing  out  that  although  Congress  was  not  in  session, 
the  Stevens  bill  was  receiving  considerable  attention.  "Cer- 
tain men  are  trying  to  work  their  own  ideas  into  the  bill. 
They  are  trying  to  get  in  provisions  on  'honest  advertising'  and 
'justifiable  profits.'  Any  provision  for  the  latter  will  mean 
that  a  court  will  have  to  decide  the  question.  Manufacturers 
will  not  take  advantage  of  the  act,  if  these  things  are  put 
in  it." 

The  consensus  of  opinion  among  those  present  was  that 
the  Stevens  bill  should  remain  a  price  maintenance  measure, 
'  "pure  and  simple."  The  question  was  raised  as  to  whether 
the  Proprietary  Association  of  .America  was  opposed  to  price 
maintenance,  and  many  present  thought  that  the  proprietors 
should  take  a  stand  on  the  subject. 


Invites  N.  A.  R.  D.  to  New  York 

John  R.  Young,  representing  the  Convention  Bureau,  of 
the  New  York  Merchants'  Association,  through  the  M.  A. 
R.  D.,  invited  the  N,  A.  R,  D,  to  hold  its  ne.xt  convention  in 
New  York  City,  His  proposition  was  that  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 
could  have  every  inch  of  floor  space  it  required  free  of  charge, 
and  could  otherwise  obtain  more  accommodation  for  less  money 
than  it  could  elsewhere  in  the  country.  In  the  past  three  years 
every  association,  save  one,  which  had  booked  through  the 
bureau  to  hold  its  convention  in  this  city  had  registered  a 
greater  attendance  than  ever  before  in  its  history.  The  ex- 
ception was  an  organization  whose  secretary  sent  out  the 
notices  only  eleven  days  before  the  convention.  Mr.  Young 
had  even  looked  into  the  matter  of  entertainment  and  inferred 
that  this  item  would  not  be  an  expense  to  the  local  retailers. 


AS  THEY  GO  MARCHING  ON 

Riker-Hegeman    Co.  and  Riker-Jaynes  Co.  Acquire 
Stores — Liggett  Sells  Three  in  Baltimore 

The  Riker-Hegeman  Co.  has  sub-leased  one  of  the  stores, 
and  part  of  the  basement  and  sub-basement  in  the  building  to 
be  erected  on  the  site  now  occupied  by  "The  Sun",  at  Nassau 
and  Frankfort  streets,  New  York.  The  drug  store  will  oc- 
cupy part  of  the  Nassau  street  side  of  the  proposed  building. 
The  leasing  company  will  pay  an  aggregate  rental  of  $273,000 
for  21  years,  or  a  yearly  rental  of  $13,000.  The  space  is 
sub-leased  from  the  Schulte  Realty  Co.,  which  leased  the 
ground  floor  and  basement  of  the  proposed  building  a  few 
months  ago  for  21  years. 

The  new  store  will  be  of  particular  interest  to  the  drug- 
gists of  New  York  City  in  that  the  Perry  Pharmacy,  for 
many  years  located  in  the  World  building,  will  for  the  first 
time  experience  competition  in  its  own  territory  for  the  pa- 
tronage of  the  Brooklyn  bridge  crowds.  When  the  late  Dr. 
Charles  J.  Perry's  estate  was  settled  up,  it  developed  that 
the  Perry  Pharmacy  Association,  the  corporation  conducting 
the  drug  store,  had  a  capital  stock  of  $40,000,  consisting  of 
400  shares,  of  which  Mr,  Perry  owned  200.  The  stock  in 
the  drug  store  was  valued  at  $14,000,  and  the  fixtures  at 
$1,000.  The  good  will  brought  the  value  of  the  stock  up  to 
$185  a  share.  The  corporation  pays  $25,000  a  year  rent,  and 
the  lease  is  good  until  1921  and  cannot  be  transferred  or 
sublet.  It  is  understood  that  several  corporations  have  been 
willing  to  pay  twice  the  rent  paid  for  the  location. 

Worcester,  Mass,,  May  15, — The  three  stores  in  Worcester, 
Springfield  and  Holyoke,  formerly  owned  by  Henry  L,  Green, 
of  Worcester,  have  been  sold  to  the  Riker-Jaynes  Drug  Co. 
A  Riker  inventory  crew  was  put  to  work  immediately  and 
merchandise  not  handled  in  Riker  stores  was  cleared  out  at 
greatly  reduced  prices.  The  stores,  it  is  reported,  will  be 
closed,  and  Mr.  Green  will  open  a  store  in  Leominster.  Green's 
Boston  store  was  purchased  by  Riker-Jaynes  Drug  Co.  a 
week  or  so  before  the  above  deal  was  consummated. 

Scranton,  Pa.,  May  15, — It  was  recently  reported  that  the 
Riker-Hegeman  Co,  is  jobbing  around  for  a  suitable  location 
in  one  of  Lackawanna  avenue's  busiest  blocks.  Several  owners 
of  buildings  on  this  thoroughfare  were  asked  for  prices,  but 
the  representative  of  Riker-Hegeman  Co,  denied  that  it  was 
his  company.  This  representative  is  quoted  in  the  Scranton 
"Times"  to  the  effect  that  "if  the  Riker-Hegeman  Co.  can 
get  a  lease  on  a  certain  building  on  Lackawanna  avenue  they 
will  open  a  store  here;  if  they  can't  they  won't  come  here. 
One  store  more  or  less  doesn't  make  much  difference  to 
them," 

Baltimore,  Md.,  May  15. — It  is  said  that  the  Ralph  A. 
Nattans  Drug  and  Chemical  Co.,  consisting  of  Ralph  and 
.Arthur  Nattans,  have  closed  a  deal  for  the  purchase  of  the 
three  Liggett  drug  stores  in  Baltimore.  The  stores  are  situ- 
ated at  17  West  Lexington  street,  the  southwest  comer  of 
Eutaw  and  Lexington  streets  and  at  the  northeast  comer 
of  Baltimore  and  Eutaw  streets.  The  new  corporation  is 
also  .said  to  have  secured  a  long  lease  on  the  former  Academy 
hotel  property,  at  thf  northwf.st  comer  of  Howard  and  Frank- 
lin strcr-t.s,  :in<]  will  frcct  an  imposing  stmcture  thereon  for 
occupnnrv  on  tlie  Ground  floor  by  a  drug  store.  The  Nattans 
are  said  to  contcmijlate  covering  the  city  with  a  net  work  of 
drug  stores. 


280 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[June,  191.". 


WORKIITG  FOR  KECIPROCAL  REGISTRATION 

Forecast  of  Points  to  be  Considered  at  Coming:  Meet- 
ing of  N.A.B.P. — Syllabus  in  Present  Form  Criticised 


By  arrangement  of  the  members  of  the  Executive  Committee 
of  the  National  Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy  and  chair- 
men of  the  various  committees  representing  the  American 
Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties,  who  met  recently  in 
Washington,  D.  C,  the  annual  joint  meeting  of  the  two  or- 
ganizations will  be  held  in  San  Francisco  on  August  7.  In 
previous  years  the  National  Association  of  Boards  of  Phar- 
macy has  always  held  meetings  on  the  same  dates  as  those 
selected  for  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  but 
the  programme  provided  this  year  provides  that  the  meetings 
will  be  held  just  previous  to  the  Convention  week  of  the 
A.  Ph.  A.  The  dates  of  meeting  selected  by  the  N.  A.  B.  P. 
are  August  5,  6  and  7,  while  the  Conference  of  Faculties  will 
hold  its  initial  meeting  on  August  6.  This  arrangement  will 
permit  members  of  both  organizations  to  attend  the  A.  Ph. 
A.  meetings  without  conflicting  with  N.  A.  B.  P.  meetings. 

According  to  secretary  H.  C.  Christensen,  the  discussions  of 
the  Executive  Committee  of  the  N.  A.  B.  P.  at  its  Washington 
meeting  forecast  many  important  points  to  be  brought  up  at 
the  coming  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Association.    These  are: 

First :  An  effort  to  have  future  annual  meetings  held  at 
central  points  in  order  that  equal  opportunity  may  be  afforded 
members  attending  the  meetings,  thereby  increasing  attendance 
and  consequently  obtaining  better  results. 

Second:  An  arrangement  for  reporting  the  annual  meeting 
so  that  a  synopsis  of  it  may  be  available  for  publication  di- 
rectly after  the  convention  closes. 

Third:  An  endeavor  will  be  made  to  persuade  boards  that 
now  reciprocate  locally,  i.  e.  through  agreements  between  two 
or  more  contiguous  states,  to  have  applications  for  reciprocal 
registration  filed  through  the  N.  A.  B.  P.  with  certification  of 
registration,  grades  and  other  required  qualifications  certified  to 
by  secretaries  of  Boards,  on  the  official  application  blanks  of 
the  Association  in  the  regular  way.  It  was  the  opinion  of 
the  Executive  Committee  that  this  would  greatly  facilitate  and 
further  the  work  of  the  association  with  regard  to  the  general 
uniformity  of  requirements  for  reciprocity. 

Fourth :  The  correspondence  submitted  by  the  Secretary 
showed  that  failure  in  the  past  of  a  number  of  Boards  to  keep 
records  of  grades  of  candidates  it  registered  or  loss  or  de- 
struction of  records,  etc.,  rendered  it  impossible  for  the  secre- 
tary of  the  reciprocating  board,  at  this  time,  to  comply  with 
the  requirements  relative  to  furnishing  this  data ;  and  that 
this  condition  worked  a  hardship  on  many  pharmacists  who 
would  like  to  avail  themselves  of  reciprocal  registration.  This 
condition  applies  particularly  to  the  older  registered  men.  An 
effort  will,  therefore,  be  made  to  so  modify  existing  regulations 
as  to  permit  the  reciprocal  registration  of  pharmacists  so 
affected. 

Fifth:  The  Executive  Committee  also  took  up  several  ques- 
tions relative  to  the  "Harrison  Narcotic  Law"  with  the  Federal 
Commission  having  matters  pertaining  to  this  law  in  charge. 
A  number  of  suggestions  made  by  the  Committee  was  taken 
imder  advisement  by  the  Commission  and  results  will  be  later 
aimounced.  The  Committee  also  assured  the  Federal  Offi- 
cials of  the  support  and  cooperation  of  the  N.  A.  B.  P.  and 
of  the  member  Boards  of  the  Association. 

The  important  Joint  Meeting  of  Chairmen  of  Committees 
representing  the  American  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical 
Faculties  and  the  N.  A.  B.  P.  with  the  Executive  Committee 
was  significant  in  its  tone,  as  it  indicated  the  "get  together" 
spirit  of  both  Boards  and  Faculties — the  teaching  and  examin- 
ing bodies,  that  have  to  do  with  our  pharmacists,  present  and 
future,  a  spirit  that,  perhaps,  has  not  always  been  conspicu- 
ous by  its  presence. 

The  sentiment  of  the  meeting  might  be  summed  up  by 
the  words  of  Mr.  Burton  who  said:  "It  was  hoped  that  this 
movement  would  bring  about  a  condition  between  members 
of  Boards  of  Pharmacy  and  members  of  Schools  of  Pharmacy 
Faculties,  that  \\,>u\A  ].r(ive  mutually  beneficial  and  result  in 
more  thorouKh  h  .nnn!;  ,111(1  examination  of  the  future  phar- 
macist". Di.  lI.Mis'in  si  lted  that  a  condition  such  as  it  is 
hoped  to  briiif^  about  as  a  result  of  the  present  movement  for 
a  closer  relationship  between  Faculties  and  Boards  had  been 


one  of  the  day  dreams  of  his  life."  He  further  stated  that 
"Boards  of  Pharmacy  having  legal  status  and  the  care  of  tb' 
public  should  accept  the  responsibility  and  demand,  with  th 
advice  and  consent  of  the  Faculties,  such  teaching  as  wi: 
meet  the  requirements  of  the  Boards  for  public  protection. 
He  believed  that  the  Faculties  would  welcome  the  propose' 
cooperation. 

In  a  discussion  regarding  suitable  examination  questions  an^ 
the  Syllabus  as  a  guide  for  use  in  the  preparation  of  ques 
tions,  it  was  the  general  opinion  of  those  present  that  th 
Syllabus  in  its  present  form  does  not  serve  the  purpose  to  th 
best  advantage.  That  in  order  to  make  it  a  practical  guic 
for  examination  or  for  the  preparing  of  questions  for  tr. 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy  examination,  it  should  be  revise' 
with  a  view  of  separating  or  designating  material  contaim; 
therein  in  such  a  way  as  to  indicate  or  outline  the  part  ■ 
parts  to  be  followed  or  used  as  a  guide,  in  order  to  obtai 
proper  scope  and  distribution  of  questions.  Further,  that  a 
possible  sources  of  help  in  this  work  should  be  utilized.  Th . 
examination  questions  should  be  prepared  with  a  view  r 
testing  a  candidate's  fitness  and  qualifications  to  perform  h: 
duties  as  a  pharmacist  rather  than  to  determine  the  examiner 
ability  to  compile  a  set  of  questions  that  will  "f?unk"  th 
largest  number  of  candidates.  The  advantage  of  separat- 
sets  of  examination  questions  for  assistants,  with  proper  dis- 
tinction between  the  questions  used  for  assistants  and  thos 
used  for  registered  pharmacists.  W'hile  gratifying  results  hav 
been  attained  in  the  past  two  years  with  regard  to  improve 
and  more  uniform  examination  questions  and  methods  thes 
features  will  again  be  given  much  prominence  and  considera- 
tion at  the  coming  Convention. 

Some  of  the  topics  listed  for  papers  and  discussion  at  the 
joint  meeting  of  the  N.  A.  B.  P.  and  Conference  of  Faculties 
on  August  7,  are; 

(a)  Relationship  of  Local  Boards  with  Local  Colleges. 

(b)  More  perfect  and  beneficial  Relationship  between  th 

Boards  and  the  Faculties. 

(c)  Prerequisite  I^aws — their  Benefits  and  Objections. 

(d)  The  relationship  of  the  Boards  and  the  Faculties  tc 

the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

(e)  Business  referred  to  the  Joint  Sessions  by  the  Boards 

or  the  Faculties. 


BOWLING  DRUGGISTS  ELECT  OFFICERS 

At  the  fennual  meeting  of  thei  American  Drug  Bowling"  Associa- 
tion held  in  Atlantic  City  on  ISIay  9.  the  following  office.-- 
were  elected:  President,  L.  S.  Reed,  New  York;  vice-presi- 
dent, George  Armour,  Baltimore;  secretary,  Dr.  Wm.  B 
Christine,  Philadelphia;  executive  committee;  John  Mooney, 
Philadelphia;  Warner  Malsch,  New  York;  and  William  E 
Smuck,  Baltimore. 

L.  S.  Reed,  of  New  York  city,  was  vinanimously  elected 
president.  Other  officers  chosen  were:  Vice  president,  George 
Armour,  Baltimore;  secretary.  Dr.  William  B.  Christine.  Phila- 
delphia ;  Execu"'"''  Committee.  John  Mooney.  Philadelphia : 
Warner  IMalsch,  New  York  city,  and  William  E.  Smuck,  Bal- 
timore. 

James  McCorkle.  of  Philadelphia,  received  the  prize  for 
greatest  number  of  200  games.  John  ^looney,  also  of  the 
Quaker  City  contingent,  got  the  high  single  game  award 
ISIcCorkle  also  took  honors  here,  but  the  ruling  of  the  asso- 
ciation allows  only  oi;e  award  to  each  contestant  and  hence 
this  cup  went  to  the  second  best  score  recorded  by  Mooney 

Tin  nuwt  .-strikes  were  mad-  W-  L.  S.  Reed,  of  New  York 
city,  (■  Iiill,  of  Baltimore,  was  credited  with  the  most 
split  sparc-i,  ^\■arIler  Malsch  recorded  most  honor  games.  W 
B.  Ferguson,  New  York  city,  rompiled  highest  spare  per 
centage,  .878.  W.  A.  Stoutenberg,  also  of  Ncv  York,  hcl 
high  sheet  for  three  games.  W.  J.  Conklin,  of  New  York 
city,  rolled  high  six  games.  W.  B.  Ferguson  aggregated  second 
high  sheet.  The  latter  won  the  trophy  givrn  by  Retiring 
President  Charles  C.  Buchanan,  of  Philadelphi? 


Want  Sunday  Sales  in  Drug  Stores  Restricted 
The  Citizens'  Enforcement  League  of  Presque  Isle,  Me., 
have  filed  a  protest  against  the  Sunday  opening  of  drug  stores 
for  any  other  purpose  than  that  of  filling  prescriptions  or 
selling  needed  medicines.  The  League  also  calls  for  a  strict 
enforcement  of  the  law  relating  to  tlie  selling  of  cigarettes. 


JcxE,  1915J  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA  281 

News  of  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 


N.  Y.  BRANCH  HEARS  TWO  GOOD  PAPERS 

Dr.  Hatcher  Discusses  Dig-italis  Infusion;  E.  H.  Gane 
Liquid  Petrolatum,  a  Timely  Subject 

Two  interesting  and  important  papers  were  read  before  the 
New  York  branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion at  its  May  meeting  held  at  the  New  York  Collige  of 
Pharmacy.  One  was  on  "The  Deterioration  of  Di-itilis  In- 
fusion", presented  by  Dr.  Robert  A.  Hatcher,  the  cjtlur  by 
E.  H.  Gane,  of  McKesson  &  Robbins,  on  "Liiiuid  IVtrola- 
tum,  Russian  and  .\nierican."  Dr.  Hatcher's  paper  was  only 
a  preliminary  statement  of  a  few  experiments  relating  to  this 
preparation,  but  his  results  indicate  that  another  cherished  idea 
regarding  the  instability  of  digitalis  galenicals  will  soon  re- 
ceive its  deathblow.  It  has  long  been  believed  that  digitalis 
infusion  is  very  unstable,  losing  its  strength  in  even  one  or 
two  days.  Schmiedeberg  found  that  the  digitoxin  in  the  infu- 
sion, decomposed,  forming  toxinsin,  of  a  nature  similar  to 
picroto.xin,  which  acts  directly  on  the  medullary  centers,  and 
causes  vomiting.  Dr.  Hatcher  pointed  out  that  deterioration 
to  the  pharmacist  means  any  change  which  renders  a  pre- 
paration unsightly,  such  as  precipitation,  but  to  the  pharma- 
cologist such  alterations  are  comparatively  unimportant,  and 
deterioration  means  to  him  only  a  loss  in  activity.  This  latter 
species  of  deterioration  is  always  referred  to  in  the  present 
paper. 

.■\  sample  of  powdered  digitalis  leaves  was  moistened  with 
an  equal  weight  of  water,  and  kept  in  a  tightly  stoppered 
bottle  for  four  months,  at  room  temperature.  From  time  to 
time  portions  were  removed,  and  made  into  infusions.  Al- 
though the  remainder  of  the  sample  had  grown  moldy,  the 
infusions  made  after  four  months  showed  a  loss  of  only  one- 
half  of  their  original  strength,  and  the  action  was  typically 
that  of  digitalis,  not  of  picrotoxin,  as  was  proved  by  blood  pres- 
sure tracings.  Schmiedeberg's  statement  to  the  contrary  was 
probably  based  on  the  fact,  since  demonstrated  by  Hatcher  and 
Eggleston,  that  digitalis  also  acts  on  the  centers  and  causes 
vomiting. 

A  number  of  infusions  were  then  made  by  the  U.  S.  P. 
process,  and  also  without  the  addition  of  alcohol  and  cinna- 
mon water.  They  were  kept  under  various  conditions  of 
temperature.  Those  which  were  maintained  at  a  temperature 
of  about  40  degrees  in  an  incubator  showed  a  slight  loss  of 
strength  after  28  days,  while  those  kept  on  ice  did  not  change 
in  activity.  The  addition  of  alcohol  had  apparently  no  effect 
in  a  preser\'ative  way.  An  infusion  kept  in  an  open  flask  in 
the  laboratory  over  a  radiator,  and  hence  under  the  worst  pos- 
sible conditions,  lost  only  50  per  cent,  of  its  activity  in  30 
days.  Another  lot,  made  by  the  U.  S.  P.  process,  and  allowed 
to  stand  in  open  in  the  laboratory  at  the  ordinary  temperature, 
lost  no  strength  in  19  days,  and  after  35  days  was  only 
slightly  weaker. 

The  proper  method  for  making  infusion  of  digitalis  is  to 
heat  the  drug,  in  No.  60  powder,  with  100  parts  of  water, 
for  one  hour  on  a  boiling  water  bath,  whereby  a  temperature 
of  about  90  degrees  is  reached.  The  solution  should  then 
be  filtered,  and  the  addition  of  alcohol  is  not  at  all  necessar>'. 
As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  action  of  the  infusion  and  the  tincture 
is  exactly  the  same,  and  there  is  no  reason  why  the  in- 
fusion should  be  used  or  prescribed  at  all. 

During  the  extended  discussion  which  followed.  Otto  Rau- 
benheimer  stated  that  the  forthcoming  U.  S.  P.  would  omit 
the  alcohol  in  the  formula  for  the  infusion. 

Mr.  Gane's  paper  on  liquid  petrolatum,  contained  a  very 
interesting  discussion  of  that  timely  subject.  The  use  of  pe- 
troleum oil  as  a  remedy  dates  back  as  far  as  the  80's  of  last 
century,  although  the  substance  is  mentioned  as  early  as  600 
B.  C.  At  present  it  is  probably  the  most  widely  used  internal 
remedy.  It  has  no  food  value  whatever,  as  it  is  not  acted 
■upon  by  any  of  the  digestive  juices.  In  the  years  1900-1903. 
its  wider  employment  began  in  this  country.  The  action  is 
purely  mechanical,  being  that  of  a  lubricant.  The  quality  of 
the  oil  must  be  very  high,  and  in  this  respect  the  present 
1'.  S.  P.  requirements  are  vcr\-  lax.  As  the  supply  of  Russian 
oil  is  now  cut  off,  .American  oils  must  be  used,  and  several 


refmeries  are  already  turning  out  a  good  product  in  large 
quantities.  The  absence  of  odor,  taste,  and  color  are  not 
sufficient  to  insure  that  an  oil  is  fit  for  internal  use.  It  must 
also  be  absolutely  inert  chemically.  It  has  long  been  known 
that  petroleum  workers  are  often  subject  to  skin  diseases,  and 
lately  it  has  been  shown  that  petroleum  contains  a  substance 
which  causes  increased  cell  activity.  For  this  reason,  the  fear 
has  been  expressed  that  petroleum  oil  might  cause  cancer  if 
employed  for  any  length  of  time.  Sulphur  compounds  may 
also  be  present,  and  some  of  these  are  very  difficult  to  remove. 
The  oil  should  also  be  perfectly  neutral  to  litmus  paper. 

The  tests  in  the  new  British  Pharmacopoeia  should  be  made 
a  minimum  requirement  in  petrolatum  intended  for  internal 
use.  When  shaken  with  concentrated  sulphuric  acid,  there 
should  be  no  red  or  brown  color  developed  in  the  acid.  Shak- 
ing with  an  alkaline  solution  of  lead  oxide  should  not  cause 
blackening,  proving  the  absence  of  sulphur  compounds.  But 
these  tests,  together  with  neutrality  to  litmus,  do  not  insure 
the  absence  of  the  substance  causing  great  cell  activity.  The 
latter  can  be  removed  by  washing  with  hot  water,  and  this 
should  be  a  final  step  in  the  process  of  refining.  The  gravity 
of  the  oil  is  of  little  importance,  and  the  same  applies  to  the 
viscosity,  except  that  a  very  viscous  oil  is  more  disagreeable 
to  take  than  a  thinner  oil.  There  is  no  doubt  that  doses  were 
formerly  much  too  large,  and  the  best  practice  at  present  uses 
doses  of  not  more  than  a  tablespoonful.  Leakage  from  the 
lower  bowel,  formerly  attributed  to  poor  quality  in  the  oil,  was 
certainly  due  to  the  enormous  doses  of  four  or  six  ounces  then 
administered,  and  this  leakage  can  always  be  prevented  by 
lowering  the  dose. 

The  discussion  was  participated  in  by  Dr.  Diner,  Dr.  Mayer, 
Air.  Turner,  Mr.  Sonnebom,  and  Mrs.  St.  Clair  Ransford- 
Gay. 

Dr.  Joseph  L.  Mayer,  representing  a  special  committee  ap- 
pointed to  consider  the  proposition  of  closing  the  season  with 
a  banquet,  stated  that  there  was  little  enthusiasm  about  the 
project  at  the  present  time,  and  Dr.  Jeannot  Hostmann,  made 
it  plain  that  if  the  affair  was  to  be  a  success,  the  co-operation 
of  all  the  members  was  absolutely  necessary,  and  that  the 
committee  would  disclaim  all  responsibility.  It  was  decided 
to  wait  until  next  fall  when  a  plan  to  have  dinners  in  con- 
nection with  the  monthly  meetings  will  be  considered. 

The  secretary  was  instructed  to  send  out  return  postals  to 
ascertain  the  opinion  of  the  members  on  the  question  of  hold- 
ing semi-monthly  meetings. 

Mr.  Gane  reported  that  the  State  Board  of  Health  was  of 
the  opinion  that  it  was  not  necessary  to  use  Boylan  blanks  for 
chloral  in  the  State,  but  that  as  long  as  the  supply  lasted, 
pharmacists  in  New  York  City  must  use  the  city  blanks  for 
this  substance.  J.  Leon  Lascoff  stated  that  the  Harrison  law 
blanks  would  cover  all  cases,  and  that  Section  126  of  the 
city  code  would  be  amended,  in  accord  with  a  recent  state- 
ment by  Dr.  Emerson. 

Chicago 

At  the  May  meeting  of  the  Chicago  branch  of  the  A.  Ph.  A., 
President  Hugh  Craig  was  authorized  to  appoint  three  dele- 
gates to  represent  the  branch  in  the  House  of  Delegates  for 
the  San  Francisco  convention  of  the  parent  body.  The  dele- 
gation w-as  not  named  at  this  meeting,  but  was  instructed  to 
offer  the  following  resolution : 

"Resolved  that  the  question  of  the  deletion  of  Squibb's  and 
Sun  Cholera  mixtures  from  the  N.  F.  should  be  reconsidered 
by  the  X.  F.  committee  and  that  they  should  be  reinstated 
iri  the  text  of  the  N.  F." 

Professor  C.  M.  Snow  was  elected  as  representative  of  the 
branch  in  the  Ph.  A.  Council,  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused 
by  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  Professor  A.  H.  Clark. 

Professor  W.  B.  Day  reported  that  the  prospects  for  the 
enactment  of  the  State  anti-narcotic  law  were  good,  but  that 
the  passage  of  the  anti-vending  bill  did  not  seem  so  likely, 
and  the  pre-requisite  bill  stood  even  less  chance  of  getting 
through  the  Irgislnture. 

Win  Or-ry  !•  id  ,i  iiqifT  on  "Redistilled  Water  versus  Steril- 
izer] Di^till-d  W  il  l  '  He  made  the  plea  that  pharmacists 
shfiul'i  i-.li-tir,,l  w-fer  when  physicians  order  it  and 

not  suhstitute  sterilized  distilled  water. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[June,  1915 


Results  of  State  Pharmacy  Board  Examinations 


New  York 

Warren  L.  Bradt,  secretary  of  the  New  York  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy,  reports  the  following  list  of  penalties  received  during 
the  present  year:  January — Junior  violation,  5;  adulterated  and 
deficient  prescriptions,  3;  adulterated  and  deficient  pharmacopeial 
products,  13;  Total,  21. 

February — Junior  violation,  5;  adulterated  and  deficient  pharma- 
copoeial  products,  8;  adulterated  and  deficient  prescriptions,  6; 
total,  19. 

March — Junior  violation,  9;  adulterated  and  deficient  prescrip- 
tions, 5;  substitutions,  2;  adulterated  and  deficient  pharmacopoeial 
products,  11;  total,  27. 

Alabama 

At  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Alabama  Board  of  Pharmacy  held 
in  Birmingham,  the  following  passed: 

Pharmacists— Luther  C.  Webb,  B.  W.  Johnson,  K.  L.  Walker, 
Edw.  Q.  May,  C.  D.  Miller.  B.  A.  Kennedy,  Leo  Bostwick,  L.  M. 
Murphee,  R.  F.  Landham,  C.  L.  Rabum,  H.  G.  Cowan,  Dave 
Bowen,  Fay  F.  Feagen,  J.  C.  Pope,  Jas.  L.  Dean,  A.  L.  Cain, 
C.  Q.  Terrin,  D.  B.  Berry,  C.  M.  Stephenson,  Wm.  C.  Hall,  H.  C. 
Smith,  F.  F.  Johnson,  A.  M.  Rachal,  W.  A.  Brown,  H.  M.  Man- 
gum,  E.  A.  Southworth,  Chas.  L.  Krebs,  Jr.,  R.  L.  Snow,  Carnet 
Hagan,  W.  F.  Pierce,  Thos.  D.  Tanner,  H.  R.  Thayer,  J.  M. 
Bridges,  G.  N.  Odum,  P.  B.  Goldstein,  W.  T.  Thomas,  H.  E. 
Holton,  A.  T.  Bradford,  S.  T.  Anderson,  H.  L.  Davis,  H.  V. 
Seidenspinner. 

Assistants— Hertz,  McDougal,  W.  L.  Faley,  E.  S.  Inman,  F. 
Boisfinlet,  Chas.  H.  West,  L.  S.  Youngblood,  J.  W.  Peacock,  H.  H. 
Moorer,  H.  White,  J.  D.  Staples,  A.  J.  Thigpen,  Jr.,  V.  O.  Mclnish, 
W.  B.  Thompson,  C.  A.  Hart,  J.  O.  Wikle,  F.  M.  Lloyd,  H.  P. 
Kitchen,  H.  M.  Goldsten,  J.  C.  Massey,  Geo.  M.  Mathews,  W.  L. 
Furman,  J.  D.  Ryal. 

The  next  meeting  of  the  Board  will  be  held  in  Selma  June  14. 

Pennsylvania 

Harrisburg,  May  10— At  the  recent  examination  held  by  the 
Pennsylvania  Examining  Board  in  this  city,  thirty-two  persons 
applied  for  registration  as  pharmacists,  and  seventy  as  qualified 
assistants.    Of  these  the  following  were  successful: 

Pharmacists — Arthur  L.  Baer,  Pittsburgh;  Gennaro  L.  Salerno 
Harry  B.  Simon.  Charles  J.  Heinie,  Robert  K.  Worrell  and 
Frederick  G.  Hoffman,  all  of  Philadelphia;  George  L.  Helwig, 
Ashland;  Samuel  B.  Faust,  Juniata;  G.  Thomas  Flack,  Muncy; 
Harry  C.  Strine,  Shamokin;  Horace  Willmers,  Dubuque,  Iowa- 
John  J.  Green,  Jr.,  and  Samuel  H.  Fiitz,  New  York,  N.  Y.; 
Charles  A.  White,  Williamstown,  N.  J. 

Qualified  Assistant  Pharmacists — Ada  M.  Bernstein,  Herman  L. 
Cossoy,  Robert  Dinklocker,  Jos.  M.  Fabiani,  Jacob  H.  King,  Clifford 
Lenninger,  George  Lulie,  Herman  E.  Muller,  Charles  Ring,  Law- 
rence M.  Rosenfeld,  Edward  E.  Stephenson,  Samuel  Weissman 
and  James  Wilson,  all  of  Philadelphia;  Francis  A.  Coughlin, 
Archbald;  Fred  A.  Kahler,  Bloomsburg;  Cyrus  A.  Waters,  Chatham 
Run;  Leslie  S.  Webster,  Enola;  Ravmond  C.  Wagner,  Hanover; 
John  F.  Maile,  Jenkintown;  Harry  J.  Hagenbuch,  Mauch  Chunk; 
Hudson  O.  Mann,  Milton;  John  R.  Ashcom,  New  Florence;  Robert 
C.  Dix,  Nicholson;  Harry  R.  Neal,  Norristown;  Harry  E.  Brenner, 
Shippensburg;  Walter  E.  Gemmill,  Scottdale;  Anna  L.  Schultz. 
Tremont;  William  M.  Smith,  Trevorton;  Russell  L.  Brown,  West 
Pittston;  Harry  W.  Gruver,  York,  and  Gerald  S.  Pittman,  Bur- 
lington, N.  J. 

The  next  examination  will  be  held  in  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmacy,  Philadelphia,  and  the  Pittsburgh  College  of  Pharmacy, 
Pittsburgh,  on  Ju'ie  8  and  9. 


Louisiana 

New  Orleans,  May  5— The  Louisiana  State  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
through  Secretary  Jos.  T.  Baltar,  announces  the  result  of  the 
examination  held  at  Tulane  University,  February  19th  and  20th  as 
follows: 

For  Registered  Pharmacist— Numa  G.  Aubry,  Rene  Bienvenu, 
R.  Fred  Crosby,  W.  Elmo  Ducet,  Lawrence  J.  Knobloch,  Eloi 
Melancon,  G.  Perez  y  Pena,  J.  Warren  Tarbox,  Harold  B.  Williams, 
Walter  W.  Munson. 

For  Qualified  Assistant— Clovis  J.  Bouvier,  Miss  Francisca  Tomas, 
Felix  J.  Voizin,  John  R.  Germany. 

The  next  examination  will  be  held  in  New  Orleans  May  21st 
and  22nd.  ' 

Rhode  Island 

Providence,  May  .^-Twelve  of  the  fourteen  candidates  before 
the  Rhode  Island  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  recently  were  success- 
ful in  the  examination  for  registration. 

They  were  Charles  W.  Lambert,  Frank  Anthony,  Frank  Colacci, 
bydney  Cohn,  George  O.  Forcier.  Herman  Rosenwcig,  Gono  Ste- 
fano  and  Carl  G.  Carlson,  Providence;  Leo  W.  Gleason,  Woon- 
socket;  Charles  Karnowsly,  Pawtucket;  Michael  J.  Deady  and  W. 
Leo  Higgins,  Westerly.  Ten  dissolutions  of  partnership  were  re- 
corded and  eight  new  registrations  made. 

Oreg"on 

The  Oregon  state  board  of  pharmacy  announces  that  of  those 
who  took  examinations  in  Portland  Tanuary  12  and  13,  the  fol- 
lowing passed  and  received  certificates: 

Registered  pharmacists— Nathan  Fnllcrfon.  Rnschiirg-  Tracv  S.i- 
very,   Portland;   E.  W.   Radkc.   Portland :   W    C    Vau.    'Vtta  New- 


berg;  W.  W.  Wvatt,  Portland;  Charles  Graham,  Oregon  City; 
George  W  Davis,  Silverton;  H.  G.  Adkins,  Portland;  Francis- 
Lamberty,  Springfield;  W.  S.  Hopkins,  Portland;  R.  A.  Leisy, 
Portland;  H.  B.  Allen,  Milton;  E.  H.  Stolten,  Portland;  Morris 
Rathkowitz,  Portland;  Jesse  Schad,  Elkton;  Ruby  E.  Baker,  Salem; 
W.  T.  Emmett,  Portland;  O.  E.  Silverthorn,  La  Grande;  Clifford 
Harlow,  Portland;  P.  C.  Cordiner,  Astoria;  H.  F.  Mathies,  Port- 
land; R.  S.  Watson,  Dayton;  G.  W.  Nesbit,  Portland;  Ida  M. 
Spears,  Milwaukie;  H.  G.  Blakeley,  Brownsville;  A.  W.  Alward, 
Corvallis;  Roy  Perry,  Portland. 

Registered  assistant  pharmacists — ^Joseph  V.  Garbarino,  Port- 
land; C.  G.  Thomas,  Portland;  C.  W.  Tidball,  Portland;  Alfred 
Brown,  Astoria;  E.  W.  Ford,  Portland;  E.  E.  Ginn,  Portland; 
R.  Estes,  Portland;  Thomas  H.  Allen,  Portland;  J.  A.  Duncan^ 
Portland;  P.  C.  Blakely,  Stayton;  C.  B.  Dalton,  Independence;  Earl 
Watkins,  Portland;  Bertie  Ruth,  Eugene. 

Those  receiving  the  highest  general  averages  were:  Senior,  Charles 
Graham;  junior,  Bertie  Ruth.  Another  meeting  of  the  board  was 
held  at  Portland  on  April  13  and  14. 

Kansas 

At  the  fourth  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Kansas  Board  of  Phar- 
macy held  at  Manhattan  on  Feb.  10  and  11,  56  applicants  were 
examined.  Of  this  number  38  were  successful  and  received  cer- 
tificates as  follows: 

Registered  Pharmacists;  Wilbur  W.  West,  Soldier;  M.  C.  Prater, 
Hardtner;  Ivan  L.  Wallace,  Randall;  Fern  L.  Robertson,  Udall; 
W.  W.  Adair,  Lawrence;  Cecil  C.  Ober,  Milton  vale;  John  R. 
Rouse,  Cunningham;  Tom  J.  Elliott.  Wichita;  G.  W.  Bell,  WichiU; 
Roy  L.  Northrup,  Topeka;  B.  R.  Jliller,  Cottonwood  Falls;  Franty 
Lee,  Wichita;  Clarence  R.  Kraum,  Emporia;  Paul  M.  Brewer, 
Wichita;  Earle  J.  Richey,  Altamont;  Argyle  F.  King.  Wichita; 
George  McEckron,  Concordia;  L.  B.  Vering,  Jamestown;  S.  S. 
Casey,  McCune;  L.  B.  Thomas,  Wichita;  W.  C.  Burnett,  lola; 
P.  E.  Curtis,  Norton;  Alonzo  G.  Ellison,  Lawrence;  Earl  G. 
Alexander,  Wichita;  Donald  Fulton,  Abilene;  Ionia  H.  Rudy, 
Kansas  City;  George  L.  Fickle,  Manhattan;  Glenn  Sowe,  Longton; 
O.  V.  Mulnix,  Potwin;  R.  C.  Williams,  Marion;  T.  E.  Sinclair. 
St.  John;  R.  L.  Hoffmann,  Kansas  City;  F.  P.  Hollenback,  Jr., 
Olathe;  Ewing  Brierly,  Kansas  City:  John  T.  Keller,  Kansas 
City;  Byron  W.  Schroeder,  Leavenworth;  Mrs.  X.  J.  Randall. 
Cherokee. 

Registered  Assistant;   Chas.  F.  Turner,  Topeka. 

The  following  pharmacists  were  registered  on  diploma  from 
recognized  colleges  of  pharmacy:  Melvin  O.  Johnson,  Oneida; 
Leon  A.  Kuebler,  Gridley;  James  B.  Early.  Lawrence;  James  P. 
Withrow,  Kansas  City;  Henry  C.  Sckoler,  Bonner  Springs. 

Pharmacists  registered  by  reciprocitv:  Anna  A.  Kempin,  Corning; 
George  Wm.  Jehlik,  Cuba. 

Pharmacists  restored  to  the  register:  Frederick  A.  Bever,  Kansas 
City;  J.  A.  Kelley,  Kinsley;  H.  E.  Fowler,  Independence;  Karl 
L.  Roese,  McCune. 

The  next  quarterly  meeting  will  be  held  at  Ellsworth  in 
August.  Persons  desiring  to  take  the  examination  should  notify 
the  secretary.  W.  E.  Sherriff,  Ellsworth,  Kansas,  at  least  five 
days  before  the  meeting. 

Texas 

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Texas  Board  of  Pharmacy  held 
at  Waco  on  Jan.  19,  38  applicants  took  the  examination,  the  fol- 
lowing passing  successful  grades:  John  H.  Clark,  Dallas:  W.  L. 
Flake,  Water  Valley,  Miss.;  Geo.  C.  Francisco.  Mineral  Wells; 
J.  D.  Hyde,  Dallas;  Wm.  D.  Julian.  Kennard;  L.  P.  Mc.  Garity. 
Frost;  Martin  D.  Montemayor,  Braulio  :Montcmavor,  Eagle  Pass; 
W.  R.  Russell,  Mart;  August  E.  Staffa.  San  Antonio:  Joe  C. 
Stone,  Dallas;  Eugene  C.  Underwood,  Ballingor:  S.  T.  Vaughan. 
Jr.,   D.  P.   Ward,  Jr.,   Dallas:   Isadore   Wicsonthal.  Galveston. 

A  regular  meeting  was  also  held  on  M.iv  IS  at  Wichita 
Falls  for  the  transaction  of  routine  business.  The  next  examina- 
tion for  applicants  to  practice  will  be  held  on  June  14  at  Houston 
at  which  time  the  State  association  convenes  in  annual 


Missouri 

Following  is  the  list  of  successful  candidates  who  took  the  exami- 
nation given  by  the  Missouri  Board  of  Pharmacy  on  Jan.  11,  at 

Jefferson  Citv: 

Rcgistrrr,! 'rharn,ru  i-t-:  Flt,.,i  R,  Wi. chart.  Sheldon;  A.  E.  Hart. 
Parni.,;    r..i..-    M.-.  --r.     I!  ■:■  I  Coday.  Mansfield; 

.'■  I"''  .  ,  I,  Beck.  Norborne; 

'■>'V  "        I''         1'  \  I:        ,.  16  W.  3rd  St..  Bclle- 

^■■'li'-  III  .  1-  \'crn!..iit.  St.  Louis:  Charles  Clar- 

'I'lp'  ,']  '■  1)  .likliii  .\ve.,  St.  Louis;  Augustus  G.  Schroe- 

VsMM.nii-  WiihiMi  I  Walls..  432  Clark  Ave.,  Tefferson  City; 
Otto  (  ravvl,.r,l,  .<iiuka.d:  lu-o.  M.  McEckron,  1600  E.  Sth  St..  Kan- 
sas City;  Ralph  W.  Dav.  Summersville. 

The  next  meeting  of  the  Board  will  be  held  at  Pertle  Springs 
June  14. 

Vermont 

The  following  candidates  were  successful  at  the  recent  exam- 
ination held  hv  the  Vermont  Board  of  Pharmacy  at  Sfontpelier: 

Registered  Pharmacist-F.  J.  Kelly.  Burlington.  Assistant  Phar- 
macists— \\.    L    Clerav,    Bellows    Falls,    and    E.    A.    G.  Limoge. 

Burlington. 

Kicht  candidates  appeared  for  examination.  All  members  of 
the  bnard  were  present  with  the  exception  of  Mr.  Root  who  was 
ill.    The  next  regular  meeting  will  be  held  July  14  at  Montpelier. 


June.  1915]  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA  283 

New  Preparations  and  Specialties 


A  Time  Saving-  Label  Cabinet 
The  McCourt  Label  Cabinet  Co.,  Bradford,  Pa.,  has  on 
the  market  a  metal  cabinet  which  allows  the  use  of  labels  as 
fast  as  the  hand  can  work.  The  U.  S.  Postoffice  department 
and  all  express  companies  recommend  the  use  of  gummed 
labels  in  preference  to  tags  and  direct  addressing  on  the 
package  covering,  tlie  reason  for  tliis  being  obvious.  Labels 
in  roll  form,  produced  by  automatic  machinery,  reduced  the 


The  McCourt  label  cabinet. 


'  cost  on  this  item  from  25  to  40  per  cent,  and  by  means  of 
.  the  McCourt  label  cabinet  a  package  clerk  can  label  packages 
accurately  in  one  half  the  time  required  without  the  use  of 
the  feature.  The  labels  are  always  neat,  clean  and  perfect, 
'  and  are  never  out  of  place  or  scattered  over  the  wrapping 
table.  They  make  unsightly  and  insanitary  paste  pots  and 
brushes  unnecessary.  The  McCourt  company  gives  one  of 
these  metal  cabinets  free  with  every  first  order  for  labels. 

Parke,  Davis  &  Co.'s  Publicity 

■  Of  all  manufacturers  of  medicinal  products  Parke,  Davis 
,  &  Co.  are  the  most  extensive  advertisers  to  physicians;  and 
!, their  advertising  (the  word  is  used  in  a  broad  sense)  is  not 

confined  to  medical  journals,  although  one  can  hardly  pick 
'up  a  reputable  publication  in  this  class  of  periodicals  which 
".does  not  carry  a  "P.-D."  announcement.  Parke,  Davis  & 
Co.'s  promotion  work  among  physicians  is  modern  and  many- 
.  sided.  In  addition  to  medical-journal  advertising  it  embraces 
J  a  wide,  systematic  distribution  of  literature;  communication 
'.by  letter  and  circular-letter;  sampling  when  sampling  is 
•feasible;  and  lastly,  the  direct  personal  work  of  the  detail 
i  representative,  who  meets  the  doctor  face  to  face,  and  who, 
!  if  not  precisely  ubiquitous,  is  always  on  the  job. 
I  With  all  these  agencies  at  work  in  behalf  of  a  given  pro- 
\  I  duct  it  is  inevitable  that  a  demand  is  going  to  be  created 
-for  that  product. 

ke.  Davis  &  Co.  are  getting  their  promotion  machinery 
tion  in  the  interest  of  these  products: 
(dermatic  tablets,  emphasis  being  laid  upon  their  purity, 
utility  and  general  efficiency. 

■  ,    Coagulose:  an  agent  for  the  control  of  hemorrhage. 

I  Silvol:  a  new  germicide,  astringent  and  sedative  for  th(! 
;  treatment  of  inflammations  of  mucous  membranes. 

Agar:  an  efficacious  mechanical  laxative,  especially  service- 
lable  in  chronic  constipation. 

Change  in  Price 

'  D.  Needham's  Sons  of  Chicago,  manufacturers  of  Red 
[Clover  Blossoms  and  Extract  desire  the  trade  to  know  that 
I  they  have  discontinued  the  $2.50  size  of  their  Extract  in  tin 
y:ans  and  replaced  it  with  a  $2.00  size  put  up  in  glass  jars 
I  with  a  list  price  of  $16.00  a  dozen. 


The  Importance  of  Corks 

A  cork  is  not  the  least  important  part  of  the  prescription. 
It  has  much  to  do  with  the  prescription's  external  appearance 
and  until  the  contents  are  used  it  stands  a  symbol,  in  a  cer- 
tain degree,  of  prescription  service. 

Corkwood,  being  full  of  flaws,  inferior  corks  will  not  stand 
the  strain  of  repeated  removal  and  replacement  and  the  minute 
a  cork  breaks,  unfavorable  attention  is  directed  to  that  part 
of  your  service.  If  you  don't  believe  this,  take  your  own  case 
as  an  illustration;  Remember  how  provoked  you  were  when  you 
broke  the  last  collar  button  you  had?  Well  that's  a  fair 
s,uii(ile  of  the  way  a  customer  feels  toward  your  store  when 
breaks  a  cork. 

Right  in  line  with  this,  there  recently  came  to  the  Era  a 
small  folder  gotten  out  by  the  Armstrong  Cork  Company  of 
Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  manufacturer  of  Circle  A  and  Circle  B.  pre- 
scription corks  from  which  the  following  extract  was  taken : 

"Have  you  ever  thought  what  an  important  part  corks  play 
in  your  success  as  a  druggist?  It  is  these  little  things  that 
people  notice  when  they  look  for  evidence  to  inspire  them  with 
confidence  in  the  things  they  must  take  your  word  for.  Not 
only  is  a  poor  cork  liable  to  provoke  them  when  it  breaks, 
but  it  will  be  taken  as  evidence  that  the  prescription  was 
carelessly  prepared. 

"As  an  up-to-date  druggist  you  spend  a  great  deal  of  time 
and  energy  in  an  effort  to  keep  your  stock  fresh,  clean  and 
in  good  condition.  In  your  laboratory  you  take  care  to  see 
that  the  ingredients'  of  a  prescription  are  measured  accurately. 
Can  you  afford  to  let  a  poor  or  soiled  cork  give  your  cus- 
tomers a  contrary  impression?" 

Mennen's  Talcum  for  Men 

Recently  the  House  of  Mennen  announced  to  men,  through 
the  medium  of  one  of  the  large  national  magazines  that  they 
were  making  a  talcum  expressly  for  men,  and  it  was  named 
"Talcum  for  Men". 

During  the  one  week  which  elapsed,  after  the  announce- 
ment was  made,  over  6000  men  wrote  in  for  samples  of  this 
new  talcum.  After  trying  the  samples  many  of  them  wrote 
in  wanting  to  know  where  the  goods  could  be  purchased  in 
their  locality.  This  is  just  one  instance  of  how  the  national 
advertising  of  large  manufacturers  is  aiding  the  druggist  to 
dispose  of  his  wares. 

The  "Talcum  for  Men"  has  a  cream  tint,  and,  unlike  other 
talcums,  does  not  give  one  the  appearance  of  a  "flour-face" 
after  using.    This  new  talcum  neutralizes  with  the  skin. 

The  House  of  Mennen  is  advertising  extensively  the  "Talcum 
for  Men"  coupled  with  the  shaving  cream  advertising. 

Martin  H.  Smith  Co.'s  Announcement 

With  the  enactment  of  the  Harrison  Narcotic  Law,  various 
manufacturers  have  announced  changes  in  their  formulas  as  to 
narcotic  content,  so  that  the  preparations  made  therefrom 
might  be  sold  without  prescription  and  without  violating  the 
law.  The  Martin  H.  Smith  Company,  New  York,  however, 
have  refused  to  change  the  composition  of  their  product  to 
qualify  for  the  exemptions  noted  in  the  law,  for  they  announce 
that  glyco-heroin  (Smith)  will  remain  what  it  has  always 
been — "a  stable,  uniform  and  dependable  product  for  the  use 
of  physicians  only  in  the  treatment  of  coughs,  bronchitis,  and 
similar  ailments.  It  is  procurable  only  by  prescription,  and 
the  prescription  is  not  returnable.  In  this  way,  there  is  no 
chance  that  glyco-heroin  (Smith),  already  widely  popularized, 
may  be  prostituted  as  a  convenience  for  'dope'  fiends. 

To  further  protect  customers  of  retailers  from  fraud,  the 
Company  also  announces  that  each  ergoapiol  capsule  (Smith) 
bears  on  its  inside  the  letters  "M.  H.  S."  This  protective 
scheme,  it  is  explained,  is  secured  under  letters  patent,  can 
be  used  by  no  one  else,  and  makes  the  identification  of  the 
capsule  by  the  patient  or  physician  not  only  easy  but  cer- 
tain. Mr.  Smith  declares  that  his  company  have  suffered 
from  substitution  of  inferior  products,  a  practice  for  which 
he  blames  manufacturers  rather  than  druggists.  By  the  use 
of  this  protective  scheme  he  hopes  to  strike  the  substitution 
evil  at  its  root  and  thereby  protect  the  well  earned  reputation 
of  his  company's  preparation. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[June,  1915 


Premiums  for  Druggists 

Chain    Store    Competition    Makes    More  Aggressive 
Methods  Advisable  for  Retailers 

By  SIDNEY  DAILY,  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  ZENO 
NOVELTY  COMPANY,  INDIANAPOLIS,  IND. 

There  is  one  law  in  business  we  must  all  obey — and  that 
law  is,  meet  competition. 

There  is  no  class  of  business  men  today  upon  whom  this 
injunction  should  be  more  strongly  impressed  than  the  retail 
druggists. 

Chain  store  competition  has  entered  the  drug  trade  and  is 
threatening  the  very  existence  of  the  independent  retail  drug- 
gist. I  very  much  fear  that  the  great  majority  of  retail  drug- 
gist do  not  realize  that  the  chain  store  is  not  only  the  most 
efficient  merchandising  machine  ever  invented  but  also  the 
most  dangerous  competition  that  threatens  them  at  the  present 
time. 

The  chain  stores  are  constantly  expanding  their  business. 
In  a  recent  announcement,  George  J.  Whelan,  head  of  the 
United  Cigar  Stores  Company  stated  that  as  soon  as  they  could 
get  The  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.,  drug  stores  in  operation  and 
well  systematized  that  it  was  their  intention  to  extend  theif 
business.  Other  chain  stores  are  already  expanding  their  op- 
erations and  there  is  no  town  in  the  United  States  that  will 
be  safe  from  the  invasion  of  the  chain  drug  stores  within 
the  next  few  years. 

There  are  two  ways  in  which  the  retail  drug  trade  can 
meet  and  beat  this  competition.  The  first  is  by  adopting 
the  chain  store  methods  of  economy  and  efficiency  and  the 
second  is  by  building  up  the  good  will  of  their  business 
through  the  use  of  premiums.  Hundreds  of  retail  druggists 
throughout  the  United  States  who  have  not  been  content  to 
sit  back  and  wait  for  trade  to  come  to  them  have  already 
adopted  premium  giving  and  by  giving  out  coupons  are  tying 
their  customers  to  them  by  bands  of  good  will  that  cannot 
be  broken  by  any  chain  store  or  cut  rate  competition. 

One  of  the  great  advantages  of  premium  giving  is  that 
it  can  be  employed  just  as  effectively  by  the  independent 
retail  druggist  as  by  the  chain  store  management.  In  fact, 
it  can  be  more  effectively  employed  by  the  local  druggist  who 
is  personally  acquainted  with  his  trade  than  it  can  by  the 
manager  of  a  chain  store  with  whom  the  public  is  unac- 
quainted. 

The  reason  premium,  giving  has  grown  so  wonderfully  during 
the  past  few  years  is  because  it  has  been  proven  the  most 
profitable  and  at  the  same  time  the  most  economical  method 
of  making  sales.  It  has  become  the  established  feature  in  the 
selling  plans  of  some  of  the  most  successful  business  firms 
in  America  because  it  has  carried  with  it  the  stamp  of  efficien- 
cy of  the  highest  order. 

There  are  many  ways  of  handling  premiums  but  there  is 
only  one  way  that  is  sure  to  give  a  retail  druggist  all  the 
benefits  possible  and  that  is  for  him  to  issue  and  redeem  his 
own  coupons  and  deliver  the  premiums  to  his  customers  over 
his  counter. 

Any  coupon  or  premium  plan  that  takes  the  redemption 
of  the  premium  certificates  cut  of  the  dealer's  own  hands, 
practically  deprives  him  of  the  most  valuable  feature  of  the 
whole  premium  proposition.  It  robs  him  of  the  good  will  to 
which  he  is  justly  entitled.  By  leaving  the  redemption  of 
the  coupons  in  the  hands  of  an  outside  party,  he  can  never 
be  sure  that  the  customer  will  receive  the  kindly  and  satisfac- 
tory treatment  that  will  knit  more  closely  his  friendly  feeling 
toward  the  dealer  and  insure  the  retention  of  his  permanent 
patronage. 

The  druggist  should  own  his  own  premiums,  deliver  them 
over  his  own  counter,  encourage  the  coupon  habit  by  freeing 
his  customers  from  the  trouble  or  expense  of  sending  tlieir 
certificates — permitting  them  to  examine  any  premium  as 
advance  what  they  are  going  to  get  for  a  given  number  of 
certificates — permitting  them  to  examine  any  premiums  as 
closely  as  they  please  before  giving  up  their  certificates  in  ex- 
change for  it. 

At  first  blush,  it  would  seem  impossible  for  the  individual 
druggist  to  compete  aggressively  with  the  chain  store  along 
its  own  lines  or  to  carry  a  plan  like  this  into  successful 
operation. 


Were  he  to  act  absolutely  alone,  this,  of  course,  would  be 
impossible.  No  individual,  independent  druggist  could  go 
out  in  the  open  market  and  buy  the  quantities  of  premiums 
he  would  naturally  use  in  a  year  for  anything  like  the  price* 
that  would  be  commanded  by  an  organization  purchasing 
quantities  of  merchandise  for  premiiuns  used  in  a  large  chain 
of  stores. 

And  if  an  individual  druggist  attempted  to  get  up  for  hii 
exclusive  use,  catalogs,  coupons  and  certificates  equally  as 
attractive  as  those  of  the  chain  stores,  he  would  have  to  pav 
out  the  bigger  part  of  his  profits  for  the  year  for  this  iten 
alone. 

The  one  way  in  which  he  can  hope  to  make  a  thorough- 
going success  of  premium  giving  in  my  estimation  is  by  se- 
curing a  co-operation  that  will  give  him  the  benefit  of  the 
activities  and  experience  of  many  other  independent  druggists 
and  at  the  same  time  leave  him  in  absolute  control  of  his 
own  business.  Co-operation  of  the  right  kind  will  enable  him 
to  issue  coupons  and  certificates  in  his  own  name  and  redeem 
them  with  his  own  premiums,  bought  at  a  price  that  will 
make  his  certificates  possess  the  same  value  to  the  consumer  as 
those  issued  by  the  trust  or  chain  stores. 


Made-in-America  Toilet  Goods 

One  of  the  American  manufacturers  of  perfumes  and  toilel 
preparations  which  is  getting  the  advantage  of  the  demand  foi 
products  made  in  America  is  the  National  Toilet  Co.,  Paris, 
Tenn.,  whose  face  powders,  creams,  soaps,  etc.,  are  weL 
known  to  the  drug  trade. 

This  company  makes  an  announcement  of  interest  to  drug- 
gists of  its  advertising  campaign  now  running  in  leading 
national  magazines  appealing  to  women  and  in  the  leading 
daily  newspapers  in  all  localities.  An  aggregate  circulation  ol 
twenty  million  persons  is  claimed  for  this  campaign,  an  in- 
fluence upon  the  sales  of  retail  druggists  of  considerable  mag- 
nitude. 

The  principle  products  of  the  National  Toilet  Co.  are  ai 
follows:  "Nadine"  face  powder,  which  is  purified,  it  is  claimed 
by  a  new  process.  It  comes  in  four  shades,  white,  flesh 
pink  and  brunette  and  retails  at  50  cents;  "Nadinola"  crean 
for  freckles,  tan,  liverspots,  etc.  Comes  in  two  sizes,  re 
tailing  at  SO  cents  and  $1;  "Nadine"  flesh  soap;  "Nadine' 
talcum  powder;  Egyptian  Queen  cream. 


Java  Rice  Powder  Wins 

Legal  proceedings  again  brought  for  the  protection  of  A 
Bourjois  &  Co.'s  trade  mark  for  Java  Rice  Powder,  culminate 
recently,  when  Justices  Salmon,  Moss  and  Fleming,  court  o 
special  sessions,  sentenced  Benjamin  Horn,  No.  117  Debevois 
Street,  Brooklyn,  N,  Y.  to  three  months  imprisonment  fe 
violating  section  2354  of  the  penal  law. 

Horn's  lawyer  made  a  strenuous  plea  for  his  client,  en 
larging  on  the  fact  that  it  was  his  first  offence.  The  coui 
stated  that  the  defendent  was  evidently  a  very  intelligent  mai 
as  shown  by  the  exactness  of  the  duplication  of  the  produc 
it  being  impossible  for  a  layman  to  detect  same  without  tl 
aid  of  someone  who  thoroughly  understood  the  goods.  11 
counterfeit  was  discovered  on  January  8,  and  detectives  wa 
immediately  put  on  the  case  with  the  result  that  the  seizui 
of  the  complete  counterfeiting  outfit  of  plates  and  dies,  man 
thousands  of  labels,  a  number  of  bo.xes  and  also  a  quantit)-  < 
bulk  powder,  thus  cutting  short  any  further  manufacttire  « 
the  same  under  counterfeit  trade  mark. 


Advertising  Service  for  Druggists 

The  Van  Ostrand-Curren  Company,  Kalamazoo,  Mid 
which  is  making  a  specialty  of  an  advertising  service  6 
retail  druggists,  has  been  enjoying  considerable  success  i 
this  line  and  now  numbers  several  hundred  druggists  amai 
its  clients.  These  are  located  in  all  sections  of  the  Uniti 
States.  :Many  of  these  stores  started  with  the  service  the  fii 
month  the  company  was  in  business.  Edward  D.  Curren  is 
prominent  member  of  the  Associated  .■\dvertising  Clubs  ' 
the  World. 


— The  Tynd.m.f,  Eucaxyptus  Co.  has  recently  moved  i 
office  from  Hollywood  Station,  Los  Angeles,  to  its  home  ph 
at  Fresno,  Cal.  The  recent  purchase  of  a  fine  tract  of  1«I 
east  of  Fresno  on  the  electric  railway  will  afford  the  corapa 
opportunity  for  growing  the  medicinal  varieties  of  the  eucaly 
tus.  The  company's  products  are  favorably  known  by  phf 
cians  in  every  state  in  the  Union. 


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PATENTS  AND  TRADE  MARKS 


MEDICINE  BOX 

JOHN  HERBOLDT,  Woodside,  Idaho,  is  the  inventor  of 
the  medicine  box  shown  in  the  accompanying  illustra- 
tion (Patent  No.  1,138.562).  The  bo.x  includes  a  body 
portion,  a  lid,  locking  means 
therefor,  a  supplemental  head 
secured  within  the  lid,  a  coil 
spring  having  one  extremity 
threaded  through  the  supple- 
mental head  near  the  peri- 
phery thereof  and  conforming 
thereto,  a  hook  formed  at  the 
extremity  of  said  spring  and 
engaging  the  head,  and  a 
plunger  carried  at  the  oppo- 
site end  of  said  spring  and 
adapted  to  be  received  within 
the  body  portion  of  the  box. 
In  the  periphery  of  the  head 
portion  of  the  plunger  is  a 
series  of  spaced  outwardly  facing  V-shaped  incisions  defining 
intermediate  tongues  which  retain  in  position  by  engagement 
a  padding  carried  by  the  plunger.  The  box  is  provided  with 
a  lid  locking  device. 

Inclinator  For  Carboys 
This  device,  the  invention  of  Horace  M.  McCord,  assignor 
by  mesne  assignments,  to  Horace  ^I.  McCord  &  Co.,  Minne- 
apolis, Minn.,  is  an  inclinator  for  carboys  (Patent  No.  1,137,- 
071).  It  comprises  a  box-like  carboy  holder,  a  bar  slidably 
mounted  upon  the  back  of  the  holder  and  held  spaced  from 


a  laterally  extending  arm  to  which  is  attached  driving  gear  and 
a  handle,  the  beater  shaft  is  set  in  motion.  The  device  (Patent 
No.  1,137,037),  is  the  invention  of  Alonzo  A.  Warner,  New- 
Britain,  Conn.,  assignor  to  Landers,  Frary  &  Clark,  of  the 
same  place. 


1,1.37.07: 


li.c  body  of  the  carboy  to  provide  a  handle  for  manipulating 
the  inclinator,  a  hook  on  said  bar  for  engaging  the  body  of 
the  carboy,  a  link  pivoted  to  the  back  of  tlie  carboy,  a  lever 
pivoted  to  said  link  and  to  the  bar  for  sliding  the  same  to  force 
the  hook  into  the  carboy,  and  a  keeper  extending  above  the  bar 
having  ratchet  teeth  engageable  with  a  portion  thereof  for 
holding  the  parts  locked  in  operative  position.  An  off-set 
handle  is  provided  to  turn  the  angularly  disposed  portion  of 
the  bar  out  of  the  notches. 


Mixing  Machine 
This  device  of  the  character  described  in  the  above  title, 
consists  of  a  bowl,  provided  with  a  beater  and  beater  shaft 
having  driving  connections,  a  non-revoluble  bearing  for  said 
shaft,  and  means  for  engaging  the  shaft  at  the  opposite  side  of 
said  bearing  from  the  beater  to  cause  the  beater  to  move  in 
a  circular  path  within  the  bowl.  A  hollow  sleeve  fitted  into 
an  aperture  in  the  cover  is  provided  with  a  pinion  at  its 
upper  end  which  connect^  witii  the  driving  head,  the  move- 
ment of  the  beater  being  secured  by  means  of  a  tapering 
polygonal  member  attached  to  the  beater  shaft.    By  means  of 


PATENTS 


Granted  April  20,  1915. 

1,133,997 — John  V.  N.  Dorr,  Denver,  Colo.  Apparatus  for  the 
separation   of   finely   divided  solids   from  liquids. 

1,136,018— Frank  Kuhn  and  Frank  E.  Shailor,  Detroit,  Mich.;  said 
Shailor  assignor  to  said  Kuhn.    Fount  for  percolators. 

1,136,250 — Mike   Lutenberger,   Blocton,   Ala.  Bottle. 

1,136,467 — ^John  J.  Gaynor  and  Peter  Carl  Lieber,  assignors  to 
Progress  Machine  Co.,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  Bottle  capping  ma- 
chine. 

1,136,630— Adrianus  J.  van  Peski,  Vlaardingen,  Netherlands.  Pro- 
cess for  the  manufacture  of  anhydrids  of  monobasic  organic 
carboxy-acids. 

1,136,762 — Louis  Berger  and  George  A.  Hassinger,  New  Orleans, 
La.    Non-rcfillable  bottle. 

1,136,880 — Jacob  Kosienski  and  Albert  Kaminski,  assignors  of  one- 
third  to  Benjamin  H.  Lichtman,  Amsterdam,  N.  Y.  Non-re- 
fillable  bottle. 

Granted  April  27,  1915. 

1,136,994 — William  M.  Bashlin,  Grove  City,  Pa.  Process  of  re- 
moving rosin  and  turpentine  from  resinous  woods. 

1,137,037— Alonzo  A.  Warner,  assignor  to  Landers,  Frary  &  Clark, 
New  Britain,  Conn.    Mi.xing  machine. 

1,137,065 — Walter  S.Landis,  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.,  assignor  to 
Frank  S.  Washburn,  Nashville,  Tenn.  Process  of  rendering 
available  phosphoric  acid. 

1,137,071 — Horace  M.  McCord,  assignor,  by  direct  and  mesne  as- 
signments, to  Horace  M.  McCord  &  Co.,  Inc.,  Minneapolis, 
Minn.    Inclinator  for  carboys. 

1,137,086— William  Rodigcr,  Chicago,  111.    Collapsible  tube. 

1,137,388— George  H.  Earp-Thomas,  Glen  Ridge,  N.  J.  Con- 
tainer for  transporting  bacterial  cultures. 

1,137,537— Peter  J.  A.  Schnoor,  Holstein,  Iowa.  Non-refillable 
bottle. 

1,137.574 — Lee  S.  Chadwick,  assignor  to  The  Cleveland  Foundry 
Co.,  Cleveland,  Ohio.    Liquid  dispensing  device. 

1,137,599— George  C.  Frye  and  Fred  C.  Rollins,  Portland,  Me. 
Aseptic  razor-strop  and  dispenser. 

1,137,632 — Harry  J.  Keating,  Chicago,  HI.  Perfuming  apparatus. 
Granted  May  4,  1915. 

1,137,916— Joseph   Simmons,   New   York,   N.   Y.    Tooth  brush. 
1,138,419— Henry  E.  Schultz,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  Antirefillable 
bottle. 

1,138.519,  138,520— Walter  Weber,  assignor  to  Henkel  &  Cie, 
Dusseldorf,  Germany.  Process  of  manufacturing  peroxide  of 
hydrogen. 

1,138,562— John   Herboldt,   Woodside,   Idaho.    Medicine  box. 
1,138,568— Edgar   G.   Hurbel,   Winthrop,   Mass.    Tooth  brush. 
47,298— (Design)    William  W.  Hays  and  Edward  Hays,  Macomb, 
111.    Poison  bottle. 

Granted  May  11,  1915. 

1,138,658 — Henry  Howard,  Brookline,  Mass.  Process  of  drying 
sodium  bisulfite. 

1,138,682— John  J.   A.  Miller,  Denver,  Colo.    Non-refillable  bottle. 

1,138.764 — Clarence  M.  Kline,  assignor  to  Smith,  Kline  &  French 
Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.    Hermetically  sealed  bottle. 

1,138,936,  1,138,937— Alex  B.  Davis,  assignor  to  Eli  Lilly  &  Co., 
Indianapolis,  Ind.  Quinolin  compounds  and  process  of  produc- 
ing same. 

1,139,134 — Walter  Miller,  assignor  of  one-half  to  James  S.  Miller, 

Beaver,  Pa.    Tooth  brush  holder. 
1,139,280— Harold   Lee   Hart,   Galesburg,   111.    Non-refillable  bottle. 
1,139,368— Edward  W.  Pierce,  Cynwyd,  Pa,,  assignor  of  one-half  to 

Jesse  W.  Starr,  3d,  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.  Ampul. 
1,139,446— Giuseppe  F.   Pinsuti,   New   York,    N.   Y.  Non-refillable 

bottle. 

47,348— (Design)  Amadore  F.  Stephenson,  Dumont,  N.  J.  Poison 
bottle. 

Granted  May  18,  1915. 

1.1  ^^f^ — George  Feczko,  Braddock,  Pa.    Bottle  closure. 
1,  J|U'20 — Harry  L.  Reed,  Dorchester,  Mass.    Serum  container  and 
injector. 

1,139,774 — William  J.  Knox,  Goldfield,  Nev.,  assignor,  by  direct 
and  mesne  assignments,  to  Knox  Thenardine  Chemical  Co., 
New  York,  N.  Y.    Antiseptic  Compound. 

1,139,900— Frank  J.  Pardini,  Carson  City,  Nev.  Non-rcfillable 
bottle. 

1,140,082— John  H.  Aubrey,  Stapley,  Horley,  England.  Cork  ex- 
tractor. 

1,140.103— Otto  A,  J.  r.Lcher,  Copiague,  N.  Y.  Bottle  and  jar 
closure. 

1,140.301— Allen  De  Vilbiss,  assignor  to  Dc  Vilbiss  Mfg.  Co., 
Toledo.  Ohio.    Atomizer  or  the  like. 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[June,  1915 


TRADE-MARKS 
Published  April  20,  1915. 

1,490 — John  H.  Kelly,  Forsyth,  Mont.    Remedy  for  coughs,  colds, 


/./37.S37       /'/^7.S7Y  ^■^'^"■/o^ 


etc. 

,044— The  Zoz  Chemical  Company,  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Skin  lo- 
tions. 

,875 — ^J.  D.  Riedel  Aktiengesellschaft,  Berlin,  Germany.  lodin 
containing  medicinal  preparations. 

,822 — Eugene  I.  Leighton,  Fort  Dodge,  Iowa.  Ointment. 

,053,  83,054,  83,055,  83,056,  83,079— Henry  Tetlow  Co.,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.    Face  powder,  rouges,  etc. 

,444 — The  Wiley  Dandrufl  Remover  Co.,  Toledo,  Ohio.  Shampoo 
in  soap  and  liquid  form. 

,685 — Alfonso  De  Tullio,  Youngstown,  Ohio.  A  tonicrcconsti- 
tuent  digestive  antimalaric. 

,895— Felice  Bisleri,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Tonic  bitters. 

,591 — Vi-Ton  Sales  Co.,  Shippensburg,  Pa.  Remedy  for  chronic 
constipation. 

,700 — Eugene  Moulie,  San  Diego,  Cal.  Perfumes  and  sachet 
powder. 

,950— Jane  R.  A.  Brown,  Cooperstown,  N.  Y.  Ointment. 
,988 — Gains  H.  Smith,  Providence,  R.  I.  Medicines. 
,992— Covalt  and  Smith.  Pittsburgh,  Pa.    Quinin  hair  tonic. 
,018— William  Henry  Black,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Hair  tonic  and 
eczema. 

,124 — Society  Specialty  Co.,  Inc.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Toilet 
creams. 

,215 — Louis  Opper,  Paterson,  N.  J.  Salves. 

Published  April  27,  1915. 

,665— Troy   Chemical   Co.,    Binghamton,    N.     Y.    Remedy  for 

,585— Nelson,   Baker  &   Co.,  Detroit,   Mich.  Oir 
,534 — Bullet  Brand  Laboratories,  Nev 

lip  pomade,  menthol  pencils,  etc. 
,753— Daggett  &  Ramsdell,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

ache,  neuralgia,  and  similar  pains,  etc. 
,955— Marie  Earlc,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Salv< 

for  the  skin. 

,360 — The  Dunchard  Co.,  Chicago,  111.  A  liquid  hair  grower,  hair 
tonic,  and  dandruff  destroyer. 

,578— Richard  Hudnut,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Creams  for  the  skin. 

,645 — H.  B.  Bone,  Winder,  Ga.  Medicine  for  rheumatism,  drop- 
sy, eczema,  etc. 

,668 — -Mary  J.  Richards,  Coatesville,  Pa.    Cough  medicine. 

,880— Alex  E.  Erickson,  Denver,  Colo.  An  artificially  prepared 
mineral  water. 

,964— Michael   Loftus,   Chicago,   111.  Lini 
lumbago,  and  dandruff. 

,166— H.  A.  Ingham  &  Co.,  Waltham,  Vt. 
nervine. 

199— Baer  Chem.  Co.,  Bair,  Pa.  Salves. 
,283— Jacob  Rubcl,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Powdered  antiseptic. 
,292 — Bristol-Myers  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.    A  tooth  paste. 
,304 — Joseph  S.  Feldman,  Denver.  Colo.    Hair  tonic. 
,325 — Mary  E.  Sullivan,  Richmond,  Va.    Medicines  for  diarrhea, 
dysentery,  cholera  morbus,  etc. 


Hope,  Ark.  Remedy  for  catarrh,  hay 
Omaha,  Nebr.  Perfumes,  toilet  waters. 
Perfumes,  perfumed 
\  liquid  iodine  pre- 


York,  N.  Y.  Lip  rouge. 
Remedy  for  head- 
tonic,  and  lotion 


ncnt  for  rheumatism. 
Vegetable  expectorant 


85,327— The   Thymo  Co., 

fever,  tonsillitis,  etc. 
85,332 — Goodrich  Drug  Co 

and  sachet  powders. 
85,364 — Colgate  &   Co.,   Jersey  City,   N.  J 

powders,  and  toilet  waters. 
85,414 — Martha   E.   Robins,   Richmond,  Va. 

paration. 

85,424 — Armour  &  Co.,  Chicago,  111.  Specific  activators  of  the 
intestinal  digestive  glands. 

Published  May  4,  1915 

43,57754 — Gensuke  Shigemura,  Nagasaki-Ken,  Japan.    Remedy  for 

seasickness  and  headaches 
82,065— The  Norwich  Pharmacal  Co.,  Norwich,  N.  Y.  Medicinal 

84,979— Garfield  &  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Seidlitz  powders. 

85,132 — Paul  De  Courcy,  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Suppositories. 

85,172 — Max  Landesman,  New  York,  N.  Y.    An  antiseptic  solution. 

Published  May  11,  1915. 

82,654 — Henry  Eagle,  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  England.  Antiseptic 
preparations. 

85,158— Bristol-Myers  Co.,  New  York,  N.  V.  An  alkaline  anti- 
septic preparation. 

85,488— Frances  M.  Pushin,  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  An  antiseptic  fluiJ 
having  medicinal  properties. 

85,494— Standard  Oil  Co.  (New  Jersey),  Bayonnc,  X.  J.  Refine* 
mineral  oil  for  use  in  the  treatment  of  constipation. 

85,524 — Frederick  W.  Sultan.  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Dentifrices. 

85,646,  85.  647— Julia  M.  Moulton.  Melrose.  Mass.  Tablets  for  tie- 
treatment  of  stomach  or  bowel  trouble,  etc. 

Published  May  18,  1915. 

74,989— Hollandsche    Mclksuikerfabriek,    Amsterdam.  Netherlands. 

Milk  sucar. 

76.74J    I.iiviii  -  Pharmacy  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.    A  uterine  wafer. 
77,66.'    W  ill.  ini  1  ,iv  Schieffelin,  New  York,  N.  Y.    A  radio  actire 

mc'di.ni.d  w.ilcr. 

7S.2S(>— -Sihuiulni  i-  Co..  New  York,  N.  Y.    Toilet  lotions,  facia* 

and  massaRi.'  preparations  and  ointments. 
79,410— John  Ampey.  Chicago.  111.    An  eye  remedy. 
82,653 — Enrique   Cera.   Barcelona,   Spain.    Tonics   for  the  nerves. 
85,247— The  Thclah  Co.,  St.  Marys,  Ohio.    Catarrhal  powders,  h«ir 

tonic,  etc. 

85.722— Sallco  &  Shaughnessy  Co..  Detroit,  Mich.    Hair  tonic 
85,779— Kloczewski  &  Crisp,  Washington,  D.  C.    Antiseptic  moath 
wash. 

84,792 — The  J.  B.  Williams  Co.,  Glastonbury,  Conn.    Talc  powder, 

face  powder,  etc. 
85,807— The  Bayer  Co.,  Inc.,  New  York,  N.  Y.    A  substitute  for 

the  iodids. 

85.926— Richard  Hudnut.  New  York,  N.  Y.    Perfume,  toilet  water,. 

headache  cologne,  etc. 
85.972— American  Chemical  Co.,  PhiKidelphia.  Pa.    Witch  hazel. 
S5. 988— Stefan  Hcindl,  Pittsburgh.  Pa.    Foot  powder. 
86.018 — Krinol  Chemical  Co..  Minneapolis.  Minn.    An  ointment. 
86.033— Emecol  Chemical  Co.,  Asheville.  N.  C.    Toothe  paste. 
86.040— Kongo  Products  Co.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.    Hair  tonic. 


June,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


DOMINANT   TREND  OF  MARKET  UPWARD 

General    Stiffening    of    Prices    for    all  Continental 
Drugs  and  Many  Chemicals — Financial  Situation 
Reported  Satisfactory- 
See  Pages  43  to  51  for  Prices  Current. 
Ch.\xges  Since  Last  Report 


D— Acetanilid   lb.  1.40  - 

A— Acetone,  Pure  C.  P.  Medicinal   lb.     .36  - 

D— .\cid.   Benzoic,  German   lb.  2.00  - 

A_\cid,  Carbolic,  Cr>stal  Bulk   lb.  1.55  - 

10  and  5-lb  cans   lb.  1.65  - 

1-lb   bottles   lb.  1.65  - 

A — Acid,  Cinnamic   oz.      .22  - 

A — Acid,  Citric,  Cr>'Stals,  Kegs   lb.      .57  - 

Less   lb.      .61  - 

D— Acid,  Gallic,  l4,  Y2,  and  1-lb.  cartons  ..lb.      .80  - 

A— Acid,  Oxalic   lb.      .25  - 

Powdered   lb.      .29  - 

A— Acid,  Salicvlic,  1-lb.  cartons   lb.  2.00  - 

Bulk   lb.  1.95  - 

A — Acid,  Tartaric,  cr\stal   lb.      .45  - 

Powdered   lb.     .46  - 

D— Acid,  Valeric   oz.      .16  - 

A — Adeps  Lanae,  Anhydrous   lb.  1.10  - 

Hydrous   lb.     .85  - 

A— Alcohol,  Cologne  Sp.  95%,  U.S.P.  bbls.  gal. 

Less   gal.  2.90  - 

Commercial,  95%,  U.  S.  P.  bbls.  gal. 

Less   gal.  2.85  - 

A— Alcohol,  Denatured,  Bbls.  and  ^-bbls.  gal.      .39  - 

•D— Althea  Root,  cut   lb.      .55  - 

A — .\mmonium  Benzoate  from  true  B,zoic  A  oz.      .22  - 

A — Ammonium  Bromide,  1-lb.  bottles   lb.  1.15  - 

A — Ammonium   Salicylate   lb.  1.00  - 

A — Ammonium  Valerate   oz.      .21  - 

D — Arnica  Root   lb. 

A— .\tropine,  l/8th  oz.  vials   oz.  26.00  - 

(A— .Atropine  Sulphate,   l/8th  oz.  vials   ...oz.  25.25  - 

D — Beans,  Tonka.  Angostura   lb.  1.35  - 

Vanilla,  Mexican,  long   lb.  4.00  - 

short   lb.  3.50  - 

.\— Bone,  Cuttlefish   lb.      .35  - 

D— Buchu  Leaves,  long   lb.  1.35  - 

'                   Powdered   lb.  1.45  - 

short   lb.  1.35  - 

'                  Powdered   lb.  1.45  - 

A— Buckthorn  Bark   lb.     .35  - 

D— Camphor,  Refined,  bbls  lb.      .44  - 

Yi-Va.  squares   lb.      .45  - 

Powdered   lb.      .50  - 

'      Japanese   lb.     .44  - 

D — Canary  Seed,  Smyrna   lb.  .08i^- 

,A — Capsicum   lb.     .35  - 

Powdered   lb.     .37  - 

>D — Cascara  Sagrada   lb.     .18  - 

D— Cascarilla  Bark   lb.      .22  - 

A — Chamomile.  Roman  or  Belgian   lb.     .48  - 

A— Colchicum  Seed   lb.      .75  - 

Powdered   lb.     .80  - 

■  D— Colocynth,  Select   lb.     .45  - 

;             Pulp   lb.      .56  - 

A — Condurango  Bark,  true   lb.      .50  - 

[A— Copper  Sulphate  (Blue  Vitriol)   lb.      .08  - 

Barrels   lb.  .06i/4- 

— Coumarin   oz.      .42  - 

yf^— Creosote,  Beechwood   lb.  1,25  - 

'D— Cudbear   lb.     .25  - 

■\— Dandelion  Root   lb.     .35  - 

Cut   lb.      .38  - 


-  1.50 

-  .37 

-  2.25 

-  1.65 

-  1.70 

-  1.70 

-  .25 

-  .63 

-  .67 

-  .90 

-  .28 

-  .32 

-  2.15 

-  2.00 

-  .50 

-  .51 

-  .20 

-  1.20 

-  .90 

-  2.70 

-  3.05 

-  2.65 

-  3.00 

-  .44 

-  .60 

-  .26 

-  1.25 

-  1.35 

-  .25 

-  .45 
-27.25 
-26.20 

-  1.45 

-  4.50 

-  4.00 

-  .45 

-  1.45 

-  1.55 

-  1.45 

-  1.55 

-  .40 

-  .46 

-  .50 

-  .60 

-  .54 

-  .09 

-  .42 

-  .42 

-  .20 

-  .26 


■  .85 

-  .50 

-  .60 

■  .55 
.11 

-.071/4 

-  .48 

■  1.35 

-  .35 

■  .38 


.\— Digitalis  Leaves,  German   lb.  .35  —  .40 

Powdered   lb.  .42  —  .47 

Pressed,  ounces   lb.  .35  —  .40 

.A— Dog  Grass,  Cut   lb.  .45  —  .50 

.•\— Dover's  Powder   lb.  3.40  —  3.85 

.\ — Elm  Bark,  Ground,  pure   lb.  .30  —  .35 

Powdered,  pure   lb.  .32  —  .37 

A — Euphorbium   lb.  .34  —  .38 

Powdered   lb.  .40  —  .45 

A— Fennel  Seed   lb.  .38  —  .44 

D— Gamboge,  Select  Pipe,  Bright  lb.  .85  —  .95 

A—Glycerin   lb.  .22  —  .35 

A— Grains  of  Paradise   lb.  .35  —  .40 

Powdered   lb.  .40  —  .45 

D — Henbane  Leaves,  German   lb.  .32  —  .42 

Powdered   lb.  .28  —  .46 

D — Hexamethylenamine   lb.  .70  —  .78 

A — Hydrochinon   oz.  .22  —  .25 

A — Hyoscyamine  Hydrobromide   gr.  .17  —  .20 

D — Iodoform,  Cryst,  and  Powdered   lb.  4.60  —  4,75 

A— Ipecac  Root,  Carthagena   lb.  5.75  —  5.90 

Powdered   lb.  6.00  —  6.25 

Rio   lb.  5.75  —  5.90 

Powdered   lb.  6.00  —  6.25 

A— Kamala   lb.  1.75  —  1.85 

Powdered   lb.  1.85  —  2.00 

Purified   lb.  2.00  —  2.10 

.A.— Lanolin  lb.  .65  —  .90 

Anhydrous   lb.  .90  —  1.10 

A — Licorice,  Corig   lb,  .30  —  .35 

Mass   lb.  .29  —  .34 

A — Lithium  Bromide   lb.  2.60  —  2.70 

A — Lithium  Salicylate   lb,  2,40  —  3.00 

A— Malva  Flowers,  Small   lb,  1,45  —  1.55 

D— Matico  Leaves   lb.  1,00  —  1.10 

D— Menthol,  Crystal   lb,  3.00  —  3.25 

A — Mercury   lb.  1,32  —  1.40 

A— Musk  Root   lb.  .60  —  .65 

Powdered   lb.  .70  —  .75 

.A.— Naphthalene,  Flakes  or  balls   lb,  ,12  —  .15 

.\ — Nickel  and  Ammonium  Sulphate   lb.  .21  —  .25 

A— Oil  Birch,  Black  (Betula)   lb.  2.40  —  2.60 

A— Oil  Caraway   lb.  2,25  —  2.30 

.A.— Oil  Cassia   lb.  1.25  —  1.60 

D— Oil  Cod  Liver,  Norwegian   gal.  1.50  —  1.60 

Barrels   ea.  37.00  —39.00 

i/^-Barrels   ea.  19.50  —21.50 

D— Oil  Cubeb   lb.  3.40  —  3.50 

.\— Oil  Gaultheria  Leaf   lb.  4.60  —  4.90 

A— Oil  Lemon   lb.  1.30  —  1.40 

D— Oil  Lemongrass   lb,  1,25  —  1.35 

A— Oil  Mustard,  Artificial   lb.  3.50  —  3.60 

A— Oil  Orange,  Sweet   lb.  2,00  —  2.15 

A— Oil  Peach  Kernels   lb.  .40  —  .45 

D— Oil  Pennyroyal   lb.  1.65  —  1.75 

A — Oil  Peppermint,  Western   lb.  1.85  —  2.00 

Oil  Sandalwood,  English   lb.  5.85  —  6.25 

A— Oil  Thyme,  Red,  No.  1   lb.  1.65  —  1.80 

A — Oil  Wintergreen,  Synthetic   lb.  1.60  —  1.75 

.A.— Oil  Wormseed,  Baltimore   lb.  2.45  —  2.55' 

D — Opium,  Natural   lb.  7.60  —  7.75 

Granulated   lb.  9.20  —  9.75 

U.  S.  P.  Powdered   lb.  9.10  —  9.65 

D— Orange  Peel,  Curacoa   lb.  .10  —  .15 

.\— Pink  Root   lb.  .65  —  .75 

D — Podophyllin  Resin   lb.  3.10  —  3.25 

A — Potassa,  Caustic,  com  lb.  .12  —  .20 

A — Potassium  Bromide   lb.  1.15  —  1.25 

A — Potassium  Carbonate  (Pearl  Ash)   lb.  .22  —  .26 

Refined  (Sal  Tartar)   lb.  .25  —  .28 

A — Potassium  Chlorate   lb.  .35  —  .42 

Powdered   lb.  .36  —  .43 

A — Potassium  Permanganate   lb.  .75  —  .80 


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[June,  1915 


A — Potassium  Sulphide   lb.  .32  — 

D— Prickly  Ash  Berries   lb.  .20  — 

A— Resorcin,  White   lb.  1.65  — 

A— Rochelle  Salt   lb.  .23i/^— 

D— Rose  Leaves,  Red   lb.  2.35  — 

D— Salol   lb.  2.15  — 

D — Sarsaparilla,  Honduras,  cut   lb.  .55  — 

Mexican,  cut   lb.  .20  — 

Powdered   lb.  .26  — 

A— Seidlitz  Mixture   lb.  .IQi^— 

A — Senna,  Tinnevelly,  select   lb.  .32  — 

D — Silver  Nitrate  crystal   oz.  .38  — 

Fused  cones   oz.  .43  — 

D— Soap  Tree  Bark,  Whole   lb.  .18  — 

Cut   lb.  .22 

Powdered   lb.  .23  — 

A — Sodium  Bromide   lb.  1.10  — 

D— Sodium  Phosphate,   Gran  lb.  .08  — 

A— Sodium  Salicylate   lb.  1.90  — 

A — Strontium  Bromide   lb.  1.10  — 

Salicylate   lb.  1.50  — 

D— Sunflower  Seeds   lb.  .12  — 

A— Thymol   lb.  8.05  — 

A— Valerian,  English   lb.  .40  — 

Powdered   lb.  .45  — 

A — Vanillin   oz.  .55  — 

D— Wahoo,  Bark  of  Root   lb.  .45  — 

A— Wax,  Bees,  Yellow   lb.  .45  — 

Japan   lb.  .18  — 

A — Wormseed,  Levant  (Santonica)   lb.  .85  — 

Powdered   lb.  .90  — 

D— Zinc,  Metallic,  CP  lb.  .35  — 

Not,  A,  advanced;  D,  declined;  C,  correction;  N,  new 


.40 
.25 
1.75 
.27 
2.40 
2.35 
.60 
.25 
.30 
24/2 
.36 
.42 
.46 
.22 
.28 
.27 
1.20 
.12 
2.05 
1.25 
1.75 
.16 
9.50 
.45 
.50 
.65 
.50 
.52 
.23 
.90 
1.00 
.45 


NEW  YORK,  May  22 — The  dominant  trend  of  the  mar- 
ket since  our  last  report  is  in  the  direction  of  a  general 
stiffening  of  prices  for  those  products  which  have  here- 
tofore been  imported  from  the  countries  at  war.  The  probable 
effect  of  the  entrance  of  Italy  into  the  conflict  has  also  been 
the  subject  of  much  speculation,  but  as  yet,  no  great  ad- 
vances in  prices  have  been  noted,  nor  has  any  extreme  scar- 
city been  reported  for  drugs  and  essential  oils  indigenous  to 
that  country.  But  that  these  products  will  ultimately  be  af- 
fected more  or  less  by  the  continuation  of  hostilities,  there 
seems  to  be  no  reason  to  doubt.  In  the  primary  markets 
of  Sicily,  the  Messina  essences  are  manifesting  an  advancing 
tendency,  and  there  are  indications  of  a  revival  of  buying 
operations,  but  the  presence  of  abundant  supplies  in  this  mar- 
ket imported  early  in  the  season  will  be  sufficient,  it  is  be- 
lieved, to  meet  most  requirements  for  some  time  to  come. 
In  the  department  of  chemicals  evolved  from  coal  tar  and 
its  congeners,  as  carbolic  acid  and  the  various  synthetic  pro- 
ducts derived  from  phenol,  business  has  contracted  to  small 
volume,  and  the  question  is  becoming  one  of  obtaining  sup- 
plies rather  than  that  of  quoting  prices.  In  addition,  many 
varieties  of  botanical  drugs  heretofore  obtained  from  Germany 
and  Belgium  are  becoming  very  scarce  and  prices  are  being 
marked  up  all  along  the  list. 

Among  the  more  prominent  advances  noted  are  those  for 
acetone,  citric  acid,  salicylic  acid,  alcohol,  the  various  bromides, 
chamomile,  copper  sulphate,  digitalis,  dog  grass,  liydrochinon, 
lanolin,  licorice,  naphthalene,  various  essential  oik,  tli\nnil, 
nillin,  beeswax  and  Levant  wormseed.  Declines  .m  unit. I  inr 
opium,  codliver  oil,  vanilla  beans,  camphor,  podoiihyllin  (re- 
sin), sarsaparilla,  silver  nitrate,  soap  tree  bark  and  wahoo 
root.  The  number  of  advances  greatly  exceeds  that  of  the 
declines,  however,  and  seems  to  give  rise  to  the  lielief  tli.it  llie 
fviture  of  the  drug  market  will  not  be  materially  ■IiU'  imm  li.ni' 
what  it  is  at  i)resent  for  some  time  to  come,  'lln  ii : : i-i  i  i  1 1 
and  banking  situation  throughout  the  country  ,  i    ■  -, 

most  satisfactory,  and  from  financial  centers  t' 
cations  that  affairs  are  in  good  shape  for  all  e. 

Opium — In  the  abs.  iu.   of  more  than  :i  ligl  i 
ers  generally  have   '      '  'i   li-ir   ]iri..-s  lo  •  <••[ 

natural;  $9.20@.?''  ^  iiii..!    .n-y.    S"lo, ,„,, 

ponnd  for  TT    S     I  \     |.oiu  i  nn-  M.uuh- 

■  ■•.I  '  1  .i  Vr,  ,.H,,,„is,  valued 

■o  II  ;     iHiur,,!.      \,ihied  at 
|M  1 1,1.1  ..1  liie       \  lous  year. 
.\   sI.uIn    iliiii.uul    ioi    iHiiii    lionuslic   and   forcisin   account  is 
reported,  and  no  immediate  advance  in  prices  is  anticipated 


Quinine — The  market  for  this  alkaloid  and  its  salts  is 
firmer  with  a  steadily  increasing  demand  for  Europe  in  evi- 
dence, American  manufacturers  generally  quoting  on  the  basis 
of  28c  for  bulk  in  100-oz,  tins.  An  increase  in  the  quantit>' 
of  cinchona  bark  imported  is  reported  for  the  nine  months 
ending  March  31,  viz.,  2,641,155  pounds,  valued  at  $380,129, 
the  quantity  for  the  corresponding  period  of  the  previous  year 
being  2,290,284  pounds,  valued  at  $281,078.  On  the  other 
hand,  less  quinine  sulphate  has  been  imported,  giving  rise 
to  the  suggestion  that  manufacturers  here  are  increasing  their 
output  of  this  salt.  The  shipments  of  bark  from  Java 
Europe  for  the  first  four  months  of  this  year  are  reported  as 
2,529,000  pounds  compared  with  4,983,000  pounds  for  the  first 
four  months  of  last  year. 

Cod  Liver  Oil — In  a  jobbing  way  quotations  have  been 
duced,  but  nevertheless  there  are  cable  reports  of  a  growing 
scarcity  of  stocks  in  Norway,  as  the  demand  from  Germany 
and  other  countries  has  been  far  in  excess  of  the  current 
production.  The  catch  for  all  Norway  to  date  is  57,000,000 
fish,  yielding  40,250  barrels  of  oil,  as  compared  with  66,800,000 
fish,  yielding  42,540  barrels  of  oil  for  the  corresponding 
son  last  year.  Jobbers  in  this  market  are  quoting  $1.50@$1.60 
per  gallon,  $37@$39  per  barrel,  and  S19.50@$21,S0  per  half 
barrel.  It  is  also  reported  that  Germany  has  contracted  for 
something  like  45,000  barrels  of  Norway  oil  which  is  prac- 
tically equivalent  to  a  year's  output. 

Carbolic  Acid — Extremely  limited  supplies  are  reported, 
and  jobbers  are  firm  in  their  endeavor  to  spread  stocks  in  a 
manner  that  will  meet  the  greatest  number  of  consumers. 
Quotations  have  been  advanced  to  $1,55@$1,65  per  pound 
for  crystal  in  bulk;  $1,65@$1.70  per  pound  in  5-  and  10- 
pound  cans,  and  $1.65@$1.70  for  1-lb.  bottles. 

Alcohol — An  active  demand  for  all  grades  of  grain  alcohol 
is  reported,  and  quotations  have  been  advanced  to  $2.70  per 
gallon  by  the  barrel  for  Cologne  spirit,  95%  U.  S.  P.;  and 
$2.90@$3.05  for  less;  $2.65  by  the  barrel  for  commercial  QS?"" 
U.  S.  P.,  and  $2.85@$3  for  less.  Denatured  is  quoted  at  39@ 
44c  per  gallon  in  barrel  and  half-barrel  containers. 

Bromides — Following  the  advance  in  the  price  of  bromine 
due  to  scarcity,  manufacturers  have  marked  up  all  of  the 
medicinal  bromides  and  jobbers  quote  as  follows;  .Ammonium, 
1-lb.  bottles,  $1.15@$1.25;  potassium,  $1.15@$1.25;  sodium, 
$1.10@$1.20;  strontium,  $1.10@1.25.  Reports  from  London 
indicate  that  offers  of  American  made  bromides  in  that  r 
ket  are  becoming  very  difficult  to  obtain. 

Cuttlefish  Bone — Scarcity  of  supplies  here  and  reports 
of  depleted  stocks  in  Trieste  have  not  been  without  effect  on 
quotations  here,  prices  having  been  advanced  to  35@45c. 

Camphor — A  revision  of  jobbing  quotations  shows  a  slight- 
ly lower  range,  with  refined  held  at  44@46c  per  pound  in 
barrels,  45@50c  in  ;4-lb,  squares,  and  50@60c  for  powdered. 

Digitalis  Leaves — Increasing  scarcity  of  the  German  va- 
riety is  shown  in  the  upward  trend  of  prices,  jobbers  quoting 
35@40c  per  pound  for  whole,  and  42@47c  for  powdered. 
Pressed  in  ounces  ar.'  held  ,-it  35'g40c. 

Ipecac  Root — .\  m  m  ity  is  reported  in  all  grades,  due  in 
part  to  the  increasing  deni,nii]s  for  the  alkaloid  emetine,  and 
quotations  have  been  ailwme.i!  t.i  ,^,=^.75  r;'S5.O0  for  Cartha- 
gena,  and  $6@6,25  for  rou.;,i,,l  Ri,.  '.-Id  at  S5.75@$5.oO 
per  pound  for  whole,  and  ,~^(  (iSo_  -  tor  |h  .iered. 

D.\xnKiieiN  -German  root  is  in  very  seanty  supply  and  the 
tn  nil  of  ]  ri.  ^  strongly  upward,  jobbers  quoting  35@38c  for 
\vli..l.  .   Mi'!       ./  44e  for  cut, 

III  .  II'  1,1  v\  I  -  R.'cent  .irrivals  of  supplies  from  the  coun- 
try of  liro.liu  lion  ill. I  ,1  l.u  k  ,;r!"and  are  shown  in  tlie 
ea'siiiu  ..if  in  i-ri..  v  \-'r.-i  h,i\iee  .••./.ucd  to  $1,35@$1,45,  and 
l.ow.l- I.  .1  to  SI  .45  VI  ,<1 .55  per  jm  uml  Short  leaves  are  quoted 
u  SI  v^</^;l,45  and  powdered  at  $1.45@$1,55, 

r,  i:\ss — This  root  is  no  longer  obtainable  in  conuner- 
liil  .11  in  ties  in  the  New  York  market,  and  quotations  are 
Iim.lv   i  .iii  ii  il    with  sales  reported  at  45@50c  for  cut  in 

Mil, ill   .|!i,irili1i.  - 

SI  w  \     1  n  iievelly  leaves  are  strongly  maintained  on 
1  1-1-,   if  ^J  (i36c  per  pound  for  select.    Alexandria  leaves  and 
1  .1. U  1    l  ain  unchanged. 

I  ssixii.vL  Oils — The  Messina  essences  are  strongly  held, 
following  reports  of  conditions  in  Italy.  Jobbers  are  quoting 
oil  of  lemon  at  $1.30@$1.40.  and  sweet  orange  at  $2@$2.lS 
per  pound.  English  sandalwood  oil  reflects  the  difficulties 
of  securing  new  supplies,  and  has  been  advanced  to  S5.85  3> 
$6.25  per  pound.  Synthetic  wintergreen  oil  is  strongly  hi  Id 


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on  account  of  restricted  stocks,  and  has  been  advanced  to 
$1.60@$1.75  per  pound.  Oil  of  sweet  birch  is  also  higher  at 
$2.40@$2.60,  and  oil  of  gaultheria  leaf  to  $4.60@4.90. 

Sarsap.muila — All  varieties  are  in  easier  supply  and  prices 
have  been  marked  down  to  55@60c  for  Honduras  cut.  Mexi- 
can, cut,  is  quoted  at  20@25c;  powdered,  23@27c. 

Soap  Tree  B.ark — Quotations  are  lower  and  jobbers  are 
asking  18fe22c  for  whole,  22@28c  for  cut,  and  23@27c  for 
powdered. 

Vaxill.\  Be.\ns — While  an  active  consuming  demand  is  re- 
ported, the  arrival  of  new  supplies,  with  other  shipments  soon 
expected,  prices  are  easier,  j  ii  ln  rs  quoting  $4@$4.50  per 
pound  for  Mexican,  long,  and  .^i  >  a  ,'^4  for  short.  .-Angostura 
tonka  beans  are  also  lower  at  $1 .35va^;i.45  per  pound. 

Hydrochinon — Increasing  scarcity  of  tliis  photographic 
chemical  is  becoming  more  pronounced,  22@25c  per  ounce 
being  the  prevailing  jobbing  price. 

S.\LiCYi.ic  .-VciD — In  common  with  other  products  depend- 
ing upon  phenol  in  their  manufacture,  higher  prices  prevail, 
jobbers  quoting  S2@$2.15  for  1-lb.  cartons,  and  $1.95@$2 
per  pound  for  bulk. 

Oxalic  .Acid — Is  dearer  in  consequence  of  diminishing  sup- 
plies, and  jobbing  prices  have  been  advanced  to  25@28c  per 
pound;  powdered,  29@32c. 

Hexb.\ke — .\  slight  easing  off  in  demand  is  reflected  in  the 
quotations  for  German  leaves  which  are  held  at  32@42c  for 
whole,  and  2S@46c  for  powdered. 

Licorice — Corigliana  shows  increasing  strength  and  is  held 
at  30@35c  per  pound.  Licorice  mass  is  also  higher,  29@34c 
being  asked. 

Silver  Nitrate — Following  the  reduction  in  the  cost  of 
bar  silver  manufacturers  have  reduced  their  prices  on  this 
salt,  and  jobbers  are  now  quoting  38@42c  per  ounce  for  crys- 
tal, and  43@46c  an  ounce  for  fused  cones. 

Acid,  Tart.\ric — Is  strongly  maintained  at  45@50c  per 
pound  for  crystal  and  46@51c  for  powdered. 

RoCHELLE  Salt — In  sympatliy  with  the  strong  position  of 
tartaric  acid,  and  the  recent  withdrawal  of  foreign  competi- 
tion, manufacturers  have  revised  their  schedules,  and  jobbers 
are  now  quoting  23^@27c  per  pound.  For  similar  reasons 
quotations  on  seidlitz  mixture  have  been  advanced  to  19i/^@ 
24^c  per  pound. 

Mercury — Advances  in  the  prices  of  flask  quantities  have 
caused  jobbers  to  revise  their  schedules  for  this  metal,  $1.32@ 
$1.40  per  pound  being  the  ruling  jobbing  quotation. 


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Felt  &  Tarrant  Win  Patent  Suit 
Federal  Judge  Landis  in  the  United  States  court  at  Chicago 
has  decided  the  case  of  the  Felt  &  Tarrant  Manufacturing 
Co.  of  Chicago  against  the  Burroughs  Adding  Machine  Co. 
of  Detroit  in  favor  of  die  former.  The  suit  charged  infringe- 
ment of  the  Burrouglis  company  of  the  Felt  &  Tarrant 
patents  on  a  comptometer.  The  testimony  covered  4,000  type- 
written pages,  but  the  judge's  decree  was  the  shortest  on 
record:  "Decree  for  complainant."  The  Burroughs  Adding 
Machine  Co.  gave  notice  of  an  appeal. 

Dayton,  O.  Druggists  Organize 
Thirty  Dayton,  O.,  druggists  have  formed  a  Dayton  branch 
of  the  Ohio  Pharmaceutical  Association,  incidentally  placing 
themselves  on  record  as  favoring  the  enactment  of  the  bill 
now  pending  in  the  Legislature  under  which  the  control  of 
the  drug  business  will  be  returned  to  the  hands  of  the  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy.  The  drug  business  is  now  regulated  by 
the  Department  of  Agriculture.  The  bill  also  provides  for 
higher  educational  qualifications  for  applicants  for  licenses 
as  pharmacists.  J.  F.  Gallaher  was  elected  president  of  the 
organization,  F.  B.  Todd  vice  president,  and  C.  I.  Perkins, 
secretary.  Henry  L.  Schaeffer,  of  Cleveland,  who  is  State 
organizer,  addressed  the  meeting. 


The  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy 
Columbia  University 

The  Eighty-seventh  annual  term  of  instruction  of 
this  College,  open  to  men  and  women,  will  begin  on 
Monday,  September  20,  1915. 

The  College  offers  a  course  of  two  years,  consisting 
of  three  days'  instruction  weekly,  to  those  possessing 
the  Pharmacy  Student  Certificate  of  the  New  York 
State  Education  Department,  based  on  15  Regents' 
counts  or  one  year's  woik  in  an  accredited  high  school, 
and  leading  to  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy. 

To  graduates  of  this  and  other  courses  properly  quali- 
fying for  advanced  work,  a  Graduate  Course  of  one 
year  in  the  microscopical  and  chemical  analysis  of 
foods  and  drugs  is  open. 

.\s  a  department  of  Columbia  University,  the  College 
offers  courses  of  3,  4  and  6  years,  of  three  and  a  half 
days'  instruction  weekly  through  the  academic  year, 
leading  respectively  to  the  degrees  of  Pharmaceutical 
Chemist,  (Ph.  Ch.),  Bachelor  of  Science  in  Pharmacy 
(B.  S.  in  Phar.)  and  Doctor  of  Pharmacy  (Phar.  D.). 
.\ny  of  these  courses  admits  the  graduate  to  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  this  University, 
without  examination.  Admission  to  these  courses  is 
based  on  graduation  from  in  accredited  high  school,  or 
the  certificate  of  the  Columbia  University  Committee  on 
iMitrance  E.xaminations,  or  of  the  College  Entrance  Ex- 
aniiiKitiori  Pjoard. 

The  Isaac  Plaut  Fellowship  provides  five  hundred 
dollars  ammally,  for  one  year  of  study  at  a  foreign 
uiiivrrsity,  for  that  Bachelor  of  Science  in  Pharmacy 
whf)  holds  the  highest  rank  among  the  members  of  his 
class. 

The  Mav  J.  Tin  itenbarh  cash  prize  of  «;200  and  the 
(ieorse  .1.  Seabury  scholarship  provide  tuition  fees  for 
the  fourth  year  to  the  two  students  standing  highest  at 
the  close  of  the  third  year. 

.\  Summer  Preparatory  Course  of  twelve  weeks  pre- 
inrrs  tl;i    si  i.lint  in  special  directions  for  the  regular 


.f   KM5-1916,   evening  courses  in 
Microscopy  and  Pharmacog- 
onnection  with  the  Exten- 
I  r...^  r-,ity. 
ill  ijlease  communicate  witii 


With  thr 
Pharmacy,  Cli' 
nosy  will  be  ii 
sion  Teaching 

Those  iiiten- 


THOMAS  F.  MAIN,  Secretary 

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[June,  1915 


Index  to  Advertisers,  page  26.       Index  to  Goods  Advertised,  pages  27-30 

Index  to  Text  Pages 


Abstracts,   Foreign,  263. 
Alcohol,    Determination,  264. 
Almond  Cream,  Liquid,  254. 
Arcularius,  F.  H.,  271. 
Ash,   Louis,  272. 
Association,  Clubs,  etc.— 
American   Drug  Bowling,  280. 
American  Pharmaceutical- 
Chicago   Branch,  281. 
New   York   Branch,  281. 
Amer.  Pharm.  Conference,  280. 
Kansas  Pharmaceutical,  277. 
Kings  Co.  (N.  Y.)  Pharm.  Soc, 
278. 

Louisiana  Pharm.,  278. 
Metropolitan  Retail  Druggists, 
279. 

Mississippi  Valley  Druggists, 
278. 

National  Boards  of  Pharm'y, 
280. 

New  York  C.  P.  Alumni,  276. 
Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical, 
278. 

Phila.  Retail  Druggists,  278. 
Proprietary  o£  America,  277. 
Wilmington      (Del.)  Retail 

Druggists,  278. 
W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D.- 
Boston Chapter,  258. 
Louisville  Chapter,  258. 
Philadelphia  Chapter,  258. 
Queen  City  Chapter,  258. 
Baby   Week,   Advertising,  253. 
Path  Luxuries,  Selling,  252. 
Beal,  Prof.  James  H.,  271. 
Bence,  Eli,  272. 

Bismuth,  lodo  Substitution  Pro- 
ducts, 263. 
Bismuth  Subgallate,  Basic  Sub- 
stitution Products,  263. 
Boards  of  Pharmacy — 

Alabama,  282. 

Kansas,  282. 

Louisiana,  282. 

Missouri,  282. 

New  York,  282. 

Oregon,  282. 

Pennsylvania,  282. 

Rhode  Island,  282. 

Texas,  282. 

Vermont,  282. 
Bond,  Dr.  John  B.,  270. 
Books,  Medical,  for  Pharmacist, 
262. 

Book  Reviews- 
Badger  Chemical  Diary,  1915, 
266. 

Hamilton,  Disinfection;  What 
Disinfectant  is  most  gen- 
erally Applicable,  266. 

Hygienic  Laboratory  Bulle- 
tins, Nos.  96  and  100,  266. 

Langenheim,  Alkaloidal  Con- 
tent of  Stramonium,  266. 

Miller,  Chemical  and  Physical 
Properties  of  Wormwood 
Oil,  266. 


Proceedings   of  the  American 
Conference   of  Pharmaceu- 
tical Faculties,  1914,  266. 
Report    of    Dairy    and  Food 
Commissioner,  Michigan, 
1914,  266. 
Spatula  Soda  Water  Guide,  266. 
Borjois  &  Co.,  284. 
Brevium,  New  Element,  254. 
Burke,  W.  T.,  258. 
Cadillac  Turpentine  Co.,  264. 
Cameras,  Best  Paying  Side  Line, 
267. 

Carboys,  Inclinator,  285. 

Carnell,  H.  G.,  27L 

Chain     Drug     Stores,  Against 

Merger,  279. 
Charcoal,  Animal,  Tests,  263. 
Chlor-Napholeum  Descriptive 

Significance,  265. 
Cinchona  Alkaloids,  Determina- 
tion, 264. 
Cold  Cream,  Theatrical,  254. 
Colleges  of  Pharmacy — 

Albany,  274. 

Atlanta,  276. 

Brooklyn,  273. 

Illinois  University,  275. 

Iowa  University,  276. 

Louisville,  275. 

Jersey  City,  276. 

Kansas  City,  276. 

New  Jersey,  275. 

New  York,  273. 

North  Carolina  University,  276. 

Northwestern  University,  275. 

St.  Louis,  274. 
Copperas,  Dose,  Veterinary,  261. 
Cook,  S.  W.,  271. 
Correspondence,  245. 
Cost  Accounting,  246. 
Cost,  Figuring,  246. 
Creams,  Cosmetic,  Manufacture, 
254. 

Cresol   Remedy,  Mange,  262. 
Curcine,  263. 

Davis,  Bertram  Swift,  272. 
Diesing,  Victor,  271. 
Digitalis,    Deterioration    of  In- 
fusions, 281. 
Draper,  George  S.,  271. 
Editorials — 
Cost  Accounting  for  Druggists, 
243. 

Season  of  State  Associations, 
245. 

Secrets    of    the    Chain  Store, 
244. 

The  Era  Narcotic  List,  245. 
The  Photographic  Department, 
244. 

Enomorphone,  263. 

Eupatorium,    Species,  Chemical 

Investigation,  266. 
Eschmann,  Frederick  W.  R.,  272. 
Fellows,  John  I.,  272. 
Ferrous  Carbonate,  Mass,  264. 


Flies,  Exterminators,  Pushing 
Sales,  252. 

Fourth  of  July  Window,  253. 

German  Apothecaries,  251. 

Gift  Novelties,  Selling,  252. 

Gillette,  I.  F.,  272. 

Greenland,  Otto,  258. 

Hager,  P.  F.,  272. 

Hall,  P.  N.,  271. 

Harwell,  Dr.  W.  F.,  272. 

Henkel,  Miss  Alice,  257. 

Hubbard,  Fred  A.,  238. 

Insecticide,  Spray,  Lime-Sul- 
phur, 248. 

Insecticides,  Misbranding,  265. 

Investments  and  Turn-Overs, 
245. 

Iodine,   Brush  Ampuls,  263. 
Iodine,  Detection  in  Body  Flu- 
ids, 263. 

Iodine,  Germicidal  Value,  264. 
Jatropha    Curcas    Seeds,  Toxic 

Principle,  263. 
K-Brot,  264. 

Kreiling,  Edward  H.  C,  271. 
Kunberger,    Prof.    E.  Rudolph, 
272. 

Law,    Narcotic,    Decisions,  248. 
Legal  Decisions,  265. 
Lime-Sulphur    Concentrates,  248. 
Lord,  Loren  B.,  272. 
Lubricants,     Summer,  Selling, 
253. 

Major,  Alphonse,  271. 

Mange,   Cresol  Remedy,  262. 

Mansfield,  Dr.  William,  276. 

Market   Report,  287. 

Massage   Cream,  254. 

^f^ssey,  George,  272. 

Medicine    Box,   Herboldt's,  285. 

Mixing  Machine,  Warner's,  285. 

Morphine,  Legitimate  Use,  Ken- 
tucky, 265. 

Mostly  Personal,  270. 

Mueller,  Walter,  270. 

Narcotic  Prescription,  Renewing, 
261. 

Nattans  Drug  &  Chemical  Co., 

R.  A.,  279. 
Needham,  Prof.  R.  H.,  271. 
New  York  State  Pharm.,  251. 
Nickel  Plating,  261. 
Obituaries,  272. 

Oil,  Cod  Liver,  Industry,  255. 

Oil,  Wormwood,  Wisconsin,  In- 
vestigatian,  266. 

Opium,  Influence  of  Molds,  263. 

Osage  Orange,  Dye,  248. 

Papain,   Manufacture,  264. 

Paraffin,  Liquid,  Laxative  Com- 
bination, 263. 

Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  276. 

Patents,  Trademarks,  etc.,  285. 

Petroleum,  Liquid,  Use  and 
Tests,  281. 

Photographic  Trade,  War  Af- 
fects, 269. 


Plaut,  Albert,  275. 

Poisonous  Drugs,  Sale  and  Leg- 
itimate Use,  265. 

Premiums  for  Druggists,  284. 

Prescription  Directions,  Unin- 
telligible, 262. 

Prescriptions,  Narcotic,  Refills, 
248. 

Profits,  Estimating,  246. 

Proprietaries,  Profit  on,  246. 

Question  Box,  261. 

Quinine  and  Urea  Hydrochlor- 
ide, 261. 

Rawson,  Jennett  A.,  272. 

Registration,  Reciprocal,  Exten- 
sion, 280. 

Retail  Druggist  as  Manufactur- 
er, 259. 

Ril  er-Hegenian  Co.,  279. 

Riker-Jaynes  Co.,  279. 

Ringler,  Eugene,  271. 

Rock,  Dr.  A.  v.,  271. 

RoUmann,  Henry,  271. 

Sales,  Estimating  Profits,  247. 

Salol  with  Liquid  Paraffin,  263. 

Sansby,  Miss  Ruth,  270. 

Sheffield,  L.  T.,  271. 

Silver  Plating,  261. 

Silvering,  Liquid  Wash,  261. 

Spiehler,  A.  M.,  270. 

Stewart,  Dr.  F.  E.,  259. 

Stuart,  Alan,  271. 

Strychnine  Reactions,  Interfer- 
ence, 263. 

Sumner,  Lemuel  F.,  271. 

Summer  Drug  Specialties,  Sell- 
ing, 252. 

Sunday  Sales,  Presque  Isle, 
Me.,  280. 

Syrup  Ferrous  Iodide,  Precipita- 
tion, 262. 

Titanous  Chloride  as  Reagent, 
263. 

Toilet  Goods,  Displaying,  252. 

Toilet  Preparations,  Manufac- 
ture, 254. 

Townsend,  F.  K.,  270. 

Tvndale  Eucalyptus  Co.,  284. 

Urine,  Albumin,  Tanret's  Test, 
262. 

Urine,  Heller's  Sugar  Test,  262. 

Van  Vliet,  P.  P.,  272. 

W  allace,  Mrs.  Leslie  C,  258. 

Water  Colors,  Profitable  Spe- 
cialty, 269. 

Weed  Exterminators,  Pushing 
Sales,  252. 

Wilson,  Lewis  £..  271. 

Window  Display,  Fourth  of 
July,  253. 

Women  in  Pharmacy,  258. 

WuUing,  Prof.  Fred.  J.,  260. 

Zinc  Oxide,  New  Form.,  264. 

Zuehlke.  Miss  Vera  C,  271. 


Electrochemists  Elect  Officers 

The  twenty-seventh  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Elec- 
trochemical Society  was  held  in  Atlantic  City  and  Thiladelphia 
last  munlli,  (hr  l.ilKiwing  officers  being  rliit.d  I'l'sident, 
I.,,'AMiiw  X.i.h.l,.  I  i.iuglas,  Ariz.;  vice-pn'si<lriii,  I,  I  Saun- 
<l,i,s,  Juhii  A.  M.illicws,  and  L.  Kahlcnbcri; ,  iK.mr.vi-,  I..  D. 
Vorsc,  William  Acheson  Smith,  and  William  Jl.  Walker; 
treasurer,  P.  G.  Salom;  secretary,  Dr.  Joseph  W.  Richards 


(Lehigh  University),  South  Bethlehem,  Pa.  The  membership 
at  the  end  of  1914,  according  to  the  report  of  the  board  of 
directors,  was  1377,  and  that  29  new  members  had  been 
elected  since  tlie  first  of  the  year.  The  next  meeting  will 
be  held  in  San  Francisco  on  September  16,  17  and  18,  1915, 
when  it  is  proposed  to  hold  joint  sessions  with  the  American 
Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  and  the  .Xmerican  Institute  of 
Electrical  Engineers. 


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Editori.-vl  and  Ph.\rm.\ceutical   Pages  291-312 

Editorials   '   291-292 

Stopping  Little  Drug  Store  Leaks    293-295 

New  York  Conference  to  Fight  Health  Board  . .  296 

Drug  Swindlers  Caught    296 

John  Roemer  on  Propaganda    297 

The  Apothecary,  A  Literary  Study    298-299 

Building  Retail  Business  by  Mail    301-302 

Doings  of  Women  in  Pharmacy    306-307 

Foreign  Abstracts    308 

Question  Box    309 

Camera  and  Photographic  Department   311-312 

News  and  Trade  Sectiox   Pages  313-330 

Mostly  Personal    313 

Obituaries    314 

News  of  the  Associations    317-323 

College  of  Pharmacy  Commencements    324-325 

Board  of  Pharmacy  E.xaminations    326 

Drug  Exhibits  at  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition  327 

Drug  Markets    328-329 

Index  to  Advertisers   Page  40 

Index  to  Goods  Advertised   Pages  36-39 

Index  to  "Where  to  Buy"  Department   Page  47 

Index  to  Reading  P.\ces   Page  330 


WORK  OF  THE  ASSOCIATIONS 

Sufficient  time  has  not  yet  elapsed  for  any  quali- 
fied observer  to  place  a  just  estimate  upon  the  value 
or  quantity  of  the  work  accomplished  by  the  various 
State  pharmaceutical  associations  which  so  far  this 
year  have  met  in  annual  convention.  But  it  is 
interesting  and  profitable  to  note  some  of  the  sub- 
jects that  have  been  considered  by  these  organiza- 
tions, even  though  the  reports  are  presented  in 
abstract  form,  which  necessarily  must  be  the  case 
where,  as  in  The  Era  this  month,  an  attempt  is 
made  to  cover  so  many  meetings  in  a  single  issue. 

Viewed  collectively,  all  of  the  associations  exhibit 
the  symptomls  of  health  and  lively  interest  in  phar- 
maceutical matters,  a  condition  which  is  reflected 
in  the  general  good  attendance  which  was  made  up 
largely  of  the  pharmacists  who  have  been  and  are 
most  active  in  their  respective  States.  This  is  sig- 
nificant, particularly  at  a  time  when  financial  de- 
pression and  general  commercial  inactivity  are 
dominant,  emphasising  the  fact  that  pharmacists 
are  awake  to  the  value  of  organization,  and  that 
whatever  may  be  done  to  favor  their  condition  by 
individual  effort,  may  be  further  accelerated  by 
united  endeavor. 

A  subject  which  received  attention  by  a  number 
of  the  associations  was  that  of  price  maintenance, 
the  discussion  resulting  in  most  instances  in  a  reso- 
lution indorsing  the  so-called  Stevens  bill,  conclu- 
sive that  every  effort  will  be  made  by  the  associa- 
tions to  secure  the  passage  of  the  measure  by  the 
incoming  Congress. 

The  trading  stamp  also  came  up  for  attention 
in  several  of  the  associations,  and  while  nothing 
new  concerning  its  use  or  regulation  appears  to 
have  been  developed,  not  a  few  pharmacists  de- 
sired the  enactment  of  legislation  which  would 
make  the  use  of  these  stamps  illegal.  This  subject 
is  one  that  has  been  before  pharmaceutical  and 
other  trade  organizations  for  a  decade  or  more, 
and  notwithstanding  the  objections  that  have  been 
raised,  so  far  as  we  are  aware,  no  important  legis- 
lation has  been  enacted  which  would  tend  to  curb 
the  further  extension  or  prohibit  the  use  of  this  or 
kindred  schemes  to  attract  trade.  The  argument 
advanced  by  those  who  favor  the  use  of  the  trad- 
ing stamp  is  specious  at  best,  for  somebody  must 
pay  the  cost.    But  the  idea  of  getting  something 


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for  nothing  is  so  innate  and  characteristically 
American,  that  the  average  legislator  is  not  likely 
to  be  impressed  with  the  importunities  of  those  who 
are  against  the  use  of  the  trading  stamp. 

PASSING  OF  THE  DRUG  TRADE  SWINDLER 

In  the  long  category  of  drug  trade  swindlers  re- 
peatedly exposed  in  The  Pharmaceutical  Era 
during  the  last  twenty  years,  none  have  received 
a  more  just  sentence  than  Adolph  Jacobson  and 
his  pals,  whose  conviction  in  the  United  States 
District  Coui't  in  this  city  last  week  is  told  in 
our  news  columns  ia  this  issue. 

The  scheme  of  these  drug  trade  parasites,  al- 
though simple,  was  one  of  the  most  successful 
swindles  ever  operated  by  a  band  of  men  who  at 
tempted  to  get  goods  they  never  intended  to  pay 
for.  The  method  followed  was  to  select  a  store, 
put  in  a  desk,  borrow  the  name  of  a  reputable  con- 
cern or  adopt  a  name  nearly  like  it,  and  then 
order  from  out-of-town  manufacturers  bills  on 
credit  and  without  advancing  any  information  as 
to  intention  or  ability  to  pay.  Manufacturers  thus 
approached,  in  their  anxiety  to  sell,  and  without 
taking  the  business  precaution  to  determine  the 
standing  of  their  would-be  customers,  would  swal- 
low the  bait,  hook  and  all — the  victims  of  mis- 
placed confidence,  and  usually  only  themselves  to 
blame  for  their  carelessness. 

It  is  with  some  satisfaction  that  we  note  the 
passing  of  the  gang  of  which  the  white-haired  and 
venerable  Jacobson  was  dean  and  promoter.  In 
season  and  out  of  season  we  have  devoted  much 
space  worthy  of  a  nobler  cause  to  their  depreda- 
tions. We  have  persistently  cautioned  the  trade 
against  their  illegitimate  business  methods,  and 
have  exposed  their  operations  whenever  and  wher- 
ever possible.  Crosher,  Gerrish,  Hazard,  Turner, 
Jacobson,  et  al. — the  list  of  the  names  of  these 
swindlers  is  too  long  to  enumerate,  but  it  is  infinit- 
essimally  short  when  compared  with  the  names  of 
the  manufacturers  they  defrauded.  The  post  office 
authorities  are  to  be  congratulated  on  running  these 
pests  to  earth,  and  the  extermination  of  all  their 
ilk  could  be  confidently  expected  if  the  drug  trade 
will  profit  by  the  experience  of  the  "victims"  who 
have  been  ' '  gulled ' '  by  these  gentry,  and  will  here- 
after wisely  resolve  to  sell  no  goods  on  order  ex- 
cept to  buyers  of  established  financial  rating  and 
legitimate  business  connection. 


THE  CAMPAIGN  AGAINST  "PATENTS" 

Retail  druggists,  or  at  least  those  in  New  York 
City,  who  thought  that  most  of  the  difficulties  inci- 
dent to  the  handling  of  proprietary  remedies  had 
ended  "with  the  satisfactory  working  out  of  the  Gov- 
ernment's enforcement  of  the  Federal  Pure  Food 
and  Drugs  Act,  were  startled  from  this  somnolence 
by  the  recent  activity  of  Health  Commissioner  Gold- 
water  against  so-called  "cures"  which  are  allogod 
to  be  misbranded.  There  is  a  New  York  City  ordi- 
nance covering  the  sale  of  "patents,"  which  will 
be  enforced  as  rigidly  as  was  the  National  law. 


You  will  not  find  druggists  to  agree  as  to  the 
ethics  of  selling  patent  medicines.  This  is  an  old 
story.  It  has  been  gone  over  many  times.  There 
are  those  extremists  among  the  retail  drug  trade, 
who,  like  Health  Commissioner  Goldwater,  hold 
that  there  is  no  such  thing  as  a  good  patent  medi- 
cine. Others  hold  themselves  to  be  dealers  pure 
and  simple,  and  as  such  aim  to  satisfy  the  demands 
of  their  customers,  whether  those  customers  buy 
their  medicine  on  a  physician's  prescription  or  be- 
cause of  a  lurid  advertisement  in  a  daily  newspaper 
or  periodical  magazine. 

Although  the  pharmacy  law  in  New  York  State 
and  many  other  States  holds  the  pharmacist  re- 
sponsible for  the  quality  of  the  drugs  and  medicines 
he  sells  over  his  counter,  most  druggists  believe 
that  a  reasonable  interpretation  of  this  law  does 
not  prohibit  them  from  selling  a  patent  medicine 
which  the  manufacturer  guarantees  and  which 
comes  marked,  "Guaranteed  under  the  Pure  Food 
and  Drugs  Act,'*  and  they  claim  a  right  to  assume 
that  such  articles  meet  with  every  requirement  of 
the  law.  National,  State  or  local. 

The  druggists  of  White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  threw  out 
all  patent  medicines,  and  John  Roemer,  a  promi- 
nent pharmacist  of  that  place  and  president  of  the 
New  York  branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  in  an  article  in  this  issue  of  The  Era, 
strongly  commends  that  action  and  shows  what  has 
been  done  to  insure  the  use  of  official  preparations. 

As  a  matter  of  business  policy,  perhaps  a  minor- 
ity of  druggists  would  agree  to  take  such  action 
in  their  own  stores.  They  believe  that  within  rea- 
sonable limits  the  public  should  be  entitled  to  buy 
what  it  wants,  and  hence  such  propaganda  may  be 
expected  to  obtain  only  partial  success. 

In  Dr.  Goldwater 's  campaign  there  has  been 
shown  a  tendency  to  hold  the  manufacturer,  the 
wholesaler  and  the  retailer  equally  responsible  in 
the  case  of  a  sale  of  any  remedy  not  properly 
branded  as  provided  by  law.  The  Government,  in 
enforcing  the  Federal  statute,  placed  the  responsi- 
bility up  to  the  manufacturer  and  dealers  were  not 
charged  with  violating  the  law  unless  they  had 
previously  received  warning  that  certain  remedies 
they  were  handling  were  not  law-abiding.  The 
New  York  Pharmaceutical  Conference,  notwith- 
standing the  objections  of  Mr.  Roemer.  who  was 
present  at  its  recent  meeting,  decided  that  retail 
druggists  were  not  culpable  and  will  aid  in  the 
defense  of  two  Brooklyn  retailers  who  face  prosecu- 
tion for  selling  a  remedy  that  they  had  no  means 
of  knowing  was  violating  the  New  York  City 
ordinance. 


Ovfing  to  the  great  number  of  State  plicrmaceutical 
conventions  held  in  June,  it  has  been  impossible  for 
The  Era  to  publish  a  report  of  all  of  them  in  this  issue. 
Those  omitted  ',ci!l  appear  in  the  August  nuvibcr.  Some 
of  the  papers  read  at  recent  conventions  ivill  also  appear 
in  early  issues  of  The  Era.  Brief  reports  of  these  State 
meetings  are  also  published  in  Weekly  Drug  Markets. 


July,  1915] 


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Stopping  Little  Drug 
Store  Leaks 

How  Prohts  of  Many  Pharmacists  Slip 
Away  Through  Carelessness 

By  W.  F.  FRENCH 

^  ^TX TASTE  is  America's  worst  enemy.  The  little  leaks  that 
YY  I  could  find  in  the  average  drug  store  in  this  country 
'  ^  would  make  a  satisfactory  profit  for  the  apothecary 
in  the  Fatherland." 

This  statement  came  quietly  but  with  intense  conviction 
from  the  lips  of  a  celebrated  German  chemist,  who  puffed 
rings  of  smoke  from  a  drooping,  straw-colored  cigarette  as  he 
toyed  with  a  pair  of  delicate  balances.  He  had  been  brought 
to  America  just  before  the  outbreak  of  tlie  European  war  to 
solve  certain  acute  chemical  problems.  He  has  solved  them. 
They  are  of  great  practical  importance  to  America,  but  it  is 
possible  that  the  conclusions  reached  by  this  trained,  scientific 
observer  concerning  the  way  we  do  tilings  in  this  country  may 
be  worth  almost  as  much  as  his  laboratory  work. 

At  any  rate,  when  I  was  able  to  draw  his  fire,  in  the  fdrm 
of  the  sentence  with  which  this  article  opens,  I  determined  to 
follow  up  the  lead  with  a  persistence,  if  necessary,  that  the 
distinguished  German  might  classify  as  almost  Teutonic. 

His  attitude  was  that  of  entire  friendliness,  of  polite  reserve, 
and  of  quiet  amusement. 

"I  came  to  your  countr>',"  he  declared,  "to  work — ^not  to 
criticise.  But  you  insist  that  you  shall  know  the  thoughts 
that  have  come  to  me  as  I  have  analyzed  to  myself  your  na- 
tional traits,  especially  in  connection  with  the  work  of  the 
chemist  and  the  way  in  which  the  products  of  his  skill  are 
distributed  to  the  final  consumers.  There  is  waste,  wanton 
and  needless  waste,  wherever  I  have  had  an  opportunity  to 
observe." 

He  spoke  slowly,  choosing  his  words  with  the  care  that  he 
might  have  used  in  selecting  the  chemicals  for  a  complicated 
experiment. 

"Could  you  illustrate.  Doctor?"  I  persisted. 

"Illustrate?"  He  repeated  the  word  questioningly. 

"Yes.  Give  me  an  example.  Tell  me  just  what  you  have 
seen  to  cause  you  to  reach  the  conclusion  that  the  American 
drug  store  is  a  place  of  great  wastefulness." 

An  Example  of  Waste 

"Oh,  certainly,"  he  instantly  replied.  "Today  in  an  apothe- 
cary's shop — a  drug  store  you  call  it,  and  that  is  a  better  name 
for  what  you  have — I  saw  a  young  man  draw  a  quantity  of 
neutral  benzoinated  lard  that  heaped  the  spatula  blade.  In 
mixing  the  anointment  that  he  was  compounding  he  did  not 
use  one-half  of  the  lard.    The  residue?    Thrown  away! 

"If  that  had  occurred  in  the  shop  of  a  German  apothecary 
he  would  have  come  near  to  having  apoplexy.  The  assistant 
doing  such  a  thing  would  have  felt  the  force  of  the  apothecary's 
wrath — and  justly  so.  It  is  not  only  a  shame  but  a  sin  also 
to  waste  precious  materials. 

"I  was  so  shocked  at  what  I  saw  that  I  watched  the  young 
man  put  up  still  another  prescription.  In  doing  this  he  wasted 
almost  as  much  lanolin  as  he  used.  That  would  not  be  per- 
mitted in  Europe.  Never!  The  man  that  robs  himself  by 
waste  must  rob  others  for  his  profits.  Is  it  not  so?  Must  not 
the  customer  pay  the  score  for  such  waste?  But  that  is  per- 
haps not  the  worst  of  this  bad  business  of  waste.  It  is  not 
safe  that  one  so  careless  should  be  allowed  to  handle  drugs. 
He  is  unfitted  to  dispense  them  who  is  so  reckless  with  the 
materials  of  his  trade. 

"And  in  many  other  things  I  see  you  wasteful  to  wickedness. 
At  your  ice  drink  counters  the  attendant  often  does  not  give 
all  the  egg  to  the  customer  who  buys  it.  No,  you  waste  much 
of  it — throw  it  away  in  the  washing  sink  underneath  the  serv- 
ing counter.  Have  you  not  often  seen  it?  And  you  waste 
when  you  wrap  up  a  package.  You  have  no  right  to  do  that; 
it  is  all  wrong  and  uneconomic.  When  an  apothecary  wastes 
he  does  not  pay  the  price  of  that  waste  himself.  Always  it  is 
the  customer  that  must  pay.    If  there  were  no  unnecessary 


"In  mixing  the  ointment  he  did  not  use  one-half  the  lard. 
The  residue?    Thrown  away  I 

wastes  in  your  drug  stores  your  apothecaries  would  prosper  as 
they  do  not  prosper  now  and  their  customers  would  not  com- 
plain of  increasing  prices.  But  this  criticism,  coming  from  a 
foreigner,  might  appear  to  your  people  to  be  unfair  or  narrow. 
I  hope  that  you  will  ask  a  competent  and  observing  chemist  of 
your  country  if  I  exaggerate  this  waste  as  I  find  it  in  your 
drug  stores  wherever  I  go,  but  particularly  in  the  smaller  ones 
in  the  suburbs  of  your  cities  and  in  your  towns  and  villages." 

The  suggestion  of  this  distinguished  foreigner  was  immedi- 
ately followed  and  the  problem  was  put  up,  as  he  had  stated  it, 
to  a  group  of  American  chemists  working  in  a  well-known 
manufacturing  laboratory.  Instantly  they  admitted  that  his 
charges  were  based  upon  facts  all  too  constantly  in  evidence, 
especially  in  the  smaller  independent  drug  stores.  They  were 
also  agreed  that  the  customer  always  paid  the  toll,  unless  the 
waste  of  an  occasional  individual  druggist  was  so  much  beyond 
the  average  as  to  plunge  him  into  bankruptcy. 

It  should  be  observed  in  passing,  however,  that  as  retail 
merchandising  businesses  go,  the  percentage  of  failures  in  the 
drug  business  is  relatively  small. 

Some  of  the  Little  Leaks 

A  chemist  engaged  in  investigation  work  of  a  national  char- 
acter in  one  of  the  largest  research  laboratories  in  America 
laughed  when  this  problem  of  drug  store  waste  was  put  up  to 
him. 

"I  came  into  the  study  of  chemistry  through  the  door  of  the 
drug  store  and  I  am  entitled  to  speak  from  first-hand  observa- 
tion as  to  the  waste  tliat  goes  on  there.  The  distinguished 
foreign  chemist  is  not  only  right  but  extremely  moderate  in  his 
criticisms.  Time  and  again  I  have  seen  a  druggist — and  some- 
times the  proprietor  of  the  store  himself — dip  his  spatula  into 
a  jar  of  quinine,  use  anywhere  from  a  third  to  a  half  of  the 
material  that  he  had  withdrawn  in  mixing  pills  or  filling  cap- 
sules and  then  sweep  the  unused  residue  to  the  floor  with  one 
stroke  of  his  hand.  Quinine  is  costly;  but  I  have  seen  even 
more  costly  materials  wantonly  wasted  on  practically  the  same 
scale. 

"This  is  not  a  recital  of  exceptions;  it  is  a  fair  statement  of 
common  practice.  Of  course  it  would  be  absurd  to  imply  that 
this  is  universal,  for  it  is  not.  In  the  big  stores  of  the  large 
cities  this  sort  of  thing  is  not  tolerated,  nor  is  it  put  up  with 


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Sweeps  the  unused  quinine  onto  the  floor. 


by  the  management  of  groups  or  chains  of  stores,  the  success 
of  which  depends  almost  entirely  upon  efficiency  and  economy 
of  management  as  contrasted  with  personal  popularity  and  ac- 
quaintance on  the  part  of  the  owner  of  the  individual  store. 

"The  celebrated  chemist  from  the  other  side  has  spoken  of 
what  he  calls  our  iced  drink  counters  and  the  waste  there.  I 
can  take  you  to  one  soda  fountain  after  another  where  the 
clerks  habitually  use  nearly  twice  as  much  syrup  for  a  portion 
as  they  should — not  only  on  the  basis  of  reasonable  economy 
but  on  the  basis  of  giving  the  customer  a  drink  that  is  properly 
balanced  and  not  too  heavy.  Fancy  syrups  cost  money  and 
they  are  used  on  an  extensive  scale.  Economy  in  this  field  is 
highly  important.  I  regard  this  as  a  big  leak  rather  than  a 
small  one. 

Wonder  "Why  Profits  Disappear 

"What  I  would  call  a  little  leak  is  the  popular  drug  store  fad 
of  using  elastic  or  rubber  bands  to  bind  packages  instead  of 
tying  them  with  string.  The  pace  in  this  particular  is  set  by 
the  big  city  drug  stores  where  the  use  of  this  expensive  tying 
material  is  an  economy  and  not  a  waste.  In  other  words;  in 
the  large  city  drug  stores  where  clerks  are  paid  comparatively 
high  salaries  and  where — at  least  in  rush  hours — they  must 
wait  upon  many  customers  in  a  small  space  of  time,  the  elastic 
band  is  a  time  saver  and  an  economy.  But  in  the  average  drug 
store  it  is  wasteful  to  use  this  expensive  material,  of  which 
the  world  has  too  little  for  a  purpose  that  could  be  better 
served  by  a  much  cheaper  material. 

"These  illustrations  may  seem  almost  trite  and  trifling  to 
some,  but  they  are  far  from  that,  because  they  are  typical  of 
the  waste  that  is  going  on  in  thousands  upon  thousands  of 
drug  stores  all  over  America.  And  the  owners  of  these  stores 
are  wondering  why  their  annual  profits  are  not  larger  and  why 
their  customers  are  continually  complaining  of  the  high  cost 
of  many  lines  of  supplies  handled  by  drug  stores.  In  my  opin- 
ion it  would  hardly  be  an  exaggeration  to  say  that  if  fifty  per 
cent,  of  the  druggists  in  this  country  could  only  put  into  the 
profit  column  the  amount  that  they  waste  through  carelessness, 
inefficiency  and  unintelligent  handling  of  stocks  they  wo  ild  be 
given  a  taste  of  prosperity  such  as  they  have  not  known  in 
years. 

"Yes,  our  German  critic  is  absolutely  right,  the  greatest 
enemy  of  American  business  today  is  waste — and  this  applies 
in  a  most  notable  and  emphatic  way  to  the  retail  drug  store 
business." 

Waste  and  Dirt  Go  Hand  in  Hand 

The  very  existence  of  wasteful  methods  shows  carelessness — 
and  wh^n  the  public  recognizes  that  menace  in  a  drug  store 
they  promptly  transact  tlieir  business  elsewhere.    And  there  is 


one  more  thing  to  consider — waste  and  dirt  generally  go  hand 
in  hand ! 

The  natural  question  is:  Where  should  a  druggist  look  for 
waste?  Everywhere!  The  druggist  who  allows  a  clerk  to 
waste  drugs  or  electricity  will  permit  him  to  waste  time.  This 
means  the  wasting  of  business  opportunity,  which  is  the  great- 
est waste  of  all.  Opportunity  to  sell  at  a  profit  is  the  most 
costly  stock  that  a  storekeeper  buys  for  it  includes  all  the 
heavy  items  of  investment  that  go  on  the  books  in  that  terri- 
fying and  always  expanding  column  of  "Overhead  Expense." 

A  druggist  recently  bought  out  a  business  in  a  residential 
section  of  Chicago  and  went  there  personally  to  take  care  of  it. 
A  glance  at  the  store  dismayed  him,  and  he  had  to  go  over  the 
books  several  times  before  his  courage  returned.  The  books 
showed  that  the  former  owner  had  several  valuable  agencies, 
and  a  study  of  the  neighborhood  proved  that  his  location  was 
an  excellent  one.  But  the  store  was  a  sight!  And  its  methods 
of  doing  business  were  worse. 

Besides  the  druggist,  the  store  employed  a  registered  drug 
clerk,  two  apprentices  who  took  care  of  the  soda  fountain, 
cigar  cases  and  the  like,  and  the  delivery  boy.  The  fixtures 
were  first-class  and  the  fountain  a  beauty.  But  the  appearance 
of  the  whole  store  was  that  of  a  cyclone-swept  rummage  sale. 
A  stack  of  dirty  soda  glasses  maintained  a  precarious  balance 
on  an  empty  ice  cream  container  and  an  elaborate  u  n-ashed 
sundae  dish  shared  the  plate  with  a  half  dozen  lemons. 

'.T  really  did  not  need  to  look  behind  the  prescription  case" 
said  the  new  proprietor,  "to  know  that  I  would  find  a  garbage 
can  there  well  filled  with  papers  and  clotiis  smudged  with 
pastes  and  saturated  with  liquids.  In  fact  I  was  not  surprised 
to  find  three  glass  slides  containing  the  excess  of  prescription 
preparations  that  had  been  compounded  that  day. 

Conditions  Staggered  Him 

"When  the  man  from  whom  I  purchased  the  store  offered  to 
spend  a  few  days  with  me  and  show  me  the  ropes  I  declined 
with  thanks.  I  was  fairly  dizzy  and  I  felt  my  stomach  would 
settle  quicker  if  he  was  not  in  sight. 

"The  next  morning  I  got  down  to  the  store  at  seven  and 
waited  for  one  of  the  apprentices  to  open  up.  He  arrived  in 
about  twenty  minutes  and  we  went  inside.  The  clerk  was  not 
due  until  ten  and  when  he  appeared  a  few  minutes  ahead  of 
time  I  sighed  thankfully. 

"I  watched  this  man  all  day,  fearing  that  I  might  discover 
him  to  be  the  waster.  But  no:  he  filled  three  prescriptions 
with  very  little  waste.  And  he  was  neat  and  clean.  But  the 
two  apprentices  were  impossible — and  the  boy  filthy.  Both  ap- 
prentices worked  all  over  the  store,  except  behind  the  prescrip- 
tion case.  They  sold  ice  cream,  cigars,  candy,  toilet  articles 
and  almost  anything. 

"After  brushing  the  dust  and  dirt  of  the  day  before  under 
the  tables  and  cases  the  delivery  boy  disappeared  for  an  hour 
or  two.  But  the  apprentices  were  very  much  in  evidence.  At 
the  candy  case  they  would  pour  or  shovel  some  candy  into  a 
bag,  toss  it  on  the  scale  and  then  slide  it  to  the  customer,  some- 
times without  so  much  as  glancing  to  see  how  much  it  weighed. 
Occasionally  they  would  give  underweight,  but  as  a  usual  thing 
the  e-xcess  was  greatly  to  the  customer's  advantage.  When 
serving  ice  cream  they  were  at  their  best.  Apparently  the 
former  owner  did  not  believe  in  the  use  of  ice  cream  measures 
and  the  cream  was  dug  out  of  the  freezers  with  a  large  spoon. 
The  flavoring  was  dumped  on,  usually  over-flowing  the  edges 
of  the  dish,  and  the  whole  thing  dropped  unceremoniously  on 
the  table  before  the  customer.  I  imagine  I  was  losing  about 
ten  to  twenty  per  cent  on  every  dish  served. 

Wanton  Waste  Made  Him  Furious 

"One  of  the  apprentices  had  a  habit  of  breaking  an  egg  into 
a  glass  of  coca-cola,  drinking  down  the  egg  and  tossing  the 
remainder  of  the  coca-cola  into  tlie  sink.  This  was  so  wanton 
a  waste  tliat  it  made  me  furious.  And  from  the  frequency 
with  which  both  sampled  the  diocolate-egg-malted-milk  mix- 
tures I  decided  that  tliey  were  living  at  the  fountain. 

"It  took  me  just  two  days  to  decide  upon  a  course  of  action. 
I  gave  the  apprentices  and  the  deliver.'  boy  ten  days  notice 
and  had  a  long  talk  with  the  clerk.  When  I  asked  him  why 
he  had  remained  in  the  employ  of  the  former  owner  of  the 
store  he  said  it  was  because  he  lived  in  the  neighborhood  and 
not  because  the  appearance  of  the  store  and  the  methods  by 
which  the  business  was  handled  was  any  less  distasteful  to  hiri 
than  to  me.   He  explained  that  his  former  employer  had  many 


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influential  and  powerful  men  interested  in  him  through  mar- 
riage and  that  they  had  secured  the  location  and  agencies  for 
him.  They  would  undoubtedly  get  him  something  better  when 
he  had  spent  the  money  I  paid  him. 

"According  to  this  man  it  was  his  habit  to  celebrate  a  good 
day  by  spending  the  money  taken  in  and  when  business  was 
not  good  to  take  a  short  vacation  till  luck  changed. 

"I  told  Jones  (that  was  my  clerk's  name)  that  we  would 
have  to  get  along  for  a  time  with  but  one  asssistant  and  that 
we  would  have  to  cut  out  all  waste  right  at  tlie  start;  that  one 
of  us  would  have  to  be  on  duty  all  the  time  and  that  I  would 
divide  the  time  even  with  him.  One  week  he  would  open  up 
and  be  there  from  seven  in  the  morning  until  noon.  Then  I 
would  relieve  him  tmtil  seven  at  night,  when  he  would  return 
for  another  four  hours.  The  ne.xt  week  we  would  change 
about.  In  that  way  we  would  each  work  nine  hours  a  day 
one  week  and  seven  hours  a  day  the  ne.xt.  We  would  take  'urns 
working  every  second  Sunday  straight  through  from  eight  in 
the  morning  until  si.x  at  night,  when  the  other  would  velieve 
him.  The  apprentice  would  work  from  eight  in  tlic  morning 
to  six  each  night,  except  Simday.  He  would  have  all  day 
Sunday  off. 

"That  looked  fair  to  Jones  and  we  started  off,  determined 
to  cut  out  the  waste  entirely  and  keep  the  place  looking  spick 
and  span  always.  And  it  did  not  prove  such  a  h.ud  task, 
either.  The  way  the  patrons  of  that  neighborhood  appreciate 
the  change  and  co-operated  was  a  joy  to  me. 

Solving  the  Light  Problem 

"We  first  attacked  the  light  problem.  Neither  of  us  were 
experts,  but  we  soon  learned  that  we  were  getting  about  one- 
half  enough  light  from  twice  too  much  electricity.  In  this  cam- 
paign Jones  drew  first  blood. 

"In  the  center  of  the  store  we  had  a  small  show-case  for 
candy,  which  faced  the  door.  Directly  behind  this  were  five 
serving  tables — arranged  four  on  the  comer  and  one  in  the 
center.  Then  came  our  large  prescription  counter  which  ran 
all  the  way  across  the  back  of  the  store  and  hid  the  door  lead- 
ing into  the  storeroom.  A  partition  extended  upwards  about 
seven  feet  above  the  counter.  Fastened  to  this  partition  were 
four  shaded  lights  which  threw  their  rays  directly  on  the  pre- 
scription counter.  One  was  above  the  sink,  one  above  the  mix- 
ing slab,  one  above  the  drawer  where  we  kept  our  spatulas, 
tubes,  glasses  and  such  stuff,  and  the  fourth  was  over  the  set 
of  drawers  that  held  our  small  tablet  boxes,  labels,  and  the 
like.  As  a  result  it  was  practically  impossible  to  fill  a  prescrip- 
tion w^ithout  putting  on  all  four  lights,  and  then  the  light 
played  only  directly  on  the  table  and  it  was  necessary  to  have 
another  light  swinging  above  the  doorway  of  the  storeroom. 
All  these  were  kept  constantly  burning. 

"By  placing  a  drop  of  two  forty-candle  power  modem  bulbs 
and  a  good  reflector  over  the  prescription  counter,  so  that  one 
bulb  reached  beyond  each  edge  of  the  partition,  and  a  similar 
drop  over  the  candy-case,  we  secured  a  much  whiter  and  more 
uniform  light  all  around  and  at  less  than  one-half  the  cost. 

'"Our  first  month's  expenses  showed  that  by  taking  out  every 
old  carbon  light  and  putting  tungsten  lights  where  they  would 
do  the  most  good  that  we  were  able  to  have  a  decidedly  better 
lighted  store  at  not  one-half  the  cost — but  one-third  the  cost. 
Correct  ice  cream  measures  and  scales  reduced  the  waste  of  ice 
cream  and  candy ;  and  the  reasonable  use  of  care  in  pouring 
eliminated  the  waste  in  filling  bottles.  We  first  tried  small 
glass  funnels,  which  we  sterilized  in  boiling  water  after  each 
filling,  but  we  decided  that  with  perfumes  and  other  expensive 
liquids  too  much  of  it  stuck  to  the  funnels  to  make  their  use 
economical. 

Economized  Most  on  Time 
"In  filling  prescriptions  we  measured  each  ingredient  as  we 
drew  it  from  the  bottles,  boxes  or  tins,  and  we  prepared  only 
as  much  as  was  needed.  Perhaps  the  thing  that  we  economized 
the  most  on  was  our  time — and  that  of  our  customers.  We 
were  determined  that  every  customer  that  crossed  our  threshold 
should  have  immediate  attention  and  all  the  service  that  we 
could  extend,  but  that  not  one  minute  of  his  time  or  ours  should 
be  wasted.  And  this  was  appreciated.  The  man  who  might 
have  stood  by  the  cigar  counter  and  chatted  with  us  a  few 
minutes  while  someone  was  waiting  at  the  drug  side  of  the 
store  actually  respected  tis  for  refusing  him  those  few  minutes 
and  came  to  our  store  the  next  time  he  wanted  to  buy  a  cigar, 
knowing  that  a  girl  at  the  candy  counter  was  not  going  to 
make  him  miss  his  morning  cigar  or  his  train. 


Clerks  habitually  use  nearly  twice  as  much  syrup  for  a  portion 
as  they  should. 


"We  are  still  following  that  practice — economizing  for  our- 
selves and  economizing  for  our  customers — and  they  like  it." 

There  are  two  apprentices  and  two  delivery  boys  in  that  store 
now,  and  both  tlie  clerk  and  the  owner  manage  to  have  an 
aftemoon  off  each  week,  as  well  as  their  Sunday.  The  business 
is  thriving  and  the  customers  are  smiling.  The  store  has 
changed  in  every  way,  and  the  word  WASTE  has  been  prac- 
tically eliminated  from  its  vocabulary. 

Perhaps  there  is  no  one  process  where  waste  can  work  so 
much  ruin  as  in  buying.  Wasteful  buying  has  put  more  drug- 
gists through  the  bankruptcy  court  than  has  anything  else.  It 
is  so  easy  to  stock  up — especially  on  dead  lines — and  so  hard 
to  turn  that  stock  over  that  it  is  business  suicide  for  a  druggist 
to  fill  his  cases  with  orders  twice  or  three  times  as  large  as  he 
can  sell.  I  know  of  a  man  who  put  in  a  hundred  cans  of 
shoe  blacking,  despite  the  fact  that  he  was  in  a  farming  town 
where  if  the  whole  community  bought  their  blacking  from  him 
he  wouldn't  be  able  to  sell  that  amount  in  two  years.  And  it 
was  an  expensive  blacking  too.  Incidentally  the  salesman  that 
overloaded  that  man  on  blacking  never  sold  him  another  dol- 
lar's worth  of  anything.  So  it  was  a  poor  sale  for  that  sales- 
man. 

I  recall  the  case  of  a  man  who  was  told  that  he  would  be 
given  the  agency  for  a  certain  high  grade  candy  if  he  would 
contract  to  buy  not  less  than  five  hundred  pounds  a  year.  It 
looked  so  appealing  that  he  took  it,  notwithstanding  the  fact 
that  his  store  was  located  in  a  district  where  penny-stick  and 
coughdrops  were  about  the  only  kind  of  candy  bought.  But 
he  had  to  live  up  to  his  contract.  By  sheer  good  luck  he  was 
able  to  re-sell  it  to  a  down-town  merchant  at  a  little  loss  and 
came  out  about  fifty  dollars  behind  during  the  year. 

Unfair  to  the  Clerk 

And  there  is  one  more  thing  about  allowing  wasteful  methods 
to  flourish  in  a  store.  It  is  unfair  to  the  clerks — it  does  not 
give  them  the  right  kind  of  schooling;  it  unfits  them  for  work 
in  a  first-class  store  when  the  one  in  which  they  are  employed 
fails. 

It  is  also  unfair  to  the  salesmen  and  the  houses  from  whom 
the  goods  are  bought.  If  a  wasteful  druggist  gets  an  agency 
for  a  certain  article  it  is  almost  certain  that  the  sales  of  that 
article  in  his  territon,'  will  be  cut  to  the  quick  and  that  a 
large  percentage  of  the  goods  will  be  on  hand  at  the  end  of  the 
year — unfit  for  sale.  And  above  all  it  is  unfair  to  the  cus- 
tomer and  to  the  druggist  himself. 

Therefore  every  druggist  in  the  country  ought  to  start  today 
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Will  Fight  Health  Board 

New   York  Pharmaceutical  Conference 
Resolves  to  Aid  in  "Patents"  Cases 

WITH  only  one  dissenting  vote,  the  New  York  Pharma- 
ceutical Conference,  at  a  recent  meeting,  held  at  the 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  decided  to  confer 
with  the  Metropolitan  Drug  Club,  to  arrange  for  the 
legal  defense  of  the  Charles  N.  Crittenton  Co.,  wholesalers,  of 
New  York,  and  G.  N.  Lawrence  and  George  C.  Mennecke,  re- 
tail druggists  of  Greenpoint,  L.  I.,  (New  York  City),  all  of 
whom  are  being  prosecuted  for  the  sale  of  Barton's  "diphtheria 
antidote,"  a  preparation  alleged  to  be  misbranded  in  that  its 
literature  indicates  it  will  cure  diphtheria.  The  manufacturer 
of  the  preparation,  George  W.  Felter,  secretary  of  the  Green- 
point  Savings  Bank,  Brooklyn,  is  also  being  prosecuted  by  the 
Board  of  Health,  and  was  held  in  $500  bail  to  appear  for  trial 
in  Special  Sessions,  but  it  was  plain  that  the  druggists  at  the 
Conference  meeting  regarded  him  as  the  responsible  party  and 
were  interested  more  in  fixing  him  as  the  responsible  party  and 
they  were  in  coming  to  his  defense. 

John  Roemer,  of  White  Plains,  chairman  of  the  New  York 
branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  constituted 
a  strenuous  minority  in  the  discussion  and  the  vote  taken  at 
this  meeting.  He  asserted  that  the  pharmacists  and  physicians 
had  violated  every  obligation  put  upon  them.  "Every  pharma- 
cist," he  asserted,  "has  the  opportunity  to  find  out  everything 
concerning  the  articles  he  sells." 
He  inquired  of  those  present : 

"Did  the  pharmacists  of  this  city  rise  to  the  occasion  last 
winter  when  they  had  the  chance  to  weed  out  of  pharmacy  the 
patents,  which,  for  years,  they  have  contended  there  was  no 
money  in?  Act  with  the  Board  of  Health!  Advance  profes- 
sional pharmacy !  The  pharmacist  is  the  judge  of  what  he  sells 
and  under  the  law  is  held  responsible." 

Dr.  Wm.  C.  Anderson,  chairman  of  the  Conference,  called 
the  meeting.  He  outlined  the  situation  confronting  all  branches 
of  the  trade  in  New  York  City,  and  asserted  that  the  retail 
druggists  wished  to  observe  the  National  and  other  laws.  It 
was  a  great  question  as  to  just  what  constituted  false  and  mis- 
leading statements,  but  "the  Board  of  Health  may  not  agree 
with  our  opinions  and  those  of  the  court." 

Continued  Dr.  Anderson :  "Dr.  Barton's  antidote  was  placed 
on  the  market  some  35  years  ago  by  a  Greenpoint  doctor  and 
was  used  for  sore  throat  in  that  section  of  the  city.  Its  owner- 
ship was  handed  down  from  one  family  to  another.  It  is  now 
owned  by  G.  W.  Felter,  of  Greenpoint.  Notice  was  served  on 
Mr.  Felter  to  appear  in  court.  No  opportunity  was  given  him 
to  change  his  label.  He  wasn't  given  an  opportunity  to  do 
anything.  Mr.  Felter  took  the  trouble  to  find  out  wherein  he 
was  wrong,  but  he  was  prosecuted,  just  the  same. 

"The  question  is,  how  far  will  this  matter  be  carried.  Dr. 
Goldwater  wants  to  drive  patent  medicines  from  the  market 
and  would  even  drive  off  the  household  preparations.  Our  ob- 
ject is  to  protect  the  wholesaler  and  retailer.  They  should  not 
be  held  responsible.  The  guarantee  should  protect  them.  The 
manufacturer  should  be  the  one  the  Board  of  Health  should 
look  to.  The  label  is  located  inside  where  the  retailer  and 
wholesaler  can't  see  or  read  it.  The  only  redress  lies  in  the 
prosecution  of  the  manufacturer,  the  proper  labeling  of  the 
preparation  or  its  elimination  from  the  market." 

Mr.  Lawrence  told  how  an  inspector  for  the  Board  of  Health 
had  purchased  about  five  dollars'  worth  of  patent  medicines, 
all  of  which  have  been  on  the  market  for  years,  and  bottles  of 
which  many  druggists  would  have  to  search  for  in  their  back 
rooms.  He  had  been  informed  by  the  inspector  that  he  would 
nil  rcK  lie  .summoned  as  a  witness,  and  was  surprised  to  find 
til  ii  I'l  of  being  a  witness  he  was  one  of  those  prosecuted. 
Ill  V.  I  -  \  '  i\  bitter  against  the  Board  of  Health.    He  made  the 

"Di.  C.mMw  iir  ,\  :Mtliii.l'  ili:\t  there  are  no  good  proprie- 
taii.s     II         .|mim  !i    I, ilk  to  him!    It  is  all  right,  as 

louf;  as  the  |i:il'  iil  ii,  .h.  in-  i,  iiresrribed  by  the  physicians, 
but  as  soon  as  t  In  •  i  i .  m  Im  i  ■  i  -  ,  I  ilr  \-  a  n-  no  v,'uu]  I  )i  (  .1,' . 
water's  cani|iaiiai  .  ,!  ii..iKsis  .if  .  v.-i  >  - 
handled  by  thf  n  lail  Ii.pI.  m.i  tin  n  th.^  dnim^ist  nuist  ai  t  a'-  a 
board  of  medical  examination  to  pass  upon  their  therapeutic 
properties.    If  Mr.  Mennecke  and  I  lose  out  it  means  that  the 


Board  of  Health  may  step  in  and  do  the  same  thing  to  any 
New  York  City  druggist." 

Other  speakers  were  Dr.  Normand  B.  Kerr,  of  C.  N.  Crit- 
tenton Co.,  wholesalers;  Wm.  P.  Ritchey,  of  Bruen  &  Ritchey, 
wholesalers;  Howell  Foster,  of  Schieffelin  &  Co.,  whole- 
salers; Charles  Heimerzheim,  of  Brooklyn;  Thomas  Latham, 
Dr.  Joseph  Weinstein,  T.  J.  France,  Peter  Diamon<^,  C.  O. 
Bigelow,  A.  S.  Allison,  S.  V.  B.  Swann  and  Mr.  Mermecke. 
Mr.  Ritchey  and  Mr.  Foster  regarded  the  matter  as  essentially 
"up  to"  the  manufacturer.  Mr.  Heimerzheim  raised  the  ques- 
tion as  to  the  order  of  trial  and  the  courts  in  which  the  cases 
against  the  three  branches  of  the  trade — manufacturer,  whole- 
saler and  retailer — would  be  prosecuted.  Thomas  Latham  want- 
ed the  three  factions  to  unite  in  the  defense.  Everyone  else 
present  were  very  much  opposed  to  this  proposition.  C.  O. 
Bigelow  suggested  the  action  which  the  Conference  authoriz 
by  resolution  and  to  which  Mr.  Roemer  so  strenuously  protest- 
ed. Mr.  Bigelow  regarded  the  Health  Board's  action  as  "an 
unwarranted  procedure." 

Dr.  Weinstein  characterized  the  question  involved  as  solely 
one  of  modus  operandi.  "The  manufacturer  would  probably 
change  his  policy  if  notified.  While  the  idea  of  the  Board  of 
Health  might  be  approved,  we  certainly  must  protest  its  me'h- 
ods."  He  suggested  that  the  Advisory  Council  explain  t'je  situ- 
ation to  the  Board. 


Drug  Swindlers  Caught 

Adolph  Jacobson  and  Associates  Made 
Hundreds  of  Thousands  By  Fraud 

A  gigantic  system  of  fly-by-night  drug  and  other  stores, 
conducted  under  names  imitating  the  titles  of  reputable  firms, 
which  had  been  in  operation  for  many  years  and  had  netted 
its  operators  half  a  million  dollars  in  goods  fraudulently  ob- 
tained, including  thousands  of  dollars  in  drugs  procured  from 
leading  wholesalers  and  manufacturers,  was  overturned  on 
June  24,  in  the  United  States  District  Court,  New  York, 
when  Adolph  Jacobson — a  white-haired  man  of  64  years — 
was  sentenced  to  the  Atlanta  penitentiary  for  seven  years  on 
a  charge  of  using  the  mails  to  defraud.  His  son,  William, 
got  five  years,  and  Julius  Cohen  and  C.  C.  Mitchell,  two  of 
William's  employes,  received  one  year  and  a  fine  of  $100  re- 
spectively. Among  the  concerns  cheated  were  William  R. 
Warner  &  Co.,  Philadelphia;  I.  S.  Johnson  &  Co.,  Boston: 
Geraux  ]Manufacturing  Co.,  Buffalo;  Antikamnia  Chemical 
Co.,  St.  Louis;  Warner's  Safe  Remedies  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.; 
Cheney  Medicine  Co.,  Toledo  ;a  Philo  Hay  Specialties  Co., 
Newark,  N.  J.,  and  the  Evans  Chemical  Co.,  Cinciimati. 

It  is  not  known  fully  to  whom  the  Jacobsons  sold  their 
stuff.  O.  H.  Jadwin  &  Sons,  of  New  York,  bought  two  or 
three  thousand  dollars  worth  of  goods  from  them.  Mr.  Jadwin 
told  a  reporter  for  The  Ph.\rm.a.ceutic.\i,  Er-\  that  one  of 
Jacobsons  posed  as  a  representative  of  an  Jansen,  and  that 
the  goods  were  billed  in  such  a  name.  He  also  posed  as 
representing  the  Rumo  Co.  Among  the  excuses  offered  by  the 
imposter  for  having  the  goods  for  sale,  according  to  Mr. 
Jadwin,  were  "unclaimed  freight"  and  "bought  for  e.vport." 

William  Jacobson  is  the  same  individual  against  whom  The 
Pharmaceutical  Era  warned  its  readers  in  1907  and  sub- 
sequent years,  when  he  was  conducting  tlie  Union  Sales  Co. 
and  several  other  supposed  businesses  in  a  small  dirty  office. 

The  swindlers,  up  to  the  time  of  their  arrest,  maintained 
an  office  at  15  Whitehall  street,,  as  the  Manufacturers'  Trad- 
ing Co.,  a  waielKULso  at  Water  street,  as  the  Rumo  Chemi- 
cal Co.,  ami  iImuh  tiiiitii  so-called  businesses — which  were 
nothing  more  tlm  i  i  n;  addresses,  continued  for  short  periods 
under  borrowa  d  names  —in  New  York  City  and  elsewhere. 
Their  method  was  to  order  stuff  by  thirt>-  or  sixty  days  time  under 
one  of  their  borrowed  or  imitated  names,  and  re-sell  it  using 
their  depot  in  Water  street  as  a  clearing  house.  They  also 
furnish.-, I  f  ils.  financial  statements  to  agencies.  When  the 
manut  u  tiui  i  s  lall  became  due,  he  frequently  found  that  the 
firm  to  wliieh  he  had  sold  his  goods  had  not  only  originated 
fraudulently,  but  had  ceased  to  exist.  In  reality,  the  Jacob- 
sons  had  merely  re-opened  somewhere  else  under  another  bor- 
rowed name.  The  old  man,  according  to  Assistant  United 
States  District  Attorney  Frank  M.  Roosa.,  who  prosecuted  him. 
was  the  head  and  front  of  tliis  whole  astounding  system. 


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''Individual  Propaganda"  Nets  Results 

John  Roemer,  of  White  Plains,  Tells  How  Physicians  in 
His  City  Were  Made  to  Prescribe  Official  Preparations 


THERE  are  as  many  opinions  on  tlie  subject  of  pharma- 
ceutical propaganda  as  there  are  individuals  to  hold 
them.  After  a  thorough  canvass  of  the  field  I  have  de- 
cided that  propaganda  can  increase  the  prestige  of  pharnjacy, 
and  for  those  who  have  the  courage  to  stand  up  for  propa- 
ganda tliere  is  much  to  offer,"  said  John  Roemer,  White  J'hiins, 
N.  Y.,  president  of  the  New  York  branch  of  the  .Vmcrican 
Pharmaceutical  Association  at  a  recent  meeting  of  :he  Geiman 
I    Apothecaries  Society  of  New  York. 

"The  science  of  commercialism  is  to  put  in  every tliin;;  the 
public  may  or  may  not  want.  There  is  also  a  science  of  pro- 
fessionalism. .\s  chairman  of  the  New  York  State  Pharri'a- 
ceutical  .Association's  propaganda  committee,  it  nas  been  n  y 
experience  that  our  efforts  only  scratch  the  surface.  When 
one  talks  as  a  representative  of  the  State  association  l  e  does 
I  not  get  to  those  who  need  propaganda.  They  are  irn  i  resent 
at  the  meetings;  those  in  attendance  already  know  whit  propa- 
ganda is. 

"Propaganda  by  the  individual  pharmacist  is  the  propaganda 
that  will  get  results.  The  individual  pharmacist  can  start  a 
propaganda  of  his  own  at  any  time.    Propaganda  is  advertisin.:^. 

"Look  over  the  field!  Pharmacists  are  handing  out  ready 
made  goods.  The  big  houses  are  using  the  pharmacists  to  ad- 
vertise their  own  products.  In  fact,  the  pharmacists  and  the 
physicians  are  advertising  the  manufacturers'  goods  365  days 
of  the  year.  The  manufacturer's  name  has  become  a  house- 
hold word  tlirough  the  use  of  the  good  name  of  the  pharmacist 
and  the  physician. 

'  "The  National  Formulary  and  the  United  States  Pharmaco- 
poeia have  failed  as  propaganda  medium.  The  doctor  does  not 
take  advantage  of  his  opportunities  to  look  into  what  they  of- 
fer him.  The  U.  S.  P.  and  N.  F.  have  long  since  been  ac- 
knowledged as  inadequate  by  the  pharmaceutical  houses.  They 
are  ahead  of  the  U.  S.  P.  and  N.  F.  These  books  are  inade- 
quate  when  it  comes  to  the  perpetuation  of  their  own  contents. 

"The  amount  of  medicines  sold  outside  of  pharmacy  is  stag- 
gering to  those  pharmacists  who  have  spent  the  best  years  of 
their  life  in  its  practice." 

I  Describes  Propagandic  Efforts 

Mr.  Roemer  described  the  collective  propagandic  efforts  of 

'  the  Westchester  County  Pharmaceutical  Association.  The  re- 
sults of  the  collective  efforts  of  this  organization  were  nil.  In 
Mt.  Vernon,  where  conditions  were  somewhat  different,  the  re- 

j    suits  were  likewise  different. 

'  "There  is  no  propaganda  in  New  Rochelle  today,"  he  said. 
"Propaganda  is  an  outcast  there.    In  Tarrytown  three  or  four 

'  active  men  are  following  up  propaganda  and  the  number  of 
proprietaries  called  for  in  prescriptions  has  been  reduced  by 
ten  per  csnt.  In  White  Plains,  propaganda  has  been  carried 
-out  e.xtensively.  What  the  large  houses  could  do  once  a  week 
pharmacists  could  do  every  day.    Before  the  movement  was 

'  begun  50  to  60  per  cent,  of  the  prescriptions  in  that  city  called 
for  proprietaries,  and  60  per  cent,  of  the  physicians  dispensed 
their  own  medicines. 

"The  first  thing  we  did  in  White  Plains  was  to  throw  out  90 

>  per  cent  of  our  patents.  We  assumed  the  policy  that  the  phar- 
macist should  know  all  about  the  medicines  he  sold  to  the  pub- 
lic. Announcements  of  what  we  wouldn't  sell  to  the  public 
were  put  up  in  the  stores. 

'  "The  time  is  coming  when  the  pharmacist  must  record  every 
medicine  sold  across  his  counter.  This  will  be  required  on  the 
theory  that  when  a  man  has  been  educated  for  several  years  in 
pharmacy  and  has  become  registered,  he  must  show  that  he 
has  not  violated  the  obligations  laid  upon  him  by  the  Govem- 

i  ment.  Pharmacists  have  abused  the  public  health  and  the  wel- 
fare of  the  public. 

/  "The  anti-narcotic  laws  mean  that  the  pharmacists  failed  to 
live  up  to  the  obligations  put  upon  them  by  the  Government. 
The  pharmacist  once  stood  between  the  public  and  drugs — 
now  he  is  told  what  he  must  do.  The  time  is.  coming  when 
•every  drug  sale  must  be  recorded. 


"In  Wliite  Plains,  to  show  our  good  faith  toward  the  physi- 
cians we  threw  out  all  the  nostrums  and  so  informed  the  former 
by  letter.  Having  gained  the  confidence  of  the  physicians,  the 
public  became  curious.  We  then  told  the  physicians  that  if 
they  would  write  prescriptions  which  did  not  call  for  patents 
we  would  tell  the  public  what  to  do. 

"Our  first  efforts  to  interest  the  physicians  in  official  prepa- 
rations fell  flat.  They  didn't  want  them.  However,  the  next 
time  we  tried  different  preparations  and  these  were  better  re- 
ceived. 

Prescribe  Their  "Pet"  Remedies 

"The  country  doctors,  when  they  get  stuck,  call  in  their  pet 
specialist,  and  in  somewhat  the  same  fashion  they  prescribe 
their  pet  remedy,  which  has  been  pushed  in  the  literature  sent 
to  them.  The  patients  soon  think  they  are  buncoed  if  they 
aren't  instructed  to  take  these  favorite  preparations.  Interest- 
ing to  note  in  this  direction  is  the  fact  that  we  discovered 
there  wasn't  a  physician  in  White  Plains  who  knew  what  lime 
water  was,  and  I  venture  to  say  that  there  are  none  in  New 
York  City  who  do  either.  This  is  one  of  the  things  we  set 
the  physicians  right  on  by  means  of  the  letters  we  sent  out. 

"Five  years  ago  in  White  Plains,  50  to  60  per  cent  of  the 
prescriptions  written  called  for  proprietaries;  today  only  two 
per  cent  call  for  proprietaries.   The  rest  are  for  straight  goods." 

Mr.  Roemer  named  a  particular  Bulgarian  bacillus  prepara- 
tion, the  sale  of  which  in  White  Plains  did  not  get  further 
than  one  prescription.  "Propaganda  undid  the  manufacturer's 
teaching.  Today,  in  White  Plains,  50  per  cent  of  the  physi- 
cians do  not  carry  even  a  calomel  tablet.  You  can  get  the 
physicians  to  co-operate  if  you  only  set  your  mind  to  it:  it 
can  be  done  by  individual  effort." 

An  interesting  discussion  followed  Mr.  Roemer's  paper.  Mr. 
Lehman,  of  Tottenville,  S.  I.,  recalled  a  propaganda  meeting 
which  he  had  attended  with  Dr.  Wm.  C.  Anderson.  The  latter 
had  told  those  present  that  if  the  physicians  gave  the  pharma- 
cists a  chance  the  latter  would  make  their  own  pharmaceutical 
preparations.  Said  Mr.  Lehman:  "Talk  to  your  physicians 
and  show  them  the  preparations  you  can  make.  I  have  done  it 
myself  and  now  get  very  few  patent  prescriptions.  tVe  have 
got  to  carry  patents  because  the  public  demands  them,  but  we 
can  practically  eliminate  them  from  prescriptions.  We  can 
accomplish  this  by  education.  One  of  the  oldest  physicians  in 
the  place  distinctly  stated  at  the  meeting  that  when  a  prescrip- 
tion was  put  up  in  my  store  it  was  put  up  correctly." 

Experiences  of  Other  Druggists 

Otto  P.  Gilbert  asserted  that  propaganda  was  all  right  where 
there  was  only  a  small  number  of  physicians  and  pharmacists. 
He  had  tried  individual  propaganda  himself,  with  results.  His 
style  of  attack  was  to  show  how  he  made  up  the  various  official 
preparations  as  compared  to  those  put  up  elsewhere. 

Otto  Raubenheimer  said  that  propaganda  movements,  Na- 
tional, State  or  local,  were  good,  but  they  require  individual 
effort  to  be  successful.  Attention  should  be  called  to  our  su- 
periority as  pharmacLsts,  the  membership  in  the  society  should 
be  played  up — separate  the  sheep  from  the  goats.  "I  display  a 
set  of  U.  S.  P.  and  N.  F.  preparations  in  the  front  of  my  store 
— a  propaganda  movement  which  costs  nothing.  Physicians 
ask  me  questions  about  them  and  I  tell  about  their  superior 
properties." 

Professor  Curt  P.  Winmer  of  New  York  College  of  Phar- 
macy, asserted  that  one  of  the  fundamental  obstacles  to  propa- 
ganda was  the  positive  ignorance  of  the  physicians  in  matters 
pharmaceutical.  "The  young  physicians  in  New  York  City  get 
one  and  one-half  hours  a  week  in  pharmacy,"  he  said.  "I 
know,  because  I  taught  the  subject  myself.  The  pharmacy  he 
gets  doesn't  amount  to  very  much.  Propaganda  to  my  mind 
doesn't  mean  advertising.  It  means  education,  and  this  edu- 
cating can  be  done  just  as  well  in  New  York  City  as  it  can 
be  done  in  a  small  town.  We  must  go  about  it  diplomatically. 
The  education  of  the  patent  medicine  man  is  the  easiest  way 
for  the  physician — it  requires  no  thinking." 


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[July,  1915 


The  Apothecary,  A  Literary  Study* 

By  EDWARD  KREMERS 
7 — A  Physician-Apothecary  of  1793 

WHILE  the  boy  has  been  delighted  by  the  romance  of 
adventure  so  graphically  described  in  most  of  The 
Leatherstocking  Tales,  the  student  of  the  medical  and 
pharmaceutical  past  is  indebted  to  Cooper  for  a  vivid  account 
of  a  medico-pharmaceutical  practitioner  in  "The  Pioneers."  The 
scenes    described    are    those    of  Otsego 
county,  more  particularly  that  picturesque 
spot  where  the  Susquehanna,  "one  of  the 
proudest  rivers  of  the  United  States"  has 
its  origin  in  the  limpid  lakes  and  thou- 
sand springs  of  this  region.    The  people 
portrayed  are   those   with  whom  young 
Cooper  came  into  contact  when  his  moth- 
er brought  him  to  the  valley  as  an  infant 
and  upon  whom  he  fondly  looked  back 
at  the  age  of  about  forty.     While  the 
-luthor  emphasizes  that  "The  Pioneers" 
■is  fiction  and  not  history,  he  also  takes 
^jjgj^  the  pains  to  point  out  in  his  preface  (p. 
viii)  that  the  character  of  Dr.  Todd  is  not 
T    TTDT^nvTi^oc        overdrawn  as  to  professional  weakness. 

write,  whether  in  abridged  or  any  other 
form,  the  chapter  in  which  Cooper  delineates  the  "Werdegang" 
and  the  pioneer  practice  of  this  new  world  aesculapian  disciple. 
It  may  even  seem  foolish  to  call  attention  to  a  chapter  in  these 
well  known  and  often  read  stories  of  American  frontier  life. 
Yet  it  may  well  be  doubted  if  one  out  of  a  hundred  pharma- 
ceutical readers  who  have  enjoyed  the  Leatherstocking  Tales  in 
the  days  of  their  youth  remembers  this  chapter  at  all.  The 
delight  which  we  as  boys  experienced  as  we  read  "The  Last 
of  the  Mohicans"  and  the  other  novels  of  this  group  had  noth- 
ing to  do  with  the  interest  that  we  may  now  take  in  the  phar- 
maceutical past.  Indeed  some  of  us  may  have  scanned  the 
pages  of  this  chapter  rather  hastily  in  order  to  get  at  the  more 
romantic  aspects  of  the  story.  No  doubt  many  a  pharmacist 
who  has  read  "The  Pioneers"  as  a  boy  will  be  surprised  to 
learn  that  a  sort  of  drug  store  is  referred  to  in  this  novel  and 
that  its  proprietor  was  a  medical  man  who,  no  doubt,  had 
more  confidence  in  himself  when  he  weighed  out  a  dose  of 
salts  than  when  called  upon  to  extract  a  bullet  though  it  be 
quite  visible  under  the  skin;  also  that  the  patient  should  have 
greater  confidence  in  the  vegetable  remedies  of  Indian  John  as 
a  poultice,  than  in  the  dressing  of  this  timorous  surgeon.  Hence 
no  harm  will  be  done  if  the  reader  of  these  few  introductory 
lines  re-read  Cooper's  account.  If  on  the  other  hand  they 
should  induce  one  who  has  not  read  "The  Pioneers"  to  read 
this  novel  for  the  first  time,  this  brief  introduction  will  have 
accomplished  enough  to  more  than  justify  itself. 
"Chapter  VI. 

And  about  his  shelves, 
A  beggarly  account  of  empty  boxes, 
Green  earthem  pots,  bladders,  and  musty  seeds, 
Remnants  of  packthread  and  old  cakes  of  roses. 
Were  thinly  scattered  to  make  up  a  show. 

— Shakespeare. 

Doctor  Elnathan  Todd,  for  such  was  the  name  of  the  man 
of  physic,  was  commonly  thought  to  be,  among  the  settlers,  a 
gentleman  of  great  mental  endowments;  and  he  was  assuredly 
of  rare  personal  proportions.  In  height  he  measured,  without 
his  shoes,  exactly  six  feet  and  four  inches.    His  hands,  feet, 


•The  earlier  numbers  under  this  caption  wei 
following  order: 
1906-  ,  „ 

1.    A  preliminary  bibliography.    Ph.  Rev., 


published 


.    Staende  auf  Erden.     Ph.   Rev.,  pp. 


6    The  Drug  Seller  bf  Paola   and  Francesca.     Midhind  Dr 
&  Ph.  Rev.,  45,  p.  5. 


and  knees  corresponded  in  every  respect  with  this  formidable 
stature ;  but  every  other  part  of  his  frame  appeared  to  have 
been  intended  for  a  man  several  sizes  smaller,  if  we  except 
the  length  of  the  limias.  His  shoulders  were  square,  in  one 
sense  at  least,  being  in  a  right  line  from  one  side  to  the  other; 
but  they  were  so  narrow  that  the  long  dangling  arms  they  sup- 
ported seemed  to  issue  out  of  his  back.  His  neck  possessed,  in 
an  eminent  degree,  the  property  of  length  to  which  we  have 
alluded,  and  it  was  topped  by  a  small  bullet-head,  that  ex- 
hibited, on  one  side,  a  bush  of  bristling  brown  hair,  and  on 
the  other,  a  short,  twinkling  visage,  that  appeared  to  maintain 
a  constant  struggle  with  itself  in  order  to  look  wise.  He  was 
the  youngest  son  of  a  farmer  in  the  western  part  of  Massa- 
chusetts who,  being  in  somewhat  easy  circumstances,  had  al- 
lowed this  boy  to  shoot  up  to  the  height  we  have  mentioned, 
without  the  ordinary  interruption  of  field-labor,  wood-chopping, 
and  such  other  toils  as  were  imposed  on  his  brothers.  El- 
nathan was  indebted  for  this  exemption  from  labor  in  sonse 
measure  to  his  extraordinary  growth,  which,  leaving  him  pale, 
inanimate,  and  listless,  induced  his  tender  mother  to  pronounce 
him  "a  sickly  boy,  and  one  that  was  not  equal  to  work,  but 
who  might  earn  a  living,  comfortably  enough,  by  taking  to 
pleading  law,  or  turning  minister,  or  doctoring,  or  some  such 
like  easy  calling."  Still  there  was  great  uncertainty  which  of 
these  vocations  the  youth  was  best  endowed  to  fill :  but,  having 
no  other  employment,  the  stripling  was  constantly  lounging 
about  the  "homestead,"  munching  green  apples,  and  hunting 
for  sorrel ;  when  the  same  sagacious  eye  that  had  brought  to 
light  his  latent  talent  seized  upon  this  circumstance,  as  a  clue 
to  his  future  path  through  the  turmoils  of  the  world.  "Elnath- 
an was  cut  out  for  a  doctor,  she  knew  for  he  was  forever 
digging  for  herbs,  and  tasting  all  kinds  of  things  that  growed 
about  the  lots.  Then  again  he  had  a  natural  love  for  doctor 
stuff,  for  when  she  had  left  the  bilious  pills  out  for  her  man, 
all  nicely  covered  with  maple  sugar,  just  ready  to  take,  Xathan 
had  come  in,  and  swallowed  them,  for  all  the  world  as  if 
they  were  nothing,  while  Ichabod  (her  husband)  could  never 
get  one  down  without  making  such  desperate  faces,  that  it 
was  awful  to  look  on." 

This  discovery  decided  the  matter.  Elnathan,  then  about 
fifteen,  was,  much  like  a  wild  colt,  caught  and  trimmed  by  clip- 
ping his  bushy  locks ;  dressed  in  a  suit  of  homespun,  dyed  in 
the  butternut  bark ;  furnished  with  a  New  Testament,  and  a 
Webster's  Spelling  Book,  and  sent  to  school.  As  the  boy  was 
by  nature  quite  shrewd  enough,  and  had  previously,  at  odd 
times,  laid  the  foundations  of  reading,  writing  and  arithmetic, 
he  was  soon  conspicuous  in  the  school  for  his  learning.  The 
delighted  mother  had  the  gratification  of  hearing,  from  the 
lips  of  the  master,  that  her  son  was  a  "prodigious  boy,  and 
far  above  all  his  class."  He  also  thought  that  "the  youth  had 
a  natural  love  for  doctoring,  as  he  had  known  him  frequently 
advise  the  smaller  children  against  eating  too  much;  and  once 
or  twice,  when  the  ignorant  little  things  had  persevered  in 
opposition  to  Elnathan's  advice,  he  had  known  her  son  to 
empty  the  school  baskets  with  his  own  mouth,  to  prevent  the 
consequences." 

Soon  after  this  comfortable  declaration  from  the  school  mas- 
ter, the  lad  was  removed  to  the  house  of  the  village  doctor,  a 
gentleman  whose  early  career  had  not  been  unlike  that  of  our 
hero,  where  he  was  to  be  seen,  sometimes  watering  a  horse,  at 
others  watering  medicines,  blue,  yellow,  and  red;  then  again 
he  might  be  noticed,  lolling  under  an  apple-tree,  with  Ruddi- 
man's  Latin  Grammar  in  his  hand,  and  a  comer  of  Denman's 
INIidwifery  .'stickins;  out  of  a  pocket;  for  his  instructor  held  it 
absurd  to  leaili  his  pupil  how  to  dispatch  a  patient  regularly 
from  this  world,  before  he  knew  how  to  bring  him  into  it 

This  kind  of  life  continued  for  a  twelvemonth,  when  he 
suddenly  appeared  at  meeting  in  a  long  coat  (and  well  did  it 
deserve  the  name!)  of  black  homespun,  with  little  bootees, 
bound  with  uncolored  calfskin,  for  the  want  of  red  morocco. 

Soon  after  he  was  seen  shaving  with  a  dull  razor.  Three  or 
four  months  had  scarce  elapsed  before  several  elderly  ladies 
were  observed  hastening  towards  the  house  of  a  poor  woman  ir. 
the  village,  while  others  were  running  to  and  fro  in  great 
apparent  distress.  One  or  two  boys  were  mounted,  bareback, 
on  horses,  and  sent  off  at  a  speed  in  various  directions.  Sev- 
eral indirect  questions  were  put  concerning  the  place  where  the 
physician  was  last  seen;  but  all  would  not  do;  and  at  lengtl'. 
Elnathan  was  seen  issuing  from  his  door  with  a  ver>-  grave  air, 
preceded  by  a  little  white-headed  boy,  out  of  breath  trottinp 
before  him.    The  following  day  the  youth  appeared  in  the 


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street,  as  the  highway  was  called,  and  the  neighborhood  was 
much  edified  by  the  additional  gravity  of  his  air.  The  same 
week  he  bought  a  new  razor;  and  the  succeeding  Sunday  he 
entered  the  meeting  house  with  a  red  silk  handkerchief  in  his 
hand,  and  with  an  extremely  demure  countenance.  In  the  eve- 
ning he  called  upon  a  young  woman  of  his  own  class  in  life, 
for  there  were  no  others  to  be  found,  and,  when  he  was  left 
alone  with  the  fair,  he  was  called  for  the  first  time  in  his  life 
Dr.  Todd,  by  her  prudent  mother.  The  ice  once  broken  in 
this  manner,  Elnathan  was  greeted  from  e%'ery  moutli  with  his 
official  appellation. 

Another  year  passed  under  the  superintendence  of  the  same 
master,  during  which  the  young  physician  had  the  credit  of 
"riding  with  the  old  doctor,"  although  they  were  generally  ob- 
seri-ed  to  travel  different  roads.  At  the  end  of  that  period, 
Dr.  Todd  attained  his  legal  majority.  He  then  took  a  jaunt 
to  Boston  to  purchase  medicines,  and,  as  some  intimated,  to 
walk  the  hospital;  we  know  not  how  the  latter  might  have 
been,  but  if  true,  he  soon  walked  through  it,  for  he  returned 
within  a  fortnight,  bringing  with  him  a  suspicious  looking  box, 
that  smelled  powerfully  of  brimstone. 

The  next  Sunday  he  was  married:  and  the  following  morn- 
ing he  entered  a  one-horse  sleigh  with  his  bride,  having  before 
him  the  box  we  have  mentioned,  with  another  filled  with  home- 
made household  linen,  a  paper  covered  trunk,  with  a  red  um- 
brella lashed  to  it,  a  pair  of  quite  new  saddle-bags,  and  a 
handbox.  The  next  intelligence  that  his  friends  received  of 
the  bride  and  bridegroom  was,  that  tlie  latter  was  "settled  in 
the  new  countries  and  well  to  do  as  a  doctor  in  Templeton,  in 
York  State!" 

If  a  Templar  would  smile  at  the  qualifications  of  IMarmaduke 
to  fill  the  judicial  seat  he  occupied,  we  are  certain  that  a 
graduate  of  Leyden  or  Edinburgh  would  be  extremely  amused 
with  this  true  narration  of  the  servitude  of  Elnathan  in  the 
temple  of  Aesculapius.  But  the  same  consolation  was  afforded 
to  both  the  jurist  and  the  leech;  for  Dr.  Todd  was  quite  as 
much  on  a  level  with  his  compeers  of  the  profession,  in  that 
countr\-,  as  was  Marmaduke  with  his  brethren  on  the  bench. 

Time  and  practice  did  wonders  for  the  physician.  He  was 
naturally  humane,  but  possessed  of  no  small  share  of  moral 
courage;  or,  in  other  words,  he  was  chary  of  the  lives  of  his 
patients,  and  never  tried  uncertain  experiments  on  such  mem- 
bers of  society'  as  were  considered  useful;  but  once  or  twice 
when  a  luckless  vagrant  had  come  under  his  care,  he  was 
little  addicted  to  trying  the  effects  of  every  phial  in  his  saddle- 
bags on  the  stranger's  constitution.  Happily  their  number  was 
small,  and  in  most  cases  their  natures  innocent.  By  these 
means  Elnathan  had  acquired  a  certain  degree  of  knowledge  in 
fevers  and  agues,  and  could  talk  with  much  judgment  concern- 
ing intermittents,  remittents,  tertians,  quotidians,  etc.  In  cer- 
tain cutaneous  disorders,  very  prevalent  in  new  settlements,  he 
was  considered  to  be  infallible;  and  there  was  no  woman  on 
the  Patent,  but  would  as  soon  think  of  becoming  a  mother 
without  a  husband,  as  without  the  assistance  of  Dr.  Todd.  In 
short  he  was  rearing,  on  this  foundation  of  sand,  a  super- 
structure, cemented  by  practice,  though  composed  of  somewhat 
brittle  materials.  He  however  occasionally  renewed  his  ele- 
mentary studies,  and,  with  the  observation  of  a  shrewd  mind, 
was  comfortably  applying  his  practice  to  his  theory. 

In  surgery,  having  the  least  experience,  and  it  being  a  busi- 
ness that  spoke  directly  to  the  seiises,  he  was  most  apt  to 
distrust  his  own  powers:  but  he  had  applied  oils  to  several 
bums,  cut  round  the  roots  of  sundry  defective  teeth,  and  sewed 
up  the  wounds  of  numberless  wood-choppers,  with  considerable 
eclat,  when  an  unfortunate  jobber*  suffered  a  fracture  of  his 
leg  by  the  tree  that  he  had  been  felling.  It  was  on  this  occa- 
sion that  our  hero  encountered  the  greatest  trial  his  nerves 
and  moral  feeling  had  ever  sustained.  In  the  hour  of  need 
however,  he  was  not  found  wanting.  Most  of  the  amputations 
in  the  new  settlements,  and  they  were  quite  frequent,  were 
performed  by  some  one  practitioner,  who,  possessing  originally 
a  reputation,  was  enabled  by  this  circumstance  to  acquire  an 
experience  that  rendered  him  deserving  of  it;  and  Elnathan 
had  been  present  at  one  or  two  of  these  operations.  But  on  the 
present  occasion  the  man  of  practice  was  not  to  be  obtained, 
and  the  duty  fell,  as  a  matter  of  course,  to  the  share  of  Mr. 
Todd.  He  went  to  work  with  a  kind  of  blind  desperation', 
observing,  at  the  same  time,  all  the  externals  of  decent  gravity 
and  great  skill.  The  sufferer's  name  was  Milligan,  and  it  was 
to  this  event  that  Richard  alluded  when  he  spoke  of  assisting 

'People  who  clear  land  by  the  acre  or  the  job  are  thus  called. 


the  Doctor  at  an  amputation — by  holding  the  leg!  The  limb 
was  certainly  cut  off,  and  the  patient  survived  the  operation. 
It  was  however,  two  years  before  poor  Milligan  ceased  to  com- 
plain, that  they  had  buried  the  leg  in  so  narrow  a  box,  that 
it  was  straitened  for  room  he  could  feel  the  pain  shooting  up 
from  the  inhumed  fragment  into  the  living  members.  Marma- 
duke suggested  that  the  fault  might  lie  in  the  arteries  and 
nerves:  but  Richard,  considering  the  amputation  as  part  of  his 
own  handiwork,  strongly  repelled  the  insinuation,  at  the  same 
time  declaring,  that  he  had  often  heard  tell  of  men  who 
could  tell  when  it  was  about  to  rain,  by  the  toes  of  amputated 
limbs.  After  two  or  three  years,  notwithstanding  Milligan's 
complaints  gradually  diminished,  the  leg  was  dug  up,  and  a 
larger  box  furnished,  and  from  that  hour  on  no  one  heard  the 
sufferer  utter  another  complaint  on  the  subject.  This  gave  the 
public  great  confidence  in  Dr.  Todd,  whose  reputation  was 
hourly  increasing,  and,  luckily  for  his  patients,  his  information 
also." 

The  medicines  bought  by  the  prospective  M.D.  are  referred 
to  by  the  author  as  an  essentia!  part  of  his  stock  in  trade. 
That  the  doctor  also  kept  open  shop  becomes  apparent  from  a 
remark  by  Richard  (chap.  14,  p.  161)  in  the  "Bold  Dragoon" 
on  Christmas  eve:  "I  stepped  across,  Doctor,  and  get  your  boy 
to  weigh  me  out  a  pound  of  salts  ..."  As  to  "Indian  John," 
the  last  of  the  Mohicans,  Natty  remarks  that  "his  yarbs  are 
better  than  all  the  foreign  'intments"  thus  adding  his  brief 
argument  on  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  knowledge  of  our 
early  composite  practitioner  of  Cooperstown. 


Books  Reviewed 


CHEMICAL  TECHNOLOGY  AND  ANALYSIS  OF  OILS,  FATS 
AND  WAXES.  By  Dr.  J.  Lewkowitsch,  M.A.,  F.I.C.,  con- 
sulting and  analytical  chemist  and  chemical  engineer;  exam- 
iner in  "soap  manufacture"  and  in  "fats  and  oils"  to  the 
City  and  Guilds  of  London  Institute.  Edited  by  George  H. 
Warburton.  Fifth  edition,  entirely  rewritten  and  enlarged. 
In  three  volumes.  Vol.  III.  8  vc,  483  pages,  cloth,  $6.50. 
London,  Macmillan  &  Co.,  Ltd. 

No  more  enduring  monument  can  hardly  be  conceived  than 
that  left  by  the  late  Dr.  J.  Lewkowitsch  in  the  form  of  the 
fifth  edition  of  his  "Chemical  Technology  and  Analysis  of  Oils, 
Fats  and  Waxes,"  the  third  and  concluding  volume  of  which  is 
now  before  us.  Viewed  in  its  entirety,  one  is  quite  safe  in  say- 
ing that  this  work  will  continue  long  to  hold  an  authoritative 
and  encyclopedic  position  in  the  literature  of  the  subject.  .-\t 
any  rate,  from  the  view  point  of  the  present,  it  contains  the 
latest  information  concerning  discoveries  and  technical  develco- 
ments  in  this  particular  field,  while  the  facts  and  stati.--tics 
assembled  tend  to  show  the  importance  and  magnitude  of  the 
industries  throughout  the  world. 

Volume  III  contains  two  chapters  only,  but  they  are  among 
the  most  important  of  any  in  the  work.  They  relate  to  the 
technology  of  manufactured  oils,  fats  and  waxes;  the  technical 
and  commercial  examination  of  the  products  of  these  indus- 
tries; and  the  technology  of  waste  oils,  fats  and  waxes  and  the 
commercial  products  derived  therefrom.  Thus,  under  the  in- 
dustries having  for  their  object  the  refining  of  oils,  fats  and 
waxes  and  their  application  to  commercial  uses,  the  sub'"cts 
considered  are  the  edible  oils  and  fats,  burning  and  illuminating 
oils,  paint  oils,  lubricating  oils,  wool  oils,  and  emulsified  I'  s 
and  fats.  Then  are  considered  the  industries  in  which  tha  gly- 
cerides  undergo  a  chemical  change  but  are  not  saponified,  as 
hydrogenated  oils  and  fats,  boiled  oils,  varnishes,  etc.,  vulcan- 
ized oils,  rubber  substitutes,  sulphonated  oils,  etc.,  and  the  in- 
dustries based  on  the  saponification  of  oils  and  fats,  as  repre- 
sented in  the  candle  industry,  soap  manufacture,  glycerin,  etc. 
The  last  chapter  relates  to  waste  products,  as  refining  foots, 
waste  animal  fats,  mixed  waste  greases,  waste  waxes,  etc. 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  NATIONAL  ASSOCIATION  OF  MANU- 
FACTURERS OF  MEDICINAL  PRODUCTS.  4th  annual 
meeting  held  at  the  Waldorf-Astoria  Hotel,  New  York. 

This  volume,  uniform  in  size  and  binding  with  those  of  pre- 
vious years,  contains  a  list  of  the  officers  and  various  com- 
mittees, the  roll  of  membership,  and  a  transcript  of  the  con.sti- 
tuti'on  and  by-laws  of  the  a.'^soc  iatinn.  Thf  nx^mhrrship,  which 
includes  all  of  the  leadinj?  manufacturers  of  morliciiifi  1  products 
in  this  country,  now  numtxrrs  30.  Not  the  least  iiitere-sting  part 
of  the  "Proceedings"  is  that  covering  Secretary  Woodruff's  re- 
port, which  is  .mainly  devoted  to  legislative  matters. 


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[July,  1915 


Dental  Hygiene  In  N.  Y. 
Public  Schools 

l  Special  Week  Set  Aside  by  New  York  to 
Instruct  Pupils  In  Care  of  Teeth 

Photographs  by  Pathe  Freres,  Inc. 


c"nf  tooth  brush 
drill. 


rHE  rapid  spread  of  the  move- 
ment to  teach  hygiene  and 
sanitation  in  the  pubHc 
.chools  throughout  the  country, 
\-hich  has  reached  its  highest  point 
)f  development  in  "dental  hygiene 
veek"  held  under  the  auspices  of 
he  bureau  of  educational  hygiene 
if  the  Department  of  Education  of 
^ew  York  City  from  May  24  to 
.'9,  is  a  scheme  in  which  the  drug- 
gists all  over  the  country  are  vi- 
'  tally  interested,  as  a  development 
of  the  idea  of  health  and  sanita- 
tion among  the  young  people  of  the 
country  means  a  'a,n;c  future  in- 
crease in  the  sale  of  dental  requisites  by  the  druggists 

During  the  recent  dental  hygiene  week  in  New  '.  c:rk  more 
than  800,000  school  children  learned  how  to  take  care  'i  their 
teeth  and  took  part  in  exhibition  drills  illustrating  the  use  of 
the  tooth  brush.  The  program  for  the  week  included  lectures 
by  dentists  at  the  morning  assemblies  in  all  the  public  schools 
at  which  lantern  slides  and  motion  pictures  were  used  to  show 
the  beneficial  effects  which  can  be  obtained  from  good  treat- 
ment. Throughout  the  week  the  teachers  of  the  classes  gave 
a  series  of  lectures  carefully  prepared  by  the  educational  bureau 
and  graded  according  to  the  age  of  the  pupils. 

That  the  movement  will  be  of  permanent  value  is  shown  l;y 
the  fact  that  the  Bureau  is  taking  every  opportunity  to  bring 
the  parents  to  realize  the  importance  to  their  children's  health 
of  clean  teeth.  In  a  letter  to  the  president  of  the  Parents' 
Associations  and  Mother's  Clubs,  Dr.  C.  Ward  Crampton,  di- 
rector of  physical  training  in  the  Department  of  Education, 
called  attention  to  the  vital  importance  to  the  parents  of  keep- 
ing their  children  in  good  health,  and  asked  their  co-operation 
in  the  plans  for  Dental  Hygiene  Week.  The  response  was  im- 
mediate and  meetings  of  the  parents  were  held  all  over  the 
city. 

Friday,  M:i 


!8,  was  "Tooth  Brush  Day"  and  in  each  of  the 


public  schools  the  pupils  w 
through  the  motions  of  brush 
their  teeth.  The  drill  was  done  tr 
the  measured  count  of  the  teachei 
while  two  of  the  members  of  th< 
class  stood  in  front  of  the  rest  ant 
served  as  a  guide. 

On  Saturday,  l\Iay  29,  competi 
tive  drills  were  held  in  the  publii 
parks  of  the  various  boroughs  ol 
the  city.  The  prize  teams  fron 
each  school  were  judged  on  a  basi^ 
of  thoroughness  and  speed.  At  all" 
these  drills  a  large  number  of  par-    sho-..  i>ig  /iow  it's 

ents  showed  their  interest  by  their    "     "  done 
presence  and  their  desire  to  learn 

the  most  efficient  means  of  caring  for  the  teeth  of  their  chil- 
dren. 

A  circular  distributed  to  the  parents  and  children  gives  ten 
good  reasons  for  a  clean  mouth: 

1.  General  good  health. 

2.  Good  digestion. 

3.  Clean  breath. 

4.  Good  looks. 

5.  Prevents  swollen  faces. 

6.  Prevents  trouble  with  throat,  nose,  ears,  eyes. 

7.  Prevents  infectious  diseases. 

8.  Prevents  tuberculosis. 

9.  Prevents  nervous  diseases. 
10.  Saves  money. 

The  druggists  of  New  York  City  showed  that  they  realized 
the  importance  of  this  educational  movement  by  making  special 
window  displays  of  dental  goods  and  by  special  advertising  in 
the  newspapers  in  which  dental  hygiene  week  was  mentioned. 
Several  of  the  large  manufacturers  of  tooth  brushes  and  dental 
supplies  co-operated  with  the  Department  of  Education  by  fur- 
nishing pictures  and  display  cards  illustrating  the  proper  meth- 
od of  caring  for  the  teeth. 


A  girts'  class  engaged  in  outdoor  tooth  brush 


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Building  Retail  Drug  Business  by  Mail 

Bringing  the  Customer  Into  the  Store  By  Applying 
In  Many  Ways  the  Power  of  Suggestive  Salesmanship 


By  CARL  C.  IRWIN 

CopyriglU  1915  by  Carl  C.  Ir-win 


A    S   I  wai 


past  your 
place  the  other 
day,  I  noticed 
your  exceptionally 
fine  lot  of  stock," 
i  small-town  drug- 
gist wrote  to  a  far- 
mer who  had  a 
great  many  horses, 
cattle  and  hogs, 
"and  I  wondered 
if  you  wouldn't 
'  like    to    see  the 

^-^  .^j^   plendid  assort- 


Ai  I  -j;as  driving  past  your  place  the 
other  day. 


ment  of  stock  rem- 
edies which  I  am 
carrying. 

"Evidently  you 
have  good  horses 
and  are  interested 
in  the  literature 

and  testimonials  which  I  have  on  file  concerning  the  remedies 
for  horses,  such  as  condition  powders,  horse  liniment,  gall 
remedies  and  spasm  remedies.  Then,  I  have  some  interest- 
ing information  on  condition  powders  for  cows  and  also  on 
remedies  for  hogs. 

"As  you  know,  in  buying  stock  remedies  it  pays  to  be 
sure  that  what  you  get  is  reliable.  I  make  a  specialty  of 
all  of  them  and  believe  that  I  can  give  you  some  good  advice 
and  I  feel  sure  that  you  will  be  well  paid,  even  if  you 
make  a  special  trip  to  see  me.  In  any  event,  I  will  be  very 
glad  to  have  you  stop  in  at  the  store  the  next  time  you  are 
in  town  and  go  over  this  matter  %vith  me." 

The  farmer,  it  happened,  had  never  traded  at  the  drug- 
gist's store,  but,  nevertheless,  was  pleased  that  the  druggist 
had  taken  such  a  special  notice  of  the  stock.  Besides,  there 
was  no  suggestion  of  selling — merely  a  gentlemanly  offer  to 
supply  some  valuable  information,  in  which,  of  course,  the 
farmer  was  interested. 

Fanner  Visits  Drug  Store 

So  the  ne.xt  trip  to  town  found  the  farmer  in  this  drug- 
gist's store,  where,  in  the  end,  he  purchased  not  only  a  num- 
ber of  remedies  for  his  stock,  but  also  a  great  many  other 
items. 

And  what  happened  in  this  case,  was  duplicated  by  most 
of  the  other  farmers  in  this  list,  who  had  received  exactly 
the  same  letter;  but  it  is  likely  that  not  a  single  one  had 
the  slightest  suspicion  that  the  druggist  had  not  been  in 
the  country  for  months — that  he  had  obtained  the  list  from 
the  rural  mail  carrier,  who  for  a  small  sum  selected  all  the 
fanners  on  his  route  who  were  plentifully  supplied  with  stock. 

Increasing  the  trade  on  a  single  item  in  the  drug  store  in 
this  manner  is  simply  an  illustration  of  one  of  the  thousands 
of  methods  that  keen-witted  druggists  everywhere  are  em- 
ploying in  the  use  of  the  mails  to  bring  the  customer  into 
the  store.  This  enterprising  druggist  might  have  sent  an 
assortment  of  the  free  literature  on  stock  remedies  with 
which  he  was  fully  supplied  to  every  one  on  the  list;  he  might 
have  offered  to  save  each  a  trip  by  suggesting  that  the  remedies 
selected  would  be  delivered  free  by  parcel  post. 

But  no,  he  realized  the  advantage  of  getting  the  customers 
into  the  store;  meeting  them  face  to  face;  talking  over  with 
them,  not  only  one  item,  but  everything  else  he  had  to  sell. 
He  was  not  only  combatting  the  mail-order  house  methods, 
but  cultivating  the  new  fertile  trade  field  which  lies  at  every 
druggist's  door. 


Getting  Customers  Into  the  Store 

Getting  tlie  custon;er  into  tlie  store  by  the  use  of  the  mails 
is  principally  a  matter  of  selecting  some  particular  item  in 
the  regular  stock,  the  collection  of  the  names  of  those  who 
are  vitally  interested  in  it  and  then  a  direct  appeal  to  them 
by  mail  to  come  into  the  store  and  examine  or  purchase  it. 

As  a  rifle  ball  is  to  a  shotgun  load,  so  is  the  intelligent 
direct-mail  appeal  to  the  general  advertisement.  Not  that 
the  shotgun  isn't  efficient — it  is,  and  it  has  a  very  real  place 
in  the  general  scheme  of  retail  publicity — for  a  shotgun  might 
bring  down  a  seal;  but  a  rifle  ball  between  the  eyes,  saves 
the  skin. 

The  druggist  might  have  easily  given  publicity  to  his  goods 
with  a  circular  to  every  farmer  in  his  territory;  but  the  letter 
to  those  who  actually  needed  stock  remedies  was  much  cheaper, 
more  to  the  point  and  brought  ten  times  as  much  business. 
Like  Old-Time  "Ads" 

The  typical  old-time  advertisement  of  the  little  town  drug 
store  was  similar  to  the  general  store  advertisement  in  the 
same  town — it  attempted  to  sell  everything  in  stock  to  every 
one  who  read  the  paper.  It  announced  itself  as  headquar- 
ters for  drugs,  oils,  paints,  cigars,  prescriptions,  toilet  articles 
and  so  on.  The  new  method  of  building  business  is  almost 
opposite;  one  thing,  at  least  one  thing  to  each  carefully  planned 
subdivision — face  cream,  rubber  sponges,  a  particular  style  of 
toilet  set,  a  certain  brand  of  cigars,  a  single  type  of  rubber 
goods  is  offered  and,  in  the  case  of  direct-mail  matter,  only 
to  the  people  to  whom  it  is  absolutely  necessary.  In  most 
cases  this  letter  offer  is  carefully  planned,  not  to  get  a 
direct  order  to  be  delivered  by  parcel  post,  but  to  get  the 
people  into  the  store. 

"When  I  was  a  boy,"  as  one  druggist  explained  it,  "I 
used  to  ride  a  bicycle  and  boss  eight  other  boys  distributing 


The  typical  old-time  ad  of  the  general  store. 


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[July,  1915 


circulars  over  our  town.  I  found  that  I  had  to  hold  back 
the  more  aggressive  ones  and  to  urge  on  the  lazy  ones  because 
we  could  go  no  faster  than  the  slowest  boy. 

"Running  a  drug  store  is  something  like  that.  I  find  I  have 
to  continually  force  the  slower  departments  and  the  slow 
selling  items  in  each  department.  Formerly  newspaper  adver- 
tising, prominent  interior  and  exterior  displays  did  the  work; 
but  now  I  use  a  still  more  effective  plan.  I  select  the  slow 
selling  numbers  and  then  with  the  aid  of  my  classified  mailing 
list  and  my  addressing  and  duplicate  letter  machines,  I  sort 
tlie  names  of  the  people  who  have  use  for  each  article,  work 
up  post  or  mailing  cards,  folders  or  form  letters  and  bring  that 
particular  class  of  people  into  my  store  to  buy  the  goods  I 
want  to  sell.  With  my  slow  selling  lines  on  the  move  I  find 
it  easy  to  show  a  gain  in  my  business  every  month." 
A  Market  for  Every  Article 

In  every  druggist's  stock  there  is  a  quantity  of  old  or 
slow  selling  goods  which  apparently  no  one  wants;  yet  some- 
where there  is  a  market  for  every  article.  Somewhere  there 
is  some  one  who  could  use  it  and  would  be  glad  to  get  it 
if  he  knew  where  to  look.  There  is  some  ailment  needing 
every  remedy  in  the  store;  some  person  who  has  need  for 
every  item  of  drug  merchandise. 

Finding  the  customer  for  the  slow  selling  merchandise  is 
one  of  the  chief  uses  the  druggist  is  making  of  the  mails  at 
the  present  time.  Going  through  the  stock  of  every  depart- 
ment, he  selects  the  goods  which  have  failed  to  move  by  the 
usual  methods  and  then  he  proceeds  to  sort  out  the  names 
of  the  people  who  really  have  a  need  for  these  goods,  or  who 
would  buy  if  the  price  were  reduced  to  within  their  limit. 

For  example,  the  study  of  the  women  who  insist  upon  the 
cheapest  goods  'reveals  to  the  druggist  that  few  if  any  of  the 
bon  ton  customers  are  seen  there.  Instead  of  the  bankers 
wives,  he  finds  the  thrifty  workingmen's  helpmates,  the  widows 
and  tlie  women  who  have  to  make  every  penny  count.  There- 
fore, to  this  class  only  can  he  dispose  of  the  goods  which 
have  just  passed  out  of  favor  among  the  better  trade;  so  he 
goes  directly  to  them  by  mail  without  any  waste  circulation 
^mong  any  other  women. 

Clearing  Out  Dead  Stock 

One  di-uggist  had  a  chance  to  buy  a  job  lot  of  twenty 
dozen  infant's  hot  water  bottles  at  a  big  reduction.  At  first, 
through  his  newspaper  advertising  he  had  quite  a  run  of  busi- 
ness; but  in  a  little  while  the  sale  dropped  off  and  he 
had  a  lot  of  goods  on  hand  which  were  not  moving-. 

He  wrote  to  the  manufacturer  for  the  cut  which  had  been 
used  to  illustrate  the  bottle  in  the  catalog,  printed  a  small 
mailing  card  showing  it,  made  a  clear-cut,  straightforward 
statement  of  their  actual  value,  and  why  he  could  afford 
to  sell  them  so  cheaply.  Then  he  sent  out  the  cards  to  the 
names  of  all  the  recent  mothers  shown  by  the  city  birth 
records.  He  sold  the  hot  water  bottles  and  made  many  new 
customers. 

A  Denver  druggist  became  overstocked  on  fever  thermom- 
eters. He  also  sent  to  a  wholesale  house  for  cuts  to  illustrate 
six  of  the  numbers  he  had  on  hand.  With  these  he  pre- 
pared an  unusually  attractive  circular  which  he  mailed  to  all 
the  sanatariums,  homes  and  boarding  hotises  for  tubercular 
people.    The  special  prices  he  made  soon  sold  his  entire  stock. 

But  old  and  slow  selling  goods  are  not  the  only  eligible 
items  which,  with  the  aid  of  the  mails,  will  bring  customers 
into  the  store.  There  are  just  as  many  opportunities  to  sell 
new  goods  at  regular  prices  to  certain  classes  of  people  who 
need  them  or  to  create  a  desire  among  the  regular  trade  for 
articles  which  they  have  never  used  before. 

Just  as  price  is  a  strong  argument  to  the  thrifty  middle 
class,  so  is  style  the  lever  which  will  pry  loose  business  from 
the  better  classes.  It  is  a  good  thing  to  send  out  samples 
of  slow  selling  merchandise,  then  it  probably  is  still  better 
to  send  samples  of  the  new  arrivals  in  these  lines  to  the 
people  who  are  interested  not  so  much  in  price  as  in  being 
first  to  try  out  or  in  having  merchandise  a  little  earlier  than 
any  one  else.  It  is  the  same  idea  applied  to  the  other  class 
of  patrons. 

In  the  northern  part  of  the  United  States  where  the  well- 
to-do  colored  people  wear  the  new  things  in  garments  about 
as  soon  as  any  one,  put  on  airs  which  would  not  be  tolerated 
in  the  South,  and  do  everything  to  appear  as  white  as  possible, 
there  is  a  druggist  who  reaps  a  rich  harvest  by  using  direct- 


mail  among  them  to  sell  a  preparation  to  take  the  kink  out 
of  their  hair.  He  has  all  the  colored  trade  coming  to  him 
and  along  with  his  "kink  remover"  he  sells  them  a  great  deal 
of  other  merchandise. 

Special  Sale  Groods  i 

Another  type  of  merchandise  worth  telling  about  in  th( 
mails  is  special  sale  goods.  The  manager  of  the  drug  depart- 
ment of  one  of  the  big  St.  Louis  stores  has  successfully  used 
this  idea  for  a  number  of  seasons.  Twice  a  year  the  depart- 
ment puts  on  a  gigantic  clearance  sale,  which  is  so  well 
established  that  thousands  of  St.  Louisans  wait  for  it  regu- 
larly. 

Three  days  before  the  sale,  every  customer  of  the  drug 
department  receives  a  handsome  booklet  in  which  is  illus- 
trated many  of  the  items  to  be  put  on  sale,  a  full  descrip- 
tion of  the  goods  and  the  reason  why  the  prices  are  so 
low.  The  gist  of  the  announcement  is  that  the  firm  wants 
to  favor  the  friends  of  the  store  in  every  instance;  that  there 
will  be  a  tremendous  crowd  during  the  first  days  of  the  sale, 
and  that  after  that  the  assortment  will  be  badly  broken. 

For  the  convenience  of  the  regular  ciistomers  of  the  drug 
department,  the  day  previous  to  the  general  opening  of  the 
sale  has  been  set  aside  and  they  are  invited  to  come  and 
select  at  their  leisure  the  cream  of  the  offerings.  How  well 
the  customers  appreciate  this  courtesy  is  evidenced  by  the 
fact  that  the  preliminary  opening  day  brings  almost  as  much 
business  as  the  general  opening  on  the  day  following. 

An  Ohio  druggist  uses  a  similar  plan,  except  that  he 
notifies  his  entire  mailing  list  of  the  sale  in  order  to  back 
up  his  newspaper  advertising.  He  does  not  have  a  preliminary 
opening  day  for  his  customers,  but  uses  the  mails  to  assure 
a  big  crowd  when  his  sale  opens. 

Another  method  of  using  the  mails  to  bring  the  customer 
to  the  store  is  emphasis  on  the  lines  of  goods  for  which  the 
merchant  has  exclusive  agency. 

Pushes  Talking  MacMnes 

A  Mississippi  druggist  has  the  exclusive  agency  for  a  stand- 
ard brand  of  talking  machine.  The  manufacturer  is  constantly 
repeating  the  merits  of  the  machine  in  the  magazines  this 
druggist's  customers  read. 

Instead  of  waiting  for  the  customers  to  come  into  the  store 
and  ask  for  the  machine,  this  merchant  goes  to  them  by  mail^ 
telling  them  on  his  own  letter  head  just  why  he  carries  this 
particular  brand  in  preference  to  all  the  others  and  encloses 
a  beautiful  booklet,  furnished  free  by  the  manufacturer. 

In  the  same  \ray  there  are  scores  of  advertised  articles 
carried  in  the  average  drug  store  on  which  the  dealer  can 
capitalize  the  publicity  work  already  done  by  the  manufacturer 
and  thereby  reap  the  benefit  because  no  other  dealer  in  his 
vicinity  can  sell  that  brand.  The  mails  make  it  possible 
for  the  dealer  who  has  exclusive  agency  to  go  to  the  customer, 
bring  him  into  the  store,  and  sell  him  not  only  the  advertised 
article,  but  a  bill  of  other  goods. 

Certain  goods  graded  according  to  price  make  excellent 
material  to  exploit  tlirough  the  mails  to  bring  the  customa 
into  the  store.  The  manager  of  tlie  cigar  department  of  a 
medium  sized  drug  store  put  in  a  line  of  pipes  to  sell  for 
twenty-five  to  fifty  cents.  Next  he  began  to  search  for  the 
men  in  moderate  circumstances  most  likely  to  smoke  a  pip* 
and  to  whom  this  price  would  appeal  most  strongly.  His 
being  a  factory  town,  he  conceived  the  idea  of  getting  all 
the  names  of  the  employes  in  th-e  factories. 

Then  by  persistent  circularization  on  this  particular  brand 
and  price  he  soon  worked  up  a  fine  business  among  th« 
people  who  had  never  regularly  entered  the  store  to  buj 
their  pipes. 

Profitable  and  Fascinating 
Getting  the  customer  into  the  store  through  the  tise  ol 
the  mails  is  profitable  and  fascinating.  It  is  just  in  its  infancj 
and  the  quicker  the  druggist  gets  into  the  game  the  better 
The  deeper  he  gets  into  it  the  greater  possibilities  will  h« 
see.  No  matter  what  the  size  of  his  town  or  store,  then 
is  an  unlimited  number  of  plans  and  schemes  he  can  use  tc 
increase  his  business  by  mail. 

As  to  how  to  discover  these  plans,  apparently  this  lies  witf 
th«  druggist  himself.  His  own  stock  is  the  best  school 
because  what  is  successful  in  one  part  of  the  countrj'  nn] 
fail  completely  in  another. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


303 


Sharp  &  Dohme  Open  New  Laboratory 


Baltimore  Pharmaceutical  House,  Which  Started  In 
Little  Frame  Building,  Now  Occupies  Splendid  Plant 


W  illiam  A.  S.uler 


D.  F.  Dreyer 


Dr.  a.  R.  L.  Dohaie 


Ernst  Stauffen' 


A little  drug  store  once  stood  on  the  southwest  corner  of 
Howard  and  Pratt  streets,  Baltimore,  in  a  plain,  four- 
story  building  that  had  been  rfniodclled  from  a  dwelling. 
Its  proprietor  was  a  Quaker,  a  kindly  man  named  Alpheus  Sharp. 
He  hired  a  bright  Gcr-'  in  !  to  work  for  him,  and  eventually 
the  boy  Decamp  ,i  ;  M  -      nic  was  Louis  Dohme,  and 

the  firm  was  cilloi  - 

Today,  after  rift\-i.  ;  i  -  :  i\c  passed.  Sharp  &  Dohme 
Still  occupy  the  same  corm-r.  but  the  little  corner  pharmacy  has 
changed  into  two  large  buildings;  has  widened  and  Heightened 
its  confines  until  they  now  include  150,000  square  feet  of  floor 
space.  High  above  the  ground  floor  where  .Mpln  u.'^  Sharp's 
Wedgewood  pestle  used  to  fuss  with  a  pill-nKiss,  winning  and 
clicking  machinery  now  masses  and  mixes  millions  of  "Lapac- 
tics."  But  in  spite  of  such  a  startling  metamorphosis,  the  old 
drug  store  is  really  the  foundation  of  the  present  business,  and 
literally  the  cornerstone  of  the  new  building  recently  occupied. 

The  transition  has  been  due  to  the  foresight  of  Alpheus 
Sharp,  the  initiativi: 
and  energy  of  Louis 
and  Charles  E.  Dohme, 
and  the  business  acnm- 
•n  and  high  efficiency 
of  the  present  officials 
of  the  corporation. 
These  officials  are:  Dr. 
Alfred  R.  L.  Dohme. 
president;  Ernst  Stavif- 
fen  vice-president  an'! 
general  director;  Wil- 
Kam  A.  Sailer,  secre-t 
tar>-  and  general  man- 
ager; and  John  D.  F, 
Drever,  treasurer. 

The  spring  of  this 
year  saw  the  comr'l'  - 
tion  of  the  new  ad'li 
tion  to  the  comp.Tir  - 
kboratories.  It  is  i 
six-story  structure  of 
brick.  concrete.  an  el 
Steel,  with  a  fiontige  of 
seventy  feet.  The  ceil- 
ings are  all  high,  the 
lowest  being  twelve 
feet.  Comfort,  capacity, 
and  efficiency  have  been 
augmented. 

Crude  drugs  are  stor- 
ed in  the  basement.  The 
order   department  and 


some  finished  stock  occupy  the  first  floor,  and  finished  goods 
take  up  the  entire  second  story.  The  third  floor  is  used  largely 
for  making  pills,  the  fifth  for  housing  the  offices  and  the  sales 
department,  and  the  sixth  for  the  production  of  gelatin. 

On  the  fourth  floor  is  the  hypodermic  tablet  equipment, 
which,  perhaps  more  than  anything  else,  has  brought  world- 
wide fame  to  Sharp  &  Dohme.  Here,  convenience,  together 
with  scrupulous  cleanliness  and  aseptic  environment  may  be 
said  to  have  reached  perfection.  Every  device  known  to  the 
science  of  making  hypodermic  tablets  has  been  provided,  and 
various  processes  of  the  most  interesting  and  instructive  char- 
acter are  carried  out. 

A  special  fire  tower  and  a  new  power  plant  installed  in  a 
separate  building  are  other  features  of  Sharp  &  Dohme's  mag- 
nified home. 

Their  old  adjoining  building,  erected  in  1892,  has  been  re- 
modelled, and  its  various  departments  have  been  re-arranged. 
The  firm  maintains  that  it  now  has  the  largest  plant  in  this 
country  devoted  exclu- 
sively to  the  manufac- 
ture of  pharmaceutical 
products. 

For  the  achievements 
accomplished,  the  pres- 
ent officials,  whose  pho- 
tographs we  reproduce 
here,  must  receive  some 
of  the  credit.  ,\lfred 
R.  L.  Dohme,  Ph.  D., 
is  a  graduate  of  Johns 
liopkins  University  and 
a     former    student  at 
Heidelberg.      He  has 
done  practical  work  in 
the    company's  labora- 
torie.s    and    has  made 
iisrlf    known    as  a 
ilrf  on  pliaianaceuti- 
snlij.  1       1  >\\  Dohme 
inl.r.slr.l     in  -olf, 
litin-.    ;in.l  .ononio- 

of  his  |,ronouiued  cha- 
racteristics. 

Ernst  Stauffen  has 
fione  much  toward  de- 
veIo|)inp;   the  (irt;ani/a- 


Sharp  &  Dohme's  New  Laboratory 


of  the  business.  Tn  1S9.1 
he  established  the  gen- 
eral offices  at  41  John 


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[July,  19 


street,  New  York,  where  he  is  still  in  charge.  His  knowledge 
of  trade  conditions  is  unsurpassed. 

Wm.  A.  Sailer  has  used  his  energy  specially  in  the  manu- 
facturing and  selling  departments.  The  stimulus  which  he  gave 
to  them  was  partially  responsible  for  the  necessity  of  an  en- 
largement. 

John  D.  F.  Dreyer  not  only  looks  after  the  finances  of  the 
company  but  also  supervises  the  credits  from  the  company's 
general  offices  at  41  John  street,  New  York. 


NEW  RULINGS  ON  NARCOTIC  LAW 

Exemptions  do  Not  Apply  to  Prescriptions — Duties 
of  Collectors — Registrants  Must  Make  Oath  to 
Engage  in  Legitimate  Practice. 

Recent  rulings  issued  by  the  Commissioner  of  Internal  Rev- 
enue relative  to  the  Federal  Narcotic  law  (T.  D.  Nos.  2213, 
2214,  2215  and  2218),  are  of  special  interest  to  druggists,  as 
they  more  clearly  define  that  prescriptions  for  narcotic  drugs 
in  any  quantity  are  not  exempt  from  the  provisions  of  the  act, 
unless  for  "preparations"  or  "remedies"  exempted  under  Section 
6';  that  the  furnishing  of  narcotic  drugs  and  preparations  upon 
mail  orders  are  not  held  to  be  prescribed  by  a  registered  physi- 
sian  to  a  patient,  and  that  liereafter  all  applicants  for  registra- 
tion under  the  Act  must  make  oath  that  they  will  only  engage 
in  the  legitimate  practice  of  prescribing,  dispensing  or  other- 
wise dealing  in  narcotic  drugs.  A  separate  registration  is  also 
required  for  each  place  of  business. 

The  following  is  the  text  of  the  decisions,  each  of  which  is 
signed  by  Commissioner  W.  O.  Osborn  and  approved  by  the 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury: 

"Prescriptions"  Defined 

Attention  is  directed  to  the  paragraph  on  page  4  of  Treasury 
Decision  No.  2172  relating  to  the  exemption  of  certain  "prepara- 
tions" and  "remedies"  from  the  provisions  of  this  law.  The 
question  arises  whether  or  not  "prescriptions"  come  within  the 
definition  of  "preparations"  or  "remedies,"  as  given  in  the  act. 
The  word  "preparations,"  as  generally  used  and  understood, 
means  ready-made  or  prepared  medicines  and  the  word  "remedies" 
means  that  which  cures  or  is  efficacious  in  a  specific  disease 
or  diseases  under  all  conditions,  while  the  term  "prescription" 
is  the  written  directions  or  recipe  of  a  physician  for  the  com- 
pounding or  preparing  of  a  medicine  and  directions  for  its  use 
to  meet  the  existing  conditions  in  the  case  of  a  particular  patient. 

It  is,  therefore,  apparent  that  the  exemptions  in  Section  6 
of  the  Act,  as  interpreted  in  Treasury  Decision  No.  2172,  relat- 
ing to  "preparations  and  remedies"  containing  not  more  than 
the  specified  quantities  of  the  drugs  enumerated,  do  not  apply 
to  "prescriptions"  written  by  registered  physicians  calling  for  any 
quantity  of  the  narcotic  drug,  unless  such  "prescription"  is 
written  for  a  "preparation  or  remedy"  prepared  in  accordance 
with  the  U.  .S.  Pharmacopeia,  National  Formulary,  or  other  for- 
mula, or  for  a  "remedy  or  preparation"  prepared  under  private 
or  proprietary  formula,  carried  in  stock  by  a  dealer,  which  may 
be  dispensed  without  a  "prescription." 

Every  "prescription,"  therefore,  containing  a  narcotic  drug  in 
any  quantity,  with  the  exemptions  noted,  must  have  indicated 
thereon  the  name  and  address  of  the  patient,  the  date,  the  name 
and  address  of  the  physician,  and  his  registry  number.  Such 
"prescriptions"  cannot  be  refilled  and  must  be  filed  for  a  period 
of  two  years. 

Status  of  Those  Registering  as  Physicians  But  Not 
Permitted  to  Practice  Medicine 

Frequent  inquiries  have  been  received  from  internal  revenue 
officers  and  other  persons  relative  to  the  powers  and  limita- 
tions of  the  Governmnt  to  enforce  the  aljove-named  act. 

Said  Act  provides,  first:  for  the  registration  of,  and  payment 
of,  special  tax  by  every  person  who  produces,  imports,  manu- 
factures, compounds,  deals  in,  dispenses,  sells,  distributes,  or 
gives  away  opium  or  coca  leaves,  or  any  compound,  manufac- 
ture, salt,  derivative,  or  preparation  thereof.  This  includes  all 
original  producers,  compounders,  chemists,  wholesale  and  retail 
druggists,  physicians,  and  all  other  persons  who  distribute,  pre- 
scribe or  give  away  for  any  purpose  whatever  any  of  the 
prohibited  drugs,  their  diri  vatives  or  compounds,  or  in  any 
m.-inner  use   same,    wli,  ih.  r   IcRally   or   in   violation   of   the  law. 

The  fact  that  tci;  i  iMiii  .n  is  limited  to  certain  named  per- 
sons indicates  th.it  tlnrc  must  be  a  power  of  discrimination 
vested  in  collectors  of  internal  revenue  as  to  who  shall  be 
registered  and  from  whom  special  tax  may  be  received.  There- 
fore, persons  not  legitimately  engaged  in  the  exercise  of  their 
trade  or  profession  can  not  legally  register  under  the  terms  t.f 
this  Act.  For  example:  A  party  must  be  a  legitimate  pro- 
ducer, importer,  manufacturer,  seller,  or  distributor  of  the  afore- 
said drugs,  and  likewise  a  physician,  dentist,  or  veterinary  sur- 
geon can  register  under  tliis  act  and  dispense  these  drugs  "in 
the  course  of  his  profess  .ti:i1  pmcliro  onlv."  It  also  follows 
from  the  express  laiiKu  i  <■  nf  ilu-  Acl  that  such  physician, 
dentist,  or  veterinary  sii  ,r,n  ,,im  p- i-scril.o  such  drugs  when 
he  "has  been  employed  i  ,  pr-'-rnlH-  l  .r  l!ic  p.Trtfcular  patie-'t 
receiving  such  drugs,"  .ind  upo!>  whom  he  "shall  pfrsonallv 
attend  in  the  course  of  his  professional  practice  only,"  and 
suoli    prescriptions    must    be    made    "in    the    legitimate  practice 


of  his  profession,"  and  then  only  when  "employed  to  prescr: 
for   the  particular  person   receiving   such  drugs." 

The  above  quotations  from  the  law  indicate  the  correct  limi' 
tion  upon  the  professional  prescription  or  distribution  of  s 
drugs  by  persons  whether  registered  or  not. 

It  is  apparent  from  the  foregoing  that  the  duties  of  collect 
and  other   internal   revenue  officers   do  not  end,  under  the  [, 
visions   of  this   Act,  with  simple  registration.     If  parties  sec 
registration    through    misrepresentation    or    fraud,    such  regist 
tion   is   null   and  void  and  does  not  protect  thera  from  pro='j 
tion  for  the   illegal   use  of  these   drugs,   and   it  is  the  dut; 
collectors   and   other   internal    revenue   officers   when   such  c 
are  discovered  to   investigate  the  same,  and  where  the  law- 
been   violated   in   line   with  the   foregoing,   to   seize  and  procii 
to    forfeit   the   prohibited   drugs    illegally    in    possession   of  su 
parties,    and    recommend    such    persons    to    the    district  attorn 
for  indictment  and  prosecution. 

The  foregoing  has  Special  application  to  those  persons  wl 
registering  as  physicians,  prescribe  or  distribute  narcotic  drugs 
preparations  on  receipt  of  mail  orders  received  from  so-call 
patients,  or  who,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  or  under  muaicil 
regulations,  are  not  permitted  to  practice  medicine. 
Must  Make  Oath  to  Engage  in  Legitimate  Practi 

Art.  18.  The  following  regulation,  amending  and  supplemei 
ing  Internal  Revenue  Regulations  Xo.  35,  of  January  15,  19 
is  hereby  promulgated,  effective  on  and  after  this  date. 

In  issuing  registry  numbers  and  special  tax  stamps  unc 
the  provisions  of  the  Act  of  Congress,  approved  December 
1914,  known  as  the  Harrison  Narcotic  Law,  collectors  of  Inteir 
Revenue  will  require  persons  making  applications  tcf  stai 
under  oath,  in  the  blank  space  on  Form  678,  or  if  not  sufficie 
space  on  the  line  for  that  purpose,  it  should  be  in  the  fo 
of  an  affidavit  attached  to  the  application  on  this  form,  tl 
they  will  engage  in  administering,  dispensing,  or  prescribi 
narcotic  drugs  only  in  the  legitimate  practice  of  medicine,  de 
tistry,  or  veterinary  surgery;  or  will  engage  in  the  business 
producing,  importing,  manufacturing,  compounding,  dealing  in,  d 
pensing,  selling,  or  distributing,  as  the  case  may  be,  only  the 
narcotic   drugs   for   which   they    are   duly   qualified,    e.   g.,  "T 

undersigned  is  now  engaged  or  on  and  after  w 

engage    in    the    legitimate    practice    of    medicine  (dentistry, 
veterinary    surgery;,    and    is,    or    are,    duly    authorized    by  1; 
to    administer,    dispense,    or   prescribe    narcotic   drugs,"    or  "T 

undersigned   is   now  engaged  or  on  and  after  w 

engage  in  the  lawful  business  of  producing  (importing,  mar 
facturing,  compounding,  dealing  in,  dispensing,  selling,  or  d 
tributing)    narcotic  drugs." 

Must  Register  Each  Place  of  Business 

Art.  1.  The  second  paragraph  of  this  article  is  hereby  amend( 
effective  on   and   after  this  date   (June   12)   to   read  as  follow 

If  the   applicant  has  more   than  one   place  of  business,  or 
in   any   case,    the   applicant   is   engaged   in   more   than   one  p 
fession  or  business  where  any  of  the  drugs  above  described  ; 
made,    stored,   or   dispensed,    a   separate   application   for  regist 
must  be  made,  and  a  special  tax  must  be  paid,  in  each  such  ca 


IN  ARMS  OVER  CONFLICTING  LAWS 


Buffalo  Phai-macists  Advised  by  Erie  County  Ph. 
Not  to  Fill  Any  Narcotic  Prescriptions 

The  Erie  County  (N.  Y.)  Pharmaceutical  Association 
a  recent  meeting  in  Buffalo,  adopted  the  following;  resolutia 

Whereas,  the  pharmacists  of  Erie  county  are  confronted  at  I 
present  time  with  two  apparently  conflicting  statutes  in  relati 
to  the  sale  of  narcotics,  one  of  which  is  a  State  law  and  I 
other  the  Federal  law,  both  of  which  relate  to  the  same  si 
ject,  and 

Whereas,  Several  pharmacists  of  Erie  county  in  the  course 
business  and  an  honest  effort  to  comply  with  the  law  in  dispel 
ing  narcotics  upon  the  prescriptions  of  well-known,  registei 
physicians,  have  been  called  to  account  by  the  prosecuting  cl 
cers  of  Erie  county,  and 

Whereas,  It  is  impossible  to  determine,  in  advance  of  1 
decisions  of  the  courts,  which  law  is  to  control  in  the  sale 
narcotics,  now, 

Therefore,  The  Erie  County  Pharmaceutical  Association  reCii 
mends  that  pharmacists  of  Erie  county  refrain  from  filling  phy 
cians'  prescriptions  of  narcotics  until  the  two  laws  can  be  rect 
cilcd  and  their  more  or  less  involved  provisions  can  be  interpret 
by  the  courts,  so  that  it  will  be  safe  to  dispense  such  dn 
on  physicians'  jiroscrirtions,  and  be  it  also,  further 

Resolved,  riiai  ihe  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Assoc 
tion  be  recniesied  lo  take  action  in  the  matter  of  reconcili 
the  two  l.Tw  s  ;iii(l  sei  iiring  such  amendments  to  the  public  he.T 
l.iw  ns  will  make  it  safe  for  pharmacists  to  resume  dispensi 
of   iiarciUics  .m   ph\>uKms'  prescriptions. 

Tlic  a^'ioi  i.ition  hmk  action,  as  above  indicated,  follow! 
a  cnis;ide  londucted  against  Buffalo  physicians  and  druggl 
by  District  .\ttorncy  Dudley  of  Erie  county.  He  has  h 
some  of  the  leading  men  in  botli  professions  in  Buffalo  indict( 
the  grand  jury  reporting  out  forty-five  indictments  of  tj 
nature  at  one  time.  These  indictments  were  secret  and 
the  time  of  the  above  meeting  only  a  few  of  them  had  bt 
.irraigned.  These  were  permitted  to  plead  not  guilty  a 
wore  allowed  to  go  under  bail  in  the  sum  of  ?5(>0.  pendi 
trial. 


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I 


Woman  an  Authority  on  Medical  Botany 

Miss  Alice  Henkel  of  Department  of  Agriculture  Shows 
Female  Sex  Has  Dehnite  Place  in  Profession  of  Pharmacy 


By  EMMA  GARY  WALLACE 


IT   is  a   significant   tribute   to   the    high    position  which 
women  hold  in  the  profession  of  pharmacy  and  chemistry 
that  many  of  the  valuable  bulletins  relating  to  medicinal 
plants  published  by  the  United  States  Department  of  Agri- 
culture have  been  written  by  a  woman,  Miss  Alice  Henkel, 
who  is  assistant  in  the  oftice 
of  Economic  and  Systei.iatic 
liot.my. 

Miss  Henkel's  work  is  well- 
kiu.wii  to  thousands  of  drug- 
gis:s,  students  and  jirofessors 
of  pharn.acy.  She  has  con- 
dueled  many  original  investi- 
^atio.is,  the  results  of  which 
are  considered  >iJthoritative 
in  the  sphere  of  ajiplied  eco- 
nomic botany.  J'i'ine  of  the 
bullc-ins  which  Miss  Ilenkel 
'vritten  are  as  follows: 
!-"anriers  Bulletin  No.  !5!8 
"Weeds  L''sed  in  Ntedicine." 

Bui.     No.     51,     Pait  6, 
"Goldenseal." 

Bui.  No.  89,  "Wild  Medi- 
rinal   Plants   of   the  United 
'■; ;  -  ,    111  \  Ki'  I  .--tates." 

Bui.  No.  90,  Part  3,  "Pep- 
permint." 

Bui.  No.  107,  "American  Root  Drugs." 

Bui.  No.  139,  ".American  Medicinal  Barks." 

Cir.  No.  6,  "Cultivation  and  Handling  of  Goldenseal" 
(revision  of  Bui.  No.  51,  Part  6). 

Bui.  No.  219.  ".American  Medicinal  Leaves  and  Herbs." 

Bui.  No.  26,  ".American  Flowers,  Fruits,  and  Seeds." 

These  have  all  been  exceedingly  popular,  some  of  them 
having  been  so  much  in  demand  that  they  have  been  referred 
to  as  the  "six  best  sellers"  of  the  Superintendent  of  Documents 
office. 

Miss  Henkel's  training  for  the  work  she  is  doing  began 


really  when  she  was  a  child,  for  her  father,  August  Henkel, 
conducted  a  successful  pharmacy  in  Cincinnati.  When  Miss 
Henkel  was  si.x  years  old  her  fatlier  moved,  to  Hamilton,  Ohio, 
having  purchased  a  drug  store  there.  Her  early  education 
was  received  in  the  public  schools  of  Hamilton,  and  completed 
in  Washington,  D.  C,  whence  her  father  moved  to  accept  a 
Government  position.  Miss  Henkel  comes  of  a  long  line  of 
doctors,  druggists  and  botanists  and  interest  in  such  work  was 
bred  in  the  bone. 

Mr.  Henkel,  her  father,  was  hospital  steward  in  the  United 
States  Army  during  the  Civil  War,  and  was  at  one  time  as- 
sociated with  Professor  Maisch  in  the  U.  S.  Army  Laboratory 
in  Philadelphia.  Having  studied  stenography  and  typewriting. 
Miss  Henkel  filled  a  position  for  a  while  in  a  newspaper 
office,  later  taking  a  civil  service  examination  and  was  appoint- 
ed to  the  Department  of  Agriculture.  Her  knowledge  of  phar- 
macy helped  her  wonderfully  in  transcribing  matter  which  con- 
tained terms  relating  to  chemistry,  botany,  zoology  and  path- 
ology. She  was  promoted  rapidly  and  was  frequently  called 
upon  to  take  dictation  from  Dr.  Charles  W.  Dabney,  Assistant 
Secretary  of  Agriculture  during  President  Cleveland's  adminis- 
tration. Dr.  Dabney  urged  her  to  give  up  stenography  and 
study  some  scientific  subject.  She  acted  upon  his  advice  and 
decided  to  make  a  specialty  of  medical  botany.  That  was  the 
beginning  of  her  medical  plant  work,  for  she  at  once  entered 
the  National  College  of  Pharmacy  and  for  three  years  took 
work  fitting  her  for  the  field  of  medical  botany. 

In  1898  she  was  transferred  to  the  Division  of  Botany  be- 
cause of  her  exhaustive  knowledge  of  medical  botany,  and  had 
as  her  chief,  Frederick  V.  Coville,  the  United  States  botanist, 
who  among  other  lines  of  research,  had  entire  charge  of  the 
investigation  of  medicinal  and  poisonous  plants.  In  1901  Mr. 
Coville  placed  his  new  assistant  in  charge  of  all  correspondence 
and  all  work  relating  to  medicinal  plants  to  be  cultivated  in 
the  Government  testing  gardens,  among  which  were  the  follow- 
ing: 

Hydrastis  canadensis,  Spigelia  rnarilandica,  Polygala  senega, 
Valeriana  officinalis,  Mentha  piperita,  Mentha  viridis,  Cheno~ 
podium  anthehmnticum,  Aletris  farinosa,  Aconituni  napellus, 


Miss  Henkel's  residence  at  Chevy  Chase,  Md.,  and  a  carrier  of  her  beautiful  rose  garden. 


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[July,  1915 


Atropa  belladonna,  Digitalis  purpurea,  and  Hyoscynius  niger. 
This  list  met  with  approval,  and  this  marvelous,  little  lady  at 
once  ordered  the  seeds  and  plants  and  had  them  planted  for 
trial  in  the  Government  Testing  Gardens,  thus  laying  the 
foundation  for  the  present  drug  farm. 

The  investigation  of  medicinal  plants  was  continued  under 
Mr.  Coville's  authority  until  1905,  and  when  in  that  year  this 
work  was  formed  into  an  independent  office  under  a  strange 
head.  Miss  Henkel  went  over  to  the  new  office  simply  because 
of  her  love  for  the  work. 

There  has  been  some  misapprehension  on  the  part  of  the 
public  concerning  the  medicinal  plant  investigation  undertaken 
by  the  Government.  Articles  have  been  noted  in  the  press  at 
various  times  which  gave  the  impression  that  medicinal  plant 
investigation  was  not  begun  by  the  Department  until  1903, 
when  as  a  matter  of  fact  as  long  ago  as  1889  the  Division 
of  Botany  was  charged  with  this  work.  From  time  to  time 
this  Division  published  various  papers  and  circulars  on  medici- 
nal plants  and  the  experimental  cultivation  of  drugs  was  also 
undertaken  by  the  Division  of  Botany  prior  to  1903. 

Miss  Henkel's  personality  is  as  delightful  as  her  work  is 
remarkable.  She  lives  with  her  mother  in  Chevy  Chase,  Mary- 
land, a  suburb  of  Washington,  D.  C.  The  accompanying  pic- 
tures of  the  house  and  a  portion  of  the  rarely  beautiful  rose 
garden  are  most  interesting.  Miss  Henkel  dearly  loves  books, 
flowers,  and  music.    She  possesses  quite  a  large  library,  mostly 


pharmaceutical,  botanical,  and  historical.  She  is  especially 
proud  of  a  choice  collection  of  many  quaint,  old  medical 
botanies  and  books  of  travel,  the  latter  mostly  of  the  Niagara 
frontier,  in  which  region  she  is  particularly  interested.  As  a 
recreation  for  herself  and  a  means  of  rare  entertainment  for  her 
friends.  Miss  Henkel  plays  the  zither,  the  real  sure-enough 
zither,  not  the  instrument  popular  some  years  ago  under  the 
name  "American  zither."  She  was  formerly  a  member  of  a 
Washington  zither  quartette  which  often  played  in  public. 

She  has  been  a  member  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  since  1902. 

We  have  notable  examples  of  women  who  have  achieved 
.success  in  practically  all  branches  of  medicine,  chemistry,  and 
botany,  but  it  would  be  difficult  to  find  another  case  of 
young  woman  who  can  point  to  a  more  worthy  career  th. 
Miss  Henkel.    Her  climb  up  the  ladder  of  recognized  efficien 
has  been  a  steady  one,  nor  has  she  rested  when  she  reached  t'l 
top.    She  has  been  able  to  send  forth  a  vast  fund  of  knowle'i^ 
which  has  enriched  and  is  continually  enriching  the  medir 
and  pharmaceutical  professions,  not  only  of  the  United  Stat'  ■ 
but  of  the  world  as  well.     The  debt  of  humanity  to  Ali 
Henkel, — this  sister-in-the-work  is  a  large  one,  and  we  a:  , 
all  justly  proud  of  the  success  she  has  merited  and  won. 

The  above  is  reprinted  from  the  June  issue  of  The  ERA  /-  - 
cause  of  a  mistake  in  the  use  of  a  cut,  a  picture  of  Mrs.  Gr. 
Lee  Abbott  being  used  for  that  of  Miss  Henkel. 


News  About  Women  Prominent  in  Pharmacy 


HIGHEST  IN  CLASS  OF  62 


MOTHER  AND  SON  GRADUATE  TOGETHER 


That  Miss  Eulalia  E.  McKeehan  is  an  exceptional  student  is 
attested  by  the  fact  that  last  January,  as  soon  as  she  had  com- 
pleted her  three  years  of  apprenticeship,  she  took  the  examina- 
tions of  the  Indiana  state  board  and  was  licensed  as  a  full 
registered  pharmacist.  She  received  an  average  in  these  exami- 
nations of  90.8%,  this  being  the 
highest  record  made  in  the  class 
of  sixty-two  who  were  exam- 
ined at  this  time.  Miss  Mc- 
Keehan is  one  of  those  rare  in- 
dividuals who  is  well  balanced 
by  her  being  as  fine  a  business 
woman  as  she  is  a  student.  Fol- 
lowing her  graduation  from  the 
Fort  Wayne  public  and  high 
schools,  she  took  the  complete 
course  of  study  at  the  Angola 
College  of  Pharmacy,  graduat- 
ing June  12,  1912.  Four  days 
later  she  entered  the  drug  store 
of  Mr.  F.  D.  Homan,  Ft. 
Wayne,  where  she  has  been  con- 
tinuously employed  ever  since. 

She  is  equally  efficient  behind 
the  counter,  in  buying,  in  manu- 
Mlss  Ev-l.kua  E.  McKeeh.an  facturing,  and  presrriplion  work. 
The  last  departmrnt  nf  \n  ,  „  k  is 
her  especial  joy,  however.  The  proprietor  of  th.  Kusim  ss  s 
not  hesitate  to  leave  this  twenty-three  year  old  -iil  in  iomi|.1.  ti 
charge  when  business  or  pleasure  directs.  iSIiss  McKeehan  has 
a  brilliant  future  ahead  of  her  in  the  field  of  work  she  has 
chosen . 


Boston  Chapter  Elects  Officers 

The  election  of  officers  of  Boston  Chapter  No.  1  was  held 
at  their  last  meeting,  the  following  ticket  being  elected :  Presi- 


dent, I^Irs.  Frances  La  Piei 


Hayes:  first  vice-president,  Mrs. 
lucsidrnt,  I\Irs.  Fll.-n  I..  Cnnnollv: 

llv     M      CmiumIIn:     ,  .  .n  .  m  m  „ 1  ii , - 


I  I-  .x,ll„  l.a  I'ierre;  Legislative,  ,Mr 
Conservation,  Mrs.  Martha  Morev, 


Some  people  feel  that  unless  their  early  opportunities  i' 
education  fit  them  for  a  certain  line  of  work,  they  are  fore', 
debarred  from  entering.  The  experience  of  Mrs.  Charles  . 
Eckels  of  3246  North  23rd  street,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  shows  h., 
superficial  is  this  judgment.    She  and  her  son  passed  thei; 

examinations  side   by  side  ii 
Harrisburg     in     April,  V"<' 
with  equal  degree  of  credibili*: 
Allice  E.  Eckels  had  been  t. 
wife  of  a  well-known  phan^. 
cist    for    a    number    of    ye ; ; 
when  her  husband  decided  ; 
studv  medicine  at  the  Jeffers 
Medical  College  of  Philadelpl  : 
Toward  the  close  of  his  stud'  : 
course  he  found  the  care  of  : 
drug  business  especially  exa. 
ing  and  !Mrs.  Eckels  willinu 
agreed  to  go  into  the  store  a: 
do  what  she  could.  She  prom, 
ly  took  charge  of  the  desk  w . 
and  the  ordering  of  stock.  II 
housewifely    ability  manifest 
itself  in  a  thorough  systematizi: 
of  everything  so  that  !Mr.  E^ 
•^[p^    p     \    l-'cKi  IS  '     '         '  "  -It  a  moment's  r.>  - 

■ :  ing  stood.  Lit 

il,    \,x    lull.    Mis    1  I  1.' '.s  !u,    ■  d  in  the  ^vor^ 

,111.1  iii.il.  .,i]'iM.  '  -\fter  Dr.  Eckel 

finisli.a  his  i  i  !  afiected  and  although 

he  return.  . 1  i"  i  ■.■..  cessary  for  his  wife  ' 

remain  l.\   1  is  si  .   indispensable  in  sen- 

ing  tb.c  piiblii  ..s  V,,  11.  .stoic  .liiir  store  was  added  to  the  lis 
until  the  lii in  cnviu  d  six  and  >Irs.  Eckels  did  all  the  purchasbs 
and  dislril.iiliii;-;  of  stock  for  tlie  same. 

During  one  year  Dr.  Eckels  had  a  long  siege  of  t>-phoi< 
fever  and  for  a  twelve  month,  liis  wife  cared  for  the  entin 
hu.siiiess  alone.  It  was  after  this  that  her  friends  urged  he 
t.>  t  ik.  til.'  si  ite  board  examination  witli  her  son  who  ■was 
stii.l.nt  It  th.  I'iiiladelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  woma 
w  h.i  h  i.l  .1.111  s.i  much  was  timid  and  doubted  her  own  couragi 
to  meet  the  examining  board.  Her  husband  went  witli  her  aE< 
she  and  her  son  took  the  test  side  by  side. 

Mrs.  Eckels  says,  "I  had  my  courage  in  both  hands.  _M] 
liusband  accompanied  me  so  I  would  not  change  my  mind 
There  were  only  three  or  four  women  present,  and  all  sortl 


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of  sensations  played  havoc  in  my  mind  as  I  entered  the  room 
with  so  many  men." 

The  wisdom  of  her  doing  this  soon  became  evident,  for  hav- 
ing visible  proof  of  her  efficiency  and  right  to  compound  pre- 
scriptions gave  her  confidence  and  put  her  thoroughly  at  her 
ease.  She  says  the  satisfaction  her  diploma  has  brought  her 
has  paid  for  all  the  study  and  anxioty  she  went  through  to 
earn  it.  She  now  knows  that  in  cis.  nf  nmssity  she  can  ni.iki' 
fcgood  and  no  one  can  deny  her  ilu  rijl  i  in  iKi  so.  She  <  n- 
courages  all  women  (especially  if  f.itlu  r,  son,  or  hu.'^h.uul  arc 
interested)  to  take  up  pharmacy  for  in  this  as  in  all  other  lines, 
the  field  is  broadening  and  her  influence  and  help  is  bound  to 
be  a  lasting  benefit,  not  only  to  the  profession  but  to  those 
who  wish  to  serve. 

Mrs.  Eckel's  son  is  now  a  surgeon  in  the  United  States  Army 
with  the  title  of  Captain  Lauren  S.  Eckels,  M.  C,  being  sta- 
tioned at  Fort  Grant  in  the  Panama  Canal  zone. 


A  SUCCESSFUL  WOMAN  PHARMACIST 

FEW  women  proprietors  of  drug  stores  have  made  a  greater 
all-around  success  of  pharmacy  tlian  jMrs,  Emily  C. 
McRae  of  Spokane,  Washington. 

A  Chicagoan  by  birth  and  education,  she  came  of  a 
family  in  which  druggists  and  doctors  were  numerous 

and  so  it  was  quite  natural   

she  should  follow  the  tradi- 
tions of  the  family  and  decide 
to  study  pharmacy. 

It  was  while  she  was  a  stu- 
dent of  pharmacy  there  that 
she  met  Mr.  McRae  who  was 
also  a  pharmacist.  Home  in- 
terests for  a  time  absorbed 
ler  attention,  but  as  both 
-naatuutqd  ut  pojsajajui  gj.i.u 
tical  matters,  it  was  quite  to 
"be  expected  that  when  Mr. 
McRae  opened  a  drug  store 
•in  Spokane  his  wife  woul 
lender  such  assistance  and 
advice  as  it  was  possible  for 
her  to  give.  Unfortunately  a 
year  later  Mr.  McRae  died, 
and  while  his  wife's  future 
was  well  taken  care  of  finan-  ;mrs.  Emily  C.  IMcRae 
x:ially,  she  could    not  bring 

iherself  to  give  up  the  business  of  which  they  had  hoped  so 
much. 

She  promptly  resumed  her  studies  and  had  no  difficulty  in 
■passing  the  State  Board.  Seeing  still  further  possibilities 
ahead,  Mrs.  McRae  specialized  in  the  study  of  medicine.  Her 
■business  has  proved  successful  and  her  customers  unusually 
loyal.  She  believes  in  intelligent  energy  constantly  applied  to 
business,  in  close  study,  careful  buying,  and  right  service  in 
selling.  She  thinks  no  small  part  of  her  own  success  has  been 
due  to  the  fact  that  she  has  made  a  point  of  remembering 
people  by  name  and  of  taking  a  personal  interest  in  the  in- 
•dividual  customers. 

Mrs.  McRae  has  built  up  a  splendid  business  and  in  addi- 
tion to  this  has  accumulated  considerable  real  estate.  Her 
business  life  has  not  caused  her  to  become  one-sided,  for  a 
more  feminine  woman  does  not  live  than  this  Washington 
lady.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Spokane  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  -Association,  is_  one  of  the 
Vice-Presidents  of  the  Spokane  Women's  Club  beside  being 
on  its  Board  of  Managers,  she  is  also  an  active  member  in  the 
Order  of  the  Eastern  Star,  of  the  Rebeccas,  and  of  the  Ladies 
of  the  Maccabees.  Nor  is  this  all,  for  her  social  and  civic 
interests  arc  many. 

Speaking  of  pharmacy  as  a  profession  for  women,  Mrs. 
McRao  declares  that  while  it  is  somewhat  confining,  she  be- 
lieves women  are  especially  fitted  for  the  work  because  they 
are  naturally  neat,  careful,  accurate,  and  reliable.  She  thinks 
if  a  woman  has  a  fondness  for  this  line  of  work  and  is  adapted 
to  it,  there  is  no  reason  why  she  should  not  make  a  success 
of  it.  She  has  found  no  unpleasant  prejudice  against  her 
work  on  account  of  her  sex  and  can  see  no  reason  \.iiy  young 
women  clerks  should  not  be  more  generally  employed,  pro- 
vided they  have  acquired  sufficient  knowledge  to  become  compe- 
tent in  the  work. 


AROUND  THE  CIRCUIT 

Miss  Nora  V.  Brendle  of  Wilmington,  Delaware,  was  hon- 
ored by  being  elected  state  secretary  of  the  Delaware  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  at  the  state  meeting  held  in  Wilmington, 
June  3. 

The  many  friends  of  Aliss  B.  Arete  Johnson,  the  popular 
woman  iiliarmacist  of  Penns  Grove,  Pa.,  will  be  pained  to. 
learn  of  the  critical  illness  of  her  mother.  Miss  Johnson's 
business  is  located  in  that  section  of  the  country  where  the 
manufacture  of  ammunition  and  powder  is  booming  because  of 
the  European  war. 

r^Irs.  Grace  Lee  Abbot,  who  has  until  recently  been  in  the 
employ  of  Professor  Joseph  P.  Remington  of  Philadelphia,  has 
accepted  a  responsible  position  in  a  large  sanitarium  on  the 
beautiful  Hudson  River. 

The  Philadelphia  Chapter  of  the  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D.  held  a 
moonlight  excursion  on  the  evening  of  June  24  on  the  Dela- 
ware river,  the  Wilmington  chapter  coming  up  to  Philadelphia 
on  the  boat  and  joining  the  ladies  of  that  city  there. 

The  annual  dinner  of  Philadelphia  chapter  No.  6  will  be 
held  at  Willow  Grove  on  the  last  Thursday  in  July. 

The  new  officers  of  the  Chicago  Chapter  No.  2  for  the  com- 
ing year  are  women  well  known  in  drug  circles.  President, 
Mrs.  Horace  C.  Nelson ;  first  vice-president,  Mrs.  Joseph  For- 
brich;  second  vice-president,  Mrs.  E.  A.  Hartke;  third  vice- 
president,  Mrs.  A.  L.  Coppock ;  recording  secretary,  Mrs.  Julius 
Riemenschneider;  corresponding  secretary,  Mrs.  Anton  P. 
Hess;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Louis  A.  Schmid. 

Mrs.  W.  S.  Elkin,  Jr.,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.  died  Saturday,  May 
2.?.  She  was  one  of  the  early  members  of  the  W.  O.  and 
active  in  the  work  of  the  Atlanta  chapter  during  the  short 
time  of  its  life.  Mr.  Elkin  and  a  son  mourn  her  loss  as  well 
as  a  host  of  friends. 

Dr.  Walter  E.  Lee,  the  only  son  of  Mrs.  William  E.  Lee, 
Philadelphia,  sailed  May  20  for  Bordeaux,  France.  After  a 
motoring  trip  through  Spain,  he  will  enter  the  American  Hos- 
pital in  Paris  to  serve  there  during  July,  August,  and  Sep- 
tember. 

Philadelphia  Chapter  No.  6  of  the  W.  O.  has  elected  offi- 
cers for  the  following  year.  They  are :  President,  Mrs.  William 
E.  Lee;  first  vice-president,  Mrs.  H.  C.  Clapham ;  second  vice- 
president,  Mrs.  Samuel  C.  Henry ;  third  vice-president,  Mrs. 
Charles  E.  King;  fourth  vice-president,  Mrs.  Frank  W.  Fluck; 
fifth  vice-president,  ]\Irs.  Robert  Simpson;  recording  secretary, 
Mrs.  William  T.  Burke;  corresponding  secretary,  Mrs.  L.  R. 
Hoffeckcr;  treasurer,  Miss  .-Annie  M.  Kessler. 


St.  Louis  Chapter  W.  O.  No.  8  is  to  be  headed  by  the  fol- 
lowing well  known  women  during  the  coming  year.  President, 
!Mrs.  Richard  Kring;  vice-president,  Mrs.  A.  S.  Ludwig;  re- 
cording secretary,  IVirs.  Fred  Uhlich;  corresponding  secretary, 
Mrs.  Gustav  Kring;  treasure:-,  Mrs.  Phil.  Vrerhellcr. 


Miss  Nora  V.  Brendle  has  been  re-elected  president  of  the 
Wilmington  Chapter  No.  12  for  the  coming  year.  She  will 
be  assisted  by  first  vice-president,  Mrs.  Oscar  Draper;  second 
vice-president,  Mrs.  Walter  Morgan;  recording  secretary,  Mrs. 
Charles  Thompson;  corresponding  secretary,  Mrs.  D.  I.  ]\Ic- 
Colly;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Norman  Downes. 

A  delegation  of  the  ladies  of  Loui^jlle  Chapter  No.  11  at- 
tended the  annual  meeting  of  the  iSntucky  Federation  of 
Women's  Clubs  recently  held  at  Lexington,  Ky.  The  attend- 
ance of  such  delegates  at  large  gatherings  of  women  is  ex- 
tremely desirable,  that  the  importance  of  pure  drugs  as  well  as 
pure  foods  be  emphasized  in  the  public  mind.  A  large  repre- 
sentation of  the  same  Chapter  women  were  present  at  the 
Kentucky  Pharmaceutical  Association  convention  held  at  Daw- 
son Springs  in  June 


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FOREIGN  ABSTRACTS 


Sodium  Glycerophosphate — 

The  structure  of  crystallized  sodium  glycerophosphate  repre- 
'sents  the  molecule  as  containing  phosphoric  acid  in  which  one 
hydrogen  atom  is  esterified  with  glycerin,  while  the  ether  two 
hydrogens  are  replaced  by  sodium.  But  the  question  is  left 
open  as  to  whether  the  glycerin  group  is  joined  by  the  primary 
or  secondary  alcoholic  group.  Carre  and  Paolini,  who  have 
studied  the  problem,  have  arrived  at  opposite  conclusions,  the 
former  stating  that  the  glycerin  is  joined  in  the  alpha  position, 
by  means  of  a  primary  alcohol  group,  while  the  latter  considers 
the  ester  as  the  beta  form,  in  which  the  glycerin  is  joined  by 
the  secondary  alcohol  group.  These  results  were  based  on  a 
study  of  brucine  glycerophosphate  prepared  from  the  sodium 
salt.  Grimbert  and  Bailly  attack  the  question  in  a  new  manner, 
by  observing  the  effect  of  oxidizing  agents,  such  as  bromine 
water,  on  the  glycerin  group.  They  find  that  24  hours  of  oxi- 
dation in  the  cold,  by  means  of  bromine  water,  give  a  reaction 
product  with  crystallized  sodium  glycerophosphate  which  re- 
acts with  Deniges'  resorcinol  solution,  forming  a  colored  sub- 
stance, while  the  uncrystallizable  sodium  glycerophosphate  does 
not  give  such  a  product.  The  ester  containing  the  primary 
alcoholic  group  would  alone  be  capable  of  forming  an  acetone 
derivative  which  would  react  with  the  Deniges  reagent,  and  it 
is  found  that  only  the  uncrystallizable  salt  of  sodium  behaves 
in  this  way.  It  is  therefore  concluded  that  the  crystallized  salt 
has  the  beta  form,  and  that  the  alcohol  grouping  in  it  is  sec- 
ondary. (Grimbert  and  Bailly,  J.  Pharm.  Chim.,  1915,  p  IS:  ) 
Stable  Emulsions — 

Stable  emulsions  of  almond  or  olive  oil  may  be  prepared, 
according  to  Breitmann,  by  replacing  the  water  by  almond  milk. 
A  still  greater  degree  of  stability  is  attained,  according  to  Apo- 
lant,  by  adding  0.2  g.  of  salicylic  acid  to  each  IS  cc.  of 
emulsion.  Emulsions  prepared  in  this  manner  will  remain 
perfect,  in  summer  weather,  for  at  least  a  week.  The  addition 
is  without  influence  on  the  action  of  the  remedy,  and  has  no 
bad  effect  on  the  stomach.  (Pharm.  Zentralhalle,  1915,  p.  124.) 
Reactions  of  Strophanthin  K.  and  G. — 

Reichard  makes  use  of  the  varying  behavior  of  the  two  varie- 
ties of  strophanthin  with  sulphuric  acid,  to  distinguish  between 
them.  If  a  small  bit  of  each  substance  is  placed  on  a  micro- 
scope slide  and  moistened  with  90  per  cent  sulphuric  acid, 
the  Kombe'  strophanthin  dissolves  at  once,  while  the  Gratus 
variety  remains  undissolved  for  hours.  On  warming,  both  kinds 
take  on  an  intense  green  color.  If  the  dry  substances  are 
treated  in  the  cold  with  pure  sulphuric  acid,  k-strophanthin  in 
the  cold,  takes  on  the  green  color,  while  g-strophanthin  re- 
mains unaffected,  becoming  green,  however,  on  heating.  If  the 
two  tests  are  then  allowed  to  stand  in  the  cold,  the  k-strophan- 
thin changes  gradually  to  a  pigeon-blue  amorphous  precipitate, 
a  reaction  which  is  very  characteristic.  The  g-strophanthin 
may,  at  times,  show  an  irridescent  play  of  colors,  which  is 
lacking  in  the  k-strophanthin.  Potassium  dichromate  greatly 
increases  the  solubility  of  g-strophanthin  in  water,  and  from 
the  yellow  solution  branching  crystals  of  a  double  compound 
separate  on  drying.  Ammonium  molybdate  and  alkaline  tung- 
states  give  more  or  less  characteristic  color  reactions  with  both 
glucosides.  Results  with  iodic  acid,  ferro-  and  ferri-cyanide 
and  nitroprusside  were  negative.  Copper  and  nickel  sulphates 
give  remarkable  color  phenomena,  but  nothing  characteristic. 
G-strophanthin  heated  with  diphenylamine  and  water  on  a 
slide  forms  oily  drops,  which  solidify  on  cooling.  If  sulphuric 
acid  is  added  to  this  residue,  a  deep  violet-blue  color  appears, 
which  soon  pales  and  disappears,  the  solution  becoming  tur- 
bid. If  heat  is  again  applied,  the  blue  color  returns.  K- 
strophanthin  does  not  give  these  reactions.  Further  new  reac- 
tions with  chloral  hydrate,  alpha-  and  beta-naphthol,  tannic 
acid,  and  glycerophosphoric  acid  are  described,  for  details  of 
which  the  original  must  be  consulted.  (Reichard,  Pharm. 
Zentralhalle,  1915,  pp.  159,  174.) 
Edestin  in  Pepsin  Assay — 

Edestin,  a  vegetable  globulin,  obtained  from  hemp  seed,  may 
be  substituted  with  advantage  for  fibrin  or  coagulated  egg  al- 
bumin in  the  assay  of  pepsin.    It  is  prepared  by  extracting 


bruised  fat-free  hemp  seed  with  10  per  cent,  sodium  chloride 
solution,  from  which  solution  it  is  precipitated  by  adding  a 
large  volume  of  water.  The  salt  may  also  be  removed  by 
dialysis.  Edestin  is  insoluble  in  pure  water,  but  soluble  in 
many  neutral  salt  solutions  and  in  2.5  per  cent  hydrochloric 
acid,  from  which  it  is  precipitated  by  the  addition  of  nitric 
acid.  0.2  g.  of  pepsin  of  the  strength  of  the  French  Codex 
will  digest  20  cc.  of  a  0.5  per  cent  solution  of  edestin  in  2.5 
per  cent  hydrochloric  acid,  in  15  minutes,  the  temperature 
being  50°.  The  presence  of  undigested  edestin  may  be  shown 
by  the  addition  of  30  drops  of  nitric  acid  to  the  cooled  solu- 
tion. (Delaunay  and  Bailly,  Bull.  Sci.  Pharmacolog.,  1915,  p. 
389;  through  J.  Soc.  Chem.  Ind.) 
Test  for  Peroxide  in  Ether — 

In  a  test  tube  are  placed  2  or  3  drops  each  of  a  freshly  pre- 
pared solution  of  ferrous  suphate  and  of  potassium  sulphocy- 
anide,  5  cc.  of  the  purest  ether,  and  the  liquid  to  be  examined. 
After  shaking  the  mixture,  the  presence  of  peroxide  is  shown 
by  the  appearance  of  a  red  color  in  the  ether.  Instead  of  fer- 
rous sulphate,  which  always  contains  ferric  salt,  ferrous  am- 
monium sulphate  (Mohr's  salt),  is  preferable.  This  test  is 
stated  to  be  much  superior  to  that  of  the  German  Pharmaco- 
poeia, in  which  potassium  iodide  is  used.  Dietze  recommends 
the  following  proceedure  in  testing  ether  pro  narcosi :  5  cc.  of 
the  ether  are  shaken  with  1  cc.  of  decinormal  ammonium  sulpho- 
cyanide  solution  and  2  drops  of  a  fresh  and  acidulated  solu- 
tion of  ferrous  ammonium  sulphate  in  water,  which  has  been 
boiled  and  cooled.  (Dietze,  Apoth.  Ztg.,  1915;  through  Pharm. 
J.) 

Detection  of  Paraffin  in  Beeswax — 

One  gram  of  wax  is  saponified  on  a  flame  for  one  hour  with 
10  cc.  of  half-normal  alcoholic  potash,  and  10  cc.  of  alcohol 
(denatured  may  be  used).  The  flask  is  taken  from  the  flame, 
and  the  liquid  stirred  continuously  with  a  thermometer  until 
the  solution  just  becomes  cloudy,  when  the  temperature  is 
noted.  The  end  point  is  very  sharp  and  constant.  In  the  case 
of  pure  waxes,  the  cloudiness  is  followed  by  the  immediate 
precipitation  of  large  flocks;  with  adulterated  samples,  the 
clouding  is  gradual,  and  flocculation  does  not  occur  until  a 
lower  temperature  is  reached.  Carnauba,  Japan,  insect,  or 
stearin  wax  does  not  interfere  appreciably  with  the  end  point, 
but  as  little  as  5  per  cent  of  paraffin  raises  the  temperature  of 
clouding  considerably.  In  waxes  of  the  East  Indian  type,  S 
per  cent  of  paraffin  will  raise  the  point  from  56°  to  61-62°,  and 
10  per  cent  raises  it  to  74-75°.  With  waxes  of  the  European 
type,  the  clouding  temperature  for  pure  waxes  is  60° ;  with  5 
per  cent  paraffin,  63-64°,  and  with  10  per  cent,  74-75°.  (Sala- 
mon  and  Seaber,  J.  Soc.  Chem.  Ind.,  1915,  p.  461.) 

New  Test  for  Salicylic  Acid — 

If  a  trace  of  salicylic  acid  or  a  salicylate  is  added  to  a  few 
drops  of  cooled  mixture  of  equal  parts  by  volume  of  pure  sul- 
phuric acid  and  40  per  cent  formaldehyde  solution,  and  a  trace 
of  ammonium  vanadate  is  added,  immediately  a  color  like  Prus- 
sian blue  is  produced,  rapidly  changing  to  green.  Salicylic 
aldehyde  gives  a  pale  yellow  color  before  tlie  addition  of  the 
vanadate,  but  otherwise  reacts  in  the  same  manner.  All  other 
phenols  or  phenolic  substances  either  give  no  coloration,  or 
give  varying  shades  of  red,  brown,  or  green.  The  reagents 
alone  may  give  an  orange  coloration,  changing  to  green.  (Self, 
Pharm.  J,,  1915,  p.  521.) 

Quiniodol — 

This  new  remedy  is  used  as  a  substitute  for  iodoform,  and 
has  a  less  unpleasant  odor.  It  is  applied  as  a  dusting  powder. 
Two  strengths  are  made,  containing  5  and  10  per  cent  of  iodine. 
They  are  prepared  by  dissolving  5  or  10  g.  of  iodine  in  100  or 
200  g.  of  ether,  and  adding  the  solution  to  100  g.  of  very  finely 
powdered  red  cinchona  bark,  and  tlicn  triturating  tlie  mixttire 
until  the  ether  has  completely  evaporated.  The  cost  is  much 
less  than  that  of  iodoform,  and  tlie  efficacy  is  said  to  be  great 
fspcciallv  for  gangrenous  and  infected  wounds.  (Mouchet  and 
Malbec'Rep.  Pharm.,  1915,  p,  83.) 


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I 


THE  QUESTION  BOX 

The  '  'Hoxju  to  Do  It ' '  Department 


Conducted  by  Pharmaceutical  Experts 

For  the  benefit  of  ERA  Subscribers 


Liquefied  vs.  Solution  of  Carbolic  Acid 

(B.  G.  B.) — ^The  Pharmacopoeia  recognizes  liquefied  phenol 
(carbolic  acid)  under  the  title  Phenol  Liquefactum  (liquefied 
carbolic  acid)  which  is  prepared  by  melting  carbolic  acid 
on  a  water-bath,  and  then  adding  for  every  9  parts  by  weight 
of  melted  carbolic  acid,  1  part  by  weight  of  water,  and  mixing 
thoroughly.  This  liquid,  if  made  from  official  phenol  (car- 
bolic acid)  contains  86.4  per  cent,  of  absolute  carbolic  acid 
and  13.6  per  cent  of  water.  If  your  sample  of  carbolic  acid 
crj'stais  answers  the  pharmacopoeial  requirements,  5  pounds, 
when  melted,  will  require  the  addition  of  5/9  pound  of  water 
(by  weight)  to  make  the  official  liquefied  acid. 

This  liquefied  acid  is  that  usually  employed  for  dispensing 
purposes  as  it  can  be  readily  poured  out  and  measured,  thereby 
saving  the  trouble  of  weighing  the  crystalline  acid.  If  car- 
bolic acid  be  prescribed  without  other  qualification,  the  crystal- 
line acid,  at  least  theoretically,  should  be  dispensed,  but  in 
our  obser\-ation  and  experience,  not  one  physician  in  ten 
expects  that  the  crystalline  acid  will  be  used,  as  he  supposes 
the  acid  is  in  liquid  form. 

When  more  water  is  added  to  liquefied  carbolic  acid,  the 
mLxture  becomes  cloudy  and  so  continues  until  1500  parts  of 
water  have  been  added,  when  the  conditions  are  reversed,  the 
water  dissolving  the  acid,  while  in  the  first  instance,  it  is 
held  that  the  acid  dissolves  tlie  water  (in  making  the  lique- 
fied acid). 

The  only  standard  solution  of  carbolic  acid  in  glycerin  that 
we  can  recall  is  the  U.  S.  P.  "glycerite  of  phenol",  which  is 
made  by  mi.xing  "'liquefied  carbolic  acid",  with  glycerin  in 
the  proportion  of  20  parts  by  volume  of  the  former  to  80 
parts  by  volume  of  the  latter;  thus: 

Liquefied  phenol    20  Cc. 

Glycerin    80  Cc. 

Add  the  liquefied  phenol  to  the  glycerin,  and  stir  thoroughly 
until  mi.xed.  This  official  solution  in  glycerin  should  not  be 
confused  with  the  so-called  "carbolated  glycerin",  which  is 
usually  made  by  mixing  1  dram  of  carbolic  acid  to  the  fluid 
ounce  of  finished  product.  There  is  no  official  solution  of 
carbolic  acid  in  alcohol,  although  phenol  is  readily  soluble  in 
the  latter. 

Compound  Mixture  of  Helenin 
(R.  S.  T.) — We  are  unable  to  find  a  formula  under  this  title 
in  any  of  the  reference  works  at  our  command,  although  it  is 
possible  that  something  of  this  character  has  been  published. 
According  to  the  United  States  Dispensatory,  a  2  per  cent, 
solution  of  helenin  in  almond  oil  has  been  recommended  as  an 
efficient  local  remedy  in  the  treatment  of  diphtheria,  the  solu- 
tion being  painted  on  tb»  false  membrane  formed  in  the  disease 
after  first  dusting  with  powdered  camphor,  the  operation  being 
repeated  every  four  hours.  Helenin  (alantollactone,  alantcam- 
phor)  is  found  in  the  root  of  Inula  Helenium  or  elecampane. 
It  is  insoluble  in  water,  but  dissolves  readily  in  ether,  alcohol, 
petroleum  ether,  chloroform,  benzol,  and  fatty  oils.  E.  Merck 
("Annual  Report,"  Darmstadt,  1913)  quotes  Bokenheim  as 
stating  that  helenin  has  an  inhibitory  effect  on  the  growth  of 
tubercle  bacilli  in  a  dilution  of  1  in  10,000,  and  it  has  been 
used  with  success  in  tuberculosis,  whooping-cough  and  bron- 
chial affections.  L.  Renon,  also  quoted  by  Merck,  prescribes, 
to  combat  the  cough  in  phthisis,  helenin  in  combination  with 
peronin  and  thebaine,  in  the  form  of  powders  or  pills  con- 
taining "peronin,  1/6  grain;  thebaine,  1/6  grain  and  helenin. 


1/3  grain  for  a  dose.  Two  doses  are  given  daily  at  intervals  of 
about  5  hours." 

Helenin  should  not  be  confused  with  the  so-called  neutral 
principle  "helonin,"  employed  in  eclectic  practice  as  a  uterine 
tonic  and  in  diseases  peculiar  to  females,  and  which  is  given  in 
dose  of  J/^  to  2  grains.  It  has  also  been  recommended  as  a 
vermifuge  in  4  grain  doses  (Parrish). 

Bleaching'  Stra'W 

(G.  A.  P.) — The  "chemicals"  generally  employed  by  hatters 
to  bleach  straw  are  chlorinated  lime,  sulphurous  acid,  hydrogen 
peroxide,  sodium  dioxide  and  sodium  perborate.  Usually,  chlo- 
rinated lime  is  used  for  the  light  shades,  the  straw  being  al- 
lowed to  stand  from  twelve  to  twenty-four  hours  in  a  clear  5 
per  cent  solution.  It  is  then  washed  with  water,  again  washed 
with  a  2  to  5  per  cent  solution  of  sodium  hyposulphite  or  ni- 
trite, and  finally  with  water.  The  last  traces  of  chlorine  are 
removed  by  drying  in  bright  sunlight.  Instead  of  chlorinated 
lime,  electrolytically  produced  hypochlorite  of  magnesium,  sodi- 
um and  aluminum  may  be  advantageously  employed,  the  hypo- 
chlorite thus  prepared  possessing  greater  decolorizing  power 
than  that  produced  by  ordinary  chemical  methods. 

The  process  of  bleaching  with  sulphurous  acid  is  similar  to 
the  "sulphuring"  or  "stovuig"  used  for  wool  bleaching.  This 
can  be  carried  out  with  a  sulphurous  acid  solution.  The  straw 
is  covered  with  a  solution  of  sodium  bisulphite,  and  hydrochlor- 
ic acid  is  gradually  added-  The  straw  is  washed  successively 
in  water,  ammoniacal  water,  and  then  again  in  water.  The 
formation  of  some  sulphuric  acid  in  this  process  tends,  it  is 
said,  to  render  the  straw  brittle.  The  simple  bleaching  of 
straw  by  means  of  a  solution  of  hydrogen  peroxide  made  alka- 
line by  the  addition  of  sodium  silicate  or  timgstate,  usually 
does  not  give  a  pure  white  straw.  Sodium  dioxide  (peroxide) 
is  also  extensively  employed  for  bleaching  purposes,  the  addi- 
tion of  a  dilute  acid  to  an  aqueous  solution  of  this  compound 
causing  the  liberation  of  hydrogen  peroxide.  Sodium  perborate 
is  similarly  employed  for  bleaching  purposes,  and  a  formula  in 
which  this  agent  is  named  and  which  is  recommended  for 
bleaching  straw  hats,  is  given  in  the  Era  Formulary,  page  286. 

Magnesium  Carbonate  in  Cake  Form 

(G.  L.  C.) — As  we  understand  it,  magnesium  carbonate  isi 
generally  put  into  cake  form  at  the  time  of  manufacture.  It" 
may  be  prepared  in  several  ways,  depending  mainly  upon  the- 
source  from  which  the  magnesia  is  derived,  as  each  mineral": 
requires  a  different  method  of  treatment,  according  to  its  com-- 
position.  However,  it  may  be  prepared  from  a  solution  of 
magnesium  sulphate  by  adding  sodium  carbonate,  and  boiling' 
the  mixed  solutions.  In  the  reaction  magnesium  carbonate  and 
sodium  sulphate  are  formed.  The  latter  being  soluble,  is 
washed  out,  while  the  magnesium  carbonate  is  collected,  pressed 
mto  squares  or  cubes,  called  bricks,  dried  at  a  moderate  heat, 
and  wrapped  in  paper. 

?riys  the  New  York  Health  Board: 

■  It  In^  rome  to  the  notice  of  the  Department  of  Health 
tlMt  P  ir  ii.lifnylenediamin  is  being  extensively  used  in  hair 
dyes.  Thi.s  substance  is  an  irritant  poison  and  frequently 
produces  dermatitis  looking  not  unlike  the  eruption  of  small- 
pox. The  Department  warns  against  the  use  of  this  prepa- 
ration for  the  purpose  mentioned  and  has  taken  steps  to 
prevent  its  use." 


310 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[July,  191.". 


Nomenclature  of  Drugs 

The  Tendency  of  Druggists  and  Physicians 
to  Use  Proprietary  Rather  than 
Scientific  Names 

THE  decision  of  the  International  Commission  on  Zoologi- 
cal Nomenclature  in  regard  to  the  name  "ancylostoma" 
has  excited  lively  interest.*  This  seems  somewhat  singu- 
lar in  view  of  the  general  indifference  to  the  nomenclature  of 
drugh.  Perhaps  it  would  be  better  to  say  that  the  apathy  of 
the  medical  profession  toward  the  deplorably  chaotic  condition 
of  drug  nomenclature  is  singular  and  requires  explanation. 
Certainly  no  irregularity  and  no  innovation  in  the  naming  of  a 
parasite  can  produce  the  harm  and  inconvenience  that  result 
from  the  haphazard  naming  of  remedial  agents. 

The  first  requisite  of  successful  prescribing  is  to  know  what 
one  is  giving.  If  the  prescriber  has  not  clearly  in  mind  the 
exact  properties  and  character  of  the  drug  prescribed,  he  does 
not  know  that  drug.  The  mellifluous  and  meaningless  name 
preferred  for  its  "convenience"  to  a  chemically  descriptive  name 
is  too  often  an  alias,  masking  the  actual  relationships  of  the 
substance.  Thus,  whereas  the  name  "diacetylmorphin"  tends 
to  remind  the  user  of  the  dangerous  properties  of  the  drug,  the 
convenient  name  "heroin"  has  no  such  associations;  undoubted- 
ly the  name  has  conduced  to  more  reckless  employment  of  this 
habit-forming  preparation.  The  name  "atoxyl"  was  given  to 
sodium  arsanilate  presumably  to  indicate  its  alleged  harmless- 
ness ;  but  the  preparation  has  belied  its  name  by  exhibiting 
decidedly  poisonous  action.  The  influence  of  the  name  must 
have  been  both  actively  and  passively  mischievous — actively,  so 
far  as  it  seemed  to  promise  innocuousness,  and  passively  so  far 
as  it  merely  disguised  the  real  nature  of  the  drug. 

Since  the  action  of  drugs  depends  on  their  chemical  nature, 
the  names  should  at  least  suggest  the  chernical  composition 
and  relationship  of  the  substances  (as  the  name  "acetanilid," 
indicating  a  compound  of  acetic  acid  and  anilin)  or,  at  any 
rate,  indicate  from  what  they  are  derived  (as  the  names  "co- 
cain"  from  coca,  and  "strophanthin"  from  strophanthus) .  The 
tendency  toward  names  like  antipyrin  (against  fever),  diuretin 
(to  promote  the  urinary  flow)  and  migrainin  (for  headache)  — 
that  is,  toward  names  suggestive  of  a  therapeutic  use  rather 
than  of  the  actual  properties  and  character  of  the  drugs — is  one 
to  be  deplored  and  discouraged.  Such  monstrosities  as  "veronal" 
(said  to  commemorate  the  fact  that  one  of  the  promoters  of 
the  drug  thought  of  this  name  while  passing  through  Verona) 
and  "stovaine"  (a  pun  on  a  man's  name)  are  objectionable 
simply  because  they  give  no  clue  to  the  real  character  of  the 
substance. 

Then  in  the  case  of  preparations  protected  only  by  trade- 
marked  names,  the  financial  side  comes  in.  Hexamethylenamin 
is  quoted  under  this,  its  correct  name,  in  a  current  catalogue  at 
13  cents  an  ounce;  under  the  proprietary  and  therapeutically 
suggestive  names  "Uritone,"  "Urotropin"  and  "Cystogen,"  at 
35  cents,  60  cents  and  $1  an  ounce,  respectively — certainly  a 
high  tax  for  a  short  name.  Theobromin  sodium  salicylate  was 
for  years  C|Viote(l  under  its  true  name  at  35  cents  an  ounce; 
under  the  pi  ,i  if  tar>  name  "Diuretin,"  the  same  substance,  not 
.superior  in  ihn  iix|hii,  is  quoted  at  $1.75  an  ounce — an  in- 
ci-ia.-ic  of  4IIII  p.  I  .  -  Ill   in  in'ice  for  a  name  I 


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mcnil"  I  ill- 
gen"  '  I  !-- 
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scientific  na 
bestowed  h% 
and  tli-a  -i" 
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ivc,  but  because  tney  arc  kept  he 
consciousness  and  stamped  on 


y  medical  student  was 
igy,  and  was  thus  en- 


abled to  understand  the  meaning  of  anatomic  and  pathologii 
terms,  no  matter  how  many  syllables  they  contained,  whereas 
chemistry  and  pharmacology  were  so  slighted  that  most  medicai 
students  had  little,  if  any  understanding,  of  the  principles  oi 
chemical  terminology.  Such  students  (now  physicians)  find  m 
difficulty  in  remembering  the  anatomic  names  "supinator  radi 
brevis"  because  they  understand  what  each  component  of  th- 
term  means;  but  the  U.  S.  P.  name  "hexa-methylen-amin," 
thoroughly  understood  by  the  organic  chemist,  means  nothir.. 
to  them,  and  consequently  they  forget  it  readily.  For  this  th-: 
may  be  pardoned ;  but  they  are  less  pardonable  if  they  tr\-  i 
make  their  ignorance  a  reason  against  the  general  adoption  of 
scientific  nomenclature.  The  younger  members  of  the  prof-.- 
sion,  moreover — those  who  have  graduated  from  the  better  clj- 
of  medical  colleges  within  the  last  ten  years — ought  to  f- 
that  an  admission  that  they  do  not  understand  such  chemi( 
terms  is  discreditable;  it  means  that  they  have  failed  to  pro:, 
as  they  should  have  profited  from  both  their  preliminary  ar, 
their  medical  education.  It  is  time  for  the  profession  geiiera!. 
to  realize  that  an  anatomy  whose  nomenclature  depended  -  : 
the  inexact  terminology  of  common  speech  would  be  no  mor 
discreditable  and  hampering  to  modern  medicine  than  a  i  har- 
maceutical  chemistry  similarly  bereft  of  scientific  nomenclatur': 
We  should  eschew  the  fanciful  and  therapeutically  suggesti'.- 
names  provided  by  manufacturers.  For  nonpatented  substarc-  ■ 
let  us  use  the  U.  S.  P.  or  other  nonproprietary  names,  and  :- 
new  patented  products,  let  us  insist  that  names  at  least  sugg---- 
ing  the  chemical  (not  the  alleged  therapeutic)  nature  of  t-. 
drug  be  adopted. —  (Journ.  of  the  A.  M.  A.) 


K  ilt  Comment),  The  Jour- 
Correspondence,  April  17. 


"DRUG  TRUST"  CASE  COMES  UP  AGAIN 

Although  it  has  been  eighteen  years  since  the  John  D.  Pari 
&  Sons  Co.,  wholesale  druggists  of  Cincinnati,  instituted  pr- 
ceedings  in  the  Federal  Courts  against  the  wholesale  house 
Schieffelin  &  Co.  and  a  number  of  other  wholesale  and  ret;: 
drug  concerns  for  attempted  combination  in  restraint  of  tra-. 
and  ten  years  since  the  issuance  of  the  famous  "Indianapo. 
decision"  declaring  the  tripartite  agreement  of  the  X.  W.  D.  .\ 
the  P.  A.  of  A.  and  the  X.  A.  R.  D.  to  be  a  violation 
the  Sherman  anti-trust  law,  the  taking  of  testimony  still  c-  : 
tinues  for  the  purposes  of  a  final  adjudication  as  to  the  damaL; 
the  complainants  are  entitled  to  recover. 

The  present  proceeding  is  an  order  secured  by  the  complai: 
ants  directing  Dr.  William  Jay  Schieffelin,  president  of  Schi-. 
felin  &  Co.,  Xew  York  City,  to  testify  before  ex- Judge  iMani 
Stover,  who  was  appointed  to  take  testimony.  Besides  the  fir- 
of  Schieffelin  &  Co.  lieing  a  member  of  the  X.  W.  D.  A.,  D 
Schieffelin  was  president  of  the  organization  in  1910.  and  fr( - 
1906  to  1909  inclusive,  was  chairman  of  its  committee  on  pv 
prietary  goods,  and  the  plaintiff  alleges  that  he  is  a  materi 
witness  in  the  case,  and  that  he  will  be  able  to  testify  that  t; 
means  employed  to  maintain  prici-s  were  to  punish  all  dealer- 
whether  wholesale  or  retail,  who  were  guilty  of  an  infractii 
of  the  defendants'  rules  by  refusing  to  sell  them  goods. 

The  order  for  Dr.  Schieffelin's  exaniir  ■  ■  :  i-  s  that  he 
shall  produce  all  reports,  lists  of  deal---  "d  letters 

received  bv  the  Schieffelin  firm  from  tl  -  i  proprie- 

tary goods  of  th,-  X.  W.  D.  .\..  an-l  fr-  ii.-  N  A,  K.  D.  con- 
taining a  list  (-1  iliusr  who  -l--ih  iili  th.e  plaimil'f  either  as 
buyers  or  s.  11- is,  li  is  all- -1  tl..ii  tl.is  list  was  prepared 
aid  tlie  d.  frn-l ants  in  their  efforts  to  keep  the  plaintiff  from 
beiii'j;  siippli- d  w  ith  goods. 

.\lt-  I  main  n  onths  of  litigation  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
T'nit-il  St, It--  in  1911  decided  in  tire  case  of  the  Dr.  Miles 
M--li,  ,1  (  \.  the  John  D.  Park  S:  Sons  Co.  that  the  direct 
s-iiil  n  n-il  lina  plan  of  marketing  proprietan.-  medicines 
ill,  ■.;  il  I-  I  111  'restraint  of  trade,"  while  for  similar  reason! 
the  pi  i---li!';:^  ,  1  i,  li  I  ilminated  in  tlie  "Indianapolis  decision' 
wcK  l  -miii  It  -  :  1  iilier  date.  In  that  decision  the  Federi 
Court  clis^-iKi  .l  tin  I -Miibination  and  warned  against  any  con- 
tinuance of  the  alleged  conspiracy. 

School  Superintendent  Condon,  of  Cincinnati.  Ohio,  has 
announced  that  a  co-operative  course  for  druggists'  apprenticia 
woul  be  inaugurated  in  the  Woodward  High  School,  that  city  bi-- 
ginning  in  September.  The  course  is  designed  to  supply  de- 
ficiencies in  preliminary  educational  qualifications,  and  ther-> 
by  supplement  college  of  pharmacy  instruction,  .\rraiigement 
have  been  made  with  Cincinnati  druggists  which  will  p«r 
mit  students  to  spend  two  weeks  in  the  class  room  and  tv( 
weeks  each  month  at  practical  work  in  a  drug  store. 


July,  1915]  TITE  PirAR^AIACEUTICAL  £R\  311 

CAMERAS  AND  PHOTO  SUPPLIES 


"My  Best  Paying  Side  Line,"  Says  Druggist 


Display  of  cameras  and  photo  supplies  by  Graham  &  McCloskey  of  Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  and  the  Ansco  camera  girl. 


i^rpHE  best  paying  side-line  a  drug  store  can  handle," 
I  is  the  way  Ernest  Reinley,  manager  of  the  photo- 
graphic department  in  the  Gjaham  and  McCloskey  drug 
store  in  Elizabeth,  X.  J.,  characterizes  cameras  and  photo- 
graphic supplies.  Although  conditions  may  vary  in  different 
cities  and  towns.  Mr.  Remley  sets  forth  his  idea  as  a  general 
rule  and  he  is  m  a  way  well  qualified  to  speak  on  the  sub- 
ject, since  he  has  for  several  years  been  connected  with  the 
Graham  and  McCloskey  store  and  is  well  versed  in  photo- 
graphic matters. 

The  Graham  and  McCloskey  store  in  Elizabeth  is  today 
conducting  an  extensive  photo  supply  business,  one  of  the 
largest  in  that  city.  The  department  is  an  important  one  in 
the  store  and  the  show  windows  are  seldom  without  a  photo- 
graphic display  even  during  the  "off  seasons."  The  store  has 
been  conducting  the  department  for  three  years  and,  in  that 
time,  it  has  become  the  general  custom  of  drug  stores  in  all 
parts  of  Elizabeth  to  handle  photo  supplies  more  or  less  ex- 
tensively. When  the  Graham  and  McCloskey  department  was 
established  it  was  only  on  a  small  scale.  A  few  cameras 
were  placed  in  stock  with  a  small  amount  of  films  and  other 
supplies  and  in  a  short  time,  under  the  managership  of  Mr. 
Remley,  the  department  was  flourishing.  Since  that  time 
when  it  was  more  or  less  of  an  innovation,  it  has  grown  more 
than  300  percent. 

According  to  Mr.  Remley  the  profit  in  a  photo  supply  de- 
partment is  in  the  developing  and  printing  work  which  ac- 
companies it. 

"Of  course,"  Mr.  Remley  explained,  "we  get  a  good  profit  on 
the  cameras  we  sell  but  the  attraction  in  the  department  is 


in  the  amount  of  developing  and  printing  which  you  can 
obtain.  Some  druggists,  recognizing  this,  even  go  so  far  as 
to  develop  all  fihns  free  of  charge,  charging  only  for  printing. 
Not  only  is  the  developing  and  printing  a  source  of  revenue  in 
the  department  but  it  is  also  a  criterion  by  which  the  entire 
department  is  known. 

"To  build  up  the  department,  you  must  give  good  service 
in  developing  and  printing.  If  a  customer  knows  of  your  store 
as  the  place  to  get  the  best  developing  and  printing,  the 
natural  result  is  that  when  that  customer  needs  a  new  camera 
or  extra  supplies,  you  will  get  the  business.  So  the  im- 
portance of  giving  good  .service  in  the  photographic  depart- 
ment (  in  not  ovcrcstiinatid.  .\s  f:ir  ;is  tlif  jirnfits  are 
com  .-in..  I.  in  :i  w.-ll  palroni/..-.!  d -j.  nti-i.  ni.  if  I  s. -cured  my 
CUsto;:-;.    .  L  .  ,  1.  ipin-  :in.l   i.rinlin-j  I.   --.MiiMV-ly,  I  should 

not  can:  almut  iiiakin<;  anytliing  on  tli<-  .su|iiili(-s." 

Concerning  the  kind  of  cameras  to  put  in  stock,  what  line 
of  goods  to  sell,  which  is  a  consideration  to  which  all  be- 
ginners in  the  field  must  give  careful  thought,  Mr.  Remley 
says: 

"It  does  not  make  a  great  deal  of  difference  whether  you 
sell  Seneca,  An.sco  or  Kasiman  cameras.  It  is  a  mistake  to 
think  that  you  n  -  'I  itnan  goods.  I  find  in  this  de- 
partment that  on  I  U  .sell  better  than  do  the  East- 
man. In  fact,  ti  of  our  Eastman  line  is  its 
advertising.  The  main  thing  is  that  which  I  pointed  out 
before,  the  service  you  give. 

"Xow,  we  always  give  our  cameras  on  thirty  days  trial 
before  a  sale.  We  have  a  double  purpose  in  that.  Not  only 
do  we  give  the  customer  the  best  kind  of  opportunity  to  see 


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[July,  1915 


the  kind  of  goods  we  sell  before  he  pays  for  them  but  we 
also,  and  here  is  where  our  profit  comes  in  on  the  deal,  we 
also  sell  the  customer  photo  supplies  for  that  thirty  days  and 
since  he  is  using  the  camera  on  trial  you  may  be  sure  he 
uses  lots  of  films  So  we  sell  him  the  films  and  develop  and 
print  his  pictures  and  even  if  we  get  the  camera  back,  which 
is  seldom  the  case,  we  make  a  profit  on  the  transaction. 

"I  have  said  that  the  photographic  department  is  the  best 
paying  sideline  and  I  would  rather  have  it  than  a  cigar 
stand.  For  this  reason:  In  the  photo  department  you  have 
absolutely  no  loss,  if  you  conduct  it  properly.  That  is  an 
immensely  strong  attraction.  The  only  chance  of  a  loss  is 
in  films  which  are  dated  and  not  good  after  a  certain  time, 
but  even  that  can  be  avoided  by  careful  watching  of  stock. 
Even  in  case  of  such  loss,  the  entire  cost  of  the  supplies  is  not 
lost,  and  one  third  is  allowed  on  expired  films  which  are 
returned. 

"In  this  regard,  it  is  of  the  utmost  importance  that  over- 
stocking be  avoided.    Overstocking  will  cause  loss  in  both 


films  and  cameras  because  cameras  like  automobiles  are  of  a 
different'  model  almost  every  year  and  you  must  keep  up  to 
the  times.  You  cannot  sell  a  last  year's  model  at  the  same 
price  as  you  are  selling  an  up-to-date  model. 

"It  is  of  the  greatest  importance,  in  establishing  a  depart- 
ment, to  place  at  its  head,  a  man  of  experience  in  that  line 
of  goods.  People  who  come  in  to  buy  cameras  are  not  going 
to  purchase  from  someone  who  knows  nothing  of  what  he 
is  selling. 

"Window  displays  are  of  great  importance.  For  the  pre- 
sent the  feature  of  our  window  is  photography  and  I  think 
it  is  advisable  to  have  a  striking  display  always  in  view. 
The  most  desirable  display,  I  think,  is  the  'silent  demonstra- 
tion,' that  is  something  which  shows  to  the  passer-by  just 
how  the  camera  works,  or  how  the  film  is  made,  or  how  the 
picture  is  imprinted  on  the  film.  Window  displays  too,  should 
always  include  in  them  good  examples  of  the  finished  pro- 
duct— pictures  taken  with  cameras  shown  in  the  window  and 
negatives  are  also  desirable." 


My  Experience  With  A  Camera  Department 


By  IRA  WHITE 

Retail  Druggist,  South  Bend,  Ind. 


Successful  camera  display  at   White's  Drug  Store,  South  Bend,  Ind. 


FOR  several  years  I  had  under  consideration  the  addi- 
tion of  a  camera  department.  My  store  being  in  a  sub- 
urban locality  I  have  calls  for  many  things  that  are  not 
strictly  in  the  drug  line  and  as  I  have  always  made  it  a  point 
to  stock  any  article  that  my  trade  seems  to  want  and  I  can  see 
a  fair  profit  in  handling  I  felt  very  confident  the  addition  of 
cameras  and  supplies  would  be  profitable. 

I  had  been  having  an  occasional  call  for  camera  supplies  bc- 
for  I  added  them  to  my  stock.  About  a  year  ago  I  took  up 
the  matter  with  several  manufacturers  with  the  intent  of  stork- 
ing same,  but  feund  none  of  the  large  concerns  were  inclinrd 
to  start  me  with  as  small  a  line  as  I  felt  warranted  in  adilinL; 
to  my  already  quite  varied  stock.  Finally  I  got  in  touch  with 
a  jobber  of  a  good  line  of  cameras  and  their  salesman,  instead 
of  trying  to  push  a  stock  onto  me  more  than  I  would  be  able 
to  dispose  of  in  several  years,  cautioned  me  against  buying  too 
large  until  I  had  tried  out  the  business  and  learned  exactly 
what  my  probable  customers  would  buy  and  what  I  could  stock 
to  good  advantage.  When  I  tell  you  my  first  order  was  for 
only  about  $18  worth  consisting  of  films,  papers,  developers 
and  a  couple  of  cheap  box  cameras  you  may  know  that  I  started 


in  a  very  small  way  to  build  this  department. 

My  sales  last  year  although  not  to  be  compared  with  some 
large  dealers  were  very  satisfactorj',  so  much  so  that  this  year 
I  am  pushing  the  business  all  I  can,  buying  larger  quantities 
and  adding  more  exp(.ii>i\ c  cameras,  I  have  made  arrange- 
ments with  a  photograi>hi  I  to  do  niy  developing  and  printing 
witli  a  MTV  fair  commission  to  me  and  consider  such  an  ar- 
iMiiU'  iii^  nt  I'lcfi  raMc  to  doing  my  own  work  in  that  line.  He 
(.ills  I  vi  iy  (lav  for  work  we  have  had  left  with  us  and  brings 
to  Us  \\hativcr  \vc  have  turned  over  to  him  tlie  previous  day. 
Ill  iliis  way  we  are  able  to  give  our  customers  a  definite  promise 
IS  to  when  their  work  will  be  completed  and  we  never  disap- 
point them,  and  we  are  never  under  the  necessity  of  making 
the  excuse  we  did  not  have  time  to  get  their  work  out.  Advice 
is  cheap,  generally  too  cheap  to  be  of  much  good,  but  judging 
from  my  own  experience  I  would  certainly  advise  every  drug- 
gist to  stock  cameras  and  supplies.  Start  as  I  did — small — 
and  learn  what  your  trade  wants,  but  by  all  means  do  not  let 
any  concern  "stick"  you  witli  two  or  three  hundred  dollars' 
worth  at  tlic  first  jump  as  you  will  find  you  will  have  a  lot  of 
stock  that  will  be  shelf  warmers  if  you  do. 


News  AND  Trade  Section 


Mostly  Personal 


NEW  YORK'S  NEW  FOOD  INSPECTOR 

Dr.  Lucius  P.  Brown,  who  gained  prominence  throughout 
the  countrj-  for  his  thorough  work  as  State  Food  and  Drug 
Commissioner  of  Tennessee,  and  who  has  held  that  office 
since  1908,  was  recently  appointed  director  of  tlie  Bureau  of 
Food  Inspection  in  the  New  York  City  Department  of  Health, 
as  the  result  of  a  civil  service  examination,  in  which  he  passed 
with  a  higher  rating  than  any  of  a  number  of  competitors. 
He  has  not  yet  signified  his  acceptance  of  the  appointment. 

Dr.  Brown  was  bom  in  Maury  county,  Tenn.,  in  1867,  and 
received  his  education  at  the  University  of  Virginia.  He  was 
a  farmer  for  three  years,  and  then  was  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Memminger  &  Brown,  and  later  Lucius  P.  Brown  &  Co., 
analytical  chemists.  He  later  organized  the  Brown  labora- 
tories, which  were  incorporated  in  1908.  In  addition  to  his 
official  experience  as  State  Pure  Food  and  Drug  Inspector, 
he  was  chemist  of  the  Tennessee  Agricultural  E.xperiment  Sta- 
tion for  two  years.  Dr.  Brown  is  also  a  director  of  two  large 
manufacturing  corporations.  He  is  a  member  of  several  pro- 
fessional organizations,  among  them  being  the  American  Chem- 
ical Society,  Engineering  Association  of  the  South,  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  A.  A.  S.,  and  the  American  Dairy, 
Food  and  Drugs  Official  Association,  of  which  he  was  for- 
merly president.  Dr.  Brown's  home  is  at  Franklin,  Term., 
but  his  acquaintance  is  not  limited  to  the  State.  His  friends 
await  with  interest  his  decision. 


A  BANNER  YEAR  FOR  PACIFIC  COAST 

After  a  careful  sounding  of  sentiment  throughout  the  East- 
em  States,  R.  E.  Miller,  president  of  the  Owl  Drug  Com- 
pany, of  San  Francisco,  who  has  just  returned  to  his  home 
city  from  a  visit  to  Xew  York,  Boston  and  Chicago,  pre- 
dicts an  enormous  influx  of  visitors  to  the  Panama-Pacific  Ex- 
position during  the  summer  months.  In  his  travels  Mr.  Miller 
claims  to  have  noted  an  upward  trend  of  conditions  making 
for  prosperity,  especially  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  He  says: 
"There  is  no  question  that  business  conditions  in  the  United 

•  States  are  not  normal,  but  I  am  not  one  of  those  who  believe 
that  business  is  bad.    The  American  people  are  in  the  habit 

,  of  saying  that  business  is  bad  merely  because  it  does  not  boom. 
The  bank  clearings  of  the  principal  cities,  with  one  or  two 
exceptions,  indicate  that  financial  conditions  are  normal  or 

I    better — a  very  encouraging  sign. 

"Business  on  the  Pacific  Coast  is  much  better  than  on  the 

I  Atlantic  Coast.  It  seems  to  me  that,  with  the  good  rainy 
season,  prospects  for  a  big  crop,  and  with  thousands  of  visi- 
tors to  come  here  during  the  exposition  period,  1915  should 
be  the  banner  year  all  over  the  Pacific  Coast  States." 


PERSONALITIES 

,      — Hugh  Livingston,  pioneer  druggist  and  business  man  of 
Hopkinton,  Iowa,  has  retired  from  the  drug  business  after  a 
^    period  of  more  than  forty  years'  continual  service.    He  entered 
'    pharmacy  in  1874,  purchasing  a  half  interest  in  the  drug  store 
of  John  Guthrie  in  Hopkinton,  becoming  full  proprietor  in 
1880,  and  at  the  same  time  purchasing  a  new  building  in 
the  business  center   of  the  city,   where  he  established  his 
!    store.     In    1887   he  graduated   as  a  physician   from  Rush 
;    Medical  College,  Chicago,  but  still  continued  to  operate  the 
store  he  has  just  sold  to  William  Dopp,  of  Lamont.  Dr. 
I    Livingston  expects  to  continue  his  practice  as  a  physician. 
I      — Mayor  Linn  E.  Jones,  a  druggist  of  Oregon  City,  Ore., 
j'^  says  he  has  been  "stung"  by  his  own  ordinance,  but  that  he 

iwill  take  his  medicine.  As  soon  as  the  mayor's  ordinance 
making  it  unlawful  for  drug  stores  to  handle  liquor  in  any 
way  went  into  effect,  the  local  druggists  tried  to  unload  their 


stock  on  the  wholesalers,  and  he  shipped  a  barrel  of  port 
wine  back  to  a  wholesale  house  in  Portland.  That  company 
refused  to  accept  the  liquor  and  it  was  returned  to  Oregon 
City.  As  tlie  law  forbids  even  giving  it  away.  Mayor  Jones 
says  that  it  will  probably  be  poured  into  the  river. 

—Dr.  Herman  Kutnow,  of  Karlsbad,  Germany,  and  Lon- 
don, England,  was  a  recent  guest  and  speaker  at  the  meet- 
ing of  the  Optimist  Club,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  He  is  a  manu- 
facturer of  pharmaceutical  supplies  and  expects  to  make  his 
home  in  this  country.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  hostilities  he 
decided  that  America  was  his  sole  refuge,  as  in  the  English 
metropolis  he  was  regarded  as  a  German,  and  in  the  German 
resort  he  was  looked  upon  as  an  Englishman. 

— C.  F.  Sims,  formerly  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  has  been  ap- 
pointed manager  of  the  Virginia-Carolina  Chemical  Company, 
with  headquarters  at  Cincinnati.  When  living  in  Syracuse,  Mr. 
Sims  traveled  for  the  American  Agricultural  Chemical  Com- 
pany of  New  York,  and  moved  from  Syracuse  to  New  York 
to  assume  the  position  of  sales  manager.  He  has  many 
friends  in  Syracuse  and  vicinity. 

— Fred  Glass,  president  of  the  Fred  Glass  Drug  Co., 
Petoskey,  Mich.,  one  of  the  best  known  druggists  of  Northern 
Michigan,  according  to  tlie  Grand  Rapids  Herald,  has  resigned 
because  he  has  been  unable  to  work  harmoniously  with  the 
other  stockholders  and  officers. 

— George  Travathan,  of  Paris,  Tenn.,  has  been  appointed 
by  Governor  Rye,  of  that  State,  as  a  member  of  the  Ten- 
nessee Board  of  Pharmacy  to  succeed  O.  J.  Jones,  a  promi- 
nent druggist  of  Jackson,  who  recently  resigned.  Mr.  Trava- 
than has  been  in  the  drug  business  at  Paris  for  thirty  years. 

— LotJiS  H.  M.  White,  of  Dorchester,  is  the  new  manager 
of  Liggett's  Hall  &  Lyon  store  in  Salem,  Mass.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  University  of  Maine  and  the  Massachusetts  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy,  and  has  been  identified  with  the  Liggett 
stores  for  a  number  of  years. 

— David  R.  Holmes,  assistant  manager  of  the  Sydney,  Aus- 
tralia, branch  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  was  recently  called  to 
Detroit  on  account  of  the  serious  illness  of  his  father.  He 
expects  to  remain  for  about  three  months.  His  wife  ac- 
companied him. 

— Dr.  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  food  and  drug  commissioner 
of  Maryland  and  dean  of  the  department  of  pharmacy.  Uni- 
versity of  Maryland,  entertained  the  members  of  the  Rotary 
Club  at  the  Hotel  Rennert,  Baltimore. 

— Samuel  J.  Cogswell,  druggist,  of  Norwich,  N.  Y.,  was 
married  recently  to  Miss  Mae  Goff,  of  Syracuse.  The  newly 
married  couple  left  for  an  extended  honeymoon  trip. 

— William  J.  Burke,  a  former  druggist  of  Lawrence,  Mass., 
was  married  recently  to  Miss  Florence  B.  Mason,  of  Lynn, 
Mass. 


PAYING  THE   WAR  REVENUE  TAX 

A  news  despatch  from  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  dated  June  10, 
made  this  statement : 

"The  Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  association,  in  annual 
convention  here,  to-day  declared  the  federal  war  tax  to  be  un- 
fair, in  that  it  places  a  burden  on  one  class  of  merchants  and 
because  of  it  has  been  shifted  by  the  manufacturer  and  jobber 
to  the  retailer,  who  finds  it  impossible  to  shift  it  to  the  public." 

This  despatch  has  caused  the  following  comment  by  John  D. 
Bellaire,  of  Bay  City,  Mich.: 

The  writer  wishes  to  call  your  attention  to  the  enclosed  clipping 
(quoted  above). 

A  majority  of  the  reputable  manufacturers  are  paying  the  stamp 
tax,  but,  so  far  as  I  know,  James  C.  Crane,  with  his  usual 
foresight,  is  the  only  manufacturer  who  notified  the  trade  that 
he  would  supply  stamps  for  all  of  his  products  in  customers' 
stocks,  no  matter  when  it  was  purchased.  If  dealers  did  not  take 
advantage  of  his  liberality,  it  was  their  own  fault 

In  conclusion,  I  will  say  that  I  have  the  June  issue  of  the  ERA 
before  me,  and  it  just  smacks  of  good  things. 

Cordially  yours, 

JOHN  D.  BELLAIRE. 

Bay  City,  Mich.,  June  11. 


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[July,  1915 


Obituaries 


Albert  Plaut 


AI.BERT  PLAUT 

The  drug  trade  lost  one  of  its  most  conspicuous  figures 
through  the  death,  on  June  17,  of  Albert  Plaut,  former  presi- 
dent of  the  National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association,  and 
president  of  the  wholesale  drug  firm  of  Lehn  &  Fink  of  New 
York  City.  Mr.  Plaut  was  58  years  old.  He  died  at  the  Ritz- 
Carlton  hotel  in  New  York  City 
after  a  short  illness  due  to  a 
complication  of  diseases  thought 
to  have  been  superinduced  by 
hard  work.  Mr.  Plaut  had  only 
recently  been  honored  by  elec- 
tion to  the  vice-presidency  of 
the  Merchants'  Association  of 
New  York  City. 

Mr.  Plaut  was  born  in  Esch- 
wege,  Germany,  in  1857.  He 
came  to  the  United  States  with 
his  parents  when  11  years  old. 
He  received  a  public  school  edu- 
cation and  then  entered  the  Col- 
lege of  the  City  of  New  York, 
from  which  he  departed  at  the 
end  of  his  freshman  year  to  be- 
gin his  business  career.  Later 
he  attended  the  New  York  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  for  a  year. 
In  1872  he  entered  the  employ 
of  his  father,  Isaac  Plaut,  who  was  in  the  drug  business.  He 
served  five  years  with  his  father,  then  entering  the  employ  of 
Lehn  &  Fink,  which  was  at  that  time  a  young  concern  in  the 
drug  trade.  He  first  served  as  stock  clerk  and  was  promoted 
from  that  work  to  the  business  office.  At  the  end  of  nine  years 
he  was  admitted  to  partnership,  following  the  retirement  of 
Mr.  Lehn.  Twelve  years  later  Joseph  Plaut,  a  brother,  who 
had  been  credit  manager,  succeeded  Mr.  Fink,  the  remaining 
original  partner. 

Under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Plaut  the  business  of  Lehn  & 
Fink  expanded  rapidly,  and  he  was  within  a  short  time  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  most  successful  men  in  the  wholesale  drug 
trade.  In  1910  the  business  was  incorporated  for  $600,000 
with  the  following  officers:  President,  Albert  Pjaut;  vice  presi- 
dent, Joseph  Plaut;  secretary,  William  J.  Gesell.  The  present 
building  at  120  William  street  was  occupied  in  1901.  In  1906 
the  firm  built  a  general  laboratory  and  perfumery  and  pharma- 
ceutical plant  and  drug  mill  in  Brooklyn. 

Mr.  Plaut  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Metropolitaan 
Drug  Club  of  New  York  City,  was  prominent  in  the  Druggists' 
Supply  Corporation  and  was  an  active  member  of-  the  New 
York  Drug  and  Chemical  Club.  He  also  figured  prominently 
in  the  work  of  the  Drug  Trade  Section  of  the  New  York  Board 
of  Trade  and  Transportation,  of  which  he  was  chairman  in 
1903,  and  ^  director  of  the  general  board  for  fifteen  years. 

The  widd  variety  of  Mr.  Plant's  activities  may  be  noted  from 
the  follo\\  inE; :  He  was  first  vice-president  of  the  Merchants' 
Assoriiti.in  of  Xrw  ^'nik:  for  1"  >v;irs  lu'  \v:is  trustee  of  the 
New  \  oil-  (  rill.  Lv  .if  rii:ii  iiLM .111(1  ill  I'  M  iit  years  was  vice- 
presi<lrnl  oi  thai  iiislitutioii  .iiiii  i  li.i iriii.iii  <'f  llic  committee  on 
instruction;  he  was  a  nicmljcr  of  the  (."oiuiiiillc''  on  K' \  l^ion 
of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia:  for  a  iiiiiiil"  i  of  \i  la- 
was  one  of  the  foremost  members  of  tlir  ('la  inists'  ('luli,  li  ixiii'-; 
Ma-vr.l  on  ils  l.oawl  of  tni^tn  s:  lir  wa^  an  ai  li\-'  iia  miu  ,  of 
111.  A.-M  li.  11!  i'liaiiiMo  nil.  ,1  Ass,.,  i.,ti..n  il„-  Ani.ai,  in  Ch.-nii. 
...I  i.  <  .     111,1    111.'    :>.„  1.  IN    ..f    (  laanual    In-I.lstn      aU,,  ili.- 

N.nv  ^'oik  ClianiWrr  of  (  oniiii,  i.  c     11, ■  n\  as  a  .iioil.ir  ill  two 
fire  in.surance  c,,in|iin\ 


banks 


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who  is  associated  with  Lehn  &  Fink,  and  Mrs.  M. 
Miss  Constance  Plaut. 


The  funeral  services  were  held  from  the  Society  for  Ethical 
Culture  Hall,  and  interment  took  place  in  the  cemetery  of  the 
society  at  Point  Pleasant,  N.  Y.  The  following  were  honoran," 
pall-bearers:  I.  Frank  Stone,  Thomas  F.  Main,  Dr.  William 
Jay  Schieffelin,  William  C.  Breed,  Berthold  Levi,  Francis  E. 
Holliday,  Prof.  Frederick  William  Whittaker,  Milton  Fink, 
F.  L.  Lavenburg,  and  Franklin  Black. 

Mr.  Plaut  left  an  estate  valued  at  at  least  $700,000,  gave 
$50,000  to  employes  and  $70,000  to  charities  by  his  will,  which 
was  filed  recently.  His  two  daughters  and  son  inherit  the  bulk 
of  the  estate. 

Mrs.  Amy  P.  Falk,  daughter,  wife  of  Alilton  J.  Falk,  of  EI- 
beron,  N.  J.,  receives  the  property  at  Xo.  28  East  Seventy-si.xth 
street  and  its  contents,  one-fourth  of  the  residuary  estate  out- 
right and  the  income  from  one-fourth  for  life,  the  principal  n- 
be  distributed  by  her  will.  ]Miss  Constance  Plaut.  daughter,  r.i 
Elberon,  N.  J.,  receives  the  home  at  Long  Branch.  X.  J.,  and  it^ 
contents,  five  hundred  shares  of  the  preferred  stock  of  Lehn  & 
Fink,  one-fourth  of  the  residue  outright  and  the  income  from 
one-fourth  for  life,  the  principal  to  be  distributed  by  her  will. 

Edward  Plaut,  son,  of  Elberon,  N.  J.,  receives  all  of  the 
common  stock  of  Lehn  &  Fink  owned  by  his  father,  as  well  as 
his  interest  in  the  properties  at  X'os.  118  and  120  Willian: 
street,  and  79  John  street.    Milton  J.  Falk  receives  SIO.OOO. 

Each  of  twenty-six  employes  who  have  served  twenty  years 
or  more  with  Lehn  &  Fink  receives  an  equal  interest  in  $25,000. 
Each  of  fifty-four  employes  in  service  of  the  firm  for  ten  years 
or  more  receives  an  equal  interest  in  S25,000. 

The  College  of  Pharmacy  of  Columbia  University  receives 
$15,060.  Possibly  30  other  institutions  receive  sums  ranging 
from  $1,000  to  $2,500.    Five  friends  receive  $5,000  each. 

WILLIAM  H.  WOOD 

William  H.  Wood,  president  of  the  Maine  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  and  one  of  the  best  known  pharmacists  in  that 
State,  died  at  his  home  in  Sanford  recently,  after  an  illness 
of  several  months.  He  was  born  in  Windham,  Me.,  in  1872, 
where  he  attended  the  public  schools,  graduating  from  tl,  : 
Gorham  High  School.  He  entered  the  drug  store  of  B.  1. 
Stanwood,  of  Portland,  and  later  took  a  position  in  the  stor 
of  Cook,  Everett  &  Pennell.  In  1895  he  went  to  Spring- 
vale,  where  he  bought  the  drug  store  of  B,  ^M.  Moulton.  whici-. 
was  burned  out  in  the  big  fire  of  1905.  He  soon  start-c 
another  store,  which  he  subsequently  sold  to  L.  B.  Traf- 
ton,  and  then  went  to  Boston  as  a  clerk,  and  as  proprietor 
of  a  drug  store  at  Beverly.  Returning  to  Sanford  he  bough: 
of  Charles  A.  Trafton,  the  drug  store  he  was  operating  :.: 
the  time  of  his  death. 

Mr.  Wood  graduated  from  the  Buffalo  College  of  Phar- 
macy in  1899.  He  was  a  Republican  for  many  years  an-, 
was  town  clerk  of  Sanford  for  a  number  of  years.  He  lat, : 
joined  the  Progressive  party  and  took  an  active  interest  : 
the  Roosevelt  campaign.  He  was  prominently  identified  wiii 
the  Unitarian  denomination ;  was  president  of  the  Board 
Trade,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  serving  as  pros: 
dent  of  the  Elaine  Ph.  A.,  and  as  treasurer  and  secretav; 
of  th,-  U,x:ill  (  lull  of  M,iir,,a  He  was  a  Mason  of  hi-: 
degree,  and  li,-l<l  niLir.l.orsliip  in  a  large  number  of  frateriv. 
orders.    He  was  also  a  member  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.    His  widov 

and  mother  survive.   

G.  S.  BENTLEY 

George  Smith  Bentley,  74  years  of  age,  a  veteran  of  the 
Civil  War,  and  the  last  of  tlie  old-time  downtown  drug- 
gists of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  died  recently  of  pneumonia.  He 
was  1.01  n  at  Cato,  N.  Y.,  in  1841.  and  in  1862  enlisted  at 
.Xurora  in  tlie  lUth  Regiment  of  New  York  State  Infantry, 
serving  throughout  the  war,  and  attaining  the  rank  of  cor- 
poral. He  was  wounded  in  battle  and  sent  to  tlie  General 
Hospital,  Washington.  D.  C,  from  which  he  was  honorably 
discharged  on  May  29,  1865.  He  started  in  the  drug  busi- 
ness in  Brooklyn  in  1871.  This  store  he  sold  later,  and 
in  1880  bought  tlie  building  at  179  Adams  street  where  he 
conducted  a  drug  store  that  has  long  been  a  landmark  of  the 
vicinity.  For  years  he  was  active  in  the  civic  affairs  _cf 
Brooklyn,  and  was  one  of  the  first  in  that  borough  to  brin^ 
a  suit  for  damages  to  his  property  by  the  erection  of  th-^ 
Brooklyn  Elevated  Railroad  in  front  of  his  store,  at  \hc 
outcome  of  which  he  was  awarded  $9,000.    He  left  a  widow. 


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W.  A.  LOYLESS 

W.  A.  Loyless,  69  years  old,  a  pioneer  business  man  of 
Atlanta,  Ga.,  died  recently  after  an  illness  of  a  few  days 
He  was  born  in  Terrell  County,  Ga.,  and  at  the  outbreak 
of  the  Civil  War  enlisted  in  the  Georgia  militia,  serving 
throughout  the  war  and  assisting  in  guarding  Johnston's 
retreat  to  the  sea.  He  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Jones- 
boro  and  did  not  recover  for  some  years.  After  the  war  he 
moved  to  Atlanta  and  following  several  years  as  manager 
and  paruier  of  the  Lamar  &  Rankin  Drug  Company,  liC 
organized  the  Bradfield  Regulator  Company,  of  which  he  was 
secretary,  treasurer  and  general  manager.  He  was  also  general 
manager  of  the  Swift  Specific  Company  for  several  years,  re- 
tiring in  1913,  but  retaining  his  directorate  in  the  Regulator 
company.  He  is  survived  by  one  son,  Donald  A.  Loyless,  and 
three  daughters. 


RECENT  DEATHS 

— Bern.\rd  Roudin,  a  pharmacist,  of  335  Saratoga  avenue, 
Brooklyn.  X.  Y.,  is  dead.  He  was  48  years  of  age,  a  native 
of  Russia,  and  after  graduating  from  a  university  there, 
came  here  thirty  years  ago.  He  was  a  graduate  of  the 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  and  a  member  of  the  alumni 
association.  He  was  greatly  interested  in  charitable  work, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Federation  of  Hebrew  Charities. 
He  is  survived  by  a  son  and  daughter.  Miss  Helen  F.  Roudin, 
who  was  the  first  woman  to  receive  the  gold  medal  for 
laboratory  work  from  the  College  of  Pharmacy. 

— Mrs.  Helex  L.\xe  Uxl,  wife  of  James  J.  Hayes,  drug- 
gist at  Trumbull  avenue  and  Porter  street,  Detroit,  Mich., 
died  suddenly  on  June  15  following  a  severe  attack  of 
appendicitis.  She  was  a  prominent  worker  in  the  Catholic 
Study  Club  and  the  Providence  Hospital  Club,  one  of  her 
last  acts  being  to  arrange  the  programme  for  the  commence- 
ment exercises  for  the  graduation  of  the  nurses  at  the  hos- 
pital where  she  died.    Her  husband  and  si.x  children  survive. 

—Henry  M.  Rho.\ds,  the  oldest  merchant  of  Clarksville, 
la.,  and  one  of  the  oldest  druggists  in  the  State,  is  dead. 
He  started  a  drug  store  in  Clarksville  in  1872  and  continued 
in  the  business  until  two  years  ago  when  he  sold  out  to 
his  son,  Claire.  He  served  in  the  Civil  War,  enlisting  in 
Company  A,  126th  Pennsylvania  Infantry.  He  was  75  years 
of  age.  The  burial  service  was  conducted  by  the  Masonic 
fraternity. 

— Henry  Essex  Brown,  51,  a  druggist,  widely  known 
among  the  bankers  and  brokers  of  Wall  street,  the  financial 
district  in  Manhattan,  died  of  jiin  union ia  reecntly.  He  was 
a  resident  of  Brooklyn,  X.  Y.,  where  funeral  services  were 
held  over  his  remains  by  the  Brooklyn  Lodge  of  Elks,  of 
which  he  had  been  a  member. 

— .\lmon  O.  Smith,  a  druggist  of  Thornton,  R.  I.,  and 
brother  of  Byron  .-\.  Smith,  a  druggist  of  Provi<l<  n( c,  is  rlr;,,!. 
He  had  been  ill  for  some  time,  but  none  <>i  liis  frienrU 
or  relatives  supposed  that  he  was  in  a  critical  condition.  He 
was  well  known  among  the  pharmacists  of  Providence. 

— Br.\dley  p.  Worthem,  proprietor  of  the  Spencer  Drug 
Company,  Spencer,  X''.  C,  died  at  his  home  in  that  town  on 
June  8,  aged  61.  He  was  bom  in  Windsor,  Vt.,  and  li  i<i  1  ^  n 
a  resident  of  Spencer  for  twelve  or  fourteen  years.  Ii  Mi 
■  s  due  to  pneumonia.  His  wife  and  three  daughters  survive. 
WiLLLAM  A.  Macurd.a,  formerly  a  druggist  of  Fitchburg, 
xs ,  but  more  recently  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business 
I  Watertown.  Mass.,  died  on  June  7,  at  the  home  of  his 
daughter  in  East  Xewton.  He  was  born  in  1837.  He  was 
in  the  drug  business  at  Fitchburg  for  25  years. 

— X'ewton  S.vmuel  Ta\xor,  proprietor  of  the  Sloan  Medi- 
cine Company,  Chicago,  died  in  Beloit,  Wis.,  on  June  5.  Mr. 
Taylor  spent  most  of  his  life  in  Chicago,  but  recently  had 
been  living  with  a  niece  in  Beloit.  He  was  born  in  Warsaw, 
N.  Y.,  .\ugust  27.  1S,S7. 

— Sir  Arthvr  Herbert  Ciitrch,  well  known  to  chemists 
and  pharmacists  throughout  the  English-speaking  world  for 
his  numerous  books  on  chemistry,  died  recently  at  London. 
IJe  also  was  an  expert  on  Oriental  and  English  pottery  and 
precious  stones.    He  wds  81  years  of  age. 

— Edwin  Rtnott,  a  travelling  salesman  for  the  Goodrich 
Drug  Company,  of  Omaha,  and  well  known  among  druggists 


throughout  that  State,  died  recently  in  Plattsmouth,  Neb.  He 
was  34  years  of  age  and  spent  most  of  his  boyhood  and 
youth  in  Burlington.    He  was  born  in  England. 

— Mrs.  Wilhelmina  Priest,  wife  of  Joseph  Priest,  Prince- 
ton. X.  J.,  druggist,  is  dead  after  an  illness  of  many  months, 
duration.  She  was  77  years  of  age,  and  had  resided  in  the 
vicinity  of  Princeton  all  her  life.  Besides  her  husband,  a 
daughter  and  two  sons  survive. 

— Joseph  G.  Smith,  druggist,  former  president  of  the 
Board  of  Health  and  president  of  the  Union  County  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  died  recently  at  his  home  in  Rahway, 
X.  J.  He  was  58  years  old.  His  wife  and  three  daughters 
survive. 

— CoL.  J.  H.  Beck,  an  influential  citizen  of  Memphis,  and 
at  one  time  engaged  in  the  management  of  the  Southern 
Drug  Co.,  is  dead.  He  was  born  at  Beck  Springs,  Miss.,  54 
vears  ago.  He  leaves  a  widow  and  one  son.  Dr.  Clyde  M. 
Beck. 

— Wn-LARD  Parker  Stearns,  president  and  treasurer  of  the 
Stearns  &  White  Company,  manufacturing  chemists,  Chicago, 
111.,  died  on  June  1.  He  was  a  native  of  Woodstock,  Vt., 
where  his  body  was  taken  for  burial. 

— William  H.  Danaher,  24,  a  drug  clerk  in  the  employ 
of  P.  A.  Chambers,  Williamston,  Mass.,  died  recently.  He 
was  compelled  to  give  up  work  on  account  of  ill-health 
nearly  two  years  ago. 


KINGS  COUNTY  PH.  S.  ELECTS  OFFICERS 

President   Smith,    Wlio   is   Re-elected,  Recommends 
Lectures  on  Wartime  Phamacist's  Duties 

Henry  B.  Smith  was  re-elected  president  of  the  I'in-s  Co  mly 
Pharmaceutical  Society  at  the  recent  annual  ineetinp  of  that 
body,  held  at  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharnincy.  The  other 
officers  elected  are: 

First  vice  president,  Charles  E.  Heimcrzheim;  second  vice 
president,  Charles  L.  Gesell ;  secretary,  A.  E.  Hegeman ;  treasur- 
er, Adrian  Paradis;  trustees,  1915  to  1921,  M.  D.  C'jdnian  and 
Benjamin  Rosenzweig;  censors.  Otto  Raubenheiitier,  O.  F. 
Bancroft,  and  Donald  B.  Sterritt;  librarian,  Henry  J.  Kasse- 
baum,  and  counsel,  Wm.  L.  Perkins. 

In  his  annual  report,  President  Smith  called  attention  to  'he 
fact  that  this  would  be  the  last  year  Brooklyn  (~  P  would  con- 
fer the  Phar.  D.  degree  after  three  terms  of  study.  Hereatter, 
the  degree  of  Ph.  C.  will  be  conferred  for  approximate  the 
same  amount  of  work.  Mr.  Smith  recomr'iciidcd  that  a  lecture 
or  series  of  lectures  be  given  the  students  on  "'  The  Duties  of 
the  Pharmacist  during  Military  Operations,"  and  that  the  same 
include  such  subjects  as  the  testing  of  water,  disinfection,  etc. 

President  Smith  decried  ov?r-oiL;.ir  iz.itoin,  but  asserted  that 
district  organizations  was  the  ultini  .t'-  riini  o'l  the  'inig  trade 
inasmuch  as  it  was  only  m  tnis      i>  Ivgislitive  bodies 

would  1m:  brought  to  comply  with  th-:  i-i-,,  .,;.;  ,  f  the  r.ade.  Mr. 
Smith  e.xpres.sed  the  desire  that  the  college  library  and  alumni 
rooms  be  kept  open  one  evening  a  week.  He  read  the  list  of 
deceased  members,  which  was  longer  this  year  than  for  some 
time.  It  contained  the  following  names:  C.  R.  Avery,  V.  E. 
T;licher.  John  Braunreuther,  Theo.  Diehl,  John  Miller,  F.  O. 
Sehroeder,  L.  D.  Sheets,  E.  1".  Wagner,  E.  J.  Woelfe,  and 
1'rofes.sor  T.  F.  Rayninw. 

Secretary  .\.  F.  Il^  j.  ni  n  i-ii.^ii^  'l  :i  totil  membership  in  the 
society  of  418.  I'it'lit  IjhipIi-I  .Nil  us  in  <]ur~,  had  been  collect- 
ed, 10  meetinf-'s  h<:\<l.  nul;,    1'.  i:  !»      owmJ  dues,  and  20  were 

paid  up  for  1915  ;iii'l  i       i-i  l''lfi. 

Treasurer  Adrian  i'n  mIi-  i-  imiinl  total  receipts  in  the  sum 
of  ?1,734,  disbur.seni.nts,  .sl..^7(,,  and  total  balance,  $357.  Re- 
ceipts for  Brookyln  C.  P.  were  $43,675.36,  disbursements,  $30,- 
459.04,  and  balance  on  hand,  $13,216.32. 

That  the  pa.st  year  had  been  the  most  prosperous  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  college,  was  the  report  of  Thomas  J.  France,  chair- 
man of  the  committee  on  supervision 

Dr.  Wm.  C.  And.  rsnn.  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee, 
did  not  present  i  l  liN  d  report.  He  said  the  fact  that  narcotic 
legislation  h,i>  jip  .  i  i  i|  the  habitue  from  obtainiuL;  fresh  sup- 
plies demonstial  d  tli at  these  measures  were  workable,  and  this 
in  turn  was  a  criterion  that  further  narcotic  legislation  would 
be  unnecessary. 


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[July,  1915 


New  Preparations  and  Specialties 


"Nujol,"  American  Medicinal  Oil 

In  response  to  requests  which  have  been  particularly  numer- 
ous since  the  outbreak  of  the  war  and  the  consequent  shutting 
off  of  importations  of  Russian  oil,  the  Standard  Oil  Company 
of  New  Jersey  has  undertaken  the  manufacture  of  a  mineral 
oil  suitable  for  use  in  the  treatment  of  constipation.  This  new 
product  has  been  named  "Nujol"  and  is  a  pure  white  mineral 
oil.  It  is  practically  tasteless  and  odorless,  and  is  somewhat 
heavier  than  the  oils  now  on  the  market,  conforming  accurately 
to  the  requirements  of  the  mineral  oil  treatment  as  recommend- 
ed by  Sir  William  Arbuthnot  Lane. 

The  New  Jersey  company  has  also  issued  an  attractive 
booklet  called  "The  Rational  Treatment  of  Constipation." 

Germicidal  Soap  and  Ether 

Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  have  inaugurated  an  aggressive  adver- 
tising and  detailing  campaign  among  physicians  in  the  interest 
of  their  germicidal  soap  and  ether. 

Germicidal  soap,  P.  D.  &  Co.  has  a  considerable  variety  of 
uses.  As  an  antiseptic  and  disinfectant  it  is  a  valuable  agent 
in  obstetrics  and  gynecology,  in  surgery,  and  in  general  prac- 
tice. Physicians  recommend  it  in  the  home  for  cleansing  minor 
wounds  where  there  is  danger  of  infection,  as  a  deodorant  in 
offensive  perspiration,  for  cleansing  the  scalp  and  checking 
dandruff,  for  treating  boils  and  acne,  for  vaginal  douches,  and 
for  ridding  household  pets  of  lice  and  fleas. 

In  medical  advertisements  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  are  calling 
attention  to  the  improvement  in  their  ether  container  with  drop- 
per-tube attachment.  This  improvement  consists  of  the  addi- 
tion of  a  corked  opening.  The  physician  can  continue  to  use 
the  bent  dropper-tube,  which  when  cut  permits  the  entry  of  air 
in  one  section  and  the  ether  to  flow  from  the  other,  or  he  can 
use  the  corked  opening.  The  new  container  appears  to  meet 
every  possible  demand. 

Worwicli  Dental  Cream 

The  Norwich  Pharmacal  Co.,  Norwich,  N.  Y.,  has  recently 
begun  the  manufacture  of  Norwich  dental  cream,  which  is  ex- 
ploited as  "the  dentifrice  that's  different."  It  is  claimed  for  this 
dentifrice  that  it  will  clean  the  teeth  without  injuring  them. 
One  of  its  ingredients  is  emetine,  which  has  been  given  wide 
publicity  as  a  valuable  agent  in  the  treatment  of  pyorrhea.  The 
manufacture  of  this  cream  was  started  a  few  months  ago,  but 
the  initial  output  was  not  sufficient  to  take  care  of  the  original 
orders,  hence  the  announcement  of  it  to  the  trade  is  just  beiiig 
made.  This  cream  is  subject  to  the  same  laboratory  tests  as 
other  Norwich  pharmaceuticals.  The  manufacturers  make  the 
claim  that  druggists  may  sell  this  dentifrice  to  their  patrons 
with  a  confidence  that  "it  is  made  right,  stays  right  and  works 
right." 

Japanese  Water  Colors 
Many  of  the  photo  supply  stores  throughout  the  country  have 
been  very  successful  in  the  sale  of  Japanese  water  colors,  manu- 
factured by  the  Japanese  Water-Color  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
hence  this  company  is  now  introducing  it  to  the  drug  trade, 
or  that  portion  thereof  which  handles  cameras  and  photographic 
supi)lies.  Japanese  water  colors  come  in  packages  which  can 
be  retailed  at  prices  easily  within  the  reach  of  the  amateur. 
They  are  not  difficult  to  apply,  the  directions  with  each  pack- 
age making  it  possible  for  the  inexpert  amateur  to  get  good 
results  in  the  coloring  of  snapshot  pictures.  The  Japanese 
Water-Color  Co.  has  an  attractive  introductory  offer  to  make 
to  retail  druggists.  New  York  headquarters  is  at  56  East  23rd 
street. 

"Photography  in  Five  Lessons" 

Burroughs  Wellcome  &  Co.  have  i.ssued  a  new  booklet  called 
"Photography  in  Five  Lessons,"  which  takes  up  exposure, 
developing,  printing,  toning,  and  finishing  and  improving.  It 
is  intended  for  the  beginner,  and  professes  to  aim  at  brevity 
and  simplicity. 

The  most  commendable  part  of  the  book  is  that  section 
under  the  head  of  "exposure,"  which  advises  the  novice  as  to 
choosing  his  first  subjects.  Most  learners  see  possibilities  for 
prints  only  in  persons  or  moving  objects.    "Photography  in  Five 


Lessons'  suggests  "a  church,  a  cottage,  or  even  a  meadow 
gate,  if  a  few  trees  are  included."  How  much  more  artistic 
beginners'  pictures  would  be  if  scenes  were  substituted  for 
"snaps"  of  friends. 

This  booklet  does  not  fear  to  devote  attention  to  things 
which  should  be  obvious  but  which  are  sometimes  overlooked 
by  new  entrants  into  amateur  photography.  For  instance,  the 
reader  is  told  that  the  light  reflected  by  the  subject  depends 
on  size,  position,  and  color.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  many  picture- 
makers  of  several  months  experience  do  not  know  that  blue 
may  come  out  in  the  print  as  quite  a  pale  shade.  These  com- 
ments are  the  chief  value  of  the  booklet  to  the  novice.  Any 
readers  who  may  be  interested  can  obtain  a  copy  free  by 
addressing  Burroughs  Wellcome  &  Co.,  18-20  East  Forty-first 
street.  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Zeno  Premiums  for  Druggists 

To  make  the  customer  come  back,  and  to  accomplish  this  at 
a  minimum  cost,  is  one  of  the  purposes  of  the  premium.  This 
is  a  point  which  the  advertising  druggist  will  appreciate.  Ser- 
vice and  quality  exercise  a  tremendous  pull  upon  the  one-time 
customer,  but  it  often  takes  something  more  than  satisfaction  to 
make  him  or  her,  especially  her,  go  out  of  the  way  to  buy  a 
second  time.  The  Zeno  System  of  Premium  Advertising  pro- 
vides for  premiums  for  druggists.  Its  working  plan  includes 
the  installation  in  the  druggist's  store  of  a  premium  depart- 
ment with  premiums  on  display,  owned  by  him  and  given  in 
exchange  at  his  store  for  coui)ons  and  certificates  issued  by  him 
in  his  own  name. 

The  Zeno  Novelty  Co.,  Indianapolis,  is  the  name  of  the  com- 
pany promulgating  the  Zeno  system  of  premium  advertising, 
and  a  feature  of  this  system  is  that  the  druggist  is  not  obliged 
to  overstock  with  premiums,  being  allowed  to  buy  in  as  small 
quantities  as  he  needs  at  prices  which  will  permit  him  to  com- 
pete with  the  trust  on  its  own  ground.  He  is  also  supplied 
without  additional  charge,  with  catalogues,  coupons,  certificates 
and  attractive  advertising  matter  printed  especially  for  him. 

Rochester  Root  Beer 
The  J.  Hungerford  Smith  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  is  calling 
the  attention  of  the  drug  trade  to  the  opportunities  for  the  sale 
of  root  beer  at  soda  fountains  during  the  summer  months.  Big 
glass  steins  are  furnished  to  retailers  who  sell  Rochester  root 
beer.  When  drawn  according  to  a  special  formula  recommended 
by  the  J.  Hungerford  Smith  Co.  this  root  beer  has  become 
popular  at  soda  fountains. 

Berlin  Laboratory's  New  Location 

Owing  to  a  largely  increased  business  during  the  last  few 
months,  the  Berlin  Laboratory,  Ltd.  of  New  York  City  has 
found  it  necessary  to  increase  its  quarters  and  has  moved  to 
373  Fourth  avenue. 

4,000  Employes  at  Parke.  Davis  &  Co.'s  Outing 

Four  thousand  .employes  participated  in  the  twenty-fifth  an- 
nual outing  given  recently  by  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  Detroit, 
Mich.,  the  scene  of  tliis  year's  affair  being  Tashmoo  Park.  The 
trip  was  made  aboard  the  beautiful  lake  steamers  Tashmoo  and 
The  Greyhound,  which  were  chartered  for  the  occasion.  A 
particularly  enjoyable  feature  was  the  chorus  of  several  hundred 
picked  voices  from  the  Canadian  and  Detroit  laboratories,  who 
sang  homeland  and  popular  airs  throughout  the  trip.  The  fiist 
excursion  was  made  in  1891  to  Walpole  Island. 

Sunday  Closing  in  Terrell,  Texas 

The  druggists  of  Terrell,  Te.xas  have  signed  an  agreement  to 
close  their  respective  places  of  business  at  1  p.  m.  each  Sunday 
and  to  remain  closed  the  remainder  of  the  day  throughout  the 
Summer.  Each  store  will  keep  a  prescriptionist  on  duty  where 
he  may  be  reached  by  telephone  in  cases  of  emergency  to  fur- 
nish medical  supplies,  and  the  druggists  have  asked  the  public 
to  kindly  govern  tliemselves  accordingly. 

In  the  issue  of  Tht.  Pharm.^ceitical  Era  for  June,  1915, 
the  location  of  The  Norwich  Pharmacal  Company  was  inad- 
vertently printed  as  Norwich  Conn.,  instead  of  Norwich,  N.  Y., 
as  is  really  the  case. 


Jlxy,  1915]  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA  317 

June  a  Busy  Month  For  Drug  Associations 


N.  J.  PH.  A.  HAS  SURPLUS  OF  ?2,000 

Commercialization  of  Pharmacy  the  Dominant  Note 
of  Members  at  the  Spring  Lake  Meeting 

That  tlie  druggist  of  today  must  be  a  good  mricliant  as 
well  as  a  good  pharmacist  and  that  he  must  \\  \kr  tn 
the  business  side  of  his  profession  or  be  i  ;  ii- 
classed  by  the  chain  store  and  the  deparinu  i  i  >i  n  .  w  i> 
the  sentiment  expressed  by  many  of  the  speakers  at  the  forty- 
fifth  annual  convention  of  the  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical 
Association  held  at  Spring  Lake,  N.  J.,  June  15-18,  1915. 
The  druggists  have  become  alive  to  the  fact  that  their  pro- 
fession has  been  commercialized  and  it  was  the  general  opinion 


Four  of  the  44  founders  of  the  N.  J.  Ph.  A.  in  1870  who  took 

an  active  part  in  the  meeting  of  1915. 
Left  to  right:  George  H.  White,  Jersey  City;  George  W.  P ari- 
sen, Perth  Aniboy;  Edward  A.  Sayre,  Newark; 
Jacob  Betzler,  Morristown. 


of  the  members  of  the  association  that  this  was  for  the  good 
of  the  business.  It  is  only  recently,  however,  that  the  develop- 
ment of  the  chain  store,  more  severe  competition  and  a 
stronger  tendency  on  the  part  of  the  department  stores  to 
cut  prices  has  caused  the  druggist  to  realize  more  forcibly 
than  ever  before  the  necessity  of  giving  a  great  deal  of  atten- 
tion to  business  details. 

President  Gallagher  sounded  the  business  keynote  of  the 
convention  in  his  opening  address  on  Wednesday  morning, 
when  he  reviewed  the  condition  of  the  association  and  ils 
development  during  the  last  year.  One  year  ago  the  financial 
affairs  of  the  association  were  in  a  chaotic  condition,  but 
at  present  the  association  has  not  only  made  up  the  defi- 
ciencies which  existed,  but  has  a  surplus  of  $2,000  on  hand. 

The  convention,  which  voted  to  endorse  the  principles  of 
the  Harrison  act  and  to  support  the  Stevens  bill,  failed  to 
take  any  action  on  the  matter  of  chain-store  monopoly.  A 
committee  from  the  retail  tobacco  dealers,  consisting  of  J. 
Baum,  .\dolph  Hirtenstein  and  A.  Samuels  presented  the 
arguments  of  the  retail  tobacco  dealers,  who  are  fighting  the 
Riker-United  combination,  but  the  association  declined  to 
take  any  action  beyond  referring  the  matter  to  a  committee. 

Dr.  Otto  H.  Kleiman,  of  Newark,  in  a  paper  entitled, 
"Looking  Forward  in  Pharmacy,"  said  that  the  future  in- 
fluences in  the  business  would  be  the  development  of  the 
chain  store,  adverse  legislation,  and  a  keener  competition  due 
to  increased  efficiency  of  business  methods  in  pharmacy. 

Dr.  Kleiman  pointed  out  that  the  steady  increase  in  the 
development  of  pharmacy  was  due  to  the  independent  phar- 
macist and  not  the  chain-store  owners,  who  merely  tried  to 
commercialize  the  business.  The  personal  touch  so  necessary 
to  any  biisiness  dependent  on  close  contact  with  the  public 
is  lacking  in  the  big  store  and  is  the  chief  weapon  the 
retailer  has  against  the  chain  store. 


George  M.  Beringer,  of  Camden,  in  presenting  the  report 
of  the  legislative  committee,  described  the  defeat  of  Senate 
Bill  No.  31,  providing  for  the  taxing  of  all  sellers  of  patent 
medicines  and  domestic  remedies,  as  due  to  the  opposition 
stirred  up  among  the  retail  grocers  of  tlie  State  by  the  large 
wholesale  houses.  The  association  voted  to  indorse  the  efforts 
1)1  llic  I  oiiiinittee  and  to  present  the  bill  in  as  near  as  possible 
t'l  ill'  >.Lme  form  at  the  next  session  of  the  legislature. 

t  lull  It  s  J.  McCloskey,  of  Jersey  City,  who  at  the  last  meet- 
ing of  tlie  convention  was  elected  president  for  the  ensuing 
year,  read  a  paper  on  "Credit"  at  the  morning  meeting  on 
Thursday,  in  which  he  presented  forcibly  the  importance  of 
the  druggist  building  up  his  credit  with  his  bank. 

In  an  important  paper  on  "The  Pharmacist  and  the  National 
Bureau  of  Health,"  Jeannot  Hostmann,  of  Hoboken,  pointed 
out  the  importance  of  having  a  skilled  pharmacist  on  this 
board  should  it  be  formed. 

In  a  paper  entitled  "Prescription  Window  Displays,"  F.  B. 
Kilmer,  of  New  Brunswick,  decried  the  extensive  use  of  sta- 
tionery, cameras  and  other  commercial  lines  of  goods  as 
window  displays  and  urged  the  greater  use  of  mortars,  pestles 
and  other  implements  used  in  the  prescription  department. 

Other  interesting  papers  presented  were:  "Wine,  Beef  and 
Iron,"  by  George  M.  Beringer;  "Cordial  Relations  Between 
Doctors  and  Druggists,"  by  Frank  J.  Maier,  of  Woodbury; 
"Infusion  of  Digitalis,"  by  A.  F.  Marquier,  of  Newark;  "Ger- 
man Conditions  in  Pharmacy  vs.  American  Conditions,"  by 
F.  A.  Bongartz,  of  Jersey  City,  and  "The  Cutter  or  Chain- 
Store  Evil,"  by  Luke  C.  Hines,  of  the  Jersey  City  College 
of  Pharmacy. 

Charles  V.  Duffey,  collector  of  Internal  Revenue  for  the 
Fifth  District  of  New  Jersey  at  Newark,  addressed  the 
convention  on  Thursday  afternoon  and  explained  the  rulings 
on  the  Harrison  act  as  it  is  interpreted  by  the  customs 
officials. 

At  the  final  meeting  of  the  session  the  association  adopted 
a  new  constitution  and  by-laws,  and  provided  for  the  incor- 
poration of  the  association  under  the  direction  of  a  board 
of  trustees  of  seven  members.  The  most  important  change 
provided  for  by  the  new  constitution  was  the  reduction  of  the 
initiation  fee  from  $3  to  $1,  and  the  increase  in  the  annual 
dues  from  $1  to  $2.  An  article  was  introduced  providing  for 
the  supervision  and  depositing  of  the  funds  of  the  association. 

The  following  officers  were  elected:  Charles  J.  McCloskey, 
Jersey  City,  president;  Garrett  Byrnes,  Maplevvood,  first  vice 
president;  D.  H.  Hills,  Spring  Lake,  second  vice  president; 
F.  C.  Stutzlen,  Elizabeth,  secretary,  and  Edgar  R.  Sparks, 
Burlington,  treasurer. 

The  executive  committee  consists  of  J.  G.  Block,  Jersey 
City;  J.  D.  Case,  Somerville;  J.  G.  Keuper,  Trenton,  and 
H.  W.  Crooks,  Newark. 

The  legislative  committee  of  last  year  was  re-elected  with 
the  exception  of  the  substitution  of  J.  C.  Gallagher,  of  Jer- 
sey City,  for  Isaac  J.  Keuper,  of  Trenton,  resigned. 

The  Travelling  Mens  Auxiliary  of  the  New  Jersey  Phar- 
maceutical Association  was  on  hand  in  full  force.  As  usual, 
the  entertainment  furnished  by  them  on  the  second  evening 
of  the  session  was  the  hit  of  the  convention. 

At  the  business  meeting  of  the  convention,  the  travelling 
men  elected  these  officers:  President,  G.  W.  Buckens,  of 
Whitall,  Tatum  Company;  first  vice  president,  L.  T.  McLel- 
land,  of  Colgate  &  Co.;  second  vice  president,  Norman  Davis, 
Buren,  Ritchey  &  Co.;  secretary,  W.  J.  Caughey,  Seabury  & 
Johnson  Company;  treasurer,  C.  W.  Haviland,  Colgate  &  Co. 

The  new  executive  committee  consists  of  Dr.  J.  T.  Munds, 
of  Horlicks  Malted  Milk  Company ;  W.  Millspaugh,  of  McKes- 
son &  Robbins,  and  F.  H.  Erbacher,  of  Roeber  &  Kuebler 
Company. 

An  interesting  feature  of  the  convention  was  the  presence 
of  four  of  the  men  who  were  among  the  original  organizers 
of  the  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  1870.  These 
were  Edward  A.  Sayre.  of  Newark;  Jacob  Betzler,  of  Morris- 
town;  George  W.  Parisen,  of  Perth  Amboy,  and  George  H. 
White,  of  Jersey  City. 


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[July,  1915- 


PROPOSES  N.  A.  B.  D.  REORGANIZATION 

Iowa  Ph.  A.  Adopts  Resolution  Outlining  Plan  to 
be  Submitted  at  Minneapolis  Convention 

A  plan  to  reorganize  the  National  Association  of  Retail 
Druggists  was  the  big  business  before  the  Iowa  State  Phar- 
maceutical Association  at  its  thirty-sixth  annual  convention, 
recently  held  at  Clear  Lake.  This  reorganization  was  out- 
lined in  the  following  resolution,  which  was  adopted : 

Resolved,  By  the  Iowa  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  convention 
assembled,  that,  at  the  seventeenth  annual  convention  of  the 
National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  to  be  held  in  Min- 
neapolis, Minnesota,  August  30  to  September  3,  1915,  there  be 
chosen  by  lYiajority  vote  of  all  the  delegates  present,  by  written 
and  carefully  recorded  ballot,  a  constitutional  commission  of  seven 
members,  no  one  of  whom  shall  be  the  occupant  of  any  other 
elective  or  appointive  office  within  the  Association  during  the 
time  of  his  service  on  such  commission,  and,  be  it  also 

Resolved,  That  the  executive  committee,  president  and  national 
secretary  shall  be  members  ex-officio,  without  vote,  of  the  con- 
stitional  commission,  and  further,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  commission  shall  make  a  public  report, 
either  unanimous,  or  majority  and  minority  reports,  not  later 
than  May  1,  1916,  said  report  or  reports  to  be  published  in  full 
in  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  Journal  for  consideration  and  discussion  by 
the  members  in  general  and  final  action  thereupon  on  Consti- 
tutional Convention,  the  same  to  be  the  regular  convention  of 
the  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists  for  the  vear  1916, 
and,  finally,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  points  considered  by  the  commission  should 
include  the  following: 

The  development  of  the  organization  into  one  of  State  units 
forming  the  whole. 

The  election  of  a  president  at  the  annual  convention,  but  his 
induction  into  office  to  be  on  January  1st,  his  term  of  service 
running  with  the  calendar  year,  and  it  being  imposed  upon  Inin 
that  all  appointive  committeeships  shall  be  settled  before  he  is 
inducted  into  office,  that  he  may  have  a  full  working  year  with 
a  full  staff. 

The  reorganization  of  the  executive  division  along  lines  cor- 
responding to  the  form  covering  the  President  and  Cabinet  of  the 
United  States:  The  chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee  being 
assigned  and  appointed  as  chairman  of  the  legislative,  public  rela- 
tions, public  service  (telephones,  express  and  other  agencies  not 
postal),  postal   affairs,  propaganda,  etc.,  committees. 

Joseph  Sutter,  of  Burlington,  was  elected  president.  The 
other  officers  are :  First  vice  president,  Milo  John,  Clinton ; 
second  vice  president,  John  Etzel,  Clear  Lake;  treasurer,  J.  M. 
Lindly,  Winfield;  secretary,  Al  Falkenhainer,  Algona ;  mem- 
ber executive  committee  for  three  years,  A.  C.  PhilUps,  Man- 
chester. 

President  A.  J.  Killmer,  of  Mason  City,  in  his  annua! 
report,  asserted  that  a  great  many  manufacturers  whose  arti- 
cles are  taxed  are  not  only  paying  the  tax,  but  also  pay  the 
tax  on  their  goods  in  the  hands  of  the  retailers  and  jobbers. 
"To  these  manufacturers  tlie  members  owe  their  united  thanks, 
and  should  reciprocate  by  giving  their  goods  the  preference  at 
all  times,  and  thus  show  their  appreciation." 

President  Killmer  advised  co-operation  with  the  X.  A.  R.  D. 
As  to  the  drug  business  of  the  near  future,  he  was  very  hope- 
ful. Said  he;  "I  believe  we  are  beginning  a  new  era.  .\ 
great  many  changes  are  taking  place.  Side  lines  are  being 
added,  special  sales  featured,  new  ideas  in  merchandizing  are 
introduced,  and  in  the  end  the  druggist  will  not  cmly  be  a 
professional  man,  but  a  high  class  merchant  as  well." 


A.  M.  FISCHER  HEADS  TEXAS  PH.  A. 


E.  G.  Eberle,  Six  Years  Secretary-Treasurer,  Retires 
— Legislative  Committee  Commended. 


A.  M.  Fischer,  of  San  .^ntonio, 


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editor    of    the    Journal    of    tlic    American  Pharmaceutical 
Association. 

Professor  Eberle  declined  re-election  as  secretary-treasurer, 
in  which  capacity  he  had  served  the  association  for  the  past 
six  years. 


Fort  Worth  was  chosen  as  the  meeting  place  for  next  year, 
and  Galveston  is  considered  as  a  permanent  meeting  place,  a 
resolution  to  that  effect  having  been  submitted  to  be  acted 
upon  the  next  session,  which  will  be  held  in  May,  1916. 

The  opening  session  was  called  to  order  by  President  Wal- 
ter D,  Adams.    Mr.  .Adams,  in  the  course  of  his  remarks,  said: 

"A  bill  was  introduced  in  the  legislature  allowing  all  prac- 
ticing physicians  to  register  as  pharmacists  without  examina- 
tion. Piy  prompt  and  active  effort  this  measure  was  effectually 
killed  in  the  committee  room  and  never  found  its  way  back 
into  the  legislature,  Xo  physician  is  any  more  entitled  to- 
a  license  to  practice  pharmacy  without  examination  than  a 
I'liarmacist  is  entitled  to  practice  medicine  without  examina- 
tion. This  coniniillee  was  ever  on  the  alert  and  was  of 
service  in  more  \va\s  liian  is  herein  enumerated.'' 

A  discussion  o*"  tiic  Harrison  law  occurred  during  the  sec- 
ond day's  session.  Hugh  Craig,  of  the  X.  .\.  R.  D.,  Chi- 
cago, delivered  an  address,  in  which  he  recommended  that  the- 
law  be  supplemented  by  a  State  law  dealing  with  the  pos- 
session of  prohibited  narcotics  by  people  without  licenses. 
Lloyd  G.  Zinnecker,  deputy  revenue  collector,  and  Dr.  R.  R.  D. 
Cline,  professor  of  pharmacy  at  the  University  of  Texas,  alsO' 
spoke  along  these  lines  and  on  other  legislative  matters. 

The  following  officers  were  elected  by  the  Drug  Travelers' 
Association;  President,  L.  S.  Calvin,  Dallas;  first  vice  presi- 
dent, George  Reynolds,  Dallas;  second  vice  president,  John 
A.  Rippletoe,  Dallas;  third  vice  president,  E.  J.  Hueston,  San 
Antonio;  secretary-treasurer,  George  K.  Butcher. 

The  Woman's  .\uxiliary  elected  the  following ;  President, 
Mrs.  G.  T.  Reynolds,  Dallas;  first  vice  president.  Mrs.  J.  W. 
Cleveland,  Houston ;  second  vice  president,  Mrs.  Herman. 
Dreiss,  San  Antonio;  secretary,  Mrs.  W.  H,  Wentland,  Manor,, 
and  treasurer,  !Mrs.  W.  D.  Adams,  Forney. 


PLANS  FOR  A.   PH.  A.  CONVENTION 

San  Francisco  Meeting  in  August  "Will  be  Record 
Breaker,  It  is  Expected. 


The  following  is  the  te 
leeting  of  the  Americar 
11   San   Francisco,  Angus 


tative  program  of  the  sixty-third  annual 
Pharmaceutical  Association  to  be  held 
9-14,  1915. 

Monday.  August  2 


9:30  a. 
2:00  p. 


Nail. -I.. 
Americ:i 
Ladies' 


Tuesday,  August  3 


esday,  August  4 

lion  a:id  legislat 


Ileal    pharmacy    and    dispensing  (and 
formularies,   and  standards). 

A--      i-.ion  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy, 
t  unierence   of   Pharmaceutical  F.tculties. 


12:,W  p. 
2:00  p. 
,f:30  p. 
7:30  p. 


Thursday,  August  5 

(Sessions  of  the  National  Association  of  Boards  of 
Pharmacy.  The  .detailed  program  will  be  announce* 
later.) 

Friday,  August  6 

m.— First  session  of  the  American  Conference  at  the  Cali- 
fornia College  of  Pharmacy, 
ni.— Luncheon  at   the  Golden  Gate  Park  Casino, 
m. — Visit  to  the  Park  Museiun. 
m.— Second  session   of  the  Conference. 

—Visit    to   the   Museum   of  Anthropology   and  Lecture. 
(The    National    Association    of    Boards    of  Pharmacy 
contemplates  holding  sessions  on  this  day.) 

Saturday,  August  7 

ni.— Joint  session  of  the  Boards  of  Pharmacy,  the  Con- 
ference and  the  Section  on  Education  and  Legislation. 

ni.— The  Conference  may  hold  a  third  session.  _ 
(The  afternoon  and  evening  may  be  devoted  to  a  visit 
to  the  Exposition.) 


July,  1915] 


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MASSACHUSETTS  PH.  A.  DROPS  344 

rirst  Time  in  Years  Association  Does  Not  Meet  at 
Swampscott — Financial  Condition  Excellent 

Although  the  firm  action  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 
Massachusetts  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  dropping 
344  members  for  non-payment  of  dues  has  lowered  somewhat 
its  total  membership,  still  the  actual  income  of  the  organization 
is  greater  than  ever  before  in  its  history,  and  its  tliirty-fourth 
annual  convention  on  June  22,  23  and  24,  at  Springfield,  was 
one  of  the  most  enthusiastic  and  important  ever  held.  This  is 
the  first  time  in  more  than  a  dozen  years  that  the  annual 
meeting  has  not  been  held  at  Swampscott,  but  the  splendid 
turnout  of  members  from  tlie  western  part  of  the  State  fully 
justified  the  move,  and  it  is  likely  to  result  in  the  meeting  being 
held  alternately  by  the  sea  and  in  the  mountains. 

President  Frank  J.  Campbell  in  his  annual  address  called  spe- 
cial attention  to  the  work  of  the  legislative  committee,  James 
F.  Finneran,  chairman,  in  securing  changes  in  the  State  nar- 
cotic laws  to  bring  them  in  conformity  with  the  Harrison  law 
and  to  its  work  in  cormection  witli  "the  sixth  class  license,"  to 
which  much  opposition  has  been  aroused.  President  Campbell 
made  the  following  recommendations: 

That  tlie  association  re-affiliate  with  the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  that 
the  association  send  no  paid  delegate  to  the  A.  Ph.  A.  conven- 
'ion,  that  the  association  scholarship  at  Massachusetts  C.  P.  be 
continued,  that  the  membership  in  the  State  Board  of  Trade  be 
continued,  that  the  annual  appropriation  of  $600  to  the  legisla- 
tive committee  be  authorized,  that  the  Stevens  bill  be  endorsed, 
that  the  association  go  on  record  as  favoring  legislation  making 
the  use  of  trading  stamps,  coupons,  rebate  checks,  or  the  opera- 
tion of  any  sort  of  gift  enterprises,  illegal;  that  members  neg- 
lecting to  pay  dues  for  three  years  be  dropped  from  the  rolls, 
and  that  two  prizes  of  ten  and  five  dollars  respectively  be  of- 
fered for  the  two  best  papers  submitted  by  any  member  at  the 
annual  convention,  etc. 

Secretary  James  F.  Guerin,  of  Worcester,  reported  that  the 
association  had  lost  seven  members  through  death,  one  through 
resignation,  and  344  had  been  dropped  for  non-payment  of 
dues,  making  the  total  net  membership  1,145.  Treasurer  James 
F.  Finneran's  report  showed  a  total  of  balance  from  last  year 
and  receipts  of  $3,484.95;  expenditures  for  this  year,  $1,889; 
balance  on  hand,  $1,595.75,  which,  in  spite  of  hea\'y  legislative 
expenditures  this  year,  is  more  than  $200  above  last  year's  bal- 
ance. 

Submitted  in  three  sections,  one  devoted  to  State  legislation, 
another  to  National  legislation,  and  the  third  to  narcotic  laws 
both  State  and  National,  the  reading  of  the  legislative  com- 
mittee's complete  and  interesting  report  was  followed  with 
keenest  attention  by  more  than  200  members.  The  narcotic 
laws  were  the  center  of  a  questionaire  in  which  Professor  Nixon 
and  John  N.  O'Donoghue  of  the  Internal  Revenue  department 
explained  the  Harrison  law  and  the  latest  rulings  of  the  Col- 
lector in  the  provisions  of  the  same. 

In  recognition  of  his  long  service  and  imflagging  interest  in 
the  association's  work  John  T.  Harper,  of  Great  Barrington, 
■was  unanimously  elected  president.  The  other  officers  elected 
are: 

First  vice  president,  William  Hardie,  Fall  River;  second  vice 
president,  William  C.  B.  Marriam,  Springfield ;  third  vice  presi- 
dent, Walter  S.  Doane,  Worcester;  secretary,  James  F,  Guerin, 
Worcester;  treasurer,  James  F.  Finneran,  Boston.  The  last  two 
officers  were  re-elected  by  standing  vote.  The  trustees  of  the 
permanent  fund,  which  has  reached  a  total  of  more  than  $2,000. 
Wm.  F.  Sawyer,  Boston;  James  W.  Cooper,  Plymouth,  and  E. 
F.  Mole,  Adams,  were  re-elected.  The  three  druggists  the  as- 
sociation will  recommend  to  the  Governor  for  appointment  to 
the  Board  of  Pharmacy  are  John  F.  Hayes.  Fitchburg;  George 
J.  Carroll,  Gardner,  and  Frederick  A.  Brandes,  Webtser.  Wm. 
M.  Curtis,  Boston,  and  Philip  V.  Erard,  Springfield,  will  be 
presented  to  the  Governor  with  the  association's  endorsement 
for  a  place  on  the  State  Board  of  Health. 


W.  H.  TIBBALS  HEADS  KENTUCKY  PH.  A. 

Members  Endorse  Stevens  Bill  and  Arrange  for  Its 
Support  Through  District  Sub-Committees 

W.  H.  Tibbals,  of  Somerset,  was  elected  president  of  the 
ICentucky  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  at  its  thirty-eighth 


annual  meeting  held  at  Dawson  Springs,  June  15,  16  and  17. 
Otliers  elected  are:  Secretary,  J.  W.  Gayle,  Frankfort;  treas- 
urer, Vernon  Driskell,  Carrollton;  chairman  executive  com- 
mittee, Leon  Evans,  Mayfield. 

About  200  attended  this  convention.  Resolutions  were 
adopted  re-endorsing  the  Stevens  bill,  and  plans  were  outlined 
for  the  formation  of  sub-committees  on  legislation  in  each 
State  congressional  district  in  order  that  this  or  other  legis- 
lative measures,  either  State  or  National,  will  be  adequately 
supported. 

The  following  papers  were  read  and  discussed: 
"How  to  win  and  hold  the  friendship  of  the  physician," 
R.  Ross  Wood,  Pembroke;  "Should  a  druggist  refuse  to  boost 
or  recommend  patent  nostrums,"  Addison  Dimmitt,  Louis- 
ville; "Is  it  possible  for  one  with  a  limited  education  to  be- 
come a  successful  druggist?"  Simon  N.  Jones,  Louisville; 
"How  does  the  mail  order  house  affect  the  retail  druggist," 
J.  C.  Gilbert,  Paducah;  "How  best  to  keep  from  conflicting 
with  the  Kentucky  Experiment  Station,"  R.  J.  Frick,  Louis- 
ville; "Why  should  not  U.  S.  P.  and  N.  F.  preparations 
made  by  the  retailer  be  of  better  quality  than  formerly?" 
R.  J.  Frick;  "Is  the  use  of  trading  stamps  beneficial  to  the 
retailer,"  Simon  N.  Jones;  "How  to  figure  profits  for  the  retail 
druggist,"  Simon  N.  Jones;  "Will  druggists  profit  by  local 
option?"  Leon  Evans,  Mayfield;  "The  best  way  for  a  drug- 
gist to  spend  his  vacation,"  R.  J.  Frick. 


STATE  PH.  A.  KEEPS  TRAVELER  MEMBERS 

Nebraska  Organization  Divided  as  to  Ousting  Travel- 
ing Men — Those  in  Favor  Lose  on  Vote 

An  unsuccessful  attempt  to  divorce  the  traveling  men  from 
their  membership  in  the  Nebraska  State  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation was  one  of  the  features  of  the  thirty-fourth  annual  con- 
vention of  that  organization,  held  at  the  Hotel  Fontenelle,  Oma- 
ha. Some  of  the  pharmacist-members  wished  to  provide  an 
associate  membership  for  the  travelers,  C.  R.  Sherman,  of 
Omaha,  leading  those  in  favor  of  the  change.  William  Weid- 
ener,  of  Lincoln,  who  has  not  missed  a  convention  in  the  34 
years  of  his  membership,  spoke  against  the  proposition. 

In  his  annual  report.  President  Will  Brookley,  of  Edgar,  as- 
serted that  the  druggists  of  the  State  had  been  hit  hard  by  the 
special  war  tax;  that  the  Harrison  law  was  a  good  measure, 
and  that  the  Stevens  bill  should  be  approved  by  the  convention. 
He  urged  a  closer  co-operation  with  the  State  Board  of  Exam- 
iners. 

J.  Leyden  White,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  and  F.  W.  Nitardy, 
of  Denver,  addressed  the  members.  Dr.  F.  H.  Millener  gave 
a  lecture  and  demonstration  on  the  X-ray  at  the  Union  Pa- 
cific auditorium. 

The  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  are:  President,  K.  L. 
Kreizinger,  Fremont;  first  vice  president,  J.  E.  O'Brien, 
Omaha;  second  vice  president,  W.  E.  Clayton,  Grand  Island; 
third  vice  president,  J.  C.  Peterson,  Pierce;  fourth  vice  presi- 
dent. Turner  Haynes,  Omaha;  fifth  vice  president,  John  C. 
Hoff,  Wisner;  secretary,  J.  G.  McBride,  University  Place; 
treasurer,  D.  D.  Adams,  Nehawka. 

A.  V.  Pease,  Fairbury;  J.  E.  O'Brien,  Omaha,  and  R.  A. 
Lyman,  Lincoln,  were  designated  as  delegates  to  represent  the 
association  at  the  A.  Ph.  A.  convention.  Will  Brookley,  A.  C. 
Adams  and  S.  M.  Torrance  were  nominated  candidates  for 
membership  on  the  Stote  Board  of  Examiners.  F.  H.  Mil- 
lener, J.  Leyden  White  and  F.  W.  Nitardy  were  elected  honorary 
life  members. 


D.  T.  DOUGHERTY  HEADS  MAINE  PH.  A. 

D.  T.  Dougherty,  of  Bath,  was  elected  president  of  the  Maine 
State  Pharmaceutical  .Association,  at  its  forty-eighth  annual 
meeting  held  at  Rangeley.    Other  officers  elected  are: 

Vice  president,  Frank  W.  Bucknam,  Skowhegan;  H.  C.  Bux- 
ton, Fort  Fairfield,  and  F.  H.  Neal,  Fairfield;  secretary,  M.  L. 
Porter,  Danforth,  and  treasurer,  A.  W.  Meserve,  Kennebunk. 

The  association  endorsed  the  Stevens  bill.  It  also  decided 
upon  Augusta  as  the  place  of  the  next  meeting.  H.  H.  Haines, 
of  Madison;  E.  L,  Kenney,  Auburn;  J.  H.  Gregoire,  Augusta; 
John  F.  Bennett,  Portland;  John  Coughlin,  Augusta,  and 
George  O.  Tuttle,  Portland,  were  chosen  as  the  six  candidates 
from  whom  Governor  Curtis  may  select  a  State  commissioner 
of  pharmacy. 


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[July,  1915 


I.  S.  PH.  A.  DARES  TO  BE  PROGRESSIVE 

Members  Eliminate  Old  Formality  in  Program — To 
Meet  in  Springfield  Five  Times 

The  Illinois  State  Phamaceutical  Association  held  a  very 
successful  convention  at  Springfield,  June  IS,  16  and  17.  In- 
stead of  listening  to  many  formal  reports  and  papers,  this 
convention  was  largely  devoted  to  addresses  upon  pertinent 
subjects  of  general  pharmaceutical  interest,  noteworthy  among 
these  being  addresses  by  Dr.  James  H.  Beal  on  "Standard- 
ization of  Pharmacy  Legislation";  U.  S.  Senator  Lawrence 
Y.  Sherman,  who  discussed  pharmaceutical  and  medical  legis- 
lation from  the  standpoint  of  the  public ;  Mr.  O'Meara,  on  the 
psychology  of  salesmanship,  and  Thomas  H.  Potts,  secretary  of 
the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  on  the  Stevens  bill  and  the  Harrison 
law. 

Another  radical  change  was  made  when  the  association  de- 
cided to  accept  the  invitation  of  the  Sangamon  County  R.  D. 
A.  and  select  Springfield  as  the  meeting  place  for  the  next  five 
years,  with  the  understanding  that  by  so  doing  a  new  plan 
is  to  be  worked  out  which  will  provide  for  the  development 
of  pharmaceutical  exhibits  and  the  more  thorough  canvassing 
of  the  State  to  bring  into  the  association  all  active  pharmacists. 
$600. 

President  W.  F.  Baum,  in  his  annual  address,  characterized 
cut  rate  druggists  and  mail  order  houses  handling  drugs,  as 
unfair,  and  as  "cheats,"  possessed  of  other  undesirable  char- 
acteristics. He  spoke  strongly  in  favor  of  the  State  anti- 
narcotic  bill. 

Dr.  Beal's  address  was  followed  closely  and  was  vigorously 
applauded.  He  pointed  out  the  sad  results  of  over-legisla- 
tion by  ill-informed  and  radical  reformers  and  made  a  strong 
plea  for  well-balanced  and  thoughtful  consideration  of  the 
whole  subject  of  pharmaceutical  legislation  with  a  view  to 
securing  standard  forms  of  food  and  laws  so  drawn  as  to 
protect  the  public  from  incompetence  and  greed,  while  at 
the  same  time  not  imposing  undue  hardships  on  the  phar- 
macist. 

Secretary  Day  announced  that  Dr.  Beal  had  stated  that 
he  would  donate  the  sum  of  $100  to  the  Illinois  Ph.  A.,  the 
interest  to  be  offered  in  the  form  of  association  memberships 
as  prizes  to  the  three  young  men  making  the  best  records  in 
passing  the  State  Board  examinations. 

Resolutions  were  adopted  effecting  re-affiliation  with  the 
N.  A.  R.  D.,  and  making  the  usual  appropriation  of  $25 
therefor;  also  endorsing  the  Stevens  bill.  T.  D.  Gregg,  C.  A. 
Storer,  L.  P.  Larsen,  C.  F.  Schultz,  H.  C.  Schuh  were 
recommended  for  appointment  to  the  Board  of  Pharmacy; 
E.  A.  Sell,  F.  H.  Kroh  and  F.  M.  Mares  for  the  Advisory 
Board. 

Resolutions  of  sympathy  were  ordered  sent  to  R.  N.  Dodds, 
a  charter  member,  who  has  been  quite  ill;  a  rising  vote  of 
thanks  weis  given  the  Sangamon  County  R.  D.  A.  and  the 
Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Travelers'  Association  for  their  share 
in  the  work  of  the  convention. 

The  following  prize  essays  were  presented  under  the  auspices 
of  the  prize  essay  committee,  of  which  C.  F.  Prison  was 
chairman : 

"Should  the  ownership  of  drug  stores  be  restricted  to  regis- 
tered pharmacists?"  by  W.  S.  Denton,  first  prize;  "How  to 
build  up  business  by  courtesy,"  G.  E.  Schwitzer,  second  prize, 
and  "Business  getting,"  T.  D.  Shaffer. 

The  following  officers  were  elected: 

President,  Julius  Riemenschneider,  Chicago;  first  vice  presi- 
dent, W.  S.  Denton,  Beardtown ;  second  vice  president,  Byron 
Armstrong,  Jacksonville;  third  vice  president,  Robert  J.  Phil- 
lips, Springfield;  secretary,  W.  B.  Day,  Chicago;  treasurer, 
Chris  Garver,  Bloomington. 

The  37th  annual  convention  will  be  held  in  Springfield  Jutic 
6,  7  and  8. 

The  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Travelers'  Association  elected 
the  following  officers : 

President,  W.  B.  Stout,  Peoria;  first  vice  president,  R.  D. 
Keim,  Chicago;  second  vice  president,  George  L.  Leonard, 
ChiraRo;  third  vice  president,  Allan  Stuart,  Chicago;  secre- 
tary and  treasurer,  R.  A.  Whidden,  Chicago;  executive  council, 
Ed.  Lahl,  Chicago;  chairman,  M.  L.  Burhans,  Elkhart,  Ind,; 
A.  W.  Hobart,  Racine,  Wis.;  John  F.  Hott,  Monticello,  111., 
and  Frank  Hoey. 


LEGISLATION  MUST  BE  FULLY  ENDORSED 

Before  Michigan  Ph.  A.  Members  Will  Give  It  Their 
Support — C.  H.  Jongehan  Elected  President. 

Retail  druggists  of  Michigan  who  met  at  Grand  Rapids  for 
the  thirty-third  annual  convention  of  the  Michigan  State  Phar- 
maceutical Association  June  9,  10  and  11,  placed  themselves 
squarely  on  record  as  opposed  to  all  legislation  affecting  the 
drug  trade  unless  endorsed  by  the  State  organization,  the  Na- 
tional Association  of  Retail  Druggists  or  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association. 

The  use  of  trading  stamps  to  stimulate  trade,  the  apothecary 
system  of  rebating,  and  one-cent  postage  were  opposed  by  he 
unanimous  vote  of  the  convention  It  was  maintained  that  one- 
cent  postage  would  be  a  move  in  the  interest  of  the  big  mail 
order  house.  The  Stevens  bill,  relative  to  standardizing  of 
prices,  was  re-endorsed. 

The  feature  of  the  opening  day  of  the  convention  was  an 
address  by  Lee  H.  Bierce,  of  the  Grand  Rapids  Association  of 
Commerce,  in  which  he  urged  co-operative  trading  among  the 
retailers.  He  dwelt  at  length  upon  the  benefits  of  the  com- 
munity system.  In  their  reports  for  the  past  year.  President 
Grant  Stevens,  of  Detroit;  Secretary  D.  D.  Alton  and  Treasurer 
E.  C.  Varnum  told  the  convention  the  State  body  has  never 
been  in  more  flourishing  condition  than  at  the  present;  this  in 
spite  of  the  opposition  of  mail  order  houses,  department  stores 
and  chain  stores. 

At  the  Thursday  sessions  Secretary  Thomas  A.  Potts,  of 
the  National  Association,  led  the  discussion  of  ruinous  cutting 
of  prices,  the  inroads  made  on  the  retail  business  by  itinerant 
vendors  and  grocers  who  sell  epsom  salts,  tinctures,  etc.,  in 
original  packages,  the  growing  competition  of  the  big  mail  order 
houses  and  the  Stevens  bill.  Price  cutting  was  declared  to  en- 
courage imitation  and  substitution  at  the  expense  of  the  public 
and  the  dealers,  and  co-operation  with  the  National  organiza- 
tions was  urged  to  promote  legislation  hitting  at  these  evils. 

In  his  report  of  tlie  legislative  committee  J.  H.  Webster,  of 
Detroit,  asserted  that  itinerant  vendors  and  general  merchants 
are  so  well  organized  that  laws  cannot  easily  be  passed  in  the 
interests  of  the  small  druggists.  He  urged  the  pushing  of  a 
membership  campaign  by  the  association  and  honest  advertis- 
ing as  well  as  the  making  and  selling  of  stable  goods  at  stable 
prices. 

Answering  the  question,  "When  Does  Credit  Granting  Be- 
come a  Banking  Proposition?"  which  was  the  topic  of  his  ad- 
dress, Lee  M.  Hutchins,  of  the  Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Com- 
pany, wholesalers,  of  Grand  Rapids,  answered  "when  the  bill 
is  due."  He  argued  that  merchants  lost  large  siuns  in  the  ag- 
gregate by  allowing  bills  to  go  overdue  without  charging  in- 
terest. 

C.  F.  Mann,  of  Detroit,  opposed  the  effort  to  organize  a 
house  of  delegates  in  connection  with  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  convention. 

In  the  afternoon  session,  Thursday,  the  druggists  were  urged 
by  Edward  Austin  to  go  after  parcel  post  patronage  in  com- 
petition with  the  mail  order  stores.  W.  H.  Fox  led  an  inter- 
esting general  discussion.  ".As  good  citizens"  the  members 
voted  to  do  all  possible  to  enforce  the  Harrison  Federal  drug 
law  against  the  sale  of  narcotics. 

Elections,  which  were  held  Friday,  resulted  as  follows:  Presi- 
dent, C.  H.  Jongehan,  Grand  Rapids;  first  vice  president,  W. 
H.  Fox,  Coldwater;  second  vice  president,  Roy  Collins,  Friiik- 
fort;  treasurer,  John  Steketee,  Grand  Rapids;  secretary,  1"). 
D.  Alton,  Fremont;  members  executive  committee  for  three 
years,  Peter  Velema,  Grand  Rapids,  and  John  Webster.  Detroit 

.Ml  visiting  delegates  and  members  were  guests  Friday  night 
at  a  IxiiKiuet  at  which  Governor  Woodbridge  N.  Ferris,  of 
Mi<lii-,ni;  Professor  J.  O.  Schlotterbcck,  dean  of  the  Uni- 
M  isity  of  Michigan  College  of  Pharmacy  and  Con  DePree,  of 
the  Dcl'rce  Chemical  Company,  Holland,  Mich.,  were  the  prin- 
cipal speakers. 

The  Michigan  Pharmaceutical  Travelers'  Association  elected 
the  following  officers:  President,  W.  H.  Martin,  Detroit;  first 
vice  president,  F.  E.  Wicks,  Detroit;  first  vice  president,  F.  _E. 
Wicks,  Detroit;  second  vice  president,  Paul  Hirth,  Detroit; 
third  vice  president,  F.  L,  Raymond,  Grand  Rapids:  secretary 
and  treasurer,  W.  S.  Lawton,  Grand  Rapids;  members  of  the 
council  for  one  year,  F.  D.  Kramer,  Grand  Rapids,  chairman; 
R,  L,  Shannon.  Detroit;  M.  A.  Jones.  Vpsilanti ;  George  Hal- 
pin,  Detroit;  J.  J.  Dooley,  Grand  Rapids;  W.  F.  Griffith, 
Howell;  H.  B.  Thayer,  Detroit,  and  F.  W.  Kerr.  Detroit. 


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PHARMACEUTICAL  CHEMISTS  COITVENE 

Annual  Meeting  Held  at  Rochester — B.  L.  Maltbie 
Succeeds  George  C.  Hail — Latter  Given  a  Watch 

B.  L.  Maltbie,  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  was  elected  to  succeed 
George  C.  Hall,  as  president  of  the  American  Association 
of  Pharmaceutical  Chemists,  at  the  recent  annual  meeting  of 
that  organization,  held  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.  The  other  officers 
elected  are: 

First  vice  president,  E.  S.  Holt,  Cedar  Rapids,  la.;  second 
vice  president,  J.  W.  Haynie,  Columbus,  Ohio;  secretar>'  and 
treasurer,  C.  H.  Searles,  Pittsburgh ;  directors  for  three  years : 
Dr.  W.  C.  Abbott,  Chicago;  G.  C.  Hall,  Brooklyn,  and  G.  S. 
Eilyson,  Des  Moines,  la. 

Regret  that  there  should  be  any  friction  between  druggists 
and  physicians  was  expressed  by  Mr  Alaitbie  at  the  associa- 
tion's annual  banquet.  He  declared  that  such  an  unfriendly 
feeling  does  now  exist  to  a  considerable  extent  because  of  the 
practice  of  the  physicians  in  dispensing  their  own  medicines. 

"One  matter  to  which  I  have  given  considerable  thought  and 
which  I  must  confess  has  worried  me  not  a  little,"  said  Mr. 
Maltbie,  "is  the  unfriendly  feeling  that  now  exists  between 
physicians  and  druggists.  I  was,  as  you  might  say,  raised  in 
a  drug  store,  for  I  received  my  first  drug  store  lesson  before 
I  reached  the  age  of  thirteen  and  I  stuck  to  the  retail  busi- 
ness lor  fifteen  years. 

"In  the  country  where  the  drug  stores  are  few  and  far 
between,  physicians  are  obliged  to  dispense  whether  they  wish 
to  do  so  or  not,  but  in  cities  and  towns  where  there  is  oppor- 
tunity for  physicians  and  druggists  to  become  more  closely 
associated,  this  is,  happily,  being  done  in  many  places.  You 
can  coax  where  you  cannot  drive.  Physicians  are  in  prac- 
tice, first  because  they  love  their  work  and,  second,  to  make 
an  honest  living  for  themselves,  educate  their  children  and  lay 
in  something  for  old  age.  Where  one  physician  dispenses 
to  a  greater  or  less  extent,  another  is  apt  to  do  so  for 
business  reasons ;  the  majority  of  people  are  comparatively 
poor  and  they  naturally  prefer  to  have  their  doctor  dispense, 
if  for  no  other  reason  than  that  they  save  money  by  it. 
But  if  the  druggists  and  doctors  will  get  together  everywhere 
as  they  are  getting  together  in  many  places,  they  can  adjust 
their  differences  to  a  large  extent  and  both  profit  thereby. 

"Let  our  physicians  and  drug  friends  drop  into  a  conference 
and  settle  their  differences  instead  of  fighting  each  other. 
They  need  each  other;  they  can  be  of  material  benefit  to  each 
other  in  many  ways." 

Cheap  Drugs  Not  Used 

The  statement  frequently  made  that  physicians  use  cheap, 
which  implies  poor  drugs,  is  unwarranted,  so  Mr.  Maltbie 
believes. 

"My  experience,"  he  said,  "is  that  physicians,  as  a  rule, 
demand  the  best.  The  importance,  frequently  the  very  neces- 
sity that  the  drug  the  physician  employs  be  absolutely  true 
to  formula,  cannot  be  kept  too  firmly  in  mind.  Especially 
in  acute  cases  does  this  apply.  Physicians  give  their  patients 
certain  drugs  for  specific  purposes.  If  a  drug  be  in  the 
least  inferior  the  expected  result  may  not  be  obtained  and  a 
patient  possibly  lost.  When  a  physician  realizes,  as  they 
are  now  generally  realizing,  that  a  cut  price  may  mean  a 
poor  quality,  they  will  not  take  a  chance  on  the  cheap  article. 

"Hence  I  say  that  statements  that  physicians  employ  poor, 
cheap  drugs  are,  in  the  first  place,  improbable  for  obvious 
reasons,  and,  in  the  second  place,  untrue. 

"The  manufacture  of  medicinal  preparations  is  a  serious 
business.  We  supply  physicians  direct  or  through  the  whole- 
sale or  retail  drug  trade  with  materials  or  retail  drug  trade 
with  materials  with  which  to  combat  disease.  It  is  not  only 
up  to  us  to  see  that  our  products  are  true  to  formula  but 
to  acquaint  physicians  with  the  common  talk  that  they  are 
using  poor  drugs  and  that  while  we  know  this  talk  to  be 
unfounded  they  should  discuss  the  matter,  particularly  m 
their  associations,  and  combat  it  to  the  best  of  their  ability." 

Mr.  Maltbie  also  pointed  out  that  the  physicians  and  drug- 
■gists  ought  to  get  together  to  fight  the  menace  of  the  medicine 
peddler,  particularly  in  the  west.  These  people,  who  sell 
remedies  for  everything  under  the  sun,  he  declared  are  a 
menace  to  the  people,  to  the  doctors,  and  to  the  druggists. 


The  association  put  itself  on  record  as  favoring  the  use 
of  the  highest  quality  of  drugs  and  of  improvement  of  pro- 
cesses wherever  possible.  It  also  strongly  favored  the  enforce- 
ment of  the  Harrison  drug  act  to  the  letter  of  the  law,  and  the 
reduction  of  the  use  of  narcotics  in  medicinal  preparations 
to  the  extent  of  not  using  any  if  possible. 

An  interesting  feature  connected  with  the  final  meeting  of 
the  couNcntion  was  the  presentation  of  a  valuable  gold  watch 
to  G.  C.  Hall,  the  retiring  president,  as  a  testimonial  of  the 
esteem  of  the  members  and  their  gratitude  for  his  efforts  in 

their  behalf.   

N.  C.  S.  PH.  A.  MEETS  AT  SEASHORE 

Members  Divide  on  Question  of  Meeting  Place,  But 
Finally  Agree — E.  L.  Tarkenton  New  President 

After  a  lively  fight  between  the  members  of  the  North  Caro- 
lina State  Pharmaceutical  Association  who  favored  holding  the 
annual  meeting  of  that  organization  at  the  seashore  and  those 
favoring  the  mountains,  the  former  contingent  won  out  and 
Wrightsville  beach  was  chosen.     New  officers  are: 

President,  E.  L.  Tarkington,  Wilson;  first  vice  president,  E. 
G.  Birdsong,  Raleigh;  second  vice  president,  G.  A.  Matton, 
High  Point;  third  vice  president,  S.  E.  Welfare,  Winsto/i- 
Salem;  secretary,  J.  G.  Beard,  Chapei  Hill,  re-elected;  treasurer, 

G.  E.  Burwell,  Charlotte;  local  secretary,  D.  A.  Elvington, 
Wilmington. 

F.  W.  Hancock,  of  Oxford,  secretary-treasurer,  reported  that 
the  organization  had  experienced  a  substantial  growth  during 
the  past  year. 

The  following  papers  were  read  and  discussed  during  the 
convention:  "Parcel  Post  and  How  I  Have  Made  a  Success  of 
the  Drug  Business,"  C.  A.  Raysor,  Asheville;  "How  Does  the 
Laity  Learn  the  Use  of  the  Newer  Synthetic  Remedies  and  the 
Best  Bethod  of  Getting  the  Physician  to  Prescribe  N.  F.  Prep- 
arations," William  M.  Blauvelt;  "Cultivation  of  Ginseng  and 
Hydrastis,"  K.  E.  Bennett,  Bryson  City;  "Kodak  and  Kodak 
Supplies  and  News  Stands  for  Drug  Stores,"  George  Y.  Wat- 
son, Southport;  "Commercial  Pharmacy,"  C.  P.  Greyer,  Mor- 
gantown;  "State  Pharmacy  Laws,"  W.  W.  Home,  Fayctte- 
ville; '"Relation  of  the  Physician  and  Pharmacist,"  Burness  S. 
Warren,  Greenville;  "How  to  Stimulate  a  Sick  Drug  Business,"' 
E.  L.  Tarkington,  Wilson ;  "Is  the  Attendance  at  Most  Pharma- 
ceutical Meetings  Due  to  Lack  of  Interest  or  Lack  of  Time?" 

H.  T.  Hicks,  Raleigh ;  "The  Retail  Pharmacist  and  the  "^rv  el- 
ing  Salesman,"  P.  W.  Vaughan,  Durham;  "Why  Some  Pharma- 
cists Don't  Make  More  Money,"  Sam  E.  Welfare,  Winston; 
"Deterioration  of  Pharmaceutical  Preparations,"  John  Hen- 
derson, Chapel  Hill;  "Advantage  and  Disadvantage  of  Buying 
in  Large  Quantities,"  C.  C.  Seawell,  High  Point;  "The  Con- 
flict between  Professional  and  Commercial  Pharmacy,"  J.  G 
Beard,  Chapel  Hill. 

The  association  went  on  record  as  favoring  the  Stevens  Bill 
and  re-adopted  last  year's  resolution  that  every  member  was  to 
do  his  utmost  to  secure  the  passage  of  the  measure  by  Con- 
gress. The  James  H.  Beal  Membership  prize  was  award2d  to 
A.  L.  Fishel  of  Chapel  Hill  for  having  attained  the  big)  est 
general  average  at  the  recent  examination  of  the  Board  jf  Ph  ir- 
macy. 

An  automobile  ride  for  the  members  to  places  of  interest  in 
the  city  and  county,  a  barbecue  and  brunswick  stew  dinner  and 
a  baseball  game  were  among  the  features  on  the  program  Df 
entertainment. 

The  Traveling  Men's  auxiliary  elected  the  following  officers: 
President,  J.  B.  O'Baumon,  Charlottee;  vice  president,  Lam- 
beth Kuhan,  Charlottee;  secretary-treasurer,  H.  P.  Underwood, 
Goldsboro. 


Delaware  Ph.   A.   Holds  Annual  Meeting 

The  twenty-ninth  annual  convention  of  the  Delaware  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association  was  held  at  the  Hotel  Du  Pont, 
Wilmington.    Officers  elected  are: 

Vice  president  for  New  Castle  county,  James  T.  Challenger, 
New  Castle;  vice  president  for  Kent  county,  James  W.  Wise, 
Dover;  vice  president  for  Sussex  county,  H.  P,  Luff,  Felton ; 
secretary.  Miss  Nora  V.  Brendell,  Wilmington;  treasurer, 
Oscar  C.  Draper;  board  of  directors,  John  M.  Harvey,  Wil- 
mington; Erdmann  Hoffman,  Wilmington;  George  W.  Rhoades, 
Newark;  W.  H.  Chambers,  Lewes;  James  T.  Challenger, 


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EFFECT  OF  WAR  ON  DRUGS  DISCUSSED 

Revolution    in    Trade    Conditions    is    Predicted  by- 
Speaker  at  Pennsylvania  Ph.  A.  Convention 

Conditions  in  the  drug  and  chemical  market,  due  to  the  war 
in  Europe  figured  largely  in  the  discussion  at  the  thirty-eighth 
annual  meeting  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion at  Forest  Park  Hotel,  Pike  County,  Pa.,  June  22,  23  and 
24.  Such  prominent  representatives  of  pharmacy  as  Prof. 
Joseph  P.  Remington,  chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Revision 
of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  and  Sam'l.  C.  Henry, 
president  of  the  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  pre- 
dicted a  tremendous  revolution  in  trade  conditions,  particular- 
ly in  the  matter  of  prices  for  foreign-made  drugs  and  chemi- 
cals. 

Martin  I.  Wilbert  of  the  United  States  Public  Health  Ser- 
vice declared  that  as  a  result  of  the  war,  the  atmosphere  will 
be  cleared  and  the  public  greatly  benefitted  by  legislation  along 
the  line  of  revised  patent  laws.  Mr.  Henry  showed  the  need 
of  a  revision  of  these  patent  laws  and  the  breaking  up  of 
foreign  monopoly.  Charles  Rehfuss  showed  that  the  retail 
druggist  was  not  reaping  any  benefit  by  the  sale  of  these  im- 
ported chemicals.  President  Edgar  F.  Heffner  urged  the  use  of 
American-made  medicines  and  toilet  articles  and  called  on 
Pennsylvania  pharmacists  to  push  the  sale. 

Stevens  Bill  Endorsed 

Following  a  recommendation  by  President  Heffner,  the  as- 
sociation decided  to  inaugurate  a  state-wide  publicity  cam- 
paign through  the  public  press  by  which  the  public  can  be 
informed  on  legislative  and  other  issues  in  pharmacy  that 
have  to  do  also  with  the  protection  of  the  general  health  of 
the  community.  After  a  stirring  address  by  J.  Leyden  White 
of  Washington,  the  association  endorsed  the  Stevens  bill  which 
failed  to  pass  the  last  session  of  Congress. 

Something-for-nothing  schemes,  according  to  the  report  of 
the  committee  on  trade  interests,  made  by  B.  E.  Pritchard  of 
Pittsburgh,  had  been  one  of  the  banes  of  the  drug  business  in 
Pennsylvania  during  the  year  and  had  contributed  largely  to 
the  high  cost  of  living  as  the  consumer  always  paid  the  cost 
although  he  was  not  always  aware  of  it.  This  report  in  the 
framing  of  which  Harry  B.  French  of  Philadelphia  and  Robert 
P.  Fischelis  of  New  York  assisted,  also  declared  that  American 
manufacturers  as  a  result  of  the  elimination  of  high  prices  and 
the  scarcity  of  imported  drugs,  chemicals  and  drug  store 
merchandise,  were  commencing  to  manufacture  them  in  this 
country  and  that  another  feature  was  the  discovery  of  other 
combinations  of  a  medicinal  character  to  take  the  place  of 
those  which,  through  high  prices  and  scarcity,  were  out  of 
reach  of  the  majority. 

Statistics  on  Narcotics 

Statistics  presented  at  this  meeting  showed  that  while  the 
use  of  narcotic  drugs  by  regular  practitioners  in  a  legitimate 
way  was  about  the  same  since  the  Plarrison  law  became  ef- 
fective, that  the  illegitimate  use  was  largely  reduced.  Some 
medicines  that  had  contained  such  ingredients  had  been  with- 
drawn from  sale,  it  was  said,  while  in  others,  the  quantity  of 
such  drugs  in  them  had  been  greatly  reduced. 

The  association  directed  its  incoming  committee  on  legisla- 
tion to  prepare  an  itinerant  venders  bill  witli  a  view  to  stop- 
ping the  indiscriminate  manufacture  and  sale  in  Pennsylvania 
of  so-called  medicines.  It  will  also  seek  to  have  experience  in 
hospital  dispensaries  recognized  in  the  pre-requisite  regula- 
tions of  the  pharmacy  law  of  the  State  and  to  have  also  the 
status  of  the  hospital  dispensary  fixed  by  law. 
"To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  C.  Peacock  of  Philadelphia  was  awarded 
the  twenty  dollar  gold  prize  for  the  best  paper  presented  at 
the  1914  meeting.  J.  Ixyden  White  was  elected  to  honorary 
membership.  The  report  of  the  secretary  gave  the  membership 
as  1,200  with  222  new  members  admitted  at  the  1915  meeting. 
Reading  was  chosen  as  the  place  of  holding  the  1916  meeting 
with  June  21,  22,  23  the  dates. 

The  following  offirors  were  elected:  President,  Theodore 
Campl'  '1  I  '  il  '  '  fir<t  vice  president,  Adolph  Schmidt, 
McK  imsidcnt.   Adam  Heckerman,  Port 

Roy, 1 1  Riiso,  Philadelphia;  assistant  sec- 

retar\.  I.ixvi-  II.  I'  m-,  I'iiiladelphia ;  treasurer,  F.  H.  E. 
Gleim,  Lebanon;  member  of  the  Executive  Committee  for 
three  years,  Croll  Keller,  Harrisburg. 


The  Traveling  Men's  Auxuliary  whose  members  provided 
the  entertainment  for  the  meeting,  elected  the  following  officers: 
President,  A.  J.  Staudt,  Philadelphia;  vice  president,  John  Q. 
Reinhardt,  Philadelphia;  secretary,  A.  Lincoln  Wolcott,  Phila- 
delphia and  treasurer,  Jeremiah  D.  McFerren,  Philadelphia. 


GEORGIA  DRUG  INSPECTOR  CRITICISED 

Members  of  Association  Aroused  by  Assertions  of 
Dr.  Brunner  at  Convention. 

Criticism  of  State  Drug  Inspector  T.  A.  Cheatham,  who 
is  under  the  State  Department  of  Agriculture,  aroused  the 
members  of  the  Georgia  Pharmaceutical  Association,  at  their 
recent  annual  convention,  held  at  Savannah.  Dr.  W.  F.  Brun- 
ner, health  officer  at  Savannah,  asserted  that  the  inspector 
had  "laid  down  on  the  job."  Mr.  Cheatham  placed  the 
responsibility  for  not  having  replied  to  a  request  from  Dr. 
Brunner  to  assist  in  the  prosecution  of  a  drug  law  case  on 
the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture.  Charles  Jordan,  secretary 
of  the  State  Board,  made  the  point  that  the  State  inspector 
should  be  under  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy.  Mr.  Jordan 
said: 

"If  the  evidence  brought  before  Dr.  Brunner  is  true,  it 
is  up  to  the  association  to  investigate,  and  if  the  State 
Department  of  Agriculture  is  'laying  down,'  to  get  in  behind 
it.  I  don't  propose  to  stand  by  and  hear  slurs  thrown  at 
druggists  all  over  this  State.  If  this  evidence  is  right,  then 
let's  go  after  them  right." 

H.  C.  Shuptrine  defended  Dr.  Brunner's  position.  "Regard- 
less of  any  man  who  may  have  been  hit.  Dr.  Brimner's  address 
before  this  association  will  result  in  more  good  than  any 
paper  read  before  this  body.  If  the  Commissioner  of  Agri- 
culture has  'laid  down  on  the  job,'  for  heaven's  sake  let's  get 
behind  him,  and  then  if  he  won't  'come  across,'  let's  put 
him  out." 

A  committee  consisting  of  W.  B.  Freeman,  W.  S.  Elkins  and 

C.  B.  Jordan  was  appointed  to  investigate  the  charges  made 
by  Dr.  Brunner  against  prominent  druggists  of  I^Iacon.  They 
will  report  to  the  executive  committee. 

Dr.  Brunner  asserted  that  there  was  a  joker  in  the  State 
anti-narcotic  la.\v.  One  clause,  he  asserted,  permitted  the  drug- 
gists to  sell  narcotics,  another  forbids  such  sales. 

At  one  time  Dr.  Brunner  was  interrupted  in  the  midst  of 
his  assertions.  He  was  denied  the  privilege  of  the  floor  and 
was  en  route  to  Savannah  when  the  convention  reconsidered  its 
action,  sent  a  committee  after  him  and  invited  him  to  continue, 
which  he  did — in  "42  centimeter"  fashion. 

Samuel  E.  Bayne,  of  Macon,  Georgia,  was  elected  president 
of  the  association.  The  other  officers  elected  are:  First  vice 
president,  John  Wages,  Winder;  second  vice  president,  Henry 
Bell,  Albany;  third  vice  president,  I.  A.  Solomons,  Jr.,  Savan- 
nah; secretary,  T.  A.  Cheatham,  Macon,  re-elected;  treasurer, 

D.  G.  Wise,  Atlanta,  re-elected. 

Mr.  Cheatham's  re-election  was  regarded  by  the  members 
as  a  vote  of  confidence,  many  regarding  Dr.  Bnmner's  attack 
on  him  as  unjust  and  uncalled  for. 

I.  A.  Solomons,  Jr.,  was  elected  as  a  delegate  to  the  N.  A. 
R.  D.  convention.  The  delegate  to  the  .A.  Ph.  A.  conven- 
tion was  not  named. 


N.  0.  D.  A.  ALARMED  AT  DRUG  PRICES 

Members  of  the  Northern  Ohio  Druggists'  Association,  a 
a  recent  meeting  in  Cleveland,  expressed  themselves  as  muc 
concerned  over  the  rate  at  which  drug  prices  have  been  mount 
ing  higher  since  the  outbreak  of  war.  It  was  asserted  tha 
druggists  are  compelled  to  pay  from  10  to  ISOO  per  cent,  mc 
for  some  drugs  today  than  tlicy  paid  a  year  ago.  While  n 
methods  were  arrived  at  to  combat  this  tendency  of  the  dr.i 
market,  it  is  expected  that  the  organization's  delegates  to  tl 
N.  A.  R.  D.  convention  will  take  an  active  part  in  the  di 
cussion  on  the  subject  which  is  sure  to  come  up  on  thai 
occasion.  The  delegates,  who  were  appointed  at  this  meet- 
ing, are  Eugene  R.  Selzer,  Willard  Fox  and  O.  E.  Muhlha 

The  following  officers  were  elected    President,  Eugene 
Selzer;  first  vice  president.  .Adolph  Riegelhaupt;  second  vi 
president  and  treasurer,  Harry  F.  Guenther;  secrctar)-,  O. 
Goodyear. 


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Bottom  ro-.c,  left  to  right — Miss  Charlotte  Hattcrman,  Mrs  Henry  F.  Albert,  Mrs.  George  Bruns,  Mrs.  C.  F.  Hattcrman, 
Mrs.  William  F.  Brandt.  Mrs.  L.  F.  W.  Seifert  and  Mrs.  Viemeister.  Top  row — Charles  F.  Hatternian,  George  Bruns, 
Captain  Alters,  of  the  Friederich  der  Grosse ;  Carl  Wipperntan,  L.  F.  W.  Seifert,  Robert  S.  Lehmayi,  Captain  H.  Rehnt, 
of  the  Barbarossa:  Fred  Schaefer.  August  Diehl  and  Mr.  Viemeister.  Picture  taken  by  Hugo  Kantrowitz  at  recent  G. 
A.  S.  outing. 


G.  A.  S.  OUTIN"G  A  GREAT  SUCCESS 


KOPPENBRINK  HEADS  MISSOURI  PH.  A. 


More  Than  200  Journey  to  College  Point  and  Engage 
in  Games — Supper  and  Dancing  Other  Features 


Association  Meets  at  Pertle  Springs  and  Hears  Four 
Excellent  Papers — To  Return  in  1916 


Members  of  the  German  Apotliecaries'  Society,  their  ladies, 
children  and  guests,  in  all  some  200  strong,  made  holiday  on 
a  recent  sunshiny  June  afternoon  at  Witzel's  pavilion.  Col- 
lege Point.  L.  I.  The  program  included  bowling  for  the  men 
and  women,  quoits  for  the  women,  boys  and  girls,  and  egg 
races  for  the  girls  and  boys,  many  beautiful  prizes  purchased 
especially  for  the  occasion  being  awarded. 

Following  the  events,  supper  was  served,  in  the  course  of 
which  President  Robert  S.  Lehman  addressed  those  present. 


Bottom  rn-i\  kit  to  right — President  of.  the  G.  A.  S.,  Robert 
S.  Lehman:  Honorary  President  Charles  F.  Schleussncr,  First 
Vice  President  Paul  F.  Gebicke ;  top  row— Second  Vice  Presi- 
dent Otto  P.  Gilbert,  S.  V.  B.  Swann,  chairman  legislative 
committee;  August  Diehl,  former  vice  president  of  the  Society 
and  now  president  of  the  New  York  Consolidated  Drug  Co. 


The  thirty-seventh  annual  convention  of  the  Missouri  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association  was  held  at  Pertle  Springs,  War- 
rensburg,  Mo.,  June  15,  16,  17  and  18,  and  the  twenty-four'h 
annual  convention  of  the  Missouri  Pharmaceutical  Travelers' 
Association  at  the  same  place  on  June  17.  There  was  a  good 
attendance.  Professor  Francis  Hemm  was  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  papers  and  queries  and  the  entertainment  feat- 
ures were  under  the  direction  of  G.  R.  Gibson  and  William 
F.  Kahre.  Mrs.  H.  M.  Whelpley  was  chairlady  of  the  ladies' 
entertainment  conimiltee. 

Four  papers  and  their  authors  on  the  program  were:  "The 
Pharmaceutical  Problem."  C.  W.  Bowen ;  "Improved  Condi- 
tions," Joseph  Clinkenbeard ;  "Monthly  Statement  on  Gains 
and  Losses."  William  Mittelbach;  "Why  It  Is  Difficult  to 
Become  a  Commercial  Pharmacist,"  Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley. 

J.  E.  Koppenbrink  was  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
exhibits,  and  under  exhibits  were  these  headings:  Official 
Pharmaceutical  Preparations,  Special  Preparations,  and  Pres- 
cription Work. 

These  officers  were  elected:  Honorary  president,  J.  H. 
Barros,  Liberty;  president,  J.  E.  Koppenbrink,  Higginsville ; 
vice  president,  H.  D.  Llewrllyn.  Mexico;  second  vice  president, 
F.  W.  Robinson.  Warrensburg:  ihird  vice  preiident,  R.  A. 
Davidson.  Essex;  treasurer.  Wi"'.Tni  'Mittlcb.tch,  Boonville; 
permanent  secretary,  Dr.  PI.  IM.  Whelpley,  St.  Louis;  asi.istant 
secretary.  Glenn  .\.  Burkhart.  St.  Louis. 

Council:  O.  J.  Cloughly.  St.  Louis;  Charles  E.  Zinn, 
Kansas  City;  L.  H.  Howard.  Unionville;  D.  V.  Whitney, 
Kansas  City;  R.  L.  Warden,  Nevada. 

The  Missouri  Pharmaceutical  Travelers'  .\ssociation  elected 
the  following  officers:  President.  Schoolin  Chaplin,  Kansas 
City;  first  vice  president.  George  Murphy,  Kansas  City;  sec- 
ond vice  president.  Charles  A.  Sisler,  St.  Louis;  third  vice 
president,  V.  J.  Walsh.  St.  Louis;  permanent  secefary,  Rcbert 
Adelsperger,  Kansas  City;  permanent  treasure-,  Daniel  I.iddy, 
Kansas  City;  sergeant-at-arms,  Martin  H.  Raming.  Kansas 
City 

The  convention  voted  to  hold  its  next  annual  meeting  at 
Pertle  Springs,  Warrensburg: 


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MASSACHUSETTS 

At  the  47th  annual  commencement  of  the  Massachusetts  C. 
P.  thirty-eight  persons  were  graduated,  one  of  them  a  young 
woman,  Miss  Rosamond  A.  Guinn,  of  New  Bedford.  The  class 
was  one  of  the  largest  ever  leaving  the  college. 

Those  receiving  the  degree  of  pharmacutical  chemist  were 
Elmer  W.  Bennett,  Westboro;  William  C.  Bruzga,  South  Bos- 
ton; Malcolm  Sherwood  Field,  Taunton;  Edward  Rudy  G iff ord, 
Dorchester;  William  W.  Gifford,  Dorchester;  Robert  M.  Kalle- 
jian,  Hartford,  Conn.;  Albert  S.  Pearlman,  Boston. 

Those  receiving  the  degree  of  graduate  in  pharmacy  were 
Florin  J.  Amrhein,  Roxbury;  Gilbert  S.  Arnold,  Jr.,  Hopedale; 
Charles  J.  Babb,  Middleboro;  Edward  R.  Bouthillier,  Milford; 
Raymond  G.  Cooper,  South  Natick;  John  F.  Correa,  Jr.,  New 
Bedford;  Jolin  Dorenbaum,  Springfield;  Ovide  A.  Dumas, 
Worcester;  Armand  M.  Dupaul,  Southiaridge ;  James  G.  El- 
kind,  Worcester;  Fay  Harold  Elliott,  Groveton,  N.  H.;  Theo- 
dore G.  Flagg,  Southboro;  Joseph  Gagne,  Willimansett;  George 
P.  Gakidis,  Manchester,  N.  H.;  Howaid  F.  Gilbride,  Maiden; 
Rosamond  A.  Guinn,  New  Bedford;  Jesse  E.  Henry,  Cameron, 
W.  Va.;  Elmer  S.  Johnson,  Orange;  Zusya  Kagan,  Roxbury; 
Jorge  M.  Menendez,  Matanzas,  Cuba;  Joseph  N.  Meyers,  Dor- 
chester; Max  Samuel  Miller,  Cambridge;  Dr.  William  J.  No- 
lan, New  Britain,  Conn.;  Federico  E.  Perez,  Santiago,  Cuba; 
Howard  R.  Pierce,  Enfield,  N.  H.;  James  W.  Pratt,  Quincy; 
Henry  A.  Shapiro,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. ;  Reyashanker  M. 
Shukie,  Matar,  India;  Oakley  S.  Skinner,  Windsor  Vt. ;  Alfred 
R.  Trimbach,  Lewiston,  Me.;  John  W.  Vigeant,  Great  Bar- 
rington. 

The  honorary  degree  of  doctor  of  pharmacy  was  conferred 
upon  Samuel  A.  D.  Sheppard,  of  Boston. 

JERSEY  CITY 

The  principal  address  at  the  commencement  exercises  of  the 
Jersey  City  College  of  Pharmacy  held  at  the  Bergen  Lyceum 
on  June  8  was  delivered  by  Dr.  Gordon  J.  Dickinson,  on  "Pro- 
fessional Ethics."  Dr.  Joseph  Koppel,  dean,  conferred  the  de- 
grees, and  President  James  E.  Pope  awarded  the  following 
prizes:  Gold  medal,  to  Jacob  Feinberg;  silver  medal,  Lorentz 
Wold;  silver  cup,  Raphael  Taub;  alumni  medal,  Louis  Schultz. 
Five  post-graduate  prizes  consisting  of  membership  nomina- 
tions to  the  A.  Ph.  A.  were  awarded  by  Prof.  Raubenheimer 
to  Reuben  Podolsky,  Harry  Breslaw,  Abraham  Rosenberg, 
Jacob  Bankoff  and  Charles  Muller,  who  had  presented  meri- 
torious theses  on  various  subjects. 

The  graduates  were:  Ph.  G. — Herman  Berkowitz,  Jacob  Fein- 
berg, Louis  Golden,  Morris  Goldstein,  William  Gordon,  Lewis 
M.  Horwitz,  Jacob  Jurow,  Edward  P.  McCarthy,  Joseph  No- 
velle,  Jacob  Rosenbach,  Samuel  Rosenberg,  Irving  M.  Rosen- 
blum,  Louis  Schultz,  Samuel  A.  Schwartz,  Raphael  Taub,  Louis 
Winn,  and  Lorentz  Wold. 

Phar.  D.— Jacob  Bankoff,  Reuben  J.  Botkin,  Paul  G.  Bret- 
schneider,  Harry  Breslaw,  Ralph  Buonomo,  Vincent  Caso, 
Frank  S.  De  Leo,  Meyer  Emanuel,  Benjamin  Foodim,  Leo 
Ganbarg,  Alfred  B.  Guarnier,  Henry  Herschkowitz,  Julius  A. 
Klein,  William  C.  Kraemer,  Abraham  Lipshitz,  Abraham  Mol- 
dover,  Charles  Muller,  Samuel  Neham,  Herman  H.  North, 
Reuben  Podolsky,  Sol  Pollak,  Abraham  Rosenberg,  Samuel 
Schwartzman,  Louis  Sheinaus,  Edward  Sher,  Isaac  Simetz,  Jas. 
A.  Sussman,  Remo  Tretta,  Morris  Tobias,  and  Hyman  Vogel. 

PHILADELPHIA 

Degrees  were  conferred  on  134  graduates  by  President  How- 
ard B.  French  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  at  the 
'94th  annual  commenn  mcnt  held  in  the  Academy  of  Music. 

The  following  were  awarded  prizes:  William  Fred.  Haase,  Jr., 
Lewis  Cass  Scheffey,  Garland  Blair  Petterfield,  Wesley  Melvin 
Saylor,  Walter  Elmer,  Charles  Franklin  Moyer,  and  Louis  Ger- 
shenfeld.  Of  the  prizes  offered  William  Frederick  Haase,  Jr., 
was  awarded  six  of  them  and  received  honorable  mention  in 
several  others. 

A  two  year's  course  leading  to  tlie  degree  of  Ph.  G.,  it  was 
announced,  will  begin  September  20,  1915,  each  year  to  extend 
over  thirty-one  weeks  and  to  cover  1,500  hours  of  instruction. 


The  three  year's  course  leading  to  the  degree  of  Phar.  D.  will 
be  continued,  the  entrance  requirements  being  four  years  of  com- 
pleted high  school  work  or  its  equivalent  (60  counts).  A 
course  in  chemistry  and  pharmacy,  leading  to  the  degree  o: 
B.  Sc.  will  extend  over  four  years  of  thirty-one  weeks  each,  the 
entrance  requirements  being  the  same  as  those  for  the  degree 
of  Phar.  D. 

RHODE  ISLAND 

Twenty-two  students  who  had  successfully  completed  the 
course  prescribed  for  graduation  by  the  Rhode  Island  College 
of  Pharmacy  were  awarded  diplomas  at  the  recent  commence- 
ment exercises  of  that  institution  held  in  Providence.  Addresses 
were  made  by  Lieutenant  Governor  San  Souci  and  Dean  Ran- 
dall of  Brown  University.  The  prizes  and  awards  were  an- 
nounced by  Dean  Edwin  E.  Calder,  who  also  awarded  the  dip- 
lomas and  announced  the  winners  of  prizes  and  scholarships 
during  the  past  year.  Michael  Joseph  Deady  of  Westerly  wo:i 
the  William  O.  Blanding  prize  of  $25  in  gold  for  the  highest 
general  average  of  the  senior  year,  and  also  took  the  Hall 
Lyon  Company  prize  of  $25  for  the  highest  standing  in  opera- 
tive pharmacy  for  the  junior  and  senior  years.  Aram  Benoit  of 
Woonsocket  won  the  George  L.  Clafiin  scholarship  for  his 
senior  year,  having  done  the  best  work  of  his  class.  Phihp 
Francis  Page  won  the  faculty  scholarship,  awarded  to  the  fresh- 
man who  attains  the  highest  general  grade  for  the  first  year. 

Pierre  G.  Bassett,  Louis  A.  Fox  and  Angelo  Saccoccia  were 
awarded  doctor  of  pharmacy  degrees.  Carl  G.  Carlson,  Sydney 
Cohn,  Frank  Colacci,  Michael  J.  Deady,  William  A.  Dolan, 
Leon  W.  Field,  George  O.  Forcier,  Leo  W.  Gleason,  Andrew 
H.  Gray,  Edward  J.  Hagan,  Charles  L.  Higgins,  Esther  M. 
Kane,  Charles  Kamowski,  John  A.  Pinault,  Inez  E.  Raiford, 
Cono  Stefano,  Clarence  A.  Vars  and  Leon  H.  Zooloomian  were 
awarded  the  degree  of  Ph.  G. 

PITTSBURGH 

The  annual  commencement  of  the  Pittsburgh  College  of 
Pharmacy  was  held  in  the  Soldiers'  Memorial  Hall  on  June  16, 
the  degree  of  doctor  of  pharmacy  being  conferred  upon  Karl  S 
Burkett,  Fred  C.  Ellis,  Ernst  Davis,  and  .Anna  Zoe  Burrier 
Certificates  of  proficiency  in  materia  medica  and  chemistry 
were  awarded  to  Plarry  Feinstein  and  Clarence  O.  Weaver. 

The  following  were  awarded  the  degree  of  graduate  in  phar- 
macy :  A.  J.  Masterson,  John  E.  Smith,  Sister  Mary  Clara  Wolf 
Sergio  Herera,  Elmer  B.  Deiss,  E.  Raymond  Smith,  C.  Homei 
Troxell,  C.  W.  Zeiner,  William  Sarver,  R.  G.  Smith,  A.  R 
Guthrie,  H.  A.  Ward,  H.  J.  Strauch,  T.  W.  McDerraott,  Harry 
Johannes,  Henry  A.  Stype,  Albert  A.  Pierce,  E.  S.  Caldwell 
Roy  W.  Baldwin,  C.  M.  Menderson,  C.  J.  Dunmeyer,  J.  T.  M 
Roebuck,  Edmund  E.  Cole,  George  R.  Ryall,  J.  M.  Wiethom 
H.  E.  Simpson,  Elmer  Thomas,  Jack  Schoenberg,  J.  M.  Lewis 

D.  C.  Barr,  Don.  E.  Gillung,  Walter  Spohn,  Robert  D.  Joms 
William  D.  Wallace,  L.  L.  Carson.  C.  B.  Murtland,  Robert  R 
Moses,  Robert  A.  Carroll,  Alexander  B.  Gantos,  S.  J.  Taylof 
Milton  A.  Kant.  David  Lefkowitz,  Louis  Feinberg.  L.  A.  Don- 
aldson, Clyde  T.  Reed,  Ivan  Carter,  Leo  Ritzi,  I.  J.  Broskv 
William  F.  Riggs,  R.  K.  O'Brien,  Harry  L.  Wood.  F.  C.  Hoi 
man.  J.  H.  Engelbach,  Elmer  Bierwirth,  Win  S.  Smathers,  H 
R.  Bennett,  T.  T.  Weger,  S.  W.  Tefferson.  John  E.  Dockrcy 
M.  E.  Reed,  James  L.  McCrudden,  Tames  R.  Dudley,  Willian 

E.  Bisel,  Harry  L.  Kline,  J.  K.  Snavely,  S.  B.  Alloway.  A.  J 
Renner. 

BUFFALO 

In  conjunction  with  the  general  commencement  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Buffalo,  the  department  of  pharmacy,  better  kno\vi 
as  the  Buffalo  C.  P.,  held  its  2Sth  annual  graduating  exercise 
on  June  4  in  the  Teck  Theatre. 

The  following  students  received  the  degree  of  graduate  ii 
pharmacy :  Theodore  Pasky  Albano,  Joseph  .\lgasc.  Homer  G 
Allen,  W.  Theodore  Andreskowski,  Mrs.  Bessie  Tudd  Aya 
Jacob  Bernstein,  Harry  W.  Bremer,  Dominick  Huml>ert  C.J 
dara,  Henry  W.  Chapman,  Robert  E.  Clifton,  Samuel  Cohen 
Michael  J.  Connolly,  Marvin  B.  Davis,  Curtiss   C.  Finnqf 


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Henry  Myron  Fish,  Harry  Edward  Frost,  Zachariah  M.  Gen- 
tile, Herman  Leroy  Hardy,  Lester  E.  Herman,  Jewett  Gilbert 
Holbrook,  George  Roy  Holland,  William  Henry  Hoschke,  Fos- 
ter S.  Hubbard,  Johii  Lester  Hudson,  Hugh  Adelbert  Judd, 
Leo  Anthony  Kane,  Carl  \V.  Kiphuth,  Joseph  Horace  La 
,  Placa,  John  J.  Mangano,  Carl  E.  Miller,  Earle  !Milligan,  Le- 
roy \V.  Moore,  Fred  Martin  Neninger,  Gerald  E.  Parsons, 
Raymond  Huie  Pestell,  Ivan  M.  Pleskow,  Louis  J.  Polito,  Leon' 
,  V.  Porter,  Everett  F.  Reed,  Harry  M.  Rubens,  George  A.  Scio- 
p  lino,  Henry  Wilson  Shoemaker,  Eugene  Franklin  Smith,  Ralph 
De  Witt  Stowell,  Bernard  Edward  Tracy,  John  H.  Usiak,  Louis 
John  Urbanski,  George  W.  \'adakin.  Ward  R.  Warboys,  Charles 

•  A.  Williamson,  Norma  L.  Wohrle,  Jolin  Didwell  Zoerb. 

The  following  received  the  degree  of  analytical  chemist: 
James  D.  Beiih,  Oscar  Bulkley,  Nelson  F.  Chapin,  Kenneth  S. 
Dixon,  Carl  W.  Limburg,  Ralph  E.  Parker,  Roy  George 
Pfotzer,  Edniund  P.  Rochford,  William  A.  Ryan,  Arnold  M. 
'  Taylor,  Reginald  V.  Williams,  Arthur  Zeimann. 

^  MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL  COLLEGE 

The  feature  of  the  seventeenth  annual  commencement  of  the 

•  department  of  pharmacy,  held  in  conjunction  with  the  other  de- 
;  partments  of  the  college,  at  the  American  Academy  of  Music, 
^  Philadelphia,  was  the  address  to  tlie  graduates  by  Hon.  Clin- 
'  ton  Rogers  Woodruff.    The  degrees  were  conferred  by  David 

Mihie,  president  of  the  board  of  trustees,  on  179  graduates  in 

•  the  four  departments,  the  following  receiving  the  degree  of 
Ph.  G.: 

',    Harry  F.  Angstadt,  Maurice  L.  Augenblick,  Jacob  E.  Baker, 

'.Harrison  G.  Ball.  Isaac  B.  Bloomfield,  Harry  A.  Cohen,  Earle 

1  M.  Cole,  Rudolph  K.  Dorfman,  Herman  M.  Feuertsein,  Jean 

•. L.  Germann,  Albert  G.  Gibboney,  James  P.  Glover,  Samuel  S. 

.Goodman,  Lewis  S.  Greenberg,  Albert  Greenlees,  John  M. 
Groff,  Edward  I.  Halin,  Edward  J.  Heine,  Paul  F.  Houser, 
Edward  Huber,  Edmund  G.  Jackson,  Benjamin  I  Jones,  Mor- 
ris  Kabacoff,  Joseph  F.  Kennelly,  Charles  J.  Koerber,  Levy 

.  Meshkov,  James  E.  Moss,  Basil  J.  F.  Mott,  Samuel  B.  Ostrum, 
Bernard  Overbeok,  Asterios  Pappadopoulos,  Thomas  H.  Peters, 
Chester  J.  Powell,  Morgan  C.  Reed,  Harry  Russock,  Howard 
E.  Seid,  Herbert  A.  Smith,  George  Smithgall,  Martin  Y.  Smul- 

,  van,  Alfred  B.  Stellwagon,  Michael  Stoloff,  Lester  C.  Thrash, 

',  Aaron  Vemick,  John  R.  Williams. 

The  following  received  the  degree  of  Ph.  C;  Herman  L. 

1  Grupe,  Ph.  G.,  John  L.  Hess,  Ph.  G.,  Herman  W.  Mathieu, 
B.  S.,  John  F.  O'Brien,  Ph.  G.,  Henry  L.  Somers,  Ph.  G. 
The  degree  of  doctor  of  pharmacy  in  course  was  conferred 

.upon  Truman  J.  Wall,  and  the  honorary  degree  of  Phar.  D. 

Pon  Francis  E.  Stewart,  M.  D. 

ji  IOWA  UNIVERSITY 

.  In  conjunction  with  other  departments  the  college  of  phar- 
.  toacy  of  the  State  University  of  Iowa  held  its  commencement 
•  exercises  on  June  16,  the  address  of  the  occasion  being  deliv- 
l^ered  by  Hon.  John  Barrett,  director-general  of  the  Pan-Ameri- 
;  can  Union.  The  following  is  a  list  of  the  graduates: 
f  E.  R.  Bergren,  M.  H.  Anderson,  M.  Elsie  Campbell,  Mollie 
,,M.  Christiansen.  L.  T.  Dyke,  R.  L.  Fenlon,  O.  E.  Ferguson, 
'B.  B.  Hunter.  P.  K.  Huston,  Mandick  Olsen,  H.  W.  Pierce, 
'•  R.  F.  Schneider,  J.  R.  Prieto,  A.  B.  Wagoner,  G.  J.  Zopf, 
..R.  E.  Neidig. 

The  following  prizes  were  awarded:  Membership  in  the  A. 
Ph.  A.,  to  E.  R.  Bergren,  Essex,  Iowa;  membership  in  the  Iowa 
Ph.  A.  to  L.  T.  Dyke,  Orange  City;  subscription  to  Journal 
,of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  to  W.  A.  Konantz,  Quincy,  111. 

'(  MARYLAND  UNIVERSITY 

i  At  the  annual  commencement  of  the  various  departments  of 
the  University  of  Maryland  on  June  1,  a  dozen  young  men 
;  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Pharmacy.  Dr.  Thomas  Fell. 
I  provost  of  the  university,  presented  diplomas  to  about  two  hun- 
!  dred  young  men  who  have  graduated  in  law,  medicine,  den- 
I  tistry  and  pharmacy,  and  one  young  woman,  who  got  a  dentist's 
!  degree.  The  address  was  delivered  by  William  Jennings  Bryan, 
t-late  Secretary  of  State.  The  graduating  class  of  the  Depart- 
l^raent  of  Pharmacy  proved  to  be  exceptionally  small,  the  class 
I  standards  having  been  advanced  at  the  beginning  of  last  year 
i  by  the  imiversity  authorities.  The  class  included  A.  S.  Bradley, 
L  Allan  T.  Hartman,  Harry  Asbury  Kinnamon,  John  Edgar  Lil- 


lich,  Benjamin  Mellor,  Jr.,  John  T.  Meeth,  John  James  Pivec, 
Lutlier  F.  Mitchell,  Jaime  Angel  Parlade  y  Pena,  Wilnier  Henry 
Schuize,  Harry  Raymond  Showacre,  and  Norman  F.  Storm. 
Mr.  Schuize  won  the  gold  medal  for  general  excellence  and  the 
William  Simon  prize  in  practical  chemistry.  In  the  junior  class 
honorable  mention  was  given  to  Arthur  H.  Eise  and  S.  Fred 

Marshall.   

NEW  ORLEANS 

At  the  recent  graduating  exercises  of  the  New  Orleans  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy,  affiliated  with  Loyola  University,  New  Or- 
leans, twenty-four  young  men  and  two  young  women  received 
diplomas,  which  were  presented  by  Rev  Alphonsus  Otis,  presi- 
dent of  the  university. 

Those  receiving  diplomas  were:  Leonce  J.  Aucoin,  Rene  J. 
Bienvenu,  Mertie  M.  Bloom,  Alvin  S.  Brizzard,  Leon  Aloysius 
Gabroi,  George  D.  Comeaux,  Fred  Rufo  Crosby,  W.  Elmo 
Doucet,  Edgar  E.Ewing,  Jno.  Robt.  Germany,  Harry  Goldstein, 
Antonio  M.  Gonzales  y  Falcon,  Odon  J.  Lonibos,  Manuel  Lopez 
y  Quintana,  Eloi  L.  Melancon,  Guillermo  Perez  y  Pena,  Robt. 
Lane  Pollock,  Laurence  Rappleye,  Rolling,  Miss  Anna  Barbara 
Schneider,  T.  A.  Scott,  Miss  Verona  E.  Stumpf,  J.  Warren  Tar- 
box,  Eugene  Waldemar  Vogt,  George  B.  Welsh,  Harold  B. 
Williams,  Hypolite  Rene  Xiques. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS 

The  University  of  Illinois  School  of  Pharmacy  has  graduated 
from  its  longer  course  the  following  students  with  the  degree 
of  Ph.  C:  Carroll  Edwin  Bundy,  Sheldon,  111.;  William  N. 
Miller,  Waterloo,  la.;  Joseph  Pelc,  Chicago,  111.  and  Edward 
Palmer  Schruggs,  Livingston,  Ala. 

Governor  Edward  F.  Dunne  has  appointed  on  the  Illinois 
Board  of  Pharmacy  W.  J.  Clancy  of  La  Salle,  the  appointment 
being  made  for  the  five-year  term  beginning  December  31, 
1914.  Mr.  Clancy  is  a  graduate  of  the  Chicago  College  of 
Pharmacy,  class  of  1889,  and  is  a  well-known  pharmacist  with 
more  than  twenty-five  years  of  retail  drug  experience. 

MEDICAL   COLLEGE    OF  VIRGINIA 

Seventeen  students  received  diplomas  at  the  commencement 
of  the  Medical  College  of  Virginia  held  on  June  1  as  follows: 
Roy  P.  Booth,  Banner  B.  Brown,  William  E.  Cole,  George  W. 
Earles,  George  R.  Ellington,  Jesse  Fray,  Arno  E.  Friddle,  Solon 
A.  Hausenflook,  Leonard  J.  Henley,  Henry  C.  Hisey,  William 
H.  Hoover,  Jr.,  William  B.  Hopkins,  Frank  Lamer,  Robert  S. 
Magruder,  Emmett  H.  Poindexter,  Victor  E.  Sisson,  Harry  W. 
Zirkle. 

CINCINNATI 

Among  the  graduates  receiving  degrees  at  the  commencement 
exercises  of  the  Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy  held  at  the 
Hotel  Sinton  on  June  3,  were  four  young  ladies.  The  pro- 
gramme included  a  banquet  and  speechmaking.  The  graduates 
were:  R.  H.  Keller,  Willard  H.  Smyers,  Arthur  Sarsfield,  Ur- 
ban Schwieterman,  William  McGhee,  Don  F.  Deeter,  Roy  C. 
Moore,  W.  Dale  Gandee,  Joseph  B.  Koenig,  Clifford  Specht, 
Chas.  D.  Anderson,  Robert  R.  Fitzpatrick,  R.  L.  Hunter, 
Frank  E.  Benson,  Miss  Esther  DeCourcy,  Miss  Lydia  Hegner, 
Philip  A.  Schwartz,  Martin  Schneble,  John  S.  Beatty;  Fred 
Fichtel,  Vemer  B.  Million,  Miss  Carrie  Ritter,  Miss  Nevada 
Hannah,  A.  A.  Hofstetter,  O.  A.  Roush,  jr.,  Stanley  Duncan, 
Samuel  Wides,  Arnold  C.  Schaffer,  M.  Nassar,  Emil  W.  Haef- 
ner,  H.  C.  Arnold,  George  Baumann  and  Edward  F.  Alexander. 

BIRMINGHAM  MEDICAL  COLLEGE 

At  the  commencement  of  the  Birmingham  Medical  College, 
department  of  pharmacy,  degrees  were  conferred  upon  the  fol- 
lowing students  who  .successfully  completed  the  several  courses 
in  pharmacy:  Phar,  D.,  H.  M.  Goldstein  and  A.  H.  Olive; 
Ph.  C.  M.  F.  Brown;  Ph.  G.,  J.  M.  Bridges,  M.  F.  Brown,  A. 
L.  Cook,  M.  L.  Davis,  H.  E.  Melton,  jr.,  T.  I.  R.  Drisdale, 
G.  Hagan,  H.  W.  Lowe.  G.  N.  Odom.  W.  T.  Timmons,  M. 
Schwartz,  H.  M.  Goldstein  and  J.  B.  Wooten. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  alumpi  association  the  following  offi- 
cers were  elected :  President,  E  A.  Southworth ;  vice-president, 
E.  D.  Bright;  secretary,  M.  F.  Brown;  treasurer,  M.  L.  Davis; 
registrar,  A.  H.  Olive. 


326 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[JULT,  1915 


Results  of  State  Pharmacy  Board  Examinations 


New  Jersey- 
Henry  A    Torden,  secretary  of  the  New  Jersey  Board  of  Phar- 
macy   announces  the  following  list  of  successful  candidates  who 
took   the  recent  examination  held  in  Irenton: 

Reg  stered  Pharmacist-Louis  .Bangert.  Newark ;  Julius  Becker^ 
PateFson-  Isaac  Bloomfield,  Philadelphia;  Henry  J  Bravin  New 
York;  Mack  Brown.  Trenton;  J  Broxmeyer  Philadelphia;  Albert 
Bryn  arski,  Plainfield;  Frank  P  Buckley,  P^'"?.""  P*^'*'?, 
lin;  Newark;  James  H.  Chafey,  Point  P'^^^^^t^Benjaram  Cohan. 
Philadelphia;  Lawrence  Cohen.  Jersey  Oty;  Frank  J  Dassmg 
Newark-  Ralph  Deaver.  Atlantic  City;  Charles  V.  Uempsey.  rat 
erson;  Simon  Erdreich  Jersey  City;  George  J  Ettenberg  New 
York-  Rose  Feldberg,  Newark;  Maurice  S.  Feldman,  Philadel- 
phTa;'  Jacob  Feinberg  New  York;  Ralph  Finello,  JerfY  C.  y j 
Louis  Gershenfeld,  Philadelphia;  Jean  L.  Germann,  Philadelphia. 
M°chaerGuiliano.  Newark;  Abraham  Goldstein.  Ne-Yl<:  Lewis  a 
Greenberg,    Philadelphia;    Hermann    Griram,  u  Wr,ffmJn 

Grossman  Newark;  Samuel  E.  Harris.  Passaic;  John  H.  Hoffman, 
Newidf  Howard  G.  Isby.  Clarks  Summit,  Pa.;  Samuel  Jurow. 
BrToklvn    NY-  Nathan  Kerber,  Newark;  Joseph  Landes,  New 

Anthony  J.  S'sti,  Jersey  C.ty    Lewis  C  S^^^^^^ 
Raphael  Taub,  New  YorK,  vv  luiam        tjij  New  Brunswick; 

tin   Venetucci    New    \ork;   James    S.   Waker    r^e  ^^^^ 
Kenneth  Weeks    Br.dgeton    N    J.  .  Louis        Wolf,'  New  York, 
y.;  Lorentz  Wold    Brooklyn    w    x.,  j      P  j^g^ton.   Pa.;  Samuel 

erson;  John  J.  Mayer  ^"^^n^e^-'ulTrice  ^  -R^^^  Newark; 
&rd^H.^Rp"\^3;^^^ 

r  ^elfs^' c'am'denrEliL^beth'-t.  ^WiK^'Haddonfield ;  Clarence 
M.  Wolf.  Altoona,  Pa.    .  examination  of  applicants 

fo^r^egrstrltion-will  Ce  iTeld Wr_ento„  on  July  15  and  16. 

Virginia 

-  MA  hv  the  Virginia  Board  of  Pharmacy 

At  the  examination  held  by  t^^  ^^/  Scants  for  certificates 
in  Richmond  on  April  20.  there  were  ^  ^     following  were 

as    registered    pharmacist.     Of    this  num^^ 

S"asST'ce^fm^kt:-'j.''p/si]eC^  RichmLd.  and  C.  W. 
^7he7e  w^er°2^applicants  for  the  regist^r^^^^^ 

The  following  -ere  -"^^  ^Mardn.  Richlnd;  L.  C.  Rothgeb, 
E;rar%    R    Henderson.'^Fincastle;  H.  A.   Moore,  Round  H.ll; 

^,?^'f^to^^ng^^ne|.^dJ,y^ 

&c\;':"ThV'r.eTt^x^ami'natil"win"be^hel2  in^'Richmond  July 
20  and  21. 

Missouri  . 

...  1-    „»c  =„^rp5<;fullv  passed  the  Missouri  Board 

F.   Malloy.   Kansas   City;  "fj.'^fj^^- johnson    Gallatin;  Edward 
Assistant  Pharmac.sts-Geo.  O   S'""t,  Horners^^i  ^  j 

F.  Mulvany,  Kansas  Ci  y;  ^"^  ■^"(l^^  j  ^p^'^.'onsburg;  Joseph  D 
Srown""Bniing:;  Frank' E.''  Bergman',  St.  Joseph;  James  Ward 
''Thrn:xt''meltrng'oi-the  Board  will  be  held  at  Pertle  Springs. 
June  14. 


mond;  Frank  W.  Richey.  Louisville;  Arthur  T.  Schreiber,  Louis 
ville;  John  W.  Wear,  Murray.  ,  ^  .  .,,  T^  -j  tt  r-„,t,„ 
Assistants:  Clayton  M.  French,  Louisville;  David  U.  Garber 
Jellico,  Tenn.;  Miss  Marie  Kannapel,  Louisville;  J.  E.  Katterjoha 
RussellviUe;  Ray  E.  Montgomery,  CaneyviUe;  \V  arren  P.  Rash^ 
Middlesboro;  Karl  H.  Strobel,  Louisville;  Louis  A  Stumpff,  Louis 
ville-  Stanley  Duncan,  Newport;  R.  C.  Ledford,  CartersviUe  IL. 
Geo    A    Poor,  Lexington;  Robert  W.  Schroader,  Murray;  Sam' 

^The''ne^xt"'r'e"gu^lr  meeting  will  be  held  in  Covington  July  13 
14     Applications  must  be  filed  with  the  secretary,  J. .  W.  Gayle 
Frankfort,  Ky.,  at  least  ten  days  before  date  of  meeting. 


Kentucky 


Oliio 

Seventy  applicants  for  registered  pharmacist's  licenses  and  thirtj 
four  applicants  for  assistant  pharmacist's  licenses  took  the  examma 
tion  of  the  Ohio  Board  of  Pharmacy  held  in  Columbus  laS 
month.     The  following  were  successful:  F„„rp,  r 

Ph-irmacists— Tack  A.  Timon;  John  F.  Blanchfield,  trances  l. 
Branch? James^Turkenhoff;  Henry  C.  Bauer;  W;"'--  H"=f' 
of  Cleveland.  Harry  F.  Decker;  Lawrence  W.  Alexander  Q 
ford  T  Viscontin;  Eugene  G.  Foertmeyer.  Cincinnati,  Henry  t 
LTns-  Wa  ter  R  Zimmerman,  Akron;  Duane  Hobart;  Eugene  h 
Schll'l  To  edo;  Roy  E.  Shook;  Ernest  L.  Fiala,  Canton;  Harry  1 
Press'er  Otto  C  Blum,  Portsmouth;  R.  Boyd  Strayer;  Scot 
Eora  n  'Haro  d  C  Birr,  Canal  Dover;  Frank  A^  Lambert  Steube. 
i^orain.  narom  ,  ,  T-,  Frank  A.  Lambert,  teubei 

vinr-"kd'lm  Erd'enSr.^Mansfie°M  'Harry  J.  Fisher.  Sandusk, 
r  iffnrd    Newfon     Bevlrly;   Glenn   F.    Shawver,    Covington;  Rav 

l.„d:  Philip  A-  S'lir'&l   ?S    KfulW  P«"»^  S"",!' 
TdT    K^H   J    G^genheimer:  Ver;nilion;  Chester  A.   Smith,  Sa 

bert  Soland.  Cleveland   0.,  Kalpn  u.  rii  Columbia,  Carr 

h-  ^/^::^^n!iC^.:^UoI'C:^'^^^r,.r..  E.  Barre] 

^^AT'pPesent  the  Obio  B°ard  of  Pharm^^^^^^^ 
?e°;rof"hvF-y^'  eL?n^"|a^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

c^ontct^^d  fn'^The  ^iTse^o?' R^pres^n^tati"^.  commencing  Mond 
June  21.'!t.  1915.   

North  Carolina  ^ 

follows:  J  c.  Warren.   Benson:  Andr 

Joseph   A.    Wins,    J 'i''"  '   J  c:,,..rman    Wilm  ngton;  Roland 
S.,  P°Pe.  W«''^°"V^,!!','^,%"  b  ^PorteT  Concord;    Houston  Wol 

i-tZSn2  tZrh  r   Po»=ll.  Bis««;  R.b"t  I-  Mill".  1' 
Va  •  Newton  L-  Beach.  MorRanton;  Ed«in  B.  D. 

ton-   Willie  W.   Smith.  Wayncsville.  r\^„;A   T  Bli 

rilorVd-Wayman  W.  Williams.  FayetteviUe;  Dav.d 
S,Xa-'  lolin'  L.  Stephens    Norfolk    Va^;  Augustus  T.  Kenre 

^■^The^re"i^:s^^•.K^^^^      -^^^  - 

November  19. 


July,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


327 


Drug  Exhibit  at  Panama  Pacific  Exposition 

American  Manufacturers  Show  Remedies,  Perfumes  and 
Toilet  Preparations— Owl  Chain  Has  Interesting  Store 


ALL  of  the  strictly  pharmaceutical  displays  at  tlie 
Panama-Pacific  Exposition  in  San  Francisco  are  con- 
veniently placed  in  tlie  Palace  of  Liberal  Arts,  one  of 
the  most  accessible  of  all  the  buildings  on  the  grounds.  This 
building  stands  just  to  tlie  west,  or  at  the  left  of,  tlie  Tower 
of  Jewels,  the  cen- 
tral tower  that  faces 
one  who  enters  the 
grounds  by  the 
main,  or  Scott 
Street,  gate. 

The  displays  of 
interest  to  druggists 
are  well  bunched 
near  the  eastern  end 
of  the  buildings  so 
that  a  visitor  with 
limited  time  can 
easily  see  the  bulk 
of  the  displays. 
There  are,  however, 
some  very  interest- 
ing showings  made 
in  some  of  the  for- 
eign sections  of  this 
building,  notably  in 
the  Netherlands,  Ja- 
panese and  Chinese 
sections,  with  less 
important  displays 

in  the  German,  Uruguayan  and  Portuguese  sections.  As  a 
rule,  the  Japanese  exhibits  are  carefully  labelled  in  English 
with  the  name  and  address  of  the  manufacturer,  and  some- 
times with  the  name  of  the  general  agent  in  America,  so  that 
interested  visitors  are  able  at  once  to  get  in  touch  with  the 
exhibitor.  The  other  foreign  exhibits  are  shy  of  English, 
though  there  is  generally  someone  in  attendance  to  give 
information.  In  the  case  of  the  Netherlands  exhibit,  one 
of  the  best  of  all,  it  is  necessary  to  go  to  the  Netherlands 
Building  on  another  part  of  the  grounds  to  get  information. 

Outside  of  the  Palace  of  Liberal  Arts,  the  mineral  water 
exhibits  and  a  few  others  of  some  interest  to  the  trade  are 
placed  in  the  Palace  of  Food  Products;  and  there  are  one 
or  two  displays  of  interest  in  the  Manufactures  Building. 

Near  the  southeastern  entrance  to  the '  Palace  of  Liberal 
Arts,  by  which  the  visitor  is  most  likely  to  enter  the  building, 
is  a  complete  drug  store — the  display  of  the  Owl  Drug  Com- 
pany of  San  Francisco.  The  display  is  classic  in  design 
with  heavy  beams  resting  on  Ionic  columns.  Above  each 
front  is  a  massive  owl  with  outspread  wings  and  at  the  comer 
is  a  mortar  and  pestle.  On  the  pediments  below  the  columns 
are  other  owls  in  relief.  The  floor  is  covered  with  tiling; 
and  wicker  chairs  and  settees  are  scattered  about  for  the 
convenience  of  guests.  Two  large  curved  glass  showcases 
show  one  a  complete  set  of  utensils  and  containers  used  in 
prescription  filling,  and  the  other  some  of  the  products  of 
the  manufacturing  department. 

There  is  also  an  educational  display  of  crude  drugs,  each 
drug  decorated  with  the  flag  of  the  country  from  which  it 
is  obtained.  In  another  case  are  shown  forty  different  crude 
drugs  under  as  many  magnifying  glasses.  Scattered  about  on 
cases  and  other  points  of  vantage  are  six  beautiful  stuffed 
owls  of  immense  size.  The  rear  of  the  store  is  formed  of  a 
typical  Owl  Drug  Company  store,  three  stories  high.  The 
"entrance"  to  this  store  is  a  large  mirror  which  gives  a  look 
of  depth  to  the  "interior."  At  the  right,  the  window  display 
shows  a  collection  of  Red  Feather  toilet  preparations,  while  the 
other  window  is  given  over  to  prescription  goods  and  talcum 
powder. 

The  crude  drug  exhibit  of  S.  B.  Penick  &  Co.,  Marion,  N. 
C,  promises  to  be  one  of  the  most  interesting  of  all  though 
It  is  still  incomplete,  the  display  having  been  delayed  in 
transit.    It  occupies  an  artificial  tunnel  running  through  from 


Palace  of  Liberal  Arts,  in  which  many  drug  exhibits  are  placed. 


one  street  to  another  in  the  building;  and,  as  this  supplies 
a  needed  short-cut,  it  is  already  well  patronized. 

The  American  Druggists  Syndicate  has  secured  one  of  the 
largest  spaces  in  the  building  given  over  to  drugs  and  similar 
lines;  and  the  use  made  of  the  space  has  made  it  one  of  the 

most  noticeable.  The 
architecture  is  pure 
classic  and  the  col- 
oring is  white.  A 
full  line  of  the  com- 
pany's goods  is 
shown ;  and  attend- 
ants are  on  hand 
not  only  to  interest 
callers  in  the  goods 
but  also  to  interest 
visiting  druggists  in 
the  A.  D.  S.  itself. 

Quite  a  number 
of  manufacturers  of 
proprietary  reme- 
dies, perfumes,  toilet 
preparations,  etc., 
have  exhibits,  which 
because  of  their 
popular  use  attract 
considerable  atten- 
tion among  the  gen- 
eral public  as  well 
as  druggists. 

The  cork  display  of  the  Armstrong  Cork  Company  occupies 
1-200  square  feet  of  display  space  in  the  Palace  of  Manufac- 
tures. The  booth  is  of  pergola  type,  finished  in  white  and 
beautified  with  potted  plants  and  trailing  vines.  Transparency 
frames  are  suspended  round  the  open  sides  of  the  booth  show- 
ing the  various  steps  in  the  cork  industry  from  the  stripping 
of  the  bark  in  Spain  to  the  finishing  of  stoppers  in  Pittsburgh, 
U.  S.  A.  Everything  in  cork  is  shown;  and  the  druggists  who 
have  known  cork  only  as  bottle  stoppers,  show  a  lot  of  in- 
terest in  the  many  other  uses  exemplified  here.  A  particular 
section  of  the  booth  is  devoted  to  corks  proper  and  to  their 
manufacture. 

The  Japanese  exhibits  of  interest  to  the  trade  are  partly 
in  the  Palace  of  Liberal  Arts  and  partly  in  the  Palace  of  Food 
Products.  As  a  rule  they  are  well  placed  and  carefully  labeled 
with  the  name  and  address  of  the  exhibitor.  They  include: 
Refined  camphor  in  various  sizes  and  cubes,  blocks  and  tab- 
lets; sublimed  camphor  in  tins;  a  large  variety  of  insect 
powders  and  the  raw  materials  for  these ;  mineral  waters  and 
extracts;  menthol  cones,  and  crystals,  mentholum,  peppermint 
crystals  and  peppermint  oils ;  kuromi  oil ;  Kuromoji  oil,  and 
rice  paper  for  medicinal  purposes. 

The  Chinese  exhibits  include:  A  varied  line  of  toilet  soaps; 
perfumes,  tooth  paste,  florida  water,  disinfectants,  etc. 

The  Netherlands  exhibit  in  the  Palace  of  Liberal  Arts  is 
easily  second  to  the  Japanese  display  from  the  standpoint  of 
the  druggist.  There  are  a  number  of  exhibitors;  and  some  of 
the  separate  displays  are  quite  extensive  enough  to  stand  by 
themselves.  The  chief  lines  shown  are:  Glycerine,  f;lycerine 
Boap,  stearine  pitch,  dentifrices,  gum  copal,  gambier,  gam  ben- 
zol, first  aid  goods  and  travelers'  medical  and  surgical  out- 
fits, quinine,  ant  powder,  nitrate  of  sodium,  caraway  oil,  bi- 
sulphite of  lime,  carvene,  carvol,  bottles,  caps,  corks  and  fancy 
closures. 

The  German  displays  are  not  yet  complete;  but  so  far  as 
now  appears,  the  only  displays  of  interest  are  the  radium- 
mesothorium  display  of  Richard  Stamer  of  Hamburg  and  the 
Leichner  perfumery  and  face  powder  display. 

The  display  of  the  Republic  of  Uruguay  in  the  Liberal  Arts 
Palace  includes  several  exhibits  of  tooth  paste,  tooth  vashes, 
toilet  soaps  and  medical  specialties. 

Bay  rum  and  several  lines  of  mineral  waters  are  included 
in  the  Cuban  exhibit  in  the  Food  Products  building. 


328 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[July,  1915 


MARKET  PRICES  STILL  ADVANCING 

Scarcity  of  Many  Drugs  and  Chemicals  Reported- 
Lessening  of  Opiuna  Consumption 

See  Pages  27  to  34  for  Prices  Current 

Changes  Since  Last  Report 


D- 

lb. 

1.00 

—  1.10 

A- 

-Acetone,  Pure  CP.,  Medicinal  

lb. 

.40 

—  .44 

A- 

lb. 

5.00 

—  5.20 

A- 

-Acid,  Benzoic,  German  

lb. 

2.90 

—  3.20 

A- 

-Acid,   Carbolic,  Cryst.,  Bulk  

lb. 

1.65 

—  1.70 

10-5  lb.  cans  

lb. 

1.70 

—  1.75 

1-lb.  bottles   

lb. 

1.70 

—  1.75 

D- 

-Acid,  Cinnamic   

oz. 

.20 

—  .22 

A- 

lb. 

.65 

—  .70 

Less   

lb. 

.75 

—  .95 

lb. 

.75 

—  .95 

lb. 

.90 

—  1.00 

A- 

lb. 

.29 

—  .33 

Powdered   

lb. 

.34 

—  .38 

A- 

lb. 

2.15 

—  2.30 

A- 

-Acid,  Salicylic,  1-lb.  cartons  

lb. 

2.25 

—  2.75 

Bulk   

lb. 

2.20 

—  2.70 

A- 

lb. 

.50 

—  .55 

Powdered   

lb. 

.51 

—  56 

A- 

-Agar  Agar   

lb. 

.48 

—  .79 

A- 

lb. 

.25 

—  .32 

A- 

-Ammonium  Benzoate   

lb. 

.15 

—  .20 

D- 

lb. 

.26 

—  .36 

A- 

lb. 

.26 

—  .30 

Powdered   

lb. 

.35 

—  .40 

A- 

-Arrowroot,    Taylor's    ]^-\hs.    in  12-lb 

boxes   

lb. 

.34 

—  .37 

D- 

lb. 

1.25 

—  1.40 

A- 

-Belladonna  Leaves,  German  

.lb. 

1.65 

—  1.70 

D- 

—Bismuth  Citrate  and  Ammonium  

.lb. 

3.45 

—  4.00 

D- 

-Bismuth  Salicylate,  65%  

lb. 

3.00 

—  3.25 

40%   

lb. 

2.85 

—  3.00 

D- 

—Bismuth  Sub-Benzoate   

lb. 

3.20 

—  3.60 

D- 

lb. 

3.30 

—  3.60 

D- 

—Bismuth  Subgallate   

.lb. 

3.00 

—  3.25 

D- 

-Bismuth  Subiodide  (oz.  .40-.45)  

.lb. 

5.00 

—  5.15 

D- 

—Bismuth  Subnitrate   

lb. 

2.75 

—  3.00 

A- 

-Blue  Mass  (Blue  Pill)  

lb. 

.75 

—  .80 

Powdered   

lb 

.80 

—  .85 

A- 

lb. 

—  .28 

A- 

-Caffeine,  Pure  (oz.  .40-.45)   

.lb. 

5.25 

—  5.50 

Hydrobromide,  Gran.  Efferves't 

lb. 

.60 

—  .70 

D- 

—Calendula  Flowers   

.lb. 

.55 

—  .60 

A- 

lb. 

.45 

—  .55 

J4-lb.  Squares  

lb. 

.46 

—  .50 

lb. 

.45 

—  .55 

A- 

lb. 

.09^— .10>4 

A- 

lb. 

7.00 

—  7.50 

lb. 

6.40 

—  7.20 

D- 

lb. 

.25 

—  .30 

lb. 

.30 

—  .35 

A- 

lb. 

1.85 

—  2.10 

lb. 

1.60 

—  1.75 

Powdered   

lb. 

1.70 

— •  1.90 

A- 

lb. 

.30 

—  .35 

A- 

—Chamomile  Flowers,  Hungarian  

.lb. 

.75 

—  .85 

lb. 

.48 

—  .56 

A- 

lb. 

1.10 

—  1.30 

A- 

— Cocculus  Indicus  (Fish  Berries)  

.lb. 

.15 

—  20 

■  lb. 

.20 

—  25 

A- 

lb. 

.30 

—  33 

lb. 

.38 

—  .41 

Seed   

lb. 

1.00 

—  1.15 

lb. 

1.10 

—  1.25 

A — Colocynth,    Select   lb.      .45  - 

Pulp   lb.      .80  - 

D — Condurango  Bark,  True  lb.     .45  - 

A — Conium  Seed   lb.     .20  - 

A — Copaiba,  South  American   lb.     .47  - 

Para   lb.      .47  - 

A — Copper  Subacetate   (Verdigris)  lb.      .42  - 

Sulphate   (Blue  Vitriol)  lb.      .09  - 

Barrels   lb.     .08  - 

A — Coumarin   oz.      .48  - 

D — Creosote,  Beechwood   lb.  1.25  - 

D— Cubeb  Berries,  Powdered  lb.     .70  - 

A— Cudbear   lb.     .35  - 

A— Doggrass,  Cut   lb.     .50  - 

D — Euonymin  (Eclectic  Powd.)  oz.     .45  - 

A— Fennel  Seed   lb.     .38  - 

A— Flaxseed,  Cleaned   bbl.  9.00  - 

Less  than  barrel  lb.     .07  - 

Ground   lb.     .07  - 

A— Galangal  Root,   Selected  lb.     .30  - 

Powdered   lb.     .34  - 

A— Goldenseal  Root   lb.  5.00  - 

Powdered   lb.  5.35  - 

D — Grains  of  Paradise   lb.     .32  - 

Powdered   lb.     .38  - 

A — Guaiacol,  Liquid   lb.  3.25  - 

A — Hexamethylenamine   lb.     .78  - 

D— Hops,  Select  (1914)  lb.     .36  - 

Pressed,  14,  J^,  and  1-lb.  pckg..lb.     .39  - 

A — Hydrochinon   oz.     .25  - 

A — Insect  Powder   lb.     .52  - 

D — Ipecac  Root,  Cartagena   lb.  3.60  - 

Powdered   lb.  3.90  - 

A— Ipecac  Root,  Rio   lb.  5.90  - 

D— Iron  Sulphate  (Copperas)  per  100  lbs.  1.00  - 

A — Juniper  Berries   lb.     .10  - 

A — Lanolin,  Anhydrous   lb.     .90  - 

A — Licorice,  Corigliana   lb.      .35  - 

Mass  ,  lb.      .34  - 

D— Lithium  Bromide   lb.  2.50  - 

D — Lovage  Root,  Select,  white  lb.     .90  - 

A— Lupulin  lb.  2.50  - 

D — Lycopodium   lb.  1.22  - 

A — Magnesium  Sulphate  (Sal  Epsom)  lb.  .03^/2- 

A— Malva  Flowers,  Blue  Small  lb.  1.90  - 

A — Manna  Flake,  Large  lb.     .92  - 

D — Matico  Leaves  lb.      .40  - 

D— Menthol,  Crystals   lb.  2.90  - 

A — Mercury   lb.  1.40  - 

A — Mercury,  Ammoniated  (white  Precip.) .  .lb.  1.55  - 

A — Mercury  Bichloride   (Corrosive  Subl.)..lb.  1.25  - 

Powdered   lb.  120  - 

A — Mercury  Bisulphate   lb.  1.15  - 

A— Mercury  Chloride  (Mild)  Calomel  lb.  1.35  - 

A— Mercury  Oxide  (Red  Precipitate)  lb.  1.50  - 

A — Mercury  with  Chalk  (by  Succussion) . .  .lb.     .75  - 

A— Musk  Root   lb.  1.10  - 

Powdered   lb.  1.15  - 

A — Naphthalene,  flake  or  balls  lb.     .17  - 

A — Nux  Vomica   lb.     .12  - 

A— Oil  Bergamot   lb.  3.40  - 

A— Oil  Almond,  Bitter  lb.  6.25  - 

Without  Acid   lb.  7.00  - 

A— Oil  Cloves   lb.  1.40  - 

A — Oil  Cod  Liver.  Norwegian   gal.  1.75  - 

Barrels   ea.  44.00 

i/2-Barrels   ea.  24.00 

A— Oil   Coriander   lb.  .70 

D— Oil  Gaultheria  Leaf   lb.  4.50 

A — Oil  Juniper  Berries  lb.  1.60 

A— Oil  Lemon   lb.  1.30 

D — Oil  Leniongrass   lb.  1.10 


July,  1915]  THE  PHARaiACEUTICAL  ERA'  ^      ,  329 


A— Oil  Linseed,  Boiled  lb.  .68  —  .72 

Raw   lb.  .67  —  .69 

A— Oil  Mustard,  Artificial   lb.  4.50  —  4.75 

A— Oil  Olive,  Malaga   lb.  1.40  —  1.60 

A— Oil  Peach  Kernels   lb.  .45  —  .50 

A— Oil  Pennyroyal   lb.  1.75  —  2.00 

A— Oil,  Salad,  Union  Oil  Co  lb.  .75  —  .82 

A— Oil  Sandalwood,   English   lb.  6.30  —  6.70 

D— Oil  Wintergreen   lb.  4.50  —  4.75 

Synthetic   lb.  1.80  —  1.85 

A — Ointment,  Mercurial,  }^  mercury  lb.  .95  —  1.05 

1/3  mercury   lb.  .85  —  .95 

D— Opium,  Natural   lb.  7.50  —  7.75 

Granulated   lb.  8.85  —  9.00 

U.S.P.  Powdered   lb.  8.75  —  8.95 

D— Poppy  Seed,  Blue  (Maw)  lb.  .18  —  .20 

White   lb.  .20  —  .22 

A— Potassium  Acetate   lb.  .40  —  SO 

A — Potassium  Bicarbonate   lb.  .35  —  .40 

A — Potassium  Chlorate,  Purified  and  Gran.  .  .lb.  .50  —  .55 

A — Potassium  Nitrate  lb.  .14  —  .22 

Powdered   lb.  .15  —  .23 

A — Potassium  Permanganate  lb.  .85  —  .90 

Pure,  Powdered   lb.  .90  —  .95 

A — Potassium  Prussiate,  Yellow  lb.  .60  —  ,65 

D— Quince  Seed   lb.  .85  —  1.00 

A— Quinine  Sulphate,  100-oz.  tins  oz.  .28^—  -30 

5-oz.  tins   oz.  .33  —  .35 

1-oz.  vials   oz.  .36  —  .42 

A— Resorcin,  Pure,  White  lb.  2.25  —  2.50 

A— Rochelle  Sah   lb.  .261^—  .32 

A — Saffron,  .\merican  (Safflower)   lb.  .80  —  .85 

A — Sage  Leaves,  Italian  lb.  .36  —  .40 

Domestic   lb.  .38  —  .42 

A— Salol   lb.  2.50  —  2.75 

A — Santonine   oz.  4.60  —  5.00 

A— Seidlitz  Powder   lb.  .22  —  .28 

A — Senna  Leaves.  .Alexandria  lb.  .45  —  .65 

D— Soap  Tree  Bark,  Powdered  lb.  .20  —  .24 

A — Sodium  Benzoate   lb.  3.00  —  3.25 

A— Sodium  Salicylate   lb.  3.00  —  3.25 

D — Spirits  Turpentine   gal.  .54  —  .58 

D — Stramonium  Leaves,  Powdered  lb.  .34  —  .39 

A — Strychnine  .Acetate,  ^A-oz.  vials  oz.  1.60  —  1.70 

.Alkaloid,  ^-oz.  vials  oz.  1.15  —  1.25 

Nitrate,   J^-oz.  vials  oz.  1.50  —  1.65 

Sulphate,  ^-oz.  vials  lb.  1.15  —  1.25 

A— Sulphonmethane,  U.S.P  lb.  6.25  —  6.50 

A— Sulphonethylmethane,  U.S.P  lb.  7.50  —  8.00 

A— Sulphur,  Lac   lb.  .22  —  .25 

A — Tartar  Emetic   lb.  .60  —  .68 

A— Thymol   lb.  10.00  —10.50 

D— Thymol  Iodide,  U.S.P  lb.  6.50  —  6.75 

A — Tragacanth,  Aleppo,  Extra  lb.  2.35  —  2.50 

No.  1   lb.  2.30  —  2.40 

Powdered   lb.  1.90  —  2.35 

A— Uva  Ursi  lb.  .14  —  .18 

D— Valerian  Root,  German  lb.  .30  —  .35 

Powdered   lb.  .35  —  .40 

D— Wax,  Bay   lb.  .27  —  .30 

A— White  Hellebore,  Powdered  lb.  .15  —  .18 

A— Wormseed,  Levant  (Santonica)  lb.  1.00  —1.10 

Powdered   lb.  1.10  —  1.15 

Note — A,  advanced;  D,  declined;  C,  correction;  N,  new. 


NEW  YORK,  June  23. — Increasing  scarcity  of  many  drugs 
and  chemicals  is  responsible  for  the  advances  in  prices  which 
form  the  feature  of  this  month's  market  report.  Particular 
activity  has  been  noted  in  the  drug  products  of  the  Mediter- 
ranean basin,  the  curtailment  of  shipments  from  that  region 
being  more  or  less  affected  by  activity  of  Italy  in  the  war 
against  .Austria  and  the  consequent  blockade  of  points  of 
export.  Manufacturers  are  finding  it  difficult  to  secure  argols 
from  that  country,  and  as  a  result  prices  have  appreciably 
advanced  in  tartaric  acid,  cream  of  tartar,  Rochelle  salt  and 
Seidlitz  mixture.  Mercury  and  mercurial  products  have  also 
strongly  advanced,  due  to  the  great  demand  for  export  and 
the  use  of  the  mobile  metal  in  the  manufacture  of  the  muni- 
tions of  war  and  for  other  purposes.  Quinine  is  also  stronger 
and  has  become  more  active  both  on  foreign  and  domestic 


account.  Among  other  staples,  opium  is  practically  unchanged, 
and  importers  have  again  raised  tlieir  prices  on  cod  liver  oil. 
Naphthalene  continues  to  advance,  the  quotations  on  "motli 
balls"  being  the  highest  they  have  reached  in  some  years. 
Another  spectacular  advance  in  price  is  that  reported  for 
thymol,  due  to  an  active  demand  and  a  scarcity  of  supplies. 
Potassium  salts  are  all  higher,  tlie  most  pronounced  advances 
relating  to  the  acetate,  permanganate  and  yellow  prussiate. 
The  scarcity  of  botanical  drugs  of  foreign  origin  continues 
and  some  of  the  prices  quoted  represent  merely  nominal  or 
arbitrary  valuation. 

The  number  of  items  showing  a  decline  in  prices  are  com- 
paratively small,  as  a  reference  to  above  list  will  show.  A 
downward  trend  is  noted  in  the  quotations  on  bismuth  com- 
pounds, acetanilid,  tonka  beans,  condurango  bark,  beechwood 
creosote,  hops,  Cartagena  ipecac,  lovage  root,  matico  leaves, 
quince  seed,  soap  tree  bark,  cut,  spirits  of  turpentine,  and 
German  valerian  root. 

Opium — There  is  practically  no  change  in  prices  in  the  gen- 
eral market,  although  the  quotations  recorded  show  a  slight 
decline,  jobbers  asking  $7.50@$7.7S  for  natural;  $8.85@$9  for 
granulated,  and  $8.75@$8.95  for  powdered  U.S.P.  A  lessening 
of  consumption  under  the  operation  of  the  Harrison  narcotic 
law  is  reported,  and  but  for  the  inquiry  for  export,  the 
market  would  probably  not  be  holding  up  as  well  as  it  is. 

Quinine — The  market  is  very  firm  at  present  quotations, 
which  show  a  stronger  position  than  those  obtaining  last  month. 
The  demand  is  active  both  on  foreign  and  domestic  account, 
and  manufacturers  here  are  having  some  difficulty  in  get- 
ting supplies  of  bark  through  ordinary  trade  channels.  Both 
London  and  Amsterdam  report  increasing  strength  in  these 
markets,  and  foreign  manufacturers  of  salts  are  having  about 
all  they  can  do  to  keep  up  with  their  contracts.  Jobbing 
prices  range  from  28^c@30c  per  ounce  in  100-oz.  tins, 
33@35c  in  5-oz.  tins,  and  36@42c  in  1-oz.  vials,  depending 
upon  bra,nd  and  quantity.  Little  foreign  made  quinine  is  being 
offered  in  this  market  at  the  present  time. 

Cod  Liver  On, — Holders  of  Norwegian  have  again  raised 
their  prices  and  jobbers  are  asking  $44@$46  per  barrel,  and 
$24@$26  for  half-barrels,  these  prices  being  influenced  by 
the  reported  shortage  of  the  1915  catch  of  fish  and  the  con- 
sequent reduction  in  the  Norway  output  of  oil  this  season. 
The  receipt  in  this  market  of  small  lots  of  Newfoundland  oil 
are  reported. 

Acetanilid — Following  the  slump  in  the  price  of  aniline 
oil  consequent  to  the  raising  of  the  embargo  on  shipments 
by  England,  manufacturers  have  reduced  their  prices,  with 
dealers  following  suit  at  $1@$1.10  per  pound. 

Thymol — The  advance  in  price  of  this  product  furnishes 
one  of  the  features  of  the  month's  changes,  being  due  to  the 
scarcity  of  supplies  and  an  active  demand.  Manufacturers 
of  antiseptic  washes  and  dental  preparations  report  consid- 
erable difficulty  in  obtaining  sufficient  thymol  for  their  uses, 
being  forced  to  bid  in  competition  with  exporters  who  have 
been  buying  freely  on  orders  from  England  and  France.  Job- 
bers quote  $10@$10.50  per  pound.  A  revision  of  quotations 
on  thymol  iodide  shove's  a  slight  decline,  the  product  being 
now  obtainable  at  $6.50@$6.75  per  pound. 

Carbolic  Acid — This  product  still  shows  strength  and  is 
obtainable  at  $1.65@$1.70  per  pound  in  bulk,  and  $1.70@$1.75 
in  1-lb.  bottles.  Buying  is  of  a  hand-to-mouth  character, 
dealers  attempting  to  supply  their  regular  customers  only. 

Santonin — This  crystallized  lactone  has  been  advanced  to 
$4.60@$5  per  ounce,  due  to  the  higher  prices  demanded  by 
the  Russian  syndicate  controlling  the  manufacturing  monopoly 
and  the  scarcity  of  levant  wormseed. 

Tart.^ric  Acid — The  difficulty  of  securing  argols  from  Italy 
and  other  sources  has  not  been  without  efftct  upon  all  of 
the  tartar  products.  Crystal  tartaric  acid  is  quoted  at  50@55c 
per  pound,  and  powdered  at  51@56c;  cream  of  tartar,  38@46c; 
Rochelle  salt,  26^@32c,  and  seidlitz  mixture,  22@28c. 

CouMARiN — Supplies  are  scarce  and  quotations  have  been 
advanced  to  48@56c  per  ounce. 

Mercury — The  strong  export  demand  for  quicksilver  has 
excited  keen  interest  in  this  metal,  which  has  advanced  in 
price,  and  corresponding  higher  quotations  foi  the  various 
mercurial  products.  The  following  are  prevailing  prices :  Mer- 
cury, $1.40@$1.50  per  pound;  ammoniated  (white  precipitate), 
$1.55(g$1.70;  bichloride  (corrosive  sublimate),  $1.25(i$1.35 ; 


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[July,  1915 


powdered,  $1.20@$1.30;  bisulphate,  $1.15@$1.25;  mild  chloride, 
(calomel),  _$1.35@$1.45 ;  oxide  (red  precipitate),  $1.50@$1.60; 
mercury  with  chalk,  7S(5)80c;  mercurial  ointment  (half  mer- 
cury), 95c(a$1.05;  one-third  mercury,  85(S95c. 

Citric  Acid — The  demand  continues  in  excess  of  imme- 
diate offerings,  with  jobbers  quoting  6S(g70c  per  pound  in 
bulk,  and  75@95c  for  less;  granulated,  75(g95c,  and  powdered, 
90c(g$l  per  pound. 

Essential  Oils — Taken  as  a  whole,  this  section  of  the  mar- 
ket shows  stronger  prices  for  all  changes  that  are  reported 
this  month.  Among  the  Messina  essences,  oil  of  bergamot 
and  oil  of  lemon  are  higher,  the  former  being  quoted  at 
$3.40@$3.50  per  pound,  and  the  latter  at  $1.30@$1.45;  oil 
of  coriander  is  held  at  70@90c,  oil  of  peach  kernels  at  45@50c; 
oil  of  pennyroyal  at  $1.75(S)$2,  and  English  oil  of  sandal- 
wood at  $6.30@$6.70  per  pound. 

Linseed  On. — The  demand  is  quite  active  and  quotations 
are  higher,  with  boiled  held  at  68@72c,  and  raw,  67(g69c 
per  gallon. 

Spirits  Turpentine— Is  in  good  supply  and  quotations  show 
a  decline,  jobbers  asking  54(S58c  per  gallon. 

Resorcin — Pure  white  is  higher  and  held  at  $2.2S@$2.50 
per  pound. 

Potassium  Salts— Nearly  all  of  the  salts  of  this  metal  con- 
tinue in  demand  at  firm  prices,  scarcity  for  some  of  them 
causing  users  to  turn  their  attention  to  the  corresponding 


sodium  salts.  The  most  important  changes  relate  to  the  ace- 
tate, which  is  now  quoted  at  40@50c;  bicarbonate,  35(340c; 
nitrate,  14@22c;  permanganate,  85(S90c,  and  yellow  prussiate, 
60@65c. 

Saffron — .\merican  (saf flower)  is  in  restricted  supply  and 
the  scarcity  is  reflected  in  the  higher  prices  asked,  quotations 
range  around  80@85c. 

Wormseed — Levant  (santonica)  is  becoming  scarce  every- 
where outside  of  Russia  and  supplies  in  that  countr>'  are  not 
available.  Jobbers  quote  $l(a$L10  per  pound  for  whole,  and 
$1.10(a$1.15  for  powdered. 

Strychnine — Scarcity  of  drug  producing  this  alkaloid  and 
considerable  demand  have  caused  a  marking  up  in  price  of  the 
various  salts,  as  follows:  Acetate,  yi-oz.  v.,  $L60@$1-80  per 
ounce;  nitrate,  J/^-oz.  v.,  $L50@$L6S  per  ounce;  sulphate, 
oz.  v.,  $1.1 5  @ $1.25  per  ounce.  The  alkaloid  is  also  held  at 
$1.15@$1.25  per  ounce. 

Quince  Seed — Quotations  are  lower  and  prices  have  de- 
clined to  85c@$l  per  pound. 

Musk  Root — Scarcity  is  responsible  for  the  advance  in  this 
item,  which  is  now  held  at  $1.10(g$1.20  per  pound  for  whole, 
and  $1.15(S)$1.30  for  powdered. 

Hops — Are  lower,  select  (1914)  being  offered  at  36(g45c  per 
pound;  pressed  in  14,       and  1-lb.  packages,  39@45c. 

Sage  Leaves — All  varieties  are  higher,  Italian  being  quoted 
at  36@40c  and  domestic  at  38(a42c. 


Index  to  Advertisers,  page  40.       Index  to  Goods  Advertised,  pages  36-38 

Index  to  Text  Pages 


Abstracts,  Foreign,  308 
Acid,  Carbolic,  Liquefied,  vs.  So- 
lution, 309. 
Acid,  Salicylic,  Test,  308. 
Apothecary,   a   Literary  Study, 

Edward  Kremers,  298. 
Apprentices,    Cincinnati  offers 

Course,  310. 
Associations,  Clubs,  etc.— 

American  Pharmaceutical,  318. 

New  York  Branch,  297. 
American  Pharmaceutical 

Chemists,  321. 
Delaware  Pharmaceutical,  321. 
Erie  Co.  (N.  Y.)  Pharmaceut- 
ical, 304. 
Georgia  Pharmaceutical,  322. 
German  Apothecaries,  323. 
Illinois  Pharmaceutical,  320. 
Iowa  Pharmaceutical,  318. 
Kentucky  Pharmaceutical,  319. 
Kings  Co.  (N.Y.)  Ph.  Soc,  315. 
Louisville  Chapter,  307. 
Maine  Pharmaceutical,  319. 
Massachusetts  Pharmaceutical, 
319. 

Michigan  Pharmaceutical,  320. 
Missouri  Pharmaceutical,  323. 
National  Retail  Druggists,  318. 
Nebraska  Pharmaceutical,  319. 
New  Jersey  Pharmaceutiaal, 
317. 

New  York  Pharm.  Conference, 
296. 

North  Carolina  Pharmaceutical, 
321. 

Northern  Ohio  Druggists,  322. 
Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical, 
322. 

Terrell  (Texas)  Druggists,  316. 
Texas  Pharmaceutical,  318. 
W.O.N.A.R.D. 

Boston  Chapter,  306. 
Chicago  Chapter,  307. 
Philadelphia  Chapter,  307. 
St.  Louis  Chapter,  307. 
Wilmington  Chapter,  307. 
Bartons  Antidote,  296. 
Beck,  Col  .J.  II.,  315. 
Beeswax,  Detection  of  Paraffin, 
308. 

B  llaire,  John  D.,  313. 
Bentley,  G.  S.,  314. 


Berlin  Laboratory,  Ltd.,  316. 
Boards  of  Pharmacy — 

Kentucky,  326. 

Missouri,  326. 

New  Jersey,  326. 

North  Carolina,  326. 

Ohio,  326. 

Virginia,  326. 
Book  Reviews— 

Lewkowitsch,  Chemical  Tech- 
nology and  Analysis  of 
Oils,  Fats  and  Waxes,  299. 

Proceedings  of  the  National 
Association  of  Manufac- 
turers of  Medicinal  Prod- 
ucts, 299. 

Brown,  Henry  Essex,  315. 
Brown,   Dr.   Lucius  P.,  313. 
Burke,  William  J.,  313. 
Camera  Display,  312. 
Cameras,     Best     Paying  Side 

Line,  311. 
Caspari,  Dr.  Charles,  Jr.,  313. 
Church,  Sir  Arthur  H.,  315. 
Cogswell,  Samuel  J.,  313. 
Colleges  of  Pharmacy — 

Birmingham  Medical,  325. 

Buffalo,  324. 

Cincinnati  ,325. 

Illinois  University,  325. 

Iowa  University,  325. 

Jersey  City,  324. 

Maryland  University,  325. 

Massachusetts,  324. 

Medico-Chirurgical,  325. 

New  Orleans,  325. 

Philadelphia,  324. 

Pittsburgh,  324. 

Rhode  Island,  324. 

Virginia  Medical  College,  325. 

Danaher,  William  H.,  315. 

Dental     Hygiene     in  Public 
Schools,  300. 

Diehl,  August,  323. 
Dohme,  Dr.  A.  R.  L.,  303. 
Dreyer,  John  D.  F.,  303. 
Drug  Business,  Retail,  Building 

by  Mail.  301. 
Drug  Store  Leaks,  Stopping,  293. 
Drug  Swindlers  Caught,  296. 
Eckels,  Mrs.  C.  A.,  306. 


Edestin  in  Pepsin  Assay,  308. 

Editorials- 
Campaign  Against  Patents,  292. 
Passing   of   the    Drug  Trade 

Swindler,  292. 
Work  of  the  Associations,  291. 

Emulsions,  Stable,  308. 

Ether,  Test   for  Peroxide,  308. 

Gebicke,  Paul  F.,  323. 

Gilbert,  Otto  P.,  323. 

Glass,  Fred,  313. 

Hayes,  Mrs.  James  J„  315. 

Helenin,  309. 

Helonin,  309. 

Henkel,  Miss  Alice,  305. 
Holmes,  David  R.,  313. 
Individual     Propaganda,  John 
Roemer,  297. 

Jacobson,  Adolph,  296. 
Jacobson,  William,  296. 
Johnson,  Miss  B.  Arete,  307. 
Jones,  Mayor  Linn  E.,  313. 
Kutnow,  Dr.  Herman,  313. 
Law,  Narcotic,  Rulings,  303. 
Lee,  Dr.  Walter  E.,  307. 
Lehman,  Robert  S.,  323. 
Light  Problem  Solving,  295. 
Livingston,  Hugh,  313. 
Loyless,  W.  A.,  315. 
Macurda,  William  A.,  315. 
Magnesium  Carbonate  in  Cake 

Form,  309. 
Manufacturers'  Trading  Co.,  296. 
Market  Report,  329. 
McK.n-lian.  Miss  Kvilalia  E.,  306. 
McKac.  M."  !■  :,nly  C,  307. 

MilUr,  K.  i;.. 

New  York  Health  Board  Against 

Pitents,  296. 
Nomenclature,    Proprietary  vs. 

Scientific,  310. 
Nujol,  316. 

Panama-Pacific  Exposition,  Drug 
Exhibits,  327. 


Paraphenylenediamin,  Warning, 
309. 

Parisen,  George  W.,  317. 

Park  &  Sons  Co.,  John  D.,  310. 

Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  316. 

Pepsin  Assay,  Edestin,  308. 

Physician-Apothecary    of  1793, 
298. 

Plaut,  Albert,  314. 
Priest,  Mrs.  Wilhelmina,  315. 
Profits,  Disappearing,  294. 
Question  Box,  309. 
Quiniodol,  308. 
Remley,   Ernest,  311. 
Rhoads,  Henry  M.,  315. 
Roudin,   Bernard,  315. 
Rumo  Co.,  296. 
Rynott,  Edwin,  315. 
Sailer,  William  E.,  303. 
Sayre,  Edward  A.,  317. 
Schieffelin,  Dr.  Wm.  Jay,  310. 
Schleussner,  Charles  F.,  323. 
Sharp  &  Dohme,  303. 
Sims,  C.  F.,  313. 
Smith,  Almon  C,  315. 
Smith,  Joseph  G.,  315. 
Sodium  Glycerophosphate,  308. 
Special  Sale  Goods,  302. 
Stearns.  Willard  Parker,  31S. 
Stock,  Dead,  Clearing  Out,  301 
Straw,  Bleaching,  309. 
Strophanthin,  K.  and  G.,  308. 
Swann,  S.  V.  B.,  323. 
Taylor,  Newton  Samuel,  31S. 
Travathan,  George,  313. 
Union  Sales  Co.,  296. 
White,  George  H.,  317. 
White,  Ira,  312. 
White,  Louis  H.  M..  313. 
Women  in  Pharmacy,  306. 
Wood.  William  H.,  314. 
Worthcm,  Bradley  P.,  315. 


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Editorial  .\xd  Ph.\rm.\ceutical  Pages  3.i  1-352 

Editorials    331-332 

Picking  Things  to  Push   333-335 

Drug  Swindlers  Were  Successful  for  Years   335 

Inversion  of  Cane  Sugar  in  Syrup   336 

Building  Retail  Drug  Business  by  Mail   337-338 

Lessons  from  Department  Stores   339-340 

Coffee,  a  Profitable  Line  for  Druggists   341-342 

Question  Box    343-344 

Books  Reviewed    344 

Foreign  .Abstracts    345-346 

Useful  Drugs  with  Dosage    346 

Era  Narcotic  List   347-348 

Women  in  Pharmacy   349 

Business  Building  Plans   350 

Cameras  and  Photographic  Supplies...-   351-352 

News  and  Trade  Section  Pages  353-368 

Personals    353-354 

Obituaries    355 

.Associations  in  Annual  Convention   357-362 

Board  of  Pharmacy  E.xaminations   365 

New  Preparations  and  Specialties   363-364 

Drug  Markets    365-366 

Index  to  .Advertisers  Page  34 

Index  to  Goods  Adv^ertised  Pages  35-36 

Index  to  Readtng  Paces  Page  368 


The  announcement  that  the  Committee  of  Revi- 
sion have  voted  by  the  narrow  margin  of  26  to  24 
to  exclude  whisky  and  brandy  from  the  forthcom- 
ing edition  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia, 
has  caused  newspaper  writers  throughout  the  coim- 
try  to  spill  considerable  ink  in  di.scussing  the  prob- 
able effect  of  such  action  on  the  future  sale  of  these 
liquors  by  druggists  for  medicinal  purposes.  Ar- 
dent anti-prohibitionists  have  asserted  that  "the 
prohibitionists  have  apparently  mastered  the  revi- 
sion for  the  time  being,"  forgetting  or  not  know- 
ing that  the  Pharmacopoeia  grants  no  rights  or 
privileges  to  any  person  for  any  purpose  what- 
soever. 

The  right  to  engage  in  the  practice  of  pharmacy 
is  wisely  controlled  by  the  State,  as  anyone  familiar 
with  pharmacy  laws  well  knows,  and  before  one 
can  engage  in  the  work,  he  must  possess  certain 
qualifications  as  shown  by  certain  educational  tests 
and  experience  exacted  under  the  law  by  a  board 
of  pharmacy.  He  can  then  call  himself  a  pharma- 
cist, if  he  measures  up  to  the  prescribed  standards 
and  is  licensed,  but  his  functions  as  a  purveyor  of 
drugs  and  medicines  are  circumscribed  by  numer- 
ous laws  which  in  effect  give  him  anything  but  a 
free  hand  in  the  articles  which  he  may  or  may 
not  sell.  Opium,  morphine  and  cocaine  are  phar- 
macopoeial  substances,  yet  the  fact  that  they  are 
named  in  the  Pharmacopoeia  does  not  permit  the 
druggist  to  sell  such  products  indiscriminately,  al- 
though they  have  more  claim  to  be  considered  as 
medicines  than  either  whisky  or  brandy.  Their 
sale  is  regulated  entirely  by  the  Federal  and  va- 
rious State  laws  independently  of  the  Pharma- 
copoeia. In  a  similar  manner,  the  internal  revenue 
laws  have  always  regulated  the  sale  of  distilled 
spirits,  and  it  is  very  likely  that  they  will  continue 
to  do  so  whether  these  spirits  are  officially  rec- 
ognized by  the  Revision  Committee  or  not. 

The  PharmacopaMa  is  confined  to  the  definition 
and  description  of  a  selected  list  of  drugs  and 
chemicals,  with  official  tests  and  requirements  there- 
for, and  accepted  formulas  for  numerous  prepara- 
tions. It  is  largely  a  book  of  standards  for  such 
drugs,  and  it  assumes  no  authority  to  compel  or 
forbid  the  use  by  the  phy.sician  of  any  remedy  what- 
soever. The  passing  of  whisky  and  brandy  from 
the  Pharmacopoeia  will  not  remove  them  from  the 


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[August,  a  915 


armamentarium  of  the  physician  who  may  wish 
to  prescribe  them,  and  it  is  very  likely  that  the 
pharmacist,  should  he  desire  to  do  so,  will  continue 
to  sell  them  for  medicinal  purposes  in  most  of  the 
States  as  he  has  always  done,  providing  he  will 
pay  the  special  tax  exacted  under  the  internal  reve- 
nue laws  and  take  out  a  license  for  the  purpose 
as  required  by  the  laws  of  the  locality  in  which  hd 
does  business.  To  quote  the  Federal  decisions  on 
the  subject,  "the  law  does  not  treat  distilled  spirits 
as  a  drug  or  medicine,  and  doctors  and  druggists 
are  not  permitted  to  sell  it  as  such  without  first 
paying  the  special  tax  required  of  dealers  in 
liquors. ' ' 

There  are  not  a  few  druggists,  however,  who 
will  welcome  the  decision  as  an  excuse  for  them  to 
discontinue  the  sale  of  liquors  as  medicines,  argu- 
ing that  as  the  Pharmacopoeia  does  not  recognize 
these  spirits,  their  importance  as  a  part  of  a  mod- 
em drug  stock,  at  least  from  a  professional  view- 
point, is  no  longer  paramount.  The  liquor  situation 
has  been  one  of  the  most  unsatisfactory  subjects 
with  which  the  reputable  druggist  has  had  to  deal, 
and  the  professional  pharmacist  who  does  not  wish 
to  have  himself  classed  as  a  liquor  dealer  and  the 
risks  attending  such  sales,  will  vmdoubtedly  en- 
dorse the  action  of  the  Pharmacopceial  Revision 
Committee. 


INSTRUCTION  IN  ACCOUNTING 

In  no  other  human  activity  do  we  observe  the 
same  diversified  demand  upon  the  capacity  of  an 
individual  as  we  find  in  the  ease  of  the  pharmacist 
who  finds  his  vocation  in  the  typical  drug  store, 
whether  as  owner  or  as  employe. 

Scientific  understanding  and  technical  skill  the 
dispensing  pharmacist  must  have  to  a  high  degree. 
He  must  be  able  to  read  and  follow  the  physician's 
prescription  with  unerring  exactitude  ;  he  must  have 
the  skill  of  the  chemist  who  works  among  deadly 
things,  which  in  medicinal  quantities  are  to  be 
consumed  by  the  ill  and  feeble ;  and  finally,  he 
must  write  the  label  and  tie  the  package.  It  is  a 
vocation  which  in  itself  requires  years  of  training 
and  much  experience. 

The  pharmacist  who  confines  his  activities  to  the 
compounding  of  prescriptions  is  today,  however, 
the  exception.  He  must  be  able  and  willing  in  the 
majority  of  cases  to  turn  without  loss  of  time  fi'om 
the  mortar  and  pestle  to  the  supervision  or  ])os- 
sibly  the  operation  of  the  soda  fountain;  lu'  must 
take  care  of  customers  all  the  way  iVoni  tlic  man 
who  wishes  to  visit  over  the  purchase  of  a  cigar 
to  the  mother  who  is  deciding  upon  the  relative 
merits  of  baby  foods;  and  he  must  bo  in-cparcd  to 
rciiinNr  offending  cinder  from  tlic  eye  and  to 
("xlcnd  riiici'rrency  hospital  facilities  until  the  am- 
bulaiKM'  ari-i\i's. 

Finall\  ihf  ]iliarmacist  must  conduct  a  busi- 
ness. Ill  Hi  ,li  r  1.1  succeed  as  a  proprietor  or  intelli- 
gently 1m  r.ii  1  ,  ,Mii  ill,'  work  of  an  assistant  he  must 
be  adisi  iiinm.inn-  luiyor.  In  a  business  which 
mav  range  Inmi  that  (if  a  dispensing  pharmacist 


to  one  that  sells  paints,  photographic  suppUes  and 
confections,  the  pharmacist  must  exercise  discrimin- 
ation as  to  the  classes  of  what  is  bought  as  weU 
as  to  the  merits  of  different  articles  within  each 
class.  The  commercial  side  of  the  drug  business 
is  receiving  more  emphasis  everj'  day.  The  phar- 
macist must  know  how  to  sell  well,  and  this  selling 
ability  involves  the  handling  of  hundreds  of  items 
about  which  he  received  no  training  whatever  in 
his  early  days  behind  the  prescription  counter 
or  in  his  college  curriculum. 

No  other  calling  requires  such  a  diversified  knowl- 
edge as  does  the  ordinary  practice  of  pharmacy. 
And,  above  all,  if  the  pharmacist  would  make 
money  at  his  profession,  or  business,  he  must  know 
accounting — buying,  selling,  costs  and  profits.  The 
theoretical  training  afforded  in  most  colleges  of 
pharmacy  has  been  without  any  reference  to  this 
important  phase  of  the  business,  and  it  is  signifi- 
cant that  the  leading  schools  have  lately  recognized 
the  need.  The  New  York  CoUege  of  Pharmacy 
Avill  next  year  establish  a  course  in  drug  store  ac- 
counting as  a  regular  part  of  its  instruction. 
Greater  business  capacity  will  surely  be  developed 
by  students  who  pursue  this  new  work  industriously. 


NARCOTIC  LAW  AND  PRESCRIBING 

Data  tending  to  show  the  effect  of  the  Harrison 
narcotic  law  upon  the  number  of  prescriptions  are 
interesting  at  this  time,  for  in  some  quarters  there 
has  been  considerable  discussion  as  to  the  probable 
increase  or  decrease  of  narcotic  prescriptions  in  pro- 
portion to  the  total  number  of  prescriptions  com- 
pounded in  the  average  pharmacy  since  the  opera- 
tion of  the  law.  A  short  time  ago  we  printed  a 
series  of  statistics  on  this  subject,  which  were  com- 
piled by  Prof.  Worthley  F.  Rudd,  of  the  Medical 
College  of  Virginia,  and  which  represent  the  actual 
figures  obtained  from  an  examination  of  the  pre- 
scription files  of  eleven  pharmacies  of  Richmond. 
From  the  data  submitted  it  would  appear  that  the 
enforcement  of  the  Harrison  Act  has  had  a  ten- 
dency to  increase  the  number  of  prescriptions  since 
INIarch  1,  at  least  in  that  part  of  the  country. 

Definite  information  along  this  line  is  needed  if 
one  is  to  understand  the  full  effect  of  the  law  upon 
the  practice  of  medicine  and  pharmacy,  and  upo:i 
tlie  country  at  large,  and  the  suggestion  that  simi- 
lai-  in  vest  igatidus  be  undertaken  in  other  sections 
(>r  the  coiuitry  sliould  be  acted  upon.  TVe  have 
been  told  by  more  than  one  pharmacist  that  the 
new  law  had  helped  the  prescription  business 
greatly  as  to  the  total  number  compounded,  and 
that  some  physicians  now  prefer  to  prescribe  rather 
than  to  directly  dispense  and  be  compelled  to  make 
a  recoi-d  thereof.  In  other  sections,  the  reported 
experiences  of  dispensers  tend  to  show  a  lessening 
in  tl'"  total  number  of  prescriptions  filled  as  coin- 
pared  with  the  number  filled  for  corresponding 
])eriods  of  innnediately  preceding  yeai-s.  The  an- 
swer to  tliis  inquiry  is  bound  to  come,  but  a  year  at 
least  will  be  required  to  compile  data  which  shall 
represent  a  comprehensive  study  of  the  subject. 


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333 


Picking  Things  to  Push 

Success  of  Druggists  in  Selecting  Proritable  Specialties 
Determines  the  Measure  of  Their  Prosperity  in  These  Days 

By  W.  F.  FRENCH 


^^"V  yO;  I'm  not  mistaken — Hermiston  has  failed.    At  the 
1^     creditors  meeting  held  a  couple  of  nights  ago  his 
^     creditors   couldn't   see  any   other  way   out;  they 
could  not  afford  to  take  a  chance  on  him.    We  stand  to  lose 
a  few  hundred  ourselves." 

The  salesman  spoke  in  a  quiet.  matter-of-f;ict  tone,  appar- 
ently unaware  of  the  bomb  he  had  rxploil,.! 

"But."  was  the  druggist's  puzzKd  L  iMn  i,  !-.  ■'there's  not 
a  better  pharmacist  in  the  city,  ami  I  \rry  much  doubt  if 


Pick  the  profit-getters  and  push  them  hard. 


there  are  many  chemists  here  with  a  broader  knowledge  of 
the  science." 

"True,"  replied  the  salesman.  "He's  all  that;  but  still  he 
is  not  a  good  druggist.  The  dictionary  tells  us  that  a  druggist 
is  a  dealer  in  drugs.  He  used  to  be  but  he  isn't  any  more — 
except   incidentally.     The  real   money  makers   in  the  drug 

'  store  are  no  longer  drugs.  To  be  successful  now  the  drug- 
gist must  also  be  a  regular  merchant,  picking  those  special- 

,  ties  in  which  there  is  profit  and  pushing  them  in  a  business- 
like way. 

"Dr.  Hermiston  is  not  a  business  man — and  his  creditors 
^  know  it.  That's  why  they  won't  throw  good  money  after 
\  bad  trying  to  help  him  out  of  his  trouble, 
h  "With  Dr.  Hermiston's  knowledge  of  chemistry — his  ability 
I  to  compound  preparations — he  was  able  to  meet  the  require- 
t  ments  of  the  trade  and  run  his  prescription  business  along 
'  efficient  and  money-making  lines;  but  unfortunately  the  profits 
I  from  that  end  were  not  big  enough  or  numerous  enough  to 
w  offset  the  losses  at  the  other.  Where  business  judgment  was 
,  needed.  Dr.  Hermiston  was  at  sea,  and  worst  of  all,  he 
i  didn't  know  how  to  pick  things  to  push.  He  didn't  know  how 
'  to  handle  the  money-makers." 

The  salesman  who  made  these  observations  spoke  from 
'  a  long  experience  with  a  wholesale  drug  house  carrying  the 
I  accounts  of  thousands  of  druggists  on  its  books.  His  work 
(■  brought  him  into  close  touch  with  druggists  of  almost  every 

'  type  and  condition  and  gave  him  an  intimate  insight  into  the 
(  ups  and  downs  of  the  business.  He  had  seen  big  stores 
i;  dwindle  and  disappear  as  others  rose  from  insignificant  bfgin- 

I  nings  to  positions  of  prominence.  The  workings  of  the  chain 
[i  store  were  unfolded  before  his  eyes  and  he  saw  its  exact 
i>  science  supplant  the  haphazard  methods  of  the  careless  indi- 
li  vidual  druggist.    He  had  followed  closely  the  development  of 

J  the  drug  store  from  an  apothecary  shop  to  a  modern  public 
convenience  station,  and  realized  how  strongly  the  bu.siness 

■  man  had  entrenched  himself  in  the  drug  line. 


In  sounding  a  warning  to  the  druggists  he  says: 
"Here  is  a  fact  that  it  will  pay  every  druggist  in  this 
country  to  keep  in  mind :  If  he  expects  to  make  money  in 
the  drug  business  he  must  pick  the  profit-getters  and  push 
them  hard.  W'ith  the  chain  store,  the  department  store  and 
the  large  independent  downtown  drug  store  all  cutting  prices 
on  staples — and  gathering  up  the  slack  by  increased  sales 
on  specialties — the  wide-awake  city  druggist  of  today  realizes 
that  unless  he  picks  winners  and  pushes  them  he  will  soon 
be  checking  up  his  stock  with  a  member  of  the  creditors' 
committee. 

"The  soda  fountain  is  the  almost  universal  life  preserver 
and  it  is  difficult  to  estimate  how  many  druggists  this  profit- 
producer  is  floating  right  now.  Their  name  is  legion.  Of 
course,  there  are  other  lines  that  will  yield  almost  as  steady 
a  'profit  shower'  as  the  soda  fountain,  but  it  takes  care  and 
thought  to  pick  them. 

"Give  an  example  of  specialty  pushing?  All  right.  I'll  tell 
you  how  a  druggist  in  a  little  town  in  Illinois  does  business. 
One  day  while  in  his  town  I  happened  to  be  short  of  cur- 
rency and  I  naturally  asked  him  to  cash  a  little  check  for 
me.  Before  I  could  get  a  pen  from  my  pocket  he  had  slipped 
one  into  my  hand.  I  used  it  and  found  it  to  be  smooth. 
A  "Way  of  Selling  Fountain  Pens 

"'That  pen's  pretty  good,  isn't  it?'  he  asked  me  as  I 
handed  him  the  check. 

"  'It  seems  to  flow  perfectly  and  is  as  smooth  as  silk,' 
I  said. 

"  'Sure !  You've  named  it.  And  it  will  work  better  in  a 
few  days.  I  want  you  to  take  that  with  you,  and  the  next 
time  you  come  to  this  town  tell  me  about  it.' 

''I  had  to  laugh  at  this.  He  was  trying  to  sell  me  the 
pen  and  I  had  a  half  dozen  about  me  somewhere  right  at 
that  minute.     I  told  him  so,  but  he  was  insistent. 

"  'You  may  have  two  dozen  and  not  have  one  like  this. 
Take  it  with  you  and  try  it.  That's  all  I  ask.'  I  did — 
and  the  next  time  I  came  to  his  town  I  paid  the  retail  price 
for  that  pen. 


Every  neighborhood  has  its  peculiarities,  its  special  -uants. 


"That  was  his  way  of  pushing  the  sale  of  fountain  pens 
— by  having  one  always  ready  for  a  customer  and  by  testing 
them  out  thoroughly  himself  first  to  be  sure  they  are  per- 
fect. The  result  is  that  his  fountain  pen  business  nets  him  a 
very  desirable  profit  each  year — and  that's  not  all.  To  prac- 
tically every  man  he  sells  a  fountain  pen  he  sells  a  good  many 


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The  soda  fountain  is  the  almost  universal  lije-savzr. 

bottles  of  fountain  pen  ink — an  ink  that  carries  a  good  sub- 
stantial profit  with  it.  That's  the  way  one  man  I  know 
pushes  a  specialty." 

Success  in  Picking  Winners 

It  is  the  belief  of  this  salesman — and  the  city  and  coun- 
try druggists  interviewed  concur  in  his  opinion — that  the 
success  of  the  average  druggist  depends  largely  upon  his 
ability  to  select  specialties  which  will  meet  with  ready  sale 
and  net  a  reasonable  profit.  But  it  is  also  his  conviction  that 
the  average  druggist  does  not  prove  himself  very  shrewd  in 
this  respect  and  is  apt  to  ignore  the  .dollar-drawing  specialties 
entirely  or  else  select  them  without  discrimination. 

"Too  much  care  and  thought  cannot  be  given  to  the  choice 
of  articles  that  a  store  intends  to  push,"  exclaimed  the  man- 
ager of  a  progressive  drug  store  which  has  grown  extremely 
popular  in  a  certain  itsidentia!  district.  "The  class  of  goods 
featured  does  much  in  the  forming  of  a  customer's  impres- 
sion of  a  store.  There  is  a  world  of  profit  in  specialties 
for  the  druggist  who  knows  his  business.  If  I  were  advising 
a  young  druggist  I  should  unhesitatingly  urge  him  to  study 
the  stocks  of  the  larger  drug  stores  with  a  view  to  learning 
how  to  pick  the  sensible  specialties  that  the  public  wants, 
and  how  to  present  them  in  an  attractive  manner. 

"Then  I  should  make  plain  to  him  the  advantage  of  featur- 
ing a  variety  of  profit-getters  one  at  a  time,  always  at  the 
right  time  and  not  too  long  at  a  time.  A  hundred  sugges- 
tions vaguely  hinted  at  have  not  the  force  of  one  plainly 
and  advantageously  set  forth.  The  very  number  of  specialties 
displayed  in  some  stores  tends  to  confuse  the  buyer  rather 
than  guide  him. 

"I  should  try  to  drive  home  the  fact  that  it  is  easily  pos- 
sible to  have  'too  much  of  a  good  thing,'  or  to  create  the  im- 
pression that  you  have.  If  a  customer  sees  a  counter  or 
table  heaped  with  the  same  goods  every  time  he  enters  a  store 
he  is  bound  to  conclude  that  the  druggist  has  over-bought  and 
is  loaded  down  with  ;i  stock  of  stale  goods.  Even  though  this 
.stock  is  turned  over  daily,  if  it  is  kept  too  long  in  one  place 
it  will  leave  a  bad  impression. 

"The  efficient  merchant  will  create  a  desire  for  his  specialties ; 
he  will  make  the  possible  customer  think  about  an  article  that 
he  would  not  think  of  buying  if  he  were  not  adroitly  re- 
minded of  its  existence  and  desirability  by  the  merchant. 
An  effective  display  of  the  goods  will  often  do  this — and  the 
display  may  be  backed  uj)  by  special  sales  effort.  But  do 
not  expect  a  display  to  rn.iin  its  novelty,  freshness  and  power 
to  interest  the  publi(  in.l.  Iinitcly  any  more  than  you  would 
expect  a  bottle  of  selt/.cr  t«  retain  its  strength  if  left  un- 
corked. 

"Feature  a  specialty  as  a  headliner  for  only  a  few  days, 
after  wlii.  li  U  imnlil  be  retired  to  a  less  conspicuous  space 
in   f:i\^,'  --.1,   profit-getter.     Later  it  may  be 

again    1^  -    lU.uv   one   arliicle   to  occupy  the 

choirr  di-pl  .  ,    ilir  store  after  it  has  ceased  to  be 

a  novelty    is  poor  policy." 


Maintains  a  Specialty  Table 

Visits  to  a  number  of  progressive  city  and  country  stores 
proved  the  wisdom  of  this  man's  words.  One  drug  store 
in  the  heart  of  Chicago's  loop  maintains  a  small  specialty 
table  from  which  is  sold  several  hundred  dollars  worth  of 
different  specials  each  week.  No  feature  is  allowed  to 
monopolize  this  table  more  than  two  days  at  a  time.  Within 
a  short  distance  of  this  store  is  one  link  of  a  chain  that 
transacts  millions  of  dollars  worth  of  business  a  year  and 
with  whom  the  specialty  business  is  a  science.  Here  the 
rule  of  changing  features  at  lezist  twice  a  week  is  strictly 
followed.  Care  is  taken  to  avoid  featuring  the  lines  being 
pushed  at  that  time  by  other  links  of  the  chain.  This  em- 
phasizes the  necessity  of  pushing  the  things  not  featured  by 
a  neighbor. 

In  reply  to  a  question  regarding  the  best  lines  to  push  a 
successful  druggist  said : 

"There  are  really  so  many  things  that  will  bring  drug- 
gists satisfactory  profits  if  they  are  intelligently  pushed  that 
it  seems  unnecessary  to  mention  them.  Off  hand,  however, 
I  would  say  that  the  soda-fountain,  cameras  and  photographic 
supplies,  perfumes,  toilet  articles  and  candies  are  perhaps 
the  star  performers  on  the  credit  side  of  the  ledger. 

"But  don't  quote  me  as  saying  that  all  a  druggist  need 
do  is  to  put  in  a  stock  of  specialties  and  then  sit  back  and 
watch  the  money  come  in.  The  truth  is  far  from  that.  First  I 
he  must  be  druggist  enough  to  know  real  value  when  he  sees 
it ;  next  he  must  be  merchant  enough  to  know  what  his  I 
neighborhood  wants,  or  can  be  made  to  want;  and  lastly 
he  must  be  business  man  enough  to  handle  the  whole  proposi- 
tion in  a  business-like  manner.  He  must  be  able  to  put  his 
finger  on  the  profit-getters  and  to  eliminate  the  deadheads. 

"The  druggist  that  studies  the  habits,  the  tastes  and  the 
needs  of  his  neighborhood,  the  lines  carried  by  his  competi- 
tors and  the  specialties  available  and  then  carefully  makes 
his  choice  is  the  man  that  is  going  to  pick  the  things  that 
will  respond  to  intelligent  pushing.  Profits  do  not  come  to 
the  druggist  that  ignores  the  special  requirements  of  his 
neighborhood  or  puts  in  a  line  of  specialties  that  is  already 
firmly  established  in  nearby  stores. 

"And  I  want  to  tell  you  that  every  neighborhood  has  its 
peculiarities — its  very  especial  urants.  While  a  first-class 
druggist  can  educate  the  trade  to  accept  certain  articles  and 
create  a  demand  for  his  goods,  he  is  going  to  get  a  jok 
if  he  fails  to  consider  the  particular  needs  of  his  community 
and  stocks  his  store  with  goods  of  a  character  not  selected 
for  their  local  desirability.  It's  the  druggist  that  gets  in 
tune  with  his  neighborhood,  who  caters  to  their  wants  and 
who  anticipates  their  fads  and  whims  that  builds  a  good 
bank  account." 

Art  Materials  as  Side  Line 

As  an  example  of  community  trade  building  I  will  cite 
the  case  of  a  little  drug  store  in  Chicago,  just  off  Michi- 
gan avenue,  close  to  the  Art  Institute  and  the  musical  col- 
leges, that  has  built  up  a  profitable  sideline  in  art  materials 
and  little  things  that  the  musician  wants;  violin  and  man- 
dolin strings,  mandolin  picks,  blank  music  sheets  already 
ruled,  chewing  gum,  lozenges  and  candies.  And  just  around 
the  comer  is  another  which  might  reasonably  be  called  a 
woman's  store.  This  store  specializes  in  toilet  articles,  van- 
ity cases,  silver  pencil  holders,  tiny  silver  backed  mirrors, 
chamois  skins,   perfumes,  candies  and  soda  specialties. 

In  the  heart  of  Broadway's  theatre  district  in  New  York 
City  a  progressive  drug  store  does  a  thriving  business  in 
supplying  the  wants  of  the  theatrical  profession.  One  could 
hardly  imagine  the  stock  of  this  store  being  sold  in  the 
Bark  Bay  district  of  Boston — or  in  the  heart  of  Philadel- 
phia. But  the  players  in  New  York  find  it  convenient  and 
really   dictate   its  line. 

A  drug  store  in  one  of  the  scenic  towns  of  Wisconsin 
makes  about  two-thirds  of  its  profit  during  the  summer  months 
selling  souvenirs,  post  cards  and  pictures  of  its  near-by 
beauty  spots.  And  the  druggists  in  almost  any  mecca  for 
sight-seers  will  find  such  articles — and  also  kodak  films  and 
dollar  watcJies  quick  sellers. 

The  Wilson  avenue  neighborhood  in  Chicairo  is  almost  t 
summer  resort,  and  during  the  hot  months  its  beaches  are 
crowded.  In  the  drug  store  windows  there  kithine  suits» 
caps,    stockings   and   slippcr^    water-wings,    cork  balls — ar.d 


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even  tango  shoes — have  contested  the  existence  of  drug  arti- 
cles. And  in  that  neighborhood  the  many  drug  stores  have 
put  the  soda  fountain  business  on  a  scientilic  art  basis  that 
is  nowhere  surpassed. 

Pushing  Ice  Cream  Specialties 

Every  conceivable  dainty  of  the  soda  fountain  is  offered, 
and  in  the  little  glass-topped  serving  tables  are  exhibited 
beautiful  imitations  of  the  various  dishes  that  can  be  had. 
In  one  of  these  stores  a  waitress  told  me  that  two  out  of 
every  three  parties  that  sat  at  the  table  in  which  was  dis- 
played the  pecan  nut  sundae  would  place  a  straight  order 
for  that  special.  Customers  that  ordinarily  ordered  ten  cent 
.sodas  found  that  the  twenty  and  twenty-five  cent  dainties 
under  the  glass  made  an  appeal  which  could  not  be  resisted. 
And  on  several  occasions  I,  myself,  have  fallen  a  delighted 
victim  to  this  method  of  pushing  ice  cream  specialties. 

Perhaps  a  contrast  would  not  be  amiss  here.  In  the  same 
neighborhood  there  is  a  diug  store  which  displayed  in  these 
glass-topped  serving  tables  a  neat  tray  of  hair  brushes  and 
combs.  To  some  this  display  might  prove  attractive  but  it 
did  not  appeal  favorably  to  me.  I  cannot  say  whether  they 
are  still  following  this  policy  as  I  have  not  been  there  since. 

Almost  every  country  druggist  knows  of  the  profits  to  be 
gotten  from  a  good  line  of  stationery,  from  periodicals,  from 
cameras  and  photographic  supplies,  from  books  from  cigars, 
and  from  confectionery.  But  it  took  a  druggist  in  a  little 
Illinois  town  to  teach  the  farmers,  fruif  growers  and  gar- 
deners to  spray  and  incidentally  to  build  himself  a  business 
in  spraying  materials  that  nets  him  a  handsome  profit  each 
year.  .\nd  his  competitor  has  put  in  a  supply  of  reliable 
fountain  pens  and  created  a  market  for  them  and  for  foun- 
tain pen  ink. 

Perhaps  the  drug  store's  biggest  stride  toward  the  goal  cf 
better  merchandising  lies  in  the  distribution  of  various  sets  of 
books  by  the  larger  drug  companies  in  the  cities.  While  it 
is  very  difficult  to  obtain  exact  figures  regarding  the  num- 
ber of  sets  of  encyclopedias  distributed  by  one  Chicago  drug 
concern  it  is  safe  to  say  that  they  put  out  more  than  ten 
thousand  sets  of  several  copies  each.  The  sets  were  sold  at 
such  a  low  price  that  the  drug  company's  profit  on  each 


book  was  but  a  few  cents — but  in  the  total  it  amounted  to 
a  large  sum. 

Acting  in  Self-Defense 

A  few  years  ago  there  was  a  distinct  line  drawn  to  show 
just  what  articles  a  drug  store  should  handle  and  what  arti- 
cles belong  in  the  department  store.  But  now  the  department 
stores  handle  practically  everything  that  can  be  found  in  a 
drug  store,  and  it  is  almost  in  self-defense  that  the  drug  store 
is  compelled  to  widen  the  scope  of  its  merchandise.  The 
chain  of  stores  that  sold  a  hundred  thousand  cigars  in  one 
week  has  found  a  way  to  protect  itself  against  the  depart- 
ment store  that  sold  several  thousand  dollars  worth  of  per- 
fumes, soaps,  tooth  pastes  and  powders,  cold  creams  and 
ntlier  toilet  articles  over  bargain  counters  m  the  same  length 
of  time. 

"With  the  chain  and  department  stores  to  compete  with 
in  the  cities  and  the  mail  order  houses  to  buck  in  the  coun- 
try the  individual  or  independent  drug  store  certainly  need? 
at  its  head  a  man  that  knows  how  to  pick  and  push  the 
money  makers  that  tlie  public  wants." 

The  representative  of  a  concern  putting  out  a  line  of  the 
most  desirable  drug  specialties  made  this  remark,  and  added: 

"I've  heard  druggists  complain  because  all  the  worth-while 
specialities  have  been  given  ♦o  their  competitors,  never  stop- 
ping to  realize  that  the  concern  making  a  specialty  which  is 
in  demand  can  pick  and  choose  the  druggists  with  whom  they 
place  their  line,  and  that  the  first  chance  is  invariably  given 
to  the  most  up-to-date  merchants.  When  the  not-quite-awake 
druggist  opens  his  eyes  to  the  fact  that  we  are  instructed  to 
offer  our  agencies  only  to  the  live  druggists  of  a  community — 
and  should  there  be  none,  to  withhold  it  altogether — he  will 
understand  that  if  he  wants  to  keep  his  name  above  the  door 
he  must  clean  the  cobwebs  from  his  mind  and  store  and  get 
into  the  game  like  a  business  man." 

A  glance  into  some  of  the  department  stores,  notion  stores 
and  even  grocery  stores  will  convince  the  observer  that  many 
manufacturers  of  specialties  normally  handled  in  drug  stores 
will  not  hesitate  to  place  their  agencies  elsewhere  if  the 
druggists  are  not  live  merchants.  This  adds  one  more  to  the 
many  reasons  why  .druggists  should  learn  to  pick  and  push 
specialties. 


Drug  Swindlers  Were  Successful  for  Years 


A  group  of  four  clever  drug  svAndlers.   From  left  to  right  they  are:  1 
Jacohson  and  last  but  not  least,  the  brains  of  the  organization, 


'.  W.  Ladd,  Julius  Cohn,  alias  Julius  Kramer;  William 
Adolph  Jacohson,  alias  A.  Jansen,  alias  Frost 


As  briefly  related  in  the  July  issue  of  The  Pharmaceutical 
,  Era,  the  sentence  of  seven  years  in  the  Atlanta  penitentiary 
imposed  recently  by  the  United  States  District  Supreme  Court, 
New  York,  on  .\dolph  Jacobson,  aged  64,  white-haired  and 
:  venerable  of  appearance,  marks  the  climax,  and  possibly  the 
,  end,  of  a  gigantic  swindling  system  that  stretched  over  twenty 
\  years  or  so  and  netted  its  perpetrators  $500,000  or  more  in 
'  goods,  some  of  which  was  drugs.  Jacobson  pleaded  guilty 
I  of  using  the  mails  to  defraud,  as  did  his  son,  William,  who 
got  five  years,  and  Julius  Cohen  and  G.  C.  Mitchell,  his  son's 
1  employes,  who  received  one  year  and  a  fine  of  $100  respec- 


tively. Harry  Fischman,  formerly  connected  with  a  company 
calling  itself  the  General  Export  and  Commission  Company, 
of  New  York,  a  name  chosen  in  imitation  of  a  reputable 
firm  in  that  city,  and  with  a  company  known  as  the  B.  W. 
Ladd  Company,  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  also  in  imitation  of  a 
well  known  concern,  is  another  member  of  the  gang  who  is 
now  residing  on  Blackwcll's  Island.  Two  or  three  more  men 
are  under  indictment  and  their  case  will  come  up  in  the  Sep- 
tember term  of  the  District  Supreme  Court.  These  swindlers 
by  means  of  fly-by-night  drug  firms,  have  defrauded  numerous 
wholesalers  of  stocks  varying  in  value  from  small  amounts 
to  $400  or  more. 


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[August,  1915 


Inversion  of  Cane  Sugar  in  Syrun  * 

By  JOSEPH  L.  MAYER 

IN  an  article  on  "Fallacious  Tests  for  Glucose  in  Cane 
Sugar  Syrup,"t  I  showed  that  syrup  made  according  to 
the  official  formula  by  the  hot  process  did  not  contain 
more  than  a  very  faint  trace  of  reducingr  sugar,  but  which 
after  having  been  put  in  a  cool  dark  place  and  stored  for 
five  months  in  a  corked  bottle,  yielded  a  very  heavy  precipi- 
tate of  cuprous  oxide  when  tested  with  Fehling's  solution, 
indicating  that  much  of  the  cane  sugar  had  been  inverted. 

The  tests  made  at  that  time  being  qualitative  only,  the 
thought  recently  occurred  to  me  to  make  a  series  of  quantitative 
tests  to  determine  exactly  how  much  of  the  cane  sugar  was 
converted  into  reducing  sugar  and  the  following  work  was  there- 
fore undertaken. 

On  January  28,  1915,  1000  c.c.  of  syrup  were  made,  the 
directions  on  page  435  of  the  U.  S.  P.  VIII  for  the  cold 
percolation  process  being  followed  and  on  the  same  day  lOOG 
c.c.  of  syrup  were  made  by  the  method  on  page  435  of  the 
U.  S.  P.  VIII  for  the  hot  process,  each  sample  being  placed 
in  a  sterilized  glass  stoppered  bottle. 

The  syrup  made  by  percolation  had  a  specific  gravity  of 
1.3148  at  25°  C,  while  the  sample  made  by  the  hot  pro- 
cess had  a  specific  gravity  of  1.3126. 

A  quantity  of  syrup  from  each  bottle  was  immediately 
weighed  in  tared  100  c.c.  graduated  flasks  and  water  added  to 
make  100  c.c.  The  reducing  sugar  in  50  c.c.  of  this  solution 
was  determined  by  the  following  method  of  Walker  and 
Munson : 

(1)  Preparation  of  Solutions  and  Asbestos 

(A)  Solutions.— Use  solutions  (a),  and  (6),  and  (c)  as 
given  on  page  42,  under  Soxhlet's  modification  of  Fehling's 
solution. 

(B)  Asbestos. — Prepare  the  asbestos,  which  should  be  the 
amphibole  variety,  by  first  digesting  with  1  ;3  hydrochloric 
acid  for  two  or  three  days.  Wash  free  from  acid  and  digest 
for  a  similar  period  with  soda  solution,  after  which  treat  for 
a  few  hours  with  hot  alkaline  copper  tartrate  solution  of  the 
strength  employed  in  sugar  determinations.  Then  wash  the 
asbestos  free  from  alkali,  finally  digest  with  nitric  acid  for 
several  hours,  and  after  washing  free  from  acid  shake  with 
water  for  use.  In  preparing  the  gooch  crucible,  load  it  with 
a  film  of  asbestos  one-fourth  inch  thick,  wash  this  thoroughly 
with  water  to  remove  fine  particles  of  asbestos;  finallv  wash 
with  alcohol  and  ether,  dry  for  thirty  minutes  at  100  deg. 
C,  cool  in  a  desiccator  and  weigh.  It  is  best  to  dissolve  the 
cuprous  oxide  with  nitric  acid  each  time  after  weighing  and 
use  the  same  felts  over  and  over  again,  as  they  improve  with 
use. 

(2)  Determination 

Transfer  25  c.c.  each  of  the  copper  and  alkaline  tartrate 
solutions  to  a  400  c.c.  Jena  or  non-sol  beaker  and  add  50 
c.c.  of  reducing  sugar  solution,  or,  if  a  smaller  volume  of 
sugar  solution  be  used,  add  water  to  make  the  final  volume 
100  c.c.  Heat  the  beaker  upon  an  asbestos  gauze  over  a  Eun- 
son  burner,  so  regulate  the  flame  that  boiling  begins  in  four 
minutes,  and  continue  the  boiling  for  exactly  two  minutes. 
Keep  the  beaker  covered  with  a  watch-glass  throughout  the 
entire  time  of  heating.  Without  diluting,  filter  the  cuprous 
oxide  at  once  on  an  asbestos  felt  in  a  porcelain  gooch  crucible, 
using  suction.  Wash  the  cuprous  oxide  thoroughly  with  wa- 
ter at  a  temperature  of  about  60  deg.  C,  then  with  10  c.c. 
of  alcohol,  and  finally  with  10  c.c.  of  ether.  Dry  for  thirty 
minutes  in  a  water  oven  at  100  deg.  C,  cool  in  a  desiccator 
and  weigh  as  cuprous  oxide. 

.N.  B. — The  number  of  milligrams  of  copper  reduced  by  a 
given  amount  of  reducing  sugar  differs  when  sucrose  is  present 
and  when  it  is  absent.  In  the  tables  following  the  ab.sence 
of  sucrose  is  assumed  except  in  the  two  columns  under  invert 
sugar,  where  one  for  mixtures  of  invert  sugar  and  sucrose 
(0.4  gram  of  total  sugar  in  ,=^0  r.c.  of  solution)  and  one  for 
invert  sugar  and  sucrose  when  the  50  c.c.  of  solution  con- 
tains 2  grams  of  total  sugar  are  given,  in  addition  to  the  col- 

•Presented  at  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association 
lune  29,  191S. 

tDruggist  Circular.  Feb.,  1902.  d.  27. 


umn  for  invert  sugar  alone.  (U.  S.  Dept.  of  Agr.,  Bur.  of 
Chem.,  Bull.  107,  rev.,  page  241  and  242.) 

The  cold  percolation  process  sample  contained  .174  per 
cent  invert  sugar. 

The  hot  process  sample  contained  .138  per  cent  invert  sugar. 

The  cane  sugar  from  which  the  syrups  were  made  was  tested 
by  the  same  method  and  contained  .111  per  cent  invert  sugar, 
thus  indicating  that  in  the  process  of  making  the  samples 
very  little  inversion  had  taken  place. 

The  syrups  (all  samples  were  prepared  on  Jan.  28,  1915) 
were  then  placed  in  a  cool  dark  place,  samples  being  taken 
from  them  at  frequent  intervals  and  tested  with  the  follow- 
ing results: 

Per  Cent  of  In- 
vert Sugar 

o„  Cold  Hot 

Jan.  28,  1915  174  .138 

Feb.  10,  1915   172  .171 

Feb.  25,  1915  292  .170 

March  9,  1915  559  .401 

March  23,  1915   1.123  1.061 

April  2,  1915   1.807  1.595 

April   9,    1915    2.029  1.905 

April  15,  1915   2.367  2.354 

May  6,  1915   3.411  3.566 

May   19,   1915   4.978  4.735 

June  3,  1915   6.586  5.751 

These  remarkable  results  not  only  disprove  the  statement 
very  frequently  made  that  in  making  syrupus  by  the  hot  pro- 
cess much  of  the  sugar  is  inverted,  a  statement  which  my 
original  article  above  referred  to  disproved,  but  they  also  con- 
clusively show  that  in  making  the  samples  by  either  the  cold 
or  hot  process  practically  no  inversion  takes  place.  The  an- 
alyses also  show  that  upon  standing  the  sugar  in  both  sam- 
ples becomes  inverted,  the  inversion  being  greater  in  the  cold 
process  syrup  than  in  the  syrup  made  by  the  process  in  which 
heat  is  employed. 

I  am  still  at  work  on  the  samples  and  hope  in  my  next  paper 
on  the  subject  to  report  further  results  of  the  investigation. 


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The  Department  of  Agriculture  has  decided  to  extend  vmtil 
January  1,  1916,  the  privilege  of  using  labels  and  cartons  print- 
ed prior  to  May  11,  1914,  which  do  not  state  the  quantity  of 
the  contents  of  packages  of  food  in  terms  of  the  largest  unit 
as  Food  Inspection  Decision  Xo.  154  holds  that  they  should, 
providing  the  quantity  of  the  contents  is  otherivise  plainly  and 
correctly  indicated.  For  example,  it  is  not  proper,  under  Food 
Inspection  Decision  Xo.  154,  to  mark  a  package  "Contents  26 
Fluid  Ounces" ;  the  package  should  be  marked  "One  and  five- 
eighths  pints"  or  "one  pint  10  fluid  ounces." 

The  purpose  of  this  decision  is  to  compel  quantities  to 
stated  in  the  form  most  readily  intelligible  to  most  persons, 
order  to  avoid  the  waste  of  a  large  number  of  labels  and  a 
tons,  however,  which  had  been  printed  before  this  decision  w 
issued,  the  Department  agreed  some  time  ago  to  permit  the  t 
of  such  labels  and  cartons  which  although  they  did  not  compl; 
with  the  regulations  in  this  respect,  were  otherwise  satisfactory 
had  been  printed  prior  to  May  11,  1914,  and  indicated  an  hon- 
est attempt  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  the  law. 

The  present  decision  extends  the  time  to  which  these  lab  ^ 
may  be  used  from  June  1,  1915,  to  Januar>-  1,  1916,  the  addi' 
tional  time  being  granted  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  manufao 
turers  and  dealers  in  food  products  to  dispose  of  their  stoci 
of  labels  and  to  avoid  the  loss  which  the  immediate  enforce 
ment  of  the  regulations  in  this  respect  would  cause.  Untl 
January  1,  1916,  therefore,  the  Department  will  not  reccnn 
mend  proceedings  solely  upon  the  charge  that  the  statement  0 
quantity  of  contents  on  the  package,  if  otherwise  satisfactory,  i 
not  in  terms  of  the  largest  unit  in  the  package. 


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Building  Retail  Drug  Business  by  Mail 

Organizing  the  Work  On  a  Practical  Basis  To  Attract 
Customers  Into  the  Store-One  Man  Should  Have  Charge 


T 


By  CARL  C.  IRWUST 

(Copyright  1915  by  Carl  C.  Irwin.) 

HE  idea  of  usiii.ir  the  mails  to  build  irasiness  ij=  a  tremendously  live  issue  to  every  retailer.  It 
is  not  a  thing  to  play  with.  Instead  it  is  weapon  to  fight  the  two  greatest  forces  which  are 
threatening  to  drive  the  smaU  store  out  of  business.  The  first  of  these  forces  is  the  concentra- 
tion of  trade  in  the  largest  towns.  People  have  always  pre- 
ferred to  trade  from  the  very  beginning.  Better  transporta- 
tion facilities,  both,  in  getting  the  people  to  the  larger  towns 
and  in  getting  the  goods  from  there  to  the  people,  are  simply 
making  it  possible  for  the  people  to  do  as  they  have  always 
wished.  Unless  the  small  town  merchant  makes  some  radical 
change  in  his  service  to  the  customer  or  in  his  solicitation 
for  trade,  there  are  going  to  be  a  few  big  stores  in  the  larg- 
est town  in  the  country,  while  the  small  town  stores  will  sup- 
ply merel.y  the  trinkets  and  the  things  people  have  to  have 
in  a  hurry.  The  second  destructive  force  confronting  the 
r,mall  retailer  is  the  inefficiency  of  his  present  distributing 
machine.  Almost  any  druggist  would  be  tickled  to  death  to 
close  his  store  several  hours  a  day  when  trade  is  quiet  and 
keep  open  the  other  hours  if  he  could,  stop  the  expense  while 
the  store  ivas  closed.   His  problem  is  how  to  capitalize  the  idle 


Bringing  the  store  to  the  public. 

time  of  his  clerks;  how  to  make  his  stock  turn  during  the  dull  hours  and  seasons 


Idea  is  Applicable  Anywhere 

Owing  to  the  flexibility  of  the  methods  which  are  used  to 
build  business  by  mail,  the  idea  is  applicable  to  any  drug  store, 
no  matter  where  the  store  is  located  or  what  size  it  may  be. 

The  confectionery  department  of  a  big  New  York  store, 
with  the  aid  of  the  splendidly-equipped  mail-order  division 
of  the  advertising  department,  may  very  profitably  spend  sev- 
eral hvmdred  dollars  in  the  operation  of  a  sixteen  page  four- 
color  booklet  of  candies  which  will  draw  business  from  every 
part  of  the  first  and  second  parcel  post  zones. 

Proportionately,  a  druggist  in  Pilot  Point,  Texas,  can  be 
just  as  successful  and  spend  less  than  ten  dollars  on  a  simple 
mailing  folder  which  he  and  his  clerks  can  prepare  them- 
selves during  spare  time,  and  which  will  illustrate  and  de- 
scribe his  candies  to  150  young  women  in  his  trade  territory. 

The  small  druggist  is  limited  by  his  assortment  of  "roods 
and  by  the  few  entertainment  features  his  town  affords  visitors, 
to  a  much  smaller  advertising  appropriation  than  the  big 
store  in  the  city  teeming  with  things  to  see. 

But  there  is  absolutely  no  limit  to  the  frequency  with 
which  literature  may  be  profitably  mailed  from  any  size 
store.  Both  the  small  and  the  large  store  keep  open  seven 
days  a  week  to  sell  to  the  people  who  voluntarily  come  to 
the  store.  Is  there  any  good  reason  why  both  stores  should 
why  not  use  the  mails  seven  days  a  week  to  take  their  store 
to  the  people? 

Once  it  is  established  that  the  building-retail-busincss-by- 
mail  idea  is  not  merely  a  big  store  instrument,  but  that  it 
is  even  more  vitally  necessary  to  the  small  store,  the  question 
of  the  organization  of  this  work  is  next  in  order. 

Involves  Every  Person  in  the  Store 

As  the  basic  idea  of  building  retail  business  by  mail  is 
periodically  taking  part  of  the  stock  or  an  illustration  of 
description  of  it  to  the  people  by  mail,  it  involves  every  per- 
son in  the  store  and  to  a  certain  extent  it  becomes  everyone's 
business. 

But  what  is  everyone's  business  is  no  one's  business.  Some- 
one must  have  charge  of  the  work,  get  the  co-operation  of  all 
the  others  and  be  responsible  for  the  outcome  of  the  efforts. 

As  printing  and  advertising  play  the  important  parts,  the 
logical  head   should    be   the   advertising    department   or  in 


small  stores,  the  person  who  has  been  in  the  habit  of  getting 
out  the  advertising. 

But  building  retail  business  by  mail  is  not  by  any  means 
a  one  man  proposition.  It  is  every  person's  duty  to  assist 
the  head  of  the  work. 

For  example,  a  small  store  with  no  regular  advertising  de- 
partment may  have  a  floor  clerk  who,  of  all  the  other  clerks, 
writes  the  smoothest,  most  convincing  advertisement  letters; 
but  when  preparing  a  form  letter  on  prescriptions,  it  is  best 
for  the  floor  clerk  to  have  the  prescription  clerk  talk  to  him 
about  the  character  of  his  work  as  if  to  one  of  the  customers, 
take  the  conversation  down,  straighten  it  out  and  have  the  let- 
ters signed  by  the  prescription  clerk.  That's  the  kind  of  co- 
operation needed  in  every  department. 

Also  it  should  not  be  the  duty  of  the  advertising  man  t« 
originate  all  the  new  plans  and  schemes.  The  head  of  every 
department  knows  his  stock  better  than  any  one  else;  he  knows 
to  whom  each  article  will  appeal  most  strongly  and  it  should 
be  his  duty  to  suggest  new  lists  or  subdivisions  of  the  general 
list  and  the  goods  most  likely  to  interest  each  class  of  people. 

The  cigar  department  may  be  overstocked  on  certain  brands 
of  cheap  cigars;  it  is  the  duty  of  the  cigar  clerk  to  suggest 
to  the  advertising  man  that  these  could  be  sold  to  certain 
classes  of  men  who  buy  cheap  cigars.  It  would  then  be  the 
duty  of  the  advertising  man  to  collect  the  list  of  names  of 
these  men  and  go  after  them  to  come  to  the  store  to  buy 
the  overstocked  brands. 

The  large  city  store  naturally  has  a  highly  developed  mail- 
order department,  usually  under  the  supervision  of  the  ad- 
vertising manager. 

Here  a  force  of  people  get  out  catalogs,  booklets,  form  let- 
ters and  direct-mail  literature  of  all  descriptions.  Young 
women  constantly  add  to  or  weed  out  the  plates  or  index 
cards  of  the  great  classified  mailing  list. 

The  clicking  of  many  typewriters,  the  steady  grind  of  print- 
ing presses,  duplicate  letter  machines,  make  it  one  of  the 
busiest  places  in  the  big  store. 

The  great  advantage  of  direct-mail  machinery  and  the  fast- 
growing  tendency  for  all  stores  doing  a  reasonable  amount  of 
direct-mail  work  to  install  it,  has  brought  forth  scores  of  de- 
vices to  help  the  druggist  build  his  business  by  mail. 


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The  local  printer  will  answer  in  the  beginning. 


So  in  many  of  the  medium  and  smaller  sized  stores  one  finds 
a  miniature  of  the  big  store's  mail-order  department.  It 
may  consist  of  but  a  single  typewriter,  a  card  index  cabi- 
net and  a  machine  for  printing  typewritten  letters  and  other 
forms  of  direct-mail  literature,  but  it  does  all  the  necessary 
work  for  that  size  store  and  is  just  as  successful  in  its 
measure  as  is  the  big  city  store. 

Building  retail  business  by  mail  requires  much  printing. 
Direct-mail  machinery,  now  on  the  market,  enables  the  drug- 
gist to  do  his  own  printing,  fac-simile  letter  and  advertising 
work  at  a  saving,  in  private  and  without  delay. 

So  in  the  organization  of  the  work  of  building  retail  busi- 
ness by  mail  in  the  stores  having  an  advertising  department, 
direct-mail  machinery  is  one  of  the  first  things  to  consider. 

But  in  the  small  store  or  in  the  stores  not  having  a  regular 
advertising  manager,  the  local  printer  will  answer  in  the 
beginning.  As  the  benefits  of  the  work  become  apparent, 
there  will  surely  develop  a  need  for  direct-mail  machinery,  just 
as  there  is  now  a  need  for  the  cash  register,  the  bundle  car- 
rier, the  computing  scales  and  the  like. 

Therefore  in  the  organization  of  the  work  in  the  small 
store,  the  first  consideration  should  be  how  to  get  the  adver- 
tising literature  properly  prepared  to  print.  In  other  words, 
there  must  be  an  advertising  man  if  any  business  is  to  be 
built  by  mail. 

This  doesn't  mean  that  the  small  drug  store  is  to  be  barred 
from  building  its  busine.ss  by  mail.  It  does  mean,  though,  that 
where  there  is  no  advertising  man  now,  one  must  be  hired 
or  created. 

Develop  or  Hire  a  Special  Man 

Stores  which  have  felt  tliemselves  just  a  little  too  small 
to  justify  the  services  of  a  trained  advertising  man,  will,  if 
they  enter  the  direct-mail  field,  be  able  to  reap  profit  by  hir- 
ing one. 

The  owner  of  a  very  small  store  can  satisfactorily  prepare 
his  advertising  literature  by  studying  advertising  himself  or 
by  permitting  one  of  his  clerks  to  take  up  the  work. 

Every  druggist  and  every  experienced  clerk  has  spent  a 
good  deal  of  time  studying  how  to  handle  people  who  come 
to  the  store.  In  the  new  game  of  taking  the  store  to  the 
people,  there  is  going  to  be  a  need  for  study,  too.  But  as 
advertising  is  salesmanship  on  paper  and  the  druggist  and 
his  clerks  have  already  learned  how  to  exploit  the  good  points 
of  the  merchandise  they  of  all  people  are  the  quickest  to 
learn  the  fundamentals  of  advertising. 


There  is  much  easily  accessible  advertising  information  for 
the  druggist.  There  are  a  number  of  good  correspondence 
school  courses,  scores  of  books  on  general  advertising,  retail 
advertising,  form  letters  and  other  subdivisions  of  the  sub- 
ject in  general. 

Then  there  is  the  great  mass  of  good  sales  letters,  book- 
lets, folders  and  circular  letters  which  come  in  almost  every 
mail ;  there  are  the  numerous  papers  and  magazines  and  so 
on — all  these  are  full  of  suggestions  and  illustrations  of  good 
copy  which  can  be  easily  revised  to  apply  to  the  druggist's 
own  particular  needs. 

The  actual  work  of  building  business  by  mail  is  really 
the  greatest  teacher  of  them  all. 

Best  Advertising  Verdict  of  Neighbors 

One  druggist  explains  this  as  follows:  "The  best  adver- 
tising teacher  in  the  world  is  the  verdict  of  my  own  neigh- 
bors. Every  time  I  have  what  I  think  is  a  fine  form  letter 
prepared  to  go  to  a  thousand  people,  instead  of  investing  my 
money  right  then  and  there,  I  send  it  to  fifty  names  as  a 
test.  The  result  tells  me  better  than  anything  else  could, 
whether  to  go  ahead  with  the  remainder  of  the  list  or  to 
write  a  new  letter  approaching  them  from  a  different  angle. 

"I  keep  a  scrap  book  of  every  piece  of  direct-mail  I've  ever 
sent  out  with  the  record  of  the  expense  and  traceable  results. 
I  study  the  failures  to  find  my  mistakes  and  the  successes  to 
find  the  words  and  sentences  that  pulled  the  business." 

Having  decided  upon  the  person  to  take  charge  of  the  work, 
the  next  step  is  to  make  it  everyone's  business  to  help 
succeed. 

An  Oklahoma  City  store  calls  all  the  department  heads  to- 
gether once  a  month  for  a  direct-mail  meeting  at  which  the 
advertising  man  presides.  At  this  meeting,  everything  which 
has  been  done  through  the  mail  the  past  month,  becomes 
public  property. 

One  by  one  each  piece  of  advertising  literature  is  taken  up 
and  discussed.  Thus,  every  department  manager  becomes 
familiar  with  the  work  which  can  be  of  so  much  benefit  to 
his  department,  and  he  takes  a  great  interest  in  suggesting 
articles  in  his  stock  which  can  be  exploited  through  the  mail. 

A  store  in  Tennessee  conducts  a  monthly  prize  contest, 
open  to  every  member  of  the  sales  force.  There  are  two  sets 
of  prizes:  one  for  the  best  ideas  for  getting  the  names  of 
various  classes  of  people  to  which  certain  items  are  necessaiy; 
the  other  to  those  who  suggest  the  items  which  prove  the 
greatest  trade  magnets  when  advertised  through  the  mails. 


Start   (J   monthly   prize   contest   for  employes. 


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Learning  from  the  Department  Store 

3y  C.  REINOD  NOTES* 

Oi  Noyes  Bros.  &  Cutler,  Si.  Paul. 


What  Mr.  Noyes  Says: 

There  is  no  retail  business  which  requires  depart-| 
mentizing  as  much  as  the  drug  business. 

Price  is  the  governing  consideration  for  most  people 
in  making  a  purchase.    Mark  prices  plainly. 

Too  many  druggists  spend  their  time  with  salesmen 
and  not  with  customers. 

The  average  druggist  to  be  a  success  need  not  be  a 
very  clever  buyer;  but  he  must  be  a  clever  seller. 

Whatever  is  to  the  interest  of  the  retailer  is  to  the 
interest  of  the  wholesaler  with  whom  he  does  his  busi- 
ness. 

I  am  firmly  convinced  that  it  is  to  the  interest  of 
the  retailer  to  buy  "small  and  often."  I  believe  th^ 
wholesale  druggist  should  take  this  up  as  a  propaganda 

C.  R.  XovEs,  St.  Paul,  Mixx.  for  the  interest  of  his  customers. 


rHERE  is  a  general  disposition  to  assume  that  a  small 
business  cannot  be  run  on  the  same  principles  as  a  large 
business — that  the  two  things  are  entirely  different  prop- 
\  sitions  and  need  different  methods  and  treatment. 
There  is  no  question  but  that  there  is  some  truth  in  this 
)mmon  assumption.    But  I  believe  it  is  very  much  over-esti- 
I  ated  and  that  in  reality,  were  an  attempt  made  in  more 
;ises  to  develop  on  a  small  scale  the  same  principles  of  man- 
jement  that  have  proved  so  successful  on  a  large  scale,  we 
!  ould  see  a  vast  increase  in  the  volume  of  business  transacted 
rough  the  retail  merchants  of  the  small  towns  and  cities. 
It  is  certainly  not  possible  to  lay  down  any  rules  that  can 
1^-  adopted  whole  by  the  small  store  in  the  very  small  town, 
!  id  by  the  larger  store  in  the  large  town.    The  characteristics 
j   different  men,  different  trade,  different  localities,  vary  so 
?ach  that  any  plans  of  this  kind  must  be  changed  to  suit 
[e  local  conditions.     However,    it   is  not   impossible  that 
l^ch  merchant,  no  matter  what  his  circumstances,  should  be 
jiving  toward  the  same  end,  only  adapting  the  means  to 
I :  conditions  under  which  he  is  operating.    With  that  idea 
j  mind  I  am  going  to  attempt  to  bring  to  you  some  thoughts 
I  lich  I  hope  you  may  find  suggestive. 
"  Departmentizing  a  Business 

I  What  are   the   leading   features  of  the   department  store 
;nagement  which  have  produced  in  the  last  half  century 
i :  astounding  development  in  this  type  of  merchandising? 
^ First  and  foremost  I  would  place  the  plan  which  is  expressed 
••the  name  itself,  the  plan  of  departmentizing  a  business. 
;  e  grouping  together  of  a  great  variety  of  merchandise  in 
j :  place  where  the  public  may  come  and  reasonably  expect 
I  satisfy  every  oidinary  want,   is   the   foundation   of  the 
I  lartment  store.    But  it  is  not  a  hodge-podge  of  merchandise 
I  .  hout  arrangement  or  system.    It  is  a  compound  organism, 
\  ,  :iposed  of  complete  and  independent  parts.    It  is  as  much 
I     aggregation  of  small  business  concerns  as  one  might  find 
'  an  arcade,  and  it  has  the  efficiency  which  can  only  be 
lined  by  dealing  in   a  systematic  but  minutely  detailed 
'■ion  with  large  aggregations  of  men  or  things. 

I  paper  read  at  the  recent  convention  of  the  Iowa  State  Phar- 
'  t  uical  Association. 


Does  this  seem  to  you  absolutely  inconsistent  with  the 
smaller  scale  business  which  you  own  or  manage?  There  is 
no  retail  business  which  requires  departmentizing  as  much 
as  does  the  drug  business.  Few  of  you  are  any  longer  phar- 
macists. You  handle  many  side  lines.  You  are  managing  a 
composite  business.  You  have  the  making  of  many  depart- 
ments in  your  stores  now,  but  most  of  you  are  handling  every 
item  of  your  merchandise  on  the  same  basis  as  every  other. 
Who  of  you  knows  whether  he  is  giving  space  to  a  side  line 
which  is  losing  him  money? 

Methods  of  Attracting  Trade 

The  second  great  element  in  the  success  of  the  department 
store  is,  I  believe,  their  method  of  attracting  trade.  They 
have  succeeded  in  making  two  sales  grow  where  one  grew 
before,  in  increasing  the  wants  of  the  community  and  in  rais- 
ing the  standard  of  living  of  the  American  public.  What 
have  their  methods  been? 

The  first  is  advertising.  You  expect  the  department  store 
to  take  a  page  in  the  daily  paper  and  fill  it  with  news  of 
what  you  can  buy  and  at  what  prices.  Do  you  take  an 
eighth  page  in  your  weekly  paper  and  fill  it  with  any  of  the 
same  sort  of  news?  More  of  you  do  than  did  ten  years 
ago,  but  there  are  still  too  many  who  think  that  advertising 
consists  in  publishing  their  names  and  the  place  where  they 
may  be  found — waiting  for  customers,  instead  of  waiting 
on  customers. 

Advertising  to  the  consumer  should  be  news — news  of  what 
you  have  new,  or  special,  or  on  advantageous  terms.  It  should 
be  a  reminder  of  the  change  of  the  seasons  and  a  suggester 
of  the  wants  that  the  public  may  or  should  have.  Do  not  leave 
your  customers  to  do  their  own  thinking. 

The  plan  of  special  sales  and  cut  prices,  is  the  department 
store's  effort  to  appeal  to  that  human  nature  which  in  the 
time  of  our  forefathers  haggled  and  bargained  over  every 
business  transaction.  Special  sales,  and  cut  prices  give  people 
an  opportunity  to  buy  something  to  a  little  better  advantage  and 
they  always  fall  for  it. 

You  can  adopt  this  method  without  becoming  a  cut-rate 
drug  store.  You  can  adopt  it  without  infringing  on  any  of 
the  provisions  of  the  Stevens'  bill,  which  we  hope  will  be 


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passed  at  the  next  session  of  Congress.  You  can  appease  that 
human  nature  without  making  your  pocket  books  suffer.  You 
can  do  this  by  keeping  your  eyes  open  for  advantageous  pur- 
chases and  then  turning  around  and  giving  the  advantage  to 
your  customers  instead  of  pocketing  all  the  saving  yourself. 

You  can  cut  the  prices  on  non-trade-marked  articles  here 
and  there  occasionally.  You  can  play  up  your  leaders  just 
as  the  department  store  does,  and  still  if  you  select  them  wisely 
enough  you  can  retain  your  regular  margin  of  profit. 

The  Science  of  Display 

The  department  store  has  made  a  science  out  of  the  display 
of  merchandise,  both  in  the  show  windows  and  on  the  counter. 
Are  you  making  an  effort  to  follow  in  its  foot-steps?  Do 
you  arrange  your  stock  so  that  it  may  be  inspected  by  a  pros- 
pective purchaser  to  the  best  advantage,  or  largely  with  the 
idea  of  having  it  convenient  for  you  to  get  at  when  it  is  sold? 
My  impression  of  the  average  retail  di^g  store  is  very 
strongly  one  of  confusion.  I  do  not  mean  by  this  disorderli- 
ness,  but  a  lack  of  arrangement  and  an  overcrowding  of 
display  which  harms  rather  than  helps  the  effect.  Classify 
your  goods  carefully  and  do  not  show  too  many.  A  surplus 
stock  would  better  be  kept  out  of  sight. 

And  please  remember  one  other  thing — price  is  the  govern- 
ing consideration  for  most  people  in  making  a  purchase. 
Therefore,  do  not  put  your  prices  on  the  articles  in  hiero- 
glyphics. Mark  them  plain  so  that  in  examining  the  goods 
your  customers  can  see  plainly  what  you  are  going  to  charge 
them.  If  the  price  is  a  good  price,  put  a  big  price  card  on 
it,  as  the  department  store  does. 

The  department  store  attracts  trade  by  an  intelligent  ar- 
rangement of  the  store  itself  and  of  the  stock.  Have  you 
ever  gone  into  a  department  store  on  the  day  of  a  big  sale  and 
noticed  where  it  is  staged?  If  the  management  knows  its 
business  the  sale  is  in  the  very  center  of  the  store,  and  as  far 
away  from  the  door  as  it  is  possible  to  place  it.  As  you 
wander  through  the  maze  of  aisles  to  reach  your  objective, 
you  are  confronted  on  all  sides  with  attractive  and  enticing 
displays  of  merchandise,  and  it  will  be  a  wonder  if  you  get 
in  and  out  without  seeing  other  articles  which  you  want  and 
which  you  buy.    Do  the  druggists  do  this? 

Soda  Fountain  at  Rear  of  Store 
I  have  seen  one  drug  store,  in  Hot  Springs,  S.  D.,  where 
the  soda  fountain  was  placed  at  the  point  where  you  usually 
find  the  prescription  case.  This  man  had  the  right  idea. 
The  crowd  came  to  his  fountain  and  while  they  were  walking 
in  and  out  and  sitting  in  front  of  the  fountain  they  saw 
the  other  merchandise  which  he  carried.  He  told  me  that  he 
thought  it  was  very  effective  in  helping  him  to  make  sales. 
Most  of  you  have  your  fountain  already  in  the  store  and 
could  not  consider  such  a  change,  but  you  can  adopt  some  of 
the  features  and  secure  some  of  the  advantages  of  this  arrange- 
ment by  having  in  front  of  your  prescription  case  a  table 
on  which  your  special  sales  are  displayed.  This  idea  is  to 
draw  your  customers  to  the  back  of  your  store.  Such  an  idea 
is,  of  course,  useless  to  practice  unless  your  merchandise  is 
so  well  displayed  that  all  it  requires  to  sell  itself  is  an 
opportunity  to  show  itself  to  the  public. 

Methods  of  Selling 
The  third  element  of  the  department  store  system  from 
which  you  can  learn  much  is  their  method  of  selling.  In  the 
first  place  much  can  be  learned  in  studying  the  methods  by 
which  they  handle  their  sales  force.  Some  department  stores 
are  very  deficient  in  this  respect,  but  the  greatest  of  them  have 
found  means  to  incite  the  enthusiasm  of  their  employes  and 
secure  their  loyalty  and  devotion. 

What  your  customers  want  is  interest,  attention,  and  courtesy 
on  the  part  of  you  and  your  people.  They  usually  do  not 
want  to  be  told  what  to  buy,  but  they  want  to  "shop,"  to 
look  around  and  discuss  the  goods  pro  and  con.  They  want 
you  to  take  an  interest  in  a  matter  that  is  of  interest  to  them. 
After  all  it  is  their  own  money  they  arc  spending  and  they 
have  a  right  to  be  interested. 

In  these  two  features  lie  the  direct  contact  elements  of 
the  selling  plan  of  the  average  department  store — the  sales 
peoples'  attitude  to  their  employer  and  to  his  customers — but 
there  is  another  and  bigger  feature  which  usually  develop.s 
out  of  the  brain  of  some  man  in  a  little  private  office  up 
in  the  corner  of  an  upper  story.  He  is  planning  for  the 
customers'  comfort  and  their  convenience — rest  rooms — tele- 


phones— he  is  speeding  up  the  bundle  wrapping,  the  making 
of  change — he  is  working  out  the  best  and  quickest  delivery 
system  and  installing  mail  and  telephone  order  departments- 
he  is  arranging  a  system  to  enable  those  who  deserve  it  to 
secure  credit,  and  to  permit  sales  on  approval  to  the  very 
limit  of  safety. 

It  is  possible  that  occasionally  at  the  end  of  the  day 
when  you  are  getting  ready  to  close  up,  you  should  sit  down 
at  your  desk  and  light  a  cigar  and  give  a  little  thought  to 
this  subject  of  making  it  easy  for  people  to  buy.  I  believe 
you  can  find  many  suggestive  ideas  by  contemplating  what, 
the  brains  behind  the  department  stores  are  doing  in  tbisi 
direction. 

Department  Stores  Buy  Often 
The  last  thing  that  you  can  learn  from  the  department 
store  is  their  manner  of  buying.  I  do  not  mean  to  hint 
that  the  highly  trained  specialist  who  buys  for  the  department 
store  could  not  teach  you  many  things  about  merchandise  that 
you  do  not  know,  but  simply  this,  that  in  the  last  analysis 
buying  is  the  least  important  end  of  the  business  and  should 
receive  least  attention.  Too  many  druggists  spend  their  time 
with  salesmen  and  not  with  customers— devote  their  attenticm 
to  the  place  where  the  money  is  going  out  instead  of  the 
place  where  it  is  coming  in.  The  average  druggist  to  be  a 
big  success  need  not  be  a  very  clever  buyer.  But  he  must 
be  a  clever  seller.  A  little  common  sense,  caution  and  con- 
servatism wiU  buy  goods  for  you,  but  it  takes  a  lot  moM 
than  that  to  sell  them. 

What  is  more,  while  you  are  devoting  your  time  and  atten- 
tion to  selling  merchandise,  you  learn  quicker  how  and  wha 
to  buy  than  in  any  other  way.  It  is  usually  best  to  allow 
your  customers  to  do  your  buying  for  you  just  as  far  ai 
possible. 

"Small  and  Often"  Buying 

The  department  store,  as  a  general  rule,  is  a  "small  am 
often"  buyer.  The  public  usually  thinks  differently  becaus 
they  read  in  the "  newspapers  various  exaggerated  statement 
about  enormous  purchases.  It  must  be  noted,  however,  tia 
these  enormous  purchases  are  generally  offered  for  sale  i 
once.  If  the  department  store  does  occasionally  take  on 
large  quantity,  it  is  usually  for  the  one  purpose  of  makin 
a  big  sale  on  that  article  at  once,  and  cleaning  it  out  : 
rapidly  as  possible. 

It  is  one  of  the  complaints  of  the  wholesale  druggist  i 
these  days  that  the  retailer  is  buying  "small  and  often." 
is  true  that  this  has  increased  the  expense  of  doing  busine 
for  the  wholesaler.  Yet  I  cannot  but  feel  that  such  a  con 
plaint  is  short  sighted.  Whatever  is  to  the  interest  of  tl 
retailer  is  to  the  interest  of  the  wholesaler  with  whom  1 
does  his  business.  I  am  so  firmly  convinced  that  it  is  to  tl 
interest  of  the  retailer  to  buy  "small  and  often."  and  to  ( 
it  a  great  deal  more  consistently  than  he  generally  does  er 
now,  that  I  believe  the  wholesale  druggist  should  take  tl 
up  as  his  propaganda  for  the  interests  of  his  customers.  Ai 
while  he  might  thereby  lose  a  little  on  his  cost  of  doing  bM 
ness,  he  would  more  than  gain  back  his  loss  in  the  saving  < 
bad  accounts. 

I  have  been  in  many  drug  stores  but  in  very  few  wh« 
I  did  not  find  the  back  room  somewhat  a  graveyard.  I  hi 
often  fancied  that  I  could  see  a  tombstone  planted  there  ba 
ing  the  epitaph,  "Here  lied  Tom  Smith,  the  best  little  sai 
man  that  ever  sold  a  big  bill  of  goods — once."  It  is  a  ■ 
sad  sight  and  I  cannot  observe  that  any  antitoxin  has  as  ; 
been  found  for  this  old  plague.  You  will  find  that  it 
usually  necessary  to  have  credentials  with  you  in  order  to  I 
a  bill  of  goods  to  the  buyer  of  a  department  store. 

The  Heyday  of  Efliciency 

This  is  the  day  of  efficiency,  and  efficiency  in  merchandisi 
as  well  as  in  everything  else.  Old-fashioned  methods  have 
chance  in  modern  business  competition.  From  the  larg-.'st 
the  smallest,  keener  and  more  thoughtful  efforts  are  nec 
sary  not  only  to  get  ahead,  but  to  hola  one's  own.  I 
fortunately  we  are  not  all  pioneering.  In  tliis  centur>-  of  pr 
ress  some  few  are  in  the  lead  and  we  can  follow  by  study 
the  steps  by  which  they  have  progressed.  The  pioneer  in  r« 
merchandising  is  the  big  department  store  and  I  hope  t 
some  of  my  efforts  to  point  out  the  trail  that  they  have  bb 
will  be  of  value  to  those  who  wish  to  follow  in  their  footati 


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Coffee  111  Drug  Stores  Is  Profitable 

Pharmacies  In  Various  Cities  Find  It  Makes  An 
Attractive  Feature  at  Fountain  and  in  Packages 


-1*  PPAREXTLV  ihe  average  corner  druggist  is  passing  up 
1  good  paying  proposition  when  he  overlooks  the  op- 
1-  portunities  offered  by  the  sale  of  package  coffee.  Dr. 
■'iley,  the  pure  food  expert,  is  accredited  with  having  in- 
ifined  the  public  that  the  only  place  to  purchase  real  good 
jffee  is  in  a  drug  store,  where,  by  the  nature  of  the  busi- 
es, everything  is  kept  sanitary,  pure  and  clean. 
'  Realizing  the  strength  of  this  argument,  the  Associated 
rug  Stores,  at  Seventh  and  G  streets.  Northwest,  \\ashing- 
^n,  D.  C,  is  using  this  commodity  both  for  its  advertising 
Ksibilities  and  the  profit  to  be  derived  from  the  movement 
large  quantities.  .\  good  drug  business  cannot  necessarily 
*  built  up  through  the  sale  of  coffee,  but  it  is  surprising  how 
e  sale  of  other  goods  can  be  stimulated  by  the  handling  of  a 
.■od  grade  at  a  popular  price. 
From  the  time  this  store  was  opened  some  few  months  ago, 
ffee  has  had  a  prominent  place  not  only  within  the  store, 
'it  in  the  semi-weekly  newspaper  advertisements,  and  the 
_isiness  has  grown  to  be  an  important  figure  in  the  day's 
;les. 

CoflEee  Sales  Win  Customers 

[in  commenting  upon  the  sale  of  coffee,  and  referring  to 
[T.  Wiley's  contention,  W.  J.  Cantwell,  the  store  manager, 
[ited  to  a  representative  of  The  Era  that  "there  is  no  rea- 
a  why  just  as  good  coffee  caimot  be  obtained  from  the  cor- 
iT  grocer,  yet  it  is  s'lrprising  to  note  how  many  people  are 
[lling  for  Dr.  Wiley's  advice.  We  sell  a  thirty-cent  grade, 
liting  us  about  seventeen  cents,  for  nineteen  cents  a  pound, 
j  d  we  move  from  three  to  four  hundred  daily.  At  ap- 
i;oximately  two  cents  a  pound,  this  means  a  profit  up  to  $8 

1r  day  from  this  one  article  alone,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
luable  advertising  the  store  receives  from  the  satisfied  users 
our  brands.  People  come  here  from  all  sections  of  the  city 
I  buy  their  coffee,  and  many  of  these  people  would  not  ordi- 
I  rily  visit  or  patronize  our  store,  because  of  the  distance 
■im  their  homes  involving  carfare,  although  they  readily 
'e  this  on  other  leaders  as  well.  Naturally,  we  do  not  care 
f  sell  them  coffee  alone,  for  the  two  cents  per  pound  profit  is 
jrdly  attractive  enough  to  warrant  our  selling  nothing  else, 
j(isequently  an  effort  is  made  to  interest  the  customer  in 
!  ne  other  goods. 

''We  also  carry  a  good  line  of  tea,  cocoa,  chocolate,  honey, 
fidensed  milk  and  spices.  It  is  our  practice  to  make  a 
if-cial  out  of,  say,  spices  on  Saturday,  offering  the  five-cent 
kJcages  for  four  cents,  and  the  ten-cent  packages  for  eight 
f  ts.  We  make  similar  specials  of  laundry  soaps  and  of 
If.et  soaps,  and  our  business  on  all  of  these  lines  is  e.xcep- 
pally  heavy. 

Household  Needs  Good  "Pullers" 

One  scarcely  realizes  the  pulling  value  of  such  household 
ds.  There  is  something  about  a  drug  store  which  will  at- 
,n  trade  when  articles  of  real  bargain  value  are  offered, 
us  it  is  that  it  is  seldom  that  a  customer  purchases  a 
rial  only. 

'Now  that  the  hot  weather  is  with  us,  it  is  expected  that 
^  coffee  sales  will  drop  off  somewhat  and  with  this  in  view 
!  are  pushing  teas,  although  we  will  continue  to  feature 
'ec  right  along." 
Mjisked  how  the  coffee  business  was  built  up,  Mr.  Cantwell 
'  ed  that  three  factors  were  responsible.    The  first  and  most 
i;  lortant  of  these  was  quality,  for  the  grade  of  coffee  carried 
iJnot  be  excelled;  second,  the  low  price,  for  the  grade  is 
which  usually  brings  thirty  cents  per  pound  in  the  gro- 
'  stores  (it  is  roasted  and  packed  in  Washington),  and, 
d,  always  reserving  space  for  it  in  the  store's  advertise- 
»ts,  in  the  store  itself  and  in  the  windows. 
ft  iht  fountains  during  the  past  winter  there  was  a  notice- 
:  increase  in  the  demand  for  hot  coffee,  although  as  yet  in 
sodas  and  milk  shakes,  coffee  syrup  is  not  much  in  evi- 
ce  and  few  stores  stock  it.    However,  the  demand  all 


along  the  line  is  increasing  and  coffee  in  its  several  forms  bids 
fair  to  become  a  most  important  factor  in  the  business  of 
Washington. 

Quality  Will  Sell  Coffee 

Among  the  Baltimore  druggists  who  have  taken  up  package 
coffee  as  one  of  the  lines  of  goods  to  be  handled  the  Asso- 
ciated Drug  Stores,  with  five  establishments  located  in  dif- 
ferent parts  of  the  city,  hold  a  prominent  place.  The  Asso- 
ciated Drugr  Stores  began  with  the  pharmacy  at  Franklin 
and  Howard  streets,  and  added  the  northeast  corner  of  Lex- 
ington and  Charles  streets,  the  northeast  corner  of  Park 
avenue  and  Lexington  street,  the  north-east  corner  of  Sara- 
toga and  Eutaw  streets,  and  one  other  place.  Samuel  Nat- 
tans,  the  general  manager  of  the  company,  in  discussing  the 
coffee  problem  with  a  representative  of  The  Era,  said  the 
primary  question  in  handling  coffee  was  the  matter  of  quality. 

"You  must  have  a  good  article,"  he  said,  "to  get  the  con- 
fidence of  the  public.  We  aim  to  furnish  a  grade  of  coffee 
which  generally  retails  at  about  30  cents  per  pound  for  19 
cents.  We  advertise  coffee  in  a  modest  sort  of  way,  devot- 
ing a  certain  portion  of  our  general  space  to  this  department, 
and  we  also  make  attractive  window  displays  of  coffee  from 
time  to  time.  I  was  in  a  way  the  originator  of  the  idea,  it 
having  occurred  to  me  that  as  a  great  number  of  people  use 
coffee,  many  of  whom  have  no  real  knowledge  of  what  they 
are  buying  and  depend  entirely  upon  the  representations  of 
the  dealer,  it  would  be  a  good  stroke  for  our  stores  to 
make  a  specialty  of  coffee.  We  began  small,  going  .slowly 
at  first,  but  the  business  grew  rapidly,  and  at  the  present  time 
we  distribute  about  9,000  pounds  a  month.  Our  patrons  have 
faith  in  our  judgment,  and  realize  that  we  give  them  just 
exactly  what  we  promise,  and  they  continue  to  get  their  sup- 
plies of  coffee  from  our  stores.  We  engage  intelligent  and 
competent  clerks,  which  is  a  very  important  matter  and  can- 
not be  lost  sight  of.  An  incompetent  clerk  will  drive  custom 
away,  while  the  intelligent  attendant  will  attract  buyers.  Nat- 
urally, competent  clerks  demand  higher  pay  than  poor  ones, 
but  we  have  found  that  it  is  good  business  to  pay  well  for 
efficient  services. 

Coffee  a  Profitable  Specialty 

Questioned  about  the  value  of  coffee  as  a  drawing  card,  Mr. 
Nattans  said : 

"We  have  found  coffee  to  be  a  line  not  only  profitable  of 
itself,  but  important  as  a  means  of  attracting  custom  to  our 
stores.  The  person  who  comes  in  to  buy  coffee  will  very  prob- 
ably also  want  other  things,  and  there  is  thus  gradually  estab- 
lished the  habit  of  coming  here  for  necessities  which  were  for- 
merly satisfied  at  other  places,  perhaps  a  number  of  different 
ones.  Our  patrons  find  it  a  real  convenience  to  have  theiK 
requirements  in  the  way  of  coffee  met  here,  which  saves  them 
the  trouble  of  going  elsewhere,  prompts  them  to  depend  on 
us  more  and  more  for  a  variety  of  articles  and  brings  them 
in  for  drug  store  necessities.  Of  course,  as  stated,  there 
must  be  quality  and  service,  these  two  considerations  beingf  the 
cornerstone  and  foundation  of  the  business,  together  with  polite, 
and  accommodating  treatment  on  the  part  of  the  store  force. 
We  feel  that  we  can  save  our  patrons  money  on  coffee  by 
placing  at  their  command  not  only  our  knowledge  of  goods, 
but  also  our  resources  for  buying  in  quantities  and  sharing 
the  benefits.  And  coffee,  as  a  side  line  for  drug  stores,  is 
still  what  might  be  called  in  its  infancy.  There  is  every  pros- 
pect of  the  trade  attaining  far  larger  proportions.  When  ad- 
vertised in  a  judicious,  though  not  extravagant  way,  and 
with  groods  that  recommend  themselves,  package  coffee  is  sure 
to  be  profitable,  considered  by  itself,  apart  from  its  power 
as  a  feeder  for  the  rest  of  the  business." 

The  Associated  Drug  Stores  also  in  season  furnish  coffee 
at  the  soda  fountains,  and  iced  coffee  is  coming  more  and 
more  to  the  front,  sharing  popularity  with  many  of  the  other 
drinks.    Mr.  Nattans  spoke  encouragingly  of  the  business  of 


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serving  coffee  at  the  fountain,  and  said  that  the  calls  for 
the  beverage  were  rapidly  on  the  increase. 

Cincinnati  Stores  Sell  Coffee 

Coffee  as  an  article  of  profitable  merchandise  for  drug- 
gists, both  in  the  package  and  in  its  liquid  form,  has  had 
ample  trial  with  most  of  the  stores  of  the  Dow  string,  in 
Cincinnati,  and  the  success  of  the  trial  is  indicated  by  the 
fact  that  several  of  the  downtown  stores  have  the  reputation 
of  serving  the  best  coffee  in  town  with  their  noon-day  lunches, 
while  the  management  is  preparing,  after  a  lapse  of  several 
years,  to  return  to  the  sale  of  package  coffee  as  a  regular  line. 

"We  did  remarkably  well  with  a  line  of  coffee  bearing  a 
well-known  brand  a  few  years  ago,"  stated  A.  M.  Hopkins,  gen- 
ral  manager  of  the  stores.  "We  handled  it  regularly,  giving 
it  space  in  our  advertising,  and  selling  it  at  a  reasonably  at- 
tractive and  profitable  price;  and  it  went  well  for  a  long 
time.  I  am  not  quite  sure  why  we  stopped  handling  it,  as 
we  did;  it  may  have  been  because  the  brand  petered  out  in 
some  way,  or  something  else.  Anyway,  we  did  stop;  but 
we  only  recently  put  in  an  order  for  a  considerable  quantity 
of  coffee  from  a  good  house,  and  are  preparing  to  handle  it 
again.  We  will  give  it  a  good  chance  in  our  windows  and 
advertising  space,  and  I  see  no  reason  why  it  shouldn't  make 
good.  Druggists  handle  about  everything  else — we  take  care 
of  even  wider  lines  in  our  stores  than  do  most  druggists; 
and  coffee,  in  a  neat  package,  easy  to  handle  and  easy  to 
sell,  should  be  a  promising  line. 

"As  to  coffee  prepared  and  ready  to  drink,  served  at  the 
fountains,  our  downtown  stores,  all  of  which  serve  a  variety 
of  stuff  as  lunches,  have  been  quite  successful  with  it.  They 
follow  the  same  formula  always,  as  a  matter  of  course,  and 
the  assistants  who  take  care  of  this  end  of  the  business  are 
cautioned  not  to  let  the  product  deteriorate.  We  use  first-class 
coffee  in  making  the  drink,  and  take  every  care  to  see  that  it 
is  kept  up  to  a  proper  standard.  This  takes  some  trouble,  but 
the  result  is  that  it  helps  the  lunch  business  appreciably,  be- 
cause people  come  in  just  because  they  like  our  coffee." 

Serving  CofiEee  at  the  Fountain 

The  reason  why  the  druggist  should — and  in  many  cases 
does — serve  coffee  at  his  fountain,  especially  where  he  also 
serves  a  lunch,  is  plain  enough.  Many  restaurant  men  finS 
it  good  business  to  advertise  the  excellence  of  their  coffee, 
and  thus  draw  business  which  would  otherwise  get  away. 
If  they  do  this  without  justification,  of  course,  they  will  not 
hold  their  trade  long;  but  if  they  make  good,  as  they  should, 
they  will  profit  by  it.  This  has  been  the  experience  of  a 
number  of  druggists  who  have  featured  good  coffee  as  an 
important  item  on  their  luncheon  menus,  and  it  is  more 
than  likely  to  be  the  experience  of  such  others  as  take  the 
same  step. 

The  retailing  of  package  coffee  should  prove  profitable, 
for  the  reasons  pointed  out  by  Mr.  Hopkins.  The  goods  are 
easy  to  handle,  and  deterioration  is  not  rapid,  if  the  package 
is  properly  sealed  and  purchases  are  made  judiciously.  As 
many  successful  men  in  the  trade  have  pointed  out,  the  drug- 
p;ist  must  keep  his  eyes  open  for  new  lines  to  handle;  and 
the  most  successful  druggist  is  the  one  who  handles,  and  sells, 
the  most  "side  lines."  That  is  the  best  answer  to  the  ques- 
tion of  the  druggist  who  wonders  whether  it  would  pay  him 
to  handle  coffee. 


"CURE"  AS  NAME  OF  REMEDY  TABOOED 

State  Food  Commissioner  Clarence  E.  Harmon  of  Nebraska 
has  directed  drug  inspectors  to  put  "off  sale"  all  proprietary 
medicines  bearing  the  word  "cure"  on  their  labels,  a  course  that 
is  to  be  followed  throughout  the  State.  The  Commissioner  bases 
his  ruling  on  the  section  of  the  Nebraska  pure  food  and  drugs 
law  which  defines  as  "misbranding"  any  "false  or  fraudulent" 
statement  as  to  the  nature  of  the  contents  of  the  package.  In 
substantiation  of  his  position  he  quotes  Webster's  Dictionary 
which  defines  "cure"  "to  heal  or  make  well,"  and  also  "the 
complete  removal  of  the  disease."  He  does  not  regard  the 
word  "remedy"  as  broad  a  term  as  "cure"  and  will  interpret  the 
law  so  as  to  permit  its  use.  It  is  predicted  that  manufacturers 
whp  use  the  word  "cure"  as  a  part  of  the  name  of  their  prepa- 
rations will  contest  the  Commissioner's  ruling  in  the  courts. 


BUSINESS  EDUCATION   FOR  DRUGGISTS 

New   York    College    of   Pharmacy   "Will  Inaugurate 
Accounting  Instruction  in  Fall  Term 

The  plan  of  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  to  include 
in  its  curriculum  a  year's  work  in  business  accounting,  trad- 
ing, finance  and  such  other  subjects  as  are  likely  to  be 
within  the  scope  of  the  work  of  the  graduate  during  his  career, 
is  frankly  based  upon  the  demands  of  the  profession  in  the 
belief  of  Pace  &  Pace,  New  York  City,  the  public  account- 
ants, who  will  have  charge  of  the  instruction. 

"The  problem  will  be,"  said  Homer  S.  Pace  to  The  Era, 
"not  only  to  teach  the  graduate  within  a  limited  time  such 
fundamental  principles  of  trading  as  will  enable  him  to  add 
to  his  understanding  with  experience,  but  also  at  the  same 
time  to  train  him  specifically  in  the  forms  of  accounting  and 
business  procedures  which  are  best  suited  to  the  needs  of 
the  drug  store. 

"The  system  of  instruction  must  avoid,  on  the  one  hand, 
the  economic  course  which  deals  generally  with  the  philosophy 
of  trade  but  without  specific  vocational  application,  and,  on 
the  other  hand,  the  commercial  bookkeeping  course  which  ig- 
nores laws  and  principles  which  in  the  long  run  will  be  of 
more  value  to  tlie  graduate  than  a  mere  knowledge  of  post- 
ing and  taking  a  trial  balance. 

"In  order  to  provide  the  ideal  course,  we  shall  therefore 
ground  the  accounting  and  business  procedures  in  economics 
without  undue  emphasis  upon  this  subject.  We  shall  define 
capital  and  show  briefly  its  use  in  trade — particularly  in  retail 
merchandising,  the  manner  in  which  it  is  secured,  the  nature 
of  the  return  that  may  be  expected  thereon,  and  especially 
the  accounting  distinction  between  permanent  capital  needed 
for  plant  and  fixtures,  and  the  current  capital  which  is  to  be 
turned  over  in  the  ordinary  course  of  trade.  We  shall  show 
the  effect  of  the  lack  of  permanent  capital  by  the  diversion 
of  profit  for  equipment  purposes. 

"We  shall  show  that  the  values  are  known  as  assets,  and 
that  the  assets  may  be  divided  into  classes,  such  as  cash,  mer- 
chandise, fixtures,  and  into  other  suitable  classifications.  W« 
shall  show  that  financial  obligations  rank  against  the  assets, 
and  that  the  excess  of  the  assets  over  the  liabilities  is  tht 
amount  of  invested  capital.  We  shall  treat  these  elemertJ 
in  an  accounting  way  as  at  the  time  of  the  beginning  of  a 
business.  We  shall  show  that  at  the  end  of  the  month  or  the 
year,  as  the  case  may  be,  a  similar  state  of  facts  may  be  deter- 
mined. The  progress  or  profit  of  the  business  for  the  perioc 
covered  may  be  shown  by  a  comparison  of  these  elements. 

"The  various  bookkeeping  methods,  the  principles  of  valua- 
tion, the  necessity  for  bringing  in  all  accrued  items,  and  othei 
accounting  necessities  will  be  taken  up  incidentally.  The  treat 
ment  of  cash,  the  various  mechanical  appliances  that  may  bi 
used  as  an  aid  to  the  accounting,  the  reconciliation  of  banl 
accounts,  the  matter  of  discounts,  both  from  its  economic  cap- 
ital significance  and  from  its  bookkeeping  bearing,  and  a  hun 
dred  and  one  other  technical  matters,  which,  rooted  on  fimda 
mental  principles  of  trade,  are  a  combination  of  the  tech 
nical  matters  of  accounting,  finance,  and  organization,  wil 
be  given  to  the  student  as  the  course  of  study  is  developed. 

"Particularly,  the  red  tape  of  involved  and  burdensome  ac 
counting  systems  will  be  avoided,  for  such  machinery  neve 
can  successfully  be  made  a  part  of  the  procedure  of  th 
typical  drug  store.  To  that  end,  many  a  form  or  procedur 
which  would  be  proper  enough  in  a  factory  or  in  a  larg 
department  store  will  be  left  out  of  consideration,  althoug 
the  principle  underlying  the  particular  form  may  be  shown  i 
conjunction  with  the  treatment  of  the  matter  from  the  simpl 
view-point  of  the  retail  pharmacist. 


Nashville  to  Have  a  R.  D.  A. 

Nashville,  Tenn.,  druggists  met  in  the  rooms  of  the  Bus 
ness  Men's  Association  recently  to  organize  a  local  roti 
druggists'  Association.  Sam  C.  Davis  presided  and  E.  1 
Trolinger  acted  as  secretary.  Committees  were  appointed  i 
follows:  Constitution  and  by-laws — John  B.  Clark,  J.  1 
Sand  D.  S.  Sanders,  C.  C.  Young  and"  M.  E.  Sutton.  Moi 
bership — David  J.  Kuhn,  Carl  Weise.  E.  F.  Trolinger  ai 
C.  W.  Jennings.  Nomination  of  officers — L.  A.  Warner,  Tol 
B.  Clark  and  David  J.  Kuhn. 


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THE  QUESTION  BOX 

The  ''Hovo  to  Do  It''  Department 


Conducted  by  Pharmaceutical  Experts 

For  the  benefit  of  ERA  Subscribers 


Sunburn  Cream 

'    (C.  W.  F.)— Tr>-  one  of  the  following: 

(1)  . 

'      White  wax    30  grains 

.\nhydrous  woolfat    ounce 

Soft  white  petrolatum    1  ounce 

,     Prepared  lard    1  ounce 

Oil  of  ylang  ylang    S  drops 

3  Melt  together. 

(2)  . 

j  Under  the  tide  "Creme  de  Toilette",  "Pharmaceutical  For- 
jQulas"  gives  the  following  for  the  removal  of  sunburn,  freckles, 
lomedones,  and  similar  affections: 

jj     Lanoline    5  drams 

:     Almond  oil    5  drams 

[i     Precipitated  sulphur    5  drams 

\^     Oxide  of  zinc    drams 

K     Violet  extrait    H  dram 

r      Tincture  of  alkanet   a  sufficiency 

tr  Mix,  using  sufficient  of  the  tincture  of  alkanet  to  impart  a 
i.esh  color.  Various  formulas  for  cosmetic  creams  suitable  for 
il  pplication  in  cases  of  sunburn  have  been  printed  in  previous 
'  olumes  of  the  Era.    Consult  the  indexes. 

Mercury  and  Nitric  Acid 
(R.  P.) — "Enclosed  find  the  following  prescription  which  a 
jstomer  brought  in  to  be  put  up: 

Mercury    2  ounces 

Nitric  acid    2  ounces 

Tr.  cantharides    2  drams 

(  "How  should  it  be  compounded  and  would  it  make  any  dif- 
iTCnce  if  powdered  cantharides  should  be  used?  The  cus- 
seemed  to  think  the  mixture  should  be  in  the  form  of  a 

In  our  opinion  this  formula  is  incomplete,  as  it  does  not 
ve  the  compounder  any  idea  of  how  the  resulting  mixture  is 
be  employed,  a  most  important  thing  to  know  in  handling 
-escriptions  of  this  character.    A  little  consideration  will  show 
Vat  when  mercury  is  brought  in  contact  with  nitric  acid,  a 
action  will  take  place,  mercuric  nitrate,  or  possibly  a  mixture 
mercuric  nitrates  of  somewhat  varying  composition,  being 
rmed.  the  character  of  the  compound  depending  upon  the 
•oportion,  strength  and  temperature  of  the  acid  employed,  the 
'action  being  accompanied  by  nitric  oxide  fumes. 
Mercuric  nitrate  is  powerfully  corrosive,  solutions  of  this 
Mt  being  used  to  cauterize  malignant  ulcers,  cancerous  growths, 
*■    Just  how  it  is  to  be  combined  with  tincture  of  cantharides 
is  formula,  or  how  the  resulting  mixture  is  to  be  em- 
/oyed,  is  not  plain,  although  mi.xtures  of  this  character  are 
metimes  incorporated  with  lard  or  other  vehicle  and  used  in 
terinary  practice  as  so-called  "spavin"  or  "ringbone  cures." 
is  also  possible  that  the  mixture  might  be  diluted  and  used 
solution,  but  from  the  fact  that  the  customer  expects  a 
.ste,  it  may  be  concluded  that  an  ointment  or  similar  appli- 
tion  is  wanted.    In  any  event  or  however  used,  the  reaction 
tween  the  mercury  and  nitric  acid  should  be  allowed  to  pro- 
ed  until  completed  before  adding  the  tincture  of  cantharides. 
le  mercuric  nitrate  should  then  be  incorporated  with  the  lard 
r  other  vehicle  to  reduce  the  medicament    to    the  proper 
^gth,  the  tincture  being  added  and  the  whole  thoroughly 
ixed.    So  far  as  the  therapeutic  application  of  the  mixture  is 


concerned,  it  would  probably  make  but  little  difference  whether 
the  cantharides  was  in  powder  or  in  tincture  form.  At  best 
the  formula  is  unsatisfactory,  and  we  should  hesitate  to  at- 
tempt the  combination.  Even  the  use  of  applications  contain- 
ing mercuric  nitrate  is  attended  with  some  degree  of  danger. 
According  to  the  National  Dispensatory,  mercuric  nitrate  has 
caused  salivation  when  applied  t«  an  ulcerated  surface,  even 
of  small  extent,  and  a  weak  solution  of  it  used  in  the  treat- 
ment of  the  itch  has  occasioned  fatal  poisoning,  with  symp- 
toms of  corrosion  and  salivation  also. 

Liquid  Depilatory 

(A.  D.  S.) — We  give  two  formulas  for  "liquid  depilatory" 
typical  of  the  class  of  preparations  put  out  under  this  name. 
The  first,  taken  from  the  Era  Formulary,  was  suggested  by  a 
German  physician,  and  is  essentially  an  iodized  collodion  which 
is  painted  on  the  part,  the  hair  coming  off  with  the  film : 
(1) 

Tincture  of  iodine    ^  dram 

Venice  turpentine    1  dram 

Castor  oil    1^  drams 

Alcohol    lYz  ounces 

Collodion  . . . ;   6  ounces 

Mix.    Paint  over  the  parts  and  remove  after  one-half  hour. 
(2) 

Quick  lime,  in  powder    1  ounce 

Potassium  carbonate    1  ounce 

Sugar    2  ounces 

Water    4  ounces 

Boil  them  together  and  after  standing,  decant.    The  caustic 

liquid  may  be  applied  as  it  is,  or  mixed  with  a  starch  paste. 

(Fenner). 

As  a  general  proposition,  dermatologists  and  "hair  artists" 
do  not  recommend  the  use  of  a  liquid  depilatory,  for  the  ap- 
plication and  the  possible  effect  due  to  the  caustic  action  of 
the  preparation  are  not  so  easily  kept  under  the  control  of  the 
operator  as  where  a  paste  or  semi-liquid  preparation  is  em- 
ployed. In  our  opinion,  the  following  formula,  recommended 
and  used  by  surgeons  as  a  "hair  remover"  previous  to  opera- 
tions, and  also  as  a  "razorless  shaving  preparation",  is  to  be 
preferred : 

Barium  sulphide    3  parts 

Water    q.  s. 

Mix  the  dry  ingredients  and  make  into  a  paste  with  warm 
water  when  required  for  use.  The  paste  is  applied  from  one 
to  five  minutes,  when  it  is  removed  by  scraping  with  a  paper 
knife  or  other  blunt-edged  blade.  The  denuded  surface  is 
then  washed  with  warm  water  and  some  emollient  dressing 
applied.  Of  course,  the  barium  sulphide  must  be  as  fresh 
as  possible  and  not  have  become  oxidized  by  exposure  to  the 
air. 

The  effect  of  chemical  depilatories  is  only  temporary.  Their 
action  extend  no  deeper  than  the  epidermis;  the  hair-bulbs 
remain  and  a  new  growth  soon  appears.  Great  care  should 
be  exercised  in  their  application,  and  their  effects  should  be 
carefully  watched,  for  sometimes  deep  and  painful  ulcerations 
occur  through  their  incautious  use.  The  barium  sulphide  pre- 
paration is  practically  free  from  danger. 


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Herb  Remedy 

(L.  W.  D.) — We  are  not  familiar  with  the  preparation  you 
name,  but  assume  that  it  is  similar  in  character  to  most  of  the 
"herb  remedies"  on  the  market,  which  are  usually  mixtures  of 
dried  and  cut  herbs,  leaves,  roots,  etc.,  and  put  up  in  packages 
with  directions  to  the  consumer  for  making  an  infusion  of 
"tea"  therefrom.  Here  are  two  formulas  of  this  type,  although 
other  formulas  may  be  found  in  the  National  Formulary,  the 
Era  Formulary,  and  similar  reference  works: 


Couch  grass   1  ounce 

Liverwort    1  ounce 

Senna  leaves    2  ounces 

Dandelion  root    1  ounce 

Licorice  root    1  ounce 


Reduce  the  drugs  to  a  coarsely  comminuted  condition  and 
mix.  The  drugs  should  not  be  in  large  pieces  nor  in  too  fine 
a  powder.  Use  enough  to  make  an  infusion — not  more  than 
two  days'  supply. 

(2) 


Senna  leaves    16  ounces 

Uva  ursi  leaves   2  ounces 

Buchu  leaves    2  ounces 

Sassafras  bark,  cut    10  ounces 

Elder  flowers    10  ounces 

Fennel  seed    5  ounces 

Anise  seed    5  ounces 

Coriander  seed    1  ounce 

Culver's  root    1  ounce 


Bruise  the  leaves,  flowers  and  seed  separately,  mix  well  and 
pack  in  cartons.  Directions:  One  teaspoonful  to  a  cupful  of 
boilng  water,  steep  for  15  minutes.  Sugar  may  be  added  if  de- 
sired. Use  twice  daily.  Recommended  as  a  "blood  and  kid- 
ney remedy." 


Books  Reviewed 


THE  DRUGGIST  AND  HIS  PROFITS.  By  Harry  B.  Mason, 
editor  of  the  Bulletin  of  Pharmacy.  12  mo.,  127  pages, 
cloth,  $1.     Detroit.     E.  G.  Swift. 

This  book  is  claimed  to  be  "a  practical  manual  for 
druggists  in  business  and  for  students  in  schools  of  phanr^acy," 
and  an  examination  of  the  various  chapters  is  sufficient  to  con- 
vince any  one  familiar  with  the  practice  of  pharmacy  that  the 
claim  is  well  founded.  Mr.  Mason  has  devoted  ten  or  twelve 
years  to  the  subject  of  cost  and  profit  accounting,  and  the 
summary  of  his  studies  here  presented  is  his  answer  to  the 
question:  "How  to  know  your  profits  and  expenses,  and  how 
to  use  this  knowledge  to  the  improvement  of  your  business." 

The  field,  so  far  as  the  druggist  is  concerned,  is  a  com- 
paratively new  one,  and  in  the  author's  first  hand  study  of 
facts  and  conditions,  he  has  evolved  and  assembled  actual  ma- 
terial and  experiences  which  go  far  toward  making  his  con- 
clusions authoritative.  Thus,  he  tells  how  by  a  simple  sys- 
tem of  records,  easily  kept,  a  druggist  may  arrive  exactly  at 
his  percentage  of  gross  profit,  his  percentage  of  expense,  and 
his  percentage  of  net  prpfit.  We  are  sure  that  if  any  one 
will  conscientiously  follow  the  advice  and  instruction  given,  he 
will  not  only  become  a  better  pharmacist,  but  he  will  also 
be  able  to  show  a  larger  bank  balance  at  the  end  of  each 
fiscal  year. 

NEW  AND  NON-OFFICIAL  REMEDIES,  1915.     Containing  de- 
scriptions of  the  articles  which  have  been   accepted  by  the 
Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  of  the  American  Medical 
Association.     12   mo.,    426    pages,    paper,    50   cents;    cloth,  $1. 
Chicago.     American  Medical  Association. 
This  book  is  issued  annually,  the  present  edition  having  been 
extended  to  contain,  besides  the  changes,  additions,  etc.,  a 
paragraph  under  each  remedy  on  clinical  evidence.     Of  th^ 
remedies  described  in  the  edition  of  1914.  adnephrin.  anti- 
tubercle  serum,  antityphoid  scrum,  citarin,  digalcn,  diphtheria 
antitoxin   (Hubbert),  endotin  Morgenstern,  amorphous  filicic 
acid,  and  supracapsulin  have  been  omitted.    The  text  of  the 
description  of  quinine  and  urea  hydrochloride  has  also  been 
revised.    As  a  source  of  definite  and  trustworthy  information 
on  new  remedies,  this  book  should  be  in  the  hands  of  all 
dispensing  pharmacists. 


Cheap  Sealing  Wax 
(G.  Bros.) — All  of  the  following  formulas  are  designed  for 
the  purpose  named  and  are  comparatively  "cheap" : 
Sealing  Wax  for  Fruit  Cans. 


Melt  together: 

Yellow  wax    1  ounce 

American  vermilion    3  ounces 

Gum  shellac    5  ounces 

Rosin    16  otmces 


Run  into  moulds  or  tins. 

Cheap  Sealing  Wax. 
(1) 


Melt  together: 

Common  beeswax    2  pounds 

Turpentine    6  ounces 

Olive  oil    2  ounces 

Red  lead    6  ounces 


Boil  a  little,  and  stir  the  mixture  until  it  is  almost  cold; 
then  cast  it  into  cold  water,  and  make  it  up  into  rolls  or 
cakes. 

(2) 


Rosin    4  pounds 

Shellac    2  pounds 

Venice  turpentine    1^  pounds 

Red  lead    1^  pounds 

(3) 

Mix  and  melt 

Rosin    20  ounces 

Yellow  wax    1  otmce 


Melt  them  and  stir  in  sufficient  brick  dust  to  make  the 
mixture  of  the  proper  consistency.  Run  into  moulds.  This 
is  a  common  form  of  "fruit  can  wax". 


ANNUAL  REPORTS  OF  THE  CHEMICAL  LABORATORY  of 
the  American  Medical  Association.  Volume  7.  January-De- 
cember, 1914.  99  pages,  paper,  25  cents.  Chicago,  American 
Medical  Association. 

This  little  volume  is  logically  divided  into  three  parts,  con- 
sisting of  reprints  of  contributions,  abstracts  of  reports,  and 
reports  not  previously  published,  being  published  in  this  form, 
it  is  stated,  so  tliat  the  findings  of  the  laboratory  "may  be 
readily  available  to  those  who  are  interested  in  the  composi- 
tion of  medicines,  namely,  drug  analysts,  food  and  drug  authori- 
ties, pharmacists  and  others." 

THE  UTILIZATION  OF  WASTE  PRODUCTS.  A  treatise  on  the 
rational  utilization,  recovery,  and  treatment  of  waste  prod- 
ucts of  all  kinds.  By  Dr.  Theodor  Roller,  author  of  "Cos- 
metics," etc.  Translated  from  the  second  revised  Gerr.an 
edition  by  a  technical  chemist.  With  22  illustrations,  -nd 
revised  and  enlarged  English  edition.  8  vo.  340  pages,  cloth, 
$3.  London,  Scott,  Greenwood  &  Son;  New  York,  D.  Van 
Nostrand  Co. 

The  spirit  which  has  prompted  the  endeavor  to  make  twc 
blades  of  grass  grow  where  but  one  grew  before  is  stror.gl> 
reflected  iii  this  book,  while  there  is  evidence  that  the  suc- 
cesses attained  in  attempting  to  apply  this  principle  to  th« 
manufacturing  industries  which  supply  many  of  the  necessitie 
of  mankind  lie  close  to  the  secret  of  national  greatness.  It  ii 
a  matter  of  common  knowledge  that  even  today  a  large  nuir.bei 
of  waste  products  are  thrown  on  one  side  as  useless,  and  eiihei 
accumulate  in  large  quantities  if  they  are  inorganic,  or  if  or- 
ganic, they  become  exposed  to  gradual  decay  owing  to  tbei 
complex  nature.  With  this  idea  fixed  in  his  mind,  tlie  autha 
proceeds  to  discuss  in  an  interesting  manner  methods  for  th 
utilization  of  various  wastes,  particularly  those  in  tlie  chen.ica 
industries.  Thus,  the  disposal  of  town  refuse,  as  sewage,  voge 
table  offal,  garbage  or  trades  refuse,  are  now  all  considered  o 
importance,  and  instead  of  becoming  a  source  of  disease,  tli< 
are  made  to  yield  useful  and  valuable  products.  The  waste  re 
suiting  from  most  of  the  wellknown  industrial  processes  ar 
similarly  discussed,  and  the  methods  for  the  utilization  of  sue 
material  are  sure  to  contain  many  hints  and  suggestions  for  a 
those  engaged  in  technical  or  industrial  pursuits. 

Epsom  Salt  Beds  in  Utah 
E.xamination  of  Epsom  salt  beds  recently  reported  to  li»l 
been  found  near  Manti,  Utah.  show,  it  is  said,  a  test  of  ? 
per  cent  magnesium  sulphate  and  that  in  one  place  the  be< 
are  tliirteen  feet  across. 


lArcr^T,  1915] 


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Arsenic  Iodide — 

The  most  usual  method  for  preparing  this  sul'siancc  is  tiiat 

,  of  the  U.  S.  P.,  in  which  the  elements  conihiiu-  directly  in  the 
dry  way.  Other  methods  make  use  of  carbon  disulphidc  to  dis- 
solve the  iodine,  or  depend  on  tlie  action  of  hydriodic  acid  or 

1  iodides  on  arsenic  oxide  or  chloride.  Languopin  senior  and 
junior  describe  still  another  and  ver>'  simple  method,  consisting 
in  heating  20  g.  of  metallic  arsenic,  in  fine  powder,  with  400  or 
500  cc.  of  water  and  10  g.  of  iodine  on  the  water  bath,  until 
combination  takes  place,  as  shown  by  the  change  in  color  of 

-  the  solution.    The  mixture  is  then  boiled  for  a  few  minutes, 

.filtered,  and  evaporated  to  dryness  on  the  bath.  The  product 
is  a  brilliant  red  powder,  of  density  4.39.     (Union  Pharm,, 

^1915,  p.  201.) 

Decomposition  of  Aspirin  by  Water — 

'  Tsaka  lotos  and  Horsch  have  studied  the  decomposition  of 
aspirin  by  water,  and  aqueous  solutions  of  sulphuric,  hydro- 
,  chloric,  acetic,  and  citric  acids.  Five  g.  of  aspirin  were  dis- 
solved in  2,500  cc.  of  cold  water,  the  solution  divided  into  five 
equal  parts,  and  each  portion  treated  with  an  equal  volume  of 
'decinormal  acid.  The  increase  in  acidity  was  determined  after 
_  definite  intervals  of  time,  by  titration  with  alkali.  With  pure 
I  water,  the  decomposition  of  aspirin  is  e.xtremely  slow  at  ordi- 
!  narj'  temperatures,  and  appreciable  only  after  100  days.  The 
[decomposition  is  hastened  by  the  catalytic  effect  of  acids.  Min- 
;  €ral  acids  increase  decomposition,  wV  le  acetic  and  citric  acids 
first  hasten  decomposition  and  then  retard  it,  the  latter  effect 
I  being  due  to  a  reversal  of  the  reaction.  (Bull.  Soc.  Chim., 
;  1915,  p.  743.) 

iNecessity  of  Assay  for  Digitalis — 

f  Hamner  points  out  that  the  chemical  assay  methods  of  digi- 
,  talis  are  thus  far  of  practically  no  value  in  determining  the 
i  physiological  strength  of  the  drug;  the  color  reaction  of  Keller, 

! adopted  by  the  German  Pharmacopoeia,  is  entirely  worthless. 
This  reaction,  supposed  to  be  due  to  digitoxin,  cannot  with 
certainty  be  ascribed  to  that  substance.  Hence  physiological 
(methods  are  absolutely  necessary,  and  the  author  prefers  Hale's 
!  "one  hour  '  method,  or  Focke's  "short  time"  method.  However, 
I  on  account  of  the  experience  and  skill  needed  in  carrj'ing  out 
[biological  assays,  they  should  all  be  conducted  in  a  central 
I  laboratory-,  and  not  in  the  individual  pharmacies.  (Hamner, 
tSvensk  Farm.  Tidskrift,  1915.) 

i'Eeducing  Power  of  Soaps — 

After  exhaustive  experiments  on  the  reducing  power  of  soaps, 
especially  with  reference  to  mercury  compounds,  the  author 
states  that  the  reducing  power  is  increased  by  increased  alka- 
linity, and  can  be  lowered  by  reducing  the  alkalinity.    In  addi- 
ftion,  it  is  also  necessary  to  use  fats  with  as  low  an  iodine 
Tvaluo  as  possible,  and  the  choice  is  limited  to  tallow,  cocoanut, 
ind  castor  oils,  from  which  it  is  quite  possible  to  pre- 
-<>aps  having  no  reducing  power  whatever.    If  a  soap 
::.ing  mercury  albuminate  is  treated  with  an  e.xcess  of 
lik.iii.  the  mercury,  which  is  at  first  only  incompletely  re- 
duced, is  thrown  out  of  solution  quantitatively ;  on  the  other 
^and,  by  reducing  the  alkalinity,  only  traces  of  mercury  are 
iffected.    It  is  stated  that  if  the  above  principles  are  regarded, 
it  will  be  possible  to  prepare  very  stable  soaps  containing  per- 
oorates  and  other  ox>-genated  compounds.  (Schrauth,  Seifens.- 
Ztg.,  1915.  p.  369.) 

Brror  in  Alkaloidal  Assays — 

In  the  final  shaking-out  process  of  an  alkaloidal  assay,  where 
Ihc  alkaloid  has  been  liberated  by  ammonia,  unless  the  chloro- 
form or  ether  is  washed  with  water,  small  amounts  of  am- 
monium salts  are  carried  over  with  the  chloroform,  and  evap- 
arated  with  the  alkaloidal  residue.  During  evaporation  the 
basic  alkaloid  may  liberate  ammonia,  and  combine  with  the 
idd  radical.  This  source  of  error  of  course  gives  too  low  re- 
mits if  the  alkaloid  is  titrated,  and  too  high  results  if  it  is 
weighed.  The  error  by  titration  is  large,  on  account  of  the 
'high  molecular  weights  of  the  alkaloids,  and  may  amount  to  SO 
per  cent  in  careless  work.  Even  1  mg.  of  ammonium  salt  may 
:ause  an  appreciable  error.    (Self,  Pharm.  J.,  1915,  p.  585.) 


Constituents  of  Gloriosa  Superba — 

This  is  a  liliaceous  plant  growing  in  India  and  Ceylon.  It 
i.s  poisonous,  and  the  tubers  are  sometimes  used  for  suicidal 
purposes.  Little  is  known  as  to  the  nature  of  the  poisonous 
principle,  the  only  work  on  it  being  that  of  Warden,  who 
states  that  the  drug  contains  two  resins,  a  tannin,  and  a  bitter 
principle,  superbine.  The  latter  was  thought  to  be  closely 
allied  to,  or  identical  with,  the  bitter  principle  of  squill.  Recent 
work  in  the  Wellcome  Research  Laboratory  shows  tliat  the  bit- 
terness and  toxicity  are  due  to  the  presence  of  colchicine,  hith- 
erto not  known  to  exist  in  any  plant  except  Colchicum  autum- 
nale.  Other  constituents  are  two  additional  crystalline  alka- 
loids, in  minute  amounts,  choline,  dextrose,  phytosterols,  and 
various  fatty  and  aromatic  acids,  including  the  new  compound 
6-niethoxy-2-hydroxy-benzoic  acid.  (Clewer,  Green,  and  Tutin, 
Pharm.  J.,  1915,  p.  746.) 
Assay  Process  of  Tr.  Opium — 

After  a  comparative  study  of  many  assay  processes  for  tinc- 
ture of  opium,  Bohrisch  and  Kurschner  are  of  the  opinion  that 
the  process  of  the  German  Pharmacopoeia  on  the  whole,  is  free 
from  objections,  but  that  it  may  be  simplified  as  follows:  50  g. 
of  tincture  are  evaporated  in  a  weighed  dish  to  IS  g.,  diluted 
with  water  to  38  g.,  and  2  cc.  of  a  mixture  of  17  g.  of 
ammonia  water  with  83  g.  of  water  are  added.  The  mixture 
is  immediately  filtered  through  a  folded  filter  of  10  cm.  diame- 
ter, into  a  flask,  and  to  32  g.  of  the  filtrate,  representing  40  g. 
of  tincture,  there  are  added  with  continuous  shaking  10  cc.  of 
acetic  ether  and  S  cc.  of  the  above  ammonia  solution.  The 
flask  is  then  corked  and  shaken  well  for  10  minutes,  after 
which  200  cc.  of  acetic  ether  are  added,  the  mixture  gently 
shaken,  and  set  aside  for  IS  minutes.  The  ether  layer  is  then 
poured  off  as  completely  as  possible  through  a  plain  filter  of 
8  cm.  diameter,  10  cc.  more  of  acetic  ether  are  added  to  the 
flask,  gently  agitated,  and  also  poured  through  the  filter,  which 
is  then  allowed  to  drain  completely.  The  aqueous  solution  is 
next  poured  on  the  filter,  without  attemptmg  to  collect  all  the 
morphine  crystals  in  the  flask.  The  latter  is  rinsed  at  least 
five  times  with  ether-saturated  water,  and  finally  the  paper  and 
morphine  are  transferred,  still  moist,  to  a  200  cc.  flask,  the 
morphine  remaining  in  the  first  flask  is  dissolved  in  25  cc.  of 
decinormal  acid,  which  is  then  added  to  the  200  cc.  flask,  and, 
after  complete  solution,  the  excess  of  acid  is  titrated  back  with 
decinormal  alkali,  using  ether  and  iodeosin  as  indicator.  Each 
cc.  of  acid  used  represents  0.07125  g.  of  morphine  per  100  g. 
of  tincture.  The  most  advantageous  form  of  the  lime  method 
of  assay,  based  on  the  Dutch  Pharmacopoeia,  is  the  following: 
35  g.  of  tincture  are  evaporated  to  11  g.  Six  g.  of  water  are 
added,  with  10  cc.  of  a  freshly  prepared  1 :20  suspension  of 
calcium  hydroxide,  and  water  to  bring  the  weight  up  to  35  g. 
After  frequent  rotation  of  the  dish  during  2  or  3  hours,  the 
liquid  is  filtered  through  a  plain  dry  filter  of  8  cm.  diameter, 
and  to  20  g.  of  filtrate  are  added  10  cc.  of  ether  and  0.2  g.  of 
ammonium  chloride.  The  flask  is  then  shaken  for  10  minutes. 
Five  cc.  of  ether  are  added,  and  the  mixture  allowed  to  stand, 
with  occasional  agitation,  for  15  minutes,  .\fter  pouring  the 
ether  layer  through  a  dry  filter,  the  aqueous  layer  is  washed 
with  a  further  portion  of  5  cc.  of  ether.  The  aqueous  solution 
is  then  transferred  as  completely  as  possible  to  the  filter,  with 
the  cr>'stals,  and  flask  and  filter  are  washed  with  30  cc.  of 
ether-saturated  water.  The  filter  and  contents  are  then  placed 
in  the  flask,  dissolved  in  20  cc.  of  decinormal  acid,  and  the 
excess  titrated  as  before.  Each  cc.  of  acid  represents  0.0285  g. 
of  morphine  (anhydrous).  (Bohrisch  and  Kurschner,  Apoth. 
Ztg.,  1915,  p.  233.) 
Assay  of  Cincliona — 

Two  and  one-half  g.  of  finely  powdered  cinchona  bark  are 
heated,  according  to  Fromme's  method,  with  2  cc.  of  concen- 
trated hydrochloric  acid  and  20  cc.  of  water  on  the  steam  bath 
for  10  minutes,  cooled,  and  SO  g.  of  ether  and  25  g.  of  chloro- 
form added.  This  is  followed  by  5  cc.  of  15  per  cent  caustic 
soda,  after  which  the  bottle  is  shaken  well.  Next  add  2  g.  of 
powdered  tragacanth,  and  2  g.  of  calcined  magnesia,  shake  well, 
and  allow  to  settle.  Pour  off  60  g.  of  liquid,  representing  2  g. 
of  bark,  into  a  small  wide-mouthed  glass-stoppered  flask,  and 


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[August,  1915 


distil  off  the  chloroform  and  ether.  To  the  residue  add  50  cc. 
of  N/20  hydrochloric  acid,  brings  the  alkaloids  into  solution, 
and  add  50  cc.  of  N/20  picric  acid.  Shake  thoroughly,  until 
the  liquid  has  become  clear,  and  the  quinine  picrate  is  com- 
pletely aggregated,  and  filter.  Reject  the  first  portions  of  the 
filtrate,  and  mix  50  cc.  of  it  with  50  cc.  of  alcohol.  Titrate 
the  excess  acid  with  decinormal  alkali  and  phenolphthalein.  The 
change  from  yellow  to  red  denotes  the  end  point.  If  it  is  de- 
sired to  have  a  still  sharper  end  point,  treat  50  cc.  of  the  acid 
filtrate  as  before  with  50  cc.  of  alcohol,  add  10  cc.  of  a  solu- 
tion of  4  g.  of  potassium  iodide  and  1  g.  of  potassium  iodate  in 
100  cc.  of  water,  allow  to  stand  for  30  minutes,  and  titrate  the 
liberated  iodine  with  thiosulphate  solution.  The  picric  acid 
solution  is  very  stable,  and  may  be  made  up  by  direct  weigh- 
ing of  pure  picric  acid,  using  11.45  g.  to  each  liter.  (Richter, 
Apoth.  Ztg.,  1915,  p.  254.) 
Immersion  Pluid  for  Microscopes — 

For  a  number  of  years  Jensen  has  been  using  a  mixture  of 
24  parts  of  alpha-brom-naphthalin  and  76  parts  of  liquid  pa- 
raffin as  an  immersion  fluid.  It  flows  easily,  does  not  change 
in  months,  even  in  open  vessels,  does  not  dry  on  lenses  and 
^preparations,  does  not  affect  the  most  delicate  stains,  and  is 
cheap.  (Apoth.  Ztg.,  1915,  p.  228.) 
Bismuth  Subacetate — 

This  compound,  of  the  formula  BiOCHaCOj,  has  been  known 
for  a  long  time,  but  has  just  begun  to  find  therapeutic  use. 
It  can  be  obtained  in  the  form  of  lustrous  leaflets  from  a 
hot  solution  of  bismuth  oxide  in  acetic  acid.  Another  form 
is  a  snow  white  powder,  of  extreme  fineness,  and  very  soft 
to  the  touch.  Its  value  is  equal  to  the  other  bismuth  prepara- 
tions, and  its  bismuth  content  is  very  high,  representing  82 
per  cent,  of  oxide.  For  this  reason  it  need  not  be  used  in 
the  pure  state,  but  may  be  diluted  with  an  indifferent  sub- 
stance, preferably  with  talc.  Bismuth  subacetate  is  now  beinf 
use'd  in  the  treatment  of  wounds  and  other  injuries,  especially 
of  children,  either  as  a  dusting  powder  or  as  an  ointment. 
(Apoth.  Ztg.,  1915,  p.  156.) 


Useful  Drugs  With  Dosage 

Under  this  title  the  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  of 
the  American  Medical  Association  is  sending  out  in  pamphlet 
form  a  list  of  drugs  provisionally  'selected  for  inclusion  in  the 
second  edition  of  "Useful  Drugs,"  soon  to  be  published  by  the 
association.  As  many  readers  will  recall,  the  publication  of  the 
book  named  was  an  attempt  to  present  a  materia  medica  that 
should  be  sufficiently  extensive  to  include  the  drugs  worth  while, 
and  yet  not  so  extensive  that  the  average  practitioner  could  not 
obtain  a  fair  knowledge  of  them.  The  primary  object  of  the 
present  pamphlet  is  to  bring  once  more  to  the  attention  of 
those  especially  interested  that  such  a  book  exists,  and  that  the 
movement  for  a  restricted  and  more  practical  materia  medica 
will  be  indorsed  by  the  general  adoption  of  the  list. 

Another  object  in  printing  the  list  is  to  invite  suggestions  as 
to  deletions  and  additions.  In  the  list  as  first  published,  there 
are,  it  is  stated,  ten  articles  which  are  held  to  be  of  little  value 
if  not  worthless.  These  are  the  following,  with  tlie  reasons  for 
such  action: 

Spiritus  Aetheris  Compositus. 

Calcii  Hypophosphis. 

Calcii  Phosphas.  Praecipitatus. 

Cannabis  Indica. 

Extractum  Cannabis  Indicae. 

Tinctura  Cannabis  Indicae. 

Resina. 

Sparteinae  Sulphas. 
Viburnum  Prunifolium. 
Fluidextractum  Viburni  Prunifolii. 
Spiritus  Aetheris  Compositus,  the  compound  spirit  of  ether, 
better  known  as  Hoffman's  anodyne,  as  found  on  the  market, 
does  not  comply  with  the  existing  pharmacopeial  requirements, 
one  of  the  ingredients,  ethereal  oil,  being  practically  unobtain- 
able and  usually  replaced  by  a  mixture  of  oils  obtained  as  a 
by-product  in  the  distillation  of  alcohol.    The  compound  spirit 
is,  at  best,  variable  in  composition,  has  no  evident  advantages 
over  the  simple  spirit  (spiritus  aetheris,  spirit  of  ether),  and 
at  times  may  be  objectionable. 

Calcii  Hypophosphis,  calcium  hypophosphite,  as  a  calciim 
salt,  has  no  apparent  advantage  over  any  of  the  other  soluble 


salts  of  lime,  while  the  hypophosphites  are  now  generally  ad- 
mitted to  lack  therapeutic  usefulness. 

Calcii  Phosphas  Praecipitatus,  precipitated  phosphate  of  lime, 
is  no  longer  extensively  used  in  medicine  and  as  an  insoluble 
salt  of  lime  has  no  advantage  over  the  carbonate. 

Carmabis  Indica  and  its  preparations,  the  extracts  and  tinc- 
ture, are  not  recognized  as  having  any  clear  therapeutic  indica- 
tions. The  toxicity  of  the  drug  is  of  but  secondary  importance; 
the  available  product  for  years  has  not  been  of  pharmacopeial 
quality  and  at  best  is  very  variable  in  composition.  The  pos- 
sible abuse  of  this  drug  as  a  narcotic  is  considered  to  be  an 
added  reason  for  not  giving  it  official  sanction. 

Resina,  rosin,  is  not  used  in  medicine  and  apart  from  its  use 
in  the  manufacture  of  the  old-time  rosin  adhesive  plaster  has 
no  medical  or  pharmaceutical  interest. 

The  supposed  therapeutic  value  of  Sparteinae  Sulphas,  spar- 
teine sulphate,  an  alkaloid  of  scoparius,  there  is  considerable 
reason  to  suspect,  is  not  based  on  acceptable  evidence. 

Viburnum  Prunifolium  and  the  fluidextract  have  no  distinc- 
tive pharmacologic  action  and  probably  possess  no  advantages 
as  a  psychic  agent  over  asafetida  or  any  other  evil  smelling 
drug.  In  the  case  of  proprietary  preparations  of  viburnum, 
the  action  of  the  alcohol  has  been  confused  with  that  of  the 
viburnum. 

Among  the  drugs  that  it  is  proposed  to  add  are : 
Acid  Sodium  Phosphate. 
Pituitary  Extract. 
Typhoid  Vaccine. 
Staphylococcus  Vaccine. 
Emetine  Hydrochloride. 
Chenopodium  Oil. 
Atophan. 
Picric  Acid. 

Acid  Sodium  Phosphate  has  attracted  considerable  attention 
of  late  years  because  of  its  property  of  giving  an  acid  reaction 
to  the  urine.  It  has  the  advantage  over  a  mixture  of  sodium 
phosphate  and  phosphoric  acid  of  being  more  xmiform  in  com- 
position and  more  readily  dispensed. 

Pituitary  Extract,  in  the  form  of  the  desiccated  gland,  as 
well  as  the  aqueous  extracts,  chiefly  of  the  posterior  lobe,  has 
attracted  considerable  attention  in  recent  years,  being  e.xtensiveh 
advertised  and  frequently  commented  on  in  medical  journals 
Because  of  the  very  active  nature  of  a  good  preparation,  the 
variability  in  composition  of  the  available  commercial  extracts 
and  the  possible  harm  that  may  result  from  the  use  of  prepara- 
tions of  variable  composition,  it  is  thought  desirable  to  add  a 
general  discussion  of  this  drug  and  its  preparations. 

Typhoid  Vaccine  is  now  so  thoroughly  well  established  as  a 
prophylactic  agent,  and  the  possible  therapeutic  use  is  so  fre- 
quently mentioned  that  a  detailed  discussion  of  the  subject 
would  appear  to  be  desirable  to  insure  a  reasonable  degree  of 
familiarity  with  the  preparation  by  medical  practitioners  gen- 
erally. 

Staphylococcus  Vaccine  appears  to  be  sufficiently  well  estab- 
lished in  use  to  warrant  its  inclusion  in  any  list  of  widely  used 

medicaments. 

Emetine  Hydrochloride,  an  alkaloid  of  ipecac,  has  attracted 
considerable  attention  in  recent  years  and  has  repeatedly  been 
advocated  as  a  specific  in  the  treatment  of  amebic  dysenter.- 
and  other  ameboid  infections. 

Chenopodium  Oil,  oil  of  chenopodium,  a  popular  household 
remedy  of  former  decades,  has  recently  been  tried  out  experi- 
mentally and  appears  to  be  now  thoroughly  established  as  a 
remedy  in  ascarides  with  some  promise  as  a  possible  substitute 
for  thymol  in  the  treatment  of  hookworm  disease.  More  re- 
cently the  toxicology'  of  die  drug  has  attracted  attention,  and 
the  reported  results  deserve  recognition. 

Atophan,  2-phenyl-quinolin-4-carbo.\ylic  acid,  is  one  of  the 
few  recently  introduced  new  remedies  that  promise  to  become 
thoroughly  well  established.  It  is  an  analgesic  and  has  a  select- 
ive action  on  the  excretion  of  uric  acid. 

Picric  Acid,  which  was  known  for  many  years  as  a  reagent 
and  at  one  time  used  as  a  bitter  and  as  a  substitute  for  quinin. 
is  again  coming  into  use  principally  as  a  topical  agent  in  the 
treatment  of  burns.  Its  extensive  use  at  the  present  time  and 
the  possibility  of  toxic  symptoms  arising  from  absorption  or 
inadvertent  internal  administration  appear  to  warrant  its  fuller 
discussion  in  te.xt  books  and  medical  schools. 

The  Council  asks  that  criticisms  and  sug.i;estions  for  the 
list  be  returned  to  the  secretarj-,  W.  A.  Puckner.  535  NorlS 
Dearborn  St.,  Chicago,  111. 


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Additions  to  The  Era  Narcotic  List 


As  announced  at  the  time  of  the  publication  of  the  Era 
Narcotic  List  some  weeks  ago,  additions  to  and  changes  in 
the  list  were  to  be  expected,  especially  in  view  of  the  fact 
that  various  manufacturers  had  modified  and  were  making 
changes  in  their  formulas  so  as  to  place  their  preparations 
within  the  exempted  class. 

These  additions  and  changes,  so  far  as  they  have  come 
to  hand  from  manufacturers,  are  presented  herewith,  and  this 
list,  embracing  nearly  160  items,  together  with  1,600  official 

DRUGS  AND  CHEMICALS 
Codeonal,  instead  of  "Codeonol" 
Dionin 

Narcophin-Scopolamine  Solution 

AMPOULES 
Waite's  Antiseptic  Local  Anaesthetic  (22S) 

DENTAL  PREPARATIONS 
Cocaine   Points  (3403) 
Devitalizing  Fibre  (3403) 
Local  Anesthetic  Solution  (3403) 
ELIXIRS 

Poppy  Aromatic  (6148) 

Morphine.  1/35  Eiain  in  fl.  oz. 
Saw  Palmetto  Comp.  (6148) 

Coca  omitted. 
Saw  Palmetto  and  Pichl  Comp.  (6148) 

Coca  omiltud 

FLUIDEXTRACT 

Wild   Cherry   Compound  (3403) 
:•  LOZENGES 

Acetanodeine  (2410)  exempt 

Anesthesine  (2410) 

Antalgic  (2410)  exempt 

Antiseptic  Cough  (4177) 

Morphine  Diacetyl,  1/50  grain  each 

Chlorodyne  (2410)  exempt 

Cnbeb  Compound  (2410)  exempt 

Lobelia    Compound    (2410)  exempt 
ti      Muco-Sedative  (2410)  exempt 
!     Muco-Stimulant  (2410)  exempt 
I     Orthoform  (2410)  all  sizes 

Orthotorm  Compound  (2410) 

Rhatany  and  Opium  (2410)  exempt 

OINTMENTS 
}'    Acid  Carbolic  and  Kutgall  Compound  (5717) 
1-    Hemorrhoidal,   LUly  (3403) 
L     Dionin,  Vr  (3403) 
i    Dionin  and  Atropine  (3403) 
I     Ichthyol  Comp.  (3247) 
I  Formula  changed,  exempt 

Ophthalmic  Dionin 
Dionin  5% 

OPHTHALMIC  DISCS 
Eserine  Sulphate  and   Cocaine  Muriate  (6148) 
Cocaine  Muriate,  1  250  grain  in  each 
i    Homatropine   Alkaloid  and  Cocaime  Alkaloid  (6148) 
I  Cocaine   Alkaloid,   1/50  grain   in  each 

f    Homatropine  Hydrobromide  and  Cocaine  Muriate  (6148) 
,  Cocaine  Muriate,  1/50  grain  in  each 

1  PILLS 

;    Cold,  Laxative,  XIplohn's  (5717) 

^    Diarrhea  Pellets,  Dr.  Drossner's  (5717) 

Phosphorus,  Damiana  and  Cantharides  (5372) 
;  SOLUTIONS 

i  Hebulizer  Solution  No.  3  (5213) 

,  Cocaine 

;  SPECIALTIES  AND  PROPRIETARIES 

j  Alypin   Discoids  (5012) 

;1  Anunosol-Codeia    Tablets  (5213) 
\  Codeine 

I  Cerebral  Sedative  (5697) 

ij  Chloranodyne  (6082) 

I  ChloTO-Cannabine  (3842) 
I  Morphine.  1  grain  to  oz. 

I  CUorodyne  (5372) 


and  proprietary  drugs  and  preparations  already  presented  in 
the  Era  Narcotic  List,  furnishes  in  condensed  form  practically 
all  of  the  available  data  relating  to  the  narcotic  content  of 
drugs  and  remedies  coming  under  the  Harrison  law.  Pharma- 
cists and  physicians,  if  they  would  keep  their  records  as  re- 
quired by  tlie  law,  must  depend  upon  information  of  this 
kind.  All  of  this  is  succinctly  set  forth  in  the  Era  Narcotic 
List,  a  book  of  nearly  80  pages,  in  vest  pocket  size,  and 
which  sells  for  25  cents  a  copy. 

Chlorodyne  Solution  (5717) 

Morphine   Hyd,rochloride,   2^8  grains  fl.  oz. 
Cholera  Mixture,  Shoemaker's  (5150) 

New    loriiiula  exempt 
Cold  Special  (5717) 

Compound  Cerebral  Sedative.  No.  1  (3403) 
Creo-Pin  (2627) 

Formula  modified,   now  exempt 
Deiss'   Corizol  (1987) 

Cocaine 

Dermacilia  Eye  Remedy  (1475A)  exempt 
Dermacilia  Ointment  (1475A)  exempt 
Diastasic  Malt  with  Wine  of  Coca  (6148) 

Dunlap's  C  &  K  Remedy  for  Horses  and  Mules  (1605)  Old  Form 
Emulsion  Linseed  Oil  with  Heroin  (6148) 

Heroin,   3/J5   grain    in   fl.  oz. 
Flavored  Wafers,  Upjohn's  (5717) 
Glyterole  Heroin   Compound  (5717) 
Glycerole   Heroine   Comp.  (6082) 
Gonorrhea  Treatment  (4177) 

Formula  modified,   now  exempt 
Gooch  Quick  Relief  (3539) 

Formula   changed,    now  exempt 
Heroin  Sedative  Comp.  (1204  A) 

Heroin,  2/9  grain  fl.  oz. 
Heropine  (3842) 

Heroin,  Ya,  grain  to  oz. 
Herotone  Tablets  (4801) 

Heroin,   1/60   grain  and 

Codeine,  1/120  grain,  in  each 
Hormonal,  Intramuscular  (5008) 

Beta-Eucaine    Hydrochloride,  %% 
Ichthytannic  Suppositories  (5877)   (Old  Formula) 
Inhalant  No.  4  (3403) 
Laurent's  Analgesine-Tocanalgine  (1987) 

Morphine 
Lecoy's  Sedol  Ampoules  (1987) 

Morphine 
Liban's  Pastilles  (1987) 

Morphine 
Linctus  Comp.  (5118) 

Formula   modified,   now  exempt 
Mead's  Terpo-Dionin  (3720),  Discontinued 
Mireille's  Paste  (1987) 

Cocaine 

Moyer  Bros.'  Asthma  Cure  (3967) 

Withdrawn  from  market 
Pixine  Colic  Cure  (4479) 

New  formula  exempt 
Red.  White  and  Blue  Cold  Tablets  (5688) 

Manufacture  Discontinued 
Red,  White  and  Blue  Neuralgia  Headache  Tablets  (5688) 

Manufacture  Discontinued 
Syrup  Sedative  (6082) 

Syr.  Terebene  Aromatic  and  Heroin  (4177) 

Formula  modified,   now   exempt  ' 
Tate's  No-Vo  Injection  (5522) 
Terpinine   with   Heroin  (3842) 

Heroin,  2/9  grain  to  oz. 
Terpinoids  (Heroin  and  Terpinol  Comp.)  (2405) 

1/40  grain   Heroin   in   each  capsule 
Terpo  Guaiacol  Comp.  (3561) 
Tolu  and  Cannabis  Comp.  (3561) 
Unguentine  Crayons  with  Mofphine  (Opium) 
Unguentine  Crayons  with  Opium  (Morphine)  (4177) 

Morpliine   eliminated,    now  exempt 
Unguentine  with  Protargol  with  Opium  (Morphine)  (4177) 

Morphine   eliminated,   now  exempt 
Waite's  Antiseptic  Local  Anaesthetic  (228) 
Zomakyne  &  Heroin  (3602) 

Heroin,  6/16  grains  av.  oz. 
Zomakyne,  Sodium  Salicylate  &  Codeine  (3602) 

Codeine  Sulphate  15  grains  av.  oz. 


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SUPPOSITORIES 

Antiseptinoids,  now  exempt 

SYRUPS 

Balm  Gilead  Comp.  (4177) 

Formula   modified,    now  exempt 
Balm  Gilead  Comp.  with  Heroin  (4177) 

Formula    modified,    now  exempt 
Chloro  Tolu  (Searle's)  (5072) 
Eubenol  Dionin  (4177) 

Formula   modified,    now  exempt 
Terebene  Comp.  with  Heroin  (4177) 

Formula    modified,    now  exempt 
Tolu  and  Cannabis  Comp.  (4177) 

Formula   modified,    now  exempt 

TABLETS  AND  TABLET  TRITURATES 

Acetanilid  and  Codeine  Comp.  (7) 

Codeine  Sulphate,  J4  grain  each 
Ammonium  Chloride  Comp.  (5335) 
Anesthaine  (7) 

Stovaine 

Anodyne,  V4  gr-;  and  2  gr.  sizes  (5717) 
Anodyne  for  Infants  (7) 

Codeine  Sulphate,  1/64  grain  each 
Antiasthmatic  (7) 

Apomorphine  Hydrochloride,  1/64  grain  each 
Anticold,  Gordon's  (3403) 
Anti-cold,  No.  2  (5717) 
Antikamnia  &  Codeine  Tablets 

Codeine   18  grains   av.   oz.  (Discontinued) 
Atropine,  Aconitine  and  Codeine  Compound  (7) 

Codeine  Sulphate,  1/64  grain  each 

Atropine,  Aconitine  and  Morphine  Comp.  (T) 

Morphine  Sulphate,  1/100  grain  each 
Atropine  &  Gelsemium  Co.  (2009) 
Bismuth  &  Morphine  (2009) 

Bismuth  Subnitrate,  Opium  and  Carbolic  Acid  (5717) 
Bromide  Comp.  No.  2  (2009) 

Bronchial  (7) 

Apomorphine  Hydrochloride,  1/SO  grain  each 
Brown  Ammonia  (2009) 
Calomel  &  Bismuth  (2009) 
Calomel  &  Codeine  (2009) 
Cannabis  Co.,  No.  2  (2009) 

Cannabis  Indica  &  Hyoscyamus  Comp.  (S335) 
Catarrh,  Bronchial  (7) 

Codeine  Sulphate,  1/32  grain  each 
Cerium  Oxalate  and  Bismuth  Comp.  (7) 

Stovaine,   1/2S  grain  each 

Chloralformamide,  5  grains  (2009) 
Chloralformamide,  10  grains  (2009) 
Chloralformamide,  15  grains  (2009) 
Chloral  Hydrate,  3  grains  (2009) 
Chloral  Hydrate,  5  grains  (2009) 
Chloral  Hydrate  Co.  (2009) 
Chlorodyne  (7) 

Morphine  Sulphate,  1/25  grain  each 
[     Cold  Special  No.  1  (5717) 
Colic,  No.  2,  Infantile  (5335) 
Collinsonia  Compound  (7) 

Apomorphine  Hydrochldride,  1/128  grain  each 
Coryza,  Richards  (3247) 

Formula   changed,    now  exempt 
Coryza,  Searle's  (5072) 
Cough,  Blackham  (7) 

Morphine   Sulphate,   1/100  grain  each 
Croup  (3403) 

Croup,  Spasmodic  (5335) 
Diabetic  (2009) 
Diabetic,  No.  2  (2009) 
Diarrhea  Improved  (5717) 
Fever.  Improved  (2009) 
Gastric  Sedative  (7) 

Stovaine,  1/30  ^--rain  each 
Gastritis  No.  1  (5717) 
Gastro-Enteritis  (2009) 
Gray  Powder,  No.  2  (2009) 
Hay  Fever  (6148) 
Infant  Cough  No.  3  (5717) 
Injection  Compound  No.  1  (5717) 
Lactucarium  Compound  (7) 

Moriihiiie  Sulphate,  1/64  grain  each 
Lead  &  Bismuth  Co.  (2009) 
Local  Anesthesia,  Dr.  Schlelch's  (6148) 
Nausea  (5372) 


Nausea  No.  2  (5717) 

Neuralgic  (Dr.  Duncan's)  (2009) 

Night  Cough  (4177) 

Dionin,  1/25  grain  each 
Opium  and  Calomel  Co.  (2009) 

Opium  and  Lead  Acetate  No.  1  (5717)  i 
Opium  and  Lead  Acetate  No.  2  (5717) 

Phenacetine  Co.  &  Heroin  (2009)  • 

Pleurisy,  Acute  (2009) 

Rheumatism  (2009) 

Rheumatism  No.  2  (  2009) 

Sodium  Bicarbonate  Comp.  (5335) 

Sparteine  Comp.  (Cardiac,  Dr.  Waldstein's)  (5335) 

Stibium,  Opium  and  Camphor  (2009) 

Sumbul  Comp.  No.  2  (Hysteria)  (5335) 

Terpin  Hydrate  and  Diacetylmorphine  No.  2  (5717) 

Throat  (Mentholated)  (5717) 

Throat  Mentholic  (4177) 

Manufacture  discontinued 
Throat,  Quinlan's  (6148) 
Tonsillitis,  Acute  (2009) 
Tonsillo  Pharyngitis  (2009) 
Tonsilol  (5213) 

Cocaine 

Whooping  Cough  No.  4  (5717) 

TABLETS,  DISPENSARY 
Coniine  Hydrobromide  &  Morphine  Sulphate  (6148) 

Morphine  Sulphate,  1/6  grain  in  each 
Duboisine  Hydrochloride  and  Morphine  Sulphate  (6148) 

Morphine  Sulphate,  'A  grain  in  each 
Eserine  Sulphate  and  Morphine  Sulphate  (6148) 

Morphine    Sulphate,    1/6   grain    in  each 
Hyoscyamine  Sulphate  and  Morphine  Sulphate  (6148) 

Morphine  Sulphate,  H  grain  in  each 

TABLETS.  HYPODERMIC 

Hyoscine,  Morphine  and  Digitalen  (5072) 
Nitroglycerin  Compound,  Lilly  (3403) 
MANUFACTURERS  WITH  THEIR  KEY  NUMBERS 

3539— McCullough  Drug  Co. 

Correct  address  to  read: 

114  High  street,  Lawrenceburg,  Ind. 

Delete  from  List  of  Manufacturers 
2617— Manine  Medicine  Co., 

320  North  Grand  avenue,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
4373— Pattison  C,  The  Chas.  H. 

7841  Eggleston  avenue,  Chicago,  HI. 
5945— Wells  &  Co.,  S.  C. 

Le  Roy,  N.  Y. 


Dr.  Diekman  Lectures  N.  Y.  Co.  Ph.  S. 

Dr.  George  C.  Diekman,  professor  of  pharmacy  at  the  New 
York  College  of  Pharmacy,  lectured  before  the  members  of 
the  New  York  County  Pharmaceutical  Society,  at  their  re- 
cent regular  meeting,  held  at  the  organization's  rooms  at  150 
East  86th  street.  He  advised  a  greater  interest  in  phanna- 
copoeial  methods.  George  T.  Riefflin,  chairman  of  the  N.  Y. 
S.  P.  A.  membership  committee,  appealed  to  the  members  for 
co-operation  with  the  State  body.  Five  present  applied  for 
membership  in  the  N.  Y.  S.  P.  .\.  A  resolution  to  the  effect 
that  the  N.  Y.  S.  P.  A.  make  every  possible  legislative  effort 
to  "limit  the  practice  of  pharmacy  to  pharmacists"'  was  adopted. 
The  members  unanimously  decided  that  the  society's  grievance 
committee  should  request  all  drug  store  proprietors  in  Nev 
York  county  to  sign  an  agreement  not  to  indulge  in  "penny 
sales."  A  motion  was  carried  that  the  Board  of  Health  should 
be  requested  to  tabulate  preparations  which  pharmacists  can 
not  sell.  Otto  Raubenheimer  tendered  his  resignation  as  treas- 
urer and  was  succeeded  by  Thomas  Latham.  Thomas  Latham. 
Bernard  Colle  and  Alex.  Rothenberg  were  appointed  delegatts 
to  the  Fair  Trade  League.  Dr.  George  C.  Diekman,  Otto 
Raubenheimer  and  J.  Leon  Lascoff  were  appointed  delcgatrs 
to  the  A.  Ph.  A.  convention. 


Sulphur  Discovered  in  Argentine 

The  discovery  of  sulphur  deposits  in  the  Planchon  Pass  be- 
tween the  Colorado  and  Atucl  rivers  is  reported  in  the  .Argen- 
tine province  of  Mendoza,  according  to  consular  advices  from 
Rosario.  The  mines,  which  are  at  a  height  of  approximately  6.S0Q 
feet,  are  reported  to  contain  very  pure  ore,  not  mixed  with  ary 
other  minerals. 


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News  of  the  Colleges 

UNIVERSITY  OF  GEORGIA 

There  were  only  two  gradu;Ucs  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy, 
University  of  Georgia,  this  year,  viz.,  Isadore  Horavitz  and 
Julius  Edgar  Jenkins.  Both  men  took  the  examination  before 
the  State  board  of  pharmacy  at  Tybee  on  June  9,  and  they 
were  the  only  two  in  a  list  of  55  applicants  to  obtain  pharma- 
cist's licenses,  the  highest  form  of  license  issued  in  the  State. 
Twenty-one  of  the  applicants  were  granted  licenses  as  apotlie- 
caries  or  as  druggists. 

NORTH  PACIFIC   COLLEGE   OF  PHARMACY 

President  Foster  of  Reed  College,  Portland,  Ore.,  delivered  the 
1  principal  address  at  the  commencement  exercises  of  the  North 
Pacific  College  of  Pharmacy  held  recently  at  the  White  Temple, 
Portland.    The  graduates  were  Thomas  .Mien,  M.  S.  Spears, 
E.  L.  Watkins,  W.  B.  Duncan  and  W.  H.  Barr. 

'  OREGON  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE 

'  The  following  graduates  of  the  department  of  pharmacy  of 
Oregon  Agricultural  College,  Corvallis,  were  awarded  degrees 

,  at  the  recent  commencement  as  follows:  Bachelor  of  Science: 
IrAvin  L.  Betzel,  Stella  Dean,  C.  A.  Fryer,  C.  C.  Gaylord,  Car- 

1  men  Hittson,  X.  H.  Leweaux,  C.  L.  McFadden,  S.  Smitli,  N.  L. 

■  Tartar  and  E.  Tucker;  Graduate  in  Pharmacy:  C.  Bent,  Beryl 
Camp,  J.  E.  Chinx  and  W.  D.  Hamilton. 

SUCCESS  OF  BROOKLYN  COLLEGE 

The  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy  was  organized  and  is 
maintained  by  the  Kings  County  Pharmaceutical  Society  under 
a  charter  granted  by  the  State  of  New  York  April  21,  1886. 
The  success  of  the  college  has  more  than  met  the  expectations 
'•  of   its   most   optimistic   founders.     The   annual  number  of 
graduates  has  grown  from  nine  in  1892  to  one  hundred  and 
seventy-four  in  1915,  one  hundred  and  forty-three  young  men 
and  women  having  received  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Phar- 
macy and  thirty-one  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Pharmacy  this 
year.    The  college  occupies  a  large  and  commodious  build- 
ing, especially  erected  for  it  and  fully  equipped  with  all  mod- 
em apparatus.    Its  library  is  one  of  the  most  complete  any- 
where.   Its  equipment  thus  places  it  in  the  front  rank  of  the 
Schools  of  Pharmacy  in  the  country.    The  faculty  is  com- 
posed of  the  strongest  and  most  practical  men  in  their  re- 
'  spective  subjects.     The  college  therefrom  offers  an  excellent 
,  opportunity  to  those  who  desire  to  take  up  pharmacy  as  a 
'  profession  and  to  those  who  desire  to  advance  still  higher 
,in  the  fields  of  chemistry,  pharmacy  and  pharmacognosy. 

'       WARD  BROS.  EMPLOYES  ENJOY  OUTING 

The  second  annual  outing  given  by  Ward  Bros.  Drug  Com- 
f  pany,  who  esale  druggists,  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  was  held 
June  19.  These  outings  were  instituted  by  the  company  last 
iyear,  with  a  view  to  promoting  a  better  acquaintanceship 
and  a  spirit  of  co-operation  between  employes  and  members 
,of  the  fiirm.  Among  those  who  attended  on  the  recent  occa- 
sion, was  Marion  Ward,  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  com- 
.pany  and  its  present  head.  After  thirty  years  with  this 
«house,  one  of  the  old  establishments  of  the  Middle  West,  he 
still  retains  an  active  interest  in  its  affairs. 

'  DRUG  CLUB  WILL  NOT  MOVE 

A  proposal  presented  to  a  meeting  of  the  Drug  and  Chem- 
ical Club,  held  last  week,  by  the  Title  Guaranty  &  Trust  Com- 
pany regarding  the  erection  of  a  new  building  for  the  ex- 
'ichisive  use  of  the  club  was  turned  down  by  practically  all 
of  the  members.  The  board  of  governors  of  the  club  had 
previously  voted  in  favor  of  the  project.  Beside  the  vote  of 
those  present,  208  proxies  against  the  change  were  presented. 

Pood  and  Drug  Officials  Meet  at  Berkeley,  August  2 

The  nineteenth  annual  convention  of  the  Association  of 
'American  Dairy,  Food  and  Drug  Officials  will  be  held  at 
the  University  of  California,  Berkeley,  August  2  to  5. 


Women  In  Pharmacy 

The  women  of  the  drug  trade  everywhere  have  to  deal  with 
the  high  cost  of  provisions.  In  order  to  show  what  could  be 
done  by  economical  buying  and  careful  preparation,  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam E.  Lee,  national  secretary  of  the  W.  O.,  gave  her  home  for 
the  purpose  of  demonstrating  an  economy  luncheon  to  sixtean 
delegates  from  as  many  clubs.  Mrs.  Anna  B.  Scott,  special 
household  writer  for  the  Philadelphia  American,  and  Mrs. 
llu;jh  Monroe,  food  economist  of  the  social  settlement  work  in 
Kensington,  managed  the  demontsration.  The  entire  company 
was  served  a  five  course  meal  at  a  cost  of  $1.10.  Mrs.  Lee,  as 
chairman  of  the  pure  food  committee  of  the  Philadelphia  Civic 
Club,  was  anxious  to  demonstrate  what  could  be  done  in  this 
line.  Every  one  pronounced  the  luncheon  a  great  success  and 
all  attending  made  a'  copy  of  the  menu  and  its  cost.  Others 
may  be  interested  also.  Clam  soup,  19c ;  fish,  25c ;  fruit  salad, 
6c;  asparagus,  10c;  potatoes,  7c;  cabbage,  3^c;  biscuits,  8c; 
butter,  10c;  mock  plum  pudding  and  sauce,  6-2/3c;  coffee,  12c; 
sugar,  3c. 

Mrs.  Nellie  Florence  Lee,  National  Secretary  of  the  W.  O. 
N.  A.  R.  D.,  is  visiting  Mrs.  Leslie  O.  Wallace  of  Auburn. 
Mrs.  Lee  journeyed  to  the  Finger  Lake  country,  which  is 
located  in  the  heart  of  the  Empire  State,  through  the  beauti- 
ful Lehigh  valley.  These  two  ladies  are  enjoying  a  vacation 
together  and  numerous  short  side  trips  to  many  local  points  of 
interest. 


"DRUG  PERIOD"  BIG  TIME  AT  FAIR 

San.  Francisco  Meeting  Place  of  State  and  National 
Associations — A.  Ph.  A.  Convenes  August  9 

The  "drug  period"  at  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition  this 
summer  is  proving  a  momentous  occasion  in  pharmacy.  Sev- 
eral large  conventions  of  pharmaceutical  organizations  have 
already  been  held  in  San  Francisco  and  a  number  of  others 
are  scheduled  for  the  near  future.  The  California  State  Ph. 
A.  meets  at  San  Francisco  August  6  and  7.  A  proposed  new 
State  pharmacy  law  will  be  discussed  and  Frank  H.  Freericks, 
chairman  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  section  on  education  and  legisla- 
tion, will  present  data  for  a  model  pharmacy  law.  The  Stevens 
bill  will  also  be  brought  up  for  consideration. 

The  National  Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy  and  the 
American  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties  will  hold 
their  sessions  August  5,  6  and  7,  in  the  building  of  the  Cali- 
fornia C.  P.  The  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties 
will  be  entertained  by  that  college. 

The  A.  Ph.  A.  meets  at  the  Bellevue  Hotel,  Geary  and  Tay- 
lor streets,  San  Francisco,  from  August  9  to  14,  inclusive. 
The  Denver  branch  will  meet  the  special  A.  Ph.  A.  train  from 
Chicago,  and  members  in  this  party  will  be  taken  by  automo- 
bile to  the  foothills  of  the  Rockies,  thence  by  automobile  over 
a  new  and  beautiful  road  to  the  summit  of  Lookout  Moun- 
tain. Returning,  the  party  will  reach  Denver  in  time  lor  a  lit- 
tle sight-seeing  or  shopping  before  the  special  train  leaves  for 
Colorado  Springs. 

A  reception  will  be  tendered  the  A.  Ph.  A.  president  and 
visiting  delegates  by  the  California  Ph.  A.  on  the  evening  of 
August  9.  It  will  take  place  in  the  Inside  Inn,  Exposition 
grounds.  .A.  banquet  at  Flor  de  Italia,  a  ball  in  the  Cali- 
fornia building  and  a  smoker  at  the  German  Hou';e,  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Traveling  Men's  auxiliary  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Ph.  A.  are  other  features  "bf  the  entertainment  offered. 

The  N.W.  D.  A.  meets  at  Santa  Barbara  September  26  to 
October  1.  .\  special  train  will  carry  Eastern  members  from 
Chicago  to  the  convention  and  is  scheduled  to  reach  Lcs  An- 
geles September  22.  On  the  26th,  the  party  will  leave  for 
Santa  Barbara,  where  headquarters  will  be  maintained  at  the 
Hotel  Alexandria.  The  members  will  leave  Santa  Barbara  for 
San  Francisco  on  October  1. 

The  Allied  Drug  Interests,  of  which  Professor  Frank  T. 
Green  and  K.  B.  Bowerman,  both  of  San  Francisco,  arr.  re- 
spectively, the  president  and  secretary,  has  been  organized  for 
the  purpose  of  entertaining  the  visiting  pharmacists  during 
the  "drug  period,"  July  6  to  August  14.  An  information 
bureau  has  been  established  in  the  Claus  Spreckles  building, 
corner  of  Third  and  Market  streets,  San  Francisco. 


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Business  Building  Plans  of  Druggists 


Clever  Schemes  Practiced  By  Enterprising  Retailers 
Stimulate  the  Interest  of  Customers  in  the  Store 


Slog'ans  Which  Bring  Business  to 
Druggists 

"Getting  what  you  want  is  easy  here, 
because  we  HAVE  it." 

"Run  right  to  Graham's — the  drug  store 
on  one  spot  for  over  fifty  years." 

"Scranton's  most  reliable  drug  store." ' 

"Our  stock  the  most  complete  in  North- 
ern Indiana." 

"Kut  prices  at  Kahn's — only  the  best." 

"Get  it  where  they've  GOT  it." 

"The  best  is  none  too  good  f»r  the 
sick." 

"Send  your  voice,  not  your  messenger. 
We  furnish  the  latter." 

Charlie  Chaplin  Statuettes 
The  Morris  drug  store  in  Albany,  N. 
Y.,  has  had  a  great  run  on  Charlie 
Chaplin  statuettes,  the  poptilarity  of  this 
moving  picture  comedian  enabling  the 
druggist  to  dispose  of  a  great  many  at 
the  sale  price  of  49  cents  each. 

Seven  Days'  Rubber  Goods  Sale 

Matthew  Bros.,  Inc.,  druggists  of  Scran- 
ton,  Pa.,  stimulated  sale  in  rubber  goods 
by  the  announcement  of  a  seven  days' 
sale,  and  made  a  number  of  special  of- 
fers. A  dollar  hot  water  bottle  was  sold 
at  69  cents  as  a  "leader." 


"We  Always  Sell  It  for  Less" 

"We  always  sell  it  for  less,"  is  one  of 
the  slogans  of  the  People's  Drug  Stores, 
Washington,  D.  C,  which  also  advertise 
themselves  as  "The  Home  of  Cut  Prices." 
Two  cakes  of  Ivory  soap,  worth  five 
cents  each,   were  sold  recently  for  six 

cents.   

Two  for  An  Extra  Cent 

The  People's  Drug  Stores  of  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  held  a  one  cent  sale  on  May 
26  and  27.    The  idea  was  "buy  one  at 

the  regular  retail  price  and  get  another  for  1  cent  more." 
Among  the  articles  sold  in  this  way  were  massage  cream,  one 
jar  for  50  cents  or  two  for  51  cents;  one  shaving  brush  for 
35  cents  or  two  for  36  cents,  and  one  hot  water  bottle  for 
$1.98  or  two  for  $1.99. 

Sends  Three  Girls  to  the  Exposition 

Not  every  druggist  can  afford  to  send  three  pretty  girls 
to  the  Panama  Pacific  Exposition,  but  the  Kuhlman  & 
Cliambliss  Company,  operating  three  stores  in  Knoxville, 
Tenn.,  through  a  system  of  coupon  trading  books  have  arranged 
to  send  three  of  the  city's  most  popular  young  ladies  to 
the  fair.  More  than  ten  million  votes  were  turned  in  during 
the  contest. 

This  Druggist  Follows  His  Customers 

At  a  time  when  the  regular  customers  of  the  drug  gtore  are 
going  away  on  their  summer  vacations,  the  Powers-Kelly 
Drug  Company  of  Waco,  Texas,  shows  that  it  is  awake  to 
111'  liy  advertising  its  mail  oidcr  d(|iartment  as  a 

f'  K-memhered  by  the  tra\i  l.  i-, 

ii  I      our  mail  order  dcjiai  inn  nl,"   is  ihe  way  its 

ad  Infill-.  'U  is  at  your  service.  If  you  live  out  of  town 
or  are  away  from  town  you  will  find  it  helpful.  One  mail 
brings  in  your  order  and  the  next  takes  it,  safely  wrapped, 
to  you.    Uncle  Sam  delivers  it.    Get  it  where  they've  got  it." 


These  snappy  phrases  are  followed  by 
a  paragraph  of  suggestions  for  things  that 
the  vacationist  will  probably  need  while 
on  his  trip. 

Merchants'  Week  at  Bellows  Falls 

Hodgdon  &  Smith,  druggists,  took 
part  in  the  annual  Bellows  Falls  (Vt.) 
Merchants'  Week,  May  26,  27  and  28,  by 
holding  a  special  sale  on  tooth  brushes 
and  toilet  articles.  With  each  tooth 
brush  the  purchaser  received  a  box  of 
tooth  powder  or  a  tube  of  paste. 

Free  Candy  with  Soda 

With  each  sale  of  soda  ckecks  amount- 
ing to  more  than  15  cents  Liggett's  stores 
offer  to  give  away  a  box  of  their  Maxixe 
cherries  during  their  regular  Saturday 
sales. 

An  Inducement  to  Smokers 

The  Riker-Hegeman  store  in  Philadel- 
phia offered  in  a  recent  advertisement  to 
give  a  black  leather  belt  free  to  each  pur- 
chaser of  one  dollar's  worth  of  cigars  at 
their  counters. 

Quick  Delivery  for  Hurry-Up  Calls 

Quinn's  drug  store  of  Schenectady,  N. 
Y.,  advertises  its  motorcycle  delivery  for 
those  who  are  "always  in  a  hurry."  Spe- 
cial attention  is  also  called  to  the  excel- 
lence of  the  camera  department  and  the 
fact  that  films  left  at  the  store  will  be 
printed,  and  delivered  in  twenty-four 
hours. 


Cutlery  in  the  Drug  Store 

Butcher  knives  and  bread  slicers  form 
the  feature  attraction  in  a  full  page  ad 
published  by  the  Morris  Drug  Company 
of  .A-lbany,  N.  Y.,  in  which  this  enter- 
prising firm  offers  a  wide  variety  of  sundries  at  especially 
low  prices. 

An  Appeal  to  the  Commuter 
In  an  attempt  to  draw  tlie  trade  of  the  suburban  popula- 
tion, the  Dows  drug  stores  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  offer  to  pay  the 
railroad  fares  to  those  whose  purchases  amount  to  more  than 
two  dollars.  A  similar  scheme  was  tried  by  the  Apothe- 
caries Hall  Company  of  Waterbur>',  Conn.,  who  recently  ad- 
vertised a  "Fare  Refunding  Sale"  to  last  one  week. 

Pushing  Bath  Room  Fixtures 

Drug  stores  are  finding  bath  room  fixtures  a  profitable 
side  line.  This  is  evidenced  by  the  full  page  advertisements 
used  by  the  Fitchburg  Drug  Company,  Fitchburg.  Mass.,  in 
its  local  newspapers.  A  special  sale,  in  which  fifty  or 
sixty  separate  items  were  listed,  was  held  on  Saturday, 
May  29. 

A  Week-End  Toilet  Goods  Kit 
The  Jacobs'  Pharmacy  makes  a  specialty  in  its  toilet  goods 
department  of  a  week-end  kit,  which  consists  of  a  red  kit, 
with  gold  embossed  lettering,  and  containing  the  following 
articles:  Face  powder,  face  rouge,  deodorant,  cold  cream, 
-salve  and  enamel,  nail  bleach,  nail  enamel  and  cuticle  ice. 
.Ml  of  these  sell  for  50  cents. 


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For  Traveling  and  Vacation  Supplies 

Smart  Bathing  Caps 

Take  Along 
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Kodak.,  iS  up 

Water  Wings 

Robber  Ctps  for  Ou 
Tib  or  the  Btui 

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A  seasonable  drug  store  advertisement 


August,  1915]  THE  PHAEMACEUTICAL  ERA  351 

CAMERAS  AND  PHOTO  SUPPLIES 

Drug  Store  Logical  Place  for  Photo  Supplies 

By  G.  GENNERT 

Importer  and  Dealer  in  Photo  Goods 


AS  the  demand  lor  cameras  and  supplies  becomes  more 
and  more  insistent,  the  camera  supply  department 
must  naturally  find  a  place  in  every  store  which  in 
any  way  caters  to  the  wants  of  the  leisure-hour  spent  in 
recreation.  The  drug  store  of  today — with  its  many  depart- 
ments, all  more  or  less  calculated  to  serve  the  immediate 
want  of  the  local  or  transient  trade,  and  perhaps  by  reason 
of  its  continual  readiness  to  serve  at  all  hours  and  on  holi- 
days— is  the  logical  piece  for  a  photographic  supply  depart- 
ment appealing  to  the  aynateur. 

Space  in  a  drug  store,  usually  located  on  the  best  comer, 
costs  money ;  and  the  cost  of  carrying  any  additional  line  must 
be  paid,  plus  a  profit  by  that  department.  The  department 
cannot  of  itself  be  profitable  by  reason  of  a  mere  showing 
of  goods,  but  like  the  soda  fountain  or  cigar  stand  may,  and 
probably  will,  be  dependent  upon  the  attention  and  thought 
given  to  the  display  of  the  articles  and  to  service  of  the 
'  customer. 

Display  of  goods  and  the  problem  of  having  just  enough 
within  reach  to  hand  out  promptly,  along  with  the  storage 
of  reserve  stock  in  less  valuable  space,  are  details  whieh 
may  be  safely  left  to  the  judgment  of  the  successful  business 
man.  But  he  must  not  forget  that  photography  and  camera 
are  almost  synonj-mous,  and  that  his  show  window  and  show 
case  must  at  all  times,  by  the  actual  display  of  cameras  them- 
selves, tell  his  patrons  he  has  a  camera  department. 

Selection  of  a  Stock 

Selection  of  a  stock  is  important.  The  druggist,  while  keep- 
ing within  the  price  limits  of  the  trade  which  he  serves, 
must  remember  that  the  more  varied  his  assortment,  and  that 
the  closer  his  stock  will  answer  the  possible  call  that  a  ctis- 
tomer  asking  for  a  catalogue  may  make,  the  moje  certain 
are  his  sales.  He  should  select  a  good  line  of  cameras,  backed 
by  a  complete  line  of  supplies,  and  carry  as  nearly  the  full 
line  of  cameras  shown  in  his  catalogue  as  capital  will  per- 
mit. If  it  is  not  possible  to  buy  all  sizes  of  each  model, 
then  he  should  at  least  have  one  size  of  each  mode!  ready 
for  inspection. 

Fibns,  papers,  plates  and  supplies,  if  only  in  small  quan- 

'  titles,  to  be  increased  as  the  demand  develops,  must  be  on 
hand  for  each  and  every  size  and  model  of  camera  in  stock 

;  and  for  the  more  popular  sizes  of  other  makers  sure  to 
be  in  demand.  Inasmuch  as  the  sizes  of  papers  and  plates 
are  standardized,  and  they  can  be  used  interchangeably  in 

1      cameras  of  ^•arious  brands,  the  selection  is  simple. 

Films  of  different  makers  are  known  in  two  ways:  by  size 

;  and  by  the  maker's  number.  The  latter  device  is  made  neces- 
sary on  account  of  variation  in  spool  fitting  for  different 
cameras  using  films  of  the  same  size,  on  account  of  variation 
in  the  number  of  exposures,  and  on  account  of  the  maker's 
disinclination  to  describe  his  films  by  the  same  series  of 

'  numbers  ah-eady  used  by  a  competitor.  The  druggist  should 
procure  a  film  list  from  every  manufacturer.  He  should 
reduce  the  descriptions  and  numbers  of  these  to  a  universal 

'  list  that  will  show  at  a  glance  which  number  of  one  brand 
will  replace  a  given  number  of  another  brand,  or  which  spool 
is  the  correct  fit  for  a  certain  camera. 

A  pharmacist  must  be  prepared  to  cater  to  two  classes  of 
trade — the  class  who  "do  the  rest  themselves,"  and  the  class 
who  expect  him  to  finish  the  pictures. 

The  trade  of  the  amateur  can  be  gained  only  by  close  atten- 
tion to  his  wants  and  by  an  earnest  effort  to  supply  him 
with  the  particular  brand  of  supplies  that  experience  has 
taught  him  will  enable  him  to  get  desired  results.  Yet,  he 
is  a  willing  experimenter,  and  will  generally  listen  to  sug- 

^  gestions,  accept  samples  for  trial,  and  permit  himself  to  be 
easily  won  over  to  a  meritorious  "new  line." 

But  the  '"snapshotter"  who  knows  nothing  about  photography. 


and  refuses  to  bother  with  finishing  his  own  pictures,  is  the 
more  difficult,  because  he  has  perhaps  been  told  that  all  he 
need  do  is  to  press  the  button  and  send  his  film-spool  to  the 
"laundry." 

Your  Own  Finishing  Department 

This  "laundry"  is  the  one  difficulty  in  the  way  of  the 
druggist.  He  should  by  all  means  try  to  arrange  for  a  "laun- 
dry," or  finishing  department,  of  his  own:  first,  because  one- 
half  or  more  of  the  prices  charged  is  profit ;  secondly,  because 
his  success  is  entirely  dependent  on  the  results  he  hands  back 
to  his  customers. 

There  is  every  reason  why  the  druggist  should  take  pic- 
tures and  encourage  each  clerk  who  may  serve  the  camera 
supply  department  to  do  likewise. 

Any  clerk  who  is  interested  can  look  after  the  finishing, 
and  give  it  individual  attention,  which  means  that  each  film 
spool  must  be  examined  as  the  pictures  appear,  and  must 
be  allowed  to  remain  in  the  solution  until  the  result  is 
obtained. 

The  "laundry"  method  of  finishing  does  more,  perhaps,  to 
discourage  the  use  of  cameras  than  any  one  thing.  Just  im- 
agine placing  a  hundred  rolls  of  film,  exposed  under  various 
light  conditions  and  on  various  subjects,  in  a  tank,  taking 
them  out  at  twenty  minutes,  say,  and  fixing  them  without 
even  an  examination !  Surely,  someone  must  be  disappointed. 
The  druggist  could,  and  would  willingly,  examine  each  of 
these  hundred  spools  once  or  twice  during  the  last  ten  min- 
utes of  development,  removing  those  which  are  fully  developed 
as  they  come  to  hand  and  permitting  others  to  stay  the  full 
twenty,  twenty-five,  or  even  thirty  minutes  to  get  all  of  the 
benefit  which  can  be  obtained.  He  might  even  separate  the 
underexposed  films  from  a  roll,  and  treat  them  separately — 
much  to  the  gratification  of  his  customer. 

Although  "laundries'  use  expensive  stone  tanks,  these  are 
not  a  necessity.  The  small  pharmacist  will  do  much  better 
to  construct  trays  of  sufficient  length  and  width  to  accom- 
modate his  films.  Wood,  well-joined  and  painted  with  acid- 
proof  paint  or  lined  with  oil  cloth,  makes  excellent  tanks. 
In  these,  the  films  may  first  be  soaked  in  water.  When  they 
are  soft  and  pliable,  the  water  is  poured  off  and  the  developer 
—of  fifteen  or  twenty-minute  speed — is  poured  over  them.  In 
this  way,  twenty  to  thirty  spools  can  be  handled  nicely  and 
matched  closely. 

Printing  Equally  Important 

Printing  must  be  quite  as  carefully  done  as  developing.  The 
paper-makers  manufacture  three  grades  because  three  grades 
are  needed  for  good  results  (only  too  often  the  "laundry" 
uses  only  one  grade,  seldom  more  than  two).  Printing  a  soft 
negative  on  hard  paper,  a  hard  one  on  soft  paper,  and  a 
normal  one  on  normal  paper,  will  get  the  results,  and  will 
require  no  greater  trouble  than  trying  to  manipulate  printing 
with  fewer  grades  in  such  a  way  as  to  obtain  presentable 
results. 

These  would  seem  reasonable  injunctions  to  the  druggists 
who  wish  to  maintain  a  photographic  department: 

Do  not  try  to  work  too  cheap — it  will  be  cheap 
work  at  best  and  not  satisfactory.  Use  good  ma- 
terials, charge  a  fair  price,  insist  on  a  fair  profit 
on  every  transaction,  but  be  sure  to  give  value 
received. 

By  all  means  have  your  imprint  or  sticker  on 
everything  you  send  out.  Deliver  your  finishing  in 
cases  having  your  imprint;  they  are  not  expensive, 
and  have  good  advertising  value. 

Above  all,  do  not  expect  to  establish  a  big-paying 
department  the  first  month.  Go  in  prepared  for  a 
long  pull  and  a  certain  amount  of  development  work. 
Do  it  conscientiously,  and  you  will  be  rewarded  by 
a  remunerative  department. 


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[August,  1915 


Louisville 
Drug  Stores 
Make  Success 
Of  Photo 
Department 

By  G.  D,  CHAIN,  Jr. 


TP.  TAYLOR  &  CO.,  who  operate  a  chain  of  six  drug 
stores  in  the  downtown  part  of  Louisville,  are  thor- 
•  oughly  impressed  with  the  desirability  of  photographic 
outfits,  supplies,  and  service  as  a  side  line.  This  department 
of  their  pharmacies  is  less  than  two  and  a  half  years  old,  but  it 
is  already  one  of  the  lustiest  divisions  of  their  business,  and 
has  several  times  outgrown  its  clothes.  The  firm  inaugur- 
ated this  section  with  an  initial  outlay  of  $2,000  to  be 
divided  among  three  stores.  Now,  the  developing  business 
alone  probably  runs  to  $8,000  or  $10,000,  and  is  constantly 
increasing.  The  experience  of  this  Louisville  company  could 
be  characteristic  of  only  a  very  large  concern,  and  as  such  it 
is  chronicled  here. 

Horace  Taylor  believes  photographic  materials  are  espe- 
cially adaptable  for  drug  store  distribution.  In  the  first  place, 
many  persons  dabble  in  picture-making.  Every  one  of  these 
persons  visits  a  pharmacy  more  or  less  frequently.  Customers 
enter  to  buy  drug  sundries,  and  fill  their  camera  needs;  con- 


Another  section  ol  photo  workshop. 


Dark  room  in  the  Taylor  store. 

versely,  they  come  for  camera  supplies,  now  that  the  depart- 
ment is  well-known,  end  remain  to  purchase  other  articles. 
Thus,  a  photographic  department  both  complements  and  is 
complemented  by  the  drug  stock.  Secondly,  films,  lenses,  and 
chemicals  seem,  by  nature  and  association,  consonant  with 
pharmacy. 

Department  Well  Advertised 

Multifarious  advertising  is  responsible  for  some  of  T.  P. 
Taylor  &  Co.'s  success  with  their  photographic  department. 
They  include  reference  to  photographic  stock  in  their  general 
advertisements,  sometimes  using  electrotypes,  and  sometimes 
merely  a  line  or  two  calling  attention  to  the  freshness  and 
cleanness  of  materials.  Window  lettering,  cards  displayed 
prominently  .in  the  store,  exhibition  of  prints,  occasional  win- 
dow displays,  and  carefully  trimmed  show  cases  are  among 
the  other  publicity  means  used.  Store  display  is  one  of  the 
most  effective  methods  of  gaining  attention  from  the  public. 
The  manv  customers  who  pass  through  tlie  pharmacy  are 
visuallv  remmded  of  their  needs  and  of  the  convenient  oppor- 
tunitv  to  satisfv  them. 

Use  Pictures  of  Current  Events 

T-  P  Tavl.ir  \:  (  I  ive  found  high  effectiveness,  too.  with 
large  pictun-^  dt  Im^il  i  lurent  events.  There  is  no  doubt  of 
the  attention-diaw  111^;  jiowLr  ot  such  prints.  Everyone  has 
seen  crowds  scanning  them  on  the  windows  of  cigar  stores. 
The  trouble  there  is  that  thev  have  nothing  to  do  with 
cigars.  .\n  observer  focuses  on  tlie  print  first  as  a  picture, 
then  as  an  event,  and  then  again  as  a  picture.  This  is  good 
psvchnlogv    lor    forwarding   a    photographic  department. 

Tavlor  stores  handle  a  standardized,  widely-advertised  line 
ot  ,  Hi!,  r  i-  till-  iiiiali'v  nt  \v!-.uh  has  already  been  impressed 
>i|M,n  ]iio^|M  (  tivi  (  usi.iiiv  i^.  1  his  might  be  considered  one  of 
ill.  ir  iMiMi.  ii\  111.  ihocls.  I  htir  cheapest  camera  sells  for  $1; 
ill.  ir  iii..-t  .  \i..  ii>ivc  for  ^iOO. 

\i  ;.i.ur  11  lilt-  cspcciallv  originals  accompanied  by  enlarge- 
1  .,.1.  11.  .Al  iliud.  Suitable  work  passing  through  the  de- 
;.i,.|mi..  .iri.ulment  IS  secured,  and  used  for  demonstration 

I '. \.  l..|.iim  and  printing,  as  it  is  done  in  tlie  Taylor  estab- 
h. I  11.111-    ..tfers  several  advantages  besides  furnishing  sub- 

I  .  -    1,1    .ii^plav.     It  contains  and  secures  a  hold  on  the 

II  1.  II  1  Mings  a  larger  profit  than  could  be  got  from  work 
l  uiiu  d  mit:  It  gives  greater  satisfaction,  by  virtue  of  in- 
creased control  over  work  in  process,  than  developing  and  print- 
ing which  IS  reassigned  on  contract. 

Requires  Eflacient  Work 
But  a  service  department  has  as  much  power  to  do  harm — 
alienating  customers  bv  inexpert  work — as  it  has  to  do  good. 
It  requires  eflicient  svstcm  and  .skilled  help.  T.  P.  Taylor  & 
Co  have  placed  an  expert  at  the  head  of  their  laboratory, 
and  have  provided  him  with  throe  assistants.  When  a  patron 
wishes  advice  as  well  as  supplies  it  is  readily  available. 


News  AND  Trade  Section 


Mostly  Personal 


Druggist  on  One  Corner  39  Years 

IX  business  on  one  corner  since  1S76,  A.  C.  Bayles,  owner 
and  manager  of  the  Bayles  Pharmacy,  299  iMain  street, 
Port  Washington,  X.  V.,  has  developed  his  business  from 
a  little  combination  drug  and  shoe  store  in  a  one  story  wooden 
building  to  both  a  drug  and  a  shoe  store  in  a  handscmc  three- 


The  Bayles  Pharmacy  at  Port  Washington,  N.  Y. 


stor>-  block.  Either  business,  as  it  exists  today,  would  be 
a  credit  to  the  life  work  of  any  man. 

Forty-three  years  ag3  Mr.  Bayles  chose  the  site  of  his  pres- 
ent store  in  what  was  then  the  center  of  the  little  town,  as 
the  best  place  to  establish  a  shoe  business.  Four  years  later 
the  necessities  of  the  town  demanded  that  it  have  a  drug 
store  and  Mr.  Bayles  responded  to  the  demand.  One-half 
•of  his  store  was  devoted  to  drugs  and  the  other  half  to  shoes. 

In  1900,  just  as  Mr.  Bayles  was  planning  to  enlarge  his 
-drug  business  to  the  exclusion  of  the  shoe  store,  the  entire 
store  burned  down.  He  moved  to  a  little  building  on  the 
other  comer  of  the  lot  where  he  continued  to  do  business 
until  last  June. 

The  present  store,  housed  in  the  three-story  brick  build- 
ing built  by  Mr.  Bayles,  is  said  to  be  the  finest  drug  store 
on  Long  Island  outside  of  Brooklyn.  The  main  store,  which 
is  32  by  55  feet,  is  fitted  with  mahogany  fixtures  and  has 
four  large  plate  glass  display  windows.  In  the  r°ar  of  the 
store  is  a  thirty-foot  prescription  room  :iii<l  nftl':.-.  wh.ile  the 
basement  furnishes  a  large,  light  and  'Ir-        i  rn,,m 

The  well  appointed  shoe  store  which  Mi  ''.i  I  s  now  owns 
is  entirely  separate  from  the  drug  business  wiih  the  exception 
of  a  small  door  between  the  two  stores  in  the  back  so  that 
it  is  not  necessary  to  go  outdoors  to  pass  from  one  to  the 
other.  Residents  of  Port  Washington  say  that  Mr.  Bayles 
has  the  best  shoe  store  as  well  as  the  best  drug  business  in 
town. 

Associated  with  Mr.  Bayles  in  the  management  of  the 
business  is  his  son,  Alfred  H.  Bayles,  who  has  made  a  study 
of  toxins.  The  Bayles  Pharmacy  makes  a  specialty  of  its 
biological  department  and  carries  a  complete  line  of  anti- 
toxins. 


Conducts  Summer  Drug  Stores 

DURING  six  weeks  from  the  first  of  July  to  the  last  of 
August,  the  D.  H.  Hills  Drug  Co.,  of  which  D.  H. 
Hills  of  Spring  Lake,  N.  J.,  is  the  chief  stockholder, 
doubles  the  number  of  its  stores  from  two  to  four  and  more 
than  doubles  the  amount  of  its  business.  The  D.  H.  Hills 
-company  was  formed  in  1894  when  !Mr.  Hills  bought  out  the 


only  druggist  in  Spring  Lake.  Two  years  later  Mr.  Hills  con- 
ceived the  idea  of  increasing  his  business  during  the  summer 
to  cater  to  the  large  transient  population,  for  Spring  Lake  is  a 
favorite  resort  for  hundreds  of  well-to-do  X^ew  Yorkers.  To  this 
end,  Mr.  Hills  fitted  up  a  complete  drug  store  at  the  south  end 
of  the  town  near  the  hotels,  which  was  to  be  open  only  from  the 
first  of  June  until  Labor  day.  The  plan  was  a  success  and  the 
business  prospered.  In  1911  Mr.  Hills  bouglit  out  a  permanent 
store  in  Bradley  Beach,  a  near-by  resort,  and  a  year  later  opened 
a  second  summer  store  at  Bayhead,  N.  J.  Associated  with  Mr. 
Hills  in  the  business  are  the  managers  of  the  branch  stores. 

i\Ir.  Hills  explained  that  his  summer  stores  are  as  fully 
equipped  and  ready  for  all  kinds  of  business  as  the  all  the 


One  of  the  Hills'  summer  drug  stores. 


year  round  stores.  Each  store  has  a  complete  prescription  de- 
partment with  two  registered  pharmacists  in  attendance.  Each 
has  a  soda  fountain,  a  camera  department,  a  rubber  goods  de- 
partment and  every  other  department  found  in  well  organized 
drug  stores.  The  only  difference  is  that  the  fixtures  in  the 
summer  stores  are  buffet  fixtures  which  can  be  easily  removed 
or  replaced. 

The  original  store  at  Spring  Lake  is  the  central  distributing 
point  and  from  here  by  means  of  an  automobile  delivery  service 
the  branch  stores  in  the  three  towns  are  kept  supplied  with 
merchandise.  This  same  auto  delivery  service  also  insures  to 
the  customers  the  prompt  delivery  of  telephone  orders  which 
are  too  large  to  be  delivered  by  the  bicycle-boy  delivery  which 
Mr.  Hills  also  employs.  Mr.  Hills  finds  his  best  selling  side 
lines  to  be  cameras,  stationery  and  confections.  A  large  lending 
library  serves  to  draw  trade  to  the  main  store. 

Mr.  Hills  says  that  his  hardest  work  is  the  breaking  in  of 
new  men  for  the  branch  stores  each  summer.  During  this 
period  he  has  to  employ  twice  as  much  help  as  the  ordinary  all 
the  year  around  druggist  and  he  pays  them  one  third  more.  At 
that,  it  is  difficult  to  find  men  who  are  willing  to  take  work 
for  such  a  short  period.  Mr.  Hills  keeps  a  large  force  of  men 
in  his  main  store  during  the  entire  year  and  these  he  sends  to 
the  branch  stores  in  the  summer  and  keeps  his  new  clerks 
where  he  may  keep  his  eye  on  them. 

Personal  service  and  individuality  are  the  watch  words  of 
Mr.  Plills.  His  stores  are  distinctive  in  themselves  and  when 
the  customer  enters  he  is  made  to  feel  that  the  entire  service 
of  the  store  is  at  his  disposal.  Through  his  long  experience 
Mr.  Hills  has  learned  to  know  many  of  his  summer  customers 
personally  and  he  takes  particular  pains  to  remember  their 
preferences  from  year  to  year. 

In  Spring  Lake,  which  in  winter  has  a  population  of  about 
1,000  persons,  Mr.  Hills  has  a  monopoly  of  the  drug  business 
but  in  Bradley  Beach  and  Bayhead  he  has  to  meet  the  compe- 
tition of  other  druggists. 


A.  .\.  Wasserscheid,  sales  manager  of  the  New  York  branch 
of  the  Mallinckrodt  Chemical  Works,  of  St.  Louis,  is  spending 
his  vacation  at  Lake  Otsego,  New  York. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[August,  1915 


"SAM"  FOOT  JOINS  McKESSON  &  BOBBINS 

Samuel  A.  Foot,  well  known  druggists'  sundryman,  is  now 
connected  in  an  official  capacity  with  the  executive  staff  of 
the  fancy  goods  and  sundries  department  of  McKesson  & 
Robbins,  New  York.  He  has  been  a  "sundries  man"  for 
twenty-seven  years,  having  worked  up  through  all  ths  steps 
of  errand  boy,  traveling  salesman,  buyer 
and  manager.  He  is  known  nationally 
as  a  sundries  expert. 

"Sam"  Foot  was  born  in  Harrisburg, 
Pa.,  October  24,  1866.  He  is  a  son 
of  the  late  Major  Alfred  Foot,  14th 
Infantry,  U.  S.  A.,  and  his  boyhood  was 
spent  in  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  and  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  When  in  his  teens  he  was 
given  an  appointment  to  the  U.  S.  Naval 
Academy  at  Annapolis  by  the  late  Presi- 
dent Arthur,  who  was  a  close  friend 
of  his  grandfather,  the  late  Hon.  Sam- 
uel A.  Foot  of  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  judge  of 
the  Court  of  Appeals,  State  of  New 
York.  He  had  to  decline  this  appoint- 
ment on  account  of  his  health,  and  in 
1886  went  West,  where  he  remained  for  two  years,  being  at- 
tached to  the  topographical  department  of  the  United  States 
Geological  Survey  in  Colorado  and  Arizona.  After  that  he 
came  East,  and  at  the  suggestion  of  John  H.  White,  at  that 
time  superintendent  of  Bradstreel's  Mercantile  Agency,  began 
in  the  drug  business  with  the  old  New  York  firm  of  Hazard, 
Hazard  &  Co.  During  his  career  he  has  been  successfully 
connected  with  the  following  wholesale  drug  jobbers:  J.  Labadie 
Sucrs  y  Cia,  Mexico  City;  San  Antonio  Drug  Company,  San 
Antonio,  Texas;  Behrens  Drug  Company,  Waco,  Texas,  and 
for  the  last  nine  years  was  manager  of  the  sundries  depart- 
ment of  Lehn  &  Fink,  New  York,  which  he  built  up  from  a 
small  department  to  one  of  the  most  complete  and  successful 
in  the  country.  Now  McKesson  &  Robbins,  one  of  the  oldest 
and  best  known  di'ug  jobbing  houses  in  the  United  States,  hav- 
ing been  established  in  1833,  has  availed  itself  of  Air.  Foot's 
services. 

He  is  receiving  the  congratulations  of  a  multitude  of  friends 
in  the  trade,  all  of  whom  wish  him  success  in  Jiis  new 
connection. 


'Sam"  Foot 


PERSONAL  MENTION 

— T.  B.  Cartmell,  for  more  than  thirty  years  one  of  the 
leading  druggists  of  Wilmington,  Del.,  and  actively  identified 
with  ihe  N.  A.  R.  D.  movement  in  its  early  years,  has 
announced  that  he  is  about  to  retire  from  the  drug  business 
and  devote  his  entire  attention  to  the  affairs  of  the  Cartmell 
Paint  &  Glass  Company  of  which  he  is  president,  the  latter 
business  having  grown  to  such  proportions  that  he  has  no 
longer  room  for  continuing  his  drug  store.  Mr.  Cartmell 
was  born  in  Brandywine,  not  more  than  four  miles  from 
Wilmington,  whither  he  went  in  his  younger  days,  entering 
the  employ  of  the  Late  E.  T.  Dilworth,  and  from  whom  he 
learned  the  drug  business.  In  1884  he  bought  an  interest  in 
the  business  from  his  employer,  becoming  sole  proprietor  in 
1887.  He  developed  rapidly,  and  in  1890  enlarged  the  build- 
ing to  its  present  size.  In  1906  he  organized  the  Cartmell 
Paint  &  Glass  Company. 

— Dr.  a.  R.  L.  Dohme.  president  of  Sharp  &  Dohme,  the 
Baltimore  manufacturing  pharmacists,  has  started  on  a  trip 
of  the  Far  West,  which  will  take  him  practically  from  the 
borders  of  Mexico  into  British  Columbia,  to  the  Pacific 
Ocean,  and  to  the  Panama  Exposition.  His  wife  and  two 
daughters  accompany  him.  He  will  be  gone  for  several  moiiths 
and  will  visit  every  point  of  interest  in  the  Far  West,  includ- 
ing the  Grand  Canyon  of  the  Colorado,  the  Yellowstone 
Park,  and  every  other  great  natural  curiosity.  While  Dr. 
Dohme's  trip  cannot  be  called  one  of  "See  America  First," 
he  having  made  journeys  to  every  country  of  Europe  before, 
none  the  less  he  felt  that  every  American  who  goes  traveling 
ought  to  be  able  to  say  he  has  seen  the  beauties  of  his  own 
country. 

— Stanley  G.  Wiles,  proprietor  of  a  drug  store  at  1744 
Broadway,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  was  perhaps  fatally  shot  through 


the  left  lung  and  right  wrist  by  an  unmasked  hold-up  man 
on  the  evening  of  June  9.  The  assailant  was  accompanied 
by  an  accomplice.  The  druggist  and  his  clerk  were  ordered 
to  throw  up  their  hands,  but  Wiles  grappled  with  his  assailant, 
when  the  accomplice  dashed  into  the  store  and  fired  at  the 
druggist,  one  of  the  bullets  passing  through  his  chest  just 
above  the  heart  and  coming  out  below  his  left  shoulder  blade. 
The  druggist,  who  is  about  30  years  of  age,  was  removed  to 
the  General  Hospital  in  a  serious  condition. 

—Burton  T.  Bush,  for  seven  years  vice-president  of  the 
Antoine  Chiris  Company,  the  American  branch  of  the  house 
of  Chiris,  has  been  elected  president  to  succeed  C.  G.  Euler, 
recently  retired.  The  board  of  directors  of  this  company 
also  announce  that  the  company  has  been  expanded  to  include 
three  additional  members,  George  Antoine  Chiris,  P.  S.  Cunis- 
set,  and  Frederick  R.  Chamberlain.  P.  S.  Cunisset  is  a 
brother-in-law  of  Mr.  Chiris  and  a  grandson  of  Sadi  Car- 
not,  former  President  of  France.  Although  he  will  continue 
to  reside  in  France,  Mr.  Cunisset  will  hold  the  office  of  vice- 
president  of  the  Antoine  Chiris  Company. 

— Joseph  Plaut,  who  succeeded  the  late  Albert  Plaut  as 
president  of  Lehn  &  Fink,  New  York,  took  a  boat  for  Albany 
on  July  17,  whence  he  began  a  two  weeks'  motor  trip 
through  the  Adirondacks  and  the  Berkshires.  His  party 
consists  of  four  persons,  including  himself  and  Mrs.  Plaut. 
Mr.  Plaut  has  been  steadily  "on  the  job"  every  day  except 
Sunday  since  his  return  from  a  trip  to  Europe  last  Sep- 
tember. 

— Theodore  F.  Hagexow,  who  for  the  last  fifteen  years  has 
had  a  drug  store  at  1500  Chouteau  avenue,  St.  Louis,  and 
who  has  been  prominently  identified  with  N.  A.  R.  D.  work, 
will  open  a  new  pharmacy  at  Grand  and  Lafayette  avenues, 
which  will  be  turned  over  to  two  of  his  sons,  who  have  been 
attending  the  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy. 

— T.  W.  Thiesen,  head  of  the  Red  Cross  drug  stores  in 
Kenosha  and  Racine,  Wis.,  was  elected  mayor  of  Racine  in 
one  of  the  hottest  elections  ever  known  in  that  city.  Mr. 
Thiesen  won  over  Dr.  J.  S.  Keech,  who  had  the  support 
of  the  retiring  mayor,  by  241  votes. 

— Frank  L.  5pear,  of  Spear  &  Buswell,  proprietors  of  the 
Globe  Pharmacy,  Fairbury,  Neb.,  was  recently  married  at  Kan- 
sas City  to  Miss  Vivian  T.  Rush,  of  Topeka,  Kansas.  They 
will  make  their  home  at  Fairbury. 

—Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley,  dean  of  the  St.  Louis  College  of 
Pharmacy,  was  the  recipient  of  the  honorary  degree  of  master 
of  pharmacy  at  the  recent  commencement  exercises  of  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 

• — State  Senator  Whl  Brookley,  of  Edgar,  Nebr.,  who  as 
president  called  to  order  the  recent  annual  convention  of  the 
Nebraska  State  Ph.  A.,  has  been  appointed  to  the  State  Board 
of  Examiners.   He  will  succeed  J.  Earle  Harper,  of  Spencer. 

—Daniel  R.  Jones,  of  the  Daniel  R.  Jones  Company,  Mil- 
waukee, Wis.,  is  recovering  from  a  serious  illness.  ^Ir.  Jones 
was  confined  to  the  Milwaukee  hospital  for  several  weeks, 
suffering  with  septicemia. 

— J.  S.  CONKLIN,  druggist  of  Peshtigo,  Wis.,  is  entirely  re- 
covered from  a  serious  attack  of  pneumonia.  He  is  more 
than  80  years  old. 

— C.  R.  Taggart,  River  Falls,  Wis.,  recently  celebrated  the 
thirty-second  anniversary  of  his  connection  with  the  drug  busi- 
ness at  that  place. 

—Herbert  Baker,  druggist,  .\llegan,  Mich.,  recently  pur- 
chased a  motor  delivery  car  and  will  tour  the  countay  district 
of  Allegan  county  selling  drugs. 

— A.  A.  Karlin,  formerly  with  Frederick  Steams  &  Co, 
Detroit,  has  joined  the  sales  force  of  the  Norwich  Pharmacal 
Company. 


PUBLISH  ROUTE  BOOK  OF  PHILADELPHIA 

Smith.  Kline  &  French  Company,  wholesale  druggists,  429- 
435  Arch  street  and  105-115  North  Fifth  street.  Philadelphia, 
have  published  a  little  booklet  containing  a  route  list,  ar- 
ranged by  car  lines,  of  the  druggists  in  Philadelphia  and 
Camden.  They  are  issuing  this  booklet  gratis  to  any  repre- 
sentatives of  dealers  who  contemplate  working  the  trade  in 
that  territory. 


August,  1915] 


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Obituaries 


LAZARUS  MAEMOR 

Lazarus  Marmor,  for  the  past  thirteen  years  a  pharmacist  at 
137  Ninth  avenue,  New  York,  died  recently.  He  was  born 
in  Russia  49  years  ago.  .^fter  grading  from  the  technical  high 
school,  he  studied  medicine  and  pharmacy,  becoming  an  as- 
sistant surgeon  in  the  Russian  health  department.  In  1893 
he  came  to  New  York  and  on  becoming  licensed,  opened  a 
store  at  19  Ludlow  street,  which  he  conducted  for  five  years, 
going  from  thence  to  his  store  in  Ninth  avenue.  He  was  an 
active  member  of  the  New  York  Retail  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion for  many  years  and  a  leading  spirit  in  its  organization 
work,  serving  a  number  of  terms  as  its  secretary,  and  also 
as  president.  He  was  a  member  of  the  New  York  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association.  A  widow  and  tliree  children  sur- 
vive, his  oldest  daughter  being  a  graduated  physician. 

RECENT  DEATHS 

— R.\LPH  JosL\H  \'.'VN  A'CORHIES,  72,  Sacramento,  Cal.,  dropped 
dead  of  heart  failure.  He  was  one  of  the  Sacramento  pio- 
neers and  went  from  New  Jersey  in  1S55.  Shortly  after  his 
arrival  in  Sacramento  he  went  to  Placerville,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  drug  business,  which  business  he  conducted  for 
more  than  twenty  years.  He  owned  and  in  other  years  ope- 
rated drug  stores  in  other  California  cities.  He  was  reputed  to 
be  wealthy.  He  was  a  director  in  the  Sacramento  \'alley 
Bank  &  Trust  Company,  treasurer  of  the  A.  A.  Van  \'oorhies 
Company,  and  w^as  treasurer  of  Sacramento  Commandery,  No. 
2,  Knights  Templars.  He  was  a  member  of  the  JNIasonic 
lodge  and  the  Mystic  Shriners. 

— Dr.  L1.V.IS  Sherxl\x,  president  of  the  Jewett  &  Sherman 
Company,  wholesale  spices,  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  and  proprietor 
of  a  homeopathic  pharmacy  at  448  Jackson  street,  died  at  his 
home  at  170  Mason  street,  after  an  illness  which  had  extended 
over  four  months.  He  was  bom  in  Rupert,  Bennington  coun- 
ty, Vermont,  in  1843,  and  was  a  graduate  of  Union  College, 
and  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  New  York. 
In  1878  he  published,  "Therapeutics  and  Materia  Medica."  A 
son,  Lewis  Sherman,  Jr.,  and  three  daughters  survive  him 

— Dr.  Fr.\xcis  Augvstus  Temii,  49,  and  instructor  at  St. 
Louis  University,  St.  Louis,  died  June  26  at  his  home,  5115 
Page  boulevard.  He  was  an  author  of  te.xt  books.  He  had 
been  confined  to  his  bed  since  February  with  a  complica- 
tion of  diseases.  He  leaves  three  children,  and  four  brothers, 
three  of  the  later  being  pharmacists,  and  a  sister.  His  wife 
died  in  1909.  Dr.  Temm  graduated  from  Christian  Brothers 
College,  and  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy. 

— J.  C.  Grtpfix,  about  50,  Dade  City,  Fla.,  died  in  a 
hospital  at  Atlanta,  where  he  went  for  treatment  for  ab- 
scess of  the  stomach.  He  had  been  identified  with  business 
interests  in  his  city  for  a  number  of  years,  having  been 
president  of  the  Griffin  Drug  Company  and  the  Pasco  Coun- 
ty Hardware  Supply  Company.  He  was  a  member  of  the  city 
coimcil,  and  was  high  in  Masonic  circles.  He  was  born  at 
Bainbridge,  Ga. 

— A.  E.  Lapham,  for  many  years  druggist  and  postmaster 
at  Nekoosa,  Wis.,  died  recently  at  his  home  in  Grand  Rapids, 
Wis.,  at  the  age  of  62  years.  He  was  born  at  Lincoln,  Wis. 
After  his  marriage  to  Miss  Susan  A.  W'inegar,  in  1878  he 
moved  to  Narlett,  S.  D.,  where  he  conducted  a  pharmacy,  later 
continuing  at  Westfield,  Wis.  In  1893  he  opened  a  drug 
store  at  Nekoosa,  Wis.,  where  he  remained  until  about  a  year 
ago,  when  he  retired.    A  son  and  daughter  survive. 

— George  L-ajham  Page,  46,  Rochester,  N.  V.,  died  at  his 
home,  256  Oxford  street.  His  wife,  parents  and  a  sister 
survive  him.  He  came  to  Rochester  from  Geneva  Jt  ihe  age 
of  14  years  and  soon  identified  himself  with  pharmacy.  At 
one  time  he  was  a  member  of  Tupper  &  Page,  Monroe  ave- 
nue druggists.  Later  he  assumed  the  management  of  the 
Kline  Drug  Company. 

— Robert  P.  Golden,  37,  of  Leominster,  Mass.,  died  at  the 
home  of  his  parents  of  Bright's  disease  after  an  illness  of 
about  two  years.    He  was  a  clerk  with  F.  P.  Porter,  of  Leo- 


minster, for  about  five  years,  and  then  went  into  business  for 
himself,  conducting  a  drug  store  under  the  name  of  the 
Golden  Pharmacy.  His  parents  and  a  brother  and  sister 
survive  him. 

— WiLLL\M  A.  LowRY,  57,  East  Hartford,  Conn.,  died  of  a 
complication  of  diseases.  He  had  been  ill  for  six  weeks.  Mr. 
Lowry  had  conducted  a  drug  store  in  East  Hampton  for 
more  than  27  years.  During  1885  to  1889  and  1892  and  1896 
he  was  postmaster  of  his  town.  He  was  twice  married,  and 
there  were  two  children  by  the  first  union. 

— A.  MORSMAN,  for  several  years  a  well  known  merchant 
of  Wichita,  Kans.,  having  been  associated  in  that  city  with 
the  late  Col.  William  Inness,  died  suddenly  at  his  home  in 
Falls  City,  Nebr.,  of  apoplexy.  Mr.  Morsman  left  Wichita 
about  eight  years  ago,  moving  to  Falls  City,  where  he  owned 
a  drug  store  at  the  time  of  his  death.    A  widow  survives. 

— Benjamin  W.  Paton,  59,  Southbridge,  Mass.,  died  re- 
cently of  Bright's  disease,  from  which  he  had  been  suffering 
for  six  years.  He  was  born  in  Southbridge  and  always  lived 
there.  Since  1875  he  had  been  in  the  drug  business  for  him- 
self.   He  was  a  Mason.    A  widow  survives. 

— Frank  Yott,  Ypsilanti,  Mich.,  died  July  4  in  a  sanitarium. 
He  at  one  time  attended  the  Normal  School,  was  a  graduate 
of  the  University  of  Michigan  College  of  Pharmacy,  ar.d  was 
for  some  years  in  business  at  Wayne  before  locating  at  Ypsi- 
lanti 11  years  ago.    His  widow  survives. 

— Dr.  K.  A.  Norderling,  Rockford,  111.,  died  at  Paxton,  III. 
He  was  at  one  time  connected  with  Worthington  &  Slade, 
Rockford,  as  a  druggist.  He  later  became  a  physician.  He 
had  been  ill  for  ten  years,  but  in  recent  months  his  decline 
had  been  rapid. 

— Frank  E.  Wallick,  44,  died  in  a  Pueblo,  Col.,  hospital, 
following  a  three  months'  illness.  He  was  a  druggist  and  had 
operated  a  store  at  the  Mesa  Junction  for  several  years.  He 
was  a  32-degree  Mason  and  was  active  in  lodge  work.  A 
widow  and  two  children  survive. 

— L.  H.  Beal,  53,  for  26  years  a  resident  of  Tacoma,  Wash., 
and  for  several  years  a  chemist  with  office  in  the  Fidel- 
ity building,  died  in  a  Tacoma  hospital.  By  training  he  was 
a  pharmacist.  Death  followed  a  long  illness.  He  was  a 
member  of  Lodge  No.  435,  Loyal  Order  of  Moose. 

— Frank  C.  StJTPHEN,  42,  for  many  years  a  prominent  busi- 
ness man  of  Helena,  Mont.,  died  suddenly  at  the  Hotel  Dil- 
ler,  Seattle,  Wash.  He  owned  a  large  drug  store  in  Helena. 
His  widow  survives. 

— Mr.  Caroline  L.  Walman  died  at  her  home  in  Dunkirk, 
Ind.,  after  a  two  months'  illness.  She  had  conducted  a  drug 
store  in  that  city  for  the  past  twelve  years.  Two  daughters 
survive. 

— Paul  Herge.sheimer,  Rochester,  Minn.,  for  20  years  in  the 
drug  business  of  that  city,  died  suddenly  of  heart  failure.  He 
was  45  years  of  age.    A  widow  and  four  sons  survive. 

— Frank  M.  Billings,  43,  druggist  of  Leola,  S.  D  ,  died 
July  2  after  a  sudden  sickness.  His  wife  died  several  years 
ago  and  they  had  no  children. 

— Emelius  Godfred  Hanson,  50,  of  Eureka,  Utah,  died  of 
kidney  and  liver  trouble.  His  widow  and  a  daughter  survive 
him. 

— Harry  W.  Schuh,  63,  Cairo,  111.,  vice-president  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  Schuh  Drug  Company,  died  of  apoplexy 
while  working  in  his  laboratory. 

— George  A.  Frey,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  died  at  his  home.  He 
was  born  in  Germany.    The  widow  survives. 

— Edwin  C.  Litchfield,  for  33  years  a  druggist  at  Flmt, 
Mich.,  died  at  his  home. 

— Pryor  W.  Fitts,  druggist,  of  Dalton,  Ga.,  died  following 
a  long  illness.    His  widow  and  two  daughters  survive  him. 


War  and  Hard  Times  Don't  Affect  Elcaya  Co, 

James  C.  Crane,  proprietor  of  the  Elcaya  toilet  preparations, 
announces  that  two  new  articles  will  soon  be  added  to  the 
Elcaya  line.  In  spite  of  the  war  and  dull  season,  this  com- 
pany has  continued  its  progressive  policy  and  as  a  lesult  is 
able  to  say  that  the  business  for  the  first  six  months  of 
1915  has  been  in  excess  of  the  corresponding  period  for  several 
preceding  years. 


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[August,  1915 


The  sales  force  of  the  Canklin 
BIG  YEAR  FOR  CAMERAS 

By  F.  K.  TOWNSEND 

General  Manager,  Seneca  Catnera  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

One  business  in  this  country  is  booming.  Whatever  the 
cause  may  be — the  spirit  of  unrest,  the  enforced  leisure  of  a 
lot  of  people,  or  the  sudden  development  of  the  artistic  tem- 
perament— the  fact  remains  that  the  camera  business  is  booming. 

All  over  the  country  the  sales  of  cameras,  photographic  sup- 
plies, and  all  that  goes  to  make  the  business  of  equipping  photo- 
graphers, amateurs  as  well  as  professionals,  is  seeing  a  great 
season.  Undoubtedly  columns  could  be  written  ascribing  reasons 
for  the  sudden  reawakening  in  picture  taking,  but  the  real 
point  of  interest  to  the  druggist  is  that  the  picture-taking 
fad  is  here  again  in  full  force  and  added  vigor. 

Accordingly  if  you  are  not  a  regularly  accredited  agent  of 
some  one  of  the  big  photographic  establishments,  gentle  reader, 
you  had  better  line  up  right  away.  These  agencies  are  be- 
coming more  and  more  valuable  all  the  time,  by  reason  of 
the  great  profit  they  yield  the  druggist,  and  the  little  time 
required  to  handle  the  goods  as  a  side  line. 

The  real  secret  of  this  i:ew  interest  in  amateur  photography 
is  undoubtedly  due  to  the  fact  that  all  processes  of  picture- 
taking  and  picture-making  (by  which  we  mean  developing  and 
printing)  have  become  so  simplified  that  the  novice  becomes  a 
master  with  ease  and  expedition. 

Naturally,  we  are  very  much  gratified  at  the  unusual  interest 
shown  by  prospective  dealers,  but  more  than  all  else  are  we 
pleased  with  the  way  small  agents  made  last  year  are  reorder- 
ing month  by  month.  All  the  smaller  as  well  as  the  larger 
dealers  are  doing  a  good  business,  even  in  the  newer  sections 
of  the  country.  Among  other  things  this  shows  that  the  fight 
for  simplified  photography  has  been  successful;  that  amateur 
photography  is  not  the  pursuit  of  the  rich,  but  is  now 
become  the  pleasure  of  all  mankind. 

"Columbia"  Whiting  and  Filler 

The  Columbia  Products  Company,  1012  Garfield  building, 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  has  become  the  exclusive  sales  agent  for 
the  whiting  and  filler  which  were  formerly  handled  by  the 
offices  of  the  Columbia  Chemical  Company  and  the  National 
Whiting  Company.  These  products  will  hereafter  be  known 
under  the  trade  names  of  "Columbia  Whiting"  and  ''Colum- 
bia Filler,"  The  Columbia  Products  Company  states  that  the 
same  high  standard  will  be  maintained  in  the  manufacture 

of  these  products.   

Booklet  on  "Premature  Old  Age" 

The  Berlin  Laboratory,  Ltd.,  373  Fmirtli  avnnie.  New  York 
City,  has  published  a  booklet  for  distribut ion  by  druggists,  en- 
titled, "Premature  Old  Age."  Its  author  is  Dr.  .\.  V.  de  Sousa, 
physician  to  the  American  .Embassador  and  British  Embassy 
at  Dresden.  The  booklet  describes  the  Metchnikoff  treatment 
for  iiitr^i  inril  poisoning  and  "Inte.sti-Fermin"  tablets  which 
111'  I'.riliii  1  ;ilinralniy,  Ltd.,  is  advertising  in  the  magazines 
as  ",i  SI  i.  Ill  il'ir  food  for  health  and  long  life."  A  folder  giv- 
ing prices  ti)  the  retail  drug  trade  has  also  been  published  and 
will  be  mailed  upon  request. 


Pen  Manufacturing  Company. 

CONVENTION  OF  CONKLIN  SALESMEN 

A  convention  of  its  salesmen  was  held  by  the  Conklin  Pen 
Manufacturing  Company  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  July  14,  15,  16 
and  17.  Several  speakers  of  note  in  the  business  world  were 
present  in  addition  to  the  sales  force  and  executives  of  the 
company. 

All  salesmen  east  of  the  Mississippi  river  were  present  as 
well  as  C.  A.  Delzell  of  Delzell  Bros.,  Western  sales  agents, 
of  Denver,  Colo. 

The  meeting  was  in  charge  of  C.  C.  Cobb,  secretary  and 
sales  manager  of  the  company.  Among  the  speakers  outside 
of  the  company  were  H.  S.  McCormack,  sales  and  efficiency 
expert  of  the  Business  Bourse,  Inc.,  New  York;  A.  W.  Thomp- 
son of  N.  W.  Ayer  &  Son,  advertising  agency,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  and  Carroll  H.  Dunning,  window  display  expert  of  the 
Displays  Company,  New  York. 

The  Conklin  self-filling  fountain  pen  is  the  original  and 
most  widely  known  self-filler  manufactured.  The  sales  of 
the  company  for  the  first  half  of  1915  were  fully  up  to  the 
estimates  made  at  the  beginning  of  the  year  and  this  meet- 
ing was  held  particularly  to  discuss  and  outline  sales  and  ad- 
vertising plans  to  cope  with  the  increased  business  that  the  com- 
pany feels  is  sure  to  come  with  the  return  of  prosperity  and 
the  outlook  for  enormous  crops  this  fall. 

The  Conklin  people  feel  that  the  hand  to  mouth  buying 
which  has  been  done  by  retail  merchants  will  soon  be  discon- 
tinued and  that  larger  orders  will  be  placed.  "With  the  steel 
mills  working  almost  to  maximum  capacity  and  the  optimistic 
view  that  the  war  may  not  possibly  continue  much  longer 
and  that  when  it  ends  this  company  will  see  the  grandest  oppor- 
tunity for  the  expansion  of  trade  that  it  has  ever  seen,  busi- 
ness cannot  help  but  boom,"  said  ISlr.  Cobb  in  discussing  the 

convention.   

PARKE,  DAVIS  &  CO.  ENTERTAIN 

Nine  hundred  and  fifty-four  druggists,  from  sixteen  States 
and  the  District  of  Columbia,  were  recently  entertained  by 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  at  tlieir  Detroit  laboratories.  They  came 
together  for  a  two-days'  visit,  four  special  trains  and  a  boat 
from  Cleveland  being  required  to  transport  them. 

The  first  day  was  given  over  to  an  inspection  of  the  plant, 
half  of  the  party  spending  fhe  morning  in  the  research  laboratory 
and  the  afternoon  in  the  manufacturing  departments,  the  other 
half  reversing  the  procedure.  In  the  evening  the  company 
was  banqueted  at  the  new  Hotel  Statler.  speeches  being  nade 
by  various  officers  of  the  Detroit  staff  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co., 
as  well  as  by  several  members  of  the  visiting  party,  represent- 
ing Washington,  Pittsburgh  and  other  cities. 

The  second  day  was  devoted  to  a  boat  ride  to  Marine 
City.  Midi.,  via  tlie  Detroit  river  and  Lake  St.  Clair,  a  mag- 
nificent waterway  that  abounds  in  beautiful  scenery  and  in- 
cludes among  other  points  of  interest  tlie  widely  known  St. 
Clair  Flats,  sometimes  referred  to  as  "The  Venice  of  America." 
While  Parke.  Davis  &  Co.  have  been  entertaining  visiting  parties 
for  many  years,  it  is  safe  to  say  that  this  occasion  surpassed 
in  interest  and  value  any  similar  evejit  in  the  historj-  of  the 
houae. 


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Stevens  Bill  Endorsed 

by  New  York  Druggists 

Investigation  of  Proceedings  of  Price  Standardization 
Committee  of  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  U.  S.  is 
Demanded  at  Buffalo  Convention 

With  several  hundred  druggists  in  attendance  the  thirty-sev- 
enth annual  convention  of  the  New  York  Pharmaceutical  as- 
sociation was  held  in  Buffalo  June  29  to  July  2,  incl  isive. 

The  members  of  the  association  insisted  uimn  r-  'Uctinn 
President  Arthur  S.  Wardle  of  Hudson.  The  ofik.is  for 
the  ensuing  year  are: 

Artliur  S.  Wardle  of  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  president;  Elmer  E. 
Chilson  of  Rochester,  1st  vice-president;  Richard  A.  Austin  of 
Cairo,  2d  vice-president;  John  T.  Stoddart  of  Buffalo,  3d  vice- 
president;  Edward  S.  Dawson  of  Syracuse,  secretary;  Frank  S. 
Richardson  of  Cambridge,  treasurer;  executive  committee; 
Charles  N.  Lehman,  Staten  Island;  Dr.  Joseph  Weinstein,  New 
York  City;  George  S.  Slade,  Oneonta. 

During  the  four  days'  session  of  the  drug  men  a  great  deal 
of  important  work  was  done.  Probably  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant things  of  the  convention  was  tlie  passage  of  a  resolu- 
tion endorsing  the  Stevens  price  maintenance  bill.  Incidental 
to  the  passage  of  this  resolution  the  association  went  on  record 
condemning  the  National  Chamber  of  Commerce  for  its  alleged 
plan  to  disapprove  of  the  bill.  So  strong  was  the  sentiment  of 
the  meeting  that  a  resolution  by  Jacob  H.  Rehfuss  of  Brooklyn 
passed  unanimously,  the  gist  of  the  same  being  that  a 
rumored  change  in  the  personnel  of  the  chamber's  price  stand- 
ardization committee — for  the  alleged  purpose  of  reversing  the 
chamber's  stand  on  price  standardization — should  be  investi- 
gated, and  if  founded  on  truth  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  should  sever 
its  connection  with  the  former  body. 

A  Discrimination  Alleged 

Another  resolution  introduced  by  !Mr.  Rehfuss,  which  was 
also  adopted,  was  to  the  effect  that  T.  D.  No.  2213,  pievent- 
ing  the  renewal  of  prescriptions  containing  narcotics,  no  mat- 
ter how  minute  the  quantity,  while  at  the  same  time  aliowiftg 
the  unrestricted  sale  to  the  public  of  patent  and  pr.-^prietary 
medicines,  if  within  the  limits  prescribed  by  the  exemption 
clause,  was  a  discrimination  against  the  legitimate  prac- 
tice of  pharmacy  in  favor  of  the  patent  and  proprietary  inter- 
ests. The  resolution  further  pointed  out  that  the  terms  "prep- 
aration"' and  "remedy"  embrace  the  prescription,  and  the  lat- 
ter would  accordingly  be  subject  to  exemption  of  clause  6 
of  the  Harrison  law.  The  association  protested  the  "unjust" 
decision,  and  ordered  that  a  copy  of  the  resolution  be  for- 
warded to  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  William  G.  ]Mc.\doo  and 
Commisioner  of  Internal  Revenue  W.  H.  Osborn.  .A.  sup- 
plemental resolution  provided  that  the  attention  of  the  N  A. 
R.  D.  executive  committee  be  called  to  the  N.  Y.  S.  P.  A.'s 
action  and  that  that  committee  be  requested  "to  take  such 
action  as  will  conser^'e  the  interests  of  the  retail  druggists  of 
the  country." 

Much  of  the  convention  was  taken  up  with  a  discussion  of 
the  conflict  between  the  state  and  federal  laws  with  regard  to 
the  sale  of  narcotic  drugs.  The  fact  that  these  conflicts  have 
caused  the  indictment  of  more  than  fifty  druggists  and  physi- 
cians in  Buffalo  during  the  month  of  June  made  this  discussion 
very  pertinent  and  a  thing  of  paramount  interest  to  every  mem- 
ber of  the  drug  trade. 

The  Boylan  drug  law  in  this  state  forbids  a  druggist  to  re- 
peat a  prescription  for  a  compound  containing  narcotics  even 
when  the  amount  is  within  the  limits  defined  by  the  law.  The 
Harrison  Federal  law  does  not  forbid  refilling  prescriptions 
within  quantity  limits  in  specific  words.  The  treasury  depart- 
ment at  Washington,  however,  has  ruled  that  the  Harrison  law, 
in  intent  and  purpose  does  forbid  the  refilling  of  these  pre- 
scriptions. 

It  was  the  consensus  of  opinion  that  the  conflicts  are  unfair, 
and  that  the  rulings  of  the  treasury  department  are  tmreason- 
able  and  not  in  accord  with  the  laws  being  enforced. 

A  committee  was  named  to  report  later  in  the  convention  on 
changes  for  the  benefit  of  the  druggists  in  the  law.  This  com- 
mittee consisted  of  Thomas  Stoddart  of  Buffalo,  chairman,  R. 
K.  Smither,  also  of  Buffalo;  T.  J.  France  of  Brooklyn,  Peter 
Diamond  of  New  York,  and  R.  A.  Austin  of  Cairo. 


While  it  was  generally  agreed  by  all  druggists  that  the  drug 
habit  should  be  stamped  out  they  all  felt  that  they  should  be 
allowed  to  repeat  simple  prescriptions  from  reputable  physi- 
ci.ui.s.  The  impression  was  that  unless  the  State  or  the 
sot  iolo;.;isis  find  a  means  to  handle  habitues  a  desperate  situa- 
tion will  arise  among  tliem. 

President  Arthur  S.  Wardle  called  attention  in  his  annual 
address  to  the  growing  and  unpopular  (among  druggists)  prac- 
tice of  manufacturers  in  giving  away  trading  stamps,  premiums 
and  profit-sharing  coupons  with  goods  that  are  of  necessity 
sold  in  a  drug  store;  also  the  disposition  of  some  legislators  at 
the  constitutional  convention  to  take  from  the  druggists  and 
Iiharniacists  their  privilege  heretofore  enjoyed  of  exemption 
from  jury  duty. 

"I  think,"  said  President  Wardle,  "that  this  association  should 
go  on  record  as  opposed  to  the  giving  away  of  trading  stamps 
or  profit  sharing  coupons  with  goods  sold  in  drug  stores  and 
we  should  do  all  in  our  power  to  discourage  the  sale  of  goods 
with  those  profit-sharing  schemes  attached.  The  inevitable 
result  of  these  devices  is  an  increased  price  from  the  wholesaler 
to  the  retailer  because  someone  has  to  pay  for  the  things  that 
are  given  away." 

The  report  of  the  president,  containing  the  subject  matter  of 
these  two  problems  was  turned  over  to  a  committee  of  five. 

Secretary  E.  S.  Dawson  reported  a  total  present  member- 
ship of  1,268.  Treasurer  Frank  Richardson  reported  total  re- 
ceipts, $4,008;  total  disbursements,  $2,367,  and  balance  on 
hand  June  28,  $1,640. 

Considerable  discussion  followed  the  report  of  Warren  L. 
Bradt,  secretary  of  the  State  Board.  The  discussion  hinged  on 
the  proposed  amendment  to  the  State  pharmacy  law  to  make 
the  proprietor  liable  for  the  misdemeanors  of  all  of  his  em- 
ployes, which  bill  originated  from  the  board.  The  members 
objected  to  a  bill  on  pharmaceutical  lines  being  presented  with- 
out first  coming  before  the  association.  It  was  shown  that  the 
bill  had  been  approved  by  the  legislative  committee  and  had 
been  introduced  at  the  request  of  that  committee. 

Dr.  Joseph  Weinstein,  as  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
adulterations,  reported  that  the  committee  had  collected  during 
the  past  year  from  various  pharmacies  in  New  York  City  forty 
samples  of  physicians'  prescriptions  and  galenicals  prepared, 
or  supposed  to  be  prepared,  by  the  pharmacist.  Of  the  num- 
ber collected,  thirty-six  were  up  to  the  mark  or  nearly  so. 
Information  on  Insecticides 

J.  G.  Brooks  of  Ithaca,  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
trade  interests,  reported  that  any  pharmacist  who  will  ad- 
dress Professor  Barrus,  care  of  the  New  York  State  College 
of  Agriculture,  Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  will  find 
him  always  ready  to  furnish  information  regarding  insecticides, 
and  fungicides,  and  also  on  bulletins  for  distribution. 

In  the  course  of  Dr.  George  C.  Diekman's  report  as  chair- 
man of  the  association's  committee  on  revision  of  the  U.  S. 
Pharmacopoeia,  which  was  read  by  the  secretary,  a  letter 
from  Professor  Joseph  P.  Remington  was  quoted  to  the  effect 
that: 

"The  new  Pharmacopoeia  is  being  printed,  but  only  gal- 
ley proofs  are  out.  The  work  is  being  pushed  as  rapidly  as 
possible.  I  hope  to  have  it  printed  by  October,  then  comes 
the  binding;  but  it  will  not  be  official  until  January  1,  1916. 
These  statements  are,  of  course,  subject  to  change  as  the  work 
progresses." 

G.  T.  Riefflin,  chairman  of  the  membership  committee,  re- 
ported that  110  applicants  for  membership  had  been  secured 
since  the  la.st  convention.  He  recommended  that  members  be 
elected  by  the  executive  committee  in  January,  and  that  2,000 
extra  copies  of  the  proceedings  be  sent  to  the  membership 
committee  for  mailing  to  prospective  members. 

R.  K.  Smither  advocated  an  amendment  to  the  State  law  per- 
mitting physicians  to  verify  their  prescriptions  in  advance, 
by  writing  quantities  in  full,  then  abbreviating  the  same  and 
finally  checking  each  quantity  with  his  initials. 

Ex-Senator  Henry  W.  Hill  spoke  before  the  association  on 
the  legal  aspects  of  the  Boylan  and  Harrison  narcotic  laws.  He 
criticised  the  condition  of  affairs  which  placed  druggists  in  such 
a  dilemma  that  by  obeying  a  federal  law  they  were  disobeying 
a  state  law,  and  urged  as  an  improvement  that  the  power  of  the 
collector  of  internal  revenue  be  curbed.  According  to  Mr.  Hill, 
there  is  no  check  on  the  collector  of  internal  revenue  on  the 
rulings  he  may  make  under  the  narcotic  law.  The  United 
States  supreme  court  clothes  him  with  the  authority  to  adminis- 


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trate  that  law  and  not  only  to  make  new  regulations  as  it  suits 
his  judgment,  but  to  interpret  their  meanings. 

Regarding  the  Harrison  and  Boylan  laws  Mr.  Hill  asked 
two  hypothetical  questions: 

First,  Ought  the  federal  law  to  have  invaded  and  prescribed 
for  the  state  conditions? 

Second,  If  so,  should  the  state  then  take  upon  itself  likewise 
legislative  power? 

He  said  that  it  was  a  case  of  two  laws  rurming  at  tangents, 
and  presented,  in  his  judgment,  the  most  phenomenal  set  of 
conditions  which  had  ever  obtained  in  this  country.  He  further 
expressed  the  opinion  that  the  power  of  the  collector  of  in- 
ternal revenue  was  one  of  the  worst  examples  of  a  combination  of 
legislative  and  judicial  functions  that  he  had  ever  heard  of. 

The  convention  recommended  the  following  nine  names  from 
which  the  state  regents  will  select  three  for  membership  in  the 
state  board  of  pharmaceutical  examiners :  J.  H.  Rehfuss  and 
Dr.  William  C.  Anderson,  of  Brooklyn;  Peter  Diamond,  New 
York;  A.  Austin,  Cairo;  Byron  M.  Hyde,  Rochester;  Arthur 
S.  Wardle,  Hudson;  W.  H.  Bussenschutt,  Brooklyn;  Dr.  A.  P. 
Lohness,  Brooklyn,  Dr.  George  C.  Diekman,  New  York. 
Members  of  State  Board 

The  secretary  announced  that  the  Board  of  Regents  had 
re-appointed  W.  G.  Gregory,  Buffalo;  A.  B.  Huested  of  Al- 
bany, and  W.  B.  Bissell,  Syracuse,  as  members  of  the  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy. 

Doctors  Huested,  Anderson  and  Weinstein  were  chosen  to 
act  as  the  association's  delegates  at  the  A.  Ph.  A.  con- 
vention. 

Frank  Richardson  of  Cambridge;  C.  O.  Bigelow,  New  York 
City,  and  Louis  Stolz,  Syracuse,  delivered  each  a  five-minute 
talk  on  the  respective  subjects,  "The  Cigar  Stand  in  the 
Drug  Store,"  "Counter  Service,"  and  "The  Soda  Fountain." 

Peter  Diamond,  Dr.  H.  V.  Amy  and  Hugo  Kantrowitz 
were  appointed  to  draft  resolutions  on  the  death  of  former 
President  Felix  Hirseman.  This  committee's  resolutions  pro- 
vided that  a  page  in  the  proceedings  be  devoted  to  the  mem- 
ory of  Mr.  Hirseman. 

The  association  will  meet  in  1916  at  Richfield  Springs  dur- 
ing the  third  week  in  June. 


URGE  PASSAGE  OF  STEVENS  BILL 

West  Virginia  Druggists  in  Convention  Also  Seek 
to  Confine  Drug  Trade  to  Pharmacists 

With  the  largest  attendance  in  the  history  of  the  organiza- 
tion, the  West  Virginia  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  hold- 
ing its  ninth  annual  convention  at  Clarksburg,  June  16,  17 
and  18,  voted  to  support  the  Stevens  price  maintenance  bill 
and  to  seek  legislation  to  prevent  the  issuance  of  druggists' 
licenses  to  any  one  not  a  registered  pharmacist. 

In  his  annual  address,  President  John  R.  Elson  urged  that 
each  member  of  the  association  write  to  each  member  of  Con- 
gress urging  the  passage  of  the  Stevens  bill.  Professor  C.  H. 
Rodgers,  head  of  the  new  department  of  pharmacy  at  the 
University  of  West  Virginia,  addressed  the  convention  and 
explained  the  work  of  the  school. 

The  annual  report  of  tlie  secretary,  Bert  E.  Downs  of  Welch, 
showed  that  twenty  names  had  been  added,  bringing  the  total 
membership  up  to  300  persons. 

The  annual  election  resulted  in  the  choice  of  Bert  E.  Downs 
as  president;  Stemple  Stalmake,  first  vice-president;  Frank 
G.  Bland  of  Clarksburg,  second  vice-president;  Grant  Gra- 
ham of  Bclington,  third  vice-president;  Professor  Charles  H. 
Rodgers,  University  of  West  Virginia,  secretary;  C.  Sinclair 
of  Wheeling,  treasurer;  John  C.  Davis  of  Wheeling,  member 
of  executive  council. 

The  Travelers'  Auxiliary  Association,  holding  its  meeting  at 
the  same  time,  also  indersed  the  Stevens  bill.  The  following 
officers  were  elected  for  the  auxiliary  association: 

President,  J.  R.  Mallory  of  Parkersburg;  first  vice-president, 
J.  C.  Rodgers  of  Wheeling;  second  vice-president,  C.  V,  Ter- 
rell of  Wheeling;  third  vice-president,  Mrs.  S.  H.  Shnver  of 
Philadelphia;  fourth  vice-president,  W.  M.  Hinson  of  Roches- 
ter, N.  Y.;  secretary,  Charles  Stevens  of  Parkersburg;  tieas- 
urer,  J.  R.  Doak,  Parkersburg;  members  of  the  executive 
council,  A.  M.  Whittaker  of  Huntington;  F.  E.  Allen  of 
Baltimore,  Md.,  and  I.  R.  Van  Gorder  of  Elkhart,  Ind. 


BKONX  PHARMACISTS  CONDEMN  "PATENTS" 

Approve  of  Department  of  Health's  Campaign  to  Rid 
New  York  of  Worthless  Medicines 

The  Bronx  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  July  2  and  after 
hearing  Dr.  Haven  Emerson,  of  New  York,  Deputy  Health 
Commissioner,  in  explanation  and  defense  of  the  campaign  now 
being  conducted  by  the  Department  of  Health  of  New  York 
City  against  alleged  misbranded  patent  medicines,  passed  reso- 
lutions endorsing  the  action  of  the  department  in  attempting 
to  combat  the  exploitation  of  the  public  by  manufacturers  of 
worthless  remedies,  but  disapproved  of  the  methods  which  the 
department  has  adopted  in  so  far  as  they  tend  to  injure  and 
bring  into  disrepute  retail  druggists.  The  resolutions  said  in 
part: 

"We  know  that  a  greater  part  of  the  so-called  'patent  medi- 
cines' are  practically  worthless  as  medicines,  exorbitant  in  price, 
and  often  dangerous  to  health,"  and  "We  are  forced  to  keep 
these  so-called  'patent  medicines'  in  stock  and  supply  the  de- 
mand created  for  them  by  the  sensational  advertising  indulged 
in  by  their  manufacturers.  We  can  properly  meet  the  legiti- 
mate need  among  the  public  for  household  remedies  with  the 
harmless  and  efficacious  preparations  after  the  approved  formu- 
las of  the  National  Formulary  and  the  Pharmacopoeia,  the  non- 
secret  formulas  of  reputable  pharmaceutical  houses,  and  the 
preparations  the  formulas  of  which  have  been  approved  by  com- 
mittees of  pharmaceutical  organizations." 

The  prosecutions  instituted  by  the  Department  of  Health  are 
based  on  section  116  of  the  sanitary  code  of  New  York  City, 
which  provides  punishment  for  the  retailer,  wholesaler,  or 
manufacturer  who  sells  a  patent  medicine  bearing  a  false  or 
misleading  statement  or  brand  on  its  label,  wrapper,  or  pack- 
age. Barton's  diphtheria  antidote,  Humphreys  specific,  and 
Holman's  liver-pad  are  among  the  flagrant  examples,  according 
to  Dr.  Emerson,  which  have  been  chosen  as  the  basis  for  typical 
cases. 


PHILADELPHIA  DRUGGISTS  OBJECT 

Resolutions  were  adopted  by  the  Philadelphia  Association  of 
Retail  Druggists  at  a  recent  meeting  held  at  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  declaring  that  Treasury  decision  No. 
2213  conflicts  with  article  six  in  the  law  and  that  it  forms 
a  basis  of  discrimination  against  the  legitimate  druggist  in 
favor  of  the  dealers  in  patent  and  proprietary  medicines. 

The  druggists  say  that  in  this  decision  the  interpretation 
of  the  words  "preparations,"  "remedies,"  and  "prescriptions," 
has  materially  changed  the  exemptions  in  article  six  of  the 
law  and  is  contrary  to  the  thought  of  those  responsible  for 
its  enactment.  This  decision  prevents  the  renewal  of  pre- 
scriptions containing  narcotics  in  any  quantities  for  both 
external  and  internal  use,  allowing  at  the  same  time  the  sale 
of  patent  and  proprietary  remedies  and  medicines  contain- 
ing narcotics  in  quantities. 

In  their  appeal  to  Secretary-  McAdoo  and  Commissioner 
of  Internal  Revenue  Osborn  to  have  the  decision  reviewed, 
the  druggists  say  that  this  interpretation  works  hardship  on 
the  medical  profession  and  die  laity  r.s  well  as  on  the 
druggists. 


Rupert  E.  Blue  Heads  A.  M.  A. 

Officers  of  the  .'\merican  Medical  Association  elected  at  the 
sixty-sixth  annual  session  held  at  San  Francisco,  are: 

I'l  evident.  Rupert  E.  Blue,  Washington.  D.  C. ;  first  vice- 
Iiresident,  ."Mbert  Vander  Veer,  Albany.  N.  Y. ;  second  vice- 
president,  George  B.  Evans.  Dayton,  Ohio;  third  vice-presi- 
dent, Donald  Campbell,  Butte,  Mont.;  fourth  vice-president, 
Herbert  C.  Moffitt,  San  Francisco;  secretary,  .\lexandcr  R. 
Craig,  Chicago;  treasurer,  William  Allen  Pusey,  Chicago; 
trustees,  M.  L.  Harris,  Chicago;  William  T.  C.  Councilman, 
Boston,  and  Thomas  McDavitt,  St.  Paul. 


The  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Chemical  Society 
will  be  held  in  Seattle,  Washington,  .August  31st  to  September 
2nd.  As  this  is  soon  after  the  meetings  of  the  .American 
Pharmaceutical  .\ssociation  in  San  Francisco,  it  is  expected 
there  will  be  an  unusually  large  attcndince.  Especial  effort 
is  being  made  to  have  the  meetings  of  the  division  of  phar- 
maceutical chemistry  of  exceptional  interest  diis  year. 


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Ez'cn         ■.  ./'.■t\v  enjoyed  the  annual  ccmvention  of  the  Florida  State-  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
PRIZE  CONTEST  AT  FLORIDA  CONVENTION  B.  T.  PORTER  HEADS  N.  H.  PH.  A. 


One  Member  Gets  Free  Trip  to  San  Francisco  and 
Another  to  New  York 


Travelers  Also  Elect  Officers — Auxiliary  Are  Hosts  to 
the  Association  at  a  Dutch  Lunch 


Three  unusual  prizes  were  donated  by  the  Southera  Manu- 
facturing Drug  Company,  and  the  Groover-Stewart  Drug  Com- 
pany of  Jacksonville,  and  the  Tampa  Drug  Company  and 
President  M.  M.  Taylor  of  Tampa,  to  be  awarded  in  a  prize 
contest  at  the  recent  twelfth  annual  convention  of  the  Florida 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  held  at  Atlantic  Beach. 
These  prizes  consisted  of : 

First  prize,  a  trip  to  the  Panama  Exposition,  won  by  E.  G. 
Coe  of  Hastings;  second  prize,  trip  to  New  York,  won 
by  M.  \V.  Stewart,  Jacksonville,  and  third  prize,  expenses 
to  meeting,  H.  L.  Paramore,  Jacksonville. 

M.  M.  Taylor  was  elected  president.  The  other  officers 
are: 

First  vice-president,  E.  G.  Coe,  Hastings;  second  vice-presi- 
dent, F.  D.  Bryan,  Lakeland;  third  vice-president,  D.  G.  Smith, 
Madison;  secretary,  J.  H.  Haughton,  Palatka;  treasurer,  W. 
M.  Johnson,  Gainsville;  executive  committee:  D.  V/.  Ram- 
saur,  Palatka;  W.  D.  Jones,  Jacksonville;  Macon  Thornton, 
Ormond. 

One  hundred  and  thirty  new  members  were  taken  in. 

The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  Tampa. 

Papers  were  read  at  the  convention  as  follows: 

"Cultivation  of  Camphor  in  Florida,"  W.  O.  Richtman, 
Satsuma;  "The  Little  Leech,  or  the  Art  of  Buying,"  Leon 
Hale.  Tampa;  "What  is  the  Duty  of  the  Pharmacist  to  the 
Public?"  D.  D.  Ramsaur,  Palatka;  "The  Best  Advertising," 
L.  J.  Taylor,  Eustis;  "How  to  Secure  New  Members."  John 
H.  Dickinson,  Jacksonville;  "The  Best  Selling  Talk,"  B  M. 
Pearce,  Inverness;  "Relationship  of  the  Pharmacist  to  the  Doc- 
tor," Dr.  E.  W.  Warren,  Palatka;  "The  Harrison  Act,"  L  L. 
Fronberger,  U.  S.  inspector,  and  "Early  Days  of  the  Drug 
Business  in  Florida,"  E.  Berger,  Tampa. 

More  than  two  hundred  attended  the  banquet  which  wound 
up  the  convention.  The  traveling  men  were  the  hosts  at 
this  affair,  among  those  having  charge  of  the  arrangements 
being  Henry  L.  Parramore,  L.  C.  Tinker,  John  Dickinson  and 
J.  O.  McBride. 


Vermont  Ph.  A.  Holds  Annual  Meeting' 

The  \'ermont  State  Pharmaceutical  .Association  held  its  an- 
nual meeting  at  the  Lake  Dunmore  Hotel,  Salisbury.  Pro- 
fessor La  Pierre,  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy, 
and  John  G.  Godding,  trustee  of  the  same  institution,  were 
guests  of  the  association.  Ernst  Engstrom.  of  Pittsfield,  Mass., 
delivered  an  address  on  "Traditions  of  Pharmacy  in  Europe 
as  Compared  with  Those  in  the  United  States.  "  The  Travel- 
ing Men's  auxiliary  elected  the  following  officers:  President, 
George  J.  Shanley,  Burlington ;  vice-president,  D.  G.  Quebec, 
Rutland;  secretary-treasurer,  Percy  F.  Bearse,  Brandon, 


B.  T.  Porter  of  Ashland  was  elected  president  of  the  New 
Hampshire  State  Pharmaceua  ctiAssl  ,Rc,. — g:„re-ap,  T& — 
Hampshire  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the  forty-sec- 
ond annual  convention  of  that  organization,  held  recently  at 
the  Hotel  Wentworth,  Portsmouth.    The  other  officers  are: 

Vice-presidents,  George  W.  Boardman,  Portsmouth;  W.  H. 
Brown,  Pittsfield;  secretary,  Eugene  Sullivan,  Concord;  treas- 
urer, S.  Howard  Bell,  Derry;  auditor,  John  H.  Marshall,  Man- 
chester; executive  committee,  Goodwin  E.  Philbrick,  Ports- 
mouth; Joseph  LeBlanc,  Manchester;  Eugene  Sullivan,  Con- 
cord. 

The  Traveling  Men's  auxiliary  elected  the  following  officers: 
President,  G.  W.  Kermiston,  Lawrence;  vice-president,  D.  J. 
MacDougall,  Lowell,  and  R.  E.  McLaren,  Everett;  secre- 
tary and  treasurer,  John  McGrath,  Boston ;  executive  coml 
tary  and  treasurer,  John  McGrath,  Boston;  executive  commit- 
tee, F.  E.  Horgan,  Cambridge;  John  H.  Purcell,  Dorchester. 

The  auxiliary  were  the  hosts  to  the  association  at  j  Dutch 
lunch  at  the  hotel,  in  the  course  of  which  a  cabaret  show- 
was  presented. 


TENNESSEE  PH.  A.  MEETS  AT  MONTEAGLE 

Elects  Edward  V.   Sheely  President — J.  L.  Godwin 
Heads  Auxiliary — Eskew  Recommended 

Edward  V.  Sheely  of  Memphis  was  elected  president  of  the 
Tennessee  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  that  organiza- 
tion's recent  annual  convention,  held  at  Monteagle.  The  other 
officers  elected  are : 

First  vice-president,  David  Kuhn,  Nashville;  second  vice- 
president,  Harry  Mayers,  Memphis;  third  vice-president,  J.  J. 
Ingle,  South  Pittsburgh;  secretary,  T.  J.  Shannon,  and  treas- 
urer, J.  B.  Sand,  Nashville. 

The  following  were  recommended  for  the  vacancy  on  the 
State  Board : 

W.  A.  McBath,  Knoxville;  Harry  Whitehouse,  Johnson 
City;  Lloyd  C.  Courtney,  Carl  Renkert,  Memphis,  and  M.  E. 
Hutton  of  Nashville. 

The  traveling  men's  auxiliary  elected  these  officers: 

President,  J.  L.  Godwin;  f^rst  vice-president,  H.  C.  Bas- 
sett;  second  vice-president,  George  Wilkes;  third  vice-presi- 
dent, C.  A.  Horner;  secretary  and  treasurer,  A.  P.  Watkins. 

The  auxiliary  unanimously  recommended  Harry  L.  Eskew  of 
Nashville  for  the  position  of  State  pure  food  and  drug 
inspector. 

The  place  of  next  meeting  is  Chattanooga,  on  Signal  Moun- 
tain. 


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Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  annual  convention   at  Braddock  Heights. 


PROTEST  PREDATORY  PRICE-CUTTING 

Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association  Also  Goes  on 
Record  Against  Use  of  Coupons 

A  vehement  protest  against  predatory  price  cutting,  the 
chain  store  and  the  use  of  coupons  marked  the  thirty-third 
annual  meeting  of  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
which  was  held  at  Braddock  Heights  June  22,  23  and  24. 
The  convention  endorsed  the  Stevens  bill. 

In  his  annual  address.  President  J.  F.  Leary  of  Rock  Hill 
urged  a  united  stand  by  druggists  in  opposing  every  measure 
considered  by  the  legislature  affecting  pharmacy  unlesb  en- 
dorsed by  the  pharmaceutical  association  of  the  State  con- 
cerned. He  estimated  that  500  statutes  were  passed  by  legis- 
latures last  winter,  imposing  restrictions  upon  druggists,  most 
of  which  he  termed  "silly,  unnecessary  and  vicious." 

Dr.  John  B.  Thomas,  president  of  the  Maryland  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  in  1909,  offered  a  resolution  demanding 
a  representative  on  the  board  of  health  from  the  pharmacists. 

Dr.  John  F.  Hancock  of  Baltimore,  a  former  president  of 
the  A.  Ph.  A.,  delivered  an  address  in  which  he  pleaded  for 
co-operation  and  interstate  harmony  instead  of  ^ut-throat 
competition  among  the  druggists. 

According  to  a  statement  of  Thomas  H.  Potts  of  Chicago, 
of  the  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  the  co-opera- 
tion of  retail  druggists,  whereby  the  war  tax  has  been  made 
to  operate  only  upon  toilet  preparations  instead  of  all  pro- 
prietary medicines,  saved  die  retail  druggists  about  $3,000,000. 

The  Maryland  Board  of  Pharmacy  met  concurrently  with  the 
association  and  recommended  as  the  three  members  for  Hk 
State  board,  one  to  be  selected  by  the  Governor,  Charles  H. 
Knight,  J.  Fuller  Frames  and  William  Dorman,  all  of  Balti- 
more. Governor  Goldsborough  re-appointed  David  R  Mil- 
lard on  the  Board  of  Pharmacy.  Others  on  the  board  are 
H.  L.  Meredith,  Hagerstown,  president;  Ephraim  Bacon,  Bal- 
timore, .secretary;  William  C.  Powell,  Snow  Hill,  and  F. 
Frames,  Baltimore. 

It  was  decided  by  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion to  organize  a  traveling  men's  auxiliary  such  as  is  in  vogue 
in  West  Virginia,  Pennsylvania,  and  New  Jersey. 

Officers  for  the  ensuing  year  were  elected  as  follows:  Presi- 
dent, George  A.  Bunting,  Baltimore;  Thomas  M.  Williamson, 
first  vice-president;  Eugene  W.  Hodson,  second  vice-president; 
Dr.  Charles  E.  Stotlemeyer,  Hancock,  third  vice-president;  E. 
F.  Kelly,  of  the  pharmacy  department  of  the  University  of 
Maryland,    secretary;    Samuel    Y.   Harris,    Baltimore,  treas- 


urer; H.  George  Wendel,  C.  C.  Neal,  both  of 


imore,  and 


Dr.  William  C.  Powell,  executive  committee. 

Dr.  A.  R.  L.  Dohme,  of  Baltimore,  speaking  on  the  Har- 
rison law,  said  that  the  synthetic  substitutes  for  cocaine 
were  not  habit-forming  drugs  and  should  not  come  within  the 
purport  of  the  law. 

Efforts  will  be  directed  at  Annapolis  toward  a  State  nar- 
cotic law  that  will  harmonize  with  the  Federal  act.  .\  phar- 
macy bill  will  also  be  introduced  into  the  Assembly  by  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

A  communication  to  the  association  from  Jacob  H.  Rehfuss 
of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee  of 
the  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  informed  the 
Maryland  druggists  of  a  complaint  filed  the  week  before  with 
the  Federal  Trade  Commission  by  retailers  of  \'irginia,  Dela- 
ware, New  Jersey  and  jSIaryland  against  department  stores 
which  induced  customers  to  open  charge  accotmts  by  offering 
standardized  merchandise  at  cut  prices. 


FEAR  "BLIND  PIG"  DRUG  STORES 

.\t  the  twenty-.si\th  annual  meeting  of  the  Washington  State 
Pharmaceutical  .\ssociali(m.  held  at  Seattle  June  22.  23  and 
24,  1915,  PresidLiil  G.  II.  r,.irtcll.  in  his  official  address,  and 
H.  G.  Duerfeld.  of  Spokan.-.  ursed  the  members  to  be  pre- 
pared for  an  inllux  of  li.|U<.r  dealers  into  the  ihug  field  when 
the  State  prohibition  law  t.ikes  elleet  on  the  liist  of  the  year. 
The  association  passed  resolutions  condemning  any  attempt  to 
evade  the  liquor  law  by  utilizing  the  drug  store  as  a  medium 
of  subterfuge  and  pledged  tlieir  support  to  the  new  prohibi- 
tion measure. 

.\ftcr  hearing  a  talk  by  Organizer  P.  H.  Peterson  of  the 
N.  A.  R.  D.  on  the  benefits  to  be  derived  from  the  pro- 
posed Stevens  hill,  the  association  endorsed  this  legislation.  It 
also  voted  to  eo-o] u  rate  with  the  house  of  delegates  of  the  A. 
Ph.  A.  if  that  body  should  be  reorganized  in  accordance 
with  the  plan  formulated  by  H.  P.  Hynson,  of  Baltimore. 
.\  resolution  of  confidence  in  President  Wilson  was  passed 
and  forwarded  to  him. 

These  are  the  new  officers:  President.  Dr.  C.  W.  Johnson, 
dean  of  the  University  of  Washington  College  of  Pharmaq.-, 
Seattle;  vice-presidents,  W.  G.  Shephard,  Everett,  and  L.  F. 
Swift,  Seattle;  secretary,  .\.  W.  Linton,  professor  of  phar- 
macy. University  of  Washington  College  of  Pharmacy.  Seat- 
tic;  treasurer,  Fred  Marr,  Tacoma.  Mr.  Marr  was  also  re- 
cently appointed  by  Governor  Lister  for  another  five-year  term 
as  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 


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WILL  TRY  TO  CURB  MEDICHSTE  PEDDLERS 

Wisconsin  Association  Proposes  Increased  License  Fee 
to  Keep  Out  Itinerant  Druggists 

GeorRe  H.  Kesten  of  Milwaukee  president  of  the  W'sconsin 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  expressed  some  very  decided 
opinions  on  drug  store  side  lines  in  his  annual  address,  pre- 
sented at  that  organization's  thirty-fifth  annual  coni'ention, 
held  at  Fond  du  Lac,  June  22,  23  and  24.    He  said: 

"I  wish  to  briefly  call  your  attention  to  the  influence  of 
side  lines.  They  should  receive  the  most  careful  considera- 
tion of  every  pharmacist  as  their  general  influence  upon  the 
profession  is  a  positive  one.  The  family  liquor  tiade,  the 
present  day  lunch  counter,  the  coupon  system,  and  other  un- 
desirable adjuncts  are  nothing  more  than  pall-bearers  in  the 
funeral  procession  of  real  pharmacy.  I  cannot  too  stronglv  urge 
a  united  stand  against  these  intruder.^  and  in  order  lo  rom.bat 
them  successfully  I  recommend  such  ti dining  for  tl-.e  phar- 
macist as  will  qualify  him  for  scientific  side  lines  such  as 
optometry,  or  optical  work,  dinical  or  microscopical  work  of 
diagnostic  nature,  U.  S.  P.  and  N.  Y.  propaganda  work,  etc., 
all  of  which  promotes  a  closer  affiliation  with  the  medicil  pro- 
fession and  at  the  same  time  necessitates  a  liberal  amount  of 
merchandizing  having  a  desirable  renmneration  for  the  phar- 
macist. To  harbor  these  so-called  modern  merchandising  methods 
cannot  be  interpreted  as  progressive  but  rather  as  re'rogres- 
sive.  as  it  admits  of  a  declining  interest  in  a  scientific  calling." 

President  Kesten  favored  the  adoption  of  a  resolution  oppos- 
ing all  drug  legislation  that  has  not  first  been  fully  considered 
by  and  received  the  endorsement  of  State  and  national  as- 
sociations. He  also  took  occasion  to  pay  a  tribute  to  the 
late  J.  C.  Huber,  president  of  the  association  in  1389  and 
a  charter  member,  who  died  within  the  year. 

Treasurer  W.  P.  Clarke  of  Milton  reported  total  expendi- 
tures in  the  sum  of  $499. 

The  convention  went  on  record  as  favoring  a  law  increas- 
ing the  State  license  fee  for  peddlers  selling  products  coming 
under  the  drug  law,  to  SlOO;  commended  the  Chicago  gather- 
ing of  advertising  men  on  their  position  in  regard  *o  clean 
and  honest  advertising ;  advocated  the  organization  of  county 
pharmaceutical  associations;  opposed  price  cutting,  trade  stamps 
and  similar  devices  and  advocated  the  passage  of  the  Stevens 
bill  on  standard  price  legislation. 

These  officers  were  elected: 

President  J.  B.  Kremer,  Fond  du  Lac:  first  vice-president, 
.■\.  R.  Eberle,  Milwaukee;  second  vice-president,  William 
Thompson.  Milwaukee;  third  vice-president,  A.  O.  Klenert, 
Portage;  secretary,  A.  E.  Raeuber,  Milwaukee;  treasurer,  L.  J. 
G.  ilack,  Milwaukee.  S.  A.  Eckstein  of  Milwaukee  v.-as  se- 
lected as  delegate  to  the  national  meeting  in  Minneapolis  and 
Professor  Edward  Kremers  was  chosen  to  go  to  the  conven- 
tion of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  San 
Francisco. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Wisconsin  Travelers'  Pharmiceutical 
Association,  held  in  conjunction  with  the  convention,  Syl 
Bludau  of  Milwaukee  was  elected  president;  William  Beech 
of  Chicago,  first  vice-president;  H.  L  Carnahan  of  Chi- 
cago, second  vice-prcsidi  nt ;  M.  IL  Pritchard  of  Milwaukee, 
third  vice-president;  R.  P.  Illian.  Milwaukee,  secretai-y,  and 
E.  G.  Raeuber,  Milwaukee,  treasurer. 


Utah  Ph.  A.  Elects  R.  S.  McAllister  President 
R.  S.  McAllister  of  Logan  was  elected  president  of  the 
Utah  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  its  fifteenth  annual 
convention,  held  at  the  Hermitage  Hotel,  Ogden.  The  other 
officers  elected  are : 

First  vice-president,  W.  H.  Dayton,  Salt  Lake  City;  sec- 
ond vice-president,  H.  H.  Petersen,  Richfield;  secretary.  Charles 
Van  Dyke,  Salt  Lake  City;  treasurer,  Alex  Hedquist,  Provo; 
directors,  A.  A.  Thomas.  Richmond;  J.  W.  Clark,  Ogden; 
Miss  Margaret  \'ermillion.  Salt  Lake  City;  J.  L.  Boyden, 
Coalville;  R.  A.  B.  Hatch,  Beaver,  and  Ed  Johnson,  Mt. 
Pleasant. 

The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  Logan. 

A  number  of  interesting  papers  were  read,  among  these 
being  "The  Druggist's  Wife,"  by  Mrs.  John  Culley;  "Ad- 
vertising," C.  V.  Worthington,  Salt  Lake;  "Salesmanship," 
J.  D.  Spencer.  Salt  Lake,  etc. 

The  annual  banquet  was  attended  by  300. 


S.  C.  PH.  A.  TO  FIGHT  PEDDLER  "EVIL" 

Will  Draft  Bills  Aimed  at  Patent  Medicine  Itinerants 
and  Providing  for  the  Pre-requisite 

Tliat  its  legislative  committee  should  draft  a  bill  to  correct 
the  patent  medicine  peddler  evil  and  that  concerns  manufac- 
turing medicines  and  offering  the  same  for  sale  in  the  State 
should  be  required  to  have  iheir  manufacturing  done  by  a 
registered  pharnia<  ist  :  tluit  tli.  secretary  should  take  the  neces- 
sary steps  to  affiliate  with  the  N.  A.  R.  D.;  that  the  legisla- 
tive committee  should  also  draft  a  pharmacy  bill  containing 
the  pre-requisite  clause  and  bring  the  same  before  the  next 
Legislature;  that  the  organization  should  ascertain  whether 
the  standards  of  the  State  Examining  Board  would  have  to 
be  raised  before  that  body  could  join  the  National  Beards  of 
Pharmacy,  and  that  the  association  go  on  record  as  favoring 
more  sanitary  conditions  in  drug  stores  throughout  the  State, 
and  protesting  strongly  against  any  but  the  sanitary  service 
system  at  the  soda  fountain,  were  provided  for  in  resolutions 
adopted  at  the  recent  thirty-ninth  annual  meeting  of  the 
South  Carolina  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  held  at  Chick 
Springs,  the  famous  health  resort  of  that  State,  located  in 
Greenville  county  a  short  distance  from  Spartanburg  and 
Greenville. 

Chief  Health  Inspector  Dr.  Smith  of  Greenville  gave  an 
interesting  talk  upon  what  the  pharmacist  could  do  to  pro- 
mote the  health  of  a  city  and  at  the  same  time  add  to  the  effi- 
ciency of  tlie  healUi  authorities.  He  also  decried  the  public 
drinking  glass  as  a  feature  at  several  of  the  soda  fountains 
in  Greenville,  his  observations  in  this  direction  strongly  favor- 
ing the  institution  of  the  individual  service  at  every  fount 
in  the  State. 

Dr.  Dacus,  a  pharmacist  of  Greenville,  was  elected  to  the 
Examining  Board  to  succeed  Harry  Heintish. 

The  association  will  meet  at  the  Isle  of  Palms,  Charleston, 
S.  C,  in  1916,  dates  to  be  decided  upon  later. 


ALABAMA  PH.  A.  HOLDS  AN-NUAL  MEETING 

Anniston  Man  Elected  President — Travelers'  Auxil- 
iary is  Organized — E.  P.  Holt  Honored 

L.  L.  Scarborough  of  Anniston  was  elected  president  of  the 
Alabama  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  its  recent  an- 
nual convention.    The  other  officers  are: 

First  vice-president,  W.  S.  Vance,  Gadsden;  second  vice- 
president,  W.  N.  Varnon ;  treasurer,  L.  S.  Toomer,  Auburn; 
secretary,  W.  E.  Bingham,  Tuscaloosa;  executive  committee, 
H.  S.  Shackleford,  Brewton ;  L.  M.  Snider,  Selma,  and  Carl 
Wharton,  Gadsden. 

A  travelers'  auxiliary  was  organized  at  this  meeting.  The 
members  paid  a  tribute  to  E.  P.  Gait  of  the  Snider  Drug  Com- 
pany, each  wearing  his  picture  mounted  in  a  small  medallion. 
Mr.  Gait  is  the  .senior  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy, and  has  long  taken  a  deep  interest  in  the  welfare  of 
the  association. 

The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  Gadsden. 


N.  Y.  R.  D.  A.  Resolutions  in  Memoriam 

The  New  York  Retail  Druggists'  Association  has  adopted 
resolutions  in  memory  of  L.  Marmor,  a  former  active  mem- 
ber, who  died  suddenly  on  July  5.  It  expressed  the  senti- 
ment that  the  organization  and  pharmacists  in  general  had 
sustained  an  irreparable  loss.  A  copy  was  ordered  sent  to  the 
family  of  the  deceased  and  to  the  pharmaceutical  press. 

At  a  previous  regular  meeting  resolutions  were  adopted  anent 
the  death  of  Albert  Plant,  former  president  of  Lehn  &  Fink. 
Dr.  Joseph  Weinstein,  Peter  Diamond  and  J.  A.  Klein  were 
appointed  as  delegates  to  attend  a  meeting  of  the  American 
Fair  Trade  League.  The  members  by  resolution  condemned 
the  "penny  sale"  as  a  fraud  upon  the  public,  misleading  the 
purchasers  and  highly  demoralizing  conditions  in  pharmacy. 
Dr.  Weinstein,  J.  Leon  Lascoff  and  Mr.  Diamond  were  ap- 
pointed as  a  committee  to  interview  those  who  are  engaged 
in  such  practice  and  to  urge  upon  them  to  discontinue  it. 
P.  Herz,  chairman  of  the  entertainment  committee,  announced 
that  the  Palm  Garden  will  be  engaged  for  the  next  ball  and 
banquet. 


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MISSISSIPPI  PH.  A.  MEETS  AT  JACKSON 

President  McGee  Makes  Pertinent  Recommendations 
— Compliments  Secretary  on  Good  Work 

Some  very  important  recommendations  were  included  in  the 
report  of  President  J.  C.  McGee,  of  the  Mississippi  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  at  the  thirteenth  annual  meeting 
of  that  organization,  held  recently  in  Jackson.  Briefly,  these 
covered  the  following  points: 

That  the  proposed  pharmacy  bill  be  adopted  as  amended; 
tliat  each  retiring  president  be  made  a  member  of  the  ex- 
ecutive committee,  and  that  the  association  go  on  record  as 
endorsing  the  department  of  pharmacy  of  the  Univeisity  of 
Mississippi. 

That  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  shall  consist  of  five 
members,  who  have  had  at  least  five  years'  experience  and 
are  now  in  the  drug  business ;  graduates  of  the  University  of 
Mississippi,  department  of  pharmacy,  should  be  required  to 
take  the  State  Board  examinations,  and  the  reciprocity  clause 
should  be  passed. 

He  recommended  the  endorsement  of  the  Stevens  bill;  that 
the  N.  A.  R.  D.  should  support  this  measure,  and  rhat  the 
members  should  join  the  A.  Ph.  A.  The  members  should 
take  some  action  in  reference  to  drug  peddlers,  both  retail 
and  wholesale,  who  pay  no  State  license  or  taxes.  A  strong 
effort  should  be  made  to  have  those  druggists  in  the  State 
not  already  members,  join  the  association,  and  the  association 
should  undertake  to  regulate  the  hours  of  the  druggist  and  the 
drug  clerk. 

A  smoker  at  the  Edwards  house  was  a  feature  of  tlie  con- 
vention. W.  E.  McCormick  officiated  as  the  toastmaster  at 
this  affair,  and  in  this  capacity  was  considerable  of  u  suc- 
cess. Speakers  were  Messrs.  Kendall,  Meridian;  Harvey,  Kos- 
ciusko; Keese,  Canton;  Craig,  Indianola;  Coody,  Lucedale; 
Faser,  University;  Van  Vleet,  Memphis;  Sterne,  New  Oi leans; 
Holcombe,  Greenville ;  Bradshaw,  Jackson ;  McBeth,  Memphis, 
and  Persell,  New  Orleans. 


WOULD  REGULATE  CHLORAL  HYDRATE 

President  of  Ohio  Ph.  A.  Recommends  Measure  to 
Bring  This  About — Gallaher  Elected  Head 

In  his  annual  address  to  the  Ohio  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association  at  the  meeting  held  at  Cedar  Point,  July  13-16, 
President  W.  M.  Bowman  of  Toledo  endorsed  the  Harrison 
Federal  Narcotic  Law  and  recommended  like  laws  for  Ohio. 
He  also  recommended  measures  regulating  the  sale  of  chloral 
hydrate,  for,  he  said,  "the  sale  of  this  drug  has  increased 
500  per  cent  since  the  enactment  of  the  Harrison  law." 

The  question  of  favoring  or  opposing  the  proposed  referen- 
dum on  the  Smith-Mallow  agricultural  commission  decen- 
tralizer  law  came  before  the  second  meeting  of  the  association 
and  after  a  stiff  figlit  it  was  voted  that  the  association  had 
no  interest  in  the  suggested  action.  The  report  of  the  com- 
mittee on  legislation,  which  was  adopted,  heavily  scored  W. 
R.  Hower,  drug  inspector  of  the  State  Dairy  and  Food  De- 
partment, for  his  alleged  activities  against  the  Piatt  bill. 

President  Bowman's  plea  for  better  laws  resulted  in  the 
association  taking  a  long  step  in  the  direction  of  uniform 
pharmacy  laws  by  voting  to  back  only  such  legislation  as  was 
approved  by  the  National  association.  The  association  went 
on  record  as  seeking  reciprocal  registration. 

The  election  of  officers  resulted  in  J.  F.  Gallaher  of  Day- 
ton being  chosen  president  for  1915-16.  The  new  first  vice- 
president  is  Forest  D.  Christian  of  Sydney;  the  second  vice- 
president,  John  H.  Brinker  of  Bellevue;  the  treasurer,  L.  W. 
Funk  of  Columbtis;  the  secretary,  Theodore  D.  Wefter-i 
stroem  of  Cincinnati,  and  the  new  member  of  the  council, 
W.  M.  Bowman  of  Toledo. 

The  Ohio  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  meeting  in  conjunc- 
tion with  the  Pharmaceutical  Association,  granted  certificates 
to  66  out  of  147  candidates  for  registration  as  pharmacists. 
Twenty-five  of  those  who  failed  the  higher  test  received  a  rat- 
ing sufficiently  high  to  secure  them  registration  as  assistant 
pharmacists.  Of  the  applicants  for  this  latter  position,  33 
were  granted  certificates. 


SAYS  CHAIN-  STORES  THREATEN 

Indiana    Druggists    Hear    Interesting    Address  on 
"Price  Standardization"  at  Annual  Convention 

"The  mercantile  existence  of  the  pharmacists  and  other  re- 
tail dealers  of  the  United  States  is  now  threatened  as  never 
before  by  the  operation  of  chain  stores  and  large  mail  order 
houses,  which  thrive  and  prosper  by  means  of  ruinous  price 
cutting  on  standard  merchandise,"  said  F.  W.  Meissner  in  a 
paper  on  "Price  Standardization"  before  the  thirty-foucth  an- 
nual convention  of  the  Indiana  Pharmaceutical  Association 
held  at  LaPorte,  June  22,  23  and  24. 

The  association  went  on  record  as  strenuously  opposed  to 
price  cutting  and  strongly  in  favor  of  the  Stevens  ijil!,  pro- 
viding for  uniform  prices.  In  his  opening  address,  President 
Ernest  Stahlhuth  of  Columbus  denounced  the  dispensing  physi- 
cian as  "a  menatj  to  the  pharmaceutical  profession." 

At  the  final  session  of  the  convention  these  officers  were 
elected:  President,  Charles  Genolin  of  Nashville;  first  vice- 
president,  W.  S.  Margowski,  Delphi;  second  vice-president, 
A.  J.  Frazier  of  Muncie;  third  vice-president,  Ira  White  of 
South  Bend ;  secretary,  William  H.  Werner  of  Indianapolis, 
and  treasurer,  Frank  H.  Carter  of  Indianapolis.  The  executive 
committee  consists  of  J.  A.  Aubrey  of  Hammond,  J.  Lovetf 
of  Huntington,  and  Wood  Wiles  of  Bloomington.  The  con- 
vention voted  to  hold  its  next  meeting  at  Indianapolis. 


I.  PH.  A.  MEETS  BESIDE  A  TROUT  STREAM 

The  Idaho  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  ninth 
annual  convention  at  the  Guyer  Hot  Springs  Hotel,  Ketchum, 
and  the  occasion  was  so  thoroughly  enjoyed  that  the  mem- 
bers unanimously  decided  to  return  there  next  year. 

W.  F.  Bee,  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee,  detailed 
the  work  of  that  body  to  better  conditions  for  the  profession 
in  the  State  and  outlined  the  proposed  State  pharmacy  law, 
which  is  intended  to  do  away  with  the  errors  and  inconsis- 
tencies of  the  present  law. 

F.  E.  McClure  read  a  very  interesting  paper  on  "Moth 
Balls,  The  Ethical  Preservative,"  which  was  a  plea  to  the 
druggists  of  today  to  "preserve  with  moth  balls"  the  old 
ethical  ideas  that  keep  him  in  a  rut,  and  to  adopt  the  modem 
methods  of  merchandising,  which  will  enable  him  to  compete 
with  the  department  stores  and  other  establishments  encroach- 
ing upon  his  field. 

The  association  endorsed  the  Stevens  bill.  A  resolution 
in  memory  of  Dr.  W.  H.  Anderson  of  Soda  Springs,  a 
pioneer  member,  was  introduced  and  adopted. 

W.  F.  Bee  of  Boise  was  elected  president;  George  Bailey 
of  Pocatello,  vice-president;  D.  S.  Whitehead  of  Boise,  secre- 
tary-treasurer. 

The  next  convention  vvill  be  held  at  Ketchum  June  19,  20 
and  21,  1916. 


Texas  Women  Establish  a  Scholarship 

Mrs.  George  T.  Reynolds  of  Dallas  was  elected  president 
of  the  Women's  auxiliary  of  the  Texas  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association  at  the  recent  annual  meeting  of  the  former  body, 
held  in  Houston.  The  other  officers  elected  are:  First  vice- 
president,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Cleveland,  Houston;  second  vice-presi- 
dent, Mrs.  Herman  Dreiss  of  San  Antonio;  secretary.  Mrs. 
W.  H.  Wentland,  Manor,  and  treasurer,  Mrs.  Walter  B. 
Adams,  Forney. 

By  a  unanimous  vote  the  auxiliary  decided  to  establish  a 
scholarship  for  some  deserving  young  woman  at  the  State  Uni- 
versity, department  of  pharmacy,  and  appropriated  a  sum  of 
money  for  that  purpose.  When  this  matter  was  reported  to 
the  Texas  Ph.  A.,  the  members  of  that  organization  re- 
sponded liberally  by  putting  down  their  wives'  names  as  con- 
tributors to  the  fund. 


St.  Louis  Drug  Club  Wages  Membership  Campaigrn 

The  St.  Louis   (Mo.)    Drug  Club  has  just  completed  a 
sociation  was  held  in  Buffalo  June  29  to  July  2,  inclusive, 
more  than  double  the  size  of  the  club,  making  a  total  of 
between    700   and   800.     The   organization    is   publishing  a 
monthly  journal,  "The  Drug  Club  Booster." 


ACGUST.  1915] 


THJ-:  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


363 


New  Preparations  and  Specialties 


Boosting  Fountain  Pen  Sales 
Fountain  pens  have  long  been  considered  one  of  the  drug- 
gist's best  paying  side  lines.  W.  F.  French  in  his  article  in 
this  issue,  entitled,  "Picking  Things  to  Push,"  relates  the  method 
used  by  an  enterprising  druggist  to  "'push''  fountain  pens.  The 
Conklin  Pen  Manufacturing  Company,  Toledo,  Ohio,  has  a 
plan  also  which  it  claims  moves  pens  from  the  druggist's 
show  case  to  the  customer's  pocket.  September  is  said  by  the 
Conklin  concejn  to  be  the  best  month  of  the  year,  witli  the 
exception  of  the  Christmas  period,  for  the  sale  of  fountain 


Conklin  pen  cut-out. 

pens.  One  reason  is  that  in  September  the  schools  reopen  for  the 
fall  term.  The  Conklin  Pen  Manufacturing  Company  calls  its 
sales  proposition  the  "Opening-of-School  Plan."  Druggists 
are  invited  to  write  them  for  information,  which  is  contained 
in  a  folder  published  expressly  for  the  purpose  of  boosting 
September  sales  of  fountain  pens. 

The  Conklin  concern  offers  a  handsome  cut-out  sign  to  drug- 
gists free  of  charge.  An  illustration  of  this  sign  appears 
herewith.  This  is  one  of  the  selling  helps  that  have  ef- 
fectually aided  drugonsts  in  boosting  their  sales  of  Conklin 
pens. 

"Suprema"  Toilet  Goods 

For  several  years  Frederick  Steams  &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich., 
have  been  perfecting  the  "Suprema"  line  of  toilet  articles, 
which  includes  cold  cream,  massage  cream,  face  powder,  violet 
soap,  nail  cleanser,  liquid  shampoo,  face  cream,  disappearing 
cream,  violet  talcum,  violet  water,  violet  perfume,  hair  tonic, 
bath  salts,  violet  sachet  nail  polish,  nail  rouge  and  polish,  shav- 
ing lotion  and  shaving  powder.  New  items  have  from  time 
to  time  been  added  to  the  line  until  it  now  includes  nineteen 
popular  toilet  articles  of  exceptional  quality. 

A  national  advertising  campaign  that  will  help  druggist 
to  move  these  goods  from  the  shelves  will  be  inaugurated  in 
the  August  issues  of  the  popular  women's  magazines,  such 
as  Harper's  Bazar,  Vanity  Fair,  Theatre  Magazine,  Vogue 
and  Town  and  Coimtry.  The  first  item  to  be  advertised 
is  "Suprema"  cold  cream.  This  package  holds  seven  and  a 
half  Q-ances  of  fragrant  cold  cream  and  is  presented  in  a  jar 


with  cover  lithographed  in  several  colors  and  a  beautifully 
embossed  carton.  This  package  retails  for  50  cents  and 
costs  the  retail  druggist  $3  a  dozen. 

These  advertisements  will  continue  each  month  and  will 
feature  various  other  best-sellers  of  the  line. 

Frederick  Stearns  &  Co.  announce  that  they  are  prepared 
to  co-operate  with  druggists  so  that  they  can  take  full  ad- 
vantage of  the  national  advertising  campaign. 

San-Tox  Toilet  Specialties 

The  DePree  Chemical  Company,  Chicago,  111.,  manufac- 
turer of  San-Tox  toilet  specialties,  called  "the  public  service 
line,"  is  prepared  to  make  exclusive  agency  arrangements 
with  retail  druggists.  This  company  is  conducting  a  big 
national  advertising  campaign  which  is  popularizing  its  prod- 
ucts. 

The  DePree  Chemical  Company  places  special  emphasis  on 
the  fact  that  every  San-Tox  preparation  is  sold  with  an 
absolute  guarantee  of  satisfaction  or  money  refunded. 

The  San-Tox  line  consists  of  100  toilet  and  remedial  special- 
ties— for  the  most  part  $1,  $2  and  $4  itenns.  The  company 
points  out  that  an  investment  sufficiently  large  to  do  a 
$5,000  business  would  hardly  exceed  $1,700,  leaving  a  gross 
profit  of  $2,300. 

"American  Oil"  Equals  the  Russian  Product 

Now  that  the  importation  of  Russian  white  oil  has  prac- 
tically ceased,  due  to  the  war,  a  number  of  American  firms 
have  begun  the  manufacture  of  an  intestinal  oil  which  in 
many  cases  is  said  to  equal  the  Russian  product. 

These  oils  are  put  on  the  market  under  various  names. 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich.,  have  produced  a  product 
known  as  "American  Oil,"  which  is  said  to  be  of  rem.arkably 
high  viscosity  and  lubricating  power  and  free  from  sulphur 
compounds,  acids,  alkalies  and  all  harmful  by-products.  Am- 
erican manufacturers  have  so  far  perfected  the  white  oils 
that  they  are  now  able  to  produce  an  oil  as  colorless  and  odor- 
less as  any  which  was  formerly  imported. 

A  Royal  Purple  Grape  Juice  Month 

The  J.  Hungerford  Smith  Company,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  an- 
nounces that  August  will  be  a  "Royal  Purple"  grape  juice 
month.  In  order  to  bring  this  brand  of  grape  juice  before 
their  customers  the  J.  Hungerford  Smith  Company  has  m.ade 
extensive  plans  to  co-operate  with  their  dealers.  They  will 
do  this  by  carrying  on  an  extensive  national  advertising  cam- 
paign through   the   leading  magazines  and   by   helping  their 


Royal  Purple  grape  juice  display. 

dealers  to  arrange  an  attractive  window  or  fountain  display. 
The  idea  is  to  make  the  magazine  ads  and  the  displays  as 
much  alike  as  possible. 

One  of  the  first  and  most  attractive  displays  was  that  put 
in  by  J.  J.  Bell,  of,  653  Park  avenue,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  in 
which  the  "Royal  Purple"  grape  juice  boys  were  featured. 


364 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[August,  191.t 


Take  Medal  of  Honor  at  Exposition 

M.  Hohner,  the  well  kown  harmonica  and  accordton  manu- 
facturer was  recently  advised  that  the  Hohner  exhibit  at  the 
Panama  Pacific  International  Exposition  had  been  awarded 
the  medal  of  honor  in  its  class  by  the  committee.  As  this 
is  the  highest  award  given  to  any  exhibitor  in  this  division 
and  as  there  were  several  large  exhibits  of  harmonicas  and  ac- 
cordeons  at  the  fair,  the  Hohner  company  feels  justly  proud. 


M.  Hohner  Exhibit  at  Exposition 

The  house  of  Hohner,  whose  factory  is  in  Germany,  has 
a  wide  international  reputation.  Since  1871  this  company 
has  taken  highest  awards  in  seven  foreign  expositions  and 
in  the  exhibitions  in  Philadelphia,  Chicago  and  St.  Louis. 

In  judging  the  present  exhibit  the  committee  of  awards 
was  guided  by  information  furnished  relating  to  the  Hohner 
factory  in  Trossingen,  Germany,  where  this  company  em- 
ployes more  than  3,000  persons  under  ideal  conditions. 

No  details  were  overlooked  by  those  in  charge  to  make  this 
display  inviting.  The  exhibit  in  its  entirety  consists  of  sixty- 
five  Hohner  accordeons  and  blow-accordeons;  200  Hohner 
harmonicas,  each  of  a  different  style;  thirteen  different  as- 
sortment cut-outs,  revolving  displays,  etc.  The  exhibit  is 
in  charge  of  Charles  B.  Hohman,  travelingr  representative  for 
the  house  of  Hohner.  Among  the  models  of  accordeons  dis- 
played are  the  German,  Vienna,  Italian,  Russian,  Polish  and 
Magdeburg,  with  a  number  of  large  chromatic  accordeons. 

A  feature  of  special  interest  to  the  dealers  is  the  various 
cut-outs,  revolving  displays,  etc.  The  Hohner  boy  cut-out 
is  especially  featured  and  is  said  to  have  greatly  increased 
the  sales  of  the  Hohner  instruments  among  the  dealers  on 
the  coast. 


Armstrong  Cork  Company's  Exhibit  Educates 

Probably  not  one  person  in  a  hundred  could  tell  off- 
hand where  cork  comes  from  or  mention  a  third  of  the 
things  it  is  used  for.  Most  people  believe  it  is  the  wood  of 
a  tree  or  a  sponge-like  formation  and  that  its  sole  use  is 
to  make  stoppers  for  bottles  and  to  stuff  life  preservers.  An 
exhibit  by  the  Armstrong  Cork  Company  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 
at  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition  not  only  illustrates  the  true 
source  of  this  product,  but  gives  a  surprising  number  of 
uses  to  which  it  may  be  put. 

Cork  is  in  reality  In,-  mjt.  r  hark  of  n  spec  i.-s  <if  rvrr- 
green  oak  which  flou'  :-,!i,^  imly  in  the  Spanish  1".  niiiMil  i, 
Southern  France  and  .N'.ullKrn  .\frica.  The  .\rnisl ion-  t \- 
hibit  traces  the  manufaiiure  of  the  cork  fnun  ih.  Ut^{  (ut- 
ting  to  the  numerous  finished  products.  NmriN-iiM  ,liti.i,nt 
kinds  of  bottle  corks  arc  shown  and  amoni;  ilu  imk  s|Kii,il- 
ties  on  exhibit  are  pin  cushions,  table  mats,  dniin  stri]is. 
shoe  daubers,  insoles,  polishing  wheels,  fishing  floats,  optical 
strips,  running  handles,  plasterer's  floats,  lame  lifts,  penholder 
tips,  baseball  centers,  surf  balls,  fishing  rod  handles,  pulley 


rim  covers  and  carburetor,  oil  and  gasoline  floats  for  motor 
cars.  Among  the  larger  things  for  which  cork  is  used  are  life 
preservers,  ring  buoys,  yacht  fenders,  mooring  buoys,  bath 
mats  and  lap  boards. 

One  of  the  most  important  uses  of  cork  as  explained  by  the 
exhibit  is  corkboard  for  insulating  cold  storage  warehouses, 
ice  factories,  packing  plants,  breweries,  dairies,  creameries,  fur 
storage  vaults,  etc.  All  this  is  illustrated  by  a  cross  section  of 
a  typical  cold  storage  plant.  The  floors  of  the  exhibition  room 
are  covered  with  cork  brick  paving  and  with  the  various  forms 
of  linotile  made  from  cork  and  their  chief  demonstration 
is  in  the  fact  that  they  stand  the  wear  of  thousands  of  feet 
every  day. 


"Ad"  Films  for  Druggists 

Many  druggists  find  it  to  their  advantage  to  advertise  their 
special  lines  of  goods  in  the  moving  picture  theatres  of  their 
lown.  For  this  reason,  the  B.  F.  Allen  Co.,  United  States 
agent  for  Sheffield's  dentrifice,  has  prepared  a  large  number  of 
lantern  slides  for  distribution  among  their  customers  upon  ap- 
plication. The  slides  contain  an  attractive  "ad"  done  in  colors 
and  a  space  is  left  so  that  the  dealer's  name  may  be  inserted  at 
the  bottom. 

William  McKinney,  secretary  of  the  company,  says  that  he 
does  not  force  the  slides  on  his  customers  for  he  does  not  be- 
lieve that  it  is  a  profitable  form  of  advertising  for  the  whole- 
saler, but  they  are  gladly  furnished  to  those  who  find  such 
local  advertising  successful. 

The  Allen  company  claims  to  have  been  the  first  to  ever  put 
dentifrice  into  collapsible  tubes  and  the  first  to  use  the  color 
process  with  a  design  for  the  decoration  of  the  tubes.  The 
manufacture  of  Dr.  Sheffield's  dentifrice  began  in  1851.  The 
company  manufactures  its  own  tubes  and  is  just  completing  a 
large  addition  to  its  factory  at  New  London,  Coim.  which  will 
increase  the  capacity  to  five  times  the  amount  of  two  years  ago. 


Penny-in-the-Slot  Machine 

The  Mills  Novelty  Company  of  Chicago  has  put  on  the 
market  recently  a  new  coin-controlled  machine  for  the  selling 
of  perfumes  which  should  prove  a  good  addition  to  the  equip- 
ment of  the  drug  store.  This  machine  works  on  the  principle 
of  the  penny-in-the-slot  gum  and  candy  machines.  The  cus- 
tomer drops  his  penny  in  the  slot,  turns  a  handle  and  ha<>  his 


Coin-controlled  perfume  iiujehine. 


handkerchief  sprayed  with  a  high  grade  perfume.  The  ma- 
chine is  arranged  so  that  the  customer  may  have  a  choice  of 
four  perfumes.  The  Mills  Novelty  Company  offers  to  send 
the  machine  filled  with  perfume  or  the  druggist  may  u»c  his 
own  special  brand.  A  feature  of  tliis  machine  is  that  the 
bottles  are  within  the  sight  of  the  customer,  thus  fjnring  in 
itself  an  excellent  show  case  for  the  display  of  choice  brands 
of  perfumes. 


August.  1915] 


THE  PTTAR:\rArEr'Tl(\\L  ERA 


365 


HIGHER  PRICES  FOR  MOST  CHEMICALS  A 

Cod  Liver  Oil  in  the  Ascendant — Bromides  Scarce 
■with  Active  Domestic  and  Export  Demand 

Sees  pages  23  to  32  for  Prices  Current.  D 

Ch.\nges  Since  Last  Report  A- 

A— Acetanilid   lb.  1.00    —  U2S  D 

A— .\cid.  Acetic.  C.  P.  Glacial,  99^%... lb.      .22    —    .28  A 

A— Acid,  Benzoic,  from  Toluol  lb.  3.40    —  4.00  A 

A— Acid,  Carbolic,  Crvstal,  Bulk  lb.  1.70    —  1.80 

10  and  IS-lb.  cans  lb.  1.75    —  1.85  A- 

1-lb.  bottles   lb.  1.80    —  1.85 

A — Acid.  Cinnamic   oz.      .20    —    .26  A- 

A — Acid,  Citric.  Crj-stals,  kegs  lb.      .72    —  .75 

Less   lb.     .80    —    .90  D 

Granulated   lb.      .85    —    .95  A- 

A—.\cid  Gallic.  H.  5^  and  1-lb.  cartons,  .lb.      .90    —  1.00  A- 

D— .\cid.  Lactic.  Dilute  oz.      .05    —    .07  A- 

A— .\cid.  Oxalic   lb.      .35    —    .45  D 

Powdered   lb.      .40    —  .50 

A— Acid.  Picric   lb.  2.25    —  2.75  A- 

A— .Acid.   Pyroligneous,   Crude  lb.      .30    —    .40  D- 

A— .\cid.  Salicylic.  1-lb.  cartons  lb.  2.85    —  3.05  A- 

Bulk   lb.  2.80    —  3.00 

A— .\deps  Lanae,  Anhydrous   lb.  1.60    —  1.80  A- 

Hydrous  lb.  1.40    —  1.50  A- 

A — .-Vmbergris,  Gray   dr.  4.00    —  6.00  A- 

A— .Ammonium  Bromide,  1-lb.  bottles  lb.  1.60    —  1.75  D- 

A — .Ammonium  Carbonate,  Resub.,  cubes.  A- 

1-lb.  bots  lb.  .29    —    .36  A- 

A — .Ammonium  Iodide  lb.  4.50    —  5.30  A- 

A — .Ammonium  Molybdate   oz.  .32    —    .40  A- 

A — .Ammonium   Salicylate   lb.  1.80    —  2.25  D- 

A— Arnica  Flowers   lb.  ..30    —    .35  A- 

D— Balsam   Fir.    Canada  lb.  1.00    —  1.10  A- 

Oregon   lb.  .16    —    .18  A- 

D— Beans.  Vanilla.  Mexican,  cut  lb.  3.23    —  3.50 

Bourbon   lb.  3.50    —  3.75  A- 

D— Belladonna  Leaves,  German   lb.  1.00    —  1.25  A- 

Root.  German   lb.  1.35    —  1.45  A- 

Powdered   lb.  1.45    —  1  50  A- 

A— Blue  Ma-ss  (Blue  Pill)  lb.  .82    --    .88  A- 

Powdered   lb.  .85    —    .92  A- 

A— Borax.  Refined   lb.            —    .10  A- 

Powdered   lb.  .09    —  .12 

A— Buckthorn  Bark   lb.  .38    —    .42  A- 

A— Caffeine,  Pure  (oz.  50-60)  lb.  7.00    —  7.50 

Citrated   lb.  4.15    —  4.35  D- 

A— Calamus,  White,  Peeled  and  Split  lb.  .62    ~    .68  A- 

A — Calendula   Flowers   lb.  .60    —    .70  A- 

A — Camphor.  Refined,  ^-Ib.  squares  lb.  .47    —    .52  D- 

D— Cantharides.  Russian,  Sifted  lb.  5.00    —  5.25  D- 

Powdered   lb.  5.25    —  5.50  A- 

A— Cascarilla  Bark   lb.  .26    —    .30  D- 

Powdered  lb.  .,34    —    .37  A- 

A— Cassia,  China   lb.  .16    —  .20 

Powdered   lb.  .18    —  .23 

D— Celery  Seed   lb.  .26    —    .30  D- 

D— Colocynth.  Select   lb.  .40    —    .50  D- 

Pulp   lb.  .60    •-    .65  A- 

A— Condurango  Bark,  True   lb.  .40    —    .45  A- 

.A— Copaiba.  South  .American  lb.  .50    —    .55  A- 

A— Copper  Sulph.ite  (Blue  Vitriol)  lb.  .12    —  .15 

Powdered   lb.  .13     —    .16  A- 

A— Coriander  Seed   lb.  .10    —    .12  A- 

A— Cumin  Seed   lb.  .32    —    .38  A- 

D— Dandelion  Root  lb.  ..^O    —    33  A— 

Cut   lb.  32    —  .38 

D— Digitalis  Leaves.  German   lb.  .32    —    .36  A— 

Powdered   lb.  .38    —    .42  D- 

A— Doggrass.  Cut   lb.  .60    —    .65  D- 

D— Dover's   Powder   lb.  2.25    —  2  60  D- 


nr.ii^on's  Blood,  Powdered  lb.      .40    --  .70 

Extra   lb.    1.10    —  1.35 

Powdered   lb.    1.15  —  1.38 

Reeds   lb.      .90  —100 

Elm  Bark,  Powdered  Pure  lb.      .23  —  .33 

Euonymin  (Eclectic  Powder)  oz.      .40    —  .45 

—Fennel  Seed   lb.     .40  —  .52 

— Formaldehyde   lb.      .14    —  .26 

—Garlic,  on  strings  string     .25  —  .30 

—Grains  of  Paradise  lb.     .40  —  .45 

Powdered   lb.      .45  —  .51 

— Guaiac,  Resin   lb.     .40  —  .45 

Powdered   lb.      .45  —  .55 

— Guarana  (Paullinia)   lb.    1.50  —  160 

Powdered  lb.    1.65  —  1.75 

— Heliotropin   oz.  —  .32 

— Hexamethylenamine   lb.      .85  —  1.10 

— Hydrochinon   oz.      .35  —  .45 

— Hyoscyamine  Hydrobromide   gr.      .20  —  .27 

—Ipecac  Root,  Cartagena   lb.    2.40  —  2.60 

Powdered   lb.    2.45  —  2.60 

—Isinglass,  Russian   lb.    6.00  —  6.60 

—Juniper  Berries   lb.      .09  —  .12 

-Lanolin   lb.    1.40  —  1.50 

Anhydrous   lb.    1.60  —  1.80 

—Licorice  Root,  Powdered  Spanish  lb.      .18  —  .24 

-Lithium  Bromide   lb.    2.60  —  3.50 

-Lithium  Salicylate   lb.    2.75  —  3.00 

— Lycopodium   lb.    1.10  —  1  15 

—Magnesium,  Metal,  Powdered   oz.      .32  —  .40 

—Magnesium  Sulphate  (Sal  Epsom) ....  lb.      .05  —  .OS 

-Malva  Flowers,  Blue,  Small  lb.    2.00  —  2.25 

-Manna,  Flake,  Small   lb.      .58  —  .62 

-Menthol,  Crystal  (oz.  .25-.30)  lb.    2.80  —3.00 

-Mercury   lb.    1.45  —  1 55 

—Mercury,  Ammoniated  (white  precip.).lb.    1.80  —  1.90 

— ]\Iercury,   Bichloride    (cor.  sub.)  lb.    1.45  —  1.55 

Powdered   lb.    1.40  —  1.50 

-Mercury  Bisulphate   lb.  —  1.35 

-Mercury,  Chloride,  Mild   (Calomel) .  .lb.    1.55  --1.60 

-Mercury,  Oxide,  Red  (Red  precip.) .  .lb.    1.60  —  1.70 

-Mercury,  .Sulphate  (Turpeth  Mineral). lb.    1.25  —  1.80 

-Mercury  with  Chalk  (by  succussion ) . lb.      .85  —  .95 

-Naphthalene,  f5ake  or  balls  lb.      .18  —  .20 

-Oil,   Almond,   Bitter  lb.    7.00  —  8.00 

Without  Acid   lb.    7.50  —  8.50 

-Oil,  Amber,  Crude,  Dark  lb.      .24  —  .27 

Rectified   lb.      .36  —  .40 

-Oil  Aniseed,  Star  lb.    1.50  —160 

-Oil  Bergamot   lb.    3.75  -  3.90 

-Oil,  Birch,  Black  (Betula)  lb.    2.60  —2.70 

-Oil,  Cassia   lb.    1.25  —  1.50 

-Oil,  Cedar  Leaves,  Pure   lb.      .65  —  .75 

-Oil,  Citronella   lb.    1.55  —  1,60 

-Oil,  Cloves  lb.    1.30  —  1.40 

-Oil,  Cod  Liver,  Norwegian   gal.    2.50  —  2.75 

Barrels   ea.  70.00  —75.00 

i/l-barrels   ea.  37.50  —40.00 

-Oil,  Coriander   oz.     .62  —  .70 

-Oil,  Croton   lb.    1.20  —1.35 

-Oil,  Fennel  Seed,  Pure  lb.    3.25  —  3.75 

-Oil,  Hemlock   lb.     .80  —  .90 

-Oil,  Lavender  Flowers   lb.    4.50  —  5.25 

Garden,    French   lb.    1.35  -  1.50 

-Oil,    Lemon   lb.    1.50  —  1.65 

-Oil,  Male  Fern,  Ethereal   lb.    5.50  —  6.00 

-Oil,  Mustard,   Artificial   lb.    4.75  —  5  00 

-Oil,  Orange,  Bitter  lb.    2.30  —  2.40 

Sweet   lb.    2.20  —  2.45 

-Oil,  Peach  Kernels   lb.      .50  —  .60 

-Oil,  Peppermint,   Western   lb.    1.80  —  190 

-Oil,  Salad,  Union  Oil  Co  gal.     .70  —  .78 

-Oil,  Sandalwood,  English   lb.    6.25  —  6.50 


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A— Oil,  Thyme,  Red  No.  1  lb.  1.70  —  1.80 

A — Ointment,  Mercurial,  ^  Mercury  ....lb.  1.00  —  1.10 

Vs    Mercury   lb.  .90  —  1.00 

A— Paraldehyde   lb.  1.75  —  2.00 

D— Pareira  Brava  Root   lb.  .28  —  .34 

A— Pitch,  Burgundy,  American   lb.  .08  —  .12^ 

A— Potassa,  White,  Sticks   lb.  .55  —  .70 

A — Potassium  Acetate   lb.  .50  —  .60 

A — Potassium  Bichromate   lb.  .26  —  .33 

A — Potassium  Bitartrate  (Cream  Tartar), 

powdered   lb.  .37  —  .45 

A— Potassium  Bromide   lb.  1.55  —  1.80 

A — Potassium  Carbonate,  Refined  (Sal  Tar- 
tar)  lb.  .35  —  .42 

A— Potassium  Nitrate   '...lb.  .24  —  .29 

Powdered  lb.  .23  —  .30 

C.  P  lb.  .35  —  .40 

A — Potassium   Permanganate   lb.  1.25  —  1.50 

Powdered   lb.  1.35  —  1.69 

A— Potassium  Prussiate,  Red  lb.  1.00  —  1.25 

Yellow   lb.  .65  —  .90 

A — Quinine  Acetate   lb.  .72  —  .74 

A — Quinine  Sulphate,  100-oz.  tins  oz.  .30  —  .31 

5-oz.  tins   oz.  .35  —  .36 

1-oz.  vials   oz.  .40  —  .42 

A— Resorcin,  Pure  White   lb.  3.25  —  3.75 

A— Rochelle  Salt   lb.  .26^—  .35 

D— Rose  Leaves,  Red  lb.  2.15  —  2.30 

A— Saffron,  American   (Safflower)  lb.  .80  —  .90 

D— Saffron,  Spanish,  True,  Valencia  lb.  13.00  —13.25 

A— Salol   lb.  3.75  -  3.90 

D— Santonin   lb.  4.25  —  4.75 

D— Saw  Pahnetto  Berries   lb.  .16  —  .20 

D— Senega  Root   lb.  .52  —  .62 

Powdered  lb.  .60  —  .70 

A— Soap,  Castile,  White,  Conti's  box  5.75  —  6.00 

D— Soap  Tree  Bark,  whole  lb.  .15  —  .18 

Cut   lb.  .20  —  .24 

Powdered   lb.  .20  —  .25 

A— Sodium   Benzoate   lb.  3.10  —  3.40 

A — Sodium  Bromide   lb.  1.40  —  1.60 

A— Sodium  Salicylate   lb.  3.50  —  3.80 

A — Spirits  Turpentine   gal.  .54  —  .62 

A — Strontium  Bromide   lb.  1.40  —  1.58 

A— Sulphonmethane,  U.  S.  P  lb.  6.50  —  8.25 

A— Sulphonethylmeth,  U.  S.  P  lb.  8.00  —10.00 

D— Terpin  Hydrate   oz.  .45  —  .50 

A— Thymol   lb.  13.00  —13.50 

A— Turpentine,  Venice  lb.  .70  —  .80 

A— Uva  Ursi  lb.  .15  —  .20 

Powdered   lb.  .22  —  .28 

A — Wormseed,  Levant  (Santonica)  lb.  1.65  —  1.75 

Powdered   lb.  1.70  —  1.80 

A— Zinc  Acetate,  1-lb.  bottles  lb.  .40  —  .50 

D— Zinc  Chloride,  Fused   lb.  .30  —  .40 

A — Zinc  Sulphate,  Crystals  lb.  .08  —  .10 


A — Advanced;  D — Declined;  C — Correction;  N — New 

New  York,  July  22.— A  study  of  the  market  for  the  period 
under  review  shows  a  general  advance  in  prices  for  most  drugs 
and  chemicals,  the  exceptions  being  confined  to  articles  which 
relatively  are  unimportant.  Among  the  most  notable  advances 
are  those  pertaining  to  cod  liver  oil,  following  the  estimate  that 
Norway  dealers  have  less  than  20,000  barrels  which  have  not 
been  contracted  for ;  and  of  bromine  and  bromides,  due  to 
the  dearth  in  offerings,  domestic  supplies  having  been  prac- 
tically absorbed  and  stocks  in  second  hands  exhausted.  Col- 
lectively all  chemical  products  show  an  upward  trend,  and 
there  is  an  active  demand  for  export.  Other  notable  advances 
recorded  above  are  those  for  acetanilid,  carbolic  acid,  caffeine, 
copper  sulphate,  lanolin,  mercurials  of  all  kinds,  naphthalene, 
the  Messina  essences,  potassium  salts  and  compounds,  s:  licylic 
acid  and  salicylates,  and  the  various  benzoates.  The  most  im- 
portant  declines  are  those  relating  to  Canadian  balsam  of  tir, 
Russian  canlharides,  dandelion  root,  digitalis  leaves,  ipecac 
root,  menthol,  oil  cassia,  oil  sandalwood,  oil  coriander,  pareira 
brava  root,  rose  leaves,  santonine,  saw  palmetto  berries,  and 
senega  root.  No  record  transactions  have  been  reported  since 
our  last  report,  and  while  a  lively  interest  is  being  shown  in 


the  market  than  ordinarily  obtains  at  this  time  of  the  year, 
domestic  business  is  apparently  restricted  to  actual  current  re- 
quirements. 

OproM — Demand  for  this  narcotic  is  anything  but  active, 
and  prices  remain  unchanged  at  $7.50  to  $7.75  for  natural, 
$8.85  to  $9  for  granulated,  and  $8.75  to  $8.95  for  U.  S.  P. 
powdered.  Buying  for  export  is  in  evidence.  The  Harrison 
anti-narcotic  law  has  no  doubt  had  much  to  do  with  lessen- 
ing the  domestic  demand  for  all  narcotics,  and  it  is  now  esti- 
mated that  when  the  trade  eventually  becomes  thoroughly  ad- 
justed to  the  new  conditions  and  restrictions  occasioned  by  the 
law,  the  consumption  of  these  products  will  be  greatly  cur- 
tailed. 

Quinine — The  domestic  situation  is  firm  in  sympathy  with 
the  conditions  prevailing  in  foreign  markets.  Stocks  m  Lon- 
don are  smaller  than  they  have  been  in  many  years,  and  the 
English  dealers  have  been  bidding  actively  for  cinchona  bark 
and  quinine  sulphate.  It  is  said  that  American  manufacturers 
are  closely  adhering  to  their  policy  of  preventing  thair  prod- 
ucts from  falling  into  the  hands  of  exporters,  and  are  refus- 
ing to  sell  quantities  beyond  the  actual  current  requirements 
of  domestic  consumers.  Prices  are  firmly  held  by  manufac- 
turers on  the  bulk  basis  of  30c  per  ounce  in  100-oz.  tins. 

Cod  Liver  Oil — This  article  has  furnished  one  of  the  spec- 
tacular features  of  the  month's  changes,  prices  having  advanced 
to  $70  to  $75  per  barrel,  and  $37.50  to  $40  per  half  barrel,  due 
to  the  prospective  scarcity  of  supplies  needed  for  next  w  inter's 
consumption.  It  appears  from  final  estimates  that  the  shortage 
in  the  production  this  year  is  about  3,000  barrels,  while  stocks 
in  this  covmtry  are  smaller  than  they  have  been  at  this  season 
for  many  years  past.  Reports  from  Norway  state  that  Nor- 
way dealers  have  less  than  20,000  barreb  which  have  not  been 
contracted  for  by  the  Germans,  and  when  this  quantity  cemes. 
to  be  divided  up  between  England,  which,  under  ordinary 
conditions,  requires  about  15,000  barrels,  the  United  States, 
which  requires  about  12,000  barrels,  and  other  countries  with 
their  wants,  to  say  nothing  of  Germany's  own  normal  con- 
sumption, which  equals  about  that  of  England,  the  future  is 
not  very  promising.  This  scarcity,  as  might  be  expected,  has 
stimulated  a  more  active  demand  for  the  Newfoundland  prod- 
uct, which  is  holding  around  $45  per  barrel.  All  things  con- 
sidered, the  future  outlook  for  the  Norwegian  oil  iji  this 
market  is  largely  a  matter  of  guesswork. 

Mercurials — A  further  upward  revision  of  prices  has  char- 
acterized the  quotations  on  all  mercurials,  due  to  the  higher 
cost  of  quicksilver,  a  dearth  of  which  has  been  reported  in 
various  quarters,  the  condition  being  further  aggravated  by  the 
prohibition  of  exports  from  Italy,  one  of  the  most  important 
producing  countries  in  the  world.  The  following  is  a  revised 
schedule  of  jobbing  quotations:  Mercury,  $1.45  to  $155  per 
pound;  ammoniated  (white  precipitate),  $1.80  to  $1.90;  bi- 
chloride (corrosive  sublimate),  $1.45  to  $1.55;  powdered,  $1.40 
to  $1.50;  bisulphate,  $1.35;  chloride,  mild  (calomel),  $1.55  to 
$1.60;  red  oxide  (red  precipitate),  $1.60  to  $1.70;  sulphate 
(Turpeth  mineral),  $125  to  $1.80,  and  mercury  with  chalk 
(by  succussion),  85c  to  95c. 

Naphthalene — Following  the  very  active  demand  early  in 
the  month  prices  have  steadily  advanced  and  offerings  are  re- 
stricted, jobbers  now  quoting  18c  to  20c  per  pound  for  both 
flake  and  balls. 

Lanolin — Extreme  scarcity  and  an  active  demand  has  not 
been  without  effect  on  the  varieties  and  brands  of  woolfat  on 
the  market.  The  prices  are  the  highest  quoted  for  a  long 
time,  as  is  shown  by  the  following  figures:  Adeps  lar.ar.  an- 
hydrous, $1.60  to  $1.80;  hydrous,  $1.40  to  $1.50;  larolin  is 
quoted  at  similar  figures. 

Bromides — .All  of  the  medicinal  bromide  salts  have  advanced 
sharply,  owing  to  a  dearth  of  offerings  and  the  inability  of 
manufacturers  to  supply  current  demands.  Potassium  bro- 
mide has  been  especially  active  and  prices  have  been  marked 
up  to  $1.55  to  $1.80  per  pound.  Other  bromides  are  qiioted 
as  follows:  Ammonium,  $1.60  to  $1.75;  lithium,  $2.60  to 
$.v50;  sodium,  $1.40  to  $1.60;  strontium,  $1.40  to  $1.58. 

Carbolic  Acid — .\  continued  strong  demand  exists  for  U.  S. 
P.  grade,  and  this,  with  the  known  scarcity  of  supplies,  tends 
to  restrict  the  business  to  transictions  of  a  hand-to-mouth 
character.  Quotations  have  been  advanced  to  $1.70  lo  $1.80 
for  crystal  in  bulk,  and  $1.75  to  $1.S5  in  5  and  10-pound 
cans.    One-pound  bottles  are  held  at  $1.80  to  $1.85.  Recent 


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arrivals  of  small  quantities  for  medicinal  use  from  England 
and  Scotland  have  been  reported. 

Saxtoxin — An  easier  feeling  is  noticeable,  a  condition  that 
is  reflected  in  the  lowering  of  jobbing  quotations  to  S-1.25  to 
^.75  per  ounce. 

Citric  Acid — The  market  shows  strength,  although  It  is  re- 
ported that  manufacturers  are  now  making  larger  deliveries  to 
their  regular  customers  than  they  have  done  for  some  time. 

C.\XTHARIDES — Reccnt  arrival  of  Russian  flies  by  way  of 
Archangel  have  eased  the  market  greatly,  and  prices  have  been 
reduced  $5  to  ^^5.25  per  pound  for  sifted,  and  $5.25  to  $5.50 
for  powdered. 

Potassium  S.\lts — Many  of  these  are  in  short  supply  and 
prices  are  advancing.  This  is  particularly  true  of  the  per- 
manganate, which  jobbers  quote  at  $1.25  to  $1.50  for  crystals, 
and  $1.35  to  $1.69  per  pound  for  powdered.  Other  salts  are 
quoted  as  follows:  Acetate,  50c  to  60c;  bichromate,  26c  to 
33c;  bitartrate  (cream  tartar),  37c  to  45c;  refined  carbonate 
(sal  tartar),  35c  to  42c;  red  prussiate,  $1  to  $1.25;  yellow 
prussiate,  65c  to  90c. 

Essential  Oils — The  Messina  essences  show  an  upward 
trend  in  sympathy  with  advancing  prices  in  primary  markets. 
Bergamot  is  quoted  at  $3.75  to  $3.90,  lemon  at  $1.50  to  SI. 65, 
and  orange,  bitter,  at  $2.30  to  $2.40;  sweet,  $2.20  to  $2.45. 
Bitter  almond  oil  has  also  been  advanced,  quotations  ranging 
from  $7  to  $S  per  pound,  as  to  brand  and  description.  Fen- 
nel oil  shows  strength  on  reports  of  diminishing  supplies  in 
the  country  of  production,  and  jobbing  quotations  have  ad- 
vanced to  $3.25  to  $3.75.  Lavender  flower  oil  is  higher  at 
$4.50  to  $5.25,  the  garden  variety  being  quoted  at  $1  35  to 
$1.50.  Artificial  oil  of  mustard  has  been  advanced  to  $4.75 
to  $5  per  pound,  and  ethereal  oil  of  male  fern  to  $5.50  to  $6 
per  pound.  Declines  in  prices  are  noted  for  star  anise,  cassia, 
coriander,  and  English  sandalwood  oils,  the  last  named  being 
obtainable  at  S6.25  to  $6.50  per  pound. 

T.\RT.\R  Products — Prospective  shortage  of  crude  argcls  in 
the  near  future  has  caused  manufacturers  to  view  the  situa- 
tion with  some  misgivings,  and  as  a  consequence,  all  prod- 
ucts of  this  character  show  strength.  An  active  demand  is 
reported  and  tartaric  acid  is  quoted  at  50c  to  55c  for  crystal, 
and  51c  to  56c  for  powdered;  cream  tartar  (potassium  bi- 
tartrate), 37c  to  45c;  Rochelle  salt,  26}Xc  to  35c.  Seidlitz 
mLxture  shows  a  corresponding  advance. 

C.^PFEIXE — The  demand  continues  active,  with  quotations 
at  $7  to  $7.50  per  pound  for  pure,  and  $4.15  to  .$4.35  for 
titrated. 

Oxalic  Acid — Scarcity  of  supplies,  most  of  which  have 
hitherto  come  from  Germany  and  Norway,  has  caused  prices 
to  be  strongly  upheld,  and  jobbers  are  quoting  35c  to  45c 
for  crystal  and  40c  to  50c  for  powdered. 

Vanilla  Be.\ns — A  slight  decline  is  noted  for  some  vaj-ieties, 
Me.xican  cut  being  offered  at  $3.25  to  $3.50,  and  Bourbons 
at  S3.50  to  $3.75  per  pound. 

Thymol — Notwithstanding  reported  recent  heavy  arrivals 
of  ajowan  seed,  domestic  manufacturers  have  difficulty  in  cop- 
ing with  the  demand,  and  prices  have  been  advanced  to  $13 
to  $13.50  per  pound. 

Hydrochinon — In  sympathy  with  advices  from  abroad  for 
this  article,  and  the  inability  of  domestic  manufacturers  to  meet 
the  demand,  higher  prices  prevail,  with  quotations  at  35c 
to  40c  per  ounce. 


Glyco-Heroin  Under  the  Narcotic  Law 
In  maintaining  Glyco-Heroin  (Smith)  for  the  exclusive  use 
of  physicians,  the  Martin  H.  Smith  Company,  New  York 
City,  manufacturer,  states  that  it  has  not  varied  the  corrposi- 
tion  of  the  product  to  meet  any  exemption  or  privilege  allowed 
under  the  Harrison  anti-narcotic  law.  The  preparation  is  in- 
tended for  the  convenience  and  use  of  physicians  only,  who 
are  permitted  to  prescribe  it  by  simply  using  ordinary  pre- 
scription blanks,  giving  the  name  of  the  patient,  his  own 
name  and  address,  registry  number,  and  date,  as  provided 
under  the  regulations. 

The  manufacturers  also  call  attention  in  their  advertising 
to  the  fact  that  the  druggist  must  now  show  the  disposi- 
tion of  all  narcotics  by  his  record,  and  the  records  required 
by  the  Federal  law  make  substitution  a  serious  offense.  These 
requirements,  the  company  are  confident,  will  end  any  unfair 
competition  heretofore  experienced  in  the  employment  of  a 
spurious  article.    It  is  safe  to  say  that  the  policy  fol'owcd  by 


the  Martin  H.  Smith  Company  in  this  particular  v/ill  be 
generally  approved  by  druggists. 


Mulford  "First-Aid"  Iodine  Ampuls 

Iodine  is  now  considered  to  be  the  ideal  germicide  and  local 
antiseptic  when  applied  directly  to  wounds  or  abrasions,  par- 
ticularly those  of  gunshot  or  blank  cartridge  origin,  its  applica- 
tion preventing  the  growth  of  tetanus,  streptococci,  and  other 
disease  producing  germs.  Its  extensive  use  in  the  European 
war  has  proved  its  effectiveness,  and  Iodine  "First-Aid"  Am- 
puls have  afforded  a  practical  means  of  applying  it  for  such 
treatment.  These  ampuls  are  also  specially  suitable  for  use 
in  hospitals,  and  by  National  Guards,  Boy  Scouts,  industrial 
plants,  railroads  and  steamships,  as  well  as  emergency  kits 
of  the  household,  in  automobiles,  police  and  hospital  am- 
bulances. 

Mulford  "First-Aid"  Iodine  Ampuls  are  supplied  by  the 
H.  K.  Mulford  Company,  Philadelphia,  in  packages  of  ten 
ampuls,  each  containing  Syi  per  cent  solution  of  iodine,  and 
packed  in  a  wooden  tube,  thus  protecting  the  ampul  from  frac- 
ture. The  method  of  use  is  easy  and  affords  an  efficient 
means  of  applying  immediately  to  wounded  or  abraded  sur- 
faces this  most  effective  antiseptic. 


Mennen  Advertising  Campaign 

The  House  of  Mennen,  Newark,  N.  J.,  is  conducting  a 
big  midsummer  advertising  campaign  in  popular  magazines  to 
help  druggists  sell  Mennen  talcum  powder.  Back  covers  have 
been  reserved  in  the  following  publications  for  both  July  and 
August  numbers:  Ladies  Home  Journal,  Good  Housekeeping 
Magazine,  Delineator,  Designer,  Woman's  Magazine,  Wom- 
an's Home  Companion,  Pictorial  Review.  The  Butterick  Fash- 
ions, Standard  Fashions  and  New  Ideas  in  Fashions  will  also 
carry  advertisements  of  Mennen  talcum.  This  investment  in  ad- 
vertising totals  $35,000  for  ten  magazines.  Advertisements  will 
appear  in  twenty-three  magazines  in  all  during  the  summer. 


Special  Offer  of  Water  Colors 

The  Japanese  Water  Color  Company  of  Rochester,  N  Y., 
announces  a  special  offer  to  druggists,  namely  a  "Jap  Jr." 
booklet  containing  all  the  necessary  colors  and  instructions 
for  doing  every  kind  of  transparent  coloring.  Twelve  books 
are  sent  in  each  box  containing  sufficient  "Peerless"  color  for 
2,000  prints  or  lantern  slides.  The  colors  are  put  up  in  neat, 
hinged-covered  boxes  with  hand-colored  prints  in  the  cover. 
The  new  "Jap  Jr."  book  of  colors  retails  for  fifty  cents  and 
is  sold  only  tiirough  druggists. 


"Still  Rock"  Mineral  Water 

"Still  Rock,"  a  natural  alkaline  table  water,  is  said  by 
the  manufacturers  to  be  highly  recommended  by  physicians 
in  the  treatment  of  indigestion,  rheumatism  and  gout.  This 
water,  which  is  bottled  at  the  Still  Rock  Spa,  Waukesha, 
Wisconsin,  is  used  largely  in  the  treatment  of  diabetes,  ac- 
cording to  a  booklet  issued  by  tlie  Still  Rock  Company  at  its 
offices  in  New  York  City. 


Solmides  Eliminate  "Bromism" 

Because  they  dissolve  quickly,  thereby  overcoming  the  un- 
pleasant taste  of  bromides,  solmides  can  be  administered  to 
patients  who  are  not  table  to  take  or  retain  other  prepara- 
tions of  these  salts,  according  to  a  leaflet  recently  pub- 
lished by  Sharp  &  Dohme.  Solmides  are  soluble,  effervescent 
tablets  of  the  bromides  of  ammonium,  sodium  and  potas- 
sium. They  are  prepared  in  two  standard  strengths,  a  five 
grain  size  and  a  two  and  a  half  grain  size.  Owing  to  the 
fact  that  solmides  are  friable  they  are  packed  only  in  tubes 
of  twenty-five. 


The  Wilmarth  Show  Case  Company  recently  entertained  the 
entire  traveling  sales  force  of  the  Minneapolis  Drug  Com- 
pany of  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  at  the  Wilmarth  model  factory 
in  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  Under  the  personal  escort  of  Sales 
Manager  Morris  of  the  Wilmarth  company,  the  traveling  sales- 
men were  taken  over  the  entire  plant.  This  is  one  of  the 
progressive  in.stitutions  of  the  country  in  the  manufacture  of 
drug  store  equijinicnt  and  includes  every  step  from  the  lum- 
ber yards  and  dry  kilns  to  the  beveling  and  polishing  of  the 
plate-glass  for  the  show  cases. 


'AGS 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[August.  1915 


Index  to  Advertisers,  page  34.       Index  to  Goods  Advertised,  pages  35-36 

Index  to  Text  Pages 


Abstracts,  Foreign,  345. 
Acid,  Picric,  346. 
Advertising,     Neighbors,  Best, 
338. 

Armstrong  Cork  Co.,  364. 
Arsenic  Iodide,  345. 
Art  Materials  as  Side  Line,  334. 
Aspirin,  Decomposition  by  Wa- 
ter, 345. 

Assays,  Alkaloidal,   Error,  345. 

Associations,  Clubs,  etc. — 
Alabama  Pharm.,  361. 
Allied  Drug  Interests,  349 
American     Chemical  Society, 
358. 

American  Conference  of  Facul- 
ties, 349. 

American  Dairy,  Food  and 
Drug  Officials,  349. 

American  Medical,  358. 

American  Pharmaceutical,  349. 

California  Pharm.,  349. 

Florida  Pharmaceutical,  359. 

Idaho  State  Pharmaceutical, 
362. 

Indiana  Pharmaceutical,  362. 
Maryland  Pharmaceutical,  360. 
Mississippi  Pharmaceutical, 
362. 

National  Boards  of  Pharmacy, 
349. 

National  Wholesale  Druggists, 
349. 

New  Hampshire  Pharn..,  159. 
New  York  County  Phjir:n.  Soc, 
348. 

New  York  Drug  and  Chemical 

Club,  349. 
New    York    Retail  Druggists, 

361. 

New  York  State  Pharmaceut- 
ical, 357. 

Ohio  State  Pharm.,  362. 

Philadelphia  Retail  Druggists, 
358. 

St.  Louis  Drug  Club,  362. 
South  Carolina  Pharm.,  361. 
Tennessee  Pharmaceutical,  359. 
Texas  Pharmaceutical,  362. 
Utah  Pharmaceutical,  361. 
Vermont  Pharmaceutical,  359. 
Washington  State  Pharm.,  360. 
West  Virginia  Pharm.,  358. 
Wisconsin  Pharm.,  361. 
Atophan,  346. 


Baker,  Herbert,  354. 
Bayles,  A.  C,  353. 
Beal,  L.  H.,  355. 
Billings,  Frank  M.,  355. 
Bismuth  Subacetate,  346. 
Boards  of  Pharmacy- 
Maryland,  360. 
New  York,  358. 
Books  Reviewed— 
KoUer,   Utilization   of  Waste 

Products,  344. 
Mason,  The  Druggist  and  his 

Profits,  344. 
New  and  Non-Official  Reme- 
dies, 344. 
Philadelphia  Route  Book,  354. 
Brookley,  Will,  354. 
Bush,  Burton  T.,  354. 
Business  Building  Plans,  Drug- 
gists', 350. 
Business,   Departmentizing,  335. 
Calcium  Hypophosphite,  346. 
Calcium  Phosphate,  Precipitated, 
346. 

Cameras,  Big  Year,  356. 
Cameras    and    Photo.  Supplies, 
351. 

Cannabis  Indica,  Variable  Com- 
position, 346. 

Cartmell,  T.  B.,  354. 

Cinchona,  Assay,  345. 

Coffee  in  Drug  Stores,  341. 

Cohen,  Julius,  335. 

Colleges  of  Pharmacy- 
Brooklyn,  349. 
Georgia  University,  349. 
New  York,  342. 
North  Pacific,  349. 
Oregon  Argicultural,  349. 

Conklin,  J.  S.,  354. 

Conklin  Pen  Mfg.  Co.,  356. 

Cream,  Sunburn,  343. 

Creme  de  Toilette,  343. 

"Cure,"  as  Name  of  Remedy  in 
Nebraska,  342. 

Department     Store,  Learning 
Methods,  339. 

Depilatory,  Liquid,  343. 

Depilatory,   Paste,  343. 

Digitalis,  Assay,  Necessity,  345. 

Display,  Science,  340. 

Dohme,  Dr.  A.  R.  L.,  354. 

Drug    Business,    Retail,  Build- 
ing by  ^fail,  337. 


Editorials- 
Instruction  in  Accounting,  332. 
Narcotic  Law  and  Prescribing, 
332. 

Passing  of  Whisky  from  the 
U.  S.  P.,  331. 
Emetine  Hydrochloride,  346. 
Epsom  Salt,  Utah  Beds,  344. 
Extract,   Pituitary,  346. 
Fischman,  Harry,  335. 
Fitts,  Pryor  W.,  355. 
Foot,  Sam,  354. 

Fountain  Pens  as  Side- Line, 
333. 

Frey,  George  A.,  353. 
General    Export    &  Commission 
Co.,  335. 

Gloriosa  Superba,  Constituents, 
345. 

Golden,  Robert  P.,  355. 
Griffin,  J.   C,  355. 
Hagenow,  'Ifleodore  F.,  354. 
Hanson,  Emelius  G.,  355. 
Herb  Remedy,  3+;. 
Hergesheimer,  Paul,  355. 
Hills  Drug  Co.,  D.  H.,  353. 
Hoffman's  Anodyne,  346. 
Hohner,  M.,  364. 
Ice  Cream  Specialties,  Pushing, 
335. 

Jacobson,  Adolph,  335. 
Jacobson,  William,  335. 
Jones,  Daniel  R.,  354. 
Karlin,  A.  A.,  354. 
Ladd  Co.,  B.  W.,  335. 
Lapham,  A.   E.,  355. 
Lee,  Mrs.   William  E.,  349. 
Litchfield,  Edwin  C,  355. 
Lowry,  William  A.,  355. 
Market   Report,  365. 
Marmor,  Lazarus,  joi,  361. 
Mercury  and  Nitric  Acid,  343. 
Microscope,     Immersion  Fluid, 
346. 

Mitchell,  C.  C,  335. 

Morsman,  A.,  355. 

Mostly  Personal,  353. 

Narcotic  List,  Additions,  347. 

Nashville  (Tenn.)  Retail  Drug- 
gists, 342. 

New  Preparations  and  Special- 
ties, 362. 

Norderling,  Dr.  K.  A.,  355. 

Noyes,  C.   R.,  339. 


Obituaries,  355. 

Oil,   Chenopodium,  346. 

Page,   George   Lapnam,  35S. 

Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  356. 

Paton,    Benjamin   W.,  355. 

Perfume  Machine,  Coin-Con- 
trolled, 364. 

Phtographic  Department,  Suc- 
cessful, 352. 

Picking  Things  to  Push,  333. 

Plant,  Joseph,  354. 

Question  Box,  343. 

Rosin,  not  Used  in  Medicine, 
346. 

Schuh,    Harry   W.,  355. 

Sealing  Wax,  Cheap,  344. 

Selling  Methods,  340. 

Sherman,   Dr.   Lewis,  j'o. 

Soap,  Reducing  Power,  345. 

Sodium  Phosphate,  Acid,  346. 

Sparteine  Sulphate,  346. 

Spear,  Frank  L.,  354. 

Specialties  to  Push,  334. 

Staphylococcus  Vaccine,  34C 

Stevens  Bill,  N.  Y.  Ph.  A.  En- 
dorses, 357. 

Sugar,  Cane,  Inversion  in  Syrup, 
336. 

Sulphur,  Argentine,  348. 

Sutphen,  Frank  C,  355. 

Swindlers,   Drug  Trade,  335. 

Syrup,  Inversion  of  Sugar,  336. 

Taggart,  C.   R.,  354. 

Taylor  &  Co.,  T.  P.,  352. 

Temm,  Dr.  Francis  A.,  355. 

Thiesen,  T.  W.,  354. 

Tincture  Opium,  Assay  Pro- 
cess, 345. 

Trade,  Methods  of  .Attracting, 
339. 

Typhoid  Vaccine,  346. 
Van  Voorhies,  Ralph  J.,  355. 
Virburnum  Prunifolium,  346. 
Wallick,  Frank  E.,  355. 
Walman,  Mrs.   Caroline  L.,  3SS. 
W.'ird    Ur.^-.    Drug   Co.,  34'J. 
W.is^.r^clKia,   A.  A.,  35-!. 
Weight,    Declaration   on  Label. 
336. 

Whelpley,  Dr.  H.  M.,  354. 
Wiles,  Stanley  G.,  354. 
Women  in  Pharmacy,  3-VX 
Vott,  Frank,  355. 


NEW   CHEMISTRY  ENGINEERING  COURSE 

Columbia  University  to  Meet  Demand  Will  Inaugu- 
rate Work  at  Fall  Term 

Professor  Milton  C.  Whitaker  has  been  appointed  head  of 
the  new  department  of  themical  engineering  which  will  be 
fstiil.li-^licd  at  Columbia  University,  New  York  City,  in  the 
f,,ll  1,,  1,1, ,1  the  demands  for  more  men  in  this  line  of 
^^,.,\,  MM  isiMiicd  by  the  conditions  resulting  from  the  European 

li,    I   ,1       1     l  is  offered  courses  leading  to  a  degree  in 

,1   I    ,    ,,,.,im:    fnr  the  last   ten   years,   but   the  new 

,],,,!  'i'  I't  ill  the  cvr.';  of  iho  trusters  to  make 

,  ,     .  ill,      ",,.,,.i;ni/r,l  st.in.lin..;.  The 

,,|',|'^  ,     ,  ,1    i,,    111,    n-w    ,lri.;nt.iM  „l  With 

.),,  i,„|,  |,,ii'      \ '  i"i  ;i    1:1  cif  (luniical  industries  in  this  coun- 


try to  manvifacture  goods  which  cannot  now  be  imported,  the 
university  has  ahcady  feh  the  demand  for  men  trained  in 
tlie  fuiuhimi  nt.ils  of  cnpinccrinq.  This  demand  was  felt  last 
year  and  tiie  classes  materially  increased.  Many  of  the 
large  industrial  firms  made  application  for  men  before  the 
year  was  over.  .Xccording  to  the  statement  given  out  by 
the  trustees  tlie  fields  most  seriously  affected  are  those  which 
manufutun  i  il  t.ir  dyes,  synthetic  drugs  from  which  phax- 
maccutii  il  i  i.hIiuis  are  made,  synthetic  tanning  materials, 
barium  eoiniuniiuls,  magnesium  compounds,  chemical  and 
decorated  glassware,  ferromanganese  used  extensively  in  the 
metallurgical  industries,  and  potash  and  air  nitrate  used  ill 
fertilizers. 

The  new  chemical  laboratories  and  new  equipment  at  the 
university  make  it  possible  for  the  department  to  conduct  ex- 
tensive research  work  along  these  lines. 


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Vol.  XLVIII 


New  York,  September,  191; 


No.  9 


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Table  of  Contents 

EonoRiAL  AND  Ph.\rm.\ceutic.\l   Pages  369-388 

Editorials    369-370 

Spokane  Boasts  Finest  Store    371-374 

Getting  Dollars  out  of  the  Telephone    375 

Booming  the  Sales  of  ''Smokes"    377-378 

Building  Retail  Business  by  Mail    379-380 

Jottings  from  Great  Britain    380 

"Discovering"  Rubber  Goods  Department    381-382 

Question  Box    383-384 

Elevating  the  Profession  of  Pharmacy    383-386 

■  Foreign  Abstracts    387 

^   Annual  Convention  of  the  A.  Ph.  A   388-390 

iN'Ews  AND  Trade  Section   Pages  391-408 

I    Cameras  and  Photographic  Supplies    391-392 

\   Profit  Sharing  Coupons  a  Live  Retailing  Issue ....  393 

■  ,  Women  in  Pharmacy    394 

:    Rise  of  a  Dayton,  Ohio,  Druggist    395 

;    Mostly  Personal    395-396 

;'  Deaths  in  the  Drug  Trade    397-398 

['  Board  of  Pharmacy  E.xaminations    399-400 

;■  New  Goods  and  Specialties    403 

I    Patents  and  Trademarks    404 

i    Drug  Markets    405-408 

INDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS  Page  32 

f  XDEX  TO  GOODS  .\DVERTTSED   Pages  33,34 

;j  NDEX  TO  RE.XDTXG  PAGES   Pages  408 


GALVESTON  NEEDS  HELP 

Manufacturing  and  wholesale  druggists  have  in 
the  past  always  been  ready  and  willing  to  go  to 
the  assistance  of  retail  druggists  whose  stores  have 
.suffered  through  great  catastrophes  such  as  the 
Dayton,  Johnstown  and  Galveston  floods.  The  re- 
cent storm  at  Galveston  has  again  made  such  help 
necessary.  A  telegram  to  The  Era  from  a  Hotiston 
druggist  says: 

"Galveston  druggists  severely  damaged.  From 
three  to  five  feet  of  water  in  downtown  stores. 
IMauufacturers  can  render  a  great  service  by  re- 
placing damaged  goods  and  furnishing  wrappers 
and  labels.  No  loss  of  life  among  the  druggists, 
and  only  a  few  in  all.  Everyone  optimistic  and 
are  going  to  build  a  bigger  and  greater  Galveston." 

The  Era  urges  prompt  co-operation  with  these 
druggists,  so  that  they  may  soon  be  in  a  position  to 
take  care  of  their  trade. 


CLEAVAGE  IN  PHARMACEUTICAL  PRACTICE 


According  to  the  report  of  the  field  pharmacist 
of  the  Kentucky  Food  and  Drugs  Department,  evi- 
dence is  not  lacking  which  tends  to  show  that  in 
time  there  will  be  the  pharmacy  equipped  and 
manned  to  do  any  and  all  pharmaceutical  and  chem- 
ical work  the  public  and  medical  profession  may  de- 
mand, and  the  drug  store  with  its  varied  line  of 
merchandise,  its  service  of  soft  drinks  and  lunches, 
will  have  very  little,  if  any,  genuine  drug  business. 

As  he  sees  it,  the  "cleavage"  has  already  begun, 
for  in  a  number  of  the  large  cities  there  are  phar- 
macies devoted  to  the  filling  of  prescriptions  and  the 
selling  of  drugs  and  of  such  goods  as  are  needed  by 
the  afflicted  and  in  the  sick  chamber. 

While  these  stores,  he  .states,  are  suece.ssful,  there 
are  drug  stores  equally  successful,  which  are  devoted 
to  the  sale  of  patent  and  proprietary  medicines, 
varied  lines  of  merchandise,  candy,  etc. 

In  the  smaller  c 
the  combination  sf 
he  sees  it.  Ihe  pro^' 
oughly  o(|iiIpi,.  ,1  ii 
demands  of  tiic  hn 

Thcs..  r,lK,.rv;,li, 
conolusinns  nil 
present  cfitul  it  ions 
of  pl'jirniacy  thi'oi 


<  ;irul  towns,  the  necessity  for 
will  r(,nt  iniic  to  exist,  but  as 
1  l  Miont  must  be  thor- 

■vwiulil  siirriT'd  in  meeting  the 
iii'l  tiir  pii.\  sifian. 
\\r  iii  lic\c,  coincide  with  the 
ilrnts  win,  ;iro  in  touch  with 
(I  who  li;ivi'  notcf]  the  trend 
out  the  country.    The  phar- 


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[September,  1915 


niacy  laws  and  regulations  enacted  yearly  are  be- 
coming more  rigorous  and  exacting  as  to  the  profes- 
sional knowledge  and  practical  experience  the  phar- 
macist shall  possess,  while  the  public,  through  legis- 
lation, is  demanding  a  kind  of  service  that  cannot  be 
well  met  by  any  but  the  trained  specialist.  This  pro- 
fessional service  is  further  demanded  by  the  physi- 
cian, and  even  Uncle  Sam,  by  his  representatives  in 
the  Internal  Revenue  Department,  comes  forward 
and  rules  that  the  proprietor  of  a  drug  store,  imless 
he  be  a  registered  pharmacist,  may  not  sell  narcotics 
under  the  Harrison  law.  In  fact,  all  indications 
mem  to  point  toward  the  restriction  of  pharmaceuti- 
cal practice  to  professional  pharmacists. 


LOOKING  TOWARD  PRICE  MAINTENANCE 

Of  historic  moment  is  the  recent  decision  in  the 
Cream  of  Wheat  case,  for  it  for  the  first  time  brings 
to  the  forefront  a  judicial  construction  of  the  Clay- 
ton Act,  supplementary  to  the  Sherman  Anti- Trust 
law,  setting  forth  very  clearly  the  principles  out- 
lined in  that  law,  and  their  application  to  the  mar- 
keting and  sale  of  proprietary  and  trademarked 
articles  of  commerce.  The  decision  seems  to  us  to 
be  a  practical  indorsement  of  honest  endeavor  to 
maintain  fair  prices,  and  a  wholesome  rebuke  to  de- 
structive price  cutting. 

Briefly,  the  facts  in  the  case  are  that  the  Great 
Atlantic  &  Pacifie  Tea  Co.,  against  which  the  de- 
•cision  is  rendered,  appealed  to  the  courts  on  the 
claim  that  the  Cream  of  "Wheat  Co.  was  exercising 
an  arbitrary  and  monopolistic  power  in  refusing 
to  sell  its  product  to  the  complainant.  In  its  sales 
system  the  defendant  had  avoided  what  had  been 
adjudged  illegal  combinations  to  maintain  prices 
and  adopted  a  scale  of  wholesale  prices,  enabling 
a  retailer  to  sell  the  article  with  a  fair  profit  at 
14  cents,  but  reserved  the  right  to  decline  to  make 
sales  and  to  request  purchasers  not  to  resell  so  as 
to  promote  price  cutting.  The  plaintiff  operating 
a  chain  of  "Economy  Stores,"  deliberately  sold  the 
article  at  12  cents  and  sought  to  enjoin  the  Cream 
of  Wheat  Co.  from  refusmg  to  sell  it  at  wholesale 
prices  and  from  requesting  others  not  to  sell  to  the 
Tea  Company. 

In  discussing  the  several  contentions  submitted 
by  the  complainant,  the  court  said  that  the  defend- 
ant has  a  monopoly  in  Cream  of  Wheat,  but  that 
it  is  a  lawful  monopoly,  ultimately  resting  on  the 
plain  truth  that  there  could  be  nothing  anywhere 
in  the  United  States  lawfully  called  Cream  of 
Wheat  without  the  defendant's  consent  and  appro- 
bation. In  that  substance  (if  legally  it  is  a  distinct 
substance)  defendant  has  the  monopoly  of  a  crea- 
tor; something  which  is  not  and  never  has  boon  with 
the  prohibition  of  any  law,  anti-trust  or  otherwise. 
On  the  contrary,  that  monopoly  is  encouraged  by 
patent,  trademark  and  copyright  statutes,  and  the 
rules  of  unfair  competition.  Therefore  the  plain- 
tiff's ]inMniso  is  false  and  misleading. 

Furl  tier,  iho  court  stated  that  he  had  reasons  for 
thinking  lliat  definite,  positive  and  admitted  prioo 
regulation  is  not  unreasonable  restraint  of  trade. 
To  quote  the  decision:   "Cream  of  Wheat  is  not  a 


necessity ;  it  is  not  even  a  staple  article  of  commerce. 
If  it  be  a  commodity  at  aU,  the  commodity  and  the 
name  are  synonymous.  Its  continued  existence  de- 
pends upon  the  defendant's  ability  to  control  the 
marketing  of  its  own  product.  The  doing  of  what 
the  plaintiff  wishes  would  take  away  from  every 
groceryman  near  an  'Economy  Store'  the  last  in- 
centive to  buy  any  Cream  of  Wheat,  and  collective- 
ly such  grocery  keepers  are  more  important  to  the 
public  and  defendant  than  is  the  plaintiff.  If  in- 
junction were  granted,  the  defendant  and  many  re- 
tailers would  be  injured,  and  the  microscopic  bene- 
fit to  a  small  portion  of  the  public  w^ould  last  only 
until  the  plaintiff  was  relieved  from  competition  to 
the  fourteen  cent  grocers  when  it,  too,  would  charge 
what  the  business  would  nonnally  and  naturally 
bear.  In  short,  it  is  the  plaintiff  and  not  the  de- 
fendant that  pursues  methods  whose  hardship  and 
injustice  have  often  been  judicially  commented 
upon." 

The  decision  as  a  whole  not  only  differentiates  be- 
tween combinations  in  restraint  of  trade  and  the 
right  of  the  vendor  to  select  his  own  bona  fide  cus- 
tomers, providing  the  effect  of  such  selection  is  not 
to  substantially  and  unreasonably  restrain  trade,  but 
it  goes  still  further  by  suggesting  that  even  Con- 
gress has  no  constitutional  right  to  interfere  with 
private  property  by  compelling  any  person  to  sell 
his  property  to  any  other  person.  The  development 
and  fixation  of  this  idea  seems  to  be  the  crux  of  the 
whole  matter,  and  confirms  our  belief  that  the  manu- 
facturer of  a  trade-marked  article  can  designate  and 
maintain  retail  prices  of  his  product  if  he  so  desires. 


THE  1915  ERA  PRICE  LIST 

The  1915  edition  of  the  Era  Price  List,  now  prac- 
tically ready  for  delivery,  has  been  revised  from 
cover  to  cover,  the  changing  commercial  conditions 
of  the  past  year  being  strongly  reflected  when  one 
attempts  to  compare  prices  with  those  reported  in 
the  edition  of  a  year  ago.  This  feature  is  par- 
ticularly noticeable  in  Part  1  (Drugs  and  Chemi- 
cals). 

A  new  feature  of  this  year's  Era  Price  List  that 
will  be  appreciated  by  druggists  and  preseription- 
ists  is  the  inclusion  in  Part  1,  in  connection  with 
prices  and  the  "key  number"  of  the  manufacturer, 
short  dictionary  definitions  of  a  large  number  of 
"newer  remedias, "  which  show  the  physical  char- 
acteristics, solubility,  incompatibilities",  medicinal 
uses,  doses,  etc..  just  such  information  as  the  com- 
pounder needs  to  perform  intelligent  work. 

Part  2.  showing  dozen  and  retail  prices  of  pro- 
prietars-  medicines  and  "key  numbers"  which  re- 
fer to  the  names  and  addresses  of  tlioir  manufac- 
turers (an  original  feature  of  the  Era  Price  List) 
has  also  been  revised  and  amplified,  and  in  its 
present  form  is  without  doubt  the  best  list  the  Era 
publishers  have  ever  issued.  Part.  3,  "Manufactur- 
ers of  Propriet<ary  Goods"  (the  "key"  to  Part  2), 
and  Part  4.  "Manufacturers'  Price  Lists."  have 
also  been  considerably  extended,  the  large  numbor 
of  now  li.sts  to  bo  found  in  the  latter  section  being 
duo  to  tlio  interest  of  manufacturers  in  this  manner 
of  publishing  their  price  lists. 


Spokane  Boasts  "Finest  Drug  Store" 


Murgittroyd's  Pharmacy  One  of  the  Largest  and  Most 
Complete   in  the  West-Prescription  Annex  a  Feature. 


EFFICIENCY,  courtesy-,  accommodatiou  and  quality  are  a  few  of  the  things  that  go  to  malie  for 
the  success  of  Murgittroyd's  drug  store  of  Spokane,  Washington,  which  is  one  of  the  country's 
finest  drug  stores.  Added  to  a  complete  stock  of  patent  medicines,  drugs,  toilet  preparations 
and  a  corps  of  expert  registered  pharmacists  who  compoimd  all  prescriptions,  and  whose  first  instruc- 
tions are  "no  substitutions."  this  store  has  one  of  the  greatest  film  developing,  photo  printing  and  fin- 
ishing plants  in  the  northwest,  with  a  capacity  for  developing  1,000  rolls  of  films  a  day. 

Murgittroyd's  ]irincipal  store  is  located  at  Riverside  avenue  and  Post  street,  a  prominent  corner 
in  the  center  of  tlu'  r.  tail  and  shopping  district  of  the  city.  This  corner  has  been  used  continuously 
as  a  drug  store  loi-  ii:hteen  years  (a  long  time  in  Western  States)and  is  one  of  the  landmarks  of 
the  city,  not  only  for  the  old  timer  who  moved  into  the  country  when  it  was  young,  but  also  for  hun- 
dreds of  the  younger  generation.  "Meet  me  at  ^Murgittroyd's"  is  a  slogan  whose  popularity  is  evi- 
dence of  the  centralness  of  location  and  wide  popularity  of  the  store. 


of  Murgittr 


drug  itorc,  showing  the  mezzanine  floor  and  center  display  cases. 


btisiness  was  purchased  in  1903  from  Krum  &  Braley, 
id  occupied  a  23-foot  frontage  on  Riverside  avenue  for 
■.rs  and  at  that  time  had  a  pay  roll  of  four  employes, 
the  direction  of  Will  H.  Murgittroyd,  who  has  been 
.e  job"  all  the  time,  it  grew  rapidly.     New  depart- 
necessitating  the  crowding  in  of  more  counters  and  more 
vere  added  until  physical  expansion  became  a  necessity. 
;  early  part  of  1913  additional  space  was  obtained  and 
tire  store  was  remodeled  and  enlarged  to  occupy  a  main 
-pace  of  37  by  88  feet,  with  a  roomy  mezzanine  floor 
and  a  basement  extending  under  the  main  floor  and 
res  of  some  of  the  neighbors  as  well.    This  gives  the 
11,296  square  feet  of  floor  space,  four  times  as  much 
formerly  occupied,  with  three  entrances  and  a  frontage 
'  feet  of  window  space.    The  fixtures  are  of  mahogany 
hout,  with  plate  glass  mirror  panelled  pillars  and  all 
marble  based  show  cases.    The  present  roster  of  em- 
compri-ses  some  fifty  names. 


The  prescription  department  has  always  been  considered 
the  heart  of  the  store,  and  Murgittroyd's  has  never  exhibited 
symptoms  of  cardiac  trouble.  The  prescription  room  is 
located  on  the  lower  foor,  entirely  away  from  the  main  sales 
room,  is  well  equipped  with  everything  that  makes  for  the 
efficiency  of  the  department,  and  is  presided  over  by  the  best 
men  that  money  will  employ.  From  ten  to  twelve  registered 
pharmacists  are  employed  in  the  prescription  department  all 
the  time  to  attend  to  the  prescriptions  and  to  the  handling  of 
patent  medicines  and  other  special  preparations.  Prescriptions 
are  received  on  the  main  floor  and  from  here  are  sent  down 
a  shoot  to  the  compounding  department,  where  a  force  of  from 
four  to  five  men  is  constantly  employed  putting  up  the  prep- 
arations. Dispatch  is  one  of  the  forewords  of  this  as  well 
as  of  the  other  departments  of  the  store.  In  this  laboratory, 
which  occupies  a  large  portion  of  the  basement,  more  than 
225  preparations  are  compounded  for  Murgittroyd's  line  of 
proprietaries.    None   but  the  best  materials  obtainable  are 


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ToUet  articles  and  safety  razors  occupy  two  of  the  central  shoiv  cases  at  Murgittroyd's. 


admitted  to  the  room.  Biological  products  play  an  important 
part  in  this  department,  and  a  heavy  stock  is  carried  in  an 
especially  constructed,  low  temperature  room,  and  cared  for 
by  an  expert.  The  store  has  come  to  be  recognized  by  the 
physicians  and  druggists  of  that  part  of  the  country  as  the 
most  reliable  source  for  obtaining  this  class  of  goods.  Full 
lines  of  homeopathic  remedies  are  also  carried  and  are  presided 
over  by  one  who  has  made  them  a  special  study. 

Any  description  of  Murgittroyd's  would  be  incomplete  with- 
out a  word  or  two  about  the  prescription  annex.    The  annex, 


located  three  blocks  from  the  main  store,  in  the  entry  of  th 
Old  National  Bank  building,  is  probably  the  smallest  com 
plete  drug  store  in  the  United  States.  Such  is  the  ingenuit 
of  arrangement,  which  after  all,  is  very  simple,  that  in 
room  eight  by  sixteen  feet  is  a  complete  drug  store,  includ 
ing  prescription  counter,  sink,  ample  shelving  and  draw  spac« 
refrigerator,  show  case,  display  and  wrapping  space,  aft 
room  to  seat  the  customer  who  chooses  to  wait  and  watch  k" 
prescription  being  prepared.  The  presa-iption  counter  an 
the  men  at  work  at  it  are  in  full  view  of  every  persa 


The  candy  and  stationery  departments  are  important  features  of  this  store. 


September.  ]9\ 


TIIK  IMIARMACEFTTCAL  ERA 


who  enters  this  lifteea-story  building,  and  the  annex,  enjoys 
the  patronage  of  the  many  physicians  located  there  and  in  the 
neighborhood.  This  prescription  annex  supplies  a  force  of 
three  men  with  ample  work  to  earn  their  salaries,  and  is  a 
valuable  adjunct  to  the  Murgittroyd  organization. 

Eree  'Phones  and  Parcel  Checking 
Free  telephones  and  a  free  parcel  check  room  add  to  the 
comfort  and  accommodation  of  patrons  and  general  public 
in  the  Murgittroyd  store.  A  free  delivery  system  is  also 
maintained  for  delivering  prescriptions,  or  other  preparations 
and  articles  purchased  in  the  store,  .\dditional  to  the  big 
city  trade,  a  mail  order  department  is  maintained,  which  covers 


cupy  a  large  .^p.icc  ,n   M  urg.llyoyd 

a  large  scope  of  northwestern  territory  and  through  this  4^- 
partment  many  films  are  ordered  developed  and  printed.  These 
orders  come  from  various  sections  of  Washington,  Idaho, 
Montana,  Oregon  and  British  Columbia. 

Aside  from  having  meetings  weekly  for  the  discussion  of 
matters  pertinent  to  the  trade  and  to  salesmanship  and  the 
handling  of  customers,  the  clerical  forces  and  heads  of  depart- 
ments are  kept  posted  on  city  affairs  of  general  interest,  and 
on  the  location  of  streets,  parks  and  public  buildings,  thas  con- 
stituting a  sort  of  free  information  bureau,  so  that  intelligent 
ansvv-ers  may  be  given  to  the  inquiries  of  visitors. 

Live  wire  window  displays  are  considered  one  of  the  best 


This  display  of  brushes  for  all  purposes  indicates  the  care  which  is  given  the  unndows. 


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A  camera  department  ichnii  has  made  n  irputution  on  the  Pacific  coast.    More  than  1,000  prints  a  day  are  made  here. 


advertising  mediums  of  the  store.  The  windows  are  divided 
into  fourteen  sections  and  the  articles  for  each  section  are 
planned  out  ahead  and  a  record  is  kept  of  the  displays  to 
avoid  a  too  frequent  le-appearance  of  any  except  the  staple 
articles. 

Special  Salesroom  for  Women 

For  the  special  accommodation  of  women  there  is  a  private 
sales  room  with  a  woman  attendant  where  rubber  goods  are 
handled.  This  has  proved  a  great  asset  and  the  sales  in  this 
department  are  large.  Even  the  most  timid  woman  has  no 
hesitancy  in  going  into  the  private  salesroom  to  make  her 
purchases,  although  she  may  not  care  to  make  these  pur- 
chases in  the  main  part  of  the  store.  One  of  the  latest  addi- 
tions to  the  store  is  the  employment  of  Miss  Marie  Holzer, 
a  woman  pharmacist  who  has  also  partially  completed  a 
course  in  nursing.  Young  v^'omen  are  also  employed  in  the 
toilet  water  and  cosmetic  department. 

Another  department  which  is  one  of  the  most  complete  in 
the  store  is  that  devoted  to  trusses,  supports  and  elastic 
goods.  Large  stocks  of  all  standard  goods  are  carried  and 
the  work  of  measuring  and  fitting  is  done  by  a  professional 
truss  fitter,  C.  H.  Lcchner,  who  has  had  fifteen  years'  ex- 
perience along  this  line.  The  patient  is  fitted  in  a  truly  sci- 
entific way  either  in  the  well  finished  truss  fitting  room  or 
in  the  hospital  or  the  home  of  the  patient.  This  department 
of  the  store  has  acquired  a  prestige  which  attracts  consid- 
erable out-of-town  business. 

Among  the  special  lines  of  goods  which  this  big  stwe  carries 
are  a  complete  line  of  fishing  tackle  and  equipment,  which 
finds  a  ready  sale  because  of  the  many  lakes  near  the  city, 
a  line  of  bathing  caps,  and  a  complete  line  of  electrical  flash- 
lights, chafing  dislics,  etc.  Alcohol  stoves,  manicure  sets,  a 
line  of  white  and  I'^rmch  ivory  goods,  including  sets  and 
separate  pieces  of  tli.-  finest  imported  wares,  and  also  alarm 
clocks,  watches,  nov(  lly  jewelry  and  picture  frames  are  handled 
and  are  displayed  to  good  advantage  on  the  main  floor. 

Remarkable  Photographic  Department 

The  camera   finishing  department  was  started  four  years 


ago  with  two  men  in  it  and  now,  during  the  rush  season,  it 
employs  as  high  as  seventeen  men  and  is  equipped  with  all 
the  modern  appliances  to  add  to  the  speed  and  efficiency 
of  the  work  turned  out  by  the  department.  J.  W.  Stark,  for- 
merly a  professional  photographer,  is  in  charge.  The  quality 
of  prints  turned  out  is  the  pride  of  the  department,  which 
also  claims  to  be  the  pioneer  six-hour  finishers  of  the  North- 
west. All  film  rolls  and  packs  received  up  to  11  a.  m., 
except  on  Sundays,  are  developed  and  printed  ready  for  the 
customer  at  5  p.  m.,  and  often  forty  or  fifty  persons  are  in 
line  waiting  for  their  pictures  at  that  time. 

Two  stone  tanks,  each  weighing  "00  pounds,  are  used  for 
the  developing  solutions,  and  in  each  tank  72  rolls  of  films 
can  be  handled  every  twenty  minutes.  The  employes  have 
handled  as  many  as  869  rolls  of  films  in  these  tanks  in  a  day 
and  claim  that  under  pressure  they  could  take  care  of  1,000 
rolls  a  day. 

The  film  rolls  are  laid  over  rubber  covered  wire  cross  pieces 
which  are  moved  up  and  down,  thus  preventing  the  necessity 
of  human  hands  touching  the  films  with  the  accompanying 
danger  of  finger  print  marks. 

A  Record  of  1,000  Prints  a  Day 

The  six  printing  machines  are  equipped  each  with  sL\  40- 
watt  tungstein  lamps  arranged  on  different  circuits  so  as  to 
provide  varying  degrees  of  light  according  to  the  thinness 
or  density  of  the  negatives.  J.  J.  Marriner,  one  of  the 
printers,  has  made  a  record  of  1,000  prints  in  a  day  on  these 
machines. 

The  Head  of  the  Business 
Will  H.  Murgittroyd,  the  head  of  this  modern  drug  organ- 
ization, and  the  shoulders,  too.  for  he  has  plenty  of  "push." 
is  still  on  the  sunny  side  of  50  years,  and  has  been  in  the  drug 
business  since  boyhood.  He  is  on  the  job  daily  and  keel's 
in  active  touch  with  the  many  details  tliat  go  to  make  up  » 
large  concern.  He  has  devoted  much  energj-  to  gathering 
around  him  a  skilled  and  efficient  corps  of  associates,  training 
them  himself  when  necessary  to  the  particular  duties  and 
habits  that  make  tliem  \-aluable  to  the  establishment.  Mr. 
Murgittroyd  has  outside  interests,  but  his  hobby  is  the  drug 
store. 


Getting  Dollars  Out  of  the  Telephone 


Instead  of  Nickels  Retail  Druggist  can  Make  Real 
Money  By  Utilizing  it  to  Keep  in  Touch  With  Trade. 


DRUGS  and  drug  stores  are  old  as  history.  With  only 
thirty-five  years  to  its  credit  the  telephone  can 
still  be  said  to  be  in  its  swaddling  clothes.  Despite 
their  disparity  in  age,  the  drug  store  and  the  telephone  are 
so  often  found  together  that  people  have  almost  come  to  think 
that  the  drug  store  was  devised  to  provide  a  place  in  which 
a  telephone  booth  could  be  installed  and  on  which  a  Blue 
Bell  sign  could  be  hung. 

The  telephone  should  be  made  to  mean  more  than  this  to 
the  druggist.  It  should  not  be  merely  a  bait  to  the  chance 
passerby  or  a  social  aid  to  your  soda  fountain  trade;  it 
should  be  the  means  by  which  you  keep  in  touch  with  your 
customers  and  bring  them  to  the  store.  If  it  does  not  do 
this  you  are  not  availing  yourself  of  its  most  profitable  advan- 
tage. 

For  nearly  thirty  years  druggists  have  been  handing  out 
change  to  telephone  users  with  never  a  thought  of  turning 


the  modest  telephone  to  real  advantage.  The  druggist  and 
the  telephone  have  been  together  long  enough  to  be  much 
better  acquainted. 

In  the  Peacock  Pharmacy,  Germantown,  Erie  &  Broad, 
Philadelphia,  J.  C.  Peacock  and  his  wife,  who  is  his  business 
partner,  have  devised  an  interesting  scheme  to  call  attention 
to  their  telephone  service. 

They  use  their  stationery  to  advertise  their  telephone  depart- 
ment. At  either  side  of  the  top  of  the  paper  is  the  picture 
of  a  telephone.  The  two  instruments  are  connected  by  a  wire 
which  is  twisted  into  the  words  "We  Are  On  Your  Wire. 
Call  Us."  Beneath  the  wire  Mr.  Peacock  has  made  a  strik- 
ing use  of  alliteration  to  set  forth  the  advantages  of  his  store — 

"PEACOCK'S  PURITY  PHARMACY 
Properly  Prepares  Physician's  Prescriptions." 
These  people  also  have  a  neat  card  which  they  enclose  with 


/  to  tticphonc 


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Two  Words  to  the  Wise 

"PHONE  PEACOCK" 

A  volume  of  convenience  for  you  in  two  words.  They 
mean  a  well  equipped  drug  store  at  your  call.  They  mean 
the  services  of  Peacock's  Purity  Pharmacy — good  goods, 
popular  prices,  modern  methods — brought  to  your  door. 

So  when  you  need  a  drug  store  just  "Phone  Peacock." 

Peacock  will  send  his  messenger  to  get  your  prescriptions 
or  other  order.  Peacock  disregards  distance ;  Peacock's 
messengers  ^o  anywhere.  No  order  is  too  large  or  small 
for  Peacock,  no  drug  too  rare,  no  task  too  difficult.  Many 
of  your  neighbors  "Phone  Peacock"  for  their  daily  drug 
store  needs;  you  are  invited  to  do  likewise. 


Printed  viatte 


which  Peacock's  Purity  Pharmacy,  Germantown,  Pa.,  uses  to 


ipluisize  its  telephone 


all  orders  and  packages  going  out  from  the  store.  Under  the 
heading  "Two  Words  To  The  Wise,  'Phone  Peacock'  ",  they 
call  attention  in  a  snappily  worded  paragraph  to  their  "good 
goods,  popular  prices,  and  modern  methods"  by  which  the 
customer  may  telephone  for  any  order  large  or  small,  and 
have  it  delivered  any  distance  by  the  Peacock  messengers. 

The  proprietors  of  Morrill's  Prescription  Pharmacy,  1297 
Amsterdam  Avenue,  New  York  City,  have  hit  upon  a  happy 
way  of  making  the  two  telephone  booths  in  their  store  some- 
thing more  than  merely  a  place  for  the  chance  customer  to 
deposit  his  nickel. 

Prominently  displayed  in  the  store  is  a  sign  which  reads, 

"Use  Our  Phone  For  Your  Messages,  Momingside  ,  We 

Deliver  Them  Free."  The  store  is  in  a  part  of  the  city 
where  there  are  a  large  number  of  apartment  houses.  A  great 
many  people  who  live  in  the  neighborhood  find  it  a  conveni- 
ence to  call  up  the  store  and  have  messages  delivered  at 
their  homes  for  them  when  they  are  away. 

Mr.  Morrill  finds  that  the  extra  business  he  gets  in  the 
neighborhood  more  than  repays  the  cost  of  his  trouble  and 
messenger  service.  People  learn  his  telephone  number.  They 
get  into  the  habit  of  calling  him  up,  and  often  when  they  leave 
a  message  they  also  leave  an  order  for  some  goods. 

It  was  not  until  recent  months  that  the  awakening  finally 
came.  Now,  selling  by  telephone  campaigns  have  been  started 
by  hundreds  of  druggists  throughout  New  York  State  and 
New  Jersey.  The  innovation  has  caught  like  wildfire  and 
every  druggist  who  has  given  the  plan  a  fair  and  a  thorough 
trial  endorses  it  as  the  best  device  yet  hit  upon  to  vitalize 
sluggish  business. 


The  scheme  is  simply  this.  First  get  out  your  ledger,  the 
city  directory  and  the  telephone  book,  and  make  three  lists: 
one,  of  your  regular  customers;  another,  of  your  former  cus- 
tomers; and  the  third,  of  people  who  should  be  your  cus- 
tomers but  never  have  been.  After  each  customer's  name 
put  his  telephone  number.  Then  some  fine  morning,  when 
you're  feeling  as  spirited  and  gay  as  a  new  Ford  owner,  get 
off  somewhere  and  jot  down  three  snappy  sales  talks — one 
for  each  group. 

Then,  whenever  slack  hours  come,  get  off  alone  with  your 
telephone  and  call  these  people  up  in  turn.  Let  old  cus- 
tomers know  that  you're  still  in  the  business  and  better  able 
than  ever  to  satisfy  their  needs.  Let  your  present  customers 
know  that  you  appreciate  their  trade,  and  impress  your  pros- 
pects with  the  fact — assuming  that  it  is  a  fact — that  you're 
a  live,  progressive  merchant  and  one  with  whom  they  can 
ill  afford  to  deal.  Tell  all  of  them  of  the  particular  things 
you're  offering  they  would  be  most  interested  in.  Let  them 
know  you  pay  particular  attention  to  telephone  orders  and 
that  you  fill  orders  and  prescriptions  carefully  and  deliver 
promptly.  Remind  them  of  the  real  advantage  of  buying  the 
drugs  and  sundries,  tobacco  and  candies,  stationery  and  cam- 
era supplies  in  one  place.  If  you  can  get  these  people  to  turn 
to  the  telephone  when  they  need  anything  in  your  line,  you 
won't  lose  their  business  just  because  they  don't  happen  to 
pass  your  door.  Impress  on  all  of  them  the  fact  that  they 
are  "Only  A  Telephone  .\way."  Those  who  have  tried  it 
have  proved  that  it  is  a  slogan  which  will  bring  business. 
After  the  plan  has  been  carried  this  far,  many  druggists  ar- 
range to  telephone  these  people  once  a  week,  dividing  the 
names  into  six  lists  and  calline  one  list  each  dav. 


The  druggist  who  caters  to  the  housewife's  convenience  and  i'ltrj  good  sen-ice  gets  the  business. 


Booming  the  Sales  of  "Smokes" 

Lancaster,  Pa.,  Dru_2^  Store  Increases  Its  Cigar  Business  from 
$6.85  to  $86.66  a  Day  and  Maintains  200  Per  Cent.  Gain 


BY  H.  E.  FBAILEY 

Retail  Druggist  of  Lancaster,  Pa. 


The  new  cigar  department  of  the  Frailey  store  at  Lancaster,  Pa. 

WE  had  been  conducting  our  cigar  department  like  a  great  many  other  druggists,  simply  selling 
cigars  because  they  were  asked  for  and  occasionally  making  a  window  display,  but  not  cashing 
in  to  the  maximum  possibility  our  location  would  have  warranted.  Our  cigar  case  was  kept  at 
a  distance  of  more  than  twenty  feet  from  the  door,  which  was  our  first  weakness.  Realizing  this  error, 
we  moved  it  directly  inside  the  door  to  a  position  opposite  the  soda  fountain. 

The  old  saying  that  competition  will  only  spur  on  a  live  one,  has  been  particularly  substan- 
tiated in  our  particular  ease.  About  three  months  ago  we  were  met  with  the  most  powerful  competitor 
in  the  cigar  business,  a  branch  store  of  the  big  cigar  chain  trast.  But  instead  of  pulling  in  our  sails 
and  quitting,  as  many  cigar  dealers  have  done,  we  decided  to  go  after  the  cigar  trade  as  never  before 
and  make  it  a  profitable  department  of  our  drug  store.  We  felt  that  our  rent,  light,  heat  and  sales 
help  would  not  be  nearly  as  large  as  in  a  store  dealing  solely  in  cigars  and  tobacco,  and  that  the  cost  of 
doing  business  would  not  be  materially  increased  by  the  small  space  required  for  our  cigar  department, 
so  rather  than  quit,  we  decided  to  make  cigars  not  only  a  feature  of  our  store,  but  a  business  getter  for 
the  soda,  drug  and  sundries  departments. 

We  realized  that  to  make  any  progress  in  competitioit  with 
our  neighbors  who  were  experienced  in  the  cigar  business,  and 
who  had  their  system  of  merchandising  down  to  a  science, 
justified  by  their  experience  in  a  thousand  stores,  and  know- 
ing that  their  stores  were  maintained  with  mathematical  pre- 
cision, our  first  step  was  to  install  the  most  handsome  and 
efficient  cigar  fixtures  that  could  be  obtained. 


.Accordingly,  we  installed  an  eight-foot  mahogany  wall  case, 
with  cigarette  compartments  and  with  both  upper  and  lower 
sections  lined  with  zinc.  An  all  plate-glass  floor  case  with 
a  curve  to  the  wall  was  placed  in  front  of  the  wall  case,  cover- 
ing altogether  a  space  of  fifteen  feet,  being  in  the  shape  of  an 
L.  The  floor  case  was  equipped  with  moisture  pans,  and  a 
hygrometer  was  inserted  so  we  could  know  definitely  what 


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[September,  1913 


moisture  or  humidity  we  were  maintaining.  This  equip- 
ment would  insiure  one  salient  feature  at  least  and  this  point 
we  have  dwelt  upon  in  all  our  advertising  copy,  namely,  that 
the  smoker  would  never  be  handed  a  dried  out  cigar  from 
this  case. 

Having  installed  this  complete  first  class  modern  equip- 
ment, which  was  made  by  the  Yesbera  Mfg.  Co.,  of  Toledo, 
Ohio,  our  next  consideration  was  the  goods  we  were  going  to 
offer  the  public. 

Lancaster,  Pa.,  is  situated  in  one  of  the  greatest  tobacco- 
producing  counties  in  the  country  and  Lancaster  probably 
produces  as  many  cigars  as  any  city.  Knowing  the  cigars 
manufactured  here  by  hand  by  many  of  the  small  manufactur- 
ers to  be  of  exceptionally  high  quality,  we  realized  that  to 
ignore  our  local  products  and  to  discount  the  value  of  the 
demand  all  ready  created  for  them  by  a  local  following  would 
be  a  grave  mistake.  It  was  up  to  us  to  stock  the  leaders  of 
each  manufacturer. 

Each  cigar  store  in  Lancaster  is  virtually  a  small  cigar  fac- 
tory in  which  the  manufacturer  produces  the  highest  grade  of 
cigars  possible  under  the  conditions.  As  a  consequence  of  tJiis 
local  situation,  each  manufacturer  has  built  up  a  following 
for  his  particular  "leader".  Heretofore  we  were  handling 
practically  all  National  Cigar  Stand  and  Tampa-Cuba  cigars 


flRAND  OPENING  <S!^  QGAR  DEPARTMENT 
Valuable  Souvenirs  FREE  With  Each  Purchase 

FRIDAY  and  SATURDAY    ^  ^ 

Lancaster  Brands^           ^  k.^.  '^^^ 
^^y^                           Imported  and  Domestic  Cigars^           ,  ,  ^ 

Homer's 
Mooseheart 

National  Line 

Citizens'  Club 

Lipshultz 
"44" 

Havana  Ribbon 
Wm.  Penn 

Wm.  Howard's 

ISABELLA 

ROYAL  BEAUTY 

GOLDEN  BELLE 

"The  Bold " 

Kaspar's 
New  "326" 

PfE^JltlOc  ^^^^^^ 
C«mpAre  Tbe  Quality  ^^^^^^^^W 

"Frisco" 

"Our  Principal" 

Lawyer's  Daisy 

Wnk OrFir»a^  Drag  Store 

Hendren's  10c 

Fareoh  Sc        Omo  Sc 

Flor  de  Moss 

MiU  Hwuu  Ogm.     Sun  R.r  5c  Opu 

Summons 
5c  Cigar 

The  Lancaster 
Gentlemen 

Demilth's 
Golden  Lion 

5c  imd  )0c 

Fritsch's 
New  Beechnut  j 

Full  page  nnvs paper  advertisement,  which  resulted  in  big  in- 
crease in  the  cigar  business  of  the  Frailey  drug  store. 


with  a  few  of  the  nationally  advertised  brands.  We  con- 
cluded to  add  to  these  two  popular  lines  the  "leaders"  of  our 
local  cigar  makers'  craft.  Thus  we  were  able  to  substantiate 
the  theory  that  a  druggist  is  more  favorably  equipped^  to 
handle  cigars  than  a  regular  stand  because  he  could  stock  with- 
out favor  or  discrimination  the  leaders  of  each  manufacturer 
and  give  the  smoker  a  greater  variety  and  a  more  select  line. 
He  has  no  ax  to  grind  and  offers  the  public  what  it  wants. 

Having  decided  on  the  cigars  we  would  handle,  our  next 
most  important  consideration  was  how  we  were  going  to  ac- 
quaint the  public  with  the  fact  that  we  had  :i'^';onihlcd  the 
largest  variety  of  local  leaders,  that  we  hail  ili^-  ■  sale  of 

the  National  Cigar  Stands  and  the  Taini  i  <  "i  'm^,  and 
furthermore  that  we  were  equipped  to  olTcr  these  cigars  in 
perfect  condition. 

After  much  pondering  and  study  we  decided  to  pull  off  the 


biggest  cigar  publicity  stunt  ever  attempted  in  Lancaster,  and 
probably  in  any  other  city  of  its  size  in  the  country.  We 
felt  that  to  properly  put  our  cigar  department  on  the  local 
map  we  must  eclipse  any  previous  effort  at  cigar  publicity. 
We  decided  on  a  full  page  advertisement  to  be  inserted  in 
each  of  our  four  local  papers  and  to  offer  a  souvenir  free 
with  each  cigar  purchase  made  during  our  two  opening  days. 
We  found  that  the  cost  of  this  big  full  page  ad.  inserted 
once  in  each  of  our  four  local  papers  would  aggregate  an 
advertising  outlay  of  $110.25.  When  we  added  the  cost  of 
the  souvenirs,  the  figures  began  to  assume  prohibitive  propor- 
tions. But  the  idea  dawned  on  us  to  make  this  page  adver- 
tisement co-operative.  We  worked  up  this  idea  by  inviting 
our  local  and  a  few  foreign  manufacturers  to  co-operate  with 
us  by  buying  a  space  in  our  page  advertisement  in  order  to 
acquaint  tlie  public  with  the  fact  that  their  brands  were  on 
sale  in  our  store.  At  the  same  time  it  gave  the  cigar  good 
publicity. 

This  co-operation  was  secured  by  directing  a  letter  to  the 
manufacturers  of  the  more  important  brands,  advising  them 
that  we  wanted  their  assistance  in  making  our  opening  an 
assured  success,  offering  each  manufacturer  a  free  window 
display  of  a  week,  a  space  two  inches  by  four  inches  in  the 
ad.  and  furthermore  our  co-operation  in  stocking  their  cigars. 
The  result  of  this  invitation  was  eventually  rewarded  with  the 
financial  assistance  of  fourteen  manufacturers  for  S7  spaces 
and  two  manufacturers  for  $10.50  spaces,  which  was  suffi- 
cient to  pay  the  entire  cost  of  the  advertisements. 

We  also  supplemented  this  ad.  with  a  four  inch  ad.  for  the 
Monday,  Tuesday  and  Wednesday  preceding  the  insertion  of 
the  full  page  ad.,  which  was  inserted  on  Thursday,  and  the 
local  papers  favored  us  with  a  small  local  on  each  of  the  four 
days,  telling  some  feature  of  our  new  department  and  the  de- 
tails of  the  opening  days.  Some  of  these  featured  our  souve- 
nirs, some  the  fact  that  we  would  hold  week-end  sales,  some 
the  fact  that  we  were  patronizing  local  manufacturers  and 
some  described  the  new  equipment  of  the  store. 

Our  souvenirs  and  their  cost  were  as  follows : 


288  styptic  pencils   S2.00  10c  sales 

30  shaving  sticks,  4c  each    1.20  25c  sales 

28  shaving  cream  at  8^c    2.38  50c  sales 

185  Burham  safety  razors,  2c  each    3.70  25c  sales 

4  cigar  cases,  8c   32 

12  bakelite  mouth  pieces,  25c    3.00 


$12.00 

The  results  of  the  above  publicity  were  as  follows:  Previous 
to  our  opening  we  were  averaging  $6  to  $48  on  Saturdays,  and 
our  cigar  business  for  the  Friday  and  Saturday  previous  to 
our  opening  was  just  $9.95.  On  Friday  and  Saturday,  which 
were  our  opening  days,  the  total  yield  of  business  was  $130.60. 
The  advertisement  which  produced  these  results  was  not  all 
that  was  responsible  for  our  success.  A  window  display  was 
made  in  conjunction  with  tlie  ads.  in  which  each  box  was 
tagged  witli  a  price  mark,  and  in  each  display  since  made 
the  price  of  the  cigar  and  the  price  for  a  box  is  placed  on  a 
small  black  card. 

We  believe  that  the  above  accomplishment  can  be  profitably 
emulated  by  any  wide-awake  druggist  and  that  even  greater 
results  can  be  accomplished  where  competition  is  not  so  keen 
as  here,  where  cigars  are  one  of  the  cliief  local  products  and 
where  each  cigar  dealer  is  a  manufacturer  offering  tlie  smoker 
the  greatest  value  he  possibly  can  for  tlie  money. 

That  our  receipts  for  the  opening  days  were  not  of  the 
mushroom  growth  to  spring  up  over  night  and  tlien  relax  into 
former  mediocre  business  is  conclusively  proved  by  the  re- 
ceipts for  tlie  Saturday  following  our  opening,  which  were 
just  about  200  per  cent  increase  over  tlie  average  of  Saturdays 
in  the  past.  Our  week  days  have  maintained  as  healtliy  an 
increase  as  our  Saturdays.  We  believe  that  our  cigar  business, 
is  going  to  continue  to  increase  day  by  day,  because  we  know 
that  we  are  offering  as  big  value  as  any  of  our  competitois. 
being  undersold  by  none,  and  with  our  perfect  equipment  we 
are  able  to  offer  the  cigars  in  better  condition  than  our  com- 
petitors. 

Aside  from  tliese  our  offer  to  the  co-operative  manufacturers 
who  lent  us  tlieir  assistance  obligates  us  to  make  a  weeklv 
display  of  cigars  of  each  manufacturer  in  turn,  thus  having  b 
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Building  Retail  Drug  Business  By  Mail 

The'Important  Mechanical  Apparatus  Needed  in 
Building  a  Department  Able  to  Handle  Letters 

BY  CARL  C.  IRWIKT 

Copyright,  1915,  by  Carl  C.  Invin 


A DRUG  store  with  a  mailing  list  of  1,000  or  less  names, 
is  a  good  deal  like  a  one-chair  barber  shop.     It  doesn't 
need  rapid  machinery-  to  prepare  the  direct-mail  litera- 
ture— it  needs  a  plan  for  increasing  the  size  of  the  list  to  a 
point  where  machinery-  will  be  needed. 

An  advertising  man,  run  down  from  over-work  in  the  city, 
went  to  his  little  home  in  Kansas  for  a  month's  rest.  He  used 
to  pass  some  of  his  idle  time  in  the  pool  hall,  the  general 
store  and  a  drug  store,  run  by  a  boyhood  friend. 

"Jim,"  the  advertising  man  said  to  the  druggist  one  day, 
"I  notice  that  you  and  the  clerks  have  a  lot  of  spare  time  on 
your  hands.  Why  don't  you  capitalize  it  by  going  after  business 
by  mail?" 

"Shucks!"  said  Jim.  "It  doesn't  pay  to  get  out  a  circular 
oftener  than  ohce  every  three  or  four  months,  and  as  there  are 
only  500  people  worth  going  to,  it  doesn't  take  us  long  to  do  our 
mail  work." 

The  advertising  man  w-as  surprised ;  he  knew  it  was  a  thickly 
settled  community.  He  asked  to  see  the  list,  became  interested, 
and  more  to  engage  his  mind  than  anything  else,  set  about  to 
show  Jim  why  he  was  wrong.  Before  the  end  of  the  month, 
-he  had  a  classified  mailing  list  of  10,000  names  in  the  card 
index. 

That  was  a  year  ago.  In  Jim's  now  well-equipped,  direct- 
mail  department,  a  half  dozen  machines  help  to  draw  trade 
from  the  rightful  territory  of  several  of  the  surrounding  towns. 
Jim  didn't  need  machinery  before  the  advertising  man  came— 
now  he  doesn't  know  how  he  could  get  along  without  it. 

Another  druggist  in  a  very  small  town  saw  the  advantage  of 
direct-mail  machinery,  though  he  knew  positively  that  his  trade 
2one  was  so  limited  that  his  business  would  not  warrant  its 
use.  .As  much  to  increase  the  trade  of  the  town  in  general  as 
to  benefit  his  particular  business,  he  succeeded  in  getting  four 
other  stores  to  go  in  with  him  on  the  purchase  of  a  complete 
outfit,  which  was  to  be  used  jointly.  It  proved  most  successful 
to  all. 

There  is  scarcely  a  store  which  cannot  profitably  solicit  from 
2,000  people  or  more.  Considering  that  even  once  a  day  is  not 
too  often  to  work  some  one  of  the  many  classifications  of  trade 
by  mail,  any  one  of  the  several  modem  devices  would  be  de- 
sirable and  a  good  investment. 

Most  of  the  direct-mail  appliances  to  help  the  retailer  build 
his  business  by  mail,  easily  fall  into  one  of  two  classes — mail- 
ing or  printing  machinery. 

Under  the  mailing  machines  are  grouped  folding,  addressing, 
sealing  and  stamping  machines.  The  second  is  perhaps  of  the 
greatest  primary  importance  to  the  druggist  who  contemplates 
enlarging  his  trade  field  by  use  of  direct-mail  advertising. 

A  person  of  average  speed  can  address  by  hand  not  tc  exceed 
1,000  names  a  day.  \  hand-operated  addressing  machine,  cost- 
ing SI 5  to  $45,  will  address  1,500  names  an  hour,  while  a  more 
expensive  foot  or  motor-driven  addressing  machine  will  address 
from  3,000  to  7.500  names  per  hour. 

But  speed  isn't  the  only  advantage  of  addressing  machinery. 
Hand  addressing  costs  about  $1.25  per  1,000;  machine  address- 
ing, by  the  office  boy  during  spare  time,  about  nine  cents  per 
1,000. 

In  hand  addressing  there  are  always  many  mistakes,  illegible 
names,  much  room  needed  if  many  people  are  used.  In  ma- 
chine addressing  there  are  no  mistakes,  every  name  appears  to 
be  perfectly  typewritten,  and  very  little  room  is  needed. 

With  the  plates  of  an  addressing  machine  used  as  a  card 
index,  it  is  easy  to  subdivide  the  list  in  any  manner — easy  to 
run  off  any  part  of  the  list.  So  w-ith  a  machine  a  merchant 
will  do  more  advertising  by  mail,  because  it  is  easy  to  get  out. 

It  helps  build  new  business  and  collect  old  accounts.  With 
the  names  on  plates  for  printing,  it  is  possible  to  fill  in  form 
letters,  address  envelopes,  circulars,  folders,  orders,  shipping 
tags,  head  bills  and  statements  and  print  labels. 


The  leading  machines  on  the  market  now  are :  the  Addresso- 
graph,  Belknap,  Elliott  and  tlie  Montague.  The  price  of  the 
hand  Addressograph  is  $15  to  $45 ;  tlie  foot  power  Addresso- 
graph,  $80;  and  tlie  motor  driven  Addressograph,  $145.  The 
foot  power  Belknap  is  $100;  the  motor  driven  Belknap,  $135. 
A  very  simple  desk  mailer  is  turned  out  by  the  Montague  Mailer 
people  for  $37.50. 

Generally  speaking,  one  will  not  need  a  power  machine  until 
his  list  approaches  10,000  names,  from  then  on  up,  the  ad- 
vantage of  the  increased  speed  of  tlie  motor  driven  machine  will 
quickly  compensate  for  the  additional  cost. 

The  plates  of  the  Addressograph,  from  which  the  names  are 
printed,  cost  from  V/i  cents  to  4%  cents  each,  according  to  the 
number  of  lines  of  type  and  whether  one  or  two-piece  plates. 

The  Belknap  machine  uses  a  stencil  which  can  be  cut  on*a 
typewriter  and  these  can  be  produced  at  a  cost  of  approxi- 
mately 1%  cents  per  name,  counting  in  the  cost  of  typewriting. 

Each  of  these  different  types  of  mailing  machines  has  some 
form  of  tag  indexing  or  tab  indicators,  by  which  a  list  can  be 
classified  and  the  names  of  a  particular  class  picked  out  for  ad- 
dressing. 

For  example,  on  the  Addressograph  machine,  the  plates  are 
slotted  in  twelve  positions  and  twelve  indicator  tabs  can  be  put 
into  each  plate.  These  projecting  tabs  can  be  classified  as 
elected.  For  example.  No.  1  could  mean  Prescriptions,  No.  2 
Rubber  Goods,  No.  3,  Toilet  Articles,  No.  4,  Cigars,  and  so  on. 

If  you  want  to  send  out  a  special  piece  of  advertising  matter 
on  prescriptions,  all  you  would  need  to  do  would  be  to  run  your 
entire  list  through  the  machine,  which  by  adjustment  would  se- 
lect only  the  plates  which  had  the  tab  projecting  in  position 
No.  1. 

The  complete  outfit,  machine,  plates,  cabinets  and  accessories 
for  a  list  of  2,000  names  in  any  of  the  several  machines  now 
on  the  market,  will  cost  approximately  $150  to  $200. 

Under  the  second  classification  of  direct-mail  devices — printing 
machines — are  the  types  which  enable  the  druggist  to  rapidly 
reproduce  typewriting  and  real  printing,  usually  with  printer's 
ink,  in  the  privacy  of  the  store,  and  with  his  regular  force  of 
help. 

Perhaps  the  cheapest  and  simplest  duplicating  machines  are 
those  built  on  the  hectograph  or  gelatine  plate  system.  With 
these,  the  merchant  can  have  his  form  typewritten,  then  make 
an  impression  of  this  on  the  gelatine  plate  and  from  this  draw 
off  quite  a  number  of  fairly  good  duplications.  These  machines 
can  be  purchased  as  low  as  five  dollars.  A  hundred  copies  or 
so,  however,  is  the  absolute  limit  of  reproduction  on  a  machine 
of  this  sort  and  if  a  merchant  is  covering  say  1,000  names,  it  is 
much  better  to  employ  one  of  the  other  machines  of  greater 
capacity. 

The  next  group  of  duplicating  machines  is  composed  of  those 
built  on  the  stencil  principle ;  that  is,  those  which  employ  a 
special  stencil  cut  on  a  typewriter,  on  a  specially  prepared 
sheet,  this  sheet  being  put  into  the  machine  and  the  ink  forced 
through  the  holes  in  the  stencil,  thus  making  the  reproduction. 

These  machines  are  entirely  satisfactory,  if  properly  handled. 
In  the  hands  of  inexperienced  operators  they  frequently  be- 
come clogged  up,  if  tlie  flow  of  ink  is  not  properly  regulated 
and  the  result  is  poor  and  unsatisfactory  work. 

If  the  person  who  has  charge  of  this  work  and  this  depart- 
ment, becomes  thoroughly  experienced  and  is  doing  enough  of 
this  w-ork  to  keep  the  machine  in  good  working  order,  then 
the  results  will  be  satisfactory. 

If  these  machines  are  only  used  at  intervals,  they  have  the 
objection  of  drying  up;  that  is,  the  ink  becomes  hardened 
and  caked  and  makes  a  thorough  overhauling  necessary  be- 
fore the  new  work  can  be  started. 

The  Rotospeed,  the  Underwood  revolving  duplicator  and  the 
mimeograph  are  representative  machines  of  this  type.  The 
average  cost  of  each  is  about  $35.00. 


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[September,  1915 


The  members  of  the  next  group  of  machines  employ  metal 
type  and  print  either  through  an  inked  ribbon  or  with  specially 
prepared  ink.  These  machines  are  much  more  expensive  and 
require  more  time  in  which  to  prepare  a  form,  but  after  the 
form  is  ready  to  run,  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  usually  less 
than  by  tlie  other  methods  and  they  have  the  advantage  of 
unlimited  capacity;  that  is,  there  is  no  limit  to  the  number  of 
impressions  which  can  be  made  after  the  form  is  ready. 

The  multigraph,  writerpress,  lettergraph,  printograph,  flexo- 
type,  planotype  and  the  Niagara  multiple  typewriter  are  rep- 
resentative machines  of  this  type.  In  addition  to  the  regular 
typewriter  work,  they  are  also  capable  of  producing  other  forms 
of  printed  matter  and  on  some  of  them  cuts  may  be  used. 


Pharmaceutical  Jottings  from 
Great  Britain 

(By  our  London  Correspondent) 
Annual  Meeting  of  the  British  Pharmaceutical 
Conference 

MANY  of  the  prominent  members  of  the  British  Pharma- 
ceutical Conference  are  engaged  in  war  work  of  one 
kind  or  another,  with  the  result  that  at  the  52nd  annual 
meeting  held  in  London  in  the  third  week  of  July,  only  one 
scientific  paper  was  contributed.  The  meeting  itself  only  lasted 
two  hours  instead  of  the  usual  five  days  and  there  were  no 
social  functions.  The  president,  who  in  peace  time  is  a  phar- 
macist at  Cambridge,  is  now  a  major  in  the  army  and  he  at- 
tended the  meeting  in  uniform.  He  devoted  his  presidential 
address  to  the  question  of  pharmacy  organizations  in  war  time. 
He  mentioned  that  about  5,000  men  cennected  with  British 
pharmacy  and  the  drug  trade  had  joined  the  forces  and  he 
suggested  that  the  fact  that  so  many  qualified  pharmacists  had 
volunteered  to  undertake  the  work  of  army  dispensing  as  or- 
dinary privates  had  largely  discounted  the  need  for  giving  phar- 
macists commissioned  rank.  In  his  view,  however,  there  should 
be  an  Army  Pharmaceutical  Service  as  a  separate  establish- 
ment of  his  Majesty's  army  and  he  outlined  a  scheme  having 
this  object  in  view.  In  the  first  place,  Major  Peck  suggested 
that  it  would  be  wise  for  the  State  to  have  in  peace  time  a 
separate  organization  for  the  production,  as  well  as  for  the  col- 
lection and  storage  of  medicinal  necessaries,  capable  of  ex- 
pansion in  war  time  so  as  to  ensure  a  proportion  at  least  of 
the  quantities  required  on  the  outbreak  of  war ;  it  would  also 
ensure  that  there  would  be  in  continuous  training  in  army 
methods  a  body  of  men  who  in  a  sudden  emergency  could  be 
easily  augmented.  The  duties  of  such  trained  men  would  be 
carried  out  at  the  central  pharmaceutical  depot,  at  the  base 
hospitals,  and  the  field  hospitals  and  would  be  such  as  would 
need  the  authority  of  commission  rank.  The  proposed  scheme 
is  quite  a  good  one,  but  I  am  afraid  the  war  office  could 
hardly  find  time  at  the  moment  for  the  reorganization  of 
the  pharmaceutical  service  of  the  army. 

Comparison  of  Drug  Prices  After  a  Year's  War 
I  have  just  been  comparing  a  London  market  report  of  the 
first  week  of  August,  1914,  with  prices  that  are  current  to-day 
and  the  result  is  interesting.  I  will  mention  a  few  of  the 
drugs  that  have  advanced  in  price,  the  figure  following  the  name 
of  the  drug  indicating  the  rate  of  the  advance  (that  is  to  say, 
bromides  (6),  means  that  bromides  are  six  times  the  price 
quoted  just  before  the  outbreak  of  war)  :  Acetyl  salicylic  acid 
(16);  Salicylic  acid  (IS);  Sodium  sahcylate  (12);  Salol  (9); 
Potassium  permanganate  and  Hydroquinone  (8);  Phenacetin 
and  acetanilide  (7)  ;  Bromides  (6)  ;  Atropine,  phenazone  and 
carbolic  acid  (5);  Cod  liver  oil  (4);  Benzoic  acid  (35<^)  Co- 
caine, guaiacol  carbonate  and  hcxamrtlniriirtctraniine  (3) 
Quicksilver  (8J^);  Cream  of  t:iit:n  an.l  [...iissium  chlorate 
(2).  These  are  only  a  few  stiikinK  r\,iini>l<s  df  the  extent 
to  which  prices  have  advanced  on  the  London  drug  market  as 
a  result  of  a  year's  war. 

A  Fortune  of  $8,000,000 
The  will  of  the  late  I.  C.  Eno,  proprietor  of  Eno's  Fruit 
Salt,  has  just  been  proven.  It  shows  that  he  left  estate  valued 
at  over  $8,000,000.  Mr.  Eno,  who  was  87  when  he  died,  served 
his  apprenticeship  to  a  pharmacist  at  Newcastle-on-Tyne,  and 
it  was  at  that  town  he  launched  his  specialty.    The  demand 


Prof.  E.  M.  Holmes 


for  it  grew  so  rapidly  that  in  1876  he  established  a  factory 
in  London,  but  large  as  the  business  was,  few  expected  that  it 
would  bring  the  proprietor  such  an  enormous  fortune. 

The  Hanbury  Medallist 
The  Hanbury  medal,  which  is  awarded  biennially  for  high  ex- 
cellence in  the  promotion  and  prosecution  of  original  research 
in  the  chemistry  and  natural  history  of  drugs,  has  this  year 
been  awarded  to  Prof.  E.  M. 
Holmes,  who  has  been  curator 
of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society's 
Museums  for  nearly  half  a  cen- 
tury. He  is  the  fourth  English- 
man to  whom  the  medal  has 
been  awarded  since  it  was 
struck  in  1881.  It  will  be  re- 
membered that  in  1913  it  was 
awarded  to  Dr.  F.  B.  Power 
and  that  the  medal  also  went 
to  the  United  States  in  1893 
when  it  was  handed  over  by  the 
late  Michael  Carteighe  to  Pro- 
fessor J.  M.  Maisch  imder  pa- 
thetic circumstances.  Prof. 
Holmes  is  recognized  as  one  of  I 
the  leading  medical  botanists  of  1 
our  time  and  he  is  also  the| 
greatest  living  autnority  on 
British  seaweeds.  In  conjunc- 
tion with  the  Director  of  Kew 
Gardens  he  acted  as  botanical  referee  in  the  production  of 
the  last  two  editions  of  the  British  Pharmacopoeia. 

An  Unfortunate  Mistake 
At  an  inquest  held  on  the  body  of  a  woman  who  died  under 
strange  circumstances  it  was  stated  in  evidence  that  the  de- 
ceased had  taken  tartaric  acid  in  mistake  for  sulphate  of  soda. 
It  seems  that  a  clerk  in  one  of  the  stores  owned  by  Boots 
Cash  Chemists,  Ltd.,  sold  the  tartaric  acid  and  labeled  the 
package  sulphate  of  soda  in  error.  It  is  unusual  to  hear  of 
death  from  taking  tartaric  acid,  but  it  appears  that  the  woman 
in  question  was  suffering  from  heart  disease,  and  the  Govern- 
ment pathologist  said  he  could  not  exclude  the  taking  of  an 
excessive  dose  of  the  acid  from  the  cause  of  death. 

Personation  of  a  Qualified  Pharmacist 
A  case  of  alleged  personation  of  a  qualified  pharmacist  is 
now  being  investigated  by  the  Courts.  .\  man  calling  himself 
"William  Watt"  forged  a  certificate  of  qualification  and  asked 
to  have  his  address  changed.  It  was  subsequently  proved 
that  the  real  William  Watt  was  still  at  the  old  address  and 
this  led  to  the  arrest  of  the  alleged  forger,  who  is  now  await- 
ing trial  on  the  criminal  charge. 

State  Endows  Research 
The  Government  has  now  launched  a  scheme  for  tlie  en- 
dowment and  encouragement  of  scientific  and  industrial  re- 
search on  a  vast  scale.  An  advisory  committee,  consisting  of 
eminent  scientists,  has  been  set  up,  whose  duty  it  will  be  to 
take  steps  to  utilize  tlie  scientific  workers  and  institutions 
throughout  the  country.  The  Government  recognizes  that 
many  British  industries  have,  with  the  outbreak  of  war,  suf- 
fered through  their  inability  to  produce  at  home  certain  arti- 
cles and  materials  required  in  trade  processes,  the  manufacture 
of  which  had  become  localized  in  Germany,  because  scienct 
has  there  been  more  thoroughly  and  effectually  applied  to  the 
solution  of  problems  bearing  on  trade  and  is  the  elaboration 
of  economical  processes  of  manufacture.  This  being  now 
admitted,  tlic  Government  cannot  contemplate  without  appre- 
hension the  situation  which  will  arise  at  the  end  of  the  war. 
unless  our  scientific  resources  have  previously  been  enlarged 
and  organized  to  meet  it.  Hence  the  scheme  which  will  utilize 
pharmaceutical  workers  as  well  as  technical  and  scientific 
chemists. 


Dollar  Allowed  on  Hot  "Water  Bottles 

.■\s  a  means  of  stimulating  trade  in  aluminum  goods,  the 
Sun  Drug  Company.  Los  Angeles.  Cal.,  allows  its  customers 
one  dollar  for  an  old  hot  water  bottle  when  applied  on  the 
purchase  price  of  a  new  hot  water  bottle  made  of  aluminum, 
which  ordinarily  retails  at  $2.75.  but  which  with  the  return 
of  an  old  hot  water  bottle  is  sold  at  $1.75. 


Discovering"  Rubber  Goods  Department 


THE  rubber 
p  a  rt  m  ent 
goods  de- 
has  been  "discov- 
f  red" !  It  has 
been  Jiauled  out 
into  the  limelight, 
dusted  off.  polish- 
ed up,  and  a  little 
"ginger"  in  the 
form  of  modern 
selling  methods 
applied  when,  lo 
and  behold,  what 
was  always 
thought  to  be  a 
more  or  less  dead 
Jepartment,  but 
nevertheless  a  nec- 
essary one.  has. 
when  given  half  an 
opportu  n  i  ty.  proven 
itself  to  be  a  real 
winner,  a  produ- 
cer of  liberal  profit 
and  a  builder  of 
sound  business  and 
prestige. 

.^nd  why  not  ? 
Rubber  goods  is  a 
logical  drug  store 


How  Better  Merchandise  Methods  are 
Making  it  a  Leader  in  many  Drug  Stores. 


,  A  display  of  hot  water  bottles  unth  a  special  offer  featured  is 
sho-am  above. 


strong! 


identified  with  the 
professional  side  of 
pharmacy,  and, 
as  at  present  man- 
ufactured, is  a  line 
so  broad  in  its 
scope  that  what 
was  formerly  a 
season  business  is 
now  conducted  in 
the  stores  of  the 
'discoverers"  as  an 
all  year  'round 
proposition.  There 
is  an  immense  op- 
portunity to  make 
a  leader  of  rubber 
goods.  In  fact, 
many  stores  have 
already  done  so 
and  are  broaden- 
ing their  market, 
increasing  the  vol- 
ume of  business 
and  providing  an 
attraction  that 
brings  business  for 
the  whole  store. 

A  leading  man- 
ufacturer of  rubber 
sundries  has  said, 
"There   is  hardly 


A  special  u-indo-X'  trim  of  rubber  goods  in  Murgittroyd's  drug  store,  Spokane,  Wash. 


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[September,  1915 


another  line  possible  for  the  drug  store  that  offers  the  possi- 
bilities this  line  does.  The  druggist  is  facing  a  changing  con- 
dition of  distribution  and  articles  and  lines  that  were  here- 
tofore considered  -as  his  own  are  no  longer  his.  These  chang- 
ing conditions  must  be  met,  and  promptly.  To  my  way  of 
thinking,  the  most  logical  thing  for  any  druggist  so  situated 
to  do  is  get  hold  of  complete  lines  and  establish  them  firmly 
in  his  store,  as  well  as  establish  his  store  firmly  as  the  local 
headquarters  for  those  lines.  Rubber  goods  hold  out  great 
possibilities  for  increases.  Not  one-tenth  of  the  goods  are 
used  as  might  be.  The  public  needs  education  in  the  ad- 
vantages, the  benefits,  the  pleasures,  the  economy  of  using 
these  goods  and  it  is  to  those  pharmacists  who  have  seen  the 
advisability  of  following  this  course  that  substantial  increases 
have  come  and  for  whom  the  future  holds  great  promise." 

7-Dav  Special  Sale 

OF  GUARANTEED  RUBBER  GOODS 

Aluminized  Douche 
Pan 


Rubber  Gloves 


irnest  appeal  to  everyoi 
.lie  includes  articles  ' 
leeded  in  almost  every  1 
ue' calling  i 


End  of  tlie  ,1a  mlMud 

Ives  islighlly  overstocked  on  ;;i","ip'..' 

cse  iliins  we  are  going  to  close  ....... 

cm  oM  at  1  big  reduction.  Read  Nu-Z&l< 
refullv  and  compare  the  pr"" 


Douche,  Pan 


Sale  Price,  29c 
I  EAR  ~~  "  Important 
SYRINGE      Every  Piece  U  Guar- 


Price,  Z3c  J,  eihers.  You'U  see  the  advan 

and  ULCER 


-anteed. 


Rubber  UrinaU 

IT.s's 


Here's  An  Extra  Big  Special 

$1.00  Dove  Water  Bottle,  69c 


widij  funneV 


Wonpeacc  Invalid 
Ring 


,$2  size,  now  .  $1.69 
($2.25  »iz«,  now  $1.89 

^Moulded  Ice  Cap 


^Yankee  Combination 
>  Water  Bottle  and 
Fountain  Syringe 


Marigold  Hot  Water 
Bottle 

m 

Marigold  Fountain 
Syringe 


'!°:.:':  $1.49 
Marigold  Combination 


Wonpeace 
Fountain  Syringe 

V  '""-  —  >'  "  $1.19 

Wonpeace  Hot 
Water  Bottle 


:■„;  $1.49 

Wonpeace 
Combination 


main  attraction  and  selling  value  is  added  by  means  of  liberal 
use  of  price  tickets.  Newspaper  advertising  is  also  becoming 
more  frequent.  Illvistrations  suitable  for  the  purpose  are  fur- 
nished. 

Too  much  cannot  be  said  in  favor  of  selling  good  mer- 
chandise. Some  druggists  buy  indiscriminately  without  any 
definite  knowledge  of  the  underlying  values,  which  is  gen- 
erally a  poor  policy.  The  public  demands  service,  and  as  the 
factors  determining  service  are  not  apparent  on  the  surface, 
"safety-first"  would  dictate  the  advisability  of  the  pharmacist 
identifying  himself  with  a  line  of  rubber  goods  put  out  and 
backed  by  a  reliable  factory.  And  it  might  also  be  well  to 
heed  the  statement  of  an  experienced  pharmacist  who  says,  "I 
have  proven  to  my  satisfaction  over  and  over  again,  that  one 
good  line  of  any  one  article  is  enough ;  but  make  that  one- 
the  best  you  can  get." 

BIG  RALLY  OF  RETAILERS  PLANNED 

At  an  executive  meeting  of  the  Conference  of  Independent 
Retail  Merchants  of  the  Metropolitan  District,  New  York 
City,  plans  were  discussed  for  a  big  rally  of  retailers  to  be 
held  some  time  in  September  at  the  Hotel  Astor.  .\11  retail 
associations  within  a  radius  of  fifty  miles  of  New  York  will  be 
invited  to  attend. 

The  members  of  the  conference  present  reported  progress 
in  the  campaign  to  further  the  passage  of  the  Stevens  bill. 
"The  time  has  now  come  when  individual  action  by  each 
member  of  each  association  is  necessary  in  order  to  assure 
the  success  of  the  campaign  against  predatory  price  cutting," 
said  one  member  of  the  conference.  "It  is  not  enough  for 
the  associations  of  the  organization  to  co-operate.  The  per- 
sonal equation  is  what  will  count." 


MUSK  PERFUME  RADIOACTIVE 

Three  thousand  pounds  of  rnusk  on  an  average  are  shipped 
every  year  from  Chunking,  and  fully  half  of  this  has  passed 
through  Tachienlu,  which  is  one  of  the  principal  musk  markets 
of  the  world,  though  eighteen  days'  journey  from  Chunking, 
the  nearest  port  according  to  E.  C.  Baker,  United  States  Consul 
at  Chunking,  China.  The  extraordinary  penetrating  power  of 
musk  perfume,  Mr.  Baker  writes,  is  accounted  for  by  the  fact 
it  is  radioactive.  This  property  causes  the  odor  to  be  carried 
through  the  air  in  a  way  that  would  otherwise  be  impossible. 
And  he  adds  that  this  radioactive  property  "affects  most  pe- 
culiarly the  natives  who  carry  it.  If  it  is  held  close  to  the 
body  for  any  length  of  time  it  produces  sores  that  are  prob- 
ably similar  in  character  to  those  caused  by  pure  radium." 

Musk  is  a  secretion  of  certain  glands  or  pouches  of  the  male 
musk  deer  and  is  secreted  only  during  certain  seasons  of  the 
year.  It  is  difficult  to  obtain  pure,  and  one  of  the  largest 
manufacturers  of  perfume  keeps  a  representative  at  Tachienlu, 
near  the  Tibetan  border,  for  the  sole  purpose  of  buying  it. 


A  newspaper  advertisement  featuring  a  seven-day  special  sale 
of  rubber  goods  at  Matthews  Brothers'  drug  store, 
Scranton,  Pa. 

Window  displays  of  rubber  goods  are  seen  in  increasing 
numbers.  Even  this  means  of  pushing  sales  has  taken  on  a 
new  significance  and  better  window  trimming  is  the  rule. 
Various  attiadivr  window  and  store  cards,  cut-outs,  signs, 
etc.,  aiv    liiM  l)v  manufacturers;  one  going  so  far  as  to 

furnish  .  I  l  l  l  ling  screen  showing  a  complete  line  and 
which  whni  iisrcl  in  the  window,  makes  a  very  imposing 
feature.    The  merchandise  itself,  however,  generally  forms  the 


NEW  USES  FOR  OLD  DRUGS 

According  to  a  writer  in  Weekly  Drug  Markets,  thfe  therapeu- 
tic history  of  emetine  is  being  written,  and  evidence  is  ac- 
cumulating which  tends  to  prove  that  the  alkaloid  has  an 
important  remedial  value,  even  if  it  should  not  prove  a  spe- 
cific for  cholera,  as  it  was  reported  to  be  some  months  ago 
from  Continental  countries  where  it  was  being  extensively  em- 
ployed in  the  treatment  of  that  dread  disease.  It  would  ap- 
pear that  its  use  for  the  treatment  of  Riggs'  disease,  otherwise 
known  as  pyorrhoea  alvcolaris,  has  been  accompanied  by  the 
most  satisfactory  results,  and  clinical  research  has  gone  far 
toward  confirming  the  belief  that  it  may  be  a  real  specific  for 
that  disease.  Other  diseases  which  have  been  successfully- 
treated  by  emetine  are  bronchitis  and  tuberculosis:  it  has  been 
also  advocated  for  use  in  combatting  psoriasis  and  pellagra, 
while  recent  de.spntchos  indicate  its  employment  in  the  military- 
hospitals  of  Paris  and  elsewhere  for  arresting  hemorrhage 
and  in  the  treatment  of  gun  shot  wounds.  The  lesson  our 
contemporary  would  draw  from  the  renewed  activity  in  the 
new  use  of  an  old  drug  is.  that  there  yet  remains  in  the  field 
of  applied  medicine  much  old  material  that  needs  only  to  be 
studied  to  bring  forth  promising  results.  Further,  a  know- 
ledge of  tliese  advances  in  medical  science  is  necessar>-  if  the 
pharmacist  would  possess  an  intelligible  working  basis  of  the 
problems  tliat  come  his  way. 


September,  1915] 


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383 


THE  QUESTION  BOX 

The  ''How  to  Do  It''  Department 


Conducted  by  Pharmaceutical  Experts 

For  the  benefit  of  ERA  Subscribers 


Printing  Formulas  on  Labels 
(A.  C.  Co.) — We  know  of  no  law  in  force  in  any  of  the 
States  that  requires  the  manufacturer  of  a  proprietary  medi- 
cine to  print  the  formula  on  the  label  or  package  or  to  publish 
in  any  way  the  names  of  the  various  substances  he  may 
«mploy  in  manufacturing  his  preparation,  except  that  in  the 
case  of  narcotics  coming  under  the  Federal  Food  and  Drugs 
Act,  or  similar  acts  of  the  various  States,  the  names  of  such 
•drugs  must  be  declared  on  the  label  in  the  manner  provided 
by  the  regulations  for  the  enforcement  of  these  laws.  We  are 
aware  that  for  many  years  attempts  have  been  made  tf>  secure 
the  passage  of  laws  which  would  require  the  publication  of 
formulas  for  all  proprietary  medicines,  but  so  far  no  sweeping 
measure  of  this  character  has  been  enacted. 

Under  the  ordinance  adopted  by  the  New  York  City  Board 
■of  Health  some  time  ago,  a  provision  requires  that  formulas 
for  all  proprietary  medicines  to  be  sold  in  Greater  New  York 
must  be  filed  with  the  Department,  the  ordinance  to  become 
■operative  this  Fall.  Just  what  the  outcome  of  the  attempt  to 
enforce  this  provision  will  be,  we  are  not  prepared  to  state. 
So  far,  we  have  been  informed,  no  formulas  have  been  filed  by 
any  manufacturer.  During  the  past  month  the  New  York 
City  Board  of  Health  has  been  carrying  on  proceedings  against 
manufacturers  whose  remedies  it  claims  bear  misleading  state- 
ments or  which  are  misbranded. 

Destruction  of  Moths 
(A.  McN.) — Entomologists  state  that  the  right  way  to  kill 
moths,  and  the  only  practical  method,  is  to  attack  the  eggs  or 
larvae.  The  best  agent  for  this  purpose  is  benzine  or  any  liquid 
•which  will  dissolve  the  waxy  coating  of  the  eggs.  The  ben- 
zine is  best  applied  as  a  spray  to  all  joints  of  wardrobes  or 
■dressers,  and  to  the  clothing  which  has  been  or  may  be  at- 
tacked. This  method  is  claimed  to  be  a  "dead  sure"  treatment, 
but  on  account  of  the  inflammable  character  of  the  benzine, 
its  employment  is  attended  with  some  degree  of  danger.  When 
free  from  moths  to  start  with,  the  clothing  may  be  packed 
away  with  any  of  the  usual  moth  preventives,  formulas  for 
a  large  number  of  preparations  typical  of  the  various  classes 
being  given  in  the  Era  Formulary  under  such  titles  as  "moth 
paper,"  powder,  solution,  tincture,  etc. 

Pharaoh's  Serpents 

^Inquirer) — When  sulphocyanide  of  mercury  undergoes  com- 
bustion, a  bulky  porous  residue  of  a  smoke-like  form  and 
color  is  produced  to  which  the  name  "Pharaoh's  Serpents" 
lias  been  given,  presumably  owing  to  a  fancied  resemblance 
to  the  assumed  form  accredited  to  the  mythological  Egyptian 
reptiles.    Here  is  the  usual  formula  for  these  chemical  "toys" : 

Sulphocyanide  of  mercury   2  drams 

Prussian  blue    5  grains 

Compound  tragacanth  powder   14  grains 

Mix  well,  mass  with  water  and  divide  into  24  pieces;  form 
■each  into  a  small  cone  and  dry.  These  are  quite  poisonous 
when  ignited,  and  great  care  must  be  taken  in  handling  them 
■so  as  not  to  inhale  any  of  the  products  of  the  combustion. 

A  so-called  "non-poisonous"  substitute  has  been  proposed, 
as  follows: 

Potassium  dichromate   2  ounces 

Potassium  nitrate   1  ounce 

White  sugar   2  ounces 


Pulverize  the  ingredients  separately,  mix  well,  and  press  into 
little  paper  cylinders.  Keep  in  a  dry  place  and  from  the  light. 
The  results  obtained  with  this  formula  are  not  so  satisfactory 
as  they  might  be,  it  is  said. 

Liquid  Glass:  Soluble  Glass 
(L.  D.  Co.) — The  so-called  "liquid  or  water  glass"  (soluble 
glass)  cannot,  as  a  rule,  be  economically  made  on  the  small 
scale.  It  is  prepared  by  fusing  silica  in  almost  any  convenient 
form  with  sodium  or  potassium  carbonate.  It  is  said  that  the 
addition  of  a  little  carbonaceous  matter  (small  coal)  aids  the 
reaction,  possibly  owing  to  a  tendency  towards  the  formation 
of  NasO  (or  K2O)  by  the  oxidation  of  the  sodium  (or  potas- 
sium) liberated  by  the  carbon.  When  sodium  or  potassium 
sulphate  is  substituted  for  the  carbonate  of  these  metals,  the 
presence  of  carbon  reduces  the  sulphate  to  sulphide,  which 
acts  freely  on  the  silica. 

Finely  divided  silica  may  be  also  heated  with  a  solution  of 
caustic  alkali  under  pressure  to  obtain  the  silicate.  The  reac- 
tion is  aided  by  transforming  insoluble  forms  of  silica,  such 
as  flints,  into  the  more  soluble  variety  by  heating  them  to  red- 
ness and  quenching  in  water.  Commercial  soluble  glass  varies 
between  the  limits  Na20.2Si02  and  Na20.4Si02,  the  commonest 
grade  being  about  Na20.3Si02,  which  is  made  by  fusing  2 
parts  quartz  sand  with  1  part  of  sodium  carbonate  and  0.1 
part  small  coal.  The  solubility  varies  inversely  as  the  propor- 
tion of  silica,  a  glass  rich  in  silica  being  very  sparingly  soluble 
in  water.  Commercially,  a  large  proportion  of  the  soluble 
glass  is  sold  in  solution,  as  the  solid  is  often  slow  to  dissolve. 
Its  principal  uses  are  in  the  manufacture  of  artificial  stone, 
for  rendering  wood  fire-proof,  as  a  detergent,  and  as  a.  pro- 
tecting material  for  natural  stone  of  a  quality  that  does  not 
weather  well.  In  recent  years  it  has  been  considerably  em- 
ployed for  the  preservation  of  eggs,  the  eggs  when  dipped  in  a 
solution  of  the  liquid  silicate  being  quickly  covered  with  an 
impervious  coating. 

Bust  Developer 
(B.  D.  Co.) — Most  of  the  so-called  "bust  developers"  are 
simply  cold  creams  or  salves  perfumed  with  some  suitable 
odor  and  colored  as  desired.  Their  application  is  always  ac- 
companied by  massage,  which  assists  the  skin  in  the  absorp- 
tion of  the  fat,  thereby  imparting  a  fulness  to  the  skin  and 
the  appearance  of  the  bust.  According  to  competent  physi- 
cians, the  application  of  the  cold  cream  has  little  to  do  with 
the  "development,"  that  condition  being  brought  about  by  the 
exercise,  the  right  kind  of  diet,  and  perfect  hygienic  surround- 
ings. On  theoretical  grounds,  any  absorbable  cold  cream  will 
answer,  although  the  following  formula  is  said  to  produce  a 
typical  preparation  of  the  commercial  products  exploited  by 
"beauty  specialists" : 

Oil  of  sweet  almond   160  parts  , 

White  vegetable  wax    25  parts 

Spermaceti   160  parts 

Glycerin  280  parts 

Boric  acid    12  parts 

Water   500  parts 

Dissolve  the  boric  acid  in  the  glycerin  and  mix  the  solu- 
tion with  the  oil,  wax  and  spermaceti.    Melt  together  with  a 


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[September,  1915 


very  gentle  heat,  stirring  constantly.  When  homogenuous,  pour 
in  a  warm  mortar,  add  the  water,  and  beat  energetically  until 
it  forms  a  smooth  mass.    In  case  the  mixture  becomes  lumpy. 


remelt  and  again  beat  up. 

(2) 

Wool  fat   1  ounce 

Cod  liver  oil   2  ounces 

Perfume,  of  any  desired  odor   enough 

Mix  thoroughly. 


Sponge  each  breast  for  ten  minutes  with  cold  water  and  rub 
with  a  coarse  towel  for  five  minutes.  Then  rub  the  above 
unguent  well  into  the  skin. 

An  internal  treatment  recommended  by  some  physicians  is 
fluidextract  of  saw  palmetto,  which  is  said  to  act  on  atro- 
phied glands,  including  those  of  the  mammae.  Such  medication 
should  be  under  the  direction  of  a  competent  medical  man, 
however. 

TJrioidine :  Uricedin 

(W.  K.) — We  know  of  no  specialty  on  the  mark-t  by  the 
name  of  "uricidine,"  but  we  think  the  word  as  you  spell  it  is 
a  misnomer  for  "uricedin,"  manufactured  by  J.  E.  Stroschen, 
Berlin,  Germany  (The  Fischer  Chemical  Importing  Co.,  14 
Vesey  St.,  New  York,  American  agents).  It  is  exploited  as 
"a  uric  acid  solvent  in  gouty  manifestations." 

According  to  an  analysis  published  in  the  Journal  of  the 
American  Medical  Association  (Nov.  23,  1907),  it  is  stated  that 
uricedin  is  not  a  definite  chemical  compound  as  claimed,  but 
is  a  simple  mixture  whose  composition  is  approximately: 


Sodium  sulphate  (anhydrous)  ....61.52  per  cent. 

Sodium  citrate  (anhydrous)   29.62  per  cent. 

Sodium  chloride    2.13  per  cent. 

Citric  acid  (anhydrous)    3.25  per  cent. 

Moisture    2.53  per  cent. 

Undetermined    0.95  per  cent. 


In  other  words,  it  is  but  "a  simple  mixture  which  consists 
essentially  of  sodium  sulphate  (dried  Glauber  salt),  2/3,  and 
sodium  citrate,  1/3."    It  is  listed  at  $18  per  dozen,  5-oz.  bottles. 

Preserving'  Fruit  Juices 

(D.  B.) — Success  in  preserving  fruit  juices  and  fruits  for 
the  soda  fountain  is  largely  a  question  of  personal  experience 
and  care,  and  while  large  manufacturers  may  have  some  "trade 
secrets"  or  "short  cuts"  in  doing  this  work,  the  real  secret 
consists  in  observing  absolute  cleanliness,  using  good  fruit,  and 
sealing  the  containers  when  the  preserved  fruit  is  in  an  abso- 
lutely sterile  condition.  The  jars  should  be  thoroughly  sterilized 
before  being  filled  with  fruit,  a  procedure  which  destroys  the 
bacteria  that  causes  the  fruit  to  spoil  on  standing  in  the  con- 
tainers. 

To  sterilize  the  jars,  fill  them  with  cold  water  containing 
about  a  teaspoonful  of  borax  to  3  gallons  of  water.  Screw  the 
tops  on  about  half  down  and  then  heat  slowly  until  the  water 
is  boiling.  Continue  the  boiling  a  few  minutes,  take  the  jars 
out  and  let  them  cool  slowly.  Do  not  put  the  jars  (if  glass) 
in  a  draft  of  cold  air.  After  the  jars  have  been  sterilized,  they 
may  be  filled  with  the  fruit  and  placed  back  in  the  boiling  water 
and  the  tops  screwed  about  half-way  down.  After  20  or  30 
minutes,  take  the  filled  jars  out  and  screw  the  tops  down. 
Place  the  jars  in  boiling  water  again  and  let  them  remain  as 
before.  Finally,  take  them  out  and  screw  tlie  tops  down  tight. 
Fruit  in  jars  should  not  be  kept  in  the  sunshine  or  in  a  place 
where  there  is  much  light,  as  storage  under  such  conditions 
causes  tlie  fruit  to  lose  its  color. 

To  preserve  fruit  juices:  Express  the  juice  of  the  fruit  and 
pass  through  a  filter  prepared  by  stuffing  absorbent  cotton  into 
the  neck  of  a  funnel  or  receiver  and  covering  the  cotton  with 
a  layer  of  moderately  coarse  silica.  Cleanly  washed  river  sand, 
previously  roasted  to  remove  the  organic  matter  and  then  sifted, 
also  answers  well  as  a  strainer.  After  filtering,  heat  the  juice 
on  a  waterbath  to  75°  C,  and  continue  this  heat  for  an  hour 
or  so.  Then  pour  the  juice  into  the  containers,  which  have 
been  sterilized  in  an  oven,  removing  tliem  from  the  oven  only 
n.s  iicrd.  d  for  filliii"  A<M  tn  the  jvnVe  onr-tonth  of  1  per  cent 
"<  I.         1         .   1   '  II',  Cork  qnirklv  and  seal  at 

..I...    i  :    :  :  M     I         I       r„.l.T  the  Fcd.Tal  food  and  druRS 
;i(t.        11-.'  .i|  |mii/(ui  mill  is  iicrmiUed.  provided  a  declaration 
the  fact  is  made  on  the  label.    The  principle  underlying  the 


methods  given  is  that  employed  by  all  manufacturers.  The  de- 
tails of  operation  may  differ,  but  success  is  based  upon  thor- 
ough sterilization  and  attention  to  the  smallest  details  at  every 
stage  of  the  work. 

Sales  of  Lead  and  Opium  Wash 

(S.  Pharmacy) — The  Harrison  narcotic  law  permits  drug- 
gists to  sell  preparations  containing  not  more  than  2  grains  of 
opium  in  each  fluid  or  avoirdupois  ounce  without  a  prescrip- 
tion or  without  making  a  record  of  such  sale.  Lead  and  opium 
wash,  N.  F.  contains  3.5  grams  of  opium  in  1  liter  of  lotion, 
equivalent  to  1.5  grains  of  opium  in  1  fl.  ounce  of  the  lotion, 
a  quantity  which  would  permit  of  its  sale  under  any  circum- 
stances without  registration,  but  as  this  lotion  is  prepared  "for 
external  application  only,"  it  comes  under  the  exempted  class 
named  in  the  law  In  fact,  any  preparation,  whatever  may  be 
its  opium  content,  as  liniments,  ointments,  etc.,  and  used  solely 
for  external  purposes,  is  exempt  from  the  application  of  the 
Federal  law  as  to  registration,  etc.  For  this  reason,  "lead 
and  opium  wash,  N.  F.,"  is  not  named  in  the  Era  Narcotic 
List.  But  this  preparation  should  not  be  confused  with  the 
"lead  and  opium"  named  under  "solutions"  on  page  27  of  the 
Era  List,  as  the  latter  was  reported  by  one  manufacturer  as 
coming  under  the  law,  but  of  the  uses  of  which  we  are  not  in- 
formed. "Lead  and  opium  wash,  N.  F.,"  is  used  as  an  antisep- 
tic, sedative  and  astringent  wash,  and  so  far  as  authorities  go, 
it  is  never  employed  for  internal  administration,  but  even  were 
such  administration  possible,  the  opium  content  is  below  that 
permitted  by  the  Harrison  narcotic  law. 

Tasteless  Solution  of  Quinine 

(T.  H.  F.) — Strictly  speaking,  there  is  no  "tasteless"  solu- 
tion of  quinine,  although  the  following  formulas  have  been  pub- 
lished under  this  name  and  seem  to  be  of  the  character  you  are 


seeking : 

Quinine  sulphate   64  grains 

Dilute  sulphuric  acid    1  fl.  dram 

Saturated  solution  of  saccharin    1  fl.  ounce 

Essence  of  peppermint   yi  fl.  ounce 

Distilled  water,  enough  to  make   16  fl.  ounces 


Dissolve  the  quinine  sulphate  in  2  fl.  ounces  of  the  water  to 
which  the  acid  has  been  added;  add  the  other  ingredients,  in- 
cluding the  remainder  of  the  distilled  water,  let  stand  for  two 


days  and  filter. 

(2) 

Quinine  alkaloid   256  grains 

Solution  of  saccharin    2  fl.  ounces 

Flavored  syrup,  enough  to  make   16  fl.  ounces 


Rub  the  quinine  to  a  fine  powder  in  a  mortar,  and  then  with 
separate  portions  of  the  flavored  syrup  (about  four  ounces)  ; 
then  add  the  solution  of  saccharin  and  enough  syrup  to  make 
1  pint. 

The  mixture  is  to  be  shaken  before  dispensing  and  before 
taking;  the  quinine  being  very  insoluble,  is  tasteless,  but  when 
taken  into  the  stomach  in  this  form,  it  is  said  to  be  very  ef- 
fective. A  fl.  dram  (teaspoonful)  of  the  mLxture  contains  2 
grains  of  quinine.  A  syrup  containing  5  grains  to  the  fl.  dram 
may  be  made  in  a  similar  manner. 

Probably  the  best  known  type  of  all  these  preparations  is  the 
"bitterless  syrup  of  quinidine"  of  the  National  Formulary  (page 
166).  Under  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act  it  cannot  be  labeled 
as  "bitterless  quinine,"  but  in  many  places  it  is  used  in  place 
of  quinine  as  a  tonic  and  antiperiodic.  On  general  principles, 
the  more  insoluble  the  form  of  the  quinine  is.  the  less  it  im- 
parts its  bitter,  characteristic  taste  when  taken  into  the  mouth, 
and  for  this  reason,  quinine  tannate  has  been  strongly  recom- 
mended as  the  salt  to  employ  for  the  preparation  of  the  so- 
called  "bitterless"  mixtures,  particularly  by  German  authorities. 
The  tannate  is  not  much  used  in  this  countr>-.  however.  Most 
of  the  "tasteless  quinines"  on  the  market  before  the  passage 
of  Uie  Food  and  Drugs  Act  have  either  ceased  to  be  manu- 
factured, or  their  names  have  been  changed  to  some  other  title 
not  antagonistic  to  the  law. 


Many  Side  Lines  in  This  Drug  Store 

Groceries,  candy,  cigar.s  .md  rubber  poods  .ire  the  principal 
articles  featured  in  a  Saturday  sale  ad.  by  the  Weber  Drug 
Co.,  of  Indianapolis.  Ind. 


Elevating  the  Profession  of  Pharmacy 


Service  the  Professional  Ideal  of  Modern  Business; 
Small  Analytical  Laboratories  Needed  in  Drug  Stores 

BY  PROF.  C.  F.  NELSON 


WHAT  pharmacy,  as  it  exists  to-day,  is  not  a  profession 
in  the  sense  that  law,  medicine  and  dentistry  arc,  I  think 
we  are  all,  at  the  outset  willing  to  admit.  That  it  is, 
on  tlie  other  hand,  more  than  a  business  pure  and  simple  seems 
equally  evident.  The  pharmacist  thus  appears  in  society  in  a 
double  role — he  is  a  professional  man  and  he  is  a  business 
man — many  say  he  is  neitlier. 

There  are  many  reasons  why  this  condition  exists — why  it 
has  been  necessary  for  die  pharmacist  in  America  to  become 
much  of  the  tradesman  ;  to  step  down,  as  it  were,  from  a  full 
time  professional  schedule  to  tliat  of  half-time  merchant  and 
half-time  pharmacist.  But  it  is  not  my  purpose  to  discuss  this 
phase  of  the  situation  with  you  at  this  time.  I  desire  rather 
to  invite  your  attention  to  another,  and,  as  it  seems  to  me,  a 
far  more  important  aspect  of  tliis  subject,  namely:  Must 
pharmacy  always  occupy  this  middle  ground — stand  aloof 
from  the  professions  on  the  one  hand  and  apart  from  the 
domain  of  business  on  the  other?  Why  should  this  anoma- 
lous condition  continue?  Must  the  pharmacist  always  straddle 
the  fence,  one  leg  in  professional  soil,  the  other  on  business 
territor>'?  Must  he  always  stand  in  the  middle  of  the  Rubicon, 
and,  as  Danies  \'orhies  Pike  the  Kokomo  lawyer  in  the  "Man 
from  Home"  puts  it  "Get  hell  from  both  sides?" 

Old  Professional  Pharmacy  Dead 
The  old  professional  idea  of  pharmacy  is  dead.  It  died  with 
the  advent  of  the  modem  pharmaceutical  house.  We  should 
not  try  nor  should  we  desire  to  bring  it  back.  We  must  set 
our  eyes  towards  a  newer  and  better  light  and  follow  in  its 
paths  as  our  fathers  before  us  followed  in  theirs. 

The  history  of  economics  offers  us  a  striking  illustration  of 
the  futility  of  clinging  to  antiquated  ideals.  We  are  all  familiar 
with  the  fact  that  the  introduction  of  modern  machinery  revo- 
lutionized industrial  conditions  bringing  about  disruption  of 
old  trades.  Society  had  to  reorganize  itself  to  meet  the  new 
conditions.  Much  hardship  had  to  be  undergone ;  many  were 
the  bitter  denunciations  of  the  new  regime.  And  yet  it  prevailed. 

The  guild  of  stone  cutters  vowed  eternal  vengeance  on  the 
new  machinery  which  cuts  stones  better  and  faster  than  they 
could — they  would  have  none  of  them ;  their  old  methods  were 
'  the  best,  they  wanted  their  old  trade  to  be  as  it  always  had 
been  and  yet, — the  machine  prevailed.  Woman,  who  had  up 
to  this  time,  always  worked  in  the  home,  was  with  remarkable 
rapidity  thrust  out  of  that  shelter  and  put  into  the  factory; 
again,  the  age  prevailed,  society  could  do  nothing  to  prevent 
1  it. 

There  are  many  pharmacists  who  still  cling  fondly  to  the 
'     old  ideal  of  preparing  most  of  their  own  preparations.    In  a 
I     measure  the  pharmacist  must  always  do  some  of  this,  but  it  is 
I     futile  for  him  to  attempt  to  compete  with  the  modern  manu- 
;     facturer  in  the  preparation  of  an  ever  increasing  number  of 
>     pharmaceutical  preparations.     The  manufacturer  has  at  his 
command  the  purchase  of  the  best  drugs  at  the  cheapest  prices. 
I     He  can  make  a  preparation  faster  and,  therefore,  more  cheaply. 
^     By  working  with  large  quantities  he  can  subject  it  to  a  number 
of  rigid  checks  to  insure  its  absolute  accuracy.    In  short,  with 
his  machine  he  can  make  a  better  product  more  easily  than 
•     the  retailer  can  without  machinery. 

If  then,  we  are  ready  to  admit  that  the  old  standards  and 

I  ideals  are  outworn,  useless  because  times  have  changed,  we  are 
\[  ready  to  ask,  are  there  any  new  ones  to  take  their  places?  Is 
;I  there  a  set  of  new  ideals  for  the  modem  pharmacist  which 
;!  will  prevail  in  the  present  age,  which  will  place  him  in  the 
i'     ranks  of  the  professional  man  where  he  really  belongs?  I 

II  think  there  is,  and,  while  a  complete  solution  of  the  problem 
is  not  at  hand,  there  are  many  avenues  of  light,  some  of  which 

L    the  present  generation  may  behold,  and  not  walk  in,  while 

*PTesented  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Kansas  Pharmaceu- 
■     tictU  Association,  Wichita,  191S. 


others  are  open  for  his  progress,  if  he  has  faith  enough  and 
tlie  strength  to  believe  in  himself  and  the  willingness  to  turn 
conviction  into  action. 

A  profession  remains  a  profession  because  in  the  long  run — 
in  terms  of  decades— its  members  perform  a  real  service  to 
society.  The  pecuniary  reward  for  professional  service  is  after 
all  secondary.  A  specialist  must  first  of  all  be  desirous  of 
curing  his  patient:  of  being  interested  in  the  case  itself.  If 
he  has  only  the  desire  to  make  a  profit,  he  soon  fails. 

ISIuch  of  modern  business  to-day  has  become  infused  with 
tills  professional  ideal  of  service.  Many  business  men  'ook  Upon 
their  establishments  as  places  where  the  public  c;iii  je  served. 
"After  we  have  served  you,  we  will  speak  of  the  reward."  The 
pharmacist  was  probably  the  first  store-keeper  to  carry  out 
this  ideal.  He  "served  better  than  he  knew"  when  he  first  in- 
troduced the  sale  of  postage  stamps;  when  he  put  a  telephone 
in  a  convenient  place  in  his  store  for  the  use  of  his  customers, 
only  to  bother  him;  when  he  bought  a  city  directory  for  the 
use  of  all  and  even  furnished  scratch  paper  free  of  charge. 
Many  will  say  he  did  it  to  draw  trade.  (If  there  had  been 
much  trade  drawn  in  that  way,  his  competitors  would  have 
soon  found  it  out),  no,  he  did  it  because  he  had  a  good  heart 
— because,  way  down  in  him  was  the  mouldering  desire  to  be 
of  service.  He  showed  that  he  had  the  professional  ideal.  Here 
was  humble  service  to  be  sure,  but  service  it  was.  Something 
for  nothing  was  the  unformulated  and  latent  slogan  within 
him,  but  it  was  still  there. 

If  you  agree  with  me  then  that  the  pharmacist  has  within 
him  the  true  professional  desire  of  service,  let  us  ask  are  there 
no  larger  and  richer  fields  open  to  him  in  modern  life?  Can 
he  not  aspire  to  the  plane  of  the  physician  and  the  lawyer  and 
still  remain  in  his  chosen  calling?  Must  he  be  content  to  sell 
postage  stamps,  furnish  telephone  and  city  directory  to  the 
people  of  his  community  or  can  he  enlarge  his  sphere  of  action 
and  in  so  doing  also  reap  his  due  pecuniary  and  professional! 
rewards? 

Pharmacist  Can  Be  Physician's  Colleague 

To  those  who  follow  the  trend  of  modern  medicine,  nothing 
is  clearer  than  that  clinical  diagnosis  is  becoming  more  and 
more  subject  to  chemical  and  bacteriological  methods  of  analy- 
ses. The  mere  recital  of  symptoms  by  the  patient  does  not 
satisfy  the  up-to-date  physician.  He  is  finding  it  increasingly 
necessary  to  check  this  information  by  actual  chemical  and 
bacteriological  data.  It  is  precisely  here  where  the  pharmacist 
can  become  the  physician's  colleague,  can  give  advice  and  help 
as  a  bacteriologist  and  chemical  expert,  can  aid  in  important 
diagnosis  and  thus  earn  the  lasting  respect  of  the  individuals 
of  his  community.  Precisely  here,  can  the  pharmacist  take  his 
place  beside  the  physician,  as  a  real  professional  man  and, 
with  him,  help  in  the  elimination  of  pain  and  suffering.  There 
are  hundreds  of  things  the  physician  wants  to  know  which  the 
pharmacist  could  answer  if  he  only  would,  e.  g..  What  does  this 
urine  contain?  Are  there  any  tubercular  bacilli  in  this  spu- 
tum? Does  this  throat  swab  contain  the  germs  of  diphtheria? 
Is  this  blood  serum  positive  or  negative  for  typhoid  or  syphilis? 

.Ml  of  these  questions  could  be  answered  daily,  many  times 
during  the  day,  but  there  is  no  one  now  to  do  it  because  the 
physician  has  neither  the  time  nor  the  necessary  equipment, 
nor  even  the  technique  for  that  matter,  to  carry  out  all  of  these 
tests.  I  think  it  a  conservative  statement  to  say  that  in  most 
communities  there  is  to-day  a  latent  demand  for  at  least  500 
Widal  tests  for  typhoid  fever  each  year.  And  as  we  shall  see 
later,  the  demands  for  analytical  work  does  not  begin  to  stop 
here. 

We  are  living  in  an  age  of  standardization,  everything  under 
the  sun  is  being  standardized;  medical  schools,  law  schools, 
schools  of  pharmacy,  cities  of  the  first  class,  cities  of  tlie 
second  class,  pure  milk,  ice  cream,  lemon  extract  and  spirits  of 
camphor.    Many  of  these  you  see  call  for  the  services  of  a 


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chemical  analyst.  We  are  also  ever  increasingly  in  need  of  the 
services  of  the  analyst  in  our  every-day  life;  to  see  that  the 
products  we  manufacture  and  sell  meet  with  the  required 
standards,  an  ever  increasing  number  of  manufacturers,  busi- 
ness men  and  private  citizens  need  to  have  materials  con- 
stantly analyzed.  Here  again  there  is  a  vast  latent  demand 
waiting  only  for  softie  one  to  do  it — this  milk  man  wants  his 
milk  tested;  this  ice  cream  manufacturer  his  cream,  probably 
his  sugar.  A  baker  would  gladly  pay  for  an  analysis  of  a  flour 
he  bought  in  large  quantities,  or  his  egg  powder,  or  his  cooking 
oil.  A  manufacturer  wants  to  know  if  the  water  he  uses  is 
suitable  for  use  in  his  boilers,  or  if  the  coal  he  bought  is  what 
he  contiacted  for.  All  of  this  work  is  truly  professional  in 
character.  The  pharmacist  already  has  his  store,  his  chemicals, 
his  chemical  training;  and  he  is  therefore  the  logical  man  to 
undertake  it.  If  he  rises  to  the  occasion  he  cannot  fail  to 
advance  himself,  at  the  same  time,  to  elevate  the  character  of 
his  profession. 

I  have  tried  to  show  that  there  is  a  vast  demand  in  every 
community  for  real  analytical  work  of  chemical  and  bacteriolog- 
ical character,  and  that  the  pharmacist,  by  reason  of  his  train- 
ing and  equipment,  is  the  logical  man  to  undertake  it.  I  have 
also  tried  to  point  out  that  if  he  does  attempt  this  work  he 
will  pull  his  profession  upwards  with  him.  The  matter  may 
probably  be  summed  up  in  this  manner.  The  modern  pharma- 
cist should  be  not  a  "pharmaceutical  cook"  whose  ideal  lies  in 
making  a  few  galenical  preparations,  but  first  of  all  a  "pre- 
scription specialist,"  a  man  who  understands  how  to  compound 
a  prescription  accurately  and  scientifically,  who  can  determine 
and  check  the  purity  and  strength  of  the  ingredients  that  enter 
into  it  by  a  chemical  and  biological  expert,  to  help  the  physician 
diagnose  his  cases,  to  help  the  manufacturer  and  the  private 
citizen  solve  their  chemical  problems.  He  should  be  able  to 
run  for  the  office  of  city  chemist  and  city  bacteriologist.  We 
don't  have  many  such  men  in  Kansas — but  we  will  have — and 
soon. 

Analytical  Laboratories  in  Drug  Stores 

"  The  time  then  seems  ripe  for  the  establishment  of  at  least 
small  analytical  laboratories  in  connection  with  our  drug  stores, 
not  excepting  even  those  in  very  small  communities.  The  be- 
ginnings may  be  small  and  modest.  The  outlay  of  money  need 
be  very  slight.  One  may  choose  to  specialize  on  only  a  few 
Icinds  of  analyses  at  first,  say,  examination  of  throat  swabs, 
sputum  analyses,  or  Widal's  test  for  typhoid  fever,  and  then 
gradually  widen  out  as  one's  experience  grows.  The  drug- 
gist is  always  wanting  to  put  in  new  side  lines  to  improve  his 
business.  Certainly  a  departure  of  this  sort  would  be  valuable 
as  a  money  maker  after  it  was  worked  up,  and  it  would  do 
much  to  elevate  the  profession  as  a  whole. 

The  laboratory  should  occupy  a  prominent  place  in  the  front 
part  of  the  store.  It  may  thus  be  made  to  pay  for  itself  as  an 
advertising  medium.  To  say  .that  it  will  improve  the  looks  of 
the  store  more  than  the  modern  soda  water  fountain  needs  no 
argument.  The  effect  it  will  have  on  the  physician  and  also  on 
the  trade  seems  obvious.  That  it  can  be  made  profitable  in 
most  cases  looks  equally  evident. 

"What  expense  will  be  involved  in  the  establishment  of  such 
a  laboratory?  To  answer  this  question,  we  must,  of  course, 
know  on  how  large  a  scale  we  wish  to  operate.  But  suppose 
we  get  quotations  on  a  moderate  chemical  nnd  bacteriological 
outfit.  .\n  expenditure  of  less  than  $500  will  give  us  all  we 
need,  will  cciuip  "us  with  first  class  analytical  balances,  micro- 
scopes, ovens,  autoclaves,  glass  ware  and  chemicals,  will  give  us 
in  fact  a  very  good  equipment  for  making  most  of  the  de- 
terminations we  will  be  called  upon  to  make.  When  this  amount 
is  put  along  side  of  what  a  good  many  druggists  pay  for  soda 
fountains,  many  of  which  do  not  much  more  than  pay  for 
themselves,  but  are  only  used  to  draw  trade,  I  think  ymi  will 
see  that  a  neat  analytical  laboratory  will  serve  the  latter  inu'- 
pose  much  better  and,  at  the  same  time,  fill  a  real  need.  The 
expense  of  operating  such  a  laboratory  need  not  be  very  large. 
Many  druggists  detail  a  man  to  look  after  the  soda-water  and 
cigars  and  .sundries  at  a  cost  of  $50  or  $60  per  month  The 
average  yo\ing  man  that  enters  the  analytical  laboratories  of  our 
larce  rorpnra tion^.  after  leaving  college  begins  at  $60  to  $75 
1'  '   '  lit  graduate  of  the  three  or  four  year's 

has  all  the  basal  education  he  needs  to 
•a lory  and  can  help  with  the  general  drug 
husui'-ss  iiiiiil  ill' If  is  enough  work  to  occupy  his  entire  time 
in  the  laboratory. 


There  is  one  matter,  in  this  connection,  that  I  wish  particu- 
larly to  call  your  attention  to  at  this  stage — the  pharmacist 
has  for  years  received  in  our  schools  of  pharmacy  a  good  chem- 
ical training,  but  he  has  not  made  proper  use  of  it.  He  has, 
it  seems  nearly  always,  taken  a  back  seat,  has  not  mixed  in 
the  fray,  and  consequently,  in  a  short  time  after  leaving  college, 
he  feels  incompetent  to  do  anything  more  than  fill  prescriptions 
or  sell  cigars.  Imagine  a  physician  doing  the  same.  He  comes 
out  of  college  as  ''green"  as  the  pharmacist,  but  he  has  to  "pitch 
in"  and  do  things  he  has  never  done  before.  He  does  things 
every  day  which  he  never  was  taught  how  to  do  while  in  col- 
lege. Naturally,  most  pharmacists  have  not  been  through  the 
routine  of  most  of  the  common  bacteriological  and  chemical 
tests  that  would  be  required  of  them  if  they  set  out  to  become 
analysts — but  they  have  the  basal  education  necessary  and  it  is 
only  a  matter  of  a  little  study,  nerve  and  practice  for  them  to 
become  experts  along  this  line.  Moreover,  the  routine  analysis 
of  milk,  foods,  water,  drugs,  urine,  blood,  sputum,  serum,  etc., 
have  become  so  systematized  that  details  and  directions  of  pro- 
cedure are  easily  available.  It  only  takes  a  little  time  and 
practice  for  any  one  with  a  pharmacist's  previous  training  to 
become  experts  in  carrying  them  out. 

Pharmacy  a  "Mongrel  Creation" 

If  you  have  followed  me  in  the  rather  scattered  remarks  I 
have  made  you  will  see  that  I  have  tried  to  establish  the  fol- 
lowing points : . 

1.  That  pharmacy  as  it  is  to-day  is  a  "mongrel  creation," 
■without  standing  in  either  the  professional  or  business  worlds. 

2.  That  the  old  ideal  of  pharmacy  as  a  place  where  galenical 
preparations  should  be  manufactured  has  to  be,  in  a  large  part 
abandoned,  because  of  the  futility  and  undesirability  of  com- 
peting with  the  modern  first-class  pharmaceutical  houses. 

3.  That  while  the  pharmacist  should  progressively  abandon 
making  most  of  his  galenical  preparations,  he  should  increas- 
ingly strive  to  maintain  his  standard  as  a  professional  man  by 
becoming  a  better  "prescription  compounder"  and  should  bend 
his  efforts  towards  the  accurate  checking  of  the  drugs  he  buys 
and  dispenses,  rather  than  to  their  manufacture. 

4.  I  have  tried  to  show  that  the  pharmacist  has  never 
lost  the  professional  ideal  of  service  and  that  modem  life  has  a 
place  for  him  in  which  to  exert  his  very  best  efforts  in  a  truly 
professional  way. 

5.  "We  have  seen  that  there  is  a  vast  latent  demand  for 
analytical  work  of  a  chemical  and  bacteriological  character  from 
both  the  physician  and  the  public  at  large.  This  work  the  phar- 
macist should  do  and  can  do  by  establishing  an  analytical  lab- 
oratory (even  though  it  be  very  small)  in  coimection  with  his 
store. 

6.  That  the  analytical  laboratory  will  become  a  source 
of  profit  to  the  druggist,  it  will  serve  a  real  need  in  the  com- 
munity, and  last  but  not  least,  by  doing  this  scientific  work, 
the  pharmacist  will  establish  himself  on  a  plane  with  the 
physician  and  lawyer  and  thus  elevate  his  calling  to  that  of  a 
profession. 


GIITSENG  POPULAR  IN  INDO-CHINA 

The  Chinese  of  Indo-China,  numbering  about  400.000  of 
the  population,  cling  tenaciously  to  their  medicines  and  me- 
dicinal herbs,  which,  according  to  Lawrence  P.  Briggs,  United 
States  Consul  at  Saigon,  are  imported  to  the  value  of  about 
$500,000  annually.    He  says: 

"Contact  with  French  medical  science  seems  to  mark  no 
diminution  in  this  trade.  On  the  contrary,  their  medicines 
appeal  more  strongly  to  the  natives  than  the  French  remedies, 
and  the  trade  in  Chinese  medicines  is  steadily  increasing, 

"One  of  the  most  prized  of  their  medicinal  herbs  is  gin- 
seng. Its  importation  at  Saigon  totals  100  to  200  pounds 
annually,  valued  at  SIO.OOO  to  $20,000.  Perhaps  SO  per  cent 
of  the  ginseng  used  in  Indo-China  enters  at  Saigon.  In  com- 
mon with  other  Chinese  medicinal  herbs  it  pavs  an  import 
duty  of  60  francs  per  100  kilos  (5.25  cents  a  pound).  It  is 
much  prized  as  a  general  tonic  and  as  a  special  remedy  for 
disorders  and  diseases  of  the  nervous  svstem.  It  retails  at 
about  $100  to  $200  per  pound.  Practically  the  entire  supply 
comes  from  Korea. 

"There  are  IS  Chinese  pharmacies  in  Saigon  and  30  to  40 
in  Cholon ;  but  most  of  the  ginseng  is  imported  bv  Tek  Hoon 
Tong  and  Ban  Teck  Tong.  of  Saigon,  and  Sin  Hock  Tong 
and  Kwong  Hoon  Tong,  of  Cholon." 


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FOREIGN  ABSTRACTS 


Galyl  and  Ludyl — 

Galyl  and  ludyl  are  arsenical  preparations,  to  be  used 
against  syphilis.  Both  are  derivatives  of  arsenobenzene  or 
diarsenobenzene,  and  contain  as  well  sulphur  or  phosphorus. 
The  former  contains  33  per  cent  of  arsenic,  the  latter  35.3 
per  cent.  They  are  yellowish  powders,  inodorous,  and  in- 
soluble in  water,  but  readily  soluble  in  water  containing  a 
little  sodium  carbonate.  The  dose  is  from  0.2  to  0.5  g.,  witli 
a  total  of  as  much  as  1.5  g.  Trials  by  Troisfontaines  show- 
that  the  therapeutic  effects  are  quite  satisfactory.  (Mouneyrat, 
Bill.  chim.  farm.,  1915,  p.  169;  through  C.  A.) 
Peroxide  with  Iodide — 

.\  new  antiseptic,  combining  die  effects  of  hydrogen  pero.x- 
ide  and  nascent  iodine,  is  composed  of  3  g.  sodium  iodide, 
100  g.  of  peroxide  solution,  and  100  g.  of  water.  The  solu- 
tion must  be  prepared  as  required,  as  it  soon  decomposes.  It 
has  the  advantage  tliat  its  action  is  not  merely  superficial, 
as  the  iodine  becomes  intimately  fi.xed  on  the  tissues,  while 
the  latter  are  acted  upon  by  the  nascent  o.xygen.  The  deodori- 
zing action  is  also  marked.  (Giorn.  farm,  chim.,  1915,  p. 
359.) 

Morphine  in  a  Cadaver — 

Two  and  a  half  years  after  death,  due  to  morphine  admin- 
istered in  coffee,  it  was  possible  to  show  definitely  the  pres- 
ence of  the  alkaloid  in  the  stomach  and  liver.  Reactions  were 
obtained  with  Froehde's  reagent.  Marquis's  reagent,  ferric 
chloride,  and  the  liberation  of  iodine  from  iodides.  Crystals 
of  morphine  were  also  obtained  by  solution  of  the  extract  of 
the  tissues  in  acid,  evaporation,  and  precipitation  with  sodium 
carbonate.  Only  a  very  small  amount  was  found  in  the  liver. 
(Grutterink  and  van  Ryn,  Pharm.  Weekblad,  1915,  p.  423; 
through  C.  A.) 
Rancidity  of  Fats — 

Fats  exposed  to  the  air  develop  a  characteristic  odor  and 
are  said  to  become  rancid,  while  if  they  are  protected  from 
the  atmosphere,  moisture,  and  light,  no  such  changes  take 
place.  There  is  no  definite  chemical  test  to  indicate  rancidity, 
although  the  presence  of  volatile  aldehydic  substances  is  most 
reliable.  Hydrolysis  of  the  fat  into  glycerol  and  free  acid 
is  usually  assumed  to  be  the  primary  cause,  but  fresh  fatty 
acids  are  not  rancid  in  odor,  and  a  fat  may  turn  rancid  with- 
out much  increase  in  acidity.  Anhydrous  fats  have  even  been 
shown  to  become  rancid  in  an  atmosphere  of  nitrogen,  when 
merely  exposed  to  sunlight.  In  general,  however,  water  and 
oxygen  are  favorable  to  the  development  of  rancidity,  and 
certain  enzymes  and  micro-organisms  may  aid.  In  most  cases 
the  acidity  does  increase,  and  there  is  especially  an  increase 
in  the  amount  of  acids  of  low  molecular  weight,  which  have 
pronounced  odors.  The  iodine  value  decreases,  showing  a  de- 
crease in  the  proportion  of  unsaturated  acids,  which  have  either 
become  saturated,  or  else  broken  down  at  the  double  bond  into 
simpler  compounds.  Ketonic  and  aldehydic  substances  also 
appear.  In  order  to  prevent  rancidity,  fats  and  oils  should  be 
kept  as  free  from  moisture  as  possible;  they  should  be  shielded 
from  the  light,  and  the  surface  exposed  to  the  air  should  be 
as  small  as  possible;  if  the  fats  contain  protein  impurities, 
bacteria  may  thrive,  and  accelerate  the  decomposition.  In 
restoring  rancid  fats,  soluble  acids  and  glycerin  may  be  re- 
moved by  washing  with  water.  Permanganate  will  oxidize 
other  impurities,  as  the  ketones  and  aldehydes.  Free  acids 
may  be  removed  by  shaking  witli  sodium  carbonate,  or,  to 
avoid  emulsions,  sodium  silicate.  (Smith,  Pharm.  J.,  1915, 
Vol.  95,  p.  4.) 

Determination  of  Acidity  of  Urine — 

The  usual  method  for  this  determination  is  a  direct  titra- 
tion of  a  sample  of  the  urine  with  decinormal  alkali,  using 
phenolphthalein  as  indicator.  This  method  is  open  to  a 
number  of  objections,  as  it  neglects  the  presence  of  free  car- 
bonic acid  and  of  certain  alkaline  salts,  such  as  the  primary 
and  secondary  phosphates  of  sodium.  Clarens  proposes  the 
following  procedure:  To  a  definite  volume  of  the  urine  add 
a  known  volume  of  decinormal  hydrochloric  acid.    Boil  to 


drive  off  the  carbon  dioxide,  then  titrate  back  to  a  faint  pink 
with  decinormal  alkali,  free  of  carbonate,  and  phenolphthalein. 
The  liquid  must  be  cooled  before  titrating  with  alkali,  as  other- 
wise animoniuni  sails  may  be  hydrolized  to  a  considerable 
extent  in  the  hot  solution,  causing  the  endpoint  to  come  in 
the  wrong  place.  The  number  of  cc.  of  acid  used  is  sub- 
tracted from  the  number  of  cc.  of  alkali.  If  the  result  is 
positive,  the  urine  was  acid;  if  negative,  it  was  alkaline. 
(Clarens,  Compt.  rendus,  1915,  p.  814.) 
Substitute  for  Tr.  Iodine — 

The  antiseptic  action  of  tincture  of  iodine  depends  first  on 
the  immediate  bactericidal  effect  of  the  iodine,  and  second 
on  the  power  of  iodine  to  unite  with  the  proteins  of  the 
tissues,  forming  loose  compounds  from  which  nascent  iodine 
is  again  liberated.  This  secondary  action  is  important.  The 
other  halogens,  bromine  and  chlorine,  are  even  more  reactive 
than  iodine,  but  chlorine  does  not  unite  with  the  tissues. 
Their  bactericidal  effect  is  greater  than  diat  of  iodine.  Bro- 
mine, however,  unites  with  proteins,  like  iodine,  and  can 
therefore  be  successfully  used  as  a  substitute  for  it  in  disin- 
fecting body  surfaces  and  wounds.  It  is  employed  in  a  5 
per  cent  solution  in  chloroform,  which  has  great  penetrating 
power  dirough  the  skin,  and  leaves  all  parts  which  it  reaches 
absolutely  sterile.  The  solution  is  very  cheap,  compared  with 
the  present  prices  of  iodine  preparations.  (Feist  and  Bonhoff, 
Muench.  Med.  Wochschr.,  1915,  p.  132.) 

Stable  Solutions  of  Potassium  Iodide — 

.\fter  having  verified  the  well  known  fact  of  the  rapid 
alteration  of  solutions  of  potassium  iodide  in  the  air  and  light, 
Bouyer  has  devised  a  means  of  rendering  such  solutions  very 
stable,  so  that  they  will  keep  well  in  bottles  of  clear  glass. 
The  solid  iodide  of  potassium  is  weighed  off  and  dissolved  in 
the  least  possible  quantity  of  water.  Two  g.  of  hydrated 
magnesia  arc  then  shaken  thoroughly  with  300  cc.  of  water, 
and  the  suspension  is  filtered  into  the  concentrated  solution  of 
the  iodide,  until  the  required  amount  of  solution  is  made  up. 
Such  a  solution  of  potassium  iodide  is  perfectly  unalterable 
in  sunlight,  and  has  an  alkalinity  even  less  than  the  low  limit 
prescribed  by  the  French  Codex. 
New  Biochemical  Syntheses — • 

Bourquelot,  Bridel  and  Aubry  report  the  synthesis  of  two 
new  compounds  by  the  action  of  enzymes.  By  allowing  emul- 
sin  to  act  upon  a  mixture  of  ethylene  glycol,  galactose,  and 
water,  which  had  a  rotation  to  the  right  of  18.33',  they  found 
that  the  rotation  diminished,  until  after  about  five  months  no 
further  change  took  place.  The  rotation  was  then  stationary 
at  13.50°.  The  emulsion  was  precipitated  by  the  addition 
of  strong  alcohol,  and  the  solution  evaporated  and  distilled  to 
eliminate  water,  alcohol,  and  the  excess  of  glycol.  The  galac- 
tose remaining  was  removed  in  the  usual  way  by  fermentation 
with  bottom  yeast.  Other  impurities  were  taken  out  by  treat- 
ing^with  acetic  edier.  The  final  yield  of  galactoside  was  only 
0.45  g.  ^  It  possessed  a  slightly  sweet  taste,  and  melted  at 
133-134°.  It  was  either  optically  inactive,  or  only  very  feebly 
active,  and  did  not  reduce  Fehling's  solution.  Hydrolysis  with 
dilute  sulphuric  acid  proved  that  the  compound  was  a  mono- 
galactoside  of  ethylene,  and  the  fact  that  it  was  attacked  by 
beta-galactosidase  .showed  that  it  was  of  the  beta  type.  He- 
rissey  and  .\ubry  having  previously  shown  that  bottom  yeast 
of  beer  contains  alpha-galactosidase,  contrary  to  the  observa- 
tions of  Fischer  and  others,  it  was  possible  to  synthesize  by 
the  biochemical  method  a  number  of  alpha  compounds.  The 
ferment  was  used  to  form  the  alpha-galactosidase  correspond- 
ing to  the  compound  studied  above.  The  rotation  of  the  solu- 
tion changed  in  9  months  from  12.80°  to  21.33°.  The  crude 
galactoside  was  thrown  out  of  solution  by  ether,  and  purified 
by  acetone,  and  finally  cry.stallized  from  alcohol.  The  alpha- 
galactosido  has  a  faintly  sweet  taste,  and  melts  at  134°,  the 
same  melting  point  as  that  of  its  stereo-isomer.  Its  rotatory 
power  is  large,  being  169.9°  to  die  right.  It  does  not  reduce 
alkaline  copper  solutions.  The  usual  treatment  widi  sulphuric 
acid  and  alpha-galactosidase  proved  the  nature  of  the  substance 
(J.  Pharm.  Chim.,  1915,  pp.  201,  290.) 


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The  Annual  Sonv^ntioiTofTlTe'l 


and  Branch  Oreani; 


Dr.  Wm.  C.  Alpers 


THE  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation which  recently  completed  its  sessions  in  San 
Francisco,  was  noteworthy  for  the  consideration  given  to 
the  subject  of  education  for  pharmacists.  Early  in  the  con- 
vention a  resolution  was  introduced  providing  that  hereafter  no 
person  should  be  admitted  to 
the  association  who  was  not  a 
graduate  of  a  recognized  college 
of  pharmacy.  After  considera- 
ble discussion  the  question  was 
referred  to  the  committee,  which 
recommended  that  the  resolution 
be  adopted  to  go  into  effect  in 
1920.  No  action  was  taken  at 
this  convention,  however. 

In  his  opening  address  to  tlie 
convention.  President  Caswell  A. 
Mayo  said  that  Samuel  W. 
Fairchild,  of  Fairchild  Bros.  & 
Foster,  New  York  City,  had 
given  him  authority  to  announce 
the  establishment  of  a  Fairchild 
scholarship  in  the  United  States 
to  consist  of  $300,  which  he  will 
provide  annually  for  a  deserving 
student  to  be  selected  by  a  com- 
mission composed  of  the  presi- 
dent of  the  A.  Ph.  A.,  the  president  of  the  National  Asso- 
ciation of  Boards  of  Pharmacy,  the  president  of  the  American 
Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties  and  the  editor  of  the 
Journal  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

Mr.  Fairchild  was  for  some  years  president  of  the  New 
York  College  of  Pharmacy  and  is  well  acquainted  with  the 
needs  of  pharmaceutical  students.  He  has  also  established  a 
scholarship  in  England  which  has  proved  of  great  benefit 
to  English  and  Irish  students.  The  only  other  large  bequests 
made  in  the  United  States  for  the  benefit  of  education  in 
pharmacy  are  the  scholarship  at  the  Massachusetts  College 
of  Pharmacy  from  the  estate  of  Mr.  Weeks,  the  one  main- 
tained by  Frederick  Stearns  at  the  University  of  Michigan 
College  of  Pharmacy  and  the  one  established  by  the  late 
Albert  Plant  at  the  College  of  Pharmacy  in  the  City  of  New 
York. 

Changes  in  Commercial  Pharmacy 

Discussing  the  history  of  pharmaceutical  education,  Presi- 
dent ^r,l^^,  l.MiIi'd  the  development  of  the  pharmacist  from 
'I"    '  ■    iif  the  Middle  Ages  into  an  educated, 

'  li^l.  expert  in  the  use  of  the  microscope. 

ni.l  thrirouchlv  conversant  with  the  great 
li        s,  i.  iilinc  advance  is  l.a.scd. 
•1  '  ni  ihe  ,han..;,s  in  the  o.mmercial  side 
'  n  1'!'    it  necessary  for  the  pharma- 

''■^'■^       '"■  "  1  '  11.     As  a  result  of  this  de- 

\rl,iiiiiii  lit  i!  .    ^.  I  .  ,  s  liave  gradually  established 

Ini.^inrs.s  (imi.srs  \n    ,.,  ihe  purely  scientific  work  of 

former  years.  'Ihese  courses  include  instruction  in  metliods 
of  buying,  selling,  advertising  and  the  keeping  of  records  and 


basic  trullis  u 
Mr.  Mayo 
of  the  bu.sii.r. 


are  essential  to  the  druggist  who  would  make  a  success  of  his 
work  to-day.  Now  that  the  profession  of  pharmacy  has  be- 
come so  complicated  the  old  two-year  course  which  used  to 
suffice  for  the  education  of  the  druggist  is  no  longer  adequate. 
It  requires  a  three  or  four-year  course  and  often  graduate 
work  after  that  to  make  the  pharmacist  really  proficient  and 
the  schools  must  be  equipped  with  more  expensive  apparatus. 
The  demand  for  more  instructors  and  more  equipment  is  be- 
ginning to  make  it  impossible  for  the  school  of  pharmacy  to 
furnish  adequate  instruction  without  the  addition  of  more 
fees  from  the  students  of  pharmacy  or  of  funds  from  some 
outside  sources.  Mr.  Mayo  regretted  the  fact  that  men  who 
had  made  their  fortunes  in  the  drug  business  were  not  more 
public  spirited  in  the  matter  of  establishing  scholarships. 
Efficiency  in  German  Education 
Comparing  our  methods  of  teaching  pharmacy  with  those 
used  in  Germany,  Mr.  Mayo  said:  "The  wonderful  effective- 
ness shown  by  the  German  people  in  the  present  struggle  is 
evidence  that  the  careful  preparation  of  the  individual  along 
highly  specialized  lines  is  productive  of  the  best  results  of 
the  effectiveness  of  the  nation  as  a  whole.  In  America  we 
have  followed  the  German  methods  to  some  extent,  but  our 
instruction  has  been  modified  materially  by  the  cultural 
methods  of  the  English  universities,  where  the  traditions  of 
medieval  culture  are  still  strong.  The  reform  of  our  system 
of  education  must  begin  with  the  grammar  school.  The  cur- 
riculum of  the  grammar  school  is  now  adjusted  with  a  view 
to  preparing  the  pupil  to  enter  high  school.  But  statistics 
show  that  only  eight  to  ten  per  cent  of  grammar  school  pupils 
ever  attend  the  high  school  at  all.  The  result  is  that  90  per 
cent  of  the  pupils  are  made  to  adjust  themselves  to  courses 
suitable  to  only  ten  of  their  number.  We  must,  it  seems  to 
me,  begin  the  differentiation  between  the  high  school  pupil 
and  the  pupil  who  will  not  go  to  high  school  rather  early  in 
the  grammar  school  courses.  We  should  have  elective  courses 
in  the  grammar  school  which  should  fit  tlie  pupil  for  trades  or 
such  callings  as  he  is  apt  to  take  upon  leaving." 

Mr.  Mayo  pointed  out  that  only  fifteen  per  cent  of  the  high 
school  students  take  the  arts  course  in  higher  institutions  and 
made  a  plea  for  means  for  more  scientific  training  in  all 
stages  of  education. 

Chaotic  Condition  of  Drug  Market 

President  Alayo  touched  upon  the  chaotic  conditions  in 
the  drug  markets  brought  about  by  the  present  war  and  dis- 
cussed the  probable  results  of  this  upheaval. 

"The  sudden  cessation  of  imports  from  central  Europe  last 
.\ugust  precipitated  a  panic  in  the  crude  drug  market  which 
became  so  thoroughly  demoralized  that  no  quotations  could 
be  made  except  for  spot  transactions.  Those  who  consumed 
crude  drugs  in  large  lots,  becoming  panic  stricken,  bought  up 
stocks  for  their  own  need  regardless  of  prices.  This  panicky 
condition  of  the  market  soon  disappeared,  however,  but  left 
a  range  of  prices  much  above  the  normal.  The  vastness  of 
the  war  led  to  the  hope  that  it  would  last  only  one  year  and 
that  tliis  country  would  be  deprived  of  only  one  year's  crop 
of  crude  drugs,  but  the  impression  now  is  that  it  will  last 


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encan  Pharmaceutical  Association 
Diis  in  San  Francisco. 


several  years.  This  conviction  is  echoed  in  the  prices  com- 
manded for  crude  drugs  of  European  origin,  which  have  con- 
tinued to  rise  in  cost  as  stocks  have  diminished  in  volume. 
W'e  are  now  confronted  with  need  for  prompt,  energetic  and 
concerted  action  to  avoid  any  further  curtailment  of  our  already 
scanty  stocks. 

"A  survey  of  all  the  indigenous  materia  medica  shows  that 
if  it  were  feasible  to  collect  all  the  drugs  which  grow  wild 
in  the  United  States  we  should  be  able  to  supply  our  defi- 
ciencies in  many  directions.  The  increased  attention  which 
has  been  given  of  late  years  to  the  question  of  drug  plant 
cultivation  has  pointed  out  certain  directions  in  which,  with 
but  little  encouragement,  we  may  hope  to  become  independent 
of  imported  supplies.  I  recommend  that  the  incoming  presi- 
dent be  instructed  to  appoint  a  committee  on  the  supplies  of 
botanical  drugs,  with  the  request  that  the  members  of  this 
committee  carry  on  a  campaign  of  education  throughout  the 
United  States  as  to  the  indigenous  drugs  which  may  be  col- 
lected wtih  possible  profit  to  the  collector  and  with  advan- 
tage to  the  cause  of  medicine,  soliciting  the  co-operation  of 
the  various  state  agricultural  experiment  stations  and  the  state 
agricultural  colleges  and  the  United  States  Government.  The 
Department  of  Agriculture  has  already  done  much  in  this 
direction.  Some  of  the  state  agricultural  colleges  have  likewise 
taken  up  the  subject  of  drug  culture  and  drug  collection.  We 
are  all  familiar  with  the  excellent  pioneer  work  in  the  mat- 
ter of  drug  culture  which  has  been  done  by  the  School  of 
Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Minnesota  and  the  School  of 
Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin. 

Drug  Plant  Cultivation 

"The  University  of  Michigan  has  recently  acquirfed  85  acres 
of  land  which  is  to  be  devoted  to  experimental  drug  farm- 
ing. The  University  of  Nebraska  at  Lincoln  has  also  just 
begun  the  development  of  a  medicinal  plant  garden,  and  the 
University  of  Washington  at  Seattle  has  lately  expanded  its 
botanical  garden  to  enable  the  institution  to  furnish  informa- 
tion regarding  the  botanical  drugs  which  may  be  grown  to 
advantage  in  that  state. 

'"Manufacturers  of  medicinal  products  have  paid  considera- 
ble attention  of  late  years  to  the  cultivation  of  medicinal 
plants.  Several  firms  in  England  have  long  carried  on  ex- 
periments with  great  success.  In  the  United  States  extensive 
experiments  have  been  made  by  Johnson  &  Johnson.  Eli  Lilly 
&  Co..  H.  K.  Mulford  &  Co.,  and  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  Quite 
extensive  experiments  are  being  carried  on  at  Glenolden, 
Pa.,  by  H.  K.  Mulford  &  Co.,  who  have  several  hundred 
acres  there  devoted  to  experimental  farms.  Last  year  their 
crop  of  cannabis  yielded  a  very  high  proportion  of  active 
drug.  The  experiences  of  this  company  with  this  particular 
drug  coincides  with  the  experiments  of  the  Department  of 
Agriculture." 

Mr.  Mayo  calls  attention  to  the  need  of  a  vigorous  cam- 
paign of  education  in  the  collection  of  the  drugs  now  growing 
wild  in  our  fields  and  forests,  and  the  need  of  some  means 
of  assuring  collectors  that  their  services  will  be  adequately  re- 
warded. He  also  calls  attention  to  the  fact  that  it  is  not  alone 
the  botanical  drugs  which  have  suffered  from  the  effects  of 
the  war. 


Marked  Shortage  of  Chemicals 

"Our  most  marked  shortage  indeed  has  been  in  those  numer- 
ous and  expensive  chemicals  derived  from  coal  fields.  When  the 
price  of  toluol  was  only  17  cents  a  gallon,  the  coke  furnaces 
of  western  Pennsylvania  found  it  more  economical  to  bum 
their  gases  produced  in  coke  making  than  to  collect  them  and 
make  further  use  of  them.  But  when  the  supply  of  these 
products  from  Central  Europe  was  shut  off  and  the  price  of 
toluol  rose  to  $6  a  gallon  instead  of  17  cents,  the  manufac- 
turers of  coke  began  the  reconstruction  of  their  furnaces  so  as 
to  save  and  utilize  the  volatile  constituents  heretofore  wasted. 
But  this  reconstruction  on  a  large  scale  is  time-consuming  as 
well  as  expensive,  and  while  we  hear  of  numerous  large  plants 
now  in  the  course  of  construction,  in  which  all  the  volatile 
constituents  will  be  made  use  of,  yielding  an  abundant  sup- 
ply of  the  basic  materials  from  which  carbolic  acid,  salicylic 
acid,  and  aniline  colors  and  the  synthetic  chemicals  generally 
are  made,  the  actual  production  of  this  basic  material  on  an 
adequate  scale  is  still  some  months  off  and  in  the  meanwhile 
there  will  be  an  increasing  scarcity  and  a  continuation  of  high 
prices  for  this  entire  class  of  chemicals." 

According  to  President  Mayo,  it  is  the  retail  druggist  who 
must  bear  the  brunt  of  this  increase  in  prices,  for  it  is  the 
drugs  used  most  in  the  making  of  prescriptions  which  have 
advanced.  The  druggist  must  charge  the  customer  more  for 
standard  prescriptions  and  this  loses  customers  no  matter 
how  much  the  druggist  tries  to  explain  the  necessity  for  the 
advance.  President  Mayo  believes  that  a  campaign  of  educa- 
tion is  necessary  to  acquaint  the  public  with  the  true  situa- 
tion. 

Made  Six  Recommendations 

In  the  course  of  his  address  President  Mayo  made  six  rec- 
ommendations which  he  urged  the  convention  to  act  upon. 
These  were:  First,  "that  all  unnecessary  ceremonial  addresses 
and  replies  be  eliminated  from  the  proceedings. 

2.  "That  the  committee  on  by-laws  be  instructed  to  present 
for  consideration  amendments  to  the  by-laws  providing  the 
minutes  of  the  convention  shall  not  be  read  in  the  general 
session,  but  that  the  acts  of  the  convention  be  outlined,  and 
that  on  demand  of  any  two  members  full  information  regarding 
such  action  shall  be  presented  on  the  general  session  and  that 
acts  of  Council  shall  be  subject  to  review  by  the  general  ses- 
sion. 

3.  "That  the  incoming  president  be  instructed  to  appoint 
a  committee  of  fifteen  on  the  cultivation  and  collection  of 
botanical  drugs  with  a  special  view  of  encouraging  the  cul- 
tivation of  indigenous  drugs  now  going  to  waste. 

4.  "That  the  committee  on  the  Status  of  Pharmacists  with 
the  United  States  Government  service  be  instructed  to  draft  and 
seek  the  passage  by  Congress  of  a  bill  providing  for  the  crea- 
tion of  a  corps  of  highly  educated  expert  pharmacists  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  direct  the  medical  supply  service  of  the 
United  States  Army. 

5.  "That  a  committee  be  appointed  by  the  president  to 
draft  and  present  to  Samuel  W.  Fairchild  suitable  resolu- 
tions of  thanks  for  his  generosity  in  having  established  an 
American  scholarship  in  pharmacy. 

6.  "That  the  general  secretary  be  instructed  to  lay  the  plan 


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of  associate  members  of  the  branches  before  the  officers  of  the 
branches,  instructing  them  as  to  what  steps  should  be  taken 
by  any  branches  to  provide  for  associate  members." 

Many  interesting  papers  were  read  and  discussed  before  the 
convention.  Among  those  which  e.xcited  the  most  favorable 
comment  were  the  report  by  Professor  J.  H.  Beal,  of  Urbana, 
111.,  on  "Proprietary  Medicines,"  and  the  paper  on  the  "Work- 
ings of  modern  Pharmacy  Laws,"  by  Frank  H.  Freericks,  of 
Cincinnati.  These  and  other  papers  will  be  covered  in  sub- 
sequent issues  of  The  Era. 

The  attendance,  while  not  as  large  as  on  some  previous  years, 
was  enthusiastic.  Great  credit  is  due  the  members  of  the  local 
organizations  for  the  excellent  entertainments  provided.  At 
the  final  session  of  the  convention  the  officers  elected  by  mail 
were  installed,  the  various  sections  elected  officers,  and  nomina- 
tions were  made  for  the  elective  positions  for  1916-1917,  as 
follows : 

For  the  ensuing  year,  the  association  last  February  selected 
by  mail  ballot  the  following  officers: — President,  W.  C.  Alpers, 
of  Cleveland,  Ohio;  vice-presidents,  C.  H.  La  Wall,  of  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.;  E.  A.  Ruddiman,  of  Nashville,  Tenn.;  and 
Linvk'ood  A.  Brown,  of  Lexington,  Ky. ;  members  of  the  coun- 
cil, Caswell  A.  Mayo,  of  New  York;  F.  M.  Apple,  of  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.,  and  H.  V.  Arny,  of  New  York.  The  following 
officers  were  elected  by  the  council: — Honorary  president,  F. 
C.  Godbold,  of  New  Orleans,  La.;  permanent  secretary,  W.  B. 
Day,  of  Chicago,  111.;  editor,  E.  G.  Eberle,  of  Dallas,  Tex.; 
treasurer,  H.  M.  Whelpley,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  and  reporter 
on  the  progress  of  pharmacy.  Prof.  J.  A.  Koch,  of  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. 

The  various  sections  elected  the  following  officers: 
House  of  Delegates — Chairman,  Henry  P.  Hynson,  of  Balti- 
more, Md. ;  vice-chairman,  F.  W.  Nitardy,  of  Denver,  Colo. ; 
and  Dr.  Otto  F.  Claus,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  secretary,  Jeannot 
Hostmann,  of  New  York. 

Section  Officers — Commercial  Interests — Chairman,  R.  S. 
Lehman,  of  New  York;  associates,  E.  H.  Thiesing,  of  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio;  W.  H.  Cousins,  of  Dallas,  Tex.  and  G.  H.  P. 
Lichthardt,  of  Sacramento,  Cal. ;  secretary,  J.  B.  McGee,  of 
Jackson,  Miss. 

Scientific — Chairman,  W.  L.  Scoville,  of  Detroit;  vice-chair- 
man, L.  A.  Brown,  of  Lexington,  Ky.,  and  J.  L.  Turner,  of 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  secretary,  E.  L.  Newcomb,  of  Minneapolis, 
Minn. 

Education  and  Legislation — Chairman,  F.  H.  Freericks,  of 
Cincinnati,  Ohio;  associates,  Louis  Emanuel,  of  Pittsburgh, 
Pa.;  Miss  Zada  M.  Cooper  of  Iowa  City,  Iowa;  and  C.  H. 
Packard,  of  Boston,  Mass.;  secretary,  R.  A.  Kuever,  of  Iowa 
City,  Iowa. 

Practical  Pharmacy  and  Dispensing — Chairman,  Joseph 
Weinstein,  of  New  York;  secretary,  H.  B.  Secheverell,  of 
Denver,  Colo.;  associate,  Franz  Berg,  of  Colorado  Springs, 
Colo. 

Historical  Pharmacy — Chairman,  Charles  Holzhauser,  of 
Newark,  N.  J.;  secretary,  G.  G.  Marshall,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio; 
historian,  E.  G.  Eberle,  of  Dallas,  Tex. 

Women's  Section — President,  Mrs.  G.  D.  Timmons,  of  Val- 
paraiso, Ind. ;  honorary  president,  Mrs.  F.  C.  Godbold,  of  New 
Orleans,  La.;  vice-president,  Mrs.  W.  B,  Philip,  of  Fruitvale, 
Cal.;  Mrs.  E.  A.  Ruddman,  of  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  Mrs. 
Jean  Gorden,  of  Chicago,  111.;  secretary.  Miss  Anna  G.  Bag- 
ley,  of  Columbus,  Ohio;  treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  B.  Day,  of  Chi- 
cago, 111.;  historian,  Miss  Bertha  Ott,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio; 
member  of  executive  committee.  Miss  Clarissa  M.  Roehr,  of 
San  Francisco. 

The  nominees  for  the  several  elective  offices  for  1916-1917 
are  as  follows: — 

For  president — F.  J.  WulHng,  of  Minneapolis,  Minn.;  C.  H. 
I>a  Wall,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  C.  H.  Packard,  of  Boston, 
Mass. 

For  first  vice-president,  L.  A.  Seltzer,  of  Detroit,  Mich.; 
A.  B.  Huested,  of  Dehnar,  N.  Y.,  and  C  .W.  Johnson,  of 
Seattle,  Wash. 

For  second  vice-president,  Charles  Gietner,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo. ; 
L.  V.  S  ,M,    of  T.riwrence,  Kans.,  and  G.  H.  P.  Lichthardt,  of 

Sarraiii' iih .  ('<] 

I'<''  I'  l'  i  ,1..  ].rrsident,  F.  T.  Green,  of  San  Francisco.  Cal.; 
R.  A  I,\nian,  of  Lincoln,  Neb.,  and  Philip  Asher,  of  New 
Orleans,  La. 


For  members  of  the  council,  W.  C.  Alpers,  of  Cleveland 
Ohio;  J.  H.  Beal,  of  Urbana,  111.;  W.  C.  Anderson,  of  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.;  J.  G.  Diaz,  of  Havana,  Cuba;  W.  H.  Cousins  of 
Dallas,  Tex.;  J.  H.  Dawson,  of  San  Francisco,,  Cal.;  F  C 
Godbold,  of  New  Orleans,  La.;  H.  B.  Mason,  of  Detroit,  Mich 
and  W.  G.  Bolenbaugh,  of  Richmond,  Va. 

The  1916  meeting  of  the  association  will  be  held  at  Atlantic 
City,  N.  J. 


PBOGRAM  FOE,  N.  W.  D.  A.  CONTENTION 

The  National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association  has  issued 
the  followmg  program  for  its  annual  convention  to  be  held  at 
Santa  Barbara,  Calif.,  September  27  to  October  1: 
AT  LOS  ANGELES 
Wednesday,  September  22,  arrive 
Headquarters  Hotel  Alexandria 
Thursday,  September  23: 
Garden  Party  tendered  to  the  members  by  Mr.  L.  N.  Brunswig 
At  his  Home,  from  four  to  six  o'clock 
Sunday,  September  26: 
Depart  for  Santa  Barbara 
AT  SANTA  BARBARA 
Sunday,  September  26— 

Arrive  Santa  Barbara  Noon. 
Monday,  September  27 — 

10  A.  M.    First  Session  N.  W.  D.  A. 
2  P.  M.    Second  Session  N.  W.  D.  A. 
2  P.  M.    Two  Hour  Auto  Ride  Old  Mission,  Mountain 

Drive,  Montecito  Valley. 
9  P.  M.    President's  Reception  and  Ball. 
Tuesday,  September  28 — 

10  A.  M.    Third  Session  N.  W.  D.  A. 
2  P.  M.    Fourth  Session  N.  W.  D.  A. 
2  P.  M.    Auto  Ride,  Old  Mission,  Hope  Ranch,  Tea  at 
Potter  Country  Club. 
8:30  P.  M.    Informal  Meeting  Wholesale  Druggists 
8  :30  P.  M.    Informal  Dance. 
Wednesday,  September  29 — 

10  A.  M.    Fifth  Session,  N.  W.  D.  A. 
2  P.  M.    Informal  Meeting  Wholesale  Druggists. 
2  P.  M.    Auto  Ride  Hope  Ranch,  Country  Club.  Cliff 
Drive,  Mission,  Mountain  Drive,  ISIontecito 
Valley. 

8  :30  P.  M.    Informal  Dance. 
Thursday,  September  30 — 

10  A.  M.    Sixth  Session  N.  W.  D.  A. 

12       M.    Auto  Ride  and  Barbecue  at  Hope  Ranch  -Park, 

participated  in  by  entire  attendance. 
4  P.  M.    Informal  Meeting  Wholesale  Druggists 
7:30  P.  M.  Banquet. 
Friday,  October  1 — 

Depart  for  San  Francisco. 


N.  A.  R  D  CONVENTION  TAKING  PLACE 

_  As  this  issue  of  The  Eil\  goes  to  press  the  annual  conven- 
tion of  the  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists  is  in 
session  at  the  Hotel  Radisson,  Minneapolis.  Minn. 

The  convention  opens  Tuesday.  .August  31,  at  9:30  a.m.  At 
the  morning  session  there  were  slated  to  be  heard  the  presi- 
dent's address,  report  of  executive  committee  and  report  of 
secretarj'.  The  presentation  of  resolutions  also  is  scheduled  for 
this  session. 

Entertainment  has  been  liberally  provided  by  the  Minnea- 
polis and  St.  Paul  druggists. 


OMAHA  DRUG  JOBBER  MOVES 

The  Myers-Dillon  Drug  Co.,  Omaha,  Nebr..  has  announced 
that  it  will  be  located  for  a  year  or  so  at  1609  Famam  street, 
west  of  the  old  building  which  it  has  occupied  for  21  vears! 
It  is  stated  that  a  permanent  site  will  ultimately  be  selected. 
The  company  is  obliged  to  move  on  account  of  the  erection 
of  a  new  building  at  the  old  location,  which  is  said  to  be 
die  most  valuable  comer  in  Omaha. 


September,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


391 


CAMERAS  AND  PHOTO  SUPPLIES 


Experiences  of  Druggists  in  Several  Cities 

In  order  to  ascertain  methods  used  and  results  obtained  bv  dnia-p-ic+c  ^-hn  hnr.M  . 
.giving  specifie  instances  and  actual  eases,  with  the  names  and  localities  S  tL  ^  facts  obtained, 


A  ail 


ndow  display  by  the  Sherman  &  McConnell  Drug  Co. 


MAX\   of  the  leading  drug  stores  of  Elizabeth,  N.  J., 
which  is  comparable  in  size  to  Houston,  Tex.,  Water- 
burj-,  Conn.,  Peoria,  111,,  Oklahoma  City,  or  Norfolk, 
/a.,  handle  photographic  supplies,  but  it  is  doubtful  whether 
suigle  dealer  in  Elizabeth  does  his  own  developing  and  finish- 
ng.    Thomas  Cummings  of  that  city  says: 

"\\e  make  about  a  third  of  the  money  spent  in  printing  and 
leveloping.  To  do  our  own  printing  and  developing  would 
aean  an  actual  saving  in  money,  but  it  would  not  compensate 
■or  the  loss  of  time  involved.  A  pharmacist  in  the  country 
/ith  slack  hours  during  the  day,  might  do  his  own  work  prac- 
icably.  Free  developmg  has  been  tried  here,  and  proved  a 
•ulure.    It  certainly  is  not  feasible." 

Space  Necessary  for  Display 
R.  S.  Sherman,  president  and  treasurer  of  the  Sherman  & 
IcConnell  Drug  Co.,  which  operates  four  stores  in  Omaha 
leb  a  city  of  about  135,000,  stresses  the  necessity  of  space 
[Iw  displaying  photographic  goods.  Unless  ample  space  can  be 
Horded,  the  more  or  less  inexperienced  dealer  should  limit 
'imselt  to  films  and  lower-priced  cameras,  which  require  less 
Jeciahzed  knowledge  in  buying,  handling,  and  selling.  Al- 
lough  Mr.  Sherman's  company  is  a  large  concern,  and  has 
ttempted  to  have  some  of  its  clerks  specialize  on  photographic 
iipplies.  nevertheless  they  "farm  out"  their  finishing  work  at 
-  satisfactory  discount.  Among  the  advertising  methods  em- 
toyed  by  this  company  to  push  photographic  goods  are  win- 
^5w  displays  and  newspaper  space. 

Experiences  of  St.  Louis  Stores 
'  St.  Louis  pharmacies  generally  carry  photographic  lines 
icreased  use  of  parks,  rivers  and  automobiles  stimulates  their 
ade  during  the  summer  months.  Some  places  develop  for  noth- 
£.  and  charge  the  regular  price  for  printing.  B.  K.  Gers- 
yrf,  manager  of  the  camera  department  in  Judge  &  Dolph 
I  o.  2,  thinks  such  dealers  must  be  "doing  the  work  for 
I  easure." 

j  The  Judge  &  Dolph  Co.  are  bold  advertisers.  Not  only  do 
j  ey  give  up  wmdow  space  and  a  valuable  part  of  their  show- 
1  se  space  for  camera  displays  and  issue  a  price-list  for  finish- 
I  R  but  they  also  use  an  interior  electrical  sign,  which  points 
f  e  way  to  the  department. 
One  of  the  enterprising  St.  Louis  stores  with  a  camera  de- 


Omaha,  in  which  cameras  and  photo  supplies  are  features. 
partment  is  the  Seventh  and  St.  Charles  streets  <;tnrp  r  t, 

son  Enderle  Pauley  Drug  Co.   The  manlgef  IsTa  ^^  J;^" 
There  is  thirty-three  per  cent  profit  in  cameras,  from  weX: 
five  to  thirty  per  cent  in  films  and  accessories  such  as  fita 
tanks,  deve  opers,  carrying  cases,  and  so  forth,"  says  Mr  W  U 

dJ^°rU- ,  ^^^'V°V'^'  '  ^^'""^^  1^^-  made  a  sSg  e 
de  ached  sale,  but  have  put  a  regular  customer  in  the  store 

deparSnt"  P'^'^'^'^^P^'^  ^or  things  Jve^ 

,  P'^y  ^°""ts.    Keep  the  cameras  bright  and 

everythmg  so  shown  as  to  appeal  to  the  customer  Put  ne.t 
price  cards  near  them,  but  don't  paste  the  cTrds  on  them 
Dont  use  stickers.  When  a  new  feature  or  a  new  acces^o^ 
comes  out,  display  it  prominently,  for  nearly  all  o7  the  rt^ 

teUfeTee  th?t'-t^-'\  ^^7^=^^  houses^umish  luracthle 
literature,  bee  that  it  is  kept  clean,  and  well  displayed  Bv 
all  means  be  of  all  the  help  you  can  to  the  camera  'fan^ 
especially  if  he  is  a  beginner.  Don't  tell  him  abouT  the  work 
as  though  you  know  it  all— suggest." 

New  Orleans  Drug-gists  Gradually  Adding  Photo 
^,  Departments 
235  druTlT"^  l^-""  N^^^O^'^^"^  is  rather  startling.  Of 

go9;is:n^-LSic\-s.ef  ^^-! 

the  drug  business  for  twenty-eight  years  is  a  former  !1 
of  the  Louisiana  State  Pha'rmaceutka    Associirn  andlf ^t* 
present  temporary  examiner  for  the  State  Board  of' Phar^ac^' 
He  asserts  that  a  stubborn  prejudice  against  -iU  .L.v  ^' 
r-ibur'C^r^  quantity ^of  trad:  S'ls^'ltS 
semi  suburban    to  a  competitor's  establishment.    Although  he 

Mr.  Walsdorf  believes  that  a  new  dealer  „t,i»oo  i,- 
are  enormous,  should  not  attempt  hro^^^'^elopt" 
Complete  Stock  a  Big  Asset 


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[September,  1915 


of  the  Nattans  Drug  Company  of  the  same  city,  a  full  stock  is 
the  most  important  element  in  handling  photographic  suppHes. 
"The  druggist  who  attempts  this  side  line,"  Mr.  Nattans  said, 
"should  lay  in  as  full  a  stock  as  is  consistent  with  a  reasonably 
rapid  turnover  of  his  investment  and  with  the  possibilities  of 
distribution. 

"Stock  must  be  attractively  arranged,  and  kept  scrupulous- 
ly clean.  The  salesman,  too,  must  be  neat.  He  must  also  be 
competent  to  supply  whatever  information  is  requested.  In  the 
course  of  a  day,  he  may  be  called  on  to  answer  hundreds  of 
questions  as  to  why  a  certain  thing  turned  out  as  it  did,  and 
why  another  produced  a  very  different  result.  The  customer 
will  give  his  patronage  to  the  salesman  who  knows.  A  capable, 
intelligent  attendant  furnishes  the  real  ground-work  of  a  photo- 
graphic department. 

"Close  watch  upon  stock  is  essential  for  the  druggist  who 
starts  in  a  small  way.  At  the  beginning,  he  will  feel  his  way 
carefully.  What  the  people  want  can  be  determined  only  by 
what  they  call  for,  and  supplementary  orders  must  be  adjusted 
accordingly.  Stale  supplies  mean  indifferent  results  or  failures, 
which  will  tend  to  discourage  the  amateur." 

Mr.  Nattans  thinks  that  the  pharmacist  who  wants  to  under- 
take this  line  should  see  that  he  gets  an  agency,  not  a  sub- 
agency.  With  business  fairly  under  way  and  goods  bought  in- 
telligently, profits  of  from  thirty-three  to  forty  per  cent  can  be 
obtained. 

It  is  also  Mr.  Nattans'  opinion  that  a  druggist  with  few  calls 
for  supplies  will  certainly  not  find  it  advantageous  to  develop 
films  in  his  own  establishment,  but  that  with  the  volume  of 
business  at  a  certain  point,  a  developing  plant  will  not  merely 
become  a  means  of  stimulating  the  business  in  supplies,  but  will 
yield  returns  of  its  own.  He  estimates  that  the  labor  for  a 
fairly  busy  plant  would  amount  to  about  $50  a  week,  and  that 
the  cost  of  materials  would  be  about  15  per  cent.  On  the  basis 
of  this  outlay,  the  returns  could  be  as  high  as  $300  a  week. 

Mr.  Nattans  says  he  inaugurated  "twenty-four-hour  service." 

"The  first  idea,"  Mr.  Nattans  summed  up,  "is  service.  Give 
your  customer  what  he  wants,  and  be  prepared  to  help  him 
with  his  difficulties." 

Develop  Films  Free  in  Louisville 

Inquiries  in  Louisville  seem  to  show  a  peculiar  situation  with 
reference  to  developing,  nearly  all  of  the  druggists  sending  their 
work  to  one  company.  This  situation,  according  to  I.  Wittels- 
hofer,  manager  of  the  Rosenbaum  Drug  Co.,  of  that  city,  makes 
it  advantageous  to  the  Louisville  druggist  to  develop  films  free. 
The  developing  company  sends  for  the  films,  develops  for  noth- 
ing, returns  the  prints  as  ordered,  giving  the  druggist  a  com- 
mission of  thirty  per  cent. 

"I  figure  that  in  the  first  place  I  make  a  profit  on  the  films 
which  I  sell,"  said  Mr.  Wittelshofer.  "The  fact  that  I  develop 
free  and  handle  the  work  for  my  customers  brings  more  trade  to 
my  store  for  films,  and,  incidentally,  for  other  articles."  He 
does  not  think  a  druggist  should  do  his  own  developing  unless 
his  business  is  very  large,  as  in  the  case  of  larger  chain  stores, 
or  very  small,  as  in  the  case  of  outlying  stores,  where  the  work 
can  be  done  at  odd  times  by  the  regular  force. 

J.  E.  Weiss,  of  Weiss  Brothers,  is  of  much  the  same  opinion. 
Mr.  Weiss  says  losses  from  films  not  called  for  are  practically 
nothing,  but  he  also  says  that  quite  often  when  films  do  not 
turn  out  well,  or  the  camera  was  out  of  focus  in  the  first  place, 
the  customer  is  not  satisfied,  and  is  unable  to  understand  why 
the  cause  of  tlie  trouble  can  not  be  explained  by  the  druggist, 
who  thus  shares  tlie  blame  which  should  attach  to  the  developers. 
If  he  had  to  do  his  own  development,  Mr.  Weiss  concluded,  he 
would  not  handle  the  business  at  all. 

Theodore  Buschemeyer,  of  Buschemeyer  Brothers,  is  a  witness 
for  the  state.  His  firm  has  abandoned  the  handling  of  supplies, 
of  films  for  development,  and  even  of  undeveloped  films.  Their 
photographic  business  is  too  small  and  space  too  scarce  to  justify 
the  installation  of  a  developing  and  printing  department,  and 
outside  development  is  unsatisfactory  inasmuch  as  discontented 
customers  blame  the  drug  store. 

Alvin  Mayer,  president  of  the  Photograph  Mfg.  Co.,  stated 
that  his  concern  develops  films  free  for  nearly  all  druggists 
who  handle  this  work.  There  are  about  sixty  accounts  on  his 
books  from  this  source,  and  he  also  has  about  two  hundred 
accounts  scattered  through  Kentucky  and  a  number  of  otlicr 
states.  Practically  his  entire  business  is  handled  tlirough  the 
druggists,  with  a  commission  of  thirty  per  cent  to  tlicm.  An 


automobile  calls  for  films  every  day  at  each  druggist's  who  has 
work  to  be  done.  Finished  prints  are  delivered  within  twenty- 
four  hours.  The  printing  is  handled  at  standard  rates,  such  as 
are  in  effect  in  most  of  the  larger  cities  of  the  Middle  West. 
A  large  proportion  of  this,  business  is  done  by  mail,  but 
the  developing  done  for  persons  who  cause  a  loss  by  doing 
their  own  printing  at  home  is  less  than  two  per  cent  of  the 
whole. 

Cameras  a  Regular  Department 

of  Peoria,  111.,  Drug  Store 

Albert  Zimmerman,  proprietor  of  a  drug  store  at  319  IMain 
street,  Peoria,  111.,  has  so  far  com.bined  the  camera  business 
with  his  drug  store  tliat  he  advertises  as  the  "Drug  store  and 
kodak  shop."  In  connection  with  his  camera  business,  he  re- 
cently arranged  an  attractive  window  display,  using  dolls  to 
represent  children  in  a  plea  to  "let  the  children  kodak." 


A  novel  window  display  of  cameras  in  Zimmerman's  drugstore 

Mr.  Zimmerman  makes  a  specialty  of  personal  service  in 
all  departments  of  his  store.  One  window  was  recently  given 
over  to  a  display  of  cards  calling  attention  to  the  perfection  in 
this  line  and  the  promptness  with  which  the  customer  would 
be  waited  upon.  Progressive  window  advertising  is  a  featxire 
of  this  store,  where  the  displays  are  changed  three  times  a 
week. 

No  Films  Developed  Free 

in  Detroit  Drug  Stores 

The  four  Cunningham  drug  stores,  Detroit,  Mich.,  main- 
taining large  and  important  camera  departments,  have  long 
ago  discarded  the  practice  of  developing  films  free  as  a  business 
getter.  About  the  same  time  they  discontinued  this  practice, 
they  also  stopped  sending  out  negatives  to  a  professional  pho- 
tographer. 

"We  decided,"  said  Mr.  Cunningham  recently,  "that  if  we 
had  a  camera  department  it  would  be  a  real  one  in  every  re- 
spect. There  is  a  better  way  to  achieve  this  tlian  by  giving 
away  something  for  which  we  were  entitled  to  remuneration. 
The  best  way  to  build  up  a  developing  and  printing  business, 
we  decided,  was  not  by  giving  free  service,  but  by  giving  thr 
best  service  possible.  So  we  took  an  entire  floor  of  one  of 
our  stores  and  installed  a  dark  room,  equipped  to  give  the  best 
service  in  town.  We  made  good  on  it.  too.  if  the  manner  ir. 
which  our  business  in  this  regard  has  been  growing.  Schedule 
time,  work  ready  when  promised,  careful  and  thorough  serv- 
ice, made  it  a  go  for  us  without  resorting  to  any  free  induce- 
ments." 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


393 


Profit  Sharing  Coupons 

Live  Retailing  Issue 

The  \'ie\vp->oint  of  One  of  the  Companies 
is  Presented  for  the  Information 
of  Retail  Druggists 

CONSIDERABLE  has  been  said  about  profit  sharing  cou- 
pons and  trading  stamps  both  for  and  against.  There 
seems  to  be  a  well-detined  sentiment  in  some  pharma- 
ceutical circles  against  their  use.  However,  the  arguments  on 
the  other  side  of  the  question  seldom  get  into  print  so  far  as  the 
drug  trade  papers  are  concerned.  The  fact  that  so  many  drug 
stores  are  using  them  makes  the  subject  a  live  issue.  J.  M. 
Head,  publicity  director  of  the  Sperry  &  Hutchinson  Co.  and  the 
Hamilton  Corporation,  has  given  the  Era  the  following  in- 
len-iew,  which  gives  the  company's  viewpoint: 

"Premium  giving  is  primarily  of  two  sorts — one  where  the 
'ictual  merchandise  is  given  away  by  the  merchant,  and  the 
other  where  the  merchant  or  the  manufacturer  gives  a  trading 
stamp  or  coupon,  which  is  redeemed  either  by  the  merchant 
'^r  the  manufacturer,  or  by  a  coupon  or  stamp  company,  whose 
business  it  is  to  sell  these  coupons  or  stamps  to  manufacturer 
•^r  dealer. 

"Tke  'trading  stamp,'  as  generally  understood,  is  used  by 
"the  retailer,  while  the  word  'coupon'  is  usually  used  to  desig- 
nate the  premium  token  which  the  manufacturer  packs  with 
i  Qis  goods,  which  are  sold  over  the  counters  of  the  retailer. 

•  "It  is  important  to  understand  the  distinction  between  the 
'  irading  stamp  and  the  coupon,  since,  while  the  principle  which 
i'  ictuates  the  use  of  each  is  largely  the  same,  the  operation  of 
,  ie  two  in  trade  is  essentially  different.  There  may  be  argu- 
I  aients  in  favor  of  the  trading  stamp,  which  might  not  apply  to 

•  ht  coupon,  and  znce  versa. 

"In  this  article  the  question  of  the  coupon  will  be  taken 
ap  to  the  e.xclusion  of  the  trading  stamp,  since  most  of  the 
)usiness  organizations  which  have  made  a  direct  attack  on  cou- 
i  30ns,  have  e.xpressly  admitted  that  they  have  no  fight  against 
>  he  trading  stamp. 

"Added  Value"  for  Continuous  Patronage 

"The  basic  principle  underlying  the  use  of  the  premium  is 
hat  human  nature  is  ever  prone  to  insist  that  it  shall  be  con- 
)  .idered  a  part  of  the  business  equation.  If  by  the  use  of 
•«zne  added  value  a  buyer  can  be  held  to  the  continuous  pur- 
Jiase  of  some  particular  article,  to  the  exclusion  of  others, 
"hen  the  manufacturer  who  is  willing  to  grant  that  added  value, 
'vill  succeed  in  building  up  his  sales — increasing  the  aggregate. 
The  'added  value'  which  many  manufacturers  are  willing  to 
•pve  in  return  for  the  consideration  of  continuous  or  increased 
''latronage,  is  the  coupon. 

"The  proposition  is  so  simple  that  it  does  not  require  any 
^P'eat  amount  of  explanation,  once  the  theory  is  understood. 
'  f  human  nature  were  not  human  nature,  but  were  distinctly 
'omcthing  else,  then  the  coupon  might  not  be  of  service.  And 
:  t  could  be  equally  well  said  that  in  such  a  case,  neither  would 

dvertising,  or  any  form  of  service.    But  because  a  man  or  a 

voman  likes  to  feel  that  his  patronage  is  of  some  value,  be- 
I  ause  he  or  she  insists  that  this  value  should  be  recognized  by 
-he  manufacturer,  the  manufacturer  has  been  forced  to  use  the 

oupon. 

"Let  me  say  right  here  that  it  is  not  the  manufacturer  or 
he  coupon  company  that  has  made  the  giving  of  coupons  a 
uccess.  That  success  comes  from  the  other  end — from  the 
■  onsumer.  It  is  the  consumer — the  people,  if  you  will — who 
las  made  the  giving  of  coupons,  not  only  desirable,  but  in 
I  aany  cases  absolutely  necessary. 

I  ■         Mantifacturer  and  Dealer  Should  Agree 

I I  "Opponents  of  the  coupon  have  tried  to  engender  a  fight 
<  ■etween  the  manufacturer  who  gives  coupons  and  the  mer- 

hant  who  sells  the  goods  in  which  the  coupons  are  packed ; 
,  ave  tried  to  raise  a  false  issue  between  two  factors  in  mer- 
'  handising.  neither  of  which  could  exist  without  the  other. 

"There  is,  or  should  be,  no  fight  between  the  manufacturer 
■T.d  the  dealer.    The  interest  of  one  should  be  the  interest 
'■  the  other.    This,  of  course,  is  true  only  in  the  case  where 
manufacturer  is  a  manufacturer  exclusively,  and  the  dealer 


is  a  dealer  exclusively.  When  the  manufacturer  tries  to  sell 
directly  to  the  consumer,  he  cuts  out  the  dealer,  and  when 
tlie  latter  sells  goods  which  are  of  his  own  make,  he  cuts  out 
the  manufacturer.  In  such  cases  tlicre  is  no  community  of 
interest — no  real  dependence  of  one  on  the  other. 

■'There  is  no  logic  in  tlie  argument  that  the  cost  of  coupons 
is  an  added  ta.x  on  business,  because  this  could  apply  equally 
well  to  all  forms  of  advertising,  and  to  all  forms  of  service. 
Everything  which  places  one  cent  of  additional  cost  on  the 
business  is  an  added  tax;  but  if  the  added  tax  produces  new 
business,  tlien  it  is  good  common  sense  to  take  on  that  addi- 
tional tax. 

"Neither  is  there  any  reasonable  basis  for  the  claim  that 
the  use  of  the  coupon  forces  the  merchant  to  handle  the  goods 
in  which  the  coupon  is  packed,  to  the  exclusion  of  others,  for 
this  is  exactly  what  the  manufacturer  tries  to  do  when  he 
spends  thousands  of  dollars  a  year  in  advertising.  He  wants 
his  goods  to  be  so  popular  that  they  will  be  called  for  at  the 
dealer's.  It  is  his  reason  for  advertising;  it  is  his  reason  for 
using  the  coupon. 

"The  contention  that  the  use  of  the  coupon  forces  the  dealer 
to  handle  goods  which  may  be  inherently  inferior  fails  to  have 
weight  when  it  is  understood  that  no  article  that  does  not  have 
a  value  all  its  own  will  long  be  bought  by  the  consumer,  what- 
ever may  be  the  inducements  held  out  to  him  or  her. 

"It  has  been  declared  that  the  lack  of  exclusiveness  in  the 
sale  of  coupon  goods  is  fatal  to  the  dealer.  The  argument 
is  that  if  every  dealer  in  a  certain  town  handles  the  same 
coupon  goods,  then  no  one  dealer  has  advantage  over  the  other, 
and  that  the  dealers  all  might  be  just  as  well  off  if  the  goods 
did  not  carry  a  coupon. 

"And,  again,  nationally  advertised  goods  might  be  cited  to 
meet  this  argument.  Take,  as  an  instance,  Quaker  Oats,  ad- 
vertised all  over  the  country,  and  sold  by  dealers  almost  every- 
where. 

Trading  Stamp  Gives  Competitive  Advantage 

"The  advertisement  which  the  company  puts  out  applies 
equally  as  strong  to  the  products  of  the  Quaker  Oats  Company 
in  one  store  as  it  does  to  those  in  another  store  just  across 
the  street  in  the  same  town.  And  yet  most  dealers  infinitely 
prefer  to  handle  Quaker  Oats  •  to  some  unadvertised  brand, 
because  they  know  that  the  average  customer  who  comes 
into  the  store  will  ask  for  Quaker  Oats.  A  quick  turnover  will 
recompense  for  the  so-called  lack  of  exclusion.  The  actual 
'competitive  advantage'  between  dealers  alone  must  come 
through  the  use  of  the  trading  stamp.  Hence,  it  must  be 
said  that  the  dealer  who  sells  coupon  goods  and  at  the  same 
time  uses  a  trading  stamp,  is  doubly  armed. 

"The  coupon  idea  no  longer  is  in  an  experimental  stage. 
It  has  demonstrated  that  it  does  create  demand  for  the  goods 
which  carry  the  coupon,  and  hence  helps  the  retailer  where  it 
adds  to  the  sales  of  those  particular  goods  which  he  handles. 
It  would  be  foolish  to  say  that  there  have  not  been  some 
cases  where  failures  have  resulted.  Manufacturers  can  be 
found  who  will  declare  that  coupons  have  not  helped  them. 
But  it  is  likewise  true  that  manufacturers  can  be  found  who 
will  vehemently  insist  that  advertising  has  not  produced  results. 
It  is  probable  that  most  of  the  cases  where  good  results, 
either  in  advertising  or  in  using  the  coupon,  were  not  obtained, 
were  due  to  shortcomings  in  some  other  direction.  Powerful 
as  the  coupon  or  national  advertising  may  be,  they  alone  will 
not  vitalize  a  new  business  or  revivify  one  that  is  moribund. 
They  are  not  panaceas  for  all  the  ills  to  which  ccnnmercialism 
is  heir.  No  •ne  who  understands  the  operation  of  either  agency 
will  contend  that  they  form  the  entire  foundation  on  which 
the  superstructure  is  builded.  But  they  are  a  very  strong  part 
of  the  support. 

"It  should  be  understood  that  the  purveyors  of  coupons 
lay  no  claims  to  working  other  than  in  the  natural  way.  Their 
argument,  simply  expressed,  is  that  the  manufacturer  wants 
to  increase  the  sale  of  his  goods,  and  that  since  it  has  been 
shown  that  coupons  do  increase  the  sales,  the  wide-awake  manu- 
facturer, free  from  prejudice,  cannot  afford  to  ignore  this  agency. 
It  is  no  argument  to  declare  that  a  thing  cannot  be  done  which 
has  been  done  a  tliousand  times  already.  Facts  are  the  most 
stubborn  things  for  one  to  tilt  his  lance  against.  The  'stuff 
that  dreams  are  made  of  and  on  which  theories  are  builded 
is  not  the  same  material  as  that  out  of  which  coupons  have 
been  evolved." 


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[September,  1915 


Women  In  Pharmacy 

Activities  of  Women  Who  Are  Identified 
In  Various^Ways  With  the  Drug  Business 


AN  APPRECIATION 

"Dear  Mrs.  Wallace: 

"I  want  to  congratulate  you  upon  your  contributions 
to  The  Era.  While  intended,  I  suppose,  for  tiie  lady 
pharmacists,  I  find  them  most  entertaining  and  help- 
ful, even  more  so  than  any  other  department  of  our 
very  valuable  Era. 

"The  ladies  of  this  State  have  not  honored  our  pro- 
fession, except  in  a  few  cases.  Most  of  these  are 
connected  with  hospitals.  We  hope  to  have  a  large 
number  join  our  ranks  in  the  course  of  time. 

"J.  T.  U.,  N.  C." 


MISS  MAB  BLAKESLEE  TURNER  of  Monteagle,  Ten- 
nessee, is  one  of  the  women  of  the  South  who  chose 
pharmacy  for  her  life  work.  The  accompanying  pic- 
ture of  her  is  taken  among  the  roses  at  the  side  of  her  own 
home.  She  "is  now  in  Nashville,  recuperating  from  a  period 
of  ill-health.  She 
says: 

"I  was  born  near 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  in 
the  town  which"  gave 
to  Ohio,  Governor 
Charles  Foster,  who 
afterwards  went  to 
"Washington  as  Sec- 
retary of  State. 

"As  Governor  Fos- 
ter gave  my  mother 
advice  as  to  the  care 
of  the  family  cow, 
while  my  father  cared 
for  the  preservation 
of  the  Union  from 
1861  to  1865,  I  might 
say  I  was  partially 
'fostered'  by  the  Gov- 
ernment. 

"I  stayed  in  Ohio 
through  the  mud-pie 
days  and  learned  to 
sing  the  multiplication 
tables,  also  the  cap-, 
itals  of  the  States. 
Went  to  Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin,  as  my 
father  was  apnointed 
chaplain  of  the  Sol- 
diers' Home  there, 
while  still  of  me  opin- 
ion that  England  and 
Michigan  were  the 
same  place  because 
both  'were  across  the  water.' 


Miss  Mab  Blakeslec  Turner, 
at  home  with  her  roses. 


Grew  up  physically  in  Wiscon- 
sin and  made  my  mental  start  there,  being  a  student  of 
Milwaukee  College.  However,  I  think  my  mentality  has 
been  so  strengthened  and  broadened  in  Tennessee,  that  I  must 
be  a  product  of  all  three  States. 

"So  many  years  back  tliat  I  feel  quite  elderly,  I  became 
so  very  interested  in  drug  store  knowledge  that  I  took  it 
up  as  my  life  work.  I  studied  and  worked  hard — too  hard 
for  the  physical  strength  I  was  given.  I,  with  one  other, 
stood  at  the  head  of  a  good  big  class  of  students  in  my 
last  year  of  study  and  the  studying  was  done  early  mornings 
and  late  at  night,  while  I  put  up  prescriptions  and  did  the 


Leslie  Gordon  Wallace  and  Herbert  Gary  Wallace  of  Auburn, 
N.  Y .,  sons  of  Emma  Gary  Wallace,  -u'lto  conducts  this 
department. 

general  work  of  a  drug  store  beside  keeping  its  books  and 
washing  its  bottles. 

"I  know  a  lot  of  the  work  of  a  drug  store,  but  hosv  much 
more  I  wish  I  knew  of  the  chemistry  of  drugs!  Of  the  big 
work  of  a  big  pharmacist!  I  loved  my  work  and  love  it 
now,  although  I  suppose  I  shall  not  have  strength  to  take  i: 
up  again.  If  in  a  re-incamation  I  am  sent  back  to  earth. 
I  hope  I  shall  have  retained  some  of  the  best  of  the  knowledge 
I  now  have  and  be  able  to  take  up  the  same  life  work  with 
a  better  physical  body  and  a  mind  clearer  to  adapt  itself 

"I  have  been  a  member  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  for  years,  and 
though  a  rather  silent  one,  a  very  loyal  one.  Am  also  i  member 
of  the  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D.  and  proud  of  it.  I  have  fought 
in  my  small  orbit  for  non-substitution,  cleanliness,  anti-nar- 
cotic, and  anti-alcoholic  sales,  and  for  Sunday  closing  The 
druggist's  life  is  hard  and  many  of  our  country's  new  laws 
are  making  it  harder.  Most  of  the  laws  work  out  for  good 
however,  eventually,  and  if  one  loves  the  work  it  is  worth 
the  struggle." 


A  KANSAS  CITY  WOMAN  LEADER 

It  is  sometimes  said  that  women  can  follow,  but  haven't  the 
initiative  to  lead.  The  history  of  IMrs.  Minnie  M.  Whitney  of 
the  Kansas  City  College  of  Pharmacy  is  proof  positive  of  the 
falsity  of  this  claim.  Her  husband,  D.  V.  Whitney,  Ph.  G.,  is 
president  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  this  well-known  institution 
and  also  serves  as  professor  of 
pharmacy  and  director  of  phar- 
maceutical laboratories  on  the 
college  faculty.  Mrs.  Whitney, 
Ph.  G.  is  secretarj'-treasurer  of 
the  institution  and  likewise 
serves  as  professor  of  botany 
and  pharmacognosy.  She  is  an 
active  member  of  the  Missouri 
and  Kansas  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociations, a  member  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation, and  honorary  member 
of  the  Kansas  City  Drug  Club. 
In  addition  to  this  Mrs.  Whit- 
ney is  chairman  of  the  commit- 
tee on  drug  adulteration  for  the 
State  of  Missouri,  having  held 
this  position  for  the  past  three 
years.  At  a  most  interestin.? 
banquet   given   at   the  Coates 

house    in   Kansas    City,    Mrs.  '  •  "  '"'"O' 

Whitney  was  toastmaster  for  the  alumni.  At  the  close  of 
the  evening  the  president  of  the  graduating  class  presented  Mrs. 
Whitney  with  a  handsome  silver  tea  ser\-ice  as  a  token  of 
esteem  from  the  class.  She  was  again  re-elected  president  of 
the  Alumni  Association  of  the  Kansas  City  College  of  Phar- 
macy. Mifs.  Whitney  was  recently  made  chairman  also  of  the 
women's  section  on  membership  for  the  Missouri  A.  Ph.  A. 


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395 


PHARMACEUTICAL  PERSONALS 


MiLLF.R 


Rise  of  a  Dayton,  Ohio,  Druggist 

V  Y  taking  over  the  H.  G.  Camell  store  in  Dayton,  Ohio, 
\  John  W.  Miller,  after  a  career  as  a  pharmacist  extend- 
'  ing  over  a  period  of  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
omes  probably  the  biggest  retail  dealer  in  drugs  in  the  "Gem- 

^'  Mr.  Miller  is  known  in  south- 

western Ohio  as  a  man  who  has 
risen  in  his  business  by  steady 
application  to  his  affairs  rather 
than  by  pursuing  spectacular 
methods.  He  has  sought  legiti- 
mate profits  by  straightforward 
tiealing,  never  resorting  to  mis- 
representation or  exploitation 
in  tning  to  arrive  more  rapidly 
than  is  possible  when  a  mer- 
chant takes  the  pains  to  build 
a  reputation  for  reliability. 

His  beginning  was  a  compar- 
atively humble  one,  made  in  the 
year  1888  in  a  store  several 
blocks  from  the  center  of  Day- 
ton, It  was  not  until  1897, 
nine  years  later,  that  Mr.  Miller 
saw  an  opportunity  to  locate  in 
the  business  district.  Since  that 
time,  eighteen  years  ago,  he  has 
31  located  at  6  East  Third  street  and  taken  care  of  h-mdred^ 
,  customers  on  each  of  the  365  days  of  every  year.  He  has 
!k-ays  been  handicapped,  however,  because  of  possessing  only 
limited  amount  of  ground-floor  space.  The  acquirement  of 
:  Camell  store  gives  him  the  opportunity  for  further  expan- 
a  which  has  for  a  long  time  been  his  ambition. 
Thus  it  will  be  seen  that,  in  rising  from  a  pharmacist  of 
,  dest  pretensions  to  the  proprietorship  of  two  splendid  stores 
the  fifth  city  of  the  Buckeye  state,  Mr.  Miller  has  virtually 
lit  each  new  business  out  of  the  one  preceding  it.  For  a 
irmacist  to  do  this  implies  that  he  must  be  the  possessor  of 
■epuiation  for  square  dealing.  The  length  of  Mr.  Miller's 
I  eer  in  Dayton  is  indicative  of  the  esteem  in  which  he  is  held 
'  the  purchasing  public  of  that  city.  In  addition  to  owning 
)  stores.  Mr.  Miller  has  for  several  years  been  the  proprietor 
!  the  entire  building  on  the  ground  floor  of  which  the  older 
ce  is  located. 

'  Vhen  the  announcement  of  the  purchase  of  the  Camell  store 
first  made,  on  April  30,  it  was  rumored  for  a  time  that 
Miller  would  abandon  the  older  place  of  business,  or  at 
t  would  throw  them  into  a  single  store  by  constructing  i 
netting  arcade.    This  could  easily  be  done,  since  the  new 
:e  is  but  a  few  steps  around  a  street  comer  from  the  older, 
the  rear  entrances  almost  adjoin.    Certainly  no  competent 
ic  of  business  moves  could  have  found  any  fault  with  the 
ndonment  of  the  older  and  smaller  place  as  a  separate  es- 
ishment,  when  Mr.  Miller  had  become  the  owner  of  the 
;t  widely  reputed  and  favorably  located  drug  store  within 
ij-s  nf  Dayton. 

'T,  he  had  conceived  an  original  idea  and  is  now  try- 
it.  Both  stores  will  be  operated  along  the  lines  for 
ch  is  best  known;  that  is,  the  older  establishment  will 
'itinue  to  bid  for  the  patronage  of  persons  in  medium  cir- 
nstances,  especially  rural  people,  while  the  former  Camell 
Wt  will,  as  formerly,  carry  merchandise  of  a  more  exclusive 
rJ;  1  Thus,  if  a  customer  is  not  satisfied  with  what  is  offered 
'i)ne  of  the  stores,  Mr.  Miller's  employes  may  direct  him  to 
1  other. 

he  results  of  this  experiment  will  be  watched  with  interest 
I'  ellow-pharmacists,  who  usually  aim  at  distinctiveness  of  one 
or  another,  even  where  a  chain  of  stores  is  owned  and 
"jiaged  by  a  single  dealer  or  company.  Mr.  Miller,  however, 
<•  ares  that  he  has  the  courage  to  try  himself  out  on  the 
V^iltm  of  handling  two  entirely  different  classes  of  customers, 
*  those  who  know  him  best  prophesy  that  he  will  succeed. 
5  is  in  a  way  blazing  a  new  trail,  at  least  for  druggists  in  his 


section  of  the  country.  It  is  not  a  rare  thing  to  see  a  man 
conducting  two  or  more  stores,  but  to  see  him  manage  them 
along  entirely  different  lines  is  a  spectacle  rather  out  of  the 
ordinary. 

A  BUSY  MILWAUKEE  DRUGGIST 

Sol  A.  Eckstein,  the  Milwaukee  druggist  and  former  presi- 
dent of  the  Wisconsin  Ph.  A.,  is  a  busy  man.  'Twi.xt  his 
drug  business  and  his  duties  as  an  active  vice-president  of 
the  N.  A.  R.  D.  and  an  officer  of  the  Milwaukee  Retail 
Druggists'  Association,  he  has  little  time  for  a  vacation  out- 
side of  pharmacy.  In  fact,  he  takes  his  vacation  on  die  in- 
stallment plan  by  attending  the  annual  conventions  of  the 
various  bodies  with  which  he  is  affiliated. 

The  picture  shows  IMr.  Eckstein  at  the  recent  annual  con- 
vention of  the  Wisconsin  Ph.  A.,  where  he  enjoyed  a  good 
slice  of  his  vacation.  He  is  the  man  in  the  white  hat,  stand- 
ing on  the  steps  of  the  armory  at  Fond  du  Lac,  the  head- 
quarters of  the  Wisconsin  gathering.  To  his  right  is  J. 
Baumann,  a  druggist  of  Oshkosh,  while  the  man  in  the  cap 
at  the  front  of  the  picture  is  Hugo  F.  Wussow,  the  Mil- 
waukee druggist.    The  druggist  leaning  against  the  wall  on 


Group  at  headquartmrs,  Wisconsin  Ph.  A. 

the  right  of  the  picture  is  A.  C.  Werbke  of  Oshkosh.  The 
picture  was  taken  by  J.  J.  Possehl,  Milwaukee  druggist. 

Mr.  Eckstein  is  looking  forward  with  much  pleasure  to  the 
next  installment  on  this  year's  vacation,  which  will  be  the 
N.  A.  R.  D.  meeting  at  Minneapolis.  The  first  installment 
was  enjoyed  in  May,  when  he  journeyed  to  Old  Point  Com- 
fort, Va.,  as  a  delegate  of  the  Milwaukee  branch  of  the 
Royal  Arcanum. 


PERSONAL  MENTION' 

— Harry  L.  Eseew,  a  graduate  pharmacist,  who  has  I)een 
one  of  the  southern  representatives  for  Sharp  &  Dohmc  of 
Baltimore,  Md.,  has  been  appointed  state  food  and  drug  com- 
missioner of  Tennessee  to  fill  out  the  unexpired  term  of  Dr. 
Lucius  P.  Brown,  who  resigned  to  become  connected  with  the 
New  York  City  Department  of  Health.  Mr.  Eskew  has  been 
a  resident  of  Nashville  for  the  past  twelve  years.  He  is  a 
graduate  of  the  department  of  pharmacy  of  Cincinnati  Uni- 
versity, and  for  a  number  of  years  was  engaged  in  retail  <lrug 
business  in  Cincinnati. 

— T.  W.  Thiesen,  mayor  and  prominent  druggist  of  Racine, 
Wis.,  has  sold  the  Red  Cross  drug  store  at  Kenosha,  Wis, 
which  he  has  owned  for  a  year,  to  Robert  Williams  of  Racine, 
now  in  charge.  About  fourteen  years  ago,  Mr.  Williams  was 
manager  of  the  Kradwell  Drug  Co.'s  store  in  Kenosha,  but  for 
the  past  several  years  he  has  been  the  Minneapolis  salesman  for 
John  Wyeth  &  Bro.,  Inc. 


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[September,  1915 


—Walter  V.  Smith,  president  of  Valentine  H.  Smith  &  Co., 
wholesale  druggists  of  Philadelphia,  whose  brother  Howard  E. 
Smith,  secretary  of  the  company,  and  the  latter's  wife,  have 
just  returned  from  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition,  plans  to 
visit  San  Francisco  in  September  with  Dr.  A.  E.  Miller, 
president  of  Aschenbach  &  Miller,  and  C.  Mahlon  Kline,  vice- 
president  of  Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co.,  following  their  at- 
tendance at  the  N.  W.  D.  A.  meeting  at  Santa  Barbara,  Cal. 

— A.  A.  LuECK,  well  known  druggist  and  optometrist  of 
Antigo,  Wis.,  was  elected  president  of  the  Wisconsin  Association 
of  Optometrists  at  the  annual  convention  of  the  organization, 
held  at  Madison,  August  2,  3  and  4.  Mr.  Lueck  has  always 
taken  an  active  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  association  and  worked 
hard  for  the  passage  of  the  Wisconsin  optometry  law,  recently 
signed  by  Gov.  E.  L.  Philipp. 

— M.  J.  Breitenbach,  of  M.  J.  Breitenbach  Co.,  53  War- 
ern  St.,  New  York,  recently  on  a  tour  to  the  Pacific  Coast, 
was  a  member  of  the  party  traveling  through  Yellowstone 
Park  which  was  attacked  by  highwaymen,  but  luckily  his 
coach  was  not  the  one  attacked.  By  the  time  his  section  of 
the  party  arrived  at  the  scene  of  the  attack,  the  highwaymen 
had  made  their  escape. 

— A.  G.  Enderle,  president  of  the  Johnson-Enderle-Pauley 
Drug  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  recently  suffered  a  painful  injury 
to  his  right  eye  while  playing  golf  on  the  Triple  A  links,  in 
that  city.  In  making  a  drive  his  ball  struck  a  tree,  rebounded 
and  struck  the  eye,  rendering  him  unconscious.  Mr.  Enderle's 
caddy  called  for  aid.  It  is  reported  that  he  will  not  lose  the 
sight  of  the  eye. 

—Frank  L.  McCartney,  well  known  to  New  York  City 
members  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  for  his  activities  as  secretary  of  the 
local  branch  of  that  organization,  and  as  a  representative  in 
the  Metropolis  of  Sharp  &  Dohme,  is  spending  his  vacation 
on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Of  course,  he  attended  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  and  the  Exposition. 

— Edward  Williams,  well  known  druggist  of  Madison,  Wis., 
has  been  reappointed  secretary  of  the  Wisconsin  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy.  The  term  is  for  five  years,  expiring  in  April,  1920. 
Mr.  Williams  has  served  most  efficiently  in  this  important  posi- 
tion for  several  years  and  his  reappointment  has  met  with  the 
hearty  approval  of  Wisconsin  druggists. 

— J.  M.  Ehrlich,  for  many  years  identified  with  the 
Schramm- Johnson  Drug  Co.,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  is  now  an 
agriculturist,  having  last  year  taken  up  a  320-acre  tract  of 
land  in  the  Escalante  Valley  in  Southwestern  Utah.  Accord- 
ing to  a  Utah  newspaper,  he  now  has  105  acres  under  culti- 
vation and  is  a  successful  farmer. 

— R.  E.  Miller,  president  of  the  Owl  Drug  Co.,  which 
owns  a  big  chain  of  drug  stores  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  was  re- 
cently quoted  in  a  San  Francisco  newspaper  as  predicting  a 
big  wave  of  prosperity  that  will  last  for  at  least  ten  years.  Mr. 
Miller  said  the  Owl  Drug  Co.  had  done  a  $5,000,000  business 
during  the  past  year. 

— Hugo  Kantrowitz,  general  manager  of  the  Deuisch- 
Americanische  Apotheker-Zeitung,  New  York,  has  acquired 
the  stock  in  the  German  Apothecaries  Publishing  Co.  owned 
by  the  estate  of  the  late  Felix  Hirseman,  and  now  becomes 
full  owner  of  the  journal  with  which  he  has  been  identified 
for  many  years. 

— Ben  T.  Milton  has  been  appointed  southern  division 
sales  manager  for  the  Globe  Soap  Co.  He  was  for  twenty- 
five  years  with  James  Pyle  &  Son  in  the  same  capacity,  going 
with  the  Globe  Soap  Co.  when  the  Pyle  concern  was  taken 
over  by  Proctor  &  Gamble.  His  headquarters  is  at  Atlanta, 
Ga. 

— Thomas  Voegeli,  a  former  president  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D., 
and  well  known  retail  druggist  of  Minneapolis,  has  returned 
home  from  an  extensive  automobile  trip  which  covered  nearly 
4000  miles  and  extended  as  far  east  as  Boston.  His  ftUow 
travelers  were  Mrs.  Voegeli  and  L.  G.  Clark. 

— John  Blocki,  523  Oakdale  Avenue,  Chicago,  pioneer 
•druggist  and  perfumer,  recently  celebrated  the  fiftieth  anni- 
versary of  business  life  in  Chicago.  He  established  his  first 
drug  store  at  Clark  and  Kinzie  streets  in  1865.  He  is  now 
president  of  John  Blocki  &  Son,  perfumers. 

— Fred  Baebenroth,  Milwaukee  druggist,  has  sold  his  phar- 
macy at  12th  and  Grand  avenue,  one  of  the  finest  stands  in  that 


section  of  the  city,  to  John  Schempf,  formerly  a  druggist  at 
Watertown,  Wis.  Mr.  Baebenroth  recently  purchased  a  phar- 
macy at  Galena  and  Thirty-fifth  streets,  Milwaukee. 

— Henry  S.  Wellcome,  senior  member  of  Burroughs  V/ell- 
come  &  Co.,  London,  England,  recently  paid  a  visit  to  his 
brother,  Frank  O.  Wellcome  at  Yarmouth  near  Portland  Me., 
while  en  route  on  a  business  trip  from  Montreal  to  New  'Vork. 

■ — Dr.  Otto  Otten,  for  many  years  a  druggist  at  Ironton, 
Ohio,  has  given  up  his  business  there,  following  the  destnic- 
tion  of  his  store  by  fire,  and  will  locate  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
where  he  has  purchased  a  drug  store  on  Woodbum  avenue. 

— Charles  H.  Porter,  druggist,  Henning,  Term.,  has  been 
elected  president  of  a  Business  Men's  club  recently  organized 
in  that  city.  The  club  starts  in  with  30  members,  but  the 
number  of  members  will  be  greatly  increased. 

— Dr.  Franklyn  E.  Davis,  formerly  connected  with  Pond's 
E.xtract  and  other  firms  in  the  capacity  of  sales  manager,  is 
now  with  the  medicinal  oil  department  of  the  Oil  Products 
Co.  in  a  similar  capacity. 

— W.  H.  KuMMER,  Milwaukee  druggist,  now  located  at  2904 
Chestnut  street,  will  soon  be  located  in  a  new  store,  now  being 
erected  by  his  brother  at  Fifty-ninth  and  Wells  streets,  Wau- 
watosa,  a  suburb  of  Milwaukee. 

— Albert  H.  Heidbreder,  of  the  firm  of  Heidbreder  Bros. 
&  Co.,  druggists,  Quincy,  111.,  and  Miss  Anna  Lamkamcyer 
are  to  be  married  soon  according  to  an  announcement  in  the 
Quincy  newspapers. 

— Turner  Currens,  New  York  manager  of  the  Norwich 
Pharmacal  Co.,  was  a  recent  visitor  to  the  headquarters  of 
his  firm,  whither  he  went  to  attend  the  annual  gathering  of 
branch  managers. 

—David  Russell  Greene,  wholesale  druggist  of  Chicago, 
who  died  a  few  weeks  ago  in  an  automobile  accident,  be- 
queathed $5,000  to  his  dog,  Nellie.  Charitable  bequests  were 
also  made. 

— Frank  Danielson  and  G.  O.  Peterson,  two  Miimeapolis 
druggists,  took  their  vacation  this  summer  in  the  form  of 
an  automobile  trip  through  Iowa,  Illinois  and  Michigan. 

— T.  TiEMAN,  a  druggist  of  Marcus,  Iowa,  will  retire  from 
business,  having  closed  his  drug  store.  He  has  been  eng;iged 
in  business  for  30  years  at  Newell  and  Marcus,  Iowa. 

— John  F.  Matthes,  Chicago  representative  of  the  Whitall 
Tatum  Co.,  is  spending  his  vacation  at  Atlantic  City.  He 
is  accompanied  by  his  wife  and  two  daughters. 

— Robert  A.  Chesebrough,  president  of  the  Chesebrough 
Manufacturing  Co.,  has  recently  leased  a  new  home  at  870 
Madison  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

— David  M.  Gray,  secretary  of  Frederick  Steams  &  Co, 
Detroit,  left  the  City  of  the  Straits  in  July  for  the  Panama- 
Pacific  Exposition  by  automobile. 

— Joseph  C.  Hearx,  of  the  staff  of  the  Powers- Weightman- 
Rosengarten  Company,  returned  Monday  from  a  two  weeks' 
vacation,  which  he  spent  in  New  England. 

Dr.  William  Jay  Schieffelin,  president  of  Schieffelin  &  Co, 
New  York  City,  is  spending  a  part  of  the  summer  at  his 
summer  residence  at  Bar  Harbor,  Maine. 

— Dk  D.  S.  Carrington,  pharmacist  at  the  state  sanita- 
rium, Millcdceville,  Ga.,  has  resigned  to  go  into  retail  drug 
business  at  Miami,  Fla. 


Photo  Experts  Aid  Customers 

By  employing  experts  to  show  the  camera  fiends  how  to 
get  the  best  results  at  their  work,  the  Cunningham  stores 
of  Detroit,  Mich.,  are  increasing  their  sales  of  camera  sup- 
plies. These  experts  not  only  tell  the  embryo  photographer 
liow  to  take  die  pictures,  but  also  offer  to  show  him  how 
to  print  and  develop  them  himself,  if  he  cares  to  learn. 

Develop  Films  Free 

Thistlethwaite's  stores  in  Richniond.  Ind  .  ofl'cr  to  do  the  dfr 
veloping  free  for  those  who  send  their  pictures  to  them  duP 
ing  tlie  summer  %-acation  trip.  .\  part  of  their  full  pagi 
ad  recently  published  sets  forth  the  added  happiness  wbid 
will  come  from  the  use  of  a  camera  during  the  vacation. 


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The  late  Robert  E.  Servi 


'ic  late  Charles  A.  Crampton 

DR.  CHARLES  A.  CRAMPTON 


Dr.  Charles  A.  Crampton,  for  twenty  years  chief  chemist  of 
the  Internal  Revenue  Bureau  of  the  Treasury  Department,  and 
for  the  last  four  years  identified  with  the  Institute  of  Indus- 
trial Research,  Washington,  D.  C,  died  at  the  George  Washing- 
ton University  Hospital  on  July  26.  Previous  to  his  appoint- 
ment as  chemist  in  the  Internal  Revenue  Bureau,  he  served 
as  assistant  chemist  in  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  and 
while  thus  engaged,  participated  in  the  work  which  laid  the 
foundation  for  the  present  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Act.  In 
the  Internal  Revenue  Bureau  he  had  charge  of  the  chemical  and 
technical  administration  of  the  laws  taxing  oleomargarine,  ren- 
ovated butter,  fermented  and  distilled  liquors,  alcoholic  medi- 
cines, sugar  bounties,  etc.  In  these  capacities  he  acquired  great 
experience  in  customs  matters  and  served  on  numerous  com- 
missions for  fixing  drawback  rates,  etc. 

He  was  bom  in  Davenport,  la.,  in  1858,  and  received  his 
education  at  Purdue,  Michigan,  and  George  Washington  Uni- 
versities, taking  his  Ph.  C.  and  B.  L.  degrees  from  Michigan 
in  1882,  and  his  M.  D.  degree  from  the  George  Washington  in- 
stitution in  1884.  He  then  entered  the  service  of  the  U.  S. 
Department  of  Agriculture  as  a  chemist,  w^here  he  served  until 
his  transfer  to  the  Internal  Revenue  Bureau  in  1890.  He  was 
prominently  connected  with  a  large  number  of  scientific  societies 
and  had  served  as  chairman  of  the  Washington  Branch  of  the 
American  Chemical  Society.  A  wife,  a  daughter  and  a  son, 
at  present  a  student  in  Cornell  University,  survive.  Burial  was 
from  the  family  home  at  Somerset,  Md. 


The  late  Z.  James  Belt 


1857,  and  acquired  entire  control  in  1876.  He  was  a  tireless 
worker,  and  stated  on  the  60th  anniversary  of  his  business  life, 
that  he  "never  had  to  himself  an  entire  Fourth  of  July  or 
Christmas,  and  but  one  Thanksgiving  Day."  In  1909,  at  the 
age  of  77,  he  underwent  a  severe  surgical  operation  and  sur- 
prised the  surgeons  by  recovering  his  health.  He  was  a  gentle- 
man of  the  old  school,  and  a  prominent  citizen  of  the  State. 
He  leaves  a  widow  and  one  son,  J.  Ferris  Belt,  a  druggist  of 
Wilmington. 


ROBERT  E.  SERVICE 

Robert  E.  Service,  for  many  years  traveling  representative  of 
Lazell,  Dalley  &  Co.,  manufacturing  perfumers,  Nev/  York, 
and  first  president  of  the  New  York  Pharmaceutical  Travel- 
ers' Auxiliary  Association,  died  at  the  home  of  his  sister  in 
Brooklyn  recently.  He  was  widely  known  among  pharmacists 
of  the  Empire  State  and  for  years  was  a  conspicuous  figure 
at  the  annual  meetings  of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  an  organization  whose  membership  was  largely 
increased  through  the  auxiliary  association  of  which  he  was- 
a  most  active  member.  He  was  prominently  identified  with  a 
number  of  fraternal  organizations,  many  representatives  of 
which  were  in  attendance  at  the  funeral. 


Z.  JAMES  BELT 


Z.  James  Belt,  until  a  few  years  ago  a  veteran  wholesale 
and  retail  druggist  of  Wilmington,  Del.,  died  at  Oxford,  Md., 
where  he  had  made  his  home  since  his  retirement  from  active 
business.  In  1907  he  passed  the  60th  anniversary  of  his  en- 
trance into  business  in  the  very  store  he  then  occupied,  owning 
the  pharmacy  in  which  he  served  his  apprenticeship.  This 
store  was  one  of  the  landmarks  of  Wilmington,  and  was  built 
and  opened  by  Edward  Bringhurst,  Mr.  Belt's  employer,  who 
was  one  of  the  early  active  members  of  the  A.  Ph.  A  With 
one  possible  exception,  it  was  the  oldest  store  in  the  state,  and 
was  noted  as  the  first  to  have  plate  glass  in  its  windows  and 
doors,  the  glass  being  imported  from  France  for  the  purpose 
and  put  in  in  1844.  It  was  also,  it  is  claimed,  the  first  drug 
store  to  have  a  marble  tiled  floor,  which  was  laid  in  1849. 

Mr.  Belt  became  a  partner  in  the  business  on  January  1, 


DR.  JOHN  B.  BOND 

Dr.  John  B.  Bond,  of  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  active  in  pharma- 
ceutical work  in  and  out  of  his  State  for  more  than  a  genera- 
tion, died  last  month  at  the  home  of  his  daughter.  Warren, 
Arizona,  aged  80.  He  was  bom  at  Gettysburg,  Pa.,  and  in 
early  life  went  to  Missouri,  where  he  was  educated  and  grew  to 
manhood.  During  the  Civil  War  he  served  as  chief  surgeon 
of  Little's  Division,  Price's  Corps,  later  being  appointed  medi- 
cal purveyor  on  the  staff  of  General  Holmes  and  assigned  to 
duty  in  Arkansas.  At  tlie  close  of  the  war  he  began  the  prac- 
tice of  medicine,  which  he  continued  until  1872,  when  he  es- 
tablished the  drug  business  now  conducted  by  his  son  in  Little 
Rock. 

Dr.  Bond  was  a  pioneer  in  organized  pharmacy  in  Arkansas, 
being  one  of  the  charter  members  of  the  Arkansas  Association 
of  Pharmacists  and  its  second  president,  an  office  he  held  for 
three  consecutive  terms.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Pharmacy  from  its  organization  until  May  5  of  the  present  year, 
when  he  declined  reappointment  as  being  "too  old,  perhaps, 
to  enter  upon  another  five  year  term."  As  a  member  of  the 
board,  he  served  nearly  twenty  years  as  its  president.   He  joined 


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the  A.  Ph.  A.  in  1883,  and  but  few  members  attended  more 
regularly  its  annual  meetings.  He  was  also  an  active  worker  in 
tlie  National  Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy,  and  did  much 
to  further  the  work  of  reciprocal  registration.  As  a  citizen  of 
the  State,  he  was  always  prominently  identified  with  many 
movements  for  civic  uplift,  and  in  his  home  town  he  was  looked 
upon  as  a  stalwart  figure  in  public  affairs.  A  widow,  one 
daughter,  and  two  sons,  John  B.,  Jr.,  a  wholesale  druggist,  and 
William  C,  both  of  Little  Rock,  survive. 


JOHN  SOEMEB. 

John  Roemer  of  White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  president  of  the  New 
York  Branch  of  tlie  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and 
a  former  president  of  the  Westchester  Co.  Ph.  A.,  died  August 
20  in  the  White  Plains  Hospital,  where  he  was  operated  on  for 
kidney  trouble.  He  was  48  years  of  age,  a  graduate  of  the  New 
York  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  had  served  the  city  of  White 
Plains  as  water  commissioner  for  a  number  of  years.  He  was 
•well  known  to  pharmacists  throughout  the  State,  particularly  for 
his  activity  in  propaganda  work  for  promoting  the  extension  and 
use  by  physicians  of  U.  S.  P.  and  N.  F.  preparations.  A  wife 
and  two  children  survive. 


PAUL  EHRLICH 

Newspaper  despatches  from  Berlin,  Germany,  report  the  death 
in  that  city  on  August  20  of  Dr.  Paul  Ehrlich,  discoverer  of 
salvarsan,  known  also  as  "606,"  and  noted  for  his  researches  in 
pathology  and  chemiotherapy.  The  cause  of  death  was  attribu- 
ted to  heart  disease.    He  was  61  years  of  age. 

Dr.  Ehrlich  was  born  in  Strehlen,  Germany,  on  March  14, 
1854,  and  received  his  education  at  the  universities  of  Breslau, 
Strassburg,  Freiburg  and  Leipsic.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he 
■was  chief  of  the  German  Government's  Institute  at  Frankfort, 
and  was  noted  as  one  of  the  most  celebrated  pathologists  in  the 
world,  his  discovery  of  salvarsan  in  1910  being  hailed  as  one 
■of  the  most  important  ever  made  in  the  realm  of  medicine.  In 
1912  he  announced  the  discovery  of  "nigrosin,"  which  he  be- 
lieved would  prove  a  cure  for  cancer.  Last  year  he  had  begun 
experiments  with  a  remedy  for  sleeping  sickness.  He  went  about 
his  researches  with  perfect  order  and  method,  and  devoted  ex- 
traordinary patience  and  industry  to  all  of  his  investigations. 
He  was  the  recipient  of  a  number  of  decorations  and  honorary 
degrees  from  noted  scientific  institutions. 


FREDERICK  CASSEBEER 

Frederick  Cassebeer,  for  thirty-seven  years  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  H.  A.  Cassebeer,  Inc.,  druggists  of  953  Madison  avenue, 
New  York,  died  recently  at  his  home,  26  East  Seventy-fifth 
street,  after  a  lingering  illness. 

Mr.  Cassebeer  was  born  in  New  York  City  on  April  1, 
1861,  and  was  of  the  sixth  generation  of  apothecaries  of  that 
name.  The  firm  of  Cassebeer  started  business  in  1778.  Fred- 
erick Cassebeer  received  his  education  here  and  in  Europe  and 
was  graduated  from  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  in 
which  he  took  an  active  interest  all  his  life.  Starting  in 
business  when  he  was  seventeen  years  old,  Mr.  Cassebeer  had 
identified  himself  with  many  phases  of  pharmaceutical  work. 
He  was  an  active  member  of  the  German  Apotliecaries'  So- 
ciety. 


RECENT  DEATHS 

— Mrs.  Mary  A.  Dadd,  widow  of  John  A.  Dadd,  pioneer 
druggist  of  Milwaukee,  and  mother  of  Robert  M.  Dadd,  promi- 
nent druggist  of  Milwaukee  located  at  Grand  avenue  and  Sec- 
ond street  died  at  her  residence  in  Milwaukee  on  August  17, 
at  the  age  of  77  years.  Mrs.  Dadd  passed  away  at  the  Dadd 
family  home,  1212  State  street,  where  she  had  resided  for  fifty- 
eight  years.  She  was  the  oldest  member  of  St.  James  Episcopal 
Church  of  Milwaukee,  where  she  was  married  in  1856.  She  is 
survived  by  her  son,  Robert  M.  Dadd. 

— Dr.  Charles  Harvey  Shattuck,  who  conducted  three  drug 
stores  at  Everett,  Mass.,  died  recently,  following  several  weeks' 
illness  of  a  complication  of  diseases.  He  was  57  years  old. 
He  was  a  graduate  of  the  Dartmouth  Medical  School  and  began 
medical  practice  at  Rallardville,  in  Andover,  Mass.,  where  he 


remained  for  30  years,  also  conducting  a  pharmacy.  He  located 
at  Everett  in  1902.  He  is  survived  by  a  widow  and  five  chil- 
dren. 

—James  O'Hare,  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  a  member  of  the  Rhode 
Island  State  Board  of  Health  and  a  well  known  pharmacist  in 
his  locality,  died  at  Sharon,  Mass.,  where  he  had  been  staying 
with  the  hope  of  fully  recuperating  from  a  long  illness.  He 
was  the  first  president  of  the  Rhode  Island  College  of  Phar- 
macy and  Allied  Sciences,  and  a  member  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association. 

— Prof.  Thomas  B.  Stillman,  famous  chemist,  died  in  Jersey- 
City,  N.  J.,  at  the  age  of  63.  As  a  professor  at  Stevens 
Institute  for  many  years  and  a  writer  on  medical  subjects,  he 
was  best  known  to  the  drug  trade.  His  book,  "Engineering 
Chemistry,"  although  not  completed,  is  a  recognized  authorit>- 
on  chemical  subjects. 

— Eugene  Thomas  Whitehead,  one  of  the  most  prominent 
druggists  of  North  Carolina,  died  several  weeks  ago  at  his  home 
at  Scotland  Neck,  N.  C.  Mr.  Whitehead  was  an  enthusiastic 
member  of  the  North  Carolina  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and 
had  held  several  offices  in  that  organization.  A  widow  and 
five  children  survive. 

— Walter  B.  Harris,  of  Alton,  111.,  65  years  old,  died  sud- 
denly at  Staunton,  111.,  where  he  had  gone  to  do  relief  work 
for  H.  G.  Fritz,  who  was  spending  his  %-acation  in  California. 
At  one  time  he  conducted  a  pharmacy  in  East  St.  Louis,  111. 

— Willis  Y.  Ross,  a  druggist  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  committed 
suicide  at  his  home  there  by  inhaling  illuminating  gas.  No  rea- 
son can  be  ascribed  for  his  act,  according  to  relatives.  The 
wife  and  son  of  the  dead  man  were  visiting  in  Chicago. 

— M.  E.  Kowalewski,  a  druggist  of  Winona,  Minn.,  was  a 
victim  of  an  automobile  accident,  which  caused  injuries  that 
resulted  in  death.  He  was  taken  to  a  hospital  after  the  acci- 
dent but  never  recovered  consciousness. 

—James  Richard  Goldsborough,  who  was  for  many  years 
with  R.  a.  Robinson  in  the  retail  drug  trade  in  Louisville. 
Ky.,  died  recently  at  Lagrange,  Ky.,  of  the  infirmities  of  old 
age.    He  was  83  years  old. 

— Frank  Foster,  a  retired  druggist  of  Tuscola,  111.,  committed 
suicide  recently  by  cutting  the  arteries  in  both  arms  and  legs 
with  a  razor.  Financial  reverses  are  said  to  have  been  the 
cause  for  his  act. 

— Reginald  P.  Sappington,  a  Baltimore,  Md.,  retail  drug- 
gist. A  nervous  breakdown  brought  on  ailments  which  re- 
sulted in  his  death.  He  is  sur\dved  by  his  mother  and  three 
sisters. 

— Mrs.  Jennie  C.  Holcomb,  wife  of  Frank  A.  Holcomb. 
Minneapolis  druggist,  died  suddenly  at  Bethesda  Hospital,  that 
city,  after  an  illness  of  less  than  a  week.  She  was  42  years 
of  age. 

— B.  B.  Borden,  a  druggist  of  Hancock,  Wis.,  died  suddenly 
of  heart  trouble.  ISIr.  Borden  operated  a  drug  and  grocery 
store  at  Plainfield,  Wis.,  in  the  pioneer  days  of  that  town. 

— W.  R.  Porter,  a  prominent  druggist  of  Bilosi,  Miss., 
died  recently.  Masons  conducted  the  funeral,  which  was  held 
from  the  home  of  his  mother-in-law  at  Nicholasville,  Ky. 

— Ira  L.  Bond,  46,  a  graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  C.  P. 
and  druggist  at  Tamaqua,  Pa.,  died  after  a  brief  illness. 
His  mother,  a  sister  and  brother  survive. 

— Robert  J.  Walsh,  a  pharmacist  of  long  standing,  but  re- 
cently in  charge  of  the  City  Hospital,  Portland,  Me.,  died 
suddenly  of  heart  trouble  on  June  3. 

— Burton  Whitcomb,  60  years  old,  who  conducted  a  drug 
store  at  Charlestown,  Mass.,  for  a  number  of  years,  died  at 
Rockland,  Mass.,  of  tuberculosis. 

— Leonard  Weiss,  engaged  in  the  drug  business  in  Ne^v 
York  City,  died  at  his  home  on  June  15.  He  was  bom  in 
New  York  41  years  ago. 

— Henry  Clay  Brackett,  Huntington,  Mass.,  who  vv-as  an 
active  druggist  until  two  years  ago,  when  his  health  failed,  is 
dead  at  the  age  of  42. 

—A.  H.  Andrews,  57  years  old.  a  Toledo.  Ohio,  druggist, 
died  following  an  illness  of  six  months.  He  had  lived  in 
Toledo  32  years. 


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STATE  BOARD  EXAMINATIONS 


New  Jersey 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  New  Jersey  Board  of  Phar- 
macy George  M.  Bennger,  Jr.,  of  Camden,  was  elected  to  mem- 
bership on  the  board.  The  election  of  officers  resulted  in  David 
Strauss,  of  Newark,  being  made  president;  L.  W.  Brown,  of 
Englewood,  treasurer,  and  H.  A.  Jordan,  of  Bridgeton,  secre- 
tary. A  re-assignment  of  branches  was  made.  David  Strauss 
has  the  pharmacy  department,  L.  W'.  Brown  the  chemistry,  F.  A. 
Bongartz,  of  Jersey  City,  the  toxicology,  and  J.  M.  Beringer, 
Jr.,  the  materia  medica. 

Louisiana 

Secretary  Joseph  T.  Baltar,  of  New  Orleans,  announces  the 
result  of  the  e.\amination  held  by  the  Louisiana  Board  of 
Pharmacy  at  Tulane  University  recently,  44  applicants  present- 
ing themselves,  of  which  23  passed  as  registered  pharmacists  and 
five  as  qualified  assistants.  The  successful  applicants  were  as 
follows: 

Registered  Pharmacists— O.  W.  Alford,  Alvin  S.  Brizzard,  Mertie 
M.  Bloom,  James  C.  Berwick,  George  D.  Comeaux,  Joseph  Clesi, 
Jr.,  Harry  Goldstein,  K.  G.  Gantt,  Wilson  J.  Hebert,  Paul  A. 
Landi.x,  Godfrey  E.  Lemle,  Odon  j.  Lonibos,  Eugene  C.  Moser, 
Robert  Lane  Pollock,  T.  A.  Scott,  Charles  V.  Tamburo,  Eugene 
\V.  Vogt,  George  B.  Welsh,  L.  S.  Washington,  Charles  E. 
McHale,  Stephen  J.  Thebberville,  Louis  A.  Castillon,  Jr.,  George 
VV.  xMcDuff. 

Qualified  Assistants— Leon  A.  Cabrol,  Dora  L.  Alilanes,  Joseph 
R.  Owens,  H.  Rene  Xiques,  Harold  A.  Kahn. 
Next  examination  will  be  held  Auguit  20  and  21,  1915. 

Oregon 

The  following  applicants  successfully  passed  the  Oregon  Board 
of  Pharmacy  at  the  recent  examination  held  by  the  Oregon 
Board  of  Pharmacy: 

Seniors— Thomas  VV.  Laird,  Bertie  Ruth,  Frank  J.  Streibig, 
Don  W.  Yantis,  T.  F.  Schaecker,  Benjamin  Wolf,  C.  B.  Dal- 
ton,  E.  W.  Ford,  Aroon  Rowen,  G.  T.  Cressy,  Carmen  Hitt- 
son,  R.  G.  Estes,  C.  E.  Watkins,  T.  H.  Allen,  J.  A.  Duncan, 
S.  C.  Smith,  Beryl  V.  Camp,  C.  L.  McFaden,  J.  E.  Gilmore,  W.  D. 
Hamilton,  Jess  Edwards,  G.  A.  Hagey,  N.  L.  Tartar,  Jr.,  C.  A. 
Fryer,  C.  W.  Bent,  Stella  E.  Dean,  L.  E.  Scott,  N.  L.  Rodgers, 
H.  C.  Dake,  P.  C.  Blakeley,  Benjamin  J.  Huntington,  Jr.,  J.  E. 
Chinn,  M.  G.  Allen,  C.  C.  Gaylord,  I.  L.  Betzel,  R.  H.  Paxon. 

Juniors— L.  T.  Barin,  O.  J.  Deming,  A.  J.  Nelison,  R.  B.  Miller, 
Mary  E.  Munford. 

N.  L.  Tartar,  Jr.,  a  graduate  of  the  Oregon  Agricultural  Col- 
lege, made  the  highest  average  with  a  percentage  of  90.  Gover- 
nor Withycombe  has  appointed  J.  Lee  Brown,  of  Marshfield,  as 
a  member  of  the  board  for  five  years. 

Connecticut 

The  reorganized  Connecticut  State  Pharmacy  Commission,  as 
provided  under  the  recently  enacted  law  increasing  the  member- 
ship of  the  commission  from  three  to  five  and  fixing  the  com- 
pensation of  each  member  at  $400  each,  have  elected  the  follow- 
ing officers:  President,  C.  P.  Gladding;  secretary,  John  A. 
Leverty.  The  other  members  of  the  commission  are  James  P. 
Wood,  New  Brighton;  H.  E.  Purdy,  Derby,  and  H.  P.  Bissell. 
The  two  last  named  are  the  new  members,  Mr.  Purdy  being 
appointed  for  five  years,  and  Mr.  Bissell  for  four  years.  Mr. 
Bissell  represented  the  Twenty-fourth  Senatorial  district  at  the 
last  session  of  the  General  Assembly. 


Utah 

Druggists'  licenses  were  granted  to  six  out  of  thirteen  appli- 
cants by  the  Utah  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  at  the  meeting  held 
at  the  State  University,  Salt  Lake  City.  The  successful  appli- 
cants were: 

Norman  H.  Thomas,  M.  A.  Ferguson  and  O.  L.  Perkins,  Salt 
Lake;  B.  L.  Hunter,  Grand  Junction;  Edward  A.  Anderson, 
Ephraim;  Frank  Crookston,  Mount  Pleasant.  Willard  Young 
was  granted  a  license  under  the  reciprocal  arrangement  with 
other  States. 

Hereafter  all  examinations  will  be  held  at  the  State  Capitol. 
Washington 

Secretary  Garrison,  of  the  Washington  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy, reports  the  names  of  those  who  successfully  passed  the 
examination  held  by  the  board  in  Seattle  as  follows: 

R.  O.  Black,  Centralia;  C.  J.  Goernor,  J.  E.  McCarthy,  W. 
McCormick,  T.  Negishi,  G.  A.  Ohrner,  Walter  Skinner,  William 
Woodcock,  all  of  Seattle;  F.  A.  Visgar,  Tacoma;  H.  W.  Attle- 
sey,  Bellingham. 

Missouri 

Thirty  new  pharmacists  created  by  the  results  of  the  latest 
examinations  given  by  the  Missouri  Board  of  Pharmacy  at  Pertle 
Springs,  Missouri,  are: 

Registered  Pharmacists— C.  M.  Anderson,  Rockville,  Mo.;  Glenn 
Adrian  Burkhart.  St.  Louis;  Walter  Arden  Burkhart,  St.  Louis; 
Gustav  A.  Dorullis,  East  St.  Louis,  111.;  Chandos  C.  Douglas, 
Morehouse,  Mo.;  Frank  Evans,  Mountain  Grove,  Mo.;  William 
H.  Fox.  St.  Louis;  Joseph  Frey,  St.  Louis,  Edward  F.  Goldsmith, 
St  Louis;  Albert  John  Martin,   St.  -Louis;   Otis  M.   S.  McCall, 


Rocky  Comfort.  Mo.;  Lawrence  A.  Meadows,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.;  Will- 
iam C.  Price,  Neosho,  Mo. ;  Kenneth  N.  Robinson,  Warrensburg,. 
Mo.;  Frank  C.  Smith.  St.  Louis;  O.  E.  Sherrard,  Kansas  City,. 
Mo.;  William  C.  Thoenes,  St.  Louis;  Floyd  L.  Welch,  War- 
rensburg, Mo. 

Assistant  Pharmacists— L.  P.  Brooks,  Kansas  City,  Mo.;  Lester 
W.  Good,  St.  Louis;  William  P.  Hudgens,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.;  Joseph 
Jantzen,  St.  Louis:  Harry  E.  Keenan,  Adrian,  Mo.;  Leo  G. 
Kohl,  Belleville,  111.;  Charles  E.  Perry.  Miller,  Mo.;  George 
Porter  Sharpe,  Salisbury,  Mo.;  James  L.  Smythe,  St.  Louis; 
Herbert  Roman  Speckart,  St.  Louis. 

The  next  meeting  of  the  Missouri  board  will  be  held  in  St. 
Louis,  October  11,  1915. 

North  Dakota 

The  latest  examinations  held  by  the  State  Pharmacy  Board 
of  North  Dakota,  at  the  State  Agricultural  College,  show  the 
following  results: 

Passed  as  Registered  Pharmacists— Peter  de-Boer,  Milnor;  G.  E. 
Schunk,  Fargo,  and  Leigh  Smith,  Steele. 

Passed  as  Assistant  Pharmacists— William  N.  Dickie,  Fargo; 
Ingvald  O.  Haroldson,  Northwood;  William  Koester,  Donnybrook; 
Fred  Maser,   Dickinson,   and   Morris  T.   Simley,  Fargo. 

Those  registered  by  reciprocity  are:  C.  E.  Pearce,  Beach,  N.  D., 
from  Minnesota;  A.  F.  Johnson,  Forest  River,  N.  D.,  from  South 
Dakota;  A.  V.  Mclntyre,  Bantry,  N.  D.,  from  Montana,  and 
John  F.  Rafters,  Egland,  N.  D.,  from  Nebraska. 

The  North  Dakota  board  will  meet  hereafter  on  the  third  Tues- 
day in  June  and  November. 

Maryland 

The  Maryland  Board  of  Pharmacy  has  announced  the  list  of 
candidates  for  registration  as  pharmacists  and  assistant  pharma- 
cists who  passed  the  examinations  held  several  weeks  ago.  The 
roster  is  as  follows: 

Pharmacists-Charles  Austin,  Jr.,  L.  Lewis  Asbill,  Edward 
Thomas  Burton,  Laurence  Bernard  Carey,  William  Albert  Clarke, 
Roy  S.  Eakle,  Allan  T.  Hartman,  Harry  Asbury  Kinnamon,  Ben- 
jamin Mellor,  Jr.,  John  T.  Meeth,  Luther  F.  Mitchell,  Philip. 
Pearlstein,  John  James  Pivec,  Charles  Joshua  Rowe,  James  b. 
Soyles,  Norman  F.  Storm,  Oliver  P.  Winstead  and  Frederick 
Yost. 

Assistant  Pharmacists-Paul  A.  Diggs,  Joseph  LeGrand  Johnson,. 
William  Bowen  Jones,  Harry  Clayton  Hughes,  Bennia  A.  Kru- 
siewski,  George  Karman,  Charles  F.  Klepper,  John  Lawless,  Rus- 
sell E.  Lee,  Frank  John  Macek,  Henry  McGinn,  W.  A.  Par- 
lett.  Max  S.  Rosenberg,  Edwin  Whittemore  and  G.  Ernest  Wolf. 


Oklahoma 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Oklahoma  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  held 
in  Oklahoma  City  in  April,  the  following  named  persons  rnade 
grades  entitling  them  to  certificate  as  registered  pharmacists: 
Tackson  P.  Adams,  Duncan,  Okla.;  Ray  M.  Balyeat^  Norman, 
bkla.;  Cecil  P.  Baugh,  Garden  City,  Kan.;  Thomas  N.  Billingsley, 
Quinton,  Okla.;  William  Ray  Black,  Liberal,  Kan.;  Fred  C.  Blo- 
lock,  Ardmore,  Okla.;  Carl  L.  Brundage,  Norman,  Okla.;  George 

E.  Chambers,  Delaware,  Okla.;  D.  Howard  Copeland,  V/ichita, 
Kan.;  J.  N.  Cross,  Cheyenne,  Okla.;  Frank  M.  Dale,  Clearwater, 
Kan.;  Edwin  Davis,  Haskell,  Okla.;  John  G.  Demain,  Kinsley, 
Kan.;  F.  W.  DeVinna,  Okmulgee,  Okla.;  Ernest  A.  Donaven, 
Salina,  Okla.;  Jesse  Eash,  Windom,  Kan.;  W.  W.  Eischied,  Nor- 
man, Okla.;  Varner  E.  Strickson,  Sand  Springs,  Ok  a  ;  Bailey  E. 
Fuller,  Albion,  Okla.;  Theodore  L.  Fisher,  Minco,  Okla.;  John  W. 
Irby,  Ardmore,  Okla.;  Albert  J.  Keller,  Lawton,  Okla.;  b.  K. 
Kepner,  Oklahoma  City,  Okla.;  C.  P.  Kirkpatrick,  Sentinel, 
Okla.;  Charles  Koff,  Chelsea,  Okla.;  William  Kunz,  Muskogee, 
Okla. ;  O.  J.  Lawver,  Tribbey,  Okla. ;  Lee  Roy  Mays  Pleasan- 
ton,  Kan.;  Albert  Musick,  Tulsa,  Okla.;  Carl  A.  Nicholson,  Fair- 
view,  Okla.;  Sam  L.  Owens,  Wichita,  Kan.;  M.  C.  Prater  Hard- 
tuer,  Kan.;  Roland  J.  Ranck,  Sapulpa,  Okla.;  Jesse  J.  Riggan, 
Oklahoma  City,  Okla.;  H.  L.  Sigloch,  KyetesviUe^  Mo.;  Ben- 
ton  Snider,  Chelsea,  Okla.;  Joe  P.  Staats  ,  Sulphur,  Okla.;  Hubert 
Strawn,  Heavener,  Okla.;  I.  W.  Taylor,  Oklahoma  City,  Oka.; 
Charles  E.  Wails,  Morris,  Okla.;  Joe  C.  West,  Perry,  Okla.; 
George  M.  Whitney,  Kirksville,  Mo.;  Glenn  Williams,  Pauls  Val- 
ley, Okla.;  S.  P.  Wharton,  El  Reno,  Okla.;  George  E.  Wooten, 
Collinsville,  Tex.  „         „,  .  . 

At  the  recent  convention  of  the  Oklahoma  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association  the  following  were  selected  for  submission  to  the 
Governor,  who  will  appoint  three  as  members  of  the  State  Loard 

°^R^'L"'sa'^nford,  Marshall;  F.  M.  Weaver,  Oklahoma  City:  J.  E. 
Purvear,  Pawhuska;  A.  B.  Clark.  Oklahoma  City;  J.  S.  Moore, 
Fairland;  T.  A.   Penny,  Tulsa;  H.  S.   Shackelford,  Wyanewood; 

F.  M  McCormick,  Collinsville;  E.  E.  Cowman,  Sapulpa;  John 
Barber,  Norman;  S.  W.  Stone,  Durant;  E.  A.  Daniels,  McAlister; 
J.  L.  Palmer,  Tulsa;  Roy  Getman,  Tulsa;  Pope  Frye,  Frederick; 
R.  F.  Thweatt,  Chickasha:  J.  L.  Freeman,  Tonkawa;  F.  H.  Hitdel- 
son,  Weatherford;  J.  A.  Findley,  Bartlesville ;  M.  A.  Board,  Oke- 
mah;  F.  M.  Miller.  Hobart;  R.  M.  Scott,  Oklahoma  City;  Fred 
Reed,  Norman;  Fred  Beers,  Perry;  R.  L.  Irion,  Cleveland;  W.  L. 
Sutherland,  Lawton;  Frank  Jones,  Lawton;  C.  E.  Ringers,  Ard- 
more; J.  W.  Monfort,  Alva;  H.  O.  Hixon,  Elk  City. 


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Secretary  Warren   L.  B 
Pharmacy,  announces  the 
censed  by  examination  on 
Benjamin  Wallach 
Isador  Appleman 
Ralph  D.  Martin 
Martin  Michaelis 
Benjamin  Krell 
Samuel  Schneider 
Eli  Blum 
Cosirao  Ligorio 
Gaetano  J.  Spitale 
Harry  Lerner 
Joseph  S.  Churgin 
William  Spottiswoode 
Geo.  P.  Reichardt 
David  Sokol 
Louis  Silverman 
Louis  Turan 
Samuel  Tuchband 
Julius  Weinstein 
Curt  Unverhan 
Samuel   M.  Marcus 
•George  J.  Ettenberg 
Saul  Taub 
Barney  Rivkin 
Samuel  May 
Edward  C.  King,  Jr. 
Samuel  Solomon 
Guiseppe  P.  Canella 
John  Battaglia 
Max  Alexander 
Arthur  Corso 
Benjamin  H.  Berkowitz 
Henry  J.  Bravin 
Anthony  F.  Ruppel 
Max  Bedrick 
John  Lione 
Herman  Grimm 
Eugene  E.  Hartman 
Anna  Solosko 
Michael  Rose 
Abraham  S.  Kerr 
Meyer  M.  Robinson 
Vincent   W.  Kasprzycki 
Julius  Hyman 
August   F.  Hadinger 
Nathan  Leventhal 
Solomon  B.  Groisser 
Philip  Widoff 
Nathan  Baron 
Boris  Boxer 
Wolf  Nathanson 
Abraham  D.  Teitelbaum 
Edward  F.  Chronik 
Isaac  Gavrin 
Otto  F.  A.  Canis 
Louis    P.  Lippman 
Samuel  H.  Chester 
Robert  J.  Posner 
Augustus  T.  Kennedy 
Abraham  Lipshitz 
David  Kramer 
Irving  Silver 
Joseph  Stark 
Abraham  Melman 
Philip  Friedman 
Abram  Rosenfeld 
Morris  L.  Epstein 
Samuel  Morkin 
Maurice  L.  Kapplow 
Hyman  Peckerman 
Joseph  Rabinowitz 
Morris  Lerner 
Isidore  Foreman 
William  M.  Jaffe 
Samuel  Chase 
Jacob  Billig 
Samuel  Kortchman 
Isaac  Marasky 
Bernard  Schrager 
Joseph  Erdlich 
Morris  Raskin 
Albert  Schneider 
Emanuel  Rosenberg 
Pauline  Siegler 
Morris  Klatzko 
William  Siena 
Kaspar  Gruss 
Benjamin  Brich 
Gershon  H.  Cohen 
Elias  Adelson 
Jacob    Friedlieb,  Jr. 
Ludwig  Zwilling 
Jacques  Klein 
Julius  M.  Reider 
Hersh  Weinberg 
Harry  Kosofsky 
Samuel  M.  Fass 
Jacob  Bankoff 
Edward  Liebson 
Morris  Hirschfeld 
Max  Levine 
Benjamin  M.  Mcltzer 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[September,  1915 


KEW  YORK 

radt,  of  the  New  York  State  Board  of 
names  of  the  following  pharmacists  li- 
May  26,  27  and  June  30,  July  1: 

David  J.  Portnow 

Laxar  Rabinowitz 

Fortunato  O.  Ghirardi 

Ralph  E.  Piantiere 

Jeremiah  Feniello 

Jacob  Neimeth 

Ralph  J.  Wheelock 

Wilfred  J.  Donnelly 

Philip  Hirsch 

Reuben  Friedman 

David  Svigelsky 

Paul  Schoenberg 

Samuel  Iskowitz 

Sam  Hofstein 

Louis  Gottesman 

Leon   D.  Israel 

Bernard  Strisower 

Solomon  Feigin 

Samuel  Dworkin 

Salem  Levine 

Nathan  Gruscho 

Frank  Lubansky 

Edward  Horney 

William  Telsey 

Robert   L.  Lee 

George  D.  Virden 

Francis  Levine 

Morris  H.  Kassin 

Peisi  Mitnick 

Nathan  Levin 

Frank  Mogilevsky 

Joseph  B.  Kaufman 

Louis  Franklin 

William  Avstreih 

Eynon  H.  Williams 

Isidor  S.  Chambers 

Benjamin  F.  Barkin 

Arthur  W.  Besser 

David  Hollander 

Morris  Krechevsky 

Harris  Spiro 

Paul  Pretzell 

Nathaniel  Chapman 

William  Cohen 

Joseph  C.  LegoU 

John  A.  Miraglia 

James  Paderson 

Abraham  Cillin 

Solomon  Chavkin 

Morris  Wolf 

Abraham  Nisselson 

Bernard  Pinnes 

Maurice  Rosengard 

William  Moiselas 

Abraham  J.  Reisler 

Arthur  O.  Buck 

Clare  T.  Getman 

Alfred  Larossa 

Joseph  N.  Barenzano 

William  E.  Pierce 

Alexander  Horowitz 

Nathaniel  Nodelman 

Robert  S.  Magruder 

Isidor  Podolsky 

Edward  Newman 

Harry  Cane 

Isidor  Rosenberg 

Solomon  Weinstein 

Edith  M.  Thorn 

Samuel  Lerner 

Morris  M.  Greenwald 

Benjamin  Chadahy 

Philip  Feldman 

Abraham  Rutenberg 

Louis  Seidman 

Thomas  H.  McGranaghan 

Gabriel  T.  U.  Petrella 

Carl  A.  Boehlert 

William  Ebersman 

Solomon  Greenspan 

Samuel  K.  Saleeby 

LeRoy    S.  Hagaman 

Leslie  L.  Blake 

George  R.  Cogswell 

Valentino  Caso 

Maurice  Bernblum 

Jacob  Sirkin 

Meyer  Menaker 

Raphael  A.  Saltz 

Benjamin  Levin 

Julius  Selub 

Abraham   G.  Lichtenstein 
Jacob  Eisenstadt 
Israel  Weinshenker 
Mark  A.  Haykin 
Bernard  Rosenzweig 
Sharcoff,  Charles 
Max  Morton 
Julius  Greenfield 
Susan  Broder 
Emelia  Cimaduomo 
John  W.   Pangburn.  Jr. 


Edwin  J.  Booth 
Aloysius  Drasgow 
Bessie  J.  Ayer 
Hovey  H.  Drake 
William  E.  Feek 
Harry  M.  Rubens 
Harry  W.  Bremer 
Leroy  W.  Moore 
Jacob  Bernstein 
Lester  E.  Herman 
Jewett  G.  Holbrook 

Harry   D.  Naum 
Roy   M.  Barr 
Lloyd  B.  Whitaker 
William  D.  Hyde 
Roy  S.  Wallace 
Earl  C.  Baker 
Mathilda  M.  Bongartz 
John  B.  Vernoy 
Joseph  H.  Brown 
Daisy  M.  Howard 
Elmer  J.  Schiemer 
Brooks  Frank  Wood 


BUFFALO 

George  W.  Vadakin 
Ivan  M.  Pleskow 
George  R.  Holland 
Carl  E.  Miller 
Eugene  F.  Smith 
Henry  M.  Fish 
Curtiss  C.  Finney 
Charles  A.  Williamson 
John  L.  Hudson 
Robert  W.  Clifton 
Fred  M.  Meninger 

ALBANY 

Henry  G.  Haskins 
Floyd  Reagan 
Charles  H.  Burnett 
Edward  A.  Gurry 
William  J.  Shea 
Charles  L.  Rozan 
Jack  \V.  Abraham 
Harry  O.  Withey 
Walter  E.  Kinnin 
William  J.  Brislin 
Roland  R.  Fuhrer 


DRUGGISTS  LICENSED  BY  EXAMINATION 
NEW  YORK 

Ernest  Capeci 
Joseph  J.  Tell 
Morris  Deutsch 
Joseph  W.  E.  Harrison 
Joseph   C.  Jonas 
Ettore  G.  Sammarco 
John  J.  Regan 
Walter  Fetzlaff 
Joseph  J.  Nolan 
Eldred  A.  Kerry 


Frederick  Knecht 
Aaron  Ajamian 
Isidore  Harry  Egerman 
Phillip  G.  Cupo 
Edmund  D.  Shaefer 
Frank  Alcise 
Fred  D.  Lynch 
James  B.  Madeen 
William  A.  McBride 
Salvatore  Giorgianni 
Emil  Angel 

Ross  C.  Willson 
Abraham  Tilevitch 
Ralph  DeWitte  Stowell 
Louis  F.   A.  Lambert 
Clifford  A.  Noble 
George  Forest  Leahy 
George  H.  Freeman 
Charles  D.  McCarthy 
Daniel  E.  Slagle 
James  W.  Smellie 
Clarence  Arthur  Elden 
Chester  P.  Sanger 
William  Edward  Ulrich 


Leo  Kowalski 
Andrew  L.  Will 
John  W.  Weiser 
John  Vernon  Smith 
Ruth  Skillraan  Tafft 
Elizabeth  J.  Noonan 
Thomas  V.  Conway 
Albert  D.  Warner 
Francis  A.  Overend 
J.  Rossman  Tiffany 
John  H.  Palmer 
Harold  R.  Bronk 
Charles  R.  Hutchins,  Jr. 
Harry  A.  Rightmyer 
William    R.  McCoIlam 
William  J.  Manion 
William  A.  Grary 
Leon  P.  Rundell 
Frank  A.  Galvin 


BUFFALO 

Clarence  M.  Desing 
Bernard  Edward  Tracy 
John  Bidwell  Zoerb 
Leroy  W.  Moore 
Walter  G.  Stoll 
John  Henry  Usiak 
Sidney  A.  Olsen 
Leon  V.  Porter 
Herman  E.  Kuglin 
Joseph  H.  LaPlaca 
Solomon  Riffman 
Foster  S.  Hubbard 
Ward  R.  Warboys 

ALBANY 

Stephen  H.  Curtis 
Norman  E.  Waters 
Thomas  R.  Tesiero 
Chester  K.  Tones 
William  H.  Smith 
John  F.  O'Leary 
Thomas  LeGrys 
Marvin  D.  Scott 
Alexander  Deiches 
Tacob  Epstein 
Earle  D.  Bailie 
Robert  U.  Green 
Henry  Gross 
Clarence  W.  Noyes 
Luther  M.  Kane 
Earl   S.  Bauder 
Harry  S.  Metcalf 
Haley  L.  Palmer 
Harry  W.  Monroe 


VERMONT 

At  the  regular  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Vermont  Board  of  Phai 
macy  held  at  Montpelier,  July  14,  twelve  candidates  took  the  tt 
aminations,  the  following  qualifying  for  full  registration: 
W.   H.    Daniell,   Boston,   Mass.    D.    E.    Simpson,  Lyndonville 
G.  A.  Dean,  Springfield,  Mass.  Assistants: 
O.   S.   Skinner,  Windsor  J.  W.  Abraham,  Rutland 

W.  J.  Cleary,  Bellows  Falls       D.   M.   Bannister,  Springfield 
W.  B.  Shangraw,  West  Rutland   J.    Osgood,  Springfield 

Wilfred  F.  Root  was  elected  delegate  to  attend  the  meeting 
the  National  Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy  meeting  at  Si 
Francisco. 

TEXAS 

At  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Texas  Board  of  Pharmacy,  hel 
at  Houston,  a  resolution  was  adopted  which  states  that  beginnifl 
with  September  1  the  board  will  allow  a  credit  of  two  units  a 
each  of  the  three  lowest  grades  made  by  all  applicants;  providtM 
however,  that  no  credit  will  be  allowed  on  any  subject  m  whie 
the  grade  of  57  per  cent  or  less  has  been  made;  provided  furthe 
that  the  credit  mentioned  above  be  given  only  to  such  candidati 
furnishing  satisfactory  evidence  of  having  had  at  least  one  yeir' 
training  in  a  reputable  school  of  pharmacy,  which  must  be  vouche 
for  by  the  professor  of  pharmacy  of  the  school  where  such  trainid 
was  obtained. 

The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  fiscal  ye.ii 
President.  W.  H.  Cousins,  Dallas;  Secretary-Treasurer,  R.  £ 
Walker,  Gonzales.  The  last-named  was  elected  as  delente  t 
attend  the  meeting  of  the  National  Association  of  Boards  of  Ph.n 
macy.  San  Antonio  was  selected  as  the  place  of  next  meeti'il 
and  September  21  as  the  date  therefor. 


Septeaibek,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


401 


Illinois  Narcotic  Law  More 
Stringent  Than  Federal 

New  Statute  Which  Becomes  Effective  July  1,  Aims 
to  Restrict  Sale  of  Patent  and  Proprietary  Medicines 
Containing  Proscribed  Drugs,  to  Legitimate  Chan- 
nels 

The  Illinois  State  uareotie  law  which  took  effect 
July  1  contains  many  important  changes  and  dras- 
tic reomlations  in  the  matter  of  the  sale  of  Opium 
and  Coca  leaves,  their  salts  and  derivatives,  and 
preparations  and  compounds  containing  any  of 
them.  It  affects  wholesale  druggists,  manufacturers, 
retail  druggists,  physicians,  cl'  iiti^ts  and  veterina- 
rians. It  also  affects  such  wholcsal.'  and  retail  gro- 
cers as  handle  patent  and  proprietary  preparations 
containing  any  quantity  of  the.se  habit-forming 
drags. 

Illinois  was  the  first  State  in  the  Union  to  pass 
a  law  restricting  the  sale  of  cocaine,  and  now  prob- 
ably has  the  most  stringent  narcotic  law  of  any 
State. 

The  most  important  feature  of  the  new  law  is  the  prohibi- 
tion against  the  sale  of  habit  forming  drugs  to  habitual  users. 
By  its  provisions  a  licensed  physician,  licensed  dentist,  licensed 
veterinarian  or  other  person  is  prohibited  from  furnishing 
or  prescribing  for  the  use  of  a  drug  addict  any  opium  or 
coca  leaves,  their  salts,  alkaloids  or  derivatives,  or  any  prepara- 
tion or  compound  containing  any  of  them.  A  dentist  can- 
not furnish  or  prescribe  any  of  them  for  the  use  of  any 
person  not  under  his  immediate  treatment  as  a  dentist,  and 
a  veterinarian  cannot  prescribe  or  furnish  them  for  the  use  of 
a  human  being.  A  physician  is  permitted  to  prescribe  and 
dispense  narcotics  for  the  use  of  a  patient  under  his  care  for 
the  treatment  of  a  drug  habit,  provided  he  keeps  a  record 
in  a  suitable  book  of  all  such  drugs  so  prescribed,  dispensed 
or  given,  the  date  when  and  the  name  and  address  of  the 
patient  for  or  to  whom  the  drugs  are  prescribed,  dispensed  or 
given,  which  record  shall  be  preserved  for  a  period  of  two 
years  in  such  a  manner  as  to  be  readily  accessible  to  inspec- 
tion by  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  and  all  officers  of  the  law. 

The  Federal  law,  better  known  as  the  Harrison  law,  which 
went  into  effect  March  1  of  this  vear,  is  silent  upon  tlie  sub- 
ject of  habitual  users  of  narcotic  drugs  and  does  not  contain 
any  provisions  with  reference  to  the  treatment  of  a  patient  for 
a  drug  habit.  These  matters  are  covered  in  rulings  from  time 
to  time  by  the  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue.  But  in  the 
State  law  they  are  covered  in  plain  terms  in  the  body  of  the 
act. 

Ctirb  on  Patent  Medicine  Venders 

Prior  to  the  enactment  of  the  Harrison  law  any  person  in 
Illinois  could  sell  a  patent  or  proprietary  preparation  in  an 
original  package,  provided  it  did  not  contain  cocaine,  or  alpha 
eucaine  or  beta  eucaine  in  any  quantity.  The  Harrison  law 
changed  this  somewhat.  It  provides  that  any  person  who  is 
not  registered  with  the  U.  S.  Government  under  the  act  can 
lawfully  sell  patent  or  proprietary  preparations  which  do  not 
contain  more  than  two  grains  of  opium  or  one-fourth  grain  of 
morphine,  or  one-eighth  grain  of  heroin,  or  one  grain  of 
codeine  to  the  fluid  ounce,  or,  if  a  solid  preparation,  in  one 
avoirdupois  ounce.  But  the  State  law  now  in  effect  abso- 
lutely prohibits  the  sale  of  any  patent  or  proprietary  prepara- 
tion or  remedy  which  contains  any  quantity  of  any  of  the 
narcotics  mentioned,  by  any  per.son  unless  he  is  registered 
with  the  United  States  Government  as  per  the  terms  of  the 
Harrison  law.  This  particular  provision  affects  the  itinerant 
venders  of  patent  medicines  containing  any  of  these  habit 
forming  drugs.  It  also  affects  a  number  of  wholesale  and 
retail  grocers  in  the  State  who  have  for  a  number  of  years 
handled  limited  quantities  of  patents  and  proprie««ries  con- 
taining these  narcotics. 


Under  the  Harrison  law  anybody  can  buy,  sell  or  prescribe 
preparations  which  do  not  contain  more  than  the  exempted 
amounts  of  narcotics  without  violating  any  of  its  provisions. 
The  State  law  confines  all  such  buying,  selling,  prescribing, 
etc.,  to  persons  who  are  registered  with  the  United  States 
government.  The  only  persons  who  can  register  with  the 
United  States  government  are  manufacturers  of  narcotic  prep- 
arations, wholesale  druggists,  pharmacists,  physicians,  veteri- 
narians, dentists,  municipal,  county  and  state  hospitals,  and 
the  hospital  service  of  the  army  and  navy.  The  efifect  of  the 
State  law  is  to  confine  the  sale  of  preparations  containing 
these  dangerous  drugs  to  legitimate  channels  and  to  prohibit 
their  sale  by  persons  who  know  nothing  whatever  about  their 
deadly  effects. 

There  is  no  restriction  in  the  Federal  law  against  the 
buying  and  selling  of  preparations  containing  the  exempted 
amounts  of  narcotics.  The  Illinois  law  not  only  confines 
such  transactions  to  persons  who  are  registered  with  the 
United  States  government,  but  it  goes  a  step  furtlier  and 
provides  that  these  exempted  amounts  must  be  mixed  with 
other  active  drugs  in  sufficient  proportion  to  confer  upon  the 
preparation  other  and  additional  properties  than  those  pos- 
sessed by  the  unmixed  narcotics. 

The  new  law  provides  that  the  only  persons  who  can  sell 
narcotics  on  the  order  blanks  issued  by  the  Federal  govern- 
ment are  wholesale  druggists,  manufacturers  of  narcotics  and 
registered  pharmacists.  It  thus  prevents  the  custom  which 
obtains  largely  since  the  enactment  of  the  Harrison  law  of 
physicians,  dentists  and  veterinarians  selling  these  drugs  to 
other  physicians,  dentists  and  veterinarians.  Under  the  State 
law  they  can  dispose  of  them  to  patients  only. 

The  penalty  for  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  new 
Illinois  narcotic  law  is  a  fine  of  not  more  than  $1,000  or 
imprisonment  in  the  county  jail  for  not  more  than  one  year, 
or  both,  for  the  first  offense,  and  for  each  succeeding  offense 
a  fine  of  not  less  than  $2,000  or  more  than  $1,000,  or  im- 
prisonment not  less  than  three  months  or  more  than  twelve 
months  in  the  county  jail,  or  both.  If  the  person  so  offend- 
ing shall  have  a  license  or  certificate  as  a  physician,  dentist, 
pharmacist  or  veterinarian,  such  license  shall  be  suspended  or 
revoked  by  the  board  or  officer  of  the  State  duly  empowered 
to  issue  same. 


OSTEOPATHS  FAVORED  BY  TREASURY  RULING 

Osteopaths,  under  a  recent  decision  of  the  Treasury  Depart- 
ment, will  be  permitted  to  register  and  pay  the  special  tax 
required  ur.der  the  Harrison  Narcotic  law,  provided  they  are 
registered  physicians  or  practitioners  under  the  laws  of  the 
State  in  which  they  reside.  This  ruling  revokes  a  previous 
decision  under  which  an  osteopath  or  other  person  who,  before 
the  law  went  into  effect,  had  administered  narcotics,  was  not 
to  be  permitted  to  register  if  not  classed  as  a  physician  in  his 
own  state. 

The  following  instructions  have  been  issued  to  Collectors  of 
Internal  Revenue  relative  to  the  granting  of  power  of  attorney 
to  agents  signing  narcotic  order  forms: 

"It  having  been  brought  to  the  attention  of  this  office  (Com- 
missioner of  Internal  Revenue)  that  it  is  not  always  possible 
for  the  person  signing  the  application  for  registration,  under 
the  provisions  of  the  Harrison  Narcotic  law,  to  affix  his  sig- 
nature to  all  order  forms  for  narcotic  drugs,  you  are  authorized 
to  permit  a  registered  dealer  to  designate  some  one  person  to 
sign  /or  him  in  his  absence,  requiring  that  a  power  of  attorney, 
duly  authenticated,  be  filed  in  your  office." 

Instructions  have  also  been  issued  that  "in  event  an  official 
narcotic  order  form  is  lost  between  the  time  it  is  received  by 
a  registered  dealer's  representative,  or  is  deposited  in  the  mails, 
and  the  time  it  should  have  reached  their  office,  the  person 
writing  such  order  will  be  required  to  make  out  a  new  offi- 
cial order  form,  attaching  an  affidavit  to  the  duplicate  of 
the  first  order  stating  that  the  goods  were  not  received  on 
account  of  the  loss  of  the  order  in  transit,  such  affidavit 
being  made  upon  rfceipt  of  notice  from  the  regir.tered  dealer, 
made  it,  marked  across  the  face  'Not  accepted,'  and  should 
the  registered  dealer  it  should  be  returned  to  the  person  who 
be  attached  to  its  duplicate  and  the  affidavit  already  on  file 
explaining  the  reason  for  its  not  being  honored." 


402 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[September,  191» 


Edison  Elated  Over  Success 
in  Making  Synthetic  Phenol 

Great  Inventor,  After  Many  Months  of  Labor,  An- 
nounces that  He  Has  Perfected  Process  for  Manu- 
facturing Coal  Tar  Product  in  Great  Demand  for 
Making  Pharmaceuticals 

Thomas  A.  Edison,  in  an  interview  with  Weekly 
Drug  Markets,  confirmed  the  report  that  he  has 
contracted  for  the  sale  of  large  quantities  of  phenol 
to  be  used  in  the  manufacture  of  salicylic  acid, 
salicylate  of  soda,  salol,  aspirin  and  other  pharma- 
ceutical products. 

It  has  taken  the  great  inventor  many  months  to 
perfect  a  process  for  making  synthetic  phenol  and 
he  feels  elated  over  the  outcome  of  his  labors.  He 
is  now  producing  in  his  plant  at  West  Orange, 
N.  J.,  a  phenol  which,  he  says  is  of  a  higher  grade 
than  that  required  by  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  ex- 
pects within  two  or  three  weeks'  time  to  be  pro- 
ducing it  in  sufficient  quantities  to  relieve  the 
scarcity  which  has  so  greatly  handicapped  the 
manufacturers  of  chemicals  and  pharmaceutical 
preparations  ever  since  the  war  broke  out. 

At  the  present  time,  Mr.  Edison  said,  the  "old  plant"  is 
producing  about  4,200  pounds  a  day  and  within  another  week 
or  ten  days  the  quantity  will  be  increased  to  5,000  pounds,  while 
the  "new  plant"  which  is  now  producing  1,200  pounds  a  day 
will  probably  be  turning  out  4,500  pounds  two  weeks  from  now, 
and  ultimately  will  have  an  output  of  10,000  pounds. 

"Phenol  is  hard  to  make,  but,"  said  Mr.  Edison  with  en- 
thusiasm, "that's  why  I  like  to  do  it.  It's  different  with  aniline. 
That's  easy — just  like  taking  candy  from  a  child.  But  I  have 
the  phenol  now.  It's  better  than  the  Pharmacopoeia  calls  for— 
almost  like  a  pure  phenol — and  we  are  going  to  get  plenty  of 
it." 

Mr.  Edison  does  not  expect  that  any  of  his  product  will 
be  used  in  making  picric  acid  or  other  explosives. 

Lig-ht  on  Schweitzer  Contract 

■With  reference  to  the  contract  mentioned  recently  by  the 
New  York  World,  by  which  it  is  said  Dr.  Hugo  Schweitzer  is 
to  secure  1,212,000  pounds  of  phenol  made  in  the  Edison  plant 
from  the  American  Oil  and  Supply  Company,  'Weekly  Drug 
Markets  learns  that  as  fast  as  deliveries  are  made  under  this 
agreement,  the  phenol  will  be  turned  over  to  the  Heyden  Chemi- 
cal_  Company  plant  at  Garfield,  N.  J.,  to  be  made  up  into 
salicylic  acid  and  various  salicylates  used  in  the  manufacture 
of  pharmaceutical  preparations  and  dyes. 

The  Bayer  Company,  with  which  Dr.  Schweitzer  is  associa- 
ted, is  expected  to  consume  a  large  part  of  the  salicylic  acid 
in  making  aspirin,  the  production  of  which  it  controls,  and 
in  manufacturing  dyes. 


INCORPORATED  FOR  $1,000,000 

Noyes  Brothers  &  Cutler,  drug  jobbers,  St.  Paul,  Minn., 
were  recently  incorporated  with  a  capital  stock  of  $1,000,000. 
This  firm  has  been  conducted  as  a  partnership  for  44  vears. 
The  officers  are  Charles  P.  Noyes,  'William  W.  Cutler,  W.  G. 
Noyes,  E.  H.  Cutler  and  C.  R.  Noyes.  Charles  P.  Noyes  is 
president.     The  firm  will  not  alter  its  policy. 


PUBLISH  ROUTE  BOOK  OF  PHILADELPHIA 

Smith.  Kline  &  French  Company,  wholesale  druggists,  429- 
435  Arch  street  and  105-115  North  Fifth  street,  Philadelphia, 
have  published  a  little  booklet  containing  a  route  list,  ar- 
ranged by  car  lines,  of  the  druggists  in  Philadelphia  and 
Camden.  They  are  issuing  this  booklet  gratis  to  any  repre- 
sentatives of  dealers  who  contemplate  working  the  trade  in 
that  territory. 


Eastman  Kodak  Company 
An  ''Illegal  Monopoly" 

Judge  Hazel,  of  United  States  District  Court,  Hold& 
Concern  Unlawfully  Controlled  Interstate  Trade  in. 
Photographic  Supplies 

"An  illegal  monopoly  which  unduly  and  imreas- 
onably  restrains  interstate  trade  and  commerce"  is 
the  characterization  given  the  Eastman  Kodak  Com- 
pany, of  Rochester,  in  an  interlocutory  degree  hand- 
ed down  by  Judge  John  B.  Hazel  in  the  United 
States  Federal  Court  at  Buffalo  last  Tuesday. 

Though  it  is  asserted  that  no  irremediable  hard- 
ship would  result  from  separation  of  the  present 
business  into  two  or  more  independent  companies. 
Judge  Hazel  says  that  it  is  not  intended  to  indicate 
dissolution,  division  or  reorganization  of  the  busi- 
ness of  the  defendants,  but  to  give  them  opportunity" 
to  present  to  the  court  on  November  9  a  plan  for 
the  abrogation  of  the  monopoly. 

Action  by  the  Government  was  instituted  on  June  9,  1913, 
against  the  Eastman  Kodak  Company,  a  corporation  of  New 
Jersey;  the  Eastman  Kodak  Company,  a  corporation  of  New 
York,  and  George  Eastman,  Henry  A.  Strong.  Walter  S.  Hub- 
bell  and  Frank  S.  Noble,  officers  and  directors.  The  New 
Jersey  company  is  owner  of  the  capital  stock  of  the  New  York 
corporation. 

The  defendants  denied  restraining  trade  or  competition  or 
engaging  in  a  monopoly,  and  asserted  that  their  status  was  the 
result  solely  of  the  creation  and  development  within  their  plants 
of  products  of  a  superior  quality. 

"It  makes  no  difference,"  says  Judge  Hazel,  "that  the  de- 
fendant corporations  and  the  individual  defendants  were  not 
in  fact  competitors  or  rivals  in  business  or  separate  entities." 
Agreed  to  Drive  Out  Competition 

Regarding  an  agreement  of  the  Eastman  company  with  the 
General  Paper  Company  of  Brussels,  whereby  control  of  high 
class  paper  in  the  United  States  and  Canada  was  obtained, 
the  court  says: 

"It  was  provided  in  the  event  of  competition  arising  it  should 
be  driven  out  of  the  market,  and  the  General  Paper  Company 
agreed  to  pay  a  rebate  on  all  raw  paper  purchased  from  it 
*  *  *  The  .\merican  makers  of  photographic  paper  thus 
became  subservient  to  the  General  Paper  Company  and  the 
Eastman  company  accomplished  its  purpose  of  controlling  in 
this  country  the  raw  paper  stock  industry,  both  foreign  and 
domestic. 

"It  is  undisputed  that  the  F.nstman  company  controlled  froir 
"5  to  80  per  cent  of  the  entire  photo;.;i apliic  ^^upply  trade.  The 
burden  rested  upon  the  defendants  \o  prove  that  tliis  was  ac- 
complished by  lawful  methods.  I  have  concluded  that  the 
Government  has  shown  affirmatively  that  interstate  trade  ami 
commerce  have  been  unjustly  and  abnormally  restrained  by  th<- 
defendants  by  ihc  fdrniation  of  a  monopoly  induced  by  wrong- 
ful contracts,  \\  itli  i .  u d  to  raw  paper  stock:  preventing  th( 
trade  from  innmiini;  such  stock;  by  the  acquisition  of  stock 
houses,  comp'  iiiiL;  j  !  ins  and  businesses,  accompanied  hy  cov- 
enants restrainiiic  \hc  \ondors  from  re-entering  the  business 
and  by  th<-  ii:  !  . -im^  h  .m  dealers  of  arbitrary  and  oppressiv 
terms  of  sale,  inconsistent  with  fair  dealing,  and  suppressinir 
competition.  Such  acts,  when  taken  together,  are  most  signifi- 
cant and  seem  to  me  indisputably  to  disclose  an  intention  t> 
violate  the  Sherman  act." 


New  York  University  Opens  School  of  Salesiuansliii> 
The  commerce  bulletin  of  the  New  York  I'niversity  Schocf 
of  Commerce  Accounts  and  Finance  announces  the  establish - 
merit  of  new  courses  in  salesmanship  and  sales  management 
The  courses  in  salesmanship  are  designed  for  those  who  wisii 
to  take  up  this  profession  and  for  those  who  are  already  er- 
gaged  in  the  business  and  wish  to  advance. 


September.  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


403 


NEW  GOODS  AND  SPECIALTIES 


Grand  Prize  for  Borden's 


E.irden"s  malted 


ilk 


(in  the  square  package),  was  one  of 
the  products  for  which  the  Borden's 
Condensed  Milk  Co.  received  the 
Grand  Prize  at  the  Panama-Pacific 
International  Exposition,  the  highest 
honor  in  the  power  of  the  judges  to 
stow. 

Borden's  Condensed  IMilk  Co., 
malted  milk  department,  has  inau- 
gurated an  advertising  plan,  through 
and  for  the  trade,  which  has  in  the 
I)ast  year  brought  unprecedented  re- 
sults. It  will  pay  to  write  for  de- 
tails of  this  plan  which  will  make 
your  food  counter  a  profitable  cor- 
ner in  your  store,  instead  of  being 
IS  it  now  is  to  many  druggists,  "a 
necessary  evil." 

Write  also  for  a  description  of 
process  of  manufacture.  You 
"ii-ht  to  know  what  you  sell,  and 
>ou  will  understand  when  you  read 
it  why  the  malted  milk  in  the  square 
package  is  so  valued  by  the  physi- 
cian who  wants  the  latest  product 
of  modern  science;  backed  by  the 
„  unqualified  guarantee  of  a  manu- 

2  he   Square  Package   o/facturer  with  over  half  a  century 
Borden  s  Malted  Milk,   of   experience   in   the  manufacture 
and  sale  of  milk  products. 


m  the  October  issues  of  various  women's  magazines  the  Whitall 
Taium  Co.  features  the  druggist  as  a  "water  bottle  expert." 


BORDENS 
Malted 
Milk 


EAGLE  BRAND 

HAS  NO  EQUAL 


OOSOENSCONOENSEOMILXCO 


Domestic  Mineral  Springs  as  Good  as  the  Foreig-n 

Tor  many  years  the  government  mineralogists  have  tried  to 
impress  upon  die  people  of  this  country  the  fact  that  .'\merican 
medicmal  and  semi-medicinal  springs  in  the  United  States  are 
just  as  emcient  as  those  which  have  acquired  a  wide  reputation 
in  other  countries,  and  now  that  the  war  has  interfered  with  the 
inmeral  water  trade,  the  American  manufacturers  are  having  a 
Chance  to  show  that  the  government  was  right. 

.According  to  the  official  reports,  there  is  not  a  spring  in 
burope  but  what  has  its  counterpart  in  the  United  States  For 
years  this  country  has  been  sending  to  Hungary  for  aperient 
waters  of  a  mildly  laxative  nature,  while  there  are  several 
springs  __in  the  United  States,  the  waters  of  which  have  the 
^me  eitect.  .\mong  these  is  the  French  Lick  Springs,  of 
French  Lick,  Ind.,  the  home  of  Pluto  Water.  This  water  has 
l>een  largely  advertised  since  the  opening  of  the  war  and  is 
recognized  as  one  of  the  leading  mineral  waters.  The  company 
B  now  offermg  to  furnish  its  dealers  with  attractive  window 
<lisplays  to  be  used  by  the  retailer  as  an  aid  to  the  newspaper 
and  niagazme  advertising. 


Hay  Fever  Remedies 
_  Now  that  the  hay  fever  season  is  well  under  way  it  will  be 
interesting  to  druggists  to  know  some  of  the  remedies  which 
are  likely  to  be  called  for  by  persons  troubled  with  excessive 
sneezmg  from  this  source.  Parke.  Davis  &  Co.  of  Detroit 
are  manufacturers  of  adrenalin  chloride  solution,  adrenalii^ 
uihalent,  anesthone  cream,  anesthone  inhalent  and  mixed  in- 
jection phylacogen,  all  of  which  can  be  used  for  this  afflic- 
tion. These  goods  are  advertised  to  the  medical  profession  and 
the  general  public. 


Special  Hot  Water  Bottles  Sold  Only  Through  Drug 
Trade 

_The  Whitall  Tatum  Co.,  New  York  City,  has  launched  a 
vigorous  advertising  campaign  to  co-operate  with  the  drug- 
gists in  the  selling  of  rubber  goods  during  the  fall  and  winter 
months.  This  company  has  recently  put  on  the  market  a  hot 
water  bottle  to  be  sold  through  the  drug  trade  only,  and  known 
as  the  -Druggists  Special."  This  bottle  is  made  of  maroon 
rubber,  cured  by  a  process  known  to  the  company  to  give  it 
strength,  and  is  guaranteed  for  two  years.    In  advertisements 


Fordham's  Pharmacy  Course 

Fordham  University  College  of  Pharmacy  has  added  many 
important  improvements  to  its  equipment.  This  institution 
stands  among  the  first  of  tlie  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  in  the 
United  States.  The  school  is  pleasantly  and  conveniently  lo- 
cated on  the  University  Campus,  Bathgate  Avenue  and  Ford- 
ham  Road,  New  York  City  (Bronx  Borough).  The  school  is 
conducted  in  the  "Medical  Building,"  which  gives  the  student 
of  phaiinacy  close  intercourse  with  the  medical  student,  by 
which  he  grasps  the  pharmaceutical  intelligence  with  the  medi- 
cal atmosphere.  He  understands  the  true  position  that  phar- 
macy holds  in  tlie  medical  practice.  Many  courses  are  given 
in  conjunction  with  the  medical  students. 

The  purely  Pharmaceutical  subjects  are  taught  by  practical 
pharmacists,  with  many  years  of  experience,  both  as  teachers 
and  as  pharmacists.  Every  phase  of  the  pharmacists'  pro- 
fession and  business  receives  the  closest  attention,  nothing  is 
left  undone  tliat  may  add  to  tlie  useful  store  of  knowledge  of 
tlie  student. 

The  course  is  given  by  lectures,  demonstrations,  laboratory 
exercises,  quizzes  and  recitations. 

The  classes  are  limited,  so  that  it  is  possible  for  the  in- 
structor to  thoroughly  oversee  and  make  criticism  on  the  work 
of  the  student.  The  aim  of  the  faculty  is  to  graduate  only 
such  men  as  will  be  an  honor  to  the  profession,  as  there  is  no 
doubt  that  pharmacy  requires  men  of  high  standard  for  its 
perpetuity.  Fordham  stands  for  the  highest  ideals  in  phar- 
macy, and  conducts  its  work  to  this  end. 

The  business  side  is  not  neglected.  Commercial  pharmacy 
is  thoroughly  discussed  and  treated  in  every  possible  bene- 
ficial manner. 

Clinical  pathology  is  an  added  feature  and  the  course  in 
this  branch  is  excellent. 

During  the  academic  year  a  number  of  special  lecturers  are 
invited  to  address  the  students.  In  this  manner  we  bring  be-* 
fore  the  student  the  ideas  of  the  most  prominent  men  in  phar- 
macy. These  lectures  are  much  looked  for  by  Fordham's  phar- 
macy students,  and  make  much  for  the  broader  view  on  the 
calling  of  the  pharmacist. 

Though  this  department  is  but  a  few  years  old,  it  has  al- 
ready established  for  itself  a  remarkable  r^utation  both  for 
number  of  matriculants' and  success  of  its  graduates. 


Diamond  Dye  Girl  Calendar  for  1916 

The  Wells  &  Richardson  Co.,  Burlington,  Vt.,  manufacturer 
of  Diamond  Dyes,  announces  that  Miss  Billie  Burke,  one  of 
the  most  widely  known  and  most  beautiful  stars  of  the  Ameri- 
can stage,  is  the  Diamond  Dye  girl  on  the  1916  calendars,  which 
this  company  is  now  promising  with  all  orders  from  September 
1,  1915,  to  January  31,  1916.  It  is  positively  stated  that 
calendars  cannot  be  shipped  on  orders  later  than  February  15, 
next. 

Miss  Burke's  photograph  is  reproduced  in  colors  on  the 
calendar.  The  druggist's  name  and  address  are  printed  on 
every  lot  sent  out,  making  a  very  effective  advertisement  for 
him  among  his  customers.  One  hundred  of  these  calendars 
are  given  free  with  each  order  for  twelve  dozen  Diamond  Dyes. 
Included  in  the  offer  are  the  following:  One  Diamond  Dye 
cabinet  (if  dealer  has  none);  one  dealer's  sample  card;  one 
hanger  card  of  colors,  one  window  sign ;  twenty  customers' 
sample  cards;  forty  annual  and  direction  books  (imprinted). 

The  Wells  &  Richardson  Co.  does  not  accept  orders  direct 
from  retailers,  and  advises  druggists  to  place  their  order  with 
their  nearest  jobber,  who  will  request  the  advertising  depart- 
ment of  the  company  to  forward  the  advertising  matter. 


LaSalle  Druggist  Carries  Full  Line  of  Sporting  Goods 

"A  store  in  itself,"  is  the  way  William  F.  Herrmann,  drug- 
gist of  LaSalle,  111.,  advertises  his  sporting  goods  department. 
Fishing  tackle,  baseball,  tennis  and  golf  goods  are  carried  in 
large  quantities. 


404 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[September,  1915 


PATENTS  AND  TRADEMARKS 


PATENTS 


Granted  May  25  1915 

1,140,354 — Ramon  Bonastre,  Llopart,  Cordoba,  Argentina.  Produc- 
tion of  zinc  sulfate. 

1,140,452 — Charles  A.  Ford,  Newark,  N.  J.,  assignor  to  Ford  Mfg. 
Co.     Non-refillable  bottle. 

1,140,588— Thomas  F.  Frewen,  Wilkinsburg,  Pa.    Non-refillable  bottle. 

1,140,629— Nathan  Sulzberger,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Process  of  aro- 
matizing fats   and  oils  and  the  products  derived  from  the 

1,140,690— Harry  Lipari,  San  Francisco,  Cal.     Tooth  brush. 
1,140,716 — Erich    Rietz,   Elberfeld,   Germany,   assignor   to  Synthetic 

Patents   Co.,   Inc.,   New   York,   N.   Y.  Diacidylpyrocatechin- 

ortho-carboxylic-acid  compound. 
1,140,736— Arthur    L.    Flower,    Glasgow,    Scotland.     Bottle  labeling 

machine. 

1,140,744— Frank  C.  Herbert,  Hampstead,  London,  England.  Device 
for  preventing  the  fraudulent  refilling  of  bottles. 

1,140,747— Myrtil  Kahn  and  Anton  Ossenbeck,  Cologne,  Germany, 
assignors  to  Synthetic  Patents  Co.,  Inc.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
2.3-Oxy naphthoic- acid  derivative. 

1,140,959— Joseph  T.  Craw,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  assignor  of  one- 
fourth  to  William  H.  Heavey,  Jr.,  and  one-fourth  to  Harold 
M.   Thompson,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.     Pour-out  stopper. 

1,141,056 — Andre  Helbronner  and  Max  von  Recklinghausen,  Paris, 
France,  assignors,  by  mesne  assignments,  to  The  R.  U.  V. 
Co.,  Inc.     Sterlization  of  liquids. 

Granted  June  1,  1915 

1,141,148— Albrecht  Schmidt  and  Adolf  Steindorff,  assignors  to 
Farbwerke  vorm.  Meister  Lucius  &  Pruning,  Hochst-on-the- 
Main,  Germany.  Leuco  compounds  and  process  of  making 
same. 

1,141,350— Clarence  J.  Lawson,  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  assignor  to  Col- 
umbia Machine  &  Stopper  Corp.,  New  York.  Bottle  sealing 
machine. 

1,141,369— Harmon  Turner,  New  Brookland,  S.  C.     Poison  bottle. 
1,141,487— Eugene   Re,   St.   Louis,   Mo.     Non-refillable  bottle. 
1,141,553-Joseph    M.    W.    Kitchen,    East    Orange,    N.    J.  Bottle 
closure. 

1,141,639— Jules  H.  Hirt,  El  Paso,  Texas.    Soda  ash  process. 
Granted  June  8,  1915 

1,141,921,  1,141,922— Edwin  O.  Barstow,  assignor  to  Dow  Chem- 
ical  Co.,   Midland,   Mich.     Process   of  making  bromin. 

1,141,947,  1,141,948— Frederick  W.  de  Jahn,  assignor  to  General 
Chemical  Co.,   New  York,  N.   Y.     Production  of  ammonia. 

1,141,994— Carl  Uebel,  Heidelberg,  Germany.  Manufacture  of  nitric 
acid. 

1,142,020— John    F.    Carver,    Roslindale,    Mass.     Display  container. 

1,142,068— Frank  S.  Washburn,  Nashville,  Tenn.  Process  of  mak- 
ing   mono-ammonium  phosphate. 

1,142,230— David    Birch,    New    York,   N.    Y.     Non-refillable  bottle. 

1,142,371— Frank  C.  Schmitz,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Process  of  manufac- 
turing  phosphoric  acid. 

1,142,397— James  W.  Burroughs,  Irvington,  N.  J.  Process  for  mak- 
ing phosphoric  acid. 

1,142,445— Joseph  Leraberg,  Charlestown,  Mass.  Non-refillable  bot- 
tle. 

1,142,517— Frank  S.  Hereth,  New  York,  N.  Y..  assignor  to  E.  R. 
Squibb   &   Sons.     Combined   bottle   and   dropping  device. 

1,142,519— George  M.  Hiskey,  assignor  of  one-half  to  E.  L.  Pot- 
ter, Los  Angeles,  Cal.    Bottle  stopper  lock. 

1,142.636-Aaron  Singer,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Powder  blower. 

1,142,739— Velda  E.  Townsend,  Livingston  Manor,  N.  Y.  Non- 
refillable  bottle. 

Granted  June  15,  1915 

1,142,795— Ramon  B.  Llopart,  Cordoba,  Argentina.  Production  of 
zinc  sulfate. 

1,142,978— Goodlet  M.  Palmer  and  Lewis  M.  Palmer.  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  assignors  of  thirteen-twentieths  to  Goodlet  M.  Palmer 
and  seven-twentieths  to  Lewis  M.  Palmer.  Non-refillable 
bottle  and   like  vessel. 

1,143,114— George  P.  Fuller,  assignor  to  National  Electrolytic  Co., 
Niagara   Falls,   N.  Y.     Formaldehyde  solution. 

1,143,166— Grovcr  F.  Behringer,  assignor  to  The  Dcfi.nnce  Pressed 
Steel  Co.,  Defiance,  Ohio.  Bottle  ernte  and  adapter  there- 
for. 

1,14.1,486-Jncob  Bela.sco,  New  York,  N,  Y.    Non-refillable  bottle. 
1,143,586— Walter  Laib,  assignor  to  Ohio  Salt  Co.,  Wadsworth.  Ohio. 

Process    of    producing    chlorates    of   alkalis    and  alkaline 


earths. 


Granted  June  22,  1911 


1,143.695-William  R 
1,143,819-George  F.ii 

chine. 
l,144,141-J,-in  T.apiitt 


■fillable  bottle, 
lo    capping  m 


Chemische  Fabrik  vormals  San- 
Production  of  stable  salts  of 
and  p-oxyphenol-trimenthylam- 


1,144,237— William  H.  Perkin,  Charles  Weizmann,  and  Harold  Da- 
vies,  Manchester,  England.  Manufacture  of  halogen  deriva- 
tives of  organic  compounds. 

1.144.270—  Reinhold  Freiherr  von  Walther,  Dresden,  Germany,  as- 
signor to  T.  D.  Biedel  Actiengesellschaft,  Berlin,  Ger- 
many. Process  for  the  production  of  antiseptically  acting 
bodies. 

1.144.271—  Walter  Weber,   assignor  to  Henkel   &   Cie.,  Dusseldorf, 
Germany.    Apparatus  for  the  continuous  production  by  syn- 
thesis  of  hydrogen  peroxide. 

1,144,287— William  J.  Beisel,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.    Non-refillable  bottle. 
Granted  June  29,  1915 

1,144,343— Moses  Benmosche,  Nashua,  N.  H.,  and  Richard  P.  Elliott, 
Boston,  Mass.    Hypodermic  syringe. 

1,144,634 — Stuart  Broadwell  and  Clarence  Hollaway,  Springfield, 
111.  Capsule-filler. 

1,144,734— Allan  D.  Shaw  and  George  Wicks,  Savanna,  111.;  said 
Shaw  assignor  to  said  Wicks.  Bottle  cleaning  and  polish- 
ing device. 

1,144,787— Harry  W.  Ries,  CoUingswood,  N.  J.,  and  Landy  R. 
Brown  and  Frederick  C.  Yockel,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Non- 
refillable  bottle. 

1,144,829— Georg  Fendler,  Schoneberg,  near  Berlin,  Germany.  Method 
of   removing   acetone   from   lecithin-containing  substances. 

1,144,892— Stanley  W.  Caws,  Lac  Ste.  Abbe,  Alberta,  Canada. 
Combined  closure  cap  and  styptic  holder. 

1,144,919— Matilda  J.  Shuck,  assignotr  of  one-half  to  Perry  L. 
Noggle,    Bloomington,    111.     Bottle  stopper. 

1,144,980— Evett  C.  Hilton,  Andover,  Mass.,  assignor  to  Tyer  Rub- 
ber Co.,  Boston,  Mass.    Nipple  for  nursing  bottles. 

Granted  July  6,  1915 

1,145,029— Will  R.  Munro,  Mayville,  N.  D.  Atomizer. 

1,145,162— Martin  Moest,   Bodio,   Switzerland,  and  Moritz  Eckardt. 

assigners  to  Farbwerke  Vorm,  Meister  Lucius  &  Bruning. 

Hochst-on-the-Main,  Germany.    Process  of  preparing  nitric 

acid   of   high  concentration. 
1,145,299— Paul  F.   E.   Fehrmann,  Santa  Rosa,  Cal.  Non-refillabl< 

bottle. 

1,145,325— Martin  Logan,  New  York,  N.  Y. :  Margaret  Logan  ad 
ministratrix  of  said  Martin  Logan,  deceased.  Non-refillablo 
bottle. 

1,145,480— Carl    H.    Hausamann,    Hamburg,    Germany,  assignor 

the  Firm  of  De  Nordiske  Fabriker  De  No-Fa  Aktieselskap. 
Christiania,   Norway.     Process   for  converting  unsaturated 
oleic  and  fatty  acids  and  their  esters  into  saturated 
pounds. 

1,145,487— Adolf  Kaufmann,  Geneva,  Switzerland.  Process  for  pro- 
ducing 4-ketones  of  the  quinolin  series. 

1,145,687— Irwin  F.  Kepler,  Akron,  Ohio,  assignor,  by  mesne  as- 
signments, to  The  B.  F.  Goodrich  Co.,  a  corporation  c: 
New  York.    Water  bag  or  bottle. 

1,145,805— Carl  R.  Schultz,  New  Ycyrk,  N.  Y.    Bottle  cap. 

Granted  July  13,  1915 

1.145.897—  Henry  Howard,  Brookline,  Mass.  Apparatus  for  mat- 
ing hydrochloric  acid. 

1.145.898—  Henry  Howard,  Brookline,  Mass.  Process  of  makin, 
hydrochloric  acid. 

1.146.036— Lydia  M.  Spinks,  Lanes  Bottom,  W.  Va.    Bottle  stopper. 

1,146,045— Leo  H.  Backeland,  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  assignor  to  Genen  1 
Bakelite  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Process  for  makirj 
insoluble  bodies  derived  from  phenol  alcohols. 

1.146,063— Mayer  L.  Goldman,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Bottle  seal. 

1,146,491— Henry  A.  Gardner,  Washington,  D.  C.  Process  of  maK 
ing  barium  chlorid. 

1,146,539— Benjamin  T.  Winchester,  deceased,  by  William  V.  Wir- 
Chester,    administrator,    Windsor   Hills,    Md.,  assignor 
Sharp  &  Dohme,  Baltimore  Md.    Capsule  machine. 

1,146,649— Jhoichi  Omaye,  Seattle.  Wash.    Stopper  extractor. 

Granted  July  20,  1915 

1,146,809— Raul  Diez  Muro,  Habana,  Cuba.  Bottle. 

1.146,986— August  H.  Wirz,  Moylan,  Pa.,  assignor  to  A.  H.  Wir- 

Inc.,  Chester,  Pa.    Bottle  stopper. 
1,147.11.^— William  T.  Matthews,  assignor  of  one-half  to  Harvey  II. 

Swift,  Yoakum,  Texas.    Non-refillable  bottle. 
l,14r,ir'>— rii.irli  s  l..  Lofflcr,  Denver,  Colo.   Attachment  for  syringe 
1,147, IS,;    Siin  ul  Peacock,  assignor,  by  mesne  assignments,  to  .\gii 

cultural    Kcscirch  Corporation,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Process  o 

produi-ing  phosphorus  pentachlorid. 
1,147,384— Robert   C.    Fetzer,  Jr.,    Savannah,  Ga.     Bottle  closure 
1,147,512— William  J.   Kirkland,  Blackwood,  N.  J.   Capsule  filler. 
1.147,629— Gabor  Hatvany,  Newell,  Pa.  Bottle. 

1,147,632— Joseph   F.   Lamb,  assignor  to  Landers,  Frary  &  Claiic 
New  Britain,  Conn.     Vacuum  bottle  casing. 

Granted  July  27,  1915 
1,147,740— Margaret  H.  McMann,  New  York,  X.  Y.    Nipple  for  nurs- 
ing bottles. 

1,147,832— Franz  von  Kugelgen  and  George  O.  Seward,  assignors 
Virginia   Laboratory   Company,   New  York,   N.   Y.     Producti ' 
of  aluminum  chlorid. 


September,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


405 


THE  DRUG  MARKETS 


BROMIDES  AND  IODIDES  ADVANCED 

Increasing  Scarcity  of  Drugs  of  Foreign  Production 
— Future  of  Cod  Liver  Oil  Problematical 

See  pages  23  to  32  for  Prices  Current 
Changes  Since  Last  Report 


A— Acetphenetidine,  U.  S.  P  lb.  6.00  —  6.75 

A— Acid,  Acetic,  U.  S.  P.,  36%   lb.  .12  —  .15 

D— Acid,  Carbolic,  Cryst.,  Bulk  lb.  1.60  —  1.70 

10  &  15-lb.  cans   lb.  1.62  —  1.72 

1-lb.  bottles   lb.  1.65  —  1.75 

A — Acid,  Chr>-sophanic,  true,  vials   oz.  .28  —  .30 

D— Acid,  Citric,   Crvstal,  kegs   lb.  .57  —  .58 

Less   lb.  .65  —  .72 

Granulated   lb.  .70  —  .75 

Powdered   lb.  .72  —  .76 

A— .\cid,  Gallic,  »4,  Vz  and  1-lb.  cartons  ...  .lb.  1.20  —  1.30 

A — Acid,  Lactic,  1-oz.  vials   oz.  .09  —  .11 

lb.  1.10  —  1.25 

A— .\cid,  Molybdic,  C.  P  lb.  7.00  —  8.00 

1-oz.  vials   oz.  .50  —  .60 

A— Acid,  Phosphoric,  Glacial,  Sticks   lb.  .75  —  .80 

A— .\cid,  Picric   lb.  2.0C  —  2.25 

.\— Acid,  Salicvlic,  1-lb.  cartons   lb.  3.50  —  3.75 

Bulk   lb.  3.40  —  3.60 

From  Gaultheria   oz.  .30  —  .35 

A— Acid.  Tannic,  Pharmaceutical,  1-lb.  can  lb.  .80  —  .95 

A — .\cid.  \'aleric,  1-oz.  v  oz.  .18  —  .22 

D — .\coin,  15-grain  v  ea.  —  .30 

D — .\conitine.  Amorphous,  Vi-oz.  vial   ea.  —  1.75 

Nitrate,  crvst.,  15-grain  v  ea.  —  .60 

D— .\deps  Lanae,  Anhydrous   lb.  1.30  —  1.60 

Hvdrous   lb.  1.40  —  1.50 

A— .\lkanet  Root   lb.  .32  —  .37 

D— Aloes.  Curacao,  Gourds   lb.  .18  —  .20 

Socotrine,  True   lb.  .32  —  .36 

A— Alum,  Ammonia,  Bbls  lb.  .05  —  .06 

Ground,  Bbls.  or  less   lb.  .05%—  .12 

Powdered,  Bbls.  or  less   lb.  .06  —  .12 

A — .\mmonium  Benzoate   oz.  .20  —  .23 

From  true  benzoic  acid   oz.  .26  —  .30 

A — .\mmonium  Bromide   lb.  2.00  —  2.25 

.\ — .\mmonium  Iodide   lb.  4.70  —  5.30 

D— .Arnica  Flowers   lb.  .29  —  .33 

Powdered   lb.  .35  —  .38 

D— Balsam  Fir,  Canada   lb.  .90  —  1.00 

Oregon   lb.  .14  —  .17 

D — Beans.  Tonka,  Angostura   lb.  1.25  —  1,38 

\anilla.  Bourbon   lb.  3.25  —  3.60 

.\ — Belladonna  Leaves,  German   lb.  1.60  —  1.75 

Root.  German   lb.  1.60  —  1.75 

Powdered   lb.  1.65  —  1.75 

A — Bismuth  Citrate  and  Ammonium  lb.  3.90  —  4.50 

A— Bismuth   Subgallate   lb.  3.00  —  3.15 

D— Bismuth  Subiodide  lb.  4.50  —  5.00 

A— Blue  Mass  (Blue  Pill)   lb.  .88  —  .92 

Powdered   lb.  .92  —  1.02 

D — Buchu  Leaves.  Long  lb.  1.25  —  1.35 

Powdered   lb.  1.30  —  1.40 

Short   lb.  1.30  —  1.35 

Powdered   lb.  1.40  —  1.50 

A— Caffeine,  Pure   lb.  9.00  —10,00 

A — Caffeine  Benzoate   oz,  .60  —  .70 

A — Caffeine  Bromide   oz.  .50  —  .60 

A— Caffeine  Citrated   lb.  4.80  —  5.00 

A— Calamus  Root  Peeled   lb.  .24  —  .26 

Powdered   lb.  .29  —  .32 

White,  Peeled  and  Split   lb.  .62  —  .70 

A— Calcium  Bromide   lb.  1.20  —  1.30 

D— Calcium  Iodide   lb.  5.00  —  5.25 

A— Calendula  Flowers   lb.  .60  —  .75 

D— Canary  Seed,  Sicily   lb.  .09  —  .10 


4,50 

4.75 

4,60 

4.80 

lb. 

.30 

— 

.36 

lb. 

.36 

— 

.40 

lb. 

.22 

— 

.26 

Powdered   

lb. 

.28 

— 

.32 

A — Celery  Seed 

lb 

.40 

.45 

A — Chamomile  Flowers^  Hungarian   

.lb. 

■^^ 

75 

D — Chamomile,  Roman  or  Belgian   

.  lb. 

.40 

^  of 

1  an 

.26 

28 

.22 

.28 

Powdered,  Pure   

.  lb. 

.25 

4? 
1^ 

.50 

Para   

lb. 

56 

A — Creosote,  Beechwood   

.  lb. 

2.25 

2.75 

75 

.25 

.30 

.33 

.35 

.35 

.38 

.30 

Powdered   

.  lb. 

.36 

.41 

.66 

.70 

.16 

.22 

lU 

.33 

.36 

■ 

1.10 

1,20 

1.20 

1.30 

.22 

.50 

.08 

.10 

■ 

.06 

.08 

.07 

.09 

.15 

'o2 

.22 

.27 

.80 

.90 

.90 

1.00 

.80 

.95 

Ik 

1.00 

1.10 

Gold 

.75 

.85 

.65 

.75 

.24J/— 

.26 

4.60 

4,75 

4.85 

5,00 

.40 

.58 

.50 

.62 

3.50 

3.70 

.35 

.47 

.45 

.55 

.  .gr. 

.16 

.18 

.14 

.16 

4.70 

4.90 

,  .  lb. 

4.75 

5.20 

.  .  lb. 

2.55 

2.70 

.23 

.28 

,08 

.10 

,28 

.45 

lb. 

4.00 

4.40 

A — Magnesium  Hypophosphite    Pure   .  .  .  . 

.  .  lb. 

1,75 

1.90 

.05 

.07 

.30 

.40 

lb. 

1.75 

1.90 

lb. 

.50 

.56 

D— Menthol,  Crystal   

lb. 

2.70 

2.90 

A — Mercury,  Ammoniated  (white  precip.) 

..lb. 

1.90 

2.00 

Bichloride  (corrosive  sub.)   

lb. 

1.45 

1.62 

Powdered   

lb. 

1.40 

1.60 

.  lb. 

1,55 

1.67 

Iodide,  Green,  Proto   

..lb. 

3,40 

3,60 

Red  (Biniodide)   

lb. 

3.40 

3.75 

Oxide  Red  (red  precip.)   

lb. 

1.70 

1,90 

406 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[September,  191S 


A— Musk  Root   lb.  1.35  —  1.70 

Powdered   lb.  1.38  —  1.75 

A— Naphthalene,  Flake  or  Balls   lb.  .20  —  .23 

D — Nickel  and  Amnion.  Sulphate   lb.  .19  —  .22 

D— Nutmegs   lb.  .21  —  .26 

Extra  Large,  80  to  lb  lb,  .25  —  .30 

D— Oil   Bergamot   lb.  3.75  —  3.85 

D— Oil  Birch,  Black  (Betula)   lb.  2.55  —  2.65 

D— Oil  Camphor   lb.  .20  —  .26 

D— Oil  Citronella   lb.  .55  —  1.45 

D— Oil  Cloves   lb.  1.25  —  1.35 

A— Oil  Cod  Liver,  Norwegian   gal.  2.75  —  2.90 

Barrels   ea.  80.00  —85.00 

D_Oil  Juniper  Berries   lb.  1.60  —  1.85 

Wood  lb.  .40  —  .45 

D— Oil  Lemon   lb.  1.45  —  1.55 

D— Oil  Linseed,  Boiled   gal.  .60  —  .68 

Raw   gal.  .58  —  .66 

A— Oil  Male  Fern,  Ethereal   lb.  6.00  —  7.00 

A— Oil  Mustard,  Artificial   lb.  5.00  —  5.35 

D— Oil  Orange,  Bitter   lb.  2.25  —2.35 

Sweet   lb.  2.00  —  2.40 

A— Oil  Pennyroyal   lb.  2.00  —  2.20 

D— Oil  Peppermint,  N.  Y  lb.  1.75  —  1.85 

Western   lb.  1.75  —  1.85 

D— Oil  Rose,  Kissanlik   oz.  9.50  —10.50 

D— Oil  Spearmint,  Pure   lb.  1.68  —  1.75 

D— Oil  Sassafras   lb.  .85  —  .95 

D_Oil   Tansy   lb.  3.00  —  3.25 

D— Oil  Wintergreen,  Synthetic  lb.  1.70  —  1.80 

D— Oil  Wormseed,  Baltimore   lb.  2.10  —  2.20 

D — Oil  Wormwood,  American,  Good   lb.  2.75  —  2.85 

D— Opium,  Natural   lb.  7.40  —  7.65 

Granulated   lb.  8.50  —  8.75 

U.  S.  P.  Powdered   lb.  8.40  —  8.65 

A— Paraldehyde   lb.  2.00  —  2.20 

D— Pareira  Brava  Root   lb.  .25  —  .32 

D — Pelletierine  Tannate,  15-grain  v  ea.  .36  —  .40 

D— Pepper,  White   lb.  .26  —  .30 

A— Pitch,  Burgundy   lb.  .09  —  .13 

D— Potassium  Acetate   lb.  .45  —  .50 

A — Potassium  Bromide   lb.  2.15  —  2.35 

A— Potassium  Carbonate,  Refined  (Sal.  Tart.) lb.  .40  —  .45 

A— Potassium  Iodide   lb.  3.80  —  4.20 

D — Potassium  Permanganate  lb.  1.25  —  1.40 

Pure,  Powdered   lb.  1.35  —  1.45 

D — Potassium  Prussiate,  Yellow   lb.  .75  —  .85 

A — Potassium  Sulphate,  Powdered   lb.  .20  —  .32 

CP  lb.  .32  —  .40 

A — Potassium  Sulphide   lb.  .37  —  .42 

A— Potassium  Tartrate,  Powd.( Soluble  tartar) lb.  .75  —  .85 

A — Quinine  Alkaloid   oz.  .68  —  .75 

A — Quinine  Bisulphate   oz.  .36  —  .42 

A — Quinine  Sulphate,  100-oz.  tins   oz.  .33  —  .34 

5-oz.  tins   oz.  36  —  .39 

1-oz.  vials   oz.  .42  —  .45 

D— Resorcin,  Pure  white   lb.  2.75  —  3.75 

D— Rhubarb,  Canton   lb.  .42  —  .82 

Powdered  lb.  .35  —  .80 

D— Rochelle  Salt   lb.  .28 J4—  .33 

D— Saffrol   lb.  .32  —  .38 

A— Sage,  Domestic   lb.  .38  —  .42 

A— Salicin   lb.  4.65  —  5.20 

A— Salol  lb.  3.75  —  4.00 

D — Santonine   oz.  4.25  —  4.50 

D— Senega  Root  lb.  .46  —  .56 

Powdered  lb.  .54  —  .64 

D— Silver  Oxide   oz.  1.00  —  1.05 

Precipitated  oz.  1.36  -^1.40 

A — Sodium  Bichromate   lb.  .22  —  .25 

A — Sodium  Bromide   lb.  2.00  —  2.10 

A— Sodium  Citrate   lb.  .70  —  .80 

CP  lb.  —  1.30 

A — Sodium  Salicyalte   lb.  3.80  —  4.00 

D— Storax,  Liquid  lb.  .35  —  .40 

A — Stronti  um  Bromide   lb.  1.50  —  1.65 

A— Strontium  Salicylate   Ih.  1.75  —  2.25 

A— Sugar  of  Milk,  Powdered   lb.  .20  —  .24 

1-lb.  cartons   lb.  .22  —  .26 


D— Sulphonmethane,  U.  S.  P  lb.  6.50  —  7.75 

D— Sulphonethylmeth,  U.  S.  P  lb.  8.00  —  9.50 

D— Thymol   lb.  10.00  — ll.OO 

A— Thymol  Iodide,  U.  S.  P  lb.  9.00  —  9.50 

D — Turpentine,  Venice  lb.  .62  —  .6& 

A — Vanillin  oz.  .65  —  .75 

D— Wax,  Bees,  Yellow   lb.  .42  —  .5& 

Carnauba,  No.  1   lb.  .50  —  .55 


Note — A,  advanced;  D,  declined;  C,  correction;  N,  new. 

New  York,  August  21 — The  month's  changes  show  a  prepon- 
derating number  of  advances,  some  of  them  relating  to  the  most 
important  drugs  in  the  materia  medica,  the  most  significant, 
perhaps,  being  the  advance  in  the  price  of  quinine.  Other  drugs 
to  be  named  are  bromine  and  bromides,  iodine  and  iodides,  Nor- 
wegian cod  liver  oil,  bismuth  preparations,  caffeine,  chloral  hy- 
drate, doggrass,  glycerin,  guaiacol,  hydrochinon,  naphthalene, 
salicylic  acid,  and  its  various  compounds,  salicin,  sodium  bichro- 
mate, sugar  of  milk,  thymol  iodide,  vanillin  and  coumarin. 
Easier  prices  are  reflected  for  a  number  of  the  essential  oils, 
citric  acid,  adeps  lanae,  arnica  flowers,  balsam  of  fir,  canthari- 
des,  cloves,  coca  leaves,  Russian  ergot,  gamboge,  juniper  berries, 
lavender  flowers,  opium,  resorcin,  rhubarb,  rochelle  salt,  senega 
root,  storax,  sulphonmethane,  sulphonethylmethane,  thymol,  and 
beeswax.  A  continued  increasing  scarcity  is  noted  for  certain 
botanical  drugs  of  foreign  production.  Manufacturers,  it  is  re- 
ported, continue  declining  to  accept  orders  ahead,  except  for 
regular  account.  The  problems  raised  by  the  sinking  of  the 
steamship  Arabic  have,  during  the  past  week  more  or  less  over- 
shadowed all  activities  in  the  business  and  financial  worlds,  and 
until  complete  official  information  regarding  the  destruction  of 
the  vessel  is  produced,  any  attempt  to  judge  of  immediate 
future  market  prospects  is  rather  futile. 

Opium — The  market  continues  depressed  under  hea\-y  accu- 
mulation of  stocks,  the  result  of  restricted  consumption.  Job- 
bers are  quoting  natural  at  $7.40@$7.45  per  pound;  granulated, 
$8.50@$8.7S,  and  U.  S.  P.  powdered,  S8.40@$8.65.  On  July  1 
there  were  68,652  pounds  of  opium  in  bonded  warehouses  in  the 
New  York  port  district,  valued  at  $274,773,  compared  with  27,- 
946  pounds,  valued  at  $103,274,  on  July  1  last  year.  These 
figures  are  significant  in  view  of  the  fact  that  importations 
during  the  months  of  May  and  June  were  only  about  half  of 
what  they  were  for  the  corresponding  period  of  1914.  Re- 
ports from  Turkey  indicate  that  the  preparation  of  the  new 
crop  for  the  market  is  seriously  handicapped  by  the  scarcity 
of  labor,  and  that  dealers  there  are  inclined  to  talk  higher 
prices  for  new  crop  offerings. 

Quinine — A  continued  advance  is  noted  and  jobbers  quote 
33@34c  per  ounce  in  100-oz.  tins,  36@39c  in  5-oz.  tins,  and 
42@45c  in  1-oz.  vials.  Manufacturers  are  largely  restricting 
their  output  to  supplying  the  legitimate  wants  of  the  domestic 
trade,  notwithstanding  urgent  inquiry  for  round  lots  from  buy- 
ers with  speculative  intent.  Foreign  manufacturers,  it  is  said, 
are  having  all  they  can  do  to  supply  war  demands,  and  it  is 
not  probable  that  they  will  have  any  to  offer  in  this  country 
for  some  time  to  come.  Moderate  importations  of  cinchona 
bark  from  Amsterdam  have  been  received  here  within  the  last 
two  weeks. 

Cod  Liver  On, — Norwegian  is  quoted  at  $80(5; $85  per  bar- 
rel and  $2.75@$2.90  per  gallon  in  small  quantities.  Little 
actual  business  is  reported,  and  the  trade  seems  to  be  watch- 
ing developments  closely.  If  Germany  should  not  repeat  its 
large  purchases  of  last  year  during  the  coming  fall,  it  is  argued 
that  the  pool  of  Norwegian  refiners  may  find  that  it  has  more 
oil  on  hand  that  can  be  disposed  of  at  the  present  hi^ 
prices.  The  market  reflects  an  atmosphere  of  speculation,  and 
a  further  advance  of  this  commodity  is  within  the  realm  of 
possibility.  There  is  some  demand  for  Newfoundland  oil, 
which  is  quoted  at  $60@$70  per  barrel. 

Acid,  Salicylic — In  conmion  with  other  phenol  products, 
higher  prices  are  quoted  for  tliis  article,  jobbers  asking  $3.50 
@$3.75  for  1-lb.  cartons,  and  S3.40@$3.60  for  bulk.  In 
sympathy  witli  this  advance.  S3. S0@  $4  per  pound  is  asked 
for  sodium  salicylate,  and  $3.75^f$;4  per  pound  for  salol. 

Naphth.mene— Supplies  are  light  and  20^  23c  is  asked  by 
jobbers  for  both  flake  and  balls.  On  account  of  the  passing 
of  the  season,  the  demand  for  this  product  is  less  urgent, 
however. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


407 


Caffeine— Supplies  have  been  depleted  and  manufacturers 
have  but  little  to  offer.  One  reason  for  tliis,  it  is  stated,  is 
due  to  the  fact  that  Russia,  seeking  to  supply  a  beverage  to 
take  the  place  of  vodka,  has  been  buying  up  all  tea  sweepings 
which  ordinarily  would  be  available  for  making  caffeine.  Pure 
is  quoted  at  $9@$10  per  pound,  and  benzoate  at  60@70c  per 
ounce.    For  citrated,  50@60c  per  ounce  is  asked. 

Hydrochinon — Increasing  scarcity  has  caused  another  ad- 
vance in  the  price  of  this  developer,  and  jobbers  are  quoting 
45((i55c  per  ounce.  Only  small  quantities  are  available  at 
I  any  figure. 

Menthol— General  apathy  is  reported  in  this  commodity, 
land  prices  have  been  marked  down  to  $2.70@$2.90  per  pound. 

Ample  stocks  are  reported  to  take  care  of  all  prospective  re- 
,  quirements. 

Mercurials — Following  the  extraordinary  series  of  advances 

-  in  the  price  of  this  metal  in  London,  where  the  demand  has 
I  been  very  great,  manufacturers  here  have  advanced  prices  for 
.  all  compounds  and  salts.  The  most  important  of  these  changes 
I  are  as  follows:     Ammoniated  (white  precipitate),  $1.90@$2; 

bichloride  (corrosive  sublimate),  SI .4,=;(o  S1.62  ;  powdered,  $1.40 
.  (aSI.60;  chloride  (calomel),  $1.55(<!  .SI  .67  ;  iodide,  green  (proto), 
'  $3.40@S3.60;  red  (biniodide),  $3.40(r;  $3.75  ;  red  o.xide  (red  pre- 
■tipitate),  $1.70@$1.90. 

I  Thymol — Prospects  of  freer  offering  of  ajowan  seeds,  the 
=  commercial  source  of  this  antiseptic,  have  made  it  possible 
'  for  manufacturers  to  increase  their  output,  with  the  result 

-  that  jobbing  prices  have  declined  to  $10@$11  per  pound. 

:  Citric  Acid — Is  in  easier  supply,  and  following  a  decUne  in 
'  manufacturers'  prices,  jobbers  have  reduced  quotations  to  57 
^  @5Sc  per  pound  by  the  keg  for  crystal,  and  65 (g 72c  per 
pound  for  less.  Granulated  is  held  at  70@72c,  and  powdered, 
.  72@76c. 

f  Essential  Oils — The  market  is  dull  for  all  varieties.  The 
P  following  have  been  advanced  as  follows :  Male  fern,  ethereal, 
[^$6@7;  mustard,  artificial,  S5@$5.35  per  pound;  pennyroyal, 
\  S2@$2.20.  Lower  prices  obtain  for  the  following:  Bergamot, 
i  $3.75(2;S3.85 ;  black  birch  (betula),  S2.55(a$2.65 ;  citronella, 
f  55c(a$1.45;  orange,  bitter,  $2.25@$2.35;  sweet,  $2(g$2.35;  rose, 
I  Kissanlik,  per  ounce,  $9.50@$10.S0;  peppermint,  New  York, 
r$1.7S@$L85;  Western,  $1.75@$1.85;  spearmint,  pure,  $L68@ 
$L75 ;  sassafras,  85@95c;  tansy,  $3@3.25;  Baltimore  womn- 

,seed,  $2.10@S2.20;  and  American  wormwood,  $2.75@$2.8S. 
The  indications  are  that  the  season's  crop  of  peppermint  oil 

"  will  be  large. 

Belladonna — Higher  prices  are  being  quoted  for  both  Ger- 
I  man  leaves  and  root,  but  little  business  is  reported.  Holders 
are  confident  that  when  the  time  comes  for  manufacturers  to 
!  replenish  their  stocks,  a  scarcity  of  offerings  will  develop,  the 
outlook  for  new  crop  being  anything  but  promising.  Jobbers 
'arc  quoting  S1.60@$1.75  for  leaves,  and  SL60@$1.70  for  whole 
(root;  powdered,  $1.65@$1.75. 

Ipecac — The  market  is  firm,  and  Cartagena,  powdered,  has 
k advanced  to  $2.55@$2.70  per  pound. 

;  Be.\ns — The  demand  for  both  vanilla  and  tonka  is  light, 
and  Bourbons  have  been  reduced  to  $3.25@3.60  per  pound. 
.\ngostura  tonka  beans  are  quoted  at  $1.25(al$L30  per  pound. 
-  Prices  for  Me.xican  vanilla  are  unchanged,  but  indications 
'point  to  an  advance,  owing  to  the  unsettled  condition  of 
affairs  in  that  country  of  production. 

(     Aloes — Slightly  lower  prices  obtain,  with  Curacoa  in  gourds 

quoted  at  18@20c,  and  Socotrine  at  32@36c. 
'    Dandelion  Root — Scarcity  and  some  demand  has  influenced 

■an  upward  trend,  33(g35c  being  asked  for  whole  root,  and  35 
^@38c  for  cut. 

I  Celery  Seed — Reports  from  France  indicate  reduced  sup- 
plies from  that  country,  and  a  firmer  feeling  has  developed. 
Jobbers  are  quoting  40@45c  per  pound. 

Arnica  Flowers — An  advance  in  price  is  noted,  29(g35c 
per  pound  being  asked  for  whole  and  35@38c  for  powdered. 

Calendula  Flowers — German  is  in  short  supply  and  prices 
have  been  marked  up  to  60(S75c  per  pound. 

Chamomile— Hungarian  flowers  are  relatively  .stronger  not- 
withstanding reported  arrivals  of  new  crop,  and  jobbers  are 
asking  65c@75c  per  pound.  Roman  or  Belgian  are  slightly 
easier  at  40@46c. 


Iodine — In  the  early  part  of  last  month,  the  foreign  syndi- 
cate controlling  the  output  of  crude  iodine,  announced  an  ad- 
vance of  about  50c  per  pound,  and  domestic  manufacturers 
immediately  followed  suit  with  a  corresponding  upward  re- 
vision in  prices  for  all  iodine  preparations,  as  follows :  Iodine, 
resublimed,  $4.70@$4.90;  iodoform,  crystals  and  powdered, 
$4.75@$5.20;  ammonium  iodide,  $4.70@$5.30;  potassium  io- 
dide, $3.80@$4,20;  thymol  iodide,  U.  S.  P.,  $9(g$9.50. 

Bromine  and  Bromides — A  firmer  position  characterizes  the 
bromine  group  of  salts,  and  higher  prices  are  noted  for  all  of 
the  most  important  medicinal  bromides,  the  quotations  being 
as  follows.  Ammonium,  $2(a!$2.25;  calcium,  $L20@$1.30;  li- 
thium, $4@$4.40;  potassium,  $2.15@$2.35;  sodium,  $2@$2.10. 

Coumartn — Only  limited  stocks  are  available,  and  jobbers 
have  followed  the  upward  trend  by  marking  up  prices  to  56@ 
62c  per  ounce. 

\'.\nillin — Is  also  higher  for  similar  reasons,  and  is  quoted 
at  65 @  75c  per  ounce. 

C.\ntharides — Recent  arrivals  by  way  of  Archangel  have 
relieved  tlie  market  stringency  somewhat,  and  sifted  has  de- 
clined to  $4.50@$4.75  per  pound;  powdered,  $4.60(g$4.80. 

Sugar  of  Milk — Is  firmly  held  at  20@24c  for  powdered, 
in  1-lb.  cartons,  22@26c.  A  considerable  demand  for  export 
is  reported. 

Turpentine — The  genuine  Venice  variety  is  in  light  supply, 
witli  quotations  advanced  to  62@68c  per  pound. 

B.\LS.4jr  Fir — An  easier  feeling  is  reported  for  both  Canada 
and  Oregon,  jobbers  quoting  90c(§$l  for  the  former,  and  14@ 
17c  per  pound  for  the  latter. 

Juniper  Berries — Arrivals,  from  southern  European  ports 
have  caused  holders  to  modify  their  views,  and  jobbers  are  now 
asking  8@10c  per  pound. 


BOOMING  THE  SALE  OF  "SMOKES" 

{Continued  from  page  378) 
continuous  display  of  cigars  in  our  front  show  windows  for 
sixteen  weeks.  We  are  doing  this  by  making  one  manufacturer's 
brands  the  center  of  an  immense  display  and  assembling 
around  his  cigar  the  brands  of  the  fifteen  other  co-operating 
manufacturers.  This  makes  a  very  elaborate  and  impressive 
display  of  cigars.  The  manufacturer  whose  cigars  are  the 
feature  for  the  week  stands  out  conspicuously  and  is  set  off 
to  good  effect  by  the  other  brands.  Each  brand  is  tagged 
with  the  price  mark.  This  continual  display  of  cigars  each 
following  up  its  predecessor  with  its  message,  works  like  a 
machine  to  produce  one  result — more  business.  This  display, 
together  with  courteous  service,  a  "thank  you"  and  a  smile  to 
each  customer,  backed  by  week-end  specials  and  the  advertis- 
ing service  of  the  National  and  Tampa-Cuba  lines,  make  us 
feel  well  fortified  to  meet  the  strongest  competition  which  may 
assail  us. 

Furthermore,  it  is  our  opinion  that  for  the  amount  of 
space  our  cigar  department  occupies  it  will  yield  a  greater 
return  for  its  proportion  of  rental  than  any  department  in  our 
store.  Being  directly  opposite  to  the  soda  fountain,  it  directs 
attention  to  this  department  and  vice  versa.  It  has  been  a 
striking  feature  since  tliis  department  has  been  installed  that 
our  cigar  customers  quite  frequently  secure  their  drug  wants 
and  drink  our  sodas,  and  that  drug  customers  are  becoming 
patrons  of  the  cigar  counter.  Each  department  is  an  incen- 
tive for  the  other  and  when  we  install  our  new  and  enlarged 
candy  department  by  a  similar  publicity  campaign,  we  trust 
we  may  tell  as  interesting  experience  with  candy  as  we  hope 
we  have  done  with  cigars. 


Food,  Drug'  and  Dairy  Officials  Elect  W.  B.  Barney- 
President 

At  the  recent  convention  of  the  American  Association  of 
Food,  Drug  and  Dairy  Officials  at  Berkeley,  Cal.,  Food  Com- 
missioner Heber  C.  Smith,  of  Salt  Lake  City,  read  a  paper 
in  which  he  charged  that  politics  played  a  large  part  in  the 
enforcement  of  the  food  and  drug  laws.  The  association 
elected  officers  as  follows: 

President,  W.  B.  Barney,  of  Iowa;  First  Vice-President, 
Heber  C.  Smith,  of  Utah;  Second  Vice-President,  Dr.  R.  E. 
Rose,  of  Florida;  Third  Vice-President,  John  J.  Farrell,  of 
Minnesota;  Secretary,  J.  B.  Newman,  of  Illinois;  Treasurer, 
F.  A.  Jackson,  of  Rhode  Island. 


408  THE  PHAKMACEUTICAL  ERA  [September.  1915 

Index  to  Advertisers,  page  32.       Index  to  Goods  Advertised,  pages  33-34 

Index  to  Text  Pages 


Andrews,  A.  H.,  398. 
Associations,   Clubs  etc.— 
American   Food,    Drug  and 

Dairy   Officials,  407. 
American  Pharmaceutical,  388. 
British    Pharmaceutical  Con- 
ference, 380. 
Metropolitan  Retail  Mer- 
chants, 382. 
National  Retail  Druggists,  390. 
National  Wholesale  Druggists, 
390. 

Baebenroth,  Fred,  396. 
Belt,  Z.  James,  397. 
Blocki,  John,  396. 
Boards  of  Pharmacy- 
Connecticut,  399. 

Louisiana,  399. 

Maryland,  399. 

Missouri,  399. 

New  Jersey,  399. 

New  York,  400. 

North  Dakota,  399. 

Oklahoma,  399. 

Oregon,  399. 

Texas,  400. 

Utah,  399. 

Vermont,  400. 

Washington,  399. 
Bond,  Ira  L.,  398. 
Bond,  Dr.  John  B.,  397. 
Borden,  B.  B.,  398. 
Brackett,  H^nry  Clay,  398. 
Bust  Developer,  383. 

Cameras  and  Photo.  Supplies,  391 
Cassebeer,  Frederick,  398. 
Chesebrough,  Robert  A.,  396 
Chemicals,  Shortage,  389. 
Cigars,  Booming  Sales,  377. 
Cigars,  Case  for  Selling,  377. 
Colleges   of  Pharmacy— 

Fordham  University,  403. 

New  York  University,  402. 
Crampton,  Dr.  Chas.  A.,  397. 

Dadd,  Mrs.  Mary  A.,  398. 
Davis,  Dr.  Franklin  E.,  396. 
Drug    Business,    Retail,  Build- 
ing by  Mail,  379. 


Drug  Market,  Chaotic  Condi- 
tions, 388. 

Drug  Prices,  English,  Compari- 
son, 380. 

Drugs,  Old,  New  Uses,  382. 

Eastman  Kodak  Co.,  402. 

Eckstein,  Sol.  A.,  395. 

Edison,  Thomas  A.,  on  Phenol, 

402. 
Editorials- 
Cleavage   in  Pharmaceutical 

Practice,  369. 
Galveston  Needs  Help,  369. 
Looking  Toward  Price  Main- 
tenance, 370. 
The  1915  Era  Price  List,  370. 
Education,  German,  Efficiency, 

Ehrlich,  J.   M.,  396. 
Ehrlich,  Paul,  398. 
Emetine  in  Pyorrhea  Alveolaris, 
382. 

Enderle,  A.  G.,  396. 
Eno,  I.  C,  380. 
Eskew,  Harry  L.,  395. 

Formulas  on  Labels,  383. 
Foster,  Frank,  398. 
Frailey,  H.  E.,  377. 
Fruit  Juices,   Preserving,  384. 

Ginseng,  Indo-China,  386. 
Glass,  Liquid,  383. 
Goldsborough,  James  Richard, 


Hanbury  Medal,  1915  Award, 
380. 

Harris,   Walter  B.,  398. 
Holcomb,  Mrs.  Jennie  C.  398. 
Holmes,  Prof.   E.  M.,  380. 

Judge  &  Dolph  Co.,  391. 
Kantrowitz,  Hugo,  396. 
Kowalewski,  M.  E.,  398. 

Laboratories  ir  Drug  Stores,  38 


Law,  Narcotic,  Illinois,  401. 
Lead  and  Opium  Wash,  384. 
London  Letter,  380. 
Lueck,  A.  A..  396. 

McCartney,  Frank  L.,  396. 
Market  Report,  405. 
Mercury  Sulphocyanide,  383. 
Miller,  John  W.,  395. 
Miller,  R.  E.,  396. 
Milton,  Ben.  T.,  396. 
Morrill's  Prescription  Pharmacy, 
376. 

Moths,  Destruction,  383. 
Murgittroyd's  Pharmacy,  371-381 
Musk,  Chinese,  Radioactive,  382 
Myers-Dillon  Drug  Co.,  390. 

Nattans,  Ralph  A.,  391. 
Noyes  Bros.  &  Cutler,  402. 

O'Hare,  James,  398. 
Osteopaths,  Harrison  Law  Rul- 
ing, 401. 
Otten,  Dr.  Otto,  396. 


Patents,   Trademarks,   etc.,  404. 
Peacock,  J.  C,  375. 
Pharaoh's  Serpents,  383. 
Pharmacy,  Commercial,  Changes, 
388. 

Pharmacy,  Elevating  the  Pro- 
fession, 385. 

Pharmacy,    Old  Professional 
Dead,  386. 

Phenol,  American  Manufacture, 
402. 

Photographic  Films,  Developing 

Free  392. 
Plants,  Drug,  Cultivation,  388. 
Porter,   Charles  H.,  396. 
Porter,  W.   R.,  398. 
Preserving,  Fruit  Juices,  384. 
Profit  Sharing  Coupons  a  Live 

Issue,  393. 


Research,  British  Industries, 
380. 

Roemer,  John,  398. 
Rose,  Willis  Y.,  398. 
Rubber  Goods  Department,  Dis- 
covering, 381. 


Sappington,  Reginald  P.,  398. 
Schieffelin,  Dr.  William  Jay, 
396. 

Service,  Robert  E.,  397. 
Shattuck,  Dr.  Charles  H.,  398. 
Sherman  &  McConnell  Drug 
Co.,  391. 

Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co.,  402. 
Smith,  Walter  V.,  396. 
Sperry  &  Hutchinson  Co.,  393. 
Stamps,  Trading,  Competitive 

Advantage,  393. 
Stillman,  Prof.  Thomas  B.,  398. 
Sun  Drug  Co.,  380. 
Syrup  Quinidine,  Bitterless,  384. 

Telephone,  for  Booming  Trade, 
375. 

Thiesen,  T.  W.,  395. 
Turner,  Miss  Mab  Blakeslee, 
394. 


tion  Box,  383. 

ine.  Tasteless  Solution,  384. 


Uricedin,  384. 
Uricidine,  384. 


Voegeli,  Thomas,  396. 

Wallace,  Herbert  Garv,  394. 
Wallace,  Leslie  Gordon,  394. 
Walsdorf,  Edward  H.,  391. 
Walsh,  Robert  J.,  398. 
Waterglass,  383. 
Weber  Drug  Store,  384. 
Weber  Drug  Store.  384. 
Weiss,  Leonard,  398. 
Wellcome,  Henrv  S.,  396. 
Whitcomb,  Burton,  398. 
Whitehead.  Eugene  Thomas,  398. 
Whitney,  Mrs.  D.  V..  394. 
Williams,  Edward,  396. 
Women  in  Pharmacy,  394. 


Zimmer 


Albert,  392. 


CHECK  ON  PATENT  MEDICINES 

Before  patent  medicine  inventors  and  proprietors  can  register 
their  goods  in  New  York  City  it  will  be  necessary  for  them 
to  give  the  Health  Department  a  sample  of  the  product,  its 
name,  the  form  in  which  marketed,  the  names  of  ingredients 
not  physiologically  inactive,  and  copies  of  tlie  advertisements  and 
labels  which  go  with  it,  according  to  a  resolution  passed  by  the 
Department  on  Tuesday.  The  certificate  of  the  Health  De- 
partment must  not  be  used  as  an  indorsement  of  the  medicine. 

Attorneys  for  drug  concerns  vigorously  opposed  the  resolu- 
tion when  it  was  proposed  eight  months  ago.  The  Hoard  of 
Health  requested  that  briefs  be  filed,  but  no  further  action 
was  taken  by  the  firms. 

This  resolution  provides  that  a  sample  of  the  preparations 
in  the  form  in  which  it  is  to  be  sold,  including  the  package, 
wrapper,  label,  box,  bottle,  container  and  all  adverti.sing  matter 
and  statements,  shall  be  submitted  with  the  application  for  a 
certificate  of  registration.  Subsequent  changes  must  also  be  filed 
and  approved  before  use.  The  director  of  the  bureau  of 
food  and  drugs  and  tlie  sanitary  superintendent  must  approve 
the  applications  before  the  department  issues  the  certificate. 


Phenalgin  as  an  Analgesic 

Phenalgin,  manufactured  by  the  Etna  Chemical  Co.,  New 
York,  is  recommended  as  an  efficient  remedy  for  the  relief 
of  pain  and  to  be  free  from  all  danger  of  causing  a  drug 
habit.  It  is  said  to  be  especially  indicated  in  the  treatment 
of  dysmenorrhea  and  an  agent  by  the  use  of  which  the  prac- 


titioner can  promptly  control  painful  menstruation  and  re- 
lated diseases.  It  is  also  successfully  employed  to  relieve  the 
unpleasant  symptoms  of  alcoholism,  and  has  proved  prompt 
and  satisfactory,  it  is  claimed,  in  the  treatment  of  all  disorders 
or  diseases  in  which  pain  is  a  prominent  factor,  such  as 
cephalalgia,  gastro-intestinal  complaints,  la  grippe,  rheumatism, 
lumbago,  malaria,  neuralgia,  gout,  etc.,  its  use  being  not  at- 
tended with  untoward  symptoms  or  causing  constipation. 


Pfaudler  Tanks  at  Chemical  Show 

Tlir  Pfaudler  Company,  Rochester,  X.  Y.,  announces  that 
it  ail  ixhibit  of  its  gbss  enameled  steel  tanks  at  the 

I  li  ii  ii  il  1  xi'M-ition  to  be  held  at  Grand  Central  Palace,  New 
\«\k  City,  September  20.  Many  of  these  tanks  are  now  used 
in  the  manufacture  of  pharmaceuticals,  such  concerns  as  Parke, 
Davis  &  Co.,  and  the  Watkins  Medical  Co.,  using  tliem  ex- 
tensively. 


Lantern  Slides  Aid  Retailer  to  Advertise 

Window  displays,  moving  devices,  newspaper  electros  and 
lantern  slides  are  a  few  of  the  things  furnished  by  tlie  Conk- 
lin  Pen  Mfg.  Co.,  Toledo.  Ohio,  to  the  retailers  handling  it< 
goods  in  an  effort  to  aid  the  dealers  in  their  advertising  cam- 
paigns. This  company  is  also  a  strong  believer  in  national 
advertising  and  will  soon  start  a  campaign  in  the  leading 
magazines  to  give  publicity  to  the  Conklin  pen.  The  company 
believes  that  goods  can  best  be  sold  by  close  advertising  co- 
operation between  the  manuf.Tcturer  and  the  retailer. 


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Table  of  Contents 

Editorial  and  Ph.\riiaceutical  Pages  409-434 

Editorials    409-411 

World-Wide  Scarcity  of  Drugs    412 

Building  a  Profitable  Holiday  Trade   413-414 

Drug  Trade  now  Handling  Phonographs   415 

Why  the  Drug  Store  Should  Handle  Books   416 

Flash  Lights  a  Profitable  Line   417 

Riker-Hegeman-Liggett  Merger    418 

Sanitation  in  the  German  Army   419-420 

A.Ph..\,  Reports  on  Proprietaries    421-423 

New  York  Chemical  Exhibition    424 

U.S.P.  Brings  Educational  Problem   425 

Foreign  Abstracts    426 

Question   Bo.-c    427-428 

Goldwater  on  Patent  Medicines   429-430 

Books  Reviewed    431-432 

Camera  and  Photo.  Supplies    433-434 

News  and  Trade  Section  Pages  435-454 

N..\.R.D.  Wants  Liquors  made  Official   435-437 

W.O.X.A.R.D.  Holds  Successful  Gathering    438-440 

Personals   444 

Obituaries    445 

New  Goods  and  Specialties   447-449 

Patents,  Trademarks,  etc   452 

Drug  Markets    453-454 

INDEX  TO  AD\'ERTISERS  Page  26 

INDEX  TO  GOODS  ADVERTISED  Pages  27-29 

INDEX  TO  RE.VDING  PAGES  Page  454 


PRICE  MAINTENANCE  AND  THE  STEVENS 
BILL 

The  prospects  for  a  recognition  of  an  equitable 
system  of  price  standardization  under  Government 
auspices  were  probably  never  brighter  than  they 
are  to-day,  the  decisions  recently  handed  down  by 
the  courts  in  the  Cream  of  Wheat  and  the  phono- 
graph cases  indicating  a  fuller  understanding  of 
the  principles  underlying  this  field  of  legislative 
effort  which  has  engaged  the  attention  of  the  law- 
making bodies  of  the  country  for  nearly  a  decade. 

One  of  the  charges  brought  against  price-cutting 
as  a  system,  and  one  of  the  strongest  arguments  of 
price-standardization,  is  that  price-cutting  has 
tended,  and  always  will,  to  operate  to  the  advan- 
tage of  the  man  with  the  long  pocketbook;  that  in 
the  end  it  builds  monopolies  by  eliminating  those 
who  cannot  survive  price-cutting  wars ;  and  that,  as 
a  result,  in  each  community  there  will  be  a  ten- 
dency for  the  retail  businesses  to  become  monopolies 
for  one  or  two  large  companies,  and  for  these  to 
merge. 

But  under  the  proposed  Stevens  bill  independent 
producers  would  be  allowed  to  protect  small  dealers 
against  discrimination,  the  public  against  misrep- 
resentation, and  themselves  against  unfair  methods. 
Secret  rebates  to  mail  order  houses  would  be  made 
impossible,  and  the  relief  thus  afforded  against 
"quantity  discount"  hold-ups  could  not  but  result 
in  lowered  prices  to  small  dealers.  That  retailers 
have  been  active  in  educating  legislators  in  re- 
gard to  the  Stevens  measure  since  it  was  introduced 
at  the  last  session  of  Congress,  is  worthy  of  note. 
The  pharmaceutical  associations  in  session  during 
the  past  Summer  have  nearly  all  strongly  indorsed 
the  proposed  bill,  and  there  has  been  but  little  oppo- 
sition developed  against  it  from  any  direction.  That 
it  will  be  passed  early  in  the  session  of  the  incom- 
ing Congress  is  the  belief  of  those  who  have  been 
most  active  in  promoting  this  much  desired  legis- 
lation. 


INTENSIVE  TRAINING  IN  PHARMACY 

By  the  time  this  issue  of  the  Era  reaches  most 
of  our  readers,  many  of  the  colleges  of  pharmacy  will 
have  opened  thoir  donrs  to  roco'ivr  thf^  stiulonl'^  who 
have  presumably  ohosen  to  follow  whnt  may  Drove 
for  them  a  life  work.    It  is  for  them  an  auspicious 


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[October,  1915 


occasion,  for  beyond  them  lie  the  Alps  to  be  con- 
quered, the  world's  successes  to  be  won.  As  they 
progress  in  their  studies  the  ardor  of  first  impres- 
sions begins  to  cool,  and  the  awakening  comes  that 
after  all  the  panoply  of  college  life  is  only  a  means  to 
an  end.  Many  of  the  pharmacists  of  to-day  have 
experienced  just  such  sensations,  and  have  demon- 
strated in  varying  degree  that  ultimate  success  is 
only  for  him  who  individually  makes  most  of  his 
opportunities. 

To  the  new  students  will  be  extended  the  greet- 
ings of  organized  pharmacy,  for  the  great  body  of 
active  pharmacists  to-day  realizes  more  than  ever 
before  that  if  a  distinct  advance  in  their  calling  is 
to  be  made,  it  must  be  backed  and  directed  by  an 
educational  equipment  that  will  put  pharmacy  on 
a  parity  with  other  professional  callings.  The 
dominant  note  of  all  the  meetings  held  by  the  vari- 
ous associations  this  year  has  been  that  of  higher 
education,  evidence  of  this  being  reflected  not  only 
in  the  discussions  and  the  papers  presented,  but  in 
the  work  that  has  been  going  forward  in  the  pas- 
sage of  legislative  acts  providing  graduation  re- 
quirements as  a  pre-requisite  for  registration  to 
practice  pharmacy. 

All  things  considered  we  look  for  increased  at- 
tendance at  the  colleges  this  coming  year.  The 
country  at  large  recognizes  as  it  has  never  recog- 
nized before  that  the  man  who  is  trained  in  the 
technical  industries,  in  the  advanced  sciences,  in 
the  plain  but  productive  arts  of  mankind,  is  more 
valuable  to  his  country,  to  his  calling  and  to  him- 
self, both  in  times  of  peace  and  of  war,  than  he  who 
does  not  rise  above  the  work  of  the  trench  digger. 
The  European  war  has  caused  our  country  to  take 
an  inventory  of  its  material  and  potential  resources, 
and  the  fact  has  forced  itself  upon  our  statesmen 
that  we  are  extraordinarily  dependent  on  a  com- 
paratively few  skilled  men  in  the  development  of 
our  various  industries,  a  need  that  is  apparent  when 
the  wants  of  pharmacy  are  considered.  That  those 
in  charge  of  the  colleges  are  aware  of  this  transi- 
tional period  in  our  history,  we  are  sure,  and  those 
in  the  drug  business  to-day  may  confidently  expect 
the  development  of  an  increasingly  efficient  num- 
ber of  professional  pharmacists. 

STAMP  TAX  RE-ENACTMENT 

Following  the  rumors  from  Washington  that  the 
Administration  is  seriously  considering  the  re-en- 
actment at  the  coming  session  of  Congress  of  the 
emergency  stamp  tax  for  another  year,  the  drug 
trade  has  not  been  slow  in  voicing  a  vigorous  pro- 
test against  any  legislation  of  this  character  which 
seeks  to  single  out  a  particular  industry  to  bear  the 
brunt  of  a  special  tax  when  other  industries  are  not 
made  to  bear  their  proportionate  share  in  the  ex- 
penses of  government. 

So  far  as  the  present  stamp  tax  is  coneomod.  the 
revenue  derived  therefrom  has  not  been  pa.ssed  on 
to  the  ultimate  consumer,  and  practically  it  has 
been  paid  by  the  manufacturer  and  retailer  who. 
from  the  very  nature  of  the  products  handled,  could 
not  add  the  expense  of  the  stamp  to  established  .sell- 
ing prices.  "When  the  principles  of  the  enforcement 


of  the  present  law  are  considered,  it  is  not  at  all 
strange  that  the  members  of  the  N.A.R.D.  at  the 
recent  meeting  in  Minneapolis  demanded  that  the 
attention  of  Congress  should  be  called  to  their  reso- 
lution that  all  revenue-stamp  taxation  should  be  so 
applied  that  the  customer  would  be  compelled  by 
law  to  pay  the  tax.  Under  the  present  law,  the 
consumer  has  only  paid  a  small  percentage,  the 
expense  to  a  large  extent  being  borne  by  the  manu- 
facturers. 

All  things  considered,  the  present  stamp  tax  law 
has  not  been  a  success  either  in  the  amount  of 
revenue  that  it  has  brought  into  the  coffers  of  the 
Government,  or  in  the  manner  of  its  imposition. 
As  a  prominent  Buffalo  druggist  recently  said,  it 
places  an  obligation  on  the  drug  trade  under  claim 
of  war  when  no  war  exists.  But  the  unjust  burden 
that  it  has  placed  upon  the  drug  trade,  which  al- 
ready pays  special  taxes  not  imposed  upon  other 
business,  should  .be  sufficient  reason  why  pharma- 
cists should  oppose  any  revenue  measure  of  this 
character  which  does  not  include  many  of  the  staple 
articles  handled  by  other  lines  of  trade,  especially 
coffee  and  sugar,  which  in  themselves  would  pro- 
duce a  revenue  big  enough  to  relieve  the  financial 
embarrassment  of  the  Government  to  a  great  extent. 

The  imposition  of  stamp  taxes  has  never  been  a 
favored  method  of  raising  revenue  in  the  historv  of 
our  country,  although  conditions  have  existed  when 
such  measures  were  necessary  to  furnish  funds  for 
the  maintenance  of  the  nation  in  prosecuting  war. 
Viewed  from  any  direction.  Congress  should  be 
implored  to  wipe  out  the  tax  altogether,  but  if  this 
is  not  possible,  druggists  should  see  that  it  is  spread 
over  commodities  in  other  lines  sufficiently  to  make 
the  burden  fall  on  all  alike. 


ADVANCE  IN  THE  PRICE  OF  QUININE 

The  most  interesting  development  in  the  drug 
market  during  the  last  ten  days  has  been  the  rapid 
advance  in  the  price  of  quinine  sulphate,  a  new  high 
figure  of  45c@50e  per  oimce  for  small  lots  having 
been  reached  as  this  issue  of  the  Er.4  goes  to  press. 
Not  alone  in  this  market  has  this  febrifuge  been 
one  of  the  latest  important  .staples  to  respond  to 
war  conditions,  but  in  London.  Amsterdam,  and 
all  of  the  leading  drug  centers  of  the  world,  high 
prices  obtain.  Not  since  the  late  SO'?  have  the  fig- 
ures now  quoted  been  reached,  although  the  con- 
ditions responsible  for  the  present  advance  are  not 
to  be  compared  with  those  existing  a  generation  ago. 

The  most  important  factor  in  the  advance  of 
prices  during  the  past  year  is  due  to  the  conditions 
created  by  the  European  war  and  thv^  general  spec- 
ulative tendencies  that  always  obtain  when  world 
powers  are  engaged  in  deadly  contest.  The  prcv 
ductive  areas  of  the  earth  have  been  called  on  to 
contribiite  of  their  supplies  to  replace  the  crops  of 
provinces  which,  through  the  vicissitudes  of  war. 
have  been  neither  grown  or  harvested  or  wlio^ 
manufactures  have  been  otherwise  restricted.  Thig 
is  apparent  in  the  case  of  quinine.  Reduction  in 
shipment  of  cinchona  bark  from  Jav.i  and  the  cut- 
ting off  of  the  output  of  the  larcre  German  factorit^ 
which  formerly  produced  Rome  7.000.000  ounces  an- 


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[luaily,  ds  also  au  iucreased  cousimiptiou  of  quiuiue 
in  c'ousequence  of  a  shortage  of  synthetic  antipy- 
retics, are  examples  of  the  intiueuces  which  have 
been  operating  and  have  contributed  to  this  advance 
m  price. 

Back  of  this  situation  also  is  to  be  found  the  ad- 
herence of  the  Java  cinchona  growers  aud  the  Con- 
tinental manufacturers  of  quinine  to  the  bark  price 
maintenance  agreement  of  July,  1913,  the  object  of 
the  contracting  parties  being  to  maintain  piices  at 
i  relatively  higher  level.  The  coutlitious  which 
wrought  about  this  agreement  were  to  the  effect  that 
the  low  unit  price  for  the  bark  at  the  Amsterdam 
iuctions  had  long  been  a  cause  for  complaint  to 
Java  planters,  and  that  if  a  certain  value  per  unit 
were  not  guaranteed  to  manufacturers  in  Europe, 
planters  would  erect  their  own  factories  and  desist 
from  shipping  bark  to  Europe.  The  agreement 
made  was  supposed  to  be  sufficient  to  establish  a 
25c  market  for  quinine,  a  level  that  was  reached  be- 
core  the  end  of  the  year  in  which  the  arrangement 
became  effective.  Since  that  time,  as  is  well  known, 
there  has  been  no  recession  of  in-i.-,-.  mid  the  quo- 
tations, at  least  during  the  last  twelve  months,  have 
been  upward. 

"What  effect  the  European  situation  may  have 
apon  the  shipments  of  bark  to  this  country,  or  the 
quantity  of  quinine  that  may  be  turned  out  there- 
from by  our  own  manufacturers,  cannot  now  be 
clearly  determined.  From  this  distance  it  would 
appear  that  the  conditions  have  been  highly  favor- 
ible  to  the  growers  of  cinchona  bark,  with  the  end 
lot  yet  in  sight.  The  active  demand  for  war  pur- 
poses, and  an  increasing  demand  for  home  consump- 
'ion  incident  to  the  cold  weather, have  already  caused 
i  scarcity  which  threatens  to  become  serious.  It 
'.3  believed  by  many  in  the  trade  that  qiiotations  will 
continued  to  advance  for  this  most  important  con- 
tribution to  modem  materia  medica.  To  such  an 
extent  has  quinine  been  employed  that  chemists 
lave  prosecuted  with  untiring  energv'  their  search 
,'or  a  synthetic  product  possessing  all  of  its  proper- 
-ies.  and  while  it  is  true  that  new  febrifuges  have 
,3een  discovered  in  this  quest,  none  has  ever  sup- 
hlanted  the  alkaloid  derived  from  the  bark  first 
introduced  into  Europe  by  the  famous  Countess  of 
'^hinchon.  The  quinine  situation  is.  therefore,  a 
i-nost  interesting  one. 


g     THE  PATENT  MEDICINE  SITUATION  IN 
NEW  YORK 

ordinance  passed  by  any  board  of  health  with- 
,.a  recent  years  has  developed  so  much  opposition, 

lerhaps,  as  has  that  recently  adopted  by  the  New 
•Tork  City  Health  Department,  which  becomes  ef- 
^'ective  on  December  31  next.    This  ordinance  and 

he  provisions  for  its  enforcement  would  require  all 
j  manufacturers  of  proprietary  medicines  and  rem- 
i^dies  to  register  their  formulas  and  file  what  is 
practically  a  complete  outline  of  their  business  with 
I'yhe  officials  of  the  board  of  health  before  their 
jl  ^reparations  can  be  legally  sold  within  the  terri- 
|[:ory  now  generally  known  as  Greater  New  York. 
\  To  what  extent  manufacturers  will  avail  themselves 


of  this  op!)ort unity  to  show  their  business  '"secrets'' 
remains  to  b^'  seen. 

Tile  r.iiiu.srl  (if  the  Proprietary  Association  has 
already  advised  the  members  of  that  organization 
to  ignore  the  ordinance  on  the  groimd  that  it  is  un- 
constitutional by  attempting  to  "'regulate  one  part 
of  a  trade  and  does  not  affect  the  entire  trade. ' '  It 
is  also  claimed  that  "the  ordinance  is  class  legis- 
lation even  if  otherwise  within  the  constitutional 
power  of  the  board  of  health  to  compel  the  registra- 
tion of  formulas,  which  formulas  constitute  real 
property,  the  owner's  exclusive  right  to  which  is 
destroyed  by  the  mere  registration  of  them  with  any 
board."  As  property  cannot  be  taken  without  due 
action  of  law,  and  for  a  sufficient  reason,  it  is 
claimed,  the  enforcement  of  the  ordinance  would 
destroy  business  in  New  York  city  without  public 
betterment,  and  therefore,  the  ordinance  strikes  at 
what  has  heretofore  been  considered  as  one  of  the 
inalienable  rights  of  the  proprietary  medicine  man. 

We  shall  not  attempt  to  argue  these  points.  The 
public  health  should  be  protected,  and  it  is  for 
boards  of  health  to  do  all  in  their  power  to  attain 
this  object.  But  it  would  seem  to  us  that  there  is 
a  constitutional  method  which  the  board  should 
follow  in  bringing  this  result  about,  and  until  defi- 
nitions have  been  incorporated  into  the  law  as  to 
what  shall  constitute  a  medicine,  the  attainment  of 
the  results  anticipated  by  the  New  York  Board  of 
Health  is  problematical. 

Reputable  manufacturers  of  proprietary  medi- 
cines have  uniformly  expressed  themselves  as  favor- 
ing any  legislation  that  would  eliminate  the  medical 
fakir  and  cure-all  from  their  ranks,  and  as  Dr. 
Goldwater  says  elsewhere  in  this  issue  of  the  Era, 
there  will  soon  be  national  legislation  along  these 
lines.  But  statutory  law  as  promulgated  by  the 
legislative  authority  of  the  Nation  or  State  is  a  far 
different  proposition  from  the  fiat  of  any  board  of 
health,  and  it  is  quite  safe  to  believe  that  the  people 
whom  such  measures  are  intended  to  benefit  will 
be  slow  to  permit  any  of  their  officials  to  do  more 
than  to  enforce  provisions  which  are  plainly  stated 
in  the  law.  When  formula  registration  becomes  a 
requirement  of  the  statutory  law,  the  board  of 
health  may  then  fearlessly  endeavor  to  enforce  the 
law  as  construed  by  the  courts.  It  already  has 
power  under  existing  laws  to  prohibit  misbranding 
and  the  publication  of  fraudulent  claims.  If  not, 
tlie  Federal  authorities  could  be  induced  to  lend  a 

helping  hand.   

THE  DECISION  ON  LiaUORS 

In  an  interview  as  to  what  action  the  Committee 
of  Revision  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia 
would  take  regarding  the  resolution  adopted  by  the 
N.A.R.D.  asking  tlie  commit t.e  to  incorporate 
standards' for  liquors  in  the  oilii  ial  L'liidr,  [*rof.  J. 
P.  Remincrton.  fliairman  of  tin'  I'nnmiit toe,  said: 
"The  -  1  -  cnrivntinn  -.v.is  only  taken  after 

due  <•■  u;k  '.riv.-i  th-  siilij.M-t.    It  was 

only  ari  i  .i'd  .i;  ai'tiu'  four  yeai-s  of  ilisciission.  The 
decision  has  been  received  with  >at i^ract  inn  in  the 
main;  naturally  there  are  some  fcv\-  wlio  differ. 
What  action  the  committee  on  revision  will  take  can- 
not be  foretold  at  this  time." 


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[October,  1915 


World-Wide  Scarcity  of 
Many  Drugs  Now  Prevails 

Embargoes  Have  Been  Placed  on  Exportation  of  Con- 
siderable Number  of  Items  by  Foreign  Countries 
and  Prices  are  Astoundingly  High  and  Going 
Higher. 

The  scarcity  of  certain  kinds  of  drugs  and  med- 
icinal chemicals  apparently  is  quite  general  through- 
out the  civilized  world,  the  dearth  for  these  com- 
modities being  more  marked  in  those  countries  di- 
rectly engaged  in  the  European  war  than  with  the 
neutral  nations  far  removed  from  the  scenes  of 
actual  conflict.  Evidence  of  the  lack  of  these  sup- 
plies is  reflected  not  only  in  the  embargoes  and 
restrictions  that  have  been  placed  upon  the  expor- 
tation of  certain  drugs  from  the  warring  countries, 
but  in  the  great  advances  in  prices  that  are  recorded 
in  the  reports  coming  from  the  leading  drug  mar- 
kets of  the  world. 

Even  in  Germany,  where  the  growing  of  crude  drugs  and 
the  manufacture  of  medicinal  chemicals  have  reached  the 
highest  development,  the  want  of  certain  drugs  is  acutely 
felt.  Glycerin,  one  of  the  staples  of  pharmacy,  can  now  be 
used  only  in  making  up  medicinal  prescriptions,  and  must  not 
be  employed  for  external  applications,  cosmetics,  etc.,  while 
many  other  chemicals  have  been  commandeered  for  war  pur- 
poses. In  fact,  the  prices  of  all  medicines  have  become  much 
higher  in  Germany,  among  the  items  most  seriously  affected 
being  tartaric  acid,  citric  acid,  collodion,  canella  bark,  quil- 
laja,  saffron,  marshmallow  flowers,  anise  seed,  hemp  seed, 
cardamoms,  potassium  chlorate,  potassium  nitrate,  methyl  sali- 
cylate, eucalyptus  oil,  sandalwood  oil,  sublimed  sulphur,  tar- 
trates, etc. 

Austria,  too,  faces  a  drug  famine,  for  it  is  only  recently  that 
the  Ministry  of  the  Interior  issued  an  official  warning  to 
doctors  and  chemists  to  exercise  the  strictest  economy  in  the 
use  of  drugs.  The  following  articles  are  especially  mentioned 
as  being  in  danger  of  complete  exhaustion:  Morphine,  codeine, 
cocaine,  camphor,  Peru  balsam,  and  synthetic  substances  there- 
for, castor  oil,  hydrastis,  ipecacuanha,  senega  root,  woolfat,  bis- 
muth salts,  iodine  and  iodides,  boric  acid  and  borates.  Trust- 
worthy reports  from  that  country  indicate  that  all  drugs  have 
been  advanced,  some  of  them  to  unprecedented  prices. 

Only  recently,  according  to  the  Journal  of  the  A.  M.  A.,  the 
president  of  the  organized  pharmacists  of  Rome  sent  a  letter 
to  one  of  the  leading  Italian  daily  newspapers  in  which  was 
given  a  resume  of  the  soaring  prices  of  certain  drugs  in  that 
country;  acetylsalicylic  acid  from  10  lire  is  now  120,  potas- 
sium bromide  from  5  has  risen  to  50,  and  the  salicylates  from 
5  to  50,  80  or  100  lire.  A  lira  is  equal  to  20  cents  of  our 
money.  The  price  of  phenol  has  increased  tenfold,  benzonaph- 
thol  fourfold,  chloral  nearly  as  much  and  chlorate  of  potash 
threefold,  while  others  have  gone  up  from  15  to  100  per  cent 
in  price.  Notwithstanding  this,  according  to  the  journal  named, 
forty  of  the  pharmacists  in  Rome  have  hitherto  kept  on  sup- 
plying drugs  to  their  customers  at  the  prices  that  have  been 
standard  during  the  last  five  years.  This  altruistic  action  is 
at  a  heavy  expense  to  them,  particularly  as  certain  large  man- 
ufacturing chemists  in  Italy  have  raised  their  ]irires  to  corre- 
spond to  those  of  the  imported  drugs,  while  there  is  no  excuse 
for  this  in  most  cases.  The  Italian  daily  inililisliing  the  letter 
urges  the  Government  to  take  steps  to  .s.Tfeguard  the  supply  of 
drugs  and  keep  the  price  within  bounds,  just  as  tlie  grain  sup- 
ply has  been  taken  over  into  the  hands  of  the  state 

In  the  Netherlands  the  National  Public  Tlealth  Service  an- 
nounces that  arrangements  have  recently  been  made  with  the 
German  Government  whereby  the  Rijk.smagazin  at  Amsterdam 
is  to  serve  as  the  intermediary  for  distribution  of  certain  drugs 
the  exportation  of  which  from  Germany  is  now  permitted. 
The  list  includes  aspirin,  formaldehyde,  iodine,  sodium  iodide, 
iodoform,  antipyrin,  salipyrin,  pyramidon,  phenacetin,  mercurj- 
and  its  salts,  salicylic  acid,  senega,  tartaric  and  citric  acids. 


and  all  surgical,  medical  and  bacteriologic  instruments  and 
equipment,  vaccines  and  serums.  The  Netherlandsch  Tijd- 
schrift,  in  publishing  this  notice,  gives  a  long  list  of  other 
drugs  which  cannot  be  obtained  in  this  way,  either  because 
there  is  already  an  ample  supply  in  the  Netherlands  or  Ger- 
many has  none  to  spare.  This  list  includes  Peruvian  balsam, 
dressing  materials,  opium,  quinine,  phenol,  cocain  and  ipecac. 
The  articles,  the  exportation  of  which  is  thus  permitted,  can 
be  obtained  only  in  lots  equivalent  to  three  months  regular  use 
of  the  drug  in  question.  Orders  are  to  be  placed  as  usual 
with  the  wholesale  houses  and  these  will  fill  the  orders  through 
the  Rijksmagazin. 

In  the  London  market,  as  indicated  in  cable  despatches  and 
reports,  a  similar  condition  is  reflected,  and  the  continued 
heavy  and  growing  demand  for  supplies  for  the  medical  service 
of  the  British  and  Allied  armies  is  steadily  advancing  prices,  par- 
ticularly for  fine  chemicals  formerly  made  in  Germany,  while 
deliveries  from  the  makers  can  only  be  obtained  slowly  and  in 
limited  quantity  for  such  commodities  as  caffeine,  bismuth  prep- 
arations, iodides,  mercurials,  morphine,  codeine,  etc.;  in  fact,  in 
the  case  of  some  of  these  products,  it  is  said  to  be  difficult  to 
obtain  deliveries  at  all. 

In  our  own  country  the  time  may  not  soon  come  when  an 
actual  famine  will  obtain  for  any  single  drug,  but  the  advanc- 
ing prices  and  the  restricted  output  for  many  medicinal  prod- 
ucts are  sufficient  to  awaken  considerable  concern  for  the  near 
future.  To  meet  the  possible  contingencies  the  druggist  should 
carefully  conserve  his  supplies  in  hand  and  exercise  due  dis- 
crimination in  adding  to  his  stock  of  scarce  drugs  and  chemi- 
cals at  spectacular  prices. 

U.  S.  Court  Upholds 

Resale  Price  Contract 

In  Graphophone  Records  Case  Judge  Holds  Depart- 
ment Store  Has  No  Legal  Right  to  Cut  Rates 
Fixed  by  Patentee-Manufacturer. 

In  a  decision  filed  by  Judge  Geiger  in  the  United 
States  District  Court  at  Chicago  in  the  ease  of  th( 
American  Graphophone  Co.  et  al  vs.  the  Bostoi 
Store  of  Chicago,  the  principle  was  annoimced  thai 
a  patentee-manufacturer  has  a  lawful  right  to  & 
the  price  at  which  patented  articles  should  be  re 
sold  to  customers,  and  that  an  injunction  woulc 
issue  to  prevent  violations  of  the  price  maintenanw 
contract  imder  which  Columbia  records  were  sole 
to  its  customers. 

The  question  arose  on  a  motion  to  dismiss  the  bill  of  com' 
plaint  of  the  American  Graphophone  Co.  upon  the  ground  th» 
recent  decisions  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States 
taken  m  connection  with  the  Clayton  amendments  to  the  SheT' 
man  anti-trust  laws,  affected  the  sale  of  patented  articles  am 
prohibited  the  fixing  of  "resale"  prices.  "This  is  a  notabl 
decision,"  said  Col.  Taylor  T.  Brown,  patent  counsel  for  tb 
graphophone  companies,  "in  that  it  recognized  the  funda 
mental  principle  tliat  property  in  patents  is  a  form  of  monop 
oly,  expressly  authorized  by  statute,  and  that  as  the  court  o 
appeals  for  this  circuit  stated  in  one  case,  'within  the  domai 
of  his  patent,  the  patentee  is  Czar.'  " 

"Judge  Geiger  recognizes  the  fact  that  the  patent  monopol 
is  limited  to  17  years  and  that  as  one  way  to  realize  4 
fruits  of  his  labors  the  patentee  may  lawfully  enter  into 
price  maintenance  contract  with  his  immediate  customo 
whereby  the  latter  may  not  resell  the  patented  article  for  les 
than  the  specified  price.  The  decision  will  be  of  great  ID 
terest  to  all  manufacturers  of  patented  articles." 

In  this  case  the  Boston  Store  entered  into  such  a  contr«< 
with  the  Columbia  Graphophone  Co..  the  latter  acting  I 
sales  agent  of  the  American  Graphophone  Co..  but  instea 
of  selling  Columbia  records  at  65  cents.  75  cents  and  $1.  tb 
contract  prices,  cut  the  prices  and  sold  them  at  35  cents  ead 
The  suit  was  brought  to  stop  the  price  cutting. 


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413 


Building  a  Profitable  Holiday  Trade 

How  a  Druggist  Can  Make  Money  Out  of  the  Gift  Givers; 
Lines  to  Push  and  How  to  Push  Them  with  Real  Success 


By  H.  E.  FRAILEY 

Copyright,  1915,  by  D.  O.  Haynes  &  Co.,  all  rights  reserved. 

IX  our  experience  in  the  drug  business  we  have  always  felt  a  falling  off  in  the  sale  of  drugs,  patent 
medicines  and  in  the  number  of  prescriptions  filled  during  the  month  of  December.  We  attributed 
this  loss  to  the  fact  that  people  were  generally  saving  their  money  for  the  purpose  of  Christmas  gifts. 
We  found  it  much  easier  to  sell  a  $5.00  safety  razor,  a  $3.00  fountain  pen  or  some  other  high-priced 
suudrj-  than  a  $1.00  bottle  of  blood  purifier.  Years  of  this  repeated  experience  convinced  us  that 
people  were  more  concerned  as  to  how  they  were  going  to  finance  the  gift  problem,  than  they  were 
with  their  aches  and  pains.  We  accordingly  found  it  was  better  storekeeping  to  follow  the  lines  of 
least  resistance  and  push  the  lines  that  would  be  suitable  for  gifts. 

In  looking  over  our  stock  we  found  the  following  lines  as  most  likely  to  appeal  to  the  gift 
hunters:  Cigars,  candy,  razors,  leather  goods,  brushes  and  combs,  stationery,  fountain  pens,  vacuum 
bottles,  water  bottles,  mirrors,  perfumes  and  spicf-s  and  extracts. 

We  realized  that  stocking  these  various  lines  was  the  easiest  part  of  the  proposition.  How 
to  draw  in  the  crowds  to  buy  was  the  vital  problem  to  be  considered.  With  every  department, 
jewelrv  store,  every  candy,  cigar,  liardware  and  novelty  store,  showing  gifts,  advertising  gifts,  the 
fact  soon  was  forcibly  impressi'd  nn  our  minds  that  we  certainly  had  to  make  some  noise  if  we  wanted 
to  cash  in  on  at  least  some  of  the  thousands  spent  for  gifts. 


DRUG  STORES 

'^'^  MEADQU.ARTERS  FOR 

GIFTS 


WE  DO  NOT  OVERCHARGE  OH  PRESCIPTIONS 


MANICURE  SETS 


TOILET  SETS 


GIVE 

HIM 

J^^^£Ili^  ^^7^  ^^^^ 

GIVE 

HER 

SPKUL  PRICE  S^ioHAr. 


^  DRUG  STORES 


"Get  it  Better  at  FRAHErS  For  Less' 


57  North  Queen  St.    250  East  King  St. 


Reproduction  of  both  sides  of  a  Christinas  circular  used  by  the  Frailey  drug  stores  of  Lancaster,  Pa. 


How  We  Attracted  Gift  Buyers 

To  begin  with  we  believe  that  we  have  the  most  practical 
merchandising  store  front  that  it  is  possible  to  build  in  the  16 
feet  of  building  front  that  our  store  occupies. 

In  this  sixteen  feet  of  window  front,  leaving  less  than  14  feet 
between  the  walls  for  the  actual  show  window,  we  have  at- 
tained a  display  frontage  of  over  33  feet.  Each  side  of  the  show 
window  is  in  the  shape  of  an  L,  and  with  height,  depth  and 
length  of  glass  so  perfectly  proportioned,  that  eight  separate 
and  distinct  lines  of  merchandise  can  be  displayed  at  one  time, 
each  maintaining  its  own  individuality.    In  other  words,  we 


have  a  miniature  department  store  window  display,  impressing 
upon  the  prospective  customer  that  we  have  some  gift  shop. 

We  start  our  front  nf  tin-  display  with,  let  us  take,  for  in- 
stance, fountain  N.  \t  w  f  display  stationery  in  various 
novel  gift  creations,  m  M  we  v.ill  show  manicure  sets;  on  the 
other  side  we  will  make  a  similar  display  of  a  series  of  four 
more  lines.  These  eight  lines  of  merchandise  we  will  run  for 
one  week,  the  following  week  we  will  rearrange,  giving  tlie 
manicure  sets  the  front  and  most  prominent  location.  In  this 
maimer  we  keep  a  continuous  display  of  holiday  goods  before 
the  passerby  for  at  least  four  weeks  preceding  Christmas.  Two 


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very  attractive  signs  are  conspicuously  hung  in  each  window 
with  a  Santa  Claus  in  colors  and  sparkles,  bearing  this  cap- 
tion, "Frailey's  Drug  Store,  GIFTS." 

In  conjunction  with  our  store  front  we  also  use  a  liberal 
quantity  of  laurel  and  Christmas  bells,  both  inside  and  outside 
of  the  store,  this  giving  the  store  a  further  touch  of  the  holiday 
spirit. 

Distribute  Circulars  from  Door  to  Door 

About  three  weeks  before  Christmas  we  distribute  a  very 
strongly  illustrated  circular  from  door  to  door  in  a  further 
endeavor  to  drive  home  more  forcibly  the  offerings  we  have  in 
gifts.  In  the  newspapers  we  run  advertisements,  changing  our 
copy  twice  a  week,  advertising  one  department  in  each  change 
of  copy.  By  driving  this  gift  story  from  these  three  avenues 
of  publicity  we  make  December  equal  the  biggest  drug  month 
of  the  year.  Many  druggists  complain  of  lack  of  business  in 
December  but  we  cash  in  on  the  gift  game  by  showing  what 
everybody  is  buying  in  December  and  make  our  sundry  busi- 
ness more  than  counteract  tlie  natural  depression  in  the  sale 
of  drugs  and  prescriptions. 

Another  force  that  we  have  found  to  be  a  strong  magnet  for 
trade  drawing  is  a  demonstration  of  some  kind.  We  either 
rent  our  one  window  outright  or  take  a  commission  on  the 
merchandise  sold  during  the  demonstration.  We  have  found 
that  a  good  demonstration  in  the  window  is  a  good  business 
getter.  This  we  found  not  only  to  be  a  fact  from  the  actual 
goods  sold  tliat  were  being  demonstrated,  but  it  brought  people 
in  the  store  to  purchase  other  goods  as  well.  For  instance  a 
razor  stropper  demonstration  .would  be  responsible  for  an  in- 
creased sale  of  razor  blades,  razors,  shaving  strops,  lather 
brushes,  shaving  lotions,  etc.  A  fountain  pen  demonstration 
would  result  in  the  sale  of  box  paper,  ink,  safety  pen  clips, 
etc.  And,  furthermore,  it  draws  the  crowds  and  people  follow 
the  crowds  and  patronize  the  busy  looking  stores.  It  seems  to 
be  the  natural  tendency  on  the  part  of  human  beings  to  go 
where  the  crowds  go. 

What  Lines  to  Push 

We  have  found  razors  and  their  accessories  to  be  one  of  the 
most  profitable  as  well  as  one  of  the  best  repeating  lines  that 
we  have  in  stock.  The  man  who  shaves  himself  is  a  good 
prospect  to  cater  to.  He  is  continually  ueing  soaps;  if  he  uses 
a  safety  razor  he  will  be  a.  repeater  on  blades,  his  brush  or 
strop  wears  out  every  now  and  then,  his  face  lotion  or  toilet 
water  he  must  replenish  from  time  to  time,  so  it  is  self-evident 
the  raaor  department  is  a  fruitful  one  and  will  warrant  strong 
publicity.  In  this  department  we  carry  a  complete  stock  of 
everything ;  all  the  popular  razors,  blades,  strops  and  stroppers, 
mugs  ar>d  lather  brushes,  soaps  and  shaving  lotions,  hones  and 
strop  dressings,  shaving  mirrors  and  shaving  sets.  These  goods 
we  give  frequent  display  in  our  show  windows,  keeping  in 
operation  one  of  the  automatic  moving  devices  furnished  by 
the  safety  razor  manufacturers. 

Cigars,  Cigar  Cases,  Cigarettes  and  Lighters 

Many  druggists  neglect  to  take  advantage  of  the  opportunity 
that  the  drug  store  offers  in  the  sale  of  cigars  and  articles  of 
interest  to  smokers.  It  .should  be  remembered  that  a  lady  in 
quest  of  a  box  of  cigars  for  hubby  or  sweetheart  would  much 
rather  purchase  same  in  a  drug  store  than  wade  through  the 
cloud  of  smoke  usually  permeating  the  atmosphere  of  the  cigar 
store.  And,  furthermore,  she  is  more  or  less  sensitive  about 
being  tlie  subject  for  gossip  among  the  idlers  who  loiter  in 
cigar  stores.  The  advertising  service  furnished  by  some  of 
the  cigar  companies  is  of  great  value  in  boosting  a  cigar  de- 
partment. We  find  it  an  easy  matter  to  sell  cigars  at  Christ- 
mas time  in  boxes  of  25  and  SO.  Besides  the  many  accessories 
that  sell  at  this  time  of  the  year  yield  even  a  better  profit 
than  the  cigars  do.  Most  manufacturers  pack  their  cigars  at 
this  time  of  the  year  in  boxes  of  25  and  do  not  charge  extra 
for  the  packing.  If  the  attention  of  gift  hunters  is  directed 
to  a  good  line  of  cigars  a  very  lucrative  business  will  result. 
Fountain  Pens  Good  Sellers 

There  are  probably  mor    <"■■'•■■  -   '   'ming  the 

month  of  December  than  I  i  i-  year. 

It  is  evident  then  that  tl  foun- 
tain pens  their  share  of  lii^,  uui  iiiil'luii\  i-.  i.,t  taking 
advantage  of  all  his  opportunities.  The  time  to  push  any 
article  is  when  there  is  an  active  demand  for  it.  We  stock 
several  of  the  popular  advertised  makes  and  give  them  a 
prominent  showing  in  the  three  mediums  of  publicity  that  we 
use,  namely  the  newspaper,  our  show  windows  and  a  house- 


to-house  circular.  One  of  the  pen  companies  furnishes  its 
agents  with  an  automatic  demonstrator  and  we  always  find  this 
to  be  a  strong  .lUiadion  for  the  show  window.  The  various 
styles  of  pen.s  with  i.ri((;  tags  and  gift  boxes  are  displayed  in 
conjunction  with  the  automaton. 

Candy  a  Holiday  Staple 

Candy  figures  very  largely  in  the  days'  receipts  just  prior 
to  Christmas.  But  to  gain  this  patronage  on  the  few  days  <hi 
which  candy  is  purchased,  continual  display  must  be  given 
to  fancy  holiday  boxes  and  baskets  all  during  the  month  of 
December  preceding  Christmas.  We  do  not  confine  our  stock, 
however,  to  all  high  class  packages.  A  line  tliat  will  meet  the 
purse  of  the  middle  classes  who  cannot  afford  to  purchase  ex- 
pensive packages  is  given  its  share  of  display.  What  lover 
neglects  to  give  his  lady  a  fine  box  of  candy  at  Christmas  time? 
Many  husbands  will  indulge  in  a  luxurious  package  of  candy 
at  this  time  of  the  year  if  at  no  other.  Many  employers  pre- 
sent tlieir  employes  with  candy  and  the  druggist  who  fails  to 
get  his  share  of  the  candy  purchased  at  Christmas  time  evi- 
dently does  not  sell  much  at  any  other  time  of  the  year.  One, 
two,  three  and  five-pound  boxes  should  be  stocked  at  this 
season  of  the  year  in  plain  and  fancy  packages. 

One  method  to  insure  an  increased  demand  or  sale  of  candy 
is  to  solicit  business  from  people  who  are  accustomed  to  give 
candy  to  their  employes  at  this  season.  In  this  way  you  can 
order  more  intelligently  and  know  definitely  just  what  your 
business  should  be.  A  solicitor  using  a  little  judgment  will 
have  little  difficulty  in  finding  prospects  who  will  be  glad  to 
have  this  problem  handled  for  them  and  more  candy  can  be 
sold  in  a  few  hours  of  judicious  work  by  a  solicitation  than 
could  be  sold  in  a  week  over  the  counter. 

Parisian  Ivory  and  Bristle  Goods 

Parisian  ivory  has  largely  taken  the  place  of  the  old  fash- 
ioned silver  plated  toilet  accessories  for  Milady's  dresser.  It 
has  wrought  almost  a  similar  change  in  the  various  hardwood 
toilet  sets.  This  gives  the  druggist  an  excellent  opportunity  to 
divert  trade  that  heretofore  went  to  the  jeweler.  .Another  ad- 
vantage has  resulted  from  this  change  of  fashion.  In  the  metal 
trimmed  articles,  dealers  were  limited  largely  to  sets.  This 
naturally  entailed  a  greater  amount  of  capital  to  carry  a  stock 
adaptable  to  the  purses  of  all  classes  of  trade.  With  the 
Parisian  ivory  line  it  requires  less  capital,  and  it  is  furdiermore 
easier  to  assemble  a  set  to  meet  any  customer's  requirements. 
Another  advantage  results.  The  white  goods  are  a  staple  mer- 
chandise the  year  round,  and  will  sell  all  the  time.  Persons 
receiving  a  brush,  comb  and  mirror  will  often  be  tempted  to 
add  a  powder  puff  box,  a  hair  receiver  or  a  tray.  Manicure 
implements,  a  shoe  horn  or  some  other  useful  piece  can  be 
added  as  needed.  The  old  fashioned  sets,  however,  are  salable 
only  at  Christmas  time  and  are  practically  dead  stock  all  the 
rest  of  the  year.  A  good  stock  of  brushes  in  ebony,  mahogany 
and  even  bird's  eye  maple  are  staple  all  the  time  as  are  flesh 
brvishes,  lather  brushes  and  cloth  brushes.  The  demand  is 
stronger,  however,  previous  to  Christmas. 

Manicure  Sets 

.\  well  assorted  stock  of  manicure  sets  should  be  carried  all 
the  year  'round,  but  .should  be  heaviest  during  the  holiday  sea- 
son. We  carry  sets  ranging  in  price  from  a  dollar  to  $15.00 
but  only  a  few  sample  sets  are  stocked  in  the  higher  priced 
numbers.  Just  at  present  the  Parisian  ivorj'  sets  should  be 
stocked  in  greater  quantity  than  the  motlier  of  pearl.  The^e 
will  make  an  additional  sub-line  to  the  Parisian  ivon,-  brushes 
combs,  mirrors  and  other  accessories.  Our  experience  in  the 
last  few  years  has  taught  us  that  with  the  exception  of  mani- 
cure goods  it  does  not  pay  to  stock  heavily  in  sets,  aheady  as- 
sembled. Only  the  very  lowest  classes  of  trade  purchase  these 
and  usually  they  want  the  cheapest. 

Leather  Goods 

There  is  a  ready  demand  for  leather  goods  at  gift  tiir.c 
such  as  purses,  bill  folds,  tourist  cases,  collar  boxes,  hand  baps 
vanity  bags  and  some  druggists  even  stock  hand  bags  and  suit 
cases.  One  method  of  moving  a  volume  of  purses  is  to  stork 
several  gross  of  solid  leather  bill  folds  and  make  a  large  window 
display  inserting  a  liberal  supply  of  dollar  notes  in  the 
bill  folds,  offering  a  SIOO.OO  hill  which  is  displaved  conspicu- 
ously with  a  sign  stating  ''this  SIOO.OO  note  will  be  given  to  any 
person  proving  that  these  hill  folds  are  not  made  of  solid 
leather."  A  good  solid  leather  bill  fold  can  be  bought  for  from 
$25.00  to  $,"0.00  per  gross  and  sell  readily  at  40c  each.  A  quick 
clean-up  can  be  made  if  a  good  display  is  made  with  appro- 
priate signs.    We  sold  over  400  in  a  single  week  in  yovembor. 


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l  id  even  this  early  in  the  season  people  purchased  them  for 
i|hristnias  gifts,  some  buying  as  high  as  half  a  dozen. 
^  Perfumes  and  Toilet  Waters 

f  It  goes  without  saying  that  holiday  time  is  the  big  harvest 
|[me  for  perfumes  and  toilet  waters.  The  popular  priced  arti- 
'i  es  retailing  from  25s  to  $1.50  and  even  ih--  in. in-  cxpcn.^ive 
1  nported  goods  prove  better  sellers  at  this  tiim-  than  at  any 
-Iher  season.  The  toilet  sets  gotten  up  in  artistic  |vickagr«, 
I  jmprising  tooth  paste,  talcum  powder,  ,-;.v.p  .m,]  tuilct  w  ater 
perfume  will  sell  readily.  Sachct.s  i  i  t',.  re  cn.stlv  ex- 
lacts  in  ounce  and  two-ounce  packages  arc  in  demand  at  tliis 
i-ason. 

j.  Luxuries  the  Leaders 

'  We  might  sum  up  the  whole  holiday  business  in  the  term 
^uuries.    People  will  accept  for  gifts  many  articles  of  neces- 


sity which  they  would  not  purchase  themselves,  feeling  that 
tJit\-  cm  t  ,ilcnL;  without  them.  But  the  more  luxurious  the 
anii  lc  tl  i  iii.ir.  11  idily  it  will  be  sought.  Who  would  not  ac- 
icpi  a  f,,iint.iin  pen,  a  $2,50  thermos  bottle  or  caraffe, 

wh.i  would  not  ,u  cept  a  $10,00  Parisian  ivory  toilet  set,  or 
what  fatlii  r  would  refuse  a  box  of  10c  cigars,  what  dear  old 
grandmother  would  refuse  a  metal  or  rubber  hot  water  bottle, 
what  boy  would  turn  down  a  pocket  knife,  a  flashlight  or 
camera?  These  are  the  articles  that  people  want  and  these  are 
tlie  goods  for  the  druggist  to  cash  in  on  when  the  ethical  side 
of  the  profession  is  not  brisk.  One  clerk  can  sell  more  mer- 
chandise in  the  time  it  takes  to  fill  24  capsules  at  this  season 
of  the  year  than  the  prescription  clerk  could  take  in  on  prescrip- 
tions in  a  half  a  day.  And  in  most  instances  the  profit  will  be 
equally  as  interesting. 


Drug  Trade  Now  Handling  Phonographs 

Retail  Pharmacists  Have  Demonstrated  That  Instruments 
Prove  Popular,  Profitable  and  Easily  Handled  Side  Line 


SIX  REASONS  WHY  A  DRUGGIST  SHOULD  HANDLE  PHONOGRAPHS 

1.  Drug  store  locations  are  usually  such  that  they  lend  themselves  most  favorably  to  the  dis- 
')lay  of  any  line  of  merchandise  that  has  merit. 

2.  Drug  store  houi^  of  doing  business  are  longer  than  those  of  most  other  stores,  hence  the 
[iwners  have  greater  opportunities  of  making  sales. 

I  '       3.    No  special  technical  knowledge  is  required  to  sell  phonographs  or  records. 

i         4.    Drug  stores  cater  to  a  wide  class  of  trade :  the  high  and  low,  the  rich  and  poor.  Phonographs 

:  'ange  in  price  from  $10  to  $500.    There  is  a  style  to  suit  every  taste  and  a  price  to  suit  everj^  poeket- 

{)Ook. 

5.  The  public  looks  to  the  modern  drug  store  for  many  different  articles,  and  can  be  educated 
[.Itiite  easily  to  purchase  there  phonographs  and  supplies. 

6.  And  most  important  of  all — phonographs,  like  cameras,  are  sold  to  the  dealer  at  a  restricted 
'  esale  price  and  on  an  exclusive  agency  plan.  There  is  no  price  cutting  and  no  competitor  next  door 
lias  the  same  line. 


These  six  reasons  are  given  by  Burton  L.  Bennett,  a  retail 
i  Iruggist,  whose  success  with  phonographs  led  him  to  make  the 
'  ollowing  observations,  which  were  published  in  the  Bulletin 
['/  Pharmacy  for  August: 

f  "At  that  time  (in  the  late  nineties)  the  talking  machine 
ndustry  was  in  its  infancy ;  the  instruments  were  not  the 
|')erfected  devices  they  are  today.  The  motors  were  small  in 
.'omparison  to  those  now  used;  the  records  were  made  by  wax 
i.nd  ensily  broken  or  destroyed  by  handling, 
r  "After  a  time  I  became  discouraged  and  ceased  to  handle 
'  he  line,  as  I  did  not  think  it  would  ever  become  a  commercial 
uccess.  That's  where  I  made  a  big  mistake.  Instead  of 
Sticking  and  allowing  my  business  to  grow  with  the  develop- 
rnent  nf  the  phonograph,  I  quit,  and  thereby  lost  the  prestige 
•hat  rightfully  should  have  been  mine. 

;  "About  1910,  when  the  hornless  disc  graphophone  appeared 
!  in  the  market,  came  my  second  opportunity  to  handle  talking 
;  nachines,  I  grasped  it.  So  much  so  that  I  now  figure  twenty 
I  >er  cent,  of  my  gross  receipts  comes  from  phonographs  and 
■'upplies. 

Makes  a  Customer  for  Records 
^  "The  beauty  of  the  business  is  that  every  time  I  sell  a 
^nachine  I  make  a  customer  for  innumerable  records  and  sup- 
,  >lies.    I  am  creating  future  sales  and  laying  the  foundation  for 
constantly  increasing  trade.    The  line  is  one  that  is  always 

■  n  demand  and  allows  a  good  margin  of  profit. 

,  "To  my  mind  the  talking  machine  business  is  fully  as  de- 
;  irable  and  as  easily  conducted  as  the  selling  of  cameras.  And 
[  lundreds  of  druggists  know  from  experience  what  a  large 

■  'olume  of  business  it  is  possible  to  derive  from  the  latter. 

I  "The  camera  and  supply  trade  is  at  its  height  in  the  sum- 
|ner,  the  phonograph  trade  swells  to  its  largest  proportions  in 
I  he  winter.  The  two  serve  to  balance  each  other  and  keep  the 
^olume  of  business  on  an  even  keel. 

I  "Phonographs  do  not  require  much  space  in  which  to  dis- 
1  'lay  thera.  Just  room  enough  for  a  few  small  machines  on 
he  counters,  and  a  cabinet  or'  two  on  the  floor  suffices.  Con- 


sidering the  amount  of  space  required,  no  other  department 
of  the  store  pays  such  large  returns. 

Hears  Records  "While  Waiting  for  Prescriptions  to 
Be  Filled 

Mark  A.  Sawrie,  writing  in  the  same  publication,  believes 
that  the  important  thing  in  selling  phonographs  is  to  be  able 
to  bring  the  merchandise  to  the  attention  of  the  customer, 
and  he  believes  that  no  other  merchant  has  such  an  oppor- 
tunity to  do  that  as  the  druggist. 

"Take  for  instance  the  customer  who  comes  to  have  a 
prescription  prepared,  a  procedure  which  will  require  a  wait 
of  ten  minutes.  How  can  the  druggist  be  more  polite  than 
to  ask  him  if  he  would  like  to  hear  some  good  music  while 
he  is  waiting?  By  ascertaining  the  particular  kind  of  music 
in  which  the  customer  is  interested  an  important  step  in  the 
development  of  a  "prospect"  has  been  taken. 

"The  psychological  effect  produced  by  the  music  in  which 
the  customer  is  interested  will  place  him  in  a  receptive  mood 
for  more  music,  and  in  this  mood  he  will  yield  most  readily 
to  the  suggestion  that  a  phonograph  will  furnish  many  mo- 
ments of  entertainment  in  his  home.  This  method  of  pro- 
ducing real  desire  on  the  part  of  the  prospective  purchaser 
has  led  many  a  customer  who  is  waiting  for  the  filling  of  a 
40c  prescription  to  become  a  customer  for  a  phonograph  sell- 
ing anywhere  from  $30  to  $200. 

"Among  those  who  are  likely  to  be  good  customers  for  phono- 
graphs are  chronic  invalids  and  those  who  are  shut  in  because 
of  ill  health.  We  have  made  several  good  sales  of  this  class 
upon  the  recommendation  of  attending  physicians." 


Free  Massage  for  Ladles  by  an  Expert 

T.  S.  Arnold  &  -Son,  of  Watseka,  III.,  engaged  the  services 
of  a  well  known  woman  massage  specialist  from  Boston  to 
call  at  the  homes  of  the  women  of  that  city  and  give  free 
massages  and  instruction  on  the  care  of  the  skin.  These 
treatments  were  supplemented  by  lectures  before  women's 
clubs.    The  free  demonstrations  continued  for  one  week. 


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[October,  1915 


Why  the  Drug  Store  Should  Sell  Books 

Popularity  of  the  "Movies"  Opens  a  New  Field  in  Sale 
of  Photo-Play  Novels  Which  the  Public  Eagerly  Buys 


A DRUG  STORE  side  line  which  has  many  possibilities, 
but  which  is  often  overlooked,  especially  by  the  pharma- 
cist in  the  smaller  cities,  is  the  book  department.  Now 
that  many  publishing  companies  are  offering  the  standard 
and  popular  works  of  fiction  at  prices  which  will  enable  them 
to  be  sold  at  retail  for  25c,  50c,  or  75c,  it  is  possible  for  the 
druggist  to  cater  to  the  biggest  part  of  his  trade  at  a  good 
profit. 

Books  form  a  side  line  which  is  clean,  suffers  little  from  de- 


.4  display  of  photo-play  novels  in  a  drug  store  vnndow. 

preciation  and  lends  itself  readily  to  display  purposes.  Most 
of  the  popular  editions  have  attractive  pictures  on  the  jackets 
which  can  be  utilized  to  good  advantage  in  a  window  display. 
In  addition,  most  book  companies  are  glad  to  co-operate  with  the 
druggist  in  arranging  window  displays.  They  furnish  display 
cards  illustrating  scenes  from  the  books  and  scenic  effects  in  har- 
mony with  the  story  and  cut-outs. 

A  new  field  in  the  selling  of  books  by  the  druggist  has  been 
opened  by  the  dramatization  of  many  popular  novels  both  for 
the  legitimate  stage  and  for  the  "movies."  A  great  many  peo- 
ple go  to  a  play  or  to  the  moving  pictures  and  see  a  dramatized 
novel  and  leave  with  the  desire  to  read  the  book.  Here  is  the 
chance  for  the  druggist.  Only  he  should  not  wait  until  after 
the  play  has  been  in  town.  He  should  anticipate  this  want 
of  the  people  and  advertise  the  book  in  advance. 

Working  with  tlie  "Movies" 

This  is  easily  done  if  the  druggist  can  work  in  co-operation 
with  the  moving  picture  theatres  of  his  city.  Theatre  managers 
know  weeks  in  advance  of  the  dates  feature  films  are  to  be 
shown.  The  live  druggist  with  a  book  department  will  secure 
this  advance  information  and  the  week  before  the  feature 
reel  is  to  appear  on  the  screen  he  will  make  a  special  dis- 
play of  the  book  from  which  the  pictures  are  taken.  In  re- 
turn for  such  advertising  of  the  moving  picture  a.s  it  may  be 
necessai-y  to  do,  the  druggist  can  have  a  slide  thrown  on  the 
.screen  in  the  theatre  each  evening  announcing  that  the  book 
is  for  sale  at  his  store.  Moving  picture  slides  of  this  kind 
are  furnished  free  by  some  of  the  book  publishers  as  an  in- 
ducement to  their  trade. 


The  big  book  companies  follow  the  routes  of  the  leading 
book-play  theatrical  companies  and  are  prepared  to  furnish 
material  for  store  displays  at  the  proper  time.  Such  a  display 
was  recently  shown  in  a  Western  drug  store  when  the  drama- 
tization of  "Seven  Keys  to  Baldpate"  came  to  town.  Paste- 
board reproductions  of  seven  large  keys,  each  with  the  picture 
of  one  of  the  characters  of  the  book,  were  pasted  on  the  win- 
dow. Streamers  from  each  of  the  keys  led  to  a  miniature  stage 
fashioned  from  books  and  show  cards  in  the  back  of  the  win- 
dow and  in  the  foreground  copies  of  the  books  were  displayed. 
Similar  displays  were  arranged  at  different  times  featuring 
other  well  known  novels.  One  of  the  most  elaborate  of  such 
displays  was  arranged  recently  by  a  druggist  in  a  small  westeir 
city  when  he  featured  a  book,  the  dramatic  version  of  which 
was  to  be  given  in  the  local  theatre  by  a  traveling  company. 
This  man  secured  scenery  from  the  theatre  and  reproduced  one 
of  the  settings  from  the  play  in  his  window.  With  this  set- 
ting as  a  background  he  arranged  his  copies  of  the  book,  to- 
gether with  advertising  posters,  in  the  front  of  the  window. 
A  Sale  for  50-Cent  Books 

By  offering  the  books  to  the  public  at  50c  or  less,  the  drug- 
gist appeals  to  a  large  share  of  his  trade.  For  each  person 
who  can  afford  $1.50  for  a  new  book  there  are  a  thousand  who 
can  spend  50c  for  this  pleasure,  .\bout  85  per  cent  of  the 
customers  of  the  average  drug  store  will  spend  50c  for  a  book, 
and  if  they  once  buy  they  will  get  the  habit  and  spend  their 
money  for  that  rather  than  for  other  amusements. 

The  druggist  has  another  advantage  over  other  dealers  who 
might  handle  books  in  that  his  store  is  open  evenings  and  Sun- 
days. The  store  which  is  open  in  the  evening  when  the  people 
are  coming  home  from  the  "movies"  or  from  the  theatres  with 
the  story  of  the  play  fresh  in  their  minds  is  the  one  which 
is  most  likely  to  secure  the  book  trade. 

Among  the  books  which  have  been  dramatized  for  the  legiti- 
mate theatre  and  which  are  being  played  by  traveling  com- 
panies all  over  the  country  are  'Beverly  of  Graustark,"  by 
George  B.  McCutcheon;  "Bought  and  Paid  For,"  by  Broad- 
hurst  and  Hornblow;  "The  Christian,"  by  Hall  Caine;  "Da\'id 
Harum,"  by  E.  N.  Wescott;  "Stop  Thief,"  by  Carlyle  Moore; 
"The  Right  of  Way,"  by  Gilbert  Parker;  "The  Trail  of  the 
Lonesome  Pine,"  by  John  Fo.x,  Jr.,  and  "The  Passing  of  the 
Third  Floor  Back,"  by  Jerome  K.  Jerome. 

Novels  of  Feature  Films 

Some  of  the  pnpul:ir  novels  which  have  been  reproduced  in 
feature  films  and  wliirli  an-  \»\\vi  ri\r3.ic<\  in  theatres 


MobUc,  Ala.,  drus  store's  disp!.:y  <..'  popular-pri.cd  ncnels. 

throughout  the  country  are  "The  Call  of  The  North,"  by 
Stewart  Edward  White;  "Checkers."  by  Henry  Blossom,  Jr.; 
"Chip  of  the  Flying  U,"  by  B.  M.  Bower;  "Tess  of  the  Storm 
Country."  by  Grace  Miller  White;  "The  Southerner."  by  C.  T. 
Brady;  "The  Littlest  Rebel,"  by  Edward  Peple:  "The' Squaw 
Man."  by  FaversKam  and  Royle,  and  "One  Wonderful  Night," 
by  Louis  Tracy. 


October,  1915] 


THE  PHAKMACEUTICAL  ERA 


417 


Flashlights  Profitable  Line  for  Drug  Stores 

Many  Stores  Are  Handling  These  Electric  Specialties  and 
Manufacturers   Say   They   Are   the  Logical  Distributers 


^  (TT^LASHLIGHTS   depend  upon   tlie   drug  store   as  a 
H    medium  of  distribution,"  was  the  positive  assertion 
of  a  manufacturer  of  electrical  novelties,  in  a  recent 
conversation  with  a  representative  of  The  Pharmaceutical 
Er-a. 

Said  this  manufacturer: 

"The  drug  stores  get  the  crowds.  It  is  to  them  that  tlie 
people  flock  in  the  greatest  masses,  and,  although  flashlights 
are  just  coming  into  their  own,  tlicre  is  hardly  a  small  town 
which  does  not  have  at  least  one  drug  store  handling  them. 

"Once  the  druggist  sells  a  man  or  woman  a  flashlight,  he 
has  made  a  regular  customer,  because  his  patron  must  come 
back  for  batteries  and  bulbs.  The  idea  is  the  same  as  with 
the  kodak  and  the  safety  razor.  The  safety  blade  or  film 
business  of  any  town,  no  matter  how  small,  is  worthy  of 
consideration. 

It  seems  that  this  "one  sale  makes  another"  proposition 
is  double-edged,  so  to  speak,  and  works  both  ways.  It  re- 
wards the  druggist  who  is  "on  the  job"  and  can  sell  the 
prospective  customer  because  it  ties  the  latter  to  the  former's 
store  through  the  renewal  of  batteries  and  bulbs,  .^nd,  in- 
versely, as  tight  as  the  customer  is  tied  to  the  druggist  who 
carries  these  flashlights,  so  much  so  will  said  customer  pass 
by  other  stores  for  ever  after.  At  least  such  is  the  line  of 
reasoning  of  an  up-town  New  York  City  druggist.  Said  he: 
A  "Way  to  Lose  Customers 

"Aside  from  the  fact  that  the  flashlights  are  very  saleable, 
we  found  we  had  to  put  them  in  because  people  we  turned 
idown  never  came  back.  They  had  seen  in  an  'ad'  somewhere, 
a  certain  type  of  flashlight,  and  that  was  what  they  wanted. 
We  had  to  admit  we  didn't  carry  it.  Customers  went  some- 
where else,  and  we  lost  out." 

An  Accessory  for  Sick  Room 

It  is  in  the  smaller  cities,  and  the  towns,  that  the  druggist 
has  the  basis  for  an  enormous  trade.  .As  a  sickroom  accessory, 
the  flashlight  is  an  essential.  It  may  be  used  for  reading  the 
thermometer,  measuring  out  the  medicine,  with  no  "took  the 
wrong  medicine  in  the  dark"  newspaper  aftermath;  keeping 
ice  bags  and  hot  water  bottle  in  place,  preparing  food  (es- 
ipecially  when  it  is  not  desirable  to  flood  the  room  with  light 
and  disturb  other  members  of  the  family)  ;  etc. 

The  value  of  the  flashlight  to  the  doctor  will  be  easily 
grasped  by  the  druggist.  The  examination  of  throats,  ex- 
ploration of  wounds,  emergency  work,  the  finding  of  streets 
Knd  house  numbers  and  groping  around  in  dark  hallways,  all 
require  a  handy  pocket  light. 

'  The  other  uses  to  which  the  flashlight  may  be  put  are 
multitudinous.  It  is  invaluable  in  working  in  the  vicinity 
if  explosive  or  inflammable  materials.  Also  in  repairing  in- 
tricate machinery.  It  may  guide  Father  to  the  furnace.  Its 
suddenly  released  shaft  of  brilliant  light  staggers  the  burglar. 
'A  pocket  flash  will  aid  the  gas  man  in  finding  the  leak 
A'ithout  blowing  up  the  house. 

I  The  flashlight  is  used  by  the  theatre  usher,  the  night  watch- 
nan,  the  camp  fire  girl  and  the  boy  scout,  the  hunter,  the 
'  lutomobilist,  the  motor  boat  fiend,  the  librarian,  the  museum 
•ittendant,  the  veterinarian,  the  fireman — a  new  use  is  discov- 
ered daily! 

And  the  druggist  is  the  best  medium  of  distribution. 
Druggists  who  believe  in  mediums  should  join  the  cult. 

The  Profits  in  Flashlights 
A  prominent  manufacturer  of  such  electric  specialties  says: 
:  "Lights  are  like  cameras  and  safety  razors.  Every  light 
[:reates  a  never-ending  demand  for  batteries  and  bulbs.  The 
ights  cannot  be  operated  without  the  bulbs  and  batteries,  just 
^is  cameras  cannot  be  operated  without  films,  or  safety  razors 
'without  blades. 

,  "Lights  vary  in  price  from  75  cents  for  the  vest  pocket 
I  jght  to  S3.00  for  the  searchlight,  $3.50  for  the  house  lamp 

i 


and  ?5.50  for  tlie  search  lantern.  Taking  all  of  the  18  or  20 
principal  sellers  the  average  selling  price  is  Sl.Sn,  the  re- 
tailer's profit  is,  say,  40%.  On  $1.80  forty  lur  cent  will 
give  a  profit  of  72  cents.  It  has  been  shown  in  localities 
where  the  dealer  has  realized  the  possibilities  of  profits  that 
an  average  of  four  lights  can  be  sold  to  each  customer.  -An 
average  profit  of  72  cents  per  light  on  four  lights  gives  $2.88 
profit. 

"It  is  a  small  store  that  has  only  three  hundred  customers. 
If  four  lights  are  sold  to  each  of  these  three  hundred,  the 
retailer's  40  per  cent  profit  is  $2,88  per  customer,  or  on 
three  hundred  customers,  this  would  amount  to  a  total  of 
$864. 

"But  since  you  sold  four  lights  to  each  of  three  hundred 
customers,  you  would  sell  1,200  lights,  and  since  each  light 
uses  on  an  average  of  four  batteries  and  two  bulbs,  that  will 
mean  per  year  4,800  batteries  and  2,400  bulbs. 

"Batteries  sell  at  30  cents,  40  cents,  45  cents  and  75  cents 
each.  Your  40  per  cent  average  profit  would  pay  you  12 
cents,  16  cents,  18  cents,  and  30  cents  per  battery.  This  is 
an  average  profit  of  19  cents  a  battery.  On  4,800  batteries 
tliis  amounts  to  $912. 

"You  sell  our  bulbs  for  13  cents.  Your  profit  at  five  cents 
per  bulb  on  2,400  bulbs  amounts  to  $120. 

"Your  profit,  therefore,  on  the  first  year's  business  would 
be  $864  on  lights,  $912  on  the  batteries,  and  $120  on  the 
bulbs,  or  a  total  of  $1,896. 

"You  see  our  light,  battery  and  bulb  business  is  just  like 
a  victrola  which  creates  a  never-ending  demand  for  records, 
or  like  the  player  piano,  which  makes  a  constant  demand  for 
music  rolls,  or  as  we  said  before,  like  the  kodak  which  makes 
a  great  international  business  in  films,  or  like  the  safety  razor 
which  makes  a  world-wide  business  in  blades  supplied  through 
the  dealer. 

"But  suppose  you  say  that  our  figures  are  too  high.  Sup- 
pose that  you  'can't  see  it,'  or  think  that  your  'store  is  peculiar, 
different  from  other  stores.'  Well,  then,  for  your  benefit  let 
us  cut  the  figures  down.  Suppose  you  have  three  hundred 
customers  and  you  sell  only  one  light  to  one-third  of  your 
customers.  In  view  of  all  our  advertising  and  sales  plans, 
your  customers  ought  to  demand  that  many  from  you  whether 
you  want  to  sell  them  or  not.  That  would  mean  one  hun- 
dred lights,  four  hundred  batteries,  and  two  hundred  bulbs. 
Or  a  profit  of  $72  on  lights,  $76  on  batteries,  and  $10  on 
bulbs,  a  total  profit  to  you  of  $158.  (You  make  40  per  cent 
profit  if  you  buy  only  $5  worth.  You  earn  10  per  cent  extra 
profit  if  you  buy  $75  worth  and  over.) 

"Three  hundred  customers  make  a  very  small  store.  If  you 
had  six  hundred  customers  or  three  thousand  or  ten  thousand 
or  twenty  thousand  or  even  more,  then  see  how  much  profit 
you  would  make  on  your  light  business.  Remember  it  isn't 
a  one  year  profit  either.  If  your  store  was  big  enough  so 
that  you  could  sell  1500  lights  this  year,  1500  lights  next 
year,  1500  the  third  year  and  1500  the  fourth  year,  you 
would  make  $1,080  each  year  for  four  years  on  the  sale  of 
lights.  The  first  year  you  would  make  $1,140  supplying 
batteries,  and  $150  supplying  bulbs  to  the  1500  lights.  A  total 
profit  the  first  year  on  lights,  bulbs  and  batteries,  of  $2,370. 
The  second  year  you  would  make  the  same  amount,  $1,290, 
supplying  batteries  and  bulbs  to  the  lights  sold  the  first  year, 
and  an  equal  amount  supplying  batteries  and  bulbs  to  lights 
sold  the  second  year,  plus  the  profit,  $1,080,  made  on  the 
lights  sold  the  second  yenr,  or  a  total  profit  the  sornnd  v^nr 
of  $3,660.  The  third  yrar  you  would  make  the  prr.fit  r„,"  tl-. 
1500  lights  sold  that  year,  the  profit  on  the  batter!.^  i-  '  !■ 
to  supply  the  1500  lights  sold  the  first  year,  or  ri  iii-m 
of  $4,950  for  your  third  year's  work.  The  first  year  vmi  uwh- 
$2,370;  the  third  year.  $4,950.  A  total  of  $10,980  profit  for 
first  three  years'  work," 


418 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[October,  1915 


Boston  Report  Confirms        Riker-Hegeman  Co.  Not 

Riker-Liggett  Merger  Yet  Sold  to  Liggett 


Statements  Made  by  George  J.  Whelan  and  Louis  K. 
Liggett  Seem  to  Verify  Keported  Consolidation  of 
Big  Drug  Interests — Wm.  J.  Norcross  Issues 
Denial. 


Reports  are  "Premature,"  According  to  the  State- 
ments of  Officers  of  Both  Companies — Would  be 
"A  Grand  Thing,"  Says  H.  S.  Collins,  "But  Hasn't 
Yet  Gone  Through." 


Boston,  Sept.  28 — What  is  believed  to  be  the  big- 
gest transaction  in  the  history  of  the  American 
drug  trade  is  about  to  become  an  assured  fact  in  the 
absorption  by  the  United  Drug  Company  of  the  91 
retail  drug  stores  of  the  Riker-Hegeman  Corpora- 
tion. Of  this  great  aggregation  of  drug  stores,  39 
are  in  Manhattan,  nine  are  in  Brooklyn,  and  14 
are  in  Boston.  The  other  29  are  in  the  chief  cities 
in  the  eastern  States.  Everything  except  the  legal 
transfer  has  been  negotiated.  Control  of  Riker- 
Hegeman  stores  will  be  secured  by  the  transfer 
to  the  United  Drug  Company  of  the  shares  in  the 
former  held  by  George  J.  Whelan,  chief  stock- 
holder, and  creator  of  the  United  Cigar  Stores. 

The  amount  involved  in  the  transaction  is  in  the  millions, 
but  the  exact  price  is  not  named  as  yet.  Instead  the  United 
Drug  Company  announced  that  the  combined  business  of  the 
chain  of  Riker-Hegeman  stores  was  more  than  $15,000,000  a 
year,  with  profits  between  $1,000,000  and  $1,500,000.  That  volume 
of  business  would  bring  the  total  of  the  United  Drug  Company, 
including  manufacturing  and  retail,  to  between  $30,000,000  and 
$40,000,000. 

A  Statement  by  Mr.  Whelan 

Speaking  of  the  change  in  control,  George  J.  Whelan,  head 
of  the  United  Cigar  Stores,  and  chief  owner  of  the  Riker- 
Jaynes  stores,  said: 

"I  am  and  always  have  been  a  believer  in  organization.  I 
have  studied  the  methods  and  progress  of  the  United  Drug  Com- 
pany, particularly  in  the  past  five  years,  and  I  have  confidence 
in  the  efficiency  of  its  management  and  the  soundness  of  its 
principles.  With  its  thousands  of  druggist-stockholders  equally 
interested  in  the  handling  of  the  company's  goods,  as  well  as 
in  the  financial  results,  where  every  opportunity  is  accorded 
them  in  frequent  state  and  national  meetings  to  express  their 
ideas  and  to  confer  on  matters  affecting  the  company's  progress, 
where  the  best  minds  in  the  retail  drug  business  are  focused 
upon  the  purity  and  superiority  of  the  company's  products, 
success  is  bound  to  follow. 

"I  shall  exchange  my  shares  for  those  of  the  United  Drug 
Company  on  the  basis  proposed  to  all  stockholders,  which  I 
con.sider  eminently  fair,  and  I  have  great  faith  in  the  future 
of  the  business  .under  the  new  management  and  control." 

Mr.  Liggett's  Statement 

President  Louis  K.  Liggett  gave  out  the  following  state- 
ment:   "A  complete  announcement  of  our  plan  for  taking  over 
the  Rikcr-Jaynes  stores  will  be  made  to  our  stockholders  in 
the  near  future.    But  I  can  say  now  that  the  general  plan 
of  the  United  Drug  Company,  on  which  our  business  Ins  hrcn 
built,  will  not  be  changed.    The  control  of  tlic 
still  be  in  the  hands  of  the  retail  druggists  wli- 
possible  for  us  to  acquire  this  large  chain  .  i 
each  of  which  will  be  an  additional  advertisement  .a  ii;,  ir  pro- 
duct, and,  if  experience  and  effort  can  make  it  so,  a  model  of 
modern  merchandising  and  service  to  tlie  public." 

Wm.  J.  Norcross  Denies  Merger 

Wm.  J.  Norcross,  treasurer  and  general  manager  of  tlie 
Jaynes  Drug  Co..  sent  out  a  statement  this  afternoon  absolutely 
denymg  any  merger  of  his  company  or  of  the  Riker-Hegeman 
Company  with  the  United  Drug  Company. 


Reports  of  the  ' '  sale ' '  of  the  Riker-Hegeman  Co. 
to  the  Liggett  interests  and  the  United  Drug  Co.. 
which  were  widely  published  several  days  ago  in 
the  daily  newspapers  of  New  York,  Boston  and 
other  cities,  are  premature,  according  to  statements 
made  by  representatives  of  both  companies. 

H.  S.  Collins,  who  is  one  of  the  executives  of 
the  Riker-Hegeman  Co.,  and  generally  regarded 
as  George  J.  Whelan 's  "right  hand  man,"  made 
this  statement  to  Weekly  Drug  Markets: 

"The  statements  which  have  been  published  in  the  news- 
papers are  merely  a  recurrence  of  talk  that  has  been  heard 
at  intervals  for  three  or  four  years  past.  A  merger  of  the 
Riker-Hegeman  and  Liggett  stores  would  be  a  grand  thing  for 
the  stockholders  and  customers  of  both  companies.  Although 
such  a  merger  has  been  talked  of  informally  by  the  officials  of 
both  companies  nothing  definite  has  been  done,  and  the  matter 
never  has  been  formally  broached  to  the  stockholders  of  the 
Riker-Hegeman  Co.,  nor  so  far  as  I  know  to  the  stockholders 
of  the  Liggett  Co.  and  United  Drug  Co." 

Admits  Advisability  of  Plan 

Mr.  Collins  was  very  frank  in  admitting  both  the  feasibility 
and  advisability  of  a  merger  of  the  Riker-Hegeman  and  Lig- 
gett interests,  but  said  that  such  a  merger  may  never  take 
place,  and  that  actual  consummation  of  such  a  deal  is  ap- 
parently no  nearer  now  as  it  ever  has  been. 

It  will  be  noted  that  Mr.  Collins  referred  to  the  proposed 
"sale"  of  the  Riker-Hegeman  stores  as  a  "merger."  In  news 
paper  reports  the  idea  was  conveyed  that  the  Liggett  interests 
would  buy  control  of  the  Riker-Hegeman  Co.  "In  all  the  di: 
cussions  I  have  heard  of  the  matter,"  Mr.  Collins  explained, 
"there  has  been  nothing  to  indicate  that  the  identity  of  either 
company  or  the  identity  of  the  stores  would  be  changed 
any  way." 

Shareholders  Must  Give  Consent 

It  is  believed  that  the  chief  difficulty  in  connection 
the  propos''i!  negotiations  will  be  in  the  reluctance  of  the  inde 
pendent  sli.Tieholders  in  tlie  Riker-Hegeman  Co.  to  part  wjT 
tlieir  holdings.  Before  the  final  transaction  can  be  made  it 
necessary  that  seventy-five  per  cent  of  these  shareholders  gi?J 
their  consent. 

Early  last  spring  it  was  announced  that  tliere  would  be 
complete  consolidation  of  the  Riker-Hegeman  Co.  and 
United  Cigar  Stores  Co.     At  that  time  it  was  asserted 
George  J.  Whelan  and  others  in  the  corporation  of  Riker 
Hegeman  Stock  that  the  controlling  interest  in  the  Riker-Hege 
man  Co.  was  organized  solely  as  a  pri\-ate  venture  for  tho9« 
in  control. 

Cigar-Drug  Merger  Plan  Failed 

The  plan  of  the  merger  of  the  Riker  with  the  United  Gig 
interests  was  never  put  tlirough.  however,  owing  to  the  de 
torminrd  opposition  which  was  made  to  the  plan  by  the  inde 
'  ■  '    isjar  interests.    At  this  time  a  protest  was  filed  wi ' 
i  States  Attorney-General  at  Washington  and  wi 
lit  .Attorney  in  New  York  by  the  Independent 
t.iil   i'oliacconists'  Association,  representing  1,700  retail  tobac 
concerns  in  the  metropolitan  district  and  30.000  to  40,0 
affiliated  concerns,  charging  a  violation  of  tlie  Sherman  Ls 
and  the  New  York  State  anti-trust  law.     This  compUii 
which  was  presented  to  the  special  tobacco  department  of  t 
district  attorney's  office,  seemed  to  have  effectually  blocked  t 
merger  of  the  United  Cigars  with  the  Riker-Hegeman  and 
have  opened  the  way  for  the  Liggett-United  Drug  Co. 
resume  their  negotiations. 


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Pharmacists  Do  Important  Work  In  War 

Drug  Depots  Behind  the  Lines  an.i  Disinfecting  Corps 
Are  Valuable  In  Keeping  Standard  of  Efficiency  High 

(Photographs  by  F.  O.  Kock,  German  War  Correspondent  and  photographer.) 


A  pharmaceutical  depot  of  the  German  Red  Cross  behind  the  lines  in  Austria-Hungary. 


THE  fighting  ability  of  Germans  is  by  this  time  recognized 
by  all,  but  the  many  efficient  departmental  organizations 
which  lie  behind  this  ability  are  often  overlooked.  One 
of  the  most  important  of  these  is  the  medical  department.  Prob- 
ably the  German  Red  Cross  is  the  most  thorough  in  its  work 
of  any  of  the  army  medical  corps  now  in  the  field.  The  new- 
methods  of  modem  warfare  have  made  it  necessary  for  the 
doctors  to  be  prepared  to  meet  problems  which  never  before 
came  in  the  sphere  of  the  army  surgeon. 

One  of  the  most  important  of  these  is  the  treatment  of  soldiers 
who  have  been  overcome  by  gas  bombs  of  the  enemy.  When 
this  destructive  weapon  first  made  its  appearance  it  wrought 
considerable  havoc  for  it  caught  the  doctors  unprepared.  Now 
that  the  use  of  the  gas  bomb  has  become  common,  methods 
of  meeting  the  deadly  fumes  have  been  devised.  Doctors  who 
have  to  go  into  the  gas  zone  are  equipped,  with  pads  which 
fit  over  the  nose  and  mouth  to  prevent  them  from  breathing 
the  gas  while  they  are  reviving  the  unconscious  soldiers.  The 
tanks  of  oxygen  which  are  used  in  this  work  are  made  in  con- 
venient sizes  so  that  they  may  be  easily  carried  about  over  the 
'field  and  applied  to  the  gas  victims,  as  is  shown  in  the  illus- 
tration. 


History  shows  that  in  former  wars  the  death  rate  from 
cholera  and  other  infectious  diseases  has  been  abnormally  high. 
To-day  every  precaution  is  taken  to  prevent  unnecessary  loss 
of  life,  as  w-ell  as  to  care  for  the  wounded.  A  method  com- 
monly used  to  keep  diseases  from  gaining  a  foothold  is  to 
fumigate  the  uniforms  of  all  the  soldiers  every  few  days.  A 
short  distance  behind  the  lines  the  Germans  and  Austrians 
have  established  disinfecting  centers  and  to  these  the  soldiers 
go  from  the  trenches  to  have  their  uniforms  cleaned. 

The  pharmacist  has  a  well  recognized  place  in  the  German 
army  and  his  duties  frequently  take  him  into  the  most  danger- 
ous parts  of  the  battle-field.  The  drug  depots  established  on 
the  field  by  the  Red  Cross  are  often  under  fire  and  likely  to 
be  wrecked  at  any  moment.  But  this  would  never  be  guessed 
from  the  w-ork  which  goes  on  inside.  While  the  guns  roar  all 
around  them,  the  pharmacist  is  quietly  carrying  out  his  experi- 
ments and  mixing  his  medicines  with  the  same  steady  hand 
which  he  would  use  in  his  own  laboratory.  The  field  phar- 
macy near  the  German  front  shown  in  the  picture  has  well 
stocked  medicine  shelves.  If  the  pharmacist  working  at  the 
table  had  on  his  conventional  laboratory  clothes  instead  of  the 
military  uniform  it  would  be  easy  to  believe  that  he  was 
working  in  the  prescription  department  of  his  own  apothekake. 
(See  additional  illustrations  on  page  420) 


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The  German  army  takes  precautions  against  cholera  injection  hy  tlisinUeting  the  uniforms  of  its  soldiers. 


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A.  Ph.  A.  Reports  On  'Troprietaries" 


Exhaustive  Report  Which  Is  Important  Contribution  to 
Pharmaceutical  Literature  Is  Read  at  Recent  Convention. 


In  many  respects  the  most  important  contribution  to  pharmaceutical  literature  on  the  subject 
cf  proprietary  medicines  was  the  report  of  the  Commission  on  Proprietary  Medicines  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  which  was  read  by  its  chairman,  James  H.  13eal  of  Urbana,  111.,  at  the 
recent  San  Francisco  convention.  This  eommissiou  consists  of  Prof.  Beal,  as  chairman  and  Thomas 
F.  Main,  secretary'  of  the  National  "Wholesale  Druir^ists'  Association,  Chas.  Caspari,  Jr.,  food  and 
drug  commissioner  of  Maryland;  Martin  1.  AVilbcrt,  pharmacologist  of  the  United  States  Public 
Health  Sen-ice.  and  John  C.  Wallace  of  Newctistle,  Pa.,  chairman  of  the  National  Drug  Trade  Con- 
ference. In  this  paper,  a  copy  of  which  has  been  furnished  to  the  Era  by  Chairman  Beal,  the  patent 
medicine  question  is  handled  in  all  its  phases  and  with  an  exhaustiveness  that  stamps  the  report  as  the 
most  complete  ever  prepared  on  the  subject.  Owing  to  its  length  the  paper  will  be  presented  in  two 
sections,  the  first  section  appearing  herewith. 


fT^HE  duties  assigned  to  the  Commission  on  Proprietary 
Medicines  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 


1 


iiies  H.  Beal 


(1)    To  inquire  into  and  to  report  to  the  Council  from  time 
to  time  upon  the  general  subject  of  proprietary  medicines  in 
their    relations    to  pharmacy, 
medicine  and  the  public  health. 

(2)  To  inquire  zvhether,  or 
to  zchat  extent,  the  proprietary 
medicines  commonly  kno-ivn  as 
patent  medicines,  contain  alco- 
hol or  habit-forming  narcotic 
drugs  in  sufficient  proportions 
to  render  them  liable  to  cre- 
ate an  alcohol  or  drug  habit, 
or  satisfy  such  habits  when 
otherwise  created. 

(3)  To  inquire  whether,  or 
to  what  extent,  the  commonly 
advertised  patent  medicines 
contain  potent  drugs  in  suf- 
ficient proportion  to  render 
them  dangerous  in  the  hands 
of  the  laity. 

(4)  To  inquire  into  the 
extent  to  which  patent  medi- 
cines  are   fraudulently  adver- 

•     or  differ  in  composition  or  origin  from  the  claims  made 

■  m,  or  to  the  extent  to  which  they  are  advertised  for  the 

■  diseases  for  which  no  cure  is  known  to  medical  science. 
scope  of  the  functions  above  imposed  is  sufficiently  com- 
sive  to  include  practically  every  phase  of  the  proprie- 

:  .edicine  question  which  the  Commission  may  choose  to 
-er.  and  since  the  number  of  proprietary  medicines  on  sale 
•-:.e  United  States  is  estimated  at  40,000  to  50,000  items,  (in- 
:iiv?  of  the  large  number  used  by  the  medical  profession,, 
f-xclusive  of  the  thousands  of  druggists'  "own  make"  prep- 
ations,  usually  of  only  local  reputation)  it  will  be  seen  that 
he  task  assigned  to  the  commission  is  by  no  means  a  trivial 

Literature  is  Controversial 
While  the  literature  relating  to  proprietary  medicines  is  of 
nomious  volume, — if  much  of  the  printed  matter  relating  to 
his  subject  can  be  dignified  by  the  name  of  literature — a  very 
arge  proportion  of  it  is  of  so  controversial  a  character  that 
t  may  be  dismissed  at  once  as  of  little  value,  consisting  in 
arge  part  of  sweeping  general  assertions  against  or  in  favor 
•i  proprietary  medicines,  the  sifting  of  which  results  in  a 
ast  amount  of  chaff  and  very  little  wheat. 
The  policy  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  has 
Iways  been  distinctly  unfavorable  to  the  increased  use  of 
roprietary  medicines,  including  both  those  supplied  for  the 
I  se  of  the  medical  profession  and  those  intended  for  direct  sale 
(3  the  general  public,  and  long  before  the  American  Medical 
ilissociation  began  its  active  campaign  against  them  the  for- 
mer association  had  repeatedly  placed  itself  on  record  in  op- 
osition  to  the  multiplication  of  ready-made  medicinal  agents. 


for  the  reason,  aside  from  other  considerations,  that  tlie  use 
of  such  forms  of  medication  has  a  tendency  to  reduce  the 
dispensing  pharmacist  from  the  rank  of  a  compounder  of  drugs 
and  medicines  to  tliat  of  a  mere  dealer  in  the  merchandise  of 
other  manufacturers. 

Not  only  does  the  use  of  proprietary  medicines  tend  to  reduce 
the  legitimate  compounding  profits  of  the  pharmacist  when 
they  are  dispensed  by  him  on  the  order  of  the  physician,  but 
the  readiness  with  which  such  medicines  lend  themselves  to 
dispensing  by  physicians,  and  the  avidity  with  which  phy- 
sicians have  availed  tliemselves  of  this  quality  have  combined 
to  relieve  the  retail  pharmacist  of  a  great  deal  of  dispensing 
business,  though  in  theory  he  is  the  legalized  distributor  of 
medicinal  agents. 

Situation  is  Unsatisfactory 

In  the  case  of  the  proprietary  medicines  which  are  adver- 
tised and  sold  directly  to  the  general  public,  the  situation  as  it 
affects  the  retail  pharmacist,  is  equally  unsatisfactory.  Even 
when  the  advertised  prices  are  obtained  the  retailer's  profit 
on  such  articles  is  only  moderate,  and  when  they  are  sold  at 
cut  prices,  as  is  frequently  the  case,  the  percentage  of  profit 
is  usually  less  than  the  net  percentage  cost  of  doing  business. 

While  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  has  never 
formally  recognized  the  right  of  proprietorship  in  medicinal 
agents,  the  American  Medical  .'\ssociation,  on  the  other  hand, 
has  yielded  to  the  necessities  of  the  situation,  and  through 
the  action  of  its  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  has  placed 
the  stamp  of  legitimacy  upon  numerous  patented  or  protected 
chemicals,  or  other  articles  of  proprietary  origin.  In  granting 
such  recognition,  however,  certain  conditions  and  regulations 
are  imposed  which  tend  to  effectually  guard  the  financial  and 
professional  interests  of  the  medical  profession,  and  which 
brand  with  professional  disapproval  all  proprietary  remedies 
likely  to  reach  the  hands  of  the  laity  otherwise  than  througfi 
the  physician  or  on  his  prescription. 

Regulations  of  the  Council 

Among  the  most  useful  of  these  regulations  of  the  Council 
on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  are ; 

Rule  3,  which  prohibits  the  recognition  of  any  medicinal  agent 
that  is  advertised  directly  to  the  general  public.  Only  insecti- 
cides, germicides,  disinfectants,  and  non-medicinal  foods  are 
e.xcepted  from  this  rule,  and  these  are  excepted  only  when  they 
are  not  advertised  as  curative  agent*. 

Rule  4,  which  prohibits  the  recognition  of  any  article  whose 
label,  package,  or  accompanying  circulars  contain  the  names 
of  the  diseases  for  the  treatment  of  which  the  article  is  said 
to  be  indicated. 

(Tliis  rule  does  not  apply  to  remedies  with  which  self-medica- 
tion is  obviously  improbable,^  such  as  vaccines  and  antitoxins, 
nor  to  cases  where  similar  immediate  heroic  treatment  is  in- 
dicated.) 

Rule  8,  which  excludes  from  recognition  all  articles  whose 
names  are  suggestive  of  the  diseases  or  pathological  conditions 
for  which  they  may  be  used,  or  which  are  suggestive  of 
therapeutic  indications. 

Since  without  direct  advertising  (prohibited  by  Rule  3)  the 


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general  public  would  not  learn  of  the  existence  of  proprietary 
remedies,  and  would  not  be  likely  to  purchase  them  without 
information  as  to  the  affections  for  which  they  are  intended, 
(the  giving  of  which  information  is  prohibited  by  Rules  4 
and  8)  it  follows  that  if  these  rules  could  be  given  the  force 
of  law  and  universally  enforced,  the  sale  and  use  of  proprietary 
medicines,  except  under  the  direction  of  qualified  physicians, 
would  be  reduced  to  a  negligible  quantity. 

While  these  rules  are  admirably  adapted  to  conserve  the 
financial  and  professional  interests  of  the  physician,  their  ap- 
plication to  remedies  intended  for  sale  to  the  general  public 
could  hardly  operate  otherwise  than  to  still  further  contract 
the  small  volume  of  business  left  to  the  pharmacist  by  the 
dispensing  physician. 

Druggists'  "Own  Make"  Remedies 

Druggists'  own  make  preparations  and  those  produced  by 
co-operative  companies  are  clearly  within  the  category  of 
proprietary  medicines  if  they  are  recommended  to  the  laity  for 
self-medication,  and  hence  must  be  subject  to  the  same  rules 
regulating  advertising  and  labeling.  If  the  right  to  bring 
ready-made  remedies  to  public  attention  and  to  state  on  the 
labels  and  wrappers  what  they  are  to  be  used  for  be  denied, 
the  sales  of  such  articles  would  soon  decline  to  the  vanishing 
point.  Whether  in  such  case  physicians  would  enthusiastically 
begin  the  writing  of  prescriptions  is  a  question  which  one  drug- 
gist should  be  able  to  answer  as  well  as  another.  The  risk  is 
with  the  druggist,  and  it  is  not  surprising  that  he  should  hesi- 
tate to  approve  a  step  which  would  mean  a  certain  reduction 
of  income  on  the  chance  of  an  uncertain  gain  from  another 
source. 

Unfortunately  the  problems  involved  in  the  use  of  proprietary 
medicines,  especially  those  known  as  patent  medicines,  have 
too  frequently  been  discussed  from  a  purely  partisan  stand- 
point, and  in  a  manner  better  calculated  to  cloud  judgment 
than  to  illuminate  it. 

Many  Inconsistent  Arguments 

1.  Too  many  inconsistent  and  self-contradictory  arguments 
have  been  presented  in  behalf  of  the  same  proposition.  For 
example,  thousands  of  analyses  have  been  published  tending 
to  show  tliat  proprietary  medicines  are  not  the  result  of  great 
and  wonderful  discoveries  made  by  their  manufacturers,  but 
that,  on  the  contrary,  they  are  in  many  cases  combinations  of 
well  known  and  commonly  used  drugs,  recognized  by  the  medi- 
cal profession  as  valuable  remedies  when  properly  applied. 
This  is  a  good  argument  to  explode  the  fanciful  claims  fre- 
quently made  for  proprietary  medicines,  but  it  has  been  largely 
nullified  by  sweeping  general  statements  to  the  effect  that  all 
proprietary  medicines  are  dangerous  or  worthless,  which  im- 
mediately prompts  their  defenders  to  inquire  why  they  should 
be  considered  dangerous  and  worthless  if  they  are  practically 
the  same  as  the  combinations  used  by  physicians,  and  why  a 
given  mixture  should  be  considered  a  valuable  and  efficient 
remedy  when  dispensed  by  or  on  the  order  of  a  physician,  and 
dangerous  and  worthless  when  put  up  in  a  carton,  with  printed 
label  and  wrapper. 

The  net  result  of  such  contradictory  arguments  is  only  to 
weaken  the  faith  of  the  public  in  the  efficiency  of  medicine  in 
general,  and  to  leave  the  impression  that  proprietary  remedies 
are  at  least  as  good  as  any  others,  since  none  of  them  amounts 
to  very  much. 

2.  While  condemning  proprietary  remedies  which  are  widely 
advertised,  and  have  a  general  sale,  pharmacists  have  not  hesi- 
tated to  recommend  their  "own  make"  preparations  of  similar 
character  in  their  place,  from  which  the  customer  is  likely  to 
infer  that  tlio  opposition  to  the  advertised  remedy  is  prompted 
mainly  by  iIm  f  u  i  ilint  it  docs  not  return  as  good  a  profit  as 
the  home  ( .  ■  i  -  .lim  i  ixture. 

The  armiiiMiit  lli.il  the  own  make  pn-j  i:\  rn  lion  non --;r-crpt, 
has  but  little  wciijit  willi  tlu  '  ..,„s 

that  all  he  wants  to  know  i-^  w  i  i„a 

that  his  information  will  not  I-    ;  of 

ingredients  of  whose  separate  (lualilics  and  nuditinal  value 
he  knows  little  or  nothing. 

Physicians  also  Inconsistent 

3.  While  dei  I  ' -^t  proprietary  medicines  as  a 
class,  pharmacist  Mtated  to  continue  to  stock  and 
sell  them,  or  to  i<,  ■  !  il  rn,  by  the  recital  of  cases  where 
they  have  been  used  with  apparent  benefit. 

In  this  respect  the  physician  has  been  as  inconsistent  as 


the  pharmacist.  Thousands  of  registered  physicians  are  also 
the  owners  of  drug  stores,  but  we  have  yet  to  learn  of  a  phy- 
sician druggist, — though  there  may  be  such — who  does  not  carry 
a  full  line  of  popular  patent  medicines  for  sale  to  all  who  ask 
for  them;  nor  would  it  be  difficult  to  show  that  many  phy- 
sicians have  used  and  continue  to  use  such  remedies  in  their 
private  practice. 

4.  In  most  of  these  discussions  only  minor  emphasis  has 
been  placed  upon  the  fact  that  the  greatest  evil  of  the  patent 
medicine  industry  is  the  falsity  and  extravagance  with  which 
its  products  have  been  exploited.  This  is  the  basic  evil  of  the 
patent  medicine  business  and  the  point  where  it  is  most  vul- 
nerable, and  an  attack  upon  this  evil  needs  no  argument  for 
its  justification. 

Numerous  patent  medicines  are  mixtures  which  have  some 
merit  if  properly  applied  in  cases  for  which  they  are  adapted; 
the  evil  is  not  in  the  remedies  themselves  but  in  the  method 
of  their  exploitation.  Sweeping  general  assertions  of  the  abso- 
lute worthlessness  of  patent  medicines,  besides  being  untrue, 
have  a  contrary  effect  to  the  one  intended,  as  for  example,  . 
the  following,  attributed  to  a  prominent  antagonist  of  propri-  j 
etary  medicines,  "Every  advertised  cure  for  disease  is  a  fraud. 
Its  vendor  is  a  quack;  his  publisher  an  accomplice;  his  patron 
a  dupe.  One  rule  covers  the  field,  if  it's  medical  it's  a  fake." 
"An  honest  and  meritorious  medicine  could  not  live,"  "A  real 
cure  wouldn't  make  office  rent,"  etc.  INIost  people  have  used 
patent  medicines  sometimes  in  their  lives,  and  when  they  read 
such  advertisements  as  the  above,  are  inclined  to  suspect 
that  tlie  whole  campaign  against  ready-made  remedies  is  in- 
sincere and  prompted  largely  if  not  wholly  by  selfish  motives. 
Definitions  for  Proprietary  Medicines,  Etc. 

One  of  the  first  tasks  attempted  by  the  Commission  was 
die  adoption  of  a  set  of  general  definitions  to  serve  as  a  basis 
for  its  deliberations,  and  this  has  proved  to  be  by  no  means  as 
easy  and  simple  as  it  might  appear. 

The  definitions  finally  decided  upon,  though  formulated  only 
after  considerable  thought  and  consultation  of  authorities,  are 
not  assumed  to  be  perfect,  and  suggestions  for  their  further 
improvement  will  be  welcomed. 

Proprietary  Medicine — A  judicial  definition  of  proprietary 
medicine  found  in  the  case  of  State  vs  Donaldson,  (41  Minn. 
80-83)  is  as  follows: 

It  is  a  matter  of  common  knowledge  that  what  are  called 
"patent"  or  "proprietary"  medicines  are  prepared  for  immedi- 
ate use  by  the  public,  put  up  in  packages  or  bottles,  labeled  with 
the  name  and  accompanied  by  zvrappers  containing  dircctioni 
for  their  use,  and  the  conditions  for  which  they  are  specifics 
In  this  condition  they  are  distributed  over  the  country  in  lar%i 
quantities  and  sold  to  consumers  in  original  packages,  just  a 
they  are  purchased  by  the  dealer,  without  any  other  or  furthei 
preparation  or  compounding. 

It  is  evident  fom  the  language  employed  that  the  leamec 
judge  had  in  mind  only  the  class  of  preparations  conimonK 
known  as  "patent"  medicines,  and  the  definition  there- 
fore is  properly  applicable  only  to  that  class  of  proprietaries 

The  definition  adopted  by  the  Council  on  Pharmacy  am 
Chemistry  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  reported  u 
New  and  Non-Official  Remedies,  is  as  follows: 

The  term,  "proprietary  article,"  in  this  phce  shall  mean  cw 
chemical,  drug  or  similar  preparation  used  in  the  treatment  o 
disease,  if  such  article  is  protected  against  free  competition,  a 
to  name,  product,  composition  or  process  of  manufacture  b 
secrecy,  patent,  copyright,  or  in  any  other  manner. 

The  latter  definition  possesses  tlie  advantage  of  compactnes 
with  substantial  accuracy,  but  does  not  set  forth  the  fac^oi 
of  proprietorship  with  sufficient  detail  to  meet  all  of  the  n 
quirements  of  the  Commission. 

The  essential  feature  of  proprietorship  is  the  special  owrei 
ship  claimed  or  assumed  by  the  manufacturer  of  the  e.xclu'* 
right  to  manufacture  and  sell  the  niLxture,  or  the  exclusive  rig! 
to  the  use  of  the  name  or  title  under  which  it  is  sold,  and  th 
is  the  feature  which  the  Commission  has  sought  to  emphasii 
in  the  following  definition: 

In  its  widest  sense,  a  proprietary  medicine  is  any  drug,  chen 
ical  or  preparation,  whether  simple  or  compound,  intended  i 
recommended  for  the  cure,  treatment  or  prcienticm  of  diseoi 
either  of  man  or  of  lower  animals,  the  exclusive  right  to  tt 
manufacture  of  which  is  assumed  or  claimed  by  some  particid 
firm  or  individual,  or  which  is  protected  against  free  compt^ 
tion  as  to  name,  character  of  product,  composition  or  priKt 


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of  manufacture  by  secrecy,  patent,  copyright,  trade-mark,  or  in 
any  other  manner. 

Classification  of  Proprietary  Medicines 

The  most  obvious  classification  of  proprietary  medicines  is, 
of  course,  into  ethical  preparations,  or  those  which  are  adver- 
tised only  to  the  medical  profession,  and  non-ediical  or  pat- 
ent medicines,  or  tliose  which  are  either  advertised  directly 
to  the  general  public  or  named  or  advertised  in  such  a  way 
that  in  course  of  time  the  public  will  become  acquainted  with 
their  properties,  and  tlius  be  led  to  purchase  them  direct, 
without  the  advice  of  a  physician. 

While  it  is  simple  enough  to  make  a  distinction  between  the 
two  classes  on  paper,  it  is  much  less  simple  to  make  a  prac- 
tical application  of  the  distinction. 

While  in  theory  physicians  prescribe  and  use  only  those  of 
the  first  class,  as  a  matter  of  fact  tliey  frequently  prescribe  and 
perhaps  still  more  frequently  u'o  those  of  the  second  class, 
though  usually  with  the  precaution  of  removing  the  label, 
3T  transferring  the  medicine  to  another  package  so  that  its  pro- 
prietary character  is  not  recognizable. 

Bearing  upon  the  difficulty  of  distinguishing  between  ethical 
uid  non-ethical  preparations  is  the  following  extract  from  an 
Klitorial  in  the  Journal  of  the  American  Medical  Association, 
Vol.  64,  p.  530)  : 

"When  the  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  was  started 
we  announced  that  we  did  not  see  any  clear  line  of  demarca- 
tion between  'patent  medicines'  and  many  so-called  'ethical 
aroprietaries.'    Time  has  not  caused  us  to  change  our  opinion." 

To  the  same  effect  is  the  following  extract  from  a  letter  by 
■Jae  editor  of  the  Journal  of  the  American  Medical  Association 
.0  the  Chairman  of  the  Commission,  which  is  quoted  by  per- 


"A  'proprietary'  medicine  is  one  that  is  owned  and  controlled 
)y  some  individual,  corporation  or  company.  The  name  itself 
iefines  it.  There  is  no  difference  between  a  'proprietary'  and 
■.  'patent'  medicine.  The  latter  is  a  misnomer,  but  is  generally 
.pplied  to  proprietary  medicines  that  are  advertised  directly 

0  the  public.  These  are  about  llie  views  expressed  in  The 
'ournal  on  many  and  various  occasions.  At  the  very  beginning 
•f  our  propaganda  work,  some  nine  years  ago,  I  brought  out 
his  point,  and  it  raised  a  howl  among  the  'ethical'  proprie- 
iry  manufacturers.  But  as  time  has  gone  on  I  believe  that 
he  average  doctor  has  begun  to  realize  the  same  thing.  Lis- 
irine  used  to  be  advertised  in  medical  journals  only;  it  was 
nen  an  'ethical'  proprietary.  Now  it  is  advertised  in  lay 
ublications;  hence  it  is  a  'patent'  medicine.    But  I  do  not 

'  link  it  is  any  more  a  patent  medicine  now  than  it  was  ten 
.ears  ago;  or  that  it  was  any  more  an  'ethical'  proprietary  ten 
jSars  ago  than  it  is  to-day.    So  also  with  Antikamnia." 

Ethical  and  Non-Ethical  Preparations 
_  The  distinction  then  between  ethical  and  non-ethical  proprie- 
;  ries  is  not  in  the  character  of  their  composition,  but  in  the  man- 
I'a'  of  their  exploitation.  An  otherwise  ethical  preparation  ex- 
jjoited  in  a  non-ethical  way  thereby  becomes  non-ethical,  and 
;  is  regardless  of  its  composition  or  usefulness.  Secrecy,  while 
^1  element,  is  not  the  only  element  in  determining  the  non- 
,  hical  character  of  a  preparation,  because  not  even  the  open 
liblication  of  the  formula  will  save  it  from  being  classed  as 
!  >n-ethical,  if  exploited  to  the  general  public,  or  if  exploited  in 

1  non-ethical  manner. 

;,As  stated  by  Editor  Simmons  in  the  letter  above  quoted,  the 
TD  patent  medicine  is  a  "misnomer."    It  was  applied  origi- 
|l,lly  to  remedies  protected  by  letters  patent  and  sold  in  pack- 
i»es  of  distinctive  form  and  size.    Later  the  custom  of  taking 
u^t  patents  upon  medicinal  mixtures  ceased,  but  the  custom 
I   selling  them  in  packages  of  distincti%'e  form  and  siz«  con- 
[.'ued,  and  so  they  have  continued  to  bear  the  same  designa- 
,  n  as  formerly.    The  term  is  now  wholly  inappropriate,  but 
apparently  so  firmly  fixed  in  usage  that  it  seems  likely  to 
"sist  as  long  as  the  class  of  remedies  to  which  it  is  habitu- 
irplied  continues  in  existence. 

ii-stinction  between  the  two  classes  of  proprietaries 
proved  by  the  Commission  is  expressed  in  the  fol- 
,        ciefinitions : 

;  'ROPRiETARY  Medicines  Exploited  in  Accordance  with 
Reqitremen-ts  of  Medical  Ethics,  or  so-called  "Ethical 
1 1 IPRIETARIES" :  Proprietary  medicines,  the  active  ingredients 
I  which,  with  their  proportions,  are  stated  on  the  Iabr>l  or 


otlicrwise  published,  and  which  are  not  advertised  to  the  gen- 
eral public,  either  through  the  public  press  by  accompanying 
circulars  or  in  any  other  manner,  and  not  accompanied  by 
printed  matter  calculated  to  encourage  dieir  use  by  the  laity 
Without  the  advice  of  a  physician. 

Proprietary  Medicines  Advertised  Directly  to  the  Pub- 
lic or  so-called  "Patent  Mediclnes"  :  Proprietary  medicines, 
w^hether  of  secret  or  of  open  formula,  which  are  advertised 
directly  to  the  general  public  through  newspapers,  by  circulars 
or  in  any  other  manner,  and  tlie  packages  of  which  are  ac- 
companied by  printed  matter  specifying  the  affections,  symp- 
toms, or  purposes  for  which  the  remedies  are  recommended, 
and  directions  for  their  use.* 

Patented  Medicines — While  it  is  no  longer  customary  to 
grant  patents  upon  preparations  which  are  mere  mixtures  of 
known  remedial  agents,  it  is  still  the  custom  to  grant  patents 
upon  newly  discovered  chemical  compounds  which  have  an 
alleged  use  in  medicine,  and  these  derivatives  of  the  tar  barrel, 
or  "German  synthetics,"  are  among  tlie  most  commonly  used 
medicinal  agents  employed  by  the  medical  profession. 

In  order  to  distinguish  these  really  patented  products  from 
the  unpatented  "patent  medicines,"  the  following  definition  has 
been  adopted: 

"Patented  Medicine".  Any  proprietary  medicine  protected 
by  an  unexpired  patent  issued  by  the  Government  of  the  United 
States  or  by  the  government  of  any  foreign  country. 

Drug  Habit  and  Habit-Forming  Drugs — One  of  the  duties 
imposed  upon  the  Commission  is  to  determine  to  what  extent 
"the  proprietary  medicines  commonly  known  as  patent  medi- 
cines contain  alcohol  or  habit-forming  narcotic  drugs  in  suf- 
ficient amount  to  render  tliem  liable  to  create  an  alcohol  or 
drug  habit,  or  to  satisfy  such  habits  when  otherwise  created," 
which  necessitates  a  clear  understanding  of  the  terms  drug 
habit  and  habit-forming  drugs. 

While  these-  terms  are  fairly  well  understood_by  medical 
authorities,  attempts  are  sometimes  made  to  stretch  their  ap- 
plication to  an  unwarranted  extent.  Some  would  class  as  a 
drug  habit  the  taking  of  the  same  remedy  for  a  recurrent  ail- 
ment, although  the  drug  was  not  used  between  the  successive 
recurrences,  and  although  there  was  no  increase  in  the  dosage 
required  for  relief.  As  one  such  correspondent  puts  it,  "if  a 
man  in  a  malaria  country  takes  quinine  every  time  he  has  'the 
shakes,'  he  has  a  drug  habit,  and  quinine  is  the  habit-forming 
drug." 

Such  definitions  are,  of  course,  mere  verbal  plays  upon  the 
terms  habit  and  habit-forming,  and  are  not  worthy  of  serious 
consideration. 

If  we  examine  a  typical  case  of  drug  habituation  we  shall 
find  certain  elements  constantly  present: 

1.  Increased  tolerance  for  the  drug,  so  that  doses  can  be 
safely  taken  that  would  have  produced  serious  or  even  fatal 
results  if  taken  before  habituation  was  established. 

2.  The  continuance  of  tlie  drug  after  the  occasion  for  which 
it  was  originally  used  has  passed,  for  the  sake  of  obtaining 
the  physiological  effects  of  the  drug  alone,  or  of  avoiding  the 
effects  which  would  result  from  its  discontinuance. 

3.  The  sudden  discontinuance  of  the  drug  produces  a  marked 
sense  of  discomfort,  and  may  occasion  serious  functional  dis- 
turbance. 

After  consultation  of  various  authorities,  the  Commission  has 
decided  upon  the  following  definitions: 

"Drug  Habit":  An  acquired  tolerance  for  quantities  of  a 
drug  in  excess  of  the  normal,  safe  dose,  and  a  craving  or  appe- 
tite which  can  be  satisfied  only  by  the  continued  use  of  such 
drug,  or  of  some  other  drug  of  equivalent  or  similar  physio- 
logical properties. 

"Habit- Forming  Drug"  :  Any  drug  or  mixture  the  con- 
tinued use  of  which  leads  to  the  toleration  of  quantities  greatly 
in  excess  of  the  normal,  safe  dose,  or  to  a  constitutional  crav- 
ing or  need  for  the  drug,  the  sudden  discontinuance  of  which 
occasions  a  marked  sense  of  discomfort,  and  may  cause  serious 
or  well-marked  functional  disturbance. 

*The  terms  "ethical"  and  "non-ethical"  as  employed  in  this 
report  are  intended  merely  to  distinguish  between  remedies  ex- 
ploited in  accordance  with  the  rules  of  medical  ethics  regarding 
the  advertising  of  medicinal  agents,  and  those  advertised  to  the 
general  public  in  contravention  of  such  rules.  The  terms  have 
been  used  for  want  of  better,  and  are  not  to  be  understood  as 
I'Tinlyine  any  idea  of  relative  merit. 


{To  be  concluded  in  November  issue) 


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Chemists  Demonstrate 

Resourcefulness  of  U.  S. 

Exposition  at  Grand  Central  Palace,  New  York  City, 
Shows  That  American  Industries  Are  Wide  Awake 
to  Bis  Opportunities  Open  to  Them. 

That  the  chemical  and  pharmaceutical  manufac- 
turers of  the  United  States  have  fully  awauened  to 
the  opportunities  which  the  war  in  Europe  has  cre- 
ated for  this  growing  American  industry  is  evi- 
denced by  some  of  the  displays  at  the  first  annual 
National  Exposition  of  Chemical  Industries,  which 
opened  Monday,  September  20,  at  Grand  Central 
Palace,  New  York  City.  The  Exposition  made  cer- 
tain what  has  heretofore  been  partly  conjecture, 
that  America  is  in  a  position  to  become  at  least 
partly  independent  of  Europe  in  the  manufacture 
of  many  industrial  and  medicinal  chemicals.  This 
show,  the  first  of  its  kind  in  this  eoimtry,  should 
be  the  means  of  stimulating  the  chemical  industries 
and  of  educating  the  public  as  to  the  commercial 
and  industrial  importance  of  chemistry  to  the 
United  States. 

Merck  &  Co.,  of  New  York  and  Rahway,  N.  J.,  had  on 
display  excellent  samples  of  nitro-benzol  aniline,  carbolic  acid, 
aniline  oil,  hydroquinine  and  pure  benzol,  all  of  their  own 
manufacture. 

Thomas  A.  Edison,  East  Orange,  N.  J.,  exhibited  ani- 
line oil,  nitrobenzol  (oil  mirbane)  B.  P.,  naphthalene,  toluol, 
benzol,  xylol,  solvent  naphtha,  benzenesulphonate  of  soda,  ace- 
tanilid,  para-nitro  acetanilid,  phenol  resin,  para-phenylenedia- 
mine,  benzenesulphonic  acid,  para-phenylenediamine  acetate, 
phenol,  etc.,  all  products  manufactured  by  this  company  since 
last  February.  There  were  also  on  display  samples  of  the 
famous  nickel  flakes  used  by  the  "Wizard"  in  the  manufacture 
of  his  submarine  batteries,  which  do  away  with  the  danger 
from  death  from  escaping  chlorine  gas. 

Appeal  for  Tariff  Protection 

The  Benzol  Products  Co.  showed  photographs  of  its  new  fac- 
tories at  Frankford  and  Marcus  Hook,  Pa.  This  company 
also  distributed  literature  along  lines  calculated  to  influence 
the  Government  to  protect  American  manufacturers  of  ani- 
line oil,  etc.    To  quote  one  of  their  pamphlets: 

"The  manufacture  of  dyes  is  necessarily  complex  and  in- 
volved and  must  be  a  development  of  slow  growth.  It  would 
be  easier  to  organize  an  army  of  a  million  men  or  a  navy  of 
a  thousand  vessels  than  to  build  up  at  short  notice  such 
an  industry  as  the  Germans  have  developed  for  the  manufac- 
ture of  coal  tar  products. 

"We  have  the  men  and  the  means  to  do  the  one,  but  to  do 
the  other  requires  a  special  force  of  men  trained  in  univer- 
sities and  technical  institutions.  Such  men  must  have  special- 
ized in  the  chemistry  and  technology  of  dyes,  and  have  sup- 
plemented their  academic  career  by  practical  experience  to  fit 
them  to  design  and  develop  the  apparatus  necessary  for  the 
complicated  scientific  operations  involved.  The  United  States 
of  America  have  not  thus  far  given  much  opportunity  for  such 
workers." 

In  line  with  the  above  is  the  quotation  from  the  annual 
address  delivered  by  Thomas  P.  Smith  before  the  Philadelphia 
Chemical  Society,  April  11,  1798,  and  which  was  featured  in  big 
letters  on  a  poster  hung  in  the  booth  of  the  American  Chem- 
ical Society.    It  reads: 

"The  only  true  basis  on  which  the  independence  of  our 
country  can  rest  are  agriculture  and  manufactures.  To  the 
promotion  of  these  nothing  tends  to  a  higher  degree  than 
chemistry." 

The  Du  Pont  Chemical  Works,  Wilmington,  Del.,  had  on 
display  various  of  their  chemical  products,  especially  interest- 
ing in  view  of  present  wartime  conditions.  The  Monsanto 
Chemical  Works,  of  St.  Louis,  which  since  the  war  has  been 


manufacturing  coumarin,  exhibited  sample  containers  of  this 
product,  also  of  acetphenetidin,  caffeine,  chloral  hydrate,  gly- 
cerophosphates, (calcium,  sodium  potassium,  etc.),  phenolph- 
thalein,  saccharin  and  vanillin.  The  Bayway  Chemical  Co., 
Bayway,  Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  features  its  heavy  naphthas,  etc. 
The  J.  T.  Baker  Chemical  Co.,  Phillipsburg,  X.  J.,  distributed 
"The  Chemist-Analyst"  and  had  on  exhibition  various  of  its 
products. 

A  number  of  the  exhibitors  displayed  dyes  of  their  own 
manufacture  and  sample  hanks  of  various  colored  yarns  hung 
in  their  booths.  Dr.  Bemhard  C.  Hesse,  of  the  General  Chem- 
ical Co.,  New  York  City,  in  the  course  of  an  interview  said : 

"We  can  make  dyes  easy  enough,  but  the  manufacturer 
hasn't  yet  got  the  co-operation  of  the  user.  Furthermore,  we 
need  Government  aid  so  that  Germany,  at  the  end  of  the  war, 
will  not  be  permitted  to  unload  all  unused  dyes  on  this  coun- 
try at  a  suicide  price  for  the  producers  in  this  country.  The 
textile  manufacturers  and  others  who  use  aniline  dyes  refuse 
to  tell  us  what  demand  there  is.  The  dye  makers  don't  want 
to  sink  a  lot  of  money  into  the  purchase  of  machinery  unless 
they  are  told  first  there  will  be  some  return  for  their  in- 
vestments." 

Eimer  &  Amend,  New  York  City  and  Pittsburgh,  e-x- 
hibited  a  line  of  laboratory  equipment  which  was  extremely  in- 
teresting and  instructive.  There  were  polariscopes,  balances, 
furnaces,  incubators,  water  stills,  microscopes — a  great  assort- 
ment of  apparatus  to  delight  the  eye  of  the  modem  chemist 
Electricity  was  the  keynote  wherever  heat  was  necessary.  Dr>'- 
ing  ovens  are  so  adjusted  that  the  "juice"  goes  on  and  off 
as  the  temperature  fluctuates  a  degree,  or  a  fraction  thereol 
according  to  the  work.  In  the  electric  furnaces  the  heat  ii 
adjusted  from  200°  to  1800°  by  manipulating  a  damper  as  one 
might  shake  down  a  furnace.  A  particularly  pertinent  feature 
of  the  Eimer  &  Amend  exhibit  is  the  American-made  beakers 
flasks,  tubes,  etc. 

Macbeth-Evans  Glass  Co.,  Pittsburgh,  displayed  flasks  anc 
beakers  of  their  manufacture.  At  their  booth  was  distributee 
a  booklet  entitled  "Flasks  and  Beakers  for  the  Chemist",  whid 
contains  illustrations  and  prices  on  their  beakers,  and  Erlen 
meyer,  Kjeldahl,  carbon  and  other  flasks;  watch  glasses,  Petr 
dishes  and  covers,  etc. 

The  Pfaudler  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  are  featuring  thei 
glass-enameled  steel  tanks  and  invite  visitors  at  their  boot; 
to  "put  your  tank  troubles  upon  our  shoulders."  On  exhibi 
tion  are  samples  of  their  seamless  steel  pots,  upright  ope 
tank,  upright  open  jacketed  tank,  mixing  tanks,  rectangula 
vats,  etc. 

Near  the  Edison  exhibit  at  the  show  was  the  apparatus  em 
ployed  in  the  Rittman  process  for  tlie  manufacture  of  bena 
and  toluol  from  crude  petroleum.  There  were  also  shown  quai 
titles  of  crude  petroleum,  the  "split"  liquid  incidental  to  tb 
process,  etc. 

The  exhibits  of  the  U.  S.  Government  departments  of  Coit 
merce.  Interior  and  .Agriculture  held  the  attention  of  the  laj 
man,  particularly.  There  were  samples  of  ores  and  mineral 
many  interesting  photographs,  hundreds  of  pamphlets  on 
multitude  of  subjects,  which  will  be  issued  on  application  (i 
Washington),  etc. 


NOVEL  WINDOW  DEMONSTRATION 

A  Denver  drug  store  in  the  shopping  district,  recently  intn 
duced  a  novel  advertising  scheme.  Man  clad  only  in  swin 
ming  trunks  jiosed  as  a  wounded  soldier  on  a  cot  in  tl 
window  alcove.  Young  woman,  dressed  in  costume  of  R« 
Cross  nurse,  entered  and  proceeded  to  dress  and  bandage 
approved  manner,  several  wounds  indicated  by  splashes  i 
red  on  tlie  man's  head,  arm  and  leg.  .A  nearby  table  ca 
taincd  an  assortment  of  lint,  adhesive  plaster,  absorbent  oo 
ton,  splints,  gauze,  vaseline,  antiseptics,  etc. 

Placard  in  one  comer  suggested  that  such  tliiniTS  shou 
be  kept  in  every  home  for  use  in  emergency.  Placard  '"n  opp 
site  corner  bore  the  words:  "What  to  do  till  the  doctor  comes 
.'\s  a  variation,  the  nurse,  using  the  man  as  a  subject,  dema 
strated  what  to  do  in  case  of  apparent  drowning,  asphyxiati 
by  smoke  or  gas,  frozen  limbs:  also  how  to  check  excessi 
loss  of  blood  from  recent  wound,  antidote  to  apply  in  case 
bite  from  poisonous  reptile.  Pl.icards  alternately  hung  em  bt 
\vn\\  of  alcove  informed  spectators  as  to  the  pre)cess  or  opo 
tion  being  demonstrated  at  tlie  time. 


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U.  S.  p.  Brings  Educational  Problem 

New  Edition  Will  Require  Serious  Study  and  Educators 
Should  Help  Drugtrists  to  Acquire  Learning  Necessary 

BY  JOSEPH  WEINSTEIN,  Phar.D.,  New  York 


Joseph  Weixstein,  Phar.D. 


THE  ninth  edition  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  will  soon 
be  completed.    The  Committee  on  its  revision  has  spared 
no  effort  to  make  this  book  represent  the  last  work  of  the 
pharmaceutical  science. 

The  nomenclature,  the  macro-  and  microscopical  pharmacog- 
nostic  descriptions  of  botanical  drugs,  the  chemistry  of  sub- 
stances minutely  described,  the 
modus  operandi  in  preparing 
galenicals,  the  purity  rubrics, 
the  assay  processes, — each  and 
all  will  bear  testimony  to  the 
scientific  character  and  to  the 
up-to-dateness  of  tlie  work. 

The  new  book  will  soon  be 
placed  in  the  hands  of  the 
pharmacist  unto  whom  it  is  the 
law  by  which  he  is  to  abide, 
to  its  commands  he  must  strict- 
ly adhere,  and  with  all  its  re- 
quirements he  is  obliged  to 
comply.  Thus  the  decennial  re- 
vision of  the  pharmacopoeia  be- 
comes a  compelling  power  on 
the  pharmacist  to  keep  abreast 
of  tiie  times,  for  punishment 
is  in  store  for  him  for  failure 
to  comply  with  the  changed  re- 
quirements. 

Unique  indeed  in  this  respect  is  the  position  of  the  phar- 
macist. There  is  no  such  a  thing  as  compelling  any  other  pro- 
fessional to  decennially  change  his  ways.  If  a  physician  be  de- 
sirous to  take  up  present  day  methods,  good  and  well,  but  no 
law  will  interfere,  for  instance,  with  the  medicus  for  remaining 
loyal  to  the  old-fashioned  arsenic  treatment  in  leucemia  and 
for  his  not  resorting  to  the  somewhat  more  successful  benzol 
medication  and  X-ray  treatment.  Not  so  with  the  pharmacist. 
"Thou  shalt  not  go  any  longer  by  old  methods;  by  the  new 
and  latest  abide" — is  the  dictum  to  him,  and  he  must  obey. 

This  order  of  things,  whereby  the  druggist  is  to  be  kept 
from  getting  rusty  and  is  to  be  prevented  from  becoming 
fossilized;  this  peremptory  fiat  on  the  pharmacist  to  imbibe 
the  last  and  best  in  his  science  and  tliis  lifting  pharmacy  up- 
wards, though  accepted  by  all  as  a  matter  of  course  and  very 
gratifying  to  all  true  lovers  of  professional  pharmacy,  is  some- 
what perplexing  to  me,  causing  me  some  uneasiness  and  placing 
me  in  the  category  of  questioners. 

I  am  inclined  to  ask,  whether  the  rank  and  file  of  the  phar- 
macists are  sufficiently  prepared  to  take  up  the  advanced  meth- 
ods prescribed  by  the  pharmacopoeia.  Being  fully  aware  that 
in  many  a  state  not  even  the  minimum  two  years'  course  in  a 
pharmacy  school  is  required  for  licensing  to  practice  phar- 
macy, I  feel  like  asking  what  is  at  present  the  percentage  of 
pharmacists  in  the  United  States  who  are  fully  able  to  meet 
the  high  expectations  of  them?  For,  could  one  to  whom  no 
laboratory  training  has  been  given  be  expected  to  apply  chetr- 
ical  tests  and  to  perform  assay  processes  for  determining  the 
alkaloidal  strength  of  some  of  his  galenical  preparations?  Or 
could  one  who  has  never  seen  a  compound  microscope  be  ex- 
pected to  examine  his  drugs  microscopically? 

Truly,  were  I  to  be  called  upon  for  an  expert  opinion  on  the 
liability  of  the  pharmacist,  I  would  declare  that  wherever  the 
requirements  of  the  licensing  board  are  not  sufficiently  high 
and  do  not  measure  up  to  the  knowledge  exacted  of  him  hy 
the  pharmacopoeia,  the  pharmacist  cannot  be  answerable  for 
his  shortcomings  for  he  is  not  fully  responsible. 

By  giving  this  opinion  of  mine  I  do  not  wish  to  convey  the 
impression  that  our  standard  is  too  high,  and  that  something 
is  to  be  done  to  retard   the   progress  of  pharmacy.  Far 


be  it  from  me.  The  disagreeable  truth  is  told  with  the  object 
of  calling  attention  to  the  necessity  of  action  for  improving 
tlie  status  of  pharmaceutical  education,  and  especially  to  help 
tliose  who,  through  no  fault  of  their  own,  are  behind  the  times 
but  if  given  the  opportunity,  would  be  only  too  happy  to  add 
to  their  store  of  knowledge.  ^   ,        »  , 

With  this  object  in  view  I  would  advocate,  first,  that  a 
standard  be  established  for  pharmaceutical  education  in  the 
United  States  below  which  no  board  should  have  the  authority 
to  go  and  which  should  be  sufficiently  high  to  make  a  phar- 
macist fully  prepared  for  his  work,  as  such  preparation  is  un- 
derstood in  our  days.  When  this  is  agreed  upon,  boards  ot 
pharmacy  especially  in  the  states  that  have  no  college  pre- 
requisite, shall  not  license  a  pharmacist  on  the  strength  ot  his 
theoretical  knowledge  only,  consisting  of  written  answers  to 
the  examination  questions,  but  submit  the  candidate  to  a 
thorough  practical  examination  as  to  his  ability  to  test  the 
purity  of  his  drugs,  his  ability  to  do  analytical  work,  etc.  _ 

Second  for  the  benefit  of  those  members,  of  our  profession, 
who  became  such  in  years  gone  by  when  the  requirements  were 
low  or  who  acquired  their  calling  in  sections  of  the  country 
where  no  college  training  was  required  and  where  the  boards 
were  easy  but  who,  I  dare  say,  are  numbered  in  the  thousands, 
facilities  of  additional  learning  should  be  provided  by  the  estab- 
lishing of  special  pharmaceutical  courses.  Let  the  schools  of 
pharmacy  throw  their  doors  wide  open  for  all  those  who  desire 
to  get  information  on  everything  pertaining  to  the  pharma- 
copoeia, without  any  preliminary  requirements  and  at  hours 
convenient  for  the  retail  druggist.  The  courses  should  be  con- 
ducted on  practical  lines  only,  such  as  testing  for  impurities, 
assay  processes,  etc.,  entirely  eliminating  theoretical  instruc- 
tion Courses  of  tliat  kind  would  be  productive  of  great  good, 
and  they  would  help  to  do  away  with  the  anomalous  state  of 
affairs  where  ever-increasing  knowledge  is  required  of  the 
pharmacist  without  giving  him  an  opportunity  to  acquire  the 
same.  This  is  a  promising  field  for  our  educators,  many  of 
whom  are  also  members  of  the  Revision  Committee  and  who 
are  familiar  with  the  theological  lore,  that  when  Moses  legis- 
lated for  the  Israelites  in  the  wilderness  he  clearly  perceived 
the  unpreparedness  of  his  contemporaries  to  adopt  his  laws, 
his  code  of  ethics,  but  he  proceeded  with  his  work,  having  in 
mind  the  fact  that  his  own  generation  would  die  off,  and  aim- 
ing at  their  descendants  and  at  generations  to  come  who  would 
be  more  fit  for  his  teachings.  Let  us  hope  our  members  ot 
the  Revision  Committee  have  not  aimed  that  far,  for  the 
thou-sands  of  pharmacists  who  are  not  fully  up  to  the  present- 
day  requirements  are  not  quite  ready  to  die,  they  wish  to  live 
and  to  compete  with  us  and  they  can  through  the  agency  of 
additional  work  taken  up  at  special  courses  become  good  and 
useful  members  of  our  great  pharmaceutical  fraternity. 


ELIXIR  OF  CINCHONA,  N.  F.* 

(Peruvian  Cordial,  Elixir  of  Calisaya) 

By  A.  N.  DOERSCHUK 

The  usual  preparation  of  elixir  of  calisaya  seen  in  drug 
stores,  unless  freshly  made,  presents  a  very  unsightly  opaque- 
ness and  precipitate,  and  is  far  from  being  the  delicate  and  in- 
viting bitter  tonic  vehicle  intended  by  the  physician  when  he 
orders  this  item. 

The  National  Formulary  process  is  bad  and  has  not  been 
well  studied.  It  has  been  always  considered  undesirable  to 
make  tinctures  from  fluidextracts,  and  it  is  still  more  unde- 
sirable to  try  to  make  elixirs  from  tinctures.  Proctor's  formula 
of  sixty  years  ago  made  a  much  more  delectable  preparation. 
This  consisted  of  percolating  cinchona  bark  and  aromatics 
with  brandy  and  water  and  adding  sugar. 


*  Presented  at  the  meeting  of  the  A. Ph. A.,  San  Francisco.  1915, 
and  comnrunicated  by  the  author. 


•Presented  to  the  Missouri  Pharmaceutical  Associati 
IS.  1915. 


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The  sample  presented  herewith  has  stood  for  over  a  year 
without  filtration,  and  fully  represents  the  N.  F.  preparation 
in  drug  strength  with  no  additions.    It  was  made  as  follows: 

Into  a  clean  gallon  bottle  place  1850  grains  of  cinchona 
in  No.  60  powder,  previously  triturated  with  one  ounce  purified 
talc,  and  add  42  ounces  of  alcohol.  Agitate  occasionally  during 
three  days,  and  then  add  690  minims  of  glycerin,  and  16  ounces 
of  distilled  water.  At  this  point  the  alcohol  has  dissolved  the 
resins  and  coloring  matter  of  the  cinchona  much  more  com- 
pletely than  an  alcoholic  dilution  can  do,  and  by  the  addition 
of  the  glycerin  and  water,  the  cinchona  is  now  suspended 
in  the  correct  menstruum  for  the  tincture,  with  the  added  sol- 
vent benefit  of  all  the  alcohol  in  the  aromatic  elixir  as  well. 
The  volume  of  solvent  now  acting  on  the  cinchona  is  around 
60  ounces,  while  the  finished  tincture  used  to  the  gallon  is 
only  nineteen  ounces  and  eighty  minims.  By  occasionally  agi- 
tating this  mixture  well  corked  on  a  slow  warm  water  bath 
for  two  hours,  all  the  active  principles  of  the  cinchona  come 
into  solution.  Add  442  minims  compound  spirit  of  orange, 
16  fluid  ounces  glycerin,  38  troy  ounces  of  sugar,  and  agitate. 

The  sugjar  being  introduced  at  this  time  aids  in  preventuig 
much  precipitation  when  the  required  quantity  of  warm  wa- 
ter is  added  to  make  one  gallon  of  mixture.  This  mixture 
should  stand  some  days,  and  before  filtering  should  be  well 
chilled  in  the  refrigerator  and  filtered  cold.  By  this  means 
are  eliminated  the  extractives  that  come  down  in  changing 
weather  and  make  this  preparation  so  unsightly.  After  the 
filter  is  started,  add  five  ounces  of  powders.  The  product 
will  filter  out  one  gallon,  and  if  the  complete  first  filtrate  is 
agitated  and  again  passed  cold  through  the  filter,  a  very  hand- 
some product  results  that  stands  up  well  and  has  the  full 
value,  color,  brilliancy  and  aroma  that  elixir  of  calisaya  should 
have. 


Wins  Appeal  in  Trade-Mark  Case 

The  Theodore  Rectanus  Co.,  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  has  won 
out  in  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  of  Appeals,  at  Cin- 
cinnati, in  its  appeal  from  the  decision  of  the  District  Court 
in  favor  of  the  United  Drug  Co.,  of  Boston,  Mass.  A  de- 
cree was  awarded  the  Boston  company  restraining  the  Rec- 
tanus company  from  using  a  trade-mark  on  a  blood-remedy. 
The  appellate  court  held  that  the  trade-mark  was  undoubtedly 
the  property  of  the  plaintiff,  but  that  it  had  also  been  used 
by  the  Louisville  concern,  without  interruption  or  complaint, 
since  1883,  in  connection  with  its  preparation,  and  that  the 
Boston  company  was  therefore  estopped  to  complain. 


To  Restrict  Sale  of  Chloral  Hydrate 

_  At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Ohio  Valley  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion board  of  control,  held  in  Cincinnati,  President  Charles 
Harding  called  to  the  attention  of  the  Board  the  necessity  for 
some  action  with  reference  to  prohibiting  the  unrestricted  sale 
of  chloral  hydrate  and  cannabis  indicus,  or  hasheesh,  as  In- 
dian hemp  is  known.  He  pointed  out  that  in  view  of  the 
stringent  restrictions.  State  and  Federal,  against  the  sale  of 
other  habit-forming  drugs,  the  danger  of  drug  fiends  resorting 
to  these  was  all  the  greater,  and  it  seems  that  at  present  there 
is  no  legal  restriction  on  their  sale.  The  organization  will 
take  some  action  in  tliis  connection. 


Greene  Drug  Co.  Opens  Store  in  Birmingliam 

A  new  company  with  a  capitalization  of  $30,000  to  be  known 
as  the  Greene  Drug  Co.,  will  open  a  drug  store  in  the  Empire 
building,  corner  of  Twentieth  street  and  First  avenue,  Bir- 
mingham, Ala.,  in  the  space  formerly  occupied  by  the  R.  D. 
Burnett  Cigar  Co.  and  the  Traylor  &  Stanton  Co.  The  new 
store  will  be  modern  in  every  department.  A  special  feature 
will  be  a  ladies  retiring  room  which  will  be  fitted  with  free 
telephone,  writing  materials  and  other  conveniences.  An  ex- 
pert manicurist  and  chiropodist  will  be  on  hand  to  give  her 
attention  to  women  only.  Unusual  efforts  are  being  made 
also  to  fit  up  the  cigar  and  rubber  goods  departments  with 
especial  care.  Mr.  Greene,  who  was  formerly  with  the  United 
Drug  Co.,  has  taken  a  ten  year  lease  on  the  property  and  will 
have  his  store  ready  for  business  about  October  1. 


Foreign  Abstracts 


Colorimetric  Test  for  Oxalic  Acid — 

This  new  test  depends  on  the  formation  of  a  colored  com- 
pound when  traces  of  oxalic  acid  come  in  contact  with  par- 
tially oxidized  manganese  hydroxide  in  the  presence  of  fixed 
alkali.  The  color  is  supposed  to  be  due  to  the  formation  of 
a  double  salt,  which  is  unstable  when  the  solution  is  heated. 
Less  than  1  mg.  of  oxalic  acid  may  be  detected  as  follows: 
Dissolve  2  to  5  mg.  of  manganese  sulphate  in  a  few  drops 
of  water  in  a  test  tube,  add  a  drop  of  caustic  soda  or  potash 
solution,  warm  until  oxidized,  and  cool;  add  the  solution  to 
be  tested,  which  must  be  free  of  reducing  substances,  by  drops. 
If  the  oxalic  acid  solution  contains  free  mineral  acid,  neutral- 
ize with  soda,  and  acidify  with  sulphuric  acid,  by  testing  with 
litmus  paper,  and  proceed  as  before.  The  author  claims  that 
oxalic  acid  may  be  detected  in  the  presence  of  mineral  acids, 
acetic,  butyric,  valeric,  citric,  tartaric,  lactic,  benzoic,  and 
salicylic  acids,  phenol,  and  small  amounts  of  formic  acid. 
Tannic  acid  interferes.  With  tannic  acid  or  formic  acid,  the 
oxalic  acid  should  be  separated  as  calcium  oxalate,  and  the 
latter  split  up  by  sulphuric  acid.  Reciprocally,  the  test  may 
be  used  to  detect  manganese,  and  is  sensitive  to  1  part  in 
200,000  of  solution.  To  the  acid  solution  to  be  tested,  add  a 
little  caustic  soda,  warm,  cool  and  add  a  few  drops  of  half- 
normal  oxalic  acid.  (Sacher,  Chem.  Ztg.,  1915,  p.  319; 
through  C.  A.) 

Alcohol  Determinations  in  Galenicals — 

Reuss  has  made  a  careful  study  of  the  method  of  Richter, 
previously  reported  in  these  Abstracts,  for  the  determination 
of  alcohol  in  galenicals  containing  volatile  oils  and  other  sub- 
stances which  would  interfere  with  a  direct  determination  by 
simple  distillation.  In  a  200  cc.  separatory  funnel,  with  a 
short  stem,  25  g.  of  the  preparation  are  treated  with  25  g. 
of  20  per  cent  salt  solution,  and  15  g.  of  petroleum  ether, 
which  boiled  between  40°  and  55°.  After  vigorous  shaking, 
the  aqueous  layer  was  allowed  to  separate  completely,  and  was 
then  run  into  the  distilling  flask.  The  shaking  was  repeated 
with  10  or  15  g.  additional  of  the  salt  solution,  the  aqueous 
layer  being  added  to  that  in  the  flask.  A  few  chips  of  earthen- 
ware are  placed  in  the  flask,  to  assist  boiling,  and  foaming  is 
prevented  by  the  use  of  tannin,  of  which  as  much  as  10  per 
cent  must  be  added  in  extreme  cases.  The  alcoholic  distillate 
is  received  directly  in  the  pycnometer,  which  has  a  capacity  of 
50  g.  If  volatile  acids  are  present,  they  must  be  neutralized 
by  potash  or  soda.  Excellent  results  are  reported  widi  spirit 
of  peppermint,  spirit  of  camphor,  tincture  of  orange  peel, 
tincture  of  myrrh,  tincture  of  benzoin,  while  spirit  of  ether 
of  the  German  Pharmacopoeia  gave  less  satisfactorj*  figures. 
(Reuss,  Pharm.  Zentralhalle,  1915,  p.  61.) 
Arsenic  Acid  in  Analysis — ■ 

Since  arsenic  acid  forms  insoluble  compounds  with  many 
metals,  Valentine  uses  it  as  a  general  precipitating  medium 
in  quantitative  work.  To  a  solution  of  the  metallic  salt,  which 
should  be  nearly  neutral,  is  added  a  measured  excess  of  a 
standardized  solution  of  potassium  primarj'  arsenate,  or  Mac- 
quer's  salt.  The  solution  is  made  up  to  a  definite  volume, 
filtered,  and  the  excess  of  arsenate  is  determined  in  an  aliquot 
part  of  tlie  filtrate  by  means  of  potassium  iodide,  hydro- 
chloric acid,  and  standard  thiosulphate  solution.  Results  witH 
magnesium,  calcium,  strontium  and  barium,  zinc  and  cad- 
mium, lead,  manganese,  nickel  and  cobalt,  bismuth,  aluminum, 
and  chromium,  were  very  accurate,  and  in  the  majority  of 
cases  tlic  mctliod  can  be  rapidly  carried  out.  (\'alentine,  Z. 
Analyt.  Chem.,  1915,  p.  76.) 


Louisiana  Board  of  Pharmacy  Becomes  Active 
Every  drug  store  in  New  Orleans  and  elsewhere  in  the 
State  of  Louisiana  is  to  be  subjected  to  a  rigid  examination, 
according  to  Secretary  Joseph  T.  Baiter,  of  the  State  Board, 
and  prosecutions  will  result  in  ever>'  case  where  the  law  is 
being  violated.  Failure  to  pay  the  registration  fee  and  the 
operation  of  a  drug  store  in  the  absence  of  a  registered  man 
will  result  in  the  revocation  of  a  druggist's  license.  The  dis- 
trict attorney  has  promised  his  co-operation. 


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THE  QUESTION  BOX 

The  ''Houj  to  Do  It''  Department 


Conducted  by  Pharmaceutical  Experts 

For  the  benefit  of  ERA  Subscribers 


Meaning  of  Proof  Spirit 

(S.  W.  C.) — "What  is  the  difference  between  pure  grain 
cologne  spirits,  190  proof,  95  per  cent  alcohol,  and  high  proof 
spirits  (alcohol)?" 

"Cologne  spirits"  is  a  commercial  designation  for  a  highly 
rectified  alcohol  containing  about  94  per  cent  of  absolute  ethyl 
(grain)  alcohol.  "Proof  spirit,"  as  defined  by  Sec.  3250,  R.S., 
U.  S.,  "shall  be  held  to  be  that  alcoholic  liquor  which  contains 
one-half  its  volume  of  alcohol  of  a  specific  gravity  of  0.7939 
at  60°  F."  In  other  words,  proof  spirit,  as  recognized  by  the 
U.  S.  Government,  contains  50  per  cent  by  volume  of  abso- 
lute alcohol,  and  is  reckoned  by  gaugers  as  equivalent  to  100 
degrees.  Hence,  190"  proof,"  as  here  applied,  designates  an 
alcohol  which,  when  measured  by  the  U.  S.  Revenue  standard 
for  proof  spirit,  is  90  degrees  above  proof,  equivalent  to  an 
alcohol  of  95  per  cent  by  volume  or  92.5  per  cent  by  weight. 
Ninety-five  per  cent  alcohol,  without  other  qualification,  may 
be  taken  to  mean  an  alcohol  containing  about  95  per  c^ 
of  absolute  alcohol  and  conforms  in  general  to  the  U.S.P.  stand- 
ard. ''High  proof  spirits"  may  be  a  general  commercial  desig- 
nation for  any  alcoholic  spirits  or  high  wines  containing  a 
high  percentage  of  absolute  alcohol;  the  expression,  however, 
designates  no  specific  alcoholic  strength  either  in  terms  of  de- 
grees proof  or  of  percentage  by  volume  or  weight. 

According  to  the  old  English  law,  "proof  spirit,"  as  used 
for  excise  purposes,  is  an  alcoholic  liquor  that  weighs  exactly 
twelve-thirteenths  of  the  weight  of  an  equal  bulk  of  water, 
at  a  temperature  of  51°  F.  The  specific  gravity  of  such  a 
spirit  at  60°  F.  is  0.9198.  It  contains  49.24  per  cent  alcohol 
by  weight  and  57.06  per  cent  by  volume.  Spirits  weaker  than 
proof  are  designated  U.P.,  or  under-proof,  and  stronger  than 
proof  as  O.P.,  or  overproof.  It  will  be  easily  seen,  therefore, 
that  in  the  United  States  the  proof  spirit  is  considerably  weaker 
than  in  England.  At  best,  the  use  of  these  terms  is  an  old- 
fashioned  way  of  expressing  the  alcoholic  strength  of  spirit. 
The  correct  manner  of  expressing  the  strength  of  alcohol,  at 
least  theoretically,  is  as  per  cent  by  weight,  although  the  per 
cent  by  volume  is  generally  employed. 

Sale  of  Bichloride  Tablets 

(Perplexed  Dispenser) — "Is  it  morally  right  for  a  druggi'st 
to  sell  mercury  bichloride  tablets  without  a  physician's  pre- 
scription? I  believe  these  tablets  are  largely  used  to  prevent 
conception,  but  can't  say  positively.  Most  of  my  customers  say 
they  use  them  as  a  douche  or  wash.  So  far  as  I  know,  all 
druggists  sell  these  tableU.  Will  you  please  discuss  this  ques- 
tion in  your  query  column?" 

The  sale  of  mercury  bichloride  tablets  without  prescription 
is  quite  generally  permitted  in  most  states,  providing  the  drug- 
gist shall  conform  to  certain  requirements  which  are  more  or 
less  fully  stated  in  the  poison  law.  But  in  theory,  at  least, 
the  law  places  upon  the  druggist  the  responsibility  of  ascertain- 
ing that  the  person  desiring  the  poison  is  aware  of  the  toxic 
character  of  such  substance  and  if  it  is  to  be  used  for  a  legiti- 
mate purpose.  If  the  druggist  is  satisfied  with  the  presenta- 
tion of  these  facts  (in  most  states  it  is  unlawful  for  any 
person  to  give  a  fictitious  name  or  to  make  any  false  repre- 
sentations to  the  seller  in  buying  poisons),  the  sale  may  be 
consummated,  providing  the  druggist  performs  his  full  duty  in 
labeling  the  poison  and  registering  the  sale  and  delivery  of 


the  same  as  required  by  law.  A  sale  of  mercury  bichloride 
tablets  completed  in  the  manner  here  outlined  would  hardly 
be  considered  as  presumptive  evidence  that  the  druggist  as  a 
seller  had  violated  any  principle  of  law  or  of  good  morals. 

In  some  of  the  states,  as  stated  above,  it  must  satisfactorily 
appear  that  the  poison  is  to  be  used  for  a  legitimate  purpose. 
Surely  the  prevention  of  conception  is  not  considered  in  this 
category,  as  the  laws  of  all  states  have  provisions  against  the 
sale  of  all  substances  for  such  purposes,  and  if  "Perplexed 
Dispenser"  really  believes  that  the  mercury  bichloride  tablets 
he  may  sell  are  to  be  used  in  this  way,  it  is  his  duty  as  a 
citizen  to  obey  the  law  of  the  State  and  to  practice  good  morals 
by  refusing  to  make  such  sales.  After  all,  it  is  a  problem  that 
he  must  solve  for  himself. 

Removing  Carbon  Deposits  from  Cylinders 

(X.  Y.  Z.) — "I  send  you  by  this  mail  a  sample  of  a  fluid, 
one  ounce  of  which  is  to  be  added  to  five  gallons  of  gasoline. 
It  is  claimed  that  its  use  will  prevent  a  deposit  of  carbon  in 
the  cylinders,  and  if  carbon  is  there,  the  fluid  will  remove  it. 
The  fluid  also  increases  the  horse-power  and  mileage  25%.  Can 
it  be  picric  acid?" 

The  sample  which  X.  Y.  Z.  says  he  mailed  has  not  reached 
us  and  we  cannot  venture  an  opinion  as  to  its  probable  com- 
position. However,  we  are  informed  that  among  the  sub- 
stances employed  for  this  purpose  are  acetone,  denatured  alco- 
hol, wood  alcohol,  kerosene,  and  other  compounds.  Picric 
acid  possibly  may  be  used,  but  to  what  e,xtent  we  are  unable 
to  state.  As  suggestive  of  the  nature  of  these  decarbonizing 
compounds,  the  United  States  Patent  Office  Gazette  printed 
these  specifications  for  a  mixture  recently  patented :  "A  com- 
pound for  use  in  removing  carbon  deposits  from  engines,  con- 
sisting of  (1)  alcohol,  25%;  carbon  disulphide,  about  25%;  a 
hydrocarbon  oil,  about  25%,  and  a  lubricating  oil  from  24  to 
25%.  (2)  Alcohol,  25%;  graphite,  1%;  carbon,  25%;  kero- 
sene, 25%,  and  a  lubricating  oil,  about  25%." 

Another  patented  "composition  for  the  prevention  and  re- 
moval of  incrustation  in  explosion  engines  consists  of  potas- 
sium hydrate,  1  pound;  gasolene,  3  quarts;  alcohol,  1  quart; 
cylinder  oil,  2  ounces,  and  ether,  25  minims." 

A  Chemical  Calculation 

(H.  L.  L.) — "Having  difficulty  in  working  out  the  follow- 
ing problem,  I  am  writing  to  ask  you  to  explain  it  through  the 
Question  Box  department  of  the  Era. 

"One  hundred  cubic  inches  of  oxygen,  at  60°  F.,  and  baro- 
meter at  30  inches,  weighing  34.203  grains,  and  one  gallon 
containing  277^  cubic  inches,  what  weight  of  potassium  chlor- 
ate will  be  required  to  yield  10  gallons  of  gas?" 

Answer — "The  molecular  weight  of  KCIO,  is  122.46,  and 
each  molecule  yields  3  atoms  of  O,  or  48  parts;  10  gallons  of 
oxygen  contain  2772.5  cubic  inches,  which  weigh  24.203  x 
27.725,  or  948.278  grains.  Therefore,  948.278  x  122.46  and 
divided  by  48  =  2419.27  grains  of  potassium  chlorate  needed. 

Sulphosalicylic  Acid:  Phosphotungstic  Acid 
(R.  J.  C.) — "Please  tell  me  something  about  sulphosalicylic 
acid  and  phosphotungstic  acid,  their  manufacture,  uses  and 
prices?" 

Sulphosalicylic  acid,  also  known  as  salicylic-sulphonic  acid, 
C„H,SO,H.OH.COOH,  is  made  by  acting  upon  salicylic  acid 


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[October,  1915 


with  strong  sulphuric  acid,  the  product  being  usually  prepared 
by  heating  together  salicylic  acid  and  sulphuric  acid  aYihy- 
dride.  It  occurs  in  small,  colorless,  needle-shaped  crystals, 
melting  point,  120°  C,  soluble  in  water  and  alcohol.  It  gives 
a  deep  violet  coloration  with  solution  of  ferric  chloride.  This 
compound  has  been  recommended  for  the  treatment  of  rheu- 
matism, but  its  chief  use  is  as  a  reagent  for  the  detection  of 
the  presence  of  proteids  of  all  kinds;  it  is  said  to  furnish  an 
exceedingly  delicate  test  for  albumin  in  urine.  If  a  few  crys- 
tals be  added  to  the  clear  urine  and  the  mixture  agitated,  a 
turbidity  indicates  the  presence  of  albumin.  The  precipitate 
of  albumin,  or  globulin,  is  not  affected  by  heat,  while  that  due 
te  albumoses  or  peptones  is  dissolved,  but  reappears  on  cool- 
ing. Egg  albumin  (1  in  12,500)  can  be  detected  by  this  rea- 
gent, the  precipitate  formed  being  dense  white  and  not  redis- 
solved  on  boiling. 

Phosphotungstic  acid  can  be  made  by  adding  phosphoric 
acid,  H,PO^,  to  a  hot  solution  of  sodium  tungslate  till  de- 
cidedly acid.  Cool,  and  render  strongly  acid  with  acetic  acid 
or  hydrochloric  acid.  Filter  after  standing  over  night.  This 
compound  is  used  as  a  reagent  for  the  precipitation  of  alkaloids, 
the  precipitates  formed  in  the  reaction  being  similar  to  those 
given  by  phosphomolybdic  acid.  Various  formulas  are  given 
for  the  preparation  of  this  reagent,  but  all  are  closely  similar. 
Thus,  the  well-known  "Scheibler's  Reagent,"  sodium  phospho- 
tungstate,  given  in  most  works  for  the  volumetric  determina- 
tion of  alkaloids,  is  made  as  follows:  Dissolve  sodium  tung- 
state  100  parts,  and  sodium  phosphate  60  to  80  parts,  in  water 
500  parts,  and  add  nitric  acid  to  acid  reaction.  This  reagent 
is  employed  similarly  to  Mayer's  reagent. 

Both  of  these  acids  are  listed  in  the  Era  Price  List,  sulpho- 
salicylic  acid  in  1-oz.  vials  at  44c,  and  phosphotungstic  acid, 
CP.  crystals,  1-oz.  vials  at  3Sc@42c.  Both  may  be  easily 
obtained  from  any  dealer  in  chemical  reagents,  or  from  your 
wholesale  druggist. 

Theobromine  Sodium  Salicylate  in  a  Mixture 

(C.  R.  S.) — "Will  you  kindly  print  in  your  next  issue  the 
reason  for  the  incompatibility  in  the  following  prescription?" 

Theobromine  sodium  salicylate  2  drams 

Potassium   citrate   4  drams 

Spirit  of  nitrous  ether, 

enough  to  make  3  ounces 

"On  bringing  these  substances  together  a  solid  mass  is 
obtained." 

Theobromine  sodium  salicylate  (diuretin)  according  to  the 
books  is  incompatible  with  acids,  bicarbonates,  borates,  phos- 
phates, and  other  salts.  In  this  prescription  the  theobromine 
is  thrown  out  of  solution  by  the  acid  of  the  spirit  of  nitrous 
ether,  while  potassium  citrate  is  practically  insoluble  in  the 
alcohol  of  the  spirit.  If  the  spirit  of  nitrous  ether  is  strongly 
acid,  there  is  also  probably  some  free  salicylic  acid  liberated. 
As  a  general  proposition,  theobromine  sodium  salicylate  is  best 
administered  in  aqueous  solution. 

Spray  Solution  of  Scarlet  Red 

(T.  P.  M.) — In  further  reply  to  the  difficulty  propounded  by 
you  (this  journal,  March,  1915,  page  114)  in  compounding  the 
following  prescription: 

Merck  Biebreich  scarlet,  20  per  cent. 
Liquid  petrolatum,  colorless,  P.  D.  &  Co.,  2  ounces. 
Mix  and  make  a  solution. 

Use  as  a  throat  spray  in  No.  29  DeVilblss  nebulizer. 
W.  Votteler,  Louisville,  Ky.,  writes: 

"If  T.  P.  M.  will  use  1  to  2  per  cent  of  oleic  acid  and  tri- 
turate it  with  B.  red  he  can  make  a  solution  that  will  mix  with 
liquid  petrolatum,  colorless,  in  any  proportion,  but  I  would  not 
like  to  dispense  a  20  per  cent  mixture  of  the  same  unless  I 
was  positive  that  that  strength  was  wanted." 

Flake  White 

(B.  S.  C.) — "White  flake,"  or  more  properly  "flake  white," 
is  given  in  various  works  of  reference  as  a  synonym  both  for 
lead  carbonate  and  bismuth  subnitrate,  the  use  of  the  term, 
esperinllv  !n  ill  of  the  older  works '  we  have  consulted,  being 
I'sstru  '  1iite  lead  deposited  in  flakes.    But  in  mod- 

s'"" ^  tics  the  term  is  used  to  designate  bismuth 

subiiiii  ,   .1>;n  known  as  "pearl  white".    Lead  car- 

bonati   w.is  Innii,  '    ,„f]  jg  ^q^^  occasionally  used 

as  a  pigment  in  f  n  in  recent  years  its  use  has 

been  largely  supplai  nh  subnitrate  which,  in  addi- 


tion to  furnishing  a  good  white  for  the  purpose  nained,  is 
comparatively  free  from  injurious  effect  upon  the  skin,  the 
use  of  tlie  lead  salt  sometimes  inducing  lead  poisoning.  ^  By 
finding  out  from  the  customer  what  the  "flake  white"  is  to 
be  used  for,  you  should  be  able  to  tell  which  of  these  sub- 
stances should  be  given. 

Emulsion  of  Olive  Oil 
(G.  K.) — In  addition  to  the  formula  for  the  emulsion  of 
olive  oil  given  on  page  46  of  the  Era  Formulary,  the  follow- 
ing is  taken  from  the  British  Pharmaceutical  Codex: 

Olive  oil    214  &■  ounces 

Gum  arabic,  in  powder   1  ounce 

Distilled  water,  to  make  20     fl.  ounces 

Make  a  mucilage  by  triturating  the  gum  arabic  in  a  mortar 
with  an  equal  quantity  of  distilled  water,  add  the  olive  oil  in 
a  slow  stream,  stirring  lightly  until  the  mixture  appears  uni- 
form; then  add  gradually  the  remainder  of  the  water.  An 
alternative  method  is  to  triturate  the  olive  oil  with  the  gum 
arabic,  add  all  at  once  twice  as  much  distilled  water  as  gum 
arabic  used,  make  a  primary  emulsion,  and  add  distilled  water 
in  small  quantities  up  to  the  required  volume.  The  dose  is  2 
to  8  fl.  drams. 

Precipitation  of  Color  in  Fowler's  Solution 

(Subscriber) — We  hardly  know  what  causes  the  color  to 
precipitate  out  of  your  Fowler's  solution.  In  fact,  this  rarely 
happens  when  the  solution  is  made  with  freshly  distilled  water, 
and  substances  which  answer  the  pharmacopoeial  requirements, 
with  the  additional  precaution  that  the  solution  shall  be 
properly  stored.  The  principal  difficulty  encountered  with 
this  preparation  is  its  general  keeping  qualities,  for  in  the 
course  of  time  it  develops  fungoid  growths  which  tend  to 
alter  its  appearance.  For  this  reason,  pharmacists  are  usually 
directed  not  to  keep  it  on  hand  in  large  quantities  for  any 
length  of  time.  The  precipitate  sometimes  formed  in  Fowler's 
solution  is  said  to  be  due  to  the  action  of  the  alkaline  solution 
on  the  glass  container,  producing  silicic  acid.  We  think  il 
you  were  to  store  your  solution  in  small  containers,  well-filled 
and  corked,  and  label  each  with  directions  only  to  open  them 
as  the  solution  is  wanted  for  use,  the  cloudy  appearance  and 
the  tendency  to  develop  fimgoid  growths  would  be  eliminated. 

Ichthyol  in  Suppositories 

(D.  C.  S.) — "I  would  like  to  have  an  opinion  of  the  en- 
closed prescription  and  the  best  way  to  compound  it" : 


Cocaine  muriate   10  grains 

Tannic  acid    3  grains 

Extract  of  belladonna    3  grains 

Extract  of  stramonium    3  grains 

Ichthyol   1  dram 


Mix  and  make  into  12  suppositories. 

Several  incompatibilities  are  apparent  in  this  prescription,  as 
tannic  acid  with  cocaine  and  ichthyol  with  the  alkaloids  of 
the  extracts.  The  suppositories  made  from  this  mass,  how- 
ever manipulated,  are  not  satisfactory.  Practical  dispensSTS 
are  invited  to  send  in  their  comments  on  this  prescription  for 
publication  in  this  department. 

Mercury  Tartrate 

(S.  C.  D.  S.)— Segerblom  ("Tables  of  Properties  of  over  1,500 
Common  Tnor>::inic  Substances")  describes  two  salts  under  the 
above  litli  ii>K  urous  tratrate.  H^X^H.O,,.  which  occurs  as 
a  white.  ei\stalline  powder,  slightly  soluble  in  water,  soluble 
in  acids;  and  mercuric  tartrate,  HgC.H^Oe,  a  white  crystalline 
powder  that  darkens  on  exposure  to  light;  slightly  soluble  ni 
water;  soluble  in  acids.  In  Merck's  Index  (Merck  &  Co.,  this 
city)  mercurous  tartrate  is  listed  as  a  yellow,  crystalline  powder, 
insoluble  in  water  and  acids.  We  do  not  know  to  what  extent 
it  has  been  used  in  the  treatment  of  syphilis. 

A  Curious  Order 

E,  L.  Campbell,  \\'ichita,  Kansas,  sends  to  this  departmoJt 
the  following  curious  order  as  a  sample  of  what  the  druggbt 
is  called  upon  to  interpret: 

"Mr.  Camel  please  let  the  little  girl  have  a  bottol  of  soda 
Faustface  &  some  kind  of  liver  pils  something  that  ant  severe 
have  you  the  lime  that  I  can  mix  to  drink  on  the  count  of 
hard  waiter  I  will  pay  you  Later  day." 


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Dr.  S.  S.  Goldwater  Wars 

on  ^'Patent"  Medicines 

New  York  City  Health  Commissioner  Has  Passed 
Ordinance  Which  May  Be  Beginning  of  Medical 
Men's  Fight  on  Proprietaries. 

IN  matters  pertaining  to  the  manufacture  and 
sale  of  patent  medicines,  Dr.  S.  S.  Goldwater, 
Commissioner  of  Health  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  is  in  a  fair  way  to  attract  tis  much  attention 
to  himself  as  did  Dr.  Harvey  W.  Wiley  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Act. 

Even  though  his  jurisdiction  does  not  extend  be- 
yond the  city  limits  of  New  York,  Dr.  Goldwater 's 
influence  is  being  felt  in  many  sections  of  the  coun- 
trj'.  Some  manufacturers  of  proprietary  medicines 
profess  to  see  in  his  present  activities  a  movement 
toward  the  much-discussed  Federal  department  of 
health,  presided  over  by  M.D.s,  which,  it  is  feared, 
would  be  a  big  step  in  the  direction  of  preventing 
self -medication  of  any  kind. 

At.  any  rate  Dr.  Goldwater  has  written  on  the  Sanitary 
Code  a  new  ordinance,  effective  December  31,  1915,  which 
threatens  revolutionary  changes  in  the  marketing  of  patent 
medicines  in  New  York  City.  This  ordinance  has  received 
the  endorsement  of  the  American  Public  Health  .-XBSOciation, 
which  is  comprised  mainly  of  health  officers  of  many  muni- 
cipalities, and  therein  lies  the  danger  that  similar  legislation, 
if  effective  in  New  York,  may  soon  be  adopted  in  every  im- 
portant city  in  the  country,  and  state  and  national  legislation 
along  the  same  lines  is  being  energetically  proposed. 

While  there  are  many  in  the  drug  trade  who  sympathize 
and  even  applaud  Dr.  Goldwater's  efforts  to  prevent  the  sale 
of  so-called  "cure-alls"  for  incurable  diseases,  or  other  secret 
remedies  for  which  extravagant  claims  are  made  by  manufac- 
turers, his  methods  do  not  find  support  in  all  quarters.  The 
Proprietary  .Association  of  .\merica,  tlirough  its  counsel,  Harry 
B.  Thompson  of  Washington,  D.  C,  has  notified  its  members 
not  to  comply  with  the  new  regulations,  and  if  the  Depart- 
ment of  Health  of  New  York  City  undertakes  to  make  an 
arrest  a  test  case  will  be  fought  to  determine  the  consti- 
tutionality of  the  ordinance.  The  point  at  issue  is  that  fea- 
ture of  the  ordinance  which  would  require  manufacturers  to 
file  with  the  Department  of  Health  a  statement  of  the  in- 
gredients of  their  preparations.  Makers  of  medicines,  which 
have  for  one  reason  or  another  been  put  up  as  "secrets",  would 
thereby  be  producing  information  which  hitherto  they  have 
been  privileged  to  consider  as  solely  their  own  property. 
The  Proprietors'  Case 
Harry  B.  Thompson,  general  counsel  for  the  Proprietary 
Association,  states  the  proprietors'  case  to  The  Ph.arivia- 
CEVTiCAL  Era  as  follows: 

"Of  course,  the  Health  Board  has  no  power  to  enact  any 
such  ordinance  as  this  formulae  disclosure  clause,  or  to  en- 
force the  regulations  made  in  pursuance  thereof.  Neither  the 
ordinance  nor  the  regulations  are  in  any  way  related  to  the 
public  health  or  public  welfare  of  the  people  of  New  York, 
and  this  is  borne  out  in  four  particulars.  First,  although  the 
ordinance  was  enacted  on  December  31,  1914,  its  effective  date 
was  suspended  until  December  31  of  this  year,  showing  that 
the  matter  is  not  a  very  urgent  one.  If  the  health,  or  the 
public  welfare  of  the  people  of  that  metropolis  was  at  all 
menaced  by  the  sale  of  proprietary  remedies,  the  ingredients 
of  which  are  not  registered  with  the  Board  of  Health  for  the 
secret  information  of  that  board,  it  would  really  seem  too 
bad  that  so  little  disregard  should  be  had  for  the  health  and 
welfare  of  those  people  between  the  time  of  enactment  of  the 
ordinance  and  its  operative  date.  Second,  those  remedies 
which  are  advertised  and  sold  under  name,  description,  or 
definition  found  in  the  pharmacopoeia  or  the  national  formulary 
are  not  regarded  as  dangerous  and  may  be  sold,  so  far  as  the 
health  ordinance  of  New  York  City  is  concerned,  without  any 
of  the  restrictions  appearing  either  in  the  ordinance  or  the 


regulations.  Now,  many  of  these  are  positively  dangerous, 
for  I  have  been  informed  that  there  are  57  which  call  for 
narcotic  drugs  in  sufficient  quantities  to  place  them  within 
the  provisions  of  the  Harrison  Anti-Narcotic  Law,  and  the 
latter  law  did  not  become  effective  until  two  montlis  after  the 
enactment  of  this  New  York  ordinance.  Third,  preparations 
which  contain  the  name  of  ingredients  set  forth  in  English 
upon  the  package  may  be  sold  without  restriction  under  the 
terms  of  the  ordinance.  The  fourth  particular  contains  the 
most  interesting  feature  of  the  ordinance,  one  which  so  clearly 
sets  forth  its  purpose,  which  reads  in  the  ordinance  as  follows: 
'The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not,  however,  apply  to  any 
medicine  or  medicinal  compounds  sold  or  given  away  upon 
tlie  written  prescription  of  a  duly  licensed  physician,  provided 
such  medicine  or  medicinal  compound  be  sold  or  given  away 
to  or  for  the  use  of  the  person  for  whom  it  shall  have  been 
prescribed  and  provided  that  said  prescription  shall  be  filed.' 
Of  course,  this  means  that  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
not  apply  to  any  patent  or  proprietary  medicine  prescribed 
by  physicians  because  patent  and  proprietary  medicines  con- 
stituted the  subject  matter  of  the  ordinance,  so  that  the  evident 
purpose  of  the  act  was,  to  quote  from  the  editorial  of  the 
Weekly  Drug  Markets  of  September  1,  to  stamp  out  self- 
medication,  for  it,  says  the  editorial,  'reduced  to  its  logical  con- 
clusions means  tliat  the  physician  should  prescribe  for  all  ail- 
ments, a  proposition  which  all  are  not  ready  to  admit,  but 
one  which  if  satisfactorily  worked  out  and  adopted,  would 
be  a  mighty  good  thing  for  the  doctors,  as  it  would  tend  to 
give  them  a  monopoly  of  catering  to  human  ills  and  whims.' 

"It  is  an  interesting  phase  of  governmental  control  to  find 
an  official  clothed  with  a  little  brief  authority  so  ready  to 
oblige  his  professional  brethren  in  enacting  an  ordinance  es- 
pecially for  their  benefit.  It  also  gives  rise  to  an  interesting 
observation  and  that  is,  that  the  wishes  of  the  medical  profes- 
sion to  do  away  with  self-medication  of  itself  constitute,  ipso 
facto,  such  a  condition  of  affairs  that  a  failure  to  comply  with 
their  wishes  would  prove  a  menace  to  the  public  health,  so  that 
the  extraordinary  powers  vested  in  the  Board  of  Health  may 
be  invoked  for  the  purpose  of  discontinuing  the  practice  of 
self -medication ." 

Dr.  Gold-water  is  Interviewed 

Dr.  Goldwater  professes  to  believe  that  the  department  will 
have  no  more  difficulty  in  enforcing  this  law  than  it  has  in 
enforcing  any  other.  He  said  to  a  representative  of  The 
Pharmaceutical  Era: 

"The  law  is  going  to  be  enforced  absolutely.  The  depart- 
ment will  have  no  more  trouble  enforcing  this  than  it  does 
enforcing  its  other  regulations. 

"We  require  that  the  manufacturer  who  has  a  secret  formula 
register  this  with  us  and  receive  a  registry  number.  The 
formula  will  be  placed  on  file  with  hundreds  of  other  secret 
documents  which  the  department  has  kept  for  years  in  perfect 
safety.  There  has  never  been  any  scandal  in  this  office  in 
connection  with  records  being  given  out  and  I  do  not  think 
there  will  ever  be  any  cause  for  any. 

"The  manufacturer  who  is  making  a  preparation  the  formula 
of  which  has  already  been  published  does  not  have  to  secure 
a  registry  number.  All  he  needs  to  do  is  to  put  the  names 
of  the  ingredients  on  the  bottle  or  package.  If  the  remedy  is 
taken  from  the  National  Formulary,  it  is  sufficient  to  indicate 
this  on  the  package. 

"Manufacturers  and  druggists  are  taking  this  regulation 
much  too  seriously,"  continued  Dr.  Goldwater.  "The  firm 
which  is  making  an  honest  preparation  need  have  nothing  to 
fear  from  the  new  law.  There  are,  however,  a  number  of 
harmful  remedies  on  the  market  and  it  is  at  these  that  the 
regulation  is  aimed.  All  reputable  manufacturers  will  agree 
that  it  will  be  for  the  good  of  the  trade  to  get  rid  of  these. 
Working  for  National  Legislation 

"I  suppose  there  will  be  some  dealers  who  will  avoid  the 
law  by  moving  their  establishments  or  appointing  agents  out 
of  the  jurisdiction  of  the  department.  But  the  number  who 
do  this  will  hardly  make  a  tenth  of  the  total  business  of  the 
city.  At  any  rate,  it  will  do  them  but  temporary  good,  for  we 
are  working  for  national  legislation  along  these  lines.  We  are 
in  correspondence  with  health  departments  all  over  the  coun- 
try, and  it  is  only  a  matter  of  time  before  legislation  will  be 
uniform.  Many  manufacturers  have  expressed  themselves  as 
strongly  in  favor  of  this  move. 


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[October,  1915 


"Samples  have  already  begun  to  come  in  from  manufacturers 
and  retail  druggists  for  registration.  The  department  has  had 
letters  from  a  large  number  of  firms  assuring  them  of  their 
hearty  co-operation.  We  are  prepared  to  handle  any  number 
of  samples  which  may  come  into  the  office.  If  we  are  in  any 
way  doubtful  of  the  preparations  we  will  have  them  tested  in 
our  laboratories,  but  I  do  not  anticipate  that  it  will  be  necessary 
to  test  all  of  them. 

"The  department  will  make  no  effort  to  go  after  samples.  If 
the  manufacturer  chooses  to  disregard  the  law  and  not  send 
in  his  samples  it  will  be  at  his  own  risk.  As  soon  as  the 
department  finds  a  remedy  on  the  market  which  has  not  been 
registered,  or  which  does  not  have  the  formula  printed  on  the 
bottle,  the  manufacturer  will  find  himself  in  court.  If  the 
manufacturer  cannot  be  reached,  the  retailer  is  liable  to  prose- 
cution. 

Says  Law  Is  Constitutional 

"There  has  been  some  talk  among  the  trade  that  the  law 
was  unconstitutional.  This  is  a  groundless  accusation.  Last 
year  when  the  law  first  came  up  there  was  a  great  stir  and 
several  associations  and  some  individual  firms  secured  couiisel 
to  Investigate  the  matter.  Nothing  ever  came  of  it.  If  the 
lav/yers  had  decided  that  there  was  anything  wrong  with  the 
law,  we  would  have  heard  of  it  before  now.  I  do  not  think  the 
retail  druggist  need  have  any  fear  of  the  chain-store  advantage 
In  fact  one  of  the  largest  chains,  which  has  stores  both  in  and 
out  of  the  city,  has  already  notified  the  department  that  it 
will  comply  with  the  law." 

Health  Officers  Oppose  "Patents" 
The  attitude  of  health  officers  in  other  cities  toward  patent 
medicines  is  indicated   by  the  resolutions  adopted  by  the 
American  Public  Health  Association,  at  its  recent  conven- 
tion at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  which  were  as  follows: 

"Whereas,  The  widespread  use  of  and  traffic  in 
patent  medicines  and  secret  nostrums  constitutes  a 
grave  menace  to  the  public  health,  and 

"Whereas,  Such  patent  medicines  and  nostrums,  be- 
cause of  the  deceptive  advertising  regularly  em- 
ployed in  promoting  their  sale,  consistently  oppose 
the  influences  seeking  to  educate  the  public  to  a  better 
understanding  of  the  nature,  causes  and  proper  treat- 
ment of  disease,  and 

"Whereas,  The  bulwark  of  this  traffic  is  secrecy 
and  mystery, 

"Be  it  resolved,  That  the  American  Public  Health 
Association  opposes  the  sale  of  patent  medicines  and 
nostrums  whose  constituents  are  unknown  to  the 
health  authorities,  and 

"Be  it  further  resolved.  That  this  association  heart- 
ily indorses  the  ordinance  of  the  New  York  City  De- 
partment of  Health  requiring  manufacturers  of  pro- 
prietary remedies,  sold  without  a  physician's  prescrip- 
tion, to  file  with  the  department  a  state  of  their  active 
constituents  and  therapeutic  claims,  and 

"Be  it  further  resolved.  That  this  association  rec- 
ommend to  other  municipalities  the  adoption  of  this 
or  similar  measures  for  the  proper  safeguarding  of 
the  public  health." 

This  association  also  objected  to  the  exemption  of  proprie- 
tary medicines  under  the  Harrison  law  and  recommended  the 
repeal  of  section  six  of  that  law. 


Regulations  for  Registering 

"Patents"  In  New  York  City 

Regulations  formulated  by  the  Health  Department  of  tlie 
City  of  New  York  under  Section  117  of  the  Sanitary  Code 
providing  for  the  registration  of  patent  and  proprietary  medi- 
cines have  been  adopted  as  follows: 

Regulation  1.  All  applications  for  a  Certificate  of  Registra- 
tion shall  be  made  upon  official  application  blanks  supplied  by 
the  Department  of  Health,  and  shall  be  signed  by  the  applicant. 


The  applicant  shall,  in  each  instance,  furnish  the  following 
information : 

1.  Name  of  preparation. 

2.  Name  of  applicant  (specifying  whether  manufacturer, 

proprietor,  importer  or  distributor.) 

3.  Location  of  manufacturer. 

4.  Form  in  which  preparation  is  marketed. 

5.  Therapeutic  effects  claimed  for  preparation. 

6.  Names  in  English  (not  quantities)  of  ingredients  to 

which  the  therapeutic  effects  claimed  are  attributed, 
and  the  same  in  English  (not  quantities)  of  all 
other  ingredients  except  such  as  are  physiologically 
inactive. 

7.  Exact  text  of  all  advertising  matter  and  every  state- 

ment set  forth  upon  or  contained  in  package,  box, 
bottle  or  container  as  sold,  and  of  all  advertising 
matter  relating  to  the  said  preparation  contained  in 
any  circular,  leaflet,  or  book  sold  or  distributed  vrith 
or  in  connection  with  such  preparation. 

Regulation  2.  A  sample  of  the  preparation  in  the  form  in 
which  it  is  to  be  sold  or  offered  for  sale  in  the  City  of  New 
York,  including  the  package,  wrapper,  label,  box,  bottle,  con- 
tainer, and  all  advertising  matter  and  statements  shall  be  sub- 
mitted with  the  application.  Subsequent  changes  in  form  or 
text  of  labels  advertising  matter,  or  statements  shall  be  filed 
with  the  Department  of  Health  and  shall  be  approved  before  use. 

Regulation  3.  When  such  application  properly  filled  out 
and  signed,  together  with  the  required  sample  of  the  prepara- 
tion, shall  have  been  filed  with  the  Department  of  Health 
and  the  approval  thereof  given  by  the  Director  of  the  Bureau 
of  Food  and  Drugs  and  the  Sanitary  Superintendent,  a 
Certificate  of  Registration  shall  be  issued,  specifying  the  name 
of  the  preparation,  the  name  of  the  person  registering  such 
preparation,  and  the  date.  Every  such  Registration  Certificate 
shall  be  numbered,  which  said  number  shall  identify  the  par- 
ticular preparation  so  registered  and  shall  thereafter  be  af- 
fixed to  the  package  containing  such  preparation  in  the  man- 
ner hereinafter  prescribed  by  Regulation  5. 

Regulation  4. — No  manufacturer,  proprietor,  distributor,  im- 
porter or  vender  shall,  in  any  advertisement  or  in  any  other 
manner,  assert,  imply,  or  indicate  that  the  Certificate  of  Reg- 
istration issued  by  the  Department  of  Health,  passes  upon 
the  merits,  or  assumes,  endorses,  or  accepts  the  claims  to 
therapeutic  action,  of  the  proprietary  or  patent  medicines,  and 
no  reference  of  any  kind  to  the  Department  of  Health  shall 
be  made  in  any  advertisement,  upon  any  label,  package,  box, 
bottle,  or  container  in  which  such  medicine  is  contained,  or 
in  any  other  manner  whatsoever. 

Regulation  5.  The  following  letters  and  figures  shall  be 
conspicuously  and  legibly  set  forth  in  English  characters 
upon  the  outer  label,  wrapper,  or  cover  of  the  package,  box, 
bottle  or  container  in  which  the  medicine  registered  with  the 

Department  of  Health  is  contained:  "N.  Y.  C.  R.  No.  " 

(the  number  appearing  upon  the  registration  certificate.) 
No  other  reference,  of  any  kind,  to  the  registration  of  said 
proprietary  or  patent  medicine  shall  be  made  in  any  advertise- 
ment, upon  any  label,  package,  box,  bottle,  or  container,  or 
in  any  other  manner  whatsoever. 

Regulation  6.  Where  the  place  of  business  of  any  person, 
firm,  or  corporation  filing  an  application  under  Section  117 
of  the  Sanitary  Code  is  elsewhere  than  in  the  City  of  New 
York,  such  applicant  shall  furnish,  at  the  time  of  filing 
application  with  the  Department  of  Health,  the  name  of 
a  person,  firm  or  corporation,  resident  in  or  having  a  place 
of  business  in  the  City  of  New  York  as  the  agent  or  rep- 
resentative of  such  applicant.  Any  notice  to  or  dealings 
with  such  agent  or  representative  shall  be  as  effective  as  if 
sent  to  or  made  with  such  applicant. 


Permit  Employes  to  Attend  Military  Camp 

James  Morrisson,  of  Fuller-Morrisson  Corporation,  Chicago, 
is  quoted  in  the  Herald  of  tliat  city  to  the  effect  that  his  firm 
will  permit  two  of  its  employes  to  attend  the  military  camp 
of  professional  business  men  to  be  held  at  Fort  Sheridan.  III. 
Full  time  on  salar>'  and  expenses  will  be  allowed  these  men. 
William  H.  Wrigley,  .Tr.,  will  permit  any  man  in  his  factories 
to  attend  the  camp  on  full  time  and  full  pay.  The  camp  will 
be  somewhat  similar  to  that  held  recently  at  Plaftsburg,  JT. 
Y.,  and  Chicago  business  men  are  taking  a  keen  interest  in 
its  organization. 


October.  1915! 


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Books  Reviewed 


THE  DISPENSER'S  lOKMLLARV  OK  SOUA  WATER  GUIDE. 
A  practical  handbook  of  soda  touiitaiu  operators  consisting  ot 
2,000  tested  formulas  for  soda  fountain  products,  with  com- 
plete information  on  fountain  service,  fountain  standards,  ice 
cream  standards  and  formulas,  luncheonette  service,  including 
an  appendix  of  manufacturers'  formulas,  together  with  descrip- 
tive information  of  their  fountain  apparatus,  sundries  and  sup- 
plies. Compiled  by  the  editorial  staff  of  The  Soda  Fountain. 
Third  edition.  Revised  and  enlarged.  8  vo.,  274  pages,  cloth, 
$1.50.    New  York.    D.  O.  Haynes  &  Co. 

The  appearance  of  this  book  marks  a  distinct  advance  in  the 
presentation  of  information  relating  to  the  operation  of  the 
soda  fountain,  in  that  all  the  formulas  have  been  gathered  to- 
gether into  groups,  based  upon  tlie  official  fountain  nomen- 
clature as  prepared  by  The  Soda  Fountain  and  perfected  by 
the  members  of  the  Dispensers'  Testing  Club.  This  attempt 
to  place  fountain  nomenclature  upon  a  uniform  basis  is  a 
step  in  the  right  direction,  and  tlie  effort  here  made  will  do 
more  to  clarify  the  ambiguity  of  terms  that  have  oept  into 
the  soda  fountain  field  than  could  the  work  of  a  dozen 
"purists"  working  single  handed.  The  compilers  state  that  in 
the  preparation  of  this  new  edition  they  have  kept  before 
them  the  triple  ideal  of  simplicity,  completeness  and  practica- 
bility, and  the  material  presented  shows  clear  perception  of 
these  desirable  qualities. 

The  completeness  of  this  edition  is  shown  by  the  table  of 
contents,  as  follows:  Introduction;  fountain  service;  fountain 
nomenclature ;  soda  fountain  formulas ;  ice  creams  and  water 
ices;  Itmcheonette  department;  appendi.x,  and  complete  index. 
The  large  number  of  formulas,  including  the  famous  "prize 
formulas"  that  have  been  contributed  to  The  Soda  Fountain 
during  the  past  five  years,  and  many  special  formulas  contribu- 
ted directly  by  the  dispensers  interested,  represent  the  latest 
information  in  fountain  dispensing,  while  the  departments  on 
fotintain  service,  ice  cream  and  water  ices,  and  luncheonette 
are  distinctly  new,  being  specially  written  for  the  tise  and 
promotion  of  these  recent  promising  developments  of  the  mod- 
em soda  fountain.  Every  druggist  and  operator  interested  in 
the  commercial  success  of  his  soda  fountain  should  have  a 
copy  of  this  book. 

A  COMPEND  OF  MEDICAL  CHEMISTRY,  inorganic  and  or- 
ganic, including  urinary  analysis.  By  Henry  Leffmann,  A.  M., 
M.  D.,  professor  of  chemistry  in  the  Woman's  Medical  College 
of  Pennsylvania  and  in  the  Wagner  Free  Institute  of  Science. 
*th  edition— revised.  12  mo.,  241  pages,  cloth,  $1.  Philadelphia, 
P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co. 

The  well-knou-n  character  of  the  various  manuals  included 
in  the  Blakiston  "quiz-compend"  series  is  maintained  in  the 
nvw  edition  of  the  book  noted  above.  That  there  is  a  proper 
use  to  be  made  of  these  books  as  a  help  to  instruction,  is 
consistently  argued  by  the  author  in  the  preface  to  this  little 
work,  and  we  agree  with  him  to  a  certain  extent  that  com- 
pends  are  "books  that  most  professors  and  reviewers  con- 
demn and  nearly  all  students  use."  A  concise  presentation  of 
the  most  important  facts  of  any  science  is  most  desirable  for 
the  student  preparing  for  examination,  and  it  is  no  discredit 
to  him  if  he  uses  a  compend  as  a  "help"  to  such  an  end. 
As  a  matter  of  common  experience,  the  use  of  such  a  book  does 
help  the  average  student  to  mass  his  stock  of  knowledge  on  a 
Riven  subject,  a  most  important  factor  when  the  time  element 
is  considered.  .\s  presenting  the  most  important  facts  per- 
taining to  chemistry,  this  book  will  be  found  of  service  to  all 
students  of  medicine  and  pharmacy. 

COLLECTED  PAPERS  FROM  THE  RESEARCH  LABORATORY 
of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich.  Dr.  E.  M.  Houghton, 
director.    Reprints,  Volume  3.    8  vo.,  330  pages. 

The  character  of  this  volume  is  very  clearly  indicated  by 
the  above  title,  some  of  the  more  important  papers  of  interest 
to  pharmacists  being  the  following:  "U.  S.  P.  Menstrua,"  by 
H.  C.  Hamilton;  "The  Sterilization  of  Adrenalin  Solutions," 
by  L.  W.  Rowe:  "Disinfection — What  Disinfectant  is  the  most 
Generally  Applicable  for  Clinical,  Surgical  and  Sanitary  Pur- 
poses?", by  H.  C.  Hamilton;  "Local  Anesthetics — Some  Com- 
parative Physiological  Reactions."  by  Oliver  E.  Closson,  and 
"The  Pharmacy  of  Adrenalin,"  by  C.  P.  Beckwith. 


PERSONAL  EFFICIENCY,  APPLIED  SALESMANSHIP  AND 
SALES  ADMINISTRATION.  By  Irving  R.  Allen,  president 
of  the  Irving  R.  Allen  Co.  8  vo.,  315  pages,  leather.  Published 
by  the  La  Salle  Extension  University,  2550  Michigan  Avenue, 
Chicago,  111. 

Mr.  Allen,  the  author  of  this  book,  is  an  expert  in  sales  or- 
ganization, having  had  wide  experience  in  establishing  and  or- 
ganinzing  sales  departments  and  in  training  salesmen.  The 
book  is  one  of  a  series  of  works  on  business  subjects,  another 
work  on  "Business  Psychology,"  being  announced  for  early 
publication.  The  latter  book  is  by  Professor  Hugo  Munster- 
berg  of  Harvard  University.  Mr.  Allen's  book  is  a  new  treat- 
ment of  the  problems  of  personal  efficiency  and  salesmanship. 
It  tells  the  man  not  only  how  to  sell  merchandise,  or  whatever 
he  has  to  sell,  but  also  how  to  sell  himself;  that  is,  how  to 
make  his  employers  fully  realize  his  value  to  their  business. 
Its  style  is  not  that  of  tlie  hundreds  of  other  books  which  have 
appeared  on  salesmanship  and  kindred  subjects,  but  it  is 
written  in  an  entertaining,  breezy  way,  and  it  entertains  while 
it  instructs  and  educates  the  reader. 

REPORT  OF  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  EDUCATION  for  the 
year  ended  June  30,  1914.  8  vo.  cloth.  Vol.  1.,  810  pages; 
\'ol.  II.,  565  pages.    Washington,  Government  Printing  Office. 

These  annual  reports  are  always  interesting,  especially  to 
the  citizen  who  has  followed  or  is  following  the  work  of  the 
various  educational  agencies  throughout  the  country.  The  first 
or  \'olume  I.  contains  a  brief  interpretative  review  of  the 
progress  of  education  in  the  United  States  within  the  year, 
and  a  still  briefer  report  of  the  most  important  phases  of 
progress  in  education  in  foreign  countries.  One  cannot  peruse 
the  several  chapters  without  becoming  very  much  alive  to  the 
fact  that  the  tendency  toward  democracy  in  education  for  the 
service  of  democratic,  political,  civic,  social  and  industrial  life 
continues  unabated,  a  fact  that  is  emphasized  by  the  desire 
that  the  best  possible  education  for  all  the  children  of  all  the 
people  is  growing  more  or  less  rapidly  in  all  countries  of  the 
world. 

Volume  2  is  devoted  largely  to  statistics  which  represent 
some  very  interesting  facts.  Thus,  in  his  survey  of  the  re- 
turns of  actual  existing  conditions,  and  assuming  that  the 
percentage  of  enrollment,  average  attendance  and  length  of 
school  term  computed  for  1913  may  continue  for  13  years 
(the  period  of  school  life  5  to  18),  the  commissioner  concludes 
that  tlie  average  amount  of  schooling  for  each  individual  in 
the  public  schools  would  be  1093  days,  or  5.47  years.  About 
39  per  cent  of  the  560,397  students  in  the  high  school  in  1913 
may  be  expected  to  graduate  in  1916,  approximately  218,555. 
The  number  of  professional  schools  reporting  for  tlie  year  was 
542,  as  compared  with  556  the  preceding  year.  There  was  a 
loss  of  three  schools  of  theology,  two  law  schools,  eight  schools 
of  medicine  and  three  schools  of  pharmacy.  In  the  latter  were 
enrolled  5,930  students,  a  decrease  of  235  from  the  number 
reported  for  the  preceding  year.  The  graduates  of  schools  of 
pharmacy  in  1914  numbered  2,290,  of  whom  91  were  students 
having  collegiate  degrees.  In  1913  there  were  1,813  graduates, 
52  of  whom  held  collegiate  degrees.  In  the  list,  and  report- 
ing for  the  first  time,  we  note  the  name  of  the  University  of 
Porto  Rico,  College  of  Pharmacy,  which  opened  at  San  Juan 
in  1913,  17  men  and  seven  women  taking  the  various  courses. 

GLYCERIN,  ITS  PRODUCTION,  USES  AND  EXAMINATION. 
For  chemists,  perfumers,  soapmakers,  pharmacists  and  explo- 
sives technologists.  By  S.  W.  Koppe.  Translated  from  the 
German  second  edition  by  William  H.  Simmons,  B.  Sc.  (Lond.), 
F.  C.  S.  12  mo.,  250  pages,  cloth,  $3.  London,  Scott,  Greenwood 
&  Son.    New  York,  D.  Van  Nostrand  Co.,  American  agents. 

The  progress  of  the  great  European  war  has  emphasized 
the  importance  of  glycerin  in  numerous  branches  of  chemical 
technology.  Glycerin  furnishes  not  only  the  raw  material  for 
the  production  of  nitro-glycerin,  but  its  uses  in  increasing 
quantities  each  year  by  the  soapm.-ikor  and  perfumer,  the 
chemist  and  druggist,  the  dyer,  and  many  others  in  various 
fields  of  manufacturing  makes  the  appearance  of  this  volume 
most  timely.  In  the  preparation  of  the  book  a  vast  amount 
of  material  has  been  assembled  and  here  "boiled  down"  to 
such  an  extent  thnt  one  is  quite  safe  in  saying  that  practically 
all  of  the  available  information  on  the  cheminl  prnprrtie.s, 
production  and  uses  of  glycerin  is  to  be  found  in  this  hook! 
Not  the  least  interesting  are  the  several  chapters  on  nitro- 
glycerin, dynamite  and  other  explosives  in  the  manufacture  of 
which  glycerin  is  employed. 


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ANNUAL  REPRINTS  OF  THE  REPORTS  of  the  Council  on 
Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  of  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion for  1914  with  the  Comments  that  have  appeared  in  the 
Journal.  143  pages,  cloth,  50  cents.  Chicago.  American 
Medical  Association. 

The  investigations  reported  in  this  volume  furnish  interest- 
ing reading,  relating  as  they  do  to  a  considerable  number  of 
extensively  advertised  proprietaries  on  the  market  and  for 
which  many  extravagant  claims  are  made  by  the  manufacturers. 
Under  the  heading  "Abstracts  of  Council  Action"  is  presented 
a  brief  outline  of  the  reasons  which  led  to  a  rejection  of 
articles  by  the  Council. 


CAROLINA  JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY 

The  above  title  is  that  of  a  new  journal,  published  quarterly 
by  the  William  Simpson  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  North  Carolina  School  of  Pharmacy  at  Chapel  Hill, 
the  initial  copy  of  which  has  reached  the  editor's  desk.  The 
purpose  of  the  organization,  which  is  composed  of  members 
from  the  pharmacy  school,  is  to  promote  the  science  of  phar- 
macy, and  as  a  medium  letting  the  pharmaceutical  world  know 
about  the  result  of  this  most  desirable  undertaking,  the  Society 
is  to  be  congratulated  on  the  material  presented  in  its  first 
number.  A  full  page  portrait  of  the  late  William  Simpson, 
president  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  1894, 
a  pioneer  druggist  and  teacher  of  North  Carolina,  and  whose 
name  the  society  has  taken,  appears  as  a  frontispiece.  Prof. 
J.  G.  Beard  is  editor-in-chief. 


A  NEW  FORD  ENGINE  CHART 

This  chart,  prepared  by  Victor  W.  Page,  printed  on  heavy 
bond  paper,  shows  clear  sectional  views  depicting  all  portions 
of  the  Ford  power  plant  and  auxilary  groups,  particularly  all 
parts  of  the  engine,  fuel  supply  system,  ignition  group  and 
cooling  system  that  are  apt  to  give  trouble  to  users  of  the 
Ford  automobile  by  detailing  all  derangements  that  are  liable 
to  make  an  engine  lose  power,  start  hard  or  work  irregularly. 
The  chart  is  25x38  inches  in  size,  and  is  published  at  25  cents 
by  the  Norman  W.  Henly  Publishing  Co.,  132  Nassau  St., 
New  York. 


VAN  SCHAACK  &  SONS  PRICE  CURRENT 

This  volume,  the  annual  catalogue  of  Peter  Van  Schaack  & 
Sons,  one  of  the  oldest  wholesale  and  jobbing  houses  in  Chicago, 
marks  the  45th  consecutive  year  of  publication.  Like  its  prede- 
cessors, it  shows  evidence  of  careful  compilation,  practically 
all  lines  of  the  multiplicity  of  items  which  are  carried  in  stock 
by  leading  retail  druggists  being  listed,  the  classification  of 
the  different  departments  and  kinds  of  goods  being  indicated  at 
the  top  of  each  page,  making  reference  thereto  easily  accom- 
plished. As  prefatory  to  the  "prices  current"  proper,  some  in- 
teresting "facts  on  Chicago"  are  set  forth,  and  the  druggist 
On  reading  them  cannot  help  but  come  to  the  conclusion  that 
the  "Windy  City"  offers  many  facilities  as  a  commercial  cen- 
ter, and  especially  for  drugs,  a  field  in  which  the  publishers 
of  the  catalogue  have  been  active  for  many  years. 


THE  SYNTLEUR  HERALD 

We  have  received  a  copy  of  the  bulletin  issued  by  the  Syn- 
flcur  Scientific  Laboratories,  Monticello,  N.  Y.,  "published  for 
the  benefit  of  manufacturers  who  believe  in  scientific  progress," 
and  "edited  personally  by  Alois  Von  Isakovics."  Those  who 
know  Mr.  Isakovics  need  not  be  told  that  the  "Herald"  relates 
to  essential  oik,  ii'rfumf-s  nnd  flavoring  materials,  and  in  this 
issue  of  that  i  i'  ipiiears  a  reprint   of   tlic  chapter 

written  by  hi:  Manual  of  Industrial  riicniistry," 

the  second  c<iii  •  li  was  recently  publidshod  and  is 

extensively  emplnNi  d  ;is  .i  textbook  in  universities  and  schools 
of  technology.  In  addition  to  this  information,  this  issue  of 
the  "Hciald"  is  chock  full  of  hints  and  suggestions  to  the 
manufacturer  of  perfumery,  ro.smetics,  etc.,  containing  also  a 
complete  list  of  prices  of  Synflour  perfume  materials 


RADIUM  IN  THE  LIGHT  OF  RECENT  DISCOVERY 

Under  this  title  we  have  received  a  36-paBe  pamphlet,  pub- 
lished by  the  author,  Paul  Bornsen,  301  Tennessee  avenue. 
N.  E.,  Washington.  D.  C,  and  which  has  for  its  sub-title 
"Radium  and  Rejuvenescence,  a  Presentation  of  New  Facts 


and  Problems."  His  discussion  is  interestingly  presented,  for 
the  author  tells  us  that  he  has  steered  clear  from  the  "jargon 
of  most  existing  treatises  on  the  subject,"  and  has  avoided 
technical  terms  in  all  cases  where  plainer  ones  are  available. 
He  has  devoted  a  dozen  years  as  an  independent  reasoner  and 
experimenter,  and  this  pamphlet  sets  forth  the  chief  results  of 
his  labors.  The  following  are  some  of  the  more  important 
sub-divisions  of  his  thesis:  The  prevalence  of  radium-imposture; 
radium  and  at-omic  disintegration ;  the  truth  about  radium  in- 
stitutes; the  preposterous  price  of  radium;  kindred  elements 
and  ultimate  composition  of  matter ;  the  "fabled  elixir,"  or 
new  light  on  "old  delusions" :  "radio-strontium,"  etc.,  the  last 
named  compound  being  the  discovery  of  the  author.  Copies 
of  the  pamphlet  may  be  obtained  of  the  author  at  25c  each. 


Drug  Store  Wrecked  by  Tornado 

I.  Lewyn,  a  retail  druggist  of  Houston,  Texas,  in  a  letter 
to  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  gives  an  interesting  account  of 
the  tornado  which  recently  caused  great  property  damage  in 
Galveston  and  vicinity.  According  to  Mr.  Lewj-n,  the  drug- 
gists suffered  more  severely  than  in  the  big  storm  of  1900. 
Mr.  Lewyn  says : 

"The  U.  S.  Weather  Bureau  deserves  great  credit  for  being 
so  far-seeing  and  forewarning  the  people  on  the  Mexican  Gulf 
coast  for  ten  days  previous  to  August  16  that  a  West  Indian 
hurricane  was  approaching  and  was  sure  to  strike  the  coast 
country. 

"On  Monday,  August  15,  the  barometer  began  to  drop,  and 
by  noon  a  terrific  rain,  accompanied  by  a  strong  wind,  set  in. 


What  the  storm  left  of  a  Houston  pharmacy 

The  velocity  of  the  wind  increased  rapidly  from  thirty-five 
to  fifty  miles  an  hour.  The  rain  let  up  a  little  the  last  of 
the  afternoon,  but  began  again  about  nine  o'clock  in  the  even- 
ing and  continued  until  the  hurricane  passed.  From  three 
until  five  a.  m.  Tuesday  night  the  wind  went  bej'ond  a  hun- 
dred mile  gait  and  caused  a  great  deal  of  damage  in  this 
whole  territory. 

"The  city  next  morning  had  the  appearance  of  being  wrecked 
by  a  furious  bombardment.  Roofs  were  rolled  up  like  paper, 
old  big  shade  trees  were  torn  up  and  many  buildings  demol- 
ished. 

"We  all  passed  safely  through  the  1900  Galveston  storm, 
but  this  gale  was  more  vehement  and  effective  in  wreckage 
than  the  last.  The  druggists  suffered  as  a  rule  mostly  from 
the  breakage  of  show  windows,  loss  of  awnings,  removal  of 
signs  and  damage  by  water.  The  greatest  loss  in  Houston  was 
to  the  Bollfrass  Pharmacy,  a  two-story  frame  building.  The 
proprietor  and  his  family  who  occupied  the  upper  story  wisely 
vacated  the  premises  in  time  before  the  building  collapsed. 
Most  of  the  drug  store  was  thrown  into  the  street,  the  soda 
fountain  being  about  the  only  thing  visible  after  it  was  over. 
Fortunately  the  pharmacy  carried  a  large  tornado  insurance 
policy.  The  picture  shows  tlie  upper  story  of  the  pharmacy 
lifted  and  set  down  in  the  middle  of  the  street." 


A  Camera  for  the  Best  Picture 

The  Kulhman  &  Chambliss  Company  of  Knoxville.  Tenn.. 
is  creating  a  constant  interest  in  its  camera  dep.irtment  by 
offering  to  give  to  the  person  having  the  best  picture  mtde 
in  its  developing  and  printing  dep.artment  each  week,  a 
camera  absolutely  free.    The  award  is  made  every  Wednesday. 


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433 


CAMERA  AND  PHOTO  SUPPLIES 


Drug  Stores  Open  Fine  Photograph  Finishing  Department 


THE  Schramm- Johnson  drug 
stores  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
have  established  lor  their  pho- 
tographic departments  a  tinislun.; 
plant,  which  is  considered  by  tin 
pliotograpnic  world  as  the  most 
complete  and  most  practical  ot  any 
photographic  tinishmg  plant  in  ibe 
West.  'lhat  such  a  large  photo- 
^aphic  business  should  have  been 
built  up  by  a  chaui  of  live  drug 
stores  as  to  necessitate  a  linishing 
plant  of  this  size  is  in  itself  a  suong 
indication  of  die  possibilities  for 
profit  that  are  open  to  druggists  who 
conduct  photographic  departments 
along  aggressive  lines. 

The  finishing  department  of  the 
Schramm-Johnson  stores  consists  of 
seven  rooms,  the  reception  or  ex- 
hibit room,  the  printing  room,  the 
developing  room,  the  enlarging  room, 
the  chemical  mbcing  room  and  two 
dark  rooms  for  the  use  of  amateurs. 

The  reception  room,  measuring 
about  15  X  18  feet,  is  furnished  in 
mission  style,  and  the  ligliting  is 
such  as  to  bring  out  the  full  value 
of  the  many  enlargements  of  the 
most  artistic  type  which  line  the 
walls.  The  photographs  are  the 
choicest  of  amateur  pictures,  finished 

on  the  premises.  There  will  be  contests  open  to  all  amateurs  and 
prizes  will  be  awarded  to  those  making  the  best  photographs. 

The  developing  room  is  about  15  feet  square  and  has  two 
departments,  a  plate  developing  department  which  is  fitted  with 
the  very  latest  in  plate  developing  equipment  and  is  in  charge 
of  an  expert  plate  man,  and  a  film  developing  department  which 
has  a  capacity  of  1,500  rolls  a  day.  This  department  is  fitted 
with  the  improved  German  stoneware  tanks,  similar  to  those 
used  by  the  Eastman  Kodak  Company.  There  are  four  tanks, 
one  for  developing  the  fihns,  one  for  rinsing,  one  for  mixing 
and  one  for  washing.  There  is  also  a  drying  cabinet  in  this 
room  which  dries  the  fihns  in  from  15  to  20  minutes,  hot  and  cold 


Reception  room  showing  twc 
enlargements. 


amateur  dark  rooms,  also  displays  and  exhibits  of 


Dark   room   showing  48   gallon   developing  tanks  and  sinks 


air  being  used.    There  are  three  persons  employed  in  this  room. 

The  printing  room  is  about  15  x  18  feet  and  is  divided  in 
three  sections,  the  print  exposing  and  developing  section  in 
which  eight  persons  can  work  in  comfort,  is  equipped  with 
the  very  latest  in  printing  and  washing  machines.  The  drying 
section  is  handled  by  one  woman  and  has  the  very  latest  print 
drying  apparatus,  wherein  several  hundred  prints  can  be  dried 
in  ten  minutes.  And  the  trimming  and  assorting  section  where 
the  prints  are  trimmed,  spotted,  examined  and  assorted  has 
space  for  four  people.  A  very  practical  method  of  assorting 
is  used  whereby  a  great  deal  of  time  and  labor  are  saved. 
The  enlarging  room  is,  without  doubt,  the  finest  in  the 
country.  It  is  equipped  with  four 
Mercury  Vapor  Lamps,  which  are 
best  for  photographic  purposes  ow- 
ing to  their  blue  light.  A  floor  easel 
is  used  and  enlargements  twice  life 
size  can  be  made.  The  latest  sys- 
tem of  dodging  is  used,  whereby  the 
enlargements  can  be  shaded  and  the 
weaker  portions  of  a  picture  can  be 
made  as  brilliant  at  the  strong  vor  ■ 
tions.  Several  hundred  enlargements 
can  be  made  each  day. 

The  chemical  room  is  about  fifteen 
feet  square. 

The  two  amateur  dark  rooms  lead- 
ing from  the  reception  room  are 
furnished  with  all  the  equipment  re- 
quired by  the  amateur.  These  rooms 
are  open  to  amateurs  every  day,  free 
of  charge,  and  all  the  information 
and  assistance  possible  is  given  to 
help  the  amateur. 

All  these  rooms  are  fitted  with  a 
perfect  ventilation  system,  doing 
way  with  all  chemical  odors. 

This  plant  is  open  to  visitors  at 
any  time. 


434 


THE  PHAEMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[October,  1915 


What  a  Druggist  Should  Know  About  Cameras 

BY  JOHN  L.  CUBLEY, 

Secretary,  International  Photo  Sales  Corporation,  New  York 


KNOWLEDGE  is  power,"  wrote  Lord  Bacon. 
But  we  all  know  the  old  saw,  "A  little  knowledge  is 
dangerous." 

From  the  yearly  profit-and-loss  sheet  point  of  view,  a 
LITTLE  knowledge  of  one's  business  is  extremely  dangerous, 
and  it  behooves  everyone  who  sells  goods  to  know  more  than 
a  little  about  the  goods  he  sells.  More  and  more  druggists 
every  year  take  up  photography  as  a  side  line  with  the  most 
varying  motives  imaginable.  Some  do  so  because  their  com- 
petitors are  selling  cameras;  some  because  they  can  sell  a  few 
fihns  and  papers;  some  just  as  they  would  put  in  stock  a  new 
and  popular  safety  razor,  but  very  few  with  a  well  grounded 
idea  of  the  selling  principle  in  back  of  the  great  photographic 
industry. 

Are  YOU  aware  that  there  are  some  men  who  have  spent 
their  entire  lives  selling  nothing  but  cameras  and  accessories 
to  the  photographic  trade?  Do  you  know  why  your  competitor 
down  tie  street  sells  more  photographic  material  than  you  even 
though  he  is  not  so  centrally  located?  Where  did  the  people 
who  occasionally  come  into  your  store  for  a  roll  of  film  buy 
that  most  expensive  camera  you  see  them  carrying?  They 
probably  bought  it  in  a  regular  photographic  store  after  the 
salesmen  had  told  them  what  camera  was  best  for  their  particu- 
lar requirements.  They  did  not  come  to  you  because  the  sales- 
men of  the  photographic  store  knew  just  what  they  should  have, 
and  they  felt  that  perhaps  you  did  not  know.  They,  without 
doubt,  would  come  to  you  to  have  a  prescription  filled,  because 
they  realize  that  you  know  how  to  fill  prescriptions  carefully, 
but  to  buy  a  high  grade,  expensive  outfit,  not  at  all ;  your  stock 
of  photographic  goods  is  only  carried  as  a  "side  line,"  a  conven- 
ience in  the  same  sense  as  you  carry  postage  stamps,  soda  water 
and  candy. 

Whose  Fault  Is  It? 

Now  why  should  not  you  or  your  clerk  behind  your  photo- 
graphic counter  know  just  as  much  as  the  photographic  sales- 
men?   Whose  fault  is  it? 

In  view  of  the  position  which  the  American  druggist  today 
occupies  in  the  economic  scheme  of  things  and  the  selling  ex- 
perience and  merchandising  principles  with  which  he  must 
equip  himself,  it  seems  to  me  that  the  omission  of  an  elemen- 
tary course  in  merchandising  and  selling  from  the  curriculum 
of  pharmaceutical  education  is  unfortunate  and  that  every  col- 
lege of  pharmacy  in  this  country  should  teach  business  eco- 
nomics to  the  student  to  equip  him  in  successfully  meeting  the 
sales  problems  which  must  of  necessity  arise  when  he  begins  to 

sell     wares  and       

goods.  Because  of 
of  this  omission, 
he  is  sent  out  into 
the  world  to  oc- 
cupy the  most 
unique  position  of 
a  merchant  with 
a  degree! 

Fortunately,  the 
principles  of  mer- 
chandising and 
selling  are  univer- 
sal in  their  appli- 
cation, and  only 
conditions  s  u  r- 
rounding  special 
businesses  need  be 
acquired  in  order 
to  make  a  success 
of  any  particular 
line — the  acquisi- 
tion of  these  con- 
ditions, together 
•wi'th  a  well- 
grounded  knowl- 
edge of  what  the 
public  really 
needs,  being  the 
only  necessary 


Printing  and  sorting  room,  sho-n 
trimming  tabic  of  Scliratu 


possessions  in  many  instances  of  assured  success.  In  the 
photographic  line  knowledge  of  the  different  types,  of  cam- 
eras; why  some  people  prefer  certain  sizes,  why  a 
"hard"  paper  is  necessary  for  one  class  of  negatives,  and 
a  "soft"  paper  for  another  are  vitally  necessary.  Our  American 
manufacturers  are  to  be  commended  for  the  thorough  manner 
in  which  they  have  opened  not  only  to  the  public  but  to  the 
dealer  by  means  of  circulars,  pamphlets,  booklets,  etc.,  the  techni- 
cal information  required  by  these  "whys" ;  for  the  manner  too,  in 
which  they  have  selected  salesmen  who  are  ready  and  willing  to 
impart  not  alone  this  technical  information  to  the  dealer,  but 
sales  hints,  suggestions  as  to  window  dressing,  etc.  Some  of 
these  manufacturers  publish  house  organs,  which  contain  really 
valuable  help  to  merchant  in  all  lines,  and  which  it  would  be- 
valuable  help  to  merchants  in  all  lines  and  which  it  would  be- 
hoove the  druggist  who  is  really  desirous  of  making  his  photo- 
Some  people  will  no  doubt  tell  you  that  you  must  not  get  too 
close  to  your  business,  or  you  will  distort  the  entire  perspective 
— which  is  no  doubt  true  in  many  instances;  but  it  is  also  true 
that  you  can  get  so  far  away  from  your  business  that  you  can- 
not get  the  correct  viewpoint.  Either  case  is  bad,  and  a  happy 
medium  should  be  preserved. 

Watch  the  "Other  Fellow" 
.'Mways  keep  in  touch  with  what  the  "other  fellow"  is 
doing.  Read  your  trade  magazine  (or  have  your  clerks  read 
it),  and  subscribe  to  at  least  one  of  the  photographic  maga- 
zines which  so  faithfully  record  just  what  is  going  on  in  the 
way  of  photography.  Remember  that  photographic  styles 
change  the  same  as  in  the  world  of  fashion.  A  few  years 
ago,  most  photographers  thought  it  was  absolutely  necessary 
to  carry  around  a  heavy  5x7  or  8x10  camera  in  order  to 
obtain  a  perfect  picture  of  those  dimensions;  now-a-days 
the  miniature  cameras  (cameras  taking  pictures  as  small  as 
l%x2J^)  are  the  ones  preferred,  because  photographers  now 
realize  that  in  most  cases  they  can  do  away  with  the  heavy 
bulk  of  the  large  camera  because  of  the  wonderful  efficiency 
of  the  short  focal  length  of  the  lens  equipment  of  the  small 
camera,  which  gives  greater  depth  than  the  larger  camera 
having  a  longer  focus  lens,  and  at  the  same  time  the  small 
picture  can  be  enlarged  at  home  to  the  required  size  without 
the  loss  of  any  detail  whatever. 

Such  changes  as  the  reason  for  the  superiority  in  most  cases 
of  the  short  focus  lens  over  a  lens  of  longer  focal  length 
should  be  thoroughly  understood  by  the  dealer  in  photo- 
graphic goods,  and  the  advantages  to  the  average  photog- 

grapher  should  be 
pointed  out.  But 
in  order  to  point 
out  these  adran- 
tages  the  dealer 
should  KNOW, 
and  he  can  only 
find  out  by  keep- 
ing in  close  touch 
with  those  who 
are  in  a  position 
to  know — the  pho- 
tographic public 
with  w  h  o  m 
he  comes  in  con- 
tact, and  the  mag- 
azines which 
devote  their  spacf 
in  whole  or  in 
part  to  photo- 
graphic topics. 

Avoid  laying  in 
a  large  stock  of 
specialties.  There 
are  some  acces- 
sories in  photog- 
raphy which  read- 
ily suggest  them- 
selves as  ind'spen- 
(Cont.  on  p.  4S0) 


ig  print  dryers,  printing  machines  and 
n-J ohnson  drug  store,  S^]U  Lake. 


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435 


NEWS  OF  THE  ASSOCIATIONS 


A.  R.  D.  Wants  Liquors  Made  Official 

Association  Asks  That  They  Be  Retained  in  Pharmacopoeia; 
Stevens  Bill  Is  Endorsed— M.  A.  Stout  Is  Elected  President 


S.  C.  Henry 


NEW  OFFICERS  OF  N.  A.  R.  D. 

President,  M.  A.  Stout,  Bluffton,  Ind. 

First  Vice-President,  S.  A.  Eckstein,  Mil- 
■walkee.  Wis. 

Second  Vice-President,  W.  H.  Cousins,  Dal- 
las, Tex. 

Third  Vice-President,  L.  T.  Dunning-,  Sioux 
Falls,  S.  D. 

Treasurer,  Grant  W.  Stevens,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Secretary,  Thomas  H.  Potts,  Chicago,  re- 
elected. 

Executive  committee,  three-year  term: 
Chas.  H.  Huhn,  Minneapolis,  chairman; 
Charles  Harding,  Cincinnati,  O. 

The  convention  city  will  be  named  later. 


M.  A.  Stout 


THE  unexpected  support  given  a  resolution  asking  revisers 
of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  to  incorporate 
whisky  and  brandy  in  that  official  book  featured  the 
seventeenth  annual  convention  of  the  National  Association  of 
■letail  Druggists  in  session  in  Minneapolis,  August  30  to  Sep- 
•ember  3.  The  resolution  was  offered  without  comment,  Dr. 
Wm.  C.  Anderson,  Brooklyn,  chairman  of  the  resolutions  com- 
;iiittee,  later  returning  a  minority  report  opposing  the  proposi- 
ion.  John  J.  Boehm.  president  of  the  Chicago  Retail  Drug- 
gists .Association,  backed  by  nearly  a  hundred  members  of  his 
:ity's  organization,  arose  in  opposition  to  this  report  and 
wrought  before  the  delegates  the  original  resolution,  which  was 
massed  by  a  comfortable  majority. 

The  N.  A.  R.  D.  convention  opened  with  a  delegate  en- 
|-ollment  of  more  than  800.  In  the  succeeding  days  the  at- 
iiendmce  grew  to  1084.  President  Samuel  C.  Henry  and  Charles 
H.  Huhn,  Minneapolis,  chairman  of  the  executive  committee, 
Dronounced  it  the  most  representative  gathering  in  the  history 
,5f  the  organization. 

Stevens  Bill  Endorsed 
The  action  taken  by  the  association  was  provided  for  in  a 
number  of  resolutions,  w  hich  were  to  the  following  effect : 

That  the  association  endorses  the  Stevens  bill  and  calls  for 
its  re-introduction  in  the  next  Congress. 

That  a  committee  of  five  be  appointed  to  co-operate  with 
ather  national  bodies  in  promoting  the  proposed  campaign  of 
,;ducation  on  behalf  of  the  metric  system,  looking  toward  the 
ultimate  adoption  of  the  system  as  the  official  standard  of 
weights  and  measures  in  this  country. 

That  this  form  of  guaranty  legend — "Guaranteed  by  (name 
of  the  guarantor)  the  manufacturer  (distributor,  or  other 
truthful  descriptive  name)  (serial  number)  to  comply  with 
the  provisions  of  the  food  and  drugs  act  of  June  30,  1906" — 
be  submitted  to  the  Federal  authorities  for  their  approval  for 
use  on  the  labels  of  all  food  and  drug  products. 

That  the  incoming  president  appoint  a  committee  of  five, 
non-officers,  to  whom  suggestions  received  from  individual 
members  and  affiliated  organizations  during  the  next  year  shall 
be  referred,  this  committee  to  report  at  the  next  convention, 
the  report  to  be  published  in  the  official  journal  at  least  30 
days  before  the  meeting. 

,    That  the  association  is  opposed  to  the  use  of  trading  stamps, 
coupons  and  so-called  premium  certificates  in  connection  with 
the  sales  of  any  merchandise. 
That  the  association  through  its  legislative  committee,  en- 


deavor to  have  the  legislatures  of  the  various  states  enact  nar- 
cotic laws  to  conform  with  the  Harrison  law. 

That  the  organization  respectfully  protests  against  T.  D.  2213. 

That  the  executive  committee  be  memorialized  to  institute 
a  test  case  in  the  proper  court  on  this  ruling. 

That  the  association  go  on  record  as  favoring  a  system 
of  uniform  state  food  and  drug  laws  susceptible  of  uniform 
application. 

That  the  efforts  to  secure  a  change  in  the  classification  of 
retail  druggists  as  retail  liquor  dealers  be  continued. 

That  the  executive  committee  be  authorized  to  adopt  the 
indemnity  liability  insurance  plan  outlined. 

That  the  activities  of  the  American  Fair  Trade  League  in 
favor  of  price  regulation  be  endorsed. 

That  the  attention  of  Congress  be  emphatically  called  to 
the  association's  opinion  that  all  revenue  stamp  taxation 
should  be  applied  so  that  the  consumer  be  compelled  by  law 
to  pay  the  tax. 

That  the  supervision  of  the  organization  department  be 
continued  under  the  plan  followed  during  the  past  year. 

That  state  legislatures  be  warned  against  the  dangers  to 
the  people  from  the  peddling  of  medicine. 

That  the  Internal  Revenue  Commissioner  be  requested  to 
issue  more  frequently  revised  editions  of  the  rules  and  regu- 
lations covering  the  Harrison  narcotic  law. 

That  the  committee  of  sub-stations  be  made  a  postal  affairs 
committee  to  handle  all  postal  matters  of  such  interest  to 
members. 

That  efforts  to  secure  improvement  in  standing  of  pharma- 
cists in  the  army  be  continued,  and  that  the  legislative  com- 
mittee consult  with  war  department  officials  for  the  purpose 
of  drafting  a  practical  form  of  bill  to  attain  this  end. 

That  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  reaffirm  its  belief  in  the  necessity 
for  a  revision  of  the  patent  and  trade  mark  laws  in  so  far  as 
they  concern  synthetic  drugs  and  chemicals,  and  that  to  this 
end,  to  avoid  complication  and  confusion  with  inimical  patent 
reform  measures,  the  Paige  bill  be  endorsed  with  the  appre- 
ciation that  it  will  probably  be  strengthened  by  amendments 
during  its  passage  through  Congress. 

That  the  association  recommend  to  the  N.  F.  Committee 
of  Revision  that  it  include  in  its  next  edition  at  least  two 
of  the  formulas  authorized  by  the  Bureau  of  Internal  Revenue 
for  denaturing  alcohol  to  render  it  suitable  for  rubbing  pur- 
poses and  tax  free. 

That  the  as.sociation  endorse  one-cent  postage. 


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That  the  association  disapprove  parcel  post,  which  seems 
to  grant  special  privileges  to  mail  order  houses  and  other 
monopolistic  interests. 

That  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  appoint  a  special  committee  to  consider 
suggestions  relating  to  clearer  definition  of  the  duties  and 
limitations  of  the  legislative  committee  and  such  changes  in 
the  constitution  and  by-laws  bearing  upon  other  parts  of  the 
organization  as  will  be  required  to  bring  this  about,  such  com- 
mittee to  make  definite  recommendations  upon  the  date  to 
be  fixed  at  the  time  of  its  selection. 

That  the  association  at  this  convention  enter  a  vigorous  pro- 
test against  the  taxation  of  medicinal  products,  and  empfoy 
all  honorable  means  to  oppose  it. 

That  sub-committees  on  telephone  service  be  appointed  in 
all  cities  and  large  towns. 

That  the  association  favors  re-affiliation  with  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce  of  the  U.  S.  at  the  time  such  re-affiliation  may 
be  necessary  if,  in  the  judgment  of  the  executive  committee, 
such  re-affiliation  will  conserve  the  best  interest  of  the  N.  A. 
R.  D. 

That  the  association  go  on  record  as  opposed  to  wood  al- 
cohol for  medicinal  purposes  to  be  used  by  human  beings, 
and  favor  such  labeling  of  wood  alcohol  as  will  protect  the 
public  against  its  harmful  use. 

That  the  association  records  with  interest  and  satisfaction 
the  fact  that  the  Minnesota  Ph.  A.  has  secured  the  enactment 
of  a  model  anti-narcotic  law  along  the  lines  suggested  by  the 
model  anti-narcotic  law  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 

That  the  association  empower  its  executive  and  legislative 
committees  to  bring  to  the  attention  of  the  Government  the 
injustice  done  by  the  speculative  buying  for  profit  of  materials 
required  as  medicinal  agents,  etc.,  and  that  these  committees 
seek  the  passage  of  such  laws,  which  shall,  either  by  imposing 
sufficiently  high  export  duties  or  other  measures,  safeguard 
against  ruinous  exportation  for  speculation  in  all  such  remedial 
agents. 

That  the  association  condemns  the  sale  of  alcoholic  liquors 
as  beverages  by  retail  druggists. 

That  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  recognizes  with  due  appreciation  the 
services  of  its  Washington  correspondent,  J.  Leyden  White. 

That  the  association  also  in  the  same  manner  appreciates 
the  unselfish  and  splendid  services  of  Jacob  H.  Rehfuss,  chair- 
man of  the  legislative  committee. 

Secretary  T.  B.  Potts,  Chicago,  in  his  annual  report  voiced 
his  disapproval  of  reorganization. 

"The  good  old  ship  has  served  us  faithfully  since  its  be- 
ginning," he  said.  "It  has  encountered  more  than  one  gale 
that  would  have  completely  destroyed  it  were  it  not  that  you 
had  officers  and  a  crew  aboard  to  hold  on  and  steer  the  good 
old  craft  back  to  safe  waters." 

There  are  many  incongruities  in  the  constitution  and  by- 
laws that  might  be  straightened  out,  however,  according  to 
the  secretary.  He  criticised  the  habit  of  many  members  to 
<3elay  correspondence.  Frequently  because  of  their  procrasti- 
nation, he  said,  druggists  have  to  do  very  extensive  nnd  expen- 
sive correspondence  to  get  required  information.  He  pointed 
out  the  benefits  resulting  from  affiliation  with  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce  of  the  United  States  of  America,  and  recommend- 
ed that  the  incoming  executive  committee  be  authorized  to 
employ  a  competent  attorney  residing  in  Washington  to  act 
as  the  working  representative  of  the  National  Association  of 
Retail  Druggists  in  national  legislative  matters  subject  to  the 
control  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  executive  and  legislative  com- 
mittees. 

President's  Recommendations 

In  his  annual  address  Tuesday  morning  President  Samuel 
C.  Henry,  of  Philadelphia,  sought  the  support  of  the  organiza- 
tion on  eight  issues  of  national  scope.  He  summed  them  up 
in  recommendations  that  the  N.  A.  R.  D. — 

1.  Reaffirm  its  attitude  toward  the  Stevens  bill. 

2.  Reiterate  its  position  in  favor  of  patent  law  reform. 

3.  Take  some  definite  stand  relative  to  the  regulations 
which  have  been  read  into  the  Harrison  act. 

4.  Go  on  record  as  favoring  a  uniform  system  of  state  food 
and  drug  li  i  tiMi>  of  uniform  application. 

5.  Coniiii  M  secure  a  change  in  the  classification 
of  retail  di  lil  liquor  dealers. 

6.  AuthcM  I  i;  \  luiivc  committee  to  adopt  the  indemnity 
liability  insurance  plan  outlined. 


7.  Endorse  the  activities  of  the  American  Fair  Trade  Leagu 
in  favor  of  price  regulation. 

8.  Go  on  record  as  favoring  any  movement  opposing  the  dia 
Iribution  of  trading  stamps,  coupons  and  the  like. 

"Considerable  progress  has  been  made  during  the  year  in  th 
way  of  focusing  attention  upon  the  possibility  of  establishin 
a  workable  and  legal  system  of  price-maintenance,"  he  saic 
"The  need  for  securing  regulation  of  a  satisfactory  characte 
along  this  line  looms  larger  every  year.  The  Stevens  bill  seen: 
to  promise  the  protection  to  which  we  feel  ourselves  entitlec 
While  the  bill  failed  of  passage  in  Congress  I  feel,  nevertheles 
that  the  sentiment  aroused  in  favor  of  honest  business  compet 
tion  as  opposed  to  cut  rate  deception  will  continue  to  sprea< 
and  be  of  much  assistance  in  any  future  effort  along  simil; 
lines." 

Poison  Label  for  Wood  Alcohol  Urged 

A  discussion  of  the  danger  attached  to  the  promiscuous  ^_ 
of  wood  alcohol,  of  the  anti-narcotic  law  and  the  trading 
stamp  evil  were  the  principal  features  in  the  report  of  the 
ecutive  committee. 

The  report  urged  the  National  Association  of  Retail  Dnij 
gists  go  on  record  by  resolution  favoring  the  placing  by  ever 
wholesale  and  retail  druggist  on  every  conuiner  of  wood 
cohol  in  his  possession  or  sold  by  him,  a  proper  poison  lab 
and  warning,  bearing  a  prominent  skull  and  cross  bones  an 
an  inscription: 

"Warning— It  is  unlawful  to  use  this  fluid  in  any  artic 
of  food,  beverage  or  medicinal  or  toilet  preparation  for  huma 
use  mternally  or  externally." 

Laws  regulating  the  sale  of  narcotics  were  passed,  accord^ 
to  the  report,  in  Colorado,  Connecticut,  Florida,  Massachusett 
Michigan,  Minnesota,  Missouri,  Nebraska,  New  Jersey  Ne 
York,  North  Dakota,  South  Dakota,  Utah,  Vermont  ' 

Other  laws  relative  to  the  practice  of  medicine  and  pharmad 
false  advertising,  and  trading  stamps  were  reported 

'Trading  stamps,"  the  report  reads,  "is  a  most  pemicioii 
attempt  to  rob  the  legitimate  dealer  of  his  just  reward  for  a 
istence.  A  powerful  force  is  endeavoring  to  graft  this  ulcerot 
proposition  onto  the  legitimate  and  healthy  retailer,  who  has  t 
work  and  ingenuity,  escaped  the  annihilation  of  centralizatic 
ot  povver  which  the  existant  pirates  of  trade,  backed  by  trul 
and  big  interest  schemers  hope  ultimately  to  force  upon  thei 
Coupon  and  profit  sharing  schemes  will,  and  must,  be  eliminate 
by  Congress  if  legitimate  business  is  to  thrive.  This  is  part 
the  program  for  your  executive  conunittee  for  the  ensuing  year 
Other  topics  discussed  were  price  maintenance,  revenue 

SostaTZ".?  ^^P^^.*"^^"^'  P^^t^nt  law  reform,  one  cent  lett 
postage  and  the  proprietary  stamp  tax 

Consumer  Ought  to  Pay  Bevenue  Tax 
ih.  a  standardization  of  prices  continued  support 

the  Stevens  bill  was  urged.  »"ffoii 

"Retailers  of  every  trade  and  profession  must  of  course 
strong  interest  m  the  enactment  of  this  bill  to  carry  it  past 
strong  opposition  that  has  developed,"  reads  the  report 

It  was  recommended  that  revenue  taxes  be  paid  by  the  cq 
sumer  rather  than  by  the  retail  druggist,  as  is  the  custom 
present. 

"It  must  not  be  overlooked  that  other  trades  and  professio 
have  been  exempted  from  this  burden  of  taxation  in  a 
larger  degree  than  the  retail  druggists,"  the  report  states. 

"Since  the  producer  is  a  consumer  and  the  consumer  is 
producer  there  can,  therefore,  be  no  exemption  of  favoriti:- 
if  the  revenue  tax  is  laid  upon  the  final  and  last  resting  place 

The  report  points  out  that  publicity  is  a  most  effecir 
weapon  in  securing  patent  law  reform.  "More  of  this  desimb 
publicity  can  be  secured  if  a  more  universal  effort  by  o 
thoughtless  members  obtains,"  is  one  pointed  quotation  from  t 
report. 

Regarding  the  proprietary  stamp  tax  the  report  urges  th 
while  no  opposition  be  offered  an  effort  should  be  made 
make  the  tax  effective  on  other  things  than  medicines,  and  th 
the  retail  druggists  should  have  the  same  privilege  as  the  rai 
roads,  that  of  passing  the  burden  to  the  consumer  and  the  pn 
ducer  where  it  is  equably  distributed.  Also  that  the  tax  I 
extended  to  take  in  all  branches  of  the  retailing  industry. 

"Medicine  for  the  poor  man's  sick  room  deserves  more  coi 
sideration  than  golf  balls  and  sticks  for  the  links'  devotee 
the  report  suggests. 

The  report  of  Jacob  H.  Rehfuss,  cliairman  of  the  legislath 


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committee,  had  this  to  say  on  the  matter  of  affiliating  with  the 
'Chamber  of  Commerce  of  the  United  States: 

"Your  legislative  committee  concerns  itself  in  the  resolutions 
of  these  associations  (N.  V.  S.  P.  A.  and  other  state  pharma- 
■ceutical  organizations)  solely  on  account  of  their  relation  to  the 
Stevens  bill,  feeling  that,  if  tlie  personnel  of  this  committee  of 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce  w-as  being  changed  for  the  deliberate 
purpose  of  bringing  in  an  unfavorable  report  on  price-main- 
tenance, its  effect  would  be  very  harmful.  A  careful  investiga- 
•  tion  of  the  subject  leads  us  to  venture  tlie  opinion  tliat  such  a 
change  has  not  yet  been  carried  out,  and  possibly  is  not  now 
I  contemplated.  Nevertheless,  tlie  fact  remains  that  all  the  new 
members  recently  appointed  to  the  committee  are  known  an- 
tagonists to  our  cause,  but  are  not  as  yet  in  a  majority.  It 
must  be  remembered,  however,  that  even  though  this  committee 
does  bring  in  a  favorable  report,  there  is  no  assurance  that  a 
referendum  vote  of  the  chamber  will  be  favorable.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  the  United  States  through- 
out the  country  who  would  vote  on  such  a  referendum,  are 
largely  manufacturers,  department  store  heads,  and  representa- 
tives of  large  interests  who,  as  a  rule,  dominate  commerce  in 
their  respective  communities  and  have  little  in  common  with  the 
small  retail  merchant.  They  naturally  regard  their  own  interests 
first,  and  the  little  retailer  second,  if  at  all." 

That  the  N'.  A.  R.  D.  carefully  consider  the  question  of  its 
affiliation  with  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  clearly  express 
its  policy  regarding  affiliations  between  itself  and  other  organi- 
zations of  national  character  was  one  of  the  recommendations 
made  by  Mr.  Rehfuss'  committee. 

Among  other  things  the  committee  also  recommended  that 
the  association  endorse  the  Stevens  bill,  declare  its  opposition 
to  the  trading  stamp  and  coupon  evil,  enter  a  vigorous  pro- 
test against  the  taxation  of  proprietary  and  patent  medicines, 
and  employ  all  honorable  means  to  oppose  it;  request  more 
frequent  revised  editions  of  Harrison  law  rules  and  regulations, 
bring  suit  to  test  legality  of  T.  D.  2213,  covering  matter  of 
exemption  of  prescriptions  under  the  Harrison  law,  reaffirm 
its  belief  in  the  necessity  for  a  revision  of  the  patent  and  trade- 
mark 'aws  in  so  far  as  they  concern  synthetic  drugs  and  chemi- 
cals, and  endorse  the  Paige  bill;  etc. 

Propaganda  Committee's  Report 

The  principal  recommendation  of  the  propaganda  committee, 
made  by  Chairman  J.  H.  Webster,  urged  that  "every  com- 
pounder and  dispenser  of  medicine  which  is  intended  for  the 
cure  or  relief  of  human  ailments  be  a  regularly  licensed  and 
registered  pharmacist  without  exception." 

The  lawfully  registered  pharmacist,  licensed  by  the  state,  is 
not  protected  by  the  state,  according  to  the  report. 

"Many  persons,  not  trained  in  the  art  of  pharmacy,  are  al- 
lowed to  compound  medicines  without  let  or  hindrance,"  reads 
the  report,  which  adds  that  the  condition  is  due  "to  class  legis- 
lation, pure  and  simple,"  and  that  "it  is  time  the  state  was 
compelled  to  distinguish  between  a  registered  pharmacist  and 
other  persons  in  so  far  as  pharmacal  work  is  concerned." 

The  committee  reported  itself  greatly  handicapped  by  the 
sale  of  so-called  "medicines"  by  medicine  peddlers  and  again 
blamed  existing  laws  for  the  condition.    It  stated: 

"It  is  a  serious  menace  to  the  health  of  our  people  for  these 
peddlers  are  usurping  the  functions  of  both  the  pharmacist 
and  the  physician,  without  the  state  license  of  either.  We 
would  recommend  that  the  state  legislatures  be  advised  of  the 
fact  that  while  peddling  medicine  in  itself  may  be  a  harmless 
money-making  amusement,  even  though  licensed,  it  is  proving 
a  boomerang  of  the  most  dangerous  sort  to  the  very  people 
who  expect  to  be  benefitted  by  the  medicines  they  buy  from 
these  itinerant  vendors." 

Here  the  report  criticises  the  druggists,  complaining  that  the 
success  of  the  vendors  is  possible  because  the  committee  is 
handicapped  by  the  apathy  of  the  druggists  themselves. 

"Yet,"  it  continues,  "this  is  almost  entirely  due  to  the  fact 
that  the  druggist  is  so  greatly  handicapped  by  protected  and 
legalized  quackery  that  he  is  looking  for  organized  relief." 
"Chain  Stores"  Bitterly  Attacked 

A  bitter  attack  on  the  "chain  store  system"  featured  one  of 
the  principal  addresses  of  the  convention,  given  by  Edward  C. 
Berriman.  Chicago,  who  told  the  delegates  they  would  have  to 
fight  harder  than  they  ever  had  fought  before  to  prohibit  such 
institutions. 

"Go  to  your  congressman,  see  your  senators  and  representa- 
tives and  ask  them  to  help  you  in  this  fight  to  keep  the  public 


of  the  United  States  from  falling  into  the  hands  of  a  few  in- 
dividuals who  are  preparing  to  establish  a  line  of  coupon  stores 
tliroughout  the  country  tliat  will  practically  put  the  small  drug- 
gist out  of  business,"  he  said. 

"These  drug  stores  will  be  owned  by  the  same  people  who 
control  a  similar  line  of  cigar  stores  and  the  coupons  given  in 
one  store  may  be  redeemed  witli  premiums  given  at  the  other." 

jNIr.  Berriman  said  that  Marshall  Field  &  Company,  Chicago, 
had  recently  issued  a  letter  stating  it  would  refuse  to  sell  anj 
store  giving  coupons  or  trade  certificates. 

Senator  Moses  Clapp,  of  Minnesota,  addressed  the  delegates, 
telling  them  what  he  thought  should  govern  them  in  their  re- 
quests for  legislation. 

"You  should  consider,"  the  senator  said,  "whether  that  bill 
benefits  the  greatest  number  of  people  of  this  country  or  por- 
tions of  the  minority.  Because  most  of  your  measures  have 
appeared  to  be  as  benefitting  the  majority  and  because  that  is 
the  way  I  analyze  all  such  legislation,  I  have  happily  been  in 
accord  with  the  views  on  such  things  of  your  association.  I 
shall  always  be  glad  to  do  anything  to  help  the  majority  and 
at  the  same  time  will  benefit  the  N.  A.  R.  D." 


The  "Old  Guard"  Organizes 

The  Old  Guard  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  was  royally  entertained 
by  Thomas  Voegeli  at  a  banquet  given  by  him  at  the  magnifi- 
cent new  Athletic  Club  on  the  evening  of  September  2.  The 
Athletic  Club  is  a  sky  scraper  building  only  opened  in  August. 
The  entire  building  is  given  up  to  the  use  of  the  members 
and  it  was  here  that  Mi.  Voegeli  invited  his  friends. 

After  feasting  in  a  sumptuous  manner,  reminiscences  were 
exchanged  for  nearly  two  hours,  and  the  host  made  a  speech 
that  will  long  live  in  the  hearts  of  his  hearers,  both  because 
of  its  eloquence  and  also  because  it  revealed  in  this  comrade 
one  who  had  never  lost  his  love  for  his  companions  nor  the 
association  he  helped  to  organize,  even  although  circumstances 
had  later  made  it  advisable  for  him  to  withdraw  from  active 
membership. 

Those  present  upon  this  memorable  occasion  were  WiUieto 
Bodemann,  Col.  John  W.  Lowe,  Edward  Williams,  Charles 
Mann,  Charles  Rehfuss,  Simon  N.  Jones,  Charles  Huhn, 
Dr.  Wm.  C.  Anderson,  Theodore  F.  Hagenow,  Secretary 
Thomas  Potts,  and  the  host,  Thomas  Voegeli. 

It  was  enthusiastically  voted  to  organize  the  "Old  Guard" 
into  a  permanent  association,  with  Mr.  Voegeli  as  president, 
and  Dr.  Anderson  as  secretary,  the  main  purpose  of  the  asso- 
ciation to  meet  annually  for  good  fellowship  during  the  lives 
of  the  members. 

SCHOLARSHIPS  FOR  WASHINGTON  UNIVERSITY 

Editor  The  Pharmaceuticai,  Era: 

In  a  recent  issue  of  your  paper  I  note  a  mention  of  the 
Fairchild  Scholarship  and  a  list  of  pharmacy  schools  having 
such  scholarships. 

A  few  months  ago  a  Miss  Margaret  Denny  left  a  will  giving 
to  the  University  of  Washington  a  sum  of  money  as  an  en- 
dowment for  several  scholarships.  In  the  list  she  mentioned 
that  one  should  be  for  the  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  money 
is  not  yet  available  as  the  estate  is  being  settled  by  adminis- 
trator, but  it  is  expected  to  be  ready  by  the  beginning  of  an- 
other school  year.  The  amount  set  aside  is  expected  to  net 
approximately  $500  per  year  for  each  scholarship  established. 
This  will  give  this  college  of  pharmacy  one  of  the  leading 
scholarships  of  the  various  schools. 

Miss  Denny  was  never  connected  with  pharmacy,  but  her 
father  was  instrumental  in  getting  the  university  started  in 
about  1860.  The  family  has  always  been  very  close  to  the- 
university  and  various  members  have  at  other  times  made  be- 
quests. Thinking  this  information  may  interest  your  readers, 
I  remain, 

C.  W.  Johnson,   Dean,  College  of  Pharmacy. 
Seattle,  Sept.  4. 

A  Special  on  G-old  Fish 
A  pair  of  live  gold  fish  and  36-ouncc  globe  aquarium  with 
moss  and  pebbles  were  recently  given  free  with  each  purchase  of 
a  choice  of  six  articles  at  25c  by  the  Scholtz  Drug  Company,  of 
Denver,  Colo.  It  is  claimed  that  1,800  globes  were  distributed 
in  two  days.  The  company  did  not  make  any  direct  profit  on 
the  deal;  but  as  the  globes  carried  the  firm's  name  blown  in 
the  glass  it  is  likely  that  the  advertising  thus  obtained  will' 
prove  to  be  a  good  investment. 


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This  picture  was  taken  in  front  of  the  Elks'  Club  in  Minneapolis  c 


Women's  Organization  of  the  N.  A.  R 


BY  EMMA  GARY  WALLACE 

THE  tenth  annual  convention  of  the  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D. 
was  held  in  one  of  the  beautiful  assembly  rooms  of  the 
Hotel  Radisson,  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  August  31, 
with  Mrs.  F.  E.  McBride  in  the  chair,  and  Mrs.  Nellie  Flor- 
•ence  Lee  acting  as  secretary.  There  was  a  large  attendance 
of  ladies  at  the  opening  session  and  the  entire  convention 
was  remarkable  in  that  there  seemed  no  disposition  on  the 
part  of  the  delegates  to  wander  during  the  meeting  times  in 
the  direction  of  the  numerous  attractions  of  the  city. 

The  invocation  was  offered  by  the  Rev.  T.  W.  Stout,  and 
his  prayer  for  harmony  and  the  best  results  of  the  conferences 
about  to  take  place  was  more  than  answered.  An  address  of 
welcome  was  made  by  Mrs.  Harry  Loes,  of  the  Minneapolis 
Ladies'  Drug  Club.  She  bade  the  delegates  welcome  in  a 
most  charming  manner  and  extended  to  them  the  hospitality 
■of  the  city. 

Mrs.  McBride  responded  in  her  usual  graceful  manner. 
The  president's  annual  address  followed. 

"Did  it  ever  occur  to  you,  Sister,  that  your  lack  of  interest 
in  the  business  problems  that  confront  your  husband,  mi^t 
be  the  reason  why  he  does  not  want  to  stay  at  home,  and 
goes  back  to  the  store  to  have  some  one  to  talk  them  over 
■with? 

"Our  W.  O.  has  many  problems  to  meet.  In  its  ten  years 
of  life,  we  must  expect  changes  and  the  need  of  re-adjustment. 
To  meet  these  changes  the  W.  O.  must  feel  that  it  is  only 
a  part  of  tlie  whole  great  Woman  Movement,  that  will  mean 
so  much  in  the  future. 

"Men's  lives  are  so  full  of  the  anxiety  that  comes  from 
the  competition  of  the  age,  that  they  do  not  have  time  to 
consider  questions  that  are  arising  continually,  so  the  time 
has  come  that  women  are  looked  up  to  as  the  ones  who  must 
guide  the  ship  along  the  waters  that  are  engulfing  their  sisters. 

"Women  are  handling  many  questions  now,  that  in  the 
past  would  not  have  been  a  possibility.  Our  BULLETIN 
is  surely  something  to  be  proud  of,  in  what  a  woman  can 
accomplish.  What  a  tie  it  has  been  to  bind  the  W.  O.  mem- 
ters  together.    Long  live  THE  BULLETIN! 

"I  had  hoped  we  would  have  had  a  candidate  for  our 
scholarship  this  year  as  we  stand  ready  to  help  some  one 
who  needs  help. 

"We  have  the  educational  feature  of  the  W.  O.  to  consider. 
No  better  suggestion  could  have  been  given  than  the  one  Mrs. 
Wallace  gave,  that  the  chapters  or  isolated  members  should 
write  to  the  president  suggesting  what  they  would  consider  the 
best  work  for  the  W.  O.  to  do.  Surely,  friends,  if  you  have 
the  W.  O.'s  interest  at  heart,  you  have  given  thought  to  this 
■subject.  Now  help  in  this  way  another  year,  won't  you, 
please  ? 

"I  feel,  as  I  have  said  before,  no  set  programs  will  fit  every 
place.  Local  conditions  must  make  the  program,  but  I  still 
insist  you  lose  the  benefit  of  the  organization  if  you  omit  the 
Tcnowledge  you  should  have  of  drug  conditions. 

"Perhaps  you  ask,  'What  are  the  advantages  of  belonging 
to  the  W.  O.?'  Let  me  tell  you  just  one  instance  of  my  own 
home  chapter.    A  little  woman  came  to  our  city  and  joined 


our  chapter.  She  said,  'I  think  I  would  have  died  ii  I  had 
not  found  this  chapter,  I  was  so  lonely.' 

"Now,  Sister,  does  it  not  pay  to  help  the  'other  fellow'? 
Your  life  may  be  full,  but  think  how  many  lives  are  empty, 
and  I  know  it  will  make  a  glow  around  your  heart  to  feel 
you  helped  some  one  else. 

"I  hope  to  see  a  new  interest  the  coming  year  and  added 
efforts  for  new  members.  I  also  hope  that  each  one  may  feel 
an  individual  responsibility  for  the  success  of  the  W.  O.  and 
may  we  all  accept  this  beautiful  little  creed,  and  endeavor  to 
live  its  sentiments: 

"  'Keep  us,  O  God,  from  pettiness,  let  us  be  large  in 
thought,  in  word,  in  deed. 

Let  us  be  done  with  fault-finding  and  leave  off  self- 
seeking. 

May  we  all  put  away  all  pretense  and  meet  each  other 
face  to  face,  without  self-pity  and  without  prejudice. 
May  we  never  be  hasty  in  judgment  and  always  gener- 
ous. 

Teach  us  to  put  into  action  our  better  impulses,  straight- 
forward and  unafraid. 

Let  us  take  time  for  all  things;  make  us  grow  calm, 
serene,  gentle. 

Grant  that  we  may  realize  it  is  the  little  things  that 
create  differences;  that  in  the  big  things  of  life  we  are 
as  one. 

And  may  we  strive  to  touch  and  to  know  the  great  com- 
mon woman's  heart  of  us  all,  and 
O  Lord  God,  let  us  not  forget  to  be  kind.'  " 
This  address  was  followed  by  the  annual  report  of  the  secre- 
tary, Mrs.  Nellie  Florence  Lee,  who  told  of  friendly  greetings 
sent  to  large  numbers  of  State  association  meetings  and  phar- 
maceutical gatherings  of  all  kinds  and  her  announcement  that 
a  large  per  centage  of  these  had  been  graciously  acknowledged 
was  greeted  with  a  round  of  applause.     The  secretary  de-" 
clared  that  the  organization  was  now  well  represented  in  no 
less  than  thirty-five  states,  and  that  in  spite  of  the  business 
depression  of  the  past  year,  there  had  been  well  sustained 
interest  and  healthy  growth. 

Two  of  tlie  members,  both  from  the  Philadelphia  chapter, 
had  been  called  by  death,  and  a  short  memorial  service  was 
introduced  at  this  point. 

The  amounts  contributed  by  the  various  chapters  for  the 
Red  Cross  Relief  work  were  given  and  it  was  noteworthy 
that  the  smallest  and  youngest  chapters  had  been  among  the 
most  generous. 

THE  BULLETIN  was  reported  as  a  great  success  for  it 
had  not  only  ser\'ed  to  keep  the  members  thoroughly  in  touch 
with  each  other,  but  had  carried  with  it  monthly  messages 
of  cheer  and  inspiration.  Special  thanks  were  expressed  to  the 
firms  which  had  carried  advertising  in  THE  BITLLETIN. 
This  little  montlily  publication  of  such  value  to  druggist  women 
folk  has  come  within  $153  of  being  self-supporting  during  the 
past  year. 

Owing  to  ill  health,  Mrs.  Anna  J.  Greenland,  treasurer, 
was  not  able  to  be  present,  but  the  report  sent  by  her  showed 
the  organization  to  be  in  a  sound  financial  condition. 

The  following  chairmen  of  convention  committees  were  ap- 


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e  convention  of  the  Women's  organisation  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 


jds  a  Very  Successful  Gathering 


ij pointed;  Finance,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Eckstein,  Milwaukee,  Wis.; 
'  Xominations,  Miss  Clara  Hulskamp,  Louisville,  Ky. ;  Creden- 
-tials,  Mrs.  George  H.  Keston,  Milwaukee,  Wis.;  Resolutions, 
Mrs.  Leslie  O.  Wallace,  Auburn,  N.  Y. 

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^  A  most  delightful  luncheon  was  given  to  the  visiting  ladies 
at  the  Elks'  Club  by  the  Minneapolis  ladies.    The  sight  was  a 

•  beautiful  one  as  the  several  hundred  ladies  assembled  about 

•  the  yellow  and  white  flower-decked  tables  to  partake  of  the 
,  good  things  prepared  for  them.  IMiss  Evelyn  Williams,  of  Min- 
.  neapolis,  who  is  proprietor  of  a  store  of  her  own,  was  toast 

mistress.  The  following  women  were  among  those  who  re- 
sponded to  toasts:  Mrs.  F.  E.  McBride,  "Storage  Batteries"; 
Mrs.  W.  E.  Lee.  "The  W.  O.  X.  A.  R.  D.";  Mrs.  Leslie  O. 
Wallace,  "The  Interest  That  Lies  Next." 
}  The  annual  ball  given  in  the  ball  room  of  the  Hotel  Radis- 
son  was  a  brilliant  success.  One  of  the  most  pleasing  fea- 
tures of  the  evening  was  a  series  of  fancy  dances  given  by 
^Leyden  White,  Jr.,  of  Washington,  D.  C.  Thirteen-year-old 
Master  White,  attired  in  Scottish  kilts  and  tartans,  showed  an 
[  amazing  mastery  of  intricate  fancy  steps  and  folk  lore  dancing, 
i  Some  of  the  observers  recalled  that  some  ten  years  previously 
Master  Leyden  made  his  first  debut  in  public  in  Boston, 
standing  on  a  small  platform  in  a  little  white  Russian  blouse 
suit,  waving  a  United  States  flag  and  calling  out  lustily  in 
'his  baby  voice,  "Three  cheers  for  the  N.  A.  R.  D." 
'  Wednesday  morning  found  the  room  well  filled  and  ready  to 
,  hear  the  splendid  reports  of  the  different  chapters  of  the 
.(Organization.  The  compass  of  activities  recounted  in  these 
:  reports  was  simply  amazing,  and  showed  a  great  versatility  on 
'  the  part  of  the  members.  It  was  also  evident  that  every  com- 
■munity  where  there  was  a  live  chapter,  had,  of  necessity, 
rbeen  deeply  impressed  with  the  work  done.  As  almost  every 
^ local  body  is  federated  with  the  State  Federation  of  Women's 
'Clubs,  these  women  had  been  able  to  bring  to  their  sister  club 
'  women  a  vision  of  the  work  tliey  themselves  were  trying  to  do 
'and  much  information  had  been  disseminated  concerning  pure 
;  foods  and  drugs,  the  evils  of  price  cutting,  fake  beauty  prep- 
I  arations,  the  harmfulness  of  infant  narcotics,  and  the  need  of 
;  shorter  hours  and  Sunday  rest  for  the  pharmacist  and  his 
I  family.  The  following  will  give  a  glimpse  of  a  few  of  the 
'ictivities  undertaken  in  different  places. 

A  series  of  health  talks  and  preventive  measures  to  chapter 
^ members  and  their  friends  by  an  authority  on  the  subject; 
the  furnishing  and  supporting  of  a  room  in  a  hospital  for 
»;hildren;  the  purchase  and  filling  of  several  dozen  substantial 
•pairs  of  stockings  with  Christmas  toys  and  goodies;  Christ- 
,  mas  parties  for  children;  fairs,  Easter  sales,  bazars,  picnics, 
itc;  socials,  dancing  parties,  and  stereopticon  talks  on  sub- 
jects of  interest;  discussions  concerning  drug  legislation;  let- 
jters  and  telegrams  sent  to  Congressmen  and  Senators  urging 
;  :ertain  lines  of  action ;  protests  to  publishers  and  advertisers 
,  Jsirg  undraped  female  form  for  publicity  purposes;  philan- 
,  '-hropic  work  of  many  kinds  such  as  furnishing  food  and  doth- 
|ing  for  needy  families,  aiding  in  civic  and  local  betterment 
I -vork,  and  contributions  to  worthy  purposes;  flowers  and  let- 
'irs  sent  to  the  sick  and  sorrowing;  medicines  furnished  needy 
I  sufferers,  etc.,  etc.  Louisville  chapter  even  aspires  in  the  near 
i  future  to  own  its  own  club  house. 

:    Mrs.  John  C.  Otis,  of  Cincinnati,  reported  the  accounts  as 


having  been  carefully  audited  and  found  correct.  It  was  here 
remarked  by  some  of  the  members  that  the  accounts  of  Mrs. 
Greenland  had  always  been  singularly  correct,  during  her 
four  years  in  office,  there  not  having  been  the  variation  of  one 
penny  in  the  funds  under  her  care. 

The  special  department  of  service  of  the  publicity  com- 
mittee under  the  leadership  of  Mrs.  John  W.  Lowe  had  been 
to  bring  the  organization  and  its  work  before  the  State  auxil- 
iaries and  other  interested  bodies  to  know  that  they  might 
co-operate  with  the  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D. 

The  committee  on  fraternal  relations  under  Mrs.  Miles  H. 
Shimer,  of  Philadelphia,  had  sent  out  greetings  to  individuals 
and  to  associations,  keeping  the  organization  in  friendly 
touch  with  the  drug  interests  throughout  the  United  States. 

Mrs.  Leslie  O.  Wallace,  of  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  reported  for 
the  committee  on  education.  From  time  to  time  letters  from 
members  of  this  committee  had  appeared  in  THE  BULLETIN 
and  the  chairman  had  offered  to  act  as  an  exchange  bureau 
for  valuable  papers  available  for  different  chapters.  It  was 
urged  that  each  chapter  endeavor  to  have  a  hearing  at  the 
State  Federation  meeting  upon  its  own  particular  interests; 
and  that  experimental  work  be  done  by  druggists'  wives  and 
families  in  raising  medicinal  plants  and  herbs  of  a  non-poison- 
ous nature. 

Mrs.  W.  E.  Lee,  of  Philadelphia,  was  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  constitution  and  by-laws.  This  committee  is 
composed  of  chapter  presidents.  A  most  important  consti- 
tutional amendment  was  recommended  and  this  was  later 
adopted  by  the  convention.  This  amendment  considerably 
broadens  the  scope  of  the  organization.  It  was  a  change 
which  seemed  to  be  demanded  by  conditions  extant  in  many 
places.    The  change  reads  as  follows: 

Any  member  who  has  at  one  time  been  elected  to  mem- 
bership in  a  chapter,  and  who  continues  a  member  in  good 
standing,  shall  be  eligible  to  act  as  a  delegate  to  the 
National  Convention  of  the  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D. 

No  one  shall  be  eligible  to  a  national  office  in  the  W.  O. 
N.  A.  R.  D.  w^ho  does  not  come  under  Article  3,  Section  4. 
Article  3,  Section  4,  shall  be  amended  to  read  as  follows: 
Each  officer  of  the  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D.  must  be  person- 
ally engaged  in  the  retail  drug  business,  or  a  woman 
graduate  of  a  recognized  College  of  Pharmacy,  or  a  regis- 
tered pharmacist,  or  an  immediate  member  of  the  family 
of  a  retail  druggist  actually  engaged  in  the  said  business, 
or  the  widow  of  a  druggist  who  was  engaged  in  the  busi- 
ness at  the  time  of  her  joining  the  organization. 
The  chapter  constitutions  must  be  approved  by  the  national 
and  their  own  local  membership  of  a  nature  approved  by  it. 
Previous  to  this  time  no  one  could  serve  as  a  delegate  who 
came  under  the  head  of  associate  membership  in  the  chapter. 
This  obstacle  is  now  removed  and  some  of  the  allied  interests 
are  thus  given  full  privileges  of  membership,  office  holding 
excepted. 

Among  the  important  resolutions  adopted  by  the  convention 
was  one  re-affirming  all  previous  resolutions  and  especially 
emphasizing  tho.se  relating  to  shorter  hours,  Sunday  rest,  sug- 
gestive medical  advertising,  the  distribution  of  free  samples, 
and  infant  narcotics;  a  resolution  of  sympathy  to  Mrs.  Otto 
C.  Greenland  and  sons,  retiring  treasurer,  upon  the  death  of 


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her  husband,  so  long  prominent  in  organization  and  drug  circles. 
This  resolution  is  to  be  printed  in  THE  BULLETIN  and  sent 
to  the  bereaved  family ;  one  of  tlianks  to  the  advertisers  who 
had  made  THE  BULLETIN  possible  and  to  friends  who  had 
by  their  entertainment  and  generosity  helped  make  the  conven- 
tion a  success;  a  resolution  reducing  the  national  dues  from 
$1  per  annum  per  capita  to  7Sc;  one  of  thanks  to  Mrs.  W.  E. 
Lee,  editor  of  THE  BULLETIN,  for  her  efficient  service; 
one  of  sympathy  to  the  W.  O.  members  in  Texas  recently 
afflicted  by  flood  and  loss  from  the  elements;  that  the  $10  gold 
prize  award  in  future  be  restricted  to  the  states  having  W.  O. 
chapters  or  members;  that  the  traveling  scholarship  be  made 
available  to  any  worthy  woman  student  recommended  by  two 
W.  O.  members  and  favorably  passed  upon  by  the  executive 
board;  that  the  $10  gold  prize  be  awarded  to  Miss  E.  Grace 
Hoffman,  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  who  had 
just  completed  with  high  honor  and  standings  a  four-year 
course  of  study. 

The  following  officers  were  elected  unanimously  for  the  en- 
suing year:  President,  Mrs.  F.  E.  McBride,  Youngstown,  O.: 
First  Vice-President,  Miss  Clara  Hulskamp,  Louisville,  Ky. ; 
Second  Vice-President,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Riemenschneider,  Chicago; 
Third  Vice-President,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Pauley,  St.  Louis:  Fourth 
Vice-President,  Miss  Nora  V.  Brendle,  Wilmington,  Del.: 
Fifth  Vice-President,  Mrs.  R.  G.  Rutherford,  Brooklyn;  Sec- 
retary, Mrs.  W.  E.  Lee,  Philadelphia;  Treasurer,  Mrs.  John 
C.  Otis,  Cincinnati,  O. ;  Board  of  Directors,  Mrs.  J.  F.  Water- 
house,  of  Boston,  chairman ;  Mrs.  Leslie  O.  Wallace,  Auburn, 
N.  Y. ;  Mrs  Louis  Emanuel,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  Mrs.  Chris 
Koerner,  Milwaukee,  Wis. ;  Mrs.  John  T.  Roe,  Mobile,  Ala. ; 
Mrs.  H.  E.  Howe,  Rock  Island,  111.;  and  Mrs.  Robert  A. 
Clarkson,  Springfield,  111. 

A  most  deiightul  automobile  tour  of  the  Twin  Cities  followed 
the  final  session.  The  destination  of  the  pleasure  seekers  was 
Minnehaha  Park,  where  a  Western  barbecue  was  served.  The 
ladies  of  St.  Paul  gave  a  delightful  card  party  in  the  parlors 
of  the  Radisson  Thursday  evening  and  among  the  winners  were 
Mrs.  Thomas  Potts,  Miss  Clara  Hulskamp,  Mrs.  Moulten,  of 
St.  Paul,  and  Mrs.  S.  A.  Eckstein. 

The  next  morning  the  same  ladies  took  a  large  number  of 
visitors  to  a  sanitary  pure  food  plant  between  Minneapolis  and 
St.  Paul,  where  the  marvels  of  food  prepared  by  wholesale 
were  made  evident.  The  surroundings  are  the  last  word  in 
sanitary  science.  Each  big  oven  takes  care  of  sixty  barrels  of 
flour  a  day,  and  from  start  to  finish  everything  is  as  nearly 
perfect  as  brains  and  machinery  can  make  it.  A  ride  later  in 
the  afternoon  which  took  in  the  University  of  Minnesota  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  and  its  famous  medicinal  plant  garden,  fin- 
ished the  various  pleasures,  for  already  delegates  were  reluc- 
tantly hurrying  trainward,  laden  with  suitcases. 


Convention  Notes 

BY  EMMA  GARY  WALLACE 

Among  the  most  interesting  women  present  was  Dr.  Ogden 
of  Rochester,  Minn.  Dr.  Ogden  is  both  a  graduate  of  medi- 
cine and  of  pharmacy.  She  is  seventy-four  years  old,  spent 
some  years  in  India  as  a  medical  missionary,  and  has  de- 
voted her  life  to  the  betterment  of  her  sex  and  her  chosen 
lines  of  calling.  She  is  a  cousin  of  the  late  Dr.  S.  Weir 
Mitchell. 

Little  Miss  Iva  Dene,  five-year-old  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Charles  Brumstrom,  of  Molinc,  111.,  wa?;  a  jzrcnt  favorite 
among  the  convention  delegates.  Tlio  littlr  Inly  wore  upon 
her  head  a  strange  but  neatly-fitiini,'  .'^trapiM d  skull  cap  of 
what  appeared  to  be  flcsh-colorcd  vulrani/rd  mi  l"  r.  It  will 
be  recalled  that  some  weeks  since  the  little  qiil  was  return- 
ing from  school  when  slic  was  suddenly  stunk  l.y  a  steam 
engine,  fraetuiiii"  lier  skull.  She  was  i>ieknl  u]<  for  dead, 
and  it  was  <  i,,  automobile  speed  .iml  niediral  skill 

that   the  .    marvclously   surressful.     The  little 

girl  seems  i;  i       iv  to  recover  entirely,  for  she  is  quite 

herself  again,  sa\,  hn  the  cap  she  is  obliged  to  wear  as  a 
protection. 

Our  Minneapolis  friends  have  long  been  telling  us  of 
the  attractions  of  their  city,  but  the  visitors  were  all  agreed 
that  great  as  had  been  the  promises,  the  half  had  not  been 


told.  It  is  a  city  of  lakes,  flowers,  business,  and  ho-spitality. 
Think  of  being  able  to  ride  thirty  or  forty  miles  straight 
ahead  without  going  out  of  the  city  limits !  The  city  owns  the 
paving  plant,  the  lighting  system,  and  most  of  the  other  utili- 
ties, with  the  result  -that  the  tax  payers  get  actual  value  re- 
ceived. 

It  took  considerable  explanation  to  satisfy  some  of  the 
ladies  to  whom  Thomas  Voegeli  had  promised  the  gift  of  a 
lake  in  years  gone  by.  The  lakes  were  there,  but  the  genial 
Minneapolitan  pleaded  he  was  no  longer  at  the  head  of  the 
Park  Board,  and  so  the  making  of  the  gift  was  now  out  of 
his  jurisdiction.   

Among  the  hospitable  people  to  welcome  old  friends  and  ac- 
quaintances with  smiling  faces  and  high  powered  cars  were 
Thomas  Voegeli  and  Charles  Huhn.  They  did  the  honors 
every  minute  of  the  time,  even  to  transporting  their  guests  back 
to  the  station  for  the  return  trip. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Voegeli  entertained  ^Irs.  Thomas 
Potts,  Mrs.  F.  E.  McBride,  Mrs.  W.  E.  Lee,  and  Mrs.  Leslie 
O.  Wallace  at  a  delightful  luncheon  at  the  New  Athletic  Club, 
afterwards  taking  them  for  a  ride  around  the  lakes  within 
the  city.   

The  many  friends  of  Mrs.  A.  W.  Pauley  were  delighted 
to  know  that  a  beautiful  baby  boy  came  to  live  at  their  home 
August  13,  1915. 

There  was  the  sound  of  murmurings  of  discontent  on  the 
part  of  the  women  folk  of  the  legitimate  drug  trade  because 
so  many  pretty  girls,  and  those  who  did  not  answer  this  de- 
scription as  well,  were  seen  constantly  coming  down  in  the 
elevator  from  the  Drug  Exhibition  on  the  twelfth  floor,  laden 
to  the  chin  with  samples  and  gifts  of  valuable  goods,  while 
their  own  trophies  were  few.  In  fact,  some  of  them  did  not 
get  a  single  souvenir  and  it  has  been  suggested  that  another 
year  some  effective  steps  be  taken  to  prevent  outsiders  from 
gathering  in  what  does  not  belong  to  them.  By  this  means 
the  goods  do  not  fall  into  the  hands  of  those  who  are  in- 
terested to  buy. 

A  somewhat  remarkable  resemblance  between  Simon  Jones 
of  Kentucky  and  J.  F.  Waterhouse  of  Boston  was  noted  by 
several.  Both  gentlemen  are  held  in  the  highest  regard  by 
all  their  friends,  so  neither  has  any  complaint. 

Joseph  Helfman  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  was  one  of  the 
merry  makers  at  the  Western  barbecue,  and  not  a  few  re- 
called the  real,  sure-enough,  down-South  barbecue  enjoyed 
at  Atlanta  some  years  ago. 

A  number  of  the  conventionites  were  on  their  way  home 
from  the  San  Francisco  .\merican  Pharmaceutical  Association 
meeting.  Among  them  were  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  C.  Anderson, 
without  whom  no  convention  would  be  complete. 

The  officers  of  the  .\merican  Druggists'  Fire  Insurance 
Company  were  receiving  congratulations  because  their  stock 
had  held  its  own  firmly  through  the  financial  depression. 

Rumor  has  it  that  the  next  convention  will  be  in  New  York. 

Good! 

Mrs.  Ottd  r.  Greenland,  retiring  treasurer  of  the  W.  O. 
N.  A.  R.  D.,  was  sent  a  letter  of  regret  signed  by  a  larse 
number  of  the  old  nieinhcrs  of  the  association  and  a  very 
charming  gift  from  the  as.sociation  at  large.  This  consisted 
of  a  beautiful  bar  pin  of  sapphires  and  pearls,  and  was  sent 
with  tlie  love  and  best  wishes  of  her  associates. 


Glass  Fixtures  Make  Cumberland  Store  Attractive 

Glass  counters  and  glass  fixtures  are  the  feature  of  the  new 
ihuii  store  recently  opened  by  Kimes  Bros.,  at  55  Baltimore 
street.  Cumberland,  !Md.  All  the  floor  cases,  the  wall  cases 
and  the  fixtures  of  the  soda  fountain  are  mad.-  of  glass,  giving 
the  store  a  clean  and  light  appearance.  Indirect  lighting 
and  harmonious  wall  decorations  add  to  the  general  pleasing 
effect.  The  Kimes  Bros,  have  been  in  the  drug  store  busi- 
ness in  Cumberland  for  ten  years,  and  have  twice  had  to  enlarge 
their  store  to  accommodate  tlic  increasing  trade. 


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Faculty  Conference  Takes 

Important  Action 

Many  Recommendations  Affecting  College  Work  also 
Made  at  Convention  Which  Was  Recently  Held 
with  A.Ph.A  in  San  Francisco. 

Dean  F.  J.  WuHing,  of  the  University  of  Minnesota,  called 
to  order  the  sixteenth  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Con- 
ference of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties,  held  at  San  Francisco,  be- 
ginning August  6.  The  address  of  President  Wulling  was  re- 
ferred to  two  committees,  tliese  bodies  presenting  resolutions, 
which,  in  that  they  were  adopted,  provided  for  the  following 
action:  . 

The  appointment  of  a  standing  committee  on  higher  edu- 
cational standard,  to  work  jointly  with  similar  A.Ph.A., 
X.A.P.B.,  N.A.R.D.  and  state  association  committees;  the  ap- 
pointment of  a  special  committee  on  the  federation  of  all  phar- 
maceutical organizations,  and  tlie  appointment  of  a  committee 
of  three  to  consider  the  establishment  of  a  secondary  class  of 
membership  in  the  conference. 

That  the  chairman  of  the  executive  committee  be  paid  his 
traveling  expenses,  including  the  expense  of  attending  the  meet- 
ing of  the  conference,  he  to  be  considered  the  official  to  carry 
out  the  suggestions  in  the  president's  address. 

That  the  time  has  come  for  greater  publicity  in  the  work 
of  the  conference  and  that  the  attention  of  the  secretary  be 
called  to  the  president's  suggestion  to  this  effect. 

That  a  special  committee  report  next  year  on  the  suggestion 
that  the  organization  become  an  Association  of  Colleges  and 
Faculties  of  Pharmacy. 

That  the  members  be  apprized  of  the  possibility  of  a  Car- 
negie investigation,  and  that  the  secretary  call  the  attention  of 
the  schools  to  the  prospect. 

Recommending  the  Sabbatical  year,  and  that  the  statistics  on 
secondary  education  now  in  the  hands  of  the  chairman  of  the 
executive  committee  be  tabulated. 

That  the  executive  committee  investigate  the  conditions  of 
the  Carnegie  retirement  allowances,  and  ascertain  if  the  mem- 
bers can  be  included. 

Recommending  the  exchange  of  professors  among  the  schools 
of  pharmacy. 

That  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  on  the  classification 
of  teaching,  staffs,  etc. 

.\  number  of  recommendations  made  by  Dr.  H.  H.  Rusby, 
Dean,  Xew  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  at  Detroit  last  year, 
were  adopted,  the  last  clause  of  paragraph  "e"  being  amended 
so  that  an  increase  of  salary  goes  with  every  promotion  in  rank, 
without  having  to  wait  a  year  for  such  increase. 

Many  Recommendations  Made 

The  recommendations  follow: 

1.  That  it  is  neither  practical  nor  desirable  to  advise  that 
the  conference  make  any  schedule  of  salaries,  either  minimum 
or  maximum,  at  the  present  time. 

2.  That  the  dean  should  receive  a  salary  for  that  office 
aside  from  and  in  addition  to  what  he  may  receive  for  his 
teaching  position. 

3.  Ca)  That  the  salary  of  an  associate  professor  shall  be 
two-thirds  that  of  a  professor. 

(b)  That  the  salary  of  an  assistant  professor  shall  be  four- 
fifths  that  of  an  associate  professor. 

(c)  That  the  salary  of  an  instructor  shall  be  three-fourths 
that  of  an  assistant  professor. 

(d)  That  the  salary  of  an  assistant  shall  be  half  that  of 
an  instructor. 

(e)  That  each  of  these  salaries  be  fixed  on  an  advancing 
scale,  from  a  minimum  to  a  miximum,  and  that  the  minimum 
for  one  grade  be  equal  to  the  maximum  of  the  grade  next 
lower,  three  years  being  required  for  the  maximum  to  be  at- 
tained;  and  that  the  salary  should  pertain  to  the  position,  and 
not  the  man. 

Dean  H.  M.  Whelpley,  of  St.  Louis,  as  chairman  of  a  special 
committee,  reported  adversely  upon  the  proposition  of  extending 
the  regular  two  years'  pharmacy  course  to  three  years  in  1920. 

The  Conference  adopted  recommendations  to  the  effect  that 
the   organization   meet  hereafter   immediately   preceding  the 

Ph.,\.  convention,  and  that  the  minimum  requirement  for 

cree  of  Doctor  of  Pharmacy  shall  be  at  least  a  four  years' 


college-of-pharmacy  course,  following  60  counts  of  secondary 
work.  It  was  also  resolved  to  ask  the  National  Association  of 
Boards  of  Pharmacy  to  rescind  its  decision  not  to  meet  in 
advance  of  the  A.Ph.A.  meeting. 

Professor  Arny  Elected  President 

Professor  H.  V.  Arny,  New  York,  was  elected  president.  The 
other  officers  are: 

Vice-president,  Professor  R.  A.  Lyman,  Lincoln,  Neb.;  sec- 
retary and  treasurer.  Professor  Wilbur  J.  Teeters,  Iowa  City; 
chairman  executive  committee,  J.  A.  Koch,  Pittsburg;  execu- 
tive committee,  F.  J.  Wulling,  Minneapolis,  and  Professor  C. 
E.  Caspari,  St.  Louis;  syllabus  committee.  Professor  T.  J. 
Bradley,  Boston. 

At  a  joint  session  of  tlie  above  organization  and  the  Na- 
tional Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy,  Dr.  Wm.  C.  Ander- 
son, for  a  joint  committee,  presented  a  list  of  5,000  sample 
examination  questions.  Copies  will  be  mimeographed  and  dis- 
tributed to  the  different  faculties  and  boards.  They  will  not 
be  published. 

Prerequisite  Requirements 

Endorsed  By  Boards 

After  1920  a  High  School  Education  or  Its  Equiva- 
lent and  Graduation  from  Recognized  College  the 
Proposed  Standard  for  Registration. 

J.  C.  Burton,  Oklahoma,  was  elected  president  of  the  Na- 
tional Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy,  at  its  twelfth  an- 
nual meeting,  held  at  San  Francisco,  beginning  August  5.  The 
other  officers  are: 

First  vice-president,  J.  W.  Gayle,  Kentucky;  second  vice- 
president,  W.  F.  Root,  Vermont;  third  vice-president,  John  A. 
Weeks;  secretary  and  chairman  advisory  committee,  H.  C. 
Christensen,  Illinois;  treasurer,  F.  W.  Ward,  Tennessee. 

The  association  took  the  following  action: 

Resolved,  that  a  high  school  education  or  the  equivalent,  and 
graduation  from  a  recognized  college  of  pharmacy  be  made 
a  prerequisite  for  registration  after  1920. 

That  the  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue  be  requested  to 
require  physicians,  dentists  and  veterinarians  to  keep  copies 
of  all  prescriptions  calling  for  narcoctic  drugs. 

That  uniform  label  requirements  be  adopted  by  all  boards. 
Also  that  the  requirements  as  to  display  of  certificates  be 
made  uniform. 

That  state  narcotic  laws  be  made  to  conform  with  U.  S. 
laws. 

That  the  term  "patent  or  proprietary  preparation  or  remedy 
be  defined  as  one,  the  name  of  which  does  not  appear  in  the 
U.S. P.  or  N.F.  or  the  complete  formula  of  which  is  not  printed 
on  the  label  attached  to  the  container." 

That  the  official  application  blank  of  the  N.A.B.P.  be  used 
by  all  applicants  for  reciprocal  registration. 

That  in  states  where  the  statistics  are  incomplete,  the  re- 
quirement of  not  less  than  60  per  cent  in  any  subject  might 
be  waived  where  the  secretary  of  the  board  will  certify  the 
applicant  is  of  N.A.P.B.  standard. 

A  Correction  by  Secretary  Day 

W.  B.  Day,  general  secretary  of  the  American  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association  writes  to  The  Pharimaceutical  Era  re- 
gretting the  widespread  publication  of  what  purported  to  have 
been  the  action  of  the  A.Ph.A.  in  adopting  a  resolution  admit- 
ting none  but  graduates  of  pharmacy  to  membership  after  1920. 

This  impression  got  abroad,  he  says,  through  garbled  news- 
paper reports  sent  out  from  San  Francisco  and  appearing  in 
the  daily  press  of  that  city. 

"It  is  unfortunately  the  case  that  in  most  of  the  large  cities," 
writes  Mr.  Day,  "the  daily  press  is  unwilling  to  give  any  space 
to  an  account  of  a  convention,  such  as  ours,  unless  something 
sensational  can  be  made  out  of  it. 

"The  facts  of  the  matter  are  that  the  National  Association 
of  Boards  of  Pharmacy,  which  met  the  week  preceding  the 
■'\.Ph.A.,  passed  a  resolution — which  was  purely  advisory  not 
mandatory — to  the  effect  that  beginning  with  1920  all  Boards 
of  Pharmacy  should  require  graduation  from  a  recognized  col- 
lege of  pharmacy  as  a  prerequisite  to  the  board  examination 
and  that  all  recognized  colleges  of  pharmacy  should  require 
graduation  from  high  school  for  entrance  to  the  course. 


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"Now,  from  this  commendable  resolution,  which  was  ap- 
proved by  the  joint  session  of  the  Section  on  Education  and 
Legislation  of  the  A.Ph.A.,  the  American  Conference  of  Phar- 
maceutical Faculties  and  the  National  Association  of  Boards 
of  Pharmacy,  some  reporter  evolved  a  remarkable  statement, 
published  in  one  of  the  San  Francisco  papers,  that  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association  proposed  to  limit  its  member- 
ship to  graduates  of  colleges  of  pharmacy  and  that  beginning 
with  1920  all  members  who  were  not  graduates  would  be 
dropped  from  the  association.  And  further,  that  their  licenses 
to  practice  pharmacy  would  be  taken  away  from  them.  Of 
course  such  an  absurd  statement  would  be  discredited  at  first 
reading  by  every  person  conversant  with  pharmaceutical  affairs. 

"Such  a  statement  passing  witliout  contradiction  would  work 
serious  injury  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association." 


MAY  LET  DRUGGISTS  "DOWN  EASY" 

Health  Board  Expected  to  Prosecute  Manufacturers, 
Not  Retailers,  Says  Dr.  Anderson. 

That  the  executive  committee  of  the  New  York  City  Phar- 
maceutical Conference  had  recently  had  a  "satisfactory"  con- 
ference with  Dr.  Lucius  P.  Brown,  in  charge  of  the  Bureau 
of  Food  and  Drugs,  Department  of  Health,  at  which  the  corp- 
oration counsel  was  also  present,  was  reported  by  Dr.  Wm. 
C.  Anderson,  chairman  of  the  Conference,  at  tlie  September 
meeting  of  the  Kings  County  Pharmaceutical  Society,  held  at 
the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy.  Dr.  Anderson  and  the 
other  members  of  the  committee  impressed  upon  Dr.  Brown 
the  necessity  of  prosecuting  the  manufacturer  of  proprietaries, 
if  the  Board  of  Health  intended  to  enforce  its  recently  drafted 
ordinance  requiring  a  label  statement  of  the  names  of  active 
ingredients  of  such  articles.  The  retail  druggist,  they  insisted, 
if  brought  into  court  at  all  should  be  there  merely  as  a  wit- 
ness. 

Dr.  Brown  was  told  how  reputable  druggists  had  been  made 
to  sit  with  pickpockets  and  other  prisoners  in  the  city  courts, 
and  the  committee  were  of  the  impression  that  both  Dr.  Brown 
and  tlie  corporation  counsel  were  favorable  to  their  recommen- 
dation. The  retailers,  it  was  pointed  out,  would  be  glad  to 
co-operate  with  the  Board  if  it  would  go  about  its  purpose 
with  justice.  Dr.  Anderson  said  that  Dr.  Brown  promised  to 
bring  the  matter  as  presented  by  the  committee  before  Com- 
missioner of  Health  Goldwater.  However,  "no  definite  decision 
was  arrived  at."  The  committee  regarded  their  reception  as 
very  cordial  and  were  of  the  opinion  that  the  department  was 
trying  to  do  the  best  it  could  for  the  retail  trade. 

Dr.  Wm.  C.  Anderson  was  called  upon  to  report  on  the 
A.Ph.A.  and  N.A.R.D.  conventions.  He  said  he  had  found 
that  druggists  who  were  most  interested  in  professional  phar- 
macy were  so  interested  because  professional  pharmacy  was 
most  profitable  for  them.  "There  is  not  much  difference  in 
the  attatude  of  druggists  in  this  direction  anywhere  through- 
out the  country.  Some  decry  the  soda  fountain  and  cigar 
counter  but  it  pays  them  to  do  so." 

Dr.  Anderson  discussed  the  resolution  of  the  National  As- 
sociation of  Boards  of  Pharmacy  which  recommended  that 
after  1920  only  high  school  and  college  graduates  be  accepted 
for  examination  for  registration.  He  believed  that  the  action 
which  made  membership  depend  on  a  30-hour  entrance  re- 
quirement forestalled  the  1920  proposition,  which  was  the 
reason  the  resolution  was  adopted  as  a  recommendation.  He 
characterized  the  "if  possible"  feature  of  the  resolution  as 
showing  that  the  action  was  a  "grand  stand  play." 

The  speaker  contended  that  to  require  college  and  high  school 
educations  of  the  registrant  would  drive  boys  away  from  the 
colleges  and  that  they  would  seek  registration  through  other 
channels.  It  was  very  well  to  argue  tliat  the  few  registrants 
under  the  proposed  conditions  would  be  of  high  quality,  but 
that  did  not  take  into  consideration  the  public's  needs. 

Dr.  Anderson,  talking  on  legislation,  asserted  that  the 
Cream  of  Wheat  case,  decided  in  favor  of  the  cereal  manu- 
facturers, had  given  price  maintenance  a  boost,  in  that  it 
acknowledged  the  right  of  the  manufacturer  to  sell  to  whom 
he  pleased. 

The  members  by  resolution  signified  that  they  were  in  ac- 
cord with  the  N.A.R.D.  proposition  to  classify  the  retail" drug- 


gist so  that  he  could  sell  alcohol  in  quantities  of  not  more 
than  one  gallon. 

Thomas  J.  France,  chairman  of  the  board  of  supervision, 
reported  that  the  prospects  for  the  junior  and  senior  classes 
were  excellent  and  that  they  would  probably  be  as  large  or 
larger  than  those  of  last  year. 

Treasurer  Adrian  Paradis  reported  a  balance  on  hand  In 
the  sum  of  $530. 


Among  the  Associations 

The  San  Francisco  R.  D.  A.  has  elected  the  following 
officers:  President,  H.  A.  Gerdes;  vice-president,  J.  M.  Cas- 
selman;  secretary-treasurer,  N.  Schwartz;  executive  commit- 
tee, J.  German,  W.  Breckenfeld,  H.  Schwartz,  C.  Stange,  K. 
B.  Bowerman,  J.  M.  Stanton  and  L.  Harris;  editor,  Stirring 
Rod,  D.  R.  Rees;  business  manager,  W.  Gnerich;  legisla- 
tative  committee,  Rees,  Gnerich  and  Ramsay;  delegates  to 
retail  trade  committee  of  Chamber  of  Commerce,  D.  R.  Rees 
and  N.  Schwartz. 

Muskogee,  Okla.,  drug  clerks,  14  in  number,  met  recently 
to  plan  the  organization  of  a  State  registered  pharmacists' 
association  which  shall  have  as  one  of  its  objects  the  ex- 
termination of  the  class  of  druggists  who  use  the  drug  busi- 
ness as  a  blind  for  selling  liquor.  Frank  L.  Hill,  of  Nowata, 
was  chairman  of  the  meeting  and  will  act  as  State  organizer. 

The  New  Orleans  Ph. A.  and  the  Retail  Grocers'  .Associa- 
tion, of  New  Orleans,  La.,  have  won  two  test  suits  brought 
by  the  attorney  for  the  State  tax  collector  and  which  resulted 
in  Judge  V.  J.  Stentz  ruling  that  retail  grocers  and  drug- 
gists cannot  be  made  to  pay  an  additional  license  for  selling 
cigars  and  tobacco.  Judge  Stentz  held  that  with  the  excep- 
tion of  retailers  selling  liquor  or  conducting  a  soda  fountain, 
which  businesses  had  been  specifically  provided  for  by  the  leg- 
islature, a  mercantile  establishment  could  not  be  made  to  pay 
more  than  one  license. 

Atlanta,  Ga.,  druggists  met  recently  in  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  building  in  that  city  in  response  to  the  call  of 
David  G.  Wise,  president  of  tlie  Atlanta  R.D..A..  The  object 
of  the  meeting  was  to  enlist  closer  co-operation  with  the  gov- 
ernment officials  in  their  efforts  to  exterminate  the  drug  habit. 
Among  those  scheduled  to  speak  were  W.  S.  Elkin,  Jr.,  U. 
S.  District  Attorney  Hooper  Alexander,  Revenue  Agent  D. 
J.  Gantt,  Special  Agent  L.  L.  Froneberger,  Revenue  Collector 
A.  O.  Blalock  and  the  city  health  officials. 

The  Wisconsin  Ginseng  Growers'  .'\ssociation,  in  annual 
meeting  at  Antigo,  elected  the  following  officers:  E.  F.  Burns, 
Stanley,  president;  J.  E.  Neffe,  La  Crosse,  vice-president; 
George  Maxwell,  Antigo,  second  vice-president;  H.  J.  Steeps, 
Rice  Lake,  secretary-treasurer. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  drug  clerks,  75  in  number,  have  organized 
a  Buffalo  branch  of  the  National  Association  of  Drug  Clerks, 
electing  tliese  officers :  President,  Henry  Fish ;  first  vice- 
president,  Jacob  Bernstein;  second  vice-president,  G.  R.  Hol- 
land; secretary,  Curtiss  C.  Finny;  treasurer,  Henry  Judd.  P. 
.\.  Mandabach,  of  Buffalo,  secretary-treasurer  of  the  national 
organization,  was  in  Buffalo  for  several  weeks  arranging  for 
the  organization  of  the  new  branch. 

The  St.  Louis  Drug  Club  celebrated  the  end  of  its  mem- 
bership campaign  with  a  "Catch  the  Pill  Rollers"  banquet  at 
Sunset  Inn.  Frank  S.  Klein  was  awarded  a  gold  medal  for 
having  obtained  the  largest  number  of  members  during  the 
campaign. 

The  Albany  (N.  Y.)  Drug  Club  held  a  clam  bake  and  field 
(lay  at  Shafer's  grove  recently.  The  team  of  retail  clerks, 
comprising  employers  of  H.  Warner,  with  Albert  Warner  as 
captain,  won  the  baseball  game  from  die  wholesale  employes 
with  W.  J.  Leonard  as  captain.  The  affair  was  in  charge  of 
H.  W.  Warner,  chairman;  Albert  Frederick,  Elmer  E.  Ross,  I. 
W.  Seeley  and  Joseph  Housewaller. 

The  Chicago  Drug  Club — members,  families,  sweethearts 
and  just  friends — visited  Spring  Hill  Grove  at  St.  John,  Ind.. 
recently.  A  banquet  and  3S  typical  picnic  contests  were  fea- 
tures of  the  outing. 

The  A.Ph.A.,  the  California  Ph.A.  and  the  California  CP., 
were  awarded  bronze  plaques  on  "Pharmaceutical  Day"  at 
the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition,  these  honors  being  awarded 
in  Festival  Hall,  with  C.  A.  Mayo  ,is  chairman  of  the  day 


roBER.  1915] 


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PHARMACEUTICAL  PERSONALS 


A  PROUD  GRANDFATHER 

In  the  record  of  deeds  accomplished  as  chief  prcadamite, 
patriarch,  Nestor,  veteran  illustrissimo  or  just  the  plain  scribe 
of  the  Chicago  \'eteran  Druggists'  Association,  ^\'ilholnl  Bode- 
rnann  has  covered  himself  witli  the  refulgent  glory  of  the  eternal 
Chicagoan  and  wears  a  real  drug  trade  halo.  These  accom- 
plishments are  something  any  ambitious  druggist  might  be 
proud  of,  but  they  are  as  nothing,  at  least  with  Mr.  Bode- 
mann.  when  it  comes  to  the  fine  art  of  being  a  grandfather. 
Imagine  if  you  can  the  proud  smile  that  illumines  the  Bode- 


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Bodcmann,  Chicago's 
ictercn  pharmacist 

mannesque  features  when  the  veteran  gazes  upon  the  "chips 
of  the  old  block"  shown  in  the  picture  herewith.  The  young- 
sters are  Billie  and  Jack  Eichenberger,  Mr.  Bodemann's  grand- 
sons, and  from  the  positions  they  have  preempted  at  the  table, 
it  is  safe  to  say  that  they  receive  considerable  attention  in 
the  Bodemann  ranch. 


Drug^st  50  Years  at  Same  Stand 

X.  Douglas  Sevin,  senior  partner  of  N.  D.  Sevin  &  Co., 
druggists,  of  Norwich,  Conn.,  on  September  1  was  the  recipient 
of  numerous  congratulations  from  friends  in  and  out  of  the 
trade,  the  occasion  being  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  his  start  in 
the  drug  business  at  his  present  location  in  that  city.  In  1888 
his  son,  Frank  D.  Sevin,  was  taken  into  partnership.  The 
store  has  always  enjoyed  a  good  patronage  and  the  confidence 
of  the  public.  Mr.  Nevin  learned  the  drug  business  of  Dr. 
William  S.  Tyler,  a  pioneer  druggist  of  Norwich.  In  August, 
1862,  he  enlisted  in  Company  B.,  of  the  26th  Regiment,  in 
which  he  served  as  hospital  steward,  accompanying  Bank's  ex- 
pedition to  Port  Hudson.  He  is  now  a  prominent  member  of 
Sedgwick  Post,  the  first  G.  A.  R.  post  established  in  his  State. 
He  is  also  prominently  identified  with  the  Masonic  order,  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  Pharmaceutical  .Association, 
which  he  has  served  as  president.  In  1888  he  was  a  member 
of  the  State  Legislature  and  for  nine  years  was  a  member 
of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy.  In  this  long  record  of  ser- 
vice, Mr.  Sevin  has  not  only  been  a  successful  business  man. 


but  in  his  activities  he  has  honored  the  pharmaceutical  pro- 
fession of  his  native  State. 


PERSONAL  NOTES 


— A.  J.  Ryan,  manager  of  the  Central  store,  Scholtz  Drug 
Co.,  Denver,  Col.,  has  left  for  an  extended  trip  through  the 
East.  He  will  visit  Baltimore,  Philadelphia,  Pittsburgh,  New 
York,  Boston  and  other  cities  of  prominence. 

— Albert  F.  Heineman,  Valparaiso,  Ind.,  secretary  of  the  In- 
diana State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  also  owner  of  the  Memorial 
opera  house  and  head  of  the  wholesale  and  retail  drug  estab- 
lishment of  Heineman  &  Sievers,  narrowly  escaped  death  when 
his  car  was  run  down  by  a  doctor's  automobile.  Although 
both  autos  were  badly  damaged,  the  occupants  escaped  with 
bruises. 

— Dr.  Enrico  Beltrandi,  a  proprietor  of  the  European  Drug 
Co.,  1160  I  street,  Fresno,  Cal.,  has  left  this  country  to  join 
his  regiment  in  Italy,  where  he  holds  a  commission  as  lieu- 
tenant in  the  medical  corps. 

— Miss  Mary  K.  .'\le.xander  and  James  Carskadon,  of  Indian- 
apolis, Ind.,  were  recently  married.  For  some  years  the  bride 
was  employed  by  the  Ferger  Drug  Co.,  Indianapolis,  as  as- 
sistant manager.  Mr.  Carskadon  was  the  manager  of  one 
of  the  Ferger  stores  which  he  recently  purchased. 

— John  Birks,  a  veteran  druggist  of  Peoria,  111.,  was  re- 
cently re-elected  president  of  the  Proctor  hospital  in  that  city. 
On  tlie  occasion  of  the  election  he  was  recovering  from  injuries 
received  in  an  automobile  accident. 

— W.  C.  Knight  and  Miss  Leona  Maxwell  Beaven,  both  of 
Columbia,  Mo.,  and  the  former  proprietor  of  the  Drug  Shop 
in  that  city,  were  recently  married. 

— Dr.  I.  L.  Beatty,  of  Fairview,  111.,  has  given  up  his  prac- 
tice of  medicine  and  his  drug  store  in  that  town.  He  is  now 
a  Government  narcoctic  inspector  under  the  Harrison  law  and 
has  charge  of  three  large  districts.  According  to  a  statement, 
credited  to  him,  paregoric  is  being  sold  to  "fiends"  in  many 
places  as  it  is  exempted  under  the  Harrison  law. 

— J.  A.  Truitt  is  the  whole  "show"  at  Elk  Springs,  Mo.  Ac- 
cording to  report  he  is  the  druggist,  station  master,  post- 
master, grocer,  Boniface,  local  police  force  and  farmer  at  the 
springs.  He  also  raises  goats.  Recently  he  excavated 
a  hundred  feet  or  more  into  a  hill  to  make  a 
barn  for  his  goats.  Feeling  a  draft  from  the  roof- 
so  the  story  goes— he  touched  off  two  sticks  of  dynamite, 
put  his  head  through  the  opening  made  by  the  explosion  and 
discovered  that  he  had  opened  up  a  beautiful  cave  resplendent 
with  stalactites  and  stalagmites.  Mr.  Truitt  now  has  another 
capacity,  custodian  of  the  cave.  Incidentally,  he  is  hunting 
another  barn  for  his  goats. 

—Harry  J.  Schilling,  of  Lafayette,  Ind.,  and  Miss  Hazel 
Loehr,  of  Greenfield,  Ind.,  were  recently  married.  Mr.  Schill- 
ing is  a  graduate  of  the  Purdue  School  of  Pharmacy,  as  is 
also  his  wife,  both  graduating  in  1910.  He  has  been  associ- 
ated in  the  drug  business  with  Albert  V.  Kienly,  Indianapolis, 
and  the  bride  was  until  a  year  ago  pharmacist  of  the  Metho- 
dist Hospital,  in  that  city. 

— William  Melody,  for  the  past  three  years  with  the  Todd- 
Becker  Drug  Co.,  Sioux  City,  la.,  was  recently  tendered  a  dinner 
at  Crystal  Lake,  20  of  his  friends  attending.  The  affair  was 
held  on  the  eve  of  his  departure  to  assume  a  position  as 
representative  for  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  with  headquarters  at 
Ottumwa.    He  was  presented  with  a  gold  watch  and  chain. 

— Elmer  Hall,  pharmacist  at  the  Huxsol  Drug  Store,  Cul- 
bertson,  Mont.,  recently  met  with  quite  a  serious  accident.  In 
stepping  away  from  the  cash  register  he  stumbled  and  fell 
into  the  glass  show  case  near  by,  his  knee  going  through  the 
curved  glass  on  the  corner.  Just  below  his  knee  his  leg  was 
cut  to  the  bone,  and  in  extricating  himself  his  hands  were 
also  cut. 

—Roy  S.  Sykes,  the  Market  street,  Paterson,  N.  J.,  drug- 
gist, has  been  appointed  city  pharmacist.  He  alone  took  th^ 
civil  service  examination  for  the  position  which  was  held  some 
time  ago.  He  was  temporarily  appointed  for  60  days  by  the 
commissioners,  and  has  been  acting  as  city  pharmacist  since 
the  death  of  Robert  A.  Roe. 


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PERSONALS 


• — Charles  F.  Harding,  one  of  the  best-known  druggists 
in  the  Ohio  Valley,  is  also  a  power  in  politics,  as  evidenced 
by  the  fact  that  he  is  a  member  of  the  legislature  of  Ohio,  and 
was  recently  the  choice  of  both  the  Red  and  the  Blue  tickets 
for  president  in  the  annual  election  of  the  West  End  Republican 
Club,  of  Cincinnati.  This,  naturally,  made  his  election  to  the 
leadership  of  the  organization  comparatively  easy.  In  addi- 
tion to  the  honors  mentioned,  Mr.  Harding  is  and  has  been 
for  some  time  president  of  the  Ohio  Valley  Druggists'  Asso- 
ciation, and  a  member  of  the  faculty  of  the  Cincinnati  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy.  It  goes  without  saying  that  he  is  a  success- 
ful pharmacist. 

• — H.  H.  Bram,  formerly  well  known  in  drug  circles  through- 
out the  East,  especially  in  Philadelphia  and  vicinity,  is  now 
general  sales  manager  of  H.  Kirk  White  &  Company,  Inc., 
manufacturing  chemists,  Oconomowoc,  Wis.  His  marriage 
to  Miss  Therese  Guens,  also  of  Philadelphia,  recently  took 
place,  and  they  are  living  at  Oconomowoc.  H.  K.  White  & 
Company,  Inc.,  have  recently  moved  into  new  buildings,  where 
they  will  enjoy  greater  manufacturing  facilities  for  their  busi- 
ness, which  lies  throughout  the  Middle  West. 

— William  H.  Ward,  a  post  graduate  of  the  New  York  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy,  recently  purchased  the  drug  business  of 
Edward  Pennock,  Plainfield,  N.  J.  Mr.  Ward  has  gained 
considerable  experience  in  the  drug  business,  having  worked 
in  some  of  the  largest  stores  in  New  York  City,  including 
those  of  C.  O.  Bigelow,  J.  Kalish,  J.  Milhau  &  Son  and 
Hegeman  &  Co.  Mr.  Pennock  intends  to  take  a  well  de- 
served rest  and  has  not  decided  what  his  future  activities 
will  be. 

— Charles  L.  Huisking  returned  to  his  office  last  week  from 
a  two  weeks'  vacation  spent  in  the  Adirondacks.  Asked  if  he 
found  conditions  in  the  drug  trade  any  different  from  what 
they  were  before  he  went  away,  Mr.  Huisking  said:  "The 
market  if  anything  is  firmer.  There  has  been  no  accumulation 
of  stocks  despite  the  falling  off  in  the  domestic  demand  this 
month,  and  the  question  of  supplies  is  becoming  more  serious 
than  ever.   Exporters  are  taking  all  they  can  get  their  hands  on." 

— Mrs.  Agnes  B.  Herrmann,  recently  assumed  charge  of  the 
business  of  the  Herrmann  Drug  Co.  at  Wausaukee,  Wis., 
and  has  engaged  the  services  of  Eugene  B.  Gaunthier,  a  reg- 
istered pharmacist  of  Oconto  Falls.,  Wis.,  to  manage  the  store. 
Mrs.  Herrmann  was  recently  granted  a  divorce  and  the  sum 
of  $1,000.  In  default  of  this  payment,  the  court  authorized 
Mrs.  Herrmann  to  take  charge  of  the  store  until  she  had  real- 
ized this  sum  from  the  net  profits  of  the  business. 

— Eben  Takashi  Takamine,  chemist  and  biologist  for  the 
Takamine  Laboratory,  Inc.,  and  a  son  of  Dr.  Jokichi  Taka- 
mine, the  famous  Japanese  chemist,  was  recently  married  to 
Miss  Ethel  Johnson,  daughter  of  the  late  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam Johnson  of  Evanston,  11.  In  taking  an  American  wife, 
Mr.  Takamine  is  following  in  the  footsteps  of  his  father,  Dr. 
Takamine,  who  married  Miss  Hitch,  daughter  of  an  old 
Southern  family. 

— Henry  E.  Seifert,  Milwaukee  druggist,  recently  located 
his  brother,  Karl  Seifert,  after  a  separation  of  35  years.  Henry 
Seifert  left  Germany  in  1880,  placing  his  brother,  20  months 
old,  in  charge  of  relatives.  Karl  came  later  to  America,  but 
on  the  way  he  lost  his  brother's  address  and  the  two  never 
found  each  other  until  now.  The  Milwaukee  druggist  searched 
the  directories  of  many  cities  and  finally  found  his  brother  in 
Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

—The  Snider  Drug  Co.,  H.  M.  Snider  and  G.  W.  Card  pro- 
prietors, recently  opened  a  new  store  at  Sixteenth  and  Welton 
streets,  Denver,  Col.  The  new  proprietors  are  well  known 
in  Denver  drug  circles.  W.  T.  Bray  recently  opened  a  new 
store  in  the  residence  district  of  Denver,  Col.,  at  Colfax  and 
Downing  streets.  This  is  Mr.  Bray's  second  venture  in  the 
drug  business  in  Denver. 

ATi^  \  I  .  <  V.  TT-n  nrinn  i.  ,  c-nt1v  :i«;sumed  charge  of  the 
'  '  t  Wausaukee,  Wise, 

i^l'-rod  pharmacist  to 

■  ll'i  111!   WIS  recently  granted  a 

(liv(jiLc  and  in  ddault  of  ^;i,UUO  awarded  her  by  the  court  she 


will  take  charge  of  the  store  until  this  sum  is  realized  from 
the  net  profits  of  the  business. 

— S.  A.  Eckstein's  advancement  to  the  office  of  first  vice- 
president  of  the  N.A.R.D.,  at  the  recent  Minneapolis  con- 
vention, gave  Wisconsin  druggists  considerable  pleasure.  Mr. 
Eckstein,  who  is  a  former  president  of  the  Wisconsin  Ph.A., 
represented  that  organization  at  the  convention.  Delegates 
from  the  Milwaukee  Ph.A.  were  J.  J.  Possehl,  Otto  Hacken- 
dahl  and  George  H.  Kesten. 

— E.  L.  Husting,  Sr.,  well-known  soda  water  and  Weiss  beer 
manufacturer  of  Milwaukee,  was  married  on  September  28 
to  Mrs.  Lilly  Rupp,  widow  of  the  late  Louis  P.  Rupp,  formerly 
a  Milwaukee  druggist.  The  ceremony  was  performed  by  Judge 
John  C.  Karel  at  the  Husting  residence,  515  Galena  street, 
Milwaukee.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Husting  enjoyed  a  wedding  trip 
through  the  South. 

—The  L.  S.  Walker  Co.,  of  Almond,  Wis.,  has  purchased  the 
drug  store  at  Hancock,  formerly  owned  and  operated  by  the 
late  B.  B.  Borden.  The  store  has  been  made  into  a  Rexall 
establishment  and  has  been  placed  in  charge  of  Miss  Mary 
Parker,  a  registered  pharmacist,  who  was  connected  with  the 
store  under  Mr.  Borden's  management. 

— Harry  L.  Eskew,  for  14  years  traveling  representative  for 
Sharp  &  Dohme  in  the  South,  has  been  appointed  by  Governor 
T.  C.  Rye  of  Tennessee  as  Food  and  Drug  Commissioner  of 
that  State.  Mr.  Eskew  is  a  graduate  of  the  Cincinnati  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy.  He  lives  in  Nashville  and  was  highly  en- 
dorsed for  his  new  position. 

— The  Red  Cross  Pharmacy,  of  Piqua,  O.,  has  been  sold  by 
H.  B.  Sanders  to  Charles  Kretchmer,  of  Cincinnati,  who  has 
taken  over  the  business  and  will  conduct  it  personally.  Mr. 
Sanders  has  conducted  the  store  for  some  time,  and  built  up 
a  good  business.  His  plans  for  tlie  future  have  not  been 
announced. 

— Samuel  B.  Penick,  head  of  S.  B.  Penick  &  Co.,  dealers  in 
botanical  drugs,  Marion,  N.  C,  and  New  York  City,  has  been 
notified  that  his  firm  was  awarded  a  gold  medal  for  its  exhibit 
at  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposition,  San  Francisco.  Mr.  Penick 
was  formerly  treasurer  of  J.  L.  Hopkins  &  Co.,  New  York 
City. 

— C.  H.  Truesdell,  of  Waupaca,  Wis.,  has  sold  his  drug  store 
to  Frank  O.  Stratton,  associated  with  the  Truesdell  pharmacy 
for  the  past  ten  years.  Mr.  Truesdell  has  been  engaged  in 
the  drug  business  for  the  past  twenty-seven  years,  six  years 
in  Chicago  and  twenty-one  years  in  Waupaca. 

— H.  J.  Kamps,  of  South  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  has  sold  his  phar- 
macy to  T.  R.  Morris  of  Downer's  Grove,  111.  Mr.  Kamps  was 
forced  to  seek  a  location  where  the  climate  would  be  more 
favorable  to  one  of  his  young  sons.  He  expects  to  engage  in 
the  drug  business  elsewhere. 

— Miss  !Mary  Parker,  a  registered  pharmacist,  has  been 
placed  in  charge  of  the  drug  store  at  Hancock,  Wise,  re- 
cently purchased  by  the  L.  S.  Walker  Co.,  of  .\lmond.  Wise., 
and  formerly  conducted  by  the  late  B.  B.  Borden. 

— Dr.  Gustave  Horstmann  has  been  appointed  a  full-time 
professor  at  Fordham  University  College  of  Pharmacy.  He 
will  have  charge  of  the  pharmacy  of  the  university  consulta- 
tion clinic. 

— A.  H.  Sowden,  city  representative  for  Faxon  &  Gallagher 
Drug  Co.,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  spent  his  vacation  in  New  York 
City,  calling  on  many  of  his  old  friends. 

— Robert  Lamim.  of  Lohn  &  Fink,  New  York  City,  spent  a 
recent  vacation  with  IMrs.  Lampa  in  the  White  Mountains, 
Crawford  Notch  being  their  headquarters. 

— Robert  R.  Ellis,  president  of  the  Hessig-EUis  Drug  Co., 
Memphis,  Tenn.,  has  been  elected  president  of  the  Cotton 
States  Merchants'  Association. 

— E.  L.  Scholt2,  president  of  the  Scholtz  Drug  Co.,  Denver, 
Col,,  and  Mrs.  Scholtz  are  spending  several  weeks  visiting 
friends  in  California. 

— A.  B.  Lemon,  a  post-graduate  of  Brooklyn  College  of  Phar- 
macy, will  represent  H.  K.  Mulford  Co.  in  Buffalo  and  stir- 
rounding  territory. 

— Emil  Roller  spent  his  vacation  at  Beaver  Brook.  Lake 
Huntington,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Roller's  pharmacy  is  at  574  Amster- 
dam avenue. 

— Oscar  W.  Smith,  manager  of  tlie  New  York  ofSce  of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  spent  the  month  of  August  at  Spring 
Lake.  N.  J. 

—John  Burnside.  of  Parke.  Davis  S:  Go  's  Now  York  office, 
recently  returned  to  his  desk  after  a  two  weeks'  vacation. 


October,  1915] 


THE  PHAR^[ACEUTICAL  ERA 


445 


OBITUARY 


I  — George  L).  I'cldiicr,  Sr.,  for  forty-five  years  one  of  the  best 
.known  druggists  of  New  Orleans,  and  for  thirteen  years  presi- 
dent of  the  Xew  Orleans  College  of  Pharmacy,  died  at  his 
,home  in  that  city  in  his  sixty-first  year.  Mr.  F.  ldnor,  who 
jfor  the  last  twenty-seven  years  had  a  drug  store  in  Magazine 
/street  near  the  Ninth  street  market,  was  looked  up  to  as  a 
.friend  of  the  poor.  He  often  gave  his  time  and  means  to  fliose 
,who  could  not  afford  the  services  of  a  doctor.  During  the 
plague  of  1S7S  Mr.  Feldner,  then  a  young  druggist,  gave  his 
"services  in  an  effort  to  stop  the  epidemic.  Mr.  Feldner  was 
a  member  of  the  Democratic  State  Central  Committee,  an 
ihonorary  member  of  the  Washington  Artillery,  a  Mason, 
'iPythian  and  a  Druid.  He  is  surv-ived  by  his  wife,  three  chil- 
idren  and  one  brother. 

'  — J.  B.  Brown,  S8,  who  saw  Hannibal,  Mo.,  Mark  Twain's 
I  town,  grow  from  a  little  trading  point  on  the  river  to  a  live 
J  and  hustling  city  and  who  was  mayor  of  the  city  for  four 
,  terms,  died  following  a  short  illness.  He  was  one  of  the  best 
^  known  men  in  Hannibal  and  for  a  number  of  years  was  engaged 
lin  the  drug  business  on  North  Alain  street,  the  store  he  for- 
Imerly  conducted  now  being  in  charge  of  his  son.  A.  Sydney 
^ Brown.  The  only  interruption  to  his  residence  in  Harmibal 
J  was  in  1852,  when  he  went  to  California  during  the  gold 
craze.  He  came  back  with  $1,000,  with  which  he  bought  his 
[  drug  business. 

I-  —Mrs.  Alfred  Foot,  mother  of  Samuel  A.  Foot,  manager 
■  of  the  fancy  goods  and  sundries  department  of  McKesson 

&  Robbins,  New  York,  died  on  Thursday,  August  12,  at  her 

residence,  1707  Eye  Street,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  She 
'  was  the  widow  of  the  late  Major  Alfred  Foot,  14th  Infantry, 
I  U.  S.  A.,  daughter  of  the  late  John  E.  and  Elizabeth  C. 

Forster  of  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  daughter-in-law  of  the  late  Hon. 

Samuel  Alfred  Foot,  of  Geneva,  New  York.    Interment  took 

place  at  her  former  home,  iTarrisburg,  Pa. 

;  — Ole  N.  Falk.  74,  druggist  in  Stoughton,  Wis.,  since  1866, 
1  and  in  the  banking  business  in  that  city  from  1884  to  1904, 
having  organized  the  Dane  County  Bank,  now  the  First  Na- 
tional, died  of  a  heart  affection  contracted  during  his  ser- 
vice in  the  Civil  War.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  Philo 
C.  Buckman  Post.  G.  A.  R.,  a  founder  of  Christ  Lutheran 
.  congregation  in  his  city,  and  was  among  those  druggists  who 
organized  the  Wisconsin  Ph.A.  A  widow  and  six  children 
survive. 

'  — Marion  G.  Culver,  a  well-known  druggi.st  of  .\uburn,  N. 
Y,  died  at  his  home,  37  Westlake  avenue,  in  that  city,  re- 
cently, aged  57  years.  He  entered  the  drug  business  at  the 
age  of  14  years  and  when  the  Sagar  Drug  Company  of 
Auburn  was  organized  in  1889  he  was  one  of  the  original 

I  incorporators.  In  1893  Mr.  Culver  joined  with  Charles  B. 
Sears  in  purchasing  the  interests  of  Mr.  Sagar.    He  was  elected 

'  president  of  the  new  firm,  holding  the  position  up  to  the  time 

'  of  his  death. 

— General  W.  W.  Henry,  84,  one  of  the  few  surviving  gen- 
erals of  the  civil  war,  died  at  his  home  in  Burlington,  Vt. 
In  1857  he  engaged  in  the  drug  business  in  Waterbury,  be- 
coming associated  with  his  father  in  the  firm  of  J.  M.  Henry 
&  Sons.  He  sold  out  his  interest  in  this  enterprise  in  1861, 
and  enlisted  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War.  After  the  war 
he  re-entered  the  drug  business,  retiring  in  1897  to  become 
consul  to  Quebec. 

—Prof.  Charles  Hallett  Wing,  head  of  the  department  of 
chemistry  in  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology  from 
1874  to  1884,  died  in  Boston  on  September  14.  He  was  80 
years  old,  and  graduated  from  Harvard  University  with  the 
degree  of  B.S.  in  1879,  teaching  chemistry  in  Cornell  Uni- 
versity until  1874.  He  was  a  member  of  many  scientific  so- 
cieties, including  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences. 

— James  Montgomery  Durdy,  a  former  representative  of 
the  Kellogg  Newspaper  Co.,  and  for  many  years  engaged  in 
the  drug  business  in  North  St.  Louis.  Mo.,  died  at  his  home 
in  St.  Louis  from  Bright's  disease.  He  was  born  in  Hills- 
boro,  Mo.,  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  St.  Louis  and  the  Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy. 


— William  N.  ^\'illiams,  proprietor  of  the  Roanoke  phar- 
macy, Kansas  City,  Mo.,  died  at  Wesley  Hospital  after  a 
long  illness,  complicated  by  several  operations  for  appendicitis. 
He  came  to  Kansas  City  from  Erie,  Col.,  where  he  was  born 
in  1844. 

— Edward  Hollander,  58,  vice-president  of  the  Hollander 
BroLliers  Drug  Co.,  wholesale  druggists  and  chemical  manufac- 
turers, Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  died  at  the  home  of  his  son.  Dr.  Lester 
Hollander,  East  Pittsburgh.    He  was  born  in  upper  Hungary. 

—Clifford  .-Vudrews,  45,  of  Muncie,  Ind.,  a  student  attending 
a  school  of  pharmacy  in  Indianapolis,  who  had  come  to 
Noblesville  to  spend  a  week's  vacation,  was  struck  by  a  trac- 
tion car  in  the  last-named  city  and  died  three  hours  later. 

—John  Clayton  Miller,  46,  Pueblo,  Col.,  fell  dead  at  the 
prescription  case  of  his  drug  store  in  Central  Block.  He  was 
born  in  Kentucky  and  came  to  Pueblo  15  years  ago,  enter- 
ing the  drug  business  at  that  time  with  his  brother-in-law. 

— Frank  C.  Thompson  died  recently  at  his  home  in  Denver, 
Col.,  after  a  brief  illness.  He  was  forty-seven  years  old  and 
had  been  in  business  in  Denver  for  twelve  years.  Previously 
he  was  in  business  in  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

— N.  H.  Watson,  Cropsey,  111.,  died  of  a  complication  of 
diseases.  He  was  born  in  Greene  County,  Ohio,  in  1851,  and 
had  conducted  drug  stores  in  Cooksville,  Anchor  and  Crop- 
sey.   A  widow  and  one  son  survive. 

— John  H,  Haydon,  druggist,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  died 
o  a  complication  of  diseases.  He  was  born  in  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  44  years  ago,  and  for  14  years  was  in  the  drug  business 
in  Brooklyn.    He  leaves  a  widow. 

— William  E.  Turple,  58  years  old,  who  conducted  a  drug 
store  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  for  nearly  30  years,  died  after  a 
short  illness.  Mr.  Turple  was  a  native  of  Halifax,  N.  S.  A 
widow  and  two  children  survive. 

— Frederick  Christian  Seitzer,  49  years  old,  for  a  quarter 
of  a  century  known  as  the  "West  Side  Druggist,"  of  Mount 
Vernon,  a  suburb  of  New  York  City,  died  of  stomach  trouble 
at  Polyclinic  Hospital  recently. 

—Karl  Aschen  brand,  71  years  old,  formerly  a  druggist  of 
Portchester  and  Islip,  Long  Island,  more  recently  the  proprie- 
tor of  Oakwood  Inn,  Bayport,  L.  I.,  died  as  the  result  of  a 
fall  down  stairs. 

— Frank  Nau,  42,  the  first  druggist  in  Portland,  Ore.,  to 
keep  his  store  open  all  the  time,  died  at  his  home  in  that  city, 
.\ugust  30.  For  more  than  25  years  his  store  was  not  closed 
night  or  day. 

— I.  C.  Reeves,  old  resident  of  Keokuk,  la.,  died  at  his 
home  in  that  city.  When  he  retired  from  active  business  life 
about  a  year  ago,  he  concluded  50  years  in  the  practice  of 
pharmacy. 

— Charles  W.  Brooks,  71,  Salem,  Mass.,  died  September  7. 
During  the  Civil  War  he  was  captured  and  confined  for  a  long 
period  in  Libby  prison.    He  was  in  the  drug  business  50  years. 

— Edwin  C.  Litchfield,  who  has  a  druggist  at  Flint,  Mich., 
for  thirty  years,  died  just  a  short  time  before  he  was  to  have 
received  his  initiation  into  thirty-third  degree  Masonry. 

— Clarence  T.  Smith,  67,  who  formerly  conducted  a  drug 
store  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  fell  dead  from  heart  disease  at  his 
summer  home  in  Oceon  City. 

— Freeman  M.  Brown,  manager  for  the  Purinton  Medicine 
Co.,  Detroit,  Mich.,  died  recently.  He  is  survived  by  a  widow 
and  two  children. 

— George  C.  Heller,  53  years  old,  a  prominent  druggist 
of  East  St.  Louis,  111.,  died  of  stomach  trouble.  A  widow  and 
son  survive. 

— Noel  Meigs  Pease,  64,  druggist  of  Enfield,  Mass.,  died  at 
Stafford  Springs.  From  1875  to  1894  he  was  in  the  drug 
business. 

— Mark  J.  Sargent,  druggist  for  half  a  century  at  South  Roy- 
alton,  Vt.,  died  at  the  age  of  78  years.  He  was  a  Civil  War 
veteran. 

— Silas  L.  Doyen,  66,  who  operated  pharmacies  in  Green 
Bay,  Wis.,  a  number  of  years  ago,  died  at  Algona  of  acute 
dropsy. 

— Frederick  G.  Weber,  60,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  manager  of 
the  patent  medicine  department  of  Weber's  Tea  Co.,  is  dead. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[October,  1915 


Government  Fines  Fifty 

Misbranded  Medicines 

Federal  Courts  Condemn  Goods  or  Impose  Penalties 
on  Manufacturers  of  Proprietaries  for  Violation  of 
Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Act. 

More  than  half  a  hundred  legal  actions  have  been 
terminated  successfully  under  the  Sherley  amend- 
ment to  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act,  which  prohibits 
talse  and  fraudulent  claims  as  to  the  curative  or 
therapeutic  effects  of  drugs  or  medicines.  Criminal 
prosecutions  against  the  manufacturers  were 
brought  in  25  cases,  but  in  31  instances  the  falsely 
and  fraudulently  labeled  medicines  were  seized 
while  m  interstate  commerce 

Suggestive  Name  of  "Family  Physician"  Fails  to  Save 
This  Preparation 

./o!''u^?'!l'"\^^'''^""'  Company,  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  plead- 
ed guilty  to  the  charge  that  a  preparation  called  "Family  Physi- 
^'il^i  ^"^^f'PPfd  by  them  into  interstate  commerce  was 
S  which  th      '^"^-''  ^'"""^         -^"y  diseases 

tu^erT  in    t        ""f       '  "^'^  recommended  by  the  manufac- 
^'^''"^V}'?  aPPearmg  on  tlie  labels  and  accompanying 
circulars  were  diphtheria,  scarlet  fever,  typhoid  fever  small- 

and  Jungs.  The  following  quotations  from  the  label  carton 
Lt"tv"  Public  is  hereby  assured 

that  this  IS  the  Genuine  and  Original  Family  Physician  *  *  * 
1-or  fever  you  need  not  give  anything  else  but  this  Medicine 
It  will  keep  the  rash  out  itself.  *  *  *  For  cases  of  Small  Po.x 
take  plenty  and  often-Use  freely.  Give  no  hot  teas  just 
give  the  medicme  and  what  pimples  are  under  the  skin  will 
come  out,  the  rest  will  be  carried  off  by  the  medicine  *  *  * 
Also  a  wonderful  and  positive  remedy  for  dyspepsia  keeps 
measles  out  nicely,  regulates  the  bowels  without  trouble  and 
by  purifying  the  blood  prevents  your  liability  to  disease." 

Analysis  of  the  product,  which  was  claimed  by  the  manu- 
facturer to  be  effective  in  the  treatment  of  so  many  virulent 
and  contagious  diseases,  as  well  as  a  variety  of  minor  ills 
showed  that  It  was  a  syrup  containing  19.2  per  cent  non- 
volatile_  matter,  8.9  per  cent  alcohol,  anise,  and  a  vegetable 
cathartic  drug.  The  Government,  therefore,  charged  that  the 
medicine  did  not  contain  ingredients  or  medicinal  agents  ef- 
fective for  the  relief  and  cure  of  the  diseases  which  it  was 
claimed  to  cure.  The  court  imposed  a  fine  of  $75. 
Remarkable  Claims  for  Dr.  H.  A.  Ingham's  Vegetable 
Expectorant  Nervine  Pain  Extractor 

A  plea  of  guilty  was  entered  by  H.  A.  Ingham  &  Co  of 
Vergennes,  Vt.,  to  the  charge  that  statements  and  claims  as 
to  curative  powers  of  a  product  called  "Dr.  H.  A.  Ingham's 
Vegetable  Expectorant  Nervine  Pain  Extractor"  were  false  and 
fraudulent.  An  analysis  of  a  sample  of  the  product  by  the 
Bureau  of  Chemistry  showed  the  same  to  contain  alcohol,  86 
per  cent;  opium  alkaloids,  camphor,  capsicum,  and  vegetable 
extractive  matter.  The  Government,  therefore,  alleged  that 
the  medicine  did  not  contain  ingredients  or  medicinal  agents 
effective,  as  the  labels  or  circulars  asserted,  to  subdue  raging 
fever,  or  to  cure  typhoid  fever,  lung  fever,  scarlet  fever  rheu- 
matic fever,  cholera,  dysentery,  sunstroke,  diphtheria,  bleeding 
at  the  lungs,  nervous  exhaustion,  or  piles,  or  to  prevent  fits  of 
apoplexy  and  epilepsy  when  coming  on,  or  to  heal  without  in- 
flammation or  suffering  all  wounds,  sprains,  or  burns,  or  to 
break  up  a  felon,  or  to  cure  congestion  of  the  lungs,  pleurisy, 
fits  of  apoplexy,  chronic  rheumatism,  paralyzed  limbs,  and  croup. 
^  It  was  also  alleged  by  the  Government  that  the  statements 
For  teething  and  restless  children,  it  is  not  only  safe  and 
harmless,  but  positiv.lv  l,.n-r„,Tl;  it  agrees  witli  the  most 
tender  child  or  feebl-  ,  false  and  misleading  in  that 

they  were  of  such  n  iJ.^^d  the  purchasers  into  the 

belief  that  the  artid.  no  harmful  or  poisonous  in- 

gredient, whereas,  in  fact  it  did  contain  morphine  and  other 
opium  alkaloids  of  a  poisonous  and  deleterious  nature,  such 


as  might  prove  harmful  and  deleterious  to  the  health  of  tender 
children  and  feeble  infants,  and  other  persons,  if  consumed  by 
them.    The  court  fined  the  defendant  $100. 

Seized  Four  Thousand  Bottles  of  "Father  John's 
Medicine" 

Four  thousand  and  ninety-two  bottles  of  "Father  John's  Med- 
icine" were  seized  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  it  being  alleged  in  the 
libel  that  the  labels  on  the  bottles  and  on  the  pasteboard  pack- 
ages containing  the  bottles  bore  statements  regarding  the  cura- 
tive effects  of  the  medicine  that  were  false  and  fraudulent. 
Claims  were  made  by  the  manufacturers  for  the  efficacy  of  the 
medicine  in  the  treatment  of  consumption,  coughs,  colds,  croup, 
asthma,  bronchitis,  sore  throat,  whooping  cough,  pneumonia, 
catarrh,  rickets,  and  a  number  of  other  ailments.  A  judgment 
of  condemnation  and  forfeiture  was  entered,  and  it  was  ordered 
by  the  court  that  the  product  be  delivered  to  Carleton  &  Hovey 
Company,  Lowell,  Mass.,  upon  payment  of  all  the  costs  in  the 
proceedings  and  the  execution  of  a  bond  in  the  sum  of  53,000, 
to  insure  that  the  goods  would  not  be  sold  unless  truthfully  re- 
labeled. 

Jury  Says  "Guilty"  for  Misbranding  "Bad-Em-Salz" 

A  verdict  of  "guilty"  was  rendered  against  the  American 
Laboratories,  a  corporation  located  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  for 
shipping  into  interstate  commerce  a  product  called  "Bad-Em- 
Salz"  which  it  was  alleged  was  falsely  and  fraudulently  labeled. 
An  analysis  of  a  sample  of  the  product  showed  that  it  con- 
sisted of  common  salt,  Glauber  salt,  baking  soda,  and  a  small 
amount  of  tartaric  acid.  It  was  claimed  by  the  manufacturers 
that  this  preparation  reproduced  the  medicinal  properties  of  the 
great  European  springs  famous  for  centuries  for  the  cure  of 
diseases  of  the  stomach,  intestines,  liver,  kidneys,  or  bladder, 
and  that  it  represented  the  medicinal  agents  obtained  by  the 
evaporating  of  the  water  from  famous  European  springs.  The 
Government  alleged  among  other  things  that  these  claims  were 
false  and  misleading.  It  was  also  alleged  that  the  statements 
in  the  circular  indicating  that  the  preparation  contained  in- 
gredients or  medicinal  agents  effective  for  dissolving  gall  stones, 
for  the  prevention  of  gastritis,  for  curing  diabetes,  for  prevent- 
ing or  checking  chronic  inflammation  of  the  kidneys,  and  for 
relieving  catarrh  of  the  bladder,  ,vere  false  and  fraudulent.  A 
fine  of  $100  was  imposed  by  the  couit. 

Long  List  of  Misbranded  Medicines 

The  following  list  includes  other  preparations  against  which 
the  Government's  charge  that  they  were  falsely  or  fraudulently 
labeled  was  sustained  by  the  Federal  courts.  Statements  were 
made  on  the  labels  of,  or  on  the  circulars  accompanying,  the 
preparations  intended  to  make  the  purchaser  believe  that  the 
medicines  were  effective  cures  for  a  great  variety  of  diseases 
for  which  they  were  recommended  by  the  manufacturers  or  pro- 
moters. The  main  allegations  of  the  Government  were  upheld 
by  the  courts  and  judgment  accordingly  entered  in  connection 
with  each  of  the  following  preparations: 

Radam's   Microbe  Killer 
Hilton's  Specific 
Smith's  Agricultural  Liniment 
Dr.    Sullivan's   Sure  Solvent 
Russell's   White  Drops 
Stramoline 

Wild   Cherry  Pepsin 
Moreau's  Wine  of  Anise 
Dr.     Herman     Koch's  Brand 

Phosphate,   Celery  and  Gin 

Compound 
Swissco  Hair  and  Scalp  Remedy 
Cod    Liver   Oil   with   Syrup  of 

Tar 

Dr.  Mozley's  Lemon  Elixir 
Sa-Yo   Mint  Jujubes 
Gray's    Glycerine    Tonic  Com- 


pound 

Dr.   Martel's   Female  Pills 
Quickstep.  Frye's  Remedy 
Seawright's    Magnesium  Lithia 
Water 

Hill's  Aromatic  Ext.  Cod  Liver 
Oil  (Hollander-KoshlandCo.) 
Black's  Pulmonic  Syrup 
Tetterine 

Laxative  Quinine  Tablets 
Mrs.  Joe  Person's  Remedy 
Maignen  Antiseptic  Powder 
Cranitonic  Scalp  Food-Hair  Food 
Dr.   David  Kennedy's  Cal  Cura 

Solvent 
SchcMck's  Pulmonic  Syrup. 
Keller's  Flaxseedine 
Tutt's  Pills 


Universal  Rheumatic  Remedy 
Green  Mountain  Oil 
Weber's  Genuine  Alpine  Herb 
Tea 

Montague's  Liniment 
Coe's  Cough  Balsam 
White   Stone   Lithia  Water 
Kalamazoo  Celery  &  Sarsaparilla 

Compound 
Quality  Damiana  Compound 
Dennis  Eucalyptus  Ointnjent 
Cassidv's  4X— The  Great  Blood 
Purifier 

Porter's  Antiseptic  Healing  Oil 
Ballard's  Horehound  Syrup  Com- 
pound 

Dr.  Shoop's  Night  Cure 
Dr.  Shoop's  Cough  Remedy 
Dr.   Shoop's  Restorative 
Rheumacide 

Rice's   Mothers'   Joy  Salve 
Milam 

Old  Jim  Field's  Phosphate  Dill 

and  Gin 
Stuart's     Buchu     and  Juniper 

Compound 
Ozomulsion 
Jones'  Break  Up 
Carswell's  Liver  Aid 
Dr.     Shoop's    Twenty  Minnte 

Cough  Remedy 
Rogers'  Consumption  Cure  and 

Cough  Lozenges 
Rogers'  Inhalant 


October.  1915] 


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NEW  GOODS  AND  SPECIALTIES 


Sonora  Phonographs  for  Drug  Stores 


The  Sonora  Phonograph  Corporation  of  New  York  City 
tells  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  that  it  believes  the  retail  drug 
store  is  the  logical  place  for  the  handling  of  phonographs, 
particularly  in  the  smaller  towns  and  cities.  Consequently  this 
company  is  making  a  bid  for  the  druggist's  business. 

The  first  phonograph  was  produced  about  thirty-five  years 
ago.  At  first  it  was  built  more  along  the  lines  of  a 
toy,  but  to-day  it  has  reached-  the  stage  of  perfection 
that   has   gained   for   it   the   great   popularity   it  deserves. 

Several  makes  of  phono- 
graphs were  on  the  mar- 
ket before  the  Sonora  was 
heard  of.  The  manufac- 
turers of  this  machine  say 
they  have  attempted  to 
blaze  new  trails.  They 
have  not  followed  tlie  ac- 
cepted principles  of  other 
manufacturers,  but  have 
worked  along  scientific 
lines  of  their  own  devel- 
opment. 

One  of  the  most  impor- 
tant features  of  the  pho- 
nograph i.s  its  tone.  The 
makers  of  the  Sonora 
claim  that  their  machine 
produces  the  most  mellow 
sound  of  any  machine  on 
the  market  .•\t  the  Pan- 
ama-Pacific Exposition  the 
instrument  was  awarded  a 
perfect  score  of  100  per 
cent  for  its  tone  quality. 
This  feature  of  the  ma- 
chine is  controlled  by  a 
"tone  modifier,"  a  process 
which  is  protected  by  the 
company.  The  sound  box, 
which  is  the  principal  fea- 
ture in  the  development  of 
tone,  is  manufactured  in 
the  company's  factory  in 
Switzerland. 

Every  user  of  a  phonograph  knows  what  a  bother  it  is  to 
have  to  wind  up  the  motor  after  each  selection.  A  special 
feature  claimed  for  the  Sonora  machine  is  that  the  motor  runs 
much  longer  than  that  of  most  makes  sold  at  the  same  price.  The 
machine  sells  for  from  $35  to  $300. 


"Clutch  Point"  Gold  and  Silver  Pencils 
Years  ago  the  public  learned  to  recognize  the  fountain  pen 
as  an  every-day  necessity,  for  once  its  mechanical  perfection 
was  established,  its  convenience  and  efficiency  were  not  ques- 
tioned. The  more  recent  perfection  of  the  practical  types  of 
gold  and  silver  pencils  has  gained  recognition  for  them  also 
and  numerous  prizes  have  been  awarded  for  improvements  on 
this  class  of  merchandise. 

Hanging  on  the  walls  in  the  general  salesroom  of  the  Aikin- 
Lambert  Co.,  New  York  City,  are  framed  certificates  of 
award  from  the  International  Exhibition  of  Philadelphia,  the 
Exposition  Universelle,  the  Sidney  International  Exhibition, 
and  The  World's  Industrial  and  Cotton  Centennial  Exposi- 
tion. Each  certificate  marks  some  forward  step  in  the  de- 
velopment of  the  gold  and  silver  pencils  manufactured  by  the 
company. 

The  Aikin-Lambert  Co.  manufactures  a  grade  of  pencil 
which  sells  at  prices  ranging  from  50  cents  to  $50  and  have 


One  of  the  models  of  Sonora 
phonographs 


suffered  from  various  cheap  imitations.  The  pencils  are  manu- 
factured in  sterling  silver,  gold  plated  and  gold  and  are  made 
in  various  sizes  witli  or  without  the  telescope  effect. 

The  manufacturers  report  that  the  sale  of  this  variety  of 
pencil  is  fast  assuming  enormous  proportions,  especially  in 
the  jewelry  and  stationery  stores.  For  a  long  time  the  drug- 
gists have  recognized  the  profit-making  possibilities  of  the 
fountain  pen  but  thus  far,  comparatively  speaking,  only  a  few 
of  the  larger  drug  stores  have  taken  up  the  sale  of  pencils.  As 
a  general  merchandising  proposition  the  pencils  are  easy  to 
handle,  they  sell  quickly,  and  the  margin  of  profit  is  said  to 
be  liberal. 

The  Aikin-Lambert  Co.  puts  out  these  pencils  in  a  manner 
attractive  for  showcase  displays  in  the  drug  store.  The  com- 
pany believes  that  an  alluring  display  does  more  to  sell  mer- 
chandise than  the  salesman.  These  goods  make  an  excellent 
Christmas  gift. 


'Vanitie"  Portable  Electric  Lamp 


The  "Vanitie"  portable  electric  lamp,  manufactured  by  the 
Aladdin  Lamp  Corp.,  52  Vanderbilt  avenue,  New  York  City, 
possesses  novel  features  which  particularly  adapt  it  as  a  sales- 
able  drug  store  accessory. 

.\  felt-lined  clamp  that  pulls  out  of  the  base  allows  it  to 
be  securely  fastened  to  a 
chair,  dressing  table,  bed- 
1  post,  sewing  machine,  etc., 

*^  and  a  rubber  suction  cup 

"^fc^  concealed  within  the  base 

fastens  ft  to  any  smooth, 
Tj^L  polished,  non-porous  sur- 

face.   This  suction  cup  has 
. . jariBWw! ■..  an  automatic  release,  en- 

abling the  user  to  destroy 
the  vacuum  instantly  when 
%  desirous    of    moving  the 

lamp  from  its  position. 

Its  adjustable  and  de- 
tachable shade  fits  any  style 
or  size  of  globe  and  can 
be  turned  to  practically  any 
angle  to  insure  proper  con- 
centration of  the  light;  the 
inside  of  the  shade  being 
coated  with  satin-finished 
aluminum.  The  visor  joint 
permits  of  free  movement 
in  every  direction  and  is 
so  constructed  that  the  in- 
sulation is  protected  at  all 
times.  Ten  feet  of  high- 
grade  parallel  cord,  wound 
inside  of  the  base  of  the 
lamp  can  be  drawn  out  so 
that  only  the  amount  in 
actual  use  is  exposed. 
The  "Vanitie"  is  constructed  of  high-grade  brass  through- 
out and  is  finished  in  old  brush  brass  and  heavy  nickel  plate. 
The  height  when  standing  erect  is  12  inches;  the  weight  1^^ 
pounds,  and  being  so  light  is  easily  packed  for  traveling. 


'Vanitie"  lamp 


Local  View  Post  Cards 
Curt  Teich  &  Co.,  Inc.,  1745-1755  Irving  Park  boulevard, 
Chicago,  announce  that  they  are  prepared  to  accept  for  prompt 
delivery  the  orders  of  retail,  wholesale  or  manufacturing  drug- 
gists for  advertising  blotters,  ad-envelopes,  post  cards,  etc. 
They  also  furnish  retail  drug  stores  with  local  view  post  cards. 
They  are  prepared  to  execute  any  style  or  process  which  may 
be  desired.  Cards  may  be  printed  in  one  or  more  colors  and 
in  seven  different  processes. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[October,  1915 


S.  &  D.'s  Colorless  Mineral  Oil 
Sharp  &  Dohnie,  Baltimore,  Md.,  have  placed  on  the  mar- 
ket a  colorless  mineral  oil,  highly  refined  and  made  in  this 
country.  This  is  one  of  a  large  number  of  American  oils 
which  have  recently  been  placed  on  the  market  to  take  the 
place  of  the  Russian  oils,  which  formerly  were  sold  here  in 
large  quantities  for  medicinal  use. 

Oil  put  up  by  Sharp  &  Dohme  differs  in  only  one  respect, 
it  is  stated,  from  tliat  of  the  best  Russian  white  oil — that 
of  specific  gravity.  While  Russian  white  oil  is  refined  from 
a  crude  oil  of  asphaltum  base,  and  has  a  specific  gravity  of 
about  0.875,  this  American  oil  is  produced  from  a  crude  oil 
of  a  paraffin  base,  and  is  tlierefore  of  a  lower  specific 
gravity,  ranging  from  0.835  to  0.852,  but  notwithstand- 
ing there  is  such  considerable  difference  in  specific  grav- 
ity, there  is  little  if  any  difference  in  the  degree  of  viscosity, 
and  though  it  is  perfectly  true  that  with  oils  of  the  same 
origin  the  specific  gravity  varies  quite  uniformly  with  the 
degree  of  viscosity,  the  gravities  of  oils  of  different  origin,  yet 
of  the  same  degree  of  viscosity,  may  be  widely  different. 

Any  mineral  oil  to  be  adapted  for  internal  administration 
must  first  of  all  be  pure,  and  must  as  well  possess  value  as  an 
intestinal  lubricant.  This  latter  quality  is  dependent  entirely 
upon  the  degree  of  viscosity  of  the  oil  employed.  While  much 
has  heretofore  been  said  concerning  the  high  gravity  of  white 
mineral  oil  of  Russian  origin,  clinical  experience  has  demon- 
strated that  what  really  is  required  is  an  oil  of  a  sufficient 
degree  of  viscosity,  yet  not  so  heavy  that  it  will  cling  or  stick 
to  the  tongue  or  liroat. 

A  Flashlight  Gun  for  Amateurs 

One  of  the  chief  difficulties  which  has  always  hampered 
the  amateur  photographer  in  his  attempts  to  take  flashlight 
pictures  has  been  the  trouble  experienced  in  getting  a  con- 
venient and  easy  method  of  setting  off  the  flash  without  in- 
terfering with  the  attention  which  he  has  to  give  to  the  camera. 
Especially  has  this  been  true  in  cases  where  the  photographer 
desired  to  take  a  flashlight  picture  away  from  home.  It  was 
necessary  for  him-  to  carry  extensive  apparatus  or  to  find  a 
place  where  he  could  pin  up  his  powder  flash. 

These  difficulties  seem  to  have  been  at  least  partly  solved  by 
the  "Imp  Flashlight  Gun"  which  has  been  put  on  the  market 
by  the  Imperial  Brass  Manufacturing  Co.,  Chicago.  This 
small  gun  holds  the  flash  of  powder,  and  the  trigger,  which 
fires  the  powder,  also  operates  the  shutter  of  the  camera.  Its 
work  is  said  to  be  instantaneous,  and  is  especially  recom- 
mended for  amateur  and  press  work  in  taking  moving  objects. 
It  retails  for  $1.75  and  as  a  camera  side  line  tends  to  increase 
the  sales  of  supplies. 

Two  Hot  Soda  Features 

The  J.  Hungerford  Smith  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  points  out 
that  it  is  not  difficult  to  obtain  attractive  cold  soda  specialties, 
but  it  is  not  often  that  fountain  operators  are  able  to  buy  a 
real  satisfactory  hot  drink  that  is  different  from  the  usual  hot 
chocolate,  chicken,  clam,  tomato,  etc.  Broth  Bellevue  and 
tomato,  this  company  thinks,  fills  the  void.  Broth  Bellevue, 
so  called  after  the  Bellevue-Stratford  hotel,  is  a  very  attractive 
hot  drink  of  blended  flavors,  and  a  good  seller,  and  the  to- 
mato bouillon,  the  company  claims,  is  of  unusually  fine  flavor. 
The  "True  Fruit"  hot  list  includes  a  large  number  of  special- 
ties and  all  the  staple  items. 


A  National  Campaign  on  Suprema  Preparations 

Frederick  Stearns  &  Co.,  Detroit,  began  in  August  a  national 
advertising  campaign  on  its  "Suprema"  preparations,  Harper's 
Bazar,  Vanity  Fair.  Theatre  Magazine,  Vogue,  Town  and 
Country  and  the  Ladies  Home  Journal  being  on  the  list.  The 
first  item  to  be  thus  advertised  was  "Suprema"  cold  cream, 
the  package  of  which  contains  seven  and  a  half  ounces  of  cold 
cream.  These  advertisements  have  featured  successfully  "Su- 
prema" liquid  shampoo  and  "Suprema"  nail  cleamser,  and  in 
November  will  bring  the  attention  of  millions  of  women  readers 
to  "Suprema"  massage  cream. 


Pinex  Demand  Keeps  Up 

The  Pinex  Company,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  writes  The  Era 
as  follows: 

"During  last  year  when  a  great  many  proprietary  medicines 
had  hard  sledding,  'Pinex'  sales  showed  their  usual  normal, 
healthy  increase.  The  explanation  lies  partly  in  the  liberal 
advertising  policy  of  the  company  and  partly  in  the  fact  that 
the  remedy  has  become  recognized  as  one  of  the  standards 
found  in  most  family  medicine  chests  and  on  shelves  of  prac- 
tically every  drug  store  in  the  country. 

"As  usual  Pinex  is  sold  this  year  under  a  wide  open  guar- 
antee of  satisfaction  or  money  back.  The  Pinex  Company 
has  never  quibbled  nor  delayed  in  making  good  its  guaran- 
tee, and  it  is  now  in  a  stronger  position  to  back  up  its 
promises. 

"The  remedy  this  year  is  precisely  tlie  same  as  it  was  last. 
During  the  preceding  years  it  has  been  improved  year  by 
year  until  its  producers  believe  that  it  has  reached  as  near 
perfection  for  its  purpose  as  is  possible.  There  has  been  no 
occasion  to  skimp  or  drop  out  any  of  the  ingredients  since 
the  Pinex  Company  had  on  hand  last  year  a  two  years'  sup- 
ply of  foreign  chemicals  used  and  has  found  no  particular  dif- 
ficulty  in   obtaining   additional   shipments   during   the  past 

year."   

Leather  Goods  for  Druggists 

Many  druggists  have  been 
quite  successful  in  selling 
leather  goods  to  their  trade. 
The  Fortuna  Leather  Com- 
pany, Inc ,  730  W.  Girard 
avenue,  Philadelphia,  is 
bringing  the  attention  of 
druggists  to  its  very  complete 
line  of  leather  purses  and 
sundries,  which  are  recom- 
mended by  the  manufacturer 
as  goods  likely  to  appeal  to 
holiday  shoppers,  though  in 
demand  the  year  around. 

Hand  bags  in  calf,  cow- 
hide and  goat  skin,  book 
ends,  table  mats,  bill  books, 
handkerchief  cases,  napkin 
rings,  memo  books,  cigar 
cases,  albums,  desk  sets  and 
a  score  of  other  items  are 
made  by  this  company  in 
various  colors.  The  work- 
manship is  guaranteed  to  be 
first-class,  and  the  goods  are 
made  up  in  artistic  style. 
Soft  brown  and  green  shades 
are  very  popular,  the  com- 
pany says. 


A  Fortuna  leather  hand  bag 


'J  O  Kino'  of  Exterminators" 

'  ily.  asserts  that  it  has  sold 
nuler  its  "money  back  if  it 
III  years.    "J-O"  is  used  to 
'    '  ' and  waterbugs.    It  is  manu- 


Joh.  •  ' 
"J-O  I 
fails" 

rid  honii-,  (,i  II 

factured  in  powder,  liquid  and  paste  form 


Wrisley  Perfumes  in  Attractive  Packages 

A  delicate  perfume  always  finds  a  ready  sale  among  the 
most  discriminating  of  the  druggist's  customers  and  this  is 
especially  true  if  the  quality  of  the  goods  is  backed  up  by 
attractive  packages.  Among  the  perfumes  on  tlie  market  which 
appeal  to  the  refined  taste  is  the  Mione  (pronounced  My- 
Own),  manufactured  by  Wrisley,  Perfumer,  Chicago.  This, 
together  with  the  Santoy  perfumes,  which  tlie  company  also 
makes,  are  put  \ip  in  pleasing  dome-top  boxes,  brass-cap 
bottles  and  snap-fastnur  boxes,  which  lend  themselves  to  an 
attractive  window  display.  The  perfumes  are  made  in  as- 
sorted odors  and  colors  and  sell  for  25c  and  50c. 

Cigars  for  Gift-Giving 

Cigars  are  a  good  "buy"  for  druggists  who  want  to  do  a 
profitable  holiday  trade.  H.  E.  Frailey.  of  Lancaster,  Pa.,  a 
retail  druggist,  who  contributes  an  article  on  holiday  building 
trade  to  this  issue  of  the  Era  counts  cigars  and  accessories 
as  among  his  best  lines.  The  Tampa-Cuba  Cigar  Co.,  Tampa, 
Fla.,  an  organization  of  4,000  retail  druggists,  makes  a  specialt>' 
of  putting  up  holiday  boxes  of  cigars.  These  holiday  boxes 
contain  usually  25  cigars,  and  it  is  packages  of  tliis  size  that 
are  in  best  demand  for  gift-giving.  .\  retail  druggist  sold  212 
specialty  holiday  packages  of  a  certain  brand  of  cigars  last 
year,  says  this  company. 


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The  "Perfection"  Mirror  Back 

The  Superior  Novelty  Case  Co.,  224  S.  Jefferson  street, 
Chicago,  111.,  calls  attention  to  its  "Perfection"  mirror  rack, 
a  display  rack,  which  will  be  particularly  suitable  for  holiday 
season  d'isplay  of  hand  mirrors  on  the  top  of  a  showcase  or 
table.  This  rack  accommodates  mirrors  ranging  in  size  from 
4J.i  to  7  by  9  inches.  It  is  made  in  quarter-sawed  oak,  ma- 
hogany and  mission  finishes,  velvet-linecl  to  prevent  any  scratch- 
ing or  marring  of  the  mirrors.  One  will  be  sent  to  any  drug- 
gist by  this  company  upon  receipt  of  $2.50. 

Counter  Display  of  Perfumery 

The  Baldwin  Perfumer>-  Co.,  114  N.  Franklin  street,  Chi- 
I  cago.  111.,  makes  an  interesting  offer  to  retail  druggists  who  are 
anxious  to  boost  the  sales  of  perfumes  during  the  holiday  sea- 
son or  at  any  other  time.  A  counter  display  is  given  free  with 
each  order  amounting  to  $12.  In  addition  a  half  pound  of 
"Clovereta"  perfume  listed  at  $5.00  a  pound  is  given.  Other 
attractive  holiday  offers  are  made  by  this  company  in  a  special 
catalogue  which  will  be  sent  to  Er.\  readers  upon  request. 

Playing  Cards  Always  Acceptable  Gift 

Playing  cards  are  always  an  acceptable  holiday  gift.  The 
'  United  States  Playing  Card  Co.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  therefore 
calls  the  attention  of  druggists  who  are  laying  in  lines  for 
,  Christmas  trade  to  its  well-known  brands  of  "Bicycle"  and 
"Congress"  cards.    This  company  also  makes  a  big  line  of 
special  cards  for  various  games,  poker  chips,  etc. 

Holiday  Packets  of  Cigarettes 
Philip  Morris  &  Company,  Ltd.,  makers  of  Philip  ISIorris 
cigarettes,  announce  that  about  October  1  they  will  have  ready 
for  deliver)-,  without  e.xtra  charge,  special  holiday  packets  con- 
'  taining  100  cigarettes.    Many  women  who  dislike  shopping  at 
a  cigar  store  look  to  the  drug  store  for  purchases  of  cigarettes 
and  cigars.    Philip  Morris  cigarettes  are  a  standard  brand,  for 
I  which  there  is  a  good  demand  in  all  localities. 

I  Candy  the  Standard  Holiday  Gift 

Nothing,  however  useful  or  ornamental,  will  ever  take  the 
1  place  completely  of  candy  for  the  holidays.  Indeed  Christmas 
I  wouldn't  be  Christmas  without  candy.  Every  wide-awake  drug- 
I  gist  knows  this,  and  makes  his  plans  early  for  getting  the  con- 
'  fection  trade  of  his  locality.  Special  holiday  bo.xes  add  to  the 
salabilitv-  of  Christmas  candy,  and  this  feature  is  supplied  in 
an  attractive  way  by  the  Rochester  Candy  Works,  Rochester, 
1;  N.  Y.,  which  offers  its  "Delcara"  sweets  in  poinsetta  bo.xes 
[I  This  company  also  offers  to  assist  druggists  in  pushing  their 
candy  sales  by  supplying  cuts  and  advertising  matter  for  use 
in  local  newspapers  or  circulars. 

'  A  Bible  as  a  Christmas  Gift 

To  those  who  do  not  lose  sight  of  the  greatest  meaning  of 
Christmas  the  gift  of  a  bible  at  this  season  would  always  prove 
a  delight.  There  is  a  constant  demand  for  bibles,  a  demand 
which  the  John  C.  Winston  Co.,  1005  .^rch  street,  Philadel- 
I  phia,  is  helping  to  supply.  This  company  offers  to  the  trade 
a  special  dollar  bible  of  genuine  flexible  binding,  round  cor- 
oners, overlapping  covers  and  red-under-gold  edges.  The  Win- 
iston  publishing  house  shows  more  than  600  types  of  bibles  and 
testaments  in  its  catalogue. 

Special  Holiday  Boxes  in  Demand 

»  People  who  are  sending  gifts  like  to  enclose  them  in  a  box 
ithat  has  a  Christmassy  look.  Druggists  not  only  have  a  call 
'for  the  empty  boxes,  but  customers  who  buy  their  gifts  in  the 
'■drug  store  are  apt  to  be  seriously  disappointed  if  it  is  not 
„ placed  in  a  holiday  box.  Many  druggists  make  a  feature  of 
jiplacing  all  purchases  for  Christmas  in  a  holiday  box.  Sue* 
itoxes  may  be  obtained  through  the  Bangor  Box  Co.,  Bangor, 
iMe.  An  assortment  of  320  boxes  in  27  different  sizes,  packed 
fia  a  corrugated  case,  is  sold  at  S9.50  per  case.  These  boxes 
icome  assorted  in  two  styles  of  holiday  paper.  This  assortment 
lis  designed  especially  for  stores  desiring  a  large  assortment  of 
nixes  in  small  quantities.  Other  assortments  are  shown  in  the 
company's  literature. 

Corks  and  Your  Reputation  as  a  Ph.G. 
f    From  the  .Xrmstrong  Cork  Co.,  of  Pittsburg,  the  Era  has 
'received  a  leaflet  entitled  "Expanding  the  Prestige  of  Your 
■ph.G."    The  point  of  the  text  in  it  is  to  the  effect  the  phar- 


macist's "reputation  as  a  Ph.G.  with  the  average  individual, 
depends  ratlier  on  tlie  appearance  than  on  the  ingredients  of  a 
prescription,  because  he  has  little  else  to  go  by."  Crystal-clear 
bottles;  neat,  legible  labels  and  high  grade  corks  are  three 
things  which  go  to  make  the  appearance  of  liquid  prescriptions 
professional  in  apiiearance. 

A  New  Sanatogen  Cut-Out 

The  Bauer  Chemical  Co.,  New  York  City,  manufacturers  of 
"Sanatogen,"  has  augmented  the  window  display  service  which 
is  supplied  free  of  cost  to  the  dealer,  by  a  new  cut-out,  one 
which,  it  is  asserted,  is  sure  to  catch  the  eye  and  arrest  the 
attention  of  the  "man  in  the  street."  Taking  advantage  of  this 
feature  will  tend,  as  the  company  points  out,  to  give  the  drug- 
gist the  full  benefit  of  the  Sanatogen  publicity  carried  in  maga- 
zines, weeklies  and  the  daily  press. 

Introduction  of  New  Products  Postponed 

James  C.  Crane,  New  York  City,  sole  agent  for  "Elcaya" 
toilet  preparations,  announces  that  the  addition  of  the  two 
preparations  to  the  "Elcaya"  line,  which  it  was  previously  in- 
timated would  be  made  about  the  first  of  the  past  month,  has 
been  postponed  indefinitely.  This,  Mr.  Crane  states,  has  been 
made  necessary  by  an  unforeseen  jump  of  more  than  500  per 
cent,  in  the  cast  of  the  raw  material  forming  their  chief  com- 
ponent, together  with  the  possibility  that  it  might  become  un- 
obtainable at  any  price.  Their  introduction  will  be  deferred 
until  they  can  be  produced  with  more  certainty  of  continuous 
supply. 

Prescriptions  Druggists  May  lK)ok  For 

Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich,  report  that  a  good  many 
prescriptions  for  "American  Oil"  and  "Corpora  Lutea"  should 
find  their  way  into  the  drug  stores  within  the  next  few  weeks. 
Through  the  medical  journals,  the  company  asserts,  these 
preparations  are  being  brought  prominently  to  the  attention  of 
practitioners  all  over  the  United  States.  "American  Oil"  is 
described  as  a  highly  refined,  chemically  pure  liquid  petroleum 
and  a  product  of  high  viscosity  and  great  lubricating  power, 
colorless,  tasteless  and  odorless.  "Corpora  Lutea"  is  described 
as  an  ovarian  extract,  supplied  at  present  in  powder  form  and 
in  capsules,  and  as  widely  useful  in  diseases  and  conditions 
peculiar  to  women. 

A  Desirable  Holiday  Gift 

The  Peerless  Moistener  Co.,  Chicago,  has  on  the  market  a 
very  useful  office  and  home  article  called  the  "Peerless" 
Moistener.  It  can  be  used  for  moistening  stamps,  envelopes, 
fingers  or  labels,  and  should  make  a  highly  desirable  gift. 

A  Useful  Novelty 

"Peter  Rabbit"  is  a  novelty  that  can  be  put  to  a  useful 
purpose.  It  is  a  bunny  in  pink  or  blue  coat  and  white  trousers, 
having  a  first  quality  rubber  hot  water  bottle  of  one  pint 
capacity  on  the  inside.  Displayed  among  the  regular  hot 
water  Ijottles  they  not  only  attract  attention  to  themselves  but 
direct  the  attention  of  customers  to  the  regular  line  of  hot  water 
bottles  as  well.  The  "Peter  Rabbit"  hot  water  bottles  are,  of 
course,  especially  designed  for  children.  They  retail  at  $1.25 
each. 

Yule  Log — a  Christmas  Specialty 

A  novelty  that  will  suggest  the  days  of  Whittier's  "Snow 
Bound"  is  the  Yule  log,  manufactured  by  the  Berkeley  Company, 
177  Federal  street,  Boston,  Mass.,  which  is  described  as  "a 
clever  imitation  of  a  birch  log,  4^  inches  long  by  2  inches  in 
diameter,  filled  with  a  mixture  which  causes  the  log,  when  it 
is  lighted,  to  burn  brilliantly,  but  harmlessly."  These  Yule 
logs  come  packed  in  a  red  tube,  bearing  an  appropriate  holi- 
day illustration  and  verse.    The  logs  retail  for  25  cents. 

The  Walrus  Mfg.  Co.,  Decatur,  111.,  reports  that  during  the 
past  few  weeks  its  factory  showrooms  have  been  made  lively 
by  the  presence  of  distributors  of  the  Walrus  product  from  all 
parts  of  the  country,  who  have  been  going  to  the  factory  to 
select  show  pieces  for  their  individual  salesrooms,  and  to  famil- 
iarize themselves  with  the  new  1916  models  now  ready  for 
distribution.  The  company  also  reports  that  it  has  closed  its 
most  successful  business  year,  having  enjoyed  a  larger  volume 
of  business  than  in  any  previous  year. 


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[October,  1915 


Glass  Enameled  Steel  Tanks  for 

Pharmaceutical  Laboratories 

The  greatest  productiveness  in  any  line  of  manufacturing 
depends  upon  two  factors :  the  employment  of  men  skilled  in 
scientific  knowledge  and  the  equipment  and  machinery  where- 
with to  work.    These  facts  have  been  prominently  brought  to 


The  ease  with  which  these  tanks  can  be  cleaned  makes  them 
the  most  sanitary  containers  for  liquids  in  bulk,  and  their  con- 
struction is  well  adapted  for  the  attachment  of  apparatxis  to 
meet  any  special  manufacturing  requirements.  The  line  em- 
braces not  only  storage  tanks,  upright  and  horizontal,  for  lab- 
oratories and  factories,  but  tanks  for  the  transportation  of 
various  liquids,  tanks  equipped  with  steam  jackets  or  mixing 
apparatus,  etc.  In  fact,  there  is  hardly  a  field  of  manufactur- 
ing in  which  these  glass  enameled  tanks  cannot  be  employed. 


Glass  enameled  steel  filling  tanks  suspended  from  ceiling.      S.ystem  used  in  large  pharmaceutical  laboratory. 


the  forefront  within  the  past  year  and  have  impressed  them- 
selves upon  the  minds  of  many  manufacturers  in  their  anxiety 
to  learn  the  needs  of  the  markets  of  the  world  abandoned  by 
the  European  nations  in  the  great  war.  The  skilled  workman 
is  now  coming  into  his  own :  in  tlie  laboratory  and  factory  there 
is  being  installed  the  machinery  and  equipment  with  which 
to  evolve  the  maximum  output  and  highest  quality  of  product. 

A  comparatively  recent  innovation  into  tlae  laboratory  of  the 
manufacturer  in  various  lines  is  the  glass  enameled  steel  tank 
made  by  the  Pfaudler  Company,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.  While 
tanks  of  this  character  have  been  made  for  years  by  this 
company  in  large  numbers  for  the  use  of  brewers,  their  value 
for  use  by  manufacturers  in  other  lines  is  becoming  more  and 
more  appreciated,  particularly  by  manufacturers  of  chemical 
and  pharmaceutical  preparations.  The  combination  of  the 
steel  wall  of  the  tank  and  its  glass  enamel  lining  make  it  the 
ideal  container  for  liquids  in  bulk,  and  besides  chemical  and 
pharmaceutical  preparations,  it  is  well  adapted  for  use  in  the 
production  of  beverages,  canned  foods,  oils,  varnishes,  milk 
products,  and  goods  in  other  lines. 

Of  course  glass  is  the  ideal  material  for  containers  in  which 
most  liquids  are  to  be  stored,  but  from  a  practical  standpoint, 
glass  tanks  are  out  of  the  question  because  they  will  not  bear 
the  severe  strain  that  such  containers  have  to  undergo.  But 
the  ingenuity  of  the  Pfaudler  Company  has  solved  this  diffi- 
culty by  using  glass  as  an  enamel  on  a  steel  shell,  and  thus 
producing  a  container  which  has  all  the  attributes  of  glass  for 
resisting  the  corrosiveness  of  liquids  and  their  loss  by  evapora- 
tion, and  the  strength  of  steel  in  resistance  to  breakage.  This 
combination  permits  the  manufacture  of  tanks  in  a  large  number 
of  styles  and  sizes  to  meet  the  needs  of  a  wide  variety  of  users, 
each  tank  meeting  all  of  the  conditions  required  to  insure 
sanitation,  resistance  against  corrosion  and  loss  of  liquid  by 
evaporation.  By  their  employment  the  goods  made  and  stored 
in  such  tanks  can  be  kept  under  absolutely  sanitary  conditions, 
while  there  is  no  loss  by  evaporation,  a  most  important  point 
with  liquids  containing  alcohol  or  volatile  spirits  of  any  kind. 

These  tanks  are  particularly  recommended  for  use  by  manu- 
facturers of  medicines,  many  of  these  being  already  installed 
by  such  houses  as  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  the  Watkins  Medical 
Co.,  and  other  makers  of  pharmaceutical  products,  while  they 
have  found  extensive  employment  by  manufactvircrs  in  other 
lines  for  the  storage  of  wine,  perfume,  soap,  tooth  paste,  spring 
water,  beer,  soft  drinks,  etc.  Most  of  the  manufacturers  who 
have  installed  the  Pfaudler  tanks  have  been  influenced  to  do  so 
by  the  recognition  of  the  absolute  impermeability  of  the  tanks, 
thus  guarding  against  all  evaporation  of  alcohol  content  or  any 
absorption  of  spirits  as  in  the  case  of  wooden  containers. 


What  a  Druggist  Should 

Know  About  Cameras 


(Continued  from  page  434) 

sable,  and  there  are  others  which  are  merely  convenient  for 
certain  purposes  once  in  a  while,  and  right  here  is  where  your 
own  buying  judgment  must  come  into  play.  A  specialty  might 
appeal  to  you  as  being  a  very  convenient  article  to  have,  and 
fall  utterly  flat  when  you  try  to  sell  it  in  large  quantities.  So 
be  cautious  in  buying  anything  that  does  not  take  a  picture 
or  that  does  not  print,  develop,  fix  or  tone  a  picture  after  it 
is  taken. 

Have  a  good  live  man  in  back  of  your  counter  who  can 
do  more  than  merely  reach  up  to  the  shelf  behind  him  and 
take  down  what  a  customer  asks  for;  let  him  take  out  a 
camera  whenever  you  can  spare  him,  and  find  out  for  your- 
self why  such  and  such  a  type  is  more  popular  than  another. 
See  that  he  has  sufficient  knowledge  of  photography  to  tell 
customers  where  their  pictures  are  defective,  or  what  they  can 
do  to  make  better  pictures.  And  if  you  can  get  a  hold  of  a 
good  live  amateur  who  LOVES  photography,  and  who  has 
the  necessary  selling  ability,  encourage  him  by  all  means  in 
your  power.  In  any  event,  tr>'  and  have  your  man  know  a 
little  more  than  the  man  on  the  other  side  of  the  counter, 
and  if  he  has  the  proper  personality,  he  will  increase  your 
photographic  business  by  leaps  and  bounds. 

Must  Create  Your  Own  Sales  | 

And  by-the-way,  just  rid  yourself  of  two  ideas  which  you 
might  now  probably  possess — that  selling  cameras  is  the  same 
as  selling  a  new  and  popular  razor,  and  that  photography  is 
a  "side  line";  because  both  ideas  are  wrong.  No  matter  how 
popular  your  photographic  product  is.  you  simply  have  to 
create  your  own  sales  in  order  to  make  your  department  pay, 
and  there  never  was  a  side  line  yet  which  could  be  planted 
like  a  nnishroom  and  spring  up  over  night  in  full  and 
profitable  bloom.  You  can  probably  "plant"  it  all  right,  but 
you  will  plant  it  so  deep  most  people  will  think  it  is  buried 

In  conclusion.  I  wish  to  heartily  endorse  the  policy  of 
the  new  photographic  section  in  this  magazine  as  outlined 
to  me  by  the  editors.  I  believe  the  contributions  to  it  will 
be  of  the  greatest  value  to  the  druggist,  individually  and 
collectively,  and  that  it  will  create  a  better  knowledge  of 
photographic  selling  conditions  that  will  prove  most  bene- 
ficial to  him  in  every  respect. 


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STATE  BOARD  EXAMINATIONS 


DELAWARE 

'  At  the  July  meeting  of  the  Delaware  Board  of  Pharmacy  the  fol- 
lowing successfully  passed  the  examination  and  were  granted  cer- 
titicates: 

'  Pharmacists:  Raymond  C.  Jones,  Wilmington;  Harry  E.  Culver, 
Middletown;  Charles  R.  Huston,  Seaford;  Giovanni  Gallo,  Everett, 
Mass. 

Assistant  Pharmacists:  Harold  Fountain,  Dover. 

Eriiman  Hoffman  has  been  appointed  a  member  of  the  board  by 
<jOv.  Miller  to  succeed  Norman  C.  Downs,  whose  term  expired  July 
X    The  next  examination  will  be  held  at  Newark  on  October  1. 

MASSACHUSETTS 

The  final   examinations  by   the  Massachusetts  State   Board  of 
'Registration  in  Pharmacy  recently  resulted  in  the  granting  of  34 
registrations,  and  the  issuance  of  54  certificates  to  assistant  phar- 
macists.   The  lists  are  as  follows: 
'pharmacists— 


ElniL-r  T.  Lee,  Beverly 
William  S.  Fairbanks,  Fitchburg 
'Ralph  H.  Wheeldon,  Waltham 
Anthony  J.  Ziegel,  Somerville 
Armand  M.  Dupaul,  Boston 
.Alfred  R.  Trimbach,  Boston 
To'  ■  \V.  Vigeant,  Gt.  Barrington 
"  nd  A.  Guinn,  Cambridge 

xreisraan,  Somerville 
•veen,  Somerville 
De  Stepanian,  Boston 
Ph;.;i.  Belmarsh,  Boston 
'Benjamin  Clavman,  Boston 
I  William  H.  Donovan,  Weymouth 
I  George  J.  Enwright,  Lowell 
•G.  H.  Hartwell,  Jr.,  Southbridge 
[Samuel  K.  Salooby,  Jersey  City 
[^Joseph  H.  Cary,  Marlboro 
1  Rossiere  Demere,  New  Bedford 
I  Julius  Garb,  Cambridge 
John  G.  Jones,  Boston 
\Villiam  F.  Stewart,  Boston 
I  Joseph       Boles,  Newton 
(Joseph  H.   Cooney,  Cambridge 
1  Emma  C.  MacDonnell,  Boston 
'  Joseph  N.  Meyers,  Boston 
iflenry  J.  Elmer,  Worcester 
^Alice  G.  Coleman,  Harding 
I  Margaret  E.  Barry,  Peabody 
'Oliver  L.  Goodness,  Springfield 
'Elmer  S.  Johnson,  Orange 
Viola  L.  Smith,  Hyannis 
Peter  J.  A.  Paty,  Medford 
I  Leo  J.  Podder,  Boston 
.Frank  I,  Canney,  New  Bedford 
(Michael  D.  Exedis,  Springfield 
I'  fohn  F.  Fitzgerald,  Lawrence 
I'F.  \'.  Gonsalves,  New  Bedford 
C  W   Mayo,  So.  Framingham 
1^-'    V   Smith,  Mittineague 
C.  Stehlik,  Westfield 
'    Truman,  Orange 
H  .Burns,  Natick 
*ir  ;.,:r  Cookson,  Lawrence 


Joseph  P.  Cross,  Huntington 
Frederick  A.  Fitzgerald,  Boston 
Robert  G.  Fletcher,  Lynn 
Tohn  M.  Kane,  Holyoke 
James  C.  Madden,  Pittsfield 
John  A.  Cronin,  Lawrence 
Alfred  W.  Duprey,  Brockton 
Tohn  D.  Hayes,  Lee 
Charles  H.  Hughes,  Holyoke 
Vincent  de  Martini,  Yonkers,NY 
Max  Mayer,  Boston 
George  H.  Perreault,  Spencer 
Elbert  R.  Boyd,  Stoneham 
Charles  A.  Haney,  Woburn 
Noel  W.  LaPlante,  Rockland 
William   H.   O'Brien,  Woburn 
Joseph  J.  Quadros,  Boston 
William  L.  Broderick,  Haverhill 
Wilbrod  J.  DuBois,  Boston 
Theodore  G.  Flagg,  Southboro 
William  G.  Kelley,  Woburn 
Alex.  Budrewicz,  Boston 
George  R.  Kendall,  Boston 
E.  J.  Bellenoit,  New  Bedford 
M.  J.  Bettencourt,  New  Bedford 
Herman  A.  Gliesman,  Boston 
Marvin  C.  Hall,  Harwich 
Benjamin  M.  Kaplan,  Boston 
Frank  E.  LaLiberto,  Boston 
Bertram  D.  Morrison,  Worcester 
C.  F.  Watters,  West  Newton 
William  H.  Fairing,  Boston 
Jesse  E.  Henry,  Boston 
Evelyn  G.  Helchan,  Milford.N.H"  . 
Leonora  Leibel,  Boston 
E.  A.  Morrissey,  North  Andover 
William  G.  C.  Bell,  Boston 
Ellen  E.  Elliott,  Holyoke 
Elzcar  Loiselle,  Holyoke 
Oliva  J.  Prevost,  Fall  River 
John  P.  Reinhardt,  Jr.,  Hudson 
Jeremiah  F.  Ryan,  Boston 
Abraham  Soybel,  Boston 
Joseph  Ludwig  Stummer,  N.Y.C. 


KAFSAS 

the  recent  meeting  of  the  Kansas  Board  of  Pharmacy  held  in 
*i  37  applicants  were  examined,  the  following  being  successful: 


Baugh.  Garden  City 
H.  Baugh,  South  Haven 
Ia:-v  E.  Benson,  Lawrence 
^•.  R.  Black,  Liberal 
:ia".dc  T.  Burdett,  Valley  Falls 
\l  V.  Christ,  Leavenworth 
t*iV.  A.  Coffin,  Hutchinson 
D.  W.  Copeland,  Wichita 
?rank  M.  Dale,  Clearwater 
5.  E.  Dawons,  Russell 
John  G.  Demain,  Kingsley 
^fohn  W.  Dennis,  Wellington 
Everett  Gravatt,  Beloit 


Miss  Neva  Irving,  Rush  Center 
Winifred  McC.  Jenkins,  Wichita 
Geo.  W.  Lee.  Council  Grove 
Chester  S.   Mairs.  Kingsley 
Lee  Roy  Mays,  Pleasanton 
Llovd  Mavswinkle,  Kansas  City 
Madison  C.  Read,  Ft.  Scott 
Guy  Rhea,  Larned 
Mrs.  Alice  Russell,  Oneida 
W.  K  Russell,  Cneida 
Ed  Seavey,  Oberlin 
Don  L.  Smith,  Kansas  City 
Pius  Wakefield,  Harper 


Registered  as  pharmacists  on  diploma  from  school  of  pharmacy: 


■Cillie  M.  Mattsan,  Elsraore 
jiCatthew  Walter,  Arma 
ji^onard  D.  Warren,  Topeka 
Registcrrd   by  reciprocity: 
'\ddi5on  M.  King,  Hutchinson 
Ray  C.  Woodson,  Douglas 
Cyron  A.  Williams,  Kansas  City 

Restored  to  register: 
ff.  C.  Lathrop,  Norton 


C.  T.  Dirikson.  Kansas  Citj 
Claud  M.  Sisco,  Sedan 


A.  M.  Moore,  Mulberry 
C.  W.  Hodgson,  Topeka 
Geo.  L.  Hubbard,  Wichita 

Thos.  H.  Long.  Columbus 


Registered  as  assistant  by  diploma  from  school  of  pharmacy: 
J.  L.  Jones,  Sedan 

'  At  the  second  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Kansas  Board  of  Phar- 
nacy  held  at  Ellsworth,  on  August  25-26,  eighteen  applicants  were 
n  attendance  for  the  examinations.  Of  this  number  ten  received 
tertificates,  as  follows:  L.  0.  Thoene,  Kansas  City;  Ben  Bixby, 
itcPherson;  M.  C.  Davis,  Kansas  City;  F.  Jos.  Marecic,  Kansas 


City;  J.  H.  Snepp,  Olathe;  Arthur  N.  Ferguson,  Kansas  City;  G.  S. 
Leaman,  Parker;  Don  Q.  Aber,  Altamont;  W.  H.  Broadwell,  La 
Cygne;  Merrell  Blank,  Elk  City. 

The  following  were  registered  by  diploma:  E.  W.  Porter,  Pitts- 
burg; Joe  Hostinsky,  Lawrence;  Roy  O.  Willetts,  Glen  Elder;  Geo, 
Humes,  McFarland;  Preston  Dunn,  Eskridge.  Registered  by  Recip- 
rocity;    Frederick  H.  Seaman,  Hiawatha. 

NEW  JERSEY 

The  New  Jersey  Board  of  Pmarmacy  has  granted  licenses  to  the 
following  applicants  who  successfully  passed  the  examinations  at 
the  recent  meeting  held  in  Trenton. 

Registered  Pharmacists:  Max  Bedrick,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  Hermaa 
Berckowitz,  New  York;  Jacob  Botkin,  Bayonne;  Benjamin  Brich, 
New  York;  Thomas  Byrnes,  Trenton;  Harry  Colborn,  Scranton, 
Pa.;  George  A.  Collins,  Greenwich,  Conn.;  Gerardo  J.  Cosale,  New- 
ark; Toseph  Emmons,  Long  Branch;  Paul  P.  Famular,  Jersey  City; 
Fortunato  O.  Ghirardi,  Montclair;  J.  Milton  Groff,  Cynwyd,  Pa.; 
Ralph  J.  Grube,  Coatesville,  Pa.;  Samuel  Grubin,  Newark;  August 
Hadinger,  New  York;  Joseph  D.  Horowitz,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  Arnold 
H.  Huber,  Pottstown,  Pa.;  William  Ibach,  Jr.,  Stony  Creek  Mijls, 
Pa.;  William  M.  Jaffe,  Paterson;  Joseph  Kaufman,  New  York; 
Mehnert  Lander,  Harbourcreek,  Pa.;  Alfred  Larossa,  Jersey  City; 
Benjamin  Lerner,  Hoboken;  Benjamin  Levin,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ; 
Harry  A.  Lewit,  Newark;  John  Simocko,  Garfield;  Leslie  H.  Stand- 
ish,  Jersey  City;  William  Stark,  Newark;  Anthony  Taddonia,  New- 
York;  Abraham  D.  Tietelbaum,  New  iork;  Benjamin  Weiss,  Jr., 
Newark;  Maurice  Wernick,  Jersey  City;  Rutherford  Yost,  Netcong. 

Registered  Assistants:  Horace  Aarons,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Ernest 
Adams,  Burlington;  Harry  Friedman,  Trenton;  George  Hulick, 
Asbury  Park;  Irving  Liebeskind,  Passaic;  Albert  Maier,  Woodbury; 
William   Mutter,   Paterson;  Arthur  D.   Orton,   Belleville;  Isadore 

A.  Resnick,  Newark;  William  E.  Rivola,  Newark;  Russell  Schoen- 
thaler,  Trenton;  Victor  Saul  Sweetwood,  Newark;  Charles  A.  Tuck, 
Newark;  Albert  Weinberg,  Atlantic  City. 

The  next  meeting  of  the  board  will  be  held  in  Trenton  on  October 
21  and  22. 

VIRGINIA 

Thirty-two  applicants  presented  themselves  for  examination  as  regis- 
tered pharmacists  at  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Virginia  Board  of  Phar- 
macy, the  following  being  granted  certificates:  Norvell  Talai- 
ferro,  Ullainee;  T.  LeG.  Johnson,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  W.  R.  Smith, 
Cape  Charles;  G.  C.  Vaughan,  Petersburg;  L.  C.  Riggins,  Odd;  H. 
W.  Zirkle.  Forestville;  A.  R.  Warner,  Millwood;  C.  H.  Lewis, 
(col)  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  the  following  were  given  the  regis- 
tered assistant  certificate:  R.  P.  Bendall,  Norfolk,  Va.;  H.  E. 
Newman,  Norfolk,  Va. ;  H.  L.  Arnold,  Alexandria,  Va. ;  A.  V. 
Winfield,  (col)  Petersburg. 

There  were  19  applicants  for  examination  as  registered  assistant 
pharmacist  and  the  following  were  successful:  G.  A.  Zirkle,  Char- 
lottesville;  V.   E.    Sisson,   Richmond;   W.  H.   Hoover,  Richmond; 

D.  R.  Armentrout,  University;  W.  B.  Hopkins,  Richmond;  B.  B. 
Brown,  Meadow  View;  W.  E.  Cole,  Church  Road. 

The  following  were  registered  by  reciprocity:  John  A.  Hart, 
Norfolk,  registered  in  Maryland;  C.  E.  Rowe,  Petersburg,  Tennes- 
see; J.  G.  Mclndoe,  Roanoke,  Maryland;  A.  M.  Foshee,  Charlottes- 
ville, Alabama;  C.  A.   Francis,  Norfolk,  Georgia. 

ILLINOIS 

The  Illinois  Board  of  Pharmacy  reports  the  names  of  the  fol- 
lowing applicants  who  were  successful  in  the  recent  examination 
held  at  Chicago: 

Registered  Pharmacists:  Wm.  C.  Adams;  S.  I.  Alexander;  Walter 
H.  Ay  res;  S.  L.  Baker;  Robert  S.  Barnes;  Edw.  A.  Borucki;  Jo's. 
T.  Corry;  Ifred  Dahl;  D.  A.  Digilio;  Benj.  Dvorman;  Geo. 
Fonstein;  V.  L.  Geispitz;  A.  S.  Jaglowski;  Wm.  F.  Jordan;  John 

E.  Kenney;  John  Krizan;  Jos.  J.  Ligman;  Thos.  L.  McKee;  S'ister 
M.  A.  McGee;  Chas.  Minovitch;  Frank  A.  Nader;  R.  K.  O'Brien; 
Leon  Stone;  Harry  G.  Zeitlin  and  T.  T.  Zielinski.  all  of  Chicago 
and  J.  W.  Billimack,  Baldwin,  John  A.  Crawford,  Freeport;  N 
H.  Holbrook,  Galesburg;  D.  B.  Richwine,  Rochelle;  Wm.  S. 
Spencer,  Winnetka;  H.  B.  Sprague,  Virden;  Samuel  B.  Wade, 
Fairbury. 

Assistant  Pharmacists:  John  Anshel;  Jos.  P.  Dulla;  Ralph  W 
DuVall:  O.  T.  Ekeberg;  B.  L.  Farver;  L.  Z.  Felsher;  Mark  B. 
Fox;  Nathan  H.  Fox;  C.  L.  Huffman;  Clan  W.  Jacks;  Fitol 
Kogan:  Walter  J.  Kostka :  Samuel  Krupkin;  Max  Lipshulch;  Harry 
Landsman:  Chas.  J.  Leske;  Harry  Levinthal;  M.  L.  Licberman; 
H.  H.  Nabers:  Geo.  H.  Olson;  J.  E.  Phillips:  Roswell  Reid;  A 

B.  Rosenfeld;  Wm.  F.  Schmidt;  R.  A.  Schottenfels ;  L.  J.  .Sherman- 
Maurice  Siskel;  Geo  A.  .Snbert;  .Samuel  Starlight;  all  of  Chicago 
and  M.  M.  Morris,  Cairo;  Jerrv  E.  Neenan.  Spring  Valley  John 
H.  Saltz,  Pecria;  Jos.  F.  Villiger,  Dixon  and  Benj.  Ziff,  Maywood 

Local  Registered  Pharmacist:    Stewart  W.  Bond,  Algonquin. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 

The  District  of  Columbia  Board  of  Pharmacy  announces  that 
it  will  hold  its  next  examination  on  October  14  and  15.  At  the 
examination  held  at  Washington  July  8  and  9,  there  were  twenty- 
eight  applicants,  of  whom  the  following  wore  licensed:  Sister  Mary 
Serena.  Charles  E.  Modena,  Morris  G.  Goldstein,  Peter  J  Payeski 
John  W.  Umhau,  Francis  X.  Knight,  Chester  A  Harrell  Otho 
E.  Peters,  Garland  S.  Kerfoot,  Thomas  F.  Williams,  Charles  H 
Lewis,  and  Harry  R.  Kenner. 

The  board  was  organized  for  the  year  by  electing  A  C  Taylor 
president;  W.  T.  Kerfoot,  Jr.,  Secretary;  and  Charles  J.  Fuhrmann' 
treasurer.  ' 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[October,  1915 


THE  DRUG  MARKETS 


ADVAN^CE  IN  QUININE  THE  FEATURE 

High    Prices    Keflect    General    Scarcity    of  Many 
Imported  Drugs  and  Quantity  Buying  Restricted 


New  York,  September  20 — Jobbers  report  a  slight  improve- 
ment in  the  domestic  demand  for  drugs  and  pharmaceutical 
chemicals,  and  considerable  activity  is  noted  in  various  med- 
icinal supplies  wanted  by  the  belligerent  countries  of  Europe. 
Predictions  are  confidently  made  that  trade  at  home  will  soon 
pick  up,  as  it  usually  does  at  this  season  of  the  year,  but  owing 
to  the  prevailing  scarcity  of  so  many  important  articles 
and  the  consequent  high  prices,  buying  on  the  part  of  retail 
druggists  will  be  in  restricted  quantities  and  more  often,  a 
condition  that  has  prevailed  for  months  past.  Viewing  the 
situation  as  a  whole,  evidence  is  not  lacking  to  show  that  there 
is  a  world-wide  scarcity  of  drugs  and  medicinal  preparations, 
and  jobbing  prices,  as  shown  in  the  month's  changes,  are 
still  advancing  for  many  of  the  most  important  products.  Opium 
is  higher,  owing  to  the  poor  outlook  for  this  year's  crop  in 
Turkey  and  the  difficulties  attending  transportation.  Quiiline 
salts  have  also  advanced  and  a  strong  undertone  for  this  feb- 
rifuge prevails  both  here  and  in  foreign  markets.  Higher 
prices  are  also  recorded  for  the  coal  tar  hydrocarbons  and  their 
derivatives,  such  as  benzoic  acid  and  the  benzoates,  salicylic 
acid  and  the  salicylates,  resorcin,  etc.  Among  the  other  im- 
portant advances  in  prices  are  those  for  various  ammonium, 
potassium  and  sodium  salts,  belladonna  root,  buchu  leaves,  caf- 
feine in  its  various  forms,  celery  seed,  caraway  seed,  condurango 
essential  oils,  codliver  oil,  thymol,  sulphonmethane,  sulphon- 
ethylmethane,  and  the  various  botanical  drugs  of  European  pro- 
duction. Among  the  declines  in  prices  are  those  reported  for 
citric  acid,  alcohol,  arrow  root,  Canada  balsam,  Russian  can- 
tharides,  cardamom  seed,  copaiba,  coriander  seed,  guarana,  hops, 
mace,  neatsfoot  oil,  pareira  brava  root,  pepper,  both  black  and 
white,  soap  tree  bark,  sunflower  seed  and  worm  seed. 

Opium — Export  demand  for  opium  derivatives,  together  with 
the  reported  poor  outlook  for  this  season's  crop  in  the  coun- 
try of  production,  and  the  difficulties  attending  shipments,  have 
developed  a  firmer  undertone  for  all  grades  of  opium,  and 
jobbers  quote  $8@$8.20  per  pound  for  natural,  $9@$9.25  for 
granulated,  and  $8.90@$9.15  for  U.S.P  powdered.  Morphine 
and  codeine  and  their  salts  continue  firm  but  unchanged  in 
price. 

Quinine — Salts  of  this  alkaloid  are  still  advancing  in  price 
in  consonance  with  cable  advices  of  firmer  markets  abroad.  At 
the  recent  Amsterdam  auction,  the  prices  averaged  6.20  Dutch 
cents  per  unit.  The  shipments  of  cinchona  bark  from  Java 
to  Europe  for  August  amounted  to  295,580  kilos,  as  compared 
with  489,000  kilos  for  the  corresponding  month  in  1914.  From 
January  1  to  August  31  the  total  shipments  amounted  to 
3,261,880  kilos,  as  compared  with  5,159,000  for  the  corre- 
sponding period  of  1914.  Sulphate  of  American  manufacture 
is  held  at  37c@40c  per  ounce  in  100-ounce  tins,  with  prices 
tending  upwards.  No  quinine  of  foreign  manufacture  is  being 
offered  in  this  market. 

Codliver  Oil — Owing  to  the  steady  demand  and  the  increas- 
ing scarcity  of  the  Norwegian  product  in  this  market,  dealers 
have  again  marked  up  their  prices  to  $85@$90  per  barrel. 
Newfoundland  oil  is  also  higher  in  sympathy  and  is  quoted 
around  $65  per  barrel.  Considerable  of  the  oil  from  this 
source  of  supply  is  being  taken  by  British  consumers,  owing 
to  the  scarcity  in  that  country  of  the  Norwegian  variety. 

Alcohol — A  revision  of  price  quotations  shows  a  downward 
trend,  and  cologne  spirit,  95%,  U.S.P.  in  barrels  is  held  at 
$2.60  per  gallon,  and  $2.70@$2.87  per  gallon  for  less  than 
barrels.    Commercial,  95%,  U.S.P.,  is  $2.67@$2.82  per  gallon. 

Caffeine — Extreme  scarcity  is  reported  for  this  basic  sub- 
stance and  jobbers  have  marked  up  prices  to  $ll((r$U.50  per 
pound  for  pure,  60c@70c  per  ounce  for  bromide,  and  $5.50^^ 
$7.50  per  pound  for  titrated. 


Dragon's  Blood — There  is  a  general  scarcity  of  supplies  and 
prices  have  been  advanced  to  $1.10@$1.50  for  extra,  and  $1@ 
$1.10  for  powdered. 

Hops — Quotations  for  select  1914  crop  show  a  lower  trend 
and  dealers  are  asking  32c@40c  per  pound.  Pressed  in  Y^, 
5/2  and  1-pound  packages  are  offered  at  35c(5;45c  per  pound. 
Reports  from  the  Pacific  Coast  and  other  growing  centers  in- 
dicate a  lower  production  than  was  first  estimated  and  in  a 
large  way  the  market  shows  some  firmness. 

Menthol — Advices  from  primary  markets  indicate  strength, 
and  local  dealers  have  advanced  their  quotations  to  $2.90@$3 
per  pound  for  crystal.    The  demand  is  light,  however. 

Citric  Acid — A  lessening  of  demand  and  arrivals  of  citrate 
of  lime  from  Italy  have  caused  manufacturers  to  lower  prices. 
Jobbers  quote  62c@66c  per  pound  for  crystals  in  less  than 
kegs,  62c@66c  for  granulated,  and  65c@68c  for  powdere"d. 

Balsam  Tolu — Is  slightly  easier  at  52c@S7c  per  pound. 

Balsam  Fir — Canada  is  in  better  supply  and  lower,  90c@ 
95c  per  pound  being  asked.  Oregon  is  unchanged  at  last 
month's  quotations. 

Copaiba — Lower  quotations  obtain  tor  both  South  American 
and  Para  varieties,  the  former  being  42c@47c  per  pound,  and 
the  latter,  40c@44c. 

Chamomile — Hungarian  flowers  are  slightly  lower,  dealers 
asking  55c@62c.  In  the  recent  list  of  imports  an  arrival  of 
25  bales  is  reported  from  Leghorn. 

Aloes — Curacao  in  gourds  shows  strength,  notwithstanding 
recent  importations.  Jobbers  quote  24c(a;27c.  Aloin  is  held  at 
8c@12c  per  ounce  in  usual  druggists'  quantities. 

Belladonna — German  root  has  again  advanced  at  $2@$220 
per  pound  for  the  whole,  and  $2.10@$2.30  for  powdered.  The 
demand  is  active  and  the  root  is  in  scant  supply. 

Valerian — As  with  many  other  botanical  drugs  of  German 
origin,  there  is  a  pronounced  scarcity  of  this  root.  Dealers 
quote  35c@40c  per  pound  for  whole  and  40@45c  for  powdered. 

Ipecac — Cartagena  is  in  active  demand  and  scarce,  quotations 
having  been  advanced  to  $2.50@$2.85  for  whole,  and  $2.6S@ 
$2.85  for  powdered.  Rio  is  very  scarce  and  quotations  are 
nominal  only. 

Anise  Seed — Star  is  in  short  supply  and  quotations  have 
been  advanced  to  30c@40c  per  pound. 

Caraway  Seed — Prices  are  higher,  ruling  quotations  having 
been  advanced  to  22c@24c  per  pound  for  powdered. 

Celery  Seed — Higher  prices  prevail  in  consequence  of  an  in- 
creased demand,  and  jobbers  have  marked  up  prices  to 
42c@48c. 

On,,  Bergamot — The  demand  is  light  and  prices  are  lower, 
jobbers  asking  $3.2S@$3.85.  Advices  from  the  country  of 
production  report  a  firmer  feeling  there  and  a  possible  ad- 
vance in  prices. 

On.,  CiTRONELLA — .\s  the  season  for  this  article  is  nearly 
over,  the  lessening  demand  has  caused  dealers  to  mark  down 
their  prices,  quotations  ranging  from  55c  for  the  Ceylon  oil 
to  $1.25  for  the  Java  variety. 

Oil,  Lemon— .-Ml  brands  are  lower,  $1.35@$1.45  being  the 
prevailing  quotations. 

Oil,  Wintergreen — Owing  to  scarcity  dealers  have  marked 
up  quotations  for  synthetic  to  $1.80@$2  per  pound.  True  oil 
from  the  leaf  has  also  been  advanced  owing  to  scarcity. 

SuG.\R  OF  Milk— Jobbers  quote  20c@24c  per  pound  for 
powdered,  and  22c@26c  per  pound  in  1-pound  cartons.  .Ad- 
vices from  Hamburg  state  that  prevalence  of  foot  and  mouth 
disease  among  cattle  as  well  as  scarcity  of  fodder  have  placed 
manufacturers  of  this  article  in  a  very  difficult  position. 

Acetanilide — Scarcity  of  visible  supplies  has  caused  an  up- 
ward tendency  in  quotations,  and  dealers  have  marked  up  their 
prices  to  $1.3S@$1.60  per  pound. 

Glycerin — Continues  to  hold  a  strong  position  on  account 
of  war  demands,  but  revision  of  prices  shows  a  slight  decline 


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453 


with  jobbers  asking  27c@35c,  according  to  brand  and  quantity. 

Creosote — Is  slightly  higher  and  is  held  at  $2.75@$3  per 
pound.  Creosote  carbonate  is  quoted  at  30c@65c  per  ounce 
as  to  brand. 

Pepper — Quotations  are  lower,  black,  clean  and  sifted  being 
offered  at  17c(«;20c,  and  white  at  25c@28c. 

Gc\RAX.\ — Lack  of  demand  and  increased  supplies  are  re- 
sponsible for  the  decline  in  quotations,  and  jobbers  are  now 
asking  $1.35@$1.45  for  whole,  and  $1.45@$1.50  for  powdered. 

Arnica  Flowers — Increasing  scarcity  and  an  active  demand 
have  caused  stocks  to  be  firmly  held,  and  jobbing  prices  range 
from  35c(a3Sc  for  whole,  and  40c(S)42c  for  powdered. 

Gai_\xc.vl  Root — Quotations  have  been  advanced  to  18c@ 
23c  for  selected  root,  and  24c(«  30c  for  powdered.  Spot  stocks 
are  said  to  consist  of  \try  small  lots. 


particularly  for  ointments  and  otlier  products  dispensed  in  jars. 

These  caps  are  made  by  the  United  States  Metal  Cap  & 
Seal  Co.,  Inc.,  100  Broadway,  New  York,  and  they  will  be 
pleased  to  send  on  request  a  sample  jar  with  cap  to  any  sub- 
scriber of  the  Era. 


"The  Upressit"  Metal  Cap 
A  five  million  dollar  corporation,  which  was  organized  about 
a  year  ago  under  the  name  of  the  United  States  Metal  Cap 
&  Seal  Co..  Inc.,  has  begun   the  manufacture  and  sale  of 
"Upressit"  metal  cars,  a  nntrntpH  artirle  designed  for  the  use 

of  manufac- 
turers and 
bottlers  of  a 
wide  variety 
o  f  medical, 
food  and  liquid  products. 
Two   of   the   well  known 
concerns    selling    to  the 
drug  trade  which  have  al- 
ready adopted  these  caps  are  Sharp 
&  Dohme  of  Baltimore,  and  Rich- 
ard Hudnut,  perfumer,  New  York. 

"Upressit"'  caps  are  used  for  clos- 
ing   and    sealing    purposes,  differ- 
ing  from   other  such   caps  on  the 
market   through    the    fact   that  in- 
stead of  requiring  a  bottle  opener 
or  a   pair  of  strong  arms  to  re- 
move the  cap  from  a  bottle  or  jar 
all   that    is   required   is   a  simple 
downward  pressure  of  the  thumb  or 
finger   on   the   center   of   the  cap. 
This  releases  the  outer  rim  of  the 
cap  from  its  solid  grip  of  the  bottle 
or  jar  and  the  cap  is  free.  Ice 
picks  and  kitchen  utensils  for  open- 
ing purposes  are  no  longer  needed. 
The  cap  is  as  easily  replaced  as 
hen  sealed  the  bottle  or  jar  is  airtight, 
damage  to  contents.    This  advantage 
may   be  bet- 
ter explained 
by    the  fact 
that  a  bottle 
f  liquid  med- 
icine may  be 
opened  and 
sealed  a  hundred 
times  or  more  by 
the  user  of  the 
medicine,  and  every 
time  the  cap  is  re- 
placed on  the  bottle 
the     seal  becomes 
airtight    and    the  bottle 
could    be    carried    in  a 
traveling-bag  or  loosely  in 
the   pocket   without   fear  of 
spilling. 

Manufacturers  of  liquors,  soft 
drinks,  patent  of  proprietary  med- 
icines, toilet  preparations,  food 
products,  etc.,  and  retail  druggists 
win  without  doubt  find  the  "Upres- 
sit" metal  caps  vastly  superior  to 
any  other  method  of  sealing  bottles, 
jars,  etc.,  now  on  the  market 
Pharmacists  who  appreciate  doing 
things  "Just  right"  will  find  these 
caps  a  most  desirable  addition  to  their  prescription  department. 


it  is  taken  off,  and 
and  there  can  be 


T o  close  press 
outer  rim 


New  Patents 


Granted  August  3,  1915 

1,148,503— Charles  B.  Cler,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Non-reliUable  bottle. 
1,148,570— Carl    Bosch,    Almin    Mittasch,    Hans    Wolf,    and  Georg 

Stern,  assignors  to  Badische  Anilin  &  Soda  Fabrik,  Ludwigs- 

hafen-on-the-Rhine,   Germany.     Catalytic  agent   for  use  in 

producing  ammonia. 
1,148,621— Hermanus    Rolff    Planten,    New    York,    N.    Y.  Gelatin 

capsule. 

1,148,701— Francis  J.  Mackin,  assignor  by  direct  and  mesne  assign- 
ments, to  Mackine  Bottle  Machine  Co.,  Reno,  Nev.  Making 
narrow  neck  bottles. 

1,148,776— Frederick  J.   Hubbard,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.     Capsule  holder. 

1,148,850— Saul  E.  Melkman,  Montreal,  Quebec,  Canada.  Process 
of  treating  potassium  bearing  minerals. 

1,149,068— Simeon  E.  Kinnan,  Lake  Helena,  Fla.  Non-refillable 
bottle. 

1,149,112— Harry  Beckley,  Cincinnati,  Ohio.     Cork  extractor. 

Granted  August  10,  1915 

1,149,256— Joseph  H.  Godfrey,  Chicago,  111.     Bottle  filling  device. 
1,149,442— Frank  M.  Hewson,  Houston,  Texas.    Measuring  machine. 
1,149,470— Daniel   Schneider,  Spokane,  Wash.     Non-refillable  bottle. 
1,149,509— Ernst   Fili,  Sr.,   Philadelphia,   Pa.     Non-refillable  bottle. 
1,149,532— James  R.  Morford,  assignor  to  The  Viscose  Development 

Co.,  Ltd.,  London,  England.    Covering  for  bottles,  jars,  or 

other  vessels. 

1,149,582— Johaan  Huismann,  assignor  to.  Synthetic  Patents  Co., 
Inc.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Sulphonic  acids  of  aromatic  ami- 
nothiazoles. 

1,149,653 — Walter  S.   Landis,  assignor  to  American  Cyanamid  Co., 

Nashville,     Tenn.       Process     of    making     ammonia  from 

calcium  cyanamid. 
1,149,712 — Ludwig  George  Bleckwenn,  assignor  to  Chemische  Fabrik 

van  Heyden,  Aktiengesellschaft,  Radebeul,  Germany.  Method 

for  the  manufacture  of  salts  of  formaldehyde  sulfurous  aciH 

with  aluminium  oxide. 
1,149,821— John  J.  Gaynor  and  Peter  C.  Lieber,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Bottle  capping  machine. 
1,149,941— Henry    Pefretti,    assignor   to    Becton,    Dickinson    &  Co., 

Rutherford,  N.  J.    Aseptic  instrument  case. 

Granted  August  17,  1915 

1,150,160-Emily  Taylor,  Allison,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Bottle  cap  re- 


Davis,  assignor  to  Eli  Lilly  &  Co., 
Alkamins    and    process    for  producing 


1,150,251.  1.150,252— Alex  I 
Indianapolis,  Ind. 
same. 

1,150,253— Alex  B.  Davis,  assignor  to  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  Indianapolis, 
Ind.    Alkamin  esters  and  process  of  producing  same. 

1,150,297— Henry  J.  Oster,  Ethan,  S.  D.    Non-refillable  bottle. 

1,150,337— Roy  H.  Brownlee  and  Roy  H.  Uhlinger,  assignors  by 
mesne  assignments,  to  American  Nitro- Products  Co.,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.    Process  of  making  nitrogen  and  carbon  dioxid. 

1,150,415— Howard  B.  Bishop,  assignor  to  General  Chemical  Co.,  New 
York,  N.  Y.    Manufacture  of  hydrofluoric  acid. 

1,150,526— Frank  H.  Leitheiser,  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.  Headache 
pad. 

1,150,579 — Carl  Coutelle  and  Arnold  More,  assignors  to  Synthetic 
Patents  Co.,  Inc.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Metal  salts  of  poly- 
methylenebisimino  acids. 

1,150,589— Edward  H.  French,  Smethport,  Pa.  Process  of  producing 
pyroligneous  acid. 

1,150,642— Hans  Stockhausen,  Crefeld,  and  Reinhold  Gruhl,  Char- 
lottenburg,  Germany,  Process  of  manufacturing  condensa- 
tion products  from  formaldehyde  and  phenol. 

1,150,654 — Rudolph  Berendes,  assignor  to  Synthetic  Patents  Co.,  Inc., 
New  York,  N.  Y.    Gallocarboxylic  acid  compounds. 

1,150,737— Abraham  Bienenzucht,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Powder  puff 
attachment  for  hand-bags,  purses,  and  like  articles 

1,150,786— Harry  D.  Rankin,  assignor  to  Rankin  Process  Co., 
Phoenix,  Ariz.  Apparatus  and  method  for  producing  nitric 
acid. 

1,150,823— Maximillian  P.  Janisch,  assignor  to  U.  S.  Fibre  Bottle 
Mchy  Co.,  Milwaukee,  Wis.     Bottle  closure. 

Granted  August  24,  1915 

1,150,899,  1,150,900— Emerson  H.  Strickler,  assignor  to  General  Chem- 
ical Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Manufacture  of  monoalkali-metal 
phosphate. 

1,150,901— Emerson  H.  Strickler,  assignor  to  General  Chemical  Co., 
N.  Y.     Effervescent  compound. 

1,151,074-Frank  .S.  Washburn,  Nashville,  Tenn.  Apparatus  for  mak- 
ing  ammonium  phosphate. 

1,151,102— Rolfe  R.  Holbrook,  assignor  of  two-thirds  to  Harry  E 
Marshall,  Highland  Park,  Mich.  Device  for  preventing  re- 
using of  bottles. 

l,151,10.^Henry  Howard,  Brookline,  Mass.  Process  of  making  sul- 
furic acid. 

1,151,187— Bruno  Kectman,  assignor  to  Deutsche  Gasgluehlicht  Ak- 
tiengesellschaft, (Auergesellschaft),  Berlin,  Germany.  Pro- 
cess of  obtaining  radiothorium  and  solutions  therefrom  con- 

M-}'?^tl?-   D"'^"h't"smUh    Denver,   Colo.     Non-refillable  bottle. 
I.l3l,294— Georg   .Schliebs,   Cologne,   Germany.     Method   and  appa- 
ratus for  producing  sulfuric  acid. 
1,151,358— Martin  Hansey,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Bottle  stopper 


454  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA  [October,  1915 

Index  to  Advertisers,  page  26    Index  to  Goods  Advertised,  pages  27-28-29 


Index  to  Text  Pages 


Abstracts,    Foreign,  426. 
Acid,  Arsenic,  Analysis,  426. 
Acid,  Oxalic,  Colorimetric,  426. 
Acid,   Phosphotungstic,  427. 
Acid,  Salicylic-Sulphonic,  427. 
Acid,  Sulphosalicylic,  427. 
Alcohol,   Determination   in  Ga- 
lenicals, 426. 
Alcohol,  Proof,  427. 
Alcohol,    Wood,    Needs  Poison 

Label,  436. 
American  Graphophone  Co.,  412. 
Andrews,   Clifford,  445. 
Aschenbrand,   Karl,  445. 
Associations,  Clubs,  etc.— 

Albany,  N.  Y.,  Drug  Club,  442. 

American  Conference  of  Phar- 
maceutical Faculties,  441. 

American  Pharmaceutical,  442. 

American  Public  Health,  430. 

Atlanta  Retail  Druggists,  442. 

Buffalo,  N.  v.,  Drug  Clerks, 
442. 

California   Pharm.,  442. 
Chicago  Drug  Club,  442. 
Kings  Co.  Pharm.  Society,  442. 
Muskogee,  Okla.,  Drug  Clerks, 
442. 

N.A.R.D.   "Old  Guard",  437. 
National  Boards  of  Pharmacy, 
441. 

National  Retail  Druggists,  *3S. 
New   Orleans   Pharm.,  442. 
Ohio  Valley  Druggists',  426. 
St.  Louis  Drug  Club,  442. 
San    Francisco    Retail  Drug- 
gists, 443. 
Wisconsin    Ginseng  Growers, 

Women's    Organization,  N.A. 
R.D.,  438. 
Beatty,  Dr.  I.  L.,  443. 
Benzol  Products  Co.,  424. 
Boards    of  Pharmacy- 
Delaware,  451. 

District  of  Columbia,  451. 

Illinois,  451. 

Kansas,  451. 

Louisiana,  426. 

Massachusetts,  451. 

New  Jersey,  451. 

Virginia,  451. 
Bodemann,  Wilhelm,  445. 
Books  Reviewed— 

Allen,     Personal  Efficiency, 
Apl)li|Ed    Salesmanship  and 

Sales  Administration,  431. 

Bornsen,  Radium  and  Re- 
juvenescence, 432, 


Carolina    Journal     of  Phar- 
macy, 432. 
Dispenser's      Formulary  or 

Soda  Water  Guide,  43L 
Koppe,   Glycerin,    its  Produc- 
tion,   Uses,    and  Examina- 
tion, 431. 
Leffmann,  Compend  of  Medi- 
cal Chemistry,  431. 
Page,  Ford  Engine  Chart,  432. 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  Collected 
Papers    from    the  Research 
Laboratory,  431. 
Report    of    the  Commissioner 

of   Education.   1914,  431. 
Reprints    of    the    Reports  of 
the    Council    on  Pharmacy 
and  Chemistry  of  the  A.M. A., 
1914,  432. 
Synfleur  Herald,  432. 
Van   Schaack   &   Sons,  Price 
Current,   1915,  432. 
Books,    Why    Druggists  Should 

Sell,  416. 
Bram,  H.  H.,  444. 
Brooks,  Charles  W.,  445. 
Brown,  Freeman  M.,  445. 
Brown,  J.  B.,  445. 
Building   a    Profitable  Holiday 

Trade,  413. 
Camera  and  Photo.  Supplies,  433. 
Cameras,     What     a  Druggist 

Should  Know,  434. 
Candy,  a  Holiday  Staple,  414. 
Carbon    Removing  from  Cylin- 
ders, 427. 
Cigars  for  Holiday  Trade,  414. 
Colleges   of  Pharmacy- 
California,  442. 

Washington  State  University, 
436. 

Cordial,  Peruvian,  425. 
Culver,  Marion  G.,  445. 
Doyen,  Silas  L.,  445. 
Drugs,     World-Wide  Scarcity, 
412. 

DuPont    Chemical    Works,  424. 
Durdy,  James  Montgomery,  44^ 
Eckstein,  Sol.  A.,  444. 
Edison,  Thomas  A.,  424. 
Editorials — 
Advance     in     the     Price  of 

Quinine,  410. 
Decisions  on  Liquors,  411. 
Intensive    Training    in  Phar- 
macy, 409. 
Patent  Medicine  Situation  in 

New   York,  411. 
Price    Maintenance    and  the 

Stevens  Bill,  409. 
Stamp  Tax  Re-Enactment,  410. 


Eimer  &  Amend,  424. 
Elixir,  Calisaya,  425. 
Elixir,  Cinchona,  N.  F.,  425. 
i:,mulsion,  Olive  Oil,  428. 
Eskew,  Harry  L.,  444. 
Etliical  vs.  Non-Ethical  Prepa- 
rations, 423. 
Falk,  Ole  N.,  445. 
Feldner,  George  D.,  Sr.,  445. 
Flake  White,  428. 


Foot,  Mrs.   Alfred,  445. 
Fuller-Morrisson  Corp.,  430. 
German   Army    Sanitary  Corps, 
419. 

Goldwater,  Dr.  S.  S.,  on  Patent 
Medicine  Regulation,  429. 

Graphophone  Case,  Resale  Price 
Contract,  412. 

Greene  Drug  Co.,  426. 

Hall,   Elmer,  443. 

Harding,  Charles  F.,  444. 

Haydon,   John   H.,  445. 

Heineman,  Albert  F.,  443. 

Heller,  George  C,  445. 

Henry,  Gen.  W.  W.,  445. 

Henry,   S.   C,  435. 

Hermann,  Mrs.  Agnes  B.,  444. 

Hesse,   Dr.    Bernhard  C,  424. 

Hollander,  Edward,  445. 

Huisking,  Charles  L.,  444. 

Kimes  Bros.,  440. 

Leather  Goods  for  Holidays, 
414. 

Lewyn,  I.,  432. 

Litchfield.  Edwin  C,  445. 

Market  Report,  452. 

Melody,  William,  443. 

Merck  &  Co.,  424. 

Mercury     Bichloride,     Sale  of 

Tablets,  427. 
Mercury  Tartrate,  428. 
Miller,  John  Clayton,  445. 
Nau,  Frank,  445. 
New  Goods  and  Specialties,  447. 
Obituaries,  445. 
Oxygen,  Calculation,  427. 
Patent  Medicines  in  New  York, 

429,  430. 
Pearl  White,  428. 
Pease,  Noel  M.,  445. 
Penick,  Samuel  B.,  444. 
Pfaudler  Co.,  450. 


Pharmacists,  German  Army,  419. 
Pharmacopoeia,  Educational 

Problems,  425. 
Phonographs,  Sale  by  Druggists, 

415. 

Price  Maintenance,  Resale  Price 

Contract,  412. 
Proprietary  Medicines,  Defined, 

422. 

Proprietaries,    A.Ph.A.  Report, 
421. 

Proprietaries,  Misbranded, 

Fined,  446. 
Question  Box,  427. 
Rectanus  Co.,  Theodore,  426. 
Reeves,  I.  C,  445. 
Regulations,    Patent  Medicine, 

New  York,  430. 
Riker-Hegeman  Co.,  418. 
Sargent,  Mark  J.,  445. 
Scarlet    Red,    Biebrich,  Spray 

Solution,  428. 
Scheibler's  Reagent,  428. 
Schilling,  Harry  J.,  443. 
Schramm-Johnson    Drugs,  Inc., 

433. 

Seifert,  Henry  E.,  444. 
Seitzer,  Frederick  C,  445. 
Sevin,  N.  Douglas,  443. 
Smith,  Clarence  T..  445. 
Snider  Drug  Co..  444. 
Soda   "Faustface",  428. 
Solution,  Fowler's  Precipitation, 
428. 

Spirit,  "Proof",  Meaning,  427. 
Stamp    Tax,    Consumer  Should 

Pay,  436. 
Stout,  M.  A.,  435. 
Suppositories,    Ichthyol,  428. 
Sykes,  Roy  S.,  443. 
Takamine,  Eben  T.,  444. 
Tanks,  Glass  Enameled,  450. 
Theobromine  Sodium  SalicTlate, 

428. 

Thompson,  Frank  C,  445. 
Truitt,  J.  A.,  443. 
Turple,  William  F.,  445. 
United  Drug  Co.,  418,  42*. 
Ward,  William  H.,  444. 
Watson,  N.  H.,  445. 
Weber,  Frederick  G.,  445. 
Weinstein,  Joseph,  425. 
Williams,  William  N..  445. 
Window  Demonstration,  Novel, 
424. 

Wing,   Prof.   Charles  H.,  4-15. 


Sues  Drug  Firm  for  Shipping  Liquor  to  Husband 
Mrs.  George  Yoes,  of  Winslow,  Ark.,  has  filed  suit  for 
$6,000  damages  against  John  Schapp  &  Son,  wholesale  drug- 
gists, Fort  Smith,  Ark.,  on  the  ground  that  the  defendant 
shipped  intoxicating  liquor  to  her  husband,  with  tlie  alleged 
result  that  her  home  was  wrecked.  Plaintiff  alleges  further 
that  she  directed  the  drug  company  in  November,  1913,  not 
to  send  liquor  to  her  husband.  She  charges  tliat  her  orders 
were  not  complied  with.  The  petition  asserts  that  the  com- 
piny  shiiipt-d  Yoes  a  half-gallon  of  liquor  in  December  of 
sin  e  vtar,  and  that  he  "has  been  drunk  since  that  time." 

TJ.  S.  Soldiers  Supplied  with  Foot  Powder 

A  pouch  has  been  designed  by  Captain  James  D.  Taylor, 
Seventh  Infantry,  for  carrying  adhesive  plaster  and  foot  powder. 
The  pouch  is  made  of  the  same  material  as  the  haversack  and 
is  to  be  issued  to  duty  sergeants  a»d  squad  leaders,  and  is 


to  be  carried  in  a  place  provided  for  intrenching  tools.  It  is 
eight  and  a  half  inches  by  four  inches  and  is  attaclied  by  glove 
fasteners  like  those  on  first  aid  packages.  It  has  been  found 
inconvenient  to  carry  these  materials  in  the  haversack,  yet  it 
is  desirable  to  treat  the  sore  feet  of  enlisted  men  withoud 
unnecessary  delay  in  the  march. 

Riker-Hegeman  Co.  Enter  Beading,  Pa. 

Riker-Hegeman  Co.  has  leased  the  ground  floor  and  base- 
ment of  tlie  J.  P.  Sellers  &  Co.  building,  at  the  northeast 
corner  of  Sixth  and  Penn  streets,  Reading,  Pa.,  for  a  term  of 

15  years.   — 

Bapid  Selling  Pencil  Pointer 

The  Boston  Specialty  Corporation,  New  York  City,  an- 
nounces that  die  Dollar  Boston  Pencil  Pointer  sells  wherever 
pencils  are  used,  that  its  operation  is  economical  and  easy,  and 
that  stationers  sell  the  pointer  by  merely  displaying  it. 


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Table  of  Contents 


•ITORI.\LS  AND  VHAICStACEVTICXLS   Pages  455-478 

l^itorials    455-456 

The  Story  of  Quinine   457.459 

iDrug  Jobbers  Will  Obey  Goldwater  Ordinance   460 

Big  Drug  Merger  Now  Up  to  Stockholders   461-462 

Drug  Store  Lighting  a  Vital  Factor   463-464 

Building  a  Retail  Drug  Business  by  Mail   465-466 

Women  in  Pharmacy   457.458 

A.Ph..\.  Report  on  Proprietaries   469-473 

I  Plans  for  Christmas  Trade   474 

i<3uestion  Box    "  475.475 

Foreign  Abstracts  ' '  ]  477-473 

;;ws  AXD  Tr.\df,  Sectton 

■  Cameras  and  Photo  Supplies   479.48O 

[Pharmaceutical  Personals    481-482 

i  Deaths  in  the  Drug  Trade                     483-484 

[  N.  W.  D.  .\.  Convention  Report   485-489 

'.News  of  the  A.Ph.A.  Branches   491.492 

!  Colleges  and  Schools  of  Pharmacy   493-494 

■Patents  and  Trademarks   497.493 

I  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy   493 

i^f  ^l^'^'"^,  '  499-500 

I  Books  Reviewed    jqj 

I  DEX  TO  ADVERTISERS....   Page  26 

{  DEX  TO  GOODS  ADVERTISED  Pages  27-28-^9 

fDEX  TO  READING  PAGES   Page  S02 


PREPARING  FOR  THE  NEW  PHARMACOPOEIA 

From  various  quarters  come  reports  that  phar- 
macists and  others  are  already  beginning  to  consider 
methods  and  measures  for  becoming  early  ac- 
quainted with  the  new  revision  of  the  Pharma- 
copoeia, which  is  now  expected  to  make  its  ap- 
pearance soon  after  the  beginning  of  the  coming 
year.  These  reports  all  foreshadow  an  interest  in 
the  official  guide  that  augurs  well  for  the  drug 
trade  as  a  whole,  and  for  professional  pharmacy 
in  particular.  As  is  to  be  expected,  not  much 
can  be  done  until  the  book  is  actually  placed  in 
the  hands  of  the  seeker  after  pharmacopoeial  knowl- 
edge, but  plans  can  be  discussed  and  a  direction 
of  effort  be  indicated  that  will  tend  to  favor  a 
comprehension  of  the  new  requirements  within  the 
shortest  possible  time  limit. 

It  is  presumed  that  the  Committee  of  Revision 
will  allow  a  reasonable  length  of  time  to  elapse 
after  the  publication  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  before 
the  requirements  stated  therein  will  become  official, 
for  considerable  time  is  needed  for  any  one,  how- 
ever complete  his  pharmaceutical  training  may  be, 
to  acquire  a  working  knowledge  of  all  of  the  new 
standards,  definitions,  etc.,  that  the  new  book  will 
contain.  As  a  textbook  the  Pharmacopoeia  can  be 
made  to  fit  into  the  average  college  of  pharmacy 
curriculum  without  very  much  trouble,  and  stu- 
dents will  very  naturally  follow  the  work  laid  out 
for  them  by  their  teachers  in  the  classroom  and 
laboratory.  But  it  will  not  be  so  easy  for  the  prac- 
ticing druggist  and  the  manufacturer  who  have 
financial  interests  at  .stake  in  that  their  stocks  must 
conform  to  the  standards  laid  down  in  the  Phar- 
macopoeia, while  they  will  have  less  time  to  devote 
to  study  than  the  student  who  has  nothing  else  to 
tvoiil)l(.  liitn. 

It  is  therefore  refreshing  to  learn  that  some  col- 
leges of  pharmacy  already  have  under  way  plans 
to  help  the  retail  druggist  in  this  particular  direc- 
tion. This  idea  was  well  stated  by  Dr.  Joseph 
Wemstein  m  an  article  on  the  educational  problem 
ot  the  Pliarmacopoeia,  which  was  published  in  last 
month  s  Kra,  in  which  he  said  that  the  schools  of 
pharinncy  should  throw  their  doors  wide  open  for 
all  those  who  desire  to  get  information  on  every- 
thing pertaining  to  the  pharmacopoeia,  without  any 
preliminary  qualifications  and  at  hours  convenient 
for  the  retail  druggist.  Such  assistance  cannot  but 
be  helpful  to  all,  but  the  druggist  must  also  do  his 


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[N0\^MBEK,  191 


part  and  his  neglect  to  do  so  entails  upon  him  the 
penalties  attached  to  sins  of  omission  and  commis- 
sion. His  knowledge  must  be  first-hand  and  for 
this  purpose  he  should  study  the  Pharmacopoeia 
for  himself,  the  introductory  notes,  the  historical 
introduction,  the  tests,  tables,  etc.,  and  their  rela- 
tion to  the  standards  and  definitions  of  drugs  and 
chemicals  in  general,  but  also  should  he  study  to 
apply  such  knowledge  to  his  business.  The  new 
Pharmacopoeia  will  be  intimately  connected  with 
the  development  of  pharmacy  for  some  years  to 
come  and  an  early  acquaintance  with  that  work 
is  imperative  if  one  is  to  keep  up  with  the  pro- 
cession. 


TREND  OF  PATENT  MEDICINE  LEGISLATION 

Pharmacists  who  have  studied  the  trend  of  pres- 
ent day  legislation  have  quite  generally  come  to 
the  conclusion  that  the  average  proprietary  medi- 
cine is  a  proper  subject  for  Governmental  regula- 
tion, and  although  possibly  the  time  may  not  yet 
be  ripe  for  such  control,  enactments  of  some  kind 
are  sure  to  come.  The  present  status  of  proprietary 
medicines  and  the  claims  made  for  them  by  their 
manufacturers  are  very  thoroughly  discussed  in  the 
report  presented  by  the  Commission  on  Proprietary 
Medicines  of  the  A.Ph.A.  at  the  last  meeting  of 
that  organization,  the  concluding  portion  of  this 
valuable  study  appearing  in  this  issue  of  the  Era. 

When  some  of  the  points  raised  in  this  report  are 
placed  in  juxtaposition  with  those  which  are  claimed 
to  be  the  objective  of  the  Goldwater  ordinance  of 
New  York  City,  the  conclusion  that  some  kind  of 
Federal  regulation  is  desirable  becomes  more  appar- 
ent. The  action  of  the  eleven  wholesale  druggists 
in  notifying  the  Commissioner  of  Health  that  they 
intend  to  comply  with  the  New  York  ordinance 
accords  with  this  view,  for  they  frankly  state  that 
they  favor  a  Federal  law.  Of  course,  it  is  expected 
that  the  Proprietary  Association  will  oppose  most 
of  the  proposed  legislation  of  this  character,  as  they 
say  they  will  defend  the  first  druggist,  retail  or 
wholesale,  arrested  by  the  New  York  Department 
of  Health  for  violating  its  ordinance,  but  such 
opposition,  while  it  may  have  some  claims  for  recog- 
nition, will  never  stop  the  gathering  sentiment  that 
regulation  of  a  National  character  is  needed. 

How  the  proprietary  manufacturers  will  meet  the 
situation  in  New  York  City  since  the  Avholesalers 
have  decided  to  comply  with  the  Goldwater  ordi- 
nance is  problematical.  They  may  withdraw  their 
products  entirely  from  this  market,  they  may  sell 
here  by  mail  from  other  states,  or  they  may  do 
as  some  of  them  have  already  done,  take  the  proper 
steps  to  comply  with  the  ordinance.  Many  pro- 
prietors have  elected  to  print  tlio  nanios  of  the  ac- 
tive ingredients  on  the  labels  ratlier  than  to  file 
their  formulas  with  the  Deiiartmont  of  lieaitii.  an 
ad  hni  w  lii,  h.  if  we  are  correctly  informed,will  be  as 
s;)li  I'h  iMiy  10  the  health  authorities  as  the  actual 
re^'is( ration,  for,  it  is  asserted,  the  latter  only  wish 
to  protect  the  public  by  keeping  it  informed  as  to 
the  basis  for  the  claims  for  remedial  properties 
which  these  medicines  set  forth.  The  further  eon- 
cession  obtamed  by  the  wholesale  druggists  of  New 


York  that  the  Department  of  Health  will  contina 
to  permit  druggists  to  sell  all  the  proprietaries  the; 
may  have  had  in  stock  prior  to  December  31,  pre 
vided  such  remedies  are  so  stamped,  would  seen 
to  indicate  that  the  authorities  are  willing  to  mee 
the  issues  in  a  conciliatory  manner,  an  action  whie! 
solves  a  problem  that  has  greatly  perturbed  th 
local  trade  since  the  ordinance  was  first  proposed 
The  regulation  of  proprietary  medicines,  if  w 
must  have  measures  of  this  kind,  is  a  proper  sut 
ject  for  Federal  consideration,  and  pharmacist 
will  do  well  to  familiarize  themselves  with  the  fuc 
damental  points  set  forth  in  the  A.Ph.A.  Commii 
sion 's  report.  As  there  stated,  far  too  many  allege' 
reforms  consist  merely  in  the  substitution  of  a  se 
of  new  evils  for  an  old  one,  and  it  is  later  not  in 
frequently  discovered  that  the  exchange  has  bee: 
unprofitable.  Legislation  is  undoubtedly  needed 
but  it  must  be  of  a  character  that  will  not  lead  t 
conditions  worse  than  those  sought  to  be  cured. 

MANUFACTURE  OF  HYDROGEN  PEROXIDE 

The  announcement  recently  made  in  variou 
newspapers  that  certain  Chicago  chemists  had  lu 
upon  a  satisfactory  process  for  the  commereic 
production  of  barium  peroxide,  is  of  interest  t 
the  drug  trade  generally,  as  this  compound  is  th 
starting  point  for  practically  all  of  the  hydroge 
peroxide  sold  by  druggists  in  this  country.  Unt 
the  beginning  of  the  European  war,  the  bariui 
peroxide  used  here  came  principallj^  from  t^v 
sources,  England  and  Germany,  that  from  Englan' 
being  generally  considered  of  a  little  better  qualin 
most  of  the  brands  running  about  90  or  92  per  ctr 
of  absolute  peroxide. 

Since  the  outbreak  of  the  war,  however,  the  war 
of  this  basic  material  has  been  felt,  and  the  trac 
has  faced  a  growing  deficiency  of  the  solution  ( 
hydrogen  peroxide  made  therefrom,  the  price  ( 
the  latter  product  having  advanced  eonsiderabl 
over  that  which  obtained  a  year  or  so  ago.  Ho- 
much  credence  can  be  attached  to  this  report  r< 
mains  to  be  seen,  but  the  mere  announcement  tlu 
work  has  been  done  in  this  direction  serves  to  en 
phasize  the  old  adage  that  "necessity  is  the  motlie 
of  invention,"  and  that  American  chemists  are  <• 
resourceful  as  those  of  any  other  country  when  tlif 
are  forced  to  rely  upon  their  own  efforts. 

THE  CHAIN  STORE  MERGER 

Independent  retail  druggists  made  the  success  < 
the  United  Drug  Company  possible.  Now  that  rl 
United  Drug  Company  may  become  the  bigcre 
drug  merchandising  s:\'stem  in  the  world  and  the 
greatest  competitor  many  independent  retail  dru) 
gists  are  naturally  askinc,  "How  is  this  going 
affect  me?" 

With  the  consent  of  the  stockholders  of  tl 
Riker  &  Hegeman  Company,  the  Louis  K.  Li^e 
Company  and  the  United  Drug  Company  the  mm 
talked-of  merger  will  take  place  probably  bel'o: 
the  end  of  this  year. 

The  United  Dnig  Company  was  started  as  a  c 
operative  organization  of  retail  druggists.  Will 
r.ow  become  a  brickbat  with  which  to  slay  them  T 


The  Story  of  Quinine 

Present  Rise  in  Prices  Recalls  Inter- 
esting History  of  the  Cinchona  Bark 


Photos  by  Brown  Bros. 


inrh'rin 


A  large  grove  of  cinchona  trees  in  Java 


rHE  present  advance  in  the  price  of  quinine  serves  to  recall 
the  American  experience  during  the  Civil  War  when  the 
Federal  Government  was  compelled  to  pay  $5  an  ounce 
•r  the  febrifuge,  or  indeed  any  price  that  was  demanded,  and 
;C  Confederate  Government  could  get  ver>-  little  at  any  price. 

is  true  that  not  all  of  the  conditions  which  served  to  bring 
Dout  that  advance  are  duplicated  at  the  pres- 
et time,  but  the  market  for  quinine  lacks  none 
■  the  spectacular  features  which  served  to 
Ivance  prices  in  that  critical  period  and  which 
■e  now  characteristic  of  a  world-wide  scarcit> 
drugs. 

Quinine,  as  every  pharmacist  knows,  "is  an 
•kaloid  obtained  from  the  various  species  of 
inchona",  the  name  "quinine",  however,  be- 
g  popularly  applied  to  quinine  sulphate.  The 
*asons  for  the  shortage  of  this  product  at 
particular  time  are  not  hard  to  discover, 
fhe  shipments  of  cinchona  bark  from  Java 
ive  materially  diminished,  while  the  cutting 
T  of  the  output  of  the  large  German  factories, 
»hich  formerly  produced  some  7,000,000  ounces 
quinine  annually,  as  also  an  increased  con- 
unption  in  quinine  in  consequence  of  a  short- 
^  of  synthetic  antipyretics,  are  examples  of 
e  influences  which  have  been  operating  and 
ive  contributed  to  the  present  advance. 

Man's  Adaptation  of  Plant  World 
>)The  present  position  and  production  of  cin- 
^ona  bark  is  only  one  of  the  manifestations 
man's  adaptation  of  the  plant  world  to  his 
pticular  uses.  Formerly  the  native  barks  of 
,c  cinchona  in  the  forests  along  the  Andes 
ere  the  only  source  of  the  alkaloid.  The  belt 
.  which  the  tree  was  found  in  abundance  wjis 
■»ut  100  miles  wide  by  about  2.000  miles  long, 
rtending  through  Venezuela,  New  Granada, 
cuador,  Peru  and  Bolivia.  In  the  equable 
id  rather  cool  climate  of  that  region  were  dis- 
ivered  many  species,  their  individual  char- 
^teistics  differing  perhaps  by  limitations  of 
titudes  and  climatic  conditions,  but  all  pro- 
idng  quinine,  an  "active  principle"  to  which 


great  medicinal  value  was  ascribed.  As  early  as  1640,  under 
the  name  of  "Peruvian  bark",  this  product  of  the  Andean  region 
was  introduced  into  Europe,  but  it  was  not  until  the  year  1737 
that  the  tree  producing  it  was  known  to  naturalists.  A  short 
time  later  Linne  proposed  the  name  "cinchona"  for  the  bark, 
in  honor  of  the  Countess  Ana  of  Chincon,  wife  of  the  Spanish 


Cutting   down  cinchona  trees   on  the  Island  of  Java. 


age  four  fifty-seven 


1 


458 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[N0\^MBER,  191.: 


The  richest  quinine  trees  in  the  world — over    12  per  cent 

viceroy  of  Peru  who,  it  is  claimed,  first  brought  the  knowledge 
of  the  bark  to  Europe.  There  is  no  doubt  but  that  much  of 
the  early  history  is  obscured  by  the  legendary  tendency  of  that 
period,  but  there  is  considerable  to  support  the  contention  that 
the  countess  was  such  an  enthusiastic  advocate  of  the  medicine 
that  she  administered  it  with  uniform  success  to  her  dependents 
and  others  in  Lima,  and  that  on  her  return  to  Spain  in  1640, 
she  exerted  herself  to  make  it  known  there. 

Once  Known  as  "Jesuit's  Bark" 

The  Jesuits  also  were  early  active  in  propagating  the  use 
of  cinchona  bark  as  a  remedy  for  "fever,"  and  history  records 
that  these  fathers  of  the  church  administered  it  all  over  Europe, 
long  endeavoring  to  keep  it  as  a  secret  medicine,  supplying  it 
only  in  powder  so  that  it  might  be  more  difficult  to  identify. 
As  "Jesuit's  bark"  the  drug  became  widely  known,  a  synonym 
which  is  yet  carried  by  many  works  on  modern  medicine. 

For  more  than  a  century  after  Peruvian  bark  came  into  use, 
it  was  procured  almost  exclusively  from  the  neighborhood  of 
Loxa,  ntiw  within  the  borders  of  Peru,  from  which  it  was 
shii)i)('(l  (  liii  :it  Payta,  and  thence  carried  to  Spain,  w-here 
it  was  ili-ii  il>ulC(J  to  the  European  world.  Other  species  were 
found,  the  barks  of  which  also  found  their  way  ini'>  lln   ii  ii- 


qm 


the  bark  of  these  trees 


to  the  establishment 
of  cinchona  gardens 
in  Java.  The  success 
of  his  venture  was  not 
great,  as  but  few  of 
his  trees  survived  the 
voyage,  while  those 
grown  from  the  seed 
he  was  able  to  plant 
in  Java  were  of  no 
value  as  producers  of 
quinine.  The  experi- 
ments were  continued 
for  a  number  of  years, 
but  it  remained  for 
Charles  Ledger,  an 
Englishman,  to  pro- 
ure  some  of  the  seeds, 
which  he  sold  to  the 
Dutch  Government, 
and  which,  when 
planted  in  Java  pro- 
duced some  20,000 
trees,  a  large  number 
of  which  are  still 
standing,  as  shown  in 
the  accompanying  il- 
lustration. This  was 
in  1866,  and  to  the 
variety  of  cinchona 
raised  from  these 
seeds  was  given  the 
name  C.  Ledgeriana, 
a  botanical  name 
that  is  carried  in  the 
pharmacopoeial  de- 
scription of  the  drug. 
This  variety  of  cin- 
chona was  later  intro- 
duced into  India.  To 
Ledger  more  than  to 
any  man,  it  has  been 


ket,  and  their 
tempt  of  any 

varieties  .iitr 

solvr.^ 

dent  i 

Thc> 

planting  m 
so  conservai 
trees  wwc  ■ 


Tbers  became  so  numerous  as 
an  expert  to  properly  classil 

,M,nnMM,,        Tl.nvrvrr,  tins 


11  c  ol  those  destroyed.  Even 
miboldt  has  stated  that  25,000 
ingle  year. 

It  i  H  I  me  the  man  who  first  sug- 

gest<  iiuhona  as  a  means  to  repair 

this  c!  1<  .ylc  advocated  the  introduction 

of  cintlion.i  into  India.  In  1S'I3  La  Condamine  made  the  first 
attempt  to  transport  plants  to  Europe,  his  collection,  however, 
being  lost  at  sea.  In  1852  the  Dutch  Government  sent  a 
botanist  named  Hasskarl  to  South  America  as  a  preliminary 


said,  "the  world  is  indebted  for  cheap  quinine,  and  out  of 
whose  adventurous  services  the  Dutch  nation  has  made  millions 
in  its  Java  dependency." 

Supply  Comes  from  Java 
At  the  present  time  quinine  produced  from  uncultivated 
bark  is  almost  unknown  to  commerce,  the  greater  proportion 
of  the  entire  supply  coming  from  Java.  Centering  around 
Bandoeng,  a  tow-n  about  eight  hours  ride  from  the  port  of 
Batavia,  the  plantations  extend  in  some  directions  for  many 
miles.  The  tree  is  harvestable  at  six  years.  The  cinchona 
seed  is  planted  in  what  is  known  as  the  "nursery,"  which  is 
merely  a  leaf  shelter  to  keep  off  tlie  rays  of  the  burning  sun. 
Grafting  the  Ledger  variety  onto  the  succirubra  variety  is  ex- 
tensively practiced,  for  the  reason  tliat  the  first-named  varietj- 
docs  not  grow  so  well  in  the  soil,  while  the  red  bark  flourishes, 
although  it  does  not  contain  much  quinine.  The  "tree"  is  then 
transplanted,  the  ground  about  the  trees  being  cultivated  so  as 
to  allow  the  rains  to  penetrate  the  soil  to  a  great  depth  about 
the  roots.  When  about  six  years  old,  tlie  bark  is  ready  to  be 
harvested,  i.  e.,  cut  down,  when  it  is  divested  of  the  bark,  a 
new  tree  being  planted  nearby,  thus  making  the  process  con- 
tinu  lis  It  is  -liil  ;I  It  the  new  trees  develop  nearly  as  soon 
-tain  and  are  much  richer  in  quinine 
naking  it  more  profitable  to  follow 
11  t  ■  ^11,'  the  trees  while  they  stand  and  cover 
nioss,  as  was  formerly  done, 
i.  is  then  beaten  off  the  tree,  largely  by  native  women. 
i>  t;  Slaving  been  cut  into  short  lengths  for  the  purpose, 
while  the  wood  stripped  of  the  bark  is  dried  and  used  to  heat 
the  ovens  in  which  the  bark  is  dried.  The  drying,  however, 
is  largely  done  in  the  sun  before  it  is  put  into  the  ovens,  whiU 
most  of  the  bark  for  pharmaceutical  purposes  is  entirely  dried 
in  the  sun.  When  thoroughly  dried,  the  bark  is  roughly  ground 
packed  tightly  in  bags  of  100  kilos  each,  most  of  it  going  to 
Amsterdam.  A  certain  proportion  of  the  bark,  however,  i.<; 
utilized  for  the  manufacture  of  quinine  in  the  Govemnien; 
factory  at  Bandoeng,  this  quantity  varying  somewhat  in  the 
different  years  since  the  establishment  of  the  enterprise. 


)VEMBER,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


459 


tark    Sold  on 
Chemical 
Analysis 

vVhile  most  of  the 
;a  bark  is  sold 
ough  Amsterdam, 
;  barks  from  India, 
ylon  and  South 
lerica  reach  the 
isumer  through 
Tidon.  .-Vs  has  been 
quently  described, 
,nufacturers'  bark 
sold,  without  re- 
el to  its  physical 
.racters  or  place  of 
gin,  entirely  by  its 
rmical  analysis,  tlie 
/er  in  London  bc- 
fumished  with 
•nples  of  the  differ- 
lots  of  the  bark 
I  ffi  c  i  e  n  1 1  y  long 
"Ugh  before  the 
':tion  to  make  his 
'i    analysis,  while 

•  Amsterdam  the 
/centage  of  quinine 
phate  in  any  lot  is 
•en  in  the  catalogue 
■•l  often  tagged  up- 
,  the  bale.    In  Lon- 

lots  are  sold  by 
>■  pound;  in  Am- 
i-dam by  the  kilo- 
mme.  Dealers 
inilate  the  price  by 

•  quinine  value  of 
sample.    The  sen 

ed  unit  of  price 
is.   in  England, 
-  price  paid  per  pound,  divided  by  the  percentage  of  quinine 
•the  bark  bought,  the  quotient  being  in  terms  of  English 
ney,  while  in  Amsterdam  the  Dutch  unit  is  calculated  in 

imilar  manner,  but  in  Dutch  cents  and  in  decimal  weights. 

t  is  difficult  to  estimate  correctly  the  amount  of  quinine 

duced  in  any  country,  since  some  of  the  cinchona  imported 
.vorked  up  into  preparations  other  than  for  the  manufacture 
, quinine.  According  to  the  Pharmacopoeia,  the  dried  bark 
,the  various  species  should  yield  not  less  than  5  per  cent 
f;otal  anhydrous  cinchona  alkaloids,  and  at  least  4  per  cent 
^  anhydrous  ether -soluble  alkaloids  when  assayed  by  the 
_-:ial  process.  Red  cinchona  bark,  according  to  the  British 
sjrmacopoeia,  should  yield  between  5  and  6  per  cent  of 

11  alkaloids,  of  which  not  less  than  half  should  consist 
quinine  and  cinchonidine.     Other  constituents  are  cin- 
ninc,  quinidine,  hydrocinchonidine,  hydroquinine,  quinicand 
■         -nic  acids,  a  bitter  amorphorous  glucoside,  starch  and 
\alate.    Good  Ledger  bark  yields  from  6  to  7  per 
al  alkaloids,  and  from  3  to  5  per  cent  of  quinine, 
i'-a  of  the  consumption  may  be  gathered  from  the 
>1  imports  for  the  last  fiscal  year,  the  amount  of 
: '.phate  and  all  alkaloids  and  salts  derived  from  tlie 
'  .  I         1,829,732  ounces,  valued  at  $452,348,  as  compared 
1  2,897,466  ounces,  valued  at  $624,125  for  the  previous  year, 
the  same  period  there  were  imported  3,944,549  pounds  of 
hona  and  other  barks  from  which  quinine  may  be  extracted, 
led  at  5561,106,  as  against  3,648,868  pounds,  valued  at 
1,412.    The  world's  production  of  quinine  is  probably  not 
from  17,000,000  ounces,  of  which  Germany  is  the  largest 
^ufacturer. 

The  Agreement  with  European  Makers 
-Inch  has  been  said  about  the  agreement  between  Java 
hona  bark  growers  and  European  quinine  makers.  This 
:einent  was  made  in  July,  1913.  and  since  that  time  has 
1  steadfastly  maintained.  The  first  allotment  in  July,  1914. 
.  place  in  the  normal  way,  one-tenth  part  of  the  contracted 
ily  quantity  being  purchased  from  the  cinchona  planters 
the  quinine  makers.  Then  the  war  broke  out,  and  the 
.ers  were  unable  to  purchase  the  agreed  quantity  of  quinine 


A   cinchona  nursery   belonging  to  the  Dutch    Government  on  the  Island  of  Java 


in  the  bark  on  account  of  many  circumstances,  such  as  the 
impossibility  of  transmitting  samples  and  bark,  the  prohibition 
of  exportation  of  quinine  from  Germany,  the  impossibility  of 
obtaining  the  required  chemicals  in  some  countries,  and  the 
impossibility  of  selling  quinine  except  for  immediate  use. 
The  first  allotment  after  the  outbreak  of  the  war  on  August 
27,  1914,  did  not  take  place,  and  in  the  following  allotments, 
the  makers  could  only  buy  a  part  of  the  quantity  they  had 
agreed  to  take.  This  uncertainty  brought  the  agreement  into 
serious  danger,  but  compromise  measures  were  effected  between 
the  growers  and  quinine  makers,  the  makers  binding  them- 
selves to  buy  as  much  bark  as  corresponds  to  the  quantity  of 
quinine  they  hoped  to  sell  during  the  period  of  the  war,  so 
that  the  stocks  of  bark  will  be  about  the  same  as  the  stocks- 
they  had  at  the  beginning  of  the  war. 

According  to  the  last  report,  under  this  special  agreement, 
the  makers  gave  up  their  right  of  annulling  the  contract,  in 
case  their  sales  should  not  amount  to  400,000  kilos  of  quinine 
sulphate  per  year.  The  Bandoeng  factory  declared  itself  will- 
ing to  buy  the  total  quantity  that  was  allotted  to  it  for  the 
second  year  of  the  contract,  and  even  more;  in  fact,  as  much 
as  the  capacity  of  the  factory  would  allow.  The  July  allot- 
ment, as  shown  in  an  epitome  of  the  annual  report  for  1914, 
took  place  in  the  ordinary  way ;  on  August  28  nothing  was 
sold  in  Amsterdam  and  1914  kilos  in  Bandoeng;  on  October 
1,  1,522  kilos  were  sold  in  Amsterdam  and  4,393  kilos  in 
Bandoeng;  on  November  4,  31,193  kilos  in  Amsterdam  and 
6,983  kilos  in  Bandoeng;  on  December  11,  39,316  kilos  in 
Amsterdam  and  6,983  kilos  in  Bandoeng,  the  factory  at  the 
latter  place  purchasing  altogether  the  equivalent  of  9,491  kilos 
of  quinine  sulphate. 

The  Output  from  India 

The  total  output  of  the  India  plantations  is  somewhat  dif- 
ficult to  estimate,  but  a  recent  report  published  in  the  London 
Chemist  &  Druggist,  states  that  the  actual  yield  from  the  Gov- 
ernment cinchona  plantations  in  Madras  during  191415  was 
349,451  pounds,  or  91,286  pounds  less  than  in  the  previous 
year.  The  total  amount  of  bark  worked  up  was  683,054- 
(Concluded  on  page  498) 


460 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[November,  1915 


Drug  Jobbers  Will  Obey 

Goldwater  Ordinance 

Letter  Sent  to  Department  of  Health  Declares  None 
But  Reg-istered  Proprietaries  Will  Be  Handled — 
— Also  Notify  the  Proprietors 

In  a  letter  to  Dr.  S.  S.  Goldwater,  Commis- 
sioner of  Health,  eleven  large  New  York  whole- 
sale drug  firms  and  dealers  in  proprietary  medi- 
cines signified  their  intention  of  complying  with 
section  117  of  the  sanitary  code  of  the  Board  of 
Health  of  New  York  City  which  permits  the  sell- 
ing only  of  registered  patent  and  proprietary  ar- 
ticles. The  wholesalers  also  expressed  themselves 
as  favoring  a  Federal  law  regulating  the  sale  of 
patent  and  proprietary  articles.  The  letter  fol- 
lows : 

"New  York,  October  16,  1915. 
"Dr.  S.  S.  Goldwater, 

"Commissioner  oj  Health. 
"Dear  Doctor  Goldwater:  The  undersigned  whole- 
sale druggists  and  dealers  in  proprietary  medicines 
have  signified  their  intention  of  complying  with  Sec- 
tion 117  of  the  ordinances  of  the  Board  of  Health  of 
New  York  City  in  regard  to  the  selling  07ily  of  regis- 
tered patent  and  proprietary  articles. 

"We  also  desire  to  go  on  record  as  favoring  a  Fed- 
eral law  regulating  the  sale  of  patent  and  proprietary 
articles,  for  the  same  reasons  which  brought  about 
the  passing  of  the  above  mentioned  local  ordinance. 
"We  are,  very  respectfully  yours, 
(Signed) 

Bakst   Brothers,  Lehn  &  Fink, 

Britt,  Loeffler  &  Weil,  C.  S.  Littell  &  Co., 

Bruen,  Ritchey  &  Co.,  Matz  &  Cohen, 

Eimer  &  Amend,  McKesson  &  Robbins, 

Henry  Klein  &  Co.,  Schieffelin  &  Co., 

Towns  &  James. 

This  action  on  the  part  of  the  wholesalers  in  voluntarily 
endorsing  the  section  of  the  sanitary  code  which  forbids  the 
sale,  after  December  31,  of  proprietary  and  patent  medicines, 
unless  the  names  of  the  active  medicinal  ingredients  of  such 
medicines  are  registered  with  the  department  of  health,  has 
been  characterized  by  the  department  as  "a  public  spirited 
act  for  which  they  deserve  the  thanks  of  the  community." 
The  health  department  also  promises  that  Federal  legislation 
on  this  subject  will  not  be  long  in  coming. 

Federal  Law  Anticipated 
That   wholesalers  evidently  anticipate  such  action  is  evi- 
denced by  a  letter  which  they  have  sent  out  to  manufacturers 
of  patent  medicines.    The  letter  reads  as  follows: 

"The  undersigned  wholesale  druggists  and  dealers 
in  proprietary  medicines  are  confronted  by  the  neces- 
sity of  having  their  stock  of  these  goods  in  condition 
to  comply  with  the  terms  of  Section  117  of  the  ordi- 
nance of  the  Board  of  Health  of  New  York  City, 
taking  effect  December  31. 

"It  Ls  our  purpose  to  comply  with  the  ordinance, 
'and  we  ask  all  manufacturers  to  make  their  articles 
legally  salable,  as  we  decline  to  place  ourselves  in  a 
position  to  invite  prosecution. 

"We  call  your  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  regula- 
tions do  not  require  the  disclosure  of  the  roiii]ilcte 
formula  and  percentage  composition,   bin    iiunly  a 
statement   of  active   ingredients.     .\s    I'.dir.il  legis- 
lation   of    a   similar    nature    seems    In    be    ini|H  iiding, 
compliance  with  these  new   k  i|uir(  iiient^  v(  em^  \,<  Uc 
more  urgent  in  order  In  make  your  inoiluil.s  s.il.ible 
in  all  parts  of  the  country." 
The  ordinance  to  which  the  wholesalers  have  now  agreed 
to  comply  caused  considerable  opposition  in  all  lines  of  the 
drug  trade  when  it  was  first  proposed  by  Commissioner  Gold- 
water.    It  is  understood  that  a  hirge  number  of  retailers  and 


manufacturers  are  now  strongly  opposed  to  it  and  that  ar- 
rangements are  being  made  by  several  organizations  to  carry 
the  first  case  which  comes  up  into  the  highest  courts  to  test 
the  constitutionality  of  the  law. 


Wholesalers  Conferred  on  Ordinances 

Edward  Plaut,  of  Lehn  &  Fink,  advises  ihi.s  publication 
that  the  action  of  the  drug  jobbers  is  the  result  of  a  serit.s 
of  conferences  held  between  Commissioner  Goldwater  and  a 
committee  representing  the  jobbers  which  consisted  of  Mr 
Plaut  and  Dr.  William  Jay  Schieffelin  of  Schieffelin  &  Co, 

"Before  taking  any  action,"  said  Mr.  Plaut.  ■  v.e  communi- 
cated with  the  Proprietary  Association  of  .\inerira  to  ascer- 
tain what  would  be  done  by  the  proprietf)rs  when  the  ncv. 
ordinance  becomes  effective,  W'c  were  advised  that  the  pro- 
prietors intend  to  defend  the  first  druggist,  retail  or  whole- 
sale, arrested  by  the  Department  of  Health  for  the  purpose  o: 
making  a  test  case,  but  as  this  does  not  seem  likely  to  afforc 
immunity  from  arrest  for  the  majority  of  wholesale  and  re- 
tail druggists  we  decided  that  some  action  was  necessary  tt 
protect  ourselves  and  our  retail  customers. 

"Dr.  Schieffelin  and  myself  talked  with  Dr.  Goldwater  anc 
found  that  it  is  not  his  intention,  as  has  been  reported.  t( 
crowd  all  patent  medicines  out  of  New  York,  but  that  he  i.- 
only  after  certain  ones  which  are  alleged  to  be  frauds. 
Dr.  Goldwater  Makes  a  Concession 

"As  a  result  of  the  conference  between  the  wholesale  drug- 
gists and  Dr.  Goldwater  it  was  decided  that  the  wholesalers, 
after  December  31,  ne.xt,  will  not  handle  for  distribution  in 
New  York  any  proprietary  article  which  does  not  conform  to 
the  Department  of  Health  ordinance.  The  law  provides  that 
all  articles  advertised  as  having  remedial  properties  must  be 
registered  with  the  Department  of  Health  and  their  formulas 
filed  with  the  Department  unless  the  names  and  quantities 
of  the  active  remedial  agents  are  printed  on  the  labels  which 
accompany  the  medicine. 

"On  or  about  December  31  the  Department  of  Health  will 
send  representatives  to  every  drug  store  and  wholesale  drug 
house  in  Greater  New  York  and  every  proprietary  article  on 
hand  at  that  time  will  be  stamped  in  stock  prior  to  Decem- 
ber 31,  1915,'  and  the  druggist  will  he  [lermitted  to  sell  sucli 
articles,  whether  they  comply  with  the  law  or  not,  until  his 
supply  is  exhausted.  This  concession  was  obtained  by  the 
wholesale  druggists'  committee  and  it  solves  a  problem  which 
has  greatly  disturbed  the  trade. 

Preparing  List  of  Registered  Articles 

The  Department  of  Health  is  now  pK  iMi  ins:  .t  list,  which 
will  soon  be  published  giving  tlie  nan   ~  '   :  iMprietary 

articles  which  have  been  registered.    It  '  it  many 

proprietors  will  decide  to  print  the  aen  ~  nn  tlieir 

labels  rather  than  register  their  prodiu  -  i.  -  lists  will 
be  furnished  frnni  time  lo  time  to  retail  druggists  so  that  they 
be  k'ein  fulb  intoiin.  d  as  to  the  the  articles  which  jnay  ba 
safely  handled. 

Tlie  Department  of  Health  met  on  Tuesday  and  made  sev- 
eral sliulit  ihant;cs  in  the  regulations  pertaining  to  the  ne-A' 
ordinaiue  in  older  to  clear  up  some  misunderstandings  tlr.it 
have  arisen. 


DYES  liTEEDED  IN  HOLLAND 

Reports  from  Holland  indicate  that  the^jlye  manufacturers 
of  tliat  country  are  having  difficulty  in  getting  sufficient  m.a 
terials  to  carry  on  their  business.  It  is  said  that  Germany 
is  not  living  up  to  her  agreement  with  Hoiiand  to  furnish 
seventy-five  per  cent  of  the  coal  tar  dyes  required  in  tla 
countrv. 


FRANCE  REQUISITIONS  ALCOHOL 

0\Ving  to  the  requisition  of  alcohol  by  the  military  author- 
ities of  France,  the  pharmacists  of  that  countn.-  have  been 
required  to  file  an  application  for  the  amount  thev  will  need 

in  advance  each  month. 


Uses  Chaplin  Statues  to  Advertise  Sales 

The  Mayes-Butcher  Pharmacy,  of  Paris.  Tex,,  during  a 
recent  sale  advertised  to  give  away  a  Charlie  Chaplin  statue 
free  witli  each  package  of  tooUi  paste  and  a  tooth  brush  which 
thev  .sold  at  their  special  offer  of  50c, 


November,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


461 


PROMINENT  EXECUTIVES  OF  BIG  DRUG  CONCERNS  WHICH  MAY  MERGE 


Louis  K.  Liggett 
President  United  Drug  Co. 


George  M.  Gales 
V.-Pres.  and  Gen.  Mgr. 
United  Drug  Co. 


John  Allys 
Pres.  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co. 


R.  B.  Wattley 
Treas.  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co. 


Big  Drug  Merger  Now  Up  to  Stockholders 


THE  chief  topic  of  conversation  throughout  the  retail  drug 
trade  for  the  last  month  has  been  the  proposed  merger  be- 
tween the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Company  and  the  United  Drug 
Company  with  the  Liggett  stores.  Up  to  the  time  of  going 
to  press  negotiations  had  progressed  to  the  point  where  the 
merger  had  been  approved  by  the  directors  of  both  companies 
and  the  transaction  now  awaits  only  the  approval  of  the 
stockholders.  A  meeting  of  tlie  stockholders  of  the  Riker  & 
Hegeman  Company  has  been  called  for  December  6,  while  the 
holders  of  shares  in  the  United  Drug  Company  will  be  asked 
to  give  their  approval  to  the  acquisition  of  the  Riker  chain 
at  about  the  same  time. 

Details  Not  Made  Public 
Just  what  effect  this  merger — if  it  is  approved — will  have 
upon  the  retail  drug  business  in  general,  and  upon  the  many 
retail  druggists  who  hold  stock  in  the  two  companies  in  par- 
ticular, is  causing  much  speculation  in  the  trade.  Although 
complete  plans  for  the  details  of  tJie  merger  have  been  approved 
by  the  leaders  of  both  sides  no  information  as  to  what  the 
plans  involve  has  yet  been  made  public.  It  is  not  known 
whether  a  new  company  will  be  formed  or  what  capital  such 
a  company  would  have. 

The  control  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Company  lies  with 
George  J.  Whelan  through  his  interests  in  the  Corporation 
of  Riker  &  Hegeman  Stock,  which  controls  the  common-  stock 
of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Company.  It  is  said  that  the  ar- 
rangements agreed  upon  between  Mr.  Whelan  and  Louis  K. 
Liggett,  head  of  the  United  Drug  Company,  calls  for  an 


exchange  of  stock  on  the  basis  of  $100  in  common  and  $45 
in  second  preferred  6  per  cent  stock  of  the  United  for  each 
$100  share  of  the  common  stock  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman 
Company. 

The  Corporation  of  Riker  &  Hegeman  Stock  was  organized 
in  Delaware  in  1913  as  a  holding  company  and  has  an  author-  . 
ized  capital  of  $5,000,000.  This  company,  which  is  controlled 
by  the  Whelan  interests,  holds  $4,434,380  of  the  $8,469,620 
common  stock  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Company.  It  is  these 
shares  which  the  Liggett  interests  will  acquire  in  the  pro- 
posed deal.  Owners  of  Riker  &  Hegeman  preferred  stock  will 
receive  $100  of  7  per  cent  United  Drug  Company  first  pre- 
ferred stock  for  each  $100  of  Riker  &  Hegeman  stock.  The 
Riker  &  Hegeman  preferred  stock  pays  6  per  cent  dividends 
yearly  so  the  exchange  will  be  for  the  benefit  of  the  stockhold- 
ers. At  present  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  common  stock  pays 
6  per  cent  while  the  United  Drug  common  pays  a  dividend  of 
8   per  cent. 

$20,000,000  United  Drug  Capital 

The  United  Drug  Company  has  an  authorized  capitaliza- 
tion of  $20,000,000,  of  which  amount  $10,000,000  is  in  com- 
mon and  $10,000,000  in  7  per  cent  cumulative  preferred.  Of 
this  $4,683,600  of  the  common  and  $2,773,950  of  the  pre- 
ferred is  outstanding.  The  par  value  of  the  preferred  stock  is 
$50  and  of  the  common  $100.  The  preferred  stock  has  no 
voting  power.  In  1913-1914  the  reported  sales  of  merchan- 
dise from  the  factories  of  the  company  amounted  to  $5,490,610, 

The  Louis  K.  Liggett  Company,  which  is  controlled  by 


James  C.  Brady, 
V.-Pres.   United  Drug  Co. 


Henry  R.  Andrews, 
Secy.  L.  K.  Liggett  Co. 


Charles  E.  Murnan 
Secy,  and  V.-Pres.  United 
Drug  Co. 


WixLiAM  C.  Watts 
Treas.  L.  K.  Liggett  Co. 


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[November,  1915 


J.  Norman  Staples,  Jr. 
V.-Pres.  United  Drug  Co. 


Louis  I.  Schreiner 
V.-Pres.   United  Drug  Co. 


James  C.  McCormick 
Treas.  United  Drug  Co. 


Fred  L.  Tompkixs 
V.-Pres.  L.  K.  Liggett  Co. 


the  United  Drug  Company,  is  incorporated 
with  an  authorized  capital  stock  of  $3,000,000 
and  $2,980,000  of  7  per  cent  cumulative  pre- 
ferred.   The  value  of  the  preferred  is  $60. 

The  Riker  &  Hegeman  Company  is  incor- 
porated with  an  authorized  capitalization  of 
$15,000,000  of  which  $10,000,000  is  in  com- 
mon stock  and  $5,000,000  in  6  per  cent  cumu- 
lative preferred.  Of  these  amounts,  $8,469,- 
620  of  the  common  and  $2,147,400  of  the 
preferred  is  outstanding.  The  par  value  of 
the  stock  in  this  company  was  reduced  from 
$100  to  $5  on  October  22,  1914.  The  Riker 
Drug  Company,  a  subsidiary  company,  has 
an  authorized  capitalization  of  $2,500,000.  It 
is  understood  that  the  proposed  transfer  of  stock 
includes  only  the  shares  of  the  Corporation 
for  Riker  &  Hegeman  Stock,  which  holds  the 
controlling  interest  in  the  common  stock  of 
the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Company,  and  involves 
the  change  of  ownership  in  ninety  stores. 
Many  Changes  Not  Contemplated 

It  is  not  yet  known  whether  the  merger  will 
involve  a  change  in  the  character  of  the  stores  of  one  or  both 
of  the  firms  or  whether  tliey  will  remain  practically  the  same  as 
at  present.  Another  important  question  is  whether  the  Riker 
stores  will  be  allowed  to  handle  the  Rexall  goods. 

H.  S.  Collins,  vice-president  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co., 
said  that  he  did  not  believe  the  reorganization  would  include 
any  important  changes  in  the  methods'  or  personnel  of  either 
company.  "Undoubtedly  the  good  points  of  both  systems  will 
be  incorporated  in  a  plan  of  management  for  the  united 
stores,"  said  Mr.  Collins.  "There  is  no  doubt  but  that  the 
stockholders  of  the  Riker  company  will  ratify  the  work  of  the 
committee  which  arranged  the  plans,  for  many  of  the  largest 
stockholders  have  already  signified  that  they  believe  the  con- 
solidation will  be  for  their  benefit." 

There  has  been  some  speculation  in  drug  circles  as  to  who 
will  be  president  and  active  head  of  the  reorganized  United 
Drug  Co.  Louis  K.  Liggett,  it  is  said,  will  not  accept  the  posi- 
tion, and  the  names  of  three  other  men  have  been  promi- 
nently mentioned,  these  being  John  Allys,  president  of  the 
Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.,  R.  B.  Wattley,  treasurer  of  the  same 
company,  and  George  M.  Gales,  who  is  Mr.  Liggettt's  general 
manager  and  right-hand  man. 


Fred  S.  Rogers 
Director   United  Drug  Co 


Mr.  Allys  started  with  the  Riker  syndicate 
seventeen  years  ago  and  his  rise  in  the  service 
of  the  company  has  been  steady.  He  is  a 
native  of  Marlboro,  !Mass.,  and  went  to  Bos- 
ton as  a  clerk  in  Jaynes  drug  stores,  under 
the  personal  direction  of  the  late  C.  P.  Jaynes. 
He  was  promoted  to  manager,  then  buyer,  then 
general  manager,  and  finally  to  president  of 
the  company. 

G;orge  ]SI.  Gales  was  formerly  president  of 
the  National  Cigar  Stands  Company  and  when 
he  joined  the  Liggett  interests  he  applied  his 
excellent  business  training  to  the  selling  of 
drugs  with  marvelous  success.  Mr.  Wattley, 
as  has  already  been  said,  received  his  start 
with  the  United  Cigar  Stores  Company  under 
the  direction  of  Mr.  Whelan.  It  is  under- 
stood that  George  J.  Whelan  will  retire  from 
active  interest  in  the  drug  business  when  the 
present  deal  is  concluded,  and  will  devote  his 
energies  to  pushing  the  profit-sharing  coupons. 
He  has  never  held  office  in  the  Riker  &  Hege- 
man Company  though  one  of  its  stockholders. 
The  Riker  Auditing  System 

R.  B.  Wattley,  treasurer  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.,  for- 
merly held  the  same  position  with  the  LTnited  Cigar  Stores 
Co.  He  has  installed  the  much  talked-of  auditing  system  for 
the  Riker  stores,  which  has  made  it  possible  to  keep  a  com- 
plete and  accurate  inventory  of  nearly  100,000  items,  this  in- 
ventory being  revised  every  60  days.  The  1,000  stores  of  the 
United  Cigar  Stores  Co.  are  operated  on  this  auditing  system, 
and  although  the  drug  business  embraces  many  times  tlie  num- 
ber of  items  it  has  worked  with  equal  success  for  the  Riker 
stores. 

It  is  said  that  the  Riker  system  works  directly  the  oppo- 
site of  that  used  in  the  Liggett  stores.  A  salesman  or  a  soda 
fountain  manager  in  a  Riker  store  knows  nothing  but  selling 
prices.  He  need  not  concern  himself  with  costs  or  profits. 
These  have  been  standardized,  the  same  system  applying  to  all 
the  stores.  In  the  Liggett  stores,  the  Era  is  informed,  each 
department  manager  knows  the  cost  of  his  goods,  the  expense 
of  conducting  his  department  and  must  figure  his  selling  prices 
to  make  a  proper  per  cent  of  profit.  In  that  way  the  indi- 
vidual figures  more  important  than  in  the  Riker  system. 


GERMAN  APOTHECARIES'  SOCIETY  MEETS 

The  regular  monthly  meetings  of  the  German  Apothecaries' 
Society  were  resumed  on  October  7  when  President  Robert 
Lehman  called  the  members  together  at  the  society  head- 
quarters, 192-194  Third  avenue. 

Dr.  Julius  Hoffman  was  the  speaker  of  the  evening  and 
•delivered  an  interesting  address  on  "Life,  Love  and  Monism." 

The  president  announced  the  death  of  the  following  mem- 
bers during  the  summer  months;    Karl  Aschenbrand,  F.  Casse- 


becr,  John  Roemer,  and  C.  F.  Lord.  Attention  was  also 
called  to  the  death  of  Albert  Plaut. 

Prof.  Otto  Raubenheimer,  chairman  of  the  scientific  commit- 
tee, reported  that  the  new  Pharmacopoeia  and  Formulary 
would  be  ready  for  distribution  about  January  1.  1916.  The 
librarian  of  the  society  reported  that  the  German  periodicals 
were  arriving  irregularly,  and  in  some  cases,  not  at  all. 

The  meeting  adjourned  after  President  Lehman  reported  the 
convention  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  .\ssociation  at 
San  Francisco. 


Drug  Store  Lighting  a  Vital  Factor 


Success  of  Merchandising  To-Day  Depends  To  No  Small 
Extent  On  a  Bright  Exterior  and  Interior  Illumination 


By  JOHN  A.  RANDOLPH 

Copyright,  1915,  by  D.  O.  Hayncs  &  Co. 


T^HE  lighting  of  a  drug  store  is  a  most  vital  factor  in  suc- 
I  cessful  selling.  Good  light  promotes  efticiency  in  the 
p"  workers  and  displays  the  store  at  its  best  to  the  patrons. 
I  Poor  lighting  has  the  opposite  effects.  Eye  strain  brings 
itigue.  .\  tired  salesman  does  not  give  proper  animation  to 
is  selling  arguments.  Furthermore,  poor  illumination  pro- 
duces negative 
Sects  on  the 
atrons. 

The  lighting 
'/stem  of  a 
•harmacy  should 
timish  illumina- 

on  that  is  ade- 
uate,  uniform 
•,nd  pleasing  to 
.  orkers  and  pa- 
.■ons  alike  with 
iminimum  waste 

I  installation, 
•Deration  and 
(iaintenance. 
A  salient  ef- 

•ct  observed  in 

le  .illumination 

■  drug  stores  is 

le  exposure  of 
sources  to 

le  eye.  The  ef- 

ct  is  a  dazzling 

nsation  decid- 

lly  unpleasant 
iid  disconcert- 
1  g.  The  sources 
!  lould  be  con- 
!  aled  from  the 
t-ect  vision.  The 
I  luminal  ion 
f,iould  be  such 
,.at  attention  is 

tracted  to  the 

tides   on  sale 

id  not  to  the 

;hts. 

Sometimes 
'iting  systems 
e  installed  in 
ch  a  mann' r 
'■at  efficiency  N 
•crificed  f  o  r 
Momy  in  opcr- 
on  and  main- 
'lance.  Con- 
I'.sts  and  shad- 
's result  which 
;  decidedly  ob- 
:tionable. 
To  eliminate 
■  disadvantages 
exposed  light 
irces,  glare, 
idows,  con- 

sts  and  dimness,  it  is  necessary  to  regulate  the  distribu- 
n  of  the  light  by  means  of  reflection  and  diffusion. 

Electricity  is  Generally  Preferred 
Electricity  for  lighting,  is  generally  preferred  to  other 
ms  of  illumination.  Electric  lights  are  more  intense  than 
ler  types  and  occupy  less  space  for  an  illumination  of  a 
'en  intensity.  Electric  incandescents  constitute  the  form 
electric  light  most  widely  used  in  drug  stores.  They  have 
tge  four  sixty-three 


of  th 


sko'Ming  indirect  lighting 


a  decided  advantage  over  other  types  in  that  they  lend  them- 
selves readily  to  use  with  reflectors,  shades,  globes  and  the 
various  devices  necessary  for  diffusion  or  reflection. 

They  generate  but  little  heat,  are  accompanied  by  no  flame 
and  are  not  susceptible  to  drafts.  It  is  impossible  to  pro- 
duce with  other  types  many  of  the  pleasing  effects  that  can 

easily  be  secured 
with  the  incan- 
descents. Lamps 
of  either  the  car- 
bon or  tungsten 
variety  may  be 
used.  The  tung- 
sten type,  how- 
ever, is  much 
more  efficient 
than  the  carbon 
and  is  therefore 
rapidly  displac- 
ing the  latter. 

I  n  c  a  ndescent 
lights  will  gener- 
ally meet  the  re- 
quirements of  ef- 
ficient illumina- 
tion if  they  are 
properly  distrib- 
uted and  are 
equipped  with 
prismatic  reflec- 
tors which  come 
down  even  with 
the  tips  of  the 
lamps. 

The  Problem 
of  Shadows 

One  of  the 
most  important 
factors  to  be  con- 
sidered in  the 
planning  of  a 
lighting  system 
for  a  drug  store 
is  the  problem 
of  shadows. 
Glaring  effects 
through  too 
great  a  concen- 
tration must 
also  be  avoided. 
To  e  1  i  m  i  n  ate 
these  difficulties, 
there  must  be  a 
proper  propor- 
tion between  the 
light  that  is 
thrown  upward 
to  the  ceiling 
and  that  cast 
downward. 
Large  emission 
surfaces  are  very 
One  method  commonly 


effective  in  bringing  about  this  result 
employed  to  increase  the  surface  of  the  emission  source  con- 
sists in  the  use  of  small  globes  of  opalescent,  frosted,  pris- 
matic or  translucent  glass.  Frosted  lamps  are  also  employed 
for  this  purpose. 

Bowl-shaped  prismatic  reflectors  are  widely  used.  They  give 
a  very  efficient  light  distribution.  They  also  cover  the  lamps, 
thus  reducing  the  intrinsic  brilliancy  impinging  on  the  eye. 


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[November,  19]  5 


Where  it  is  desired,  however,  to  secure  the  greatest  possible 
surface  of  light  source,  large  globes  of  diffusing  glass  are 
used  to  enclose  the  light.  A  reflector  is  often  placed  inside 
the  globe.  This  arrangement  gives  very  good  results.  It  in- 
creases the  range  of  distribution  and  reduces  the  intensity 
in  the  area  directly  beneath  the  lamp. 

Flat  reflectors  are  in  extensive  use,  but  are  being  gradually 
eliminated  from  up-to-date  practice.  They  have  the  serious 
disadvantage  of  exposing  the  light  source  directly  to  the  vision 
and  of  giving  an  unsatisfactory  distribution. 

Semi-Direct  Lighting  Systems 

Semi-direct  lighting  systems  are  often  installed  in  drug 
stores.  They  consist  in  the  use  of  a  hemispherical  shade 
of  white  translucent  glass  which  is  placed  under  the  lamp, 
with  the  open  side  up.  The  white  glass  reflects  part  of  the 
light  upward  and  also  allows  a  large  proportion  to  be  diffused 
downward.  The  light  which  is  cast  upward  is  reflected  down- 
ward again  from  the  ceiling.  A  very  wide  and  uniform  dis- 
tribution is  thus  obtained.  Where  a  system  of  this  kind  is 
used,  the  ceilings  should  be  white  or  nearly  white  in  color. 

Systems  are  also  used  which  are  wholly  indirect  in  their 
light  distribution.  With  such  a  system  the  light  is  first 
thrown  at  a  proper  angle,  against  the  ceiling  from  a 
source  that  is  totally  hidden.  It  is  then  reflected  to  the  vari- 
ous parts  of  the  room  reaching  them  indirectly.  The  illumi- 
nation is  uniformly  distributed  and  is  pleasant  to  the  eyes. 
It  has  the  advantage  of  keeping  the  light  source  entirely  hidden 
from  the  range  of  vision. 

A  feature  of  drug  store  lighting  which  should  be  given  the 
most  careful  attention  is  the  illumination  of  the  show  win- 


dows. Nothing  attracts  attention  more  effectively  than 
bright,  attractively  arranged  show  window.  The  appearance 
of  the  front  of  the  house  is  generally  a  good  criterion  of  thf 
interior.  The  lighting  of  a  show  window  should  be  bright 
enough  to  bring  out  every  detail  of  the  articles  displayed 
but  there  should  be  no  glare  nor  dazzling  effects.  To  secure 
the  best  results,  the  source  of  light  should  be  concealed  frcn 
the  sight  of  passersby.  If  this  is  impossible,  shades  shouk 
be  used  with  lights  in  order  that  the  brilliancy  may  be  molli 
fled.  Furthermore,  it  is  highly  important  that  the  light  b" 
sufficient  to  display  the  wares  at  their  best.  A  method  tl<a 
is  widely  used  consists  in  the  installation  of  tungsten  lamp 
near  the  ceiling  in  reflectors  of  such  a  form  that  they  con 
centrate  the  rays  upon  the  display  and,  at  the  same  time 
protect  the  eyes  from  any  unpleasant  effects. 

In  large  windows,  where  the  displays  are  often  changed, 
is  advisable,  in  order  to  secure  the  best  results,  to  have  som 
of  the  lights  arranged  such  that  the  direction  of  their  ray 
may  be  changed  to  conform  to  the  various  arrangements  i 
the  articles. 

Electric  Signs 

Electric  signs  outside  the  store  are  very  effective  in  adv» 
ing  and  if  properly  designed,  will  pay  many  times  over  tht 
cost  of  operation  and  maintenance,  in  the  trade  that  the 
attract  to  the  store.  Some  enterprising  druggists  also  dis 
play  small  illuminated  signs  inside  their  stores  in  conspici:i 
ous  positions  on  the  counters. 

The  most  careful  attention  should  be  given  to  the  illumin: 
tion.  It  affects  the  profits  directly  and  should  therefore  t 
of  the  highest  efficiency. 


Periodicals  As  a  Drug  Store  Side  Line 


By  GEORGE  Y.  WATSON 

Retail  Druggist,  Southport,  N.  C. 


ABOUT  eight  years  ago,  there  being  no  news- 
stands in  my  home  town,  we  began  on  a 
small  scale  to  get  a  few  of  the  best  and 
most  popular  weekly  and  monthly  magazines 
and  display  them  on  our  cigar  show  case.  From 
the  first  the  line  took  and  we  found  a  ready  sale 
for  them.  We  have  pushed  this  line  during  the 
past  several  years  until  to-day  we  have  the  only 
news-counter  in  town  and  are  selling  all  of  the 
leading  and  most  popular  magazines  and  a  few 
papers.  We  keep  a  list  of  regular  patrons  and 
make  deliveries  as  the  issues  come  to  hand.  We 
have  over  a  hundred  periodicals — magazines  and 
papers  engaged  for  daily,  weekly  and  monthly 
delivery.  We  carry  a  full  line  but  keep  our 
orders  for  each  magazine  just  above  our  orders 
for  regular  delivery,  so  as  to  have  a  few  extra 
over  all  engaged  copies,  for  strangers  and  irregu- 
lar customers. 

Keep  a  Full  But  Limited  Stock 
Although  most  all  the  popular  magazines  are 
returnable  for  full  credit  in  from  tliirty  to  sixty 
days,  it  is  only  advisable  to  keep  a  full  but  lim- 
ited stock  so  as  to  cut  down  the  expense  of  post- 
age on  returning  unsold  copies.  The  return 
charge  by  mail  is  four  rents  a  pound.  Some- 
times express  is  less.  Occasionally  the  news- 
wholesalers  send  different  magazines  that  you  do 
not  order.  These  are  termed  "forced  shipments", 
tlusc  yon  (1(1  not  dispo.se  of  the  publisher's  agent 
The  margin  of  profit  on  the 


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e  is  fair. 

In  fact  it  fully  compares  with  profits  on  many  other  articles 
that  we  sell  in  different  lines. 

Periodicals  to  a  great  extent  sell  themselves.  We  display 
ours  in  a  revolving  display  rack  in  the  front  part  of  the  store 
and  everybody  that  comes  in  usually  looks  over  the  maga- 
zines. When  they  .see  one  that  they  desire  they  wait  on 
themselves  and  the  clerks  in  nearly  all  instances  only  accept  the 
money.  There  is  no  time  lost  in  vi'rapping  up,  no  twine  bill 
to  pay,  hence  the  sale  of  magazines  and  periodicals  in  gen- 
eral is  a  profitable  one  for  the  druggist  to  handle. 

In  mentioning  periodicals  I  mean  some  of  the  newspapers  also. 
We  handle  a  few  daily  papers,  such  as  the  local  papers,  and  New 


York  and  Philadelphia  papers,  and  have  a  good  d 
mand  for  them.  These,  like  the  magazines,  are  r 
turnable    for    credit    if    you    cannot  dispose 
them  all.    The  return  postage  on  tlie  newspaiit 
is    less   than    the    magazines   because    we  or. 
have  to  return  the  newspaper  headings,  wheri 
with  the  magazines  we  have  to  return  the  e 
tire  magazine,  and  then  the  percentage  of  pro 
on  the  papers  is  more  than  on  the  magazini 
Profits   also    in  Subscriptions 
The  publisher's  agents  furnish  us  with  pie 
of  suh.scription  catalogues.    These  are  distrib\it 
nnd  an  effort  made  to  get  as  many  subscriptic 
for  the  publication  as  possible.     You  can  ^ 
,ns   low   a   sub-scription   price   in   clubs  as  a 
house  in  the  country.    We  take  in  quite  a  111 
number  of  subscriptions  each  year.     Some  : 
si  vi  ial  in  a  club  and  others  for  only  one 
two    magazines.     In   clubbing  several  toge'h 
the  customer  saves  a  dollar  or  two  at  least,  a 
hi-  (an  thereby  get  suitable  reading  matter 
•tI!  the  family  if  he  desires  at  a  minimum  o 
W'hm  we  send  in  a  subscription  we  make  a  n 
ord  of  the  name  of  the  customer,  name  of  pv 
lications.  and  date  of  expiration,  so  that 
the  date  of  expiration  draws  near  we  can 
proach  him  for  a  renewal  of  the  order.  T 
discount   allowed   for  renewals   is   in  most 
ime    as    for   original   orders.     We   have  foi 
to  pay  attention  to  this  line  and  keep  p'.« 
Kigazines  on  display  at  all  times.    During  the  p 
\c.\v  \\c  h.wc  (lone  especially  well  with  this  line  and  hope 
continue  to  give  it  proper  attention.    We  have  found  thi 
paid  us  about  as  handsomely  as  the  kodak  line  and  req  ii 
less  time  and  trouble  to  dispose  of. 


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Mail  Order  Business  Constantly  Increasing 

"The  Parcel  Post  Pharmacy"  is  the  way  the  Sheldon  Re; 
Store  of  IMiddlebury,  Vl..  signs  itself  to  an  ad.  in  whiel 
solicits  the  business  of  drug  customers  living  at  a  distil 
By  careful  attention  to  this  department  of  the  business, 
pharmacy  has  increased  its  sales. 


Building  Retail  Drug  Business  by  Mail 


Various  Kinds  of  Advertising  Literature  Can  Be  Used 
Successfully    by    Merchants    Who  Have  Classified  Lists 


By  CARL 

Copyright,  1915, 

0\'E  day  last  Spring,  a  group  of  live  druggists  from  the 
Southwest,  were  discussing  advertising  in  the  Jefferson 
Hotel  in  St.  Louis.  A  lot  was  said  about  good  news- 
paper copy  and  the  various  sales  some  of  the  men  had  engin- 
eered through  the  newspapers. 


The  pt'."-  t.-.tr  .vs        Iicst  'unit  of  direct- 

Viiad  adicrtising 


.•\fter  a  while,  one  of  the  druggists,  a  gentleman  from  Alex- 
andria, La.,  said:  "I  would  like  to  know  what  you  fellows 
are  doing  to  supplement  your  newspaper  advertising.  Have 
any  of  you  ever  had  any  success  in  sending  out  letters  to 
the  trade?" 

"I  am  not  going  to  do  anything  in  that  line,"  one  of  them 
replied.  "I  haven't  a  typewriter  and  I  don't  suppose  I  would 
.have  the  time  to  get  anything  out  if  I  did  have  a  machine." 

'"I  haven't  a  typewriter,  either,"  spoke  up  a  man  from 
(Brownwood,  Texas,  "but  I  often  send  out  letters  in  long  hand. 
Last  December  it  looked  as  though  I  was  going  to  get  stuck  on 
a  lot  of  fancy  toilet  sets  I  had  bought.  I  prepared  a  short 
letter  offering  to  hold  the  goods  until  Christmas  on  a  small 
deposit.  I  also  sent  for  cuts  of  the  toilet  sets  from  the  house 
|I  bought  them  from  and  with  the  cuts  had  the  printer  get 
'up  a  small  envelope  folder.  In  the  letter  I  emphasized  the 
iuitahility  of  these  goods  for  gifts.  Then  when  any  of  my 
:lerks  had  any  spare  time,  I  had  them  make  copies  of  this  letter 
■n  long  hand.  We  kept  mailing  these  letters  and  folders  in 
.'jmall  lots  to  our  list  of  women  customers.  It  was  necessary 
JO  use  only  about  a  third  of  the  list  to  completely  sell  out  the 
'?oods  before  December  20th." 
'  Spare  Time  Spent  on  Form  Letters 

"In  our  store,  remarked  a  man  from  Amarillo,  "we  have  a 
;voung  lady  who  is  bookkeeper,  cashier  and  stenographer.  Early 
!  a  the  morning,  or  on  rainy  days,  or  whenever  she  has  anj 
^ipare  time,  she  spends  it  pounding  out  form  letters.  She  is  not 
'in  expert  stenographer  and  does  this  as  much  for  practice 
lis  anything  else.  Right  now  she  has  a  form  letter  about  ab- 
iiominal  supports  and  reducing  garments,  which  she  is  writ- 
ing to  all  the  women  on  our  list. 

;  "Just  before  our  stock-reduction  sale,  last  January,"  he 
; -.ontinued.  "she  mailed  1500  personal  letters  to  our  regular 
I  nistomers'  list,  in  which  were  enclosed  envelope  stuffers  fur- 
i  lished  by  the  corn-cure  concerns  and  offered  to  give  a  25-cent 
Package  free  to  any  customer  who  purchased  $2  worth  of 
I  ;oods  during  our  sale.  We  had  the  biggest  sale  we  ever 
'lad  in  our  history,  and  I  think  that  form  letter  had  a  great 
tieal  to  do  with  it." 

I  Page  jour  sixty-five 


C.  IRWIN 

by  Carl  C.  Irwin 

"I  am  going  to  try  a  new  stunt  this  season,"  said  one  of 
the  merchants  who  was  from  Ardmore,  Okla.  "'I  am  going 
to  have  a  thousand  fac-simile  letters  written  here  in  St.  Louis 
on  the  hotel  stationery.  I  am  going  to  tell  my  women  cus- 
tomers in  a  personal  way  all  about  the  new  goods  I  am  buy- 
ing. This  letter  is  going  to  give  information  of  what's  new  and 
desirable  in  toilet  preparations,  Parisian  ivory  and  so  on  all 
down  the  line.  I  believe  that  every  woman  who  gets  one  of 
these  letters  will  appreciate  it.  And  the  whole  thing  will 
cost  me  less  than  $30." 

Working  it  on  a  Large  Scale 

Then  a  man  from  San  Antonio,  Tex.,  who  operates  one  of 
the  largest  drug  stores  there,  said ;  "Of  course,  we  have  a  big 
store  with  a  mail-order  department.  For  that  reason,  we  have 
macliinery  to  do  things  on  a  big  scale.  We  get  out  typewritten 
letters  at  the  rate  of  three  thousand  per  hour,  and  with  match- 
ing ribbons,  they  cannot  be  distinguished  from  those  actually 
written  on  the  typewriter.  We  use  form  letters  for  every  con- 
ceivable purpose — to  follow  up  all  classes  of  people,  on  all 
kinds  of  goods.  The  day  before  I  left,  we  got  out  two 
thousand  form  letters  to  our  list  of  women  both  prospects  and 
customers,  with  regard  to  our  rubber  goods  department.  En- 
closed in  this  letter,  were  small  circulars  illustrating  three  of 
our  best  values  in  hot  water  bottles  and  syringes.  We  have 
tried  this  before  and  it  always  booms  that  department." 

The  above  conversation  merely  gives  an  inkling  of  the  hun- 
dreds of  ways  the  form  letter  can  be  used  to  build  retail  busi- 
ness by  mail.  It  also  illustrates  the  point  that  any  druggist, 
no  matter  what  the  size  of  his  store  may  be,  can  profitably 
use  personal  letters  to  increase  his  trade.  If  he  hasn't  a 
typewriter  and  has  a  small  list,  the  work  can  be  done  in  long- 
hand by  his  clerks  when  they  are  not  busy.  Or,  if  necessary 
to  get  the  letters  out  in  imitation  typewritten  form  work  this 
can  be  done  by  concerns  which  make  a  specialty  of  it,  either 
in  the  druggist's  own  town  or  a  larger  town  nearby.  Where 
there  is  a  typewriter  in  the  office,  the  operator  often  has 
spare  time  which  can  be  utilized  to  get  up  a  few  letters  in 


466 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[November,  1915 


this  way.  Of  course,  the  ideal  method  for  the  big  store  is  to 
have  the  machinery  in  the  office. 

The  personal  letter  is  perhaps  the  one  best  form  of  direct- 
mail  literature,  which  can  be  used  successfully  by  a  druggist 
to  build  his  business  by  mail.  The  very  fact  that  it  is  a 
signed  letter  with  the  firm  name  at  the  top,  makes  the  personal 
appeal  stronger  and  it  usually  gets  closer  to  the  customer 
than  the  other  forms. 

Using  Manufacturers'  Literature 
However,  direct-mail  advertising  is  not  confined  exclusively 
to  form  letters  by  live  druggists;  there  are  dozens  of  other 
plans.  A  Mississippi  druggist  recently  used  the  circular  fur- 
nished by  the  manufacturer  of  a  miniature  camera  to  very 
good  advantage.  He  sent  this  envelope  under  one  cent  postage, 
to  all  the  boys  and  girls  under  twelve  years  of  age  and  through 
it,  sold  nearly  fifty  cameras.  Without  a  circular,  he  probably 
would  have  been  fortunate  to  sell  a  dozen. 

The  Y.  W.  C.  A.  of  a  Nebraska  town  recently  constructed 
a  new  building,  in  which  there  was  a  very  fine  swimming 
pool.  Being  an  inland  town,  the  girls,  previous  to  this,  had 
done  their  bathing  in  a  tub;  there  had  never  been  a  need  for 
bathing  caps.  One  of  the  druggists  there  took  advantage  of 
this  condition  and  mailed  to  all  the  women  and  girls  a  circular 
illustrating  four  styles  of  rubber  bathing  caps  in  the  stock 
which  he  had  purchased.    It  sold  his  caps. 

Selling  Candy  to  Sunday  Schools 
An  Iowa  druggist  almost  doubled  his  December  confectionery 
business  last  year  by  preparing  an  advance  descriptive  circular 
of  the  grades  of  mixed  candies  he  had  purchased  for  the  holi- 
day season.  When  placing  his  order  he  requested  illustra- 
tions, which  would  show  the  pails  and  boxes  of  candy  he  had 
bought  and  with  these  cuts,  prepared  a  very  attractive  cir- 
cular. These  were  placed  in  envelopes  and  addressed  to  all 
the  Sunday  school  superintendents  in  the  country.  On  Decem- 
ber first  he  mailed  them  out  with  the  offer  to  pay  half  the 
parcel  post  charges  on  any  out-of-town  order.  The  plan  was 
successful  both  in  the  country  and  in  the  town. 

Besides  the  advertising  circular  which  can  be  used  for 
selling  almost  any  kinds  of  merchandise,  there  is  the  mailing 
card,  which  is  often  used  with  good  success  by  retailers. 

A  Kansas  druggist  recently  put  in  a  supply  of  automatic 
safety  razor  blades  stroppers.  He  wrote  to  the  manufacturer 
for  a  cut  illustrating  the  stropper  he  had  bought  and  with  it, 
printed  a  thousand  mailing  cards,  showing  the  stropper  and 
giving  descriptions  and  the  price.  The  copy  was  convincing 
and  concluded  with  the  suggestion  that  the  reader  telephone,  or 
mail  an  order  for  the  stroppers.    It  resulted  in  many  sales. 

In  a  like  manner  another  Kansas  druggist  took  advantage 
of  the  fad  for  California  rose  beads  which  were  so  popular  last 
spring.  He  sent  out  a  mailing  card  which  did  not  even  carry 
an  illustration  of  the  beads,  but  did,  however,  give  complete 
descriptions  of  several  good  numbers.  This  resulted  in  quite 
a  business  among  out  of  town  women. 

An  Arkansas  druggist  also  used  a  mailing  card  recently  to 
very  good  advantage.  He  secured  a  list  of  people  just  out- 
side of  his  trade  territory  through  which  he  had  never  adver- 
tised before.  From  his  stock  he  selected  three  paint  brushes, 
which  he  had  bought  at  a  price.  He  illustrated  these  on  a 
mailing  card,  and  sent  them  out  early  in  the  spring  when 
people  are  cleaning  up  and  painting.  He  was  very  successful 
in  developing  a  number  of  customers  by  mail. 

Worth  Money  to  Get  New  Trade 
An  enterprising  dealer  in  Illinois,  after  thinking  the  matter 
over,  came  to  the  conclusion  that  it  was  worth  at  least  twenty- 
five  cents  to  get  a  brand  new  customer.  .So  he  secured  a  list 
of  names  of  women  who  lived  more  than  twenty  miles  from 
his  store.  Then  he  prepared  a  mailing  card  on  which  he 
offered  a  regular  50-cent  dressing  comb  for  25  cents,  with  the 
understanding  that  the  card  was  to  be  returned  to  the  store 
in  per.son.  He  kept  a  record  of  all  cards  returned  and  in  no 
single  instance  did  the  customer  fail  to  buy  goods  on  which 
there  were  more  than  twenty-five  cents  profit. 


Where  it  is  necessary  to  have  more  space  than  can  be  ob- 
tained on  a  mailing  card,  the  advertising  folder  is  often  used. 
Last  December,  a  Denver  store,  which  had  loaded  up  pretty 
heavily  on  holiday  cigars,  succeeded  in  closing  them  out  by 
tirinting  a  folder,  in  which  were  illustrated  three  of  the  latest 
numbers.  This  was  sent  to  a  list  of  women,  suggesting  that 
they  buy  good  cigars  for  Christmas  presents  for  their  husbands 
or  man  friends. 

Individual  advertising  booklets  are,  of  course,  very  closely 
related  to  catalogues,  but  as  previously  stated,  most  literature 
of  this  kind,  sent  out  by  retailers,  is  naturally  inferior  to  that 
mailed  out  by  the  large  mail-order  houses.  However,  some 
of  the  larger  stores  are  using  individual  booklets  very  success- 
fully. An  Omaha  store  is  meeting  with  success  with  what 
they  call  tlieir  "Baby  Book".  In  it  are  staple  styles  in  baskets, 
utility  bags,  birth  announcements,  talcum  powders,  ther- 
mometers for  bath,  nursing  bottles,  baby  foods,  toilet  sets  and 
so  on.  This  store  subscribes  to  a  clipping  bureau  service 
which  supplies  them  with  clipping  announcements  of  births 
from  small  town  papers  throughout  the  state.  They  have 
met  with  so  much  mail-order  success  through  this  book,  that 
they  are  now  preparing  a  bridal  booklet,  which  will  be  sent 
out  to  the  names  given  in  the  announcements  of  coming 
marriages. 

However,  in  the  booklet  line,  most  druggists  will  find  it  to 
their  advantage  to  make  use  of  the  advertising  booklets  fur- 
nished by  manufacturers.  The  average  store  cannot  very 
profitably  print  a  multi-colored  booklet  of  their  own,  but  they 
do  handle  many  advertised  lines  of  goods,  with  which  are  fur- 
nished free  booklets.  Sometimes  the  booklets  are  mailed  out 
by  the  manufacturer  to  the  druggist's  list,  and  on  the  back 
or  front  cover  is  printed  the  name  of  the  druggist. 

A  (huggist  in  Tennessee  has  the  wholesale  house  from  which 
he  buys  his  rubber  goods  send  five  hundred  small  catalogues  of 
the  brand  of  goods  he  sells.  These  bear  a  list  price  much 
higher  than  the  retail  price.  During  his  spare  time  he  goes 
through  these  booklets  and  puts  in  the  retail  price  in  ink, 
with  an  occasional  comment  about  some  number  which  gives 
the  booklet  a  more  personal  air. 

Asking  for  Suggestions 

Similar  plans  can  be  developed  by  any  live  druggist  on 
dozens  of  other  items  in  his  store.  There  are  numerous  other 
forms  of  direct-mail  advertising  literature  which  are  good. 
Some  druggists  send  out  suggestion  blanks  asking  their  cus- 
tomers to  fill  in  the  list  of  articles  which  they  have  not  been 
able  to  buy  satisfactorily  at  his  store.  Other  dealers  use 
several  envelope  stuffers  in  each  letter  they  send  to  their  cus- 
tomers. 

Some  druggists  find  it  successful  to  print  an  independent 
paper  which  they  mail  out  to  their  customers  once  a  month. 
Some  of  these  are  printed  on  a  sheet  of  paper  no  larger  than 
a  letterhead ;  but  by  filling  it  with  live  news  and  merchandise 
items,  it  becomes  very  interesting  and  practical.  Occasionally 
there  is  a  town  where  there  is  co-operation  among  the  mer- 
chants, and  a  co-operative  paper  is  sent  out  monthly,  in  which 
all  the  merchants  participate,  both  in  the  advertising  and  the 
news  columns. 

However,  whatever  printed  advertising  is  done  should  be 
recorded  in  a  scrap  book  and  numbered.  Underneath  the 
piece  of  literature  should  be  written  the  total  cost,  the  number 
sent  out  and  the  traceable  returns.  With  a  record  of  this 
kind,  a  druggist  soon  finds  out  what  kind  of  advertising  mat- 
ter is  most  profitable  in  his  section.  In  sending  out  fomi 
letters,  it  is  an  easy  matter  to  try  out  a  very  small  portion  of 
the  letters  in  advance. 

If  a  dealer  has  a  thousand  men  on  his  list  and  desires  to 
send  a  form  letter  to  them,  the  most  practical  plan  is  to  send 
only  twenty-five  letters  and  find  out  if  the  percentage  of  the 
results  will  justify  sending  it  out  to  the  other  nine  hundred 
and  seventy-five  names.  The  very  fact  tliat  most  direct-mail 
advertising  permits  an  advance  test,  makes  it  easy  for  any 
druggist  to  become  proficient  in  its  use. 


Price  cutting  conducted  unfairly,  and  therefore  unlawfully,  is  not  beneficial  to  the  public, 
and  cannot  be  continued  on  the  mere  plea  of  cheapness.  New  York  Times. 


^'November,  1915] 


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WOMEN  IN  PHARMACY 


Visual  Education  Material  As  a  Side  Line 


THERE  is  an  entirely  new  side  line  opening  up  for  at  least 
one  wide-awake  individual  in  each  locality.    Drug  stores 
I  which  carry  photographic  goods  will  find  this  but  a 

^  further  development  of  that   branch  of  the  business.  The 
woman  pharmacist  who  is  in  touch  with  the  educational  move- 
ments  of  the  day  will  see  great  possibilities  of  community 
^  usefulness  as  well  as  of  present  and  future  profits  in  the  fur- 
^  nishing  of  these  supplies. 

^  The  average  individual  who  grew  up  some  years  ago  who 
I,  has  not  kept  tabs  on  the  trend  of  the  times  may  not  realize 
I  that  tlie  up-to-date  teacher  of  to-day  demands  more  in  the 
1  school  room  than  a  blackboard,  crayons,  a  few  maps,  the  regu- 
[  lar  te.xt-books,  and  some  reference  books. 

^  The  last  word  in  educational  circles  has  to  do  with  visual  in- 
L  struction.  That  is  to  say,  we  are  coming  to  realize  that  it 
[  is  far  easier  to  teach  through  the  eye  than  through  mere 

written  or  spoken  words.  The  pupil  may  read  about  the 
|,  Yosemite  or  the  Panama  Canal;  of  the  codfish  industry  of 
^  Newfoundland ;  of  the  life  of  a  salmon ;  or,  of  the  cliff 
,  dwellers,  and  even  see  flat  pictures  that  give  a  certain  amount 
jj  of  information,  but  the  present  day  school  is  calling  to  its  aid 

four  distinct  lines  of  educative  material  which  can  be  seen  with 

the  eye. 

Why  Not  the  Drug-gist  P 

j  Somebody  is  going  to  cater  to  the  needs  of  the  schools  for 
.furnishing  this  material  in  whole  or  in  part.  Why  not  you? 
'  The  druggist  may  as  well  have  the  profits  as  any  one  else, 
and  especially  in  as  far  as  the  goods  are  along  the  line  of 
his  own  regular  supplies. 

First  of  all  are  the  stereoscopic  views  and  the  stereoscope 
itself  which  have  now  been  so  perfected  as  to  be  considered  one 
of  the  inventions  of  the  age.    The  modem  stereoscopic  view  is 
taken  with  a  camera  which  has  two  lenses  side  by  side  in 
place  of  one,  so  that  each  negative  reproduces  the  exact  view 
beheld  by  the  eyes  of  the  individual.     That  is,  these  new 
tviews  are  of  three  dimensions.     They  give  a  distinct  im- 
[-pression  of  depth,  breadth,  and  distance.     Because  of  their 
|- remarkable  power  to  reproduce  a  view  or  object  with  such 
I  startling  accuracy,  they  are  now  being  largely  vsed  for  ilUis- 
Ptrative  purposes  in  the  day  school  room,  the  Sunday  school, 
^and  in  the  home.    Where  classes  use  them,  one  "scope  to  two 
[(or  three  pupils  is  provided,  and  several  sets  of  each  scries  of 
t' views 


Opens  Up  a  Splendid  Field 

The  drug  store  which  stocks  these  and  gives  a  little  time 
to  demonstration,  will  find  a  splendid  field  opening  up,  for 
new  series  are  continually  in  demand.  Schools  call  for  those 
which  show  distant  scenes,  natural  phenomena,  erosions  of 
rock  and  soil,  famous  people,  different  methods  of  transporta- 
tion, etc. 

Second,  a  large  number  of  private  homes  and  institutions 
such  as  schools,  asylums,  State  normals,  churches,  etc.,  etc., 
have  constant  use  for  lantern  slides,  and  if  they  would  be 
assured  of  a  regular  service,  would  be  glad  to  become  a  per- 
manent customer  or  renter. 

The  University  of  Wisconsin  has  established  circuits  all 
over  the  state  with  distributing  points  for  materials  to  meet 
the  demand  for  such  informative  material.  Where  state  ser- 
vice is  not  available,  smaller  individual  circuits  might  be  estab- 
lished very  easily. 

Third,  moving  picture  machines  of  small  size,  but  the  latest 
model,  may  be  sold  for  from  $175  up.  In  addition  to  the 
stereoscopic  views,  moving  picture  films,  and  lantern  slides, 
there  is  another  (the  fourth)  field  which  is  just  coming  to 
be  appreciated  as  an  educative  factor.  That  is  educational 
museum  e.xhibits  in  connection  with  one  or  more  schools.  A 
wide  variety  of  materials  are  used  for  this  purpose,  such  as 
simple  apparatus  illustrating  points  in  physics  and  chemistry, 
crude  and  refined  substances,  industrial  materials  which  dem- 
onstrate the  manufacture  of  raw  materials,  such  as  cloth, 
paper,  rubber,  etc.,  maps,  charts,  and  goods  characteristic 
of  a  given  place  or  people. 

Can  Be  Added  to  Other  Departments 

Where  druggists  carry  school  books  and  supplies,  a  line  of 
this  nature  could  be  very  easily  added.  In  some  places 
pupils,  teachers,  and  parents  have  gladly  joined  energies  to 
provide  funds  to  purchase  such  things  for  the  beginning  of 
an  educational  museum. 

The  druggist  who  will  interest  herself,  can  procure  many 
free  contributions  from  manufacturers  and  large  museums 
and  so  render  an  additional  and  gratuitous  service  which  will 
not  be  forgotten.  If  we  would  have  friends,  we  must  show 
ourselves  friendly. 

These  lines,  particularly  the  picture  ones,  will  fit  in  nicely 
with  a  regular  photographic  department  and  pave  the  way 
for  an  extended  business  of  merit  and  permanency. 


News  From  Around  the  Circuit 


r    Miss   Lillian   \'orsanger,    of   Milwaukee   avenue.  Chicago, 
rentertained  the  Women's  Pharmaceutical   Association   at  its 
^  recent  meeting  and  received  the  customary  souvenir  spoon  of 
N^sociation.    The  following  resolutions  were  adopted: 

■  as,  The  most  tragic  war  now  raging  bctwecT  the  several 
of  Europe  has  caused  a  most  lamentable  world  condition, 

-sirs  look  grave  indeed  for  the  United  States;  and 

•  .IS,  The  Woman's  Pharmaceutical  .\ssociation  deems  it 
to  express  its  extreme  sorrow  for  this  terrible  world  con- 
and  for  the  danger  threatening  our  own   nation;  and  to 

■'.e  sentiment  that  permanent  universal  peace  may  very 
'  '■  the  outcome  of  the  present  chaotic  conditions  of  affairs; 
-e,  be  it 

ved,  That  our  every  thought  and  our  every  word  be  weighed 
e  utmost  gravity;  and,  also  be  it 

•  ed.  That  it  be  our  earnest,  fervent,  and  unceasing  prayer 
'  indomitable  will  of  Him  who  doeth  all  things  well  may 

-  :premc  in  the  minds  and   actions  of  all   those  who  have 

■  r  power  the  solving  of  the  grave  international  problems 
<o  materially  affect  our  own  nation  and  all  the  nations  on 
ind  further,  be  it 

ved.  That  these  resolutions  be  spread  upon  the  records  of 
^ociation;  that  a  copy  be  mailed  to  the  President  of  the 
:  States,  and  that  copies  be  sent  to  the  various  pharmaceuti- 

;  ;al  journals. 

Miss  Helen  McBride,  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  Fannie  McBride, 
^president  of  the  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D.,  has  recently  become  the 
bride  of  Clifford  Jonathon  Casner  of  Youngstown,  Ohio. 


Miss  Beatrice  Walton,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lucius 
Walton,  of  Williamsport,  Pa.,  was  recently  married  to  Dr. 
Louis  Saalbach.  Professor  of  Pharmacy  in  the  University  of 
Pitt.sburg.  The  happy  couple  will  reside  in  that  city  after 
their  return  from  their  wedding  tour. 


A  delightful  l.  tter  from  Sister  M.  Clara  Wolf,  of  St.  Francis 
Hospital,  Pitt^Kurfrh.  Pa.,  speaks  of  the  great  interest  with 
which  she  follows  the  women's  department  in  the  Phj\rma- 
CEUTiCAL  Er.\,  and  declares  that  she  gleans  from  it  much  e;n- 
thusiasm  for  her  work.  She  finds  pharmacy  both  interesting 
and  agreeable  after  four  years  of  practical  experience. 

Sister  Clara  is  a  graduate  of  the  Pitt.sburg  College  of  Phar- 
macy and  her  course  there  afforded  her  much  pleasure  and 
profit.  It  is  not  customary  for  the  Sisters  of  some  institu- 
tions to  seek  publicity  for  themselves  in  any  way,  so  she 
modestly  explains  her  inability  for  this  reason,  to  tell  us  more 
of  her  life  work. 

It  is  a  source  of  great  inspiration  to  all  to  know  that  there 
are  those  who  are  serving  in  earnest  .self-sacrincing  ways 
themselves  of  whom  we  hear  little,  yet  who  are  watching  the 
rest  with  keenest  interest  and  pleasure. 


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Members  of  the  Ladies'  Auxiliary  of  the  N.  A.  R  D. 

Top  row:  Miss  Hazel  liuhn,  Mrs.  Truman  Griffin,  Mrs.  W.  B. 
Fields;  secand  row.  Miss  Alberta  Austin,  Mrs.  E.  V. 
Clark,  Mrs.  L.  M.  Rasmussen;  third  row.  Mrs.  A.  J. 
Kline,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Kemps,  Mrs.  A.  Ude;  bottom  row. 
Mrs.  M.  H.  Wittich.  Mrs.  George  Gilmore,  Mrs.  E.  L. 
Newcomb. 

bers  of  this  club  are  also  members  of  the  W.  O.  Chapter  in 
Chicago.  The  women  of  the  Allied  Drug  Club  take  in  those 
who  represent  nearly  allied  interests  as  well  as  those  exclusively 
connected  with  the  retail  trade.  In  the  receiving  line  were: 
Mrs.  George  Lenz,  Mrs.  George  Mathison,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Haukc, 
Mrs.  H.  L.  Etherington,  Mrs.  H.  S.  McCracken,  Mrs.  Fred 
Starr,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Schroeder,  Mrs.  William  Gallagher,  Mrs. 
A.  Ackerman,  Mrs.  C.  H.  Merker,  Mrs.  John  Blacklidge, 
Mrs.  P.  J.  Miniter,  and  Mrs.  A.  E.  Zuber,  and  on  the  Pro- 
gram Committee  the  following,  to  the  delight  of  the  members 
present:  Miss  Frances  Lawrence,  Miss  Hunter  Thomas,  Miss 
Mignonette  Schruta,  and  Miss  Lorraine  Lonek. 

Miss  Charlotte  E.  Stimson,  pharmacist  at  tlie  Evanston 
State  Hospital,  Evanston,  111.,  has  undertaken  a  brand  new 
"side  line,"  and  moreover,  it  deserves  to  prosper.  She  has 
opened  a  home  at  8211  Cornell  avenue,  Chicago,  to  be  known 
as  the  Stimson  Resthaven.  She  expects  to  have  two  nurses 
in  charge  of  the  Resthaven,  and  to  give  it  her  personal  super- 


vision and  attention  in  her  spare  time.  Her  patrons  will  have 
the  comforts  of  a  home  with  the  service  of  a  hospital.  She 
will  care  for  tired,  worn-out  people,  and  convalescent  surgical 
and  medical  cases,  also  people  who  need  rest,  quiet,  fresh  air, 
massage,  correct  diet,  etc. 

The  Woman's  Pharmaceutical  Association  of  Chicago  met 
Saturday,  October  9  with  Miss  Charlotte  E.  Stimson  at  8211 
Cornell  avenue.  As  Miss  Stimson  has  just  opened  Resthaven, 
the  association  meeting  was  a  "house  warming"  and  the  mem- 
bers surprised  the  hostess  by  making  a  "hospital  shower". 

Mrs.  Nellie  Florence  Lee,  Secretary  of  the  W.  O.  N.  A. 
R.  D.,  made  an  extended  tour  of  the  middle  West  following 
the  Minneapolis  Convention.  She  was  the  honored  guest  of 
the  chapters  of  that  organization  in  many  different  places. 


The  Milwaukee  chapter  of  the  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D.  again 
won  the  banner  for  the  largest  increase  in  membership  during 
the  year,  having  made  a  gain  of  almost  forty  per  cent. 


Members  of  the  Ladies'  Auxii.l\ry  of  the  X.  A.  R.  D. 
Top  row.  Mi.ss  Evelyn  Williams,  Miss  Helen  Petersen,  Mrs. 

A.H.  PersaU;  second  row.  Mrs.  C.  Diddy,  Mrs.  A.  Younger. 

Mrs.  Leonard  Spencer:  third  row.  Mrs.  W.  5.  Lathrop. 

Mrs.  M.  A.  Schcldrup.  Mrs.  F.  Hainert;  bottom  rou-:  Mrs. 

C.  H.  Pearson,  Mrs.  W.  L.  Pakkela,  Mrs.  Glen  Roberts. 


The  A.  Ph.  A.  Report  on  ''Proprietaries" 

Association  Proposed  Standards  Which  Should  Govern 
Manufacture   and  Sale  of    All    Ready-Made  Medicines 

{Continued  from  October  Era,  page  421) 

MINIMUM  REQUIREMENTS  WITH  WHICH  PROPRIETARY  REMEDIES  SHOULD  COMPLY  IN  ORDER 
TO  RENDER  THEM  SAFE    FOR  DIRECT  SALE  TO  THE  GENERAL  PUBLIC 

The  t'ollowiug  declarations  are  provisional,  and  subject  to  repeal,  moditication  or  expansion  as 
the  commission  may  later  decide. 

(1)  Prescription  Fakes,  Concealment  of  Proprietary  Character — The  preparation  must  not  be 
named  or  advertised  in  such  a  way  as  to  conceal  its  proprietary  character  and  lead  the  purchaser  to 
believe  that  it  is  a  simple  chemical  or  vegetable  drug  ordinarily  purchasable  in  small  quantities  instead 
of  a  proprietary'  mixture  or  substance. 

(2)  Methods  of  Marketing — The  preparation  must  be  one  which  is  regularly  offered  to  the  pub- 
lic through  the  usual  trade  channels,  i.  e.,  through  regular  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in  ready-made 
medicines,  and  thus  subject  to  inspection  by  the  authorities  charged  with  the  enforcement  of  state  food 
and  drug  laws. 

(3)  Alcohol  Content — If  the  preparation  contains  alcohol,  it  must  be  sufficiently  medicated  to 
prevent  its  use  as  an  intoxicating  beverage,  and  in  addition  to  this  requirement,  the  proportion  of 
alcohol  present  must  not  be  greater  than  is  properly  necessary  to  hold  in  solution  in  permanently  active 
condition  the  essential  constituents  of  the  preparation,  and  to  protect  the  preparation  against  freezing, 
fermentation,  or  other  deleterious  change. 

(4)  Content  of  Habit-Forming  Narcotic  Drugs — If  the  preparation  is  one  which  is  capable  of 
being  used  internally,  whether  recommended  for  internal  use  or  not,  it  must  not  contain  cocaine,  nor 
shall  it  contain  opium  or  any  of  its  alkaloids  or  their  derivatives,  in  greater  proportions  than  those 
specified  in  Section  Six  of  the  Federal  Law  commonly  known  as  the  Harrison  Act,  and  it  shall  also 
contain  other  active  drugs  in  such  proportion  that  the  use  of  the  preparation  will  not  be  likely  to 
create  a  drug  habit,  nor  satisfy  such  a  habit  when  previously  existing. 

(5)  Remedies  for  Children's  Use — If  intended  for  administration  to  infants  or  children,  the 
I  preparation  must  not  contain  cocaine,  or  opium  or  its  alkaloids,  or  their  derivatives  in  any  proportion 
1  M'hatever. 

(6)  Activity  of  the  Preparation,  Cautions  Against  Misuse — The  preparation  must  be  of  such 
I  character  that  it  will  not  be  liable  to  endanger  life  or  health  when  used  in  accordance  with  the  accom- 
i  panying  instructions,  and  if  the  preparation  is  one  which  is  liable  to  occasion  injury  when  improperly 

used  or  when  used  to  excess,  the  accompanying  literature  must  bear  instructions  tending  to  guard 
against  such  improper  or  excessive  lase. 

(7)  Immoral  or  Illegal  Purposes — The  preparation  must  not  be  intended  for  use  as  an  aborti- 
facient  nor  for  use  for  any  other  immoral  or  illegal  purpose,  nor  must  it  be  advertised  or  recommended 
either  directly  or  indirectly  a.s  an  abortifaoient  or  for  any  immoral  or  illegal  purpose. 

(8)  Incurable  and  Contagious  Diseases — The  preparation  must  not  be  advertised  or  recommended 
as  a  cure  for  diseases  or  conditions  wliich  are  generally  recognized  as  incurable  by  the  simple  adminis- 
tration of  drugs,  or  for  the  cure  of  contagious  or  acute  diseases  the  treatment  of  which  properly  re- 

'  quires  the  supervision  of  a  qualified  medical  attendant. 

I  (9)    Conformity  to  the  Federal  Food  and  Drugs  Act — Neither  the  label  on  the  package  nor  any  of 

I  the  accnmpnnyin£r  literature  shall  bear  or  contain  any  statement  in  conflict  with  the  misbranding  pro- 
I  visions  of  the  Federal  Food  and  Drugs  Act. 

[  (10)    Advertising  Not  Accompanying  the  Package — Advertising  not  accompanying  the  package 

I  shall  conform  substantially  to  the  statements  on  the  label,  carton,  or  in  the  accompanying  circulars  as 
J  to  the  origin,  composition  or  character  of  the  preparation,  or  concerning  its  curative  or  remedial  value. 


IX  1914  there  appeared  the  report  of  the  select  committee 
of  the  House  of  Commons  which  had  been  directed  to 
.  make  a  general  inquiry  into  the  trade  in  patent  and  pro- 
L'  prietary  medicines  as  conducted  in  Great  Britain.  The  in- 
I  quiry  extended  through  three  sessions  of  Parliament,  during 
l|  which  thirty-three  public  sittings  were  held,  42  expert  wit- 
I  nesses  were  examined,  and  more  than  14,000  questions  were 
I  propounded. 

I  N'ine  of  the  witnesses  were  representatives  of  Government 
i  departments,  eleven  were  medical  practitioners,  five  were  pub- 
;  lie  analysts,  four  were  wholesale  or  manufacturing  druggists, 
I  and  nine  were  the  manufacturers  of  proprietary  medicinal 
I  preparations. 

I  The  printed  report  presents  the  conclusions  of  what  was 
j  probably  the  most  extended  and  complete  investigation  of  the 

I  Page  four  sixty-nine 

:) 

i 


proprietary  medicine  industry  ever  made  under  official  super- 
vision. 

While  the  report  is  entirely  too  long  for  presentation  at 
this  place,  a  brief  synopsis  of  its  principal  features  may  be 
of  interest. 

The  report  presents  a  review  of  the  laws  of  Great  Britain 
and  her  colonial  possessions,  from  which  it  would  seem  that  in 
Great  Britain  there  is  much  less  control  of  the  sale  of  fraud- 
ulent and  dangerous  medicines  than  is  exercised  in  the  United 
States  through  the  operation  of  the  Federal  Food  and  Drugs 
Act,  and  of  similar  acts  in  most  of  the  states. 

Analyses  of  Secret  Remedies 

The  difficulty  of  making  accurate  analyses  of  remedies  con- 
taining vegetable  extractives  is  considered  and  the  conclusion 


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reached  that  complete  identification  of  the  ingredients  of  a 
complex  mixture  may  be  impossible  when  drugs  are  used  which 
do  not  contain  constituents  of  well-marked  chemical  charac- 
teristics, and  that  of  a  mixture  of  vegetable  extracts  the  maker 
"can  truthfully  say  that  the  composition  of  his  remedy  cannot 
be  discovered  by  analysis,"  and  also  that  mixtures  of  "tinc- 
tures, infusions,  decoctions,  extracts,  etc.,  may  defy  all  chemi- 
cal, microscopic,  spectroscopic,  olfactory  or  physiological  an- 
alyses. While  a  mixture,  therefore,  may  have  a  therapeutical 
value,  it  may  also  be  made  to  defy  the  analytical  exposure 
of  a  fraudulent  claim  of  therapeutical  value." 

Classification  of  Proprietaries 
In  the  language  of  the  report:  "Patent  and  proprietary 
medicines  differ  very  widely  in  character.  At  one  end  of  the 
scale  is  the  valuable  scientific  preparation;  at  the  other  end 
is  the  mere  vulgar  swindle.  Any  useful  consideration  of  them 
must  therefore  be  preceded  by  some  classification  into  distinct 
categories,  as  these  may  call  for  widely  differing  treatment  in 
the  public  interest,  corresponding  to  their  differences  of  char- 
acter." 

Non-secret  proprietaries  are  divided  into  the  three  following 
groups : 

1.  "Genuine  drugs  originally  produced  synthetically,  or  ex- 
tracted from  crude  compounds  by  skilled  chemists  and  tested 
by  therapeutists,"  the  process  of  manufacture  of  which  are  pat- 
ented or  the  names  of  which  are  registered  as  trade-marks, 
represented  by  such  examples  as  aspirin,  adrenalin  and  uro- 
tropin. 

2.  Remedies  "that  contain  no  new  drugs,  but  are  only  new 
combinations,  depending  for  their  potable  or  assimilable  qual- 
ities upon  the  skill  with  which  they  are  compounded,"  as 
"various  emulsions  of  cod-liver  oil  or  petroleum,  and  mixtures 
of  bismuth  with  pepsin." 

3.  Non-secret  drugs  with  secret  excipients,  or  "known  drugs 
with  formula  disclosed,  mixed  for  purposes  of  convenient  or 
elegant  manufacture  with  minute  quantities  of  medically  inert 
substances,  the  nature  of  which  is  a  trade  secret." 

Concerning  the  above  three  groups  the  report  states:  "It 
will  be  evident  that  unless  some  of  the  above  drugs  are  such 
as  should  not  be  sold  at  all;  unless  it  should  be  thought  desir- 
able to  forbid  unfounded  claims  of  efficacy  in  curing  disease; 
or  unless  any  restriction  of  the  multiplication  of  trade  names 
be  recommended,  there  is  nothing  in  the  above  Class  calling 
for  interference  in  the  public  interest." 

Secret  Remedies 

Secret  remedies  are  classified  under  four  groups  which  may 
be  summarized  as  follows: 

(1)  "Household  Remedies,  often  originally  manufactured 
from  a  doctor's  family  prescription,  and  undoubtedly  beneficial 
for  uncomplicated  ailments,  *  *  *  Except  for  the  fact  that 
often  the  advertisements  of  them  recommend  their  use  for  cases 
they  cannot  benefit,  thus  causing  the  purchaser  to  run  the  risk 
of  serious  injury  by  delay  in  securing  proper  medical  treatment, 
there  is  little  or  nothing  to  criticise  in  their  sale." 

(2)  "Dangerous  remedies  and  drugs  for  improper  purposes," 
"which  should  not  be  sold  at  all,  or  which  should  be  sold  only 
on  a  doctor's  prescription,  or  which  should  not  be  sold  for  the 
purpose  for  which  they  are  offered." 

(3)  "Fraudulent  remedies,"  "consisting  of  abortifacients, 
of  alleged  cures  for  cancer,  consumption,  diabetes,  paralysis, 
locomotor  ataxia,  Bright's  disease,  lupus,  fits,  epilepsy,  rupture 
(without  operation  or  appliance)  deafness,  disease  of  the  eye, 
syphilis,  etc.,  together  with  electric  belts,  apparatus  for  supply- 
ing oxygen  to  the  system,  (other  than  by  inspiration)  'ionized' 
waters,"  and  the  like.  "There  should  be  little  difficulty  in  iden- 
tifying remedies  of  this  class,  and  their  treatment  in  the  pub- 
lic interest  need  involve  no  doubt  or  hesitation.  They  are,  and 
are  known  by  their  makers,  to  be,  cruel  frauds;  and  the  sale 
and  advertisement  of  them  should  be  prohibited  under  drastic 
penalties." 

(4)  "Genuine  simple  remedies"  which  possess  real  thera- 
peutic value,  but  "depending  for  their  sale  largely  or  wholly 
upon  the  extravagant  promises  they  hold  out  to  the  purchaser," 
including  such  as  "under  the  name  of  mishmndiiit;."  are  "now 
prohibited  by  law  in  the  United  States,"  and  such  as  are  "re- 
fused admission  into  Australia." 

Concerning  the  latter  the  report  says:  "This  group  pre- 
sents obviously  great  difficulties  in  drawing  the  line  bet\»ecn 
claims  which  are  merely  'puffs'  and  claims  which  arc  fraudu- 


lent, but  we  regard  it  as  beyond  question  that  the  public  is 
defrauded  on  a  large  scale  by  promises  which  cannot  pos- 
sibly be  fulfilled." 

The  report  submits  examples  of  questionable  secret  remedies 
and  of  the  exaggerated  and  fraudulent  claims  made  for  them, 
and  of  "fake  prescription  proprietaries"  under  coined  names 
especially  designed  to  "deceive  the  public  into  the  belief  that 
they  are  not  proprietary  articles,  but  are  familiar  drugs,  pur- 
chasable in  small  quantities  at  ordinary  prices." 

Examples  of  British  nostrums  of  this  class  are  "pure  colorless 
kalamax,"  "salith  leaves,"  "stallax,"  "pilenta  soap,"  "jettaline," 
"allacite  of  orange  blossom,"  "tennaline,"  "carmarole,"  etc. 
The  Trade  in  Abortifacients 
Judging  from  the  space  devoted  to  the  subject,  abortifacients 
or  alleged  abortifacients  are  more  numerous  and  are  advertised 
and  sold  more  openly  in  the  United  Kingdom  than  in  the 
United  States. 

From  the  report  it  appears  that  these  abortifacients  are  not 
commonly  sold  in  the  form  of  recognized  proprietary  medicines, 
but  it  is  said  that  "simple  aperient  pills  from  reputable  makers 
are  frequently  recommended  in  language  suggesting  that  they 
are  efficacious  for  this  purpose,"  as,  for  example,  the  recom- 
mendation that  women  suffering  from  any  "unusual  delay" 
take  5  pills  a  day. 

The  Medical  Profession  and  Secret  Remedies 
The  committee  states  that  "so  far  as  we  have  been  able  to 
discover,  no  scientific  chemist  and  no  qualified  medical  man, 
with  rare  exceptions,  is  connected  with  or  employed  in  the 
manufacture  of  secret  remedies  such  as  those  we  have  placed 
in  Class  B,"  (secret  remedies)  which  is  certainly  contrary 
to  experience  in  America,  where  a  considerable  number  of 
medical  frauds  have  been  exploited  by  persons  regularly 
licensed  to  practice  medicine. 

The  report  admits,  however,  "that  many  medical  men  give 
testimonials  (with  the  use  of  their  medical  qualifications  but 
without  the  use  of  their  names)  to  proprietary  and  secret 
remedies." 

The  Publication  of  Formulas 

Perhaps  the  most  unexpected  feature  of  the  report  is  the 
position  which  the  committee  takes  with  regard  to  the  publi- 
cation of  the  formulas  of  proprietary  remedies.  Considering 
that  the  personnel  of  the  committee  was  one  which  suggested 
the  probability  of  a  report  unfavorable  to  the  proprietary  med- 
icine business  in  general,  and  that  the  majority  of  tlie  witnesses 
examined  were  those  whose  official  positions  or  personal  inter- 
ests might  prompt  them  to  oppose  the  sale  of  secret  medicines, 
it  was  anticipated  that  one  of  the  recommendations  of  the 
committee  would  be  an  unqualified  pronouncement  in  favor 
of  compelling  the  publication  of  formulae  of  proprietary  rem- 
edies. The  conclusions  of  the  committee  are,  however,  quite 
the  reverse,  as  will  appear  from  the  following: 

"It  has  been  strongly  urged  upon  us,  chiefly  by  witnesses 
representing  the  medical  profession,  that  every  remedy  sold 
should  by  law  be  compelled  to  bear  a  label  stating  its  exact 
composition.  This  is  what  is  meant  by  'exhibition  of  formula.' 
and  witnesses  advocating  it  came  to  us  convinced  that  this 
simple  change  in  the  law  would  secure  adequate  protection 
of  the  public  against  injury  and  fraud. 

"We  have  given  long  and  careful  consideration  to  this  pro- 
posal and  we  find  ourselves  unable  to  recommend  it.  In  tiie 
first  place  it  would  beyond  question  inflict  a  grave  hardship, 
sometimes  amounting  to  ruin,  upon  proprietors  of  secret  renri- 
edies,  or  the  loss  of  dieir  investments  upon  shareholders  in 
limited  companies.  Any  long  established  remedy  in  the  law- 
ful advertising  and  sale  of  which  ver>'  large  sums  have  been 
spent,  would  immediately  be  faced  upon  the  market  by  a 
score  of  preparations  advertised  as  made  from  the  same  formuh 
and  sold  at  a  much  lower  price.  An  example  was  given 
us  of  a  remedy  the  proprietar>'  rights  of  which  were  immedi- 
ately dc.'itroycd  by  disclosure  of  its  formula. 

"The  above  would  not,  we  are  aware,  be  a  conclusive  argu- 
ment against  this  proposal  if  its  adoption  would  really _  prr- 
tect  the  public  against  danger  and  fraud.  We  are  convinced 
however,  that  such  would  not  be  the  case.  Any  benefit  resiilt- 
ing  from  exhibition  of  formula  must  obviously  depend  for 
its  efficacv  upon  the  intelligence  and  education  of  the  intenc- 
ing  purchaser.  It  could  not  in  any  other  way  afford  protec- 
tion to  the  purchaser  or  restrict  the  operations  of  the  vendor, 
ihcHigh  incidentallv  it  would  enable  a  retail  chemist  to  offrf 


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the  same  drug  or  mixture  made  up  by  himself,  at  a  lower 
price.  But  to  a  large  majority  of  purchasers  a  statement  of 
composition  or  contents  on  the  label  would  afford  no  informa- 
tion whatever.  The  disclosure  that  a  remedy  contains  or  con- 
sists of  "acetyl-salicylic  acid,"  or  "he.xametliylene-tetramine," 
or  "phenolphthalein,"  or  "taka-diastase,"  or  "emplastrum 
plumbi,"  or  even  "acetanilid,"  or  "potassium  iodide,"  would 
be  meaningless  to  most  people;  indeed,  the  simplest  substances 
might  acquire  distinction  from  being  described  in  technical 
chemical  language — soap,  for  instance,  a  large  ingredient  of 
the  most  popular  aperient  pills,  posing  as  "sodium  oleate  and 
stearate."  And  if  it  be  rejoined  that  the  popular  name  should 
be  required  to  be  given,  the  answer  is  obvious  that  many  of 
the  most  important  drugs,  such  as  most  of  those  mentioned 
above,  have  no  popular  name.  Further,  an  accurate  statement 
of  contents  might  be  in  itself  misleading.  For  example,  if 
"phosferine"  were  stated  to  contain  phosphoric  acid,  almost 
every  purchaser  would  believe  that  he  was  getting  assimilable 
phosphorus." 

"For  these  reasons  exhibition  of  formula  (except  in  the  case 
of  alcohol,  poisons,  and  certain  dangerous  drugs)   does  not 
appear  to  us  to  be  a  proper,  practical  or  effective  measure." 
Eecommendations 

The  principal  points  of  the  final  recommendations  of  the 
parliamentary  committee  are  as  follows: 

"That  the  administration  of  the  law  governing  the  adver- 
tisement and  sale  of  patent,  secret  and  proprietary  medicines 
and  appliances  be  co-ordinated  and  combined  under  the  author- 
ity of  one  Department  of  State. 

"That  there  be  established  at  the  Department  concerned  a 
register  of  manufacturers,  proprietors  and  importers  of  patent, 
secret  and  proprietary  remedies,  and  that  every  such  person 
be  required  to  apply  for  a  certificate  of  registration  and  to 
furnish  (a)  the  principal  address  of  the  responsible  manufac- 
turer or  representative  in  this  country,  and  (b)  a  list  of  the 
medicine  or  medicines  proposed  to  be  made  or  imported. 

"That  an  exact  and  complete  statement  of  the  ingredients 
and  the  proportions  of  the  same  of  every  patent,  secret  and 
proprietary  remedy;  of  the  contents  other  than  wine,  and  the 
alcoholic  strength  of  every  medicated  wine,  and  a  full  statement 
of  the  therapeutic  claims  made  or  to  be  made ;  and  a  specimen 
of  every  appliance  for  the  cure  of  ailments  other  than  recognized 
surgical  appliances,  to  be  furnished  to  this  Department,  such 
information  not  to  be  disclosed  except  as  hereinafter  recom- 
mended, the  Department  to  control  such  statement,  at  their 
discretion,  by  analyses  made  confidentially  by  the  Government 
Chemist. 

"That  a  special  Court  or  Commission  be  constituted  with 
power  to  permit  or  to  prohibit  in  the  public  interest,  or  on  the 
ground  of  non-compliance  with  the  law,  the  sale  and  advertise- 
ment of  any  patent,  secret  or  proprietary  remedy  or  appliance, 
and  that  the  commission  appointed  for  the  purpose  be  a  judicial 
authority  such  as  a  Metropolitan  Police  Magistrate  sitting 
with  two  assessors,  one  appointed  by  the  Department,  and  the 
other  by  some  such  body  as  the  London  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce. 

"That  a  registration  number  be  assigned  to  every  remedy  per- 
mitted to  be  sold,  and  that  every  bottle  or  package  of  it  be 
required  to  bear  the  imprint  'R.N  '  (with  the  num- 
ber), and  that  no  other  words  referring  to  the  registration 
be  permitted. 

"That  in  case  of  a  remedy  the  sale  of  which  is  prohibited, 
the  proprietor  or  manufacturer  be  entitled  to  appeal  to  the 
High  Court  against  the  prohibition. 

"That  the  Department  be  empowered  to  require  the  name 
and  proportion  of  any  poisonous  or  potent  drug  forming  an 
ingredient  of  any  remedy  exhibited  upon  the  label. 

"That  every  medicated  wine  and  every  proprietary  remedy 
containing  more  alcohol  than  that  required  for  pharmacologi- 
cal purposes,  be  required  to  state  upon  the  label  the  proportion 
of  alcohol  contained  in  it. 

"That  the  advertisement  and  sale   (except  the  sale  by  a 
doctor's  order)  of  medicines  purporting  to  cure  the  follow- 
ing diseases  be  prohibited; 
cancer  fits 
consumption  epilepsy 
I  hipus  locomotor  ataxia 

deafness  Bright's  disease 

diabetes  rupture  (without  operation  or 

paralysis  appliance) 


"That  all  advertisements  of  remedies  for  diseases  arising  from 
sexual  intercourse  or  referring  to  sexual  weakness  be  prohibited. 

"That  all  advertisements  likely  to  suggest  that  a  medicine 
is  an  abortifacient  be  prohibited. 

"That  it  be  a  breach  of  the  law  to  change  the  composition 
of  a  remedy  without  informing  the  Department  of  the  pro- 
posed change. 

"That  fancy  names  for  recognized  drugs  be  subject  to  regu- 
lation. 

"That  the  period  of  validity  of  a  name  used  as  a  trade- 
mark for  a  drug  be  limited,  as  in  the'  case  of  patents  and 
copyright-s. 

"That  it  be  a  breach  of  the  law  to  give  a  false  trade  descrip- 
tion of  any  remedy,  and  that  the  following  be  a  definition  of 
a  false  trade  description :— '.\  statement,  design  or  device  re- 
garding any  article  or  preparation,  or  the  drugs  or  ingredi- 
ents or  substances  contained  therein,  or  the  curative  or  thera- 
peutic effect  thereof,  which  is  false  or  misleading  in  any  par- 
ticular.' And  that  the  onus  of  proof  that  he  had  reasonable 
ground  for  belief  in  the  truth  of  any  statement  by  him  regard- 
ing a  remedy,  be  placed  upon  the  manufacturer  or  proprietor 
of  such  remedy. 

"That  it  be  a  breach  of  the  law — 

(a)  "To  enclose  with  one  remedy  printed  matter  recom- 

mending another  remedy. 

(b)  "To  invite  sufferers  from  an  ailment  to  correspond 

with  the  vendor  of  a  remedy. 

(c)  "To  make  use  of  the  name  of  a  fictitious  person  in 

connection  with  a  remedy.  (But  it  should  be  within 
the  power  of  the  Department  to  permit  the  exemp- 
tion of  an  old  established  remedy  from  this  pro- 
vision.) 

(d)  "To  make  use  of  fictitious  testimonials. 

(e)  "To  publish  a  recommendation  of  a  secret  remedy  by 

a  medical  practitioner  unless  his  or  her  full  name, 
qualifications  and  address  be  given. 

(f)  "To  promise  to  return  money  paid  if  a  cure  is  not 

effected. 

A  Provisional  Standard  for  Patent  Medicines 

In  view  of  the  extended  work  of  the  A.  M.  A.  Council  on 
Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  upon  proprietaries  addressed  especi- 
ally to  the  medical  profession,  it  is  not  likely  that  the  commis- 
sion will  greatly  concern  itself  with  this  particular  class  of 
preparations,  except  perhaps  in  connection  with  their  purely 
trade  relations. 

As  regards  non-ethical  proprietaries,  or  patent  medicines, 
the  commission  has  undertaken  to  formulate  a  set  of  tentative 
declarations  setting  forth  certain  requirements  as  a  minimum 
standard  which  non-ethical  proprietary  medicines  should  meet 
in  order  to  render  them  safe  in  the  hands  of  the  general 
public. 

It  should  be  noted  that  these  declarations  are  put  forward 
as  provisional,  and  that  they  do  not  necessarily  represent  the 
final  opinion  of  the  Commission  as  to  the  requirements  with 
which  this  class  of  preparations  should  be  expected  to  comply. 

The  reasons  for  the  adoption  of  some  of  these  declarations 
will  probably  be  sufficiently  apparent  without  explanation.  In 
the  case  of  some  others  a  brief  review  of  the  reasons  which 
lead  to  their  adoption  may  be  of  value. 

Fraudulent  Prescription  Nostrums 

Some  ten  or  a  dozen  years  ago,  there  appeared  a  class  of 
proprietary  articles,  now  commonly  known  under  the  title 
of  "fraudulent  prescription  nostrums,"  which  because  of  the 
cleverness  with  which  they  were  advertised  immediately  be- 
came very  profitable  to  their  exploiters,  and  as  a  consequence 
increased  in  numbers  until  they  have  become  a  veritable 
plague  to  the  drug  business,  both  wholesale  and  retail.  While 
differing  in  other  respects,  these  nostrums  possess  the  common 
characteristic  of  employing  fanciful  or  coined  names  designed 
to  conceal  their  proprietary  character  and  to  convey  the  idea 
that  they  are  simple  chemical  compounds,  or  known  vegetable 
drugs  commonly  found  in  drug  stores  and  purchasable  in  small 
quantities. 

One  popular  forrn  of  advertisement  for  these  nostrums  is 
a  pretended  prescription  or  formula,  the  name  of  the  ncstrum 
being  cleverly  introduced  among  a  list  of  popularly  known 
drugs,  the  combination  either  to  be  made  up  by  the  druggist 
or  by  the  purchaser  himself. 

Many  of  these  hypocritical  formulas  appeal  to  the  feminine 
desire  for  personal  beauty,  and  are  exploited  as  the  prescrip- 


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tions  of  alleged  medical  specialists,  or  as  used  by  some  famous 
stage  beauty. 

Chemical  analyses  of  this  particular  breed  of  nostrums  show 
that  they  are  frequently  composed  of  the  most  common  and 
cheap  ingredients,  as  table  salt,  baking  soda,  alum,  borax, 
powdered  soap,  etc.,  tinted  and  scented  to  conceal  their  simple 
character,  and  usually  sold  at  prices  enormously  in  excess  of 
their  real  value. 

Admitting  that  certain  of  these  combinations  may  possess 
some  of  the  cosmetic  or  medicinal  value  claimed  for  them, 
the  commission  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  plain  hypocrisy  of 
their  exploitation  is  indefensible  upon  any  ground  of  fair 
commercial  practice,  and  has  accordingly  introduced  into  the 
list  or  requirements  for  proprietary  medicines  the  following : 

Prescription  Pakes,  Concealment  of  Proprietary 
Character 

The  preparation  must  not  be  named  or  advertised  in  such 
a  way  as  to  conceal  its  proprietary  character  and  lead  the 
purchaser  to  believe  that  it  is  a  simple  chemical  or  vegetable 
drug  ordinarily  purchasable  in  small  quantities,  instead  of  a 
proprietary  mixture  or  substance. 

Mail  Order  Medicines 

Another  class  of  proprietaries  deserving  of  special  mention 
are  the  products  of  what  may  be  denominated  as  the  "mail 
order  practice  of  medicine."  This  scheme  is  usually  worked 
in  the  name  of  a  physician  or  company  of  physicians,  operating 
either  on  their  own  account  or  in  the  employment  of  third 
persons,  and  consists  in  the  use  of  newspaper  advertisements 
or  of  purchased  mailing  lists  to  get  into  communication  with 
prospective  customers  and  then  continuing  the  connection  by 
means  of  mail  correspondence.  Pretentious  symptom  blanks 
are  sent  to  the  patient  to  be  filled  out,  but  no  matter  what 
the  symptoms  are,  the  case  is  treated  by  sending  of  one  or  more 
stock  mixtures  which  seem  to  fit  every  case. 

If  these  ready-made  mixtures  were  found  in  the  stock  of  a 
drug  store  they  would  undoubtedly  be  denominated  patent  med- 
icines, but  if  they  were  found  in  either  wholesale  or  retail 
drug  stocks  they  would  be  subject  both  to  Federal  and  to 
State  food  and  drug  laws,  and  to  investigation  and  analysis 
by  State  food  and  drug  departments.  Masquerading  as  they 
do  under  the  disguise  of  physicians'  prescriptions  they  escape 
the  wholesome  control  of  these  agencies,  and  as  shown  by  the 
exposures  in  Nostrums  and  Quackery,  have  been  the  frequent 
instruments  of  fraud,  and  the  means  of  disseminating  habit- 
forming  drugs. 

Bearing  upon  this  method  of  marketing,  the  commission  has 
adopted  the  following  declaration: 

Methods  of  Marketing 

The  preparation  must  be  one  which  is  regularly  offered  to 
the  public  through  the  usual  trade  channels,  i.  e.,  through 
regular  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in  ready-made  medicines, 
and  thus  subject  to  inspection  by  the  authorities  charged 'with 
the  enforcement  of  state  food  and  drug  laws. 

Alcohol  Content 

The  purposes  for  which  alcohol  may  be  legitimately  used  in 
a  medicinal  preparation  are  to  extract  and  hold  the  active 
constituents  of  drugs  in  solution  in  permanently  active  condi- 
tion, or  to  prevent  fermentation,  moulding,  freezing  or  other 
spoilage. 

Whether  or  not  an  alcoholic  medicine  can  be  made  to  serve 
as  a  substitute  for  a  beverage  alcoholic  liquor  depends  upon 
the  degree  and  character  of  the  medication,  or  upon  whether 
or  not  the  degree  of  medication  is  sufficiently  great  to  render 
it  impossible  to  obtain  sufficient  alcohol  to  produce  the  char- 
acteristic stimulation  of  that  compound  without  taking  an  over- 
dose of  the  remaining  constituents. 

This  excess  of  alcohol  in  proportion  to  the  degree  of  medica- 
tion may  be  the  result  of  design  with  the  intention  of  selling 
an  alcoholic  stimulant  under  the  disg\iise  of  a  medicine,  or  it 
may  be  due  to  the  fact  that  the  medicating  substance  naturally 
possesses  such  low  activity  that  it  is  difficult  to  include  suf- 
ficient of  it  in  the  solution  to  prevent  the  predominance  of  the 
alcoholic  effect.  The  latter  is  the  case  with  numerous  un- 
doubtedly legitimate  official  preparations,  such  as  many  of  the 
spirits,  elixirs,  tinctures,  essences,  etc.,  which,  although  the  at- 
tempt is  made  to  reduce  their  alcoholic  content  to  the  lowest 
degree  consistent  with  pharmaceutical  requirements,  yet  are 
capable  of  serving  more  or  less  perfectly  as  alcoholic  sub- 
stitutes. 

In  Tiew  of  the  fact  that  alcohol  is  a  rather  expensive  in- 


gredient to  use  in  proprietary  medicines,  it  may  be  assumed  that 
when  such  remedies  are  issued  in  good  faith  the  alcoholic 
percentage  will  be  as  low  as  the  pharmaceutical  requirements 
of  the  particular  combination  will  permit.  Conversely,  it 
seems  fair  to  assume  that  when  the  alcohol  percentage  of  a  mix- 
ture is  far  in  excess  of  pharmaceutical  requirements,  it  is  for 
the  express  purpose  of  making  a  preparation  that  will  serve  as 
a  substitute  for  beverage  alcoholic  liquors. 

In  considering  this  question  use  was  first  made  of  the  in- 
vestigations of  the  U.  S.  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue 
in  connection  with  the  collection  of  the  tax  upon  the  sale  of 
alcoholic  liquors  at  retail,  the  results  of  which  are  issued 
from  time  to  time  in  the  form  of  printed  lists  of  alleged  med- 
icinal compounds  which  are  deemed  so  strongly  alcoholic  in 
proportion  to  the  degree  of  medication  as  to  bring  them  fairly 
within  the  class  of  alcoholic  beverages. 

The  revenue  list  examined  was  dated  June  6,  1914,  and 
contained  287  titles  of  such  preparations,  with  the  names 
and  addresses  of  their  manufacturers. 

Upon  comparing  this  list  with  two  .of  the  largest  whole- 
sale price  lists  of  proprietary  medicines,  there  was  found 
after  the  elimination  of  duplicates,  a  total  of  14  preparations 
named  in  the  price  lists  which  were  also  included  in  the 
revenue  list.  In  other  words,  14  preparations  recognized  as 
proprietary  preparations  by  the  publishers  of  price  lists  of 
such  preparations  are  also  recognized  as  excessively  alcoholic 
by  the  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue. 

Examination  of  several  retail  drug  stocks  failed  to  show  the 
presence  of  any  of  this  class  of  preparations  on  sale,  and  in- 
quiries addressed  to  several  wholesale  druggists  brought  the 
reply  that  the  great  majority  of  the  preparations  contained 
in  the  Revenue  Department  circular  were  practically  unknown 
to  the  wholesale  drug  trade,  and  that  it  was  believed  that 
they  were  mostly  sold  through  the  saloon  trade  or  were  prepa- 
rations of  local  character  devised  to  evade  local  prohibitory 
laws,  and  ordinances,  and  not  offered  for  sale  outside  of  the 
localities  in  which  they  originated. 

The  subject  was  next  approached  by  the  examination  of  the 
statements  of  alcoholic  percentage  taken  from  the  labels  of 
1108  proprietary  preparations  issued  by  the  leading  manufac- 
turers of  this  class  of  goods  within  the  United  States,  and 
believed  to  fairly  represent  the  average  of  patent  medicines 
handled  by  retail  druggists.  As  these  statements  are  required 
by  the  Federal  Food  and  Drugs  Act.  and  by  similar  acts  in 
most  of  the  states,  it  was  believed  safe  to  rely  upon  their  sub- 
stantial correctness.  While  it  is.  of  course,  possible  that 
some  of  these  statements  were  not  correct,  it  is  not  thought 
likely  that  there  was  a  sufficient  number  of  misstatements  to 
introduce  any  material  error  into  the  final  result 

Of  the  1108  preparations  considered,  three  hundred  and 
eight,  or  27.79  per  cent  of  the  total  number,  were  stated  to 
contain  alcohol  in  proportions  ranging  from  one  per  cent 
upward. 

A  study  of  the  proportion  of  alcoholic  to  non-alcoholic 
preparations  recognized  by  the  Ignited  States  Pharmacopoeia 
and  National  Formulan.-,  yields  the  following: 
Total  number  of  U.S.P.  preparations,  liquid  and  solid,  of 


galenical  character    427 

Number  of  U.S.P.  galenicals  containing  more  than  one  per 

cent  of  alcohol    206 

Per  cent  of  U.S.P.  galenicals  containing  alcohol  48.24 


A  similar  study  of  the  titles  of  the  National  Formular>', 
{3d  edition)  most  of  which  are  for  preparations  which  care 
be  denominated  pharmaceuticals,  presents  the  following: 
Total  number  of  N.F.  preparations  of  galenical  char- 
acter   575 

Total  number  of  N.F.  preparations  containing  alcohol....  274 
Per  cent  of  N.F.  preparations  containing  alcohol  47.65 

In  enumerating  the  U.S.P.  and  N.F.  galenicals,  definite 
chemical  compounds,  vegetable  drugs,  the  several  forms  of  un- 
medicated  alcohol,  unmedicated  spirits,  and  unmedicated  wines 
were  omitted  as  not  properly  coming  within  the  term  phar- 
maceutical preparations,  and  therefore  not  properly  comparable 


Optical  Department  in  Charleston  Drug  Store 

Optical  departments  in  drug  stores  are  not  so  common  in  the- 
United  States  as  they  are  in  Canada,  but  this  department  is 
made  a  feature  of  the  Kerrison  Drug  Co..  Charleston.  S.  C. 
according  to  a  recent  ad.  in  whicli  they  call  attention  to  the 
service  in  this  line. 


November,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


473 


with  proprietary  medicines.  Certain  other  U.S. P.  and  N.F. 
preparations  which  contain  only  trifling  quantities  of  alcohol, 
such  as  syrup  of  tolu,  etc.,  were  also  omitted. 

No  preparations  were  considered  as  alcoholic  if  the  alcohol 
is  removed  in  the  process  of  manufacture. 

While  the  study  of  the  general  subject  of  alcohol  in  pro- 
prietary medicines  has  not  proceeded  sufficiently  to  warrant 
any  extensive  generalizations,  and  is  therefore  reserved  for 
further  study,  the  Commission  at  this  time  offers  the  follow- 
ing declaration: 

Alcohol  Content  of  Proprietary  Medicines 
If  the  preparation  contains  alcohol,  it  nnist  be  sufficiently 
medicated  to  prevent  its  use  as  an  intoxicating  beverage,  and 
in  addition  to  this  requirement  the  proportion  of  alcohol  pres- 
ent must  not  be  greater  than  is  properly  necessary  to  hold  in 
solution  in   permanently  active  condition   the  essential  con- 
stituents of  the  preparation,  and  to  protect  the  preparation 
against  freezing,  fermentation,  or  other  deleterious  change. 
Content  of  Habit-Forming'  Narcotic  Drugs 
Using  the  same  1108  preparations  studied  for  alcohol  con- 
tent, a  similar  study  was  made  of  their  content  of  narcotic, 
habit-forming  drugs,  the  data  being  taken  from  the  statements 
on  the  labels  made  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of 
federal  and  state  laws. 

One  fact  developed  was  that  not  one  of  the  labels  mentioned 
the  presence  of  cocaine  in  any  quantity,  a  condition  rather  un- 
expected in  view  of  the  frequently  published  statement  that 
this  alkaloid  is  a  frequent  constituent  of  patent  medicines. 
While  undoubtedly  there  were  formerly  proprietary-  remedies 
containing  cocaine,  and  that  there  still  may  be  some  that  have 
not  come  to  the  attention  of  the  Commission,  it  is  not  probable 
that  a  sufficient  number  of  such  preparations  exists  to  consti- 
tute a  serious  menace. 

Extract  of  Cannabis  Indica  was  mentioned  in  three  of  the 
1108  preparations,  two  of  the  three  being  corn  remedies  which 
could  not  be  used  internally,  and  the  third  a  cough  remedy 
in  which  the  accompanying  medication  is  probably  sufficient 
to  render  it  unlikely  that  the  preparation  could  be  successfully 
used  to  produce  the  narcotic  effects  of  the  Cannabis  without 
taking  an  overdose  of  the  other  ingredients. 

Xo  one  of  the  1108  preparations  was  stated  to  contain  chloral 
in  any  proportion,  though  it  is  possible  that  further  search 
may  develop  the  existence  of  chloral-containing  medicines  which 
are  advertised  to  the  general  public. 

The  preparations,  presumably  not  intended  for  internal  use, 
stated  to  contain  opium  or  one  of  its  alkaloids  in  some  pro- 
portion were  as  follows: 

Injections  for  Gonorrhea   2 

Tooth-Ache  Remedies   2 

Liniments  and  Embrocations   5 

Pile  Remedies    8 

.•\ntiseptic  Salve    1 

Eye  Salves  and  Eye  Waters   10 

Total    28 

In  the  above  preparations  the  narcotic  content  was  in  ex- 
cess of  two  grains  of  opium,  or  of  one-fourth  grain  of  mor- 
phine to  the  ounce  in  20  instances,  and  not  in  excess  of  these 
proportions  in  five  instances. 

Whether  any  of  the  above  28  preparations  would  be  capable 
of  use  internally  so  as  to  produce  the  narcotic  effect  of  opium 
without  an  overdose  of  the  other  constituents  has  not  yet  been 
given  consideration  by  the  Commission. 

The  preparations  admittedly  intended  for  internal  use,  con- 
taining opium  or  a  derivative  were  as  follows: 

Asthma  and  Bronchitis  Remedies   2 

Soothing  Powders  and  Teething  Syrups    4 

Diarrhoea  Cordials  and  Cholera  Morbus  Remedies  12 

Cough  and  Cold  Cures    21 

Tablet  forms,  mostly  for  cough   5 

Total    44 

Besides  the  above  there  were  15  preparations  of  miscel- 
laneous character  not  easily  classified  with  any  of  the  preced- 
ing, which  contained  opium  or  one  of  its  alkaloids. 

Of  the  preparations  plainly  intended  for  internal  use,  seven 
contained  opium  in  excess  of  two  grains  to  the  ounce,  six  of 
these  being  diarrhoea  cordials  or  cholera  morbus  remedies,  in 
■which  the  proportion  ranged  from  3  to  8  grains  to  the  ounce, 
or  materially  less  than  the  average  opium  content  of  the  five 


diarrhoea  mixtures  of  the  National  Formulary.  The  last  one 
of  these  seven  preparations  was  an  asthma  remedy,  which  was 
stated  to  contain  23  1/3  grains  of  opium  to  the  ounce. 

The  largest  proportion  of  morphine  or  its  sulphate  in  any 
preparation  for  internal  use  was  1  grain  to  the  ounce.  In  one 
preparation  the  alkaloid  present  was  codeine,  in  the  pro- 
portion of  11/34  grain  to  the  ounce  of  tablets. 

Heroin  was  reported  in  one  cough  syrup  in  the  proportion 
of  l/19th  grain  to  the  ounce. 

In  the  majority  of  cases  the  proportions  stated  to  be  present 
did  not  exceed  the  quantities  permitted  by  the  Harrison  Law, 
namely,  2  grains  of  opium,  jkjth  grain  of  morphine,  one  grain 
of  codeine  or  '/^th  grain  of  heroin  to  the  ounce,  and  in  many 
cases  the  proportions  are  considerably  lower. 

Of  tlie  four  preparations  for  children's  use  which  contained 
opiates,  two  contained  2  grains  of  opium,  one  contained  9/20 
grain  of  opium,  and  one  54  grain  of  morphine  to  the  ounce. 

It  is  perhaps  only  fair  to  state  that  the  statements  of  nar- 
cotic content  were  compiled  before  the  enactment  of  the  Har- 
rison Law,  and  it  is  probable  that  if  the  packages  now  being 
issued  were  to  be  examined  it  would  be  found  tbnt  those  in- 
tended for  interstate  commerce  would  comply  with  that  act. 

Whether  or  not  opium  or  its  alkaloids,  or  the  narcotic  de- 
rivatives of  the  latter  can  be  dispensed  in  combination  with 
other  active  non-narcotic  drugs  in  such  a  way  as  to  prevent 
the  use  of  the  combination  from  leading  to  a  drug  habit  is  a 
question  which  the  Commission  expressly  reserves  for  further 
study. 

As  a  provisional  measure  the  Commission  has  adopted  the 
following  declarations : 

Content  of  Habit-Forming  Drug 

If  the  preparation  is  one  which  is  capable  of  being  used 
internally,  whether  recommended  for  internal  use  or  not,  it 
must  not  contain  cocaine,  nor  shall  it  contain  opium  or  any  of 
its  alkaloids  or  their  derivatives  in  greater  proportions  than 
those  specified  in  Section  Six  of  the  Federal  Law  commonly 
known  as  the  Harrison  Act,  and  it  shall  also  contain  other 
active  drugs  in  such  proportion  that  the  use  of  the  preparation 
will  not  be  likely  to  create  a  drug  habit,  nor  satisfy  such  a 
habit  when  previously  existing. 

Remedies  for  Children's  Use 

If  intended  for  administration  to  infants  or  children,  the 
preparation  must  not  contain  cocaine,  or  opium  or  its  alkaloids, 
or  their  derivatives,  in  any  proportion  whatever. 

Of  the  remaining  declarations,  namely,  those  relating  to  the 
Activity  of  Proprietary  Preparations,  Immoral  or  Illegal  Pur- 
poses, Incurable  and  Contagious  Diseases,  Conformity  in  Label- 
ing to  the  Federal  Food  and  Drugs  Act,  and  to  Advertising, 
the  Commission  deems  them  of  such  evident  propriety  that 
no  commentary  is  needed,  and  therefore  offers  none. 
The  Question  of  Secrecy  and  Exhibition  of  Formulae 

One  of  the  most  common  characteristics  of  the  non-ethical 
proprietaries  known  as  patent  medicines  is  the  secrecy  of  their 
composition,  though,  as  previously  stated,  the  open  publication 
of  the  formula  is  not  sufficient  to  place  a  preparation  in  the 
ethical  class  if  it  is  openly  offered  for  sale  to  the  general 
public. 

The  question  of  secrecy  is  by  far  the  most  delicate  and 
difficult  one  with  which  the  Commi.ssion  has  to  deal,  and 
although  considerable  thought  has  been  devoted  to  the  subject 
no  conclusion  has  been  reached. 

Which  of  the  various  propositions  that  have  been  offered 
for  the  regulation  of  secrecy,  or  \\lK'tIirr  :niv  of  them  would 
be  effective  and  practicable,  are  inn  li  ■li-]iiitrd  questions,  and 
it  would  require  an  fxtrnrlrrl  In-.iiisi-  l.i  imii  jiartially  sum- 
marize the  opposir>'_' 

Far  too  many   :  ^  consist  merely  in  the  substi- 

tution of  a  set  an  old  one,  and  not  infre- 

nuently  we  later  clisciAri  tl]:it  the  exchange  has  been  unprofit- 
able. 

It  is  the  hope  of  the  Commission  to  consider  the  subject 
of  secrecy  in  patent  medicines  with  such  thorough  delibera- 
tion that  any  policy  it  may  propose  will  not  be  likely  to  lead 
to  conditions  worse  than  these  sought  to  be  cured. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  Martin  I.  Wilbert,  ' 

Thomas  F.  Main,  Jotin  C.  Wallace, 

James  H.  Beal,  Chairman. 

Commission  on 

Proprietary  Medicines. 


Plans  for  Pushing  Christmas  Trade 


Druggists  Who  Are  Awake  to  Their  Opportunities  Should 
Do  a  Very  Profitable  Business  During  the  Coming  Holidays 


BY  the  middle  of  No- 
vember every  one 
who  plans  to  do  any- 
thing in  the  way  of  Christ- 
mas gift  making  will  be 
looking  about  to  see  what 
is  in  the  market.  Already 
the  air  will  be  vibrant 
with  Christmas  cheer  and 
display  windows  will  be 
bright  with  color  and 
filled  with  suggestive  dis- 
plays. 

The  druggist  who  has 
been  awake  to  his  oppor- 
tunities will  have  long 
since  had  his  supply  of 
goods  ordered  and  by  this 
time  they  should  be  ar- 
ranged in  most  attractive 
form.  There  is  no  reason 
why  any  retailer  should 
not  get  his  full  share  of  the 
money  spent,  provided  he 
is  willing  to  go  after  the 
trade  the  same  as  his 
neighbor. 

A  Most  Common 
Drawback 

One  of  the  great  draw- 
backs of  the  average  drug 
store  is  that  the  proprietor 
is  content  to  display  ex- 
actly the  same  kind  of 
goods  as  the  department 
stores  about  him  and  the 
other  drug  stores  in  his 
neighborhood.  If  he 
wishes  to  win  out,  he  must 
offer  something  distinctive 
which  cannot  be  procured 
elsewhere,  or  some  especial 
service  that  will  bring 
Christmas  buyers  to  his 
counters. 

For  example,  in  almost 
every  drug  store  and  de- 
partment store  fancy  goods 
section,  jewelry  store,  and 
novelty  store  of  various 
kinds  will  be  found  ivory 
toilet  ware.  This  is  of 
varying  qualities  and  so  is 
often  priced  much  cheaper 
than  the  druggist  offers  it 
for.  The  man  who  would 
win  the  bulk  of  the  sales 
on  ivory  toilet  goods,  must 
make  it  plain  why  his 
goods  are  of  superior  qual- 
ity and  possibly  offer  to  in- 
itial articles  so  purchased. 
Remember  that  the  public 
will  not  understand  these 
things  unless  they  are  told. 
Why  should  they?  Fancy  perfumes,  atomizers,  and  sachets 
are  particularly  the  province  of  the  druggist  to  sell,  and 
yet  he  is  too  often  content  witli  an  occasional  sale.  In  order 
to  have  a  distinct  pulling  power  he  must  have  a  large  as- 
sortment of  these  goods  and  he  must  advertise  and  popular- 
ize   the    leading   odors   of    the   season.     It  is  not  enough 


to  build  up  a  window 
display,  or  to  place  a 
young  lady  behind  the  per- 
fume counter  with  an  ato- 
mizer partly  filled  with 
some  delightful  odor. 
People  will  come  in  and 
surge  past  without  giving 
any  serious  attention  to 
these  goods,  unless  some 
unusual  means  is  resorted 
to  to  attract  attention. 

For  Christmas  season 
make  your  perfume  counter 
into  a  flower  booth.  Con- 
struct a  wooden  or  wire 
trellis,  and  hide  this  with 
artificial  flowers.  Sur- 
mount with  a  sign  card 
which  reads: 


I  Your  friends  will  ap-  i 
I  preciate   the  exquisite 

bottled    fragrance    of  t 

I  choice    blossoms   from  ! 

I  many  lands.  | 


Alongside  of  the  fancy 
packages  and  atomizers 
display  a  few  choice  toilet| 
bottles  of  cut  glass,  silverj 
deposit  and  etched  glass. 
One  reason  that  many 
people  advance  against  the 
buying  of  gift  perfumes,  is 
that  they  are  soon  used  up 
and  there  is  nothing  tol 
show  for  the  thought.  A 
beautiful  toilet  bottle  filled 
with  rare  fragrance  will 
answer  this  argument  sat- 
isfactorily. 

Urge   the  Completion.) 
of  Sets 

During  the  last  few 
years  it  has  been  popu- 
lar to  give  a  choice  arti- 
cle from  some  approvedj 
style  of  toilet  set  such  as 
sterling  silver,  ivor>',  or 
colonial  glass.  Other  holi- 
days, birthdays,  etc..  were 
similarly  remembered  until 
an  entire  set  of  the  selected 
pattern  was  built  up.  I 
More  and  more  as  time 
passes  do  people  seek  prac- 
tical articles  for  gift  mak- 
ing. This  gives  the  retail 
druggist  an  opportunity  to 
bring  forward  many  stock 
articles  such  as  flashlights, 
thermos  bottles,  cameras, 
stationery,  boxes  of  fancy  soaps,  sponge  cases,  manicure  sets, 
toilet  sets,  separate  brushes,  hand  mirrors,  auto  baskets,  foun- 
tain pens,  desk  sets,  cold  cream  jars,  toothbrush  holders,  sani- 
tary bath  towels,  etc.,  etc.  It  is  a  good  idea  to  make  lists 
of  articles  suitable  for  different  members  of  the  family  and 
to  use  these  in  the  newspaper  and  on  sign  cards  about  the  store. 

Page  four  scventy-jour 


Drug  Store  Lists  for  Family 

Christmas  Gifts 

Use  these  lists  in  your  Christmas  advertising  and  they  will 

make  sales.   

Jc  Ui&  IVlUxxljiiil 

Ivory  teething  ring 

Absorbent  paper  "dydess" 

Toilet  set 

Ivory  back  baby  brush 

Fountain  pen 

Talcum  powder 

Five-pound  box  of  candy. 

Sterilizer 

Toilet  water 

Castile  soap 

A  new  hair  brush 

Job's  Tears 

Choice  staionery 

Flavoring  extracts 

Sealed  package  sugar  of  milk 

Ivory  jewel  box 

S  ft  rubber  ear  s  rin  e 
0    ru    er  ear  syrmge 

Rubber  gloves 

Velvet  sponge 

Half  dozen  bottles  pure  olive 

Ivory  baby  comb 

oil 

Clinical  thermometer 

Powder  box  and  puff 

Box  fine  soap 

Small  hot  water  bag 

Bottle  bay  rum 

Alcohol  stove  to  warm  food 

Flesh-colored  talcum 

Measuring  graduate 

Room  thermometer 

Sanitary  bath  towels 

Cleaning  chamois 

Medicine  spoon 

Hand  mirror 

Baby  food  supplies 

Nail  scissors  for  right  and  left 

Silk  sachet  bags 

hands 

FOR  BIG  SISTER 

FOR  BIG  BROTHER 

Manicure  set 

Thermos  bottle 

Perfumes 

Pearl  handled  jack  knife 

Perfume  atomizer 
Leather  hand  bag 

Shaving  soap 

Traveling  toilet  set 

Razor  strop 

Traveling  medicine  case 

Shaving  mirror 

Correspondence  cards 

Nail  file  and  buffer 

High  grade  tooth  brush 

Military  brushes 

Toilet  chamois 

Auto  lunch  basket 

Electric  curling  tongs 

Magazine  subscription 

Jar  of  cold  cream 

Camera 

Bathing  cap 

Safety  razor 

Initialed  ivory  toilet  set 

Shaving  cream 

Box  of  candied  fruits 

Shaving  mug 

Traveling  clock 

Shaving  brush 

Choice  face  powder 

Dresser  tray 

Box  French  soaps 

Auto  goggles 

Tooth  powder 

Plain  stationery 

Vanity  case 

Large  box  chewing  gum 

FOR  FATHER 

Corn  knife 

Self-filling  fountain  pen 

Desk  set 

Flash  light 

Pocket  comb  in  leather  case 

Foot  powder 

Nail  clip 

Spectacle  case 

Shaving  accessories 

Leather  pocket  book 

Leather  collar  bag 

Box  cigars 

Bill 

fold 

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THE  QUESTION  BOX 

The  "'How  to  Do  It''  Department 


Conducted  by  Pharmaceutical  Experts  ^ 

For  the  benefit  of  ERA  Subscribers 


P9 


sterilizing  Surgical  Instruments 

(H.  S.) — We  have  had  no  practical  experience  with  the 
iroprietary  article  for  disinfecting  surgical  instruments,  al- 
hough  we  are  aware  that  it  is  recommended  for  the  purpose, 
lowever,  many  leading  operators  make  use  of  a  solution  of 
resol  for  sterilizing  instruments,  ajid  according  to  the  last 
dition  of  the  United  States  Dispensatory,  this  solution  is 
>eculiarly  valuable  for  the  purpose.  On  the  other  hand, 
he  British  Pharmaceutical  Code.x  recommends  the  cresol 
cap  solution  of  the  B.P.C.,  as  it  is  said  that  this  preparation 
nixes  with  water  better  than  compound  solution  of  cresol, 
i-hile  the  emulsion  thus  formed  is  of  a  more  permanent  char- 
cter.  Dilutions  containing  from  1  to  2  per  cent  of  the  solu- 
ion  are  used  for  the  disinfection  of  instruments  by  surgeons 
n  hospitals.  According  to  the  same  authority,  a  simpler  and 
5SS  e.xpensive  preparation  is  liquid  cresol  soap,  which  is  pre- 
lared  by  dissolving  pale  soft  soap  in  an  ea.ual  weight  of 
resol,  without  heating,  and  filtering.  From  the  liquid  thus 
nade  a  solution  of  similar  strength  to  that  just  mentioned 
i  prepared  and  similarly  used.  If  care  be  taken  to  secure  a 
resol  which  answers  the  pharmacopoeial  requirements,  the 
esulting  solution  will  not  be  disagreeable,  although  it  pos- 
esses  a  phenol-like  odor. 

A  solution  recommended  by  an  English  surgeon  for  the 
apid  disinfection  of  instruments,  is  made  as  follows: 

Olive  oil    3  ounces 

Solution  of  potassa    3^  ounces 

Alcohol   16  ounces 

'     Distilled  water    8  ounces 

This  produces  an  alcoholic  soap  solution,  the  alcohol  be- 
|ig  antiseptic.  The  instruments  should  be  thoroughly  washed 
r  w^rapped  in  cotton  wool  saturated  with  the  solution,  which 
lay  also  be  used  for  washing  the  hands  of  the  operator  and 
le  skin  of  the  patient.  In  this  country,  the  standard  solution 
f  cresol  appears  to  be  the  principal  agent  used  by  hospitals 
|Dr  sterilizing  instruments. 

Pine  Oil  Disinfectant 

'  (F.  D.  E.) — The  preparation  recommended  as  an  efficient 
squid  disinfectant,  proposed  by  Albert  F.  Stevenson,  sanitary 
^bemist  of  the  Hygienic  Laboratory,  U.  S.  Public  Health 
,ervice.  is  made  from  pine  oil,  manufactured  by  the  steam 
r  solvent  process,  and  emulsified  with  saponified  resin,  ac- 
'irding  to  a  definite  procedure.  According  to  the  official  bul- 
•:tin  it  has  a  hygienic  laboratory  phenol  coefficient  of  be- 
,-veen  4  and  6.  The  best  results  are  obtained  when  the  oil, 
)sin  and  alkali  solutions  are  mixed  in  the  following  propor- 
'ons  and  according  to  the  following  directions: 

Pine  oil   1000  grams 

Rosin    400  grams 

Sodium  hydroxide  solution  (20%)    200  grams 

This  will  make  approximately  1,500  cubic  centimeters  or 
6  quarts  of  disinfectant. 
:  The  pine  oil  and  rosin  are  heated  together  in  a  covered 
i  lameledware  pail  until  the  rosin  is  all  dissolved.  The  mix- 
'  ire  is  cooled  to  80°  C,  the  sodium  hydroxide  solution  added, 
id  the  liquid  violently  stirred  or  "beaten"  for  at  least  10 
linutes  with  a  rotary  "Dover"  egg  beater.  Sufficient  water 
.  added  to  make  the  mixture  to  the  original  weight.  The 
lixture  is  then  cooled  quickly  by  placing  the  pail  in  cold 
'ater.   It  is  stored  in  glass  or  metal  containers  till  used  The 


finished  solution  is  described  as  a  dark  reddish-brown  liquid, 
rather  thick  and  oily  in  appearance,  and  free  from  turbidity  and 
cloudiness.  It  makes  a  perfectly  white  emulsion,  much  re- 
sembling milk  when  added  to  water.  If  the  dilution  water  is 
at  a  temperature  of  less  than  30°  C,  the  emulsion  will  last 
for  weeks.  If  hot  water  is  used,  a  layer  of  oil  eventually 
forms  on  the  surface.  The  germicidal  power  of  the  disin- 
fectant remains  practically  constant  for  about  two  months.  It 
is  advised  to  take  up  only  enough  disinfectant  for  a  month's 
use. 

The  disinfectant  may  be  used  wherever  the  ordinary  coal- 
tar  compounds  are  used,  and  can  be  employed  when  sucb 
compounds,  on  account  of  their  odor,  are  not  practical.  It  willl 
not  attack  fabrics  or  metals,  and  is  recommended  for  disin- 
fection of  all  articles  used  in  the  care  of  contagious  diseases. 
Any  dilution  up  to  1  :  500  may  be  used.  The  most  economic 
strength  depends  on  the  length  of  time  to  act.  The  total  cost 
is  said  not  to  exceed  50  cents  per  gallon. 

Emetine  in  Pyorrhea  Alveolaris 

(J.  E.  F.) — The  use  of  this  alkaloid  in  the  treatment  of 
pyorrhea  alveolaris,  otherwise  known  as  Rigg's  disease,  ai 
chronic  destructive  disease  of  the  supporting  structures  of  the 
human  teeth,  is  one  which  properly  belongs  to  the  physician' 
and  dental  surgeon,  rather  than  to  the  pharmacist.  However,, 
in  recent  medical  literature  it  is  stated  that  emetine  hydro- 
chloride is  given  in  pyorrhea  alveolaris  in  doses  of  ^  to  X 
grain  at  intervals  of  from  1  to  2  days.  It  is  claimed  that 
from  3  to  6  doses  are  necessary,  and  in  some  cases,  it  may  be 
necessary  to  repeat  this  course  at  the  end  of  ten  days. 

Smith  and  Barrett  {Jour,  of  the  A.  M.  A.)  recommend  the 
local  injection  of  a  weak  emetine  hydrochloride  solution  {14 
to  1%),  the  customary  routine  calling  only  for  injections  daily 
of  a  small  portion,  often  only  a  fraction  of  a  drop  of  this- 
solution  in  each  pocket  in  the  interproximal  spaces  in  which' 
are  lodged  the  deposits  containing  pyogenic  bacteria. 

Bass  and  Johns  {Jour,  of  the  A.  M.  A.)  state  that  fluid' 
extract  of  ipecac  kills  endamebas  when  diluted  200,000  times, 
"We  first  instructed  patients  to  use  a  drop  or  two  of  ipecac 
on  the  wet  toothbrush  as  a  dentifrice  in  the  usual  way  at  night. 
Force  the  solution  formed  with  the  saliva  between  the  teeth 
and  spit  out  the  excess.  On  account  of  the  fact  that  pure  fluid- 
extract  of  ipecac  frequently  irritates  the  mucous  membrane, 
we  have  lately  prescribed  the  fluidextract  diluted  ten  or  more 
times  with  alcohol.  One  drop  of  this  on  the  wet  toothbrush 
furnishes  a  much  stronger  solution  than  is  absolutely  neces- 
sary to  kill  all  endamebas  with  which  it  comes  in  contact. 
*  *  *  *  Perhaps  a  still  better  way  to  use  it  would  be  to  put 
a  drop  or  two  of  fluidextract  of  ipecac  in  a  glass  of  water 
and  thoroughly  rinse  the  mouth  with  it  each  night  before  re- 
tiring." 

Following  these  discoveries  in  the  application  of  emetine  to 
the  treatment  of  pyorrhea,  various  dentifrice  specialties  con- 
taining it  have  been  placed  on  the  market  by  manufacturers. 

Greaseless  Cold  Cream 

(M.  D.  C.) — Various  formulas  for  preparations  of  this 
class  have  been  published  in  previous  volumes  of  the  Era. 
However,  the  Era  Formulary  gives  the  following  information 
concerning  these  preparations.    There  are  two  distinct  classes- 


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of  these  so-called  "creams",  those  containing  glycerin  and  a 
gum,  and  those  made  principally  of  sodium  stearate.  To  the 
latter  small  quantities  of  lanolin  are  sometimes  added  and 
nearly  all  of  them  contain  a  surplus  of  stearin.  Here  are 
some  formulas  representing  these  different  types: 

(1) 

Quince  seed    1  dram 

Boiling  water   16  ounces 

Borax   V2.  dram 

Boric  acid    ^  dram 

Glycerin    5  drams 

Alcohol    \V2  ounces 

Otto  of  rose  :  10  drops 

Extract  of  jasmine    6  drops 

Wash  the  quince  seed  and  put  it  into  12  ounces  of  boiling 
water,  stirring  occasionally  for  two  hours;  strain,  and  add 
slowly  the  solution  of  the  borax  and  boric  acid  in  4  ounces 
of  water,  then  add  the  glycerin  and  the  alcohol  in  which  the 
perfumes  are  previously  dissolved.    Stir  well. 

(2) 

Tragacanth    2  drams 

Glycerin    1  ounce 

Zinc  oxide    2  drams 

Rose  water   12  ounces 

Mix  the  tragacanth  intimately  with  the  rose  water,  let  stand 
24  hours,  stirring  often.  Rub  the  zinc  oxide  in  a  mortar  with 
the  glycerin,  add  to  the  tragacanth  mixture  and  stir. 

(3) 

Stearic  acid    3  ounces 

Sodium  carbonate,  dry    3  drams 

Glycerin    3  drams 

Water   24  ounces 

Melt  the  stearic  acid  on  a  water  bath,  add  the  sodium  car- 
bonate and  glycerin  dissolved  in  4  ounces  of  boiling  water. 
Heat  with  constant  stirring  until  effervescence  ceases  and  add 
the  remainder  of  the  water  gradually,  beating  to  a  foam  in  a 
warm  mortar.  Witch  hazel  may  be  used  instead  of  part  or  all 
of  the  water,  and  the  mixture  perfumed  as  may  be  desired. 
(4) 

Greaseless  Peroxide  Cream 

Stearic  acid    3  ounces 

Sodium  carbonate,  dry    3  drams 

Anhydrous  woolfat    4  drams 

Glycerin    3  ounces 

Borax    I  ounce 

Solution  of  hydrogen  peroxide   1  ounce 

Water    1  pint 

Perfume   sufficient 

Prepare  as  in  the  preceding,  adding  the  peroxide  last.  For 
hints  and  suggestion  on  the  manufacture  of  this  and  other 
toilet  preparations,  see  February  and  June  Eras,  pages  84  and 
254. 

EfiEervescing  Liver  Salt 
(T.  E.  S.) — Typical  processes  for  the  preparation  of  effer- 
vescent salts  are  given  in  both  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  the  Na- 
tior.al  Formulary,  and  any  of  these  may  be  employed  as  a 
br.sls  for  making  almost  any  kind  of  an  effervescent  salt  one 
might  wish.  Either  N.  F.  formula  A  or  B  is  suggested,  the 
operator  making  such  modification  as  he  may  wish. 

In  the  list  of  proposed  constituents  of  the  formula  y<iu  de- 
sire, hexamethylenetetramine  is  named,  Inii  fiom  i  th  it 
this  compound  is  decomposed  in  contact  \'  iili  u  im  un- 

monia  and  formaldehyde,  it  would  be  imiu.K  tii  iM.  tn  1  liiti.- 
it  with  a  mixture  containing  "grape  acids,"  a  t'  lni  i  inplnvcd 
by  some  manufacturers  for  reasons  best  kinuMi  id  tl-i  nis.  lxos 
as  the  equivalent  of  tartaric  acid.  Many  f(irinul,.s  f.u  rftVr- 
vcsccnt  salts  also  contain  citric  acid  ("fmit  niil'i,  wliidi  i.<; 
also  incompatible  with  hexamethylenetri  1  aiiiiin  Willi  ihrse 
preliminary  explanations,  the  following  fdiimiki  is  sulniiiltod 
as  producing  a  satisfactory  "hepatic  salt,"  which  iii.iy  Ik-  ex- 
ploited as  a  "liver  remedy,  laxative  and  uric  acid  solvent" : 
Sodium  phosphate,  exsiccated,  U.  S.  P.  ..6  ounces 

Sodium  bicarbonate,  dry   4  ounces 

Tartaric  acid,  dry   3  ounces 

Rochelle  salt  (sodium  and  potassium 

tartrate)   2  ounces 

Sodium  chloride   2  ounces 


Mix  the  dry  salts  thoroughly  and  put  in  dry  bottles,  well 
protected  from  moisture.  Dose,  ^  to  1  teaspoonful  or  more, 
dissolved  in  J4  glassful  of  cold  water.  If  desired,  magnesium 
sulphate  can  be  substituted  for  the  Rochelle  salt,  but  with  tar- 
taric acid  combmations,  the  latter  salt  is  to  be  preferred. 

In  making  any  effervescent  salt,  the  following  general  dirt  - 
tions  should  be  followed  to  insure  a  satisfactory  product.  .'..I 
substances  must  be  thoroughly  dried  and  separately  reduced  • 
a  fine  powder.  They  are  then  to  be  mixed  intimately,  and 
desired  in  granular  form,  moistened  sufficiently  with  alcohol 
make  a  soft  mass  that  will  cohere  closely.  Then  rub  the  ma-, 
through  a  suitable  sieve  and  dry  at  a  gentle  temperature.  \Vh  ji 
thoroughly  dry,  put  into  dry  bottles  and  tightly  cork. 

Soap  Paste 

(M.  M.  N.) — Here  are  two  formulas  from  the  Era  Fcr- 
mulary  which  are  typical  of  the  hand  cleaning  pastes  for  auto- 
mobilists  and  mechanics: 

(1) 

Soft  soap   80.5  parts 

Ammonia  water    S.O  parts 

Pumice,  finely  powdered  31.0  parts 

Oil  of  turpentine,  enough  to  form  into  a  paste 
Fill  into  collapsible  tubes. 

(2) 

Extract  of  quillaya    1  ounce 

Borax    Yz  ounce 

Fuller's  earth    ^  ounce 

Soft  soap   >   Vz  ounce 

Perfume   q.  s. 

Triturate  the  borax  with  tlie  extract  of  quillaya  and  after- 
ward with  the  fuller's  earth;  then  incorporate  with  the  soft 
soap  sufficient  water  to  form  a  paste. 

(3) 

Domestic  soap,  dried  and  rasped  730  parts 

Sodium  carbonate,  crystalized    20  parts 

Hot  water   1?D  parts 

Heat  upon  a  waterbath  until  soft;  thoroughly  mix.  Then 
add— 

Pulverized  pumice  stone   200  parts 

Pulverized  talc    50  parts 

Perfume    q.  s. 

Worcestershire  Sauce 
(C.  E.  R.) — Widely  variant  formulas  under  the  above  fitk 
have  been  published  for  table  sauce  to  be  used  on  meats,  game,,| 
fish,  etc.    Here  are  two  which  have  been  recommended  by  1 
various  users: 

Best  vinegar    2  pints 

Sherry   1  pint 

Allspice    2  drams 

Cloves    1  dram 

Black  pepper    1  dram 

Ginger    1  dram 

Capsicum    1  dram 

Mustard   2  ounces 

Salt    2  ounces 

Shallots,  bruised    2  ounces 

Moist  sugar    8  ounces 

Tamarinds    4  ounces 

Curry  powder    1  ounce 

Do  not  use  stock  powdered  spices,  but  crush  thera  ir  1 
ai.ui  ir  iiiinudiafely  before  use.    Let  all  the  ingredients  f 
•>  •  I   I'  l-  1  I'our  ill  ilir  vinegar,  adding  more  vinegar  to  k 
•he  iiiivtuie  to  the  original  volume;  then  add  the  sherry,  .v 
if  desired,  a  little  burnt  sugar  to  color,  and  let  stand  a  i^rtk 
in  a  closed  vessel;  then  strain  and  bottle. 

(2) 

Garlic   12  ounces 

Shallots   28  ounces 

Tamarinds   28  ounces 

Cloves    4  ounces 

Powdered  capsicum    4  ounces 

.\nchovies    3  pounds 

Oil  of  lemon   1  ounce 

Sugar   AVi  pounds 

Soy    7  pounds 

Vinegar    5  gallons 

Macerate  for  seven  weeks,  with  frequent  stirring,  and  stiiin 


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477 


FOREIGN  ABSTRACTS 


|.abstitutes  for  Tincture  Iodine — 

L  Where  iodine   is  unobtainable,   a  5  per  cent  solution  of 
pomine  in  chloroform  may  be  used.    In  case  of  necessity  tlie 
filoroform  may  be  replaced   by  carbon  tetrachloride.  This 
'■lution  sterilizes  the  skin  even  in  the  deeper  layers  and  can  take 
place  of  tincture  of  iodine  in  tJic  treatment  of  wounds.  For 
disinfection  of  operation  sites,   Schumacher  recommends 
e  use  of  two  solutions,  one  containing  two  parts  of  potas- 
um  iodide  in  ten  parts  of  dilute  alcohol,  and  the  other  con- 
ining  the  same  proportion  of  ammonium  persulphate  in  the 
Kme  lia.uid.    The  first  solution  is  painted  on  the  skin  by 
Jeans  of  a  pledget  of  cotton  and  is  followed  by  tlie  second 
filution.    The  reaction  is  complete  after  50  seconds,  the  yellow 
j  ilor  which  appears  at  first  soon  changing  to  brownish  red. 
(«he  iodine  being  in  a  nascent  state  is  more  active  than  iodine 
jacture,  and  the  two  solutions  being  kept  separate,  are  more 
(,able  than  the  tincture.    (Schweiz.  Wochschr.,  1915,  p.  281.) 

1 Honey  Substitute — 
According  to  Sauer,  an  excellent  substitute  for  honey  may 
;  prepared  by  boiling  5  kg.  of  sugar,  10  kg.  of  water,  and  5 
,  of  lactic  acid,  and  evaporating  the  mi.xture  over  an  open 
wame  to  a  weight  of  5.5  kg.    An  aromatic  honey-yellow  mass 

■  obtained  which  has  an  excellent  flavor,  and.  like  honey,  is 
I'^uid  at  first  and  later  solidifies  to  the  consistency  of  lard, 
i  Sauer.  Pharm.  Ztg.,  1915,  p.  272.) 

f'ction  of  Artificial  Camphor — 

.  After  trials  with  samples  of  artificial  camphor  from  various 
'urces.  Lutz  reports  that  the  use  of  artificial  camphor  sub- 
^  itaneously  did  not  give  rise  to  any  harmful  effects  in  a  great 
pimber  of  cases,  even  after  frequent  administration.  The 
j:tion  on  the  heart  also  showed  that  synthetic  camphor  is 
Lell  able  to  replace  the  natural  article.  However,  further  in- 
IStiaations  seem  to  be  called  for.  (Lutz.  Berl.  Klin, 
"ochschr.,  1915,  p.  322.) 

"'olorimetric  Determination  of  TJric  Acid — 

j  ln  this  method,  use  is  made  of  the  blue  color  which  results 
fhen  uric  acid  is  treated  with  phosphomolybdic  acid  and  di- 
I  •dium  phosphate.  The  color  is  sufficiently  permanent  to  per- 
I  it  of  comparison  with  standard  solutions,  and  is  not  pro- 
i  iced  by  albumen,  peptones,  albumoses,  creatin,  creatinin,  or 
^.gar.  The  comparison  solution  is  prepared  by  heating  0.1 
['  of  pure  dried  uric  acid  and  0.1  g.  of  sodium  bicarbon- 
1  e  in  50  cc.  of  water,  allowing  the  mixture  to  cool  after  the 
'  lution  is  complete,  and  then  diluting  to  100  cc.  The  solu- 
'•jns  of  phosphomolybdic  acid  and  sodium  phosphate  are  10 
(id  5  per  cent  respectively.  To  make  the  test,  place  1  cc.  of  the 
^ic  acid  solution  in  one  of  three  similar  comparison  tubes,  in 
I  e  second  1  cc.  of  urine,  and  in  the  third  1 .2  cc.  of  the 
'  me  urine  from  which  the  uric  acid  has  been  removed  by 
be  following  treatment:  To  10  cc.  of  urine  in  a  test  tube 
(Id  3  g.  of  ammonium  chloride,  and  heat  to  40°.  Filter  after 
',<  minutes,  and  use  1.2  cc.  of  the  filtrate,  to  allow  for  the 
.  esence  of  the  ammonium  chloride.  Then  add  2  cc.  of  the 
;  losphomolybdic  acid  solution  to  each  tube,  and  fill  up  to 
'  cc.  with  the  sodium  phosphate  solution.  Mix  and  heat 
i  itil  small  bubbles  form  in  the  liquid.  Cool  immediately,  and 
i^mpare  the  colors.    The  calculation  is  made  as  usual,  except 

at  a  correction  must  be  made  for  the  color  produced  by  the 
I  ine  from  which  the  uric  acid  has  been  removed.  (Riegler, 
»iarm.  Zentralhalle,  1915,  p.  254.) 
^igosid,  a  New  Di^talis  Preparation — 
,  By  the  exclusion  of  enzyme  action,  and  by  working  at  low 

mperature.  Wratschko  has  prepared  a  new  substance  to 
.  hich  he  gives  the  name  digcwid.  It  is  a  white  amorphous 
'.wder,  soluble  in  chloroform,  benzene,  and  alcohols.  Like 
;talin,  it  is  decomposed  by  boiling  with  alcohol,  but  unlike 
I  talin,  it  resists  the  action  of  boiling  water.    It  gives  tests 

■  r  gitalin  and  digitoxin.  The  1  :  2000  solution  in  salt  solu- 
')n  has  the  taste  of  a  digitalis  infusion.  The  chemical,  phy- 
plogical  and  therapeutic  properties  of  the  compound  will  he 
Ivestigated  further.  (Z.  AUg.  Oester.  Apoth.  Ver.,  1915.  p. 
yS:  through  Pharm.  J.) 

lellcate  Test  for  Hydrocyanic  Acid — 

;  Using  the  familiar  reaction  between  ferric  salts  and  sulpho- 

'anates,  Lavaille  and  Varenne  have  devised  a  ver>-  sensitive 


test  for  prussic  acid  and  its  salts,  which  is  claimed  to  be  20 
times  more  sensitive  than  the  Prussian  blue  reaction.  A  small 
amount  of  the  solution  to  be  tested  is  treated  with  a  slight 
excess  of  ammonium  hydrosulphide,  boiled  for  a  few  minutes, 
and  evaporated  to  1  cc.  The  residue  is  taken  up  in  9  cc.  of 
water,  treated  with  10  drops  of  concentrated  hydrochloric 
acid,  and  transferred  to  a  separatory  funnel,  where  it  is  shaken 
out  with  20,  10,  and  10  cc.  of  ether.  The  combined  ether 
shakings  are  allowed  to  evaporate  at  the  room  temperature.  As 
soon  as  all  ether  has  disappeared,  tJie  aqueous  residue  is  stir- 
red with  a  small  rod  dipped  in  a  mixture  of  ferric  chloride 
solution,  of  sp.  gr.  1.26,  1  part,  and  water  9  parts.  In  the 
presence  of  sulphocyanates,  the  blood  red  color  of  the  ferric 
salt  appears  at  once.  More  of  the  reagent  is  added  until  the 
color  no  longer  deepens.  The  liquid  is  then  placed  in  a  sepa- 
rator and  shaken  with  a  little  ether.  If  ferric  sulphocyanate 
is  present,  the  ether  layer  takes  on  a  shade  of  violet  red.  The 
only  substance  which  may  give  the  same  reaction  is  meconic 
acid,  but  ferric  meconate  may  be  recognized  at  once  by  the 
fact  that  its  color  is  not  destroyed  by  the  addition  of  an 
excess  of  gold  chloride  solution.  (J.  Pharm.  Chim.,  1915,  p. 
7-4,) 

New  Separation  of  Arsenic,  Tin  and  Antimony — 

The  mixed  sulphides,  separated  from  other  sulphides  by  solu- 
tion in  ammonium  sulphide  and  addition  of  acid,  are  dissolved 
in  5  per  cent  sodium  sulphide  solution.  Excess  of  sodium 
hydroxide  and  hydrogen  peroxide  is  then  added.  After  heating, 
any  antimony  separates  out  as  acid  sodium  pyroantimonate, 
in  glistening  crystals,  the  separation  being  ,  made  complete 
by  the  addition  of  alcohol.  After  filtering  and  eliminating  the 
alcohol,  the  filtrate  is  treated  with  a  concentrated  ammonium 
nitrate  solution,  which  liberates  ammonia,  and  throws  out  the 
tin  as  hydroxide  on  boiling.  In  the  filtrate  the  arsenic  is  pre- 
cipitated as  ammonium  magnesium  arsenate.  The  antimony 
and  arsenic  salts  have  characteristic  crystal  forms  which  make 
their  identification  simple.  The  tin  hydroxide  is  dissolved  In 
hydrochloric  acid,  reduced  with  zinc,  and  identified  by  mercuric 
fhloride  solution.  (Hahn,  Z.  Anorg.  Chem.,  1915,  through 
Pharm.  J.) 

Notes  on  Immiscible  Solvents — 

Ether  is  most  widely  used,  partly  because  of  its  wide  solvent 
powers,  and  partly  because  of  its  small  tendency  to  emulsify. 
Its  chief  disadvantage  is  its  power  to  dissolve  water,  causing 
its  extracts  to  contain  impurities.  It  is  excellent  for  use  with 
soap  solutions,  or  those  containing  finely  divided  solids,  and 
may  be  added  to  other  solutions  to  prevent  emulsions.  Chloro- 
form has  the  advantage  of  dissolving  practically  no  water,  and 
that  it  always  forms  the  lower  layer  in  the  separator,  a  fact  of 
great  convenience.  But  it  forms  obstinate  emulsions,  and  its 
high  boiling  point  renders  it  unsuitable  for  extracting  ver>- 
volatile  substances.  It  is  best  adapted  for  alkaloidal  determina- 
tions, and  for  shaking  out  aromatic  derivatives,  such  as  pyro- 
gallol.  Petroleum  ether  lies  between  ether  and  chloroform  in 
its  tendency  to  form  emulsions.  It  has  a  low  boiling  point, 
and  does  not  dissolve  water.  Its  use  is  limited  by  the  fact 
that  many  substances  are  insoluble  in  it,  while  soluble  in  the 
other  solvents.  It  is  most  suitable  for  use  with  fats  and  oils 
in  emulsions.  Amyl  alcohol  is  rarely  used,  except  in  the  ex- 
traction of  morphine.  It  has  no  advantages  over  any  other 
solvents  for  genera!  work,  while  its  strong  odor  and  high  boil- 
ing point  are  po.sitive  disadvantages.  Benzol  ((benzene)  Is 
sometimes  used  with  substances  of  the  aromatic  series.  Carbon  -di- 
sulphide  and  tetrachloride  have  no  advantages  over  chloroform. 
To  avoid  emulsions,  use  a  gentle  rotatory  motion  only,  without 
agitation.  Substances  which  cause  emulsions  may  often  be 
removed  before  .shaking  out.  Fats  may  be  eliminated  by  shak- 
ing out  the  basic  substances  by  means  of  acidulated  water, 
before  using  the  non-aouenus  solvent.  Gums  and  mucilage  may 
be  separated  by  the  addition  of  alcohol.  In  some  cases,  heat- 
ing with  a  large  excess  of  mineral  acid  destroys  the  emulsify- 
ing agent.  The  addition  nf  alcohol  helps  to  break  up  emul- 
sions, but  increases  solubility  in  the  aqueous  layer,  which 
brings  about  incomplete  extraction.  By  using  two  .solvents 
in  succession,  as  ether  followed  by  petroleum  ether,  emulsions 


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[November,  1915 


may  sometimes  be  prevented.  The  best  expedient  is  to  use  a 
large  volume  of  solvent.  When  an  emulsion  has  once  formed, 
it  is  best  broken  up  by  adding  it,  in  small  amounts,  to  a 
volume  of  the  solvent  in  another  separator  nearly  equal  to  the 
volume  of  the  whole  emulsion,  and  shaking  after  each  addi- 
tion. (Self,  Pharm.  J.,  1915,  p.  164.) 
Copaiba  Oil  and  Resin — 

Stockman  examined  pure  copaiba  oil,  and  the  resin  of 
copaiba,  both  obtained  from  the  same  sample,  to  ascertain 
which  contains  the  active  constituents  of  oleoresin  of  copaiba. 
The  resin  was  well  tolerated,  but  had  no  action  on  the  ure- 
thral discharges.  The  resin  was  also  found  to  be  inert  in  in- 
creasing the  antiseptic  powers  of  the  urine,  while  the  oil  had 
a  distinct  effect.  The  conclusion  is  that  the  resin  is  practi- 
cally useless  as  a  genito-urinary  antiseptic.  (Brit.  Med.  J., 
1015,  p.  128.) 

Active  Principle  of  Thyroid — 

By  hydrolyzing  the  proteins  of  the  thyroid,  by  means  of 
sodium  hydroxide  and  alcohol,  Kendall  separated  a  complex 
mixture,  partly  soluble  in  acid.  Further  action  on  the  soluble 
portion  gave  a  crystalline  iodine  compound,  with  a  melting 
point  of  about  220°,  which  appears  to  de  di-iodo-dihydroxy- 
indol.  It  is  thought  to  be  the  iodine  compound  to  which  the 
activity  of  the  thyroid  is  due,  as  it  possesses  all  the  typical 
physiological  properties  of  the  glands.  (Kendall,  Pharm.  J., 
1915,  p.  2.) 

Tests  for  Hashish — 

All  hashish  and  Cannabis  indica  preparations  show  the  fol- 
lowing reaction :  Extract  with  cold  petroleum  ether,  evapo- 
rate the  extract  at  the  ordinary  temperature,  and  treat  the 
residue  with  a  few  cc.  of  absolute  alcohol  saturated  with  dry 
hydrochloric  acid  gas.  A  bright  cherry  red  coloration  appears, 
which  is  discharged  by  the  addition  of  water  or  alcohol.  Tests 
were  made  with  a  large  number  of  other  plant  extracts,  and 
over  22  alkaloids,  glucosides,  etc.,  but  in  no  case  was  a  similar 
reaction  noted.  Certain  volatile  oils,  including  origanum  and 
santal,  gave  a  similar  color,  but  it  was  much  less  intense. 
(Beam,  Wellcome  Tropical  Research  Bull.  No.  3,  April,  1915, 
through  J.  Soc.  Chem.  Ind.) 


ALKALOIDS  IN  BELLADONNA 

Experiments  itn  Plant  Selection  Show  Interesting 
Besults  in  Vegetative  Propagation  and  Productivity 

Under  the  title  "Some  Effects  on  the  Production  of  Alkaloids 
in  Belladonna,"  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture 
in  Bulletin  306  gives  the  results  of  a  series  of  tests  on  con- 
trolling pollination  of  first  and  second  generation  plants  with 
special  attention  to  cross-pollination  and  close-pollination.  Fol- 
lowing are  the  conclusions  reached  in  the  bulletin : 

It  having  been  established  in  the  previous  investigation  that 
a  wide  range  of  variation  exists  in  the  alkaloidal  content  of 
belladonna  plants,  the  present  investigation  was  undertaken 
to  determine  whether  the  characteristic  of  alkaloid  production 
is  transmissible  to  the  progeny  through  seed  and  whether  the 
character  is  changed  by  vegetative  propagation.  The  results 
thus  far  show  that  the  first-generation  plants  secured  from  seed 
of  cross-pollinated  selected  individuals  display  the  characteristic 
of  the  maternal  parent  with  regard  to  alkaloid  productivity. 
Tliis  condition  is  generally  tme  at  all  stages  of  growth  during 
a  sea,son  and  also  for  at  least  two  successive  seasons.  Close 
pollination  of  the  parent  plant  has  shown  only  a  moderate  in- 
fluence on  the  transmission  of  this  characteristic. 

Second-generation  i-Vuii^  f.-.ni  cross-pollinntion  have  born 
grown  at  Arlington  "     -.n,   Wis.,  and   'I  nn..inn-;vill.', 

S.  C,  and  at  all  tl  i  ■  '■•  h'v  <l.splav:.l  il-  i.  i-u- 

alkaloid-producinp    i  ^  ^  i'l<--nt   in    the   crr^mal  i.n.iit 

plant  and  the  generation  pnccding. 

While  the  plants  at  the  different  localities  showed  a  paral- 
\,A    rrliii  ii^liin    li.-'  -ird    .  arh    ntlipr    thrrr    was  rnnsiderablc 
"     ,i     ■  ■  Thus, 
1  irkings 


diff. 


it  was 
ds  than 


ists  between  the  amount  of  precipitation  and  sunshine  and 
the  percentage  of  alkaloids  produced. 

Plants  were  grown  from  cuttings,  and  at  two  stages  of  their 
growth  these  plants  showed  a  marked  tendency  to  display  the 
same  characteristic  regarding  alkaloid  production  as  the  plants 
from  which  they  were  propagated  and  the  original  parents 
of  those  plants. 


United  States  to  Make 

Potash  From  Alunite 

Rich  Beds  of  Mineral  Are  Found  in  Utah — Discovery 
Assures  Domestic  Supply  of  Much  Needed  Salts 


Mineral  potash  is  now  produced  in  the  United  States,  Sec- 
retary of  the  Interior  Lane  has  announced  from  Washington. 
The  Secretary  received  a  report  from  a  special  agent  of  the 
Geological  Survey  in  Piute  county,  Utah,  telling  of  the  fact. 
It  is  said  that  the  potash  is  found  in  a  vein  of  mineral 
known  as  alunite,  which  is  the  sulphate  of  aluminum  and 
potassium.  The  vein  found  is  about  ten  feet  wide  and  has 
been  traced  for  more  than  3,500  feet.  Its  depth  is  not  yet 
known. 

About  200  tons  of  the  alunite  have  been  put  through  the 
mill  and  two  tons  of  99  per  cent  pure  potash  have  been  pro- 
duced. There  are  still  in  solution  nearly  100,000  gallons 
containing  large  amounts  of  potash  salts  v.'hich  have  not  yet 
bco:i  e\aporated. 

Concerning  the  discoveiy  the  Department  of  the  Interior 
says: 

"The  discovery  assures  us  of  a  domestic  supply  of  potash 
for  our  national  needs  in  the  manufacture  of  explosives. 
Alunite  is  known  to  exist  in  Colorado,  Utah,  Nevada,  Cali- 
fornia and  Arizona.  It  resembles  in  appearance  disintegrated 
limestone.  The  technical  description  given  by  the  Geological 
Survey  of  alunite  is  that  it  is  a  'fine  grained,  compact  rock, 
breaking  with  conchoidal  fractures,  and  having  a  porcelainlike 
appearance,  but  containing  also  considerable  masses  with  a 
distinctly  crystalline  structure.' 

"Heretofore  the  United  States  has  been  dependent  upon  the 
potash  supply  of  Germany,  where  it  is  found  in  strata  chiefly 
at  a  great  deptli.  Our  imports  for  1913  of  potassium  salts 
were  valued  at  $15,000,000.  The  world  has  been  dependent 
upon  tliis  German  supply  as  an  ingredient  in  modem  fertil- 
izer and  in  the  manufacture  of  explosives.  Potash  exists  in 
some  of  the  salt  lakes  of  the  interior  of  the  United  States, 
but  has  not  been  produced  heretofore  in  any  commercial 
quantity.  Some  potash  has  also  been  produced  on  the  Pacific 
coast  from  the  kelp  of  the  seacoast,  which  takes  the  potash 
from  the  salt  water. 

"The  Interior  Department  is  also  drilling  at  various  points 
in  the  United  States  in  search  of  potash  deposits  similar  to 
those  of  Germany." 


were    i;i  -        ...II'-,.-....       -.  .  - 

found  that  the  :\la(lison  iilants  yicld.d  more  _ 
tliose  at  Arlington,  .\t  Timmonsvillc  the  yield  was  still 
greater  than  at  INIadison,  but  here  only  one  picking  was 
made,  and  it  is  hardly  possible  to  make  a  true  comparison, 
Nothing  definite  developed  to  indicate  that  a  relationship  ex- 


CHLORINE  WATER  IN  DIPHTHERIA 

In  the  prnii!  '  '  n;-  irr\atment  of  suspected  diphtheria.  Dr. 
M,  Clayton   '  '  'liladelphia,  calls  attention  to  the  use 

of  chlorine  important  remedy  {Medical  Counn/>. 

Whilr-  1  :<  -      rtrn  for  physicians,  what  he  says  con- 

cern: ration  of  the  remedy  is  of  general  interest 

to  1  l  ecially  the  following: 

'•  !  -i     iii  tive  part  of  the  treatment  is  the  local  appli- 

I  iii  11  li'  ilie  entire  throat  and  especially  to  the  tonsils  of  the 
.'  ,  >  ,  ;  '  in"  composxtus,  of  the  U.  S.  P.,  which  contains  when 
ir.  sl  ly  1  lepared  about  0.4%  of  free  chlorine.  It  should  always 
be  freshly  prepared,  kept  tightly  corked  and  in  a  cool  place, 
and  should  be  dispensed  in  a  dark  colored  bottle.  A  small 
amount  of  Uie  solution  should  be  placed  in  a  cup,  and  bv 
means  of  a  flexible  wire-handled  throat  brush  applied  to  th*- 
throat  in  its  undiluted  state.  ITse  thoroughly  every  hour  until 
relieved  and  then  loss  frequently.  In  a  large  pcrcentaKC  of 
these  cases  this  treatment  will  completely  arrest  the  disease, 
so  that,  when  you  call  the  next  day,  even  if  your  report  from 
the  culture  is  positive,  you  will  find  the  child  practically  wfU 
as  far  as  the  throat  is  concerned,  and  no  further  treatmert 
will  be  necessary,  not  even  the  use  of  antitoxin," 


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479 


CAMERA  AND  PHOTO  SUPPLIES 


Cincinnati  Drug  Stores  Find  Photo  Supplies  Profitable 

Among  the  most  successful  drug  stores  in  the  United  States  are  those  of  the  Dow  chain  in 
Cincinnati,  which  have  recently  passed  into  the  hands  of  a  syndicate  of  Cincinnati  business  men. 
Their  methods  of  pushing  cameras  and  photographic  supplies  are  of  decided  interest  and  value  to 
the  druggist  whose  experience  in  these  lines  is  in  the  early  stages. 


THE  Dow  string  of  eleven  drug-stores,  in  Cincinnati,  is  a 
highly  successful  instance  of  tlic  application  of  modern 
merchandising  methods  to  the  drug  business.  This  is 
admitted  even  by  its  critics ;  while  its  friends,  of  course,  swear 
by  it.  Therefore,  the  experience  of  some  of  the  most  active 
stores  in  the  string,  as  evidenced  by  their  managers,  with 
cameras  and  photographic  goods  generally,  is  very  much  worth 
while,  especially  in  view  of  the  fact  that  the  Dow  stores  have 
for  years  handled  such  goods,  and  have  met  with  a  considerable 
degree  of  success  with  them. 

''I  consider  photographic  goods  to  be  one  of  the  very  best 
lines  for  a  drug  store,'  if  properly  handled,"  declared  Manager 
Einspanier,  who  is  in  charge  of  the  newest  store  in  the  string, 
at  Si.xth  and  Main  streets.  "And  there  is  a  little  more  to  the 
proper  handling  of  such  goods  than  some  druggists  seem  to 
think.  Proper  handling  means  development  and  growth ;  and 
these  things  do  not  come  about  by  chance,  but  by  careful  and 
intelligent  application  of  good  business  methods  to  the  goods  in 
question. 

"For  instance,  the  average  amateur,  whose  business  it  is  that 
must  support  the  drug  store's  photograph  supply  business, 
knows  ne.xt  to  nothing  about  the  why  and  wherefore  of  pho- 
tography. .  He  only  knows  that  he  inserts  the  film,  or  plate, 
or  film-pack,  as  the  case  may  be,  presses  a  button  or  a  bulb, 
and  gets  a  picture — sometimes.  He  is  not  an  expert  judge  of 
pictures,  and  does  not  require  of  himself  a  high  degree  of  ex- 
cellence. He  is  quite  satisfied,  as  a  rule,  if  he  gets  some  kind 
of  picture,  and  considers  it  quite  a  feat  to  get  six  pictures 
out  of  six  exposures,  without  a  single  complete  failure. 

"Still,  when  he  does  make  a  complete  failure,  by  reason  of 
taking  a  snap-shot  on  a  dark  day,  or  by  shaking  the  camera 
so  that  all  images  on  the  picture  are  blurred,  or  for  any  other 
reason,  he  wants  to  know  why.  He  is  sometimes  inclined  to 
blame  the  camera  or  the  supplies  which  he  used;  and  that  is 
the  chief  reason  why  it  is  up  to  the  drug  clerks  in  a  store 
handling  photographic  goods  to  be  able  to  explain,  simply  and 
satisfactorily,  why  these  failures  occur,  and  the  way  to  avoid 
them. 

Clerk  Should  Understand  Photography 

"In  order  to  do  this,  the  clerk  should  himself  understand 
the  simple  theory  of  photography,  the  relation  of  the  amount  of 
light  available  to  the  length  of  the  exposure,  when  to  use  the 
snap-shot  or  instantaneous,  and  when  to  use  the  bulb  or  the 
time  exposure.  These  things  are  the  .'\-B-C  of  successful  pho- 
tography, even  by  the  veriest  amateur.  Where  the  more  ex- 
perienced camera  enthusiast  is  concerned,  of  course,  even  a 
wider  degree  of  knowledge  is  desirable,  not  to  say  necessary,  be- 
cause the  man  who  does  his  own  developing  and  printing  wants 
and  demands  an  expert  opinion  from  the  salesman  on  the 
various  chemicals  and  other  supplies  necessary.  If  the  sales- 
man cannot,  by  reason  of  ignorance,  give  this  expert  opinion, 
the  customer  is  not  likely  to  come  again.  He  will  transfer  his 
business  to  a  store  which  appreciates  it  more,  ind  is  willing  to 
help  him  buy  to  the  best  advantage. 

"All  this,  of  course,  on  analysis,  simply  reduces  itself  to  the 
elementary  business  axiom  of  knowing  your  bu-siness.  A  good 
many  druggists,  though,  who  appreciate  fully  the  necessity  of 
knowing  everything  about  most  of  their  other  lines,  take  no 
trouble  tn  find  out.  or  to  school  their  clerks,  on  the  action  of 
cameras  in  stock,  and  other  details  involved  in  selling  pho- 
tographic goods;  and  yet  they  wonder  why  this  line  doesn't 
seem  to  do  very  well. 

"Showing  the  goods  prominently  and  attractively  is  another 
prime  necessity.    One  good  reason  for  this,  to  start  with,  is 


tlie  fact  that  not  all  drug-stores  carry  such  goods — although, 
as  I  say,  I  thnk  they  should.  And,  therefore,  unless  they  are 
shown,  possible  customers  will  have  no  way  of  knowing  that 
they  can  buy  their  photographic  supplies  at  the  drug  store. 
This  may  not  be  true  of  the  usual  sizes  of  films,  perhaps, 
which  have  properly  come  to  be  recognized  as  a  regular  item 
in  drug  stocks,  by  the  public  as  well  as  by  druggists;  but  it  is 
certainly  true  of  the  wider  range  of  supplies  which  ought  to  be 
carried  if  tlie  druggist  intends  to  handle  a  complete  photo- 
graphic department. 

Always  a  Window  Trim  in  Summer 

"Therefore,  we  devote  a  prominent  show-case  section  to 
cameras  and  supplies,  always;  and  from  March  to  Septem- 
ber, the  best  period  for  such  goods,  there  is  always  a  window 
section  filled  with  them.  This  is  changed  often,  both  as  to 
location  and  contents,  so  as  to  give  the  desired  touch  of  va- 
riety; but  there  is  always  such  a  window,  keeping  people  in- 
formed of  the  fact  that  we  sell  these  goods  in  full  variety. 

"The  volume  of  business  resulting  is  sufficiently  satisfactory 
to  make  me  give  all  necessary  attention  to  this  line,  because 
it  repays  such  attention  as  well  as  any  goods  I  could  name. 
Moreover,  our  best  business  is  with  the  chemicals  and  other 
developing  and  printing  supplies  which  so  many  stores  do  not 
think  wortla  carrying.  We  sell  many  low-priced  cameras,  and 
many  films,  but  the  supply  business  is  that  which  makes  the 
department  most  worth  while. 

"A  factor  which  is  worth  considering  is  that  the  photo- 
graphic department  aids  the  rest  of  the  business,  proving  the 
well-established  business  theory  that  every  line  helps  the  other. 
It's  this  way;  The  man  who  has  got  into  the  habit  of  drop- 
ping in  to  get  his  camera  supplies,  as  he  will  if  he  is  properly 
handled,  will  naturally  buy  other  goods  which  the  druggist 
handles,  from  soft  drinks  to  medicines,  and  covering  the  entire 
range  of  novelties.  And  this,  in  addition  to  the  money-making 
possibilities  of  the  goods  themselves,  seems  to  me  to  furnish  the 
last  argument  needed  to  show  the  truth  of  that  I  have  said— 
that  every  druggist  ought  to  keep  a  well-stocked  photographic 
department." 

"We  have  always  done  very  well  with  our  photographic 
goods,"  said  Manager  Patterson,  of  the  Dow  store  at  Fifth  and 
Vine  streets,  which  is  one  of  the  busiest  corners,  not  only  in 
Cincinnati,  but  in  the  United  States.  This,  naturally,  makes 
window  space  valuable  at  this  store;  but  it  is  not  too  valuable 
to  use  for  cameras  and  photographic  goods,  as  there  is  al- 
ways a  good  display  of  this  sort  in  the  window.  "We  make 
it  a  practice  to  show  these  goods  regularly,  especially  during 
the  summer  season,  because  that,  in  my  experience,  is  the  one 
best  way  to  keep  tliem  moving,"  continued  Manager  Patterson. 

"We  have  sold  high-priced  goods  and  we  have  sold  low- 
priced  goods — all  kinds,  in  fact;  enough  of  them  to  make  the 
receipts  from  this  department  very  respectable.  Our  developing 
and  printing  department  is  extremely  busy  dun'iii^  tlio  summer, 
when  the  amateur  is  busiest,  and  it  helps  to  kcpp  iliin  -s  iiin\-ing. 
As  a  matter  of  course,  the  amateur  buys  his  suppli.  s.  if  only  the 
necessary  films,  at  the  store  where  he  gets  his  prints  made; 
and  there  is  a  small  profit  on  the  work,  as  well.  Yes,  sir, 
the  line  is  a  good  one,  and  we  couldn't  get  along  without  it— 
our  customers  would  make  us  put  it  in  again." 

From  which  expressions  cf  opinion  it  may  be  gathered  that 
the  Dow  stores  think  it  is  worth  while  to  handle  photographic 
goods,  from  cameras  selling  at  $20  and  upwards  down  to  the 
$2  article,  and  all  of  the  supplies  which  go  with  them;  and,  it 
may  be  ventured,  the  experience  of  other  leading  druggists  is  to 
the  same  effect. 

Dow's  handle  Ansco  goods  exclusively. 


480  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA  [November,  1915 

Cameras  in  Good  Line  for  Christmas  Trade 


Every  druggist  who  has  handled  cameras  and  photographic 
supplies  for  any  length  of  time  knows  tliat  it  is  one  of  his 
best  all-the-year-round  side  lines.  There  is,  naturally,  more 
business  in  the  summer  when  people  are  going  on  their  vaca- 
tions, but  the  real  camera  enthusiast — and  there  are  thousands 
of  them — does  not  care  whetlier  it  is  summer  or  winter.  Snow 
scenes  are  just  as  attractive  to  him  as  tlie  bathing  girls  at 
the  beach.  For  this  reason  cameras  form  one  of  the  best 
lines  for  the  druggist  to  feature  for  the  Christmas  trade. 

How  to  make  the  most  of  this  department  at  holiday  season 
is  a  question  which  many  druggists  have  to  face  soon.  Cameras 
and  photo  supplies  in  themselves  make  attractive  window 
displays.  The  druggist  will,  of  course,  make  a  special  effort 
to  have  a  good  stock  on  hand  at  this  time  of  the  year.  But 
merely  putting  these  goods  in  the  window  does  not  go  very 
far  towards  selling  them.  It  merely  calls  attention  to  the 
fact  that  they  are  to  be  had  at  the  store. 

The  druggist  should  make  his  window  or  counter  display 
an  education  in  itself.  To  do  this  he  must  become  thoroughly 
acquainted  with  the  goods.  Everyone  knows  that  if  you  point 
the  camera  at  an  object  and  push  the  button  you  will  have 
a  picture,  of  some  kind,  of  that  object.  The  picture  may  be 
good  or  bad.  Lots  of  people  know  that  sometimes  the  picture 
is  clear  and  sometimes  foggy,  but  they  don't  know  why.  Prob- 
ably fifty  per  cent  of  the  camera  users  never  considered  that 
it  was  possible  to  do  more  than  take  an  ordinary  picture  of  the 
size  indica,ted  by  the  size  of  the  camera.  The  druggist  should 
be  able  to  give  his  customers  new  pointers  and  further  arouse 
their  interest. 

One  of  the  best  ways  to  do  this  is  to  make  the  window  dis- 
play educational,  and  one  of  the  best  times  to  do  it  is  at 
Christmas  when  people  are  thinking  what  would  most  please 
and  interest  their  friends.  Along  this  line,  a  man  who  has 
been  in  the  camera  business  for  years  recently  suggested  that 
the  best  kind  of  a  window  display  was  not  of  cameras  merely 


but  of  a  camera  and  the  results  which  could  be  obtained  from 
it.  "Make  one  good  camera  the  center  of  your  display,"  he 
said.  "Then  show  what  can  be  done  with  it.  On  one  side 
show  photographs  which  have  been  taken  with  that  machine, 
or  one  like  it.  Pictures  of  friends,  children,  of  flowers,  of 
landscapes,  in  fact,  pictures  touching  on  all  phases  of  life. 
Make  the  prospective  customer  realize  that  the  camera  can 
be  made  to  fill  an  important  place  in  his  life.  Then  on  the 
other  side  show  the  different  kinds  of  pictures  which  may 
be  taken  with  the  same  camera.  Call  his  attention  to  the 
enlargements  which  may  be  made,  to  the  fact  that  he  may 
take  lantern  slides,  to  the  results  which  may  be  obtained  by 
the  use  of  different  kinds  of  films  and  to  the  contrasts  which 
may  be  brought  out  by  the  use  of  different  methods  of  de- 
velopment or  by  colors.  Many  people  just  snap  the  picture 
and  let  the  photographic  dealer  do  tlie  rest  as  he  sees  fit." 

Another  method  which  has  been  tried  out  successfully  by 
the  managers  of  several  stores  in  their  efforts  to  get  the 
Christmas  trade  is  to  send  out  an  attractive  booklet  a  few 
weeks  before  the  holidays.  This  booklet  can  be  prepared  very 
cheaply  although  the  more  attractive  it  is  the  more  likely  it  is 
to  bring  trade.  It  is  sufficient  to  call  attention  to  the  pleas- 
ure which  can  be  had  from  the  camera  and  to  invite  the 
customer  to  call  and  inspect  your  line.  The  mailing  list 
should  not  be  confined  to  the  immediate  vicinity,  however. 
Every  druggist  who  has  been  in  the  camera  business  for  any 
length  of  time  has  a  mailing  list  of  several  thousand  names 
ready  at  hand  from  the  names  of  people  who  have  left  their 
films  to  be  developed.  Some  of  these  may  live  out  of  town 
but  they  will  be  flattered  to  be  remembered  by  the  booklet 
and  the  next  time  they  come  to  town  they  will  call.  One 
man  who  was  for  several  years  manager  of  the  photographic 
department  of  a  large  retail  drug  store  said  that  one  season 
he  got  out  a  small  booklet  called  "The  Spirit  of  Christmas" 
and  that  it  more  than  doubled  his  holiday  trade. 


Photo  Supply  Department 

In  a  College  Drug  Store 

Recognizing  the  demand  of  the  discriminating  amateur  for 
better  work  than  is  usually  obtainable  in  the  regular  channels, 
C.  H.  Reynolds,  manager  of  a  drug  store  in  State  College,  Pa., 
has  opened  a  department  for  the  finishing  of  pictures,  and  gives 
every  film  and  print  careful  and  individual  treatment.  He 
makes  a  point  of  correcting  faults  due  to  errors  in  exposure 
and  tries  to  use  the  paper  for  the  prints  which  will  be  best  suited 
to  the  picture.  Being  in  a  town  with  both  a  large  high 
school  and  a  college  Mr.  Reynolds  finds  it  profitable  to  go 
after  this  trade.    He  says: 

"From  a  chemical  or  pharmaceutical  standpoint  the  photo- 
graphic department  is  adapted  to  drug  stores  more  than  to 
any  other  line  of  business.  The  process  of  photography  has 
become  so  simplified  in  recent  years  that  any  one  with  an  or- 
dinary pharmaceutical  education  can  rapidly  become  familiar 
with  tlie  workings  of  the  camera  and  the  processes  used  for 
the  developing  and  finishing  of  pictures. 

"Viewed  from  a  college  or  school  town  standpoint  the  photo 
department  is  the  most  profitable  of  the  many  side  lines  that 
have  to  be  carried  by  the  modern  drug  store.  The  business 
from  the  ordinary  high  school  is  worth  going  after. 

"It  is  not  necessary  to  carry  a  large  stock  as  the  turnovers 
on  films,  printing  papers  and  developers  is  big;  and  the  line 
of  cameras  and  accessories  can  be  kept  dovra  to  the  ordinary 
thinRs  that  are  in  demand. 

"If  the  owner  or  one  of  the  clerks  does  not  care  to  do  the 
finishing  work  there  is  hardly  a  town  of  any  size  that  does 
not  have  one  or  more  amateur  photographers  that  would  be 
glad  to  take  up  the  work.  Twenty-four  hour  service  should  be 
given. 

"Finishing  bills  should  be  rendered  weekly,  being  made  out 
at  retail  list  less  30  per  cent  for  your  profit.  Supplies  can  be 
sold  to  the  one  doing  the  finishing  at  a  discount  of  say  10 
per  cent  and  this  would  avcroge  about  20  per  cent  more  to  be 
added  to  the  finishing  department." 


N"EW  ORLEANS  DRUG  STORE  TRIES  CAMERAS 
AND  FINDS  THAT  THEY  PAY 

Cusach's,  the  veteran  pharmacy  of  New  Orleans,  which 
has  been  in  business  at  Canal  and  Baronne  streets  for  a  little 
more  than  84  years,  is  pioneering  in  photography  as  a  side  line. 
Early  in  August  the  store  announced  through  the  press  and 
placards  that  they  would  develop  films  free.  Though  but 
three  weeks  old,  Allen  Freret,  manager  of  Cusach's,  announces 
that  the  plan  is  destined  to  be  a  success.    Mr.  Freret  says 

"We  have  considered  such  a  move  ever  since  we  received 
numerous  Sunday  calls  from  'kodakcrs.'  Suited  as  our  store 
is,  on  the  'engagement  corner.'  many  young  people  made 
calls  on  us  on  the  Sabbath  for  films,  kodak  necessities  and 
what  not.  It  was  Sunday,  and  all  the  photo  supply  stores 
were  closed.    Naturally  they  sought  the  drug  store. 

"We  are  starting  in  a  small  way.  Later  on  we  intend  to 
install  cameras  and  all  the  camera  paraphernalia.  Wo  are 
giving  as  much  publicity  to  our  project  as  possible,  and  daily 
our  ledger  shows  an  increase  over  the  preceding  day.  In  our 
front  windows  we  have  installed  a  photographic  display  of  a 
nuinbcr  of  good  pictures." 

Under  Cusach's  plan,  kodac  fihns  are  developed  free,  with 
the  proviso  that  the  customer  takes  at  least  one  print,  for 
which  the  proper  charge  is  made.  If  the  films  do  not  come 
out  well,  the  customer  is  under  no  obligation  to  purcJiase 
a  print. 


LYNN.  MASS..  STORE  IS  REMODELED 

Followsing  extensive  alterations  and  improvements,  the  Ropes 
Drug  Co.,  of  Lynn.  Mass.,  held  an  informal  opening  on  Oc- 
tober 14  at  the  remodeled  store  at  31.^-315  Union  street.  .V 
large  number  of  old  customers  took  advantage  of  this  op)>or- 
tunity  to  inspect  the  stock  of  the  new  store,  .^dolf  H.  Ackcr- 
mann  is  manager  and  treasurer  of  the  company. 


I; 

*      November,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


481 


PHARMACEUTICAL  PERSONALS 


DRUG  MAN  NOW  BANK  PRESIDENT 

Willoughby  M.  McCorniick,  president  of  Mcl'.nniiik  &  Co., 
the  Baltimore  drug  and  spice  manuf.u  tui  c  is,  lias  aiuiined 
the  dignity  of  bank  president.  He  has  bci  oiuc  ilu-  Ik  ul  of 
the  recently  organized  Baltimore 
Commercial  Bank,  which  is  lo- 
cated in  the  new  Coca  Cola 
building,  at  Pratt  street  and 
Center  Market  space,  and  which 
was  formally  opened  October 
IS  with  a  reception  to  hundreds 
of  business  men,  many  ladies 
also  being  present.  Mr.  Mc- 
Corniick and  the  other  officers 
were  showered  with  flowers, 
among  the  tloral  tributes  being 
a  large  seal  of  the  bank,  com- 
posed of  a  .solid  mass  of  blooms, 
with  lettering  and  other  mark- 
ings complete.  On  the  eleventh 
floor  of  the  building  a  fine 
luncheon  was  spread,  and  an  or- 
chestra played  from  11  to  4 
o'clock.  Mr.  McCormick  and 
Willoughby  M.  McCormick  the  other  oitkials  were  on  hand 
to  welcome  the  visitors,  and 
during  the  first  hour  several  hundred  thousand  dollars  in  deposits 
were  made.  Among  the  visitors  from  a  distance  was  Asa  G. 
Candler,  president  of  the  Coca  Cola  Co.  of  Atlanta,  who  is 
one  of  the-  directors  of  the  bank.  It  was  the  Coca  Cola  Co. 
which  put  up  the  building,  an  enormous  edifice,  covering  one 
whole  block,  and  twelve  stories  high,  of  brick  and  concrete. 
The  structure  is  intended  as  an  industrial  home  for  manufac- 
turers,   with   stores   on   the   ground    floor,    and   cost  about 

SI. 500,000.   

A.  G.  RICHARDSON  LEAVES  SMITH  CO. 

A.  G.  Richardson  has  resigned  as  vice-president  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  the   J.  Hungerford  Smith   Co.,  Rochester, 
N.  Y.    No  announcement  has  yet  been  made  of  Mr.  Rich- 
ardson's future  plans.  No  man 
is  better  known   in   the  soda 
fountain  trade.    To  thousands 
he    was    "Alick"  Richardson. 
Xot  only  as  salesman  and  busi- 
ness  acquaintance,    but    as  a 
close  personal   friend  of  soda 
fountain  men,  retailers  and  job- 
hers,  Mr.  Richardson  occupied 
a  unique  position  in  this  field. 

Early  in  his  career  he  was 
a  retail  druggist.  Thus  he 
brought  to  the  work  of  selling 
fruit  juices  an  intimate  knowl- 
edge of  the  retailer's  problems. 
By  his  advice  and  suggestion 
he  has  shown  thousands  of 
soda  men  the  way  to  better 
profits.  He  has  traveled  the 
•entire  country  and  can  go  into 
stores  from  Maine  to  California 
and  call  the  proprietor  and  the 

men  behind  the  counter  by  name,  this  facility  for  remembering 
names  having  been  often  remarked  by  his  associates. 

Mr.  Richardson  joined  the  J.  Hungerford  Smith  Co.  twenty 
years  ago  as  a  salesman,  and  five  years  later  was  called  in 
to  the  main  office,  where  he  later  became  sales  manager  and 
vice-president.  Under  his  direction  the  business  of  the  com- 
pany grew  tremendously. 

Durbin  Richardson,  assistant  sales  manager  of  the  J.  Hun- 
gerford Smith  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  has  resigned  and  will 
be  associated  with  his  cousin,  A.  G.  Richardson,  whose  resig- 
nation from  the  same  company  recently  occurred.  Durbin 
Richardson  has  worked  at  the  soda  fountain  and  has  sold 


A.  G.  Richardson 


goods  on  the  road  for  many  years.  He  is  particularly  well 
known  to  the  soda  fountain  trade  of  the  Northwest,  where 
he  made  occasional  trips. 


Adam  Wirth 


ADAM  WIRTH  TAKES  A  TRIP 

.•\(lam  Wirth,  prominent  druggist  and  prominent  member 
of  the  Orledns  Pharmaceutical  Association,  spent  a  delightful 
vacation  last  month.    With  his  family,  Mr.  Wirth  viewed  the 

the  California  expositions,  

toured  Yellowstone  Park 
for  si.x  days,  and  spent  a 
wholly  delightful  week 
imong  the  Catalina  Islands. 
Returning,  Mr.  Wirth 
combined  a  little  business 
with  vacationing,  and 
brought  back  many  new 
ideas  which  he  is  incor- 
porating into  his  popular 
store  at  St.  Charles  and 
Girod  streets.  New  Or- 
leans, La. 

Mr.  Wirth  is  not  only 
one  of  the  best  known  men 
in  the  New  Orleans  trade, 
but  he  takes  a  tremendous 
interest  in  association  af- 
fairs, and  more  than  once 
has  been  honored  with 
positions  of  responsibility 
by  the  Orleans  Pharma- 
ceutical Association.  Re- 
cently, at  the  state  drug- 
gists' convention,  held  in  New  Orleans,  he  distinguished  him- 
self at  the  head  of  the  committee  to  entertain  visiting  druggists. 

C.  P.  VAN  SCHAACK  RETURNS  FROM  PANAMA 

Cornelius  P.  Van  Schaack,  vice-president  and  secretary  of 
Peter  Van  Schaack  &  Sons,  wholesale  druggists,  Chicago, 
has  just  returned  from  a  trip  to  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  and 
the  Canal  Zone,  going  thence  by  way  of  New  Orleans  and 
the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  Mr.  Van  Schaack  is  an  acute  observer, 
and  he  had  many  interesting  things  to  tell  of  life  in  Panama. 
Soldiers  guard  night  and  day  all  locks  and  constructive  por- 
tions of  the  canal  and  buildings  in  the  Canal  Zone,  about  5,000 
of  them  being  stationed  there. 

Mr.  Van  Schaack  writes  the  Era  of  this  trip,  portions  of 
his  letter  being  as  follows: 

"There  are  many  drug  stores  on  the  Isthmus,  but  they  are 
small,  mostly  of  foreign  ownership.  I  saw  only  one  American 
pharmacy,  but  many  'Tharmacia"  or  'Tharmacie."  The 
clerks  all  have  their  tongues  slit,  and  speak  equally  well  Eng- 
lish, Spanish,  French  and  German,  and  as  many  other  lan- 
guages as  there  is  room  for. 

"There  are  but  few  Germans  in  the  Canal  Zone,  but  along 
the  coast  on  both  sides  they  represent  the  largest  of  the  mer- 
chants. A  prominent  Spaniard,  representing  a  few  large  Amer- 
ican houses,  told  me  all  Central  and  South  American  stocks 
were  very  low,  and  thinking  the  war  would  have  beeri  over  by 
this  time,  he  predicted  that  the  American  people  for  the  next 
few  months  would  be  receiving  such  large  orders  that  their 
verity  would  almost  be  doubted,  and  that  if  we  carefully  fol- 
lowed the  shipper's  instructions  and  gave  what  the  South 
American  people  wanted,  properly  packed,  not  what  we  wanted 
them  to  take,  their  future  trade  would  be  assured.  It  is  neces- 
sary that  all  labels  and  instructions  be  printed  in  Spanish,  for 
white  and  black  all  .speak  that  languase.  TTnlike  our  South, 
with  its  Jim  Crow  cars  and  signs  for  "white"  or  "black,"  they 
designate  the  color  line  by  "gold"  and  "silver."  No  white 
man  gets  less  than  S30  a  month  in  the  Canal  Zone,  so  that 
all  signs  on  cars  and  elsewhere  read  for  "Silver"  or  "Gold" 
employes.  All  employes  of  the  Government  in  the  Canal  Zone 
must  be  naturalized  or  native  American  citizens. 


482 


THE  PHAEMACEUTICAli  EEA 


[November,  191^ 


"The  climate  of  the  Zone  is  humid,  and  sun-showers  come 
up  at  any  hour  of  the  day  or  night,  but  no  one  minds  these 
inconveniences  or  protects  himself,  but  just  waits  until  the 
shower  is  over  and  then  dries  off.  To  bathe  one  day  in  the 
Atlantic  Ocean  and  then  to  take  a  swim  the  next  day  in  the 
Pacific  Ocean  was  my  unique  experience. 

"It  takes  longer  to  go  to  the  Canal  than  it  does  to  go  to 
Europe,  and  if  one  can  dodge  the  frequent  hurricanes  on  the 
Gulf  and  Caribbean  Sea,  the  voyage  is  a  delightful  one,  though 
the  "Merrywine",  a  sister  ship  to  ours  on  the  same  line,  was 
lost  a  few  weeks  ago,  but  little  of  the  wreckage  being  found 
on  account  of  the  many  currents  and  cross-currents  that  carry 
all  the  telltale  flotsam  away." 


ITEW  SALES  MANAGER  EOR  F.  K.  JAMES 

James  A.  Watson,  for  three  years  assistant  advertising  man- 
ager with  Riker-Hegeman  Co.,  has  recently  accepted  the  posi- 
tion of  sales  and  advertising  manager  for  F.  K.  James  Co. 

The  James  chain  now  consists 
of  three  stores  in  New  York 
and  one  in  Brooklyn.  Mr. 
Watson  is  to  have  entire  charge 
of  the  display  and  sale  of  the 
goods  in  the  stores  as  well  as 
control  of  the  advertising, 

Mr.  Watson  is  a  young  man 
of  pleasing  personality,  force- 
ful and  aggressive,  and  has 
very  definite  ideas  on  the  way 
goods  should  be  sold.  He  is  a 
strong  believer  in  the  element 
of  personal  advertising — that  is, 
the  advertisement  of  good  ser- 
vice, attractive  displays  of 
goods  and  catchy  circulars  for 
distribution  with  goods  sold. 
"It  is  by  making  your  store  a 
personality  to  the  customer  that 
trade  can  be  secured,"  said  Mr. 
Watson.  "He  must  feel  that 
he  is  wanted  in  the  store  and  that  every  member  of  the  force 
takes  an  interest  in  him  personally.  The  clerks  must  greet  the 
customer  with  a  smile  and  have  a  pleasant  'thank  you'  when 
he  leaves." 

During  his  connection  with  the  Riker-Hegeman  Co.  as  as- 
sistant advertising  manager,  Mr.  Watson  had  practical  charge 
of  the  combined  advertising  for  seventy  stores  and  it  was  his 
experience  along  this  line  which  led  him  to  believe  that  one 
of  the  chief  elements  of  successful  advertising  was  to  have 
absolute  co-operation  between  the  advertising  and  the  sales 
force.  That  is,  if  a  certain  article  is  advertised  in  the  news- 
papers, in  a  window  display  or  in  circulars  to  the  customers, 
special  effort  should  be  made  to  have  all  the  clerks  in  the 
store  know  what  was  being  offered  on  that  day  and  to  have 
them  informed  as  to  the  selling  points  of  the  goods. 

Before  entering  the  drug  field,  Mr.  Watson  was  for  some 
time  secretary  of  the  Ford  Co.,  of  New  Haven,  Conn  ,  manu- 
facturing and  retail  jewelers. 


James  A.  Watson 


DRUG  MAN  GETS  OFFICIAL  POSITION 

R.  C.  Stofer,  of  the  Norwich  Pharmacal  Co.,  Norwich,  N. 
Y.,  has  recently  been  appointed  by  Governor  Whitman  as  a 
member  of  the  advisory  council  to  the  State  Industrial  Commis- 
sion. This  council  consists  of  ten  members  and  takes  over  all 
the  duties  and  powers  of  the  Department  of  Labor,  the  Work- 
men's Compensation  Commission  and  the  Industrial  Board. 
Five  members  of  the  council  represent  the  employes  and  five  the 
employers.  The  men  of  the  latter  group  are  selected  for 
their  ability  as  executives  and  their  experience  as  employers 
of  labor.  The  appointment  of  Mr.  Stofer  is  thought  to  be 
the  first  time  that  a  pharmaceutical  manufacturing  house  has 
been  recognized  in  connection  with  state  labor  problems,  and 
it  speaks  well  for  the  excellent  system  Mr.  Stofer  has  worked 
out  in  connection  witli  the  plant  of  the  Norwich  company. 


avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  has  sold  his  business  and  retired 
from  business.  At  the  time  the  sale  was  consummated,  he 
was  the  oldest  active  pharmacist  in  Brooklyn.  Mr.  Rouillion 
was  born  at  Bazancais,  France,  in  1833,  and  educated  at  Bloit 
Seminary.  For  eight  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  drug  busi- 
ness in  Paris,  and  then  came  to  New  York  where  he  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession.  He  has  had  an  interesting  career 
and  on  the  occasion  of  his  eightieth  birthday,  in  1913,  he  was 
the  recipient  of  congratulatory  addresses  from  various  well- 
known  men  in  pharmacy.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Kings  Co.  Pharmaceutical  Society  and  is  now  borne  on  the  rolls 
of  that  organization  as  an  honorary  member. 


W.  F.  MARTIN  NEW  SALES  MANAGER 

The  J.  Hungerford  Smith  Company  announce  the  appoint- 
ment of  W.  F.  Martin,  of  San  Antonio,  Texas,  as  sales 
manager.  Mr.  Martin  has  been  connected  with  the  firm  for 
several  years,  in  charge  of  the  Southwestern  market,  prior  to 
which  time  he  was  sales  manager  for  the  San  Antonio  Drug 
Co.  This  experience,  together  with  his  work  for  the  J.  Hun- 
gerford Smith  Company,  admirably  fit  him  for  his  present 
duties.  Mr.  Martin  wishes  to  express  to  the  trade  his  earnest 
desire  to  assist  and  co-operate  with  them  in  his  new  capacity. 


PERSONAL  NOTES 


OCTAVE  A.  A.  ROUILLION  RETIRES 


Octave  A.  A.  Rouillion,  an  octogenarian  and  for  more  than 
forty  years  the  proprietor  of  the  drug  store  at  No.  1  Gates 


— W.  S.  WiLLARD,  the  well-known  North  End  druggist,  of 
St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  has  recently  been  appointed  a  member  of  the 
common  council  of  that  city,  where  he  has  lived  for  seventeen 
years,  and  for  a  greater  part  of  the  time  has  been  in  the  drug 
business.  According  to  the  Mayor  who  made  the  appoint- 
ment, Mr.  Willard  "is  the  man  the  people  wanted  and  the 
man  for  the  place."  The  only  other  public  office  Mr.  Willard 
has  ever  held  was  that  of  representative  in  the  State  Legisla- 
ture from  the  first  district  during  the  session  of  1911. 

— Joseph  Schweitzer,  druggist,  at  1321  East  57th  street, 
Chicago,  III,  had  a  real  live  experience  with  bandits  who  at- 
tempted to  "shoot  up"  his  drug  store  a  few  nights  ago.  He 
was  sitting  at  a  table  discussing  the  war  when  three  boy  ban- 
dits entered  the  store,  each  armed  with  a  revolver.  As  one 
of  the  bandits  ordered  "hands  up"  Mr.  Schweitzer  made  a  grab 
for  his  gun  and  its  owner  fired.  The  bullet  lodged  in  a  bundle 
of  letters  the  druggist  was  carrying  in  an  inside  pocket  of  his 
vest,  otherwise  doing  him  no  harm. 

— E.  L.  ScHOLTZ,  president  of  the  Scholtz  Drug  Co.,  Denver, 
Col.,  recently  returned  from  an  extended  trip  through  Canada 
and  California.  Mr.  Scholtz  reported  that  war  conditions 
have  greatly  depressed  the  drug  business  in  Canada  and  that 
there  is  great  uncertainty  as  to  the  future.  Many  of  the  young 
men  have  gone  to  the  front.  In  Seattle  and  Portland,  as  well  as 
other  cities  on  the  Coast,  Mr.  Scholtz  found  business  condi- 
tions thriving.    He  visited  the  fair  at  San  Diego, 

— F.  A.  Bartz,  a  graduate  of  the  Iowa  University  Colleges 
of  Pharmacy  and  Medicine,  Cedar  Rapids,  president  of  the 
Western  Fraternal  Association,  recently  presented  to  the  Iowa 
Fraternal  Congress  a  notable  paper  on  the  members  and  activ- 
ities of  the  Bohemian  societies  of  America,  In  the  paper  he 
traced  the  history  of  the  Bohemian  immigrants  to  this  coun- 
try, starting  with  the  political  disturbances  of  1848  in  Europe. 

— Russell  Wyre,  a  Barberton,  Ohio,  druggist,  formerly  of 
Orrville,  was  recently  married  to  Miss  Celesta  Schrantz.  For 
several  days  Mr.  Wyre  succeeded  in  dodging  his  friends  who 
wished  to  help  him  celebrate  the  event,  but  he  was  finally 
captured  and  made  to  ride  a  white  mule  through  the  main 
street  of  the  town.  Mr.  Wyre  took  the  hazing  in  good  part 
and  distributed  200  ricir.-;  to  his  friends. 

— Clifton  B.  MiXaichion,  connected  witli  Colgate  & 
Co.,  of  New  York  V  1^  ini.xl  October  4  at  tlie  Cathedral  in 
Baltimore,  to  IM      '  ^1  Athey.    IMr.  McNaughton  had 

intended  to  kr  ny  secret,  but  when  the  couple 

reached  the  Can  f  umd  eight  of  Mr.  McNaughton's 

fellow  salesmen  on  luiml  t.i  welcome  them.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mc- 
Naughton will  reside  at  Cumberland,  Md. 

— J.  Emory  Bond,  manager  of  the  Baltimore  branch  of 
Parke,  Davis  ft  Co.,  of  Detroit,  has  returned  to  his  desk  after 
a  three  months'  leave  of  absence,  Mr,  Bond  was  in  very  un- 
satisfactory health  for  a  time,  but  during  his  vacation  he  im- 
proved rapidly  and  is  now  quite  himself  again.  He  was  cor- 
dially welcomed  back  by  his  associates. 


November,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


483 


DEATHS  IN  THE  DRUG  TRADE 


CoiL\  M.  Dow 


CORA  M.  DOW 

CORA  M.  DOW,  widely  known  tlirougliout  tlie  country 
as  the  founder  and  owner  of  the  Dow  string  of  drug 
stores,  Cincinnati,  died  on  October  18,  a  few  days  after 
she  had  disposed  of  her  business  to  a  syndicate  of  Cincinnati 
and  Cleveland  capitalists.  Tuberculosis,  brought  on  by  over- 
work and  Uie  strain  of  business 
life,  was  the  immediate  cause  of 
death. 

Miss  Dow  was  a  thorough  busi- 
ness woman.  As  a  child  she 
wanted  a  musical  education,  but 
fate  decreed  tliat  she  should  be  a 
pharmacist.  Her  father,  Edwin  B. 
Dow,  was  a  \'ermont  Yankee,  and 
when  his  health  failed  his  daughter 
felt  herself  called  upon  to  take 
charge  of  his  drug  store.  At  fif- 
teen she  entered  the  Cincinnati 
College  of  Pharmacy  and  gradu- 
ated in  1888.  well  up  in  her  class. 
She  then  took  charge  of  her 
father's  store  in  West  5th  street, 
and  from  that  time  on  her  suc- 
cess was  pronounced.  New  stores  were  added  to  her  string 
from  time  to  time  until  she  became  known  as  the  leading 
woman  druggist  of  the  country,  conducting  eleven  stores  under 
her  name. 

Miss  Dow  was  credited  with  being  a  woman  of  more  than 
average  ability,  a  natural  aptitude  for  business  and  was  an  in- 
defatigable worker.  She  was  found  at  her  desk  early  and  late, 
and  this  attention  to  details  told  upon  her  strengtli  in  her  later 
years.  In  early  life  she  was  her  own  janitor,  me,ssenger,  sten- 
ographer and  bookkeeper,  and  wrote  her  own  advertisements, 
besides  attending  to  the  professional  side  of  her  business. 
In  many  ways  she  was  a  remarkable  woman.  In  addition  to 
her  business  enterprises,  she  was  a  patroness  of  many  of  the 
largest  musical  activities  of  Cinciimati. 

Miss  Dow's  will,  which  was  filed  for  probate  a  few  days 
after  her  death,  indicates  that  she  left  an  estate  valued  at 
over  a  million  dollars  and  possibly  nearer  two  million.  She 
bequeathed  about  $700,000  to  the  Cincinnati  Symphony  Or- 
chestra, of  which  she  was  a  devoted  patroness.  All  of  her 
money  was  made  in  the  retail  drug  business  in  the  past  26 
years.  Miss  Dow  remembered  all  of  her  old  employes  in  her 
will.   

FRANCIS  C.  BONE 

Francis  C.  Bone,  one  of  the  proprietors  of  Coutant's  Phar- 
macy, New  Rochelle,  N.  Y.,  died  from  heart  disease  at  his 
home  in  St.  Catherines,  Ont.,  on  October  19.  For  thirty  years 
Mr.  Bone  served  as  a  clerk 
in  the  employ  of  the  late 
Tames  L.  Coutant,  who  willed 
his  business  to  Mr.  Bone  and 
W.  H.  Carter,  a  fellow  clerk 
who  also  had  been  in  Mr. 
Coutant's  employ  for  many 
years.  It  was  estimated  at 
the  time  of  ^Ir.  Coutant's 
death  that  the  two  clerks 
would  eventually  share  be- 
tween them  about  $150,000. 
Mr.  Coutant  had  been  in  the 
drug  business  in  New  Ro- 
chelle for  fifty-five  years,  and 
at  his  death,  which  occurred 
in  1908,  was  84  years  of  age. 
Mr.  Bone,  in  addition  to  the 
half  interest  in  the  business, 
also  inherited  a  large  part  of 
his  employer's  estate. 

Mr.  Bone  was  a  native  of 
Canada  and  served  his  apprenticeship  at  St.  Catherines,  Ont., 


his  preceptor  being  A.  J.  Greenwood.  He  later  attended  the 
Ontario  College  of  Pharmacy.  He  was  a  pastmaster  of 
Huguenot  Lodge,  F.  and  A.  M.,  of  New  Rochelle,  a  Knight 
Templar  and  a  Shriner.    He  was  about  54  years  of  age. 


LOWELL  M,  PALMER 


Lowell  M.  Palmer,  since  1908  president  of  the  corporation 
of  E.  R.  Squibb  &  Sons,  and  prominent  in  other  business  and 


manufacturing  circles 


Ne 


Lowell  M.  Palmer 


Fr..\xcis  C.  Bone 


York,  died  on  September  30, 
at  his  summer  home  at  Stam- 
ford, Conn.  He  was  in  his 
seventy-first  year  and  resided 
at  206  Clinton  street,  Brook- 
lyn. He  was  bom  in  Chester, 
Ohio,  and  when  sixteen  years 
of  age  enlisted  in  the  Union 
Army,  serving  throughout  the 
Civil  War.  He  took  part  in  all 
of  the  battles  of  the  Army  of 
the  Cumberland,  including 
Chickamauga,  under  command 
of  Gen.  George  T.  Thomas, 
and  was  with  Gen.  Sherman  in 
the  Atlanta  campaign.  He  was 
mustered  out  as  a  captain 

At  the  close  of  the  war  Mr. 
Palmer  came  east  and  begn  a 
career  that  made  him  i  not- 
able figure  in  the  business  life 
of  New  York  City,  .^mong  his 
other  activities  he  was  for  thirty 
years  a  director  of  the  American  Sugar  Refining  Co.,  President 
of  the  Brooklyn  Cooperage  Co.,  the  Brooklyn  Elevator  and 
Milling  Co.,  a  director  in  the  Colonial  Trust  Co.  and  the 
Franklin  Trust  Co.;  the  Palmer  Lime  and  Cement  Co.,  the 
Manhattan  Life  Insurance  Co.,  the  United  States  Lloyds, 
Market  and  Fulton  Bank,  Colonial  Safe  Deposit  Co.,  Union 
Ferry  Co.,  and  held  interests  in  numerous  other  business  en- 
terprises, besides  his  connection  with  E.  R.  Squibb  &  Sons. 

Mr.  Palmer  became  identified  with  the  Squibb  concern  in 
1905,  when  on  the  reorganization  of  the  company  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors,  his  son-in-law, 
Theodore  Weicker,  being  chosen  as  president.  In  1908  Mr. 
Palmer  succeeded  to  the  presidency  of  the  corporation,  Mr. 
Weicker  becoming  vice-president. 

Mr.  Palmer  was  trustee  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Brooklyn  and  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars,  the 
Ohio  Society  of  New  York,  and  of  the  Loyal  Legion.  A 
widow  and  six  children  survive,  Lowell  M.,  Jr.,  and  Carleton 
H.,  sons,  and  four  daughters,  one  of  tliem  being  the  wife  of 
Theodore  Weicker. 

If  the  terms  of  the  will  of  the  late  Lowell  M.  Palmer,  presi- 
dent of  E.  R.  Squibb  &  Sons,  are  carried  out,  Carleton  Hum- 
phreys Palmer,  one  of  the  sons,  will  succeed  his  father  as  head 
of  the  firm. 

According  to  the  will,  which  was  filed  in  Brooklyn  on  Octo- 
ber 7,  Mr.  Palmer  left  the  greater  part  of  his  estate  to  his 
widow,  Grace  Foote  Palmer.  Carleton  Humphreys  Palmer 
was  the  only  one  of  the  six  children  to  receive  any  of  the 
estate  outright.  His  share  was  $50,000,  one  half  of  which  he 
comes  into  possession  of  at  once  and  the  rest  at  the  age  of 
thirty.  On  the  death  of  his  mother  Carleton  Humphreys 
Palmer  also  receives  his  share  of  the  residuary  estate  with  his 
other  brother  and  his  sisters.  Three  daughters  of  the  deceased, 
Grace  Marion  Johnston,  Lilly  Cortelyou  Mcllvain  and  Ethel 
J.  Palmer  received  bequests  of  $20,000  each  in  trust,  while  a 
debt  of  $55,616.07,  charged  against  Lowell  M.  Palmer,  Jr.,  an- 
other son,  and  one  of  $21,441.42,  charged  against  Mrs.  Florence 
E.  Weicker,  a  daughter,  were  cancelled. 

No  definite  disposal  was  made  by  Mr.  Palmer  of  the  large 
holdings  of  stock  in  the  Squibb  firm  and  no  bequests  were  made 
to  charitable  organizations  or  institutions.  The  total  value  of 
the  estate  was  not  stated  in  the  will. 


484 


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[November,  1915 


CLARENCE  B.  STODDARD 

Clarence  B.  Stoddard,  a  pioneer  business  man  of  Monroe, 
Mich.,  and  for  forty-three  years  proprietor  of  a  well-known  phar- 
macy in  that  city,  died  recently,  following  an  operation  for 
appendicitis.  He  was  born  in  Monroe  67  years  ago,  and  in  his 
long  career  as  clerk  and  proprietor  of  more  than  half  a  cen- 
tury, he  had  won  for  himself  a  high  place  in  the  business 
and  social  activities  of  his  native  city.  He  had  served  as 
a  member  of  the  board  of  public  works  and  devoted  much 
time  and  energy  for  several  years  in  developing  the  municipal 
lighting  plant  into  a  business  success.  He  had  also  served  as 
a  member  of  the  Michigan  Board  of  Pharmacy,  receiving  his 
appointment  during  the  administration  of  Governor  Bliss. 
His  widow  and  two  sons.  Warren  and  Harry  S.,  survive,  the 
last  named  being  a  graduate  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy,  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan.  At  the  funeral  the  pallbearers  were  six 
of  the  pharmacists  of  Monroe, — Dan  A.  Hagans,  Walter  C. 
Peters,  Gustave  C.  Merz,  John  Weisel,  Howard  Comstock  and 
Frederick  Kolb. 


FREDERICK  A.  UHLICH 

Frederick  A.  Uhlich,  99  years  old,  died  early  in  the  morn- 
ing of  September  25,  at  his  home,  2001 A  Salisbury  street,  St. 
Louis.  He  became  ill  August  27,  when  arrangements  were 
being  begun  to  celebrate  his  one  hundredth  anniversary.  This 
veteran  druggist  retired  in  1885,  his  store  being  at  2001  Salis- 
bury street.  Medicine,  in  his  store,  was  free  to  worthy  poor 
who  could  not  pay.  He  was  born  in  Kaufungen,  Saxony, 
November  20,  1815,  and  at  23  joined  a  colony  of  about  700 
Lutherans  who  chartered  three  vessels  and  sailed  for  America. 
One  of  the  ships  was  lost  and  the  passengers  were  never 
heard  from.  The  other  boats  reached  New  Orleans  and  the 
passengers  made  their  way  up  the  Mississippi  to  St.  Louis, 
and  settled  in  Perry  county.  Mo.  Uhlich  helped  to  found  a 
religious  school  at  Altenberg,  Mo.  He  then  returned  to  St. 
Louis  and  entered  the  drug  business  at  Eighth  street  and 
Franklin  avenue.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  Trinity 
Lutheran  Church.  A  son,  Frederick,  and  a  daughter,  Mrs. 
William  Kraemer,  survive. 


CHRISTIAN"  LOTZ 

Christian  Lotz,  druggist,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  died  from 
paralysis  on  October  20,  his  sixty-eighth  birthday.  He  was 
born  at  Eisenbach,  Germany,  his  father  being  a  physician. 
He  was  educated  as  a  chemist  and  pharmacist  at  the  univer- 
sities of  Eisenach  and  Leipsic.  He  served  throughout  the 
Franco-Prussian  War  and  then  came  to  this  country,  opening 
a  store  in  the  Bronx.  In  1890  he  went  to  Brooklyn  where  he 
had  been  in  business  since.  He  was  a  collector  of  rare  postage 
stamps  and  coins,  of  which  he  possessed  a  large  and  valuable 
collection.    His  widow,  a  son  and  daughter  survive. 


RECENT  DEATHS 

— Charles  E.  Feldner,  57,  a  leading  druggist,  of  New  Or- 
leans, La.,  and  a  brother  of  George  D.  Feldner,  also  of  New 
Orleans,  whose  death  was  reported  in  last  month's  Era.  died 
at  his  home  in  that  city  on  October  9.  He  died  without 
knowledge  of  his  brother's  death,  the  information  Ix-inp;  with- 
held from  him  on  account  of  his  own  serious  rondition.  He 
was  a  native  of  New  Orleans  and  had  been  cngaiied  in  the 
.Iniy  Im^iiiiss  since  1891,  operating  scvi^ral  storc-s  till  his  re- 
Kii  MMMi  list  October,  when  he  was  foin.l  i<i  give  up  active 
IniMi  '-..  iMi  account  of  ill-health,  lb  li.nl  en  a  prominent 
nieinl)i,:r  of  the  Knights  of  Honor.  His  widow,  a  son,  G.  J. 
Feldner,  also  a  druggist,  and  a  daughter,  Mrs.  G.  A.  Mahe, 
survive. 

— Ni  '  ^  v-v  Den  Beldt,  a  veteran  druggist,  of  De- 
troit, I  ( cntly,  aged  56.  He  was  born  in  Kala- 
mazii  -1  from  the  College  of  Pharmacy.  Univer- 
sity m  1882.  He  immediately  began  prac- 
tice ■  Stevens  who  then  operated  a  pharmacy 
on  1  I  corner  of  Shelby  street.  After  two  years 
he  puH  i  i->  il  til  insiness,  which  he  later  sold,  and  then  bought 
a  drug  store  on  Dix  avenue,  in  the  same  city,  which  he  oper- 
ated for  some  years.    For  the  last  14  years  he  had  been  con- 


nected with  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  His  widow,  mother,  six 
sisters  and  four  brothers  survive. 

— Curtis  A.  Darr,  a  well-known  druggist  and  member  of 
the  common  council,  of  Canton,  Ohio,  was  stricken  with  apo- 
plexy last  month,  his  death  occurring  shortly  thereafter  with- 
out regaining  consciousness.  He  was  bom  in  Pike  Town- 
ship, Ohio,  and  was  a  graduate  of  the  pharmacy  department 
of  Ohio  Northern  University.  He  had  been  engaged  in  the 
drug  business  in  Ulrichsville  and  Canton  for  about  13  years. 
His  widow,  a  son,  James  Darr,  and  his  parents  survive. 
The  mayor,  councilmen  and  city  officials  attended  the  funeral 
in  a  body. 

— Philip  H.  Reifert,  for  35  years  senior  partner  in  the  firm  of 
Reifert  &  Kimmey,  128  W.  Fayette  street,  Syracuse,  N.  Y., 
is  dead.  He  was  stricken  with  a  severe  attack  of  stomach 
trouble  and  died  within  a  few  minutes.  He  was  bom  in 
Rome,  N.  Y.,  54  years  ago,  and  when  a  young  man  attended 
the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  graduating  in  1883.  He 
was  prominently  identified  with  the  various  ISIasonic  Orders, 
the  Elks  and  held  membership  in  the  New  York  State  Phar- 
maceutical Association.  His  widow  and  one  son,  John  Henry 
Reifert,  survive. 

— James  N.  Hodgson,  a  prominent  druggist,  of  Pottsville, 
Pa.,  is  dead.  He  was  in  his  69th  year.  In  early  life  he 
entered  the  pharmacy  of  William  Saylor,  whose  daughter  he 
married  and  succeeded  to  the  business  which  he  successfully 
conducted  as  proprietor  for  many  years.  He  was  a  veteran 
of  the  Civil  War  and  was  widely  known  by  business  man 
throughout  the  state.  His  widow  and  two  daughters  sur\-ive,  one  of 
them  being  the  wife  of  E.  S.  Femsler,  the  present  manager 
of  the  pharmacy. 

—Harry  E.  Murbarger,  for  fourteen  years  city  salesman 
for  the  Mooney-Mueller  Drug  Co.,  and  for  nine  years  previ- 
ously for  the  Indianapolis  Drug  Co.,  Indianapolis,  is  dead. 
He  had  been  in  failing  health  for  some  time.  He  was  bom 
at  Harrison,  Ohio,  in  1873  and  moved  to  Indianapolis  in 
1886.  He  was  a  past  exalted  ruler  of  Elks  Lodge  No.  13 
and  was  a  prominent  figure  in  the  White  Elephants,  a  local 
organization  of  druggists.    His  widow  survives. 

— Ernest  Storm,  a  registered  pharmacist,  employed  in  a 
Mattoon,  111.,  drug  store,  died  suddenly  on  October  10  from 
ptomaine  poisoning,  contracted  from  eating  oysters.  He  was 
to  have  been  married  the  following  day  and  had  secured  trans- 
portation for  his  wedding  trip,  intending  to  go  to  Denver. 
He  was  21  years  of  age. 

—Fred  Howe,  proprietor  of  the  drug  store  at  244  North 
Main  street,  Wichita,  Kansas,  died  at  a  local  hospital  recently. 
He  had  been  sick  for  several  months.  Before  starting  in 
business  for  himself  he  was  employed  at  the  Swentzell  dmg 
store.  He  was  32  years  of  age  and  a  Mason.  A  widow  and 
adopted  son  survive. 

— Frank  H.  Hanna,  aged  43,  for  fifteen  years  proprietor 
of  a  drug  store  at  Springdale,  Pa.,  is  dead,  his  death  follow- 
ing that  of  his  wife  by  four  months.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  and  the  Pittsburgh  College  of  Pharmacy, 
and  was  a  member  of  Pollock  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.  His  mother 
survives. 

—Abraham  Van  Winkle,  president  of  Hanson  &  \'an 
Winkle,  manufacturers  of  chemicals,  Newark,  N.  J.,  died  on 
September  30  of  apoplexy.  He  was  77  years  of  age,  and 
for  the  Inst  twenty  years  had  spent  his  winters  on  an  island 
which  he  owned  in  the  Bahamas.  He  was  bom  in  Pompton, 
N.  J. 

— A.  B.  Mercer,  59,  once  a  prosperous  druggist  at  Mt. 
Gilead,  Utica,  and  other  Ohio  towns,  and  recently  an  employe 
of  the  general  hospital,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  died  in  that  city 
last  month.  The  body  was  taken  to  Martinsburg,  Ohio,  his 
native  city,  for  burial. 

— Fr.\xk  Nicholson,  widely  known  as  a  druggist  and  com- 
mercial photographer,  without  any  assigned  reason  for  the  act, 
recently  killed  himself  with  a  rifJe  shot  through  his  liead.  He 
was  50  years  of  age.    A  widow  and  married  daughter  survive. 

— S.  b.  Kumler,  aged  67,  a  druggist,  of  London.  Ohio, 
died  after  a  long  illness  on  September  15.  His  widow  and 
three  children  survive.  The  funeral  was  under  the  auspices 
of  Madison  Lodge,  No.  70.  I.  O.  O.  F. 

— D.  N.  Benzie,  a  dmggist.  who  had  been  living  at  Minne- 
apolis, for  some  months,  committed  suicide  in  the  city  hy  tak- 
ing poison.  Letters  found  in  his  clothing  indicated  that  he 
had  lived  at  Elk  River,  .Aberdeen,  S.  D.,  and  Leipsig,  N.  D. 


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— George  H.  C.  Klie,  physician  and  pharmacist,  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  for  years  active  in  the  etliical  advancement  of  phar- 
macy, died  recently,  having  just  completed  his  seventieth  year. 
He  was  born  in  Hanover,  Germany,  in  1845,  and  was  early 
left  an  orphan.  He  came  to  the  United  States  as  a  boy  and 
was  reared  by  an  uncle.  After  serving  his  apprenticeship 
he  opened  a  store  in  North  St.  Louis,  which  he  conducted 
for  many  years.  About  twenty  years  ago  he  studied  medicine 
and  at  once  began  practice  in  that  profession,  still  re- 
taining the  management  of  his  drug  store.  He  was  identi- 
fied with  many  pharmaceutical  associations,  including,  tlie 
A.Ph..\.,  and  had  ser\ed  the  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy 
as  secretary  and  the  Missouri  Ph. A.,  as  secretary  and 
president. 

— Joseph  A.  Temm,  51,  a  retail  druggist  for  .^3  years,  his 
last  business  location  being  at  1900  Franklin  avcnuf,  ."^t. 
Louis.  Mo.,  died  on  October  5,  following  an  optratioii  which 
he  underwent  at  St.  John's  Hospital  a  monlli  ago.  He  was  a 
native  of  St.  Louis  and  early  in  life  became  associated  with 
his  father,  H.  H.  Temm,  in  the  drug  business.  At  the  time 
of  his  death  he  was  president  of  the  H.  H.  Temm  Realty  & 
Investment  Co.   His  widow,  three  brothers  and  a  sister  survive. 

— \.  Sewell  Putnam,  for  25  years  proprietor  of  the  drug 
store  at  the  comer  of  Park  and  Common  streets,  Charles- 
town,  Mass.,  died  October  13,  after  a  brief  illness,  aged  60 
years.  He  was  a  native  of  Danvers,  entered  the  drug  business 
as  a  boy  in  Charleston,  and  30  years  ago  he  began  business 
on  his  own  account  in  East  Boston,  which,  after  a  period  of 
five  years,  he  sold  out  and  removed  to  Charlestown.  He  is 
survived  by  a  wife  and  daughter. 

— A.  B.  Mercer,  of  Cincinnati,  formerly  proprietor  of  drug 
Stores  at  Mt.  Gilead,  Utica  and  Coming,  O.,  died  of  heart 
trouble  at  the  Cincinnati  hospital  a  short  time  ago,  at  the 
age  of  59  years.  Mr.  Mercers  whereabouts  had  been  un- 
known to  his  family  for  the  past  five  years,  his  brother,  F.  T. 
Mercer,  postmaster,  of  Newark,  O.,  being  in  the  city  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  The  widow,  a  daughter  and  several 
brothers  survive  Mr.  Mercer. 

— Dr.  Lloyd  Stump,  druggist,  of  Milford,  O.,  was  fatally 
injured  recently  when  an  automobile  in  which  he  was  driving 
turned  turtle,  pinning  hini  beneath  it.  By  the  time  assistance 
reached  him  he  was  at  the  point  of  death,  and  died  before 
medical  assistance  could  be  had.  Dr.  Stump  was  only  32  years 
of  age.  and  was  well  known.  He  was  buried  by  the  Masonic 
lodge  to  which  he  belonged. 

— W.  H.  Deb.\un,  dmggist  and  prominent  church-worker  at 
Comishville,  Tenn.,  was  killed  on  the  evening  of  October 
9.  his  assailant  firing  a  shotgun  loaded  with  slugs  and  bullets 
through  his  store  window,  the  charge  striking  in  the  face. 
He  died  immediately.  He  was  51  years  of  age  and  superin- 
tendent of  the  local  Sunday-school.    A  young  daughter  survives. 

— Henry  ^L  Billin-gs,  a  former  member  of  the  firm  of 
Tarrant  &  Co.,  New  York,  died  October  13  at  his  summer 
home  in  Poland  Springs,  Me.,  in  his  84th  year.  He  was  a 
native  of  Boston,  but  for  more  than  half  a  century  he  had 
made  his  home  in  New  York  City.  His  city  residence  was 
at  28  West  Fiftieth  street. 

— Noel  Meigs  Pease,  64,  for  many  years  proprietor  of  a  drug 
store  at  Enfield,  Mass.,  and  until  the  time  of  his  final  illness 
manager  of  a  store  at  Stafford  Springs,  Conn.,  is  dead 
after  an  illness  of  twelve  weeks  with  intestinal  trouble.  He 
was  a  skilled  pharmacist,  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
and  William  Horton  Camp,  Sons  of  Veterans,  and  a  vestryman 
of  Grace  Church. 

— Horace  Conrad  Nelson,  for  more  than  twenty  years  pro- 
prietor of  a  drug  store  at  Halstead  and  Van  Buren  streets, 
Chicago,  is  dead,  after  a  long  illness  following  an  operation. 
His  widow  and  a  son,  Horace  Conrad,  Jr.,  survive.  The 
funeral  exercises  were  conducted  by  the  Masonic  lodge  of 
which  he  was  a  member. 

—Andrew  R.  Dillman,  druggist  at  McLean,  III.,  since 
1868.  and  prominent  member  of  the  Houser-Hoover  Dillman 
family  of  Logan  and  McLean  Counties,  died  on  October  1  at 
the  Brokaw  hospital,  Bloomington.  He  was  a  native  of  Ohio 
and  was  in  his  75th  year.    A  daughter  survives. 

— Frederick  J.  Schroter,  a  pioneer  druggist  of  Chicago, 
died  on  September  29.  aged  64.  He  was  the  proprietor  of 
a  drug  store  in  the  Chicago  Opera  House  block  for  many 


years,  and  at  various  times  was  interested  in  other  stores.  A 
widow,  daughter  and  granddaughter  survive. 

—Dr.  E.  S.  Erney,  a  pioneer  druggist  of  South  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.,  and  a  graduate  of  the  Jefferson  Medical  College, 
class  of  '74,  died  in  that  city  October  13.  He  was  61  years 
of  age  and  active  in  South  Philadelphia  politics.  Two  sons 
and  a  daughter  survive. 

— S.  W.  Craig,  75,  for  the  last  30  years  proprietor  of  the 
drug  store  at  322  East  6th  street,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  died  on 
October  4  after  a  lingering  illness.  He  was  a  Civil  War 
veteran  and  prominent  in  Blue  Lodge  and  Capitular  Masonry. 
A  widow  survives. 

— John  H.  Fitzgerald,"  druggist,  at  695  Main  street,  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  stricken  with  heart  disease,  died  suddenly  on  Oc- 
tober 15.  He  was  38  years  of  age.  A  widow  and  three  sons 
survive.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Cambridge  Catholic  Union 
and  other  organizations. 

— Miss  Dorothy  M.  Broesler,  daughter  of  William  Broes- 
ler,  a  well-known  druggist  of  Brooklyn,  died  at  her  father's 
residence  on  October  7.  She  was  a  member  of  St.  Nicholas 
Church  and  for  many  years  was  an  active  leader  in  the  young 
people's  societies. 

— Thaddeus  C.  Smith,  engaged  in  the  dmg  business  with 
his  brother,  at  Ashton,  III.,  dropped  dead  of  apoplexy  at 
De  Kalb  while  in  that  city  on  business.  He  was  born  at 
Ashton,  February  9,  1827.  A  daughter,  Mrs.  Fannie  Abbott, 
of  Colona,  111.,  survives. 

— James  P.  Emerson,  70  years  of  age,  a  retired  druggist  of 
Cincinnati,  ended  his  life  recently  on  account  of  long-continued 
ill-health.  He  had  been  paralyzed  for  15  years.  His  wife  and 
daughter  constitute  the  surviving  family. 

— James  Kennedy,  a  veteran  druggist,  Columbia  Falls, 
Mont.,  is  dead.  He  was  well  known  throughout  the  Flat- 
head country  and  for  many  years  had  conducted  a  drug  store 
in  the  city  where  he  died. 

— William  M.  Gleick,  a  retired  druggist  and  at  one  time 
the  proprietor  of  a  drug  store  in  Waukegan,  III.,  committed 
suicide  while  in  Chicago.  It  is  said  that  he  was  despondent 
at  the  time  he  died. 

— Mrs.  B.  Krigbaum,  an  early  pioneer  of  Denver,  Colo., 
and  mother  of  Miss  Mary  Krigbaum,  treasurer  of  the  Scholtz: 
Drug  Co.,  that  city,  died  recently  at  her  home  in  that  city. 

— J.  M.  Ramsey,  for  several  years  manager  of  the  New- 
Monterey  Pharmacy,  San  Jose,  Cal.,  is  dead  from  a  complica- 
tion of  diseases  which  terminated  in  Bright's  disease. 


Dry  Sunday  in  Chicago  a  Success 

Reports  from  Chicago  indicate  that  the  first  "dry"  Sunday 
in  forty-three  years  passed  quietly  with  but  a  few  arre.sts 
for  violation  of  the  law.  The  successful  closing  is  regarded 
as  a  great  triumph  for  the  prohibition  forces.  Mayor  Thomp- 
son received  thousands  of  telegrams  of  congratulation.  Nu- 
merous devices  were  resorted  to  by  the  thirsty  to  secure  alco- 
hol in  a  legal  way.  Dmg  stores  became  the  mecca  of  count- 
less pilgrimages  and  pharmacists  reported  that  the  most  ancient 
and  aged  prescriptions  they  ever  had  observed,  calling  for 
"remedies"  with  liquor  as  the  chief  ingredient,  were  presented. 
The  Chicago  Retail  Druggists'  Association  passed  a  resolution 
warning  its  members  against  any  violation  of  the  law.  The 
soda  fountains  of  Chicago  profited  largely. 


FRENCH  ALCOHOL  MONOPOLY  PROPOSED 

The  French  Minister  of  Finance  has  presented  to  Parliament 
a  bill  proposing  to  suppress  the  privileges  of  so-called  bouil- 
leurs  du  cm,  privileges  by  which  farmers  have  heretofore 
been  permitted  to  distill  alcohol  for  their  own  consumption 
without  paying  excise  taxes.  It  is  also  proposed  that  there 
should  be  a  Government  monopoly  on  denatured  alcohol  from 
1917  onward,  and  that  the  inland  tax  on  alcohol  be  raised 
to  500  francs  per  hectoliter  ($96.50  to  26.42  gallons). 

Conducts  a  Juvenile  Auto  Contest 

The  Three  Forks  Drug  Co.,  of  Three  Forks,  Mont.,  is 
carrying  on  a  voting  contest  through  the  local  newspapers  and 
will  give  the  child  who  secures  the  most  votes  a  small  auto- 
mobile.   Fourteen  contestants  are  well  up  in  the  race. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[November,  1915 


Indianapolis  Drug 

Jobbers  Consolidate 

A.  Kiefer  Drug  Co.  and  Daniel  Stewart  Co.  Now  Doing 
Business  as  the  Kiefer-Stewart  Co. — Both  Concerns 
Long  Established.  —  


William  Scott,  president;  G.  Barret  Moxley,  first  vice-presi- 
dent and  general  manager,  and  Thomas  A.  Alford,  di- 
rector and  7nanager  of  cigar  department  of  new  Kiefer- 
Stewart  Drug  Co. 

The  consolidation  of  the  Kiefer  Drug  Co.  and  the  Dan- 
iel Stewart  Co.,  of  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  as  the  Kiefer-Stewart 
Co.,  marks  an  important  development  in  the  wholesale  drug 
business  of  that  section  of  the  country.  The  management  of 
the  new  firm  will  be  in  the  hands  of  the  men  who  have 
grown  up  with  the  two  old  companies,  and  with  whom  most 
of  the  retail  druggists  in  their  territories  have  a  personal 
acquaintance.  The  consolidated  business  will,  in  a  short 
time,  be  carried  on  wholly  from  the  A.  Kiefer  Drug  Co. 
building  at  Capitol  avenue  and  Georgia  street.  _  The  same 
selling  force  that  represented  the  two  old  companies  will  con- 
tinue to  represent  the  new  company  in  their  respective  terri- 
tories.   The  consolidation  took  effect  on  October  1. 

The  officers  of  the  new  company  are:  President,  William 
Scott;  vice-president  and  general  manager;  G.  Barret  Moxley; 
second  vice-president,  A.  Kiefer  Mayer;  third  vice-president, 
Michael  P.  Lynch;  secretary  and  treasurer,  J.  Edward  Stilz; 
chairman  of  the  board,  Charles  Mayer.  The  directors  are 
Thomas  A.  Alford,  Fred  G.  Beckman,  Oscar  C.  Maurer, 
Charles  Mayer,  A.  Kiefer  Mayer,  G.  Barret  Mo.xley,  Bert 
O'Leary,  Ellsworth  L.  Olcott  and  William  Scott. 

The  growth  and  development  of  the  two  companies,  each 
from  a  modest  beginning  to  rank  among  the  largest  wholesale 
houses  of  the  country,  is  coincident  with  the  growth  of  Indian- 
apolis, and  the  state  as  well,  and  while  competitors  for  more 
than  fifty  years,  the  competition  was  of  a  character  that  served 
to  build  each  individual  business. 

Daniel  Stewart  went  to  Indianapolis  in  1863,  from  Greens- 
burg,  where  he  had  owned  a  successful  retail  drug  business. 
With  Stephen  Morgan  and  Thomas  Barry,  he  succeeded  to 
the  business  which  had  been  rondurtcd  by  William  Hanne- 
man  since  1840.  That  was  th,-  inl  l.-  .jinniim  of  the  Daniel 
Stewart  Co.,  the  firm  then  1>  inu  n  is  si,  wart  &  Morgan. 
In  1876  Mr.  Morgan  withdr.  w  .m.l  uniil  J  imiary  1,  1883,  the 
business  was  conducted  as  Stewart  &  liarry.  Shortly  after- 
wards Mr.  Barry  withdrew  and  Mr.  Stewart  carried  on  the 
vorl:  under  his  nwn  iinine  until  his  death  in  1906,  at  which 

 1  i,v  John  E.  Carey  aud  William  Scott 

!  nie  of  the  Daniel  Stewart  Drug 


L'   Company  Founded  in  1863 

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his  customers  and  to  this  end  they  were  always  ready  to  co- 
operate with  the  retail  druggist  in  every  movement  for  his 
betterment. 

The  Kiefer-Stewart  Co.  has  a  capital  stock  of  $550,000  and 
the  new  building,  which  was  recently  completed  by  the  Kiefer 
Co.,  expressly  for  a  wholesale  drug  house,  offers  ample  ac- 
commodations for  the  combined  business. 


PERSONALS 


— I.  A.  Anderson,  druggist  at  Dow  City,  la.,  has  disposed 
of  his  business  to  Earl  Allen  and  will  take  a  course  iti  the 
Chicago  Veterinary  College,  while  his  wife  is  registered  for 
Ph.C.  work  at  the  University  of  Illinois  College  of  Pharmacy. 
Mr.  Anderson  is  a  graduate  of  Iowa  University  College  of 
Pharmacy,  '09,  while  his  successor  hails  from  the  same  insti- 
tution, class  of  1905. 

— Dr.  Henry  P.  Hynson,  of  Hynson,  Westcott  and  Co., 
Baltimore,  as  chairman  of  the  Retail  Druggists'  Association, 
has  been  elected  a  member  of  the  International  Rotary  Club. 
He  is  also  a  delegate  from  the  Baltimore  Rotarians  to  the 
City-Wide  Congress,  which  aims  at  securing  improvements  and 
advancing  the  interests  of  Baltimore  in  other  ways. 

— Walter  Becker,  a  druggist,  of  Middletown,  Ind.,  who 
sold  poison  to  a  man  who  later  committed  suicide,  is  being 
sued  by  the  father,  Elisha  Neighbors,  for  $10,000  damages 
alleging  that  the  druggist  was  responsible  for  his  son's  death. 

— William  C.  Royse,  a  graduate  in  pharmacy  of  Purdue 
University,  was  recently  elected  president  of  John  Morton 
Chapter,  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution.  He  has  been  active 
in  the  work  of  patriotic  societies  for  several  years. 

— I.  H.  Pierce,  a  graduate  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy, 
Iowa  University,  class  of  1912,  and  now  an  instructor  in 
chemistry  at  the  State  Agricultural  College,  Pullman,  Wash., 
was  recently  married  to  Miss  Ruth  Bliss  at  Salem,  Iowa. 

— E.  S.  Rennick,  druggist,  at  Hemville,  Mont.,  recently  re- 
turned from  an  extended  trip  which  included  a  tour  through 
Yellowstone  National  Park,  the  entire  distance  going  and  com- 
ing being  covered  by  automobile. 

— G.  L.  Cameron  has  accepted  a  position  as  pharmacist 
with  the  W.  W.  Pearce  drug  store,  Waukegan,  111.  He  worked 
in  the  same  store  several  years  ago  and  his  old  friends  in  the 
town  were  glad  to  welcome  him  home. 

— Samuel  Gordon,  of  Tipton,  la.,  a  leading  pharmacist  and 
Dr.  Henrietta  Allen,  of  Cedar  Rapids,  an  alumna  of  the  S. 
U.  I.  college  of  dentistry,  were  married  in  Iowa  Cit>'.  The 
marriage  was  a  complete  surprise  to  their  friends. 

— Henry  J.  Laporte,  druggist,  of  Holyoke,  Mass.,  recently 
announced  his  candidacy  for  the  position  of  managing  director 
of  the  chamber  of  commerce  of  Springfield,  left  vacant  by  the 
resignation  of  Rev.  Dr.  John  H.  Lyon. 

— Peter  Vei.lema,  a  druggist,  of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  was 
secretly  married  to  Miss  Lottie  From  recently.  The  friends 
of  the  couple  did  not  know  of  the  event  until  the  pair  had 
departed  on  their  honeymoon. 

— F..  E.  Ckow.  oldest  druggist  of  Cleburne,  Texas,  was  seri- 
ouslv  iiurnul  ^vith  sulphuric  acid  on  October  12  and  was  im- 
niediatrly  removed  to  his  home  where  he  was  placed  in  the 
care  of  a  physician. 

— Silvio  De  Bartolomeis,  formerly  engaged  in  tlie  drug 
business  in  Wilmington,  Del.,  has  returned  to  Italy  where 
he  will  enter  the  army.  He  expects  to  be  assigned  to  the 
hospital  corps. 

— N.  T.  Jones,  for  the  last  six  years  a  pharmacist  at  the 
Jacksonville,  111.,  State  Hospital,  has  entered  the  St.  Louis 
College  of  Pharmacy  where  he  will  study  the  higher  branches 
of  the  work. 

—A.  J.  Merrtman,  of  the  Sagar  Drug  Co.,  Auburn.  X.  V  . 
has  entered  the  list  of  married  men.  Miss  Keen,  now  Mrs 
Merriman,  was  associated  with  Mr.  Merriman  for  a  long  time 

 Dr.  George  F.  Patoe,  a  former  president  of  the  .\mcrican 

Pharmaceutical  Association,  is  a  member  of  the  Ensincerinp 
Commission  of  the  City  of  Atlanta,  Ga  ,  re.  entlv  apromtcd. 


I 


Jobbers  Would  Curb 
Increase  In  Number 
of  Drug  Stores 


N.  W.  D.  A.  At  Convention  in 
Santa  Barbara,  Passes  Important 
Resolution — Other  Business. 


Charles  J.  Gibsox 


James  W.  Morrisson 


ON'E  of  the  most  important  accomplishments  of  the  con- 
vention of  the  National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion at  Santa  Barbara,  Cal.,  recently,  was  the  adoption 
of  a  resolution  declaring  "that  competition  in  tlie  retail  drug 
trade  has  reached  that  stage  where  further  stores  are  unde- 
sirable."   The  full  text  of  this  resolution  follows: 

Resolved,  That  it  is  the  sense  of  the  National 
Wholesale  Druggists'  Association,  in  convention  as- 
sembled, that  competition  in  the  retail  drug  trade 
has  reached  that  stage  where  additional  stores  as  a 
rule  are  undesirable;  that  the  starting  of  new  stores 
where  strong  competition  already  exists  should  be 
discouraged  by  individual  members  of  this  associa- 
tion. To  this  end  members  should  refuse  to  accept 
opening  stock  orders  except  for  cash,  payment  to  be 
made  on  or  before  delivery  of  goods.  That  whenever 
possible  members  should  encourage  the  purchase  of 
existing  stores  and  discourage  the  start  of  new  stores 
in  localities  where  not  required.  When  new  stores 
are  opened  our  members  should  exercise  as  far  as  pos- 
sible advisory  supervision  over  the  investment  in 
furniture  and  fixtures,  including  soda  fountains. 
They  should  also  carefully  supervise  the  purchase  of 
stock  in  order  that  the  same  may  be  well  balanced 
and  not  of  a  character  that  would  result  in  a  burden 
to  the  buyer.  Some  simple  system  of  bookkeeping 
should  also  be  encouraged  and  insisted  upon,  and  if 
necessary,  books  secured  and  opening  entries  made. 
Elect  C.  J.  Gibson  President 
Charles  J.  Gibson,  of  Walker  &  Gibson,  drug  jobbers, 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  was  elected  president  of  the  association.  Mr. 
Gibson  has  been  identified  with  the  wholesale  drug  trade  for 
45  years.  His  partner,  Mr.  Walker,  who  died  in  1904,  had 
served  as  president  of  the  N.  W.  D.  A.  Thomas  F.  Main 
retired  from  the  secretar>ship  and  Francis  E.  Holliday  was 
elected  his  successor.  Mr.  Holliday  has  been  connected  with 
the  association  since  1899,  when  he  became  vice-chairman  of 
the  committee  on  proprietary  goods.  A  few  years  ago  he  was 
made  general  representative,  a  position  specially  created  for 
him.  Mr.  Holliday  has  served  as  retail  druggist  at  Topeka, 
Kans. 

The  new  officers  of  the  association  are  as  follows: 
President,  Charles  Gibson,  president  and  treasurer  of  Walker 
&  Gibson  (Inc.),  Albany,  N.  Y.,  succeeding  Charles  A.  West; 
first  vice-president,  C.  F.  Michaels,  vice-president  of  the  Lang- 
ley  &  Michaels  Company,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  succeeding  Wil- 
liam J.  Mooney;  second  vice-president,  Joseph  H.  Brown, 
vice-president  and  manager  of  the  C.  J.  Lincoln  Company, 
Little  Rock,  Ark.,  succeeding  J.  R.  Tague;  third  vice-presi- 
dent, Dr.  Adolph  W.  Miller,  president  of  Aschenbach  & 
Miller,  Philadelphia,  succeeding  F.  E.  Bogart;  fourth  vice- 
president,  C.  A.  Faus,  vice-president  and  manager  of  the 
Smith-Faus  Drug  Company,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  succeeding 
John  Phinizy;  fifth  vice-president,  H.  R.  Moore,  of  the 
Houston  Drug  Company,  Houston,  Tex.,  succeeding  John  G. 
Mason. 

Board  of  Control : — James  W.  Morrisson  of  Fuller-Mor- 
risson  Corp.,  Chicago,  chairman ;  Charles  E.  Bedwell  of  E.  E. 
Bruce  &  Co.,  Omaha,  Neb.;  George  R.  Merrell  of  the  J.  S. 
Merrell  Drug  Company,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  L.  D.  Sale,  presi- 
dent of  the  Western  Wholesale  Drug  Company,  Los  Angeles, 
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Cal.,  and  Frank  C.  Groover,  of  the  Groover-Stewart  Drug  Com- 
pany, Jacksonville,  Fla. 

It  was  decided  to  elect  a  New  York  trust  company  to  take 
charge  of  the  treasurer's  work,  but  for  the  present  the  treasurer, 
Samuel  F.  Strong,  of  Strong,  Cobb  &  Co.,  Cleveland,  O.,  will  be 
asked  to  continue  in  office. 

Baltimore  Gets  Next  Convention 

Baltimore  was  selected  for  the  next  convention,  commencing 
October  15.  Among  other  cities  which  extended  invitations 
were  New  York,  Chicago,  Louisville  and  Savannah. 

The  opening  session  of  the  convention  took  place  Monday 
morning,  September  27.  The  president,  Charles  A.  West, 
of  Boston,  called  the  meeting  to  order.  There  followed  the 
usual  formalities,  including  an  address  of  welcome  by  a  city 
official  of  Santa  Barbara,  a  response  by  Robert  R.  Ellis  and 
short  addresses  by  Joseph  K.  Lilly,  Herbert  B.  Harding,  Dr. 
William  R.  Loughlin  and  Thomas  F.  Main,  who  represented 
various  associations.  The  president's  address  dealt  with 
various  conditions  in  the  drug  trade,  the  effect  of  the  war, 
legislative  work,  the  Federal  narcotic  law,  tariff  and  income 
taxes,  a  national  poison  law,  price  maintenance  and  various 
other  pertinent  topics.  He  referred  to  the  death  of  Albert 
Plaut,  former  president  of  the  association.  At  the  conclusion 
of  President  West's  address  the  entire  membership  rose  and 
stood  in  silence  in  memory  of  Mr.  Plaut. 

Secretary  Main  reported  that  the  association  had  been  for- 
tunate in  acquiring  the  services  of  Evans  E.  A.  Stone  as  as- 
sistant secretary.  Mr.  Stone  read  the  report  of  the  work  of 
the  secretary's  office  for  the  past  year.  This  report  dealt  with 
activities  in  connection  with  the  National  Drug  Trade  Con- 
ference, relations  with  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  the  United 
States  and  the  National  Fire  Protection  Association  and 
similar  routine  matters.  It  was  reported  that  the  new  edition 
of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  will  be  ready  for  distribution 
by  January  1,  1916.  The  report  on  membership  showed  261 
active  members  and  346  associate  members  up  to  February  last. 

The  treasurer's  report  showed  that  the  general  expenses 
of  the  association  for  the  year  had  been  $20,383.04,  includ- 
ing committee  expenditures,  leaving  a  balance  on  hand  on 
September  21  of  59,605.83. 

The  membership  committee  recommended  the  following  to 
membership.  Active,  Fuller-Morrisson  Corp.,  Chicago;  Associ- 
ate, American  Hard  Rubber  Co.,  New  York,  Anedemin  Chemical 
Co.,  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  James  C.  Beach,  M.D.,  New  York, 
Brooks  Barley  Co.,  Boston,  Thos.  Burkhead,  Inc.,  New  York; 
Cumberland  Glass  Mfg.  Co.,  Bridgeton,  N.  J.;  Eberhard 
Faber,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  General  Drug  Co.,  New  York;  H. 
K.  Mulford  Co.,  Philadelphia;  Oil  Products  Co.,  New  York; 
Martin  H.  Smith  Co.,  New  York;  St.  Louis  Commission  Co., 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Reports  on  IT.  S.  Chamber  of  Commerce 

E.  D.  Taylor,  of  Richmond,  Va.,  national  councillor  for  the 
association  to  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  the  United  States, 
said  in  his  report  that  at  the  third  annual  meeting  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  the  seven  hundred  or  more  representa- 
tives present  recommended,  among  other  things,  the  enact- 
ment of  a  Federal  poison  law,  of  a  uniform  state  narcotic 
law,  of  an  efficient  uniform  state  drug  sanitation  law,  and  the 
amendment  of  the  state  pure  drug  laws.  Under  the  subject 
of  food  control  the  Chamber  recommended  the  enactment  of 
a  Federal  cold  storage  law,  the  amendment  of  the  state  pure 


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food  laws,  providing  for  the  compulsory  declaration  of  the 
quantity  of  the  contents  of  packed  food  products  upon  the 
container,  and  the  enactment  of  an  efficient,  uniform  state 
food  sanitation  law.  The  Chamber  also  declared  itself  in 
favor  of  the  Federal  Food  and  Drugs  Act,  the  enactment  of 
an  effective  uniform  advertising  law,  prohibiting  the  false 
and  fraudulent  advertising  of  foods  and  drugs,  and  the  build- 
ing of  a  merchant  marine.  Regarding  price  maintenance, 
Mr.  Taylor  said  the  committee  had  not  yet  completed  an  in- 
quiry into  tlie  subject  but  that  it  was  convinced  that  legis- 
lation permitting  the  maintenance  of  resale  prices,  under  proper 
restrictions,  or  identified  merchandise,  for  voluntary  purchase, 
made  and  sold  under  competitive  conditions,  would  be  to  the 
best  interest  of  the  producer,  the  distributor  and  the  pur- 
chasing public. 

The  report  of  the  committee  on  commercial  travelers  and 
selling  methods,  presented  by  J.  A.  Gallagher,  of  Kansas  City, 
said  that  all  the  answers  received  to  the  inquiry,  "Is  the 
trade  over-solicited?"  indicated  that  about  eighty  per  cent  of 
the  members  felt  that  the  sales  force  could  be  reduced  10  to 
20  per  cent. 

Neglect  Selling  of  Paint 

The  report  of  the  committee  on  paints,  oils  and  glass,  read 
by  assistant  secretary  Stone  in  the  absence  of  the  chairman, 
Carl  Leich,  of  Evansville,  Ind.,  said  that 
it  was  the  belief  of  the  committee  that  the 
wholesale  druggists  did  not  pay  enough  at- 
tention to  the  selling  of  paint,  which,  their 
investigations  had  led  them  to  believe,  was  one 
of  the  best  paying  sidelines  they  could  carry. 

The  report  of  the  committee  on  special  anti- 
narcotic  legislation,  sent  in  by  C.  Mahlon 
Xline,  a  member  of  the  committee,  said  that 
no  important  weakness  had  been  discovered 
in  the  operation  of  the  Harrison  law  and 
that  all  which  remained  was  for  the  states 
to  pass  parallel  laws. 

One  of  the  most  important  reports  placed 
before  the  convention  was  that  on  transpor- 
tation given  by  the  chairman  of  the  trans- 
portation committee,  A.  J.  Tapping,  of 
Peoria,  111.  Mr.  Tapping  said  the  opening  of 
the  Panama  Canal  had  greatly  facilitated 
coast  to  coast  shipping  and  called  attention 
to  the  fact  that  the  shipments  from  West  to 
East  had  been  considerably  greater  than  those 
from  East  to  West.  Owing  to  the  recent  increase  in  freight 
rates,  the  committee  reported  a  greatly  increased  business  by 
parcel  post. 

The  committee  on  proprietary  goods  expressed  the  belief 
in  their  report  that  50  per  cent  of  the  sales  of  wholesale 
•druggists  were  of  proprietary  goods.  The  members  of  the  associa- 
tion were  urged  to  work  for  the  passage  of  the  Stevens 
price  maintenance  bill. 

Buying  Clubs  Declared  on  Wane 

In  regard  to  buying  clubs  the  report  of  the  committee  says: 
^'We  are  gratified  that  the  statement  made  in  our  report 
last  year  that  the  buying  club  movement  appeared  to  have 
reached  its  apex  has  proven  to  be  correct,  and  that  no  organi- 
zation of  any  importance  of  this  kind  has  been  formed  since 
our  last  meeting,  and  throughout  the  country  at  large  trade 
conditions  which  have  been  affected  by  these  clubs  shows 
considerable  improvement.  Manufacturers  of  all  kinds  of 
goods  handled  by  the  drug  trade  are  paying  greater  atten- 
tion to  the  distribution  of  their  products  through  wholesale 
agents  than  they  formerly  did.  They  are  beginning  to  realize 
that  tlie  buying  club  is  not  really  a  useful  agent  for  them  in 
this  work,  as  all  such  organizations  which  have  been  reason- 
ably successful  are  located  in  congested  centers  where  the 
retailer  can  readily  be  supplied  by  his  regular  jobber,  and 
that  these  clubs  are  of  no  assistance  whatever  to  them  in  sup- 
plying quick  service  and  complete  distribution  in  outlying 
territory.  .  .  . 

"Experience  has  taught  the  members  of  buying  clubs  and 
other  co-operative  organizations  that  the  cost  of  rendering 
good  service  and  quick  deliveries  to  members  is  almost  as 
great  as  that  of  tlie  jobber,  and  the  free  and  easy  statement 
that  the  'jobber  is  doomed'  and  that  the  fabulous  profits 
derived  by  him  should  be  diverted  to  tlic  retailer  are  no  longer 
in  evidence.    The  facts  are  that  the  experiences  which  the  re- 


Thomas  F.  Main 


tail  druggists  have  had  with  co-operative  organizations  has 
taught  them  to  appreciate  the  service  rendered  by  the  jobber, 
and  many  of  the  best  business  men  of  their  ranks  now  realize 
that  their  business  can  be  conducted  more  practically  by 
making  frequent  purchases  of  the  quantities  which  they  really 
need,  keeping  their  stocks  fresh  and  having  their  goods  in  a 
salable  condition,  which  are  of  more  real  value  to  them  than 
the  supposed  saving  of  a  slight  difference  in  the  price  of  the 
goods  purchased.  The  position  of  the  jobber  seems  to  be 
a  more  positive  and  definite  one  at  present  than  it  has  ever 
been  in  the  past.  The  rapid  changes  which  have  taken  place 
in  the  last  few  years  in  both  the  wholesale  and  retail  drug 
trade  make  an  assembler  of  the  daily  requirements  of  the  retail 
druggist,  be  he  large  or  small,  an  absolute  necessity,  and  the 
wholesaler,  to  meet  these  changing  conditions,  is  the  logical 
person  to  supply  this  want. 

"The  pure  food  and  drugs  act  has  made  the  question  of 
quality  a  large  factor  in  these  changed  conditions,  and  the 
retail  druggist  who  is  alive  to  his  own  interests  can  well  afford 
to  give  the  larger  proportion  of  his  business  to  the  jobber 
upon  whom  he  can  depend  for  goods  of  the  proper  quality, 
rapid  execution  of  orders  and  prompt  deliveries.     The  ful- 
filling of  these  essentials  has,  of  course,  greatly  added  to  the 
cost  of  the  wholesale  drug  business,  and  it  is  the  opinion  of 
your  committee  that  the  successful  wholesale 
druggist  will  be  the  man  who  is  able  to  meet 
the  demands  of  the  retailer  and  who  will  be 
a  good  enough  merchant  to  charge  a  suit- 
able price  for  the  goods  which  he  sells  to  allow 
him  a  moderate  profit  for  the  service  which 
he  renders." 

Drug  Store,  vs.  the  Pharmacy 
Belief  was  expressed  on  the  part  of  the  com- 
mittee on  credits  and  collections  that  the  time 
was  coming  when  there  would  be  a  distinc- 
tion between  the  drug  store  and  the  phar- 
macy.   The  report  of  the  committee  gave,  in 
addition  to  the  war  and  the  general  tendency 
to  buy  as  little  as  possible,  four  reasons  which 
are  instrumental  in  producing  the  present  un- 
favorable condition  in  the  drug  trade.  These 
are,  a  lack  of  sufficient  capital,  a  too  large 
proportionate  investment  in  furniture  and  fix- 
tures, a  liberal  proportion  of  the  balance  of 
the  capital  being  invested  in  the  prescription 
department  and,  as  a  result,  the  smaller  part 
of  the  capital  only  being  invested  in  the  class  of  merchandise 
which   is  active  and  brings  the  most  profits.     The  report 
continues : 

"In  the  judgment  of  the  committee  the  time  is  coming 
when  the  larger  cities  will  be  served  by  exclusive  prescription 
pharmacies.  Some  time  in  the  future  there  will  be  a  distinc- 
tion between  the  drug  store  and  the  pharmacy.  The  result  of 
this  division,  in  our  judgment,  will  be  beneficial.  It  will 
secure  greater  confidence  on  the  part  of  the  physician,  and  will 
act  in  a  measure  to  restore  the  writing  of  prescriptions  by  the 
physician  rather  than  office  dispensing.  The  public  will  re- 
ceive much  better  protection  and  the  practice  of  pharmacy 
will  be  on  a  much  higher  plane  than  is  at  present  the  case." 
Prescription  Trade  Less  Profitable 

Letters  received  from  jobbers  in  various  parts  of  the  coun- 
try by  the  committee  indicate  tliat  everywhere  the  importance 
of  the  prescription  department  in  tlie  drug  store  is  waning. 
One  Chicago  jobber  said,  "The  growing  tendency  of  all  phy- 
sicians to  dispense  has  made  the  prescription  department  a 
less  important  feature  in  every  store,  and  it  would  be  a  good 
thing  for  the  trade  if  the  prescription  business  could  be  sepa- 
rated frcim  the  rest  of  the  business  and  operated  as  it  is  in 
the  (ln\\ntM\Mi   ilistricts  of  this  city,  by  exclusive  prescrip- 


A  lai,i;c  Inilianapolis  jobber  says,  "The  prescription  de- 
partment of  the  average  drug  store  is  practically  nil.  and  if 
a  registered  pharmacist  or  assistant  registered  man  did  noth- 
ing but  put  up  prescriptions  then  it  would  be  useless  for 
the  druggist  to  attempt  to  do  that  business  at  all." 

"The  prescription  department  of  a  drug  store  is  a  thing  of 
the  past,"  says  a  Michigan  jobber.  "The  only  explanation 
is,  the  tendency  now  is  for  exclusive  prescription  stores." 

.\  Xew  York  State  jobber  says,  "The  constantly  increas- 
ing practice  of  physicians,  viz.,  to  do  their  own  dispensing, 
compels  the  druggist  to  increase  his  charges  for  prescriptions 


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,  since  his  overhead  expense  remains  the  same.  This,  again, 
has  a   further  effect   in  reducing  prescription  sales,  which 

'  means  another  increase  in  price  and  still  another  reduction  in 

1  sales.  Most  pharmacists,  therefore,  are  in  the  condition  which 
you  describe.    It  is  my  opinion  that  the  prescription  business 

■  will  not  last  much  longer  as  a  department  in  a  retail  drug 
store." 

Figures  were  furnished  to  the  convention  by  the  committee 
showing  that  the  average  expense  of  doing  business  had  in- 
creased, for  all  parts  of  the  country,  from  11.85  per  cent  in 
1909  to  12.50  per  cent  in  1914.  In  1878  the  general  aver- 
age was  9  per  cent. 

Proprietaries  Offer  Serious  Problem 
1  There  appear  to  be  three  reasons  why  the  sale  and  dis- 
tribution of  proprietary  articles  forms  one  of  tlie  most  seri- 
ous and  perplexing  problems  which  the  wholesale  druggist  has 
to  meet  to-day.  These  may  be  summarized  as  "the  great  in- 
crease in  the  number  of  articles  placed  on  the  market  by 
old  and  new  proprietors,  resulting  in  the  greater  percentage 
increase  in  the  distribution  of  small  fractional  quantities  and 
the  growing  disposition  of  jobbers  in  some  sections  of 
the  country  to  offer  special  discounts  on  their  sales  of  this 
class  of  merchandise."  A  table  made  up  from  the  records  of 
several  business  houses  shows  that  the  num- 
ber of  small  sales  has  vastly  increased  with 
the  result  that  the  necessity  for  detail  in  the 
wholesalers  business  organization  has  in- 
creased. It  also  shows  that  the  proprietor 
is  dependent  upon  the  wholesaler  for  the  dis- 
tribution of  his  goods,  and  establishes  the  re- 
tailer's dependence  upon  the  jobber  for  his 
daily  wants. 

The  report  of  the  legislative  committee  re- 
viewed in  considerable  detail  the  legislation 
of  the  year  concerning  the  Harrison  narcotic 
act  the'  Paige  patent  bill,  the  Stevens  price 
maintenance  bill,  the  honest  advertising  law, 
the  food  and  drug  laws,  the  pharmacy  legis- 
lation and  the  formula  disclosure  legislation. 

The  committee  on  the  drug  market  pre- 
sented an  interesting  report  and  comparison 
of  prices. 

The  following  comment  on  present  condi- 
tions in  the  drug  market  is  of  interest : 

"When    we    compare   present    prices  with 
those  ruling  a  year  ago  we  better  realize  what 
branch  of  industry  the  drug  business  is,  and  we 


important 
Iso  realize 

how  dependent  one  country  is  upon  another  for  the  mainten- 
ance of  such  important  lines  of  trade.  That  this  dependence 
will  be  materially  lessened  in  the  future  is  a  foregone  con- 
clusion, and  while  it  is  not  conceivable  that  a  war  like  the 
present  will  ever  be  possible  again,  nevertheless  a  repetition 
would  probably  not  cause  the  same  conditions  in  the  drug 
markets  of  the  world  that  this  one  has  produced. 

It  must  be  recognized  that  Germany  has  always  been  the 
important  factor  in  the  production  of  chemicals,  and  few  of 
us  realized  how  completely  she  dominated  the  situation  on 
the  other  side.  We  have  always  recognized  the  American  man- 
tifacturers  as  being  among  the  largest  and  most  important  in 
the  world  but  their  outputs  were  to  a  great  extent  consumed 
entirely  in  this  country,  and  when  we  consider  that  the  export 
of  drugs  and  chemicals  (including  dyestuffs,  medicines,  etc.), 
for  the  first  four  months  of  this  year  amounted  in  value  to 
almost  eight  million  dollars,  as  against  about  eight  and  a 
half  millions  for  the  corresponding  periods  of  1914  and  1913, 
we  appreciate  more  or  less  the  reason  for  this  uplift  in  prices 
that  has  taken  place  throughout  the  entire  line.  Of  course, 
it  does  not  mean  that  these  exports  were  made  up  entirely 
of  American  made  goods,  as  there  are  no  doubt  included  in 
these  figures  goods  of  considerable  value  that  had  previously 
been  imported  into  this  country,  but  the  exports  even  now 
continue  very  heavy,  and  these  are  made  up  almost  entirely 
of  goods  manufactured  in  this  country. 

"It  must  also  be  said  in  favor  of  the  domestic  manufacturers 
that  they  have  tried  to  the  best  of  their  ability  to  keep  the 
domestic  demand  supplied  at  reasonable  prices,  and  while  the 
question  of  supply  and  demand  has  furnished  the  actual  basis 
for  the  uplift  in  prices,  speculation  has  also  played  an  im- 
portant part  therein. 


"It  is  absolutely  impossible  at  this  time  to  predict  with 
any  degree  of  certainty  tlie  future  of  the  market,  as  indeed 
such  a  prognostication  would  be  impossible  as  regards  the 
market  in  general,  or  even  in  the  case  of  any  one  article  that 
one  may  care  to  analyze  and  try  to  arrive  at  a  conclusion  at 
thereon.  Using,  for  instance,  carbolic  acid  as  a  matter  of 
discussion,  it  very  seriously  affects  a  great  many  prominent 
articles  in  our  line;  in  fact,  its  importance  is  so  great  that 
the  newspapers  of  the  country  are  devoting  considerable  space 
t(T  it,  and  while  we  hear  continually  of  new  and  large  interests 
taking  up  the  manufacture  of  it,  and  the  erection  of  numerous 
plants,  we  still  find  it  selling  at  its  highest  level  and  a  demand 
far  in  excess  of  the  supply." 

The  comparisons  of  prices  were  published  in  Weekly  Drug 
IM.VRKETs  of  October  13. 

Resolutions  were  presented  by  the  committee  on  memorials 
for  the  following:  Jesse  M.  Battle,  Battle  &  Co.,  St.  Louis; 
Benjamin  O.  Wilson,  B.  O.  &  G.  C.  Wilson,  Inc.,  Boston, 
Mass.,  John  R.  Planten,  H.  Planten  &  Son,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.; 
George  Merrell,  William  S.  Merrell  Chemical  Co.,  Cincinnati, 
Ohio;  Edward  H.  Hance,  Hance  Bros.  &  White,  Philadelphia; 
James  B.  Horner,  James  B.  Homer,  New  York;  Edwin  H. 
Hammer,  Keasbey  &  Mattison  Co.,  Ambler,  Pa. ;  Theodore 
Armstrong,  Pennsylvania  Salt  Manufacturing  Co.,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.;  Alfred  H.  Kennedy,  The  Charles  N. 
Crittenton  Co.,  New  York;  Joseph  A.  Velsor, 
Peek  &  Velsor,  New  York;  George  W.  Evans, 
Evans-Smith  Drug  Co.,  Kansas  City;  George 
D.  Whitney,  Whitney  Glass  Works,  Glassboro, 
N.  J.;  Anthony  Gref,  The  Bayer  Co.,  New 
York;  Frederick  W.  R.  Eschmann,  the  New 
York  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Yonkers,  N. 
V. ;  Peter  P.  Van  Vleet,  Van  Vleet-Mansfield  Drug 
Co.,  Memphis,  Tenn.;  George  Massey,  Lanman 
&  Kemp,  New  York;  Albert  Plant,  Lehn  & 
Fink,  New  York;  Harry  W.  Schuh,  Schuh 
Drug  Co.,  Cairo,  111.,  and  Paul  P.  Rau,  Fair- 
mont Glass  Works,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
The  Annual  Banquet 
The  annual  banquet  of  the  association  was 
largely  attended  and  at  this  time  the  retiring 
and  the  newly  elected  officers  made  speeches. 
.•\n  excellent  menu  was  enjoyed.  Many  social 
features  were  provided  for  the  entertainment 
of  the  delegates  and  the  ladies.  Automobile 
rides,  dances  and  entertainments,  furnished 
by  the  ladies  of  the  local  association,  provided  a  wide  variety 
of  amusement  for  the  guests. 


F.    E.  HOLLIDAY 


Chicago  Drug  Club  Elects  Officers 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Chicago  Drug  Club,  which 
concluded  with  a  smoker  at  the  Hotel  Sherman,  officers  were 
elected  for  1916.  C.  G.  Knight  was  chosen  as  the  next 
president.  The  other  officers  elected  were:  First  vice-president, 
H.  M.  Moffett;  second  vice-president,  Richard  Voge;  third 
vice-president,  Harry  H.  Kneevers;  recording  secretary,  J.  A. 
Swanson;  financial  secretary,  J.  M.  Schwalbe;  treasurer,  C.  A. 
Abrahamson;    chairman    entertainment   committee,    Peter  J. 

Roth.   

New  Bedford  Druggists  Elect 

At  a  meeting  of  the  New  Bedford  Druggists'  Association,. 
September  13,  1915,  the  following  officers  were  elected:  Presi- 
dent, William  E.  Jennings;  vice-president,  Charles  T.  Smith; 
treasurer,  M.  C.  Healey;  Secretary,  John  M.  Kelleher. 


Post  Cards  for  the  Drug  Store 

Practically  every  druggist  now  carries  a  line  of  post  cards 
showing  local  views  made  from  their  own  photographs  of 
noteworthy  local  .subjects.  These  cards  have  a  wide  sale, 
both  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  city  and  to  visitors  who  desire 
to  have  a  souvenir  of  their  trip. 

Some  very  interesting  specimen  cards  are  shown  in  the  latest 
style  book  which  is  being  sent  out  to  druggists  by  the  Curt 
Teich  Company  of  Chicago.  These  cards  are  made  up  in 
seven  different  styles  of  plain  tints  and  colors,  and  are  of 
excellent  grade.  This  concern  also  makes  a  line  of  advertis- 
ing blotters  and  ad  envelopes  which  many  druggists  are 
using  to  give  their  store  the  proper  publicity  by  having  the 
interior  or  exterior  of  their  place  reproduced  in  its  natural 
colors. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[November,  1915 


Goldwater  Ordinance 

Opposed  by  Retailers 

Kings  County  Pharmaceutical  Society  Hears  Report 
by  Dr.  Wm.  C.  Anderson — New  Pharmacopoeia 
Out  January  1. 

Discussing  the  proposed  Goldwater  formula  disclosure  ordi- 
nance which  is  slated  to  go  into  effect  on  December  31,  Dr. 
William  C.  Anderson,  in  giving  the  report  of  the  legislative 
committee  of  the  King's  County  Pharmaceutical  Society,  at 
the  regular  meeting  on  Tuesday,  said  that  it  was  the  sentiment 
of  all  branches  of  the  drug  trade  that  the  law  was  unconsti- 
tutional and  could  never  be  enforced. 

"At  a  meeting  recently  held  in  New  York,"  said  Dr.  Ander- 
son, "representatives  of  the  wholesalers,  retailers  and  patent 
medicine  men  agreed  to  pay  no  attention  to  the  regulation 
should  it  go  into  effect.  The  first  case  will  be  contested  to 
the  limit.  Whether  it  is  a  retail  druggist  or  a  manufacturer, 
a  defense  fund  will  be  provided  to  carry  the  case  to  the  high- 
est court.  If  the  ordinance  aimed  to  drive  only  the  fraudu- 
lent and  improperly  labelled  patent  medicines  off  the  market, 
all  branches  of  the  trade  would  stand  behind  it,  but  this  is 
not  the  case.  That  can  already  be  done  under  existing  laws. 
It  is  the  purpose  of  this  law  to  drive  all  patent  medicines  from 
the  market." 

If  the  law  should  be  enforced  it  would  mean  that  every 
retail  druggist  would  have  to  give  up  the  manufacture  of  his 
few  special  remedies  or  else  give  the  formula  to  the  health 
department.  "The  scheme  gives  one  man  the  right  to  decide 
the  therapeutic  value  of  a  patent  medicine,"  said  Dr.  Ander- 
son. "It  seems  that  the  doctors  are  going  to  benefit  largely 
by  increased  fees.  The  ordinance  is  an  injustice  to  both  the 
wholesale  and  retail  druggists  of  the  city  for  it  will  force  the 
manufacturer  to  take  his  product  off  the  market  and  do  busi- 
ness by  mail.  The  proposition  concerns  the  whole  nation,  for 
if  the  ordinance  is  put  in  effect  in  one  place  it  will  be  adopted 
in  others." 

It  was  the  sentiment  of  many  of  those  present  that  the 
whole  idea  was  inspired  by  certain  influential  doctors  and 
while  the  sincerity  of  the  intentions  of  the  Commissioner  of 
Health  was  not  doubted,  it  was  felt  that  outside  influences 
had  played  an  important  part  in  the  drafting  of  the  regulation. 

Prof.  Otto  Raubenheimer  reported  to  the  society  that  the 
new  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  and  the  new  National  For- 
mulary are  now  in  the  hands  of  the  printer  and  would  be  ready 
for  distribution  by  January  1.  Prof.  Raubenheimer  said  that 
the  new  Pharmacopoeia  would  probably  become  official  about 
May  1. 

The  trade  matters  committee  reported  that  agents  of  the  de- 
partment of  health  were  closely  inspecting  the  soda  fountains 
in  the  drug  stores  and  were  recommending  to  all  the  druggists 
a  small  heater,  made  by  a  local  gas  company,  as  a  method  of 
keeping  the  soda  glasses  sterilized.  A  resolution  was  passed 
providing  $100  (for  the  use  of  the  committee. 

A  letter  was  read  from  Peter  Diamond  asking  the  co-opera- 
tion of  the  association  in  the  drug  exhibit  which  is  to  be  held 
in  Madison  Square  Garden  and  suggesting  the  possibility  of 
the  formation  of  a  club  of  retail  druggists  in  New  York  City 
with  permanent  headquarters.  A  committee  was  appointed  to 
confer  on  the  matter  with  Mr.  Diamond. 


HIGH  PRICES  A  BLOW  TO  RETAILERS 

Jersey  City  Druggists  Discuss  Situation  at  a  Recent 
Meeting 

The  unsettled  condition  governint;  tin  market  for  drugs 
was  thoroughly  threshed  out  at  a  mci  ting  held  by  the  Jersey 
City  Retail  Druggists  Association  on  October  sixth.  Unpre- 
cedented high  prices  of  drugs  and  chemicals  which  are  ten 
times  the  original  values  since  the  beginning  of  the  European 
war  were  the  center  of  discussion.  Preliminary  movements 
were  planned  to  eliminate  the  hardships  which  now  burden  the 
druggists  of  Hudson  county  because  of  the  exorbitant  prices 
asked  by  distributors  and  manufacturers. 


Leading  representatives  of  chemical  firms  in  the  country 
were  present  and  reviewed  the  advance  in  prices  covering 
over  several  hundred  items.  It  was  stated  that  a  large  num- 
ber of  items  have  been  dropped,  owing  to  the  shortage  of 
supplies.  It  was  pointed  out  by  a  comparison  of  prices  that, 
one  drug  advanced  $9.18  a  pound,  and  others  $4  and  $6.55 
respectively,  which  cover  only  a  few  of  the  items  affected 
by  the  war. 

The  American  public  is  shouldering  the  cost  and  the  end  of 
further  sharp  appreciations  of  values  is  not  yet  in  sight.  Ameri- 
can manufacturers,  considering  to  equip  their  plants  with  costly 
machinery  to  manufacture  preparations,  are  holding  aloof,  fear- 
ing that  if  the  war  should  end,  they  would  be  confronted  with 
probable  keen  competition  by  foreign  manufacturers  which 
they  would  be  unable  to  meet. 

Figures  from  a  table  compiled  by  a  leading  Jersey  City  drug- 
gist showed  one  thousand  prescriptions,  which  resulted  in  an 
average  net  profit  to  the  druggist  of  only  two  and  one-half 
per  cent,  in  face  of  the  most  modern  methods  employed. 


TRUSSES  AS  A  SIDE  LINE  IN  DRUG  STORES 

Joseph  R.  Sutter,  president  of  the  Iowa  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation, a  prominent  retail  pharmacist  of  Burlington,  re- 
cently read  a  paper  before  that  organization  in  which  he  stated 
that  trusses  constituted  a  side  line,  the  possibilities  of  which 
he  believed  were  not  fully  appreciated  by  the  average  retail 
druggist.  In  his  twelve  years  of  experience  in  truss-fitting  he 
has  found  that  the  majority  of  truss  wearers  are  not  looking 
for  cheap  trusses,  but  they  do  want  one  that  is  comfortable 
to  wear  and  which  will  hold  the  rupture  securely.  To  avoid 
competition  and  the  fear  of  being  undersold,  an  exclusive 
agency  is  desirable. 

Special  attention  is  required  to  work  up  a  business,  as  also  a 
room  in  which  to  carry  the  stock  of  trusses  and  in  which  there 
is  a  comfortable  couch  for  the  customer  to  rest  on  while  being 
fitted.  This  private  truss  room  is  featured  in  his  advertising. 
He  uses  an  ad  in  the  local  newspapers  once  or  twice  a  month 
in  which  he  offers  to  fit  trusses,  guaranteeing  satisfaction  or 
money  refunded.  This  sort  of  advertising  has  brought  him 
many  new  customers.  Occasional  exclusive  truss  window  dis- 
plays are  also  employed,  and  truss  literature  is  enclosed  with 
prescription  blanks  sent  to  physicians.  He  says  that  most  of 
the  doctors,  rather  than  spend  time  attempting  to  fit  trusses 
themselves,  are  willing  and  glad  to  send  patients  to  him  to  be 
treated  properly.  No  commission  is  paid  to  the  physician  for 
this  trouble,  but  if  a  physician  does  his  own  fitting,  a  discount 
of  25  per  cent  from  the  usual  retail  price  is  allowed.  Push- 
ing the  truss  business  also  tends  to  increase  the  sale  of  ab- 
dominal belts  and  elastic  hosiery  to  both  physicians  and  their 
patients. 


MEYER  BROS.  TO  PAY  ALL  CLAIMS 

Trustees  for  the  Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Co.,  St.  Louis,  on  Sep- 
tember 27,  presented  a  written  proposition  to  creditors  in  the 
office  of  Referee  Coles,  providing  for  payment  of  all  claims 
within  seven  years.  Hearing  was  adjourned  to  October  18, 
in  order  to  hear  from  creditors,  a  large  proportion  of  whom, 
it  was  stated,  had  already  agreed  to  the  proposition.  The 
trustees'  offer  provided  for  payment  of  10  per  cent  of  claims 
upon  the  expiration  of  the  first  second  and  third  years,  IS 
per  cent  on  each  of  the  fourth  and  fifth  years  and  20  per  cent 
upon  each  of  the  sixth  and  seventh  years.  Treasurer  C.  W. 
Wall  of  the  company  estimated  the  total  indebtedness  at  about 
SO50.n00.  He  said  the  business  had  fallen  from  a  normal  of 
<;^O0C).00n  annually  to  about  $3,500,000  annually,  but  that  the 
ir  iil.-  would  rome  back  under  the  proposition  offered  and  sup- 
I'ly  I  i>rofit  to  meet  the  terms  of  the  agreement. 


State  Official  Makes  Denial  In  Patten  Suit 

Dr.  Oscar  S.  Dowling,  president  of  the  Louisiana  State 
Board  of  Health,  has  denied  that  he  and  the  Board  of  Health 
had  offered  John  .'\.  Patten  $50,000  to  compromise  the  suits 
growing  out  of  the  display  on  the  health  car  of  the  Baird 
of  the  amount  of  alcohol  contained  in  Wine  of  Cardui.  Dr. 
Dowling  said  he  had  not  thought  of  offering  one  cent  to  com- 
promise the  suit,  to  say  notliing  of  $50,000.  The  plaintiffs 
ask  only  $25,000  damages. 


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491 


NEWS  OF  A.  PH.  A.  BRANCHES 


Charles  H.  La  Wall 


Frederick  J.  Wulllng 


C.  H.  Packard 


Members  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  have  been  voting  the  past  month  upon  the  candidates  for  presi- 
dent and  other  offices.  At  the  recent  convention  in  San  Francisco  the  nominations  for  the  presidency  were  Frederick  J. 
Wulling,  dean  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Minnesota;  Charles  H.  LaWall,  of  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pliarmacy  and  C.  H.  Packard,  president  of  the  Massachusets  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  voting  closes  November  1  and 
the  result  ivill  be  announced  -within  a  jew  weeks. 


NEW  YORK  BRANCH 

At  the  first  regular  meeting  of  the  Xew  York  branch  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  for  the  winter  season 
Prof.  V.  H.  .\rny  presented  for  the  benefit  of  the  members 
his  paper  on  "Standard  Colored  Fluids"  which  he  previously 
read  at  the  San  Francisco  meeting  of  the  association. 

Prof.  Arny,  after  several  years  of  e.xperimenting,  has  suc- 
ceeded in  obtaining  a  line  of  colors  which  he  believes  are 
standard.  To  do  this  he  has  used  a  series  of  neutral  greys 
from  which  to  make  the  other  colors.  The  new  solutions  are 
capable  of  giving  a  color  twenty-five  times  as  strong  as  had 
previously  been  obtained.  Prof.  Arny  pointed  out  that  the 
practical  use  of  the  work  was  in  the  matching  of  colors  and 
that  it  was  now  possible  to  match  any  shade  desired.  He  also 
brought  out  clearly  the  chemical  relationship  of  the  colors, 
showing  that  a  fiftieth  normal  solution  of  copper  has  relatively 
just  as  much  blue  as  a  fiftieth  normal  solution  of  cobalt 
has  red. 

In  making  his  demonstrations,  Prof.  Amy  used  the  new 
Lascoff  ampules  and  at  the  conclusion  of  the  talk  Mr.  Las- 
coff  demonstrated  his  new  ampule  filling  apparatus  which  works 
on  the  vacuum  principle  and  enables  the  druggist  to  prepare 
his  ampules  and  capsules  much  faster  than  by  the  old  method. 
Mr.  Lascoff  announced  that  he  would  present  his  new  ap- 
paratus to  each  of  the  colleges  of  pharmacy. 

Previous  to  the  reading  of  the  papers,  Caswell  A.  Mayo 
reported  on  the  social  side  of  the  meeting  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  at  San  Francisco.  Mr.  Mayo 
attributed  a  large  share  of  the  success  of  the  convention  to 
the  beauty  of  the  California  women.  J.  C.  Gallagher,  for- 
mer president  of  the  Xew  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
reported  on  the  work  of  the  annual  convention  at  Spring  Lake 
and  a  report  by  Dr.  Dickman  on  the  meeting  of  the  New 
York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  read.  President 
Lascoff  appointed  a  committee  on  the  Roemer  memorial.  Previ- 
ous to  the  meeting  an  informal  dinner  which  was  well  attended 
■by  the  members  was  held  at  the  "Alps." 


DETROIT  BRANCH 


.At  the  meeting  of  the  Detroit  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.,  held 
in  the  Wayne  County  Medical  Society  Building,  W.  A.  Hall 
gave  a  short  talk  on  a  method  for  estimating  quickly  the 
amount  per  dram  of  any  drug  in  an  N.  F.  or  U.  S.  P.  formula, 
the  volume  of  which  is  one  litre.  The  scheme  is,  add  one- 
■seventh  to  the  amount  of  the  ingredient  and  divide  by  twenty. 


The  paper  of  the  evening  was  by  W.  L.  Scoville  on  for- 
maldehyzed  capsules.  Mr.  Scoville  has  carried  out  a  series  of 
experiments  on  this  subject  over  a  period  of  several  years. 
The  capsules  were  treated  with  solutions  of  formaldehyde  of 
various  strengths  and  then  placed  in  acid  and  alkaline  solutions 
similar  to  those  of  the  stomach  and  intestine.  The  correct 
procedure  for  making  enteric  capsules  was  shown  by  this  ex- 
cellent paper.  Much  discussion  followed,  every  member  pres- 
ent taking  an  active  part.  Mr.  Scoville  also  gave  a  very  in- 
teresting description  of  the  meeting  and  the  Fair  at  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  appointed  to  the  Membership 
Committee:  F.  F.  Ingram,  Jr.,  chairman;  E.  R.  Jones,  C.  A. 
Weaver,  D.  E.  Perrin  and  Grant  Stevens. 

At  the  meeting  held  on  October  IS  the  programme  consisted 
of  some  very  interesting  papers  and  discussions  on  prescrip- 
tion pricing.  The  subject  was  gone  into  very  thoroughly  in 
the  papers  read  by  Harry  B.  Mason,  Mr.  Chase,  and  Mr. 
Stewart. 

The  general  opinion  seemed  to  favor  the  Evans'  rule  for 
pricing  prescriptions  with  some  exceptions  such  as  a  well  known 
proprietary  like  Maltine  or  a  small  inexpensive  prescription 

like  an  eye  lotion.   

PITTSBURGH  BRANCH 

The  initial  meeting  of  the  Pittsburgh  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A., 
for  the  season  of  1915-16  was  held  at  the  College  of  Pharmacy, 
October  15th.  The  programme  as  announced  was  "Proposed 
Wood  Alcohol  Legislation"  and  the  discussion  was  opened  by 
Dr.  Louis  Emanuel,  who  stated  that  under  the  poison  law  of 
Pennsylvania  wood  alcohol  is  not  a  poison  according  to  the 
definition  set  down  therein.  "Physiologicallly,  ethyl  alcohol 
as  well  as  methyl  alcohol,  are  considered  to  have  toxic  prop- 
erties, the  latter  being  regarded  as  the  more  potent,  in  fact 
so  potent  that  legislation  for  a  proper  regulation  of  its  sale 
seems  desirable. 

"Referring  to  action  taken  at  the  1915  meeting  of  the  A.Ph.A. 
on  this  subject  a  certain  type  of  label  was  recommended  for 
general  adoption  for  wood  alcohol  containers,  a  portion  of  the 
wording  being:  'It  is  unlawful  to  use  this  fluid  in  any  article 
of  food,  beverage  or  medicinal  or  toilet  preparation  intended 
for  internal  or  extenral  use.'  Now,"  said  Dr.  Emanuel,  "this 
label  looks  all  right,  but  it  is  not  truthful  in  the  statement 
that  its  use  is  unlawful  in  toilet  preparations,  at  least  in  Penn- 
sylvania, for  the  reason  that  this  State  has  no  law  on  the  sub- 
ject. The  Pennsylvania  Food  Act  of  1909  prohibits  the  use 
of  'alcohol  or  any  other  ingredient  deleterious  to  health'  in 


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any  food,  or  article  that  is  used  in  the  preparation  of  any  food. 
It  considers  food  to  include  beverages;  hence,  so  far  wood 
alcohol  is  taboo.    But  not  so  in  toilet  preparations." 

Dr.  Blumenschein  reported  that  he  had  interviewed  the 
coroner  on  the  subject,  who  said  there  had  never  been  a  case 
of  wood  alcohol  poisoning  brought  to  the  attention  of  his  office 
during  his  incumbency  which  covered  a  number  of  years. 

Dr.  Darbaker  said  the  use  of  wood  alcohol  in  the  hat-mak- 
ing industry  is  common  and  that  many  workmen  have  become 
blind  from  its  effects.  He  presented  an  article  on  the  subject 
which  cited  one  hundred  cases  of  deaths  and  blindness  due 
to  its  use.  Dr.  Blumenschein  said  there  are  a  number  of  States 
in  which  no  record  is  kept,  hence  the  number  of  deaths  as 
officially  reported  could  have  but  little  bearing  as  a  whole. 

Dr.  Saalbach  cited  personal  experience  with  Columbian 
spirits,  the  label  upon  which  claimed  it  to  be  non-poisonous 
and  commended  its  use  in  the  preparation  of  external  rem- 
edies such  as  tincture  of  iodine,  etc.  Later  this  misstate- 
ment having  been  called  to  the  attention  of  the  manufacturers, 
the  wording  of  the  label  was  changed. 

The  ordinance  effective  in  New  York  City  was  commende<)i 
and  on  motion  of  Dr.  Koch  the  Branch  adopted  a  resolution 
advising  that  effort  be  made  to  have  legislation  in  accord 
therewith  adopted  generally. 

Dr.  Wurdach  exhibited  by  blackboard  illustration  a  method 
in  use  by  him  in  the  post  graduate  course  of  the  Pittsburgh 
College  of  Pharmacy  for  producing  methyl  alcohol. 


CHICAGO  BRANCH 

The  first  montlily  meeting  of  the  Chicago  Branch  of  the 
A. Ph. A.  was  held  on  October  18,  with  an  attendance  of  150. 
The  discussion  centered  about  the  Illinois  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy  examinations,  Leo.  L.  Mrazek,  Frank  J.  Butler  and 
Wm.  J.  Clancy,  members  of  the  board,  presenting  the  scope 
of  the  examinations,  the  nature  of  the  questions  asked  and 
the  why  and  wherefore  of  this  legal  testing  of  the  knowledge 
of  candidates  for  the  profession  of  pharmacy. 

Teachers  and  prominent  pharmacists  replied.  Among  those 
who  spoke  were  Professors  W.  B.  Day,  C.  M.  Snow,  A.  H. 
Clark,  of  the  University  of  Illinois,  Professor  C.  W.  Patterson 
of  Northwestern  University,  Professor  G.  L.  Secord  of  Loyola 
University,  Secretary  T.  H.  Potts  of  the  N.A.R.D.,  Secretary 
I.  M.  Liglit  of  the  Chicago  A.R.D.,  Secretary  H.  C.  Christen- 
sen  of  the  N.A.B.P.,  and  Patrick  Coffey,  vice-president  of  the 
Chicago  Drug  Clerk's  Association. 

Mr.  Mrazek  stated  that  of  the  six  divisions  of  the  examina- 
tion, pharmaceutical  arithmetic,  written  materia  medica,  phar- 
macy and  chemistry,  the  oral  quiz  and  the  prescription  com- 
pounding, in  his  opinion  the  pharmaceutical  arithmetic  was 
equal  in  importance  to  the  others.  Of  the  ten  questions  of 
this  examination,  two  were  commercial  problems,  two  chemi- 
cal problems,  two  specific  gravity  or  specific  volume  problems, 
two  in  percentage  and  two  in  alligation. 

Three  points  were  prominently  presented  in  the  discussion 
and  tacitly  endorsed  by  the  meeting:  1,  the  absolute  need  in 
every  state  of  a  strong,  properly-conducted  examination  to  de- 
termine the  fitness  of  the  candidate  the  enter  pharmacy;  2,  the 
great  desirability  of  the  pre-requisite,  i.  e.,  a  thorough  training 
in  a  suitable  systematic  course  of  study  in  a  school  or  college 
of  pharmacy  before  admission  to  the  State  board  examination; 
and,  3,  the  importance  of  adequate  preliminary  education  be- 
f. >i(  :i(Iini-sinn  to  the  school  of  pharmacy.  Mr.  Christensen 
stii'.l  111  It  the  only  safety  for  the  profession  of  pharmacy  lies 
ill  raisinu  the  standard  of  pharmaceutical  education.  He 
earnestly  desired  and  expected  that  by  1920  the  colleges  of 
pharmacy  would  require  a  high  school  education  for  admission 
to  their  classes  and  that  boards  of  pharmacy  would  require 
college  graduation  for  admission  to  their  e\aiiiin:ili(iii 

The  Illinois  Board  of  Pharmacy  examination';  wn,  is  a  rule, 
highly  commended.  The  scope  of  its  examinations  has  been 
adopted  by  many  other  states.  Criticism  was  made  against 
the  type  of  question  that  is  not  directly  applicable  to  the  U.S.P. 
or  N.F.,  that  is,  questions  in  botany  and  plant  histolo£r>'  should 
test  tlie  candidate's  knowledge  of  the  botanical  and  histological 
terms  used  in  the  U.S.P.  or  N.F.  The  .sanii  hnUU  true  for 
questions  in  theoretical  and  analytical  chcniistiy  and  theoreti- 
cal pharmacy. 


BALTIMORE  BRANCH 

The  Baltimore  Branch  of  the  A.Ph..\.  began  its  fall  work 
with  a  meeting  on  October  20.  The  gathering  was  in  the 
nature  of  an  Autumn  rally,  and  the  proceedings  were  therefore 
rather  informal.  Various  matters  were  taken  up  for  discussion, 
among  them  tlie  forthcoming  biennial  meeting  of  the  Maryland 
Legislature,  at  which  various  legislative  matters  of  interest  and 
direct  concern  to  pharmacists  will  be  introduced.  The  pro- 
ceedings of  the  parent  body  at  the  annual  meeting  also  came  in 
for  considerable  attention,  and  Dr.  Henry  P.  Hynson,  one  of 
those  who  attended  the  deliberations,  gave  an  outline  of  what 
was  done. 

NEW  ENGLAND  BRANCH 

The  New  England  branch  of  the  A.Ph..\.  opened  its  fall 
season  October  14  with  a  joint  dinner  with  the  B..-\.R.D.  at 
the  Crawford  House,  Boston,  President  J.  F.  Waterhouse  of 
the  latter  organization  presided.  The  guests  were  John  N. 
O'Donohue,  deputy  collector  of  internal  revenue,  who  spoke  on 
the  government  regulations  as  applied  to  narcotics,  and  James 
F.  Finneran,  president  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
N.A.R.D.  The  following  officers  were  elected:  Fred  W. 
Archer,  of  Milton,  president;  William  H.  Glover,  of  Lawrence, 
vice-president;  R.  Albro  Newton,  of  Southboro,  secretary-treas- 
urer; Frank  F.  Ernst,  of  Jamaica  Plain,  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee on  professional  relations;  Carlton  B.  Wheeler,  of  Hud- 
son, chairman  of  the  committee  on  membership. 


PHILADELPHIA  BRANCH 

The  first  of  the  1915-16  winter  meetings  of  the  Philadelphia 
Branch  was  held  at  the  Medico-Chirurgical  College,  the  meet- 
ing being  called  to  order  by  President  S.  C.  Henry. 

A  communication  from  the  N.  Y.  Branch  with  an  account 
of  the  death  of  President  John  Roemer,  was  read.  The  secre- 
tary was  directed  to  convey  to  the  N.  Y.  Branch  the  regret 
of  the  members  at  the  loss  of  such  an  able  man.  Louis  Ger- 
shelfeld  was  proposed  and  voted  upon  to  be  a  member  of  the 
branch. 

The  program  of  the  evening  included  the  following:  Jos. 
W.  England,  a  report  of  the  San  Francisco  meeting  of  the 
A.Ph.A.;  S.  C.  Henry,  the  N.A.R.D,  convention;  in  the  ab- 
sence of  R.  P.  Fischelis,  Prof.  C.  H.  LaWall  gave  an  interesting 
account  of  the  convention  of  tlie  Pennsylvania  Ph. A. 


WOMAN  WINS  FAIRCHILD  SCHOLARSHIP 

For  the  first  time  in  the  eleven  years  that  it  has  been 
competed  for,  the  Fairchild  scholarship,  offered  by  Fairchild 
Bros.  &  Foster,  New  York,  to  encourage  pharmaceutical  edu- 
cation in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  was  won  this  year  by 
a  woman.  Miss  Doris  Gregory.  The  scholarship  amounts 
to  50  pounds  and  is  intended  for  tuitions  for  the  minor  ex- 
aminations. 

Miss  Gregory,  who  lives  at  Battersea  Park,  London,  S. 
W.,  was  registered  at  London  and  apprenticed  to  Miss  M. 
E.  Buchanan,  Ph.C.  MP  S.,  Gordon  Hall,  Gordon  Square, 
W.  C.  She  then  held  .several  other  positions  and  has  now 
returned  to  Buchanan  Co.,  Ltd.  ^liss  Gregory  was  one 
of  thirty-five  competing  candidates. 

The  Scotland  prize  of  5  pounds  was  also  won  for  the  first 
time  by  a  woman,  IMiss  Marjorie  G.  McDiarmid,  Trinity. 
Edinburgh.  William  Riyliv.  i  stiioughton.  near  Bolton.  Lanes., 
who  was  second  in  m  l  r  of  i-  .  l  it.  won  the  prize  for  Eng- 
land and  Richard  Llo\il,  liitii,  w.m  the  prize  for  Wales.  There 
were  no  candidates  from  Ireland. 


Dinner  Given  for  W.  H.  Cousins 
W.  H.  Cousins,  of  Dallas,  Texas,  who  was  recently  elected 
second  vice-president  of  the  National  .Association  of  Retail 
Druggists,  was  the  guest  at  a  dinner  given  in  his  honor  by 
the  Dallas  County  Retail  Druggists'  Association  at  the  Hotel 
Sutherland.  Among  the  speakers  at  the  banquet  were  Z.  E. 
Marvin,  who  acted  as  toastmaster:  J.icob  Schrodt  C.  O. 
Laney,  E.  G.  Eberle,  W.  D.  Adams,  C.  A.  Duncan  and  W. 
H.  Cousins.  Mr.  Cousins  is  editor  of  the  Southern  Pharma- 
ceutical Journal  and  is  a  most  active  member  of  the  local 
association.    The  dinner  was  followed  by  dancing. 


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SCHOOLS  AND  COLLEGES 


NEW  YORK  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY 

Tlie  first  regular  meeting  of  the  S6th  session  of  tlie  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  of  the  City  of  New  York  was  held  on  the 
evening  of  October  19,  at  which  time  an  impressive  mem- 
orial of  the  late  Albert  Plaut  was  read  by  Robert  Lampa 
of  the  firm  of  Lehn  &  Fink.  Memorials  were  also  read  for 
George  Massey,  Felix  Hirsenian  and  Karl  Aschendrand. 

Dr.  Henry  Rusby,  reporting  on  the  meeting  of  tlie  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association  in  San  Francisco,  said  that 
in  his  opinion  the  most  important  result  of  the  meeting  was 
the  further  establishing  of  pharmacy  as  a  profession.  A  large 
part  of  the  convention  was  devoted  to  the  subject  of  educa- 
tion of  the  pharmacist.  He  characterized  President  Mayo's 
address  as  one  of  "judicious  conservatism." 

Dr.  George  C.  Diekman,  chairman  of  the  delegates  to  the 
New  York  convention,  reported  that  the  membership  commit- 
tee had  been  unusually  successful  during  the  year  in  bringing 
new  nien  into  the  association.  Dr.  Harry  V.  Amy  reported 
on  the  Xew  Jersey  State  convention  and  Dr.  Anton  \'orisek 
gave  an  account  of  the  meeting  of  the  Connecticut  State  Phar- 
maceutical .\ssociation. 

Following  the  reports  there  was  an  interesting  discussion  on 
the  rights  of  inventors  under  the  patent  laws  in  this  and 
foreign  countries.  It  was  pointed  out  that  in  this  country 
the  inventor  was  able  to  charge  an  excessive  price  for  his 
product  compared  with  what  could  be  obtained  for  it  in  other 
countries. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  IOWA 

The  College  of  Pharmacy  was  represented  at  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  meeting  at  San  Francisco,  August 
10-14,  by  Dean  Wilbur  J.  Teeters  and  Professor  Zada  M. 
Cooper.  Dean  Teeters,  as  secretary  of  the  Conference  of 
Pharmaceutical  Faculties,  was  required  to  be  in  San  Fran- 
cisco August  6tli,  as  the  Conference  held  their  meeting  prior 
to  the  meeting  of  A.  Ph.  A.  as  did  the  National  Boards  of 
Pharmacy. 

The  entrance  requirements  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy  by 
action  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  has  been  raised  to  full 
high  school  graduation  to  become  effective  September,  1915. 

Professor  R.  .\.  Kuever  is  spending  ten  days  in  San  Fran- 
cisco on  a  combined  business  and  sight-seeing  trip. 

The  Phi  Delta  Chi  National  Convention  was  held  in  San 
Francisco  at  the  time  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  meeting.  The  local 
chapter  of  Phi  Delta  Chi  was  represented  by  Dean  Teeters. 
The  local  chapter  has  moved  into  a  fine  chapter  house  on 
Clinton  street,  one  block  from  the  University  Campus.  The 
chapter  has  a  good  membership  of  the  best  students  in  the 
college  and  is  looking  forward  to  a  very  prosperous  year. 

Something  over  $2,000  has  been  spent  this  last  summer  in 
repairs  and  remodeling  the  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  building. 
An  electric  elevator  and  other  improvements  make  the  build- 
ing quite  modem. 

A  course  in  business  training  which  will  include  accounting 
and  salesmanship  has  been  added  to  the  Pharmacy  Course,  and 
will  be  given  by  the  department  of  economics. 

A  three-day  session  of  business  lectures  and  conferences  will 
be  given  by  the  Extension  Department  of  the  University,  open 
to  all  dmggists  of  the  State.  .\  complete  program  will  be  sent 
to  every  druggist  in  Iowa  and  it  is  hoped  that  a  large  attend- 
ance will  be  secured.  The  date  will  probably  be  November  11, 
12,  and  13,  preceding  the  annual  "home  coming"  and  the  Ames 
Iowa  foot  ball  game. 

Gustav  Scherling.  of  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  offers  a  prize  of  nomi- 
nation to  membership  in  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion to  the  member  of  senior  class  who  has  the  best  aver- 
age in  Organic  Chemistry  for  the  year. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

Osborne  .\.  Brines.  B.  S.  (Phar.),  '15,  has  accepted  a  posi- 


tion in  the  laboratory  of  Frederick  Stearns  &  Company,  De- 
troit, Mich. 

Robert  G.  Brown,  of  Pigeon,  Mich.,  enrolled  as  a  candidate 
for  the  degree  of  B.  S.  (Phar.),  will  assist  Professor  Stevens 
this  coming  year  in  Pharmacy. 

Gordon  A.  Bergy,  pharmacist  in  the  University  health  ser- 
vice laboratories,  is  doing  advanced  work  in  the  College  of 
Medicine  during  the  summer  session. 

Arthur  Schlichting,  B.  S.,  '12,  a  member  of  the  faculty  of 
the  department  of  pharmacy  of  the  North  Dakota  Agricultural 
College,  is  spending  his  vacation  with  his  parents  in  Detroit. 

Prof.  Charles  H.  Stocking,  dean  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy, 
University  of  Oklahoma,  has  charge  of  several  courses  during 
the  Summer  Session. 

Lynn  Stanford  Blake,  Ph.  C,  B.  S.  (Phar.),  '13,  professor 
of  pharmacy,  of  the  Alabama  Polytechnic  Institute,  is  attend- 
ing the  Summer  Session  in  Pharmacy,  pursuing  graduate  stud- 
ies leading  to  the  degree  of  M.  S.  (Phar.) 

C.  V.  Nichols,  who  will  receive  his  M.  S.  (Phar.)  at  the 
close  of  the  Summer  Session,  is  assistant  to  Professors  Glover 
and  Stocking,  and  will  take  the  position  of  instructor  in  phar- 
macy at  the  Kansas  City  College  of  Pharmacy. 

Henry  N.  Oellrich,  Narrowsburg,  N.  Y.,  enrolled  as  a  can- 
didate for  the  degree  of  B.  S.  (Phar.),  has  been  appointed  as- 
sistant in  organic  analysis  and  food  and  drug  analysis. 

Henson  H.  Thomas,  B.  S.  (Phar.),  '15,  called  to  fill  the 
vacancy  in  the  Hospital  Dispensary  of  the  Quincy  Mining  Co., 
Hancock,  Mich.,  has  entered  upon  his  duties. 

Charles  R.  Eckler,  Ph.  C,  '02,  pharmacologist,  received  the 
degree  of  B.  S.  (Phar.),  at  the  recent  commencement.  He  is 
the  donor  of  the  Eckler  Prize. 

Elmer  H.  Wirth,  Sandusky,  Ohio,  was  awarded  the  Eckler 
Prize,  consisting  of  a  cabinet  of  crude  drugs,  for  the  best  labo- 
ratory work  in  pharmaceutical  microscopy. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Flavoring  Extract  Manufact- 
urers' Association,  held  in  Cleveland,  J.  R.  Dean,  M.  S. 
(Phar.),  '15,  presented  the  results  of  his  research  upon  vanilla 
extract  and  its  manufacture.  Dean  J.  O.  Schlotterbeck  was 
also  in  attendance. 


ST.  LOUIS  ALUMNI  BANQUET 

At  the  annual  meeting  and  banquet  of  the  Alumni  of  the 
St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy,  recently  held  at  the  Ameri- 
can Annex  Hotel,  Jerome  Wilkerson  and  the  committee  put 
on  several  stunts  which  gave  new  life  to  an  affair  which  for 
several  years  has  been  rather  over-formal. 

The  menu  was  in  pharmaceutical  Latin.  The  speeches  were 
limited  to  ten  minutes,  and  each  of  the  speakers  was  intro- 
duced by  music.  Dr.  Whelpley,  dean  of  the  college,  arose  to 
the  tune  of  "Darling,  I  Am  Growing  Old"  and  didn't  seem 
a  bit  embarrassed.  "Maryland,  My  Maryland"  introduced 
Professor  Charles  E.  Caspari,  while  Charles  Geitner,  affec- 
tionately known  as  "father  of  the  alumni,"  responded  to  the 
tunc  of  "Here  Comes  My  Daddy  Now."  Instead  of  the 
usual  cigars  and  cigarettes,  each  guest  was  provided  with  a 
cob  pipe  (Missouri  meerschaum)  and  a  small  bag  of  tobacco. 
A  group  of  cabaret  girls  added  music  and  joy  to  the  occa- 
sion. That  the  new  style  of  entertainment  was  appreciated 
was  shown  by  the  fact  that  the  older  men,  who  in  past  years 
have  started  for  home  about  ten  o'clock,  stayed  until  the  end. 

W.  B.  Bolm,  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  association  forty 
years  ago,  was  ijrescntcd  with  an  aluminum  seal,  gold  relief 
and  set  with  a  diamond,  in  recognition  of  his  years  of  hard 
work  for  the  association.  Others  of  the  original  members  who 
are  now  living  are  Henry  T.  Bechtold,  Charles  Geitner, 
Francis  Hemm,  Charles  A.  Lips,  Edward  Oesch,  Adolph 
Pfeffer,  Robert  C.  Schroeder,  Otu  A.  Wall  and  Fred.  F. 
Whiting. 

Jerome  Wilkerson,  to  whom  the  success  of  the  affair  was 
due,  is  a  young  man  of  extraordinary  ability  and  is  a  member 


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of  one  of  the  large  drug  firms  of  the  city.  He  has  been 
prominent  in  most  of  the  pharmaceutical  societies  in  town 
and  has  made  a  marked  success  in  his  business. 


UliriVEIlSITY  OF  TENNESSEE 

The  School  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Tennessee, 
Memphis,  opened  with  a  considerable  increase  in  the  enroll- 
ment. A  new  instructor,  Mrs.  Emma  Hutchinson,  Ph.C,  has 
taken  charge  of  the  lecture  and  laboratory  work  for  the  junior 
year. 

Several  other  changes  have  been  made  in  the  faculty  of  the 
school.  Professor  Robert  L.  Crowe  has  been  made  assistant 
dean  of  the  department.  Professor  Harry  Weiser  resigned  to 
accept  the  chair  of  physical  chemistry  at  the  Rice  Institute, 
Dallas,  Texas,  and  his  position  as  instructor  in  pharmaceutical 
chemistry  and  assaying  has  been  filled  by  Prof.  Nash  from 
the  University  of  Mississippi.  Prof.  Nicely  of  Princeton  Uni- 
versity has  been  elected  to  fill  the  professorship  of  physiology 
and  physiological  assaying,  formerly  held  by  Prof.  Harris. 
Eugene  W.  Wright  will  conduct  the  quiz  work  for  the  juniors 
on  the  theory  and  practice  of  pharmacy. 

Many  of  the  alumni  of  the  school  are  now  holding  respon- 
sible positions.  John  Doyle,  '12,  is  head  prescription  clerk 
and  manager  of  Battier's  pharmacy  in  Memphis.  A.  N. 
Swindler,  '14,  Sam  Wadell,  '14  and  Frank  Artaud,  '15  are  in 
the  prescription  department  of  the  Mosley-Robinson  Drug 
Co.,  Memphis.  Ray  Dorris,  '13,  is  proprietor  of  a  hustling 
pharmacy  in  Stuttgart,  Ark.  J.  H.  Grant,  '14,  is  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  Smith  Drug  Co.,  Jellico,  Tenn.  W.  R. 
Little,  '14,  is  managing  one  of  the  McCorkle  pharmacies  in 
Meridian,  Miss  Harrold  Rambo,  who  was  graduated  from 
pharmacy  in  1911,  is  now  a  junior  in  the  medical  school. 
H.  M.  Crawford,  who  was  out  of  school  a  year,  has  returned 
to  complete  his  senior  year. 


U.  OF  I.  SCHOOL  OF  PHARMACY 

The  i|fty-seventh  session  of  the  University  of  Illinois 
School  of  Pharmacy  (Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy)  began 
September  21  with  an  enrollment  of  125  first  year  students 
and  sixty-eight  second  year  students. 

Professor  A.  H.  Clark,  who  has  been  away  for  a  year, 
spent  in  study  at  the  University  of  Michigan,  has  returned 
to  resume  the  professorship  of  chemistry  in  the  school.  Pro- 
fessor Lynn,  who  held  the  position  temporarily  during  Pro- 
fessor Clark's  absence,  has  been  called  to  Oklahoma  Agricul- 
tural College  at  Stillwater,  Okla.,  where  he  will  teach 
chemistry. 


GEORGE  WASHINGTON  UNIVERSITY 

The  George  Washington  University,  Washington,  D.  C, 
has  added  several  new  courses  in  the  department  of  chemistry 
this  year.  Among  these  is  a  course  in  dye  chemistry  by  Dr. 
Charles  Edward  Munroe,  head  of  the  department  and  dean 
of  the  School  of  Graduate  Studies.  A  course  is  also  being 
given  in  general  laboratory  chemistry,  designed  to  supersede 
the  one  in  which  Cook's  text-book  was  used.  This  course 
has  been  formulated  by  Otis  Swett,  assistant  professor,  and 
it  will  be  given  in  conjunction  with  Dean  Munroe's  chemistry 
lectures.  The  first  half-year  the  course  will  be  devoted  to 
theoretical  chemistry  and  the  second  half  to  descriptive 
chemistry. 


Louisville  Opening  in  Charge  of  Alumni 

Members  of  the  Alumni  Association  were  in  charge  of  the 
exercises  at  the  opening  of  the  forty-fifth  annual  term  of 
the  Louisville  College  of  Pharmacy,  addresses  being  made  by 
Simon  N.  Jones,  president  of  the  college,  and  C.  J.  Rosenham, 
of  tlie  Alumni  As.snriation.  In  addition  to  the  musical  pro- 
gramme, a  paper  on  liifilogiral  products  was  read  by  A.  P. 
Markendorf.  William  F.  Tafel,  '74  and  Theodore  Gaesser, 
'79,  were  the  oldest  alumni  present. 

Notre  Dame  Receives  Spanish  Prescriptions 

For  use  in  the  department  of  pharmacy,  University  of  Notre 
Dame,  Ind.,  Prof.  Robert  Lee  Green  has  received  3,000  pre- 
scriptions in  Spani<;li.  nnrl  wliirli  were  presented  by  George 
San  Pedro,  of  (  .  •  '  I  ^ur,  r,il.,,  a  son  of  the  former 

governor  of  tl^  :  ;imi   .|i  1  Ki,i.    In  most  of  the 

presrrinlions   tin  i  m        . mplnvod   for  expressing 

the  units  of  w,-':  '  i  ,  irnsurc. 


FORDHAM  UNIVERSITY 

The  Fordham  University  College  of  Pharmacy  opens  its 
fourth  session  on  September  17,  1915.  In  as  much  as  the 
classes  are  limited,  it  is  reported  that  the  matriculation  books 
will  soon  be  closed. 

Dr.  Gustave  Horstmann  has  been  appointed  as  one  of  the  . 
full-time  professors  at  Fordham  University  College  of  Phar- 
macy, where  he  will  work  in  conjunction  with  Dr.  J.  Diner. 
He  also  takes  charge  of  the  pharmacy  of  the  Fordham  Uni- 
versity consultation  clinic. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  MARYLAND 

The  Department  of  Pharmacy,  University  of  Maryland,  Bal- 
timore, has  begun  the  new  scholastic  year  under  very  encourag- 
ing conditions,  the  number  of  new  students  being  far  above 
that  of  recent  years,  while  some  additions  to  the  junior  class 
are  still  being  made.  Various  improvements  have  also  been 
completed,  which  are  designed  to  facilitate  the  work  of  instruc- 
tion. The  make-up  of  the  faculty  is  about  the  same,  and  the 
members  feel  that  even  better  results  are  confidently  expected 
than  before.  Dr.  Daniel  Base,  of  the  Department,  has  been 
elected  secretary  and  acting  dean  of  the  tiniversity,  succeeding 
temporarily  Dr.  Dorsey  Coale,  who  died  some  time  ago,  until 
a  dean  can  be  elected.  Dr.  Base,  being  one  of  the  Department 
of  Pharmacy  faculty,  the  selection  is  regarded  as  a  special 
tribute  to  the  department. 


CREIGHTON  UNIVERSITY 

The  senior  class  of  Creighton  University  department  of 
pharmacy,  Omaha,  Neb.,  has  elected  the  following  officers  for 
the  year:  President,  H.  A.  Winn,  Grand  Island;  vice-presi- 
dent, B.  H.  Benson,  FuUerton ;  secretary,  Miss  Leona  Crowley, 
Harvard ;  treasurer,  A.  A.  Peterson,  Lyons,  Neb. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  WISCONSIN 

The  college  year  has  opened  with  an  increase  of  attendance 
in  the  department  of  Pharmacy,  and  with  bright  prospects  for 
a  successful  year's  work. 

H.  P.  Reif,  '13,  has  re-entered  the  University  to  take  up 
work  in  pharmaceutical  journalism. 

Mrs.  Edward  Kremers  and  Miss  Elsa  Kremers  entertained 
the  women  of  the  pharmacy  department  at  their  home  in 
Wingra  Park  on  the  afternoon  of  October  2. 

In  order  to  save  the  crop  of  belladonna  leaves  from  threatened 
frost  the  students  of  the  two  year's  course  engaged  one  after- 
noon in  a  competitive  picking  of  belladonna  leaves.  Miss  Irene 
Staples  proved  the  most  efficient  leaf  picker,  collecting  4.255 
grams  of  leaves  in  an  hour. 

A.  G.  Du  Mez,  Ph.G.,  '04,  M.S.,  '10,  whose  return  to  this 
country  was  expected  this  summer,  has  been  persuaded  to 
continue  his  duties  as  Director  of  the  Course  in  Pharmacy 
at  the  University  of  the  Philippines  until  the  opening  of  the 
second  semester. 

A  part  of  the  collection  of  Philippines  drugs  sent  last  year 
by  A.  G.  Du  Mez  and  Valerio  Jaehrling.  Ph.G..  '07,  is  now  on 
exhibit  in  the  corridor  of  the  Chemistry  Building.  Other  parts- 
will  be  exhibited  later. 


GREEN  SCHOOL  OF  PHARMACY 

The  ninth  class  of  the  Green  School  of  Pharmacy,  Indian- 
apolis, held  its  graduation  exercises  in  the  Ir\'ington  class 
rooms  on  October  8.  One  of  the  features  of  the  closing  of  the 
term  was  the  bano.uet  of  the  Gamma  Sigma  Phi  fraternity, 
many  of  the  former  gr.iduatos  of  the  school  being  present. 
The  members  of  the  gradu.atiiii;  class  were: 

E.  O.  Il.-aton.  ScinU-villr.  Tiul  :  Ray  S.  Sisson.  Decker,  Ind.; 
Louis  IT  !>i\.  KinuiiKin.  liu]  ;  T  Proctor  Xunn,  Morganfield, 
Ky.;  W.tli.-r  v..  Fannin-,  Mi.!.!l.':..wn.  0.:  Carl  \V.  Grossman, 
IIuntinslDii,  Ind.:;  lil.uuhc  1'..  Sisson,  Decker,  Ind.;  Albert 
('.  Tones.  Indiaiiaiiolis;  Charles  E.  Matlock,  Bowling  Green, 
Tvy  :  William  G.  Snyder,  Peru,  Ind.;  Lazarus  Aultfeld,  South 
Innd.  Ind.;  Harrcll  X.  Francisco.  Indianapolis,  Ind.;  Homer 
D.  Webster,  Yorkvillc,  111.;  Leo  S.  Flanedy,  Indianapolis;  M. 
Rcnfro  Money,  Mooresville,  Ind.;  E.  P.  Reed,  Indianapolis; 
.■\rvid  E.  Tucker,  Owensboro,  Ky.;  Robert  D.  Hoffner,  Muncie, 
Ind.;  Frank  Kovalcik,  Whiting,  Ind.;  Harry  H,  Stevenson, 
Portland,  Ind.;  Clarence  Feuerbacher,  Lincoln,  III.;  Willard  L. 
Green,  Indianapolis;  George  Edwin  Pfau,  Indianapolis;  Sarsh- 
field  Morris.  Chamiiaign,  III. 


NOX'EMBER,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


495 


Million  Dollar  Drug 

Chain  in  Cincinnati 

Consolidation  of  Dow  and  Weatherhead  Stores  an 
Important  Development — D.  C.  Keller,  a  Lawyer, 
Active  Head  of  Business. 

The  announcement  of  the  merger  of  the  eleven  stores  of  the 
Dow  drug  chain  in  Cincinnati  with  the  three  stores  of  the 
Weatherhead  Drug  Company  of  the  same  cit>'  to  form  a  new 
corporation  with  a  capital  of 
SI, 000,000,  constitutes  one  of 
the  most  important  develop/- 
ments  in  tlie  retail  drug  field 
for  the  year. 

This  merger  follows  closely 
the  sale  of  the  Dow  chain  by 
the  late  Miss  Cora  M.  Dow 
to  a  syndicate  of  Cincinnati 
capitalists  headed  by  M.  E. 
Springer  and  \Vm.  H.  Chatfield, 
Jr.,  of  Chatfield  &  Co.,  invest- 
ment brokers.  The  combined 
establishments  will  be  operated 
by  the  syndicate  and  D.  C. 
Keller,  who  for  the  last  few 
years  has  been  the  head  of  the 
Weatherhead  Drug  Co.,  will  be 
president  of  the  new  corpora- 
tion and  will  be  its  active  busi- 
D.  C.  Keller  ness  head.    Mr.  Keller,  who  is 

also  a  lawyer,  will  retire  from 
the  firm  of  Keller,  Domette  &  Domette  as  soon  as  the  details 
have  been  completed. 

The  second  deal  involves  the  outright  purchase  of  the  three 
Weatherhead  stores  located  at  Sixth  and  Walnut  streets, 
Si.xth  and  Vine  streets,  and  Ninth  and  Vine  streets.  The  new 
corporation,  which  has  been  underwritten  by  Chatfield  &  Co., 
will  be  known  as  the  Dow-Weatherhead  Drug  Co.  Of  the 
$1,000,000  capitalization,  $600,000  will  be  in  common  stock 
which  has  already  been  acquired  by  the  capitalists  who  put 
the  deal  through,  and  $400,000  will  be  in  preferred  stock,  a 
limited  amount  of  which  will  be  offered  to  the  investing 
public. 

Associated  with  Mr.  Keller  on  the  original  board  of  di- 
rectors of  the  new  company  will  be  Herman  Jergens,  who, 
with  Mr.  Keller,  held  the  chief  interest  in  the  Weatherhead 
Drug  Co.,  Attorney  Guy  M.  Mallon ;  A.  M.  Hopkins,  who 
has  been  acting  manager  of  the  Dow  stores  under  IMiss  Cora  M. 
Dow;  M.  E.  Springer,  who  engineered  the  two  deals;  W. 
H.  Chatfield,  Jr..  and  W.  C.  Hattersley,  of  Chatfield  & 
Co.,  the  underwriters.  Other  members  will  be  chosen  later. 
Weatherhead  Business  Founded  in  1848 

The  Weatherhead  drug  business  wast  founded  by  Df, 
Weatherhead  in  1848,  when  he  opened  a  retail  pharmacy  of  the 
old  type  at  Sixth  and  Vine  streets.  When  Dr.  Weatherhead 
retired  from  active  business  in  1905  he  sold  the  store  to  his 
son,  Birdsall  P.  Weatherhead,  and  associates,  who  formed  the 
Weatherhead  Drug  Co.  Soon  after  the  death  of  Birdsall 
Weatherhead  in  1909.  D.  C.  Keller,  together  with  Herman 
Jergens  and  Herman  Bolles,  acquired  an  interest  in  the  busi- 
ness. The  Weatherhead  stores  are  said  to  be  among  the  best 
equipped  in  the  country. 

The  Dow  chain  of  stores  was  started  by  Edwin  Burleigh 
Dow,  who  died  before  his  daughter,  Miss  Cora  M.  Dow, 
reached  her  majority.  Upon  her  graduation  from  the  Cincin- 
nati College  of  Pharmacy,  Miss  Dow  took  hold  of  the  busi- 
ness and  by  persistent  advertising  made  it  one  of  the  best 
known  retail  chains  in  the  country.  It  is  said  that  locations 
for  five  new  stores  have  already  been  approved  by  the  Dow- 
Weatherhead  Drug  Co.  and  that  these  will  be  opened  within 
*  year. 


Marshall  Drug  Chain  Opens 

Sixteenth  Store  in  Cleveland 

An  cvrut  attracting  attention  in  drug  circles,  not  only  in 
i  I  111  tlndugh  northern  Ohio,  was  the  opening  of 
\i  iisiiill  Drug  Co.'s  store,  at  Denison  avenue  and 
,   ~  -iiv,  !,  Cleveland.    This  makes  the  sixteenth  store 

111  ihc  M.iisiuill  group  in  that  city. 

The  store  occupies  a  prominent  corner  in  the  West  Side, 
being  located  in  the  new  Marshall  building,  which  also  houses 
the  Denison  Square  theater,  which,  while  also  owned  by  the 
Marshall  interests,  has  been  leased.  To  celebrate  the  opening 
the  Marshall  drug  store  gave  a  theater  ticket  to  each  person 
taking  50  cents  worth  of  merchandise. 

Two  significant  features  stand  out  in  this  new  store.  One 
is  that  the  prescription  department  is  not  located  in  the  ex- 
treme rear  or  atop  a  balcony.  It  is  ranged  along  the  side 
of  the  store,  occupying  one-diird  of  the  wall  space.  This 
makes  it  possible  for  the  man  in  charge  of  that  department  to 
take  care  of  the  rest  of  the  store  at  the  same  time,  without 
undue  effort.  This  feature  was  developed  by  F.  H.  Hawkins, 
general  manager  of  the  Marshall  Drug  Company.    He  says: 

"We  have  found  that  while  the  prescription  department  on 
a  balcony  is  a  good  arrangement,  as  far  as  that  branch  of  the 
business  is  concerned,  it  is  a  nuisance  as  far  as  the  rest  of  the 
store  is  concerned,  because  of  its  inaccessibility.  What  is 
more  important,  we  find  it  is  in  reality  a  clerk-killer.  Hence 
we  have  put  it  where  it  is  adjacent  to  all  other  departments, 
while,  at  the  same  time,  it  is  by  itself." 

The  soda  fountain  is  located  half  way  back  from  the  front 
of  the  store.  This  is  an  innovation  in  Cleveland,  as  in  al- 
most every  instance  the  fountain  is  given  prominence  close  to 
the  doors.  "We  made  this  change,"  says  Mr.  Hawkins,  "be- 
cause we  have  discovered  people  who  want  the  soda  fountain 
will  go  to  it,  no  matter  where  it  is  placed.  This  new  wrinkle 
brings  them  past  a  lot  of  fine  goods,  and  already  we  can  feel 
the  good  results  in  the  business  attracted  as  the  soda  lovers 
pass  to  and  fro.  Also  it  draws  the  people  to  the  rear  of  the 
store,  where  more  business  must  be  done,  too." 

W.  O.  Peden,  who  has  been  connected  with  the  main  store 
on  the  Public  Square,  has  been  chosen  as  manager  of  the 
new  store. 

General  Manager  Hawkins  has  inaugurated  a  Manager  Club 
in  the  main  building,  where  regular  meetings  are  held,  sug- 
gestions made  and  ideas  exchanged. 

W.  M.  May,  formerly  of  Tiffin,  Ohio,  has  been  appointed 
to  the  East  Cleveland  store  of  the  company.  The  completed 
chain  of  stores  of  the  Marshall  group,  and  their  managers, 
follows:  200  Superior  avenue,  Geo.  Sheldon;  West  25th  street 
and  Lorain  avenue,  C.  Schwarzwaelder;  corner  Euclid  avenue 
and  Amherst  (East  Cleveland),  Jas.  Ziegler;  corner  Prospect 
and  East  9th  streets,  Jas.  Washington;  5607  Broadway,  Harry 
Reinwald ;  5524  Euclid  avenue,  Fred  Fogleson ;  Woodland  and 
East  55th  street,  H.  Katzenemeyer;  corner  Hough  avenue  and 
Crawford  Road,  Ed.  Rogers;  corner  Euclid  avenue  and  East 
105th  street,  Jno  Meermans;  corner  Warren  Road  and  De- 
troit street  (Lakewood,  O.),  F.  Rakestraw;  comer  Clark  and 
West  25th  street,  H.  Hagedorn;  corner  Lorain  avenue  and 
West  89th  street,  C.  Schultz;  corner  Lorain  avenue  and  West 
98th  street,  F.  VonDuyke;  corner  Superior  avenue  and  I05th 
street,  Roy  Parks;  corner  Euclid  avenue  and  Euclid  Arcade, 
J.  J.  O'Neill;  corner  Deni.son  avenue  and  West  25th  street, 
W.  R.  Pedan. 


NEW  JERSEY  CONVENTION  DATES 

The  next  annual  convention  of  the  New  Jersey  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  will  be  held  at  the  Hollywood  Hotel, 
I..ong  Branch,  N.  J.,  June  20-23. 


Dr.  Hesse  Opposed  to  Paig-e  Bill 

Dr.  Bemhard  C.  Hesse,  consulting  chemist  and  dye  expert, 
of  New  York,  spoke  against  the  Paige  bill  at  a  recent  meeting 
of  the  Rochester  Chemists'  Club.  Dr.  Hesse  held  that  the 
operation  of  the  bill,  which  makes  compulsory  the  working  of 
all  patents  taken  out  on  coal  tar  dyes  and  medicinal  and 
other  chemicals  two  years  after  the  patent  had  been  created, 
was  class  legislation  and  would  seriously  hamper  chemists  who 
were  working  on  inventions. 


Winona  Drug  Stores  to  Close  Evenings 
During  the  winter  months,  the  druggists  of  Winona,  Minn., 
will  close  their  stores  at  8.30  p.  m.  every  night  except  Mon- 
days and  Saturdays. 


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[November,  1915 


House  of  Mennen  Holds  Its 

Annual  Sales  Convention 

The  annual  convention  of  the  district  managers  of  the 
House  of  Mennen  was  held  at  the  home  office  in  Newark 
from  September  29  to  October  2. 

The  progress  made  during  the  past  year  and  the  prospects 
of  the  coming  year  were  carefully  considered.  Among  the 
topics  discussed  were  the  Stevens  bill  on  price  maintenance. 
It  was  decided  that  each  of  the  salesmen  were  to  urge  all  re- 
tailers to  write  to  their  Congressmen  that  they  were  in  favor 
of  having  this  bill  passed.  A  larger  advertising  appropria- 
tion and  more  dealer  co-operation  work  are  among  the  plans 
for  the  coming  year. 

During  the  first  six  months,  an  increase  in  sales  was  shown 
for  all  products  over  the  corresponding  period  of  last  year. 
Shaving  cream  in  particular  showed  an  average  gain  of  141 
per  cent. 

The  number  of  products  manufactured  by  the  House  of 
Mennen  will  be  increased  during  the  coming  year.  Among 
those  ready  for  the  market  are  tar  shampooing  cream  and 
Mennen's  "Ruvia",  which  is  a  deodorant  in  cream  form.  The 
other  new  products  will  be  announced  around  the  first  of 
the  year. 

Among  those  present  at  the  convention  were  the  following 
officers:  J.  J.  Korb,  vice-president;  W.  G.  Mennen,  secre- 
tary and  treasurer;  W.  A.  McDermid,  sales  manager;  and  the 
following  district  managers:  B.  Poznansky,  Fred  Mefort,  J. 
H.  Markham,  Chas.  H.  Meyer,  Chas.  H.  Myers,  C.  N.  Glover, 
H.  E.  Guischard,  F.  A.  Fitz-Gerald,  W.  W.  Williams;  and 
from  the  Cheltenham  Advertising  Agency  were  present  the 
Messrs.  Hotchkin,  Dailey,  Van  Patten,  and  as  also  were  the 
department  heads  of  the  Newark  home  office. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  convention  a  banquet  at  the  Hotel 
Claridge  and  a  theater  party  were  given  the  district  man- 
agers and  all  were  booked  to  go  to  the  automobile  race  at 
Sheepshead  Bay,  which  was  postponed  on  account  of  the 
rain. 

Each  of  the  district  managers  reported  business  conditions 
improving  considerably  and  they  are  looking  forward  to  greater 
strides  during  the  coming  year. 


Protector  for  Wursing  Bottle 

Parents,  nurses  and  mothers  who  have  the  care  of  children 
have  doubtless  experienced  considerable  trouble  witli  nursing 
bottles.  Eidier  the  bottle  was  broken,  the  nipple  kept  pulling 
off,  spilling  the  milk,  or  it  was  difficult  to 
keep  the  milk  warm.  One  man  with  an 
inventive  turn  of  mind  went  through  just 
these  troubles  with  his  two  babies  with 
the  result  that  he  got  busy  and  devised  a 
case  to  protect  the  nursing  bottle. 

L.  C.  Butler,  of  115  Broadway,  N.  Y., 
was  the  man  and  he  calls  his  case  the 
"Protecto".  It  is  a  liglit  weight,  seamless, 
sheet  metal  cylinder,  nickel  plated  and 
lined  with  felt  to  keep  the  milk  warm.  The 
bottle  is  inserted  from  the  bottom  of  the 
case  and  held  in  position  by  a  screw  cap 
or  bottom  cover  which,  when  screwed  into 
position,  brings  the  top  rim  of  the 
case  in  contact  with  the  lower  rim  of  the 
nipple,  thereby  holding  tlie  nipple  firmly  in 
position,  making  it  impossible  for  the  baby 
to  pull  it  out  and  spill  the  milk.  The  case 
is  graduated  on  the  outside  to  exactly  agree 
with  the  graduations  on  the  bottle  and 
small  holes  through  the  case  and  felt  op- 
posite each  ounce  and  half-ounce  mark, 
permit  a  clear  view  and  an  accurate  gauge 
of  the  contents  without  removing  the  case. 
^  Mr.  Butler  believes  that  this  case  is  go- 

Protecto"  nursing  flu  ^  "crying"  need  in  the  home. 

bottle  foundling  asylums,  day  nurseries,  and  other 

places  where  diildren  are  cared  for.  The  case  fits  the  standard 
round  eight-ounce  bottle  and  is  furnished,  at  retail,  with 
bottle  and  nipple  complete,  for  one  dollar  in  the  United 
Sutea. 


"Turnovers  that  Make  Profits" 

A  new  booklet  entitled  "Turnovers  that  Make  Profits",  has 
recently  been  published  by  I.  W.  Lyon  &  Sons,  Inc.,  New 
York  City,  manufacturers  of  Dr.  Lyon's  tooth  powder.  The 
book  contains  many  suggestions  which  the  druggist  will  fin4 
valuable  in  increasing  his  trade.  Some  of  the  subjects  which 
are  discu.ssed  are  "Unique  Selling  Plans,"  "Good  Window 
Trims,"  and  "Profit-Making  Secrets." 

A  portion  of  the  book  is  devoted  to  Dr.  Lyon's  service  de- 
partment and  in  this  the  company  offers  to  supply  any  retail 
druggist  handling  its  products  with  electrotypes  of  advertise- 
ments for  insertion  in  local  newspapers.  These  advertise- 
ments are  prepared  by  experts  and  are  numbered  and  the 
size  indicated  in  the  reproductions  in  the  booklet  so  that  all 
the  druggist  has  to  do  is  ask  for  them  by  the  number.  The 
electrotypes  are  furnished  free  of  charge.  The  booklet  will 
be  sent  free  to  readers  of  The  Pharmaceutical  Era. 


New  Package  for  Zymole  Trokeys 

In  order  that  Zymole  Trokeys  may  be  furnished  in  more 
convenient  packages,  Frederick  Steams  &  Co.  are  now  placing 
them  on  the  market  in  a  "triplet"  package,  suitable  for  the 
pocket  or  handbag,  which  sells  for  ten  cents. 

These  new  packages  come  packed  three  in  a  box  and  the 
whole  box  may  be  sold  for  the  old  price  of  25c.  One  of  the 
"triplets"  may  be  sold  for  ten  cents,  however,  for  the  customer 
who  wants  a  sample  package  or  who  hasn't  room  to  carry  the 
twenty-five  cent  size  around  with  him.  The  company  will 
make  no  extra  charge  for  the  new  package  although  the  extra 
wrappings  will  increase  the  cost  of  manufacture,  and  by  sell- 
ing the  individual  "triplet"  the  druggist  will  make  more  profit 
to  the  dozen.    The  old  package  has  been  discontinued  entirely. 


The  Chicago  Pencil  Sharpener 

An  item  of  medium  price  which  should  find  a  good  sale 
in  drug  stores,  especially  those  which  carry  a  side  line  of 
stationery,  pens  and  pencils,  is  a  good  pencil  sharpener.  In 
the  home  and  at  the  schools,  colleges  and  offices  this  article 
is  always  useful.  The  Chicago  Pencil  Sharpener,  manufac- 
tured by  the  Automatic  Pencil  Sharpener  Co.,  of  Chicago, 
sells  for  one  dollar  and  the  company  makes  a  special  offer  to 
druggists  who  desire  to  handle  this  article.  It  is  easily  at- 
tached to  any  surface  and  can  be  demonstrated  to  good  ad- 
vantage in  the  drug  store. 


"Temple  of  Allah"  Incense 

F.  K.  James  Company,  of  New  York,  has  recently  put  on 
the  market  the  "Temple  of  .Allah"  incense,  which  has  a  delight- 
ful oriental  odor  and  is  excellent  for  driving  away  mosquitoes. 
This  has  been  found  useful  in  purifying  the  air  in  musty-smell- 
ing and  poorly  ventilated  rooms,  sick  rooms  and  offices  and 
destroys  the  odor  of  fresh  paint,  tobacco  and  cooking.  F.  K. 
James  Co.  also  are  offering  a  metal  incense  burner  of  at- 
tractive design  which  makes  a  good  ornament  for  the  table 
and  at  the  same  time  provides  a  safe  place  for  the  burning  of 
the  incense. 


M-C-W  Emphasize  Quality  of  Chemicals 

It  is  undoubtedly  true  that  the  practical  man,  and  particu- 
larly tlie  practical  pharmacist,  who  uses  drugs  and  chemicals 
for  dispensing  and  manufacturing,  is  quick  to  recognize  real 
merit,  as  his  opinions  are  based  on  actual  experience.  This 
fact  is  pointed  out  in  the  announcement  of  the  Mallinckrodt 
Chemical  Works,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  a  firm  which  the  druggist 
has  learned  from  long  association  furnishes  reliable  chemicals 
for  dispensing  purposes. 


Charlie  Chaplin  Statuettes  as  Premium 

The  Decotah  Pharmacy  of  Grand  Forks,  N.  D..  recently 
advertised  "Charlie  Chaplin  Days"  in  a  large  ad.  in  the  local 
papers.  During  this  time.  October  1  and  2,  a  statuette  of 
the  famous  moving  picture  actor  was  given  free  with  each 
purchase  of  $1.00  or  more. 


Era  Student  Passes  Ohio  Board 
Merrill  Swain,  a  student  in  the  Era  Course,  recentlv  passed 
the  examination  conducted  by  the  Ohio  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy, "The  Era  Course",  he  writes,  "was  a  great  help  to 
me  in  preparing  outlines  for  study.  It  is  well  worth  the  cost 
to  anyone  preparing  for  a  state  board  examination." 


November,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


497 


PATENTS  AND  TRADEMARKS 


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1.151.536—  Emil  Abderhalden,  Halle-on-the-Saale,  Germany.  Poten- 
tiated sera  and  process  of  making  them. 

1.151.537—  Fredrik  \V.  de  Jahn,  assignor  to  General  Chemical  Co., 
New  York,  X.  Y.    Production  of  ammonia. 

Granted  AugTist  31,  1915 
1,151,626— Walter  M.  Spendlove  and  Kalman   Foldeak,  Brockville, 

Ontario,  Canada.     Refilling  preventing  stopper. 
1,151,896— John  D.  Mulvehill,  Spokane,  Wash.    Non-refillable  bottle. 
1,151,928,    1,151,929— Paul   Duden   and   Gustav   Peters,   assignors  to 

Farbwerke  vorm.    Meister  Lucius  &  Bruning,  Hochst-on- 

the-Main,  Germany.    Process  of  preparing  acetaldehyde  from 

acetylene. 

1,151,997-Ernest  L.  Beck,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  and  Albert  M.  Ayres, 
Nutley,  N.  J.,  assignors  to  Dodge  and  Dent  Mfg.  Co.,  a 
corporation  of  New  York.    Bottle  stopper. 

1,152,015— David  J.  Fleming,  Nashville,  Tenn.  N'on-refillable  bottle 
and  cutter. 

1,152,098— Felix  Kaufler,  assignor  to  the  Firm  of  Bosnische  Elek- 
tricitats-Actiengcsellschaft,  Vienna,  Austria-Hungary.  Pro- 
cess for  the  preparation  of  acetic-acid  anhydrid. 

1,152,153— Charles  H.  Dietz,  St.  Louis,  Mo.    Clinical  thermometer. 

1,152,244,  1,152,245— Gerhard  Nicolaas  Vis,  Cuise-Lamotte,  France. 
Process  of  obtaining  ammonium  sulfate. 

1,152,252— Frederick  W.  Wild,  Jr.,  Baltimore,  Md.,  assignor  to  Burt 
Machine  Co.    Labeling  machine. 

Granted  September  7,  1915 

1,152,930— Carl  Bosch,  Ahvin  Mittasch,  Hans  Wolf,  and  Georg 
Stern,  assignors  to  Badische  Anilin-  &  Soda  Fabrik,  Lud- 
wigshafen-on-the-Rhine,  Germany.     Production  of  ammonia. 

1,152,949— Jules  H.  Hirt,  El  Paso,  Tex.    Caustic  soda  process. 

1,153,121— Jan  Lagutt,  Basel,  Switzerland.    Antipyretic,  o-sulfamido- 
benzoyl-p-phenetidin,  and  process  for  producing  the  same. 
Granted  September  14,  1914 

1,153,236— John  Franklin  Maclndoe,  assignor,  by  mesne  assignments, 
to  said  Maclndoe  and  Joseph  F.  Donahue,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.    Bottle  closure. 

1,153,240— Albert  E.   Matt,  Stillwell,  Ind.    Bottle  stopper. 

1,153,402— Richard  Muller,  Eilenburg,  Germany.  Manufacture  of 
organic  acid  anhydrids  or  of  mixtures  of  such  anhydfids 
with  their  acids. 

1,153,477— George  W.  Beadle,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  assignor  of  ten 
one-hundredths  to  Delaven  Smith,  Lake  Forest,  III.,  ana 
ten  one-hundredths  to  Edward  P.  Russell,  Chicago,  111. 
Detachable  bottle  cap. 

1.153.518—  Albert  D.  Ray,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  assignor  of  one-fourth 
to  Clarence  E.  Bigelow,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  Bottle 
closure. 

1.153.519-  MerrilI  Robbins,  Adams,  N.  Y.    Non-refillable  bottle. 
1,153,725— Bertram  Stone,  West  New  Brighton,  N.  Y.  Non-refillable 

bottle. 

Granted  September  21,  1915 
1,153,985— Friedrich  W.  Weber,  assignor  to  The  Roessler  &  Hass- 
lacher  Chemical  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Stable  compounds 
containing  hydrogen   peroxid   and  process  of  making  the 
same. 

1,154,269— Samuel  T.  Penna,  Avon-by-the-Sea,  N."  J.  Bottle  filling 
apparatus. 


1.154.290—  Henry  Cremer,  Chicago,  111.    Bottle  closure. 

1.154.291—  Henry  Cremer,  Chicago,  111.    Bottle  closure. 
1,154,314— Ernst  Hug,  assignor  to  The  Hoffman-La  Roche  Chemical 

Works,  New  York,  N.   Y.  Polyhydrocolchicin. 
1,154,351 — Jules  Tournadre,  San  Francisco,  Cal.    Container  and  dis- 
penser. 

1,154,391 — Robert  D.  Gee,  Blackfoot,  Idaho.   Tooth  powder  dispenser. 
1,154,531— Edward  J.  Morin,  Wynot,  Neb.    Non-refillable  bottle. 
1,154,535— George  J.  Munschy,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Bottle  attachment. 
Granted  September  28,  1915 

1,154,638— Gilbert  Jackson,  New  York,  N.  Y.     Bottle  valve. 
1,154,718— James  R.  Neff,  Indianapolis,  Ind.    Bottle  cap  perforator 
and  remover. 

1,154,746— Joseph  H.  Champ,  Cleveland,  Ohio.    Bottle  filling  device. 

1.154.906—  Laurence  J.  Berkley,  Santa  Monica,  Cal.  Bottle  crate. 
1,155,012— Richard    Slee,    Swiftwater,    Pa.,    assignor   of   one-half  to 

F.  S.  Banks  &  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Antitoxin-syringe. 
1,155,023 — Benjamin  T.  Winchester,  assignor,  by  mesne  assignments, 
to  Sharp  &  Dohrne,  Baltimore,  Md.    Capsule  assembling  ma- 
chine. 

1,155,082— Mervin  Mostoller,  Stoyestown,  Pa.     Poison  bottle. 

1,155,101,  1,155,103— Friedrich  Schmidt,  Charlottenburg,  Germany,  as- 
signor to  The  Roessler  &  Hasslacher  Chemical  Co.  Mixture 
of  borates  containing  active  oxygen. 

1,155,193— Ernest  Balthazar,   Pawnee,   La.     Cork  extractor. 

Granted  October  5,  1915 

1.155,333— Bertha  S.  Alsop,  New  York.  N.  Y.  Bottle. 
1,155,584— Frederick  C.  La  Grange,  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa.  Medicine 
dropper. 

1,155,516— Claude  C.  Prall  Trenton,  N.  J.,  assignor,  by  mesne  as- 
signments to  The  Anglo-American  Patent  Bottle  Company, 
Ltd.,  London,   England.    Non-refillable  bottle. 

1,155,708— Judson  A.  DeCew,  Montreal,  Quebec,  Canada.  Toxic 
product  and  method  of  making  same. 

1,155,878— Alba  C.  Booth,  Burlington,  Vt.    Tooth  brush 

1.155.907—  John  Frame,  Searsport,  Me.  Miner. 

Granted  October  12,  1915 

1.156.044—  Lorenz  Ach  and  Albert  Rothmann,  assignors  to  Farb- 
werke vorm.  Meister  Lucius  &  Bruening,  IIochst-on-the-Main, 
Germany.    Art  of  preparing  amino-arsenobenzenes. 

1.156.045—  Lorenz  Ach,  Albert  Rothmann  and  Herman  Dieterich  as- 
signors^ to  Farbwerke  vorm.  Meister  Lucius  &  Bruening,  Hochst- 

Art  of  preparing  2-chloro-4-amino-ben- 


on-the-Main,  Germar 


J'lcf'?^^'"'*'\'"o '^0°"'"'   Ca"ibridge,  Mass.     Hot  water  bottle. 
1,156  106-Russel  S.  Smart,  Ottawa,  Ontario,  Canada.    Tooth  paste 
dispensing  device. 


1,156,388— Joseph  A.  Bradburn,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.    Process  of  obtain 

ing  potassium  chlorid. 
]'\lli^^M'°  SP?"^"-^  Philadelphia    Pa.     Bottle  closure. 
1,156,584— Moses  E.  Bloom,  New  York,  N.  Y     Poison  tahlf-t 

inT  m^a°gnesia'^'  Syracuse,  N.  Y.    Process  of  obtai n- 

^''^Brt^,?/r°/^\r      n  1"'^°"'=;  Ch?.^'".W.    Nichols,    and  Faurie 
Bruguiere,  New  Orleans,  La.    Substitute  for  lampblack. 


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[November,  1915 


Granted  October  19,  1915 

1,156,915— Leon  J.   Mazoyer,   West   Hoboken,   N.   J.  Non-refillable 
bottle. 

1,157,127— Frank   P.   Smith,   Ferguson,   Mo.     Non-refillable  bottle. 
1,157,164— Friederich  Kuhles,  Maywood,  N.  J.    Non-refillable  bottle. 
1,157,348— Emil    von    Portheim,    Prague-Smichow,  Austria-Hungary. 

Process   for  producing  oxalic  acid. 
1,157,402— Max  Landau,  Berlin,  Germany.    Manufacture  of  pure  lac- 


Era  Course  in  Pharmacy 


Combi 


hot 
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1,157,439- Marion    E.    Starr,    Mason  City, 

1,157T455-Edwin    Taylor,"'Nlw    York,    and  Frederick 
Yonkers,  N.  Y.    Method  of  making  sulphuric  acid 

1,157,524— William   H.    Furness,   assignor  to   H.    K.   Mulford  Com 
pany,  Philadelphia,  Pa.     Intradermic  syringe. 

1,157,530— Frederick  D.  Harper,  Everett,  Mass.     Process  of  produc 
ing  manganese  dioxid. 


Correspondence 


FREIGHT  BATE  ON  MEDICINES 

Editor,  Pharmaceutical  Era : 

On  November  15,  1914,  the  railroads  operating  from  the 
Atlantic  Seaboard,  in  connection  with  the  various  transcon- 
tinental lines,  advanced  the  rate  on  drugs,  medicines  and 
chemicals  in  less  than  carload  lots  from  $2.00  to  $3.70  per 
hundred  pounds,  an  increase  of  over  80%.  Protest  was  im- 
mediately filed  by  the  Philadelphia  Chamber  of  Commerce  in 
connection  with  prominent  manufacturing  drug  houses  of  the  East 
and  the  affiliated  drug  interests  of  the  Pacific  Coast  States.  A 
hearing  was  held  before  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission 
in  Philadelphia,  with  the  result  that  the  old  rate  of  $2.00  per 
hundred  pounds  has  been  ordered  to  take  effect  October  18th. 

When  it  is  taken  into  consideration  that  the  Interstate  Com- 
merce Commission  refused  the  protests  filed  by  the  manufac- 
turers at  the  time  the  advanced  rates  were  scheduled  to  go  into 
effect  by  the  railroads,  this  reversal  and  restoration  of  the  old 
rates  show  what  can  be  accomplished  when  affiliated  interests 
will  co-operate. 

Credit  for  restoration  of  the  old  rates  on  drugs  and  chemi- 
cals in  less  than  carload  shipment  should  be  given  a  number 
ef  prominent  Eastern  shippers  and  Pacific  Coast  drug  as- 
sociations, and  especially  the  Philadelphia  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, through  the  efforts  of  whose  secretary,  Mr.  N.  B. 
Kelly,  the  case  of  the  manufacturers  was  properly  presented 
to  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission. 

H.  K.  Mulford  Co. 

October  2,  1915.  By  H.K.Mulford. 


Special  Offers  to  tlie  Motorists 

The  Curtis  &  Henkle  Drug  Co.,  of  San  Jose,  Cal.,  offers  a 
large  line  of  thermos  bottles,  camping  utensils,  and  other 
conveniences  which  can  be  used  by  the  motorist  in  the  putting 
up  of  lunches  for  long  trips.  They  also  offer  a  large  line  of 
surgical  appliances. 


The  Story  of  Quinine 

{Continued  from  page  459) 
pounds,  compared  with  564,762  pounds  in  1913-14,  and  the 
actual  output  of  quinine  sulphate  was  20,422  pounds,  a  yield 
of  4.31  per  cent  against  26,516  pounds,  or  a  yield  of  4.70  per 
cent.  The  profit  accruing  to  the  Government  on  sales  during 
the  year  amounted  to  Rs.  371,488,  against  Rs.  156,373  in  the  previ- 
ous year.  The  bulk  of  this  advance  was  due  to  much  larger 
issues  of  manufactured  products,  the  quinine  being  sold  not 
only  through  po.st-offices,  but  by  vaccinators,  schoolmasters,  etc. 

From  all  quarters  come  reports  that  the  consumption  of 
quinine  is  on  the  increase,  while  data  are  not  wanting  to 
show  that  the  output  has  been  considerably  -nuiil^.l  Des- 
patches from  London  indicate  that  the  storl.-;  in  i'  ii  ■  iiket 
have  been  drawn  upon  to  such  an  extent  tliii  '  ihere 
are  at  least  a  million  ounces  less  than  tbc\  nit- 
break  of  the  war.    No  foreign  manufactuii  > '  ■  lin- 

ing into  this  market  and  manufacture-;   n  .   i:  .  i  no 

new  contracts.    Second  hands  practii  i'  ilie  market 

and  tlic  future  in  quinine  is  problci  it  ions  favor 

the  speculator  and  it  is  safe  to  believr  n  i    i  a  continu- 

iince  of  the  advancing  tendency. 


The  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  is  a  systematic  home-study  course, 
designed  to  give  a  theoretical  and  working  knowledge  of  pharmacy, 
and  intended  estoecially  for  young  men  and  women  who  cannot 
attend  a  college.  It  is  divided  into  ten  parts  and  58  lectures.  It 
can  be  completed  in  a  year  or  less,  depending  on  the  experience  of 
the  student;  its  cost  is  merely  nominal.  A  complete  prospectus 
can  be  had  by  addressing  Director,  ERA  COURSE  IN  PHAR- 
MACY, care  of  D.  O.  Haynes  &  Co.,  No.  3  Park  Place,  New  York. 


Era  Course  Students  Successful  at  State  Boards 

Iowa — Norman  Kiedaisch,  Keokuk,  registered  pharmacist. 

Kansas — Don  Q.  Aber,  Altamont ;  Guy  Rhea,  Lamed;  Pitis 
Wakefield,  Harper;  registered  pharmacists. 

Louisiana — Charles  E.  McHale,  New  Orleans;  Eugene  C. 
Moser,  Port  Gibson,  Miss.;  Odon  J.  Lonibos,  New  Orleans, 
registered  pharmacists. 

Massachusetts — Herman  .\.  Gliesman,  Boston;  Carl  E.  Tru- 
man, Orange ;  registered  pharmacists. 

Ohio — Ralph  A.  Rettig,  Holgate,  registered  pharmacist. 

Pennsylvania — Roscoe  O.  Brady,  Morton,  assistant  phar- 
macist. 

Vermont — D.  M.  Banister,  Springfield;  Herman  Lippman, 
Pittsburgh;  assistant  pharmacists. 

Virginia — Geo.  A.  Zirkle,  Charlottesville;  Leon  C.  Rothgeb, 
Luray,  assistant  pharmacists. 


Graduates  to  October  1,  1915 

Matriculation  Graduating 
Number  Average 

7905— Edward  E.  Eno.,  Tr.,  Middletown  Springs,  Vt   90 

7999—  Nicholas  J.   Volino,   San  Jose,   Cal   94 

8000—  Wilford  L.   Anderson,   Brigham   Citv,  Utah   97 

8004—  George  J.  Hall,  Cranfills  Gap,  Texas   94 

8005—  Frank   KnvalcJk.   Whiting,   Ind   93 

8039-Allen    11     I'  '  <  -ford.    Conn   91 

8082— Harry   M  '.cinnati,  Ohio   95 

8099— Peter    I  lida,   Ohio   96 

8113— Edwar,;  ;    Atkinson.  Wise   92 

8117— Grant  t  .   '    92 

8116— Carl   F  '    96 

8188— Grovcr  '    90 

8236— L.  A.  I    96 

8317-11    99 

832(^    '    96 

8324    '    92 

8331    I  i  .1   98 

834,>  ^  :       W    92 

8369    I  Ik,   Va   95 

8404    1  XV   97 

8421-  Lake,  Iowa   91 

8441-1  '   ^      I  ;   River,  Mass   95 

8485—  Harrison  K.   liryan,   Pocatello,  Idaho   92 

8486—  Sister  M.  Hilda  Bushman,  Baltimore,  Md   97 

S5,3S-Vmar  H.  Wolf.  Davenport,  Iowa   93 

8611— Llovd  A.  Atuir,  Winona,  Minn   93 

8617— Dr.  Ilenrv  Baer.  Mansfield.  Wash   98 

8742-Dudlev  .\shabran'ier,  HoIIis.  Okla   06 

8748— Dr.  Edward  Pendleton.  Clarkshurtt.  W.  Va   97 

8778— Don  Q.  Aber,  Mound  Vallcv.  Kans   99 

8792-Mrs.  V.  E.  Smith,  Little  Rock,  Ark   93 


No\t:mber.  1915] 


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THE  DRUG  MARKETS 

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TREND  OF  ALL  PRICES  UPWARD 

Quinine  Advancing — Evidence  of  Speculative  Inter- 
est not  Wanting — Many  Quotations  only  Nominal 

New  York,  Oct.  20 — The  market  during  the  past  month 
has  been  characterized  by  an  upward  trend  of  prices,  backed 
by  many  inquiries  and  active  speculative  interest.  Owing  to 
the  unprecedented  scarcity  of  many  articles,  trading  in  large 
quantities  has  been  and  now  is  practically  at  a  siaiulstill.  In 
fact,  the  quotations  on  many  drugs  and  chemicals,  par- 
ticularly of  foreign  origin,  if  given  at  ail.  are  merely  nominal; 
jobbers'  prices  are  largely  conditional,  and  hold  good  only  at 
the  hour  and  day  quoted.  The  most  spectacular  features 
pertain  to  the  advances  in  quinine  sulphate,  glycerin,  opium, 
acefphenetidin,  the  bromides,  oil  of  male  fern,  artificial  oil  of 
mustard,  and  die  various  potassium  salts.  Brisk  trading  in 
spices  is  also  forcing  prices  to  higher  levels,  and  higher  price 
quotations  prevail  for  nearly  all  kinds  of  seeds  and  herbs, 
owing  to  scarcity  of  stocks,  advances  in  primary  markets,  and 
the  difficulty  of  obtaining  supplies  from  abroad. 

But  few  declines  of  importance  are  noted,  among  them  being 
lower  quotations  for  acetanilid,  acetone,  Curacao  aloes,  balsam 
of  fir,  cardamom  seeds,  celery  seed,  copper  sulphate  (blue 
vitriol)  in  barrels.  Russian  ergot,  flaxseed,  gamboge,  liquid 
guaiacol,  bitter  almond  oil,  oil  of  cassia,  Haarlem  oil  (Dutch), 
rapeseed  oil,  and  liquid  styrax. 

Reports  from  manufacturers  indicate  that  chemicals  are 
heavily  oversold  and  offerings  of  spot  supplies  by  jobbers  in 
these  lines  are  limited  in  number.  As  summarized  by  those 
in  a  position  to  best  know  the  market,  buying  is  restricted 
entirely  to  the  druggist's  immediate  needs.  There  is  also  the 
possibility  that  certain  articles  in  the  chemical  line  may  dis- 
appear from  the  market  altogether,  especially  those  which  are 
dependent  upon  a  foreign  source  of  supply. 

Opium — There  has  been  an  increased  demand  both  for  do- 
mestic consumption  and  for  export  purposes,  the  buying  for 
foreign  account  being  chiefly  confined  to  the  derivatives.  Ship- 
ments of  new  crop  Turkish  gum  to  countries  other  than  Ger- 
many are  being  restricted  by  military  activities  against  Con- 
stantinople and  the  campaign  in  the  Balkans.  The  situation 
is  further  accentuated  by  reports  that  the  1915  crop  of  Turkish 
opium  will  not  reach  more  than  SO  per  cent  of  the  normal 
output.  Jobbers  quote  S9.50@$9.90  per  pound  for  natural; 
$11.00@S11.75  for  granulated,  and  $10.7S@$11.50  for  U.S.P. 
powdered. 

QuixiNE — There  has  been  an  unbroken  upward  movement 
and  sharp  advances  in  quotations  have  characterized  the  mar- 
ket throughout  the  period  under  review.  The  curtailment 
of  shipments  of  bark  from  Java  to  Europe  and  the  increased 
demand  for  quinine  salts  by  the  countries  at  war,  together 
with  the  strict  adherence  of  European  manufacturers  of  salts 
and  growers  of  bark  to  their  price  maintenance  agreement, 
have  combined  to  create  market  conditions  the  like  of  which 
has  never  been  experienced  in  the  commercial  distribution  of 
this  febrifuge.  Manufacturers,  it  is  reported,  have  withdrawn 
all  contracts,  and  no  relief  of  the  upward  trend  is  looked  for 
Until  the  large  war  orders  are  filled.  The  market  is  practically 
in  control  of  second  hands,  whose  supplies  of  outside  lots  of 
domestic  salts  cannot  be  inexhaustible.  In  some  quarters  the 
quotations  are  merely  nominal,  the  following  being  about  the 
prevailing  prices:  Quinine,  alkaloid.  73c@90c;  acetate,  77c@ 
86c;  carbolate,  84c(2$l ;  hydrobromide,  80c(®90c;  hydrochlor- 
ide. 80c(®90c;  lactate,  83c@93c;  salicylate,  72c(386c:  sulphate, 
in  100-oz.  tins,  $2.00@$2.75;  in  5-oz.  tins,  $2.15@S2.90;  l-oz. 
'•■  S2.20@.S3;  tannate,  97c@$1.05;  valerate,  $1.27@$1.35. 
VCERIN' — The  enormous  demand  for  glycerin  and  the 
:ge  of  supplies,  together  with  the  cessation  of  importa- 
ti  ::s  from  France  and  England,  have  led  to  sharp  advances  in 
values,  with  the  end  not  yet  in  sight.  There  is  a  considerable 
demand  for  pharmaceutical  varieties  and  jobbers  quote  from 
'?75c  per  pound,  according  to  brand  and  quantity. 


Cod  Liver  Oil — I'lics  arr  ruling  firm,  owing  to  the  re- 
ported cornering  cif  ili-  in. irki  table  supply  in  Norway,  where 
stocks  have  been  iiduccd  by  heavy  withdrawals  for 

account  of  Britisli  buyers.  Prices  are  maintained  on  the 
basis  of  $85(S)$90  per  barrel  for  Norwegian,  and  ,*f65  to  $75 
for  Newfoundland,  as  to  terms  of  sale. 

AcETPHENETiDiN — Supplies  of  this  synthetic  are  at  low  ebb, 
and  prices  have  been  advanced  to  $11@$13  per  pound. 

Carbolic  Acid — .\n  active  demand  on  the  part  of  bodi  do- 
mestic consumers  and  exporters  is  reported,  and  there  has 
been  an  upward  trend  in  prices,  jobbers  quoting  $1.80@$2 
per  pound  for  crystal  in  bulk,  $1.82(2)$2  for  crystal  in  5-  and 
10-pound  cans,  and  $1.95@$2.10  in  1-pound  bottles. 

Salic\t.ic  Acid — In  sympatliy  with  the  position  of  phenol 
and  an  increasing  scarcity  of  stocks,  prices  have  advanced  to 
$3.55((?$3.80  for  1-pound  cartons,  and  $3.50@$3.7S  per  pound 
for  bulk.  Salol  has  also  been  marked  up  to  $4.00@$6.75 
per  pound,  and  sodium  salicylate  to  $3.50@$4.00  per  pound. 

Bismuth  Salts — Owing  to  the  scarcity  of  the  basic  metal 
and  the  inability  of  manufacturers  to  meet  the  current  de- 
mand, prices  have  been  advanced  all  along  the  line,  as  fol- 
lows: Bismuth  bromide,  per  ounce,  30c;  citrate  and  ammonium, 
$4.20@$4.40  per  pound;  salicylate,  65%,  $3.50@$3.75  per 
carbonate,  $3.75@$4.25;  subgallate,  $3.15@$3.25;  subiodide, 
pound;  40%,  $3.00@$3.30;  subbenzoate,  $4.90(S$5.20 ;  sub- 
$5.30@$5.S0;  subnitrate,  $3.25@$3.3S;  tannate,  35c  per  ounce; 
valerate,  40c@4Sc  per  ounce. 

Bromides — The  constantly  increasing  scarcity  of  bromine  and 
the  growing  demand  for  all  of  the  bromides  made  therefrom, 
have  brought  a  further  advance,  jobbers  quoting  for  usual 
quantities,  as  follows:  Ammonium,  $3.2S(S$3.75 ;  calcium, 
S1.35@$1.45;  potassium,  $3.50@$4.00;  sodium,  $3.70@$4; 
strontium,  $3@$3.25,  and  zinc,  12c@17c  (per  ounce). 

Caffeine — Scarcity  of  this  basic  substance,  combined  with 
a  brisk  demand  has  caused  a  sharp  advance  for  pure,  which 
jobbers  quote  at  $12@$12.50  per  pound.  Citrated  has  also 
advanced  to  $7.50@$8  per  pound. 

Licorice — The  position  of  this  article  is  somewhat  problem- 
atical, owing  to  reports  that  certain  manufacturers  have  with- 
drawn from  the  market,  and  that  stocks  supposed  to  exist  in 
other  quarters  have  been  exhausted.  At  any  rate,  the  trend 
of  the  market  is  upward,  Russian,  cut,  being  quoted  at  33c@ 
36c  per  pound,  and  powdered  at  35c@40c.  Powdered  Spanish 
root  is  held  at  20c@23c. 

AgAr  Agar — Reports  of  advances  in  primary  markets  have 
caused  jobbers  to  mark  up  this  Japanese  product  to  55c@72c 
per  pound,  according  to  kind  and  size  of  order. 

Manna — Supplies  are  somewhat  restricted  and  there  is  a 
considerable  demand,  with  quotations  tending  upward,  large 
flake  having  been  advanced  to  $1.2S@$1.3S,  and  small  flake, 
$1.0Sf®$1.15.  These  prices  are  likely  to  continue,  it  is  pre- 
dicted, owing  to  the  interrupted  shipping  facilities  occasioned 
by  Italy's  participation  in  the  European  war. 

Isinglass — Russian  is  scarce  and  quotations  have  been  ad- 
vanced to  S7.80(S$8.20  per  pound. 

Cann.\bis  Indic.\ — The  new  regulation  of  the  Treasury  De- 
partment requiring  that  importations  shall  be  certified  as  being 
for  medicinal  use  only,  is  now  in  force,  and  this  prohibition 
has  doubtless  had  some  effect  upon  prices,  as  jobbers  have  re- 
cently advanced  their  quotations  to  $2.15@$2.25  per  pound. 

Cantharides — Russian,  sifted,  has  been  advanced  to  $4.25 
@$4.50  per  pound,  and  powdered  to  $4.30@$4.7S. 

Vanilla  Beans — Fearful  cyclones  are  reported  to  have  re- 
cently largely  ruined  the  crops  in  Mexico  and  the  West  Indies, 
and  holders  have  advanced  prices  on  all  varieties.  Jobbers 
quote  as  follows:  Mexican,  long,  $4.50@$5.50;  short,  $4.25@ 
$5.25;  cuts,  $3.50@$3.75. 

CmoRAL  Hydrate — A  strong  demand  has  pushed  up  prices, 
crystal  beiii-  '    t  ■■-]',,.:  pound. 

COLCHli  '  ,  ,  advance  and  jobbers 

quote  $1.1.^  ::,|  .hole,  and  $1.2S@$1.35 

for  powdered. 


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[November,  1915 


Cumin  Seed — The  market  is  bare  of  some  varieties  and  prices 
have  been  marked  up  to  27c@32c  per  pound. 

Golden-  Seal  Root— Reports  that  the  yield  of  fall-dug  root 
is  small  this  year,  together  with  an  increasing  demand,  have 
boosted  prices,  whole  root  belhg  quoted  at  $5.10@$5.75,  and 
powdered  at  $S.50@$5.7S. 

Ipecac — Recent  arrivals  of  supplies  have  only  partially  satis- 
fied the  demand,  average  jobbing  quotations  ruling  as  follows: 
Cartagena,  $2.50@$2.70;  Rio,  $4.50@$4.75;  powdered  root 
10c  per  pound  higher. 

LvcopODroM — Increasing  scarcity  is  noted  for  this  Russian 
product  and  higher  prices  prevail,  quotations  ranging  from 
$1.20@$1.35  per  pound. 

Almond  On, — Bitter  is  slightly  easier,  and  quoted  at  $9@$10 
per  pound,  $9.50@$10.50  per  pound  being  asked  for  the 
"without  acid"  variety.  Pure  sweet  almond  oil  is  also  higher 
at  $1.05@$1.35  per  pound. 

Cassla  Oil — In  sympathy  with  advances  in  all  varieties  of 
bark,  higher  prices  are  reported,  $1.10@$1.45  per  pound  being 
quoted. 

WiNTERGREEN  OiL — In  increasing  demand  and  rapidly  dimin- 
ishing supplies  are  responsible  for  the  upward  trend  of  prices, 
pure  leaf  being  quoted  at  $4.60@$4.90.  Methyl  salicylate  or 
synthetic  oil,  on  account  of  the  increasing  scarcity  of  raw  ma- 
terial used  in  manufacture,  is  also  advancing  in  price,  $2.90@ 
$3.10  being  asked. 

Mustard  On, — Owing  to  the  increasing  demand  for  chemi- 
cally pure  phenol,  artificial  oil  has  been  advanced  to  $6.50@ 
$6.75  per  pound. 

Paraldehyde — Manufacturers'  advances  in  prices  have 
caused  jobbers  to  mark  up  their  quotations  to  $2.20@$2.50 
per  pound. 

Pulsatilla — Stocks  are  said  to  be  practically  exhausted  in 
this  market  and  the  few  small  lots  available  are  firmly  held 
at  $2.10@$2.20  per  pound. 

Saffron — Spanish,  true  Valencia,  is  in  better  supply  with 
prices  tending  downward,  jobbers  quoting  $12.25@$12.60  per 
pound.    American  or  safflower  is  also  easier  at  75c@80c. 

Resorcin — Scarcity  and  an  increasing  demand  for  this  anti- 
septic and  dye  product  has  caused  a  spectacular  advance  in 
prices,  $6@$8  per  pound  being  quoted,  and  these  figures  nomi- 
nal only. 

Sugar  of  Milk — Following  the  advance  in  prices  reported 
in  last  month's  Era,  quotations  have  been  further  marked  up 
to  20c@24c  for  powdered,  and  22c@26c  in  1-lb.  cartons. 

Thymol — Scarcity  of  ajowan  seed  and  the  high  cost  at 
which  it  is  held,  together  with  the  holding  up  of  supplies  in 
Italy,  have  combined  to  advance  prices,  jobbers  quoting  $13@ 
$15  per  pound.  Thymol  iodide,  U.S. P.  also  occupies  a  strong 
position  and  is  held  at  $9.50@$10.40  per  pound. 

Valerian  Root — Meager  spot  supplies  and  a  steady  demand 
have  led  to  higher  prices,  jobbers  advancing  their  quotations 
for  German  to  40c@45c  per  pound  for  whole,  and  45c@50c 
for  powdered. 

Tamarinds — Are  in  good  demand  at  $3@$3.50  per  keg. 

Hexamethylenamine — Is  higher  at  $1.35@$1.50  per  pound. 

Sulphonmethane,  U.S.P. — Supplies  of  this  synthetic  are 
becoming  scarcer  and  prices  are  advancing,  jobbers  now  quot- 
ing $8.00@$8,50  per  pound.  Sulphonethylmethane  is  also 
higher  at  $9.50@$10  per  pound. 

Wax — Carnauba  is  easier  at  50c@55c  per  pound  for  No.  1. 

Caravi'AY  Seed — Active  buying  has  been  stimulated  by  re- 
ports from  Holland  that  supplies  are  short.  Spot  stocks  are 
controlled  by  few  holders  and  quotations  are  expected  to  ad- 
vance, although  jobbers  are  shading  prices  asked  last  month. 

Chrysarobin — This  substance  is  becoming  scarcer  and 
higher  prices  prevail,  36c@42c  per  ounce  being  asked. 

Dragon's  Blood — All  varieties  are  higher,  $1.50@$1.65  per 
pound  being  asked  for  extra,  $1.60@$1.90  for  powdered  and 
$1.10@$1.20  for  reeds. 

Hops — Following  the  rise  in  prices  by  operators  on  account 
of  the  curtailment  in  the  quantity  of  this  year's  crop,  jobbers 
have  revised  their  prices  and  quote  36c@44c  for  1914  select, 
and  39c@46c  per  pound  for  pressed  in  J4  and  ^-Ib.  pack- 
ages. 

Ergot — Better  supplies  obtain  and  prices  have  been  reduced 
to  $1.0S@$1.15  for  whole  Russian,  and  $1.15@$1.25  for 
powdered. 


A  Fountain  Pen  Window  Display 

A  window  display  a  little  out  of  the  ordinary  and  one  which 
gives  the  effect  of  a  "live"  display  is  that  now  being  furnished 
to  druggists  by  the  Conklin  Pen  Mfg.  Co.,  of  Toledo,  Ohio. 
In  the  picture  the  girl  looks  as  though  she  were  coming  out 
of  the  frame.  The  black  interior  is  about  ten  inches  deep  and 
the  girl  inside  is  wearing  a  real  cloak  trimmed  with  real  fur. 
Her  hand  is  dipping  a  real  pen  in  a  real  inkwell  resting 
on  a  real  table  covered  with  an  immaculate  cloth.  The  lamp 
at  her  elbow  is  a  real  electric  light  which  connects  with 


An  attractive  -window  display  of  Conklin  Fountain  Pens 


an  electric  socket  in  the  window  and  throws  a  soft  light  on 
the  scene,  giving  an  effect  which  is  especially  charming  at 
night.  The  gold  frame  which  surrounds  the  picture  is  draped 
with  pale  blue  silk  and  stands  on  an  easel  which  lifts  it 
about  a  foot  from  the  floor.  A  printed  card  gives  the  sub- 
ject of  the  picture,  which  is  that  tlie  pen  manufactured  by 
this  company  can  be  filled  in  four  seconds  without  stains. 

All  the  materials  necessary  to  set  up  the  display  are  fur- 
nished by  the  company  in  such  form  that  they  can  easily  be 
arranged  by  the  window  trimmer. 


M-C-W  Labels  Said  to  Be  Counterfeited 

The  Mallinckrodt  Chemical  Works  makes  the  following  an- 
nouncement : 

"It  has  recently  been  brought  to  our  attention  that  a  party 
in  New  York  City  is  selling  material  under  a  counterfeit 
M-C-W  label.  They  appear  to  be  a  photographic  reproduc- 
tion and  resemble  very  closely  our  original  labels,  except,  of 
course,  that  they  do  not  bear  our  control  numbers,  which  will 
invariably  be  found  on  original  packages  put  up  by  us.  Every 
effort  is  being  made  to  locate  the  individual  carr>ing  on  this 
class  of  traffic,  but  we  would  caution  druggists  not  to  buy 
chemicals,  claimed  to  be  of  our  manufacture,  from  unknown 
or  irresponsible  persons.  If  they  purchase  our  products  from 
well-known  and  reputable  jobbing  houses  and  the  labels  bear 
our  customary  control  number,  dealers  may  be  certain  that  the 
goods  are  genuine." 


November,  1915] 


THE  PHAEMACEUTICAL  EKA 


501 


Books  Reviewed 


WINDOW  DISPLAYS  FOR  DRUGGISTS.  Edited  by  Harry  B. 
Mason,  editor  of  the  Bulletin  of  Pliarmacv.  3rd  edition,  12 
mo.,  194  pages,  cloth,  $1.  Detroit,  E.  G.  Sw'ift. 
A  large  number  of  druggists  will  agree  tliat  the  best  adver- 
tising mediums  are  one's  own  show  windows,  for  if  the  dis- 
plays are  novel  and  striking,  the  busiest  passer-by  is  never  so 
much  in  a  hurry  that  he  will  not  stop  for  a  look,  and  if  his 
interest  is  aroused  he  will  usually  find  time  to  step  in  and 
make  a  purchase.  That  druggists  have  awakened  to  this  fact 
is  shown  by  the  interest  they  have  exhibited  in  this  book, 
of  which  two  editions  have  already  been  exhausted,  and  the 
third,  a  copy  of  which  has  reached  our  desk,  is  now  on  its  way 
to  supply  information  and  detail  of  this  method  of  creating 
interest  and  selling  goods.  That  druggists  will  find  in  this 
edition  many  suggestions  for  new  advertising  and  profit-mak- 
ing plans,  we  cannot  doubt.  The  book  has  been  thoroughly 
revised  and  contains  much  new  matter,  32  descriptions  and 
engravings  of  new  trims  having  been  added  to  Part  II,  the 
total  number  of  illustrations  being  115,  all  of  them  being 
reproductions  of  photographs  of  actual  displays. 

REPORT  ON  THE  CULTIVATION  OF  DRUG  AND  DYE 
PLANTS.  By  H.  H.  Rusby.  Reprinted  from  the  Journal  of 
the  New  York  Botamical  Garden,  August,  1915. 
This  report,  submitted  to  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  New 
York  Botanical  Garden,  on  behalf  of  the  Scientific  Directors, 
by  Dr.  H.  H.  Rusby,  dean  of  the  New  York  College  of  Phar- 
macy, Columbia  University,  covers  an  investigation  of  the  gen- 
eral subject  of  the  cultivability  for  commercial  purposes,  in 
the  vicinity  of  New  York,  of  standard  medicinal  and  dye 
plants.  In  summarizing  his  investigations.  Dr.  Rusby  states 
there  are  excellent  reasons  why  the  cultivation  of  certain  drug 
plants  should  be  developed  in  this  country,  and  there  is  good 
reason  to  believe  that  in  some  cases  this  can  be  done  with 
profit  to  those  who  undertake  it.  Those  who  engage  in  this 
work  must  select  drugs  with  knowledge  of  the  following 
subjects : 

1.  That  there  is  a  steady  and  reasonably  large  demand  for 
the  product. 

2.  That  the  soil  and  climate  where  it  is  to  be  cultivated  are 
adapted  to  its  growth. 

3.  That  they  are  sufficiently  familiar  with  its  individual 
requirements  to  be  able  to  grow  it  successfully. 

4.  That  its  market  price  is  such  as  to  leave  a  profit  over 
the  cost  of  producing  and  marketing  it. 

.\mong  advantages  that  the  cultivator  has  over  the  collector 
of  the  wild  product  in  finding  a  sale  and  getting  a  good 
price  is  his  ability  to  offer  the  manufacturer  an  article  of 
the  identity,  purity  and  quality  of  which  there  can  be  no 
question.  The  supply  of  the  wild  product  is  always  uncertain, 
crops  often  fail,  owing  to  the  natural  conditions  of  growth, 
some  new  condition  that  directs  the  labor  of  collectors  into 
new  lines,  an  unsatisfactory  result  in  the  preceding  season 
and  a  variety  of  accidents.  This  establishes  conditions  favor- 
able to  a  speculative  market  which  always  works  to  the  dis- 
advantage of  the  regular  merchant  or  manufacturer.  For  this 
reason  again,  the  cultivator  would  be  given  the  preference, 
since  it  would  be  possible  to  contract  with  him  for  sup- 
plies in  advance  of  production.  There  are  also  good  reasons 
for  believing  that  by  the  same  process  of  .selecting,  hybridiz- 
ing, breeding  and  cultivating  that  have  done  so  much  for 
other  vegetable  products,  the  medicinal  activity  of  drugs  may  be 
increased,  so  that  a  given  amount  will  bring  a  higher  price 
The  list  is  restricted  to  the  names  of  those  plants  known  to 
be  capable  of  easy  and  successful  culture  near  New  York,  ac- 
companied by  information  as  to  the  commercial  value  of  each 
drug,  necessary  soil,  climatic  conditions  and  methods  of  cul- 
ture, and  reference  to  literature  which  contains  further  in- 
structive particulars. 

SEMI  ANNLTAL  REPORT  ON  ESSENTIAL  OILS,  SYNTHETIC 
PERFUMES.  Etc.  Published  by  Schimmel  &  Co.  (Fritzsche 
Brothers'),  Miltitz,  near  Leipzig.  London,  New  York.  October, 
1914-April,  1915. 

This  is  the  first  issue  of  this  valuable  semi-annual  to  appear 
since  .Xpril,  last  year,  the  progress  of  the  European  war,  for 
various  reasons  explained  by  the  publishers,  causing  the  pub- 
lication to  be  withheld.    Among  these  reasons  were  the  in- 


ability t,i  i.illut  ihc  necessary  statistical  material  from  abroad 
alioui  \aiiuus  cils  and  raw  materials  which  originate  mostly 
ill  forciyu  Louniiics,  and  further,  that  the  publication  of  such 
informaiioii  uould  find  its  way  int..  the  alien  enemy's  technical 
press,  for  Schiinmci  &  Co.  considi  r  that  tlicy  would  render 
bad  servile  to  llicir  trade  and  country  were  they  to  furnish 
their  en<  iiiie^^  with  any  indications  as  to  the  influence  of  the 
war  on  (iernian  commerce  and  industry,  information  which 
would  be  highly  welcomed,  as  it  would  enable  the  enemies 
of  Germany  "to  arrange  their  tactics  accordingly." 

In  the  matter  of  scientific  information  the  subjects  covered 
embrace  scientific  notes  on  essential  oils,  chemical  preparations 
and  drugs,  notes  on  scientific  research  in  tlie  domain  of  the  ter- 
penes  and  essential  oils,  etc.,  a  wealth  of  information  of  direct 
interest  to  the  manufacturer  using  tliese  products  and  to  the 
pharmacist  who  is  endeavoring  to  keep  pace  with  the  advances 
in  intensive  research. 


PAMPHLETS  RECEIVED 

Synopsis  of  the  Section  Apus  of  the  Genus  Polyporus.  By 
C.  G.  Lloyd,  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  This  pamphlet  of  100  pages 
is  intended  according  to  the  author  chiefly  as  an  arrangement 
of  the  Genus  Polyporus,  accompanying  which  are  notes  of  the 
distinctive  characters,  history  and  distribution,  presented  so 
as  to  enable  otliers  to  identify  the  plants  they  meet.  The 
pamphlet  was  written  about  a  year  ago  at  Kew. 

Bibliographical  Contributions  from  the  Lloyd  Library,  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio.  Vol.  II,  No.  7.  Bibliography  relating  to 
Botany,  exclusive  of  floras.  (Authors,  F.)  Edith  Wycoff, 
librarian. 

Some  Constituents  of  the  Root  of  Brauneria  Angustijolia. 
By  Frederick  W.  Heyl  and  Merrill  C.  Hart.  8  pp.  reprint 
from  the  Journal  of  the  American  Chemical  Society. 

Report  of  the  Chemists'  Sub-Commiteee  of  the  Committee 
on  Standardization  and  Drug  Testing.  Rendered  at  the  Eighth 
annual  meeting  of  the  American  Association  of  Pharmaceutical 
Chemists,  held  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  May  31  to  June  5,  1915. 

The  Hemlock  Spruce.  By  Oliver  A.  Farrell.  Reprint  for 
Rhodora,  Vol.  17,  No.  201,  September,  1915. 

SENECA  VEST  POCKET  CAMERA 

Small  cameras  are  becoming  more  popular  every  day  with 
the  picture-taking  public,  and,  the  convenience  of  a  good 
pocket  instrument   is  esperially  appreciated  as  cold  weather 

comes  on  and 
people  don't  like 
the  trouble  of 
carrying  a  large 
camera  in  their 
hands.  Neverthe- 
less, many  peo- 
ple desire  to  take 
fall  and  winter 
scenes  and  for 
them  the  vest 
pocket  camera, 
with  a  good  lens, 
fills  tlie  need. 

A  vest  pocket 
camera  which 
has  lately  been 
placed  on  the 
market  is  the 
"Little  Indian", 
manufactured  by 
the  Seneca  Cam- 
era Mfg.  Co., 
„    ,      ^  ^  301  State  street. 

Vest  Pocket  Seneca  Camera  Rochester  N.  Y 

This  camera  will  fit  into  the  vest  pocket  or  into  the  woman's 
handbag  and  takes  a  picture  l^xZyi  inches.  The  instrument 
varies  in  price  from  $7.00  to  $22.50,  according  to  the  speed 
of  the  lens  which  is  used,  but  with  any  lens  the  small  details 
of  the  picture  are  brought  out  so  that  a  good  enlargement 
may  be  made  if  desired. 

The  Seneca  company  is  offering  a  $50  assortment  of  cam- 
eras and  supplies  to  the  druggist  on  trial.  These  goods  make 
a  display  which  has  proved  a  successful  selling  force  in  many 
stores. 


502  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA  [November,  1915 

Index  to  Advertisers, page  26  Index  to  Goods  Advertised, pages  27-28-29-30 


Index  to  Text  Pages 


Abortifacients,  Trade,  470. 

Abstracts,  Foreign,  477. 

Acid,     Hydrocyanic,  Delicate 

Test,  477. 
Acid,  Uric,  Determination,  477. 
Alcohol,  Amyl,  as  Solvent,  477. 
Alcohol     Content,  Proprietary 

Medicines,  472. 
Alcohol,    France,  Requisitions, 

460. 

Alcohol,  Monopoly,  France,  485. 
Alcohol,  Wood,  Proposed  Legis- 
lation, 491. 
Allys,  John,  461. 
Anderson,  I.  A.,  486. 
Andrews,  Henry  R.,  461. 
Arsenic,    Tin    and  Antimony, 

Separation,  477. 
Associations,  Clubs,  etc. — 
American  Pharmaceutical- 
Baltimore  Branch,  492. 

Chicago  Branch,  492. 

Detroit  Branch,  491. 

New  England  Branch,  492. 

New   York   Branch,  491. 

Philadelphia   Branch,  492. 

Pittsburgh  Branch,  491. 

Chicago   Drug   Club,  489. 

Chicago  Retail  Druggists,  485. 

Chicago  Women's  Pharm.,  467. 

German  Apothecaries,  462. 

Jersey  City  Retail  Druggists, 
490. 

Kings  County  Pharm.  Society, 
490. 

National  Wholesale  Druggists, 
487. 

New    Bedford    (Mass.)  Drug- 
gists, 489. 
New  Jersey  Pharm.,  495. 
Austin.  Miss  Alberta,  468. 
Bakkela.  Mrs.  W.  L.,  468. 
Bartz,  F.  A.,  482. 
Becker,  Walter,  486. 
Belladonna,  Alkaloids,  478. 
Benzie,  D.  N.,  484. 
Benzol,  as  Solvent,  477. 
Billings,  Henry  M.,  485. 
Blake,    Lynn    Stanford,  493. 
Boards  of  Pharmacy- 
Illinois,  492. 
Bond    J.  Emory,  482. 
Bone,   Francis  C,  483. 
Books  Reviewed— 
Lloyd,  Synopsis  of  the  Section 
Apus    of   the    Genus  Poly- 
porus,  501. 
Mason,  Window  Displays  for 

Druggists,  501. 
Pamphlets  Received,  501. 
Eusby,  Report  on  Cultivation 
of   Drug   and    Dye  Plants, 
501. 

Schimmel  &  Co.,  Semi-Annual 

Report,  1914-15,  501. 
Brady,  James  C,  461. 
Broesler,  Miss  Dorothy  M.,  485. 
Building     Drug     Business  by 

Mail,  465. 
Buying     Clubs     Declared  on 

Wane,  488. 
Camera    and    Photo.  Supplies, 

479. 

Cameras,  Christmas  Line,  480. 
Cameron,  G.  L.,  486. 
Gales,   George   M.,  461. 
Cannabis  Indica,  Tests,  478. 
Charlie   Chaplin    Statues,  460. 
'Christmas     Trade,     Plans  for 
Pushing,  474. 


Cinchona,  Origin  of  Name,  458. 
Cinchona,  Unit  of  Price,  459. 
Clark,  Mrs.   E.  V.,  468. 
Cold  Cream,  Greaseless,  475. 
Colleges  of  Pharmacy— 

Creighton  University,  494. 

Fordham  University,  494. 

George    Washington  Univer- 
sity, 494. 

Green    School    of  Pharmacy, 
494. 

Illinois  University,  494. 
Iowa  University,  493. 
Louisville,  494. 
Maryland  University,  494. 
Michigan  University,  493. 
New  York,  493. 
Notre   Dame   University,  494. 
St.  Louis,  493. 
Tennessee  University,  494. 
Wisconsin  University,  494. 
Conklin  Pen  Window  Display, 
500. 

Copaiba,  Oil  vs.  Resin,  478. 
Correspondence,  498. 
Cousins,  W.  H.,  492. 
Craig,  S.  W.,  485. 
Cream,     Greaseless,  Peroxide, 
476. 

Cusach's  Pharmacy,  480. 
Darr,  Curtis  A.,  484. 
Dean,  W.  E.,  498. 
Debaun,  W.  H.,  485. 
Diddy,  Mrs.  C,  468. 
Digosid,  477. 

Dillman,  Andrew  R.,  485. 
Diphtheria,  Suspected,  Chlorine 

Water  as  Remedy,  478. 
Disinfectant,  Pine  Oil,  475. 
Dow,  Cora  M.,  479,  483,  495. 
Dow-Weatherhead     Drug  Co., 

495. 

Drug  Store  vs.    the  Pharmacy, 

Dyes   Needed   in   Holland,  462. 
Eckler,  Charles  R.,  493. 
Editorials — 
Manufacture      of  Hydrogen 

Peroxide,  456. 
Preparing  for  the  New  Phar- 
macopoeia, 455. 
The  Chain  Store  Merger,  456. 
Trend     of     Patent  Medicine 
Legislation,  456. 
Education  Material,  Visual,  as 

Side  Line,  467. 
Electric  Lighting  in  Stores,  463. 
Emerson,  James  P.,  485. 
Emetine,  in  Pyorrhea  Alveolaris, 
475. 

Era  Course  in  Pharmacy,  Grad- 
uates, 498. 

Erney,  Dr.   E.  S.,  485. 

Ether,  Solvent  Power,  477. 

Fairchild   Scholarship,  492. 

Feldner,  Charles  E.,  484. 

Fields,  Mrs.  W.  B.,  468. 

Fitzgerald,  John  H.,  485. 

Formulas  and  Secrecy,  473. 

Formulas.   Publication,  470. 

Freight  Rate  on  Medicines,  498. 

r.ibson,  Charles  J.,  487. 

Gilmore,  Mrs.  Geo.,  468. 

Gleick.  William  M.,  485. 

Gordon,  Samuel,  486. 

Gregory,  Miss  Doris,  492. 

Griffin,  Mrs.  Truman,  468. 

Habit-Forming  Drugs,  Narcotic 
Content,  473. 


Hainert,  Mrs.  F.,  468. 

Hand  Cleaning  Paste,  Automo- 

bilists',  476. 
Hanna,  Frank  H.,  484. 
Hashish,  Tests,  478. 

Hesse,  Dr.  Bernhard  C,  495. 

Hodgson,  James  N.,  484. 

HoUiday,  F.  E.,  489. 

Honey,  Substitute,  477. 

Howe,  Fred.,  484. 

Huhn,  Miss  Hazel,  468. 

Hynson,  Dr.  Henry  P.,  486. 

Instruments,    Surgical,  Steriliz- 
ing, 475. 

Ipecac  in  Dentifrices,  475. 

Keller,  D.  C,  495. 

Kemps,  Mrs.  W.  H.,  468. 

Kennedy,  James,  485. 

Kiefer  Drug  Co.,  486. 

Kiefer-Stewart  Drug  Co.,  486. 

Klie,  George  H.  C,  485. 

Kline,  Mrs.  A.  J.,  468. 

Krigbaum,  Mrs.   B.,  485. 

Kumler,   S.   D.,  484. 

Laporte,  Henry  J.,  486. 

Lathrop,  Mrs.  W.  S.,  468. 

LaWall,  Charles  H.,  491. 

Liggett,  Louis  K.,  461. 

Lighting,  Drug  Store,  463. 

Liquors,     Sunday  Restriction, 
Chicago,  485. 

Liver  Salt,  Effervescing,  476. 

Lotz,   Christian,  484. 

McCormick,  James  C,  462. 

McCormick,  WiUoughby  M.,  481. 

McNaughton,  Clifton  B.,  482. 

Main,  Thos.  F.,  485. 

Market  Report,  499. 

Marshall   Drug  Co.,  495. 

Martin,  W.  F.,  482. 

Medicines,  Mail  Order,  472. 

Mennen    Chem.    Co.,  Gerhard, 
496. 

Mercer,  A.   B.,  484,  485. 
Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Co.,  490. 
Morrisson,  Tames  W.,  487. 
Moving  Pictures   in  Education, 
467. 

Murbarger,  Harry  E.,  484. 
Murnan,  Charles  E.,  461. 
Nelson,  Horace  Conrad,  485. 
Newcomb.   Mrs.    E.   L.,  468. 
New    York    Ordinance,  Jobbers 

Will  Obey,  460. 
Nicholson,  Frank,  484. 
Obituaries,  483. 
Packard,    Charles   H.,  490. 
Palmer,   Lowell   M..  483. 
Paste,  Hand  Cleaning,  476. 
Patent  Laws,   Effect   in  U.  S., 

493. 

Patent    Medicines,    New  York, 
460. 

Patent    Medicines,  Provisional 

Standard,  471. 
Patents,  Trademarks,  etc.,  497. 
Payne,   Dr    Gonrce   F..  486. 
Pearson.   Mr.  TT  .  468. 

Pease,   \-  -  ]   M.-.--.  ts?. 


Plant,   Albert,  41,5. 
Post  Cards  for  Drug  Store,  489. 
Potash  from  Alunite,  478. 
Prescription  Nostrrnns,  Fraudu- 
lent. 471. 


Prescription  Trade  Less  Profit- 
able, 488. 

Proprietaries,  A.Ph.A.  Report, 
469. 

Proprietaries,  Classification,  470. 

Proprietaries  Offer  Serious 
Problem,  488. 

Putnam,  A.  Sewell,  485. 

Question  Box,  475. 

Quinine,    Importation,  459. 

yuinine  Makers  and  Bark  Grow- 
ers' Agreement,  459. 

Quinine,  Story  of  Production, 
457. 

Ramsey,  J.  M.,  485. 
Rasmussen,  Mrs.  L.  M.,  468. 
Reifert,  Philip  H.,  484. 
Remedies,  Secret,  Classification, 
470. 

Remedies,  Secret,  Medical  Pro- 
fession, 470. 

Rennick,  E.  S.,  486. 

Reynolds,   C.  H.,  480. 

Richardson,  A.  G,  481. 

Riker-Hegeman   Co.,  460. 

Riker-Hegeman-United  Drug  Co. 
Merger,  461. 

Roberts,  Mrs.   Glen,  468. 

Rogers,  Fred  S.,  462. 

Ropes   Drug  Co.,  480. 

Rouillion,  Octave  A.  A.,  482. 

Royse,   William   C,  486. 

Sandrow,  T.  G.  J.,  498. 

Scheldrup,  Mrs.  M.  A.,  468. 

Schlichting,  Arthur,  493. 

Scholtz,  E.  L.,  482. 

Schreiner,   Louis   I.,  462. 

Schroter,   Frederick  J.,  485. 

Schweitzer,  Joseph,  482. 

Smith,  Thaddeus  C,  485. 

Soap  Paste,  476. 

Solvents,  Immiscible,  477. 

Spenser,  Mrs.  Leonard,  468. 

Staples,  J.  Norman,  Jr.,  462. 

Stereoscopic  Views,  Side  Line, 
467. 

Stewart  Co.,  Daniel,  486. 
Stocking,  Prof.  Charles  H.,  493. 
Stoddard,  Clarence  B.,  484. 
Stofer,  R.  C,  482. 
Storm,  Ernest,  484. 
Stump,  Dr.  Lloyd,  485. 
Temm,  Joseph  A.,  485. 
Thyroid,  Active  Principle,  47S. 
Tincture     Iodine,  Substitutes, 
477. 

Trusses  as  Side  Line,  490. 
Ude,   Mrs.   A..  468. 
Tompkins,  Fred  L.,  462. 
Uhlich,  Frederick  A.,  484. 
United  Drug  Co.,  461. 
Van  Den  Beldt,  Nicholas,  484. 
Van  Ness,  W.  G.,  498. 
Van  Schaack,  Cornelius  P.,  481. 
Van  Winkle,  Abraham.  484. 
Vellema,  Henry  J.,  486. 
Vorsanger,  Miss  Lillian,  467. 
Walton,  Miss  Beatrice.  467. 
Watson,  lames  A.,  482. 
Wattlev,  "R.  B.,  461. 
W.Ttts.  William  C,  461. 
Willard,   W.   S.,  482. 
Willi.TTiis,  Miss  Evelyn.  468. 
Wine  of  Cardui  Litigation,  490. 
Wirth,  Adam,  481. 
Wittich.  Mrs.  M.  H..  468. 
Wolf,  Sister  Clara  M.,  467. 
Women  in  Pharmacy,  467. 
Worcestershire  Sauce,  476. 
Wulling,  Frederick  T.,  491. 
Wyre,   Russell,  482. 
Younger,  Mrs.  A  ,  468. 


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ment, etc.,  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Era,  published  monthly  at 
New  York,  N.  Y.,  as  required  by  the  Act  of  .\ugust  24,  1912, 
Section  467^,  Postal  Laws  and  Regulations;  Editor,  E.  J. 
Kennedy;  managing  editor,  none;  business  manager,  D.  O. 


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tember 30,  1915.    Commission  expires  March  30,  1917. 


AN  ILLUSTRATED  MONTHLY  PUBUCATION  FOR  THE  DRUG  TRADE 


7oL.  XLVIII 


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Table  of  Contents 

Sbitoriai,  an'D  Ph.\rmaceuticai,   Pages  503-526 

Santa  Claus  is  Coming!  (cartoon)   506 

I    New  Pharmacopoeia  Will  Be  Out  January  1   507-510 

•   Fifty  Million  Dollar  Drug  Merger   511-513 

i    Making  Goods  Move    514 

I    Ta.x  Measures  Suggested  to  Congress   516 

]    Question  Bo.t    517-518 

I    Selling  Efficiency  in  Chain  Drug  Stores   519-520 

■<  Women  in  Pharmacy    521-522 

I    WTiy  the  Retailer  Boosts  or  "Knife's"  a  Brand   523-524 

[   Foreign  Abstracts    525 

I    Reciprocal  Registration  is  Gaining   526 

■News  an-d  Trade  Section 

Cameras  and  Photo  Supplies   527 

Pharmaceutical  Personals    528-530 

Deaths  in  the  Drug  Trade   531-532 

<    News  of  the  Associations   533-534 

;    News  of  the  A.Ph.A.  Branches    535-537 

j    State  Board  Examinations    539-540 

I    News  of  Schools  and  Colleges   541-542 

\    Patents    545 

I    The  Drug  Markets    548-549 

'  INDEX  TO  .ADVERTISERS  Page  26 

'INDEX  TO  GOODS  ADVERTISED  27-28-29-30 

[INDEX  TO  RE.\DIXG  P.AGES   502 


THE  BIG  DRUG  MERGER 

Because  of  its  great  importance  to  every  branch 
of  the  drug  trade  we  devote  considerable  space 
in  this  issue  to  the  plan  of  consolidation  of  the 
United  Drug  Company  and  the  Kiker  &  Hegeman 
Company,  which  probably  will  be  ratified  by  stock- 
holders of  both  companies  at  meetings  to  be  held 
December  3  and  6.  We  are  firmly  of  the  opinion 
that  this  amalgamation  of  drug  interests,  if  ef- 
fected, will  have  a  tremendous  influence  upon  all 
three  branches  of  the  drug  business — manufactur- 
ing, jobbing  and  retailing.  The  Era  is  told  that 
the  new  company  will  without  doubt  expand  its 
manufacturing  facilities  ;  its  wholesale  business  will 
be  made  more  extensive  and  will  enter  into  more 
direct  competition  wth  established  jobbing  houses, 
and  in  the  retail  field  it  will  have  absolute  con- 
trol of  about  150  large  retail  stores  scattered 
throughout  a  number  of  states,  and  will  have  a 
direct  and  potent  influence  upon  the  business  of 
seven  thousand  Rexall  druggists. 

The  financing  of  the  new  company,  as  proposed, 
is  overwhelming  in  its  magnitude  so  far  as  the 
drug  trade  is  concerned.  With  a  capital  stock  of 
$52,500,000  the  United  Drug  Corporation,  as  it 
will  probably  be  called,  will  have  the  money  to 
expand  in  many  directions  perhaps  not  now  con- 
templated. In  issuing  stock  of  the  new  company 
for  that  held  by  United  Drug  Company  and  Riker 
&  Hegeman  Company  stockholders  of  the  United 
Drug  Corporation  will  require  only  $34,245,350  of 
the  new  stock,  leaving  a  balance  in  the  treasury 
of  the  par  value  of  $18,254,650,  which  will  doubt- 
less be  sold  later  to  the  public  and  this  money  will 
no  doubt  be  used  for  further  extension  of  the 
business. 

Seven  thousand  Rexall  druggists  (who  organ- 
ized for  mutual  profit  and  protection),  the  major- 
ity of  whom  are  expected  to  vote  for  the  pur- 
chase of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Company,  will  put 
themselves  in  the  incongruous  position  of  making 
possible  this  tremendous  amalgamation  of  drug 
capital  which  is  apt  to  become  a  menace  to  their 
ovm  prosperity. 

According  to  "The  Story  of  the  United  Drug 
Company,"  a  historical  sketch  -written  by  Louis 
K.  Liggett  and  published  in  a  souvenir  booklet  in 

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[December,  191c 


1905,  the  organization  of  the  United  Drug  Com- 
pany was  due  entirely  to  the  efforts  of  a  small 
band  of  retail  merchants,  first  numbering  thirty- 
five  and  later  expanded  to  one  hundred  and  fifty, 
who  were  drawn  together  by  a  mutual  desire  for 
co-operative  buying.  Speaking  of  the  company  at 
that  time  Mr.  Liggett  said: 

' '  It  stands  to-day  as  the  largest  and  most  profit- 
able co-operative  buying  organization  in  the  United 
States,  and  will  live  as  a  monument  to  its  organ- 
izers who  attended  the  original  meeting  *    *  *." 

When  the  United  Drug  Company  was  reorgan- 
ized in  1913  to  take  in  some  of  the  subsidiary 
companies  it  was  declared  in  the  prospectus  issued 
to  shareholders  that  certain  measures  were  pro- 
pased  "so  as  to  prevent  the  control  of  the  cor- 
poration passing  from  retail  druggists."  Another 
paragraph  in  the  prospectus  stated  that  "the  pres- 
ent preferred  stock  is  nearly  all  held  by  retail 
druggists  to  whose  co-operation  the  success  of  the 
company  is  largely  due." 

Three  facts  strongly  present  themselves  for  the 
attention  of  every  one  in  the  drug  trade,  whether 
stockholders  in  either  the  United  Drug  Company 
or  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Company  or  merely  in- 
terested observers.  These  are  (1)  that  the  United 
Drug  Company  owes  its  success  to  the  co-opera- 
tion of  retail  druggists;  (2)  that  these  very  same 
retail  druggists  have  always  been  natural  business 
enemies  of  the  chain  system  of  drug  retailing,  and 
(3)  that  the  United  Drug  Company,  through  its 
consolidation  with  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Company, 
may  become  such  a  tremendous  factor  in  the  drug 
retailing  of  this  country  that  its  success  will  men- 
ace the  prosperity  of  every  independent  retail  drug- 
gist, not  excepting  those  who  have  grown  up  under 
the  system  of  co-operative  manufacturing,  buying 
and  retailing  which  this  concern  has  fostered  for 
so  many  years. 

The  United  Drug  Company,  built  by  several 
thousand  retail  druggists  of  the  United  States  as 
a  protection  against  evils  of  the  trade  which  they 
feared,  may  easily  become  their  very  worst  enemy. 
It  places  the  Rexall  druggists  throughout  the 
country  in  the  paradoxical  position  of  o\TOing  cut- 
rate  chain  drug  stores  and  making  competition 
more  serious  for  the  smaller  druggists.  Moreover, 
the  control  of  the  United  Drug  Company  may  pass 
by  this  merger  from  these  retail  druggists  into  the 
hands  of  Mr.  Liggett  and  his  associates  and  Mr. 
Whelan  and  his  associates,  who  are  kno-nn  to  be 
closely  linked  up  with  the  financial  interests  of 
the  big  Tobacco  Companies,  and  it  would  not  be 
surprising  to  see  a  tobacco  man  placed  at  the  head 
of  the  new  United  Drug  Corporation. 

What  this  may  mean  to  the  retail  druggists 
of  the  United  States  will  be  readily  apparent.  For 
one  man  or  group  of  men,  to  control  the  T^fnited 
Dnitr  CompaTiy.  tlio  Rikor  &  Hegeman  stores,  the 
Litriri'tt  st(irc^.  Ilic  ruitod  Cigar  Stores  Company's 
toliiiiri,  ^liops.  in  addition  to  numerous  factorie^s 
of  <ii,r;irs.  liu-irrtlcs  and  tobaccos  is  an  abuse  of 
corp. 11  at iM.w  .  I-  MMi'c  serious  than  any  of  the  crimes 
coniniitti  (1  liv  old  tnliacco  trust,  which  brought 
about  its  dissnluiMMi  In-  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment.   As  the  I'iKA  i>i-cdi('tod  many  yeai-s  ago  the 


hand  of  the  Tobacco  interests  has  long  been  ir 
evidence  in  affairs  connected  with  the  United  Drue 
Company  and  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Company,  anc 
the  proposed  merger  of  the  two  big  drug  concern! 
will  be  a  further  indication  of  this  power,  and  { 
weapon  in  the  hands  of  powerful  and  ruthless 
business  interests  that  may  mean  a  serious  hlos\ 
to  independent  drug  retailing. 

Those  men  who,  like  Louis  K.  Liggett  and  John 
B.  Cobb,  who  bought  United  Drug  common  stoct 
at  a  nominal  price,  may  be  very  well  satisfied  no^^ 
to  dispose  of  their  big  holdings  so  that  every  fifty- 
cent  piece  they  invested  will  bring  them  three  oi 
four  dollars,  in  addition  to  voting  power  and  con 
trol  of  the  company,  but  what  of  the  thousand' 
of  retail  druggi.sts  who  have  stock  1  Are  their  bes* 
interests  to  be  conserved?  Will  the  United  Drug 
Company  become  a  boomerang  for  them  or  wil 
it  make  them  all  millionaires? 


THE  NEW  PHAKMACOPOEIA 

With  the  advent  of  the  new  year,  or  short!  j 
thereafter,  the  pharmacists  of  the  United  State 
will  have  placed  in  their  hands  the  Ninth  Re 
vision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia.  The  full  signifi 
cance  of  this  work  and  its  effect  upon  the  dail: 
life  of  the  profession  of  medicine  and  pharmac: 
cannot  now  perhaps  be  fully  estimated,  but  it  i 
safe  to  say  that  the  volume  will  occupy  the  prem 
ier  position  in  the  practice  of  these  profession? 
as  well  as  a  "place  in  the  sun"  in  the  admini^ 
tration  of  laws  pertaining  to  drug  and  food  stand 
ards.  For  these  reasons  its  appearance  is  awaiter 
with  expectancy,  for  if  its  standards  and  defini 
tions  are  to  obtain  for  the  next  decade,  the  earli*^ 
the  practitioners  master  its  details,  the  surer  wil 
be  the  ground  upon  which  their  future  actions  ar 
based. 

In  this  connection,  and  with  a  proper  recos 
nition  of  the  importance  to  the  whole  drug  trad 
of  the  issuance  of  this  new  revision,  the  Era  h;i 
arranged  a  splendid  series  of  articles  covering  th 
entire  work,  the  same  to  appear  in  this  joumf 
following  the  publication  of  the  Pharmacopoeif 
The  writers  of  these  articles  have  been  prominentl 
concerned  in  the  revision  work,  and  what  they  ma 
have  to  say  will  be  that  of  investigators  with  firs- 
hand  knowledge.  To  all  those  who  are  vitally  it 
terested  in  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  what  drusgif 
should  not  be,  these  articles  are  sure  to  prove  helf 
ful.  for  they  will  indicate  a  direction  of  effort  thf 
will  tend  to  favor  a  comprehension  of  the  nc 
requirements  within  the  shortest  possible  time  limi 

As  has  been  unofficially  stated,  it  is  expects 
that  the  new  re\nsion  will  become  official  abol 
May  1,  next,  and  most  of  our  readers  will  agr* 
that  this  time  is  none  too  long  for  anyone,  hov 
ever  complete  his  pharmaceutical  training  may  b 
to  acquire  a  working  knowlodcre  of  all  of  the  no 
standards,  definitions,  etc.,  that  the  new  book  wi 
contain.  The  particular  method  each  shall  empl." 
to  acquire  this  information  is  largely  a  matter  ( 
individual  preference,  but  it  must  be  obtained 
direct  and  intensive  study  on  the  part  of  ever 
druggist.    That  the  wants  and  peculiar  positic 


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of  the  business  pharmacist  have  been  kept  in  mind 
by  the  Era  in  its  forthcoming  articles  on  the  new- 
Pharmacopoeia  is  reflected  in  its  plan  to  reach 
those  druggists  irnable  to  take  instruction  in  col- 
leges of  pharmacy  and  who  must  of  necessity  turn 
to  their  trade  journal  for  information. 

In  this  issue  of  the  Era  will  be  found  a  histori- 
cal sketch  of  some  of  the  events  connected  with 
the  Ninth  Revision,  as  also  an  outline  of  the  de- 
velopment of  the  Pharmacopoeia.  The  present,  or 
Eighth  Revision,  has  been  declared  by  an  eminent 
authority  to  be  "an  aristocrat  among  pharma- 
copoeias," a  position  which,  from  all  indications, 
its  successor  will  most  likely  continue  to  hold. 

ANNUAL  "PREVIEW  NUMBER"  OF  THE  SODA 
FOUNTAIN 

The  soda  fountain  trade  during  the  past  two 
years  has  suffered  unusual  depression,  due  to  a 
general  falling  off  in  all  kinds  of  business  but  more 
particularly  to  unsuitable  summer  weather.  Now 
the  country  is  emerging  rapidly  from  a  period  of 
extreme  dullness  to  one  of  extreme  prosperity  and 
manufacturers  and  dealers  alike  are  looking  for- 
ward to  the  coming  season  as  one  of  the  best  in 
the  history  of  this  comparatively  young  and  rapidly 
growing  industry.  Manufacturers  of  apparatus  and 
supplies  are  making  preparations  now  for  a  boom 
in  soda  water.  There  will  be  new  equipment,  new 
beverages,  new  methods,  planned  for  the  benefit  of 
the  retailer  to  make  his  business  a  more  profitable 
and  generally  more  satisfactory  one.  The  January 
issue  of  The  Soda  Fountain  will  tell  of  these  new 
things  in  detail.  It  will  be  our  annual  "Preview 
Number."  Every  druggist  who  has  a  soda  foun- 
tain should  look  forward  with  unusual  interest  for 
this  number. 


A  COMMERCIAL  REVENUE  TAX 

Business  men  generally  are  tired,  we  believe,  of 
systems  of  raising  revenues  for  Government  pur- 
poses, such  as  those  suggested  in  the  report  of 
Secretarv-  McAdoo  published  in  the  newspapers  a 
week  or  so  ago.  Customs  duties,  income  taxes, 
.stamp  taxes,  taxes  on  gasoline,  corporation  taxes — 
these  suggest  a  multiplicity  of  revenue  measures 
that  is  distressing  to  the  business  world.  We  be- 
lieve that  business  men  would  much  prefer  a 
simple  method  of  taxation,  fair  to  all,  easily  col- 
lectable, and  one  particularly  which  would  not  en- 
tail that  prying  into  the  private  affairs  of  indi- 
viduals, which  is  so  obnoxious.  Therefore,  we  be- 
lieve there  is  much  to  commend  the  system  of 
taxing  people  for  doing  business — a  commercial 
revenue  or  business  tax— as  suggested  in  this  issue 
of  the  Era.  On  another  page  of  this  issue  will  be 
found  an  explanation  of  this  method,  which  in  one 
form  or  another  has  been  utilized  before  both  by 
the  Federal  Government  and  by  some  of  the  States. 
We  commend  this  to  the  attention  of  our  readers 
with  the  suggestion  that  if  this  plan  meets  with 
their  approval  they  bring  it  to  the  attention  of 
the  Congressmen  from  their  districts. 


"ONLY  FIVE  FRIENDS" 

In  a  letter  written  to  Printer's  Ink,  and  repro- 
duced in  this  issue  of  the  Era,  G.  I.  Schreiber,  a 
retail  druggist  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  divides  manufac- 
turers of  drugs  and  specialties  into  four  classes: 
those  who  merit  the  co-operation  of  the  druggist; 
those  toward  whom  the  druggist  is  indifferent; 
those  who  merit  the  antagonism  of  the  druggist, 
and  those  who  are  the  enemies  of  the  drug  business. 

Among  the  actual  friends  of  the  retail  drug- 
gist ]\Ir.  Schreiber  names  just  five.  We  can  scarcely 
believe  that  this  is  true;  yet  Mr.  Schreiber  is  an 
active  and  shrewd  retail  merchant,  one  whose  busi- 
ness is  probably  eagerly  sought  by  leading  man- 
ufacturers, and  his  statement  carries  weight. 

One  thing  Mr.  Schreiber  tells  us  which  we  had 
long  believed,  but  so  many  manufacturers  have 
said  we  were  wrong  that  we  were  beginning  to 
doubt  our  own  conclusions.  Our  belief  has  been 
for  many  years  that  the  retail  druggist,  in  a  large 
proportion  of  his  sales,  is  the  one  who  selects  the 
brand  if  a  proprietary  article  of  any  kind  be  asked 
for.  We  fully  realize  the  tremendous  force  of  ad- 
vertising direct  to  the  consumer,  but  we  also  know 
that  the  vast  majority  of  people  have  a  great  de- 
gree of  confidence  in  their  comer  druggist.  He 
is  the  man  to  whom  they  go  with  their  ills  and 
their  troubles  almast  before  they  think  of  a  phy- 
sician. They  get  so  accustomed  to  accepting  the 
druggist's  advice  on  all  matters  from  what  to  do 
for  a  cinder  in  the  eye  to  what  kind  of  a  sherbet 
to  serve  at  an  afternoon  bridge  that  it  is  not  to 
be  wondered  at  in  the  slightest  if  the  druggist 
were  able  to  sell  them  Wrigley's  gum  even  if  they 
did  ask  for  Sterling  or  vice  versa. 

Mr.  Schreiber 's  letter  brings  us  back  with  a 
thump  to  the  same  old  proposition,  that  no  matter 
how  successful  advertising  may  be  in  stimulating 
a  demand  for  any  article  it  is  the  retailer  who 
must  pass  it  out  over  the  counter  to  his  customers. 
If  advertisers  persist  in  regarding  that  retailer 
as  a  mere  distributer  of  their  goods  and  not  as 
a  live  merchandising  factor  is  it  to  be  wondered 
at  that  from  25  to  50  per  cent  of  the  advertiser's 
money  and  effort  goes  to  waste  because  he  has  ig- 
nored the  retailer?  He  has  not  cultivated  the  re- 
tailer's good  will  and  co-operation. 

If  every  manufacturer  would  keep  in  mind  that, 
in  one  sense,  all  retailers  and  their  clerks  are  his 
agents,  and  then  treat  them  as  such,  it  would 
smooth'  out  many  of  the  differences  which  now 
exist  between  the  maker  and  the  dealer. 


INDEX  TO  VOLUME  XLVIH  OF  THE  ERA 

A  complete  index  to  Volume  XLVIII  of  The 
Pharmaceutical  Era.  covering  the  year  1915,  is 
now  in  the  course  of  preparation  and  will  soon 
be  ready  for  distribution.  Copies  may  be  obtained 
by  subscribers  who  will  send  requests  for  the  same 
to  the  publishers. 


Santa  Glaus  is  Coming! 


THE  drug  store  is  a  logical  gift  shop.    Druggists  and  their  customers  are  waking  up  to  this  fact, 
and  the  coming  holiday  season  should  be  one  of  unusual  prosperity  for  retail  druggists  everj-- 
where.    The  artist  who  drew  the  cartoon  sees  the  modern  drug  store  as  it  should  be — busy 
carting  away  the  many  articles  that  have  been  purchased  for  Christmas  giving.    There  are  three 
weeks  remaining  for  holiday  business.    Druggists  should  make  the  most  of  that  time.    Make  your 
Btore  a  busy  place  like  that  of  the  Knight  &  Da>  druggists. 

The  Pharmaceutical  Era  wishes  you  success  and  a  Merrj-  Christmas  and  a  Happy  New  Year. 

Page  five  hundred  and  six 


New  Pharmacopoeia  Out  About  January  1 

Ninth  Revision  Has  Been  Most  Carefully  Prepared  by 
Committee  of  Eminent  Pharmacists  and  Medical  Men 

WITHIN  the  next  few  weeks,  it  is  expected,  the  ninth  decennial  revision  of  the  United  States 
Phannacopoeia  will  make  its  appearance,  and  in  a  few  months  thereafter  will  supersede  the 
present  revision  which  became  official  September  1,  1905.    From  present  indications,  the  new 
Pharmacopoeia  will  be  on  sale  shortly  after  January  1,  and  will  become  official  May  1,  1916. 

For  five  years  no  small  part  of  the  time  of  fifty  veiy  busy  men  has  been  devoted  to  the  work  of 
revising  the  Pharmacopoeia.  This  work  has  been  accomplished  in  addition  to  their  regular  duties, 
which  often  are  onerous  enough.  Their  labor  has  not  been  expended  with  the  hope  of  material  reward, 
but  largely  with  the  idea  of  contributing  something  of  substantial  value  to  the  progress  of  pharmaceu- 
tical knowledge. 

The  actual  work  of  revising  the  Pharmacopoeia  was  begun  A.  Koch,  Ph.D.,  H.  Kraemer,  Ph.D.,  Philadelphia,  J.  H.  Long, 
on  December  15,  1910,  though  the  foundations  were  laid  Sc.D.,  Chicago,  111.  ;'A.  B.  Lyons,  M.D.,  Detroit,  Mich. ;  P.  Marvel, 
before  that  time.  In  May,  1910,  the  ninth  decennial  meet-  M.D.,  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.;  C.  F.  Nixon,  Ph.G.,  Leominster, 
ing  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeial  Convention  took  Mass.;  O.  T.  Osborne,  !M.D.,  New  Haven,  Conn.;  Albert 
place  in  Washington,  D.   C,   and  there  occurred  the  first     Plaut,  New   York,   N.   Y. ;   W.   A.   Puckner,   Chicago,  111. 


work  toward  Pharmacopoeial  revision. 

That  Pharmacopoeial  Conven- 
tion was  notable  in  that  for  the 
first  time  delegates  from  the  Na- 
tion Wholesale  Druggists  Asso- 
ciation, the  Association  of  Of- 
ficial Agricultural  Chemists,  the 
American  .Association  of  Diary. 
Food  and  Drug  Officials  and 
representatives  appointed  by  the 
Secretaries  of  Agriculture  and 
Commerce  and  Labor  were  ac- 
corded recognition.  What  is 
more,  representative  wholesale 
druggists  and  chemical  manufac- 
turers were  elected  on  the  Com- 
mittee of  Revision,  which  by  the 
action  of  the  convention,  was 
raised  from  a  membership  of 
twenty-si.'?  to  fifty. 

Members   of   Committee  of 
Revision 

The  committee  of  fifty  was 
named  as  follows: 

Joseph  P.  Remington,  Ph.M., 
Philadelphia,  Pa.  (June  to  Oc- 
tober, Longport,  Atlantic  Co., 
N.  J.),  chairman;  C.  Lewis 
Diehl,  Ph.M.,  Louisville,  Ky., 
1st  vice-chairman;  H.  C.  Wood, 
Jr.,  M.D.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  2d 
vice-chairman;  Charles  H.  La- 
Wall,  Ph^I.,  Philadelphia,  Pa,, 
secretary;  W.  C.  Alpers,  Sc.D., 
New  York,  N.  Y.;  J.  F.  Ander- 
son, M.D.,  Washington,  D.  C 
H.  V.  Amy,  Ph.D.,  New  York 
N.  v.;  E.  H.  Bartley,  M 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  George  M.  Ber 
inger,  Ph.M.,  Camden,  N.  J. 
Wilhelm  Bodemann,  Chicago,  III. 
Charles    Caspari,    Jr.,  Phar.D 

■  Baltimore,  Md. ;  C.  E.  Caspari,  Ph.D.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Al- 
bert H.  Clark,  Ph.G.,  Chicago,  111.;  Virgil  Coblentz,  Ph.D., 

^  BrookK-n,  N.  Y.;  S.  Solis  Cohen,  M.D.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.; 
N.  S.  Davis,  M.D.,  Chicago,  111.;  Geo.  C.  Diekman,  M.D,, 

.  New  York,  N.  Y.;  A.  R.  L.  Dohme,  Ph.D.,  Baltimore,  Md.; 
E.  G.  Eberle,  Ph.G.,  Dallas,  Texas;  C.  W.  Edmunds,  M.D., 
Ann  Arbor,  Mich.;  J.  W.  England,  Ph.G.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.; 

.  J.  M.  Francis,  M.A.,  Detroit,  Mich.;  James  M.  Good,  Ph.M., 
St.  Louis,  Mo.;  H.  M.  Gordin,  Ph.D.,  Chicago,  111.;  Willis 
G.  Gregory,  M.D.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.;  Walter  S.  Haines,  M.D., 
Chicago,  III.;  R.  A.  Hatcher,  M.D.,  New  York,  N.  Y.;  Lewis 
C.  Hopp,  Ph.G.,  Cleveland,  O. :  Reid  Hunt,  M.D.,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C;  L.  F.  Kebler,  M.D.,  Washington,  D.  C;  J. 


ork'.  k!hH 


Otto  Raubenheimer,  Ph.G.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  C.  D.  Rosen- 
garten,  Ph.D.,  Philadelphia,  Pa,; 
H.  H.  Rusby,  M.D.,  Newark,  N. 
J.;  Samuel  P.  Sadtler,  Ph.D., 
Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Lucius  E. 
Sayre,  Ph.M.,  Lawrence,  Kan.; 
J.  O.  Schlotterbeck,  Ph.D.,  Ann 
Arbor,  Mich.;  Torald  SoUmann, 
M.D.,  Cleveland,  O.;  A.  B. 
Stevens,  Ph.D.,  Ann  Arbor, 
Mich.;  Rodney  H.  True,  Ph.D., 
Washington,  D.  C;  C.  E.  Van- 
derkleed,  Phar.D.,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. ;  M.  I.  Wilbert,  Ph.M.,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. ;  Harvey  W.  Wiley, 
Ph.D.,  M.D.,  Washington,  ex- 
officio. 

Prof.  Remington  Chairman 
30  Years 

At  its  first  meeting  for  or- 
ganization the  Committee  of  Re- 
vision elected  Joseph  P.  Rem- 
ington of  Philadelphia  general 
chairman  and  editor-in-chief,  a 
position  which  he  has  now  held 
for  30  years.  C.  Lewis  Diehl 
of  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  H.  C. 
Wood,  Jr.,  of  Philadelphia,  were 
elected  vice-chairman.  Charles 
H.  La  Wall  of  Philadelphia  was 
elected  secretary. 

An  executive  committee  of  fif- 
teen members  was  authorized  by 
the  Pharmacopoeial  Convention, 
^  ;|  this  committee  consisting  of  the 
chairmen  oof  the  various  sub- 
rommittees.  Prof.  Remington  be- 
ing member  ex-officia  of  this 
-  executive  committee. 


Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  Chairman  of  Committee  of 
Revision  of  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia 


The  first  committee  to  begin 
its  work  was  that  on  the  scope 
of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  of  which 
Dr.  Solis  S.  Cohen  of  Philadelphia  is  chairman.  The  first  vot- 
ing by  mail  was  done  following  the  mailing  from  Philadelphia, 
on  December  IS,  1910,  of  ballots. 

From  that  time  on  until  very  recently  the  general  chair- 
men, sub-committee  chairmen  and  members  have  been  ac- 
tively at  work  almost  every  day  on  some  phases  of  the  re- 
vision. 

The  chairman  of  each  of  the  sub-committees  first  took  up 
the  work  to  which  his  committee  was  assigned.  Occasional 
meetings  of  the  various  committees  were  held,  but  a  great 
part  of  the  work  was  done  by  mail.  Two  weeks  were  allowed 
to  each  member  of  a  committee  to  vote  on  any  proposition 
submitted  to  him  for  his  opinion.    If  his  vote  was  not  re- 


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[Decembee,  1915 


C.  Lewis  Diehl,   Louisville,  Ky.,  first  vice-chairman;  CharlesH.  LaWall,  Philadelphia,  secretary,  and  H.  C.  Wood, 
Jr.,  Philadelphia,  second  vice-chairman. 


ceived  by  the  chairman  within  the  two  weeks  it  was  not 
counted. 

After  the  sub-committees  had  laid  the  general  plans  for 
their  respective  departments  a  vote  was  taken  on  all  of  the 
different  points  which  had  aroused  discussion.  Once  a  point 
was  settled  by  a  sub-committee  it  was  referred  to  Prof.  Rem- 
ington as  general  chairman,  who  in  turn  submitted  it  to  the 
executive  committee  or  to  the  committee  as  a  whole  for  final 
and  complete  endorsement  or  rejection. 

Having  agreed  upon  the  principles  to  govern  any  phase 
of  the  work  the  sub-committee  chairmen  put  the  matter  in 
writing.  This  written  form  was  passed  upon  by  all  members 
of  the  sub-committee  before  being  referred  to  the  general 
chairman  for  the  confirmation  of  the  whole  committee. 
Infinite  Detail  of  the  Work 

This  brief  sketch  of  the  methods  followed  by  the  Com- 
mittee of  Revision  and  its  sub-committees  does  not  give  any 
adequate  idea  of  the  immense  amount  of  work  which  was  put 
forth  on  nearly  every  phase  of  the  revision.  For  example, 
when  it  came  to  a  subject  such  as  glycerin  the  Committee 
of  Revision  felt  that  it  should  have  the  benefit  of  all  of 
the  prominent  manufacturers  of  glycerin  in  the  United  States 
before  establishing  standards  for  this  article.  A  meeting 
took  place  a  few  summers  ago  at  the  seaside  home  of  Prof. 
Remington  at  Longport,  N.  J.,  which  lasted  from  early  in 
the  afternoon  until  midnight  and  glycerin  was  the  only  sub- 
ject discussed. 

Similar  investigation  was  made  of  every  subject  which  of- 
fered any  possibility  of  phases  not  familiar  to  former  re- 
vision committees.  Research  of  various  kinds  was  conducted 
and  abstracts  of  all  literature  on  every  article  were  gath- 
ered from  innumerable  sources. 

It  is  slow,  laborious  work,  the  making  of  a  new  Pharma- 
copoeia. The  compensation  which  the  members  of  the  eighth 
revision  committee  received  was  $250  each,  while  the  chair- 
man was  voted  an  honorarium  of  $2,000,  making  a  little  more 
than  $6,000  in  all  which  Prof.  Remington  has  received  for 
his  thirty  years'  work. 

The  various  sub-committees  of  the  Committee  of  Revision 
which  accomplished  the  work  of  making  the  new  official 
book  arc  as  follows:  Scope,  Po.sology  and  Pharmacodynamics, 
Biological  Products,  Botany  and  Pharmacognosy,  Inorganic 
Chemicals,  Organic  Chemicals,  Proximate  Assays,  \'olatile 
Oils,  Fluid  and  Solid  Extracts  and  Tinctures,  Aromatic  Waters. 
Spirits  and  Elixirs,  Syrups  and  Elixirs,  Cerates  and  Oint- 
ments, Miscellaneous  Galenicals,  Weights,  Measures  and 
Tables,  Nomenclature. 


The  History  of  the  Pharmacopoeia 

In  January,  1817,  Dr.  Lyman  Spaulding,  of  New  Yorl 
City,  submitted  a  plan  to  the  Medical  Society 
the  County  of  New  York  for  the  formation  of  a  Nationi 
Pharmacopoeia,  and  from  this  initial  movement  crystallize* 
the  first  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  issued  in  1820.  Tha 
instituted,  medical  authority  continued  to  dominate  the  pub 
lication  of  the  official  guide  for  fifty  years.  But  prior  to  th 
Pharmacopoeial  Convention  of  1840.  the  Committee  of  Re 
vision  and  Publication  was  authorized  to  request  the  to 
operation  of  the  colleges  of  pharmacy  in  the  United  Stati 
and  as  a  result,  pharmacopoeial  history  records  that  "valu 
able  assistance  was  rendered  the  Committee  by  the  CoUeg' 
of  Pharmacy  of  Boston,  New  York  and  Philadelphia,  espei 
ially  by  the  latter."  As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  committee  ac 
cepted  a  Pharmacopoeia  prepared  by  the  Philadelphia  Co! 
lege  of  Pharmacy  in  lieu  of  the  one  which  the  medical  corr 
mittee  had  planned.  This  may  be  said  to  be  the  beginnin 
of  pharmaceutical  activity  in  revision  work. 

Beginning  with  the  Pharmaceutical  Convention  of  1S5 
the  various  colleges  of  pharmacy,  through  duly  accrediie 
delegates,  have  had  official  representation  in  the  decenni: 
meetings  of  the  organization,  this  recognition  of  pharmac 
being  further  extended  by  action  of  the  Convention  of  IS? 
providing  for  the  recognition  of  delegates  from  the  inco: 
porated  pharmaceutical  societies  throughout  the  United  Stat« 
and  delegates  from  the  American  Pharmaceutical  .^ssociati 

With  this  extension  of  its  membership,  which  also 
eluded  delegates  representing  the  medical  departments 
the  Army,  Navy  and  Marine  Hospital  Service,  the  Wi 
of  the  Convention  took  on  a  new  impulse.  Important  chan^ 
were  directed  to  be  made  in  the  Pharmacopoeia,  ami 
them  being  the  arrangement  of  all  articles  in  alphabet 
order,  the  introduction  of  the  new  chemical  nomenclature,  t! 
statement  of  quantities  in  "parts  by  weight",  and  more  cr 
prehensive  and  exact  descriptions  of  crude  drugs  and  che- 
rals.  Numerous  tables  were  also  added  to  the  Phan 
ropoeia.  A  Committee  of  Revision  was  elected,  consistr 
of  twenty-five  members,  and  its  powers  and  duties  were  e 
pressly  defined.  The  inauguration  of  these  changes  mar< 
a  new  era  in  pharmacopoeia  making,  and  Charles  R 
primarily  a  chemist,  but  with  a  wonderful  knowledge  of  v 
lateral  sciences,  was  chosen  to  guide  the  destinies  of  the  i 
undertaking. 

In  writing  for  Trre  Pharmaceuticu.  Er.\  in  Febn: 
issue  of  1880,  Prof.  Remington  said: 

"A  comparison  of  this  Pharmacopoeia  (1880)  with  its  i 
mediate  predecessor  (1870)  shows  many  improvements,  pr 


DECEMBER,  1915] 


THE  PHAEMACEUTICAL  ERA 


509 


Prominent  Pharmacists  and  Medical  Men  Who  Have 
Aided  in  Revision  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia 


James  H.  Beal 
Chairman  of  Board  of 
Trustees 


S.  SoLis  Cohen,  M.D.  W.  C.  Axpers 

Chairman   of   Committee   on    Chairman   of  Committe 
Scope  Syrups  and  Elixirs 


A.  B.  Lyons,  M.D. 
Chairman  of   Committee  on 
Weights,  Measures  and  Tables 


Harvey  W.  Wiley,  M.D.  J.  F.  Anderson,  M.D. 

Chairman   of   Committee   on     Chairman   of    Committee  on 
Volatile  Oils  Biological  Products 


WiLHELM  BODEMANN  OttO  RAUBENHEIMER 

Chairman   of   Committee   on     Chairman   of  Committee 
Miscellaneous  Galenicals  Cerates  and  Ointments 


Henry  Kraemer 
Chairman   of   Committee  on 
Botany  and  Pharmacognosy 


George  M.  Beringer 
Chairman    of    Committee  on 
Fluid  and  Solid  Extracts  and 
Tinctures 


G.  D.  Rosen  GARTEN 
Chairman    of    Coviynittee  on 
Organic  Chemicals 


A.  B.  Stevens 
Chairman  of  Committee 
Proximate  Assays 


510 


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[December,  1915 


ably  the  greatest  being  the  minute  descriptions  of  chemica 
substances."    The  publication  of  this  revision  (1880)  accen- 
tuated  an   awakening   of   interest   among  pharmacists 
and  chemists  in  the  official  guide,  but  it  was  received 
by  the  physicians  of  the  country  with  apathy.  The 
sixth  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  was  pub- 
lished at  the  close  of  October,  1882. 
Publication  Committee  Created 

In  1890  the  Pharmacopoeia  was  for  the 
first  time  published  by  the  Committee 
of  Revision  itself.    In  all  previous 
revisions  the  publishers  received 
practically  all  of  the  profits  from 
their  sale  of  the  books.  The 
Pharmacopoeial   Convention  of 
1890  resolved  to  create  a  pub- 
lication committee  which  should 
take  entire  charge  of  the  issu- 
ance of  the  book.     They  in- 
vited bids  from  a  number  of 
publishers,   a  fixed  sale  price 
for  the   book   was  established 
and  an  arrangement  entered  in- 
to whereby  one  concern  pub- 
lished  the   book   and  another 
handled  the  sale  of  it. 

An  innovation  was  made  in 
the  next  revision  of  the  Phar- 
macopoeia. Instead  of  being 
called  the  revision  of  1900  it 
was  termed  "eighth  decennial 
revision"  because  the  book  was 
lever  issued  in  the  year  of  the 
meeting  of  the  Convention.  The  length  of  time  for  revising 
the  book  kept  increasing  with  each  issue,  the  present  one 
coming  about  five  years  after  the  Convention  which  laid  the 
first  plans  for  it. 


The  Pharmacopoeia  "factory" 
Remington  standing 


Meanwhile    the    financial    condition    of  the 
Pharmacopoeia  had  improved  and  in  July,  1900, 
a  charter  was  issued  under  the  corporate 
name  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeial 
Convention.    The  charter  was  issued  un- 
der the  laws  of  the  District  of  Columbia. 
Dr.  Charles  Rice  died  on  May  31, 
1901.    His  twenty-one  years  of  ser- 
vice contributed  a  great  deal  to 
pharmaceutical    progress    in  this 
country.     Joseph  P.  Remington 
was  elected  to  succeed  him  and 
has  continued  to  fill  the  chair- 
manship of  the  Committee  of  Re- 
vision from  that  time. 
Board  of  Trustees  Elected 
In    1900  the  Pharmacopoeial 
Convention  decided   to  separate 
the  actual  work  of  revision  from 
that  of  transacting  business  con- 
nected with  the  finances  and  a 
Board  of  Trustees  was  created  to 
invest  the  funds  of  the  Conven- 
tion, to  execute  any  and  all  legal 
contracts  or  agreements  for  the 
publication  of  the  Pharmacopoeia, 
to  pay   experts  and  others  for 
services  performed  and  to  per- 
form   other    ordinary  business 
duties. 

This  revision  of  the  Pharma- 
copoeia will  be  printed  by  the  J. 
B.  Lippincott  Co.,  of  Philadel- 
phia, and  sold  through  P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Company,  Phil- 
adelphia. This  arrangement  is  similar  to  that  foUowel  in  mar- 
keting the  Eighth  revision,  which  was  foimd  to  work  out  satis- 
factorily.   Copies  will  be  sold  at  $2.50  each. 


at  Longport,  N.  J 
in  the  doorway. 


Prof. 


An  Analysis  and  Criticism  of  the  *'Goldwater  Ordinance" 


By  J.  H.  SEAL 


Beyond  question  some  additional  legal  regulation 
of  the  proprietary  medicine  business  is  desirable,  but 
I  can  not  find  anything  in  the  so-called  Goldwater 
ordinance  to  indicate  that  it  represents  the  species 
of  regulation  desired.  Rather  it  seems  to  unduly 
harass  and  annoy  the  retail  drug  trade — already 
overburdened  with  needless  regulations — ^^^thout 
materially  affecting  the  evils  which,  presumably, 
it  is  intended  to  reach. 

1.  The  term  proprietary  or  patent  medicine  is 
given  a  definition  not  in  correspondence  with  court 
decisions,  nor  with  the  common  understanding  of 
the  trade. 

According  to  the  definition  in  the  ordinance,  a  proprietary 
medicine  is  not  a  proprietary  medicine  if  the  names  of  its  ingre- 
dients— not  their  quantities — are  printed  on  the  label,  and  such 
;a  preparation  is  therefore  excepted  from  the  effects  of  the 
-ordinance,  no  matter  how  dangerous  or  how  valueless  it  might 
'.be. 

Such  a  definition  is  contrary  to  well  considered  court  de- 
'cisions,  and  contrary  to  the  accepted  understanding  of  the 
i^erm  proprietary  or  patent  medicine  by  the  drug  trade  and  by 
the  medical  fraternity. 

It  is  the  proprietorship  or  right  of  control  which  a  manu- 
facturer asserts  to  a  preparation  which  makes  it  a  proprie- 
tary. Whether  it  is  of  open  formula  or  of  secret  composition 
has  notliing  to  do  with  the  question. 

2.  The  ordinance  unjustly  discriminates  between 
proprietaries  dispensed  on  prescription  and  those  not 
so  dispensed. 

A  very  considerable  proportion  of  the  medicines  prescribed 
and  dispensed  by  physicians  are  proprietary  preparations,  and 
many  of  them  are  not  distinguishable  from  those  known  to  the 
laity  as  patent  medicines.    If  secrecy  is  bad  in  the  case  of 


medicines  sold  in  one  way,  it  is  especially  bad  in  the  case  of 
those  sold  by  or  on  the  order  of  a  physician. 

3.  The  ordinance  taken  by  itself  is  inquisitorial 
merely  and  does  not  provide  any  means  for  restrict- 
ing the  sale  of  dangerous  or  worthless  nostrums  which 
may  be  discovered. 

The  measure  does  not  seem  to  have  any  definite  objective 
point.  The  terms  and  requirements  of  the  ordinance  are  sat- 
isfied if  the  maker  of  a  secret  preparation  communicates  the 
bare  names  of  the  ingredients  used  to  tl^e  Department  of 
Health,  and  moreover  the  Department  is  required  to  preser^'e 
sacredly  inviolate  any  guilty  secrets  which  it  may  thus  obtain. 

What  is  the  use  of  learning  the  presence  of  dangerous  or 
improper  drugs,  if  the  knowledge  cannot  be  used  to  prosecute 
tlie  offender? 

To  promise  immunity  to  a  defendant  criminal  in  return  for 
testimony  to  convict  his  guilty  confederates  is  a  common  expe- 
dient, but  to  promise  immunity  to  all  who  confess  their  pur- 
pose in  advance  of  the  wrongs  they  intend  to  commit — the 
officers  of  the  law  being  bound  to  preserve  such  confessions 
in  the  strictest  confidence — is  a  proposition  so  startlingly 
original  that  one  may  be  pardoned  for  questioning  its  good 
faith  as  well  as  its  expediency. 

It  may  be  an  explanation  of  this  peculiar  character  of  the 
ordinance  is  to  be  found  in  one  of  the  following  suppositions: 

(a)  It  may  be  that  the  framers  of  the  ordinance  are  rely- 
ing upon  some  provision  contained  in  some  other  law  or  or- 
dinance that  will  enable  them  to  ignore  the  pledge  of  immunity 
and  secrecy  which  is  apparently  extended  by  this  ordinance. 
If  so,  then  good  faith  requires  that  those  who  will  be  affected 
by  the  ordinance  should  be  given  clearly  to  understand  what 
the  combined  effect  of  the  new  and  old  legislation  will  be. 

(b)  It  may  be  that  the  sponsors  of  the  ordinance  regard  it 
merely  as  the  entering  wedge  for  further  legislation  to  be  pre- 
sented later  on.    If  this  supposition  is  correct,  then  all  who  use 

(  Contitiund  on  page  53$^ 


Fifty  Million  Dollar  Drug  Merger 


Stockholders'  Meetings  This  Month  Will  Decide  Upon 
Consolidation  of  United  Drug  and  Riker  &  Hegeman 


NOTHING  in  the  financial  history  of  the  drug?  trade  approaches  the  magnitude  of  the  proposed 
merger  of  the  United  Drug  Company  and  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Company,  which  if  ratified 
i  by  the  stockholders  of  both  companies  at  meetings  to  be  held  on  December  3  and  6,  will  bring 

knto  existence  a  new  company,  to  be  known  in  all  probability  as  the  United  Drug  Corporation,  with  a 
capital  stock  of  $52,500,000. 

;  The  stockholders  of  the  United  Drug  Company  will  meet  Friday,  December  3  at  the  office  of 

.the  company  in  Boston,  and  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Company  stockholders  will  meet  in  New  York  on 
Monday,  December  6.  Prominent  stockholders  of  both  companies  have  advised  the  Era  that  they  believe 
<the  plan  of  consolidation  will  be  approved.  The  United  Drug  Corporation  would  take  the  place  of  the 
two  existing  concerns  about  January  1. 

'  As  will  be  noted  from  the  figures  given  in  the  plans  of  the  two  concerns,  published  in  full  in 

this  issue,  the  total  of  the  capital  stock  will  not  be  immediately  issued,  nearly  $20,000,000  worth  to  be 
'left  in  the  treasury,  and  will  probably  be  later  offered  for  sale,  the  money  derived  therefrom  to  be 
utilized  in  extending  the  business,  which  will  make  more  important  invasions  of  all  branches  of  the 
drug  trade — manufacturing,  wholesaling  and  retailing. 

It  is  stated  on  good  authority  that  the  annual  sales  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Company,  through 
its  102  stores,  amoimt  to  more  than  $16,000,000  annually,  while  the  net  profits  on  this  business  are 
said  to  be  more  than  $1,000,000.  Stock  of  the  company  outstanding  amounts  to  $8,600,000  common  and 
$2,150,000  preferred.  Between  3,500  and  4.000  employes  are  required  to  handle  this  enormous  busi- 
ness. Similar  figures  covering  the  annual  sales  and  profits  of  the  United  Drug  Company  and  the 
L.  K.  Liggett  Company  were  not  available  for  publication,  according  to  an  officer  of  these  companies. 

Below  is  printed  the  plan  of  consolidation  as  presented  to  stockholders  of  the  United  Drug 
Company  and  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Company. 


United  Drug  Company  Plan  of  Amalgamation  Announced 


Under  date  of  November  15,  A.  W.  Murray,  secretary  of  the  United  Drug  Company,  of  Boston, 
sent  out  a  notice  of  a  meeting  of  the  stockholders  oC  that  company  to  take  place  in  Boston  on  De- 
cember 3,  to  consider  and  act  upon  the  question  of  forming  a  new  corporation  to  take  over  both  the 
United  Drug  Company  and  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Company  and  their  subsidiary  organizations. 


The  following  is  a  letter  addressed  "to  the  stockholders 
of  the  United  Drug  Company" : 

Boston,  Mass.,  November  15th,  1915. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  United  Drug  Com- 
pany of  Massachusetts  held  on  October  25th,  1915,  resolutions  were 
adopted  approving  and  recommending  to  the  stockholders  of  the 
Company  for  their  approval  a  Plan  for  the  amalgamation  of  the 
properties  and  assets  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.  of  New  York 
with  those  of  the  United  Drug  Company  of  Massachusetts  and, 
in  order  to  carry  out  and  effect  the  purposes  of  the  Plan,  the 
undersigned  Committee  were  appointed  to  communicate  the  de- 
Uils  of  this  Plan  to  the  stockholders  of  United  Drug  Com- 
pany and  to  request  stockholders  favoring  the  Plan  to  deposit 
their  stock  with  the  Committee  under  a  deposit  agreement. 

A  copy  of  the  Plan,  together  with  a  copy  of  the  Deposit  Agree- 
ment, which  is  part  of  the  Plan,  are  enclosed  herewith  for  your 
information. 

A  special  meeting  of  the  stockholders,  both  common  and  pre- 
ferred, of  the  United  Drug  Company  has  been  called  for  De- 
cember 3d,  1915,  to  consider  and  act  upon  the  matters  necessary 
or  proper  to  carry  the  Plan  into  effect,  as  appears  by  the  formal 
notice  of  the  said  stockholders'  meeti  .g  enclosed  herewith. 

In  order  to  carry  out  and  effect  the  purposes  of  the  Plan  it 
is  deemed  most  essential  that  stockholders,  both  common  and 
preferred,  who  favor  the  Plan  should  deposit  their  stock  before 
December  3d,  1915,  endorsed  in  blank,  with  the  American  Trust 
Company.  30  State  St.,  Boston,  Depositary  under  the  Deposit 
Agreement,  and  should  execute  and  return  the  enclosed  proxy  run- 
ning to  the  Committee.  The  American  Trust  Company  will  im- 
mediately issue  to  stockholders  deposit  receipts  for  all  stock  de- 
posited as  more  fully  provided  in  the  Plan  and  Deposit  Agreement. 

In  recommending  the  Plan  for  approval  by  the  stockholders,  it 
is  believed  that,  if  carried  out,  it  will  be  of  great  benefit  and 
srfv  !- -ri^e    to   the    stockholders,    that    the   addition    of   the  retail 


business  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.  to  that  now  carried  on 
under  the  United  Drug  Company  management  should  result  in 
extensive  economies  of  operation  and  management,  and  that  the 
incidental  benefits  to  the  wholesale  business  and  to  all  Rexall 
agents  should  be  correspondingly  great. 

You  are  therefore  urged  to  approve  the  Plan  and  to  help  in 
carrying  it  into  effect  without  delay  and  to  this  end  you  are 
requested:  I 

1.  To  endorse  your  stock  certiflcate(s)  on  hack  thereof  in  blank. 

2.  To  sign  the  printed  proxy  enclosed  herewith  at  place  indi- 
cated. 

3.  To  sign  the  printed  form  of  letter  to  American  Trust  Com- 
pany enclosed  herewith  at  place  indicated,  adding  your  mailing 
address. 

Please  find  herein  stamped  envelope  properly  addressed  to 
American  Trust  Company  and  as  soon  as  you  have  done  the 
three  things  last  mentioned  above  you  should  enclose  in  this 
stamped  addressed  envelope  (1)  your  endorsed  stock  certificate(s) 
(2)  the  signed  proxy  and  (3)  the  signed  letter  and  mail  the  same 
at  once. 

Yours  truly. 

LOUIS  K.  LIGGETT, 
JAMES  C.  BRADY, 
FRED  S.  ROGERS, 
Committee  of  United  Drug  Company  Stockholders. 

The  following  is  a  complete  copy  of  the  United  Drug  Com- 
pany and  Riker  &  Hegeman  plan  of  consolidation : 

"It  is  proposed  that  a  new  corporation  be  organized  under 
the  laws  of  Massachusetts  or  New  York  which  new  corpor- 
ation through  a  purchase,  or  by  consolidation,  or  otherwise 
as  may  be  determined  by  the  committees  referrad  to  below, 
shall  acquire  and  own  the  property  and  assets  of  United 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[December,  191 


Drug  Company  of  Massachusetts  and  of  the  Riker  &  Hege- 
man  Co.,  including  either  the  actual  property  and  assets  or 
the  securities  of  the  respective  subsidiaries  of  those  com- 
panies. This  new  company  will  be  called  "United  Drug 
Company"  or  by  some  similar  name,  but  for  the  purposes  of 
this  Plan  it  is  herein  designated  as  the  "New  Company." 
It  is  proposed  that  the  initial  authorized  capitalization  shall 
be  substantially  as  follows: 

First  preferred  stock,  7%  cumulative  dividends,  $7,500,000. 
Second  preferred  stock,  6%  non-cumulative  dividends,  10,000,000. 
Common  stock,  35,000,000. 

"The  first  preferred  stock  will  be  entitled  to  preferential 
cumulative  dividends  at  the  rate  of  7%  per  annum  and  will 
be  preferred  as  to  principal  in  case  of  liquidation  to  the  ex- 
tent of  the  par  value  and  unpaid  dividends  accrued  thereon. 
The  first  preferred  stock  will  be  subject  to  call  at  a  sum 
equivalent  to  120%  of  the  par  value  of  the  shares  thereof, 
plus  accrued  dividends.  The  first  preferred  stock  will  not 
be  entitled  to  voting  powers  except  in  case  of  default  in  the 
payment  of  any  quarterly  dividend,  and  until  such  default  shall 
have  been  cured  by  the  payment  of  any  arrears  of  dividend 
the  first  preferred  stock  shall  have  the  right  to  vote.  Pro- 
visions for  the  accumulation  of  a  surplus  to  secure  the  first 
preferred  stock  and  for  giving  to  the  first  preferred  stock  a 
preferential  right  to  subscribe  to  any  new  issue  of  first  pre- 
ferred stock  may  also  be  included  by  the  Committee  below 
mentioned  in  its  discretion. 

"The  second  preferred  stock  will  be  entitled  to  non-cumu- 
lative dividends  at  the  rate  of  6%  per  annum,  which  shall  be 
preferential  over  the  common  stock,  and  will  also  be  preferred 
in  liquidation  over  the  common  stock  to  the  extent  of  its  par 
value.  The  second  preferred  stock  will  not  be  entitled  to  vot- 
ing powers  and  will  be  subject  to  call  at  $105.  per  $100.  par 
value  thereof;  but  provisions  may  in  the  discretion  of  the 
Committee  be  made  so  that  the  second  preferred  stock  shall 
have  the  right  to  vote  in  case  of  default  in  payment  of  divi- 
dends and  so  that  the  second  preferred  stock  shall  be  con- 
vertible into  common  stock  in  case  dividends  on  the  com- 
mon stock  shall  be  paid  at  the  rate  of  7%  per  annum  and 
under  such  other  conditions  as  the  Committee  may  deem 
advisable. 

"Of  the  authorized  capital  stock  of  the  New  Company,  it 
's  proposed  that  the  aggregate  amounts  of  first  preferred, 
second  preferred  and  common  stock  which  are  required  for 
distribution  on  the  basis  hereinafter  stated  will  be  issued  as  full 
paid  and  non-assessable  against  the  conveyance,  assignment 
and  transfer  to  the  New  Company  or  by  the  consolidating 
therein  of  all  the  assets  of  United  Drug  Company  of  Massa- 
chusetts and  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.  and  either  the  actual 
assets  of  their  various  subsidiaries  or  the  securities  now 
owned  by  said  companies  in  said  subsidiaries.  The  respec- 
tive outstanding  obligations  and  liabilities  of  all  the  com- 
panies who!;e  actual  assets  are  acquired  and  owned  by  the 
New  Company  will  be  assumed  by  it. 

"Any  and  all  other  matters  and  details  affecting  or  per- 
taining to  the  New  Company  and  to  its  stock  .shall  be  as  de- 
termined or  approved  by  the  Committee  hereinafter  men- 
tioned, which  .shnll  have  full  power  to  deride  in  relation  to  all  such 
matters,  and  it  shall  nl'^n  hnve  vnwcr  to  make  or  approve  any 
changes  in  the  drtnik  of  the  Plan  which  in  its  opinion  and 
discretion  do  not  substantially  affect  the  general  object  and 
results  contemplated  or  change  the  basis  of  distribution  to 
stockholders  as  set  forth  below. 

DISTRIBUTIOTT  OF  THE  STOCK  OF  THE  TTEW 


COMPAWY 

The  followiiic  iiiiti.il  i^'jucs  .nnd  .nllntmcnts  nf  stock  are  proposed: 

First  PrefpiTPd  Stock  of  l^ow  Comp.Tny: 

To    TTnilfd     Dim...    (',,      I.'cfortrrl     M  i "  1  1 :  nl  ,1  r  .  <  $2,  W,<?,0,i;n 

To  Rik.r  ,V  HriMiiinn  C...  in  ,  l.i  i  .J  - 1  m,  I  1,  oi  ders,  2,147,400 


TOTAL  7%  rumulntive  first  preferred  stock- 
presently  issu.ihle,  $5,a<!6,.1SO 

Second  Preferred  Stock  of  ISTew  Company: 

.1  11       I  \    ,   ..„ '  I  ,,1,1,...  5,2.';n,ono 

'lers,  .■!.S.W,(100 


$9,100,00(1 

impany : 

stockholders,  ll,2?0.00n 
TTimon  stockholders,  8,800,000 


TOTAL  common  stock  presently  issuable,  $20,050,000 


"Upon  the  basis  of  the  above  allotment,  the  distributic 
to  preferred  and  common  stockholders  of  the  United  Dn; 
Company  of  the  stock  in  the  New  Company  will  be  i 
follows : 

"(a)  Preferred  stockholders  of  the  present  Unite 
Drug  Company  of  Massachusetts  will  receive  first  pri 
ferred  stock  in  the  New  Company,  par  for  par,  fc 
their  present  preferred  stock,  i.  e., — for  each  $5( 
par  value  of  7%  cumulative  preferred  stock  held  i 
the  present  company  they  will  receive  $50.  par  valu 
of  7%  cumulative  first  preferred  stock  of  the  Ne' 
Company. 

"(b)  Common  stockholders  of  the  present  Unite 
Drug  Company  of  Massachusetts  will  receive  for  eac 
$100.  par  value  of  common  stock  held  by  them  in  th 
present  company  $225.  par  value  of  common  stock  c 
the  New  Company  and  $100.  par  value  of  6%  noi 
cumulative  second  preferred  stock  of  the  Ne- 
Company. 

"The  above  distribution  to  common  stockholders  < 
United  Drug  Company  will  require  all  of  the  common  sto< 
and  all  of  the  second  preferred  stock  of  the  New  Compar 
allotted  to  United  Drug  Company  as  above  stated  excel 
$250,000.  par  value  of  second  preferred  stock  required  ■ 
make  provision  for  employees  of  United  Drug  Company  no 
parties  to  stock  agreements. 

"The  distribution  to  preferred  and  common  stockholde 
of  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.  will  be  on  the  basis  of  exchanj 
of  first  preferred  stock  in  the  New  Company,  par  for  pi 
for  the  preferred  stock  of  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.  and  of  $10 
par  value  of  common  stock  and  approximately  $44.  par  vali 
of  6%  non-cumulative  second  preferred  stock  of  the  Ne 
Company  for  each  $100.  par  value  of  common  stock  of  Rik' 
&  Hegeman  Co. 

"Certificates  for  fractional  shares  will  not  be  issued  by  tl 
New  Company,  but  in  case  the  number  of  shares  owned  I 
any  stockholder  does  not  entitle  him  to  an  even  num:> 
of  shares  on  the  above  basis  of  distribution  he  will  recei- 
a  certificate  for  the  number  of  whole  shares  to  which  he 
entitled  and  a  receipt  for  the  additional  fraction  of  a  shrr 
which  receipt  will  be  transferable  and  may  be  combined  wi 
other  receipts  so  as  to  entitle  the  holder  to  a  whole  shrr 
and  it  is  proposed  to  make  some  arrangement  whereby  sto"" 
holders  can  acquire  and  dispose  of  fractional  receipts. 

"Shares  of  the  New  Company  which  are  not  required 
effect  the  exchange  by  stockholders  of  United  Drug  Comp:  r 
and  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.  under  the  Plan  will  be  dispo>r 
of  for  the  purpose  of  providing  cash  which  may  be  nece 
sary  to  carry  the  Plan  into  effect. 

"If  the  above  Plan  is  carried  out  the  initial  issues  of  stx 
by  the  New  Company  will  be  substantially  as  set  forth  abcv 
which  will  leave  the  balances  of  authorized  but  unissv.f 
first  preferred,  second  preferred  and  common  stock  for  fut  i 
requirements  of  the  New  Company. 

Committee 

"In  order  to  carry  out  and  effect  the  purposes  of  this  Pli 
a  committee  representing  the  stockholders  of  United  D:i 
Company  of  Mas.sachusetts,  consisting  of  Louis  K.  Ligg't 
James  C.  Brady  and  Fred  S.  Rogers  (hereinafter  called  1 
'Committee'),  has  been  appointed.  For  the  powers  of  t'l 
Committee  tli<-  stockholders  are  referred  to  the  Deposit  .-Vgr- 
ment,  wliirli  bv  rrf-rt^nce  is  made  a  part  of  this  Plan  rr 
copv  of  N^'  i.  li  i-  -  i' iiiitted  herewith  and  under  which  stc  1 
holders  of  T'liited  Hrug  Company  are  now  invited  to  depi  s 
their  stock  in  order  to  avail  themselves  of  the  advantages  > 
the  Plan. 

"A  similar  committee  of  stockholders  of  the  Riker  S:  He:' 
man  Co.  has  been  appointed  to  act  for  the  stockholders  • 
the  Riker  S:  Hegeman  Co. 

Deposit  of  Stock 

"In  order  to  carry  out  the  Plan,  it  will  be  necessary  fi 
the  stockholders  of  United  Drue  Comnany.  both  common  ft 
preferred,  to  endorse  their  stock  in  blank  and  to  di 
posit  the  stock  so  endorsed  with  the  .American  Tr  i 
Company.  50  State  Street,  Boston.  Massachusetts,  to  he  V  • 
by  said  American  Trust  Company  subject  to  and  under  1 
terms  of  the  Deposit  .Agreement,  to  which  the  stockhoWi 


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513 


are  referred  for  the  more  particular  terms  of  deposit.  At  the 
time  of  deposit  of  the  stock  the  stockholders  are  requested 
to  sign  and  deliver  the  prox^-  submitted  with  this  Plan.  De- 
posits of  stock  should  be  made  prior  to  December  3d, 
1915. 

Deposit  Certificates 

"The  stockholders  will  receive  from  the  American  Trust 
Company  of  Boston  at  the  time  of  deposit  a  receipt  certify- 
ing to  the  deposit  of  said  stock  under  the  terms  and  condi- 
tions of  this  Plan  and  the  Deposit  Agreement.  The  sur- 
render and  delivery  of  the  said  certificate  will  be  a  condition 
precedent  to  the  receipt  by  any  stockholder  of  certificates 
of  shares  of  stock  deposited  or  to  the  receipt  by  the  stock- 
holder of  shares  of  stock  of  the  New  Company  as  the  case 
may  be.  These  deposit  certificates  will  be  transferable  in 
the  manner  provided  in  the  Deposit  .Agreement. 

"In  case  the  Plan  is  not  consummated  before  April  1,  1916, 
certificates  for  the  shares  of  stock  deposited  will  be  delivered 


to  the  stockholders  entitled  thereto  upon  presentation  of  the 
proper  deposit  certificates;  provided,  however,  that  the  Com- 
mittee may  extend  the  period  for  carrying  out  the  Plan  for 
a  further  term  of  four  (4)  months  if  such  extension  is 
deemed  advisable. 

"Stockholders  will  receive  all  dividends  declared  by  United 
Drug  Company  of  Massachusetts  on  the  stock  deposited  as 
and  when  paid  by  said  corporation,  and  if  the  Plan  is  car- 
ried out  it  is  proposed  to  make  an  adjustment  so  that  the 
stockholders  shall  receive  the  equivalent  of  dividends  to  the 
date  of  transfer  and  exchange  on  their  present  stock  at  the 
rates  paid  thereon  during  the  last  year. 

"Stockholders  who  deposit  their  stock  assent  to  the  terms 
and  provisions  of  the  Plan  and  Deposit  Agreement. 

"Dated— Boston,   November   15th,  1915." 

A  deposit  agreement  which  is  enclosed  with  these  notices 
merely  reiterates  the  same  general  facts. 


Riker  &  Hegeman  Company  Also  Presents  Consolidation  Plan 


A  committee  of  stockholders  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Company  has  sent  out  a  printed  letter  and 

plan  of  consolidation  under  date  of  November  10.  A  stockholders'  meeting  is  called  for  December  6, 
just  three  days  following  the  meeting  of  the  United  Drug  Company  stockholders.  The  plan  of  con- 
solidation as  outlined  in  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Company's  statement  is  as  follows: 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Riker  &  Hege-  other  means  as  the  Committee  may  deem  advisable,  and  the 

man  Co.  held  on  October  25,  1915,  a  resolution  was  adopted  ap-  j^g^^  Company  shall  assume  all  the  outstanding  liabilities  and 

proving  and   recommending   to   the   stockholders   of  the   Company  . 

for  their  approval   a  plan  for  the  amalgamation  of  the  United  obligations  of  the  said  companies. 

Drug  Company  of  Massachusetts  and  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  ..-pj^g  following  allotment  of  stock  is  proposed: 

for  December  6,   1915,   to  consider  and  to  act  upon   the   proposi-  j^;^      ^  Hegeman  Co   $2,147,400.00 

tions    necessary   or   proper   to   carry    the   said   Plan    into    effect,  TTnit^H   r)r„cf  rnmnanv   "                                         2  938  950  00 

as  more   fully  appears  by  the   notice  of  the  said  stockholders'  United  Drug  Company  .    ..  ....     ..    ...^.......  2,y3S,y50.UU 

meeting  herewith  enclosed.  II-  Second  Preferred  Stock  Paying  Six  Per  Cent.  Non-Cumulative 

Dividends. 

In  order  to  carry  out  and  effect  the  purposes  of  the  Plan,  it  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co   $3,859,000.00 

will   be   necessary  for  stockholders,  both  common   and  preferred.  United  Drug  Company    5,250,000.00 

to  deposit  their  stock  before  December  6,  1915,  endorsed  in  blank,  -rjf    f^.„_._  c*„.v 

with  Banker's  Trust  Company,  Depositary,  of  No.  16  Wall  Street,  rVw       u „  m                                         ts  800000  00 

Borough  of  Manhattan,  jfew  York'' City.  "  Stock  may  be  deposited  g'nUe'd "^D^rCompany  !  ]    ! ::::    i !  i !    ! ! ! !  i:  i ! " 
on  and  aiter  iSovember  la,  1915. 

At  the  time  of  deposit  of  stock,  the  stockholders  are  requested  ^^^S*  Preferred  Stock 
to  sign  and  deliver  to  the  Bankers  Trust  Company  (1)  the  en-  "phe   first   preferred   Stock  will  be  entitled   to  preferential 
closed   proxy   to  the  Committee,  and   (2)  the  enclosed  letter  to  ,  ,.       ,.  .  ,     ,      ^  ^,         ^      z                                _  i  „  -n 
the  Bankers  Trust  Company.  cumulative  dividends  at  tlie  rate  of  7%  per  annum,  and  will 
™.    „    ,       -r     .  o              -1,  •        .     .   1^  ij  be  preferred  as  to  principal  in  case  of  liquidation  to  the 
The  Bankers  Trust  Company  will  issue  to  stockholders  negoti-  ,  ^     r                   i          j           -j  j-  -j     i              a  *u 
able  certificates  of  deposit  for  all  stock  deposited,  as  more  fully  extent  of  its  par  value  and  unpaid  dividends  accrued  there- 
appears   in  the  Plan.    The  deposit  of  stock  is  subject  to  the  on.     The  first  preferred  stock  will  be  subject  to  call  at  a 
provisions  of  the  Deposit  Agreement  on  file  with  the  Bankers  gum  equivalent  to  120%  of  the  par  value  of  the  shares  there- 
Trust   Company,   which   sets  forth  the  terms  and  conditions  of  .     ,^              ,    ,.  .j     j               ,^                 ■  jj-i- 
deposit.                          ■  of,  plus  accrued  dividends.    The  Committee,  in  addition,  may 

The   Committee  has  carefully   investigated  the  proposed   Plan  in<:lude   a  provision   for   the   accumulation   of   a  surplus  to 

of  Amalgamation  of  the  United  Drug  Company  and  the  Riker  secure  the  first  preferred  stock,  and  a  provision  granting  the 

&  Hegeman  Co.,  and  believes  that  it  will  be  of  great  benefit  first    preferred    stock     a    preferential     right     to  subscribe 

^y^hl?3h:,?de^'l  wt^^^or'te"pianT^elr^I^?lfur'gerto  '°           "T  issue  of  first  preferred  stock,   and  such  other 

secure  its  successful  consummation  at  an  early  date.  provisions  for  the  further  security  of  the  first  preferred  stock 

Yours  truly,  as  the  Committee  may  deem  advisable.     The  first  preferred 

JOHN  B.  COBB,  stock  will  not  be  entitled  to  voting  powers  except  in  case. 

JOHN  H.  FLAGLER,  of  default   in   the  payment  of  any  quarterly  dividend,  and 

EDWARD  D.  C.AHOON  default  shall  have  been  cured  by  the  payment  of 

Committee.  _             ^        ,         ,      ,  , 

,  „       .         ,  r.     , ,     ,  arrears  of  dividend,  the  first  preferred  stock  shall  have 

A  Committee  of  Stockholders  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.,  right  to  vote 

consisting  of  John  B.  Cobb,  John  H.  Flagler  and  Edward  D.  ' ^^or.^  Preferred  Stock 
Cahoon  (hereinafter  called  the  Committee)  and  a  committee 

representing  the  United  Drug  Company  of  Massachusetts,  have  second  preferred  stock  will  be  entitled  to  non-cumu- 
arrivcd  at  a  plan  for  an  amalgamation  of  the  Riker  &  Hege-  '^^ive  dividends  at  the  rate  of  6%  per  annum,  which  shall  be 
man  Co.  and  the  United  Drug  Company  of  Massachusetts,  as  preferential  over  the  common  stock,  and  will  also  be  pre- 
follows"  ferred  in  liquidation  over  the  common  stock  to  the  extent 
"A  new  corporation  (hereinafter  called  the  'New  Com-  ^^-If  '^^  P'f"'^  stock  will  not  be 
pany')  will  be  organized,  either  under  the  laws  of  the  State  P°;^'<^rs,  and  will  be  subject  to  call  at  a 
of  New  York  or  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Massa-  f^'^f  ?  •  ,  ^  '^"'^ 
chusetts.  or  under  the  laws  of  any  other  State  if  the  Com-  Committee  may,  in  addition,  mclude  a  provision 
mittee  deem  it  advisable.  The  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.  will  be  ^^^^  TT^  preferred  stock  shall  have  the  right  to  vota 
consolidated  or  merged  with  the  New  Company  under  the  .'^^^  °^  ^'^.^^"'^  V^^ratnX  of  dividends  and  a  pro- 
laws  of  the  State  of  New  York,  or  the  New  Company  will  7'^'°"  ''T  P''^^"'"!^  ^'"'^'^  ''f  convertible 
purchase  all  the  assets  and  property  of  the  United  Drug  ^T-.  ^T"'""  c^Vof  ^  ^^l 
Company  and  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.,  or  the  amalgama-  ^mdends  at  the  rate  of  7%  per  annum  and  under  such 
tion  of  the  United  Drug  Company  and  the  Riker  &  Hege-  conditions  as  the  Committee  may  deem  advisable, 
man  Co.  will  be  effected  in  such  other  manner  and  by  such  {Concluded  on  Faze  543) 


MAKING  GOODS  MOVE 


'ELL,  I  suppose  I  ought  to  be  glad  that  you've  decided  to 
show  me  how  to  run  this  business.  It  certainly  should  help 
me  out  a  whole  lot.  When  a  man  gets  a  clerk  who  is  smart 
enough  to  sell  dollar  goods  for  fifteen  cents  he's  sure  in  luck.  But,  as 
you  know,  I'm  just  far  enough  behind  the  times  not  to  benefit  by  your 
advice — or  even  to  want  it." 

"And  that,"  smiled  the  successful  druggist,  "marked  the  end  of  the 
first  chapter  of  my  dealings  with  Charles  Dillingham,  standpat  druggist. 

"As  far  back  as  I  can  remember  Dillingham  the  druggist  had  his 
store  at  Third  and  Front  streets,  the  best  business  corner  in  my  home 
town. 

"The  methods  of  the  hard  headed,  tradition  loving  Mayor  Dillingham 
were  the  same  as  those  of  Dillingham,  Standpat  Druggist,  and  as  I 
dusted,  for  the  hundredth  time,  the  rows  of  unsalable  bottles  of  bitters, 
cough  syrups  and  liniments  which  he  refused  to  part  with  for  a  cent 
less  than  the  price  he  originally  intended  to  get  for  them,  I  felt  a  keen 
sympathy  for  the  unlucky  aldermen  who  were  sentenced  to  pull  in  the 
harness  with  this  ultra-conservative  city  head. 

"It  was  then  that  I  determined  to  convince  him,  if  such  a  thing  were 
possible,  of  the  economical  necessity  of  ridding  his  store  of  the  accumu- 
lation of  junk  which  had  been  steadily  growing  on  his  shelves  for  the 
matter  of  ten  years  or  so.  I  realized  fully — both  from  a  knowledge  of 
his  nature  and  previous  experience — that  he  was  very  likely  to  resent 
bitterly  any  suggestions  that  I  offered.  But  I  was  young,  ambitious 
and  heartily  tired  of  his  penny  economy  and  mule-like  resistance  to 
progress.  So,  without  apologies  of  any  sort,  I  suggested  that  he  pile 
up  the  thousand  or  so  boxes  and  bottles  of  "dead  ones"  on  a  bargain 
counter  and  clean  them  out — for  fifteen  cents  apiece  if  necessary.  That 
resulted  in  his  foregoing  remarks  and  the  verbal  battle  which  preceded 
my  resignation  and  entrance  into  the  drug  field  as  a  competitor  to  my 
former  employer,  who  greeted  my  initial  appearance  as  a  drug  store 
proprietor  with  scorn  and  sarcasm.  But  in  spite  of  his  predictions  my 
little  business  grew. 

He  Paid  Little  Attention  to  Me 


As  far  back  as  I  can  remember  DUli 


"I  know  that  at  first  he  regarded  my  modest  inroads  into 
his  trade  as  the  result  of  the  whims  of  certain  of  his  cus- 
tomers, who  would  surely  return  to  him  with  the  advent  of  my 
failure — if  not  before.  And  so  he  paid  little  attention  to  me 
or  my  store. 

"So  far  as  I  know  I  was  the  pioneer  in  my  section  in  the 
field  of  "stock  moving".  I  don't  know  where  I  got  my 
ideas,  but  I  believed  in  the  principle  of  pushing  sales.  I 
practiced  it  faithfully.  When  I  discovered  an  article  in  my 
stock  for  which  there  was  no  demand  I  set  out  to  create 
that  demand.  To  do  this  I  would  at  times  have  to  cut  the 
price  in  two.  In  my  first  year  I  cleaned  out  at  ten  cents 
each,  a  dozen  bottles  of  an  article  which  was  once  considered 
as  a  staple  and  which  sold  for  a  dollar  a  bottle.  A  rival 
druggist  bought  them  all — with  a  laugh.  I  think  he  has 
them  yet. 

"Cleveland — a  hundred  miles  away — being  the  nearest  town 
containing  druggists  that  resorted  to  sales  for  business  stim- 
ulus, my  methods  proved  a  novelty  and  made  a  good  impres- 
sion upon  the  thrifty  buyers  of  our  community.  As  a  result, 
I  was  able  to  keep  my  small  capital  working  all  the  time 
and  also  bring  the  buyers  into  my  store,  which,  of  course, 
was  highly  desirable. 

Inclined  to  Ridicule  My  Ideas 

"Before  the  year  was  up  I  could  see  that  my  old  employer 
was  feeling  plainly  the  effects  of  my  trade  pulling  methods, 
as  he  suffered  more  than  any  other  druggist  in  town.  My 
store  was  close  to  his  and  my  methods  exactly  the  opposite. 
In  public  he  was  inclined  to  ridicule  my  ideas  but  I  noticed 
that  he  finally  put  on  a  sale.  Surely  "it  must  have  wounded 
his  pride  and  outraged  his  sense  of  economy — at  least  that 
was  what  every  line  of  his  sales  poster  srciiiod  tn  indicate. 
After  using  about  three-fourths  of  hi^;  spie-  ^.-iiin;;  forth 
the  advantages  to  be  gained  by  purrbn.'iinL'  i.-milnlv  at  his 
store-  in  which  he  made  plain  the  f;i(  t  ili  il.  l,>  mind, 
his  snli'  was  merely  another  name  for  a  i;ifi  i  i  tiis  ,.1,1  friends 
—he  :i>iiMiiiiif  f1  thnt  ho  would  sell  a  crri  lin  i.uti.ni  of  his 
stork  .  '  ,   nt  <lUr,nnit.    He  didn't  need  to  toll  me 

what  il  ii  was — it  was  the  ancient  stuff 

■^vhi,  '  ,1   nKi^iod  him  to  sell  at  a  straight 

rate  <■!    nii        .  ,  i.k      A i ,] la r.  ntly  he  expected  to  win  back, 


in  one  throw,  the  customers  that  he  had  lost,  and  perhaps  win 
some  more  to  his  banner,  by  offering,  at  a  twenty  per  cent 
reduction,  the  goods  which  I  had  grown  to  regard  as  prac- 
tically worthless.  Certainly  then,  I  thought  to  myself,  he 
must  have  possessed  an  unbounded  faith  in  the  pulling  power 
of  a  sale. 

"His  sale  was,  naturally,  an  utter  failure  and  I'm  afraid 
that  it  shattered  his  faith  in  sales — as  he  never  had  another. 
That  closed  the  second  chapter  of  our  relationship. 

Buys  the  Dillingham  Store 

"Five  or  six  years  rolled  past  before  the  third  chapter 
of  our  little  story  was  written.  At  that  time  I  had  two  store? 
in  this  city,  a  couple  more  down  state  and  my  original  store, 
which  was  now  the  largest  in  my  home  town.  I  received 
a  letter  from  the  manager  of  my  home  store  saying  that  he 
had  been  requested  by  Dillingham  to  take  over  his  stock,  hi? 
good  will  and  his  location.  I  knew  that  Dillingham's  stand- 
pat policy  with  regard  t,)  nal  estate  had  proven  a  fortunate 
one  and  that  he  liad  a  neat  little  sum  stowed  away  some- 
where, and  therefore  I  did  not  feel  inclined  to  handle  the 
matter  with  gloves,  .\ccordingly  I  went  down  there  deter- 
mined to  inventory  his  stock  as  closely  as  I  did  any  others 
that  I  bought — and  I  instructed  my  inventory  auditor  to  that 
effect. 

"With  the  manager  of  our  local  store,  our  inventor>-  auditor 
and  Dillingham  T  went  over  the  stock.  But  first  I  madf 
it  plain  to  Mr.  Dillin.gham  that  I  really  had  no  desire  tr 
purchase  his  stock  whatever,  that  his  good  will  was  worth, 
aliout  four  dollars  to  us,  and  his  antique  fixtures  about 
worthless,  but  that  we  wanted  his  location.  We  would  pay 
him  a  fair  price  for  his  fixtures  and  sell  them  again  as  best 
we  could  and  we  would  give  him  cash  for  his  stock,  and 
throw  away  what  we  couldn't  dispose  of.  But  there  were 
few  items  I  would  have  to  consider  apart  from  the  rest. 

"With  the  memory  of  old  days  fresh  in  my  mind  I  wen? 
to  the  rear  of  the  store,  brought  out  a  small  ladder,  mounted 
it  and  ran  my  hand  along  the  •shelf.  Sure  enough,  they 
were  still  there,  long  rows  of  old  bottles,  containing  toilet 
waters,  perfumes,  cosmetics  and  tooth  washes.  T  had  thctr 
taken  down  and  placed  on  a  table.  Then  I  directed  the  re- 
moval of  numberless  boxes  of  nail,  face  and  tooth  powders 

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fecial  Sales  Pay?  By  W.  F.  French 


tad  his  store  at  Third  and  Front  streets,  the  best  business 

together  with  a  myriad  of  soaps  and  other  toilet  articles  from 
various  drawers  and  shelves.  Every  item  was  familiar  to 
me,  and  I  imagine  they  must  have  been  a  part  of  Dillingham's 
•life,  .\fter  they  were  all  assembled  I  found  we  had  three  long 
tables  pretty  well  filled  with  them. 

".\  glance  at  the  inventory  that  Dillingham  had  prepared 
for  us  showed  that  they  represented  a  cost  to  him  of  nearly 
sbc  hundred  dollars.  It  was  even  more  than  I  had  expected. 
But  any  new  and  expensive  preparations  that  came  out  usually 
reached  his  shelves  in  half  dozen  or  dozen  lots. 

"  'Mr.  Dillingham,'  I  said,  'I  have  requested  our  auditor  to 
strike  these  items  from  the  inventory  and  we  shall  consider 
them  separately.  I  will  make  you  a  separate  offer  for  them — 
just  as  they  stand.' 

"  'How  much  ?  They  are  in  good  condition.  You  know  I 
itake  good  care  of  my  stock.' 

Carting  Them  Away 

"  'Let  me  ask  you,  Mr.  Dillingham,  does  old  Bob  Leach 
still  do  carting  here?' 

"  'Yes,  sir.    But  I  don't  see — ' 

"  'That  being  the  case,'  I  interrupted  briskly,  'I'll  pay 
for  this  stuff  just  what  he  charges  to  haul  it  down  to  the 
river  and  dump  it  in.  Or  if  that  doesn't  appeal  to  you  I'll 
pay  the  cartage  to  any  other  store  you  care  to  open  and  make 
you  a  present  of  this  faithful  stock.' 

"For  once  Dillingham  failed  to  stand  pat;  he  mumbled  a 
few  complaints  but  finally  agreed  to  strike  the  stuff  from 
the  inventory  and  take  it  away.  What  he  did  with  it  I 
never  learned. 

"But  that  was  by  no  means  all  the  old  stock  he  had  on 
hand.  Our  inventory  auditor  was  an  expert  and  I  instructed 
him  to  value  the  items  at  just  what  we  could  get  for  them. 
It  more  than  cut  the  total  of  Dillingham's  inventory  in  two, 
but  I  am  sure  he  was  glad  to  get  rid  of  the  stuff  at  any 
price. 

".■\s  soon  as  the  deal  was  closed  I  had  every  article  in 
Dillingham's  store  carted  over  to  our  local  branch  and  sold 
from  our  bargain  tables.  The  idea  seemed  to  delight  the 
townsfolk  and  they  flocked  into  the  store  with  grinning  faces. 
They  apparently  were  pleased  at  the  thought  of  buying,  at  a 
great  reduction,  the  stock  on  which  Dillingham  had  refused  to 
cut  the  prices  a  cent. 

"Our  auditor  knew  his  business  and  when  we  had  cleaned 
out  Dillingham's  old  stock  we  found  that  we  had  made  just 
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my  home  toum. 

enough  profit  on  it  to  cover  our  expenses.  That  was  the 
end  of  my  dealings  with  Dillingham,  standpat  druggist,  and 
my  one-time  employer." 

The  Stimulating  Power  of  a  "Sale" 

It  was  in  answer  to  a  question  as  to  whether  he  had  ever 
known  a  druggist  who  did  not  believe  in  sales  that  the  suc- 
cessful druggist  had  told  the  foregoing  story.  According  to 
his  belief  there  are  still  drug  store  proprietors — he  refuses 
to  recognize  them  as  druggists — who  consider  that  a  sale 
indicates  an  unsound  condition  of  business,  who  feel  that 
to  offer  goods  on  sale  is  to  admit  to  the  public  that  there 
is  a  surplus  of  old  and  undesirable  stock  to  be  cleaned  up 
or  that  tiiere  has  been  made  a  very  poor  purchase. 

"But,"  continued  the  successful  druggist,  with  emphasis, 
"that  is  just  the  opposite  of  the  truth.  The  wide-awake 
purchasers — and  there  are  millions  of  them — realize  that  peri- 
odical sales  are  the  druggist's  insurance  against  old  stock 
and  that  tlie  man  who  keeps  his  goods  constantly  moving 
knows  accurately  just  what  article  will  or  will  not  sell  and 
makes  his  purchases  accordingly.  Is  there  any  one  thing  that 
will  assure  a  patron  of  fresh  candy  quite  so  readily  as  a 
recent  candy  sale?    I  don't  think  so. 

"In  our  business  we  keep  our  inventory  up  to  date — we 
know  every  month  just  what  we  have  on  hand  and  just  how 
long  each  article  has  been  on  hand.    That  makes  it  a  very 
simple  matter  to  eliminate  the  goods  that  do  not  sell  readily. 
The  Tail  End  of  a  Large  Stock 

"Again,  there  is  nothing  that  sticks  on  the  shelves  quite 
so  persistently  as  the  tail  end  of  a  large  stock.  I  cannot  ex- 
plain the  reason  for  it,  but  I  have  noticed  again  and  again 
that  we  may  make  two  or  three  hundred  sales  of  an  article 
in  a  couple  of  weeks  and  then  have  the  last  dozen  or  half 
dozen  remain  unsold  for  a  month  or  more,  until  we  force  them 
over  the  sales  counter  at  a  greatly  reduced  price.  We  do  not 
like  to  allow  a  few  articles  from  one  lot  to  hang  over  and 
get  rpixed  with  a  new  lot  of  the  same  goods.  We  make  it 
a  point  to  start  with  a  clean  slate  each  time.  As  a  result 
we  may  have  three  or  four  bottles  of  a  well-known  toilet 
water  or  drug  on  the  sales  counter  at  half  price  even  while 
we  are  putting  a  fresh  shipment  of  that  particular  merchan- 
dise on  our  shelves.  We  have  found  that  it  pays  to  keep  our 
(Concluded  on  page  544) 


Tax  Measures  Suggested  to  Congress 


Secretary  McAdoo  Issues  Statement^Recommending  Plans; 
Commercial[Revenue  Tax  Thought  Well  of  bynBusiness  Men 


SECRETARY  of  the  Treasury  McAdoo 
has  issued  a  statement  in  which  he 
makes  a  number  of  suggestions  to 
Congress  for  the  raising  of  revenues  to 
cover  the  deficit  in  the  Government  pocket- 
book,  and  to  provide  funds  for  running 
the  country  during  the  next  year,  in  ad- 
dition to  leaving  an  ample  overflow  for 
national  preparedness.  Taxation  measures 
originate  in  the  House  of  Representatives. 
Secretary  McAdoo  recommends  re-enact- 
ment of  the  emergency  revenue  taxation 
law,  which  will  be  vigorously  fought  by 
the  Manufacturing  Perfumers'  Association 
of  the  United  States,  as  stated  on  another 
page  of  this  issue;  he  further  recommends 
a  repeal  of  the  tariff  law  provision  put- 
ting sugar  on  the  free  list;  favors  increased 
taxation  on  individual  and  corporate  in- 
comes; reduction  of  the  income  tax  exemp- 
tion from  $4,000  to  $3,000  for  married  and 
from  $3,000  to  $2,000  for  single  men ;  pro- 
vision that  the  surtax  on  incomes  shall  be- 
gin at  $10,000  or  $15,000  instead  of  $20,- 
000  as  at  present;  a  tax  on  gasoline  and 
crude  and  refined  oils. 

Another  plan  of  taxation,  not  mentioned 
in  Secretary  McAdoo's  statement,  but 
thought  well  of  by  business  men  to  whom 
it  has  been  suggested  by  The  Pharmaceu- 
tical Era,  is  a  business  tax  or  commercial 
revenue  measure,  which,  it  is  believed, 
would  provide  sufficient  funds  for  the  Gov- 
ernment so  that  income,  corporate  and 
emergency  stamp  taxes  might  be  abolished. 
The  feature  of  the  business  tax  plan  which  Secretary  McAdoo  who  recommends 


wrote  as  follows:  "Such  a  tax  as  this 
would  do  away  with  all  of  our  present 
taxes  on  corporations  as  well  as  the  in- 
come tax  and  these  special  stamp  taxes 
and  the  percentage  could  easily  be  ar- 
ranged so  as  to  produce  the  income  re- 
quired. 

"There  is  nothing  so  offensive  to  busi- 
ness men  in  this  country  as  these  con- 
stant inquiries  into  one's  personal  affairs. 
If  everybody  had  to  pay  a  certain  tax  on 
his  gross  business  that  would  make  it 
very  easy  for  business  firms  to  keep  and 
simplify  reports.  How  much  money  a  firm 
or  an  individual  makes  would  be  his  own 
affair  and  not  that  of  the  Government. 

"It  might  be  possible  that  some  modi- 
fication would  have  to  be  made  in  the 
law  with  regard  to  banks,  brokerage  and 
commission  houses,  but  every  manufacturer 
and  everyone  who  buys  and  sells  could  be 
included  in  one  blanket  rate.  It  is  worth 
something  for  everybody  to  do  business 
this  country  and  a  small  tax  on  the  gross 
business  would  make  no  burden  on  any 
one.  The  large  and  small  would  pay  alike 
in  proportion  to  the  volume  of  their 
trade." 

The  amount  of  revenue  which  it  would 
be  possible  to  raise  under  this  form  of 
taxation  is,  of  course,  an  interesting  ques- 
tion. Dun's  and  Bradstreet's  give  approxi- 
mately two  million  individuals,  firms  and 
corporations  in  their  reports,  but  under 
especially  commends  it,  in  the  opinion  of  enactment  of  the  emergency  stamp  tax.  Federal  system  of  levying  business  taxes  it 


business  men,  is  that  it  involves  no  prying 
into  private  affairs  of  individuals  such  as 
is  made  necessary  by  the  income  tax  and  corporation  tax 
measures. 

This  plan,  which  might  be  called  a  "commercial  revenue 
tax,"  would  operate  along  the  following  lines: 

First — A  minimum  tax  of  $2  a  year  jar  every  individual, 
firm  or  corporation  doing  business  for  profit.  This  might  be 
called  a  registration  tax. 

_  Second — A  surtax  levied  on  all  individuals,  firms  or  corpora- 
tions doing  an  annual  gross  business  of  $10,000  or  more;  such 
a  tax  to  be  1  per  cent  or  less  of  such  gross  sales  as  the  needs 
of  the  country  might  require. 

Third — Collection  of  the  tax  to  be  handled  partially  through 
the  Postoffice  Department,  it  becoming  the  duty  of  every  post- 
master to  report  to  the  authorities  at  Washington  as  to  the 
business  concerns  in  his  community.  In  the  case  of  cities  where 
there  is  a  carrier  service  each  carrier  would  be  required  to  file 
reports  of  every  business  concern  on  his  route.  The  Postviaster 
would  keep  a  triplicate  record.  One  copy  of  a  card  would  be 
left  with  the  concern  to  be  taxed,  the  Postmaster  would  retain 
one  card  and  mail  the  third  to  the  Internal  Revenue  Collector 
of  his  district.  The  Internal  Revenue  Collector  would  then 
send  a  blank  to  business  concerns  for  their  report  and  payment 
of  the  tax.  The  Postoffice  would  keep  its  file  to  make  sure 
that  every  firm  receiving  mail  was  reported  upon. 

These  are  the  main  points  of  the  plan  as  expounded  by 
its  advocates.  There  are  certain  other  advantages  pointed 
out,  such  as  doing  away  with  the  inquisitorial  methods  now 
in  vogue  when  taxes  are  collected.  Business  concerns,  it 
is  believed,  would  not  object  to  making  a  confidential  report 
as  to  their  gross  business,  and  prying  into  the  affairs  of 
individuals  would  be  eliminated. 

In  a  recent  letter  an  advocate  of  this  method  of  taxation 


is  probable  that  double  this  number  would 
be  taxable,  especially  if  all  classes  of  small 
business,  farmers  and  professional  people  were  to  be  included. 

Business  taxes,  so-called,  are  common  in  many  cities  through- 
out the  country.  Among  the  larger  cities  which  collect  busi- 
ness taxes,  together  with  the  percentage  of  the  total  revenues 
raised  in  1907  ("Statistics  of  Cities,"  special  report  of  the 
U.  S.  Census,  1908)  are  the  following:  Kansas  City,  189^- 
Atlanta,  12%;  Savannah,  20%;  Norfolk,  26%  Charleston, 
11%;  Birmingham,  37%;  Mobile,  30%;  Augusta,  12%;  Mont- 
gomery, 33%  Jacksonville,  26%;  Kno-xville,  15%;  Macon. 
18%. 

At  the  present  time  1 <  i  ^  form  a  part  of  the 
regular  state-revenue  pri  >  s  in  .Mabama,  Florida. 

Georgia,   Kentucky,   Loui~  md,   Mississippi,  Mis- 

souri, North  Carolina,  Peniis\  i\  .iiii  i,  Tennessee,  Virginia  and 
West  Virginia.  Texas  repealed  all  business  taxation  laws  in 
1907. 

The  United  States  Government  has  at  various  times  re- 
sorted to  business  taxation,  particularly  during  times  of  finan- 
cial need  such  as  tlie  present.  In  1862  there  was  a  business 
tax  laid  affecting  480  occupations  calling  for  payments  from 
$5  to  $500.  (Redfield's  "Handbook  of  the  U.  S.  Tax  Law 
of  1862,"  pp.  115-121).  That  measure  was  entirely  for 
revenue  purposes,  although  certain  businesses,  such  as  liquor 
and  tobacco,  were  required  to  pay  more  than  otliers.  After 
the  Civil  War  the  taxes  were  removed  from  most  businesses 
except  those  handling  liquors  and  tobaccos.  It  happened  dur- 
ing tlie  time  this  system  of  taxation  was  in  force  that  states, 
counties  and  municipalities  were  also  levying  business  taxes 
and  in  some  sections  of  the  country  business  men  were  re- 
quired to  pay  four  taxes  before  being  permitted  to  buy  and 
sell.  (Ely's  "Taxation  in  American  States  and  Cities,"  p. 
203.) 

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THE  QUESTION  BOX 

The  ''How  to  Do  It''  Department 


COXDUCTED  BY  PHARMACEUTICAL  EXPERTS 
For  the  benefit  of  ERA  Subscribers 


Artificial  vs.  Synthetic  Camphor 
(M.  R.) — You  are  right  in  saying  that  a  synthetic  sub- 
Stance  is  an  artificial  one,  but  in  this  particular  case  the 
name  "artificial  camphor"  is  given  to  the  one  substance  pinene 
hydrochloride,  and  to  no  other.  You  must  also  remember 
that  most  artificial  substances  are  not  by  any  means  the  same 
as  the  substances  which  they  represent  or  replace.  For  in- 
stance, artificial  roses  are  not  real  roses,  artificial  legs, 
arms,  and  eyes  are  not  real  parts  of  the  body,  and  by  the 
same  argument,  artificial  camphor  is  not  real  camphor.  But 
synthetic  camphor  is  real  camphor,  of  the  same  chemical  for- 
mula and  constitution  as  the  product  obtained  from  the 
camphor  tree.  The  word  synthetic  means  "placed  together", 
or  "built  up",  in  contradistinction  to  "natural",  or  ready 
formed  in  the  plant  body,  etc.  In  the  case  of  camphor,  you 
may  be  a  little  misled  by  the  fact  that  both  the  "artificial" 
variety  and  the  synthetic  are  made  from  turpentine  as  a  raw 
material,  but  they  are  not  the  same  chemically.  Artificial 
camphor  contains  chlorine,  while  synthetic  camphor  does  not. 
The  melting  points,  boiling  points,  etc.,  of  the  two  sub- 
stances are  also  entirely  different.  An  example  closely  an- 
alogous is  "artificial  musk",  a  substance  having  an  odor  like 
musk,  but  made  from  coal  tar  derivatives.  It  is  not  related 
to  the  real  musk  perfume,  except  that  it  has  the  same  odor. 
Sometime,  chemists  may  find  out  the  chemical  nature  of  real 
musk,  and  may  be  able  to  build  up  the  same  substance  in  the 
laboratory,  which  will  then  be  synthetic  musk,  and  entirely 
different  from  artificial  musk. 

Solidified  Alcohol 
(1) 

(H.  J.  T.) — Alcohol  is  made  in  solid  form  by  heating;  a 
liter  of  it  in  a  vessel  of  double  capacity  over  a  water-bath 
at  a  temperature  of  60°  C.  Twenty-eight  to  thirty  grams 
of  ^'enetian  soap,  very  dry  and  cut  fine  are  added,  as  well 
as  2  grams  of  gum  lac.  After  a  complete  solution  has  been 
obtained,  and  while  it  is  still  warm  it  is  poured  into  metal- 
lic receptacles  which  are  closed  immediately  and  left  to  cool. 
The  presence  of  the  gum  lac  assures  the  preservation  of  the 
material  and  prevents  too  quick  evaporation.  The  soap  in- 
corporated in  the  alcohol  is  left  as  a  residue  after  burning. 

(2) 

The  Era  Formulary  gives  the  following  formula:  The 
process  of  solidifying  alcohol  depends  on  the  formation  of  a 
soap  in  which  the  alcohol  is  enmeshed.  Melt  4^  drams 
of  stearin  and  add  ^2  dram  of  sodium  carbonate,  then  add 
95  drams  of  alcohol,  heating  for  an  hour  in  a  closed  vessel. 
The  alcohol  may  be  colored.  The  solidified  product  may  be 
cut  into  cubes  or  other  shapes. 

Phosphorescent  Paint 
(W.  A.  P.) — The  basis  of  most  of  the  so-called  "phosphor- 
escent" paints  or  compounds  is  barium,  calcium  or  strontium 
sulphide  or  thiosulphate.  These  are  heated  under  certain 
conditions,  the  luminosity  or  phosphorescence  of  the  barium 
and  strontium  thiosulphates  being  heightened,  it  is  claimed, 
by  the  addition,  before  heating,  of  small  quantities  of  nitrates 
of  uranium,  bismuth,  or  thorium.  The  product  from  stron- 
tium thiosulphate  is  more  luminous  than  that  of  the  barium 


compound.  A  formula  for  a  compound  emitting  a  bright 
yellow  light  is  the  following : 

Strontium   carbonate   100  grams 

Sulphur    30  grams 

Sodium  carbonate    2  grams 

Sodium  chloride    0.5  gram 

Manganous  sulphate    0.2  gram 

By  heating  the  mixture  for  three-quarters  of  an  hour  at 
about  1300°  C,  a  product  is  obtained  which  emits  a  bright 
yellow  light.  In  the  heating,  strontium  thiosulphate  is  formed. 
The  mixture  in  powdered  form  is  mixed  with  varnish  and 
applied  as  any  paint. 

There  are  many  modifications  of  this  formula,  as  all  of  the 
thiosulphates  of  the  alkaline  earth  bases  have  the  property 
of  emitting  light  to  greater  or  less  degree.  At  the  same  time, 
to  make  any  of  these  phosphorescent  substances  effective, 
they  are  exposed  for  a  time  to  direct  sunlight;  or  a  mercury 
lamp  may  be  used.  Powerful  incandescent  gas  light  also 
does  well,  but  requires  more  time.  None  of  them  will  emit 
light  continuously  for  a  long  period  and  all  need  "recharging" 
by  frequent  exposure  to  the  direct  sunlight  or  other  source 
of  light. 

The  Era  Formulary  contains  a  number  of  formulas  for 
phosphorescent  paints  of  various  tints. 

Manufacture  of  Ichthyol 

(T.  L.  I.) — We  cannot  give  the  figures  showing  the  con- 
sumption of  ichthyol  in  the  United  States.  Ichthyol  is  made 
by  the  Ichthyol  Co.,  Hamburg,  Germany,  under  German 
Patent  No.  35,216,  the  name  being  protected  by  trade-mark 
in  this  country  (U.  S.  trade-mark  No.  62,603).  Merck  & 
Co.,  this  city,  are  the  American  agents. 

Some  information  on  this  product  was  given  in  a  bulletin 
published  by  the  U.  S.  Geological  Survey  about  1911  or  1912, 
an  abstract  of  which  was  given  in  The  Pharmaceuticai,  Era 
of  Oct.,  1912.  The  Survey  devoted  considerable  study  to  this 
product  which  it  stated  "was  not  made  in  the  U.  S.,  but  is 
prepared  by  appropriate  chemical  treatment  from  a  peculiar 
form  of  asphaltic  material  found  in  Austria,  the  raw  ma- 
terial being  derived  from  a  fossiliferous  deposit  which  is 
found  near  Seefeld,  in  the  Tyrol.  The  material  mined  is 
carefully  selected  as  to  grade  and  subjected  to  dry  distilla- 
tion. The  distillate  thus  obtained  is  then  sulphonated  and 
subsequently  neutralized  with  ammonia. 

"The  ichthyol  preparations,  on  account  of  their  relatively 
constant  composition,  have  been  viewed  by  some  authorities 
as  definite  chemical  compounds,  but  the  exact  chemical  com- 
position of  ichthyol  has  probably  not  yet  been  determined. 
This  is,  of  course,  readily  understood  when  it  is  considered 
that  the  final  composition  of  the  product  depends  so  largely 
upon  many  different  factors — the  individual  characteristics  of 
the  particular  deposit  at  Seefeld,  which  is  controlled  by  the 
Ichthyol  Co.;  the  selection  of  the  material  mined  according 
to  the  standards  developed  by  the  experience  of  the  manu- 
facturers; the  control  of  the  temperatures  in  the  distilling 
process;  and  the  degree  of  sulphonation." 

According  to  the  definition  given  in  the  last  edition  of  the 
British  Pharmaceutical  Codex,  ammonium  ichthosulphonate 
consists  of  the  ammonium  salts  of  the  sulphonic  acids  pre- 
pared from  ichthyol — "the  oily  product  of  the  destructive  dis- 


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tillation  of  a  greyish  bituminous  schist  (oelstein  or  'stink- 
stein')  found  in  the  Karwendel  Mountains,  which  separate 
Bavaria  from  the  Tyrol,  the  bulk  of  the  crude  oil,  or  ichthyol, 
being  produced  in  the,  vicinity  of  the  village  of  Seefeld.  The 
schist  is  composed  largely  of  the  remains  of  fishes  and  other 
marine  animals,  and  yields  from  1  to  10  per  cent  of  oil,  which 
contains  about  10  per  cent  of  sulphur;  on  treating  the  oil 
with  sulphuric  acid,  ichthosulphonic  acid  is  formed,  and  this, 
when  neutralized  with  ammonia,  yields  impure  ammonium 
ichthosulphonate,  the  substance  which  is  known  in  commerce 
under  various  trade-marked  names." 

Boroglyceride  Suppositories 

(D.  &  D.  P.  Co.) — For  boroglyceride  suppositories  alone, 
the  following  formula  is  recommended  by  Scoville  ("Art  of 
Compounding"  )  : 


Boric  acid   7.5 

Gelatin   15.0 

Glycerin  62.5 

Water   15.0 


Mix  and  make  11  suppositories. 
Dissolve  the  gelatin  in  the  water  by  heat,  add  the  glycerin 
and  boric  acid,  and,  when  clear,  pour  into  molds. 
Another  formula  given  by  the  same  author  is: 

Glycerinated  gelatin   20  parts 

Glycerite  of  boroglycerin   15  parts 

Glycerin   15  parts 

Make  into  12  rectal  suppositories. 
When  it  comes  to  combining  ichthyol  with  either  of  these 
masses,  difficulties  are  encountered,  as  the  combination  of 
ichthyol  with  a  gelatin  base  tends  to  make  the  latter  insoluble. 
For  ichthyol  suppositories,  some  authorities  recommend  cacao 
butter  without  wax  as  making  the  best  basis. 

Tooth  Paste 

(C.  B.  M.) — Here  are  two  formulas  taken  from  the  Era 


Formulary : 

(1) 

Powdered  soap   1  ounce 

Heavy  magnesium  carbonate  2  ounces 

Precipitated  chalk   6  ounces 

Oil  of  neroli   20  drops 


Glycerin  and  orange  flower  water,  a  sufficiency. 
Incorporate  the  oil  in  the  chalk,  add  the  soap  and  magnesia 
and  sift.    Mix  the  glycerin  and  orange  flower  water  in  the 
proportion  of  1  to  4  and  make  a  paste. 

(2) 


Precipitated  chalk    5  drams 

Powdered  white  castile  soap    1  dram 

Sodium  salicylate   30  grains 

Oil  of  rose  geranium   4  drops 

Oil  of  wintergreen    3  drops 

Solution  of  carmine    2  drops 

Glycerin,  1  part. 

Water,  4  parts    q.  s. 


Triturate  the  powders,  add  the  oils,  continue  trituration 
until  well  mixed,  and  pass  through  a  fine  sieve.  Then  make 
into  a  paste  of  the  desired  consistency  with  glycerin  and  water 
mixed  in  the  above  proportions;  add  the  solution  of  carmine 
and  rub  all  together  until  a  smooth  creamy  paste  results. 
This  formula  has  been  published  under  the  title  "antiseptic 
dental  cream." 

Formulas  for  greaseless  face  cream  were  published  in  last 
month's  Era,  page  475. 

What  is  Mendell's  Solution? 
(F.  A.  H.) — "Can  you  advise  me  what  Mendell's  solution 
is?    It  is  used  for  painting  on  the  inside  of  the  throat."  Can 
any  reader  supply  tlie  information  wanted? 

Removing  Stains  from  Marble 

(W.  Pharm.) — Many  formulas  have  been  published  for  the 
removal  of  stains  of  various  kinds  from  the  marble  or  onyx 
parts  of  the  soda  fountain.  Thus,  stains  in  marble  caused 
by  oil  can  be  removed  by  applying  common  clay  saturated 
witli  benzine.    If  the  grease  has  remained  long  enough  it 


will  become  acidulated,  and  may  injure  the  polish,  but  the 
stain  will  be  removed.  Another  application  consists  of  chlor- 
inated lime,  1  ounce;  chalk,  powdered,  4  ounces,  and  powd- 
ered pumice  stone,  ^  ounce.  Mix  and  make  into  a  paste 
with  diluted  alcohol,  spread  the  paste  on  the  marble,  leaving 
it  on  2  or  3  hours.  Then  rub  with  a  soft  cloth  and  wash 
with  hot  water.  The  marble  may  then  be  polished  by  apply- 
ing the  following  mixture:  Magnesia,  Yi  ounce;  oxalic  acid, 
2  ounces;  warm  rain  water,  1  pint.  Mix,  and  polish  with 
woolen  cloths.  To  produce  the  best  results  considerable  elbow 
grease  is  necessary. 

Imitation  Cider  Essence 
(P.  E.  Co.) — We  are  unable  to  satisfactorily  answer  this 
inquiry  for  under  the  food  and  drug  laws  of  most  of  the 
States  there  can  be  no  "cider"  except  that  made  from  the 
expressed  juice  of  apples  or  other  fruits,  the  name  "cider" 
without  other  qualification  being  restricted  to  apple  juice. 
However,  an  "imitation"  cider  flavor,  it  is  said,  may  be  pro- 
duced by  using  the  following  "cider  essence" : 


Rectified  spirit    7  pints 

Water   2  pints 

Amyl  valerianate    6  ounces 

Butyric  ether    3  ounces 

Amyl  butyrate    1  ounce 

Amyl  acetate    1  ounce 

Acetic  ether    1  ounce 

Mix  and  color  faintly  with  caramel. 
A  formula  for  another  type  of  "imitation  cider"  we  take 
from  our  scrap  book: 

Filtered  water    20  gallons 

Moist  sugar    12  pounds 

Tartaric  acid    5^  pound 

Rectified  alcohol    3  pints 

Elder  flowers    4  ounces 

Melilot  flowers    4  ounces 


When  the  fermentation  is  finished,  the  mixture  should  be 
placed  in  a  cool  cellar  and  left  to  repose  for  ten  days ;  then 
fine  with  isinglass  and  bottle;  the  bottles  should  be  kept  lying 
down. 

Still  another  formula  is  this  one:  To  25  gallons  of  soft 
water  add  2  pounds  of  tartaric  acid,  25  or  30  pounds  of 
sugar,  and  a  pint  of  yeast;  put  in  a  warm  place,  and  let 
ferment  for  15  days,  then  add  the  flavoring  matter  to  suit 
the  taste  (as  the  "cider  essence"  given  above). 

Acetic  Acid  for  External  Use  * 

(S.  P.  O.) — Acetic  acid,  U.S.P.,  when  applied  externally, 
has  an  irritant  action,  and  is  therefore  used  in  liniments. 
Owing  to  its  volatility  and  pungency,  its  vapor  is  frequently 
applied  to  the  nostrils  as  an  excitant  in  syncope,  asphyxia, 
and  headache.  When  used  for  this  purpose,  it  is  generally 
added  to  a  small  portion  of  potassium  sulphate,  so  as  to 
moisten  the  salt,  and  the  mixture  is  put  into  small  glass 
bottles  with  ground  stoppers. 

Dilute  acetic  acid.  U.S. P.,  is  used  to  sponge  the  skin  ir 
fevers,  and  as  a  lotion  for  the  scalp.  As  a  lotion,  however, 
it  should  be  diluted  about  one-half. 

Glacial  acetic  acid.  U.S.P.,  is  a  rubefacient,  vesicant,  or 
caustic,  according  to  the  length  of  time  it  is  in  contact  with 
the  skin.  Its  use  requires  caution,  owing  to  its  tendency  tP 
spread.  It  is  chiefly  employed  as  a  mild  caustic  for  destroy- 
ing warts,  corns,  etc.;  care  must  be  taken  in  applying  it  or 
it  will  cause  vesication  followed  by  a  painful  sore. 

Trichloracetic  acid,  U.S. P.,  which  occurs  as  colorless,  rhom- 
bic, deliquescent  crv'stals  with  a  slightly  pungent  odor,  is  an 
active  caustic  which  has  b<'on  largely  employed  for  the  des- 
truction of  papillomata,  nacvi.  venereal  and  other  warts,  and 
is  said  to  be  less  painful  for  the  purpose  than  nitric  acid: 
the  application  of  a  small  crystal  produces  an  eschar  with- 
out subsequent  inflammation.  It  has  a  powerful  disinfectant 
action,  a  weak  solution  of  1  per  cent  or  loss  having  been 
recommended  for  washing  wounds  and  ulcers.  It  is  rarely 
taken  internally.  As  an  escharotic.  it  is  applied  pwe  or  in 
concentrated  solution:  as  an  astringent  and  hemostatic,  it  i« 
used  in  1  to  3  per  cent  solution.  For  more  specific  informa- 
tion we  must  refer  you  to  works  on  practical  therapeutics. 


Selling  Efficiency  in  Chain  Drug  Stores 


How  the  Owl  Drug  Co.  With  its  One  Hundred  Stores 
Keeps    its    Clerks   in  Trim   to  do  a  $5,000,000  Business 


0-d,'l  Drug  Catnpany's  store  in  the  Exposition  grounds  at  San  Francisco  and  one  of  its  window  displays. 

SOMETHING  besides  mere  luck  has  contributed  to  the  success  of  the  chain  drug  stores.  No  matter 
how  strongly  the  independent  druggist  may  feel  on  the  subject  of  chain  store  competition  he 
is  forced  to  admit  that  it  is  efficiency  raised  to  the  nth  power  which  has  made  it  possible  for  a  chain 
of  twenty-five  stores,  such  as  the  Owl  Drug  Company  maintains  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  to  do  a  business 
at  retail  aggregating  $5,000,000  a  year.  And  you  are  not  to  lose  sight  of  the  fact  that  the  chain  stores 
have  several  great,  big  obstacles  to  overcome,  and  also  that  none  realizes  it  more  than  they  do.  One  of 
the  greatest  drawbacks  to  the  chain  store  system  is  that  lack  of  personal  touch,  or  personal  relation- 
ship, which  manifests  itself  both  in  the  relations  of  the  store  with  its  customers  and  between  the 
owners  and  managers  of  the  system  with  its  employes. 

"It  rests  with  every  employe  of  the  store,  the  man- 


In  part  the  former  obstacle  is  overcome  by  overcoming  the 
latter.  That  doesn't  sound  understandable  on  first  reading, 
but  the  scheme  is  just  this:  Make  your  store  more  human 
by  making  your  employes  more  human;  make  them  study 
their  customers;  teach  them  not  ordinary  politeness,  but  ex- 
traordinary graciousness  without  obsequiousness.  In  short, 
emphasize  Personal  and  Efficient  Service. 

In  the  Owl  Drug  Company's  sales  manual  are  suggestions 
for  their  clerks.  Take  them  to  heart.  Maybe  they  apply  just 
as  well  to  your  store.    They  are: 

"Each  member  of  our  organization  is  valuable 
only  in  proportion  to  his  ability  to  serve  our  cus- 
tomers. 

"Every  store  has  just  one  important  thing  to  sell 
In  addition  to  its  merchandise. 

"That  one  thing  is  senice. 

"The  store  that  sells  poor  service  is  a  poor  store. 
"The  store  that  sells  good  service  is  a  good  store. 
"The  object  of  the  Owl  Drug  Company  is  to  sell 
the  very  best  service  in  the  world. 

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ager,  the  floorman,  the  salesman,  the  stock  clerk,  the 
telephone  girl,  and  the  delivery  boy  whether  the 
customer  is  disappointed  or  pleased. 

"The  customer  pays  your  salary. 

"Any  member  of  our  organization  who  lacks  the 
intelligence  to  interpret  the  feeling  of  good  will  that 
the  Owl  Drug  Company  holds  toward  its  customers 
should  not  expect  to  stay  nere  very  long. 

"The  employe  who  helps  to  perpetuate  this  plan  is 
never  out  of  a  job." 

This  sales  manual,  from  which  these  sentences  are  quoted, 
is  not  a  mere  pamphlet,  but  a  carefully  prepared  volume  of 
one  hundred  printed  pages,  which  every  conscientious  employe 
of  the  Owl  Drug  Company  cherishes  as  a  guide  book. 

"How  Employes  Should  Dress" 

One  of  the  most  interesting  sections  of  the  book  is  entitled, 
"How  Employes  Should  Dress."  Perhaps  some  violent  ex- 
ponents of  personal  liberty  will  protest  against  the  right  of 
an  employer  to  dictate  such  things  as  the  details  of  personal 


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attire,  yet  the  Owl  Drug  Company  rightfully  regards  the 
sartorial  appearance  of  its  employes  with  a  critical  eye,  be- 
lieving that  its  trade  would  prefer  to  be  served  by  modest, 
neatly  attired  men  and  women. 

"We  expect  all  our  sales  people  to  dress  neatly,"  the  man- 
ual says.  "Sales  ladies  are  requested  to  wear,  whenever  pos- 
sible, either  plain  white  or  plain  black  clothing,  or  a  com- 
bination of  the  two.  We  wish  to  discourage  the  wearing  of 
beauty  patches,  ear-rings  and  'loud'  jewelry ''  Salesmen  are 
are  requested  to  change  linen  daily,  and  to  wear  belts  in 
summer. 

Never  Misrepresent  Any  Article! 

One  of  the  rules  in  the  book  has  to  do  with  misrepresenta- 
tion. It  reads:  "Misrepresentation  of  merchandise  is  suicidal 
to  any  business.  We  must  insist  that  you  never  misrepresent 
any  article  under  any  circumstances.  Such  action  on  your 
part  will  lead  to  a  very  severe  reprimand."  In  rule  thirteen  it 
says:  "We  wish  to  emphasize  the  importance  of  making  no 
promises  which  cannot  be  absolutely  fulfilled.  From  the  stand- 
point of  the  customer  a  promise  which  is  made  only  to  be 
broken  is  worse  than  no  promise  at  all,  and  while  customers 
sometimes  press  us  for  definite  information,  we  must  not  allow 
that  fact  to  lead  us  into  agreeing  to  do  something  which  will 
not  be  executed.  It  is  far  better  to  lose  a  sale  than  to  secure 
it  on  any  such  basis." 

The  manual  dwells  on  some  of  the  things  which  employes 
are  expected  NOT  to  do  while  on  duty.  Among  other  things 
clerks  are  instructed  not  to  call  across  the  store,  but  to  go  to 
the  person  with  whom  they  wish  to  talk,  and  to  talk  in  a  quiet, 
restrained  voice.  The  same  with  answering  the  telephone. 
Nicknames  are  also  discouraged  and  clerks  are  instructed  to 
avoid  conversations  in  the  presence  of  customers. 

In  making  refunds  to  customers  employes  are  instructed  as 
follows:  "Should  a  refund  be  requested  at  any  time  the 
person  making  such  a  refund  should  not  show  by  his  man- 
ner that  he  is  displeased,  but  should  make  the  refund  pleas- 
antly and  gladly.  He  will  thereby  gain  the  good  will  of  the 
customer." 

Such  a  detail  as  the  manner  in  which  change  should  be 
handed  to  a  customer  is  not  too  small  to  be  overlooked.  "Take 
time  to  hand  the  change  to  a  customer,"  says  one  rule. 
"Never  lay  it  on  the  counter  for  him  or  her  to  pick  up." 

Here's  another  pointer :  "The  poorly  dressed  customer  is 
entitled  to  the  same  respect  as  the  one  wearing  diamonds. 
Should  she  ask  for  an  almanac,  a  cork  or  a  sheet  of  writing 
paper,  give  these  gladly,  as  these  little  attentions  mean  much 
in  building  our  business." 

Appear  Interested  in  Your  Customer 

A  few  typical  rules  of  the  Owl  stores  are  these : 

"Look  your  customers  in  the  eye  when  waiting  on  them — 
do  not  look  around  the  store  or  out  the  door.  Be  interested 
in  what  they  are  buying,  if  only  a  package  of  gum.  Remem- 
ber your  five-cent  customer  of  to-day  may  be  a  five-dollar 
customer  of  to-morrow. 

"Have  a  smile  and  an  agreeable  word  for  waiting  customers. 
If  you  let  them  know  that  their  presence  is  noted  it  will  do 
much  toward  helping  them  to  be  patient. 

"Do  not  laugh  or  correct  a  customer's  pronunciation  of  an 
article.  If  'camphire'  is  asked  for,  sell  it  without  comment. 
Cultivate  tact.    A  pleasant  manner  in  dealing  with  customers 


usually  brings  this  same  treatment  in  return  to  you.  Avoid 
contradicting  a  customer  and  never  start  a  controversy.  Never 
argue  with  ai»customer." 

"We  insist  that  a  salesperson's  first  salutation  to  a  cus- 
tomer be  'Good  Morning,'  'Good  Afternoon,'  or  'Good  Even- 
ing,' as  the  case  may  be.  If  the  customer  has  been  found 
waiting,  it  is  all  right  to  say,  'Pardon  me,  have  you  been 
waited  on?'  It  is  decidedly  out  of  form  for  a  salesperson  to 
use  any  of  the  following  phrases:  'Something  for  you,  sir?' 
'What's  yours?'  'What  can  I  sell  you?'  'Is  there  anything  I 
can  do  for  you?'  or  'What  can  I  show  you?" 

Good  Breeding  is  Emphasized 

Clerks  are  also  discouraged  from  referring  to  customers  as 
"that  woman,"  "this  fellow,"  even  when  speaking  among 
themselves.  Instead  they  are  taught  to  use  "lady"  or  "gentle- 
man." "Let  all  our  customers  take  away  with  them  the  im- 
pression that  all  our  employes  are  unusually  well-bred,"  says 
the  writer  of  the  manual.  He  also  puts  the  ban  on  "bar- 
gain," "busy,"  "dandy,"  "awful,"  "dreadful,"  "swell,"  "beauty," 
in  conversation.  This  idea  of  showing  good  breeding  is  car- 
ried right  down  the  line,  even  in  the  rules  to  the  errand-boy, 
who  is  instructed  to  lift  his  cap,  when  the  woman  opens  the 
door,  and  address  her  by  name  or  "Madam."  "Avoid  the 
term  'just  as  good.'  At  all  times  do  we  wish  to  give  our 
customers  exactly  what  is  asked  for.  If  you  sell  a  customer 
what  he  wants  he  is  more  likely  to  listen  to  your  suggestions 
regarding  a  second  item.  You  cannot  antagonize  a  customer 
and  expect  him  to  feel  kindly  toward  you  or  the  organization." 
Other  Bits  of  Shrewd  Advice 

In  keeping  with  such  shrewd  advice  it  is  not  surprising  to 
find  among  other  items  in  the  manual  such  suggestion  as 
these: 

"We  want  our  salespeople  to  introduce  the  running-mate 
idea  as  much  as  possible.  When  selling  a  package  of  tooth- 
powder,  always  try  and  interest  a  customer  in  a  tooth-brush; 
when  selling  shaving  soap  mention  a  lather-brush  or  talcum- 
powder,  and  so  on  down  the  list. 

"Sell  the  larger  sizes.  When  a  customer  asks  for  any  item, 
always  show  first  the  larger  sizes.  Don't  ask  if  the  larger 
size  is  wanted,  for  the  answer  will  almost  always  be  'Give 
me  the  small  size.' 

"When  a  customer  asks  to  look  at  a  hair-brush,  never  say 
'What  price?'  but  proceed  to  show  a  tray  of  S2.50  or  S3.00 
brushes.  If  it  is  more  than  the  customer  desires  to  pay,  he 
will  probably  give  you,  unasked  for,  information  wanted  re- 
garding the  price  of  the  brush  he  is  interested  in.  If  this 
information  is  not  forthcoming,  show  him  the  better  grade.  No 
customer  is  ever  offended  by  being  shown  an  article  of  better 
quality  or  higher  price  than  he  intended  to  purchase.  But  a 
customer  who  desires  a  high-priced  article  is  sometimes  offended 
when  shown  a  cheap  one. 

"The  secret  of  selling  merchandise  is  your  willingness  to  show 
plenty  of  goods — the  more  you  show,  the  better  your  chance 
of  making  the  sale. 

"The  salesperson  who  shows  only  one  or  two  items  and  fails 
to  make  a  sale,  has  no  one  to  blame  but  himself.  Our  stock 
of  merchandise  is  as  complete  as  any  in  the  city.  When  a 
sale  is  lost,  it's  either  because  you  have  not  shown  our  com- 
plete line,  or  because  you  are  not  familiar  with  the  talking 
points  of  the  merchandise." 


Iowa  Retail  Druggist  Finds  Phonographs  Profitable 

By  C.  J.  MILLER 

Retail  Druggist,  Waterloo,  Iowa. 


(Copyright,  1915,  by 

NOT  long  ago  I  discontinued  my  wall  paper  department 
and  used  the  space  which  had  been  devoted  to  wall 
papers  for  phonographs.    During  the  first  two  weeks 
I  sold  $300  worth  of  machines  and  $70  worth  of  records.  I 
have  found  phonographs  a  very  good  side  line  and  very  profit- 
able. 

I  have  made  a  very  nice  display  room  in  the  back  of  the 
store  so  that  the  phonograph  department  does  not  inconveni- 
ence the  other  lines  of  business.  The  business  I  have  done 
so  far  in  phonographs  is  more — much  more — tlian  I  couid 
have  done  in  wall  paper,  in  the  summer  months,  anyway. 

I  think  phonographs  are  a  good  side  line  for  the  druggist 
because  they  are  easy  to  take  care  of  and  the  music  and  the 


D.  O.  Haynes  &  Co.) 
sale  of  records  bring  many  people  into  the  store  who  would 
not  have  come  otherwise  and  other  departments  of  the  busi- 
ness are  thereby  benefitted. 

My  stock  of  phonographs  and  records  now  amounts  to 
about  $2,000.  Of  course  I  have  been  in  the  phonograph  busi- 
ness a  short  time  and  cannot  say  much  yet  about  its  advan- 
tages and  its  drawbacks.  Competition  is  keen  in  tliis  line, 
but  a  "live  one"  can  make  more  out  of  it  than  anything  he 
could  put  in. 

I  can  say  I  am  more  than  satisfied  with  the  venture  so  far 
and  I  think  any  druggist  will  do  well  to  write  to  some 
leading  phonograph  manufacturer  and  get  the  agency  for  his 
town. 


December,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


521 


WOMEN  IN  PHARMACY 


Miss  Viola  L.  Smith 


She  received  her 


Experimental  Laboratory  Work 

in  Charge  of  Woman  Graduate 


Valparaiso  School  of  Pharmacy  has  to  its  credit  many 
capable  women  pharmacists,  and  among  them  is  Miss  Viola 
L.  Smith,  B.S.,  Ph.G.  Miss  Smith  has  made  a  fact  of  that 
much-talked-of  drug  store  side 
line, —  experimental  laboratory 
work. 

She  is  located  at  Hyannis, 
Mass.,  and  A.  G.  Guyer  acts 
as  manager.  Miss  Smith  h^s 
made  long  and  careful  prepara- 
tion for  this  undertaking,  so 
that  her  success  was  to  be  ex- 
pected. She  was  bom  in  Ohio, 
passing  her  high  school  entrance 
examinations  at  twelve  years  of 
age,  but  it  was  never  possible 
for  her  to  attend  high  school. 
Further  study,  however,  enabled 
her  to  gain  a  teacher's  certifi- 
cate at  the  age  of  fifteen  years, 
and  she  began  her  career  as  a 
teacher  five  months  before  she 
was  sixteen.  She  occupied  the 
next  seven  years  in  teaching 
school,  meanwhile  spending  the 
vacations  at  Valparaiso  Summer  School. 
B.S.  degree  from  this  institution  in  1906. 

In  the  meantime  Miss  Smith  found  that  she  was  unusually 
fond  of  chemistry  and  the  sciences,  so  she  decided  to  take 
up  the  study  of  pharmacy  at  her  alma  mater.  She  was  grad- 
uated in  1908  as  Ph.G.  Three  weeks  after  graduation  she 
took  a  position  with  a  physician  to  do  laboratory  work,  dis- 
pensing vaccine  preparations,  and  to  help  in  operations,  etc. 
She  remained  with  this  doctor  until  the  fall  of  1911  when  she 
went  to  Hyannis,  Mass.,  to  work  in  a  drug  store.  She  is 
still  in  the  same  place.  After  being  in  Massachusetts  five 
months  she  received  her  assistant  pharmacist's  papers  and  last 
June  was  accorded  full  registration  papers. 

About  one  year  ago  Miss  Smith  started  a  physician's 
laboratory  in  connection  with  the  Guyer  drug  store.  This 
has  proved  very  successful  so  far.  With  her  work  in  the 
drug  store  it  keeps  her  very  busy.  She  finds  both  sides  of 
her  work  very  interesting  and  thoroughly  enjoys  them,  al- 
though she  looks  forward  some  day  to  doing  laboratory  work 
exclusively.  The  physicians  are  pleased  to  have  such  a  con- 
venient place  where  they  can  get  the  work  satisfactorily 
done.  It  has  proved  a  very  profitable  "side  line"  for  a  drug- 
gist to  add  to  his  business  and  it  seems  to  Miss  Smith  that 
one  drug  store  at  least  in  every  town  should  operate  such  a 
laboratory. 

Of  course  there  are  many  days  when  no  laboratory  work 
at  all  comes  in  and  then  there  are  others  when  Miss  Smith 
has  to  put  in  two  or  three  hours  extra  to  finish  her  duties 
and  keep  up  with  her  work  as  a  drug  salesman  and  pre- 
acription  clerk. 

.\s  yet  no  cultural  work  has  been  done  in  the  laboratory, 
but  it  is  expected  that  the  subject  of  incubators  will  be 
investigated,  when  it  will  be  determined  whether  this  char- 
acter of  work  shall  be  added.  The  laboratory  has  paid  all 
its  own  expensf-s  since  the  initial  one  of  starting,  the  original 
investment  being  $130.  The  following  list  gives  prices  charged: 

Sputum    $1.00 

Urinalysis   50  to  2.50 

Blood 

Blood  count    $2.50 

Differential  white  count    1.50 

Microscopical  examination    2.00 


Faeces 

Blood  tessts    $1.00 

Chemical  and  microscopical    3.00 

Pus 

Microscopical  examination    $1.00 

Fluids 

Pleuretic,  chemical  and  microscopical   $2.50 

Spinal,  chemical  and  microscopical    2.50 

Stomach  contents    2.50 

Smears    1.00 

Urinalysis  is  reported  in  the  following  manner : 

Name   Date   19.. 

Physical  Characteristics — Quantity  ;  Color  ; 

Odor  ;  Transparency  ;  Specific  Gravity  ; 

Reaction  

Tests — Albumin  ;   Sugar  ;   Diacetic  Acid 

 ;    Bile  ;    Urea  ;    Indican  ; 

Acetone  ;  Diazo  ;  Total  Solids  

Microscopic — Blood  ;     Casts  ;  Cylindroids 

 ;  Crystals  ;  Amorphous  ;  Pus  (Kinds) 

 ;  Mucus  ;  Remarks. 


RUSSIAN'  GIRL  SUCCEEDS  IN  AMERICA 


It  is  a  notable  fact  among  educators  that  the  children  of 
Russians   coming   to   this   country   make   remarkably  bright 
students.    Mrs.  Esther  M.  Kane  (nee  Markinson)  is  no  ex- 
ception to  this  rule.    She  was 
born  in  Russia,  December  22, 
1887.     Her   parents   came  to 
America  when  she  was  five  and 
the  family  settled  in  Newark, 
New  Jersey,  where  they  resided 
for  fourteen  years. 

Mr.  Markinson  took  up  tlie 
study  of  pharmacy  at  the  age 
of  forty.  He  was  in  business 
for  himself  in  this  city  for  five 
years.  At  the  end  of  this  time 
the  Markinson  family  moved  to 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  where 
the  father  again  engaged  in  his 
chosen  business. 

In  1907  the  daughter,  Esther, 
was  married  to  Mr.  Benjamin 
M.  Kane,  also  a  druggist  of 
Providence.  At  times  Mrs.  Kane 
would  be  engaged  in  assisting 
in  the  work  of  the  store  and 

in  this  way  became  more  and  more  interested  in  the  subject 
of  pharmacy.  After  about  four  years  of  married  life  Mr. 
Kane  became  ill  and  was  obliged  to  seek  health  at  Charon 
Springs,  New  York.  This  left  the  business  in  charge  of  his 
wife,  assisted  by  a  clerk. 

It  was  at  this  time  she  made  up  her  mind  that  she  would 
be  prepared  to  handle  the  situation  in  any  emergency  that 
might  arise.  She  therefore  entered  the  Rhode  Island  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  in  the  fall  of  1912,  taking  the  three  years 
course  necessary  for  graduation.  She  received  the  degree  of 
Ph.G.,  June,  1915.  During  her  course  of  study,  Alis.  Kane 
was  obliged  to  care  for  her  home  and  two  smill  rhildrcn, 
Sidney  and  Irwin,  now  respectively  aged  six  and  foiir  years, 
also  to  put  in  part  time  in  the  drug  store  each  day. 

Mrs.  Kane  says  that  she  feels  very  much  satisfied  to  have 
taken  up  this  work  and  to  have  followed  it  to  a  successful 
climax.  She  finds  it  very  interesting  and  sincerely  advises  any 
young  woman  fitted  for  the  work  to  take  up  this  line  of 
employment.  She  thinks  it  especially  fitting  for  woman,  that 
hand  in  hand  with  the  doctor,  she  may  labor  to  alleviate 
and  minister  to  human  suffering. 


Mrs.  Esther  M.  Kane 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[December,  1915 


YOUNGEST  GIRL  GRADUATE  IN  MINNESOTA 


Around  the  Circuit 


Miss  Emilia  Schatz  is  the  youngest  girl  graduate  of  phar- 
macy in  Minnesota,  and  if  there  are  any  to  dispute  her 
claims  to  the  championship  of  youth  and  studiousness  in 
the    Middle   West,    we  would 
be  glad  to  hear  from  them. 

Miss  Schatz  received  her 
early  education  at  tlie  local 
schools  at  Montgomery,  Minn., 
graduating  from  Sherman  High 
School  at  the  age  of  seventeen. 
She  worked  for  two  years  for 
J.  Kaisersatt  of  Montgomery 
and  then  entered  the  College 
of  Pharmacy  of  the  University 
of  Minnesota,  completing  her 
college  course,  receiving  the  de- 
gree of  Bachelor  of  Pharmacy, 
and  passing  the  State  Board 
shortly  after  graduation  as  a 
full  fledged  pharmacist. 

Miss  Schatz  is  to  be  con- 
gratulated upon  the  splendid 
record  she  has  made  and  her 
sister  pharmacists  who  read 
this  will  doubtless  watch  her 

future  career  in  the  pharmaceutical  profession  with  interest. 


Miss  Emilia  Schatz 


A  CUBAN  GIRL  GRADUATE 

Our  Cuban  sisters  or  rather  "pharmasisters"  are  bound  to 
take  a  leading  place  in  their  chosen  profession.  They  make 
exceptionally  fine  and  earnest  students  and  are  in  every 
way    the    equal    of   our  best. 

Miss  Sylvia  C.  Alacan  was 
born  in  Havana,  Cuba,  where 
she  completed  her  primary  and 
secondary  studies,  obtaining 
the  diploma  of  "Bachiller  en 
Letras  y  Ciencias",  which  is 
the  equivalent  to  the  high 
school  diploma  in  this  country. 
After  she  had  completed  her 
first  year  of  high  school  work 
she  began  to  assist  her  father 
in  his  drug  store,  gaining  much 
practical  experience  in  the  next 
three  years.  As  soon  as  she 
was  graduated  from  high  school, 
she  entered  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy,  from 
which  institution  she  has  just 
been  graduated  with  three  hon- 
orable mentions,  obtaining  the 
degree  of  doctor  in  pharmacy. 

The  subject  of  her  thesis  was  "Histology  and  Microscopical 
Study  of  Coffee  and  Distribution  of  Caffeine,"  presenting  a 
box  containing  one  hundred  slides  of  the  different  parts  of 
the  plant  and  the  caffeine  obtained  by  sublimation  and  re- 
action with  gold  chloride;  obtaining  crystals  of  caffeine  from 
one  milligram  of  ground  coffee  bean.  She  also  presented 
several  samples  of  coffee  from  different  countries. 

After  passing  the  Pennsylvania  State  Board  examination 
for  qualified  assistant  last  June,  not  being  able  to  take  the 
examination  for  registered  pharmacist  because  she  did  not 
have  enough  practice,  she  went  to  Cuba  to  take  the  examina- 
tions required  to  practice  pharmacy  in  that  country,  which 
she  passed  at  the  University  of  Havana  and  obtained  the 
diploma  of  doctor  in  pharmacy. 

Miss  Sylvia  is  bound  to  make  her  mark  and  her  many 
friends  will  watch  her  career  with  great  interest. 


Miss  Sylvia  C.  Alacan 


The  Woman's  Pharmaceutical  Association  of  Chicago  held 
a  most  enjoyable  meeting  Saturday,  October  30  at  the  home 
of  Mrs.  Beavo,  4111  N.  Springfield  Ave.,  Chicago.  The 
decorations,  fruits  and  menu  were  a  la  Hallowe'en.  There 
was  a  goodly  attendance  and  the  evening  was  filled  with  story- 
telling, "ghosts",  and  ghost  dancing,  recitations,  and  fancy 
dancing. 

The  first  fall  meeting  of  the  Boston  Chapter,  W.  O.  N.  A. 
R.  D.,  was  held  at  the  Hotel  Brunswick,  October  21.  Owing 
to  the  absence  of  the  president,  Mrs.  Truman  Hayes,  the 
meeting  was  in  charge  of  the  vice-president,  Mrs.  Green.  Con- 
vention reports  were  read  by  Mrs.  Waterhouse,  Mrs.  Hen- 
derson, Mrs.  Green  and  Mrs.  Cooper,  After  a  short  inter- 
mission the  members  were  delightfully  entertained  by  Mr. 
John  Doherty  with  vocal  and  instrumental  selections.  A  very 
interesting  talk  by  Miss  Ruth  Evans  on  the  "Life  of  Tol- 
stoi" was  given.  The  afternoon  entertainment  was  in  charge 
of  the  Literature  Committee,  Mrs.  Morrison,  chairman.  A 
very  pleasant  social  hour  was  enjoyed  by  all,  during  which 
tea  was  served  by  Mrs.  Achuson.  The  first  meeting  of  the 
literature  committee  met  with  the  chairman,  Mrs.  Morrison, 
on  October  26.  Three  writers  of  historical  novels,  Jane 
Austin,  Amelia  Barr  and  Mary  Johnstone,  were  studied.  The 
papers  were  read  by  Mrs.  Morrison  and  a  very  delightful 
luncheon  was  served. 

Louisville  chapter  No.  11  held  its  October  meeting  in  the 
art  room  of  the  Public  Library.  Miss  Nannie  Lee  Eraser, 
who  is  well  known  for  her  work  among  children,  was  present 
and  read  for  the  entertainment  of  the  members.  Mrs.  E.  H. 
Day  was  elected  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee  and 
Mrs.  Oscar  Paul  of  the  philanthropy  committee.  It  was  de- 
termined that  each  member  present  should  make  a  special 
effort  to  go  after  some  absent  member  and  bring  her -to  the 
next  meeting.  The  Chapter  gives  an  annual  "500"  and  rook 
party.  This  was  held  in  the  spacious  parlors  of  the  Louis- 
ville hotel  on  the  afternoon  of  October  18.  The  attendance 
numbered  ISO  although  the  day  was  exceedingly  disagree- 
able. The  party  which  had  long  been  anticipated  proved 
to  be  a  great  success.  Numerous  and  handsome  prizes  were 
awarded.  Louisville  chapter  has  just  distributed  its  Year- 
books which  are  both  unique  and  handsome.  They  are  to 
be  congratulated  upon  the  excellent  work  done  through  the 
past  year.  Miss  Clara  Hulskamp,  the  president,  deserves 
great  credit  for  the  showing  made. 

Dr.  Walter  E.  Lee,  son  of  Mrs.  Nellie  Florence  Lee,  has 
just  returned  to  his  home  in  Philadelphia  after  a  period  of 
hospital  service  with  the  American  Unit  in  Paris.  Although 
thin  from  the  hard  and  strenuous  nature  of  his  work.  Dr. 
Lee  has  had  a  professional  experience  which  falls  to  the 
lot  of  few  men. 

]Mrs.  Jacob  Green,  first  vice-president  of  Boston  chapter, 
W.  O..  and  Mrs.  J.  F.  Waterhouse,  ex-president  of  the  chap- 
ter, attended  the  Massachusetts  State  Federation  of  Womens 
Clubs  held  at  Beverly,  November  5. 

A  Hallowe'en  luncheon  was  served  to  the  Rock  Island 
chapter  W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D.,  by  Mrs.  E.  Jericho  of  Moline,  111. 

The  Harvest  Home  dance,  given  by  the  woman's  or- 
ganization of  the  C.  R.  D.  A.  on  Friday  evening,  November 
5,  at  Westminster  Hall,  Chicago,  has  been  voted  a  splendid 
success  in  every  way.  Nearly  300  persons  partici\iated  in 
the  new  and  old  dancing  program. 


Good  Fiction  on  Sale  in  Drug  Stores 
Sidney  H.  Veaco,  druggist  at  Belvidcre,  111,,  advertised  a 
lale  in  his  book  department  and  offered  many  of  the  stand- 
ard works  of  fiction  at  greatly  reduced  prices. 


"Java  Rice  Powder"  Imitators  Convicted 

A.  Bourjois  &  Co,,  Inc..  of  Paris  and  New  York,  ha^•e 
recently  succeeded  in  bringing  to  justice  several  firms  in 
Francisco  who  were  imitating  the  box  and  labels  of  their 
"Jave  Rice  Powder."  Rfr.  Grubb,  assistant  treasurer  of 
firm,  who  was  successful  in  exposing  similar  frauds  in  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  a  few  months  ago,  went  to  San  Francisco  and  di; 
covered  that  the  imitation  boxes  were  imported  from  Germany 
Mr.  Grubb  succeeded  in  obtaining  evidence  leading  to  th 
arrest  and  conviction  of  a  retail  druggist  and  two  small  jobbers 


'  December,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


523 


Retailer  Tells  Why  He  Boosts  or  '^Knifes"  a  Brand 


We  believe  the  following  letter,  which  was  sent  to  Printer's  Ink  by  G.  I.  Schreiber,  a  retail 
druggist,  at  449  Broad  street,  Newark.  N.  J.,  will  be  of  interest  to  every  retail  druggist,  jobber  and 
manufacturer.  Accordingly  we  are  printing  it  in  full,  names  and  all,  and  if  any  of  our  readers  take 
exception  to  any  of  Mr.  Schreiber 's  conclusions,  or  agree  with  him,  we  shall  be  glad  to  publish  their 
contributions  on  the  same  subject. — EDITOR. 


IH.WE  just  finished  reading  the  article,  "What  Is  tlic  Xa.\\ic 
of  Your  Trade  Relations?"  by  S.  C.  Lambert,  in  your 
issue  of  October  28,  and  I  just  couldn't  resist  letting  you 
know  how  it  impressed  me  and  the  tram  of  thought  it 
started. 


I  read  many  things  in  Printers'  Ink  that  jxist  made  me 
ache  to  write  about,  but  not  being  given  much  to  writing, 
I  do  not  feel  very  competent  in  voicing  my  thoughts  in 
this  manner.  Besides  this  the  thought  that  the  lone  little 
voice  of  a  small  retail-  druggist  would  not  carry  very  far 
alongside  of  the  well-known  and  influential  men  writing  for 
your  publication  has  also  weighed  against  my  writing  you. 
The  following  may  not  be  worthy  of  receiving  tlie  light  of 
publicity,  but  I  believe  I  will  feel  better  after  I  have  written 
it,  so  here  goes. 

In  the  first  place,  Mr.  Lambert  must  certainly  be  congratu- 
lated. To  my  mind  he  either  has  been  in  the  retail  or  whole- 
sale business  himself,  or  has  had  the  opportunity  of  associ- 
ating with  one  or  both  and  has  made  much  of  his  oppor- 
tunity. I  am  wondering  how  many  of  your  readers  there 
are  who,  instead  of  making  a  study  of  this  article  to  see 
whether  it  does  not  apply  to  them,  will  read  it  over  once  and 
think,  "Mighty  good  stuff,"  and  let  it  go  at  that.  I  know 
many  a  concern  whose  goods  I  am  selling  and  who  have  con- 
tributed some  of  the  extremely  interesting  articles  appearing 
in  your  publication,  who  could  and  would  get  more  of  my 
business  if  they  would  show  an  intelligent  appreciation  of 
the  problems  that  daily  confront  me. 

Mr.  Lambert  portrays  very  graphically  the  fate  of  numer- 
ous concerns  who.  acting  on  the  belief  that  they  were  I-t, 
with  a  capital  I,  found  to  their  sorrow,  after  the  trade  got 
through  with  them  that  they  w^ere  N-i-t.  The  capital  I 
shrunk  to  a  little  one  sandwiched  in  and  crushed  by  the  other 
two.  A  sad,  sad  ending,  but  only  what  they  so  justly  de- 
served. In  his  article  he  touches  on  some  concerns  dealing 
with  the  drug  stores.  He  doesn't  mention  any  names,  but 
every  druggist  knows  what  concerns  he  refers  to.  Personally, 
I  do  not  believe  in  hiding  names,  but  I  can  appreciate  Mr. 
Lambert's  reasons  for  not  disclosing  them.  I  believe,  however, 
that  any  concern  that  makes  a  mistake  should  know  of  it. 
Writing  directly  to  a  firm  seldom  does  any  good,  as  it  is 
simply  turned  over  to  a  correspondent  who,  in  a  perfunctory 
manner,  sends  what  he  believes  is  a  clever  letter,  full  of 
soft  soap  and  plausibility,  but  which  aggravates  instead  of 
soothes  the  feelings  of  the  man  who  gets  it.  I  know,  because 
I  have  had  the  delectable  experience  of  getting  a  letter  that 
has  about  as  much  to  do  with  my  complaint  as  I  have  with 
the  weather. 

Classifies  Concerns  in  Four  Divisions 

The  concerns  I  do  business  with  just  naturally  fall  into 
four  classes: 

First.  In  this  class  are  the  concerns  who  merit  our  co- 
operation. 

Second.  This  class  comprises  those  concerns  to  whom  we 
are  indifferent. 

Third.  In  this  class  are  the  concerns  who  merit  our  an- 
tagonism. 

Fourth.  The  concerns  in  this  class  are  the  enemies  of  the 
drug  business. 

I  will  take  the  second  class  first,  as  we  can  get  through 
with  them  very  easily.  From  time  to  time  we  are  solicited 
to  buy  new  preparations  which  are  simply  designed  to  add 
another  to  a  class  already  well  filled.  There  is  nothing  new 
about  them  but  the  name,  and  it  is  a  matter  of  indifference 
to  me  whether  thev  succeed  or  fail.    We  are  entirely  passive 


By  G.  I.  SCHREIBEE 

in  tlie  matter  and  give  neither  our  co-operation  nor  our 
antagonism. 

For  example :  I  was  very  much  interested  in  the  article 
by  the  founder  of  the  Sterling  Gum  Company,  but  simply 
from  an  advertising  standpoint.  From  a  merchandising  stand- 
point, I  have  no  interest  in  the  gum  whatsoever.  It  is  merely 
another  gum,  offers  us  no  bigger  profit  than  any  of  the 
others,  and  if  it  sells  better  than  Wrigley's  or  Beech-Nut,  or 
Adams's  is  a  matter  that  interests  us  very  little,  or  if  it  sells 
not  at  all  we  should  worry.  Personally,  I  am  impressed  with 
the  style  of  advertising  of  Sterling  Gum,  and,  believe  me, 
if  they  would  come  along  with  a  proposition  that  would  show 
that  they  are  thinking  of  me,  the  dealer,  they  could  have  my 
services,  my  clerk's  services,  and  my  window,  and  it  wouldn't 
cost  them  a  great  deal  to  get  all  this.  By  just  simply  giving 
the  dealer  a  little  more  profit  than  the  other  manufacturers, 
they  would  jump  from  the  second  class  to  the  first  class, 
and  we  would  both  gain  by  it.    .    .  . 

Merely  to  furnish  a  concrete  example :  I  just  got  back  to 
this  letter  after  waiting  on  a  lady,  who,  among  other  items, 
asked  me  for  some  gum.  She  didn't  specify,  and  as  it  is  a 
matter  of  indifference  to  me  what  gum  she  took,  I  mentioned 
all  the  different  kinds,  and  she  chose  Wrigley's.  Now,  sup- 
pose I  was  interested  enough  in  Sterling  Gum  to  desire  to 
sell  this  in  preference  to  any  other  on  the  market.  She  cer- 
tainly would  have  gone  out  with  Sterling  Gum  and  no  other. 

I  am  willing  to  wager  a  good  sum  that  out  of  every  ten 
boxes  of  gum  sold  in  my  store  we  could  sell  eight  of  an  ad- 
vertised brand  that  we  could  make  more  profit  on.  Some  day 
one  of  them  will  wake  up,  and  then  good-bye  to  the  rest.  I 
am  really  surprised  that  the  head  of  the  Sterling  Gum  con- 
cern has  not  already  been  on  the  job,  because,  being  con- 
nected formerly  with  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  he  ought  to  know  that 
it  is  their  co-operation  with  the  druggist  that  has  caused 
their  success.  It  may  be  that  he  thinks  because  this  is  a 
five-cent  proposition  that  it  doesn't  pay.  If  so,  he  ought 
to  step  into  my  place  some  day  and  I  can  enlighten  him 
very  quickly  on  this  point.  I  simply  pick  out  this  gum  be- 
cause they  are  just  now  advertising  so  much  that  you  can't 
get  away  from  it. 

Advertisers  Who  Antagonize  the  Trade 

In  the  third  class  are  those  who  by  their  advertising  an- 
tagonize the  trade  so  that  every  chance  we  get  we  go  for  them. 
It  may  be  because  they  sell  their  goods  to  the  chain  and  de- 
partment stores  at  a  lower  figure  than  they  sell  to  us,  so  that 
they  can  seii  at  such  a  low  price  that  it  pays  the  druggist  to 
buy  these  items  from  the  chain  stores  and  department  stores 
instead  of  through  the  regular  channels.  It  may  be  because 
they  endeavor  to  give  the  public  the  impression  that  every 
druggist  is  a  suhstitutor.  and  a  crook,  and  that  they  are  the 
only  honest  people  that  the  Lord  in  His  infinite  wi.sdom  cre- 
ated. It  may  be  that  they  do  not  believe  in  giving  us  a 
living  profit,  which  is  so  common  amongst  the  manufacturers 
selling  through  drug  channels  that  the  motto  adopted  by  our 
National  Association  is  "Live  and  let  live."  One  would 
think  that  conditions  in  a  line  must  be  extremely  bad  when 
a  motto  like  this  must  be  displayed  on  all  our  stationery  and 
special  attention  drawn  to  it  in  the  editorial  columns  of  our 
official  journal. 

Why  they  are  so  foolish  is  what  I  can  never  understand.  It 
seems  to  be  that  they  ought  to  look  on  the  men  who  sell 
their  goods  as  partners,  and  surely  a  partner  is  one  with 
whom  it  pays  to  be  on  good  terms.  Perhaps  they  think,  as 
Mr.  Lambert  says,  "that  they  have  the  world  by  the  tail." 


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But  we  are  not  helpless,  and,  personally,  when  anybody  hits 
me,  I  hit  him  back,  and  this  is  human  nature  and  you  can- 
not get  around  it.  Here  is  a  recent  incident  as  an 
example.  A  man  comes  in  for  a  certain  cold  remedy,  said 
remedy  always  in  their  advertisements  shouting  beware  of 
the  substituting  druggist.  The  only  way  I  can  get  back  at 
them  is  to  discourage  the  use  of  the  remedy.  I  would  be  satis- 
fied to  put  this  concern  in  the  second  class,  but  they  won't 
let  me.  Being  an  advertised  article,  I  am  willing  to  hand 
it  out  without  any  showing  of  animosity,  but  unfortunately 
I  am  so  constituted  by  nature  that  I  just  simply  cannot  give 
the  other  side  of  my  face  when  one  side  has  been  slapped, 
so  I  proceed  as  follows: 

Mr.  Man  has  asked  me  for  the  cold  remedy,  and  while  I  am 
wrapping  it  up  I  say  very  nicely,  with  just  the  right  amount 
of  sympathy  in  my  voice,  "What's  the  trouble,  caught  a  cold?" 
Now,  this  is,  of  course,  a  foolish  question.  I  don't  imagine 
for  one  minute  that  Mr.  Man  is  buying  the  cold  tablets 
to  put  in  his  gun  to  shoot  rats  with,  though  they  might  do 
this  very  thing,  come  to  think  of  it.  But  it  somehow  doesn't 
strike  Mr.  Man  as  foolish.  It  shows  him  I  am  a  man  with 
a  heart  and  interested  in  his  troubles,  and  he  immediately 
starts  to  tell  me  how  he  got  the  cold,  how  long  he  had  it, 
how  many  children  his  father  had,  the  disposition  of  each 
one,  and  Mr.  Man  goes  out  ivith  a  substitute. 

As  long  as  Mr.  Manufacturer  gives  me  and  my  brother 
druggists  the  name  we  may  as  well  have  the  game,  and  the 
profit.  I  seriously  object  to  anyone  calling  me  names  and 
this  is  my  method  of  showing  my  objections.  I  have  read 
many  articles  on  the  subject  inspired  by  the  ones  whom 
this  method  of  selling  goods  hurts,  but  I  do  not  feel  that  I 
am  a  substitutor.  Mr.  Advertiser  might  call  me  a  substitutor 
if  I  gave  this  man  something  he  didn't  want,  but  I  call  it 
the  same  kind  of  salesmanship  that  induces  a  dealer  to 
switch  over  to  another  line  after  he  is  sold  on  some  other. 
When  Mr.  Man  has  a  cold  which  Mr.  Advertiser  has  no  share 
in  creating  he  was  fish  for  the  first  fisher  whose  bait  he 
swallowed.  If  Mr.  Advertiser  was  never  bom,  this  man 
would  have  had  the  cold  just  the  same,  and  he  would  have 
looked  around  for  something  for  his  cold  just  the  same.  Mr. 
Advertiser  sold  this  man  his  remedy,  but  he  wasn't  a  good 
enough  salesman  to  stand  the  right  kind  of  competition.  It 
is  too  bad  that  I  must  compete  against  this  manufacturer, 
but  he  is  the  reason,  not  I. 

Those  Who  Cut  Prices  to  Chains  and  Department 
Stores 

In  the  third  class  with  the  above  are  those  who  cut  their 
prices  to  the  chain  and  department  stores.  Those  who  are 
particularly  flagrant  in  this  respect  we  punish  by  not  handling 
their  goods  at  all.  In  this  class  are  also  those  who  for_  slight 
reasons,  and  sometimes  for  no  reasons,  raise  the  price  of 
their  goods  so  there  is  no  margin  left,  and  who  show  they  do 
not  favor  our  injunction,  "Live  and  let  live."  Without  doing 
anything  in  concert  that  could  be  legally  called  restraint  of 
trade,  the  druggists  have  succeeded  in  placing  a  few  of  the 
big  ones  on  the  carpet.  Some  of  the  concerns  that  were 
selling  their  goods  by  the  carload  are  never  heard  of  any  more, 
and  the  druggists  are  the  ones  who  put  them  there.  _  It  is  a 
pretty  bad  thing  for  a.  concern  when  it  does  anything  that 
causes  druggists  to  talk  against  it,  whenever  and  wherever 
thcv  foregather. 

As  an  instance:  A  certain  manufacturer  of  tooth  paste 
saddled  the  so-called  wnr  tax  on  cosmetics  on  to  the  drug- 
gist in  this  manner.  Brin.-  a  2'-rfnt  ^^tl^l.^  tli-^v  nr.  re- 
quired to  place  a  stamp  nwiln"  I .h'IiiIk  (-iil  on  <  '(1i  inrk- 
age.     The  m^t  of  thrni       -  v-,.    ,,-1  M„,.-hi'f  ,  -.-.n. 

and     thcv     r,i<i.l     thr     liri.r  -nl,     ^     -1    -n      -  .iitlv 

charging' K'  '    -n-.    f..r   tb.   labor   r.-.nn,,,l    I.,   .li.'  ^  llv- 

stami>R  on  r     :  ■       1  ■        1  i.a'^sivp  linivll.-r  v.-  Imn.    '  n 

forced  int..  .      '  "'Her,  with  the  rr.'^ult  that  ^alcs 

„f  this  t.i  "  bear  a  very,  very  small  pro- 

portion t(  I   !  I  '  ^ 

Why  He  Ceased  Hnndling  a  Branded  Candy- 
To  show   what  a  powerful   force  the  dealer  can   evert  T 
will  give  another  instance:    For  15  years  I  have  been  push- 
ing  and   featuring   Apollo    Chocolates.     My  store   was  the 
:>*rst  store  to  handle  this  randy  in  the  State  of  New  Tr^rsev. 

mv  purchases  were  the  second  largest  in  this  ri'v  jf 
';::».  in  the  State.  The  store  that  I  know  sold  more  of  this 
•Mwiy  than  my  store  was  induced  to  handle  this  line  by  the 


man  I  worked  for  in  this  very  store,  who  went  to  work  for 
this  other  party.  The  party  that  bought  more  Apollo  Choco- 
lates than  I  did  is  Mr.  Holzhauer,  one  of  the  best-knowi 
druggists  in  this  State,  and  his  store  is  on,  what  was  stated 
in  an  article  in  the  Saturday  Evening  Post,  the  second  busiest 
corner  in  the  United  States.  For  a  matter  of  10  years  Mr, 
Holzhauer  had  been  pushing  Apollo  Chocolates,  and  througti 
these  two  stores  as  a  nucleus  the  sale  for  this  candy  has 
spread  all  over  this  section  of  the  State. 

One  Friday  evening  I  picked  up  the  local  paper  and  there 
I  saw  that  the  Riker-Hegeman  Corporation  would,  on  the 
following  day,  give  "Free  with  all  sales  amounting  to  $l.Sf' 
a  40-cent  box  of  Class  A  Apollo  Chocolates."  Now,  I  have 
nothing  against  the  Riker-Hegeman  Corporation  selling  Apollo 
Chocolates.  They  sell  many  things  that  I  sell,  and  it's  pari 
of  the  game,  and  the  best  one  will  win.  But  when  a  few  of 
the  regular  customers  said  to  me,  "I  guess  I'll  get  my  Apollo  , 
Chocolates  down  at  Riker's  this  week,  they  won't  cost  me  j 
anything,"  I  couldn't  help  but  see  where  this  kind  of  business 
was  going  to  go  against  me.  Here  for  15  years  I  had  been 
pushing  this  candy,  and  now  the  customers  that  I  had  made, 
the  customers  whom  I  had  induced  to  try  this  candy  in 
preference  to  others  on  the  market,  were  going  where  they 
could  get  the  candy  for  nothing.  It  developed  afterward 
that  Mr.  Holzhauer,  and  many  others  of  my  brother  drug- 
gists were  thinking  in  the  same  groove,  and  we  acted  ac- 
cordingly. I  quietly  looked  around  for  a  good  candy  worthy 
of  taking  the  place  of  Apollo,  for  I  will  say  that  Apollo 
Chocolates  cannot  be  beat,  I  found  their  equal,  however, 
after  trying  out  numerous  other  makes.  A  peculiar  coin- 
cidence is  that  although  I  haven't  seen  Mr,  Holzhauer  so  we 
could  talk  the  matter  over,  as  we  know  each  other  well,  I 
notice  in  passing  his  place  in  the  car  that  he  is  pushing  the 
identical  brand  of  chocolates  that  I  am,  to  take  the  place  of 
the  old.  Here  is  a  case  where  a  concern  of  the  first  class 
degenerated,  according  to  my  classification,  into  the  third  class, 
and  it  will  not  be  very  long  before  they  will  be  in  the  fourth 
class.  If  they  would  have  taken  care  to  see  that  the  Riker 
company  sold  their  goods  so  that  their  old  customers'  trade 
would  not  be  broken  up,  then  they  certainly  would  have  been 
the  gainer.  They  would  have  been  able  to  sell  their  candy 
through  Riker  and  we  would  have  sold  just  as  m.uch.  No^v 
they  are  selling  Riker  and  not  selling  me  and  others.  ^Many 
a  salesman  would  count  himself  lucky  to  get  my  candy  ac- 
count, and  where  my  bills  run  in  the  hundreds,  Mr.  Holz- 
hauer's  bills  run  into  the  thousands. 

In  the  fourth  class,  we  place  tho?e  concerns  whose  gooes 
we  will  not  sell  under  any  circumstances,  no  matter  what 
the  demand.  Our  reason  for  this  is  usually  because  ti  e 
goods  are  not  such  that  a  respectable  druggist  can  sell  then, 
and  I  wish  that  the  newspapers  who  advertise  them  wou'd 
feel  that  they  are  lacking  self-respect  when  they  demean 
themselves  by  accepting  advertisements  for  preparations  that 
any  intelligent  advertising  man  can  see  are  fakes  pure  ard 
simple,  I  asked  one  advertising  man  why  he  accepts  such 
trash,  and  his  answer  was,  "You  can't  expect  us  to  fumi=li 
brains  to  our  readers,"  I  hope  some  day  his  viewpoint  w:!' 
change. 

In  the  fourth  class,  I  might  add,  would  be  concerns  w^•^ 
whom  we  have  done  business  and  who.  like  the  F.  H.  Roberts 
Companv.  ".lin  "-ike  t'-^    ^-         i~'-orolates.  have  fallen 
the   waysicb-.     P.  r^ona'"  '      parting  with   an  r  f 

friend  tn      v-  r  rnnncrt  irs'  standing,   but  th  ■> 

are  rated  according  to  t!  i  ir  rli-s,  and  I  never  let  busine^ 
interfere  with  my  feelings,  unless  there  is  a  moral  Issue  1 1- 
volved. 

Concerns  that  Earn  Rating  in  First  Class 

The  first  and  best  class  we  leave  for  last.  It  is  easy  f( 
see  by  the  foregoing  what  concerns  we  place  in  the  fi's 
class.  Those  concerns  who  have  proved  that  they  stand  f.i 
a  square  deal,  and  are  working  for  the  dealer's  inter  s 
can  have  any  part  of  the  store  or  windows  for  display,  tt 
services  are  theirs,  and  my  clerks'  time  is  at  their  disposil 
I  look  upon  them  as  friends  of  mine  and  stand  willing  a 
anv  time  to  demonstrate  my  friendship. 

Sad  to  say.  there  are  not  many  concerns  that  I  can  com 
as  my  friends.  There  are  only  just  about  enough  to  co- e 
the  fingers  of  one  hand,  Tliey  are  as  follows:  Fastnn) 
Kodak  Company.  American  Druggists'  Syndicate.  FH  T.illy  I 

(Concluded  on  paee  544) 


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FOREIGN  ABSTRACTS 


lecent  Studies  on  Glucosides — 

In  two  recent  papers,  Bourquelot,  Bridal,  and  Aubrv'  des- 
ribe  their  experiences  with  the  effect  of  beta-glucosidase.  in 
mulsin,  on  glycerol  in  the  presence  of  glucose.  Theoreti- 
^Uy,  there  are  five  possible  alpha-glucosides  from  glycerol, 
Ive  beta-glucosides,  and  seven  mixed  glucosides.  Previous 
Irorkers  who  have  prepared  glucosides  of  glycerol,  have  not 
Ittempted  to  prove  whether  their  products  contained  more 
han  one  form,  or  not.  Many  reactions  are  possible  in  any 
liven  mixture,  and  moreover,  since  emulsin  contains  gentio- 
jiase  in  addition  to  beta-glucosidase,  it  is  almost  certain  that 
jome  gentiobiose  will  be  formed.  A  solution  containing  800 
i.  of  glycerol,  150  g.  of  glucose,  and  264  cc.  of  water,  was 
ted  with  5  g.  of  emulsin,  and  allowed  to  stand  at  ordinary 
perature  for  about  ten  months,  during  which  time  there 
'.•as  a  loss  in  rotation  of  more  than  16  degrees.  The  ferment 
'•as  killed  by  heat,  the  excess  of  glucose  removed  by  fermen- 
ition.  and  the  excess  of  glycerol  shaken  out  with  acetone  con- 
fining alcohol.  The  residue,  after  further  purification,  would 
lot  crystallize.  A  study  of  the  rate  of  hydrolysis  of  the  sub- 
fcnce  showed  that  it  contained  a  mixture  of  two  monoglu- 
tides.  By  the  action  of  alpha-glucosidase,  contained  in 
'ried  bottom  yeast,  on  a  similar  solution,  there  was  a  gain  in 
otation  of  11  degrees  in  ten  months,  and  the  product  con- 
lined  likewise  two  monoglucosides.  It  was  found  that  as 
mall  an  amount  of  acetic  acid  at  .04  per  cent  was  sufficient 
}  destroy  alpha-glucosidase,  and  prevent  both  its  synthetic 
nd  hydrolytic  effects.  An  even  smaller  proportion  of  caustic 
bda,  0.005  per  cent,  had  the  same  effect.  (J.  Pharm.  Chim, 
915.  pp.  15.  33,  157,  182.) 
Vater  Error  in  Injections — 

The  belief  that  a  number  of  the  objectionable  secondary 
ffects  of  injections  of  salvarsan  and  other  remedies  are  due 
3  the  endotoxins  of  bacteria  contained  in  the  distilled  water 
sed.  has  led  to  the  use  of  many  complicated  forms  of  ap- 
aratus  for  preparing  freshly  distilled  water  in  the  laboratory, 
latzenauer  and  Hesse  have  reported  some  experiments  which 
ist  serious  doubt  on  whether  the  "water  error"  is  as  consider- 
ble  as  has  been  supposed.  Distilled  water  was  allowed  to 
rand  unprotected,  until  the  bacteria  present  had  reached 
normous  numbers.  It  was  then  sterilized  and  used  for  sal- 
(irsan  injections.  The  bacterial  count  reached  1,700,000  per 
jbic  centimeter.  Fever  reactions  were  noticed  in  a  few  cases, 
ut  not  oftener  than  usual,  and  not  more  frequently  after  the 
'se  of  water  high  in  bacteria  than  after  using  water  com- 
aratively  free  from  micro-organisms.  At  the  same  time,  the 
uthors  do  not  deem  it  advisable  to  neglect  any  precautions 
I  preparing  water  for  such  uses.  (Matzenauer  and  Hesse, 
poth.  Ztg.,  1915,  p.  375.) 
I  reparation  of  Standard  Acid — 

Winkler  recommends  the  use  of  pure  potassium  bicarbonate 
'i  a  standard  in  preparing  normal  acid  solutions.  This  sub- 
.  ance.  suggested  by  Than,  is  purified  by  rubbing  the  purest 
Jtainable  product  to  a  fine  powder  in  an  agate  mortar,  and 
lacing  it  in  thin  layers  in  a  desiccator  containing  calcium 
iloride,  and  filled  with  carbon  dioxide.  The  adherent  mois- 
'ire  usually  vanishes  after  one  day.  As  an  extra  precaution, 
le  salt,  which  usually  cakes  together,  may  again  be  powdered 
id  exposed  to  carbon  dioxide  for  two  or  three  days  more. 
Tien  protected  from  the  air,  the  dry  salt  will  keep  in- 
■  jfinitely.  Normal  hydrochloric  acid  is  titrated  against  a  5  g. 
ortion  of  the  salt,  using  methyl  orange  as  indicator,  and 
filing  the  solution  to  drive  off  the  carbon  dioxide,  .^fter 
loling,  the  titration  is  finished  by  reaching  the  usual  red- 
ish  yellow  tint.  In  preparing  decinormal  acid,  it  is  con- 
aiient  to  weigh  off  exactly  one-tenth  of  the  equivalent  of 
otassium  bicarbonate,  and  titrate  with  acid  of  about  8  per 
mt.  The  number  of  cc.  used  denotes  the  volume  which  must 
5  diluted  to  one  liter  to  make  exactly  decinormal  acid.  Wink- 
I  r  finds  that  results  are  more  accurate  if,  instead  of  using 
leoretical  equivalent,  the  value  100.19  is  used,  or,  in 
^lae  the  correction  for  brass  weights  and  vacuum  weighing  is 
be  omitted,  as  is  usually  the  case,  100.15.  (Winkler,  Z. 
ingew.  Chem.,  1915,  p.  264.) 

i 


Ammoniated  Mercury  Ointment- — 

Sjostrom  criticises  the  formulas  for  the  preparation  of  this 
ointment  as  not  coming  up  to  the  present-day  standards  for 
ointments  in  general.  He  recommends  the  use  of  moist  white 
precipitate,  an.ilognus  to  the  use  of  moist  oxide  of  mercury  in 
makin;.^  oiiUir.cnl  iif  yellow,  oxide.  One  hundred  parts  of  mer- 
curic chloride  are  dissolved  in  1700  parts  of  water,  with  tlie 
aid  of  heat,  and  the  solution  cooled  and  filtered.  Next,  160 
parts  of  ammonia  water,  diluted  with  300  parts  of  water,  are 
added  with  continual  stirring.  After  12  hours  the  liquid  is 
siphoned  off,  and  the  precipitate  collected  on  linen,  where  it 
is  washed  with  900  parts  of  water,  and  pressed  dry  between 
filter  paper.  The  moist  precipitate,  which  should  weigh  about 
180  parts,  is  rubbed  smooth  in  a  tared  mortar  with  90  parts 
of  wool  fat.  and  then  300  parts  of  vaselin  are  added.  The 
percentage  of  white  precipitate  is  determined  in  1  or  2  g.  of  the 
ointment  at  this  point,  and  the  whole  is  then  diluted  with 
vaselin  until  a  10  per  cent  preparation  is  obtained.  The 
yield  is  about  900  parts  of  ointment  from  100  parts  of  mercuric 
chloride.  To  determine  the  percentage  of  precipitate,  weigh 
off  about  2  g.  of  the  ointment  and  heat  with  40  cc.  of  alcohol 
in  an  Erlenmeyer  fiask  provided  with  a  stopper.  Add  25  cc. 
of  decinormal  hydrochloric  acid,  and  shake  until  the  am- 
moniated mercury  is  dissolved.  After  cooling,  add  methyl 
orange  and  titrate  the  excess  of  acid  with  alkali.  One  cc.  of 
decinormal  acid  corresponds  to  0.0126  g.  of  white  precipitate. 
The  color  change  is  not  especially  sharp,  but  sufficiently  so  for 
good  results.    (Sjostrom,  Farm.  Revy.,  1915,  p.  507.) 

Volumetric  Determination  of  Phosphoric  Acid — 

A  solution  of  primary  calcium  phosphate  reacts  toward 
methyl  orange  like  the  primary  alkali  phosphates,  but  unlike 
the  latter  cannot  be  titrated  with  alkali  and  phenolphthalein 
to  secondary  salts.  But  if  the  calcium  compound  is  first  con- 
verted into  an  alkali  salt,  the  phosphoric  acid  can  be  titrated 
in  the  usual  way.  Kolthoff  uses  sodium  oxalate  for  this 
purpose.  A  weighed  amount  of  calcium  phosphate  is  brought 
into  solution  in  a  slight  excess  of  hydrochloric  acid,  and  boiled. 
The  solution  is  poured  into  a  volumetric  flask,  diluted  a  little, 
and  neutralized  with  alkali  and  methyl  orange.  After  filling 
to  the  mark,  an  aliquot  part  is  precipitated  with  an  excess 
of  sodium  oxalate,  previously  neutralized  against  phenol- 
phthalein, and  the  supernatant  liquid  is  then  titrated  with 
decinormal  alkali  and  the  same  indicator.  Carbonates  in  the 
calcium  phosphate  do  not  interfere.  Barium  phosphates  may 
be  titrated  in  the  same  way,  using  neutral  sodium  sulphate 
instead  of  oxalate.  For  determining  phosphates  in  urine, 
boil  10  cc.  with  an  excess  of  ammonium  acetate  and  calcium 
acetate,  and  bring  the  liquid  and  precipitate  quantitatively 
into  the  tube  of  a  centrifuge.  After  rotating,  pour  off  the 
liquid,  and  wash  the  precipitate  until  the  alkaline  reaction 
disappears.  Dissolve  the  residue  in  acid,  and  proceed  as 
above.    (Kolthoff,  Pharm.  Weekblad,  1915,  p.  1053.) 

Acidity  of  Iron  Chloride  Solutions — 

Kolthoff  has  improved  the  Romijn  method  of  testing  for 
free  acid  in  iron  chloride  solutions  as  follows:  Two  cc.  of  the 
iron  solution  are  diluted  with  a  few  cc.  o.'  water.  A  trace 
of  copper  chloride  is  then  added,  and  sufficient  normal  sodium 
thiosulphate  solution,  so  that  no  violet  coloration  is  seen. 
.•\fter  the  addition  of  methyl  orange,  the  acidity  can  be  titrated 
with  alkali,  taking  the  appearance  of  a  greenish-yellow  tint 
as  the  end  point.  When  tested  in  this  manner,  sublimed 
ferric  chloride  gives  a  natural  solution.  Commercial  iron 
chloride  solutions  invariably  react  acid;  it  is  therefore  advis- 
able for  pharmacopoeias  to  fix  a  limit  of  acidity.  The  same 
test  will  indicate  the  presence  of  oxychloride.  If  the  lat- 
ter is  present,  the  solution  after  treatment  with  thiosulphate 
will  have  a  yellow  color,  and  will  become  turbid  after  a  few 
minutes.  It  appears  that  the  ferric  hydroxide  in  the  oxy- 
chloride is  not  reduced  by  the  thiosulphate.  The  reaction  is 
tolerably  sensitive,  as  the  yellow  color  appears  on  the  addition 
of  only  0.5  cc.  of  decinormal  alkali  to  a  neutral  /-w  oiloride 
solution.    (Kolthoff,  Pharm.  Weekblad,  1915,  p.  il-i/,  ) 


Reciprocal   Registration  is  Gaining 


By  Refusing  to  Become  Members  of  National  Association, 
States  Building  a  Futile  Wall  Against  Native  Sons  Industry 


By  H.  C.  CHRISTENSEN 

Secretary  of  the  National  Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy 


IN  view  of  the  general  interest  being  exhibited  in  Reciprocal 
Registration  as  now  being  carried  on  through  the  National 
Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy  between  "active"  mem- 
ber states  of  that  association,  I  believe  your  readers  might  be 
interested  in  knowing  something  about  to  what  extent 
"reciprocal  registration"  is  being  used. 

I  therefore  submit  below  a  tabulation  of  the  registrations 
made  by  reciprocity  in  the  36  "active"  member  states  for 
the  eleven  months  from  September  1,  1915,  showing  number 
registered  in  each  state  and  states  from  which  they  came: 
ALABAMA,  7.   From:  Ga.,  4;  Ky.,  1;  La.,  1;  Tenn.,  1. 
ARKANSAS,  6.    From:   Fla.,  1;  Ga.,  1;  Mo.,  1;  Okla.,  1;  Tenn.,  2. 
ARIZONA,  13.    From:  Ark.,  1;  IlL,  1;  Iowa,  1;  Ky.,  1;  Mich.,  1; 

Mo.,  1;  N.  M.,  1;  Okla.,  4;  Texas,  1;  W.  Va.,  1. 
CONNECTICUT,  7.    From:  Mass.,  6;  Vt.,  1. 
DELAWARE,  0. 

DLST.  OF  COLUMBIA,  1.    From  Virginia. 

FLORIDA,  12.    From:  Conn.,  1;  Ga.,  4;  Ind.,  1;  Iowa,  1;  Kan., 

1;  Ky.,  1;  Okla.,  1;  Va.,  1;  Wis.,  1. 
GEORGIA,  0. 

IDAHO,  8.    From:  Iowa,  1;  Kan.,  1;  N.  D.,  2;  Neb.,  1;  Okla.,  1; 

S.  D.,  1;  Utah,  1. 
ILLINOIS,  54.   From:  Ala.,  1;  Fla.,  1;  Ga.,  2;  Ind.,  11;  Iowa,  6; 

Kan.,  1;  Ky.,  1;  Mich.,  3;  Mo.,  9;  Neb.,  1;  N.  Y.,  1;  Pa., 

1;  Okla.,  1;  Tenn.,  2;  Texas,  3;  Utah,  1;  Va.,  1:  W.  Va.,  2: 

Wis.,  6. 

INDIANA,  3.    From:  Ky.,  1;  Okla.,  1;  Texas,  1. 
IOWA,  8.    From:  111.,  1;  Mich.,  1;  Neb.,  5;  Okla.,  1. 
KANSAS,  10.    From:  Ky.,  1;  Mo.,  4;  Okla.,  5. 
KENTUCKY,  5.    From:  Ga.,  1;  Tenn.,  1.    Ind.,  2;  Texas,  1. 
LOUISIANA,  9.    From:  Ariz.,  1;  Ark.,  2;  Ga.,  2;  Ky.,  1;  N.  M., 

1;  Okla.,  1;  Texas,  1. 
MAINE,  1.    From  Massacuhsetts. 

MARYLAND,  7.    From:  Dela.,  3;  D.  C,  2;  Ky.,  1;  W.  Va.,  1; 
MASSACHUSETTS,  15.   From:  Conn.,  1;  Me.,  7;  N.  H.,  7;  Vt.,  1: 
Va.,  1. 

MICHIGAN,  9.  From:  Dela.,  1;  111.,  2;  Ind.,  3;  Mass.,  1;  S.  D., 
1;  Wis.,  1. 

MINNESOTA,  4.    From:  111.,  1;  Neb.,  1;  N.  D.,  1;  Wis.,  1. 
MISSOURI,  25.    From:  Ark.,  2;  Iowa,  6;  111.,  3;  Ind.,  2;  Kan.,  2; 

Neb.,  2;  Oklahoma,  6;  Tenn.,  1;  Va.,  1. 
MONTANA,  15.    From:  Ida.,  1;  111.,  1;  Iowa,  3;  Minn.,  2;  Mass., 

1;  Neb.,  1;  N.  D.,  5;  Wis.,  1. 
NEBRASKA,  8.    From:  HI.,  3;  Iowa,  3:  Ky.,  1:  Okla..  1. 
NEW  HAMPSHIRE,  2.   From:  Conn.,  1;  Vt.,  1. 
NEW  MEXICO,  2.    From  Oklahoma. 

NORTH  DAKOTA,  4.  From:  Mont.,  1;  Minn.,  1;  Neb.,  1;  S. 
D.,  1; 

OKLAHOMA,  13.    From:  Ark.,  4;  Ga.,  1;  Iowa,  2:  N.  M.,  1:  Texas, 

1;  Tenn.,  1;  Va.,  1. 
OREGON,  2.    From:  Okla. 

SOUTH  DAKOTA,  6.    From:  Iowa,  3;  Neb.,  3. 
TENNESSEE,  17.   From:  Ala.,  2;  Conn.,  1;  Ind.,  1;  Iowa,  1;  La. 
1;  Md.,  1. 

TEXAS,  28.  From:  Ala.,  5;  Ark.,  3;  D.'  C,  1;  Ga.,  2;  111,  2; 
Iowa,  1;  Ky.,  1;  Md.,  2;  N.  M.,  2;  Ohio,  1:  Okla.,  4:  N. 
Dak.,  1;  Tenn.,  1;  Va.,  1;  W.  Va.,  1. 


UTAH,  1.    From  Wash. 
VERMONT,  2.    From:  Mass.,  1 
VIRGINIA,  16.    From:  Ala.,  1 
1;  Ky..  1;  Md.,  3;  Tenn., 
WEST  VIRGINIA,  5.    From:  Ga 
Va.,  1. 

WISCONSIN,  10.    From:   Ark.,  1; 

D.,  1;  Utah,  1. 
It  will  be  noted  from  tin-  abnvc  lalmlati 
tions  by  reciprocity  have  been  fairly  well  disi 
no  tendency  toward  congestion  to  any  certain  - 
was  feared  by  some  would  result  from  this  m.  i 
tration.  It  will  readily  be  seen  that  states  fean 
influx  of  ]i!i:n Diarists  frnni  reciprocal  registrati( 
lessly  excrci^i  <! 

Pi^rtii  i"  IN       111!  I  lists  leave  the  various  states  via 

t'l''  'lie   in   by   reciprocal  registra- 

tif'  iliat  try  to  protect  the  "Native 

f^"i  to    become    members    of  the 

N  pliinnacists  from  other  states,  are 

bii!  ill   which   "keeps  as  many  in  as  it 

k< '  1  in  rommon  with  others  respond  to 

the  law  (.!  '  ^iiiii  l)  and  drniand"  and  in  shifting  economic  con- 


N.  IT.,  1. 

D.  C,  .^:  Fla.,  1;  Ga.,  4;  Ind., 

Ky.,   1;  Md.,   1;   Vt.,  1; 

3;  Ind.,  2:  N.  D.,  2;  S. 

al.ulation   that  iveistra- 
ilmt-'d  with 


ncod- 


ditions  immigration  and  emigration  will  follow  this  immutable 
law. 

Oregon  and  the  District  of  Columbia  have  recently  been 
added  to  the  "active"  member  list  of  the  N.A.B.P.,  making 
a  total  of  36  states  between  which  reciprocity  is  in  force 
through  the  N.A.B.P.  The  members  of  boards  of  pharmacy 
in  several  other  states  are  favorable  to  membership  in  the 
association  and  will,  as  soon  as  state  laws  and  other  local 
conditions  permit,  become  "active"  members.  From  the  fore- 
going facts  it  will  be  seen  that  interchange  of  certificates 
for  registered  pharmacists  is  fast  becoming  universal.  This 
is  as  it  should  be.  Certainly  a  pharmacist  who  is  worthy 
and  capable  of  practicing  in  one  state  will  be  equally  so  in 
another. 

While  extending  reciprocal  registration  is  one  of  the  objects 
of  the  N.A.B.P.,  it  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  that  associ- 
ation has  other  and,  perhaps,  more  important  functions — some 
of  which  might  be  mentioned: 

(a)  Higher  standards  of  education  both  as  regards  pre- 
liminary and  college  education. 

(b)  More  uniform  examinations  by  Boards  of  Pharmacy- 
based  on  minimum  standards  of  pharmaceutic  educa- 
tion and  uniform  legislation. 

(c)  Placing  the  Association  on  a  financial  basis  that  will 
enable  it  to  render  to  members,  schools,  etc.,  the  high- 
est degree  of  service. 

Decidedly  better  conditions  are  being  brought  about  with 
reference  to  some  of  these  conditions  by  the  tendency  to  closer 
co-operation  between  those  who  teach  pharmacy  and  those 
who  pass  final  judgment  on  candidates  for  registration  as 
pharmacists. 

For  the  information  of  those  who  may  be  interested  i 
reciprocity  I  will  mention  that  the  Constitution  and  By 
Laws  of  the  N.A.B.P.  require  that  the  official  applicatirn 
must  be  used  by  the  applicant  when  applying  for  reciprocal 
registration  in  any  "active"  member  state  of  the  association. 
This,  with  instructions  for  proceeding,  can  be  obtained  by 
applying  to  H.  C.  Christensen,  Secretary  N..\.B.P.,  450  Bower 
avenue,  Chicago,  Illinois.  A  fee  of  $5.00  is  required  whict 
should  accompany  request  for  application. 


AN  OLD  PRESCRIPTION 

Among  the  many  old  prescriptions  which  are  in  the  hand! 
of  Paul  Harrison  in  his  pharmacy  at  27  Canal  street,  N-w 
York  City,  are  several  by  Dr.  Abraham  Jacobi.  one  of  ih< 
best  known  practitioners  in  the 
United  States.  A  reproduction 
of  one  of  these  prescriptions, 
written  60  years  ago,  shows  the 
cramped  handwriting  and  sig- 
nature of  the  famous  doctor. 

The  building  in  which  Mr. 
Harrison  now  has  his  business 
is  one  of  the  oldest  drug  stores 
in  the  city.  It  was  established 
in  1855  by  Alfred  G.  Dung 
and  Adolph  Heyl.  Mr.  Dung 
was  at  one  time  president  of 
the  German  Apotliecaries  So- 
ciety. In  1869  the  store  was 
sold  to  B.  Hammer,  who  in 
turn  sold  it  in  1883  to  Hugo  2J/.  jj^ 
Mueller.     In    1893    it  passed 


from  Mr.  Mueller  into  the  pos- 
session  of   Samuel  Bernstein, 
and  since  1905  it  has  been  oc- 
cupied by  its  present  owner..    The  store  has  a  record  of  n  o 
than  a  million  prescriptions. 

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CAMERA  AND  PHOTO  SUPPLIES 

Does  it  Pay  to  Develop  Films  Free  ? 


Attractive  display  of  camera  supplies  with  offer  to  develop 
films  free 


According  to  A.  G.  Einspanier,  manager  of  tlie  Dow  store 
at  Sixth  and  Main  streets,  in  Cincinnati,  the  free  develop- 
ment plan  is  profitable  enough  for  general  use,  and,  inasmuch 
as  it  is  generally  followed,  would  be  hard  to  depart  from. 
"Everybody  in  the  business  here  does  development  free,  where 
prints  are  ordered,"  he  pointed  out,  "and  our  experience  has 
been  that,  as  the  work  is  handled  on  that  basis,  with  a 
good  percentage  to  us,  by  professionals  specializing  in  that 
work,  there  is  no  reason  to  consider  it  unprofitable.  On 
this  basis,  tlie  developing  and  printing  department  simply 
takes  its  place  with  the  rest  of  the  business.  We  buy  the 
work  at  wholesale,  as  it  were,  and  sell  it  at  retail.  Develop- 
ing costs  us  nothing,  and  we  charge  nothing  for  it,  making 
our  profit,  as  the  photographer  does,  out  of  the  prints  ac- 
companying. Moreover,  I  doubt  whether  it  would  pay  to 
attempt  to  do  our  own  work,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  we 
have  eleven  stores  from  which  to  draw  the  business. 

"I  have  gone  into  the  matter  to  some  extent,  and  it  would 
require  probably  $1,000  worth  of  material  and  equipment 
to  fit  up  an  up-to-date  developing  and  printing  room, 
besides  the  services  of  a  man  and  a  boy  to  assist  him. 
Our  expenses  would  probably  be  $25  a  week,  over  and  above 
our  present  overhead  charges.  It  is  doubtful  whether  it 
would  be  possible  to  charge  any  more  for  the  work,  on  ac- 
count of  competitive  conditions,  so  that  the  additional  ex- 
pense would  represent  a  net  loss.  Besides,  the  department 
would  be  rushed  in  summer,  for  about  four  months,  and 
during  the  rest-  of  the  year  would  be  practically  idle.  For 
these  reasons  I  cannot  see  that  it  would  be  profitable  for 
us  to  change  our  present  plan,  and  attempt  to  do  our  own 
developing  and  printing,  and  inasmuch  as  we  have  a  good- 
sized  volume  of  this  business,  I  should  say  this  would  apply 
even  more  strongly  to  the  average  druggist,  unless,  of  course, 
he  or  one  of  his  assistants  could  take  care  of  tliis  work  with- 
out interference  with  other  duties. 


XDER  the  system  which  we  use,  and  which  I  be- 
lieve is  followed  by  most  druggists  in  this  section 
who  handle  any  camera  business,  it  does  pay  to  de- 


velop films  free  of  charge,  where  prints  are  ordered,"  said 
H.  LT.  Bolles,  president  of  the  Weatherhead  Drug  Co.,  of 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  whose  three  stores  were  recently  consoli- 
dated with  the  Dow  stores.  "The  answer  to  one  of  these 
two  questions  carries  with  it  the  answer  to  the  other.  It  pays 
us  to  offer  to  develop  free,  and  to  do  it,  because  we  do 
not  do  our  own  work.  It  is  taken  care  of  for  us  by  a 
man  who  does  a  sort  of  wholesale  business  in  that  line.  He 
calls  for  the  work  daily  and  handles  it  in  good  shape,  and 
to  the  satisfaction  of  our  customers.  Of  course,  if  he  made 
a  charge  for  development  work,  and  we  paid  it  and  then 
charged  our  customers  nothing  for  it,  we  would  lose  money; 
but  inasmuch  as  it  costs  us  nothing,  and  we  make  a  fair 
percentage  of  the  charge  for  making  prints,  the  business  can 
hardly  be  regarded  as  being  anything  but  profitable. 

"We  have  been  handling  it  on  this  basis  for  five  or  six 
years,  being,  I  believe,  among  the  pioneers  among  local  drug- 
gists in  handling  development  and  printing  work;  and  its 
volume  has  grown  and  grown  until  it  is  quite  large.  As  I 
say,  we  have  always  had  the  work  done  by  an  outside  pho- 
tographer, but  the  increase  of  the  business  has  been  such 
that  we  are  seriously  considering  employing  our  own  pho- 
tographer to  take  care  of  it  for  us,  on  the  theory  that  if  an 
outside  man  can  make  money  for  himself  out  of  our  business, 
we  could  do  it,  too.  Until  we  actually  try  it  out,  however, 
it  would  be  difficult  to  say  just  how  the  two  plans  would 
compare.  At  present,  I  can  only  say  that  we  have  found  the 
plan  indicated  profitable,  and  that  under  it  the  business  has 
grown  to  considerable  proportions." 


Nothing  better  than  a  photograph  of  real  people  to  adver- 
tise camera  goods 


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PHARMACEUTICAL  PERSONALS 


Major  McConnell 


Major  McConnell  Comments  on 
Important  Current  Happenings 

MAJOR  CHARLES  H.  McCONNELL,  for  years  one  of 
the  most  distinctive  figures  in  the  retail  drug  trade  of 
Chicago,  is  now  on  his  annual  vacation  trip  of  several 
weeks  and  while  in  New  York  City  dropped  in  at  the  Era 
office  for  a  chat  with  the  edi- 
tors. Major  McConnell,  in  spite 
of  his  years,  still  shows  the 
effect  of  his  long  training  dur- 
ing the  Civil  War  and  walks 
with  a  military  bearing  which 
would  do  credit  to  a  much 
younger  man.  He  likes  to  get 
away  from  the  business  wor- 
ries of  Chicago  and  he  had  a 
long  list  of  friends  he  hoped 
to  call  on  while  in  the  city. 

Always  a  keen  observer  of 
events,  Major  McConnell  has 
lost  none  of  his  acuteness  in 
following  the  trend  of  times 
and  in  the  course  of  his  con- 
versation he  spoke  interesting- 
ly of  various  business  and  poli- 
tical topics. 

Commenting  on  business  con- 
ditions, the  Major  said :  "I  find 
in  my  travels  that  business  has  been  a  little  bit  off  this 
fall  and  this  I  attribute  to  the  fact  that  there  are  such  re- 
markable changes  in  prices  and  such  strong  advances  in  the 
general  cost  of  drugs.  It  seems  to  be  a  general  complaint 
in  all  sections  of  the  country.  On  my  way  East  I  stopped 
at  several  cities — Cleveland,  Pittsburgh,  Utica,  Springfield  and 
others — and  the  most  striking  thing  to  me  was  the  number 
of  stores  on  good  streets  that  are  for  rent.  The  same  is  also 
true  of  upper  Fifth  avenue,  New  York. 

"We  have  had  but  little  trouble  getting  drugs  so  far,  but 
some  things  are  becoming  scarce  now.  The  war  has  created 
a  demand  for  home  grown  drugs  and  local  preparations,  which 
has  been  a  benefit  to  the  pharmacist.  We  have  not  found 
it  necessary  to  take  advantage  of  the  present  situation  to 
generally  increase  our  prices  for  prescriptions.  It  is  only  on 
such  compounds  as  contain  ingredients  the  cost  of  which 
has  greatly  increased,  that  we  have  raised  the  price,  and  on 
these  we  are  making  a  much  smaller  percentage  of  profit  than 
before.  We  are  buying  a  larger  amount  of  goods  direct  from 
the  manufacturers  than  in  previous  years  and  although  this 
requires  the  investment  of  an  immense  amount  of  capital, 
I  believe  it  pays.  The  wholesale  and  jobbing  business  in  the 
drug  trade  is  becoming  of  less  importance." 

A  veteran  himself.  Major  McConnell  has  followed  the 
European  war  with  great  interest.  He  expressed  the  belief 
that  the  war  would  last  three  years  or  possibly  longer  and 
that  it  would  be  ended  only  by  absolute  exhaustion  on  both 
sides.  Although  he  believes  the  Germans  have  the  best  troops 
in  the  world.  Major  McConnell  said  that  the  Allies  could 
easily  win  if  they  had  the  proper  generals.  "What  they  need 
is  a  Grant,"  said  the  major. 

"Nobody  can  foretell  what  will  be  the  outcome  of  the  war, 
but  it  will  mean  a  great  revolution  in  commerce  and  business. 
I  think  the  United  States  will  benefit  more  than  any  other 
nation,  but  we  are  going  to  see  Germany  step  into  South 
America  and  take  the  trade  we  are  trying  to  build  up  there. 
This  is  because  the  Germans  are  willing  to  adopt  the  South 
American  methods  and  standards  of  doing  business  while  wo 
make  the  mistake  of  trying  to  convert  them  to  Yankee  ways." 

Discussing  the  proposed  merger  of  the  Riker  &  Hepcman 
Co.  with  the  Liggett  interests,  Mr.  McConnell  said  the  chain 
store  business,  in  his  opinion,  was  likely  to  destroy  itself  from 


its  very  size.  He  felt  that  there  was  danger  of  its  becoming 
top  heavy  and  collapsing  from  its  own  weight  for,  although  a 
large  chain  of  cigar  stores  had  been  operated  successfully, 
the  great  number  of  elements  entering  into  the  drug  business 
made  it  difficult  for  this  to  be  carried  on  in  the  same  way. 

"I  believe  that  the  element  of  personal  service  and  attention 
is  the  one  most  essential  to  success  in  the  drug  business  and 
it  is  that  element  which  I  have  tried  to  encourage.  I  would 
not  fear  chain  store  competition  on  the  same  comer  for  I 
have  already  secured  the  confidence  of  the  public.  Although 
some  of  the  chain  stores  undoubtedly  pay,  I  believe  that 
many  of  them  in  especially  prominent  localities  are  run  merely 
as  advertisements  for  the  concern,"  said  Major  McConnell. 

"My  theory  of  merchandising  is  that  a  man  has  the  right  to 
sell  goods  he  has  bought  and  paid  for  at  any  profit  he  wants. 
Although  ninety-nine  druggists  out  of  100  are  in  favor  of  the 
Stevens  bill,  I  do  not  believe  there  is  any  danger  that  it  will 
pass  at  the  next  meeting  of  Congress."  Major  McConnell 
has  built  up  his  business  on  the  cut-rate  theory  and  has 
found  it  eminently  successful. 


DIRECTS  DRUG  STORE  FROM  BED 

H.  G.  Duerfeldt,  who  has  been  in  various  lines  of  the  drug 
business  for  twenty-seven  years  and  who  last  year  purchased 
the  Columbia  pharmacy,  Main  avenue  and  Washington  street, 
Spokane,  Wash.,  recently  com- 
pleted extensive  alterations  to 
his  store  under  difficulties.  Soon 
after  the  work  began  Mr.  Duer- 
feldt was  attacked  by  blood 
poisoning  which  kept  him  in 
bed  for  several  months.  He  did 
not  allow  his  sickness  to  inter- 
fere with  the  work  on  the 
store,  however.  Each  day  the 
otore  manager  reported  the  pro- 
gress which  had  been  made  and 
Mr.  Duerfeldt  directed  the 
work  from  the  blue  print  plans. 
Among  other  things  the  im- 
provements included  the  taking 
out  of  the  brick  wall  on  one 
side  of  the  store  and  the  sub- 
stitution of  a  large  plate  glass 
window  for  display  purposes. 

Mr.  Duerfelt's  store  is  on 
one  of  the  busiest  corners  in 

Spokane,  at  a  transfer  point  for  two  trolley  lines  and  near 
the  railroad  stations.  He  enjoys  a  large  transient  trade  who 
find  in  his  store  a  very  complete  stock  from  all  lines  to 
select  from.    He  makes  a  feature  of  his  mail  order  business. 

During  his  twenty-seven  years  in  business  Mr.  Duerfeldt 
has  been  an  officer  of  the  state  pharmaceutical  association, 
an  active  member  of  tlie  Spokane  .\<i  Club  and  was  secretarj- 
and  business  manager  of  the  Herpicide  company  of  Detroit, 
Mich,  from  1904  to  1909.  Previous  to  that  he  was  in  the 
drug  business  in  Montana.  In  1909  he  came  from  Detroit 
to  Spokane  and  was,  until  he  purchased  the  Columbia  Phar- 
macy, treasurer  and  business  manager  of  the  Murgittroyd  Drug 
Company,  Spokane.  He  is  also  president  of  the  Klenzo 
Company,  a  Spokane  concern  manufacturing  a  cleaning  com- 
pound. 


H.  G.  Duerfeldt 


PROF.  RICHARDS  WINS  NOBEL  PRIZE 

Cable  despatches  from  London  announce  that  the  Nobet 
prize  for  chemistry  for  1914,  has  been  awarded  to  Prof. 
Theodore  W.  Richards  of  Harvard  University  for  his  inves- 
tigations of  the  atomic  weights  of  the  chemical  elements. 
His  chief  contribution  to  chemical  science  in  this  direction 
lias  been  in  the  revision  of  the  atomic  weights  of  oi>-gen. 


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nitrogen,  chlorine,  lithium,  barium,  calcium,  strontium,  potas- 
sium, caesium,  iron,  zinc,  nickel,  copper,  silver,  magnesium 
and  uranium. 

Prof.  Richards  is  well  known  to  American  chemists,  being 
director  of  the  Gibbs  memorial  laboratory  at  Harvard  and  a 
scientist  of  international  reputation.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  International  Committee  of  Atomic  Weights  under  whose 
direction  is  prepared  the  table  of  atomic  weights  given  in  the 
Pharmacopoeia,  and  which  is  used  by  scientists  generally 
throughout  the  civilized  world.  In  1910  he  was  awarded  the 
Davy  medal  by  the  Royal  Society  of  England,  and  in  1912 
the  Willard  Gibbs  medal  of  the  American  Chemical  Society. 

Prof.  Richards  was  born  in  Germantown.  Pa.,  January 
31,  1868,  received  the  bachelor  of  science  degree  from  Hav- 
erford  in  1885  and  the  bachelor  of  arts  from  Harvard  the 
following  year.  He  got  his  Ph.D.  two  years  later.  He  studied 
abroad  several  years,  was  appointed  assistant  professor  of 
chemistr>'  at  Harvard  in  1894  and  full  professor  in  1901.  In 
1907  he  served  as  Harvard  exchange  professor  at  Berlin.  He 
is  a  member  of  many  scientific  societies  both  here  and  abroad 
and  has  received  honorary  degrees  from  Yale,  Haverford, 
Clark,  Cambridge  (England)  and  Christiania. 


LOUIS  K.  LIGGETT  GETS  HIGH  HONOR 

Louis  K.  Liggett,  president  and  general  manager  of  the 
United  Drug  Company,  on  November  22,  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  largest  com- 
mercial organization  in  America.  The  honor  came  wholly  un- 
sought on  the  part  of  Mr.  Liggett.  The  Boston  Chamber 
of  Commerce  deals  not  only  with  the  commercial  and  busi- 
ness interests  of  Boston,  but  with  the  whole  of  New  England. 
At  the  last  annual  meeting  the  by-laws  of  the  chamber  were 
changed  so  that  after  1916  the  annual  election  will  be  held 
in  May  instead  of  November,  so  that  Mr.  Liggett's  term  for 
the  present  extends  to  May,  1916. 


George  T.  Getman  Now  a  Proprietor 
.Acting  as  manager  of  the  pharmacy  at  Lyons,  N.  Y.,  since 
the  death  of  his  father,  the  late  George  W.  Getman,  who 
died  in  1894,  George  T.  Getman  recently  became  proprietor 
of  the  oldest  drug  store  in  that  thriving  town,  if  not  in  Wayne 
country.    The  store  was  founded  by  the  senior  Getman  in 
1869  and  early  took  a  leading  place  in  the  business  of  that 
section  of  the  country.    Among  his  other  activities  the  father 
was  a  prominent  buyer  of  wormwood,  spearmint  and  pepper- 
mint oils,  the  new  proprietor  showing  with  considerable  pride 
records  of  the  store  which  set  forth  that  during  one  week  in 
r>-cember,  1873,  his  father  purchased  $25,000  worth  of  oils. 
Getman,  the  new  owTier,  has  the  best  wishes  of  his  neigh- 
:>  and  townspeople  who  have  been  for  years  familiar  with 
0  slogan  "Get  it  at  Getman's." 


J.  R.  D.  Stevenson  Motors  1,500  Miles 
James  R.  D.  Stevenson,  vice-president  of  Robert  Stevenson 
&  Co.,  22  East  Lake  street,  Chicago,  has  just  returned  to 
his  desk  after  a  visit  in  the  East.    Mr.  Stevenson  made  a 
motor  trip  through  a  number  of  states  along  the  Atlantic 
coast,  starting  at  Poland  Springs,  Maine,  and  winding  up  in 
New  York  City.    He  says  that  he  feels  ashamed  of  Illinois 
after  his  experience,  on  account  of  the  poor  condition  of  our 
=  "^tf>  roads  in  this  neck  of  the  woods.    Mr.  Stevenson  says  he 
■  cled  more  than  1.500  miles  in  making  his  journey  along  the 
^te  highways  of  the  Atlantic  coast,  and  that  he  found  them 
:ike  park  boulevards. 


PERSONAL  NOTES 

— J.  Leyden  White,  Washington  correspondent  of  the 
X.  .\.  R.  D..  for  some  years,  has  tendered  his  resignation 
to  that  organization  to  take  effect  January  1,  and  his  resig- 
nation has  been  accepted.  It  is  understood  that  there  has 
been  more  or  less  friction  between  Mr.  White  and  some  of 
the  N.  A.  R.  D.  officials  and  this  led  him  to  take  this  ac- 
tion, although  he  desires  to  have  it  understood  that  he  has 
had  no  difficulties  with  the  membership  at  large.  While  he 
is  making  other  arrangements  and  is  completing  negotiations 
which  will  take  him  into  other  work,  he  states  that  he  will 
be  just  as  much  interested  in  the  association  and  its  work 
and  welfare,  after  the  end  of  his  direct  connection  with 
it,  as  he  was  during  the  fourteen  years  before  he  received  a 


dollar  in  payment  from  it.  Under  the  pen  name  of  "Joel 
Blanc"  Mr.  White  has  contributed  voluminously  to  pharma- 
ceutical journals  during  the  last  decade. 

— C.  D.  Jordan,  of  Monticello,'  Ga.,  on  the  occasion  of  his 
retirement  from  the  Georgia  Board  of  Pharmacy,  after  fif- 
teen years  of  service,  was  given  a  banquet  and  presented 
with  two  handsome  gifts  by  the  outgoing  and  incoming  mem- 
bers of  the  board  at  the  meeting  held  recently  in  Atlanta. 
The  gift  of  the  members  of  tlie  old  board  consisted  of  twelve 
silver  goblets,  which  were  presented  by  Max  Morris  of  Macon. 
The  members  of  the  new  board  gave  a  silver  tea  service 
through  their  spokesman,  W.  S.  Elkin,  Jr.,  of  Atlanta.  Be- 
sides the  members  of  the  board  there  were  in  attendance  at 
the  banquet  Ben  Person,  Macon;  Walter  Meaders,  Colum- 
bus, and  W.  D.  Jones,  Savannah.  Mr.  Jordan  has  de- 
voted many  years  of  service  to  the  advancement  of  pharmacy 
in  Georgia,  a  record  that  has  won  for  him  the  recognition 
and  appreciation  of  his  fellow  workers. 

— Dr.  Ch.^rles  H.  Herty,  president  of  the  American 
Chemical  Society,  was  the  guest  of  the  Syracuse  section 
of  that  organization  at  a  gathering  held  in  that  city  re- 
cently. He  also  delivered  an  address  on  "America  First 
in  Chemical  Industry".  Prof.  Herty  holds  the  chair  of  chem- 
istry in  the  University  of  North  Carolina,  and  is  perhaps 
best  known  for  his  invention  of  the  Herty  cup  for  use  in 
the  turpentine  industry  of  the  South.  He  was  born  at  Mil- 
ledgeville,  Ga.,  in  1867,  and  was  educated  at  Johns-Hopkins 
University,  later  studying  at  Zurich  and  Berlin. 

— Dr.  William  Jay  Schieffelin,  president  of  Schieffelin  & 
Co.,  wholesale  druggists,  New  York,  attended  the  funeral 
of  the  late  Booker  T.  Washington,  at  Tuskegee,  Ala.,  on 
November  17.  Dr.  Schieffelin  is  a  member  of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  the  Tuskegee  Institute  which  met  in  New 
York  on  November  23  and  informally  discussed  plans  for 
the  future  of  the  institution  and  the  installation  of  a  new 
principal.  Plans  are  already  being  discussed  for  a  nation- 
wide memorial  to  Washington  and  the  raising  of  an  addi- 
tional endowment  fund  for  Tuskegee. 

— Miss  Mary  Chang,  daughter  of  a  Shanghai  physician, 
has  arrived  in  San  Francisco  on  her  way  to  New  York, 
where  she  will  enter  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy  for 
the  regular  two-year  course.  At  the  end  of  that  time  she 
expects  to  return  to  China.  She  is  the  first  Chinese  girl 
to  come  to  this  country  to  take  a  course  in  pharmacy.  Her 
father,  Dr.  J.  D.  Chang,  is  a  leading  physician  of  the 
Chinese  city  and  head  of  the  largest  dispensary  in  North 
China.  Miss  Chang  is  a  graduate  of  the  Mclntyre  School  in 
Shanghai  and  speaks  English  fluently. 

— Edward  Williams,  secretary  of  the  Wisconsin  state  board 
of  pharmacy,  and  druggist  of  Madison,  is  erecting  a  $10,000 
double  store  and  apartment  building.  When  the  structure  is 
completed,  Mr.  Williams  will  move  his  pharmacy  from  its 
present  location  into  the  new  building.  Mr.  Williams  has 
been  the  owner  of  the  Williams  pharmacy  in  Madison  for 
the  past  twenty  years. 

— Sylvester  Kosczewski,  sales  manager  of  the  A.  Spiegel 
Co.,  Grand  avenue  and  West  Water  street,  Milwaukee,  has 
been  confirmed  as  a  fire  and  police  commissioner  of  that 
city.  Mr.  Kosczewski  was  a  member  of  the  Sane  Fourth 
commission  two  years  ago.  He  was  born  in  Milwaukee  in 
1880  and  has  been  connected  with  the  A.  Spiegel  Co.  for  the 
past  sixteen  years. 

— William  Shafer,  a  druggist,  of  Frankfort,  Ind.,  was  in- 
jured seriously  when  an  automobile  in  which  he  was  riding 
with  several  friends  crashed  into  a  bridge  railing  while  the 
party  was  en  route  to  Indianapolis.  Mr.  Shaffer  was  hurt 
about  the  head  and  suffered  a  fractured  leg  and  internal 
injuries. 

— Arthur  D.  Buzzell,  formerly  a  druggist  in  the  employ 
of  the  late  .\.  H.  Kneeland  at  Galesville,  Wis.,  is  becoming 
an  author  of  note,  and  has  contributed  articles  to  various 
magazines.  The  November  American  Magazine  has  a  clever 
sketch  from  his  pen  entitled  "The  Peace  Advocate." 

— Fred  Moody,  for  ten  years  part  owner  with  James  A. 
Henderson,  of  the  Tyron  Drug  Co.,  Charlotte,  N.  C,  has 
sold  out  his  interest  in  the  business  to  Mr.  Henderson  and 
Boyce  Hunter  and  w-ill  in  the  future  be  associated  with  his 
brothers  in  the  Farmers  Supply  Co. 


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— A.  J.  Ryan",  manager  of  the  Central  store,  Sholtz  Drug 
Co.,  Detroit,  Michigan,  recently  made  an  extended  trip  through 
the  East.  During  his  travels  he  visited  Baltimore,  Phila- 
delphia, Pittsburgh,  New  York,  Boston,  and  other  cities, 
where  he  studied  the  newest  drug  store  methods. 

— E.  W.  Van  Norman,  of  Monticello,  Wis.,  has  sold  his 
pharmacy  to  R.  W.  Woelffer  of  Lake  Mills,  Wis.  Mr.  Van 
Norman  had  been  engaged  in  the  drug  business  at  Monticello 
for  the  past  sixteen  years.  He  will  now  take  a  much  needed 
rest  before  completing  his  plans  for  the  future. 

— Theodore  W.  Wetterstroem,  for  many  years  secretary 
of  the  Ohio  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  proprietor  of 
the  well-known  pharmacy  at  3935  Spring  Grove  avenue,  Cin- 
cinnati, has  sold  out  to  William  Wintering,  formerly  phar- 
macist at  the  City  Workhouse. 

— Edwin  J.  Morse,  for  twenty-nine  years  chief  pharmacist 
in  the  United  States  Navy,  has  returned  to  Charlestown, 
Mass.,  to  resume  charge  of  the  Putnam  Drug  store.  Mr. 
Morse  owned  a  drug  store  in  Charlestown  more  than  thirty 
years  ago. 

— Kenneth  Stine,  a  pharmacist,  with  Meyer  Brothers,  in 
Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  was  married  to  Miss  Ethel  Baxter  of 
Bluffton. 

— Otto  Muehlhaus,  of  Hynson,  Westcott  &  Co.,  Balti- 
more, was  married  on  September  20. 


RECEN-T  MARRIAGES  IN  THE  DRUG  TRADE 

James  M.  Mowrer,  president  of  the  McCoy  &  Howe  Co., 
manufacturing  chemists,  Indianapolis,  was  married  a  few  days 
ago  to  Mrs.  Amy  E.  Buell,  who  for  fifteen  years  had  been 
his  private  secretary.  The  wedding  took  place  at  the  Mowrer 
home  at  1436  Central  avenue,  Indianapolis.  The  ceremony 
was  performed  by  the  Rev.  J.  M.  Stewart,  of  W)abash,  Ind., 
a  brother-in-law  of  the  bride.  Only  members  of  the  families 
attended  the  wedding. 

J.  Graham  French,  son  of  Harry  B.  French,  president  of 
the  Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co.,  of  Philadelphia,  was  mar- 
ried on  Wednesday  evening,  October  27,  to  Miss  Lenore  du 
Prunay  Roussel,  daughter  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  E.  Rous- 
sel.  The  ceremony  was  solemnized  in  the  Holy  Trinity  Mem- 
orial Chapel  at  22nd  and  Spruce  streets,  Philadelphia,  and 
was  followed  by  a  reception  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents, 
2108  Pine  street. 

Henry  C.  Schranck,  president  of  the  H.  C.  Schranck  Co., 
of  Milwaukee,  manufacturer  of  extracts  and  soda  water  sup- 
plies, was  married  recently  to  Mrs.  Elizabeth  M.  Loepfe,  who 
for  several  years  has  been  proprietor  of  the  City  Hall  phar- 
macy, Milwaukee.  Aside  from  his  business  connections,  Mr. 
Schranck  is  well  known  in  musical  and  club  circles  of  Mil- 
waukee. 

Harry  E.  Henneberg,  proprietor  of  the  drug  store  at  Elm 
and  Orange  streets,  Westfield,  Mass.,  and  Mrs.  Marion  R. 
Bradford,  a  trained  nurse,  were  married  at  Brattleboro,  Vt., 
on  November  5.  Mr.  Henneberg  has  been  identified  with 
various  drug  stores  and  at  one  time  was  in  business  at 
Springfield,  Mass. 

Fay  Griffin,  a  graduate  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy,  Univer- 
sity of  Iowa,  '11,  to  Miss  Vera  Cooper.  Their  home  will 
be  in  Fullerton,  Neb.,  where  Mr.  Griffin  is  in  the  drug 
business. 

Miss  Mary  F.  Lindeman,  daughter  of  W.  F.  Lindeman, 
druggist,  of  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  was  recently  married  to  Allen 
M.  Adams.    The  ceremony  took  place  at  Pine  Bluff. 

P.  A.  Gruett,  proprietor  of  the  Sixth  Ward  pharmacy,  at 
Merrill,  Wis.,  was  married  on  October  15  to  Miss  Helen  Al- 
brrrht,  daughter  of  F.  A.  Albrecht  of  Merrill. 

Jniii(<?  C.  McGrath,  a  druggist,  of  Chilton,  Wis.,  was  mar- 
ried on  November  4  to  Miss  Frances  C.  Coon,  of  Rhine- 
lander,  Wis.    Thry  will  reside  at  Chilton. 

William  Gehrkc,  proprietor  of  the  Gehrke  drug  store  at 
Watertown,  Wi.'i.,  was  married  recently  to  Miss  Emma  E. 
Walter,  also  of  Watertown. 

John  Hiller,  druggist  at  Carbondale,  III,  and  Miss  Kathryn 
Dintlcman  of  Pinckncyville,  111.,  were  married  at  Jonesboro 
recently. 

Harry  Lee  Levick.  for  a  number  of  years  connected  with 
a  large  drug  establishment  in  Baltimore,  and  now  engaged 
in  the  wholesale  and  retail  drug  business  in  Winchester,  ^'a., 


is  to  be  married  early  in  December  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Graham. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Calder  Graham,  of  Ginter  Park,  Rich- 
mond, the  parents  of  Miss  Graham,  recently  announced  the 

engagement. 

Charles  R.  R.  Snyder,  a  representative  of  P.,  D.  &  Co., 
Louisville,  Ky.,  was  married  on  Nov.  16  to  Miss  Emma 
Louise  Bryan,  of  Paris,  Ky.,  where  the  ceremony  took  place. 
Mr.  Snyder  had  as  his  best  man  Dr.  J.  H.  Boiling,  of  Louis- 
ville, who  is  a  brother  of  Mrs.  Ethel  Boiling  Gault,  Presi- 
dent Wilson's  fiancee.  The  couple  left  for  a  wedding  trip 
in  Cuba. 

Ralph  H.  Estabrook,  son  of  Henry  A.  Estabrook,  druggist 
at  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  and  Gertrude  E.  Tuttle,  a  nurse,  were 
married  Nov.  13.  Young  Mr.  Estabrook  is  a  pharmacist 
himself  and  has  extensive  acquaintance  in  Fitchburg. 


MANUFACTURER  CAN  LEGALLY  REFUSE  TO 

SELL  PRICE-CUTTERS,  SAYS  HIGH  COURT 

Judge  Lacombe  of  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  of 
Appeals  has  handed  down  a  decision  upholding  the  order 
by  Judge  Charles  M.  Hough  of  the  Federal  District  Court 
in  the  suit  brought  by  the  Great  Atlantic  &  Pacific  Tea 
Co.  for  a  temporary  injunction  against  the  Cream  of  Wheat 
Co.  This  is  one  of  the  first  cases  in  which  a  higher  court 
has  upheld  the  principle  of  price  maintenance  and  also 
one  of  the  first  to  be  decided  under  the  terms  of  the  Clayton 
Act  against  unfair  competition. 

The  request  was  brought  before  the  coiirt  for  a  temporary 
injunction  pending  a  suit  for  permanent  injunction  to  com- 
pel the  Cream  of  Wheat  Co.  to  sell  its  product  to  the  tea 
company.  The  tea  company  operates  a  chain  of  "Economy 
Stores"  in  which  they  sell  merchandise  below  the  normal 
retail  price.  For  a  brief  period  the  Cream  of  Wheat  Co. 
sold  its  product  to  the  tea  company,  but  later,  in  an  attempt 
to  maintain  a  fixed  price,  it  refused  to  continue  business 
relations. 

Judge  Lacombe,  in  making  his  decision,  held  that  the 
Cream  of  Wheat  Co.  is  not  a  monopoly,  that  it  has  a  right 
to  make  a  rule  for  its  own  business  that  it  will  sell  only 
to  wholesalers  and  that  it  cannot  be  compelled  to  sell  to 
retailers.  Judge  Lacombe  said  in  part :  "We  had  supposed 
that  it  was  elementary  law  that  a  trader  could  buy  from  whom 
he  pleased  and  sell  to  whom  he  pleased,  and  that  this  selec- 
tion of  seller  and  buyer  was  his  own  concern.  It  is  part  of  a 
man's  civil  rights  that  he  be  at  liberty  to  refuse  business 
relations  with  any  person  whomsoever,  whether  the  refusal 
rests  upon  reason  or  is  the  result  of  whim,  caprice,  malice 
or  prejudice.  .  .  .  We  have  not  yet  reached  the  stage 
where  the  selection  of  a  trader's  customers  is  made  for  him 
by  the  Government." 

It  is  believed  in  legal  circles  that  this  decision  on  the 
temporary  injunction  is  probably  final  and  the  intere-^t  in 
the  case  now  centers  around  the  suit  brought  by  the  tea 
company  for  a  permanent  injunction  against  the  Cream  of 
Wheat  Co.  Although  the  two  preliminan.-  decisions  in  favor 
of  price  maintenance  do  not  forecast  the  final  result  it  is 
thought  the  outcome  will  be  the  same.  The  tea  company 
will  probably  appeal  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States. 


EARLY   CLOSLN-G   MOVEMENT  GAINS 

Druggists  of  Hancock  and  Houghton  in  the  Portage  Lake 
region  of  Michigan  have  reached  an  agreement  whereby  they 
will  close  their  stores  at  nine  o'clock  on  every  evening  except 
Saturday.  On  Sundays  and  holidivs  the  stores  will  be  closed 
from  one  to  seven  o'clock  p.  m.  The  new  agreement  includes 
a  provision  to  allow  the  stores  to  keep  open  late  in  the  even- 
ing for  ten  days  previous  to  Christmas. 


\  night  closing  schedule  has  been  agreed  upon  by  the 
drug  stores  of  Emporia,  Kansas,  whereby  every  fourth  week 
one  of  the  four  stores  will  remain  open  until  midnight.  It 
has  been  the  custom  for  all  the  druggists  to  close  their  stores 
at  eight  o'clock  in  the  evening  between  November  and 
,\pril  hut  this  year  one  store  refused  to  comply  with  this 
schedule.  The  new  arrangement  gives  each  of  the  stores  a 
monopoly  on  the  night  trade  for  one  week  in  the  month. 


December,  1915] 


THE  PHAEMACEUTICAL  ERA 


531 


DEATHS  IN  THE  DRUG  TRADE 


Brent  Good 


BRENT  GOOD.  THE  MANUFACTURER  OF 

CARTER  S  LITTLE  LIVER  PILLS,  DEAD 

Ilront  Good,  president  of  llie  Carter  Medicine  Co.,  manu- 
facturer of  Carter's  Little  Liver  Pills  and  other  proprietary 
medicines,  New  York  City,  died  of  kidney  trouble  on  Novem- 
ber 10  at  Long  Branch,  N.  J. 
He  was  7S  years  of  age. 

Mr.  Good  was  bom  in 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  in  1S37,  and 
at  the  age  of  two  was  taken 
to  Canada,  where  his  earlier 
years  were  spent  on  a  farm. 
He  was  educated  in  the  ele- 
mentary schools  and  then 
served  an  apprenticeship  in  a 
pharmacy  at  Belleville.  In  1S56 
he  went  to  New  York,  where 
he  obtained  a  position  with  a 
wholesale  drug  house,  which  he 
later  left  to  assume  a  subor- 
dinate place  with  Demas  Barnes 
&  Co.,  at  that  time  the  largest 
patent  medicine  dealers  in  the 
world.  In  time  he  became  a 
partner  in  the  firm,  a  relation- 
ship which  was  continued  un- 
til 1868,  when,  on  the  dissolu- 
tion of  the  business,  he  retired  and  established  the  firm  of 
Good,  Root  &  Co.,  wholesale  importers  of  wines.  Ten  years 
later  he  started  the  firm  which  became  known  as  Brent  Good 
&  Co.,  manufacturers  of  proprietary  medicines.  This  com- 
pany soon  purchased  the  rights  of  Carter's  Little  Liver  Pills  from 
Dr.  Carter,  of  Erie,  Pa.,  and  in  1880,  the  Carter  Medicine 
Co.  was  founded,  with  Mr.  Good  as  its  head. 

In  1882,  Mr.  Good,  with  the  late  Charles  N.  Crittenton  and 
three  others,  met  and  organized  the  Proprietary  Association 
of  America,  in  which  he  took  an  active  interest  for  years, 
and  in  which  he  was  succeeded  later  by  his  son  Harry  H.,  who 
served  the  organization  for  many  years  as  treasurer.  From 
the  death  of  Mr.  Crittenton,  which  occurred  some  years 
ago,  Mr.  Good  was  the  only  living  member  of  the  original 
body  which  founded  the  association.  He  stated  only  a  few 
years  ago  that  in  the  early  history  of  the  association,  he  never 
dreamed  the  organization  would  ever  grow  to  its  present 
importance  and  size. 

In  the  proprietary  medicine  field  Mr.  Good  was  highly 
successful,  and  his  energy  as  an  organizer  and  merchant  in 
a  few  years  made  the  sale  of  the  company's  specialties  cos- 
mopolitan. Besides  its  extension  in  the  United  States  the 
business  was  successfully  promoted  in  Canada,  and  then  Mr. 
Good  went  to  England  and  began  a  campaign  of  advertising 
that  created  an  enormous  demand  for  his  goods.  His  ener- 
gies did  not  stop  at  this  and  he  became  interested  in  other 
large  business  concerns.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Long 
Branch  Chamber  of  Commerce,  a  governor  of  the  Monmouth 
Memorial  Hospital,  a  director  in  the  Citizen's  National  Bank 
and  the  New  Jersey  Mortgage  and  Trust  Company.  He 
held  membership  in  many  clubs,  was  a  Mason,  and  a 
member  of  the  St.  James  Episcopal  Church.  He  was  an 
ardent  disciple  of  Isaak  Walton,  and  his  love  of  fishing  made 
him  owner  of  several  choice  reserved  streams  in  Canada. 

Mr.  Good  was  twice  married,  his  first  wife,  who  died  in 
1894.  leaving  two  children.  Harry  H.  Good  and  Mrs.  Kittie 
Orcutt,  both  of  whom,  with  his  second  wife,  survive. 


nient  of  the  Metropolitan  District  in  which  position  he  ac- 
quired a  wide  acquaintance  throughout  die  retail  drug  field. 
Air.  Strauss  was  born  in  Germany  seventy-six  years  ago, 
and  was  prominent  in  German  pharmaceutical  circles  here. 

A  member  of  the  firm  of  Lehn  &  Fink,  speaking  of  Mr. 
Strauss'  death,  said,  "He  was  one  of  tlie  most  able  men  in 
tlie  drug  trade  to-day.  He  had  a  comprehensive  knowledge 
of  the  business  such  as  is  seldom  attained  by  the  business 
man  of  to-day.  His  departure  will  be  a  great  shock  to  those 
who  knew  him  and  his  loss  to  the  firm  leaves  a  gap  which 
it  will  be  hard  to  fill." 


BRIG.-GEN.  GEORGE  M.  STEmSTBERG 

Brigadier-General  George  M.  Sternberg,  surgeon-general  of 
tlie  United  States  Army  from  1893  to  1902,  died  at  his  home 
in  Washington,  D.  C.,-  on  November  3.  He  was  77  years 
of  age  and  was  born  at  Hartwick  Seminary,  Otsego  Co., 
N.  Y.  After  graduating  from  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons,  New  York,  he  entered  the  army  as  an  assistant 
surgeon  in  1861,  served  through  several  grades,  and  in  1893 
was  appointed  surgeon-general.  He  was  retired  June  8,  1902. 
During  his  forty  years  of  active  service  in  the  army  he  was 
detailed  for  many  undertakings  which  gained  for  him  an  in- 
ternational reputation.  He  had  served  as  president  of  the 
American  Medical  Association  and  as  an  officer  in  many  scien- 
tific organizations.  He  was  best  known  to  pharmacists  by 
his  works  on  bacteriology  which  are  yet  widely  used  in  col- 
leges.   He  was  a  prolific  writer  on  medical  subjects. 


DR.  JOSEPH  A.  HEINTZELMAIT 

Dr.  Joseph  A.  Heintzelman,  one  of  the  oldest  and  most 
widely  known  pharmacists  of  Philadelphia,  is  dead,  following 
an  attack  of  acute  pneumonia.  He  was  81  years  of  age, 
and  had  conducted  a  drug  store  at  Ridge  and  North  Col- 
lege avenues  in  the  Quaker  city  since  1874.  He  was  bom  in 
Wurtemberg,  Germany,  and  came  to  this  country  when  he 
was  24  years  of  age,  shortly  after  completing  a  course  of 
medicine  in  his  native  land.  He  graduated  from  the  Phila- 
delphia CP.  in  18S9.  He  played  an  active  part  in  the  Ger- 
man organizations  in  Philadelphia  and  was  prominent  in  the 
Masonic  fraternity.  A  daughter  and  two  sons  survive,  one 
of  the  sons  being  Dr.  Joseph  A.  Heintzelman,  Jr.,  also  ai 
graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  CP. 


JOSEPH  M.  ALLCOTT 

Joseph  M.  Allcott,  for  forty-five  years  a  druggist  at  90' 
Washington  street,  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  died  in  that  city  recently, 
aged  87.  He  located  in  Milwaukee  in  1856,  having  been  previ- 
ously engaged  in  the  drug  business  at  Ballston  Spa,  N.  Y., 
where  he  also  held  the  office  of  postmaster.  He  was  one  of 
the  first  to  open  a  soda  fountain  in  Milwaukee,  and  had  the 
reputation  of  being  the  oldest  Mason  in  the  city.  He  was 
related  to  the  well-known  Allcott  family  of  literary  fame.  A. 
widow,  and  a  son  and  daughter  survive. 


PROFESSOR  RAPHAEL  MELDOLA 

Raphael  Meldola,  professor  of  organic  chemistry  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  London  since  1912,  died  November  16.  He  was 
66  years  old.  Dr.  Meldola  was  one  of  the  most  famous  chem- 
ists in  the  world.  He  was  the  discoverer  of  many  new  pro- 
ducts and  processes  in  the  making  of  coal-tar  dyes. 


GEORGE  STRAUSS 


RECENT  DEATHS 


George  Straus.?,  for  forty  years  employe  and  member  of 
the  firm  of  Lehn  &  Fink,  wholesale  dmggists  of  New  York, 
died  recently  at  his  home  in  Brooklyn  after  a  short  illness 
with  bronchial  trouble.  At  the  time  of  his  death  Mr.  Strauss 
was  the  oldest  member  of  the  firm  in  point  of  time  of  ser- 
vice.   For  many  years  he  has  been  manager  of  the  depart- 


Dr.  Joseph  M.  Sea,  the  oldest  business  man  in  Lebanon, 
Ky.,  died  November  16  at  a  local  hospital  from  infirmities 
incident  to  age.  He  was  born  in  Nelson  county,  Virginia, 
August  2,  1834.  He  went  to  Lebanon  and  started  a  drug- 
store soon  after  the  close  of  the  Civil  War  and  had  been  in 
business  there  continuously  since. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[December,  1915 


— Charles  Siller,  for  many  years  a  drug  salesman,  well 
known  to  retailers  of  the  middle  and  eastern  states,  died  at 
his  home  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  after  a  short  illness.  For 
more  than  thirty  years  he  was  connected  with  the  firm  of 
Julius  Zeller,  later  Max  Zeller,  wholesale  druggists  of  New 
York,  much  of  his  time  being  spent  on  the  road.  He  had 
also  represented  Bruen,  Ritchey  &  Co.,  wholesale  druggists, 
for  eight  years  and  was  New  York  representative  for  Wells 
&  Richardson  Co.,  of  Burlington,  Vt.,  for  the  last  five  years. 

— Dr.  C.  a.  Holzer,  physician  and  pharmacist,  aged  67 
years,  died  at  his  home  in  Uniontown,  Wash.,  on  November 
13.  He  was  born  in  Graz,  Austria,  studied  in  Munich  and 
Vienna,  and  graduated  from  the  University  of  Strassburg. 
He  located  in  Uniontown  in  1890  and  had  served  as  council- 
man and  mayor.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Washington 
Pharmaceutical  Association.  A  widow  and  five  daughters 
survive. 

— Luzerne  D.  Lowell,  a  retired  druggist,  died  of  pneumonia 
at  his  home  in  Chicago  on  November  6.  He  had  been  in 
the  drug  business  for  forty  years  and  went  to  Chicago  in 
1874.  He  was  a  descendant  of  the  Lowells  who  came  over  in 
the  Mayflower  and  was  related  to  James  Russell  Lowell,  the 
poet.  He  was  a  member  of  Provident  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
and  the  Chicago  Chapter  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution.   A  widow,  a  son  and  daughter  survive. 

— Thomas  Lewis,  42  years  old,  a  pharmacist,  who  formerly 
worked  in  Baltimore  and  in  Washington,  D.  C,  died  last 
week  at  the  Emergency  Hospital  from  the  effects  of  a  dose 
of  chloral  he  had  swallowed  in  his  room  at  1419  D  street, 
Northwest.  He  died  without  regaining  consciousness.  Prac- 
tically nothing  was  known  of  his  relatives  or  friends.  The 
coroner  issued  a  certificate,  attributing  the  cause  of  his  death 
to  chloral  hydrate  poisoning. 

— James  W.  Cone,  a  veteran  druggist  of  Waterbury,  Conn., 
died  in  that  city  on  November  10,  after  a  brief  illness  with 
pneumonia.  He  was  bom  at  Winsted,  Conn.,  in  1848,  and  in 
the  early  60s  went  to  Waterbury  where  he  engaged  in  the 
drug  business  with  David  Fuller.  In  1884  he  purchased  the 
drug  store  of  Dr.  J.  J.  Jacques,  continuing  the  business  until 
his  death.    A  widow  and  two  daughters  survive. 

— George  F.  Ropes,  of  Salem,  Mass.,  president  of  the  Ropes 
Drug  Co.,  of  that  city,  and  also  of  Lynn,  died  suddenly  in 
the  company's  Salem  laboratory  on  October  28.  He  was 
about  66  years  of  age  and  had  been  in  the  drug  business  for 
many  years.  Besides  being  president  of  the  Ropes  Drug  Co., 
he  was  treasurer  of  the  Bovox  Co.  and  also  connected  with 
other  corporations.    A  widow  survives  him. 

— Charles  B.  Emerson,  for  many  years  a  leading  citizen 
and  the  oldest  druggist  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  died  on  Novem- 
ber 5  after  a  long  illness.  He  was  born  in  Salem,  N.  H., 
in  1831,  and  went  to  Haverhill  at  the  age  of  14.  After  gradu- 
ating from  the  Atkinson  Academy  he  entered  the  drug  busi- 
ness, which  he  actively  followed  until  1907  when  he  sold  his 
store  to  B.  F.  Norton. 

— Frank  R.  Peyton,  who  for  some  time  conducted  a  drug 
store  at  Manchester,  O.,  died  there  a  few  days  ago,  at  the 
age  of  52  years.  He  sold  his  drug  store  recently  to  Cliff 
Brown,  moving  to  Norwood,  O.  Ill-health  forced  his  retire- 
ment from  business  about  a  year  ago.  Burial  was  in  Man- 
chester.   His  wife,  a  son  and  a  daughter  survive. 

— Frank  W.  Bacon,  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  drug 
firm  of  Bacon  &  Sawyer,  Waltham,  Mass.,  is  dead  after  a  short 
illness  of  cerebral  spinal  meningitis.  He  was  in  his  43rd 
year.  For  some  years  and  up  until  the  time  of  his  death 
he  had  been  employed  as  a  gauger  in  the  U.  S.  Internal 
Revenue  Department.    A  widow  and  two  children  survive. 

— M.  E.  WiTHiNGTON,  aged  SS  years,  and  for  more  than  30 
years  engaged  in  the  drug  business  at  Birmingham,  .Ma.,  is 
dead.  He  was  born  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  located  in  Birming- 
ham when  it  was  but  a  little  more  than  a  hamlet.  He  was  ac- 
tive in  Masonic  circles  and  well  known  throughout  the  State.  A 
widow  and  a  son  and  daughter  survive. 

— JoTTN  B,  Fatjtss,  formerlv  connected  with  the  Fariss- 
K'  '     I>'  i-.n-nsbnrn,  N.  C,  dird  in  New  York  City 

'  ■  H--  r:,mr  fi  Mn,  ,  ,  1  i^l  iiiu.l ished  North 
I  1  ,m(lf:illi(  r  and  -I'M     m ndfathcr  being 

aiiii'iiL;  iiii  si  pi  i)iiiin(_-iit  citizens  of  Giccn.shoro.  He  was 
never  married.  . 


— QuiNCY  W.  Frost,  who  retired  a  year  ago  after  twenty- 
five  years  of  activity  in  the  drug  business  at  Washburn,  Wis., 
is  dead  from  apoplexy.  On  the  day  of  the  funeral  every 
business  house  in  the  city  was  closed.  Mr.  Frost  was  57 
years  old.    A  widow  and  three  children  survive. 

— Willis  N.  Bailey,  40,  a  druggist,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
was  found  dead  in  his  pharmacy  on  October  30,  death  being 
due  to  heart  disease.  He  had  lived  in  Rochester  about  ten 
years  and  opened  his  store  in  Genesee  street  seven  years  ago. 
His  widow  survives. 

— Sarah  J.  Astley,  62  years  old,  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  died 
after  a  brief  ilbiess  from  acute  indigestion.  She  was  the 
mother  of  Myron  V.  Astley  of  the  Stewart-Kiefer  Drug 
Co.,  of  Indianapolis  and  of  Otis  M.  Astley  of  the  Indiana 
National  Bank. 

—Daniel  H.  Mansz,  38,  druggist,  Louisville,  Ky.,  is  dead, 
following  a  year's  illness  of  complications.  He  w^as  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Louisville  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  had  been  employed  in  drug  stores  in  that  city. 

— William  Donaghy,  for  years  proprietor  of  a  drug  store  in 
Kent,  O.,  is  dead  from  cancer  of  the  liver,  at  the  age  of 
54  years.  He  was  bom  in  Colbume,  Ontario,  but  had  spent 
most  of  his  life  in  Kent.    His  wife  and  two  sons  survive. 

— William  H.  Ballou,  66,  formerly  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Chambers-Calder  &  Co.,  dealers  in  dyestuffs  and  drugs, 
Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  is  dead.  He  had  served  for  several  years 
as  a  trustee  of  the  Rhode  Island  Institute  for  the  Deaf. 

— A.  F.  RiDEOUT,  66,  for  nearly  thirty  years  proprietor  of  a 
drug  store  at  Hortonville,  Wis.,  is  dead  from  heart  trouble. 
He  was  one  of  the  best  known  citizens  in  Outgamie  county. 
A  widow,  two  sons  and  four  daughters  survive. 

— Edward  H.  Callahan,  for  twenty  years  a  leading  drug- 
gist of  Wobum,  Mass.,  is  dead.  He  was  born  in  1874,  at- 
tended the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  then  be- 
gan business  as  a  druggist  in  his  home  city. 


MEYER  BROS.  DRUG  COMPANY  TO  RESUME 

St.  Louis  Wholesale  House  Completes  Plan  to  Satisfy 
Creditors 

In  a  letter  sent  out  to  dealers  and  others  interested,  the 
Meyer  Brothers  Drug  Company  of  ■  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  says  that 
Judge  David  P.  Dyer  of  the  United  States  District  Court  has 
confirmed  the  composition  with  its  creditors  and  that  the 
company  will  soon  resume  the  conduct  of  its  business,  which 
has  been  in  the  hands  of  the  receiver. 

Under  the  terms  of  the  composition,  the  first  payment  on 
the  indebtedness  will  not  have  to  be  made  until  November 
12,  1916,  which  will  enable  the  company  to  discount  all  bills 
for  new  purchases  in  the  same  manner  as  they  have  been 
discounted  by  the  receiver. 

The  company  says  that  it  will  have  on  hand  upon  the  dis- 
charge of  the  receiver  approximately  $100,000  in  cash,  ac- 
countsi  rrrcivable  for  soods  sold  by  the  receiver,  which  amounted 
on  November  1  to  $350,000,  and  merchandise  on  hand  esti- 
mated by  the  receiver  at  more  than  $400,000  in  addition  to 
all  other  assets  of  the  company  as  set  out  in  the  account- 
ants' report. 


Prof.  Metclinikoff  Granted  an  Injunction 

An  injunction,  recently  i.^sucd  by  Justice  Greenbaum,  in 
the  Supreme  Court,  at  the  roqiirst  of  Professor  Eli  Metchni- 
koff,  director  of  the  Pasti  iir  l'i>stit\iti\  r!ri.«,  prevents  the  Berlin 
Laboratory,  Ltd.,  of  Xcw  ^^lik,  »:.  ■.■,  using  tlie  name  of 
the  scientist  in  conncrtion  '.\  ith  t!'e  advertisement  and  sale 
of  its  product  known  as  "intesti-ferniin,"  This  product  was 
p»ut  on  the  market  in  1913  and  in  1914  Professor  Metchni- 
koff  demanded  that  the  firm  cease  using  his  name  in  con- 
nection with  the  advertisements,  and  magazines  and  other 
publications  were  warned  that  if  they  used  the  name  they 
would  be  held  responsible. 

In  the  trial  it  was  brought  out  that  the  products  used  in 
the  manufacture  of  intesfi-fermin  tablets  were  discovered  by 
Professor  Metchnikoff  and  that  there  was  no  attempt  on  the 
part  of  the  plaintiff  to  disprove  the  fact,  nor  to  prove  any 
lack  of  purity  in  the  ingredients  used  by  the  laboratory.  The 
case  was  decided  by  the  court  on  the  statute  which  prohibits 
the  use  of  the  name  in  advertising  matter  of  any  living 
man  without  his  written  consent. 


Deci:mbek,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


53a 


NEWS  OF  THE  ASSOCIATIONS 


Proprietors  Planning  to 

Fight  New  York  Law 

Harry  B.  Thompson,  Counsel  for  Association,  Says  He 
is  Now  Preparing  Case  to  Be  Fought  Out  in  Courts 
— States  Objections  to  Ordinance. 

Despite  the  fact  that  a  number  of  New  York 
wholesale  drug  firms  have  agreed  to  abide  by  the 
regulations  requiring  the  registration  of  patent  and 
proprietary  medicines  with  the  Department  of 
Health,  recently  adopted  by  the  New  York  City 
Board  of  Health,  the  Proprietary  Association  of 
America  is  continuing  to  formulate  plans  for  com- 
batting that  measure. 

The  association  maintains  that  the  Health  Board  is  not  em- 
powered to  enact  any  such  ordinance  as  this,  or  to  enforce  the 
regulations  made  tmder  it.  It  is  claimed  that  neither  is  in 
any  way  related  to  the  public  health  or  the  welfare  of  the 
people  of  New  York.  This,  it  is  said,  is  borne  out  in  four 
particulars.  First,  although  the  ordinance  was  enacted  on  De- 
cember 31,  of  last  year,  it  has  been  suspended  until  December 
31  of  the  present  year.  This  would  show  that  the  action 
taken  by  the  board  is  not  a  very  urgent  one,  for  if  there  were 
danger  from  the  use  of  proprietary  medicines,  so  great  a 
time  would  not  be  allowed  to  elapse  between  the  date  of  the 
enactment  of  the  ordinance  and  of  the  time  of  putting  it  into 
effect. 

The  second  particular  points  out  that  it  is  strange  that  those 
remedies  which  are  advertised  and  sold  under  name,  descrip- 
tion, or  definition  found  in  the  Pharmacopoeia  or  the  National 
Formulary  are  not  regarded  as  dangerous,  and  may  be  sold, 
so  far  as  the  health  ordinances  of  New  York  City  are  con- 
cerned, without  any  of  the  restrictions  appearing  either  in  the 
ordinance  or  the  regulations,  when  it  is  stated  that  there  are 
a  large  number  of  these  which  call  for  narcotic  drugs  in  suf- 
ficient quantities  to  place  them  within  the  provisions  of  the 
Harrison  law.  Stranger  still  is  the  fact  that  the  New  York 
ordinance  was  enacted  two  months  prior  to  the  time  the  pro- 
visions of  the  Harrison  law  became  effective.  The  Goldwater 
ordinance  would  pass  that  on  which  the  Harrison  law  places 
a  ban. 

Third,  there  is  questioned  the  propriety  of  permitting  the 
unrestricted  sale  of  preparations  where  the  names  of  the  in- 
gredients are  set  forth  in  English  upon  the  wrapper,  while  the 
fourth  particular  takes  up  that  part  of  the  ordinance  which 
exempts  medicines  or  medicinal  compounds  sold  or  given  away 
upon  the  written  prescription  of  a  duly  licensed  physician, 
providing  it  shall  be  for  the  use  of  the  person  for  whom  it 
is  prescribed,  and  the  prescription  itself  placed  on  file. 
Counsel  for  Proprietors  Talks 
"The  fact  that  eleven  large  wholesale  drug  firms  and  dealers 
in  proprietary  medicines  of  New  York  have  written  to  Dr. 
Goldwater  signifying  their  intention  of  complying  with  section 
117  of  the  Sanitary  Code  of  the  Board  of  Health  of  New  York 
•  City,  as  stated  in  November  issue  of  The  Era,  will  have  no 
effect  upon  the  views  taken  by  the  Proprietary  Association 
of  America,  which  disputes  the  right  of  the  Health  Board  to 
'   place  in  effect  and  maintain  the  ordinance  and  regulations 
thereunder  which  are  in  question,"   according  to  Harry  B. 
Thompson,  counsel  for  the  association. 

"On  behalf  of  our  organization,  I  am  now  at  work  on  a 
plan  of  action  to  combat  this  ordinance,  as  well  as  the  regula- 
tions, but  at  the  present  time  I  am  unable  to  make  public  just 
what  will  be  done.  I  may  say,  that  the  action  of  the  New 
'  York  wholesalers  will  not  make  a  particle  of  difference  to  us 
and  we  will  go  ahead  and  test  the  validity  of  the  ordinance." 


N.  Y.  Druggists  Differ 

On  Goldwater  Ordinance 

Pharmaceutical  Conference  Offered  Legal  Assistance 
if  Retailers  Are  Arrested — Some  Members  Believe 
Department  of  Health  Should  Be  Supported- 

New  York  retail  druggists  are  of  divided  opin- 
ions on  the  so-called  Goldwater  ordinance  regulat- 
ing the  sale  of  patent  medicines,  which  becomes 
effective  December  31,  next.  The  meeting  on  No- 
vember 5  of  the  New  York  Pharmaceutical  Con- 
ference, a  delegate  body  which  represents  all  of 
the  retail  druggists  associations  of  the  metropoli- 
tan district,  revealed  several  different  points  of 
view  as  to  whether  the  Conference  should  support 
the  Department  of  Health  in  its  efforts  to  regu- 
late patent  medicines  or  enlist  with  the  patent  med- 
icine manufacturers  to  fight  the  enforcement  of  the 
ordinance. 

Representatives  of  the  New  York  branch  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  and  the  Bronx  Pharmaceutical 
Association  wanted  the  Conference  to  go  on  record  as  sup- 
porting the  work  of  the  Department  of  Health,  but  a  majority 
was  disposed  to  view  the  situation  from  the  other  side  and 
a  resolution  suggested  by  Clarence  O.  Bigelow  of  the  A.Ph.A. 
reading  as  follows  was  not  supported: 

"It  is  the  sense  of  this  Conference  that  it  disapproves  of  the 
handling  or  sale  of  medicines  with  extravagant  claims  and  we  will 
pledge  ourselves,  individually  and  unitedly,  to  co-operate  in  the 
prosecution  of  these  manufacturers." 

A  Promise  of  Legal  Assistance 

This  followed  a  verbal  report  made  by  Dr.  William  C. 
Anderson,  chairman,  that  the  executive  committee  had  made^ 
unsuccessful  attempts  to  have  the  ordinance  repealed,  and  had 
determined  to  accept  offers  of  legal  assistance  on  behalf  of 
retail  druggists  in  fighting  through  the  courts  any  case  brought 
by  the  Board  of  Health  in  which  a  retail  druggist  is  made- 
defendant. 

Some  of  those  present  thought  the  manufacturers  of  patent 
medicines  and  the  health  authorities  should  be  left  to  fight 
the  question  out  between  themselves,  and  that  retail  druggists^ 
should  not  appear  except  as  witnesses.  Clarence  O.  Bigelow 
reported  a  conversation  he  had  with  the  health  authorities 
when  it  was  stated  that  it  is  not  the  intention  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Health  to  prosecute  retail  druggists  unless  absolutely 
forced  to  do  so. 

In  the  discussion  of  the  ordinance  it  developed  that  many- 
druggists  are  willing  to  stop  the  sale  of  all  patent  medicines, 
if  they  could  be  assured  that  their  competitors  would  do 
likewise;  others,  while  not  defending  fraudulent  patent  med- 
icines, maintain  that  there  are  good  patent  medicines  and 
that  the  public  should  be  permitted  to  prescribe  for  its  own 
ailments,  if  it  chooses,  without  consulting  a  physician.  Still 
others  view  the  ordinance  strictly  from  a  legal  point  of  view 
and  maintain  that  the  Department  of  Health  is  usurping 
powers  not  granted  to  it  by  the  Legislature  and  that  its 
dictum  regarding  patent  medicines  takes  away  from  manu- 
facturers their  property  rights  in  a  manner  not  legal  under 
the  State  or  Federal  constitutions. 

Final  Action  a  Compromise 

The  final  action  of  the  Conference  was  a  sort  of  com- 
promise. It  was  decided  that  a  letter  be  sent  to  every  retail 
druggist  in  Greater  New  York,  regardless  of  whether  he  is  a 
member  of  an  association,  and  inform  him  of  the  exact  situa- 
tion and  let  him  choose  his  own  course  of  action.  The  Con- 
ference will,  of  course,  advise  druggists  that  if  they  choose 
to  disregard  the  ordinance  they  may,  if  arrested  and  indicted, 


534 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[December,  1915 


avail  themselves  of  the  legal  assistance  offered  to  the  Cou- 
ference.  It  -wsls  assumed  by  those  present  that  the  offer 
of  legal  assistance  had  come  to  the  Conference  from  the  Pro- 
prietary Association  of  America,  though  this  was  not  dis- 
closed. 

S.  V.  B.  Swann,  general  manager  of  the  ConsoHdated  Drug 
Co.,  was  bitter  in  his  denunciation  of  the  Goldwater  ordinance 
and  the  health  authorities.  He  said  that  the  retail  druggists 
who  assisted  the  department  in  enforcing  the  law  would  be 
"double  crossed"  later  and  that  their  own  preparations  would 
be  taken  away  from  them.  "Who  is  to  decide,"  he  asked, 
"whether  a  medicine  has  therapeutic  value  or  not?"  He  said 
that  physicians  are  not  competent  to  judge  because  they  are 
continually  changing  their  ideas  regarding  the  effects  of  cer- 
tain drugs,  and  that  things  thought  to  be  of  value  years 
ago  were  condemned  now,  while  other  articles  formerly  con- 
sidered of  no  value  in  certain  ailments  are  now  being  admin- 
istered. Mr.  Swann  predicted  that  the  wholesale  druggists  who 
had  agreed  to  support  the  ordinance  would  go  back  on  their 
promise. 

Stamping  Medicines  "On  Hand" 

It  was  reported  that  arrangements  were  being  made  so  that 
patent  medicines  in  stock  on  January  1  would  be  properly 
stamped  by  the  Board  of  Health,  and  such  articles  could  be 
retained  until  sold. 

Druggists  said  they  had  recently  been  waited  upon  by  a  com- 
mittee from  a  medical  association  and  were  asked  to  place 
in  their  store  a  sign  reading  as  follows:  "We  do  not  recom- 
mend patent  medicines.  Many  of  them  are  worthless.  If 
you  are  sick  consult  your  physician." 

Independent  Retailers  Urge 

Price  Maintenance  Law 

More  than  300  retail  merchants  of  New  York 
City  gathered  at  the  Hotel  Astor  Wednesday,  Octo- 
ber 27  under  the  auspices  of  the  Conference  of 
Independent  Retailers  of  the  Metropolitan  District 
to  discuss  methods  of  promoting  the  passage  of  the 
Stevens  price  maintenance  bill,  ways  to  eliminate 
coupons  as  a  trade  factor  and  how  to  arouse  senti- 
ment tending  to  prevent  fraudulent  advertising. 
The  merchants  present  were  united  in  their  stand 
for  the  Stevens  bill  and  a  resolution  was  passed 
stating  their  position  and  calling  on  the  members 
of  Congress  to  vote  favorably  upon  this  measure. 

The  first  speaker  introduced  by  Dr.  William  C.  Anderson, 
chairman  of  the  conference,  was  State  Senator  Ogden  L.  Mills, 
who  was  instrumental  in  the  passage  of  the  New  York  state 
law  for  honest  advertising. 

Price  Maintenance  will  Benefit  Consumer 

Dr.  Lee  Galloway,  Professor  of  Commerce  and  Industry  at 
New  York  University,  was  the  next  speaker  and  he  said  that 
although  the  opponents  of  price  maintenance  argued  that 
there  was  a  broad  public  principle  being  violated  in  the  pas- 
sage of  the  law  that  the  only  principle  involved  was  the  right 
of  the  individual  to  make  contracts.  Dr.  Galloway  said  that 
the  consumer  would  benefit  by  the  Stevens  bill  because  he 
would  save  time  and  secure  better  service.  "I  believe  that 
all  the  evils  of  the  merchandising  field  can  be  traced  back 
to  price  cutting,"  said  Dr.  Galloway. 

Chas.  Dushkind,  counsel  of  the  Tobacco  Merchants  of 
America,  the  third  speaker  of  the  evening,  pointed  out  the 
effect  of  price  cutting  on  the  consumer  and  the  protection 
which  the  Stevens  bill  would  afford  him.  "The  Stevens  bill 
will  not  prohibit  price  cutting  but  it  will  permit  manufac- 
turers of  trade-marked  articles  to  protect  the  prices  on  their 
products.  In  other  words,  it  will  stop  price  cutting  on  the 
standard  goods. 

N.  A.  R.  D.  Official  is  Heard 

Samuel  C.  Henry  of  Philadelphia,  chairman  of  the  legislative 
committee  of  the  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists, 
called  attention  to  the  fact  that  his  association  was  tlie  first 
to  champion  the  retailers  when  they  took  up  the  cause  seven- 
teen years  ago,  and  he  expressed  it  as  his  belief  that  now  the 


question  of  the  success  of  the  retailers  depended  merely  upon 
how  much  energy  they  were  willing  to  give  to  the  cause. 

Walter  M.  Chandler,  congressman  of  the  19th  district  of 
New  York  and  Daniel  J.  Griffin,  congressman  of  the  8th  dis- 
trict, were  expected  to  speak  at  the  meeting  but  were  unable 
to  be  present.  Letters  were  read  from  them  in  which  they 
pledged  their  support  to  the  Stevens  bill. 

At  the  close  of  the  meeting  Dr.  Anderson  outlined  the  ob- 
jects of  the  conference  and  urged  every  merchant  present  to 
get  in  active  touch  with  his  congressman  in  order  to  make 
him  feel  the  force  of  the  sentiment  behind  the  proposed 
legislation. 


Pharmaceutical  Society  Renews 
Campaign  for  Official  Remedies 

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Kings  County  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Society,  held  at  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy  on 
November  8,  chairman  Charles  E.  Heimerzheim,  of  the  trade 
matters  committee,  reported  that  work  was  about  to  be  com- 
menced in  pushing  the  N.F.  and  U.S. P.  preparations.  It 
was  recommended  that  a  detail  man  be  hired  and  that  letters 
and  other  literature  be  sent  out  to  physicians,  recommending 
preparations  and  ways  in  which  they  could  be  prescribed. 

Dr.  William  C.  Anderson,  chairman  of  the  legislative  com- 
mittee, reported  the  action  taken  by  the  New  York  Phar- 
maceutical Conference  at  its  last  meeting.  He  said  that 
letters  were  soon  to  be  sent  out  to  all  retail  druggists  of  the 
city  informing  them  as  to  the  exact  situation  relative  to 
the  proposed  Goldwater  disclosure  ordinance.  Dr.  Anderson 
said  that  on  November  16  a  meeting  of  representatives  of 
the  various  retail  trades  would  be  held  at  the  offices  of  the 
Fair  Trade  League  to  further  discuss  methods  of  promoting 
the  Stevens  bill.  Attention  was  called  to  a  new  ruling  of 
the  Internal  Revenue  department  giving  the  druggist  the 
right  to  invest  his  clerk  with  power  of  attorney  to  sign  orders 
for  narcotics  in  the  absence  of  the  owner. 

An  interesting  feature  of  the  meeting  was  the  presence  of 
Octave  A.  A.  Rouillion,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Society, 
and  who,  until  his  retirement  a  few  weeks  ago  was  the  oldest 
active  druggist  in  Brooklyn. 

Announcement  was  made  that  on  Thursday,  November  18. 
the  Alumni  Association  of  the  Brooklyn  College  would  hold 
a  reception  and  entertainment  and  it  was  urged  that  as  many 
members  of  the  society  as  possible  attend. 


]Sr.  A.  R.  D.  INVITED  TO  HOLD  ITS  1916  CONVEN- 
TION" IN  NEW  YORK 

The  Metropolitan  Association  of  Retail  Druggists  will  renew 
its  invitation  to  the  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists 
to  hold  its  1916  convention  in  New  York  City.  The  invita- 
tion was  first  presented  on  the  floor  of  the  convention  held  at 
Minneapolis  recently. 

The  executive  committee  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  will  meet  De- 
cember 8  in  Chicago,  and  will  decide  then  where  the  1916 
convention  will  be  held. 

At  the  the  meeting  of  the  Metropolitan  Association  held 
Friday,  November  5.  it  was  reported  that  150  members  of 
Congress  had  assured  the  legislative  committee  of  their  inten- 
tion of  voting  for  the  Stevens  bill. 

Owing  to  the  high  prices  of  drugs  and  chemicals  it  was 
suggested  tliat  a  meeting  of  New  York  druggists  be  held  to 
discuss  the  question  of  prescription  prices. 


Charles  A.  Storer  to  Retire 

Charles  A.  Storer,  treasurer  of  the  Chicago  Retail 
Druggists'  .\ssociation  and  member  of  the  Veteran  Drug- 
gists' Association,  is  about  to  retire  from  active  business. 
While  Mr.  Storer  will  retain  his  connection  with  tlie  N.  A. 
R.  D.  and  the  A.Ph..\..  with  which  he  has  for  many  years 
been  prominently  identified,  he  is  closing  out  his  retail  busi- 
ness at  Ohio  and  Rush  streets,  where  he  has  been  located  in 
the  \'irginia  Hotel  for  many  years.  His  stock  of  drugs  was 
sold  at  auction,  Tuesday,  October  26. 


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535 


NEWS  OF  A.  PH.  A.  BRANCHES 


NORTHWESTERN  BRANCH 

The  first  1915  Fall  meeting  of  tlie  Xorthwestern  Branch 
of  the  A.Ph.A  was  held  at  the  Nicollet  Hotel,  Minneapolis, 
on  Friday  evening,  October  22d. 
The  business  meeting  and  pro- 
gram for  the  evening  were  pre- 
ceded by  a  dimier  beginning  at 
7  p.  m.  A  motion  providing 
for  the  endorsement  by  tlie 
Branch  of  the  Stevens  Bill  and 
the  principle  contained  therein 
was  unanimously  carried. 

Prof.  H.  U.  Whelpley  was  the 
guest  of  the  evening  and  the 
principal  speaker.  As  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
U.  S.  Pharmacopoeial  Convention 
Committee  he  spoke  at  length  and 
in  detail  on  how  the  U.  S.  Phar- 
macopoeia is  revised.  The  sev- 
eral headings  in  the  following 
outline  were  well  covered  by  the 
speaker :  The  Pharmacopoeia  Far- 
reaching;  Pharmacopoeia  De- 
fined; Early  Pharmacopoeial  Re- 
vision Work ;  Recent  Pharma- 
copoeial Revision  Work ;  Influ- 
ence of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act; 
Medical  Influence  on  the  Phar- 
macopoeia ;  Whv  Pharmacists 
Have  Not  Deserted  the  U.S.P.; 
The  Scope  of  the  U.S.?.;  Legal 
Status  of  the  U.S.P.;  Work  of  a 
Pharmacopoeial  Convention ;  How 
the  Committee  on  Revision 
"Works. 

The  work  of  the  Committee  on 
Revision  goes  oil  so  quietly  that 
no  one  realizes  the  nature  or  full 
extent  of  the  task.  The  Gen- 
eral Committee  consists  of  fifty- 
one  members  who  work  with 
out  salary  or  assurance  of  ade- 
quate remuneration.  This  large 
body  finally  passes  on  all  questions  brought  before  it  and 
must  approve  the  Pharmacopoeia  as  a  whole  before  the  pages 
are  electrotyped  for  printing.  Each  of  the  fifty-one  members 
has  a  large  ring  cover  in  which  to  file  the  recent  correspond- 
ence. The  letters  are  mimeographed  on  legal  cap  size  sheets. 
The  pages  are  numbered  consecutively  and  the  letters  dated 
and  numbered.  Canvas  binders  are  furnished,  each  holding 
five  hundred  sheets  of  the  accumulated  correspondence.  Thus 
each  member  has  a  complete  set  of  volumes  covering  all  the 
work  of  the  General  Committee.  The  last  circular  is  num- 
bered 326,  dated  October  16,  1915,  and  closes  with  page  1876. 
This  means  that  95,676  sheets  like  this  exhibit  were  mimeo- 
graphed and  mailed  to  the  fifty-one  members  of  the  General 
Committee  on  Revision.  The  General  Committee  is  divided 
into  fifteen  sub-committees  on  as  many  different  subjects. 
Each  one  of  the  smaller  committet:  has  a  chairman  who  con- 
ducts correspondence  with  the  associates  on  his  committee. 
Each  member  of  a  sub-committee  has  a  full  set  of  all  the  cor- 
respondence of  the  committee.  As  some  persons  serve  on  two 
or  more  committees,  this  correspondence  becomes  very 
voluminous. 

The  Executive  Committee  of  fifteen  receives  the  reports  of 
sub-committees  and  votes  on  them  before  subjects  go  to  the 
General  Committee  for  approval.  The  last  executive  commit- 
tee letter  is  number  651  and  is  on  page  3358,  October  9, 
1915.  These  are  mimeographed  on  letter  size  sheets.  The 
Executive  Committee  has  to  date  required  a  total  of  52,370 
sheets.  This,  together  with  the  General  Committee  sheets, 
makes  a  total  of  148,046  sheets  to  date.  As  sheets  of  both 
circulars  and  letters  in  addition  to  the  above  are  sent  to  five 
trustees,  we  must  add  28,170  sheets,  making  a  grand  total 


Dean  H.  M.  Whelpley  of  the  St.  Louis  College  of  Phar- 
macy, examining  speciynens  of  the  root  systems  of  Rheum 
palmatum  and  Rheum  officinale  in  the  Medicinal  Plant 
Laboratory  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University 
of  Minnesota,  October  22. 


of  176,216  sheets  exclusive  of  the  over  run  for  reserve  sets.  It 
is  probable  that  at  least  200,000  sheets  have  been  mimeographed 
to  date.  Including  the  work  of  mimeographing  and  mailing, 
we  can  allow  one  minute's  time 
for  each  sheet.  This  is  the 
equivalent  of  3,333  hours  or  416 
work  days  of  eight  hours  each. 
This  makes  no  allowance  what- 
ever for  the  work  of  individual 
members  of  the  committee  in 
studying,  experimenting  and 
commenting  on  the  information 
contained  in  these  sheets.  This 
statement  of  mechanical  labor 
will  give  some  idea  of  the  men- 
tal work  wlhich  has  thus  far 
been  recorded.  It  is  merely  the 
summing  up  of  the  committee 
work,  which  in  turn  is  based  on 
the  work  of  individual  pharma- 
cists, the  world  over.  The  phar- 
macopoeial work  of  American 
pharmacists  is,  indeed  the  great 
work  of  the  pharmacists  of  this 
decade. 

Among  the  other  subjects  the 
j  speaker  touched  upon  were :  Di- 
:  gest  of  comments  on  the  U.S.P.; 
board  of  trustees  of  the  U.S. P.; 
the  sale  of  the  Pharmacopoeia; 
Spanish  translation  of  the  U.S.P.; 
payment  for  use  of  U.S. P.  text; 
authority  to  use  for  comment; 
income  and  expenses;  honor- 
aria for  pharmacopoeial  work; 
the  Chairman  of  the  Committee 
on  Revision ;  proof  reading  of 
the  Pharmacopoeia;  U.S. P.  pub- 
licity; the  new  Pharmacopoeia; 
how  the  Pharmacopoeia  should 
be  revised. 

A  vote  of  thanks  was  ten- 
dered Dean  Whelpley  for  pre- 
senting the  instructive  paper. 
H.  W.  Rietzke  referred  to  the  organization  of  the  National 
Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy,  its  function  and  useful- 
ness, and  explained  the  methods  employed  by  the  Minnesota 
Board  for  granting  reciprocal  registration.  Dean  Wulling 
spoke  briefly  concerning  the  intimate  relationship  between  the 
National  Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy  and  the  Ameri- 
can Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties. 

Prof.  Bachman  presented  in  tabulated  form  a  detailed  report 
of  the  rapidity  of  deterioration  in  Sweet  Spirit  of  Niter,  which 
had  been  kept  under  varying  conditions.  The  table  elicited 
a  lively  discussion.  Chas.  H.  Huhn  opened  the  discussion 
on  recent  judicial  opinions  on  the  Harrison  Anti-Narcotic 
Law,  the  discussion  being  continued  by  Messrs.  Morland,  Tup- 
per,  Kline,  Griffin,  Von  Rohr  and  Goodrich. 

Dr.  Newcomb  directed  attention  of  the  members  to  the 
reports  in  the  pharmaceutical  journals  and  called  particular 
attention  to  the  large  number  and  variety  of  papers 
which  were  presented  at  the  pharmaceutical  meetings 
in  San  Francisco.  Dr.  Newcomb  also  called  atten- 
tion to  a  prescription  which  called  for  tincture  of  iodine, 
ammonia  water  and  collodion  in  equal  parts,  stating  that  th« 
mixture  was  incompatible,  on  account  of  the  stronger  am- 
monia water  being  an  aqueous  preparation,  which  gives  a 
precipitate  in  the  collodion  of  cellulose,  and  that  physicians 
who  desire  to  use  this  preparation  should  prescribe  the  spirit 
of  ammonia,  which,  being  an  alcoholic  preparation,  is  com- 
patible with  the  collodion. 

About  20  specimens  of  drugs  produced  from  medicinal  plants 
grown  in  the  medicinal  plant  garden  of  the  College  of  Phar- 
macy of  the  University  of  Minnesota  during  1915  were  ex- 
hibited by  Dr.  Newcomb.     Special  attention  was  called  to 


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[December,  1915 


a  specimen  of  the  root  system  Rheum  Officinale,  which  showed 
the  large  rhizomes  from  which  Shensi  rhubarb  is  prepared. 
Among  the  specimens  exhibited  were  belladonna;  folia,  hyos- 
cyamus,  stramonium.  Cannabis  sativa,  Phytolacca,  Marru- 
bium,  chenopodium,  belladonnae  radix,  inula,  digitalis  and 
datura  tatula,  the  leaves  of  which  will  be  official  in  the  U.S. P. 
IX. 

In  closing.  Dr.  Newcomb  called  attention  to  the  use  of 

powdered  abrus  in  the  treatment  of  the  advanced  stages  of 
trachoma.  A  specimen  of  whole  abrus  or  jequirity  seed  was 
exhibited. 


NEW  YORK  BRAITCH 

The  National  Formulary,  fourth  revision,  will  be  in  the 
hands  of  the  druggists  by  March  1,  and  will,  according  to 
Prof.  Otto  Raubenheimer,  who  gave  a  talk  on  the  progress 
of  the  forthcoming  edition  at  the  meeting  of  the  New  York 
branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Monday, 
November  8,  be  the  best  Formulary  that  has  yet  been  pub- 
lished. A  large  number  of  revisions  have  been  made  which 
will  tend  to  make  the  book  more  complete  and  more  service- 
able to  the  average  pharmacist. 

One  of  the  important  features  of  the  new  book  will  be  a 
chapter  on  sterilization  which  will  occupy  seven  and  a  half 
pages  in  part  one.  At  the  meeting  of  the  Formulary  commit- 
tee in  Philadelphia  the  last  of  October  the  proposition  of  the 
National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists  that  whisky  and 
brandy  be  included  in  the  new  edition  was  turned  down,  as  was 
also  the  proposition  for  a  preparation  of  rubbing  alcohol.  The 
inclusion  of  whisky  and  brandy  was  rejected  as  these  articles  are 
not  used  in  any  preparation  for  which  formulas  are  given  in 
the  book,  while  the  nibbing  alcohol  was  discarded  as  bring- 
ing the  druggist  under  the  internal  revenue  liquor  tax. 

In  the  course  of  his  remarks  Prof.  Raubenheimer  sketched 
the  history  of  formularies  in  the  United  States,  speaking 
of  the  first  one  which  was  published  by  the  German  Apothe- 
caries' Society  in  1848,  and  of  the  New  York  and  Brooklyn 
Formulary,  published  under  the  auspices  of  the  German  So- 
ciety, the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  and  the  King's 
County  Pharmaceutical  Society,  in  1884,  which  formed  the 
nucleus  for  the  first  edition  of  the  present  N.  F. 

Among  the  changes  which  go  to  make  the  N.  F.  IV  an 
improvement  over  previous  editions,  the  omission  of  the  index 
is  one  of  the  most  important.  All  preparations  will  be  given 
in  Part  I  and  all  standards  in  Part  II.  The  metric  system 
only  will  be  used  while  trade-marked  names  will  be  omitted 
entirely.  Therapeutic  titles  will  be  discouraged  as  far  as 
possible.  Great  care  has  been  taken  by  the  committee  to 
have  the  Latin  titles  absolutely  correct.  Many  preparations 
which  were  formerly  in  the  U.  S.  P.  have  now  been  placed 
in  the  N.  F.  and  in  such  cases  the  preparation  will  bear  a  sub- 
title to  that  effect.  Synonyms  will  be  omitted  as  much  as  is 
consistent  with  clear  understanding  as  these  are  all  given  in 
part  II. 

Besides  the  new  chapter  on  sterilization,  the  first  part  of 
the  book  will  contain  the  definitions  and  descriptions  of  physical 
and  chemical  standards.  The  second  part  will  have  the  drugs  with 
doses,  which  will  be  expressed  by  both  the  metric  and  the 
apothecary  standards.  The  committee  on  harmony  has  con- 
sidered many  cases  in  which  similar  .subjects  were  treated 
in  the  N.  F.  and  the  U.  S.  P.  and  has  in  many  cases  been 
able  to  avoid  this  repetition. 

Warcotic  Preparations  Modified 

All  preparations  which  come  under  the  operation  of  the 
Harrison  anti-narcotic  law  are  modified  to  agree  with  the 
terms  of  the  law,  except,  of  course,  in  the  case  of  the  riK^ro 
powerful  mixtures.  Two  cholera  mixtures  have  been  admit- 
ted. Preparations  which  in  the  old  N.  F.  were  made  with 
syrup  of  raspberry  are  made  with  syrup  of  blackberry  in  tlie 
new  edition. 

Prof.  Raubenheimer  said  that  an  effort  had  been  made  to 
make  the  titles  as  short  as  possible  and  that  official  .abbrevia- 
tions such  as  are  used  in  the  U.S. P.  had  hc^u  a ilujit'  d.  Dur- 
ing the  discussion  which  followed  the  pn\sont,ition  of  the 
report  '  '  '  -Iiirvil  points  were  cleared  up  by  Prof.  Raub- 
enheii  to   the  report  on   the   Formulary,  Dr. 

Geoip  gave  an  interesting  report  on  the  pro- 

gress <if   ..I'll-;  II  y. 

The  usual  informal  dinner  was  held  at  the  "Alps"  previous 
to  the  meeting. 


WASHINGTON  BRANCH 


The  subjects  for  discussion  at  the  initial  meeting  of  the 
Washington  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.,  held  on  October  27,  at  the 
National  College  of  Pharmacy,  were  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  A.Ph.A.,  by  H.  P.  Hynson,  Baltimore,  and  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  N.A.R.D.,  by  J.  Leyden  White. 

Mr.  Hynson  presented  his  subject  in  a  very  humorous  man- 
ner and  recalled  that  everything  good  of  a  pharmaceutical 
nature  had  been  started  by  the  A.Ph.A.  This  was  true  of 
the  San  Francisco  meeting  in  the  work  accomplished  in 
harmonizing  the  schools  and  boards,  resulting  in  a  closer  re- 
lationship between  the  American  Conference  of  Pharmaceu- 
tical Faculties,  National  Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy 
and  the  A.Ph.A.  The  determination  to  work  for  pre-requisite 
requirements  and  4  years'  high  school  education  by  1920 
seemed  to  be  satisfactory  to  all  interests. 

The  report  of  the  Commission  on  Proprietaries  was,  in  his 
judgment,  the  best  piece  of  work  that  had  been  started  in 
years  by  the  A.Ph.A.  and  was  more  than  commendable.  He 
suggested  that  a  coalition  of  all  pharmaceutical  bodies  would 
be  desirable  and  should  be  established  under  the  auspices  of 
the  A.Ph.A.  He  pointed  out  that  the  membership  had  fallen 
to  about  3,000,  that  the  Council  was  too  large  to  transact 
business  satisfactorily  and  that  the  financial  condition  of  the 
organization  was  not  the  best  at  the  present.  In  his  judg- 
ment the  establishing  of  higher  educational  qualifications  would 
result  in  the  elimination  ef  un-endowed  teaching  institutions, 
unless  those  interested  would  work  to  bring  about  assistance 
from  the  State  and  this  could  be  done  on  the  grounds  of 
public  safety.  Mr.  Hover's  paper,  showing  the  profit  on  the 
prescription  end  of  the  business,  was  worthy  of  careful  study 
as  it  showed  from  reliable  statistics  that  this  part  of  the 
business  amounted  to  about  13  per  cent  net  profit,  going 
to  show  a  good  reason  for  more  commercialism  in  pharmacy 
these  days. 

J.  Leyden  White  was  unable  to  be  present  and  his  paper  was 
presented  by  the  secretary.  He  pointed  out  a  satisfactory 
financial  condition  of  the  N.A.R.D.,  due  principally  to  the 
income  from  its  Journal.  The  all-absorbing  issue  of  this  con- 
vention was  the  standardization  of  selling  prices  and  the  endorse- 
ment of  the  Stevens  bill.  This  measure,  in  its  broadest 
sense,  was  so  constantly  in  evidence  at  the  convention  as  to 
represent  the  chief  reason  for  the  existence  of  the  association. 
The  association  re-affirmed  and  vigorously  declared  its  de- 
termination to  preserve  the  identity  of  the  drug  store  as  a 
pharmacy.  The  relation  of  liquor  to  the  drug  store  was 
much  discussed,  the  conclusion  was  reached  that  it  had  its 
place  in  pharmacy  Cthis  was  questioned  by  the  members  pres- 
ent), and  that  nothing  could  be  done  at  present  nor  until 
Internal  Revenue  Laws  were  amended,  and  that  house  clean- 
ing, if  any  was  needed,  would  have  to  be  deferred. 

Both  papers  elicited  much  discussion  that  was  entered 
in  by  all  members  present.  Some  of  the  facts  brought  out 
by  Mr.  Hynson  resulted  in  the  following  resolutions  being 
presented  by  the  secretary: 

Whereas,  the  Tnunci!  of  the  A.Ph.A.  has  very  profitably  and 
wisely  lareely  irrown  in  the  number  of  its  members  and  has 
become  a  "desirable  and  effective  working  body  at  the  annual 
meetings  and 

Whereas,  a  Council  of  this  size  cannot  be  maintained  and  its 
bi'<;iness  properly  transacted  by  mail,  therefore 

Be  it  resolved,  that  it  is  the  sense  of  the  Local  Branch  of 
the  .-X  Pb  A.  of  Washinptnn,  D.  C.  that  the  Council  should  be 
autbori/cd  to  elect  three  members,  who,  toeether  with  the.  Chair- 
ni.aii  .and  the  Secretary  of  the  Council,  shall  constitute  an  ex- 
cnilivr  ,-ommittee.  this  committee  to  be  empowered  to  carry  on 
tbi-  iMisiness  of  the  Association  as  mapped  out  at  its  annual 
in.>i.n..:  (liinnc  the  inten-als  of  the  said  annual  meetings. 

\\  h.  -.    -     '  '  ^  '      ■  I  . i>y  the  Treasurer  of  the  A  Ph. A. 

to  till-  1  is.  therefore,  public  informa- 

tion. 1  such  shape  that  the  Associ- 

ation Isations  without  using  some  of 

its  cii  '  .'    1       ;  ;    .      ■'  i  ■  c  same  as  security  for  a  loan, 

therefore 

Be  it  resolved,  by  the  Local  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A..  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  that  the  Council  be  requested  to  invite  Messrs. 
H.'  B.  Mason,  of  Detroit,  Charles  R.  Sherman,  of  Omaha.  Charles 
Caspari,  Jr..  of  Baltimore.  F.  C.  Henry,  of  Washington.  P.  C. 
and  L.  G.  Blakeslec,  of  St.  Louis,  to  become  a  commission  to 
look  into  the  financial  affairs  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  its  manner  of  accounting,  its  revenues  and  its  ex- 
penditures and  report  at  the  next  meeting,  with  such  recommen- 
dations as  this  commission  may  conclude  will  be  advantageous 
to  the  welfare  and  usefulness  of  the  A.Ph.A. 


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After  discussion  bolli  resolutions  were  unanimously  approved 
and  the  secretary  was  directed  to  forward  them  to  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  Council. 

The  secretary  presented  a  communication  received  from  the 
Deputy  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue,  relative  to  T.  D. 
2241,  authorizing  the  use  of  formula  No.  19,  equal  parts  of 
ethyl  alcohol  and  ether,  and  providing  this  siiecial  denatured 
alcohol  for  use  in  the  manufacture  of  collodion ;  tliis  com- 
munication was  most  interesting,  in  view  of  the  fact  that  the 
department  holds  that  collodion  is  a  varnish  and  not  a  med- 
icinal preparation  and  that  the  use  of  this  special  denatured 
alcohol  in  the  manufacture  of  collodion  is  permissible  o)iIy 
where  the  collodion  is  entirely  free  from  medicinal  properties. 


BALTIMORE  BRANCH 

The  greater  part  of  the  meeting  of  the  Baltimore  Branch 
of  the  A.Ph.A.  was  taken  up  with  reports  of  members 
who  had  attended  the  annual  meeting  of  tlie  national  or- 
ganization in  San  Francisco.  Not  less  than  six  Baltimoreans 
were  present  at  the  Pacific  coast  sessions.  The  attendance 
at  the  national  meeting,  it  was  stated,  appeared  to  be  small, 
but  when  proper  account  was  taken  of  the  fact  that  tlie  re- 
sults of  the  deliberations  would  be  manifested  in  the  pro- 
gress of  pharmacy  and  that  enactments  by  Congress  and 
Legislatures  would  result  therefrom,  the  sessions  were  to  be 
considered  as  important. 

The  report  of  the  Commission  on  Proprietary  Medicines 
was  considered  at  length  and  was  thought  to  be  a  step  in 
the  right  direction,  credit  being  given  to  J.  H.  Beal  for  his 
untiring  work  along  these  lines.  The  report  of  W.  A,  Hover, 
of  the  N.W.D.A.,  showed  the  result  of  an  investigation  of 
the  subject  of  profit  on  prescriptions.  This  showed  that  the 
average  profit  did  not  e.xceed  13^  per  cent  in  the  ordinary 
Stores,  and  that  places  were  actually  losing  money  on  their 
investment  in  stock.  This  exhibit  is,  of  course,  in  striking 
contrast  to  the  general  conception  of  drug  store  profits,  the 
impression  created  in  the  minds  of  the  general  public  being 
that  the  druggist  makes  not  less  than  100  per  cent  and  fre- 
quently two  and  three  times  as  much. 

A  paper  by  Wm.  J.  Lowry,  of  Gilbert  Bros.  &  Co.,  Bal- 
timore, on  "The  Seven  Barrelled  ISIoth  Ball  Sale,"  read  be- 
for  the  Commercial  Section,  was  highly  commended. 

The  number  of  women  druggists  in  the  west  caused  sur- 
prise among  some  of  the  Eastern  delegates  and  was  con- 
trasted with  conditions  in  the  East,  where  the  employment 
of  the  fair  sex  appears  to  be  limited  to  the  hospitals  and 
dispensaries. 

Mr.  Lowry,  in  discussing  the  idea  of  a  line  of  proprietary 
medicines  trade-marked  by  the  association  and  manufactured 
by  the  pharmacist,  expressed  it  as  his  individual  opinion 
that,  if  the  association  did  act  in  the  matter,  it  would 
be  better  to  have  the  manufacturing  done  by  the  large  con- 
cerns, the  pharmacist  doing  the  selling  only,  somewhat  on 
the  lines  of  the  imprint  goods  now  carried  by  some  of  the 
stores,  but  with  the  exception  that  every  member  of  the 
association  would  push  the  same  line  and  get  the  benefit 
of  concerted  action  and  advertising. 

Robert  S,  McKinney.  of  Taneytown,  presided  in  the  ab- 
sence of  the  president,  Eugene  Hodson,  and  Wm.  J.  Lowry, 
Jr.,  was  secretary. 


CIN'CITra'ATI  BRANCH 

The  Cincinnati  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.  opened  the  session 
of  1915-16  by  holding  its  first  meeting  at  the  Metropole 
Hotel.  Friday.  October  29.  The  meeting  was  preceded  by  an 
elaborate  luncheon,  which  was  attended  by  most  of  the  Cin- 
cinnati members,  as  well  as  a  number  of  out  of  town  guests, 
notably  Dr.  J.  H.  Beal,  of  Urbana.  111.,  Prof.  Chas.  H. 
Avery.  Chicago.  111..  Walter  Rothwell,  Hatboro,  Pa.,  J.  G. 
Heinritz,  Holyoke.  Mass..  and  others. 

After  a  short  buusiness  session,  President  Chas.  G.  Mer- 
rell  introduced  the  principal  speaker  of  the  evening.  Pro- 
fessor J.  H.  Beal.  who  gave  a  very  interesting  talk  on  the 
progress  and  result  of  the  administration  of  the  Harrison 
anti-narcotic  act.  as  well  as  the  general  progress  of  phar- 
macy. Prof.  Beal  is  the  author  of  the  Beal  local  option  law 
of  Ohio,  as  well  as  one  of  the  framers  of  the  Harrison 


law.  He  said:  "We  should  not  be  everlastingly  tearing  up 
the  statute  books  and  bothering  the  public  with  propositions 
for  new  legislation,  without  first  enforcing  the  old  laws. 
We  should  favor  rational  temperance  and  rational  p.nti- 
narcotic  legislation;  no  legislation  should  be  advocated  that 
would  interfere  with  the  practice  of  the  legitimate  druggist 
or  physician,  and  legislators  should  not  listen  to  the  out- 
cries of  fanatical  reformers.  Seek  out  the  real  criminal 
and  condemn  him,  but  do  not  condemn  the  whole  community. 
Rational  legislation,  such  as  the  Harrison  act,  for  the  regu- 
lation of  the  sale  of  dangerous  and  habit-forming  drugs, 
is  generally  advocated  and  commended  by  the  druggist,  and 
it  is  greatly  to  the  credit  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  that  this  law  was  placed  upon  the  statute  books 
of  the  nation. 


PHILADELPHLA.  BRANCH 

At  the  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch 
of  the  A.Ph.A.,  held  on  October  12,  at  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy,  Dr.  Wilson  W.  McNeary  presented  a 
paper  on  "A  New  Method  for  the  Preparation  of  Milk  of 
INIagnesia".  This  paper  raised  considerable  comment  and, 
after  a  lengthy  discussion  during  which  Prof.  E.  F.  Cook 
suggested  that  some  volatile  oil  should  be  added  to  milk  of 
magnesia  to  make  it  more  palatable.  Prof.  La  Wall  moved  the 
method  as  given  by  Dr.  McNeary  with  Prof.  Cook's  sug- 
gestion be  referred  to  that  portion  of  the  U.S.P.  revision 
committee  having  that  work  in  charge.  The  motion  was  sec- 
onded and,  when  put  to  vote,  carried. 

Dr.  Adolph  W.  Miller  gave  a  very  interesting  and  in- 
structive account  of  his  impression  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  the 
California  Fairs  and  of  the  convention  of  the  National  Whole- 
sale Drug  Association. 

At  the  November  meeting,  John  K.  Thum,  Ph.G.,  presented 
a  "Review  of  Pharmaceutical  Literature";  Prof.  Chas.  E. 
Vanderkleed  gave  a  very  interesting  account  of  his  experience 
in  "Europe  in  War  Times" ;  and  the  remainder  of  the  even- 
ing was  devoted  to  a  spirited  discussion  of  the  subject,  "Is 
Tetanus  Caused  by  Vaccination?"  Dr.  F.  E.  Stewart  read 
a  paper  on  the  subject,  and  his  view  that  tetanus  is  not  caused 
by  vaccination  was  upheld  by  Dr.  Wadsworth  and  Dr.  J.  F. 
Schamberg  but  was  rather  violently  opposed  by  C.  Oscar 
Beasley,  president  of  the  Pennsylvania  Anti-Compulsory  Vac- 
cination Society.    Chairman  S.  C.  Henry  presided. 


NASHVILLE  BRANCH 

The  regular  meeting  of  the  Nashville  Branch  was  held  in 
a  joint  session  with  the  Nashville  Drug  Club  in  the  Music 
Room  of  the  Nashville  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Thursday  afternoon, 
November  18,  with  D.  J.  Kuhn  presiding.  After  the  min- 
utes were  read  and  approved  Congressman  Jos.  W.  Byrns 
was  introduced,  who  capably  explained  the  provisions  of  the 
Stevens  bill  and  stated  many  good  reasons  why  he  thought 
the  bill  should  be  passed.  He  said  that  most  of  the  work 
of  Congress  was  done  by  committees  and  that  the  passage 
of  the  bill  depended  largely  on  getting  it  reported  favorably 
by  the  committee  to  which  it  was  referred. 

Letters  were  read  from  Senator  Luke  Lea  and  Ex-Gov- 
ernor M.  R.  Patterson  favoring  the  bill.  The  bill  was  then 
read  and  discussed  at  length  by  different  members.  The 
point  was  brought  out  that  Senator  Stevens,  the  author  of 
the  bill,  had  been  defeated  and  that  someone  else  would 
have  to  reintroduce  it  at  the  next  session  of  Congress.  On 
motion  of  W.  R.  White  a  resolution  was  passed  requesting 
Congressman  T.  N.  Sims  to  support  the  bill.  Congress- 
man Sims  is  a  member  of  the  committee  on  Interstate  and 
Foreign  Commerce  to  which  the  bill  was  referred.  Similar 
letters  were  ordered  sent  to  all  the  other  Senators  and  Con- 
gressman of  the  State.  Gus  A.  Blodou  was  instructed 
to  prepare  a  friendly  letter  to  be  sent  to  the  North  Nash- 
ville Medical  Society  in  answer  to  communication  received 
from  them  criticizing  local  druggists. 

A  paper  reviewing  the  recent  drug  journals  was  read  by 
Dr.  J.  O.  Burge.  After  discussing  the  question  of  pre- 
scription prices  the  Branch  adjourned. 


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[December,  1915 


An  Analysis  and  Criticism  of 

the  "Goldwater  Ordinance" 

{Continued  from  page  510) 
■and  all  who  make  or  sell  proprietary  preparations  are  entitled 
to  ask  for  a  sight  of  the  complete  program  before  being  com- 
mitted to  it. 

One  thing  seems  fairly  certain :  either  the  ordinance  expresses 
something  it  does  not  intend,  or  it  intends  something  it  does 
not  express.  There  is  somewhere  something  that  does  not 
appear  on  the  surface,  and  those  who  will  be  affected  by  the 
measure  have  the  right  to  know  what  that  something  is  and 
where  it  is  located. 

4.  The  ordinance  proposes  merely  to  substitute 
■one  kind  of  secrecy  for  another. 

The  ordinance  proposes  to  substitute  for  the  secrecy  now 
maintained  by  each  individual  proprietor  a  secrecy  which  is  to 
'be  officially  preserved  by  the  Department  of  Health.  In  other 
words,  the  theory  of  the  ordinance  is  that  secrecy  of  composi- 
tion is  wrong  when  individually  possessed  but  righteous  when 
officially  possessed,  even  though  such  secrecy  should  protect 
the  practice  of  fraud.  Without  the  present  ordinance,  if  the 
Department  discovers  the  fraudulency  of  a  proprietary  prepara- 
tion, it  may  publish  its  discoveries  to  the  world,  but  when  act- 
ing under  the  ordinance  it  may  not  on  any  account  betray  the 
secrets  of  which  it  may  become  possessed. 

5.  The  ordinance  cannot  insure  the  Department  of 
Health  the  gaining  of  any  acccurate  information  con- 
cerning the  ingredients  of  a  preparation  that  might 
not  be  equally  obtained  by  analysis,  and  when  gained 
in  the  latter  manner,  would  not  be  subject  to  the 
pledge  of  secrecy  which  the  ordinance  imposes. 

If  the  chemists  and  pharmacologists  of  the  Department  of 
Health  are  unable  to  make  an  accurate  and  complete  deter- 
mination of  the  drugs  to  be  found  in  proprietary  medicines, 
then  the  ordinance  is  unnecessary.  If  tliey  are  not  able  to 
make  .such  analyses,  then  the  ordinance  is  useless,  since  the 
proprietor  might  report  tliat  he  was  making  use  of  the  vege- 
table drugs  A.  B.  C.  and  D.,  when  in  fact  he  might  be  using 
the  drugs  E.  F.  G.  and  H.,  and  the  analyst  could  not  detect 
the  deception. 

One  of  the  largest  selling  proprietaries  on  the  market  bears 
on  its  label  what  purports  to  be  the  names  and  proportions 
of  its  ingredients,  yet  these  ingredients  when  put  together  in 
the  ordinary  manner  do  not  yield  an  exact  duplicate  of  the 
genuine  preparation.  Evidently,  therefore,  the  proprietor  has  not 
made  public  all  of  his  secret,  and  no  one  has  yet  been  able  to 
detect  what  he  has  chosen  to  conceal. 

Hundreds  of  vegetable  drugs  might  be  named  which  could 
not  be  identified  in  the  finished  preparation.  The  unfortunate 
chemist  to  whom  the  subject  was  referred  could  only  report  the 
proportions  of  alcohol,  water,  and  mineral  constituents,  and  the 
presence  of  "unidentifiable  vegetable  extractive  matter"  which 
might  have  been  obtained  from  an  indefinite  number  of  drugs. 

6.  The  ordinance  is  either  futile  or  deceptive. 

If  the  ordinance  is  able  to  accomplish  no  more  than  what 
■on  its  face  it  professes  to  do,  namely,  to  receive  and  keep 
secret  the  confessions  of  the  makers  of  proprietary  medicines, 
then  it  is  inane  and  futile,  and  only  another  dish  of  the  flap- 
doodle so  commonly  fed  to  the  public  under  the  name  of  re- 
form, the  only  discoverable  effects  of  which  are  to  provide 
places  and  salaries  for  clerks  who  collect  and  file  certain  in- 
consequential "reports,"  which  when  collected  and  filed  do  not 
amount  to  a  tinker's  malediction  so  far  as  any  public  benefit 
is  concerned. 

If  the  ordinance  is  not  really  the  toothless  thing  it  seems  to 
be,  and  depends  upon  some  hidden  factor  to  give  it  force  and 
effect,  then  that  factor  should  be  made  evident,  in  order  that 
the  people  may  determine  whether  they  want  it  or  not. 

One  theory  of  government  is  that  tlie  masses  of  the  people, 

'  '  i'     i  Ill,  are  not  able  to  intelligently  regulate  their  own 

iuld  therefore  accept  the  paternal  legislation  de- 
■ood  and  wise"— meaning  a  select  office-holding 
ca  ■.<  ^hr,v<rUr<  n-:ulv  1o  ,ln  ,,11  111-'        -  ..i;v  think- 

in-  ai-  h  the 

coiiiiivi!  X  the 

one  UlM.n  1!     .  iil   i-   u-.iv.U       i-    li  H   r..  "lie  is 

quite  good  enough  or  wise  enough  to  make  laws  for  the  people 
without  the  full  knowledge  and  consent  of  the  latter,  and  that 


any  legislation  that  does  not  show  on  its  face,  directly  and 
clearly  what  it  is  intended  to  do,  or  that  is  supported  by  bet- 
ter than  vague  promises  that  it  will  somehow  redound  to  the 
public  benefit  is  pretty  sure  to  be  the  kind  of  legislation  the 
people  would  not  want  if  they  understood  its  full  import,  and 
would  not  enact  it  if  left  to  themselves. 

7.  The  ordinance  would  sacrifice  the  interests  of 
the  retail  druggists  of  New  York  City,  and  would  not 
limit  or  prevent  the  importation  of  dangerous  and 
fraudulent  medicines  through  "mail  order  houses." 

Not  even  the  friends  of  the  ordinance  will  pretend  that  it 
could  or  would  in  the  slightest  degree  apply  to  medicines  ship- 
ped directly  to  customers  from  outside  sources,  so  that  its  prin- 
cipal effect  would  be  to  transfer  the  business  of  the  small 
druggist  to  his  rivals,  the  mail  order  houses. 

As  a  matter  of  fact,  a  considerable  proportion  of  the  fraudu- 
lent and  dangerous  nostrums  about  which  so  much  has  been 
said  are  not  proprietary  medicines  in  the  proper  sense  at  all. 
They  are  not  carried  in  stock  by  wholesale  or  retail  druggists, 
nor  listed  in  the  price  lists  published  in  the  drug  joumab. 
They  are  largely  "mail  order  propositions,"  where  the  order  is 
both  solicited  and  filled  by  mail,  most  of  such  enterprises  being 
either  in  the  hands  of  licensed  physicians,  or  conducted  by  per- 
sons who  have  no  connection  with  the  drug  business.  (See 
Nostrums  and  Quackery,  published  by  the  American  Medical 
Association.)  The  drug  trade  does  not  participate  in  this  traffic 
and  does  not  get  any  of  the  profits. 

This  kind  of  traffic  would  only  be  stimulated  by  an  ordi- 
nance which  increased  the  difficulty  of  obtaining  the  well 
known  and  long  used  proprietary  medicines  now  kept  for  sale 
by  druggists. 

If  for  the  purpose  of  argument  it  be  admitted  that  the  ordi- 
nance would  by  some  method  not  apparent  on  its  face  give  to 
the  physicians  of  the  Department  of  Health  the  unrestricted 
power  to  approve  or  condemn  medicinal  agents  or  methods  of 
treatment,  then  it  is  defective  in  its  present  form  for  various 
reasons,  some  of  which  are  as  follows: 

8.  The  therapeutic  or  remedial  value  of  a  drug  is 
not  a  fact  that  can  be  determined  by  ballot  or  by  the 
decision  of  an  official  board. 

In  the  present  state  of  medical  knowledge,  the  curative  value 
of  an  alleged  remedial  agent  can  be  established  only  within 
very  wide  limits,  and  the  best  of  medical  authorities  may.  and 
very  frequently  do,  differ  radically  upon  the  merits  of  a  drug. 

Not  long  ago.  Prof.  John  Uri  Lloyd,  of  Cincinnati,  re- 
quested some  40,000  practicing  physicians  of  all  school.*  to 
submit  a  list  of  the  drugs  which  they  valued  or  did  not  value 
in  their  practice.  Of  tlie  replies  received  a  large  majority 
named  as  their  most  useful  and  most  prized  remedy  a  drug 
which  is  not  found  in  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  or 
National  Formulary,  and  which  a  short  time  previously  had 
been  condemned  by  a  committee  of  the  .\merican  Medical  -As- 
sociation as  being  utterly  devoid  of  constituents  possessing  med- 
icinal value.    (Journal  .\  Ph.  A..  Nov.,  1912,  page  1236.) 

Many  of  the  drugs  of  the  official  lists  received  only  a  few 
votes  or  not  even  a  sin,gle  vote,  while  many  of  the  greatest 
favorites  of  the  physicians  voting  were  drugs  which  more  than 
once  have  been  designated  in  the  columns  of  the  Journal  of 
the  American  Medical  Association  as  fit  only  for  the  thera- 
peutic rubbish  heap. 

The  books  are  full  of  cases  where  physicians  of  eminence 
and  medical  professors  of  high  standing  give  enthusiastic 
praise  to  remedies  which  other  authorities  of  equal  eminence 
and  learning  denounce  as  worthless  or  even  dangerous,  and 
there  is  probably  not  a  single  remedy  known  to  materia  med- 
ica  whose  value  is  so  clearly  established  tliat  some  strong 
authority  could  not  be  cited  against  it. 

In  the  light  of  these  facts  it  is  wrong  to  inquire  what  new 
principle  of  therapeutic  analysis  has  been  discovered  that  will 
enable  the  physicians  of  the  Health  Department  of  New  York 
City  to  exercise  rishtcous  judgment  as  to  tlie  value  uf  drugs 
about  which  the  whole  world  of  doctors  are  in  dispute? 

9.  Such  measures  can  only  hinder  and  postpone  a 
real  and  effective  reform  of  the  proprietary  medicine 
business. 

Such  piddling  and  inconsequential  measures,  providing  mere- 
ly that  some  official  shall  find  out  what  a  patent  medicine  con- 
tains and  tlien  keep  still  about  it,  or  at  the  most  giving 
power  to  regulate  sucli  medicines  within  the  restricted  area 
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STATE  BOARD  EXAMINATIONS 


NEW  YORK 


Warren  L.  Bradt,  secretary  of  the  New  York  Board  of 
Pharmacy,  Albany,  sends  for  publication  the  following  list  of 
candidates  who  successfully  passed  the  examinations  of  October 
6-7: 

Pharmacists  (New  York):  Deborah  Arginteanu,  Daisy  Myerson, 
John  J.  Hill,  D.  Sheldon  Miller,  Max  Leff,  J.  Sebring  Ackerman, 
Alfred  Buonette,  Saul  Mostoff,  Morris  Dimiceli,  Victor  M.  Ore- 
fice,  Abraham  Ehrlich,  Remo  Trotter,  Nathan  Cohn.  Carl  L.  Boehme, 
Sylvio  A.  Fasano,  Geronimo  Di  Geronimo,  Isidnr  Fine,  David 
Schwartz,  Louis  W.  Zucker,  Irving  L.  Smith,  William  H.  Arndt, 
David  Levine,  Isaac  Radin,  Isidor  R.  Gitlin,  Joseph  Cooper, 
Irving  Bolkowitz,  John  A.  Valvano  Reuben  Pollock,  Benjamin 
Cohen,  Jacob  Folb,  Joseph  P.  Wachtel,  Nathan  Birch,  Joseph  I. 
Blank,  William  Moser,  Benjamin  Feldstein,  Max  Bleicher,  Frank 
Lettieri,  Abraham  Ziperwitz,  Raimondo  Mazzoni,  Abraham  Wilson, 
Isidore  J.  Bronstein,  Alexander  Bach,  David  Spector,  Antonio  S. 
Carabillo,  Bernard  Nadler,  Julius  Mindes,  Henry  Briller,  Rosa 
Joondeph,  Ada  Berman,  Pincus  Cohen,  Herman  Peck,  Harry 
Pekus,  Henrietta  De  Maio,  Lena  Brill,  Fred  D.  Lynch,  Ernest  O. 
Bianco,  William  A.  Smith. 

Pharmacists  (Buffalo):  Harry  E.  Frost,  Bernard  E.  Tracy, 
Emmert  H.  Woodhouse,  Madison  W.  Washburn,  Michael  J.  Con- 
noly,  Samuel  Cohen. 

Pharmacists  (Albany):  John  E.  Kelly,  Albert  D.  Warner,  Wil- 
liam L.  Barker,  Francis  A.  Healy,  Joseph  W.  Hunting,  Louis 
N.  Turner,  Edward  L.  Marrott,  Thomas  J.  Brierton. 

Druggists  (New  York):  Adolph  H.  Tannenbauni,  John  W.  Holo- 
han.  Walter  W.  Hoffman,  Thomas  J.  Cecere,  Sterling  Begg, 
Boruch  Klatz. 

Druggists  (Buffalo):  Alexander  W.  Bradv,  Frank  B.  O'Con- 
nor, Mary  M.  Groeninger  (Sr.  Hilda),  Rubin  Yalowich,  Carl 
J.  Luetenegger,  John  W.  Kick,  Norman  H.  Beischer,  John  L. 
Davis,  John  D.  Gioia,  Joseph  H.  De  Carlo,  Homer  C!  Allen, 
Stratton  W.   Bower,   Gerald  E.   Parsons,   Burnetta  F.  Hedden. 

Druggists  (Albany):  Ernest  R.  Kelderhouse,  Fred  C.  Haw- 
thorne, James  P.  Marr,  Robert  M.  Bruce,  George  J.  Smith,  Ray- 
mond W.  Munger,  Andrew  Ulrichs,  Delos  H.  Squires,  Herman 
C.  Maus,  Thomas  G.  Darmody,  Stewart  H.  Himes. 


OHIO 

.•\t  the  meeting  of  the  Ohio  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  in  Cin- 
cinnati on  October  27,  the  grades  made  by  the  applicants  at  an 
examination  held  in  the  House  of  Representatives,  Columbus,  on 
October  12  and  13,  were  considered  and  the  following  were  granted 
pharmacist    certificates:    Warren    T.    Moguin,    Knoxville     Tenn  ■ 
Laban  O.  Carpenter.  Covington,  Ky. ;  Charles  M.  Elder,  New  Lex- 
K-ffton,  O. ;  Homer  Rutledge,  Ironton;  Hermann  H.  Simon,  Bloom- 
-:  Anna  Zoe  Burrier,  Amsterdam:  Car!  H.  Collett,  Portsmouth; 
^  A.   Davidson,  Lancaster;  Walter  E.  Fanning,  Middletown- 
^t  D.  Rathman,  Middletown;  Sister  St.  Simon,  Toledo;  Sister 
I  afard,  Toledo;  Joseph  D.  Wright,  Columbus;  Tames  E.  Graves, 
'    .  imbus;  Fred  L.  Hammond,  Columbus;  Waldo  W.  Tyler,  Colum- 
bus; David  Fabe,  Alfred  J.  Gutzwiller,  Joseph  R.  Miller,  William 
C.   Wurster,  Cincinnati;   Maud  Marvin,  Harrison;   Tames  S.  Gar- 
rett.   Lockland;    Joseph    H.    Adelstein,    Morris    Rubin,  Sylvester 
A.   Balcerzak,   Robert   K.   Zumpft,  Clayton  F.   Zeidler,  Theodore 
Wm.    Bachmann,    Charles    F.    Dvorak,    Seymour    B.    Dewey,  Jr 
Robert  B.  McCann,  Wm.  F.  Steadman,  M.D.,  Oscar  H.  Bowers, 
Cleveland. 

There  were  76  applicants  for  the  pharmacist  examination.  33 
were  successful,  38  were  rejected  and  the  following  five  obtained 
a  grade  high  enough  to  entitle  them  to  an  assistant  pharmacist 
certificate:  Arthur  Sarsfield,  Cincinnati;  George  W.  Meyer  Cin- 
cinnati; Harry  O.  Easterday,  Akron;  Fred  D.  Hardesty,  Canton; 
LaCIare  Sylvester,  New  Richmond.  The  highest  grade  obtained 
at  the  above  examination  was  94J^%  by  Sister  St.  Simon,  a 
graduate  of  the  Toledo  College  of  Pharmacy. 

There  were  sixteen  applicants  for  the  assistant  pharmacist 
examination  and  the  following  were  successful:  Morris  M 
Gerson,  Cleveland;  Louis  Ruxin,  Cleveland;  Harry  McLaughlin^ 
Cincinnati.  The  highest  grade  obtained  on  the  assistant  phar- 
macist examination  was  86^%  by  Harry  McLaughlin  of  Cincinnati. 

The  next  examination  will  be  held  in  Columbus,  January  11 
and  12,  1916.  Applications  must  be  filed  with  the  Secretary  not 
later  than  January  6th. 


WISCONSIN" 


At  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Wisconsin  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
held  in   Madison,  the  following  were  granted  certificates: 

Registered  Pharmacists:   G.  Helmer  Flygt,  Park  Falls;  Martha 
A^  Long,  Waukesha;  A.   Kelly  Clark,   River  Falls;   Edward  N 
Thoreson,  Marshfield;  Frank  O.  Fisher,  Fond  du  Lac;  Frank  W 
Lightner,  Randolph;  Otto  Jorges,  Sauk  City;  William  C.  Boldtj 
Sheboygan;  Owen  O.  Groh,  Sheboygan;  Melvin  Lee  Alberts,  Walter 
Pozorski,  Frank  X.  Meiners,  Albert  A.  Zelm,  Herman  E.  Bargans, 
-  Mary  Loretta,  Walter  Klug  and  Harry  J.  Wissenborrt,  all 
Milwaukee. 


Registered  Assistants:  Alfred  C.  Thompson,  Augusta,  and  Her- 
bert C.  Glaus,  Aloys  J.  Pawlak,  and  Walter  E.  Barthel,  Mil- 
waukee. 

Registered  pharmacist  certificates  were  issued  to  Thomas  R. 
Morris  of  Illinois,  and  George  L.  McNeely  of  Michigan,  without 
examination,  upon  the  basis  of  their  certificates  issued  by  the 
Boards  of  Pharmacy  of  their  respective  states.  The  next  meet- 
ing will  be  held  in  Madison,  January  11-14,  1916. 

The  Wisconsin  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  granted  certificates 
to  fifty-two  out  of  the  eighty-one  applicants  who  successfully 
passed  the  October  examination.    Certificates  were  granted  to  the 


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Registered  Pharmacists:  Linus  V.  Seger,  Milwaukee;  Alexander 
Steffen,  Milwaukee;  William  K.  Stumpf,  Milwaukee;  Franklin 
C.  Mueller,  Ripon;  Ernest  P.  Wenstadt,  Shawano;  Frank  J.  Mc- 
Carthy, Milwaukee;  Arthur  A.  Hoehn,  Hartford;  Carl  A.  Ganing, 
Milwaukee;  Eugene  C.  Simon,  Milwaukee;  Anton  H.  Thiele, 
Racine;  Oliver  B.  Reese,  Spring  Green;  William  E.  McParland, 
Thorp;  Mary  N.  Parker,  Hancock;  Archie  O.  Johnson,  New  Rich- 
mond; Allen  S.  Porter,  Janesville;  James  W.  Jensen,  Withee; 
Herbert  F.  L.  Meier,  Milwaukee;  Leo  A.  Slawny,  Milwaukee; 
Arnold  T.  Nielsen,  Racine;  Christian  G.  Heck,  Racine;  Eugene 
B.  Gauthier,  Oconto  Falls;  Roy  W.  Woelffer,  Lake  Mills;  Clarence 
B.  Albert,  Baraboo;  Nicholas  T.  Crasser,  Milwaukee;  G.  Vaughn 
Brainard,  Durand;  Chester  W.  Bothwell,  Darlington,  Wis.;  Carl 
E.  King,  Watertown. 

Registered  assistant  pharmacists:  Alvin  H.  Trester,  Sheboygan; 
W.  J.  Wangard,  Milwaukee;  W.  P.  Coleman,  Milwaukee;  A.  N. 
Shapiro,  Milwaukee;  R.  W.  Fitzgerald,  Milwaukee;  J.  P.  Hawley, 
Milwaukee;  E.  H.  Pergande,  Milwaukee;  H.  Sucher,  Milwaukee; 
Ernest  D.  Renard,  Milwaukee;  Otto  Jorges,  Sauk  City;  Thomas 
Flarity,  Milwaukee;  Harry  W.  Tuft,  Milwaukee;  Erwin  Roerig, 
Milwaukee;  John  H.  Kitzinger,  Seymour;  Edwin  C.  Rehfeld,  Sey- 
mour; Earl  B.  Hall,  Baraboo;  Frank  J.  Engles,  Mineral  Point; 
Berne  L.  Darrow,  Milwaukee;  Walter  A.  Genrich,  Manitowoc; 
Abraham  Felvarg,  Milwaukee;  William  G.  Bartlett,  New  Glarus; 
Fred  A.  Quade,  Turtle  Lake;  Leonard  S.  Toennessen,  Milwaukee; 
Harry  W.  Peters,  Milwaukee;  Reuben  T.  Pember,  Janesville. 


PENNSYLVANIA 


The  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Examining  Board  has  an- 
nounced the  names  of  those  examined  by  the  board  and  who  quali- 
fied as  registered  pharmacists  and  assistants  at  the  recent  meeting 
held  at  Williamsport.    The  list  follows: 

Registered  pharmacists:  Jacob  Broxmeyer,  William  W.  Craft, 
Albert  Greenlees,  Reuben  R.  Reveno,  Isador  Staller,  Esther  Wein- 
berg, all  of  Philadelphia;  Joseph  M.  Weithorn,  Pittsburgh;  Albert 
E.  Day,  Bellefonte;  Raymond  G.  Gibney,  J.  Ralph  Grube,  Coates- 
ville;  William  J.  Heymann,  Galeton;  Frank  L.  Kahler,  Blooms- 
burg;  Hudson  O.  Mann,  Milton;  Sharon  T.  McCloskey,  Lock 
Haven;  J.  Fred  G.  Ouin,  Mahanoy  City;  C.  Allen  Russell,  Hughes- 
ville;  Stanley  W.  Smith,  Berwick;  Ross  F.  Shoemaker,  Bedford, 
and  Harold  N.  Schoonover,  Carbondale. 

Qualified  assistants:  Michael  Auerbach,  Louis  Milner,  Edwin 
O.  Stivers,  Myer  Skloff,  Philadelphia;  William  J.  Carter,  Mahanoy 
City;  Hiram  Coffey,  Mill  Hall;  George  C.  Derick,  Newville; 
Austin  P.  Dombroski,  Nanticoke;  Harry  G.  Fuhr,  Lansdale;  Stan- 
ley P.  Gardner,  Muncy;  Louis  A.  Gardier,  Scranton ;  John  L.  Henrie, 
J.  Clyde  Mercer,  George  A.  McKelvy,  Jr.,  Bloomsburg;  Amos  W. 
Kapler,  Jersev  Shore;  Edward  A.  Miles,  Johnstown;  Frank  A. 
Murphy,  Altoona;  John  J.  Swabon,  Shenandoah;  Albin  Stikarof- 
sky,  Chester;  M.  J.  Sidler,  Danville;  Charles  E.  Woomer,  Muncy. 
The  next  examinations  will  be  held  in  Pittsburgh  and  Phila- 
delphia, December  3  and  4. 


ILLINOIS 

At  the  October  meeting  of  the  Illinois  Board  of  Pharmacy,  held 
in  Chicago,  32  of  the  85  applicants  for  registered  pharmacist,  25 
out  of  a  class  of  66  candidates  for  assistant  pharmacist  and  the 
one  applicant  for  local  registration  passed  successful  examina- 
tions.   Their  names  follow: 

Registered  Pharmacists:  M.  R.  Christensen;  Michel  Cooper,  V. 
Czahurski,  George  L.  Engblom,  Henry  Hansen,  G.  W.  Jindrich, 
W.   C.  Johannes,  A.  E.  Johnson,   Rubin  Levin,  Chas,   P.  Norby, 

H.  F.  Oglesby,  M.  A.  Palumbo,  Peter  Patlogan,  Nicholas  Ray- 
bield,  Ambrose  Reid,  Berthold  Rothman,  W.  L.  Sadkin,  Maurice 
Sarnatrky,  M.  A.  Schwetz,  Jacob  Sherkin,  Robt,  F.  Sherry,  Chas. 
Shutan,  N.  A.  Styrt,  E.  C.  VonOhlen,  all  of  Chicago  and  Roy  R. 
Barnes,  Canton,  J.  Edw.  Kimlel,  Peoria;  Sister  M,  Lidwina,  E. 
St.  Louis:  F.  C.  Niemeyer,  Stockton;  C.  A.  Nadler,  Peru;  R,  P. 
Pfeiffer,  Woodstock;  W.  M.  Saylor,  State  Line;  R.  D.  Webster. 
Yorkville. 

Local  Registered  Pharmacist:    F.  R.  Foster,  Delavan. 

Assistant  Pharmacists:  Frank  Albright,  Leo  H,  Ayers,  Julius 
Balzak,  Louis  Brown,  C.  J.  Bass,  Ada  E.  Goldman,  Wm,  GoUub 
Ryan  Graber,  R.  M.  Hecht,  E.  C.  Holdin,  S.  Lewandowski,  J.  S. 
Mishkin,    S.    E.    Malkewicz,    Israel    Maurence,    Jos.    Mashow  R 

I.  Miller,  J.  Y.  Newman,  S.  Porwancher,  Edw.  M.  Schmid  S' 
Shiretzki,  R.  R.  Thoroman,  H.  H.  Waldo,  Wm.  F.  White,  all  of 
Chicago  and  C.  Feuerbacher,  Lincoln;  Harry  Gray,  LaSalle. 


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At  the  September  meeting  of  the  Illinois  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
held  in  Springfield,  16  of  the  41  applicants  for  registered  phar- 
macists, 7  out  of  a  class  of  16  candidates  for  assistant  pharmacist 
and  two  of  the  applicants  for  local  registration  passed  success- 
ful examinations.    Their  names  follow: 

Registered  Pharmacists:  I.  L.  Berger,  Chicago;  S.  B.  Curtis, 
Chicago;  J.  M.  Dulaney,  Paris;  J.  E.  Evans,  Peoria;  Mark  B. 
Fox,  Chicago;  A.  G.  Gain,  St.  Louis;  J.  J.  Golembiowski,  Chicago; 
P.  C.  Gucker,  Mattoon;  L.  H.  Katz,  Chicago;  C.  R.  McKee, 
Geneva;  R.  R.  Merschat,  Chicago;  M.  M.  Morris,  Cairo;  H.  H. 
Nabers,  Chicago;  Louis  Rosenfield,  Chicago;  Stewart  Strain,  Kan- 
kakee; H.  G.  Williams,  Granite  City. 

Assistant  Pharmacists:  J.  E.  Fetherston,  Champaign;  Fred 
Griebel,  Staunton;  J.  E.  Hiss,  Chicago;  Henry  Mayzels,  Chicago; 
T.  H.  Meyer,  Peoria;  J.  W.  Wade,  Fairbury;  F.  W.  Waterman, 
Chicago. 

Local  Registered  Pharmacists:  W.  H.  Downey,  Wenona,  and 
Pearl  Haug,  Divernon. 


MIARYLAND 


The  following  is  a  list  of  the  successful  candidates  who  passed 
the  October  examination  of  the  Maryland  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
held  at  the  Maryland  University,  Baltimore:— 

Pharmacists:  Carvilla  B.  Boyd,  Clearfield,  Pa.;  John  J.  Noits, 
Baltimore;  Wilmer  H.  Schulze,  Baltimore;  W.  Wellford  Wilson, 
Baltimore. 

Assistant  Pharmacists:  James  G.  Bere,  Hagerstown,  and  Eugene 
S.  Corbett,  Harry  Lemler,  Irving  Millenson,  Truman  Seeling,  all 
of  Baltimore. 


MASSACHUSETTS 


Boston,  Nov.  10.— The  following  persons  have  been  registered  in 
pharmacy:  Aime  Achille  Bousquet,  Boston;  Henry  Leavitt  Brown, 
Ayer;  Walter  PoUano,  Lawrence;  Arthur  Francis  McDermott,  Low- 
ell; William  Francis  Sullivan,  Boston;  Jacob  Burros,  Chelsea; 
Peter  Ambrose  Carey,  Marlboro;  Wayne  Albert  Giles,  Salem; 
Merrill  Rayner  Johnson,  Brockton;  Oliver  Homer  Labossiere,  Ash- 
mont;  Amijrose  Francis  Reinhalter,  Waltham;  Alexander  Bud- 
rewicz,  Saugus;  Charles  Joseph  DriscoU,  Lowell;  Georges  Peter 
Gakidis,  Boston. 

The  following  have  become  assistant  pharmacists:  Joseph  Katz, 
Boston;  Gregory  Garabed  Nalpantian,  Fitchburg;  Abraham  White, 
Cambridge;  Charles  John  Dietel,  Jr.,  South  Hadley  Falls;  James 
Nicholas  Vlachos,  Lowell;  Arnold  John  Bergstrom,  Brockton; 
Gerald  Aubrey  Dean,  Springfield;  Boris  Efim  Greenberg,  Boston; 
George  Whitney  Hubljard,  Newton;  Sylvester  James  Nicol,  Quincy. 


TEXAS 


Forty-two  applicants  presented  themselves  for  examination  be- 
fore the  Texas  Board  of  Pharmacy  at  the  recent  meeting  held 
in  San  Antonio,  the  following  making  the  required  grades  and 
receiving  certificates  of   registration:    D.   G.   Baker,   Calvert;  C. 

B.  Barnett,  Kilgore;  Toe  W.  Be  Lote,  Onalaska;  T.  J.  Cloud, 
Jr.,  Belton;  H.  E.   Davis,  Prosper;  Eugene  Gross,  Yorktown;  W. 

C.  Hudgine,  Grapevine;  R.  D.  A.  Jones,  Houston;  C.  G.  Kunze, 
Marlin;  W.  H.  Lane,  Karnes  City;  T.  S.  Mitchell,  Killeen;  J. 
L.  Moore,  Goliad;  J.  A.  Monk,  Kempner;  Walter  S.  Morrow, 
San  Antonio,  Joseph  Perkins,  Yoakum;  C.  A.  Pierce,  Lindale; 
J.  L.  Potts,  Chillicothe;  Hilmar  Scholl,  Lockhart;  A.  H.  Seeley, 
Cleburne;  J.  J.  Smith,  Bullard;  D.  C.  Trevino,  Laredo;  James 
M.  Wheeler,  Baird. 

The  report  of  W.  H.  Cousins,  delegate  to  the  National  Associa- 
tion of  the  Boards  of  Pharmacy  was  read  and  heartily  approved. 
The  Board  adjourned  to  meet  in  Waco  on  January  18th,  1916. 


VIRGIITIA 


The  Virginia  Board  of  Pharmacy  has  granted  certificates  to 
the  following  successful  applicants  who  took  the  examination 
held  in  Richmond  recently: 

Registered  Pharmacists:  G.  W.  Earles,  Christiansburg;  H.  E. 
Newman,  Norfolk;  W.  J.  Lacy,  Fredericksburg;  C.  A.  Cleveland, 
Phoebus;  C.  R.  Davis,  Richmond;  J.  N.  Dickson,  Waynesboro; 
W.  C.  Gleason,  Jr.,  Portsmouth;  C.  W.  Kerr,  Richmond;  G.  R. 
Ellington,  Richmond;  F.  S.  Otey,  Wytheville. 

Registered  Assistants:  A.  B.  Garber,  Emporia;  J.  F.  Mclndoe, 
Roanoke;  G.  C.  Robinson,  Norfolk;  G.  M.  Bell,  Norfolk;  J.  W. 
Manlove,  Norfolk.  The  following  were  granted  certificates  bv 
reciprocity:  Harriettc  R.  S.  Marble,  (col)  Norfolk,  from  Oklahoma; 
Meyer  Goldsmith,  Baltimore,  Md.,  from  Maryland.  The  next  ex- 
amination will  be  held  at  Richmond,  January  18  and  19,  1916. 


MINNESOTA 


The  Minnesota  Board  of  Pharmacy  has  granted  licenses  to 
the  following  applicants  who  successfully  passed  the  examination 
held  in  Minneapolis  on  October  24: 

Registered  Pharmacists:  Ralph  U  Barber,  Harrv  V.  Buddy, 
Edward  C.  Cornell,  Haney  Doely,  Frank  Murray,  Marie  N.  Pon- 


than  and  William  F.  Reynolds,  Minneapolis;  A.  Kelly  Clark, 
River  Falls,  Wis.;  George  A.  Eklund,  Duluth;  Allen  Gilbert, 
Halstad;  Leslie  Grimm,  Osakis;  C.  A.  Perkins,  Worthington; 
W.  A.  Scheer,  Cottonwood;  S.  M.  Vikre,  Ortonville;  Otto  R. 
Leonard,   Redwood  Falls. 

Assistant  Pharmacists:  August  W.  Funk,  Earl  N.  Greenburg, 
Minneapolis;  Florence  N.  Hively,  St.  Paul;  A.  J.  Luehmann, 
Winona;  M.  L.  Peterson,  Austin;  Charles  F.  Weid,  St.  Paul. 


MISSOURI 


The  Missouri  Board  of  Pharmacy  has  granted  certificates  to 
the  following  successful  applicants  who  took  the  examination  given 
by  the  board  on  October  11  at  St.  Louis: 

Registered  Pharmacists:  Jacob  H.  Schwarztrauber,  W.  0.  Schack- 
ameyer,  Gustav  Frederick  Seimers,  Sister  M.  de  Sales  Leonard, 
Roland  H.  Kraege,  William  Bluerael,  Jr.,  Sister  Mary  Berenice 
Beck,  Sister  M.  Ludmilla  Bauer,  St.  Louis;  Henry  Dawson 
Wells,  Hayti,  Mo.;  Morton  Hodges,  Quincy,  111. 

Registered  Assistants:  Alvin  George  Florian,  Sister  Mary 
Miranda  Lachotta,  Sister  M.  Berenice  Ripperger,  Sisler  M.  Erme- 
linda  Olms,  Joseph  L.  Sanders,  all  of  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


COLORADO 


Eighteen  applicants  for  registration  took  the  examination  of  the 
Colorado  Board  of  Pharmacy  at  the  recent  meeting  held  in  Denver. 
Of  the  number  six  passed  as  registered  pharmacists  and  six  as 
assistants.  Licenses  were  given  to  the  first  six,  viz.:  John  Lewis 
Roberts,  Ernest  G.  Bryant,  Denver;  Leon  H.  Lippert,  Salida; 
Floras  D.  Dubi,  Art  F.  Miller,  Boulder,  and  Elmer  F.  Wharton, 
Colorado  Springs. 


MISSISSIPPI 


Twenty-six  applicants  were  examined  by  the  Mississippi  Board 
of  Pharmacy  at  the  recent  meeting  held  at  Jackson,  the  following 
making  the  required  grade  in  the  examination: 

N.  L.  Chapman,  of  Centerville,  J.  S.  Gunter,  of  Shelby,  L.  L. 
Jones,  of  Waynesboro,  T.  T.  Justice,  of  Pascagoula,  J.  P.  McCabe, 
of  Biloxi,  J.  A.  Moss  of  Biloxi,  S.  T.  McIUvain,  of  Sandersville, 
J.  B.  Driskell,  of  Clarksdale,  L.  L.  Wren  of  Magnolia,  Glenn 
Sturdivant,  of  Sardis,  C.  J.  Martak,  of  Anguilla,  C.  C.  O'Neal,  of 
Itta  Bena,  J.  C.  Barr  of  Collins,  Horace  Mitchell,  of  Corinth,  H. 
L.  Wonders,  of  Meridian,  C.  D.  Campbell,  of  Duck  Hill. 


WASHINGTON 


Secretary  D.  B.  Garrison  of  the  Washington  state  board  of 
pharmacy  has  announced  the  following  as  successful  in  passing 
the  examination  for  registered  pharmacists,  held  in  Spokane,  Oc- 
tober 7,  8  and  9.  H.  F.  Hosfeld  and  Earl  Norberg,  Spokane:  G. 
R.  Kinne,  Seattle;  Carl  Schade,  Camas,  and  P.  S.  Wanamaker. 
of  Lincoln.  The  date  of  the  next  examination  has  been  set  for 
January  13,  14  and  15  at  the  state  university,  Seattle. 

Cornelius  Osseward,  of  Seattle,  was  elected  president  of  the 
Washington  Board  of  Pharmacy,  at  a  meeting  of  that  body  held  in 
Spokane  on  October  8.  D.  B.  Garrison  was  re-elected  secretary. 
Eight  applicants  for  registration  were  examined,  the  number  being 
smaller  than  at  any  time  within  the  last  five  years,  due,  it  is  said, 
to  the  operation  of  a  new  law  which  requires  that  all  applicants 
for  pharmacists'  licenses  must  be  college  graduates  or  have  been 
registered  as  pharmacists  in  another  state  prior  to  1912.  The  board 
has  designated  the  following  as  examiners  in  the  several  subjects: 
F.  D.  Marr,  Tacoma,  pharmacy:  C.  Osseward.  Seattle,  toxicology, 
prescriptions  and  posologv;  B.  T.  McCroskev,  Colfax,  materia  med- 
ica;  A.  F.  Maxwell,  Pullman,  chemistry,  and  D.  B.  Garrison, 
identifications  and  pharmaceutical  law.  The  next  meeting  will  be 
held  in  Seattle,  January  13,  14  and  15,  next  year. 


NEW  JERSEY 


Following  is  a  list  of  the  successful  candidates  for  resistration 
who  took  the  examination  of  the  New  Jersey  Board  of  Pharmacy 
at  Trenton  on  October  21: 

Registered  Pharmacists:  Samuel  Bauer,  Newark:  George  Chicken. 
Lodi;  Joseph  A.  De  Rosa,  New  York;  Aaron  M.  Dichter.  Har- 
risnn;  '(V, ,  „  p  F.  Dilatush.  Trenton:  Charles  Flottman.  Phila- 
a.  iplii      1'       1  II.  Forteang.  Passaic;  .\shcr  Hawk.  Windgap, 

!■    ;  .   Philadelphia,  Pa.:  Arthur  A.   King,  Terser 

N  onkers,  N.  Y. ;  Paul  E.  Klucher,  Philadelphia. 
I'  I   :t.    TSnonton;    Hayim    Leibowitz,  Bayonne; 

( ii'orge  A.  Lill,  Hawthorne:  Cornelius 
Mattia,  New  York;  Abraham  Pansy, 
Passaic:  Wolf  L.  Rabinowitz.  Jersey 
-  ^  "k,  N.  y.;  Paul  Le  Baron  Springer, 

I'  il.  ill  ipiu,!,  I'.i,;  Cci-cc  .^toU,  W.  New  York:  Victor  Sweetwood, 
Icrsev  (^itv:  Michael  M.  Titman,  Lakewood:  Grove  Z,  Ward,  Newr 
York,  N.  Y. ;  Albert  Watman,  Bayonne;  Alvin  Webb.  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

Registered  Assistants:  John  Bingham,  Paferson,  Benjamin  M. 
Gersten,  Newark;  James  V.  Greco,  Madison;  George  L.  HeiRcs, 
Collingswood;  Fredrick  Knecht,  Perth  Amboy:  Clifford  Lester.  Irv- 
ington;  Brainerd  Link,  Vineland;  Tames  H.  Shoop,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

The  next  meeting  of  the  board  for  examinations  will  be  held  ore 
January  20  and  21.  1916. 


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SCHOOLS  AND  COLLEGES 


UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN 

Lloyd  L.  Andrus,  Ph.G.,  '15,  is  located  in  retail  pharmacy 
at  Tiffin,  Ohio.  He  recently  passed  the  Michigan  and  Ohio 
board  examinations. 

Jnanada  Das  Gupta,  M.S.,  '15,  has  accepted  a  position 
with  Lambert  &  Lowman,  manufacturers  of  pharmaceuticals 
and  specialties,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Clarence  E.  Pitkin,  '15,  has  become  part  owner  of  an  es- 
tablished pharmacy  in  Whitehall,  Mich.    He  recently  married. 

Walter  H.  Blome,  M.S.  (Pharm.),  '05,  and  Ralph  D.  Lamie, 
Ph.C,  '10,  both  of  Frederick  Stearns  &  Co.,  Detroit,  visited 
the  College  of  Pharmacy  recently. 

Prof.  A.  B.  Stevens  has  been  sojourning  in  California  dur- 
ing the  summer.  He  is  developing  a  lemon  grove  in  the  beau- 
tiful country  about  Escondido.  His  wife  and  son  are  per- 
manently located  there. 

Earle  \'.  Rice,  B.S.  (Pharm.),  '15,  has  resigned  as  assistant 
in  pharmacy  to  Prof.  Stevens  and  accepted  a  position  in 
the  biological  department  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.  George  K. 
Finzel  has  been  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy. 

Frederick  F.  Ingram.  B.S.  (Pharm. ),  '11,  has  taken  unto  him- 
self a  wife.  He  has  also  taken  a  very  active  interest  in  the  firm 
of  Ingram  &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich.,  and  has  demonstrated  that 
he  possesses  the  business  qualities  which  entitle  a  man  to  be 
called  a  "live  wire." 

The  campaign  for  the  $1,000,000  Michigan  Union  Club 
House  is  well  under  way  and  there  is  every  prospect  that  the 
money  will  be  fully  raised.  The  Board  of  Regents,  at  its  last 
meeting,  voted  to  heat  and  light  the  building,  which  is 
equivalent  to  a  gift  of  $200,000. 

A  silver  loving  cup,  to  be  known  as  the  A.  B.  Prescott 
Scholarship  Cup,  will  be  awarded  by  the  National  Organiza- 
tion to  the  chapter  of  Phi  Delta  Chi  which  ranks  highest 
in  scholarship.  The  chapter  winning  it  for  three  years  in 
succession  will  be  entitled  to  retain  it  permanently. 

Azor  Thurston,  '84,  has  established  a  "Scholarship  Prize" 
of  $25,  which  will  be  awarded  annually  to  the  active  chapter 
of  Phi  Delta  Chi  which  obtains  the  highest  average  grade. 

Wilber  F.  Jackman,  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  A.B..  '86,  Ph.C,  '87, 
formerly  professor  of  pharmacy  in  the  College  of  Pharmacy, 
University  of  Maine,  has  associated  himself  with  Prof.  Charles 
H.  Rogers,  Ph.C,  '11,  on  the  teaching  staff  of  the  newly 
organized  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  West  Vir- 
ginia, Morgantown,  W.  Va. 

October  5  was  the  opening  day  for  the  forty-eighth  session 
of  the  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  registration  exceeds  that 
of  any  previous  year  in  the  history  of  the  college.  One 
hundred  and  si-xteen  students  are  enrolled,  which  is  sixteen  in 
excess  of  last  year's  enrollment  at  this  time.  Over  half  the 
students  have  elected  the  four-year  course  leading  to  the  de- 
gree of  B.Sc.  (Pharmacy). 

Alpha  Chapter  of  Phi  Delta  Chi  has  every  reason  to  be 
proud  of  its  scholastic  record  during  the  past  year.  .Ac- 
cording to  the  chart,  which  is  annually  prepared  by  Registrar 
Hall  and  published  by  the  university,  the  fraternity  has  ad- 
vanced its  position  very  materially.  It  has  distanced  fifteen 
or  more  fraternities  which  were  leading  them  the  year  previ- 
ous. A  systematic  and  determined  effort  will  be  made  this 
year  to  make  another  advance  quite  as  remarkable. 


ONTARIO 

The  students  of  Ontario  College  of  Pharmacy.  Toronto,  have 
elected  the  following  officers  for  1915-1916:  Hon.  president. 
Dean  C.  F.  Heebner;  hon.  vice-presidents.  Miss  A.  R.  Fer- 
rari, Miss  D.  Birkett,  Miss  C.  McLaren;  president,  H.  B. 
Lough;  vice-president.  F.  W.  Bryan;  secretary.  R.  S.  Harris; 
treasurer.  L.  C  Gubb;  committee.  F.  J.  Bourke,  B.  H.  Price. 
S.  J.  Kirkland,  C.  McLean,  V.  F.  Vernon ;  class  representa- 
tive to  University  Students'  Administrative  Council,  O.  E. 
Jacks. 


JERSEY  CITY 

The  department  of  pharmacy  of  the  College  of  Jersey  City 
has  adopted  the  standards  of  the  Regents  of  New  York  and 
by  action  of  that  body  is  now  officially  recognized  as  a 
registered  college  under  the  laws  of  that  State.  This  will 
enable  graduates,  beginning  with  May,  1916,  to  take  the  State 
Board  examination  for  licensed  pharmacists  in  New  York. 

In  October  the  college  opened  a  department  of  dentistry, 
the  faculty  being  composed  of  prominent  dentists,  physicians 
and  pharmacists  of  New  Jersey.  The  infirmary  is  located  at 
Montgomery  and  Warren  streets,  Jersey  City. 

The  students  of  the  department  of  pharmacy  and  dentistry 
have  organized  a  basket  ball  team  and  expect  to  make  maroon 
and  purple,  the  college  colors,  famous  in  athletics.  Herbert 
C.  Raubenheimer  is  the  manager,  and  the  team  is  ready  to 
enter  the  lists  with  teams  of  pharmacy  and  dental  colleges, 
university  freshmen,  high  school  and  Y.  M.  C.  A.  teams. 


HIGHLAND  PARK 

The  College  of  Pharmacy  opened  the  year  with  an  increase 
of  about  twenty  students,  quite  a  number  of  extension  stu- 
dents entering  the  resident  course. 

J.  R.  Chittick,  '03,  continues  his  prize  of  an  A.Ph.A  mem- 
bership for  the  best  work  in  organic  chemistry. 

The  Mortar  and  Pestle  Club  has  elected  the  following 
officers  for  the  first  quarter:  President,  Floyd  Winslow;  vice- 
president,  W.  H.  Wagner;  secretary,  F.  A.  Jackson. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  IOWA 

The  Phi  Delta  Chi  fraternity  held  a  "founders'  day"  ban- 
quet at  the  chapter  house  on  November  5.  Dr.  C.  S.  Chase 
acted  as  toastmaster,  and  responses  were  given  as  follows: 
The  San  Francisco  Convention  of  Phi  Delta  Chi,  Dean  W.  J. 
Teeters;  Professional  and  Academic  Fraternities,  Prof.  R.  A. 
Kuever;  Inconsistencies,  L.  K.  Fenelon;  The  Fraternity  from 
the  Standpoint  of  an  Alumnus,  H.  F.  Doden;  Phi  Delta  Chi 
as  We  Are  and  as  We  Hope  to  Be,  J.  C.  Lick;  Outlook  of 
a  Pledge,  R.  R.  Stewart. 

The  Short  Course  Drug  Conference,  scheduled  for  the  early 
part  of  the  month,  was  postponed  to  November  30  and  De- 
cember 1,  on  account  of  the  Ames-Iowa  football  games  mak- 
ing it  impossible  to  secure  hotel  accommodations,  the  visitors 
to  the  games  reserving  all  of  the  available  rooms.  Among 
the  speakers  scheduled  on  the  Conference  program  are  Dean 
F.  J.  Wulling,  of  Minnesota  University,  Dr.  J.  H.  Beal,  of 
the  University  of  Illinois,  and  H.  B.  Mason  of  Detroit. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  MONTANA 

Dean  Charles  E.  F.  Mollett  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy,  Uni- 
versity of  Montana,  at  Missoula,  recently  returned  from  an 
exploration  tour  through  Western  Montana  mountains,  bring- 
ing with  him  SO  varieties  of  drug  producing  plants,  native 
to  that  State.  These  have  been  transplanted  to  the  botanical 
garden  of  the  school  of  pharmacy,  which  was  started  some 
time  ago,  more  than  an  acre  of  ground  being  already  devoted 
to  growing  drug  plants.  Those  set  out  last  year  have  done 
well  in  almost  every  instance,  more  than  one  hundred  plants 
having  practical  use  in  pharmacy  having  been  successfully 
demonstrated.  Dean  Mollett  has  been  conducting  plant  investiga- 
tions for  more  than  three  years,  and  is  now  planning  to 
extend  the  scope  of  his  inquiry  in  the  spring.  New  ground 
is  being  broken  for  an  extension  of  the  garden,  and  ex- 
periments will  be  started  with  plants  which  are  not  indigenous 
to  Montana.  Several  of  these  varieties,  as  demonstrated  in 
the  university  experiments  will  thrive  in  Montana  soil. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[Decembkr,  1915 


NEW  YORK 

The  following  were  elected  members  of  the  college  at  the 
last  trustees'  meeting:  Samuel  Albert,  Joseph  Altman,  Rich- 
ard A.  Austin,  Frank  A.  Coleman,  Jerome  A.  Crane,  Emanuel 
J.  Emelin,  Philip  Fitz,  B.  C.  Gould,  Frederick  W.  Kaye, 
J.  C.  Keough,  G.  C.  Klippert,  Bella  Kramer,  John  Leverty, 
John  A.  Leikauf,  Geo.  W.  Luft,  William  A.  MacDonald, 
George  Phillips,  Edward  Plaut,  Robert  Plaut,  J.  W.  Reed,  E. 
R.  Rogers,  David  Schwartz,  William  L.  Snow,  Harry  E. 
Steinhilber,  Rudolph  Theis,  M.  R.  Thurlow,  Adolph  Wiegand, 
J.  Warren  Wiley,  A.  W.  Yates. 

It  is  the  aim  of  the  trustees  and  present  members  to  have 
every  retail  pharmacist  in  New  York  City  a  member  of  the 
college.  The  institution  has  lost  by  death,  in  recent  years, 
some  of  its  best  friends,  and  although  their  places  have  been 
taken  by  those  who  are  carrying  on  the  work  in  the  same  pro- 
gressive and  wholly  satisfactory  way,  the  members  feel  that 
it  is  necessary,  in  looking  to  the  future,  to  continually  add 
new  blood  to  the  organization. 

The  Senior  Class  has  elected  the  following  officers:  Presi- 
dent, G.  Harold  Dowsey;  vice-president,  Mrs.  Estella  J.  Bad- 
dour;  secretary,  Victor  Johnson;  treasurer,  Conrad  P.  Kling- 
ele;  historian,  Miss  Mary  E.  Meier. 


PHARMACY  IN  THE  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS 

A  new  trend  to  pharmaceutical  education  has  been  given 
by  the  board  of  education  of  Chicago  in  an  arrangement 
whereby  drug  Store  apprentices  will  be  enabled  to  make  the 
full  seventeen  credits  required  for  graduation  in  the  City  High 
School  and  at  the  same  time  continue  their  daily  work.  The 
movement  has  the  endorsement  of  many  druggists  of  the 
Windy  City. 

The  co-operative  arrangement  requires  the  students  to 
attend  school  from  8.30  to  12  :30  at  least  three  mornings  out 
of  the  week.  Their  studies  will  include  English,  Latin,  bot- 
any, chemistry,  physics,  physiology  and  business  accounting. 
These  studies  will  give  them  12  credits  from  the  school  if 
satisfactorily  completed,  and  the  other  credits  necessary  for 
graduation  will  be  awarded  for  the  work  done  in  the  store. 
The  course  can  be  completed  in  four  years,  tlie  usual  high 
school  period.    It  is  to  be  open  to  both  boys  and  girls. 


FREDERICK  J.  WULLING  HEADS  A.Ph.A. 

Other  Officers  for  1916-1917  Announced  by  Board  of 
Canvassers 

The  Board  of  Canvassers  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  met  November  4  and  reported  the  following  as 
the  result  of  the  election  of  officers  for  the  year  1916-17: 

President,  Frederick  J.  Wulling,  Minneapolis,  Minn.;  first 
vice-president,  Leonard  A.  Seltzer,  Detroit,  Mich.;  second 
vice-president,  Lucius  E.  Sayre,  Lawrence,  Kansas;  third  vice- 
president,  Philip  Asher,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Members  of  the  Council — James  H.  Beal,  Urbana,  111.; 
William  C.  Alpers,  Cleveland,  Ohio;  Harry  B.  Mason,  De- 
troit, Mich. 

The  Board  of  Canvassers  is  composed  of  the  following 
members:  A.  H.  Clark,  chairman;  Wm.  Bodemann,  S.  K. 
Sass.  C.  W.  Patterson,  B.  L.  Eicher. 


DRUGGIST  DOES  BIG  ADVERTISING 

On  November  18,  the  day  prior  to  the  opening  of  his  new 
eight-story  drug  and  office  building,  E.  W.  O'Hanlon,  of  the 
O'Hanlon  drug  store,  Inc.,  Winston-Salem,  N.  C,  carried 
out  what  was  probably  the  biggest  piece  of  advertising  ever 
undertaken  by  a  retail  druggist.  The  local  paper  of  thnt  even- 
ing carried  two  eight-page  sections  devoted  entirely  to  (Irsrrip- 
tions  of  the  new  store  and  buildings  with  advertisements  of 
all  the  ( nnt  1,1  rt  lilt',  firms  which  assisted  in  the  construction 
of  the  iHiiMin- 

On  tli    I,;-,!  of  the  first  of  the.se  sections  w-as  a  pic- 

ture of  the  cxtniM,   (,f  thp  building  with  a  full-page  invita- 


tion to  the  jMiMi,  |,  iih  11(1  llie 
of  the  section  ^^  is  t..  ,i  .l.^c 

marble  work,  the  soiLi  fomiijin,  ihi 
tory  of  the  building  and  other  f 
said  to  be  one  of  the  finest  eii\iii>i 
every  modern  convenience  to  be  fn 
in  the  largest  cities  of  the  North. 


Tlie  iiinainder 
.f  the  huhiiiig.  tlie 
biiildings,  a  direc- 
The  building  is 
he  South.  It  has 
ihe  best  structures 


A  Famous  Health  Resort  in  America 

Now  that  the  war  has  closed  the  famous  baths  and  health 
resorts  of  Europe,  nervous  and  run  down  Americans  who 
find  it  necessary  to  spend  part  of  their  time  each  year  recuper- 
ating from  their  arduous  labors  are  forced  to  find  some  place 
in  the  United  States  which  will  meet  their  requirements.  It 


Greenbrier  Hotel 

is  only  recently  that  America  has  developed  cures  which,  in 
point  of  bath  facilities,  medical  ser\-ices  and  surroundings, 
compare  favorably  with  the  celebrated  cures  of  Europe. 

One  of  the  best  of  these  cures  is  tliat  at  Sulphur  Springs, 
West  Va.  This  resort,  located  in  the  heart  of  the  Blue  Ridge 
Mountains,  is  equipped  with  facilities  for  treating  ailments 
of  nearly  every  kind. 

The  bath  establishment  connected  with  this  resort  is  located 
in  the  annex  of  the  Greenbrier  hotel  and  is  under  tlie  direction 
of  Dr.  Capito  and  Dr.  Kniffler,  formerly  of  Wiesbaden, 
Germany.  Under  their  skilful  direction  every  known  form 
of  hydropathic  treatment  is  given. 


A  New  Christmas  Shopping  Slogan 

Here  is 


an  at- 
tractive little  varia- 
tion of  "Do  your 
Christmas  shopping 
early"  slogan  which 
is  being  furnished 
the  Seneca  Agen- 
cies by  tlie  Seneca 
Camera  Mfg.  Com- 
pany. Rochester.  N. 
Y.  This  Company 
has  also  just  pre- 
pared a  window  and  counter  enlargement  which  will  attract 
a  great  deal  of  attention — it  shows  the  Seneca  Chief  "Wy- 
ten-ac"  lying  on  a  bluff  taking  a  picture  of  a  beautiful 
sweeping  river  valley.  With  its  splendid  line  of  Cameras, 
which  now  includes  the  Vestpocket  Seneca — backed  up  by  the 
progressive  dealer  co-operation  policy — this  Company  offers  an 
extremely  attractive  proposition  for  Druggists. 


^hrisfmas 
Shopping 
Early  and:- 

EMEMBER  WE  HAVE 
The  AGENC  Yy^f 

SENECA  CAMERAS 


"Circle  £ 

Pharmacists  who  1 
prescription  work  w 
was  awarded  the  gr 
tion.  This  is  the  h 
prize  given  iMeseiipi 

The  Armstrdii'.;  (' 
perfecting  the  nuali 


Corks  Win  Grand  Prize 

,e  been  using  "Circle  A"  corks  in  their 
be  interested  to  know  that  this  brand 

(1  prize  at  the  Panama-Pacific  Exposi- 

lest  i>ossilile  award  and  the  only  grand 

11  eoiks  at  tlie  F.xposition. 

;  (  oniiiany  has  devoted  many  years  to 
of  this  brand  and  has  developed  the 


motto  "The  Standard  Prescription  Corks  of  America." 


A  Typographical  Error  Corrected 

The  PH.\R:vrACErTir.\L  Er.\  wishes  to  call  attention  of  the 
trade  to  a  typographical  error  which  occurred  in  tlie  advertise- 
ment of  the  "Ever-Good"  menthol  inhalers  by  the  Walter  F. 
Ware  Company  in  the  November  issue  of  the  Era.  In  the 
advertisement,  as  printed  the  price  per  gross  was  piven  as 
S4.5fl  when  it  should  have  been  -40  The  price  i^er  dozen 
remains  at  50c. 


December,  1915] 


THE  PHAKMACEUTICAL  ERA 


543 


United  Drug  Company  Plan 

of  Amalgamation  Announced 

(Continued  from  page  513) 

■'Any  and  all  other  matters  of  detail  affecting  or  pertaining 
to  the  New  Company  and  >  >  i-^  si  i  k  shall  be  as  determined 
or  approved  by  the  Con.-  shall  have  full  power 

to  decide  in  relation  to  ;s,  and  the  Committee 

shall  also  have  power  to  ,  i    approve  any  changes  in 

the  detail  of  the  plan,  whicli,  in  its  opinion  and  discretion, 
do  not  substantially  affect  the  general  object  and  results  con- 
templated or  change  the  basis  of  distribution  to  stockholders 
as  set  forth  below. 

Distribution  of  Stock  of  the  New  Company 

"Upon  the  basis  of  the  above  allotment  it  is  proposed  that 
the  Preferred  Stockholders  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co. 
who  deposit  their  stock  and  assent  to  tlie  Plan  shall  receive 
in  exchange  therefor  first  preferred  stock  of  tlie  New  Com- 
pany, par  for  par,  t.  e. — if  the  Plan  is  consummated,  each 
preferred  stockholder  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.  assenting 
to  the  Plan  will  receive  for  his  present  preferred  stock  in 
the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.  paying  6%  cumulative  dividends 
an  equal  amount  of  par  value  of  the  first  preferred  stock 
of  the  New  Company  paying  7%  cumulative  dividends.  The 
balance  of  the  first  preferred  stock  of  the  New  Company  pres- 
ently issuable  which  may  not  be  taken  in  exchange  under 
the  Plan  by  preferred  stockholders  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman 
Co.  will  be  used  by  the  Committee  for  the  purpose  of  pro- 
viding cash  necessary  to  satisfy  the  rights  in  liquidation  of 
the  preferred  stock  not  deposited  under  the  Plan. 

"The  Common  Stockholders  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co. 
will  receive  second  preferred  stock  in  the  New  Company  pay- 
ing 6%  non-cumulative  dividends,  of  the  par  value  of  $3,- 
859,000,  and  common  stock  of  the  New  Company  of  the  par 
value  of  $8,800,000,  less  an  amount  of  common  stock,  not  in 
«xcess  of  the  par  value  of  $332,580,  which  shall  be  distributed 
by  the  Committee  upon  such  terms  and  in  such  manner  as 
it  shall  in  its  sole  discretion  deem  desirable  amongst  those 
employees  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.  and  of  its  subsidiary 
companies  who  are  now  parties  to  stock  participation  agree- 
ments. The  common  stockholders  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co. 
will  receive  approximately  an  equal  amount  of  par  value  of 
common  stock  of  the  New  Company  and  approximately  $44 
par  value  of  second  preferred  stock  of  the  New  Company 
for  each  $100  par  value  holding  of  common  stock  of  the 
Riker  &  Hegeman  Co. 

Deposit  of  Stock 

"In  order  to  carry  out  the  plan  of  amalgamation  of  the 
property  and  assets  of  the  two  companies,  it  will  be  neces- 
sary for  the  stockholders  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.,  both 
common  and  preferred,  to  endorse  their  stock  in  blank  and 
to  deposit  the  stock  so  endorsed  with  the  Bankers  Trust  Com- 
pany of  New  York,  Depositary,  located  at  No.  16  Wall  Street, 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  City  of  New  York,  to  be  held  by 
the  said  Bankers  Trust  Company  subject  to  and  under  the 
terms  of  the  Deposit  Agreement  hereinafter  referred  to. 
Proxies 

"At  the  time  of  deposit  of  the  stock,  the  stockholders  are 
requested  to  sign  and  deliver  the  proxy  herewith  enclosed. 
Powers  of  Committee 

"The  Committee  shall  vote  the  said  stock  at  any  time  and  all 
meetings  of  stockholders  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.  called 
for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  said  Plan,  and  in  con- 
nection therewith  shall  have  full  power  to  vote  the  said  stock 
for  the  dissolution  of  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.  and  the  sale 
of  its  assets  and  property  to  the  New  Company,  pursuant 
to  section  221  of  the  General  Corporation  Law  of  New  York, 
or  for  the  sale  to  the  New  Company  of  the  assets  of  the  Riker 
&  Hegeman  Co.  without  dissolution  thereof,  pursuant  to 
section  16  of  the  Stock  Corporation  Law  of  New  York, 
or  to  consolidate  or  merge  this  Company  with  any  other 
company  or  companies,  or  in  any  other  manner  to  vote  the 
said  stock  for  the  purpose  of  consummating  and  effecting 
the  Plan  aforesaid,  and  to  vote  the  said  stock  for  all  pur- 
poses at  any  annual  meeting  held  for  the  election  of  di- 
rectors. The  Committee  shall  have  full  power  and  authority 
to  execute  any  and  all  agreements,  subscriptions  to  stock. 


waivers,  releases,  consents,  certificates  or  other  documents  or 
instruments  necessary  or  proper  for  the  purpose  of  consum- 
mating and  effecting  tlie  Plan  aforesaid.  The  said  Commit- 
tee shall  have  full  power  and  authority  upon  the  consum- 
mation of  the  Plan  aforesaid  to  receive  the  shares  of 
stock,  both  common  and  preferred,  and  receipts  for  fractional 
portions  of  a  share,  of  the  New  Company  to  which  the  stock- 
holders may  be  entitled,  and  to  deliver  or  cause  the  Depositary 
to  deliver  the  said  shares  of  the  New  Company  and  receipts 
to  the  several  persons  entitled  to  receive  the  same  upon  due 
surrender  of  the  certificates  of  deposit  duly  endorsed,  and 
upon  the  delivery  of  the  shares  of  stock  of  the  New  Company 
and  receipts  as  aforesaid,  the  said  Committee  shall  be  fully 
discharged,  acquitted  and  released  of  all  liability  hereunder. 

".Any  two  of  tlie  said  Committee  shall  be  authorized  to 
execute  and  exercise  any  or  all  of  the  powers  hereinbefore 
granted  to  the  Committee,  and  in  case  of  the  death,  resig- 
nation or  inability  or  failure  to  act  of  any  one  or  more  of 
said  Committee,  the  remaining  member  or  members  of  the 
Committee  shall  have  full  power  and  authority  to  exercise 
any  or  all  of  the  powers  herein  granted. 

"The  Committee  shall  have  full  power  and  authority  to 
enter  into  any  agreement  or  arrangement  with  the  Bankers 
Trust  Company  or  any  other  Trust  Company,  in  the  full  and 
sole  discretion  of  the  Committee  necessary  or  proper  to  carry 
out  the  terms  and  provisions  of  this  Plan. 

"The  Committee  is  expressly  authorized  in  its  entire  dis- 
cretion at  any  time  and  from  time  to  time  to  cause  any  or 
all  certificates  of  stock  deposited  hereunder  to  be  transferred 
into  the  name  or  names  of  the  Committee,  or  the  name  or 
names  of  any  person  designated  by  the  Committee,  to  be  held 
by  such  transferee  as  trustee,  with  full  power  and  authority 
to  do  any  and  all  things  necessary  or  proper  to  carry  out 
and  effect  the  purposes  of  this  Plan  in  accordance  with  the 
Deposit  Agreement.  The  Committee  shall  have,  in  addition 
to  the  powers  herein  enumerated,  any  and  all  powers  enu- 
merated in  the  Deposit  Agreement  to  be  entered  into  for  the 
deposit  of  stock  of  this  Company  for  the  purpose  of  carrying 
out  and  effecting  this  Plan,  a  copy  of  which  Deposit  Agree- 
ment is  on  file  with  the  Bankers  Trust  Company. 

Deposit  Certificates 

The  stockholder  will  receive  from  the  Bankers  Trust  Com- 
pany at  the  time  of  deposit  a  receipt  certifying  to  the  de- 
posit of  the  said  stock  under  the  terms  and  conditions  of  the 
Deposit  Agreement.  The  surrender  and  delivery  of  the  said 
certificate  will  be  a  condition  precedent  to  the  receipt  by 
any  stockholder  of  certificates  of  shares  of  stock  deposited  or 
to  the  receipt  by  the  stockholder  of  shares  of  stock  of  the 
New  Company,  as  the  case  may  be.  The  said  deposit  certifi- 
cates may  be  transferred  in  such  manner  and  under  such 
regulations  as  may  be  therein  provided  and  as  may  be  satis- 
factory to  the  said  Depositary. 

"Holders  of  certificates  of  deposit  will  receive  all  divi- 
dends declared  by  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.  on  the  stock 
deposited,  as  and  when  paid  by  the  said  corporation. 

"In  case  the  Plan  is  not  substantially  consummated  before 
April  1,  1916,  certificates  for  the  shares  of  stock  deposited  will 
be  delivered  to  the  several  stockholders  entitled  thereto,  upon 
due  surrender  of  the  deposit  certificates,  duly  endorsed,  ex- 
cept that  the  Committee  may  extend  such  period  for  a  further 
term  or  terms  not  exceeding  an  aggregate  of  four  months,  if 
such  extension  is  deemed  advisable  by  the  Committee. 

"The  expenses  reasonably  incurred  by  the  Committee  in 
connection  with  the  carrying  out  of  this  Plan,  including  all 
expenses  incurred  in  connection  with  the  transfer  or  de- 
posit of  certificates,  and  the  expenses  incurred  in  connection 
with  the  organization  of  the  New  Company,  shall  be  ad- 
vanced by  the  Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.  for  and  on  behalf 
of  the  New  Company,  and  shall  be  repaid  by  the  New 
Company. 

"Stockholders  who  deposit  their  stock  hereunder  hereby 
assent  to  the  terms  and  provisions  of  this  Plan  and  of  the 
Deposit  Agreement  on  file  with  the  Bankers  Trust  Company, 
to  which  the  stockholders  are  referred  for  the  terms  of 
deposit." 

Dated  New  York,  N.  Y.,  November  10,  1915 
JOHN  B.  COBB, 
JOHN  H.  FLAGLER, 
EDWARD  D.  CAHOON, 

Committee. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[Decembee,  1915 


Retailer  Tells  Why  He 

Boosts  or  "Knifes"  a  Brand 

(Continued  from  page  524) 

Co.,  Palmer's  Skin  Success  Company,  Ingersoll  Watch  Com- 
pany, and  perhaps  the  new  candy  company.  Just  five  con- 
cerns out  of  the  hundreds  of  concerns  whose  articles  we  sell ! 
Isn't  there  something  wrong  with  the  viewpoint  of  all  these 
people  who  cannot  see  what  a  tremendous  field  there  is, 
requiring  merely  some  intensive  cultivation?  When  I  look 
at  the  numerous  advertisements  in  the  various  magazines, 
I  often  sigh  and  think  what  a  waste.  If  only  some  of  the 
advertisers  would  make  the  dealer  a  proposition  that  would 
show  that  they  realize  what  a  dealer  is  up  against,  how  much 
easier  it  would  be  for  us  and  for  them!  As  it  is  we  must 
class  them  as  second,  third  and  sometimes  fourth,  when  we 
would  so  like  to  class  them  all  as  first. 

Well,  I  imagine  that  you  must  feel  rather  tired  of  all  this 
outpouring.  I  have  gone  over  it,  and  in  writing  it  does  not 
seem  near  as  good  as  I  thought  it  would  be,  but  I  will  let  it 
go  through  just  the  same.  I  have  mixed  the  I's  and  the  we's  so 
that  it  will  be  hard  to  tell  who  is  writing  this,  but  let  it  stand, 
as  it  is  getting  late.  If  you  think  your  readers  will  be  inter- 
ested go  ahead  and  print  it.  If  you  do,  I  hope  you  will  trim  it  up 
a  little  so  it  will  be  better  than  it  is  at  present.  If  you  do 
not  care  to  print  the  names  mentioned,  you  can  eliminate  them. 
So  far  as  I  am  concerned  I  think  it  will  carry  more  weight 
to  give  the  names.  Everything  I  have  said  is  the  truth,  and 
the  truth  is  always  safe  to  print.  I  am, 
Sincerely, 

G.  I.  SCHEEIBER. 


THERAPEUTIC  USES  OF  PHEirA-LGIH 

In  the  application  of  remedial  measures  to  the  cure  of  dis- 
ease, the  physician  and  druggist  are  both  interested,  and  in 
this  respect,  the  claims  advanced  by  the  manufacturers  of 
Phenalgin  for  their  product  are  worthy  of  attention.  They 
state  that  few  drugs  have  so  wide  a  therapeutic  range  as 
Phenalgin,  which  is  at  once  an  analgesic,  anodyne  and  hyp- 
notic, antipyretic,  antiperiodic  and  eliminant.  For  the  relief 
of  pain  it  is  particularly  serviceable,  producing  the  anodyne  effects 
of  the  narcotics  without  their  harmful  qualities,  while  as  an 
antipyretic  it  can  be  successfully  employed  without  the  de- 
pressing effects  common  to  this  class  of  remedies.  Its  use 
is  indicated  in  the  treatment  of  alcoholism,  biliousness,  cepha- 
lalgia, headache,  neuralgia,  etc.,  and  it  is  employed  by  many 
physicians  in  preference  to  opiates,  thereby  avoiding  the  danger 
of  drug  addiction. 


Post  Cards  Profitable  Side  Line 

A  profitable  side  line  which  takes  up  but  little  room  and  is 
of  little  bother  to  the  druggist  is  a  good  line  of  post  cards 
and  local  views.  These  views  find  a  ready  sale,  especially  in 
a  town  where  summer  visitors  are  numerous.  It  requires 
no  selling  ability  to  handle  them  as  the  common  way  is  for 
the  customer  to  pick  out  what  he  wants  from  the  rack.  If  the 
views  are  attractively  gotten  up  he  will  be  sure  to  buy  several 
at  a  time.  Curt  Teich  &  Co.,  Inc.,  of  1745  Irving  Park 
boulevard,  Chicago,  are  sending  out  their  latest  album  con- 
taining specimens  of  high  grade  work  at  reasonable  prices. 
This  company  also  manufactures  post  cards,  blotters  and 
envelopes  for  advertising  purposes,  made  by  their  five-color 
lithographic  process. 


TTswskin  Company  Makes  Special  Offer 

Druggists  will  be  interested  to  know  that  for  a  limited 
time  the  Newskin  Company,  98  Graiul  avriino,  r.rooklyn,  X. 
Y.,  is  making  a  special  offer  to  (Icalns  wbd  haiidl.-  tlv  ir 
liquid  court  plaster.  For  each  puicliasr  at  \}\r  lamilir  wlml,  - 
sale  price  of  four  dozen  small  and  oiii'li  ilf  d"/' n  ini  .Iniui 
size  bottles  of  New-Skin,  the  company  will  siiid  fr^e  to  the 
retailer  one-half  dozen  bottles  of  the  medium  size.  These 
extra  bottles  will  be  sent  direct  from  the  factory  upon  receipt 
of  the  proper  certificate  from  the  wholesaler.  The  com- 
pany has  found  this  plan  an  excellent  trade-gcttcr  in  the 
past. 


Making  Goods  Move  — 

Do  Special  Sales  Pay? 

(Continued  from  page  515) 

stock  moving,  to  eliminate  any  chance  of  stale  goods,  whether 
it  be  candy  or  drugs.  Our  patrons  appreciate  this,  and  it 
means  more  profit  for  us — more  business,  more  satisfaction." 

Another  druggist  who  has  a  very  large  and  progressive 
business  to  prove  the  wisdom  of  his  practice  gives  his  reasons 
for  frequently  resorting  to  bargain  sales  in  a  straight  from 
the  shoulder  manner  that  carries  conviction  with  it. 

"I  use  the  sales  because  my  business  is  to  sell  drugs  and 
specialties.  When  I  found  that  I  have  something  on  hand 
that  has  not  been  turned  over  as  it  should  have  been  I  im- 
mediately conclude  that  something  is  wrong,  either  with  the 
article  itself  or  with  my  methods  of  handling  it.  Accordingly 
I  put  a  portion  of  my  supply  of  that  article  on  sale  for 
two  reasons — to  see  how  quickly  it  is  taken  up  by  my  cus- 
tomers and  to  introduce  it  to  them.  If  it  pleases  my  patrons 
I  will  have  requests  for  it  and  perhaps  be  able  to  clean  out 
the  rest  of  it  at  regular  prices.  If  it  does  not  please  I  put 
it  on  sale  again,  at  a  lower  price.  I  keep  reducing  the 
price  until  I  get  rid  of  it.  Naturally,  every  time  it  goes  on 
the  bargain  counter  or  sales  table  it  drops  a  point  in  my  estima- 
tion and  when  it  is  offered  to  me  again  I  know  just  where 
I  stand. 

A  Matter  of  Stock  Turnover 

"After  all  it's  merely  a  matter  of  stock  turnover.  If  you 
can  turn  a  thousand-dollar  stock  six  times  in  a  year  with 
a  five  per  cent  net  profit  each  time  you're  going  to  be  a 
lot  better  off  than  if  you  only  turn  it  once  with  a  fifteen 
per  cent  profit.  And  your  gain  in  the  former  instance  is 
not  to  be  calculated  by  figuring  the  difference  between  thirty 
per  cent  and  fifteen  per  cent.  There  are  other  things  to 
consider.  When  you  have  your  stock  turning  regularly  you 
are  working  on  a  system  that  is  bound  to  assure  you  efficiency ; 
you  are  insuring  yourself  against  loss  by  deterioration  of  mer- 
chandise; you  are  doing  a  volume  of  business  that  will  entitle 
you  to  more  credit,  to  a  larger  volume  discount  on  purchases 
and  to  more  consideration  by  the  wholesalers.  .\nd  further, 
as  your  business  increases  you  will  be  able  to  handle  it  along 
more  economical  lines. 

"Then,  of  course,  the  value  of  sales  for  the  purpose  of 
drawing  new  patrons  to  your  store  is  ver>'  .great.  The  average 
American  shopper,  whether  man  or  woman,  is  very  apt  to 
enter  a  drug  store  to  take  advantage  of  a  twenty-five  cent 
bargain  and,  before  leaving,  purchase  several  dollars  worth 
of  specialties  or  drugs  upon  which  the  druggist  realizes  a 
substantial  profit." 

There  are  many  kinds  of  special  sales  which  are  held  for 
some  particular  purpose,  like,  for  instance,  disposing  of  a 
bankrupt  stock  which  had  been  bought  at  a  remarkable  sav- 
ing. The  success  of  some  sales  depends  upon  their  volume — 
especially  when  the  profit  on  each  article  is  very  small — 
and  it  is  usually  in  the  larger  cities  that  these  are  resorted 
to.  At  one  such  sale,  held  in  New  York  City  last  winter, 
more  than  six  thousand  safety  razors  were  sold  in  ten  days, 
with  a  net  profit  of  less  than  three  per  cent,  on  each  razor. 
Yet  this  sale  resulted  in  a  clear  protu  of  about  five  hundred 
dollars  for  this  drug  store.  .Another  drug  store  is  said  to 
have  made  a  clear  profit  of  more  than  ten  thousand  dollars 
on  soap  sales  in  one  year  and  that  at  no  time  did  they  exceed 
two  per  cent  net  profit  on  their  sales. 

The  druggist  whose  place  of  business  is  in  a  large  city 
realizes  that  there  arc  now  people  who  will  not  purcha.se 
unless  they  can  see  the  sign  of  a  bargain  before  them.  Tb's 
class  of  customers  almost  invariably  purchases  freely  and 
there  is  at  least  one  druggist  who  claims  that  if  properly 
handled  theirs  will  prove  to  be  an  extremely  profitable  trade. 

Perhaps  the  very  strongest  argument  in  favor  of  sales  is 
the  fact  that  the  largest  and  most  efficient  concerns  in  th- 
rountrv  resort  to  them  frequently,  both  in  order  to  keep  the'*- 
stork  ronsfantly  turning  and  to  induce  new  trade  to  enter 
tlieir  stores.  

Denman's  pharmacy,  of  Hardin.  Mont.,  has  been  succeeded 
by  the  Hardin  Drug  Company,  managed  by  .\.  M.  Hicks. 

The  second  annual  reception  and  ball  of  the  New  Jersey 
Prvg  Clerks  Association  will  be  held  on  February  2.  1016. 


December,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


545 


NATIONAL  CASH  REGISTER  COMPANY 

HOLDS  "BUSINESS  IS  BOOMING"  MEETING 


More  than  800  National  Cash  Register  Company  salesmen, 
representing  every  city  in  United  States  and  Canada,  attended 
a  big  Prosperity  Convention  at  the  factory  at  Dayton,  Ohio, 
November  S-10. 

Every  available  hotel  room  was  leased  by  the  company  for 
the  occasion,  and  dormitories  were  erected  in  the  office  build- 
ing to  handle  the  overflow. 

"Business  is  booming,"  was  the  slogan  of  the  meeting. 

At  the  first  session,  following  an  address  by  John  H. 
Patterson,  president  of  the  company,  in  which  he  predicted 
that  the  country  was  about  to  e.xperience  the  greatest  era  of 
prosperity  in  its  history  a  poll  was  taken  of  the  salesmen. 

They  were  asked  to  tell  the  condition  of  agriculture,  min- 
ing, industry,  commerce  and  finance  in  their  respective  terri- 
tories. Of  the  entire  800,  over  95  per  cent  reported  that 
every  one  of  these  five  lines  had  improved  tremendously  in 
the  last  six  months. 

The  major  part  of  the  time  at  the  convention  was  spent 
in  discussing  new  selling  methods,  general  store  efficiency, 
how  to  train  clerks,  trim  windows,  etc.  One  subject  on  which 
special  stress  was  laid  was  that  of  store  systems.  In  this 
connection,  the  methods  by  which  the  smaller  stores  may 
compete  successfully  with  the  department  stores  were  deter- 
mined. It  is  the  desire  of  the  company,  it  is  said,  that 
they  may  be  able  to  be  of  the  greatest  possible  service  to 
storekeepers  everywhere,  from  the  smallest  to  the  largest. 

A  large  number  of  talks  were  made  by  merchants,  who  were 
invited  to  the  convention  from  many  cities  of  the  country. 

.\  motion  picture  entitled  "The  Evolution  of  a  Store",  was 
presented  for  the  first  time  at  the  meeting.  This  film  was 
produced  by  one  of  the  leading  photoplay  companies  of  the 
country,  and  cost  The  N.  C.  R.  Co.  several  thousand  dol- 
lars.   Dayton  grocery  stores  were  used  for  settings. 


NEW  BOX  FOB  POTJDRE  ELCAYA 

.\  handsome  new  oblong  box 
has  recently  been  adopted  as  a 
container  for  the  Poudre  Elcaya 
for  the  face  and  is  attracting 
much  favorable  comment.  The 
new  shape  for  the  box  makes 
it  an  especially  attractive  dis- 
play package,  either  closed  or 
open.  An  innovation,  which  is 
said  to  be  proving  especially 
popular  with  customers,  is  the 
folding  pouch  top,  which  en- 
ables the  powder  to  be  trans- 
ferred  without   spilling,  while 

the  pouch  itself  is  a  separate  piece  which  may  be  lifted  out 
leaving  the  pretty  box  suitable  for  many  other  uses. 


Fountain  Pen  Satisfaction  Guaranteed 
The  Conklin  Pen  Mfg.  Company,  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  now 
guarantees  its  pens  to  give  absolute  satisfaction  to  the  user 
or  a  new  pen  will  be  furnished  or  the  money  returned.  This 
display  of  confidence  in  the  value  of  their  goods  on  the  part 
of  the  manufacturing  company  is  an  indication  that  they  have 
confidence  in  their  product.  All  dealers  who  handle  these 
goods  are  instructed  to  replace  any  goods  which  may  be  re- 
turned by  a  dissatisfied  customer.  This  policy  by  the  Conklin 
company  makes  these  pens  particularly  valuable  for  Christmas 
trade. 


Free  Offers  of  Hinds'  Products 

For  the  remainder  of  the  year,  the  A.  S.  Hinds  Company, 
Portland,  Me.,  manufacturer  of  toilet  soaps  and  creams,  is 
continuing  its  eight  free  offers  to  dealers  who  pur- 
chase their  goods.  The  amount  of  free  goods  furnished  varies 
with  the  amount  of  purchase,  but  each  offer  is  distinctly 
worth  while.  This  company  has  also  decided  to  issue  a  1916 
calendar,  which  will  be  in  several  different  artistic  designs. 


PATENTS 

Granted  October  26,  1915 

157,668— Johann  H.  Boner,  assignor  to  Badische  Anilin  &  Soda 
Fabrik,  Ludwigshafen-on-the-Rhine,  Germany.  Producing 
chromium  salts. 

157.734—  Louis  J.  Strause  and  Otto  Spahr,  assignors  to  Strause 
Gas  Iron  Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.    Bunsen  Burner. 

157.735—  William  F.  Thompson,  deceased,  by  Viola  A.  S.  Thomp- 
son, administratrix,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  assignor  to  Oscar 
A.  Logan,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Non-refiUable  bottle. 

157,905— Walter  G.  Rodiger,  Chicago,  111.  Stopper. 
157,996— Nikola    Martinovich,    Youngstown,    Ohio.  Non-refillable 
bottle. 

158,028— Theron  W.  Chapman,  Belvidere,  111.  Guard  for  bottle 
corks. 

158,093— Frederick  P.  Wood,  Detroit,  Mich.,  assignor  to  American 
Can  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Dispensing  package. 

158,167— Carl  Bosch  and  Alwin  Mittasch,  assignors  to  Badische 
Anilin  &  Soda  Fabrik,  Ludwigshafen-on-the-Rhine,  Ger- 
many.   Production  of  ammonia. 

158,217— Harold  Hibbert,  assignor  to  Gulf  Refining  Co.,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.    Manufacture  of  organic  solvents. 

158,382— Bonnaford  Leslie,  Chicago,  111.,  assignor  of  one-half  to 
S.  D.  Zaphyriades,  Chicago,  111.    Therapeutic  cabinet. 

Granted  November  2,  1915 

158,462— John  L.   Dunnock,   Baltimore,  Md.     Bottle  closure. 
158,496— Kurt  Hess,  assignor  to  Synthetic  Patents  Co.,  Inc.,  New 

York,  N.  Y.    N-alkylated  iminoketones. 
158,622— Everett  L.   Blakeslee,   Portland,  Oreg.     Bottle  cap. 
158,787— Frederick  Coates,   Rochester,  N.   Y.     Labeling  machine. 
158,987— Bernard  J.  Cunningham,  Corona,  N.  Y.  Bottle. 
,159,057— Zoe  G.  Magnea,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Bottle. 
159,164— John  F.  Brand,  Utica,  N.  Y.    Bottle  label. 
,159,203— Cornelius  A.  Folly,  Boonton,  N.  J.    Non-refillable  bottle. 

Granted  November  9,  1915 

,159,364,  1,159,365— Frederick  W.  de  Jahn,  assignor  to  General 
Chemical  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Catalyst  for  the  produc- 
tion of  ammonia  and  process  of  making  the  same. 

159,376 — Christian  Hansen  and  Anotn  Weindel,  assignors  to  Syn- 
thetic Patents  Co.,  Inc.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Process  for 
producing  acetic  acid  from  acetylene  by  electrolysis. 

,159,394— Levi  Roy  Kissinger,  Bu^alo,  N.  Y.    Non-refillable  bottle. 

159,403— David  Maron,  assignor  to  Synthetic  Patents  Co.,  Inc., 
New  York,  N.  Y.    Diacidyldiaminophenol  compounds. 

,159,464— Harry  P.  Bassett,  assignor  to  The  Spar  Chemical  Co., 
Baltimore,  Md.  Process  of  recovering  potash  from  potas- 
sium-iron silicates. 

159,598— George  P.  Miller,  Govans,  Md.     Bottle-filling  machine. 

159,698— Louis  A.  Miller,  Kansas  City,  Mo.  Protector  for  car- 
boys. 

,159,735— John  L.  Beers,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.     Label  holder. 
160,03fr-Emil  G.  Boerner,  Washington,  D.  C.    Device  for  sampl- 
ing, mixing,  and  blending  granular  substances. 

Granted  November  16,  1915 

160,413— Ray  S.   Kellogg,  Norwalk,  Ohio.     Stirring  device. 
160,415— Henry  C.   Kestel,  Toledo,  Ohio.     Labeling  machine. 
,160,501— Walter    E.    Foss    and    Charles    B.    Foss,    Chicago,  111. 

Non-refillable  bottle. 
,160,571— Roscoe  P.  Buffington,  Baltimore,  Md.    Bottle  seal. 
160,595— Reinhold  Gruter  and  Heinrich  Pohl,  assignors  to  Chem- 

ische  Werke  vorm.    Dr.  Heinrich   Byk,  Lehnitz-Nordbahn, 

Germany.     Process   for   the  manufacture  of  esters   of  oxy 

fatty  acids. 

,160,865— Howard  F.  Ecker,  Baltimore,  Md.    Non-refillable  bottle. 
,160,883— Walter   Hamer,   Sr.     Salt   Lake   City,   Utah.  Medicine 
dropper. 

,160,992— Istvan  Bugarszky,  Budapest,  Austria-Hungary,  assignor 
of  one-third  to  Lajos  Torok,  Budapest,  Austria-Hungary, 
and  one-third  to  Dr.  Kereszty,  Dr.  Wolf  es  Tsa  Vegyeszeti 
Gyar,  R.  T.,  Ujpest,  Austria-Hungary.  Manufacture  of  a 
light-colored  colloid  having  curative  properties. 


F.  Steams  &  Company's  Advertising  Campaign 

Frederick  Stearns  &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich.,  manufacturer  of 
Shac  and  Zymole  Trokeys,  has  recently  started  a  compre- 
hensive newspaper  advertising  campaign  which  will  include 
large  ads  in  newspapers  of  twenty-three  of  the  more  im- 
partant  cities  in  the  United  States.  In  connection  with  this 
advertising,  which,  it  is  estimated,  will  be  read  by  18,000,000 
people  a  week,  the  company  is  prepared  to  furnish  novel  and 
attractive  window  displays  to  retailers  handling  their  goods. 
The  new  "triplet"  package  and  the  new  display  case  fur- 
nished by  the  company  are  said  to  be  big  trade  getters. 


Drug  Store  Uses  Big  "Ad"  Space 

What  is  probably  the  largest  advertising  contract  ever  signed 
in  Florida  was  signed  recently  by  B.  B.  Freeland  of  the  West 
Palm  Beach  Drug  Company.  The  contract,  which  is  effective 
November  1,  calls  for  the  usage  of  15,000  inches  of  space  in 
The  Daily  Tropical  Sun,  West  Palm  Beach,  within  one  year. 
Last  year  Mr.  Freeland  signed  a  contract  for  5,000  inches 
of  space  and  the  results  were  so  beneficial  that  he  decided 
to  take  three  times  the  amount  this  year. 


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[December,  1915 


Books  Reviewed 


SCIENTIFIC  AND  APPLIED  PHARMACOGNOSY.  Intended  for 
the  use  of  students  in  pharmacy,  as  a  hand-book  for  pharmacists, 
and  as  a  reference  book  for  food  and  drug  analysts  and  phar- 
macologists. By  Henry  Kraemer,  Ph.B.  (in  chemistry),  Ph.M. 
(in  pharmacy),  Ph.D.  (in  botany),  professor  of  botany  and  phar- 
macognosy, and  director  of  the  microscopical  laboratory,  in  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy;  member  of  the  executive 
committee  of  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United  States, 
etc.  Illustrated  with  over  300  plates  comprising  about  1,000 
figures.  8  vo.,  857  pages,  cloth,  $5.  Philadelphia.  Published  by 
the  author. 

This  is  a  companion  volume  to  the  author's  "Applied  and 
Economic  Botany",  reviewed  in  these  columns  some  months 
ago,  a  -book  which  he  states,  should  be  used  preparatory  to 
taking  up  the  pharmacognosy  as  considered  in  tlie  work  be- 
fore us.  The  term  "pharmacognosy",  as  employed  in  this 
volume,  is  most  comprehensive,  the  study  beginning  with  the 
living  plant  and  is  not  completed  even  when  the  drug  reaches 
the  retail  pharmacist,  as  there  are  pharmacological  questions 
which  frequently  await  his  solution.  The  domain  of  pharma- 
cognosy, because  of  the  diversity  of  interests,  is  one  of  the 
most  fascinating  studies  that  can  engage  tlie  attention  of  phar- 
macists. The  author  believes  that  it  ought  to  be  stimulating 
to  the  student,  for  in  the  meaning  of  the  word  is  implied 
the  thought  that  he  desires  to  know  drugs  and  to  under- 
stand them  from  every  angle. 

In  this  volume  the  drugs  for  study  are  arranged  according 
to  their  families,  the  grouping  of  Engler  &  Prantl,  followed  by 
all  writers  of  manuals  of  botany,  being  employed.  The  nomen- 
clature adopted  is  that  of  the  same  authorities,  the  Index 
Kewensis,  and  Robinson  &  Fernald's  edition  of  Gray's  Botany 
for  plants  growing  in  tlie  United  States.  The  text  is  very 
fully  illustrated,  a  large  proportion  of  the  illustrations  being 
reproductions  of  photographs  and  drawings  made  by  the  author. 
Included  in  the  volume  are  descriptions  of  the  more  important 
animal  drugs  and  a  chapter  on  powdered  drugs  with  a  key 
for  their  identification.  The  book  is  a  modern  up-to-date 
presentation  of  pharmacognosy  by  a  most  successful  teacher, 
and  it  should  be  in  the  hands  of  all  pharmacists  and  officials 
who  have  anything  to  do  with  the  determination  of  the  identity 
and  purity  of  botanical  drugs. 

CHEMICAL  CONSTITUTION  AND  PHYSIOLOGICAL  ACTION. 
By  Dr  Leopold  Spiegel.  Translated  with  additions  from  the 
German  by  C.  Luedeking,  Ph.D.  (Leipsic),  and  A.  C.  Boylston, 
A.M.  (Harvard).  12  mo.,  155  pages,  cloth,  $1.25.  New  York, 
D.  Van  Nostrand  Company. 

The  relation  between  chemical  constitution  and  physiologi- 
cal action  is  of  such  fundamental  and  far-reaching  significance 
that  a  general  idea  of  the  work  which  has  already  been  done 
should  be  of  interest  not  only  to  the  physiological  chemist 
and  to  the  searcher  for  new  synthetic  therapeutic  agents, 
but  also  to  the  physician  who  must  prescribe  the  use  of  such 
compounds.  To  this  end  this  volume  has  been  prepared,  and 
we  are  sure  that  a  careful  study  of  the  facts  here  presented 
will  aid  both  physician  and  pharmacist  in  a  more  thorough 
understanding  of  the  general  considerations  which  tend  to 
explain  the  relation  between  the  use  of  therapeutic  agents  and 
their  method  of  action. 

BACTERIOLOGICAL  METHODS  IN  FOOD  AND  DRUG  LAB- 
ORATORIF.S  with  an  Introduction  to  Micro-analytical  Methods. 
By  Albert  Schneider,  M.D.,  Ph.D.  (Columbia  University),  pro- 
fessor of  pharmacognosy  and  bacteriology  in  the  College  of 
Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  California,  San  Francisco  12 
mo.,  288  pages,  87  ill.,  6  full-page  plates.  Cloth,  $2.50.  Phila- 
delphia.   P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co. 

This  volume  is  primarily  intended  as  a  guide  to  students 
who  are  interested  in  the  bacteriological  examination  of  foods 
and  drugs,  and  according  to  the  author,  its  use  as  a  laboratory 
guide  presupposes  a  thorough  knowledge  of  general  bacteri- 
ology. Because  of  the  close  relation  between  the  work  of  the 
bacteriologist  and  that  of  the  micro-analyst,  these  two  branches 
should  be  combined  in  the  most  effectual  co-operative  man- 
ner, and  this  is  what  the  author  aims  to  present  in  this  vol- 
ume. The  first  part  contains  an  outline  of  the  micro-analyti- 
cal methods  in  food  and  drug  laboratories,  such  as  the  group- 
ing of  the  substances  to  be  examined,  the  work  of  the_  micro- 
analyst  in  relationship  to  that  of  the  chemist  and  bacteriologist, 
equipment  for  micro-analytical  work,  organoleptic  testing,  use- 
ful methods  in  examination,  color  reaction  tests,  making  re- 


ports, etc. 

The  second  part  of  the  work  relates  to  bacteriological  meth- 
ods in  food  and  drug  laboratories,  direct  examinations,  numeri- 
cal limits  of  micro-organisms,  quantitative  estimations  by  cul- 
tural methods,  preparation  of  cultural  media,  qualitative  and 
quantitative  estimations,  evidence  of  sewage  contamination, 
water  analysis,  examination  of  mineral  waters,  bacteriological 
examination  of  various  food  products,  standardization  of  dis- 
infectants, determining  the  purity  and  quality  of  sera,  bac- 
terins  and  related  products,  and  special  biological  and 
toxicological  tests.  Among  the  interesting  facts  presented 
is  the  table  showing  the  toxicity  and  germ  destroying  power 
of  some  of  the  more  important  disinfectants,  the  values  given, 
according  to  the  author,  having  been  obtained  from  various 
sources  and  which  in  some  instances  require  further  verification. 
We  note  that  corrosive  sublimate  is  given  a  germ  destroying  power 
of  43.00  and  a  toxicity  co-efficient  of  3000,  while  mercuric 
chloride,  which  is  given  the  same  germ  destroying  power,  is 
reported  as  having  a  toxicity  co-efficient  of  5000.  The  varia- 
tion is  no  doubt  due  to  a  typographical  error  which  has  been 
overlooked. 

The  high  regard  in  which  Prof.  Schneider  is  held  by  all 
conversant  with  his  work  as  a  teacher  and  bacteriologist  is 
evidence,  if  any  evidence  be  needed,  that  this  volume  will 
meet  the  conditions  and  serve  the  purpose  for  which  it  was 
prepared. 

THE  ECONOMICS  OF  RETAILING.   By  Paul  H.  Nystrom,  Ph.D., 

formerly  assistant  professor  of  political  economy  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Wisconsin  and  later,  associate  professor  of  economics  in 
the  University  of  Minnesota.  8  vo.,  407  pages,  cloth,  $2.  New 
York,  The  Ronald  Press  Company. 

This  work,  the  author  informs  us,  is  the  result  of  both  ex- 
perience and  study,  and  is  intended  as  a  text-book  for  the 
thoughtful  merchant,  the  progressive  employee,  and  for  the 
student  of  retailing,  whoever  he  may  be.  From  a  careful  ex- 
amination of  the  various  chapters  we  believe  that  it  more 
than  answers  all  of  the  claims  he  makes  for  it.  The  criticism 
too  often  made  against  books  of  this  character  is  that  they 
are  largely  based  upon  theoretical  considerations  and  as  such, 
do  not  correctly  reflect  actual  existing  conditions.  Such  a 
criticism  cannot  be  maintained  against  the  book  before  us,  for 
it  presents  little  theory,  and  advocates  no  particular  or  special 
method  of  doing  the  work  of  the  retail  store.  It  describes 
the  retail  business  as  it  is,  and  attempts  to  point  out  the 
broad  lines  along  which  retail  progress  is  being  made. 

Every  druggist  and  student  of  pharmacy  should  know  some- 
thing of  the  fundamental  principles  underlying  the  science  of 
retailing,  and  these  cannot  be  formulated  until  we  know  the 
facts  relating  to  distribution,  consumption,  etc.  These  the 
author  has  attempted  to  outline  and  the  several  subjects  he  has  de- 
veloped in  logical  order,  among  the  most  important  chapter 
headings  being  the  following:  Present  status  of  retailing:  ex- 
penses of  retailing;  work  and  wages  of  salespeople;  location 
and  rent  in  the  retail  business;  how  retail  prices  are  fixed; 
department  store;  chain  store  systems;  mail  order  houses; 
price-maintenance;  buying  at  inside  prices;  the  failure  rate  in 
the  retail  business;  are  there  too  many  retail  stores?;  public 
regulation  of  the  retail  business;  the  ideal  retailing  system. 

The  author's  conclusions  are  sane  and  doubtless  will  merit 
the  approval  of  all  economists.  It  is  probable,  he  states,  that 
the  greatest  progress  to  come  in  retailing  will  not  result  from 
any  readjustment  brought  about  by  public  action,  though  this 
may  be  a  necessary  part  of  its  evolution,  but  rather  from  a 
scientific  study  of  the  problem  of  distributing  goods  made  by 
retailers  and  their  salespeople  themselves.  He  states  that  the 
costs  of  distribution  are  admittedly  too  high  at  present  for  the 
services  performed.  If  these  costs  could  be  generally  reduced, 
for  example,  as  much  as  2  per  cent,  it  would  mean  a  sa%'ing 
of  from  $200,000,000  to  $300,000,000  annually  to  the  United 
States  alone.  This  saving  would  first  take  the  form  of 
added  profits  to  the  distributors  but  ultimately  would  go  to 
the  consumers  as  a  whole. 

One  of  the  most  significant  sentences  in  the  whole  book 
is  the  following:  "One  of  the  most  vital  effects  to  be  hoped 
from  a  proper  training  of  retailers  is  that  they  may  in  turn 
help  consumers  to  become  rational  in  their  demands  and  wiser 
in  tlieir  purchases  and  consumption."  SucJi  a  proceeding  al 
the  present  time  will  doubtless  be  considered  revolutionary  by 
some,  but  tliere  can  be  no  doubt  but  tliat  the  trend  of  retail- 
ing practice  is  headed  in  the  direction  indicated. 


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Analysis  and  Criticism  of 

the  "Cioldwater  Ordinance" 

Continued  from  page  $3^ 
of  a  municipality, — besides  the  injury  to  legitimate  trade  and 
legitimate  remedies  which  they  cause — can  have  the  effect  only 
to  put  off  the  day  of  real  and  thoroughgoing  reform  in  the 

t    manufacture  and  distribution  of  proprietary  medicines. 

By  such  measures  the  people  will  be  deluded  into  believing 
that  they  are  being  properly  protected  by  the  activities  of  a 

'  watchful  health  board,  while  the  mail  order  faker  whose  busi- 
ness would  be  protected  and  aided,  would  be  able  to  proclaim 
that  no  other  or  further  legislation  was  necessary. 

10.  The  ordinance  entirely  ignores  the  greatest 
evil  connected  with  proprietary  medicines,  and  with- 

',    out  the  correction  of  which  no  reformation  of  the 

business  is  possible. 
,       The  measure  does  not  touch  upon  the  subject  of  exaggerated 
and  false  advertising  which,  after  all,  constitutes  the  major 
evil  connected  with  the  proprietary  medicine  business. 

The  really  dangerous  or   entirely  fraudulent  preparations 
constitute  a  comparatively  small  proportion  of  the  total  num- 
^    ber  of  proprietary  remedies  on  tie  market,  and  these  belong 
largely  to  the  mail  order  class  previously  referred  to.  Most 
of  the  proprietaries  which  have  enjoyed  a  long  continued 
^     and  steady  sale  at  the  drug  stores  are  prepared  in  close  ac- 
[     cordance  with  formulas  to  be  found  in  nearly  every  accepted 
1     authority  on  therapeutics  and  medical  practice,  and  are  really 
[     useful  remedies  in  the  treatment  of  the  ailments  for  which 
I     they  were  originally  devised.     We  cannot  deny  the  useful- 
r     ness  of  such  preparations  unless  we  also  deny  the  authorities 
I     from  which  the  graduate  physician  gets  his  therapeutic  in- 
f  formation. 

I  The  principal  evil  connected  with  this  class  of  remedies,  as 
I  found  by  the  British  Parliamentary  Committee,  after  a  lengthy 
p     and  elaborate  investigation,  and  as  confirmed  by  experience  in 

this  covmtry,  is  that  they  are  commonly  advertised  in  ex- 
I     travagant  terms,  or  make  promises  of  cures  that  cannot  be 

performed. 

This  extravagant  advertising  and  the  making  of  unwar- 
'     ranted  therapeutic  claims  is  the  basic  evil  of  the  proprietary 
■  medicine  business  of  to-day,  and  any  legislation  which  does 
not  touch  this  evil  might  as  well  be  left  unenacted. 

11.  Effectual  Federal  legislation  must  come  first. 

I  Under  our  dual,  or  rather  multiple  form  of  government,  the 
only  possible  effective  control  of  the  proprietary  medicine  busi- 
'"  ness  is  that  which  will  begin  with  a  Federal  enactment  limit- 
\  ing  and  defining  the  character  of  proprietary  medicines  which 
may  be  advertised  and  transported  in  interstate  commerce, 
'  this  to  be  then  supplemented  by  state  and  municipal  enact- 
^  ments,  based  upon  the  Federal  law,  and  covering  the 
'  field  of  intra-state  and  municipal  trade,  into  which  a  Federal 
r     law  may  not  intrude. 

|l  The  Federal  law  must  come  first,  and  when  it  does  come 
f-'  it  should  not  simply  confer  upon  some  board  or  official  the 
»  dangerous  power  to  arbitrarily  approve  or  disapprove  the  rem- 
1  edies  or  treatment  of  one  school  of  medicine  in  preference  to 
i"     another,  but  the  law  should  itself  fix  the  standard  of  such 

remedies,  defining  what  they  may  or  may  not  contain,  and 
r  what  they  may  not  be  sold  for.  If  such  definitions  or  limi- 
J  tations  are  not  correctly  fixed  at  first  their  faults  will  be 
j      quickly  made  manifest  and  can  be  corrected,  but  if  the  sole 

decision  as  to  what  constitutes  a  proper  remedy  be  left  to 

*  the  discretion  of  a  single  board  or  official  we  may  expect  end- 
,'     less  litigation  and  endless  confusion  and  dissatisfaction. 

If  the  Goldwater  ordinance  adds  nothing  to  the  existing 

•  law,  except  to  give  the  Health  Department  authority  to  in- 
quire into  and  preserve  the  secrets  of  a  manufacturer,  it  can 

i  have  no  effect  except  to  discourage  the  sale  of  useful  remedies 
by  retail  druggists  and  promote  the  sale  of  those  furnished  by 
mail  order  houses.  On  the  other  hand,  if  taken  in  connection 
J  with  some  other  existing  law  or  ordinance,  it  will  give  the 
I  Department  or  Commission  of  Health  the  power  to  arbitrarily 
V  decide  upon  the  merits  of  the  remedies  or  treatments  of 
[  different  schools  of  medicine,  it  is  so  dangerous  that  I  believe 
y  the  retail  druggists  and  people  of  New  York  City  would  be 
I  justified  in  resorting  to  any  measures  which  law-abiding  citi- 
I  zens  may  use  to  secure  its  prompt  repeal  or  its  nullification 
f  by  the  courts. 
1 

i 


German  Apothecaries  Vote  to  Send 
Money  to  Needy  Pharmacists 

.A.t  the  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the  German  Apothe- 
caries Society,  held  at  the  headquarters  of  the  association  on 
November  4,  a  large  part  of  the  time  was  given  to  the  dis- 
cussion of  the  needs  of  the  pharmacists  in  Germany.  It  was 
voted  to  send  $50  by  the  American  Physicians'  Expedition 
to  the  aid  of  the  destitute  families  of  Austrian  pharmacists 
at  the  front.  On  motion  of  Charles  W.  Roux  the  society  de- 
cided to  subscribe  5,000  marks  to  the  German  war  loan.  A 
letter  was  read  from  the  Austrian  Red  Cross  Society  ex- 
pressing thanks  for  aid  in  the  way  of  pharmaceutical  sup- 
plies which  had  been  sent  by  the  association. 

S.  V.  B.  Swann,  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee,  called 
attention  to  the  various  Harrison  law  decisions  and  the 
formula  disclosure  law  of  the  New  York  Board  of  Health. 
Prof.  Otto  Raubenheimer,  chairman  of  the  scientific  com- 
mittee, reported  on  the  progress  of  the  National  Formulary. 
C.  N.  Lehman  reported  on  the  convention  of  the  New  York 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  it  was  urged  that  those 
who  had  not  already  done  so  should  join  the  state  associa- 
tion at  once. 

Emil  Roller  called  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  100th 
anniversary  of  the  birth  of  Herman  Hager  is  to  be  cele- 
brated on  January  3,  at  which  time  Prof.  Raubenheimer 
will  deliver  a  lecture  on  his  life  and  works. 

Resolutions  of  sympatliy  were  extended  to  the  friends  and 
relatives  of  the  late  Herman  Ridder,  editor  of  the  New 
Yorker-Staats-Zeitung. 

The  following  were  appointed  as  a  nominating  committee 
by  the  president :  C.  F.  Schleussner,  Otto  P.  Gilbert,  George 
Bums,  Emil  Roller  and  H.  H.  Blomeir. 

On  the  evening  of  November  11  the  members  and  friends 
of  the  society  visited  the  Irving  Place  theatre,  where  they 
heard  the  operette  "Hoheit  Tanzt  Walzer."  After  the  opera 
lunch  was  served  in  the  rooms  of  the  society.  The  guests 
of  the  evening  were  Captain  Rehm  of  the  steamer  Barbarossa, 
which  took  the  apothecaries  on  their  trip  to  Europe  last 
year,  Ernest  Haeseler,  an  apothecary  of  Tsingtau,  and  Hans 
Mahler,  an  apothecary  formerly  stationed  in  the  Philippines. 

Mooney-Mueller   and  Ward 

Drug  Houses  are  Consolidated 

A  letter  sent  to  the  Indiana  drug  trade  a  few  weeks 
ago  announced  the  consolidation  of  the  Mooney-Mueller 
Drug  Co.  and  the  Ward  Bros.  Drug  Co.,  both  of  Indian- 
apolis, Ind.,  as  the  Mooney-Mueller  Co.  The  merger  is 
now  effective,  the  new  company  having  been  incorporated 
with  $250,000  capital  to  engage  in  the  wholesale  drug  busi- 
ness with  William  J.  Mooney,  J.  George  Mueller,  and  Marion 
Ward,  all  of  Indianapolis,  as  directors.  The  principal 
field  of  the  new  company's  business  operations  will  be  in  In- 
diana, Ohio  and  Illinois. 

The  officers  of  the  new  company  are:  President,  William  J. 
Mooney;  vice-president,  C.  S.  Dearborn;  secretary-treasurer, 
J.  George  Mueller,  and  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors, 
Marion  Ward. 

The  Mooney-Mueller  Co.  was  organized  in  1902,  the  Ward 
Bros.  Drug  Co.  having  been  organized  in  1876.  The  com- 
pany's business  will  be  conducted  from  101-103-105  South 
Meridian  street,  Indianapolis. 


THE  PHYSICIAN'S  VISITING  LIST  (Lindsay  &  Blakiston's) 
for  1916,    Philadelphia.    P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co. 

This  is  the  6Sth  year  of  the  publication  of  this  List,  a 
work  that  has  been  recognized  and  accepted  by  more  than 
one  generation  of  practitioners.  Like  that  of  previous  years,  this 
List  is  furnished  in  three  editions,  regular,  perpetual  and 
monthly,  ranging  in  price  from  $1.25  to  $2.50,  according  to 
style  and  size.  Besides  the  blank  leaves  for  visiting  list, 
memoranda,  addresses,  accounts,  obstetric  and  vaccination  en- 
gagements, records  of  births,  death,  etc.,  there  are  many  tables 
relating  to  incompatibilities,  signs,  poisoning,  weights  and 
measures,  doses,  quarantine  measures,  etc.,  which  are  likely  to 
prove  useful  to  the  busy  physician. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA  [December,  1915 


THE  DRUG  MARKETS 


BROMIDES  REACH  NEW  HIGH  LEVELS 

Possibility  of  Closing  Suez  Canal  to  Commerce  Affects 
Quotations  on  Ear  and  Near  East  Drug  Products 

New  York,  Nov.  20 — General  conditions  in  the  market  are 
said  to  be  fair,  with  some  lines  showing  gains,  although  there 
is  a  tendency  on  the  part  of  many  buyers  to  restrict  their 
purchases  to  current  requirements  only.  Dealers  are  figuring 
in  ounces  where  they  formerly  dealt  in  pounds.  This  at- 
titude has  not  been  without  effect  upon  speculators  and  as 
a  result,  freer  offerings  are  reported  in  certain  lines,  as  well 
as  shght  declines  in  prices.  The  greatest  interest  during 
the  last  few  days  has  been  centered  in  the  advancing  tendency 
of  all  products  of  the  Far  East,  owing  to  reports  that  the 
Suez  Canal  might  be  closed  to  commerce.  Among  the  drugs 
likely  to  be  affected  in  price  and  supply  by  closing  the  Canal 
are  cardamoms,  cannabis  indica,  cassia  fistula,  oil  of  sesame, 
castor  oil,  croton  oil,  senna,  asafetida,  ammoniac,  catechu, 
oil  of  cajuput,  nux  vomica,  sandalwood,  kamala,  cubebs,  ben- 
zoin and  various  spices. 

The  position  of  quinine  sulphate  has  furnished  one  of  the 
spectacular  features  of  the  period  under  review,  which,  until 
a  few  days  ago,  advanced  in  an  unbroken  upward  movement 
to  more  than  $2,  the  market  being  in  the  hands  of  specu- 
lators entirely.  A  let-up  in  the  consuming  demand  and  other 
causes  were  responsible  for  an  easier  feeling  and  quotations 
began  to  slump.  A  strong  speculative  interest  in  bromides 
has  also  forced  prices  for  these  salts  to  new  high  levels. 
Opium  is  also  advancing,  the  principal  factor  being  the  de- 
cided shortage  of  stocks.  Other  price  revisions  show  a 
sharp  rise  in  acetphenetidin,  while  phenol  and  the  various 
products  derived  therefrom,  as  benzoic  acid,  salicylic  acid  and 
their  salts,  are  all  higher.  Other  advances  are  reported  for 
caffeine,  codeine,  beechwood  creosote,  menthol,  morphine,  oils 
of  wintergreen,  juniper  berries,  artificial  mustard,  pepper- 
mint, rose  and  spearmint;  potassium  salts,  particularly  the 
nitrate,  permanganate,  yellow  and  red  prussiates.  Santonine 
is  also  higher. 

A  few  declines  of  importance  are  noted.  Curacao  aloes  is 
lower,  as  also  berberine  sulphate,  long  buchu  leaves,  carda- 
mom seed,  cerium  oxalate,  elaterium,  Russian  ergot,  guaiac 
resin  and  hexamethylenamine.  Cod  liver  oil  is  quotably  lower, 
due  to  recent  arrivals  of  supplies.  Citric  acid  is  still  main- 
tained at  last  month's  quotations,  while  tartaric  acid  shows 
a  further  slight  gain.  That  there  is  a  shortage  of  many 
supplies  is  generally  conceded  by  most  dealers,  but  no  actual 
figures  showing  the  actual  shortage  of  any  item  are  available. 
This  absence  of  information  is  no  doubt  a  salient  factor  in 
sustaining  the  firmness  in  values. 

Opium— No  new  crop  is  moving  from  Turkey  and  Mace- 
donia, and  imports  to  this  market  have  practically  ceased. 
This  condition,  coupled  with  an  active  demand  from  ex- 
porters, serves  to  hold  supplies  witliin  narrow  compass  on 
the  spot  and  prices  have  been  advanced  to  $10.75 @$n  for 
natural,  $12@$12.50  for  granulated,  and  $11.75@$12.25  for 
U.S.P.  powdered. 

Morphine — In  sympathy  with  the  market  for  opium  job- 
bers have  advanced  their  quotations  for  this  alkaloid  and  its 
salts,  as  follows:  Alkaloid,  pure  in  ^-oz.  vials,  $7.35@$7.50; 
acetate,  ^-oz.  vials,  $7.3S@$7.50;  hydrobromide,  ^-oz.  vials, 
$6@$6.50;  hydrochloride,  ^-oz.  vials,  $6@$6.50;  sulphate,  1-oz. 
vials,  $6@$6.35;  "^-oz.  vials,  per  ounce,  $6.10@$6.40;  valer- 
ate, %-oz.  vials,  $6.10@$6.40.  Manufacturers  report  demands 
for  domestic  consumption  light,  but  there  is  considerable  buy- 
ing for  foreign  account. 

Quinine — -During  the  past  week  there  has  been  a  lessening 
demand  and  the  lack  of  speculative  operations  on  the  part 
of  second  hands  has  influenced  an  easier  undertone  to  the 
market.  There  has  also  been  a  decrease  in  the  export  buying 
movement,  and  this  with  the  arrivals  of  quinine  from  London 
has  aided  in  the  easing  Of  quotations.  While  domestic  man- 
ufacturers continue  to  quote  regular  customers  .'^O  cents  an  oimcc 
on  the  bulk  basis  of  100-oz.  tins,  jobbers  are  quoting  from 
60c  to  $1.90  per  ounce  in  100-oz.  tins  for  sulphate,  65cC«'$1.9.=i 


in  5-oz.  tins,  and  70c@$2  in  1-oz.  vials.  A  revision  of  the 
schedules  for  the  alkaloid  and  salts  of  quinine  other  than 
sulphate  shows  the  following  prices:  Alkaloid,  90c@$l ;  ace- 
tate, 86c@$1.02;  bisulphate,  70c@90c;  carbolate,  84c@$l; 
hydrobromide,  90c@$1.05;  hydrochloride,  90c@$1.05;  lactate, 
83c@90c;  salicylate,  86c@$1.00,  and  valerate,  95c@$1.03  per 
ounce,  respectively.  Higher  prices  also  obtain  for  cinchoni- 
dine  and  cinchonine,  which  are  quoted  as  follows:  Cin- 
chonidine,  alkaloid,  $1.05@$1.15;  sulphate,  70c@85c;  cin- 
chonine sulphate,  18c@20c;  salicylate,  2Sc@30c.  Cinchona 
bark  is  held  at  the  prices  quoted  last  month. 

Caffeine — The  scarcity  of  supplies  is  still  making  itself 
felt  and  this  basic  product  has  been  advancing  for  some 
weeks.  Jobbers  are  now  quoting  $13@$14  per  pound  for  pure 
and  80c@90c  per  ounce  for  the  hydrochloride  (true  salt). 
Citrated  is  somewhat  easier  and  is  obtainable  at  $7@$7.SO  per 
pound. 

Menthol — Is  strongly  held  and  quoted  at  $3.60@$3.80  per 
pound. 

CarSolic  Acid — This  product  still  continues  in  active  de- 
mand with  higher  prices  ruling  in  a  jobbing  way.  Crystal 
in  bulk  is  quoted  at  $2@$2.25  per  pound;  10  to  15-lb.  cans; 
$2.05@$2.25,  and  1-lb.  bottles  at  $2.10@$2.35. 

Bromides — All  of  these  salts  have  become  so  scarce  that 
the  market  is  largely  in  control  of  speculators  who  have  raised 
prices  to  an  abnormal  level.  Changes  in  quotations  are  as 
follows:  Ammonium,  $5@$5.75;  potassium,  $5.50@$6;  sodi- 
um, $5.50@$6;  strontium,  $5.70@$6.  Bromine  is  almost  un- 
obtainable at  any  figure. 

Alcohol — The  increased  activity  in  this  product  is  due  to 
the  heavy  contracts  placed  with  distillers  by  foreign  con- 
sumers and  a  scarcity  of  spot  stocks  has  caused  an  advance 
in  quotations  to  these  figures:  Cologne  spirit,  95%,  U.S. P., 
bbl.,  $2.64  per  gallon;  less,  $2.78@$2.88  per  gallon;  commer- 
cial, 95%,  U.S.P.,  bbl.,  $2.60  per  gallon;  less,  $2.70@S2.83 
per  gallon;  denatured,  bbl.  and  14  bbl.,  47c@52c  per  gallon; 
methylic  (wood),  bbl.,  53c@70c  per  gallon;  less,  60c@75c 
per  gallon. 

AcETPHENETiDiNE — An  extreme  scarcity  is  reported  for  this 
official  antipyretic,  and  prices  have  advanced  to  $18@$20 
per  pound. 

Salicylic  Acid — In  sympathy  with  the  advance  in  phenol 
and  other  salicylates,  this  article  holds  a  stronger  position 
and  jobbers  quote  $4.30@$4.40  in  1-lb.  cartons,  and  $4.25@ 
$4.35  in  bulk.  Correspondingly  higher  prices  are  noted  for 
the  following  salicylates:  Lithium,  $4@$6  per  pound;  sodium, 
$4.2S@$4.50. 

Salol — For  similar  reasons  this  article  has  been  advanced 
to  $8.75@$10  per  pound.  There  is  also  a  scarcity  of  sup- 
plies and  steady  inquiries  are  reported. 

Salicin — Continues  to  advance  and  quotations  show  a  wide 
range,  $4.65@$7.20  per  pound. 

OxAiic  Acid — \  strong  demand  and  scarcity  of  stock  has 
caused  jobbers  to  mark  up  their  quotations  to  56c@62c  per 
pound  for  crystal,  and  62c@68c  for  powdered. 

Vanilla  Be.-vns — A  strong  buying  movement  on  the  part 
of  extract  manufacturers  with  reports  of  only  moderate  stocks 
on  hand  has  caused  a  revision  of  prices  showing  a  strong 
upward  tendency  for  all  varieties,  Mexican,  long,  being  held 
at  $4.75@$5.75;  cuts  at  $3.75@$4.25,  and  Bourbon  at  $3.75(fr 
$4.25  per  pound,  respectively. 

Bay  Rum — Is  quotably  higher,  Porto  Rican  being  ad- 
vanced to  $1.70@$1.75  per  gallon  by  the  barrel,  and  $1.90(3' 
$2.15  for  less. 

Buchu  Leaves — Long  are  in  better  supply  and  lower  at 
$1.40@$1.45  for  whole,  and  $1.50@$1.60  for  powdered. 

Cacao  Butter — A  strong  active  demand  is  reported  both 
for  domestic  consumption  and  export,  and  jobbing  prices 
have  been  advanced  to  45c@50c  per  lb.  for  Dutcii:  50(n55c  for 
Huyler's  in  12-lb.  boxes,  and  44c@48c  for  Maillard's. 

Chloral  Hydrate— .V  material  reduction  in  the  available 
supply  and  a  renewal  of  active  inquiries  are  chiefly  respon- 
sible for  the  advance  in  values,  and  prices  have  been  marked 
up  to  $2.10(<?$2..>0  per  pound. 


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549 


Copaiba — A  depletion  of  spot  stocks  and  absence  of  recent 
supplies  have  caused  holders  to  mark  up  their  prices  on  all 
varieties,  South  American  being  held  at  50c@S8c,  and  Para 
at  48c@56c  per  pound. 

Creosote— Beechwood  is  higher  at  $4.50@$4.75  per  pound. 

Ergot — Notwithstanding  stronger  reports  from  foreign  prim- 
ary sources,  Russian  is  held  at  90c@$l  per  pound  for  whole, 
and  $1@$1.10  for  powdered. 

Ginger — Cable  reports  indicate  new  crop  positions  are 
steadily  advancing  and  prices  tend  to  higher  levels.  Prices 
locally  have  been  advanced  for  Jamaica  bleached  to  28c@ 
30c;  ground,  30c@32c,  and  powdered,  32c@34c. 

HEXAMZTirvi,EX.A.MiXE — Is  in  better  supply  and  lower  at 
$1.10@$1.35  per  pound. 

Hydrogen  Peroxide — Scarcity  of  barium  peroxide,  the 
basic  material,  and  an  increased  demand  have  caused  a 
strong  advance  in  the  price  of  this  preparation  which  is 
now  quoted  at  30c@35c  per  pound  for  medicinal,  and  18c@ 
25c  for  technical. 

Ipec\C — All  varieties  are  strongly  held,  London  cables  re- 
porting a  marked  advance  of  the  drug  and  an  absence  of 
emetine  in  that  market,  owing  to  war  demand.  Jobbers 
hold  Cartagena  at  $2.75@$2,85.  and  Rio  at  $3.25@?3.60  for 
whole,  and  $3.50@$3.75  for  powdered. 

Licorice — Continues  to  advance  with  Corigliana  a.uoted  at 
42cr?.S0c;  mass  at  41c@4Sc,  and  powdered  at  45c@56c  per 
pound. 

Chlorinated  Ltme — Larger  sales  booked  for  account  of 
domestic  and  export  buyers  have  stimulated  an  upward  trend 
of  the  market,  and  bulk  prices  have  been  advanced  to  5c@ 
7c  per  pound. 

Cod  'Liver  On. — Norwegian  is  in  somewhat  better  supply, 
and  a  revision  of  prices  shows  a  slight  decline  in  barrel  lots 
which  are  held  at  $80@$95  per  barrel;  half-barrels,  $43. 
Newfoundland   is   o.uoted   at  about   $63@$67   per  barrel. 

Essentlvl  Oils — \  growing  scarcity  for  many  members  of 
this  group  has  caused  a  general  upward  tendency  in  prices, 
some  of  the  more  marked  advances  being  as  follows:  Oil  of 
bitter  almond,  without  acid,  $12(g$13  per  pound;  caraway, 
$2.38@S2.52;  cloves,  S1.40@$1.50  per  pound;  coriander,  90c 
@$1;  fennel  seed,  pure,  $3.75@$4;  juniper  berries,  S2.50@ 
$2.70;  lemon,  S1.30@$1.40;  essential  oil  of  mustard,  65c@75c 
per  ounce;  artificial,  S9@$10  per  pound;  orange,  sweet,  $2 
@$2.40;  pennyroyal,  $2@$2.40:  peppermint.  New  York,  $2.20 
@$2.35;  Hotchkiss.  $2.75@$3,05,  Western,  $2.10@$2.30;  rose, 
Kissanlik,  S9.50@$12  per  ounce;  English  sandalwood,  $7(3) 
$7.73;  spearmint,  $1.8S@$2,  and  wintergreen,  $4.75@$5.25; 
synthetic,  $4@$4.35, 

Vecet.\ble  Oils — Most  of  these  oils  show  an  upward  ten- 
dency with  prices  quoted  as  follows:  Benne  (sesame),  im- 
ported, $1.25@$1.35  per  gallon;  .American  castor  oil  13^^c 
@lS5^c  per  pound;  boiled  linseed,  63c@75c:  raw  linseed, 
62cfS;75c  per  gallon;  salad.  Union  Oil  Co.,  75crfl90c  per  gallon. 

P.\R.^LDEHYDE — A  revision  of  prices  shows  a  decline  to  $2@ 
$2.25  per  pound. 

Pleumsy  Root — Is  higher  at  2Sc@30c  for  whole,  and  3Sc 
@40c  for  powdered. 

Potassium  Salts — The  scarcity  of  supplies  and  reports  that 
there  will  soon  be  no  large  offerings  of  some  of  these  salts 
are  responsible  for  most  of  the  advances  shown  in  the  fol- 
lowing quotations:  Bicarbonate,  50c@55c;  bichromate,  32c(®36c; 
carbonate  f  pearl  ash),  28c@45c;  refined  (sal  tartar),  4Scfffi5Sc ; 
chlorate.  50c@5Sc;  powdered,  51c(g56c;  purified  and  gran.,  5Sc(® 
66c;  nitrate,  38c@42c;  powdered,  39c@4?r:  C  P  ,  AOr (7j  4Sc;  per- 
manganate, S1.55@$1.65;  pure,  $1.60^;  .5 1  Tn;  r.russiate,  red, 
$3.75@S4;  prussiate,  yellow,  90c@$1.10;  t^rtrntc  f -oluble  tar- 
tar), 75c@85c. 

Resorctn — Pure  white  is  in  demand  and  scarce  with  prices 
marked  up  to  $8(S$10  per  pound. 

Dog  Grass — This  root  continues  in  greatly  reduced  supply, 
with  no  immediate  prospect  of  replenishment.  Jobbers  have 
advanced  quotations  on  cut  root  to  85c@9Sc  per  pound. 

Bismuth  Salts — A  pronounced  scarcity  exists  for  the  basic 
metal  and  manufacturers  have  advanced  prices  for  salts  and 
preparations.  The  new  schedule  is  as  follows:  Beta-naph- 
thoiate   (orphol),  80c  per  ounce;   bromide,   35c  per  ounce; 


salicylate,  65%,  $4@$4.20  per  pound;  40%,  $3.55@$3.75; 
subgallate,  $3.85 @$4;  subnitrate,  $4@$4.20  per  pound,  re- 
spectively. 

Liquid  Storax — Smaller  supplies  and  larger  inquiries  have 
created  a  firmer  feeling  for  this  article  and  quotations  have 
been  advanced  to  40c@50c  per  pound. 

Zinc  Stearate — This  product,  owing  to  the  increased  cost 
of  crude  materials,  is  quoted  at  from  25c@3Sc  per  pound,  ac- 
cording to  quantity.  Manufacturers  state  that  its  use  is 
rapidly  increasing,  especially  in  the  preparation  of  toilet 
powders,  as  it  is  very  light  in  bulk,  varying  from  325  to  350 
cc.  to  the  avoirdupois  ounce.  It  is  insoluble  in  water,  alco- 
hol and  ether. 


"Humid-a-Gars"  for  Drug  Stores 

The  fountain  Specialty  Company,  of  Grand  Haven,  Mich., 
recently  issued  an  attractive  booklet  describing  their  complete 
line  of  "Humid-A-Gars"  for  use  in  drug  stores,  restaurants, 
lunch  rooms,  etc.  The  booklet,  which  is  printed  on  a  heavy 
cream  paper  with  illlutrations  of  the  various  pieces  of  ap- 
paratus, sets  forth  the  various  advantages  to  the  retailer  of 
being  able  to  offer  his  customers  a  cigar  in  perfect  condition. 

The  "Humid-A-Gars"  built  by  this  company,  are  made  in 
sections  of  seal  tight,  opal  compartments,  pure  white  inside 
and  finished  in  grained  woods  with  German  silver  fastenings 
outside.  These  "Humid-A-Gars"  are  scientifically  constructed 
so  that  a  perfect  even  degree  of  moisture  may  be  maintained 
at  all  times.  There  are  compartments  for  the  display  of  cigars, 
cigarettes  and  pipes  and  ample  store  room  for  extra  stock  in 
the  base  of  the  cabinet.  The  standard  size  "Humid-A-Gar" 
is  ten  feet  long  with  five  compartments  and  the  smallest 
size  made  is  the  "Humid-A-Gar  Junior"  of  one  small  com- 
partment. 

It  is  estimated  from  the  Internal  revenue  receipts  that  the 
average  expenditures  for  cigars  and  cigarettes  in  this  country 
is  $25  for  each  male  citizen.  Cigar  buyers  are  generally  hard 
to  please  and  in  order  to  build  up  a  business  the  druggist 
must  be  prepared  to  offer  his  goods  in  as  fine  a  condition  as 
they  can  be  obtained  at  the  regular  cigar  stores. 


Pushing  San-Tox  Preparations 

The  DePree  Chemical  Company,  Chicago,  111.,  is  carrying 
on  an  extensive  campaign  to  interest  the  druggist  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  San-Tox  agencies  in  all  the  important  cities 
and  towns  of  the  country.  In  order  that  their  line  may  be 
more  forcibly  impressed  upon  the  minds  of  the  public  and 
that  the  druggist  may  have  a  sign  which  will  identify  his 
store  as  the  San-Tox  agency,  the  company  has  adopted  the 
picture  of  an  attractive  young  woman  in  a  nurse's  cap  and 
gown  as  the  symbol  of  their  goods.  San-Tox  agencies  are 
placed  only  in  drug  stores  of  the  highest  standard. 


Prevention  of  Corrosive  Sublimate  Poisoning 

Under  the  above  caption  the  Pharmazeutische  ZentralhaUe , 
of  June  17,  1915,  makes  the  following  comment:  "In  order 
to  prevent  poisoning  by  corrosive  sublimate  tablets,  which 
to  prevent  poisoning  by  corrosive  sublimate  tablets,  which  may 
occur  when  such  tablets  are  mistaken  for  other  tablets.  Sharp 
&  Dohme  of  New  York  and  Baltimore  have  worked  out  a 
novel  idea  which  is  well  worth  receiving  attention.  Under 
the  name  Threaded  Bichloride  Tablets  they  have  placed  on 
the  market  corrosive  sublimate  tablets  which  are  strung  at 
intervals  on  a  thread  similar  to  a  chain  of  pearls.  In  ad- 
dition to  this  the  pastilles  have  a  clover-shaped  form.  In 
German  the  arrangement  might  be  termed  "aufgereihte" 
(strung)    corrosive  sublimate  pastilles." 


Sale  of  Poisons — Ant  Poisons 

Section  7  of  the  California  Poison  Act  of  1907  was  amended 
in  1913  by  adding  to  the  schedule  of  poisons  which  may  not 
be  dispensffl  f\(r],t  by  a  duly  registered  pharmacist,  ant 
poison  contn  in  iiiL'  ,in\'  nf  the  poisons  enumerated  in  the  sched- 
ule. It  is  li'M  th:it  under  the  act  as  thus  amended  such  ant 
poison  may  not  be  sold  by  grocers  and  dealers  generally,  as 
the  Legislature  evidently  recognized  the  existence  of  two  classes 
of  ant  poisons,  some  of  which  do  and  others  of  which  do  not 
contain  the  poisons  enumerated  in  section  7.  (Ex  parte  Pot- 
ter (Cal.)  146  Pac.  62.) 


550  THE  PHAEIVIACEUTICAL  ERA  [December,  1915 

Index  to  Advertisers,  page  26  Index  to  Goods  Advertised,  pages  27-28-29-30 


Index  to  Text  Pages 


Abstracts,   Foreign,  525. 

Acid,  Acetic,  External  Applica- 
tion, 518. 

Acid,  Acetic,   Glacial,  Applica- 
tion, 518. 

Acid,     Phosphoric,  Volumetric 
Determination,  525. 

Acid  Solutions,  Standard,  Prep- 
aration, 525. 

Acid,  Trichloracetic,  Uses,  518. 

Advertisers  Who  Antagonize  the 
Trade,  523. 

Alacan,  Miss   Sylvia  C,  522. 

Alcohol,  Solidified,  517. 

Allcott,  Joseph  M.,  531. 

Alpers,  Wm.  C,  509. 

Ammonium.  Ichthosulphonate, 
517. 

Anderson,  Dr.  J.  F.,  509. 
Associations,  Clubs,  etc.— 

American   Pharmaceutical,  542 
Baltimore  Branch,  537. 
Cincinnati  Branch,  537. 
Nashville   Branch,  537. 
New   York   Branch,  536, 
Northwestern  Branch,  535. 
Philadelphia  Branch,  537. 
Washington  Branch,  536. 

Chicago  Woman's  Pharmaceu- 
tical, 522. 
German  Apothecaries,  547. 

King's  Co.  Pharm.,  Soc,  534. 

Metropolitan     District  Inde- 
pendent Retailers,  534. 

Metropolitan  Retail  Druggists, 
S34. 

National  Boards  of  Pharmacy, 
526. 

New     York  Pharmaceutical 

Conference,  533. 
Phi  Delta  Chi,  Alpha  Chapter, 

541. 

Proprietary  of  America,  533. 

W.  O.  N.  A.  R.  D. 
Boston  Chapter,  522. 
Louisville  Chapter,  522. 
Astley,  Saruh  J.,  532. 
Bacon,  Frank  W.,  532. 
Bailey,  Willis  N.,  532. 
Ballou,  William  H.,  532. 
Beal,  James  H.,  509. 
Beringer,  George  M.  509. 
Berlin  Laboratory,  Ltd.,  532. 
Boards  of  Pharmacy- 
Colorado,  540. 

Illinois,  539. 

Maryland,  540. 

Massachusetts,  540. 

Mississippi,  540. 

Missouri,  540. 

New  Jersey,  540. 

New  York,  539. 

Ohio,  539. 

Pennsylvania,  539. 


Texas,  540. 
Washington,  540. 
Wisconsin,  539. 
Bodjsmann,  Wilhelm,  509. 
Books  Reviewed— 
Kraemer,    Scientific    and  Ap- 
plied Pharmacognosy,  546. 
Nystrora,    The    Economics  of 
Physicians'      Visiting  List, 

1916,  547. 

Retailing,  546. 
Schneider,  Bacteriological 

Methods  in  Food  and  Drug 

Laboratories,  546. 
Spiegel,  Chemical  Constitution 

and     Physiological  Action, 

546. 

Bourjois    &   Co.,   Inc.,   A.,  522. 
Buzzell,  Arthur  D..  529. 
Callahan,  Edward  H.,  532. 
Camera  and  Photo  Supplies,  527. 
Camphor,     Artificial     vs.  Syn- 
thetic, 517. 
Chang,  Miss  Mary,  529. 
Chocolates,  Apollo,  524. 
Cider,  Imitation,  518. 
Clerks,  Service,  519. 
C  csing,   Early,  Movement,  530. 
Cohen,  Dr.  S.  Solis,  509. 
Cc  lieges  of  Pharmacy — 

Highland  Park,  541. 

Iowa  University,  541. 

Jersey  City,  540. 

Michigan  University,  541. 

Montana  University,  S41. 

New   York,  542. 

Ontario,  541. 
Cone,  James  W.,  532. 
Cream  of  Wheat  Co.,  530. 
Diehl,  C.  Lewis,  508. 
Donaghy,  William,  532. 
Duerfeldt,  H.  G.,  528. 
Editorials— 

A  Commercial  Revenue  Tax, 
505. 

Annual  Preview  Number  of 
the  Soda  Fountain,  505. 

Index  to  Volume  XLVIII, 
505. 

Only  Five  Friends,  505. 

The  Big  Drug  Merger,  503. 

The  New  Pharmacopoeia,  504. 
Emerson,  Charles  B.,  532. 
Essence,  Cider,  Imitation,  518. 
Fariss,   John   B.,  532. 
French,  J.  Graham,  530. 
Frost,  Quincy  W.,  529. 
Getman,  George  T.,  529. 
Glucosides,  Recent  Studies,  525. 
Goldwater  Ordinance,  A  Criti- 
cism, 509. 
Good,  Brent,  531. 
Great   Atlantic   &   Pacific  Tea 
Co.,  530. 


Hegeman  &  Riker  Co.,  511. 
Hemtzelman,     Dr.     Joseph  A., 

Henneberg,  Harry  E.,  530. 

Herty,  Dr.  Charles  H.,  529. 

Holzer,  Dr.  C.  A.,  532. 

Ichthyol,  Manufacture,  517. 

Ingram,  Frederick   F.,  541. 

Injections,  Water  Error,  525. 

Jackman,   Wilber   F.,  541. 

Jordan,  C.  D.,  529. 

Kane,  Mrs.  Esther  M.,  521. 

Kosczewski,  Sylvester,  529. 

Kraemer,   Henry,  509. 

LaWall,  Charles  H.,  508. 

Lee,  Dr.  Walter  E.,  522. 

Lewis,   Thomas,  532. 

Liggett,  Louis  K.,  529. 

Lowell,  Luzerne  D.,  532. 

Luminosity,  Barium  and  Stron- 
tium Thiosulphates,  517. 

Lyons,  Dr.  A.  B.,  509. 

McAdoo,  Secretary  William  G., 
516. 

McConnell,  Major  Charles  H., 
528. 

Making   Goods   Move,  514. 
Mansz,  Daniel  H.,  532. 
Manufacturer's    Right    to  Sell, 
530. 

Marble  Stains,  Removing,  518. 

Market   Report,  548. 

Meldola,  Prof.  Raphael,  531. 

Metchnikoff,  Prof.   Eli,  532. 

Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Co.,  532. 

Miller,  C.  J.,  520. 

Moddy,   Fred.,  529. 

Mollett,  Charles  E.  F.,  541. 

Mooney-Mueller  Co.,  547. 

Mowrer,  James  M.,  530. 

National  Formulary,  New  Fea- 
tures, 536. 

New  York  Ordinance,  Opinions, 
533. 

Obituaries,  531. 

Ointment,  Ammoniated  Mercury, 
525. 

Owl  Drug  Co.,  519. 
Paint,   Phosphorescent,  517. 
Patents,  Trademarks,  etc.,  545. 
Personals,  528. 
Peyton,  Frank  R.,  532. 
Pharmacopoeia,  Ninth  Revision, 
507. 

Pharmacopoeial    Revision,  How 

Conducted.  535. 
Phenalgin,     Therapeutic  Uses, 

Phonographs  Profitable,  520. 
Plants,     Medicinal,  Montana, 
541. 

Prescription,  Dr.  Jacobi's,  526. 
Prescott  Scholarship  Cup,  541. 


Price  Maintenance  Law  Urged. 
534. 

Question  Box,  517. 

Raubenheimer,  Otto,  509. 

Registration,  Reciprocal,  Gain- 
ing, 526. 

Remington,  Prof.  Joseph  P., 
507. 

Retailer,  Why  He  Boosts  or 
"Knifes"  a  Brand,  523. 

Richards,  Prof.  Theodore  W., 
528. 

Rideout,  A.  F.,  532. 

Riker  &  Hegeman  Co.,  513. 

Ropes,  George  F.,  532. 

Rosengarten,  George  D.,  509. 

Ryan,  A.  J.,  530. 

Salvarsan  Injections,  Water 
Error,  525. 

Santa  Claus  is  Coming  (Car- 
toon), 506. 

Schatz.  Miss  Emilia,  522. 

Schrank,  Henry  C,  530. 

Schieffelin,  Dr.  William  Jay, 
529. 

Sea    Dr.  Joseph  M.,  531. 

Selling  Efficiency  of  Chain 
Stores,  519. 

Shafer,   William,  529. 

Siller,   Charles,  532. 

Smith,  Miss  Viola  L.,  521. 

Solution,  Mendell's,  518. 

Solutions,  Iron  Chloride,  Acid- 
ity, 525. 

Solutions,  Normal  Acid,  Prep- 
aration, 525. 

Stains  on  Marble,  Removing, 
518. 

Sternberg,  Brig.-Gen.  George  M., 
531. 

Stevens,  Prof.  A.  B.,  509,  541. 
Stevenson,  J.  R.  D.,  529. 
Strauss,  George,  531. 
Suppositories,  Boroglyceride, 
518. 

Tax,  Commercial  Revenue,  516. 

Tax  Measures  Suggested  to  Con- 
gress, 516. 

Thompson,  Harry  B.,  533. 

Thurston,  Azor,  541. 

Tincture  Iodine,  Ammonia 
Water  and  Collodion,  535. 

Tooth  Paste,  518. 

United  Drug  Co.,  511. 

Weatherhead  Drug  Co.,  527. 

Wetterstroem,  Theodore  W., 
530. 

Whelplev,  Dr.  H.  M.,  535. 
White,  T.  Leyden,  529. 
Wilev,  Dr.  H.  W..  509. 
Williams,  Edward,  529. 
Withington,  M.  E.,  532. 
Women   in   Pharmacy,  521. 
Wood,  Dr.  H.  C,  Jr.,  508. 


HYGIENIC  LABORATORY  BULLETIN  No.  101.  Treasury  De- 
partment, United  States  Public  Health  Service.  8  vo.,  78 
pages,   Washington   Government   Printing  Office. 

This  bulletin  contains  the  results  of  various  investigations 
conducted  by  members  of  tlie  laboratory  corps  of  the  Public 
Health  .Service,  the  subjects  covered  being :  I,  Complement  fixa- 
tion in  tuberculosis,  by  A.  A.  Stimson ;  II,  Report  of  an  in- 
vestigation of  diphtheria  carriers,  by  Joseph  Goldberger,  C.  L. 
Williams  and  F.  W.  Hachtell;  III,  the  excretion  of  thymol  in 
the  urine,  by  Atherton  Seidell;  IV,  The  sterilization  of  den- 
tal instruments,  by  H.  E.  Hasseltine;  V,  A  modification  of 
Rose's  method  for  the  estimation  of  pepsin,  by  Maurice  H. 
Givens. 

WELLCOME  PHOTOGRAPHIC  EXPOSURE  RECORD  AND 
DIARY,  1916. 

.'Vs  a  concise  encyclopcedi  •  of  photographic  information  this 
little  volume  maintains  the  high  standard  of  former  years, 
and  the  subjects  considered  enibrai  r  :i  wide  range  of  endeavor, 
covering  simple  routine  operatioiK  i<  w.ll  ;m  dcvrlopnicnts  in 
the  region  of  higher  photogr:i|.li\  rini,.  it  r..nt:iins  infor- 
mation on  photography  by  night  ami  tlu-  loncrt  quantities  of 
flashlight  powder;  on  green  or  sepia,  or  blue  toning  of  bro- 
mides, or  warm  tones  on  gaslight  papers;  on  time  and  factorial 


development,  the  intensification  of  color  plates,  exposures  for 
interiors,  the  speeds  of  bromide  papers,  the  staining  of  prints, 
etc.  There  are  also  many  instructive  tables,  simple  formulas, 
and  a  multitude  of  useful  hints.  FLxed  to  the  back  cover  is 
the  "Wellcome  Exposure  Calculator",  an  ingenious  device  which 
by  a  single  turn  of  the  scale,  gives  the  correct  exposure  of 
any  plate  or  film  at  any  time  of  day  or  year.  The  book  is 
issued  in  wallet  form  with  pencil,  and  may  be  obtained  of  all 
jihotographic  dealers  and  booksellers.  Price  in  the  United 
States,  50  cents. 

Toxicity  of  Arsenic  Compounds — 

.Arsenous  acid  was  shown  to  be  more  toxic  than  arsenic 
acid,  in  the  ratio  of  10  to  6,  when  tested  by  intravenous  in- 
jection of  the  sodium  compounds  in  rabbits  On  the  iso- 
lated frog  heart  arsenous  acid  is  300  times  more  poisonotis 
than  arsenic  acid.  It  is  probable  that  the  toxicity  of  arsenic 
acid  is  not  inherent  in  that  substance  itself,  but  is  occasioned 
by  a  previous  reduction  to  arsenous  acid.  ( Toachimoglu,  Bio- 
chem.  Zeitschr.,  1915,  p.  144.) 

The  Ex-Lax  Manufacturing  Co.  has  removed  its  Chicago 
office  from  29-31  DeKalb  avenue  to  208  North  Fifth  avenue. 


^Iay,  1915] 


THE  PIIAmiACEUTICAL  ERA 

The  Editor's  Page 


1 


The  cork  industry  is  one  of  the  thriving  trades  of  Spain     '1  /;/s 

for  shipment. 


lustration  shozvs  the  trimming  and  packing  of  cork 


THIS  page  in  the  Era  has  been  set  aside  for 
a  particular  purpose — as  a  means  of  telling 
you  each  month  the  especially  good  and 
instructive  things  that  are  in  store  for  .vou  in  fu- 
tiii-i'  issues  of  this  publication. 

The  busy  reader  is  likely  to  escape  some  things 
that  are  of  more  than  ordinary  value.  For  exam- 
ple, every  druggist  is,  or  should  be,  eager  for  all 
•  •  information  he  can  get  at  the  pre.sent  time 
live  to  the  narcotic  laws. 
During  the  past  two  months  the  Era  has  cx- 
hiiiistively  treated  the  national  legislation,  known 
as  the  Harri.son  anti-narcotic  bill,  and  in  this  issue 
ten  pages  are  devoted  to  the  state  laws,  which  in 
a  measure  conflict  with  the  federal  regulations. 
That  feature  alone  makes  the  'Slay  issue  of  the  Era 
invaluable  to  every  retail  druggist. 

*    *  * 

f\S  pages  235  and  236  is  a  brief  report  of  the 
^  convention  of  the  ^fanufacturing  Rerfumers' 
As.sociation.  In  addition  (page  219)  there  is  an 
excellent  article  by  A.  'SI.  Spiehler.  president  of 
that  association,  written  especially  for  the  Era,  in 
which  Mr.  Spiehler  discusses  the  future  of  Ameri- 
can-made perfumes  and  toilet  preparations. 


Every  druggist  has  many  customers  wlin  will 
not  buy  ^lade-in-America  perfumes  ;iii<l  tdilet 
goods  because  of  a  fancied  impression  tliat  im- 
piirtcd  articles  are  greatly  superior.  The  Era  be- 
lii'vrs  it  is  the  patriotic  duty  of  every  druggist  to 
]iusli  tlic  .\inci-ir-aii-inadc  ]irodi!cts  wliciicver  pos- 
sible, and  will  pi'csciil  a  sci'ics  (if  srxiT.il  educa- 


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'"pHERE  is  an  interesting  communication  on 
page  197  headed  "The  Chain  Store  and  the 
Small  Retailer."  The  solution  of  the  chain  store 
problem  proposed  therein  may  have  been  found 
practicable  by  some  druggists.  We  doubt  it.  But 
we  want  our  readers'  opinion.    Let  us  hear  from 


THE  PHAR:\IACf:UTICAL  ERA 


[May,  1915 


Plllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll^ 

I        Doubled  His  Business  | 

I  Now  Turning  Customers  Away  | 


DRUGGIST  in  a  Pennsylvania 
j\  city  had  been  doing  business  on 
the  same  corner  for  twenty 
years.  He  had  a  good  but  very 
slowly  growing  trade.  After 
careful  investigation  he  in.stall- 
ed  ]>aiigs'  Fixtures,  with  the  result  of  more 
th;iti  dou.hliiig  his  business  in  three  years' 
time.  At  present,  notwithstanding  the  pre- 
vailing general  business  depression  and  the 
!-ecent  location  of  a  big  cut  price  chain  drug 
store  very  near  to  him,  he  states  that  for  lack 
of  room  to  expand  he  is  obliged  to  turn  cus- 
tomers away  nearly  every  day. 

We  believe  the  store  of  this  druggist  is  the 
liest  equipped  and  unqiiestionably  he  does  the 
biggest  business  in  that  city — a])i)r()xiinately 
one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  per 
year. 

In  sniiic  i'('S|)ccts  this  is  admittedly  a  rather 
unusual  case,  liul  thai  T>aiii;'s  Equipment  is 
i-egularly  larudy  inci'casinti-  the  income  of 
tlidusaiids  of  (liMiii'iiisls  ill  nearly  all  parts  of 
the  I'mtnl  Stalls  is  not  at  all  unusual,  as 
(•\  ('n  a  casual  in\  i's1  lual  i<ni  w  ill  readily  prove. 

.Min'r  til. in  tliirly  years  a^n  when  the  foun- 
d;)tiiiii  nl'  I  he  liaiiLis  l<'ixtui-c  Co.  was  made, 
there  was  siilidly  huill  intn  it  a  sincere  and 
liiineil  jiurjinM'  {(I  I'urnisli  druggists  with 
il\-   siirli   e(|i!i|iinent   as  would,  by   a.  liar- 
lui-  of  lieauty  and  utility  lift 
I  he  dead  level  of  mediocrity 
business  (lutlook,  assuring  the 


(let. 


inunioiis  uiiii 
their  sin  re  tr 
to  a  broader 
greatest  ]>ossi 


income. 


How  well  Bangs  has  succeeded  in  this  di- 
rection may  best  be  determined  by  the  large 
number  of  conspicuously  successful  druggists 
who  are  so  profitably  using  Bangs  Fixtures. 

There  is  no  mystery  or  secret  about  the 
method  by  which  Bangs  has  produced  the.se 
wonderful  business  building  results,  it  is 
simply  a  matter  of  extremely  effective  ad- 
vertising by  means  of  substantial  and  digni- 
fied equipment  possessing  marked  individu- 
ality. 

Bangs'  unquestioned  ability  as  a  specialist 
in  this  particular  work  is  the  result  of  many 
years  of  practical  training,  experience  and 
concentrated  study  of  the  advertising  prob- 
lems of  the  retail  druggist. 

Because  of  the  very  noticeable  appearance 
of  superiority  of  all  the  Bangs  Fixtni-es  and 
the  almost  universal  and  remarkable  pros- 
perity of  druggists  whose  stores  are  equipped 
witli  them,  some  men  have  feared  that  an 
iiivestiiient  in  Bangs  Fixtures  nmst  neces- 
.sarily  l)e  large,  but  sucli  is  by  no  means  the 
case.  A  complete  Bangs  EquipnuMit  may  Iv 
lind  for  the  investment  of  a  few  hundred  dol- 
lars, and  in  some  styles  and  in  very  large 
stiires  it  may  require  several  thousands,  but 
to  e,|uip  ,\our  store  with  Bangs  Fixtures,  re- 
gardless of  size  or  amount  invested,  means  to 
gain  absolute  protection  against  all  uncertain- 
ties as  to  quality,  appearance  and  profitable 
results  from  the  investment. 

If  you  need  more  income  put  your  i)rolileiM 
uj)  to  Bangs. 


I     C.  H.  Bangs  Druggists'  Fixture  Co.  | 

I    p.  O.  BOX  2924  -  -  BOSTON,  MASS.  | 

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and  Kindred  Aliments 

It  will  pay  you  to  keep  it  in  stock. 
You  can  safely  recommend  it. 


For  Sile  by  your  jobber.     Send  to  us  for  booklei 
ind  Advertisine  Matter. 
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A  Thing  of  Beauty 

A  Perfect  Seal 

A  Sanitary  Covering 

THE  AMERICAN 
PAPER  BOTTLE-CAP 

EVER  TRY  IT.> 

Manufactured  by 

Sayford  Paper  Specialty  Co. 

VINELAND,  N.  J. 


KAOLIN  MERCK 


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The  Sign  of  Safety  = 

is  the  = 

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On  rod,  on  reel,  or  hook,  = 

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nothing  will  "come  loose"  S 

S     ofbreali  that  depends  on  quality  or  a  hun-  5 

S     dred  years  of  "know-how"  tackle  making.  E 

E      You'll  get  the  best  tackle  service  from  the  dealei  ^ 

—  whose  window  shows  the"LeapingDolphin"sign.  — 
S  New  illustrated  catalog  P  (236  pages)  sent  on  — 
S      receipt  of  parcel  postage  (10  cents)  to  any  ang-  — 

—  ler  who  will  give  us  his  tackle  dealer's  name.  S 
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A.  H.  WIRZ,  Inc. 

ESTER,  PENNA. 

Manufacturer  of 

Collapsible  Tubes 


Ointments,  Perfumes, 

Pastes,  Pomades, 
Colors,  Printing  Inks, 

any  len£tb  and  diameter. 

BOTTLE 
STOPPERS, 

both  plug  and  screw  cap. 


TIN  SPOUTS  for  bug  poisons. 

METAL  SYRINGES,  MOULDS 

for  Suppositories,  Bougies,  etc. 

HAND  PILL  MACHINES, 

including  the  Cooper  Pill  Machine. 

Also  a  General  Line  of 
METAL   GOODS   FOR   THE   DRUG  TRADE 


Era  Formulary 

NEW  AND  REVISED  EDITION-8000  FORMULAS 

Compiled  and  Edited  by 
WM.  C.  ALPERS,  Sc.D.       E.  J.  KENNEDY,  Ph.C. 

Beyond  all  question  the  best  formula  book  yet 
published  for  Druggists  and  Manufacturers. 
PRICE,  $5.00  A  COPY,  POSTPAID 

D.  O.  HAYNES  &  CO.,  Publishers 
No.  3  Park  Place  .'.  New  York 


A  "Bis  Margin 

is  allowed  the  dealer  on 

CA^DUI 

Push  It.    For  cash  Cardui  costs  only 
$7.60  per  dozen  in  $30.00  lots. 

Cha-ttanoogcL  Medicine  Co. 

Challanooga  Si.  Louis 


A  Sensitive  Scale  at  a 
Moderate  Price 


Counter  Scale  in  ground  glass  case. 
Nickel  plated  pans  9  inches  in  diam- 
eter. 

Wrile  for  catalogue 
gi-ding  full  description. 

The  Torsion  Balance  Co. 

92  Reade  Street,  New  York 


FACTORY: 
Jersey  City,  N.  J. 


PACIFIC  COAST  BRANCH: 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Where  do  YOU  stand? 

CREME 

EL     A  Y  A 

by  every  lars^e  dealer  in  the  United  States,  and  with 
possibly  seventeen  exceptions  is  retailed  by  all  at 
FULL  PRICE 

These  large  dealers  appreciate  ELCAYA  profit 
and  like  to  handle  the  goods. 

Hotu  does  i1  effect  >^OU? 
JAMES  C.  CRANE 

Sole  Aioat 

108  FULTON  STREET       NEW  YORK  CITY 


December.  1!>L') 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


Self  -  Fiaing 

Fountain  Pen 


NQN^J-EAKABLE 


The  Original  t2zr6?^ Always 
/A(9  Loading  Solf-RllQr 


The  CONKLIN  blazed  the  trail  as  the  /rx/  self-filler.  And  ever 
since,  it  has  inaugurated  each  new  forward  step  in  fountain  pen  merchan- 
dising. Now,  it  takes  its  biggest  and  longest  stride,  still  well  in  advance  of 
them  all.  Our  November  magazine  advertising  carries  the  following 
Conklin  message  to  four  million  homes: — 

It  is  the  Conklin  imli.-y  that  cv.M-y  user  of  a  CONKLIN  PEN  shall  be 
asatisfied  user.  This  i^  jh.^  ( iiiai  anir,'  of  Satisfaction  on  every  CONKLIN'S 
SELF-FILLING  FOI  XTAIN  I'KX:— 

Your  full  satisfaction  with  a  COXKLIN'S  SELF-FILLING  PEN  is 
absolutely  guaranteed.  Slnmhl  ami  (JiysatisfarfioH  irhafinr  arisr,  u-<  iriJJ 
give  you  a  new  pen  or  pen  jmii/l.  Ymi  cnii-  uhlniii  lliis  smnr  s(  rrlcc  fhnnnili. 
your  elealer  from  wlioni  tin  inn  ims  pn  nlms,  <l.  Shdiihl  ijait  (nil  to  nhtnin. 
that  high  degree  of  satisfoi  I n,ii  (min  iimir  ('<)  \  KIJ X  I'KS  thai  ii<nir  jndg- 
ment  dictates,  the  full  pinrlms-  iirin  n-lll  In  n  fiindol.  If  jn  n  suit  to 
us  direct  with  reejuest  for  r(fund,  give  us  ilir  d(aUf's  name. 

You  alone  are  the  judge  of  your  own  satisfaction — we  impose  no  con- 
ditions. We  back  up  our  dealers  without  reservation.  So  you  can  consider 
this  guarantee  as  the  personal  guarantee  uf  the  dealer  from  whom  you  buy. 

We  make  this  unreserved  guarantee  because  we  know  the  CONKLIN 
is  mechanically  perfect.  Its  "Crescent-Filler"  is  the  simplest  of  all  self- 
filling  devices,  strong  and  durable,  positive  in  action. 

Help  us  carry  out  this  strong,  broad  guarantee,  with  your  customers.  Remember,  the 
COXKLIX  is  the  only  high-grade  self-filler  not  imitated  in  the  cheap,  low-grade  fountain 
pens. 

THE  CONKLIN  PEN  MFG.  CO.,      167  Conkhn  Bldg.,  Toledo,  Ohio 


mmmmm 


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[December,  1915 


NO  MORE  RUSSIAN  OIL 

But  tn  Nujol^  doctors  now  have  an  American 
oil  that  is  its  equal  in  every  respect 


WHEN  the  war  broke  out 
last  August,  importations 
of  Russian  oil  ceased  ab- 
ruptly. Foreseeing  that  the  im- 
ported product  would  soon  be  out 
of  the  market,  or  obtainable  only 
at  prohibitive  prices,  the  Standard 
Oil  Company  (New  Jersey)  pro- 
duced a  refined  mineral  oil  of 
equal  or  better  grade,  for  the  treat- 
ment of  constipation. 
Nujol  is  entirely  freed  from  sulphur 
and  other  irritating  compounds.  It 


is  equal  in  every  respect  to  the 
best  grade  of  Russian  mineral  oil. 

Mineral  oil  is  the  last  word  of 
medical  science  in  the  treatment  of 
constipation.  Doctors  everywhere 
are  prescribing  it — customers  are 
asking  for  it. 

Nujol  is  being  advertised  exten- 
sively both  to  the  medical  profes- 
sion and  to  the  public.  It  is  bound 
to  be  a  good  thing  for  every  drug- 
gist who  carries  it. 


A  PURE  WHITE  MINERAL  OIL 
FOR  CONSTIPATION 


STANDARD  OIL  COMPANY 

(New  Jersey) 

Bayonne  New  Jersey 


December.  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


3 


Xot  many  years  ago  the  Soda  Water 
business  was  in  its  swaddling  clothes ; 
Soda  Fountains  brouglit  fabulous  prices  ; 
tliey  were  expensive  to  oi)crate ;  sanita- 
tion was  not  a  feature.  It  was  a  combi- 
nation of  highly  embellished  marble  and 
fixture  work,  some  sweetened  water  and 
a  disagreeable  after  taste. 

But  now  !  Hundreds  of  millions  of 
dollars  arc  spent  annually  for  soft  drinks 
and  the  good  things  .sold  at  Soda,  Foun- 
tains. 

^  Walrus  initiative  is  largely  responsible 
for  bringing  about  a  series  of  compelling 
forces  in  this  great  industry  and  creating 
Soda  Fountain  construction  of  real  merit. 

d.  First,  we  established  in  a  practical  way 
the  modern  marketing  method  of  selling 
thru  the  jobber.  Then  the  quantity  pro- 
duction, built  in  advance,  ready  to  ship 
Soda  Fountain. 

Step  by  step  came  the  present  exclu- 
sive features,  such  as  the  "Self  Contained 


Syrup  Jar",  the  springless,  plateless.  drip- 
less,  noiseless,  guaranteed  for  a  life  time 
Syrup  Lift,  the  famous  "Walrus  Ladle 
and  Cover",  the  seamless,  solderless  Ger- 
man silver  apparatus  covering,  the  Round 
Head  Draft  Tube,  the  Upright  Cooler 
system,  the  only  practical  and  successful 
iceless  system  ever  devised,  and  many 
more  exclusive  Walrus  features  too  nu- 
merous to  mention  here. 

CL,  Certainly  our  efforts  have  not  been  in 
vain.  A  dozen  competitors  endeavor  to 
conform  to  the  Walrus  selling  plan,  and 
certain  parts  of  Walrus  construction,  but 
thousands  of  merchants  will  readily  com- 
mend the  great  superiority  of  the  Walrus 
product,  and  our  faith  is  still  pinned  to 
Initiative,  Individuality  and  Evolution, 
and  not  Imitation  or  Duplication. 

d.  A  beautiful  catalog  fully  describes 
and  illustrates  our  wondrous  1916  line 
of  Soda  Fountains,  Carbonators,  Candy 
Cases,  Drug  Store  Fixtures,  etc.  Excel- 
lent values  and  liberal  terms  apply. 


Visitors  always  welcome  io     spadonjs  fadoj^  aji^  slkow  rooms 


mmu 


DECATMK,  ILLINOIS  o 

Laj^cest  Guilders  and  Distwbutops  of  Um  Grade  Soda  fooNTAiNS 
Through  Jobbers.  Reps^esentatives  m  all  PRiNaPALGiiEs 


NashTllle,  Spurlock-Neal  Co. 
Indianapolis,  A.  Elefer  Drug  Co. 
Memphis,  EUis-Jones  Drug  Co. 


Evansville,  Chas.  Lelch  A  Co.  Fort  Smith,  Morris-Morton  Drug  Co. 

Little  Rock,  C.  J.  Lincoln  Co.  Rochester,  Central  Supply  House. 

Fort  Wayne,  Fort  Wayne  Drug  Co. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[December,  1915 


Feature  this  Water  Bottle 
During  January 

January  is  mid-season  for  water  bottles.  You 
can  sell  lots  of  them  now  by  letting  your  cus- 
tomers know  that  you  sell  the  W.T.Co.  Maroon 
"Special".  No  other  merchandise  in  your  store 
lends  itself  to  window  trimming  and  advertising 
better  than  the 

WhitallTatum 

MAROON  "SPECIAL" 

WATER  BOTTLE 

Displaying  them  will  serve  to  focus  our  na- 
tional publicity  on  your  store,  for  we  are  telling 
the  magazine  readers  in  your  town  that  the 
W.T.Co.  Maroon  "Special"  is  sold  by  their 
druggists. 

We  are  impressing  upon  readers,  too,  that  the 
druggist  who  sells  these  bottles  is  a  good  drug- 
gist and  an  expert  judge  of  water-bottle  values. 
Tf  .\MU  haven't  stocked  this  bottle  yet,  drop  us 
.1  i|niry  about  it  now,  or  ask  our  salesman  for 
tlic  whole  story.    You'll  hear  some  mighty  inter- 


WHITALL  TATUM  CO. 


i'ini,.\iM'.i,i'iii.\ 

■)10-)1()  Uacc  St. 
SAN  FRANCISCO 
576  Mission  St. 


NEW  YORK 
46  and  -18  Barclay  St. 

BOSTON 
91  Washington  St.,  N. 


SYDNEY,  N.  S.  \V. 
387  George  St. 


Samples  of  our  goods  can  be  seen  at  our 
sample    room,    14    N.    Franklin    St.,  Chicago 


The  Best  Freezers  for  Druggists 
MONARCH 

A  Combination 
Freezer  &  Crusher 
•with  or  •without 
Motor. 

40  qt.  Two  Speeds 
Floor  Space  28x50  in. 

20  qt.  One  Speed 
Floor  Space  24x39  in. 

Druggists  Special  20  qt.  only 

We  also  show  an  8-quart 
Combination  Freezer 
and  Crusher  -with  Motor 

Send  for  free  Catalogue  to 

J.  W.  Allen  &  Co. 

112  North  Peoria  St. 

Chicago,   III.  Druggists'  Special  20  qt. 


New  Metal  Display  Case 

.-\  dust  proof  and  sanitan'  metal  display  case 
for  Zymole  Trokeys. 

Stream  line  design  with  a  beautiful  red  and 
black  finish.    Glass  front  which  is  easily  raised. 

One  "Zee  Tee"  salesman  will  be  included 
witli  your  next  order  for  3  dozen  or  more 
7.\ni(iK-   1  rokeys — no  extra  charge. 

Iliiw's  your  stock  of  Z>-mole  Trokeys?  Make 
out  your  order  and  mail  it  in  now  and  get 
vour  "  ZEE  TEE"  Salesman. 


DETROIT  U.S.A 


December,  1915]  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA  5 


This  Sign  Identifies 

The  drug  store  that  stands  out  above  every  other  drug  store  in 
the  town  or  territory  as  the  exclusive  representative  of  the 
SAN  "TOX  line  of  toilet  articles  and  household  preparations — 

The  drug  store  that  is  getting  the  full  and  undivided  bene- 
fit fi'Diu  th(-  stroimvst.  most  aggressive  and  jointed  national  ad- 
vertising caiiiii.-iiiin  rvrv  put  behind  a  line  of  toilet  articles  and 
household  i>ri'i>;i  rat  inns — 

The  drng  stui,'  th.it  is  getting  the  trade  directed  by  adver- 
tising that  impresses  on  ]Mrs.  Jones  and  Mr.  Smith  the  fact 
that  iiour  drug  store  has  been  selected  as  the  local  SAN '"TOX 
agency  because  of  your  established  reputation  as  an  honest,  pro- 
gressive and  real-service  druggist — 

The  drug  store  that  is  beyond  the  pale  of  price-cutting,  the 
drug  store  that  does  not  have  to  rcsoi-t  to  private  brands  to 
j)r<it<'i't  profits,  the  drm:  store  that  t  scajH's  the  fierce  competition 
that  is  common  to  the  handling  of  the  average  line  of  like 
preparations  — 

The  drug  store  thai  attai)is  supremac\j  in  the  territory: 

Write  Us  Today 

You  should  know  more  about  the  asset  value  of  a  SAN  "TOX 
Agency.  Let  iis  lay  the  faets  and  proof  liefore  yon.  No  obliga- 
tion whatever  on  your  p;irt.  AVr',te  ns  to(l;i\-  and  we  will  at  once 
send  you  a  complete  explanation  of  the  SAN'-TOX 
proposition. 

The  DePree  Chemical  Company,      Chicago,  111. 


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THE  PHAEMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[December,  1915 


EIGHTEENTH  YEAR! 

Thousands  of  Students  in 
all  parts  of  the  world 

A  Continuous  Record  of  Success 


Young  man^  get  your  license  and  be  a  Pharmacist 


STUDY  THE 


Era  Course  in  Pharmacy 

AT  HOME 


Ex-Presidents  Roosevelt  and  Taft,  and  Professor  Charles  "W.  Eliot  endorse  the  cor- 
respondence system  of  instruction  for  those  who  cannot  afford  to  go  to  college.  Cor- 
respondence schools  open  the  doors  of  opportunity. 

In  Pharmacy,  as  in  all  other  lines,  it  takes  years  of  experience  to  overcome  the 
handicap  of  insufficient  technical  knowledge,  while  trained  men  command  better  sala- 
ries from  the  start. 

If  you  intend  to  become  a  registered  pharmacist  don't  wait  for  a  dozen  years,  until 
your  slowly-acquired  experience  justifies  you  in  taking  your  Board  Examination.  ACT 
NOW!  Prepare  yourself  by  home  study.  Join  the  Era  Course  now  and  pass  your 
State  Board  Examination  next  year. 

Do  not  read  in  a  hap-hazard  fashion — ^you  won't  get  anywhere.  Begin  this  coui-se 
of  systematic  study.  It  is  under  the  direction  of  specialists  who  will  show  you  how 
to  cut  away  the  deadwood,  focus  on  the  essentials,  and  grasp  the  broad  principles. 

Your  home  becomes  your  lecture  hall  while  behind  the  prescription  counter  you 
carry  out  each  day  your  laboratory  work.  Tlie  lectures  in  the  Era  Course  furnish  you 
with  complete  and  practical  instructions,  clc.iiiy  and  simply  expressed,  in  all  branches 
of  pharmacy.     Your  written  recitations  cliucJi  ivJuil  you  have  learned. 

The  Era  Course  was  established  18  years  ago,  and  has  been  taken  by  many  thou- 
sands of  students  not  only  in  the  United  States  but  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

The  Era  Course  has  the  pimch  to  it. 
It  sends  through  quickly  the  earnest  yoimg 
fellow  who  means  business. 


ERA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY 
No.  3  Park  Place,  New  York 

Please  send  me  a  prospectus. 

Name   

Address   


The  fee  for  the  entire  com*se  is  TEX 
DOLLARS,  including  diploma  for  gradu- 
ates. The  work  begins  at  any  time.  Send 
us  coupon  today  for  more  information. 

Director,  ERA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY 

No.  3  PARK  PLACE.  NEW  YORK 


December,  1915' 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


7 


We  are  at  last  in  a  position  to  report  something  to  interest  and  gratify 

THE  HONEST  DRUGGIST 


To  seriously  concern  and  displease  the 

SUBSTITUTOR 

To  surprise,  disappoint  and  thwart  the 

UNSCRUPULOUS  and  CONTEMPTIBLE  MANUFACTURER 

who  supplies  a  counterfeit  and  fraudulent  product  for 
substitution  purposes. 

Ergoapiol  (Smith)  capsules  bear  on  the  inside  of  each  cap- 
sule the  letters  M.  H.  S. 

These  letters  are  not  visible  from  the  outside,  but  they  are 
plainly  discernible  in  the  gelatine  when  the  capsule  is  cut  in  half. 

This  method  of  marking  Ergoapiol  (Smith)  now  offers  abso- 
lute protection  against  any  imposition  in  the  use  of  a  spurious 
and  fraudulent  product. 

Identification  by  the  physician  or  patient  is  now  very  simple, 
because  no  analytical  investigation  is  necessary  and  because  no 
one  else  can  use  this  invention  as  it  is  our  exclusive  property 
under  Letters  Patent  in  the  United  States  and  foreign  countries. 

We  have  been  manufacturing  Ergoapiol  (Smith)  with  this 
patented  protective  mark  for  the  past  two  years,  but  have  with- 
held announcing  the  fact,  so  as  to  give  reasonable  and  ample 
time  for  all  the  old  style  capsules  to  have  been  dispensed. 

Physicians  are  now  being  fully  informed  regarding  this  pro- 
tective mark  and  easy  method  of  identification. 


Capsule  intact,  showing  Capsule   cut   in  half 

no  mark  objectionable  through  the  seam, 

to  the  physician.  showing  initials. 

Ergoapiol   (Smith)  is  to  be  had  only  in  packages  of  twenty  capsules 

each.    It  is  not  under  any  circumstances  supplied  in  bulk  or  other  form. 


MARTIN  H.  SMITH  CO.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 


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[December,  1915 


^  .  PURE  TIN  TUBES 


REG.  U.S.  PAT.  OFF 


TO  SOME  CUSTOMERS  who  are  not 
well  informed,  one  collapsible  tube  is 
as  good  as  another.    There  are  other 
customers  who  consider  the  quality  as  well  as 
the  price.    To  these  two  classes  of  buyers  we 
would  direct  the  following  remarks. 

When  several  manufacturers  claim  that 
their  product  is  the  best,  it  is  difficult  to  de- 
cide between  them.  The  only  way  a  customer 
can  satisfy  himself  is  to  have  tried  each  kind, 
or  have  been  properly  informed  as  to  the 
difference. 

The  fact  that  we  are  supplying  a  great 
number  of  the  large  users  of  Pure  Tin  Tubes 
and  are  continually  satisfying  them,  both  in 
regard  to  workmanship  and  cost,  is  convinc- 
ing proof,  we  believe,  that  the  quality  of  our 
products  is  worthy  of  your  consideration. 

Our  plant  is  modem  in  every  particular, 
and  is  today  one  of  the  most  up-to-date  estab- 
lishments of  its  kind.  It  contains  every  mod- 
ern facility  in  the  way  of  equipment,  and 
tools  designed  for  the  manufacturing  of  Pure 
Tin  Tubes. 

We  maintain  a  rigorous  and  exacting  in- 
spection of  our  products,  from  the  raw  ma- 
terial up  to  the  finished  tubes,  and  we  con- 


scientiously believe  that  this,  together  with 
the  perfection  of  methods  of  manufacturing 
to  which  we  have  given  our  careful  consider- 
ation, is  responsible  for  the  high  reputation 
that  our  products  enjoy  in  everj-  market 
today. 

It  is  the  common  experience  of  all  manu- 
facturers that  many  buyers  will  consider  noth- 
ing but  the  matter  of  first  cost,  absolutely 
ignoring  the  question  of  real  worth.  We  wi.sh 
to  warn  our  customers  against  a  too  hasty 
decision  before  making  a  fair  comparison  of 
products  under  consideration.  We  guarantee 
at  all  times  the  lowest  prices  consistent  with 
pure  goods  and  first-class  workmanship. 

We  wi.sh  to  thank  our  customers  for  the 
patronage  that  they  have  so  generously  ex- 
tended to  us  in  the  past,  and  to  assure  them 
that  we  will  do  all  in  our  power  to  continue 
to  be  worthy  of  the  trust  tliat  they  have  re- 
posed in  us.  We  ho]>e.  in  fact,  to  exceed  the 
reputation  which  we  have  already  established 
in  this  particular. 

Yours  faithfully. 

New  England  Collapsible 
Tube  Company 

New  London,  Connecticut,  U.  S.  A. 


77m 

Beautiful  Enlargement 
14  X  77 

for  Window 
and  Cou7iter 

SENT  FREE 


to  all  Seneca  Dealers 


Seneca  Camera  Mfg.  Co. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 


December,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


9 


Handsome  Effects  Always  Obtained  With  Our 
Victor  and  Olympic  Sectional  Outfits 


;  rich  but  not  gaudy.  Best  of  all,  our  method  of  manufac- 
is  an  actual  saving  to  you  of  from  10%  to  20%,  and  enables 


The  designs  are  exclusive 
luring  in  large  quantiiits  iiuni 
us  to  make  immediate  shipnK 

The  Shelving  is  made  in  4-,  6-,  and  8-foot  sections.  The  Prescription  Partitions  are 
combined  units  of  12  inches  to  6  feet  long,  of  various  patterns.  With  a  combination  of 
these  sizes  any  store,  large  or  small,  can  be  equipped  without  loss  of  time,  or  sacrifice  of 
money. 

We  also  manufacture  all  other  kinds  of  drug  outfits,  floor  and  show  cases.    The  settee 
with  wainscoting,  shown  in  illustration,  is  not  carried  in  stock,  but  our  facilities  enable 
us  to  turn  out  work  of  this  kind  quickly  and  reasonably. 
Special  fixtures  can  usually  be  made  up  in  time  to  ship  with 
balance  of  the  order. 

The  Benderscheid  plan  saves  time,  trouble,  money  and 
insures  a  handsome,  attractive  store  at  small  cost. 

Write  your  favorite  drug  jobber  for  Bender- 
scheid Catalog  No.  14.  It  is  an  80-page  book  con- 
taining illustrations,  specifications  and  full  par- 
ticulars. 

Benderscheid  Mfg.  Co. 

The  Only  Ejcctuji-Oe  "Dra^  Fijeittre  and 
Shotou  Caje  Manufaclarerj  in  ihe  U.  S. 

2800-2826  N.  9tb  Street  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


The  Marvel  Whirling  Spray  Syringe 


A  SattjJ-ied  Customer  is  ihe 


"DruggUl's  "Besl  Ad-OeriUemenI 


Gold  Medal  Awarded  —  Paris,  1902 
By    the    Societe   d'Hygiene  of  France 

as  the  latest  and  best  improvement  in  vaginal 
Syringes.  Particular  attention  is  called  to  the 
fact  that  by  reason  of  its  peculiar  construction 
the  Marvel  Syringe  dilates  and  flushes  the 
vagina  with  a  volume  of  whirling  spray,  which 
smooths  out  the  folds  and  permits  the  in- 
jection to  come  into  contact  with  and  cleansing 
the  entire  surface. 

ratty  Trolected  by  TalenU 


you  can  jafety  recommend  it 

Has  no  riTal  on  the  market,  iswelladver* 
tised,  pays  a  good  profit,  quality  guaran* 
teed.  The  MARVEL  is  returnable  for 
exchange  if  found  defective  and  reported 
promptly. 

THE  MARVEL  COMPANY 

Sole  "Proprietors 
44  East  23rd  Street  New  York 

BRANCH  OFFICES: 
Paris,  France        -        -  42  Roe  da  Marche 

London,  England        -       11  Qaeen  Victoria  Street 
Sydney,  N.  S.  W.,  Australia  416-418  George  Street 
A.II  Jobberj  Sell  li 


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[December,  1915 


American  Druggists 
Coffee 

FOR  SALES  AND  PROFITS 

Over  21,000  lbs.  sold  in  a  week  ia  chain  of 
drug  stores  in  Eastern  City.  American  Druggists 
Coffee  is  a  great  trade-builder.  The  people  like 
it  and  come  back  for  more.  It  has  the  flavor, 
it  has  the  aroma;  it  satisfies  lovers  of  good  Coffee. 


DIRECT  TO  YOU  FOR  CASH 

High  Quality  —  No  Middlemen  —  Low  Cost 
Makes  25%  to  30%  Profit 

American  Druggists  Coffee  Costs  You 

24c  a.  pound,  sells  at  30c  to  35c 

SPECIAL  TRIAL  OFFER 

(One  only  to  a  customer) 
On  receipt  of  New  York  draft  or  Money-order  for  $5.76, 
we  will  ship  24  one-pound  canisters.  Price  subject  to 
any  material  change  in  the  green  coffee  market. 

DAVIES  (Si  SULLIVAN  CO. 

Importers  of  Coffee 
82  Front  Street        -         New  York 


FOR  HOT  SODA 

and 

Luncheonette  Depts. 

of  your  fountain  order  a  copy  of  the  new 

Dispenser's  Formulary 

which  supplies  more  information  on  these 
subjects    than    any    other    book  published. 
Price,  $1.50  a  copy  postpaid. 

D.  O.  H  AYNES  <a  CO.,  -Puhiuhers 

No.  3  PARK  PLACE  NEW  YORK 


Every  Customer 

entering  your  store  is  a  possible  purchaser  of 


Customer  for  customer  the  sale  of  PVORRHO- 
CIDE  yields  larger  returns  than  on  the  sale  of 
any  single  Dentifrice. 

They  are  interested  in  PYORRHOCIDE  be- 
cause it  is  prepared  expressly  as  part  of  the 
Dentinol  and  Pyorrhocide  Method  of  treating. 
Pyorrhea.  When  used  like  a  Dentifrice  regu- 
larly every  day,  it  not  only  keeps  the  teeth  white 
and  the  mouth  and  gums  healthy  but  it  prevents 
incipient  Pyorrhea  and  corrects 

SOFT,  BLEEDING,  SPONGY  GUM 
CONDITIONS 

fore-runners  of  Pyorrhea. 

Sold  by  all  Jobbers 

The  Dentinol  &  Pyorrhocide  Co. 

Incorporated 
110-112  West  40th  St.,  NEW  YORK 


NOW  READY! 


The  Era 
Narcotic  List 

This  is  a  list  of  the 
Official  and  Non- Offi- 
cial Drugs,  Chemicals 
and  Preparations  which 
must  be  sold,  prescribed 
and  dispensed  under 
the  restrictions  of  the 
Federal  Narcotic  Law 
—over  1,600  items. 


In  Vest  Pocket  Size,  Price  25c.  a  Copy 


Order  ext 
1  2  copies  < 


opiea  for  your  Physic 
lore  nt  $2.00  a  doz- —  postpaid  on  receipt  of  price. 


•  —  5  copie«  f< 


D.  0.  HAYNES  &  CO.  Publishers  3  Park  Place  NEW  YORK 


December,  1915] 


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Widely  used  in  the 
treatment  of  constipation 


AGAR:    A  Japanese  gelatin,  derived  from  seaweed. 

Absorbs  water,  and  holds  it,  passing  unaltered  (not 
digested)  into  the  intestine. 

Merges  with  the  feces,  increasing  their  bulk,  keeping 
them  uniformly  moist,  and  insuring  normal  evacuations. 

A  superior  product,  free  from  the  unpalatability  of  the 
ordinary  commercial  agar. 

Supplied  in  4-ounce  and  16-ounce  cartons. 

AMERICAN    OIL:    Liquid  Petrolatum, 

Colorless,  of  American  Origin. 

Odorless,  tasteless  and  water- white.  Of  high  viscosity 
and  marked  lubricating  power. 

Has  a  soothing  effect  on  the  mucous  membrane  of  the 
bowel,  protects  inflamed  surfaces  and  restores  natural 
peristalsis. 

Free  from  all  harmful  substances.  Unexcelled  by  any 
other  liquid  petrolatum  on  the  American  market. 

Supplied  in  pint  and  gallon  bottles. 
-♦■       ♦  ♦ 

Agar  (P.  D.  &  Co.)  and  American  Oil  (P.  D.  &  Co.)  are 
the  most  eligible  of  the  mechanical  laxatives.  They  are  receiving 
marked  attention  from  prescribers.  They  are  widely  advertised 
in  the  medical  journals. 

Every  retail  druggist  should  carry  Agar  and  American  Oil. 

Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 


Home  Offices  and  Laboratories, 
Detroit,  Michigan. 


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[December,  1915 


The  Attractive  New 
Advertising  of 

LISTERINE 

is  pulling  splendidly! 

32%  increase  in  sales  for 
the  past  60  days  over  cor- 
responding period  last 
year  proves  that 

"The  Safe  Antiseptic" 

doesn't  stick  on  the  shelves! 

Take  advantage 
of 

the  direct  quantity  discount 
Write 

LAMBERT  PHARMACAL  COMPANY 
Saint  Louis 


WhyYouWashYourEace  /  : 

^  You  don't  wash  your  face  every  morning 
I,  solely  to  keep  it  clean,  but  also  because 
I  it  IS  a  habit,  the  result  of  early  training,  ^  , 
from  which  you  derive  considerable  pleas- 
ure  and  satisfaction.  Now  this  Scmie  pnn- 
:  ciple  is  one  of  the  best  reasons  for  using 

CIRCLE  ®  CORKS 

Not  simply  because  customers  may  notice  the  infen- 
;  onty  of  a  lower  grade,  but  rather  because  it  is  a 

habit  that  conforms  to  your  professional  training. 
'■:  Furthermore,  there  is  a  keen  sense  of  satisfaction 

in  work  well  done  down  to  the  smallest  detail. 


A  sample  package  of  100 
length  Circle  A  C 
2  lo  6  will 


lied,  postpaid, 


Annstrong  CorkCbmpany 

107  Twenty-third  Street 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


LOCAL  VIEW 

posmi^s 


IN  RUNS  OP! 
TWO  TO 


1000°«MOI^t 
SIXCOLOI^S 


Druggists  are  the  logical  distributors  of 
local  view  post  cards.  If  you  liave  never 
handled  local  view  post  cards  or  discon- 
tinued selling  same  on  account  of  not  be- 
ing able  to  buy  satisfactory  quality  and 
quantity,  we  would  advise  you  to  write  to 
us  for  samples  and  prices.  We  are  sup- 
plying SO'^l  of  all  the  local  view  post  cards 
sold  in  this  country,  and  we  will  be  very 
glad  to  give  you  any  information  you  may 
desire.  There  is  money  in  post  cards  for 
you  if  they  are  handled  properly.  We 
make  seven  different  styles,  and  we  are 
sure  to  please  you. 


Gurf^ etc/5  ^Qompant/ 

dTZanufacturers  of<^iew  Post  Cards, 
Elders  A  ^oo/Ss. 


Save  Your  Journals 


]\raiiy  (lnl<rtri.'^ts  save  their  journals  and 
l)ind  thoni,  with  the  index,  at  the  end  of  the 
year.  Such  a  series  of  bound  volumes  of  a 
g-ood  journal  are  most  valuable  for  refer- 
once,  as  they  contain  information  on  many 
topics  not  found  in  text  books. 

The  Era  Binder  holds  copies  of  Weekly 
Drug  Markets,  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  or 

The  Soda  Foiotfaiu.  for  a  full  jnnr. 

PRICE  75c  EACH  POSTPAID 

Order  a  Tiitidcr  with  your  Sukscription. 


D.  O.  HAYNES  &  Co.,  PubHshers 

No.  ^  Park  Place.  New  York 


December,  1915] 


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13 


Business  is  booming! 


Dayton,  Ohio. 

Merchants  everywhere  tell  our  800 
salesmen  that  business  is  booming. 
Farmers  have  had  two  record  crops, 
at  big  prices,  with  big  demand  at 
home  and  abroad. 

Stocks  of  manufactured  material  are 
short,  and  labor  is  in  great  demand. 
Exports  largely  exceed  imports. 
Factories  are  busy,  many  working 
overtime. 

More  freight  cars  are  needed,  and 
steamers  are  taxed  to  capacity. 
People  are  living  better,  and  spend- 
ing their  money  more  freely. 
This  country  has  the  best  money  in 
the  world,  and  more  of  it  than  ever 
before. 

Such  a  combination  of  favorable 
circumstances  never  has  occurred 
before,  and  probably  will  never 
occur  again. 

Billions  of  dollars  are  passing  over 
the  merchants'  counters. 
The  people  who  spend  this  money 
want  the  best  service. 
They  demand  it  in  all  kinds  of  stores, 
from  the  smallest  to  the  largest. 
They  get  it  in  stores  which  use  our 
up-to-date  Cash  Registers,  which 
quicken  service,  stop  mistakes,  sat- 
isfy customers,  and  increase  profits. 
Over   a   million    merchants  have 
proved  our  Cash  Registers  to  be  a 
business  necessity. 

[SigneJl 


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[December,  1915 


Time  is  Short 
Stock-up  Now 

Christmas  will  soon  be  here.  The 
"buy  early"  movement  is  sweep- 
ing the  country.  Be  prepared  for 
a  big  demand  for  these  famous 
sweets — 

Order  from  your  jobber  today, 
if  your  supply  is  running  low. 
You  can't  have  too  many  Lenox 
Chocolates.  Should  your  jobber 
not  carry  Lenox,  write  or  wire  us 
immediately. 

NEW  ENGLAND 
CONFECTIONERY  COMPANY 
Boston,  Mass. 


NEW  SIZE 

Eckman's 
Alterative 

Owing  to  the  many  requests  for  a  smaller  package,  we 
are  now  prepared  to  supply  the  trade  with  a  new  size  to 
retail  at 

ONE  DOLLAR 

We  will  continue  to  manufacture  our  regular  $2.00 
package,  as  beforu.  Mention  of  both  sizes  will  be  made 
in  the  extensive  advertising  campaign  which  we  are  now 
conducting. 

Order  from  your  jobber  to. day 

Small  Size,  $8.00  Doz.    Regular  Size,  $16.00  Doz. 

Attracli-Ve  literalure  on  request 

Eckman  Mfg.  Co. 

Philadelphia.  Pa. 


New  25c  Package 

Goudy's 

Egg  Preserver 

(Improved  Dry  Water  Glass) 

Many  families  want  to  preserve  fifteen 
dozen  eggs,  instead  of  a  full  case.  That 
i.s  why  we  have  introduced  the  25c  package. 

Goudy's  Egg  Preserver  has  been  a  good 
seller  from  the  start.  Sold  through  all 
jobbers. 

Descriptive  Booklets,  Counter  and  Win- 
dow Displays  in  colors.  Price  Lists,  and 
other  sales-helps  free  upon  application. 

United  Specialty  Company 

121  South  Third  Street,    -    -  Philadelphia 


Yj^<;  STICK  l  .ICORIGE 


PUT  UP  IN 

INDIVIDUAL  5c.  BOXES 


AND    A    COMPLETE    LINE  OE 


High  Quality  Licorice  Specialties 

FOR    THE    DRUG  TRADE 

National  Licorice  Company,  ^T^'^^'^ 


Dfcember.  1015] 


TTIK  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


Make  Your  Advertising 
Win  Business  Success. 

The  right  kind  of  advertising  will  increase  the  earning  capacity  of  your 
business.  Make  it  command  attention,  and  MAKE  IT  RETURN  A  GOOD 

PROFIT.  Yon  can  get  some  mighty  interesting  information  by  mailing  the  coupon  below. 

VAX  OSTRAXD-CURREX  CO:\rPANY'S  DRUG  STORE  ADVERTISIXG  SERVICE  has 
been  developed  to  the  highest  point  of  efficiency,  and  represents  the  most  progressive  basis 
on  which  advertising  may  be  used  with  the  greatest  effect.  "We  realized  in  the  beginning  how 
disheartening  it  is  for  a  druggist  to  use  advertising  in  various  forms,  and  then  have  barely 
the  first  cost  returned  as  a  reward  for  his  efforts.  The  development  of  our  SERVICE  has 
eliminated  the  possibility  of  loss  through  advertising  expenditures,  and  each  of  the  hundreds 
of  letters  received  from  satisfied  SERVICE  users  tells  a  story  of  success,  which  proves  eon- 
clusivelj"  that  our  patrons  are  getting  more  business  and  are  realizing  better  profits  than  they 
ever  did  before  they  had  our  co-operation. 

This  Business- Building  Service  covers  every  form  of  publicity,  including ;  newspaper  advertis- 
ing, circulars,  window  cards,  blotters,  mail-order  advertising,  booklets,  folders,  mailing  cards, 
letters,  counter-slips;  the  pushing  of  your  own  preparations,  making  the  telephone  return  a 
[irofit,  merchandising  methods,  cost  accounting,  window  displays  and  showcards  finished  in 
two  colors. 

More  than  50  separate  and  distinct  pieces  of  advertising  copy  together  with  finely  finished 
showcards  are  furnished  each  month,  and  the  cost  of  it  all  is  less  than  2%  of  what  it  would 
cost  you  to  get  it  out  yourself. 

This  SERVICE  is  given  to  but  one  druggist  in  a  place,  and  we  would  like  to  send  you,  with- 
nut  any  obligation  on  your  part,  full  details  of  our  advertising  and  business  methods,  together 
with  terms  and  other  information. 

Remember,  there's  no  obligation,  but  be  sure  to  clip  the  coupon  while  the 
matter  is  before  you  so  that  some  other  druggist  in  your  locality  will  not  get  in 
first  as  we  positively  will  not  accept 
more  than  one. 

Van  Ostrand-Curren  Company 

ADVERTISING 

Kalamazoo,    Michigan,     U.  S.  A. 


Clip  the  Coupon  ^mmm^ 


If   Convenient,   attach   coupon   to  letterhead. 

COUPON  E  12 

VAN    OSTRAND-CURREN  CO. 
KALAMAZOO    MICHIGAN  U.S.A. 

T  am  interested  in  advertising,  and  would  like  to  have 
more  information  in  regard  to  your  "Service,"  together 
with  terms. 

Name   

St.   &  No  

City  State  

T  have  been  using  the  following  forms  of  advertis- 
ing   


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[December,  1915 


T)oe>s  ^otir  Trade 
ti^e  Salens  'Boards:? 


CHICAGO, 


Invites  correspondence  from  salesmen  who  are  mak- 
ing their  trade  regularly. 

The  most  remunerative  side  line — no  samples — no 
collections — commission  paid  as  soon  as  order  is 
shipped. 

We  want  only  first-class  men.  Enquiries  to  receive 
attention  MUST  STATE  LINE  CARRIED  AND 
HOW  LONG;  class  of  trade  called  on:  territory 
and  how  often  covered. 


The  K.  ^  S.  SALES  CO. 

154-156  Whiting  St.,      Chicago.  111. 


SeU  Your  Old  Perfume 

at 

Trofil  of  500  Ter  cent 

Distributor  yields  250  sprays  to  the  ounce 
at  one  cent  a  spray.     You  get  $2.50 
for  each  ounce  vended 

Machine  Pays  for  Itself  Out  of  First  Sales 


Get  rid  of  your 
slotuf-^elling 
brands  of 
perfume 

The  amount  of  perfume 
held  by  the  machine  (16 
oz.)  will  sell  for  S40.  This 
is  more  than  twice  the 
cost  of  the  machine.  It 
sells  perfume  faster  than 
you  could  over  the  counter. 
Prevents  pennies  in  change 
getting  away  from  you. 


—    Write  for  information  — 

Mills  JSo-Velty  Co. 

237  South  Green  Street 
Chicago        -        -        -        -  III. 


American 

Manufacturers  of  High  Grade  Petrolatums  and 
Petrolax  for  an  Internal  Lubricant 


*'f.  o.  b.;our  works" 

PRICE  LIST 


Snow 
Snow 
Snow 
Lily 
Lily 
Lily 


White  Petrolatuii 
White  Petrolatun 
White  Petrolatun 
White  Petrolatun 
V  White  Petrolatun 
White  Petrolatum 
White  Petrolatum, 
White  Petrolatum, 
While  l'<tiMlaluni, 
W  liilr  IMi.ilaluni, 


.  8.'4c  per  lb.  in  bbls 
.lUiic  per  lb. 
.lU-}4c  per  lb. 


MEDICINAL 


..Wc  per  gal.  ii 
,Wlc  per  gal. 

T'lc  per  gal. 
::>c  per  gal. 

i,.r  6.50  3.25 

clays. 


AMBER  OIL  &  REALTY  CO. 

WARREN,  PA. 


Save  Your  Journals 


'Many  druggists  save  their  journals  and 
bind  thoin.  with  the  index,  at  the  end  of  the 
year.  Sueli  a  series  of  bound  volumes  of  a 
good  journal  are  most  valuable  for  refer- 
ence, as  they  contain  information  on  many 
topics  not  found  in  text  books. 

Tlic  Era  Binder  holds  copies  of  Weekhj 
/)ru(j  Marlcfs,  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  or 
The  Soda  FoiDitain.  for  a  full  ijear. 

PRICE  75c  EACH  POSTPAID 

Order  a  Binder  witli  your  Sub.scriiition. 


D.  O.  HAYNES  &  CO.,  Publishers 

No.  3  Park  Place,  New  York 


December.  1915] 


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MANY  diruiiggiiihi  ar®  makSmig  a  suneeess 
gelliimg  plk©im©girsiplki;  mimdl  aim  ever  =  nmie]r@a§° 
img  mumhew  ar®  makaimg  a  mccmm  i®IMinig 
S®im@ra  PUnoimogirapIniSo 


To  the  right  man  the  agency  for  Sonora  Phono- 
graphs will  prove  most  profitable.  Write  for 
our  special  proposition  to-day.  Wc  have  much 
good  territory  still  open  and  it  is  possible  that 
we  are  not  represented  in  your  city. 

Retail  prices  of  our  instruments  are: 
$35,  S50,  $75,  SlOO,  $135,  $150,  $225 
and  S300 

In  certain  important  particulars  the  Sonora 
excels  all  other  phonographs — here  are  a  few: 

The  Sonora  was  given  the  "Highest  Award" 
for  its  exquisite  mellow  tone  at  the  Panama- 
Pacific  Exposition,  and  was  the  only  phonograph 
to  receive  an  award  for  this  feature.  J 


The  long-running  silent  motor  runs  nearly 
twice  as  long  as  others  at  the  same  price. 

The  marvelous  construction  of  the  Sound  Box : 
it  is  as  exquisite  as  violin  manufacture. 

The  beautiful  flowing  lines  of  the  Sonora  Cab- 
inets are  a  delight  to  the  eye. 

The  Sonora  Multi-Playing  Jewel  Needle  is 
practically  noiseless  and  saves  the  constant  an- 
noyance of  changing  needles. 

The  Sonora  plays  all  makes  of  disc  records 
perfectly. 

These  and  many  other  features  combine  to 
produce  an  unrivalled  instrument. 


"Write  us  telling  something  of  your  surroundings  and  qualifications  for  handling 
the  Sonora  line,  and  your  letter  will   have  our  prompt  and  careful  attention. 


Sonora  Phonograph  Corporation 

(iEOROE  E.  BRIGIITSOX,  President 
Maker.s  of  .Sonora  PhonoRraplis  and  Sonora  Miilti- Playing  Jewel  Needles 
Main  Offices  and  Sales  Rooms.  57  Rcade  Street,   New  York. 
Fifth  Avenue  Salons  at  53rd  Street  Standard  Arcade,  50  Broadway  One  Block  South  of  Wall  St.  Subway 


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[December,  1915 


ZIP! 


— and  You  Have  a  Dandy  Picture,   Day  or  Night — 

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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[December,  1915 


The  New  and  Enlarged  Edition  of 

The  Era  Formulary 


This  edition  of  the  Era  For- 
mulary is  essentially  a  new  book. 
Of  the  nearly  8000  formulas  pre- 
sented, more  than  5000  are  new, 
while  those  retained  have  been 
entirely  recast  and  better  adapted 
for  the  purpose  designed.  The 
scope  of  the  book  has  been 
greatly  extended,  the  formulas 
selected  being  based  on  a  most 
careful  study  of  the  needs  of  the 
manufacturer,  pharmacist,  physi- 
cian, agriculturist,  horticulturist, 
stock-raiser,  veterinarian ;  in  short, 
on  the  requirements  of  most  of 
the  industrial  arts  and  handi- 
crafts, and  the  utilitarian  neces- 
sities of  man. 

The  arrangement  of  the  for- 
mulas is  designed  to  facilitate  the 
greater  usefulness  of  the  book. 
A  reference  to  the  Table  of  Con- 
tents will  convince  anyone  of  the 
great  number  and  variety  of  for- 
mulas offered  for  all  kinds  of 


f 


FORMULARY 

New  And  Enlarged  Edition 

6000  Formulas 

ForManufacturers.Drugoists.Physicians. 

VETERINAOTSURGEONSjlOSPnALS  fo"S  HOUSEHOLD  UsE. 


specialties,  novelties  and  prepara- 
tions of  standard  worth.  Xo 
manufacturer,  pharmacist,  veteri- 
narian, soda-fountain  operator, 
farmer,  hospital  steward,  or  arti- 
san in  any  handicraft  can  afford 
to  be  without  a  copy  of  this 
new  book.  It  is  beyond  all  ques- 
tion the  BEST  FORMULARY 
ever  compiled  for  the  use  of  the 
classes  of  individuals  named. 

This  new  edition  was  revised 
and  compiled  by  William  C. 
Alpers,  Sc.D.,  member  of  the 
present  Committee  of  Revision 
of  the  U.S.  Pharmacopoeia,  and 
Ezra  J.  Kennedy,  Ph.C,  Editor  of 
The  Pharmaceutical  Er.\,  both 
of  whom  are  preeminently  fitted 
for  the  task  by  reason  of  their 
scientific  attainments,  long  prac- 
tical experience  in  the  drug  busi- 
ness, and  their  intimate  knowl- 
edge of  pharmacists'  and  manu- 
facturers' needs  for  new  formulas 
and  processes. 


Note  This  Table  of  Contents 


Pharmaceutical  Preparations— 1200  For- 
mulas. 

Elixirs,  Syrups,  Wines   1-329 

Tinctures,  Pills,  Solutions   330-621 

Ointments,  Suppositories   622-723 

Plasters,  Emulsions,  Extracts..  724-867 
Powders,  Mixtures,  Liniments.  868-1010 

Gauzes,  Cottons,  Collodions  1011-1036 

Digestive    Ferments  1037-1058 

Lozenges,  Sprays,  Crayons  1059-1153 

Miscellaneous  Ph.  Formulas. ..  .1154-1201 

Toilet  Preparations— 1300  Formulas. 

Tooth  Powders,  Pastes,  Soaps.  .1202-1385 

-    Liquid  Dentifrices,  etc  1386-1467 

Perfumery,   Colognes  1468-1581 

Synthetic  Perfumes,  Waters. .  .1582-1669 
Vinegars,  Powders,  Enamels. .  .1670-1807 
Grease  Paints,  Sachet  Powders.  1808-1891 

Manicure  Specialties  1892-1919 

Lip  Salves,  Cold  Creams  1920-2004 

Massage  Creams,  Jellies  2005-2054 

Cosmetic  Creams,  Lotions  2055-2114 

Hair  Preparations,  etc  2115-2441 

Comedones,  Sunburn,  Cachous.  .2442-2517 
Preparations  for  the  Feet  2518-2532 


Veterinary  Remedies— 700  Formulas. 

Horses— Tonics,  Liniments,  etc. 2533-3002 
Cattle-Remedies,  Condiments. .3003-3085 

Hogs-Cholera,  Worms,  etc  3086-3102 

Sheep— Hoof-ail,   Sheep  Dips. .  .3103-3132 

Dogs  and  Cats— Remedies  3133-3200 

Poultry  and  Cage  Birds  3201-3243 

Family  Medicines— 1100  Formulas. 

Cough  Remedies  3244-3317 

Liniments,  Bitters,  Tonics  3318-3470 

Blood,  Catarrh,  Salves,  etc  3471-3601 

Corns,  Eye  Lotions,  Gout  3602-3750 

Vermifuges,  Diarrhoea  3751-381S 

Lozenges,  Laxatives,  Piles  3816-3911 

Dyspepsia,  Chilblains  3912-3990 

Warts,  Boils,  Alcoholism  3991-4065 

Headache,  Neuralgia,  etc  4066-4175 

Febrifuges,  Cholera,  etc  4176-4273 

Plasters,  Powders,  Miscell  4274-4336 

Household  and  Domestic  Formulas— 1100 
Formulas. 

Cleaning  Preparations  4337^467 

Bluings,  Inks,  Stains,  Soaps. .  .4468-4866 

Insecticides,    Disinfectants  48()7-S112 

Incense,  Fumigants,  Dyes  5113-5323 


Industrial  Formulas  and  Processes— 750 
Formulas. 

Cements,  Glues,  Polishes  5324-5710 

Show  Globe  Colors  5711-5769 

Photography,  Pyrotechnics  5770-5863 

Leather,  Fire  Extinguishers. ..  .5864-6081 

Paints,  Varnishes,  Stains— 500  Formulas. 

Paints,  Slatings,  Lacquers  6082-6220 

Stains  for  Wood,  Varnishes. ..  .6221-6500 
Furniture  and  Floor  Polish. ..  .6501-6S07 

Beverages,  Food  Products— 675  Formulas. 

Soda  Svrups,  Flav.  Extracts. .  .6608-6981 
Mineral  Waters.  Xon-Alcoholic 

Drinks   69S2-7078 

Baking  Powders.  Relishes  "079-7177 

Confectionery,   Vinegars  7178-7239 

Foods,  Bouillon  Cubes,  etc  7240-7280 

Miscellaneous— 300  Formulas. 

Inks.   Cr.ivMiis.   etc  7281-7423 

Horticultural  Preparations  -22+-7450 

Alloys.  Freezing  Mixtures  7451-7486 

Blackings,  Tobacco  Flavors. ..  .7481-7584 


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No.  3  Park  Place  ....  New  York 


December.  1915j 


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A  Big  Winner  Last  Year 

^Repealed /or  you  "DruggisU  buho  did  not  faKjs  ad-Vantage  of  thU  la^t year 


Mallo  Bitter-Sweet  Chocolate  Sundae 
and  Mallo  Scotch  Sundae  Topping 

ve  hocome  famous  as  Hot  Specials  for  Cold  Weather. 

Due  to  their  sheer  merit  and  deliciousness  the  demand  for  them  has  beconi 
ormous. 

Progressive  soda  fountain  men  are  showing  on  their  menus — 

Hot  Bitter-Sweet  Chocolate  Sundaes — Hot  Chocolate 

and  many  other  hot  specials — made  with  White-Stokes  Mallo  Bitter-Sweet  Chocolate  Sundae 
Topping.    With  Mallo  Scotch  Sundae  they  are  making  and  serving 

HOT  SCOTCH  BUTTERSCOTCH  SUNDAES 

iir  serving  a  ladle  of  Hot  ]Mallo  Scotch  over  ice  cream.    There  are  many  other  ways  to  serve  it. 

White-Stokes  Mallo  Topping  in  the  'Bi%  'Blue  Can 

■ — for  topping  sundaes,  sodas,  malted  milk,  egg  drinks,  hot  chocolate  and  other  hot  beverages. 

It's  great,  too,  as  a  topping  for  use  with  Mallo  Scotch  Sundae  and  Mallo  Bitter- 
Sweet  Chocolate  Sundae. 

The  big  thing  is  that  these  recipes  and  many  others  must  be  served  piping  hot. 
So  we  have  gone  to  great  trouble  and  expense  to  have  specially  manufactured  for  us 
a  heater — 

THE  WHITE-STOKES  WARMER 

It  is  a  handsome  electric  heater— made  of  steel  heavily  nickeled. 

Diameter  8  inches— Height  6  inches 
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compartment  holds  about  a  quart  and  a  half.    Or  can  be  supplied  not  divided  if  desired. 
^   a  controllable  switch  which  enables  you  to  cut  down 
like  a  gas  stove, 
quickly  and 


syrups 


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offer: 

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2  gallons        "        "  "  Scotch 

1  gallon        "       "  "  Topping 

and  one  White-Stokes  Warmer,  all  for  $17.00 
(Shipping  charges  prepaid  east  of  Missouri  River) 
The  heater  alone  would  cost  $12.50  if  it  were  sold  at  retail, 
and  the  total  cost  of  all  is  $22.00— to  you  $17.00— so  you  see  we  givi 
you  $5.00— Do  you  want  it? 

We  have  only  a  limited  number,  so  send  the  order  for  yours 
today. 

The  usual  broad  White-Stokes  Guarantee— absolute  satisfaction 
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Use  the  Convenient  Coupon 

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New  York:  Jas.  A.  Greaves,  Agent 

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(COUPON) 

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Please  send  me  your  combination  offer  as 
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1  "  5  gr.  Pink  Top 

Capsnles  1.25 


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Celebrated  physicians  all  over  the  world  are  now  recommending  "J.  B.  L.  CASCADE,"  AN  INTERNAL 
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EverGood 


Menthol 
Inhaler 


Will  keep  indefinitely  as  good  as  new 
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Dealers  and  Consumers  all  appreciate  an 
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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 
Which  Breed  ? 

Buying  and  Selling  Dogs 
Kennels  and  Kennehng 
Foods  and  Feeding 

Exercise  and  Grooming 
Dog  Shows 

Show  Preparation 
The  Amateur  Veterinarian 
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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


'^DFJfEMBER.  1015 


Influenza  Serobacterin  M^ixed 

Mulford 

For  Immunization  Against  and  Treatment  of 
Influenza  and  Common  Colds 

A  combination  of  sensitized  killed  bacteria  prepared  from  cultures  obtained 
from  a  large  number  of  patients  suffering  with  acute  infections  of  the  respiratory 
mucous  membranes. 

Influenza  Serobacterin  Mixed  is  employed  in  catarrhal  conditions  of  the 
respiratory  tract,  for  treatment  and  prevention.  It  may  be  used  either  before 
a  cold  is  fully  developed  to  abort  it,  during  the  height  of  a  cold  to  hasten 
recovery,  or  between  attacks  for  prevention. 


liiilil;.  nxedMiilfoni 


The  usual  method  of  administering  Serobacterins  is  to  employ  the  4-syringe 
package,  beginning  with  one-fifth  to  the  entire  contents  of  Syringe  A  and  fol- 
lowing with  other  syringes  at  two  to  five-day  intervals,  according  to  indications. 

Syringes  contain  killed  sensitized  bacteria  as  follows: 


Syringe 

A 

Syringe 

B 

Syringe 
C 

Syringe 
D 

.  125 

250 

500 

1000  million 

Staphylococcus  albus  and  aureus 

.  250 

500 

1000 

2000  million 

125 

250 

500 

1000  million 

125 

250 

500 

1000  million 

125 

250 

500 

10(X)  million 

Literature  describing  method  of  treatment  and  dosage  sent  on  request. 


H.  K.  MULFORD  COMPANY 

>liiiiii{a<-tiiriu)i  and  Itiolofji'^nl  ClioiniNtH 

HOMK  OFFICE  AND  LABOKATOKIES,  PHILADELPHIA,  l\  S.  A. 


December.  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


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New  10c  Trial  Size  Box  « 
FREE  to  Dealers 

Just  UKe  finding  money! 

'.i  doz.  10c.  Size  FREE  with  every  1  doz.  of  25c.  Size  at  $2.00  per  doz. 

doz.  10c.  Size  FREE  with  every  2  doz.  of  25c.  Size  at  $2.00  per  doz. 

doz.  10c.  Size  FREE  with  every  3  doz.  of  25c.  Size  at  $2.00  per  doz. 

1  doz.  10c.  Size  FREE  with  every  6  doz.  of  25c.  Size  at  $2.00  per  doz. 

This  new  lOe  Trial  Size  Box  allows  your  customer.s  to  know  the  value  of  Brown's 
Bronchial  Troches  for  a  dime — and  every  dime  they  hand  you  is  clear  profit  for 
you.  Then  atrain.  the  sale  of  these  10c  boxes  is  sure  to  bring  an  immediate  and 
increased  demand  for  the  regular  25c,  50c  and  $1  sizes.  This  is  the  real  purpose 
Ix-liind  this  plan. 

The  seiison  for  coughs,  hoarseness  and  other  throat  trouble  is  at  hand — The  old 
and  standard  remedy  for  these  eonuuon  ailments  is 

BROWN'S 

Bronchial  Troches 

Introduced  to  the  public  nearly  seventy  years  ago,  and  just  as  superior  to-day,  as 
then — You  know  how  good  they  are.  You  can  safely  recommend  them  to  your 
customers  for  they  contain  nothing  harmful — so  harmless,  they  may  be  used  as 
freely  as  desired,  without  ill  effects.  Push  the  sale  of  Brown's  Bronchial  Troches 
now,  while  you  can  get  the  free  10c  goods  and  make  an  extra  profit. 

Order  promptly,  for  this  FREE  goods 


\vyrucr  pruiijpLiy,  lor  tnis  ri\E.r.  gooas 
Offer  Expires  Feb.  1916 
We  will  ship  all  the  free  goods  direct,  and  forward  orders  for  the  regular  sizes 
to  your  jobber,  to  be  filled  in  the  usual  way. 


We  Guarantee  the  Sale 
of  these  FUEE 
Goods 


:es  ■ 


Address  all 

orders  for  FREE  goods  to 
JOHN  I.  BROWN  &  SON,  Boston,  Mass. 

BROWN'S  BRONCHIAL  TROCHES  will  be  widely  advertised  this  winter 
— in  the  leading  magazines,  in  the  daily  and  weekly  newspapers. 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[December,  1915 


)YAL  Purple 


heads  the  list  of  special  *'True  F 
unusual  selling  campaign  for  191( 

WE  KNOW  that  the  quality  of  Royal  Pi 
other  manufacturer. 

WE  KNOW  that  we  have  the  most  perft 

WE  KNOW  that  the  grade  of  Concord  g 
richness  and  delicacy  of  flavor, 

WE  KNOW  that  our  scientific  process  ol 
juice  makes  Royal  Purple  distinctive  in  cc 

WE  KNOW  vi^hat  dealers  who  have  used 
of  hundreds  of  such  customers  that  they  \ 

We  cannot  question  the  future  of  such  a  p 
become  just  as  well  and  favorably  known, 
Syrups  and  Crushed  Fruits  are  to-day. 

Our  Grape  Juice  advertising  oflFer  for  1916 
possesses  unusual  advertising  value  for  yc 
1916  grape  juice  price  list  is  a  reproductior 
trim.    If  you  have  not  received  your  cop> 

Just  as  soon  as  you  stock  Roj^al  Purple  Grs 
steadily  increasing  grape  juice  business. 


ROYALPURPLE 


Juice 


J  .  HUNGE^RF^O 


December.  19151 


THE  PHARIMACEUTICAL  ERA 


iRAPL  Juice 


!*  items  on  which  we  are  planning  an 

3rape  Juice  has  never  been  equalled  by  any 

quipped  grape  juice  plant  in  the  world. 

used  in  Royal  Purple. cannot  be  surpassed  for 


ing  the  grapes  and  handling  and  bottling  the 
id  flavor. 

.1  Purple  think  of  it.  We  have  the  assurance 
indle  Royal  Purple  exclusively. 

t.  Royal  Purple  Grape  Juice  v^^ill  eventually 
just  as  generally  in  demand  as  "True  Fruit" 

perfect  keeping  with  Royal  Purple  quality,  and 
)untain.  The  handsome  cover  design  on  our 
le  central  feature  of  the  Royal  Purple  window 
us  know  and  it  will  be  mailed  at  once. 

uice,  you  lay  the  foundation  for  a  lasting  and 
not  start  1916  right? 


D   Smith  Compa^ny 

i'ELR.  NEZ.A^  YORK- 


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[December,  1915 


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Don't  think  for  a  minute 
"AFRI-KOLA"  isn't  in  it, 
when  the  weather  gets  cold  and  drear;  for  no 
matter  how  icy  the  atmosphere  gets,  "A-K" 
gives  the  same  zest  and  cheer.    Hang  the 
'A-K"  sign  right  out  in  sight,  and  tell  your  trade 
it's  a  "DRINK  OF  DELIGHT"  and  when  once  it 
hits  their  thirsty  spot,  they'll  forever  say  "nix" 
to  anything  hot. 

MORAL 

Sign  the  coupon  right  now  and  mail  to  the  AFRI-KOLA  CO.,  Atlanta,  Ga.  and  get 
by  return  post  paid  parcel  post  a  full,  quart-make  sample  of  this  delicious  joy  bever- 
age in  extract  form;  make  it  up  at  once  as  we  direct,  and  you  will  have  no  hesitation 
whatsoever  in  ordering  a  FIVE  GALLON  KEG.  It  is  the  most  intensely  genuine  of 
all  Cola  products,  and  you  can  make  your  own  Cola  sirup  with  this  highly  concentrated 
compound  extract  for  65cts  a  gallon  -  ■  -  - 


WE   PAY  THE  FREIGHT. 


AFRI-KOLA  CO. 


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Atlanta 
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COUPON 

FREE  QUART-MAKE  SAMPLE 
AFRI-KOLA  EXT. 


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THE  PIIAR^IACEUTICAL  ERA 


25 


Each  year  the  Christmas  nish  for  EVEREADY  Flashlights  has  brought  big 
money  to  the  wide-awake  dealers  who  handle  the  line — but  this  year  all  records 
will  be  left  far  behind.  The  splendid  showing  ni;id(>  in  previous  holiday  seasons 
■was  accomplished  entirely  withi  iit  the  support  of  national  advertising,  but  this 
Christmas,  big.  pulling  ads  .iii  appearing  in  the  Saturday  Evening  Post  and 
42  other  impoi"taut  publications,  telling-  people  of 

FLASHLIGHTS 


The  great  advertising  cam 
ing  in  power  riglit  alnnn  ^ 
buyers  will  be  brought  i 
handsome,  useful  and  dift't 


[laign  whieh  has  been  running  all  the  year  and  gain- 
rill  iiow  havr>  its  biggest  effect  and  thousands  of  new 
It  I  retail  stores  for  these  ideal  Christmas  gifts  so 
rent  from  the  ordinary  run  of  presents. 


You  can  ca.sh  in  on  this  liooming  market  if  vou  let  people  know  you  carry 
EVEREADY 's.  The  great  EVEREADY  Sales  Drive  in  October  proved  what 
a  wonderful  busines.s-pnller  an  P^VEREADY  Window  is.  If  you  were  in  on 
the  drive  you  know  how  true  this  is — for  from  the  20,000  retailers  who  made 
displays  has  come  a  stream  of  reports  about  increased  business — many  telling 
of  stocks  entirely  sold  out  and  some  of  stocks  disposed  of  two  or  three  times  over- 

3o  get  an  EVEREADY  Display  in  your  window  now.  Or  if  you  aren't  hand- 
ling EVEREADY 'S.  mail  us  the  coupon  for  full  information  about  our  intro- 
ductory order  proposition. 


AMERICAN  EVER  READY  WORKS 

OF  X.VTIOXAL  CARBON  COMP.\NY 
LONG  ISLAND  CITY  NEW  YORK 

Branches:    .Atlanta,    Chicago,    San  Francisco 
Canadian  Factory:  Canadian  Ever  Ready  Works  of 
Canadian   Xatiunal    Carbon   Co.,    Limited,  Toronto 


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[December,  1915 


Index  to  Advertisers 

(SEE  INDEX  TO  GOODS  ON  PAGES  27,  28,  29  AND  30) 


Abbey   &   Imbrie  Cover  2 

Afri  Kola  Co   D 

Allen  &  Co.,  J.  W   4 

Amber  Oil  &  Realty  Co  16 

American   Can    Co  Cover  4 

American  Ever- Ready  Wks...2S 
Anglo-American   Drug  Co.. 38-45 

Armstrong  Cork  Co  12 

Automatic  Pencil  Sharp  Co.  .41 

Bakst  Bros  44 

Bauer  Chem.  Co  42 

Benderscheid  Mfg.  Co   9 

Berlin  Lab'y,  Ltd  18 

Bierstedt  Suppository  Co  44 

Bishop-Babcock-Becker  Co  47 

Breitenbach  Co.,  M.  J  45 

Brenard  Mfg.  Co  19 

Bristol-Myers   Co  39 

Brown  &  Son,  John  I  A 

Butler,  L.  C  Cover  4-46 

Catttanooga  Med.  Co  Cover  2 

Cincinnati   College  of  Phcy..44 

Conklin  Pen   Mfg.   Co   1 

Cooper  Lumber  Co  47 

Crane,  Jas.  C  Cover  2 

Davies  &  Sullivan  Co  10 

Dentinol  &  Pyorrhocide  Co. 10-46 
De  Pree  Chemical  Co.,  The..  5 

Duane  Labs   39 

Eberly  &  Eberly   44 

Eckman   Mfg.   Co  14-45 

Era    Course    in    Pharmacy  6 

Etna  Chem.  Co  22 


Ex-Lax  Mfg.  Co  32 

Fairchild  Bros.  &  Foster  Cover  1 

Forhan  Co  22 

Fountain  Specialty  Co  47 

French  Lick  Spgs  Hotel  Co.  .32 
Gilpin,  Langdon  &  Co.. Cover  1 

Good,  James   45 

Grapefruit   Products  Co  47 

Grasberger  &  Co.,  B.A  47 

Gray  &  Co.,  M.  M  44 

Gray  &  Co.,  W.  F  44 

Greenbrier  Hotel   37 

Hanford  Mfg.  Co.,  G.  C. Cover  4 

Harris  &  Berntz  Co  18 

Hearn  &  Son,  Jas  22 

Helmet  Chew'g  Gum  Co. Cover  1 

Higgins  &  Co.,  Chas.  M  46 

Hinds,  A.  S  36 

Hobo  Medicine  Mfg.  Co  45 

Hoffmann  Co.,  Geo.  Wm.  Cover  1 
Humphrey's  Homeo.  Med.  Co. 22 
Imperial  Brass  Mfg.  Co....  18-46 

Ingram  Co.,  F.  F  18 

K.  &  S.  Sales  Co  16 

Kamlah,  Wm  45 

Keasbey  &  Mattison  Co.... 23-44 

Lambert  Pharmacal  Co  12 

Lilly  &  Co.,  Eli  Cover  1 

Local  View  Co  46 

Lyons  &  Co.,  M.  R  45 

McVey,  Jno.  Jos  44 

Mad-Ox  Drug  Co  44 

Mallinckrodt  Chem.  Wks  33 


Maplewood  Mills   Cover  1 

Marvel    Co  9 

Merchants  Service  Co  31 

Merck  &  Co  Cover  1 

Mills  Novelty  Co  16 

Miniature  Corkscrew  Co  47 

Mulford  Co.,  H.  K  24 

Munro  Co.,  N.  L  46 

National   Cash   Register  Co.. .13 

National   Licorice  Co  14 

Needham'S  Sons,  D  45 

Nelson  Co.,  L.  H  46 

New   Eng.   Collap  Tube  Co..  8 

New   England  Confec.  Co  14 

Newskin  Co  Cover  1 

N.  Y.  Quin.  &  Ch.  Wks.  Cover  4 

Norwich  Pharmacal  Co  32 

Opitz,   John   39 

Pacific  Coast  Borax  Co  44 

Parke,  Davis  &  Co  11 

Peerless  Moistener  Co  39 

Pfaudler  Co.,  The  28 

Pinex   Co  42 

Planten  &  Son,  H  44 

Reed  Glass  Co.,  F.  E  47 

Repetti   47 

Sayford  Paper  Spec.  Co.. Cover  1 
Seneca  Camera  Mfg.  Co. 

Cover  3  and  8 

Sharp  &  Dohme   40 

Smith  Co.,  J.  H  B  &  C 

Smith  Co.,  Martin  H   7 

Sonora  Phonograph  Corp   7 


Spiltoir,  F.  E  46 

Standard  Oil  Co  2 

Stearns  &  Co.,  Fredk  4 

Swanson  Rheu.  Cure  Co.Cover  1 

Talbot,  John   31 

Teich   &   Co.,   Curt  12-46 

Torsion  Balance  Co  Cover  2 

Tyrrell,  Chas.  A  22 

Umpleby,  J.   T  45 

United  Medical  Co  45 

United   Specialty   Co  14 

U.  S.  Metal  Cap  &  Seal  Co.. 35 
U.  S.  Playing  Card  Co.... 23-46 

Upjohn  Co  Cover  1 

Van  Ostrand-Curren  Co  15 

The  Vortex  Mfg.  Co  34-47 

Walrus  Mfg.   Co   3 

Wampole  &  Co.,  H.  K  27 

Ware  Co.,  Walter  F  22 

Webb  &  Son,  Jas.  A.... Cover  1 

Weeks  &  Co.,  D  38 

Wells  &  Richardson  Co  26 

Western  Press  Clipping  Ex.  .31 

Wheaton  Co.,  T.  C  46 

Whitall   Tatum   Co   4 

White-Stokes  Co  21 

Wildroot   Chemical   Co  45 

Wilmarth  Show  Case  Co  29 

Wirz,  A.  H  Cover  2 

Wisconsin   Electric   Co  30 

Woodstock   Typewriter   Co  39 

Wright's  Ind.  Veg.  Pill  Co.. 45 
Zeno   Novelty   Co  19 


^^Good  Wiir^  is  a  Big  Business  Asset 

Satisfied  customers  make  valuable  ''good  will." 
Diamond  Dyes  always  satisfy  those  who  buy  them. 

Diamond  l>yes 

You  should  sell  Diamond  Dyes  when- 
ever you  can.   They  create  ''good  will." 

WELLS  &  RICHARDSON  COMPANY 

BURLINGTON,  VERMONT.  AND 
200  MOUNTAIN  STREET,  MONTREAL,  CANADA 


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27 


Index  of  Goods  Advertised  in  This  Issue 

FOB  PAGE  NTJMBERS  CONSULT  INDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS  ON  PAGE  26 


Abbey  &  Imbrle  Fishing  Tackle 

Abbey  &  Imbrie 
Absorbent  Cotton 

Maplewood  Mills 
Adhesive  Plaster 

Eberly   &  Eberly 
Advertising  Service 

Van  Ostrand-Curren  Co. 
Afrl-Kola 

Afri-Kola  Co. 
Agar 

Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 
Agencies  Wanted 

Mad-0.x  Drug  Co. 
Alcohol 

Jas.  A.  Webb  &  Son 
Amber  Bottles 

F.  E.  Reed  Glass  Co. 


American  Oil 

Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 
American  Paper  Bottle  Caps 

Sayford  Paper  Spec.  Co. 
Assayed  Drugs 

Gilpin,  Langdon  &  Co. 
Automatic  Perfume  Distributor 

Mills  Novelty  Co. 
Balances  and  Scales 

Torsion  Balance  Co. 
"Bicycle"  Playing  Cards 

U.  S.  Playing  Card  Co. 
Bierttedt  Deplet'g  Suppositorie 

Bierstedt  Suppository  Co. 
Biological  Chemists 

H.  K.  Mulford  Co. 
Black  Capsules 

H.  Planten  &  Son 
Bladder  Remedy 

Hobo  Medicine  Mfg.  Co. 


Books 

M.  M.  Gray  &  Co. 

Jno.  Jos.  McVey 
Borax 

Pacific  Coast  Borax  Co. 
Bottle  Blowers 

T.  C.  Wheaton  Co. 
Bottle  Caps  (Paper) 

Sayford  Paper  Spec.  Co. 
Bottle  Stoppers 

A.  H.  Wirz 
Brown's  Bronchial  Troches 

John  I.  Brown  &  Son 
Business  Producing  Plan 

Brenard  Mfg.  Co. 
Butler  "Protecto"  Case 

L.  C.  Butler 
Buttermilk  Talcum 

F.  E.  Spiltoir 
C.  &  C.  Capsules 

H.  Planten  &  Son 
Cameras 

Seneca  Camera  Mfg.  Co. 
Candy  Cases 

Walrus  Mfg.  Co. 
Cans 

American  Can  Co. 


Capsule  Specialists 

H.  Planten  &  Son 
Carbolic  Salve 

W.  F.  Gray  &  Co. 
Carbolic  Soaps 

James  Good 


Carbonators 

Walrus  Mfg.  Co. 
Cardnl 

Chattanooga  Medicine  Co. 
Cash  Registers 

National  Cash  Register  Co. 
Chemicals 

Bakst  Bros. 

Mallinckrodt  Chem.  Works 
Merck  &  Co. 

N.  Y.  Quin.  &  Chem.  Wks. 
Chewing  Gum 

Helmet  Chewing  Gum  Co. 
Chicago  Pencil  Sharpener 

Automatic  Pencil  Sharp.  Co. 
Chocolate  Laxative 

Ex- Lax  Mfg.  Co. 
"Circle  A"  Corks 

Armstrong  Cork  Co. 
Clinton  Cascara  Active 

Bristol-Myers  Co. 
Clipping  Exchange 

Western  Press  Clipping  Exch. 
Coffee 

Davies  &  Sullivan  Co. 
Cold  Tablets 

D.  Weeks  &  Co. 
Coleman's  Double  Spray  Douche 

Harris  &  Berntz  Co. 
Collapsible  Tubes 

New  Eng.  Collap.  Tube  Co. 

A.  H.  Wirz 
College  of  Pharmacy 

Cincinnati  Col.  of  Pharmacy 
Confectionery 

Helmet  Chewing  Gum  Co. 

New  England  Confec.  Co. 
"Congress"  Playing  Cards 

U.  S.  Playing  Card  Co. 
Conklin's  Fountain  Pen 

Conklin  Pen    Mfg.  Co. 


Corks 

Armstrong  Cork  Co. 
F.  E.  Reed  Glass  Co. 
Corkscrews 

Miniature  Corkscrew  Co. 


Cream  of  Milk  Talcum 

F.  E.  Spiltoir 
Cream  White  Petrolatum 

Amber  Oil  &  Realty  Co. 
Creme  Elcaya 

Jas.  C.  Crane 
Creo-Terpln  Comp. 

Hy.  K.  Wampole  &  Co.,  Inc. 
Crossman  Mixture 

Wright's  Ind.  Veg.  Pill  Co. 
de  L'Opera  Face  Powder 

F.  E.  Spiltoir 

Dental  Preparations 

Dentinol  &  Pyorrhocide  Co. 

Forhan  Co. 

F.  F.  Ingram  Co. 

Norwich  Pharmacal  Co. 
Depleting  Suppositories 

Bierstedt  Suppository  Co. 
Diamond  Dyes 

Wells  &  Richardson  Co. 
Disinfectants 

James  Good 
Dog  Soap 

James  Good 
Double  Spray  Douche 

Harris  &  Berntz  Co. 
Drawing  Board  Paste 

Chas.  M.  Higgins  &  Co. 
Drawing  Inks 

Chas.   M.   Higgins   &  Co. 


Important  -  Take  Notice 

In  the  interest  of  the  Trade  and  of 
Physicians,  a  change  has  been  made  in  the 
proportion  of  Heroine  Hydrochloride  in 

Creo-Terpin  Comp.  -  Wampole 

so  that  it  is  now  exempt  under  the  Federal 
Anti-Narcotic  Law  and  can  be  prescribed  and 
dispensed  freely  without  registry  or  record 


HENRY  K.  WAMPOLE  &  CO.,  Inc. 

Manufacturing  Pharmacists  Philadelphia,  U.  S.  A. 


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[December,  1915 


Index  of  Goods  Advertised — {Continued) 


Druggists'  Advertising 

Van  Ostrand-Curren  Co. 

Drug  Store  Fixtures 

Benderscheid  Mfg.  Co. 
Cooper  Lumber  Co. 
Walrus  Mfg.  Co. 
Wilmarth  Show  Case  Co. 

Dry  Goods 

Jas.  Hearn 
Dumore  Electric  Mixer 

Wisconsin  Electric  Co. 
Dyes 

Wells  &  Richardson  Co. 

Eckmaa's  Alterative 

Eckman  Mfg.  Co. 
Educational  Card  Games 

U.  S.  Playing  Card  Co. 
Egg  Preserver 

United  Specialty  Co. 
Eitherway  Soda  Fountain 

Walrus  Mfg.  Co. 
Elcaya   Toilet  Preparations 

James  C.  Crane 
Electric  Drink  Mixer 

Wisconsin  Electric  Co. 
Electric  Flash  Lights 

American  Ever-Ready  Wks. 
Empty  Capsules 

Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 
"En-Gar-Do" 

J.  T.  Umpleby 
Engrossing  Ink 

Chas.  M.  Higgins  &  Co. 
Ergoaplol 

Martin  H.  Smith  Co. 
Eternal  Writing  Ink 

Chas.  M.  Higgins  &  Co. 
"Eureka"  Dispensers'  Carb'ators 

Bishop-Babcock-Becker  Co. 


Eveready  Lts.,  Batteries.  Lamps 

American  Ever-Ready  Wks. 
Ever-Good  Menthol  Inhaler 

The  Walter  F.  Ware  Co. 
Ex-Lax 

Ex-Lax  Mfg.  Co. 
Extract  of  Red  Clover 

D.  Needham's  Sons 
Fish  Oil  Soaps 

James  Good 
Fishing  Tackle 

Abbey  &  Imbrie 
Flash  Lights 

American  Ever-Ready  Wks. 
Flashlight  Gun 

Imperial  Brass  Mfg.  Co. 
Flint  Bottles 

F.  E.  Reed  Glass  Co. 
Forhan's  Pyorrhea  Preparation 

Forhan  Co. 
Fountain  Pens 

Conklin  Pen  Mfg.  Co. 
Funnels 

F.  E.  Reed  Glass  Co. 
Gastrogen  Tablets 

Bristol-Myers  Co. 
Glass  Enam.  Steel  Containers 

The  Pfaudler  Co. 
Glassware 

F.  E.  Reed  Glass  Co. 
Gold  Initial  Corr.  Cards. 

L.  H.  Nelson  Co. 
Goudy's  Egg  Preserver 

United  Specialty  Co. 
Gout  Remedy 

Wm.  Kamlah 
Grapefniitola 

Grapefruit  Products  Co. 
Grape  Juice 
J.   Hungerford  Smith  Co. 


Gray's  Ointment 

W.  F.  Gray  &  Co. 
Gray's  Quiz  Compend 

M.  M.  Gray  &  Co. 
Green  Bottles 

F.  E.  Reed  Glass  Co. 
Guarantee-Iceless  Fountain! 

Fountain  Specialty  Co. 
Gude  Pepto-Mangan 

M.  J.  Breitenbach  Co. 
Gummed  Labels 

McCourt  Label  Cabinet  Co. 
Hair  Tonics 

Wildroot  Chemical  Co. 
Hand  Pill  Machine 

A.  H.  Wirz 
Hanford's  Balsam  of  Myrrh 

G.  C.  Hanford 
Health  Resorts 

Greenbrier  Hotel 
Helmet  Chewing  Gum 

Helmet  Chewing  Gum  Co. 
Higgins  Inks  &  Adhesives 

Chas.  M.  Higgins  &  Co. 
Hind's  Honey  &  Almond  Cream 

A.  S.  Hinds 
Hobo  Kidney  &  Bladder  Remedy 

Hobo  Medicine  Mfg.  Co. 
Holiday  Post  Cards 

N.  L.  Munro  Pub.  Co. 
Hotels 

Greenbrier  Hotel 
House's  Liver  &  Rheu.  Pills 

W.  F.  Gray  &  Co. 
Hub  Wafers 

New  England  Confec.  Co. 
Humphrey's  Borneo.  Remedies 

Humphrey's  Hom.  Med.  Co. 
Ice  Cream  Cabinets 

Walrus  Mfg.  Co. 


Ice  Cream  Freezer  &  Crusher 
J.  W.  Allen  &  Co. 

Imp  Flashlight  Gun 

Imperial  Brass  Mfg.  Co. 
Ingram's  Toilet  Preparation* 

F.  F.  Ingram  Co. 
Intesti-Fennin 

The  Berlin  Laby.,  Ltd. 

J.  B.  L.  Cascade 

Chas.  A.  Tyrrell 
J-0  Rat  &  Roach  Paste 

John  Opitz 
Jack  Frost  Cold  Cream 

F.  E.  Spiltoir 

Kidney  Remedy 

Hobo  Medicine  Mfg.  Co. 

L'Actrez  Toilet  Preparations 

F.  E.  Spiltoir 
Lapin's  Straw  Gloss 

J.  T.  Umpleby 
Lavendar  Face  Powder 

F.  E.  Spiltoir 
Lenox  Chocolates 

New  England  Confec'y  Co. 
Licorice 

National  Licorice  Co. 
Light  Amber  Petrolatum 

Amber  Oil  &  Realty  Co. 
Lights,  Batteries  &  Lamps 

American  Ever-Ready  Wks. 
LUy  White  Petrolatum 

Amber  Oil  &  Realty  Co. 
Liquid  Caramel 

Repetti 
Liquid  Court  Plaster 

Newskin  Co. 
Liquid  Paste 

Chas.  M.  Higgins  &  Co. 


A CONTAINER  in  which  your 
Product  may  be  properly  and 
economically  manufactured 
must  be 

NON-CORROSIVE,  NON-ABSORBENT,  DURABLE  UN- 
DER ALL  N.\TURAL  CONDITIONS,  and  DESIGNED 
TO  FIT  YOUR  PARTICULAR  REQUIREMENTS. 

Why  handicap  your  Business  with  inefficient  equipment  when 

TFAUDLE'R 

GLASS  EJWAMELET) 
STEEL  COJWTAIJ^E'RS 

combining  all  these  qualities,  are  available  to  every  Manu- 
facturer? 

]^ulletin  C-1.  just  published,  shows  several  types 
of  PFAUDLER  APPARATUS  and  is  worth  ask- 
ing for. 


THE  PFAUDLER  CO. 


New  York     ROCHESTER,   N.  Y. 


Detroit 


Pfaudler  Glass  Knameled  Steel 
Steam   Jacketed    Kettle  with 
welded-on    Jacket — for  high 
pressures. 


Chi 


Branch  Offices 


San  Fi 


December,  1915] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


29 


Index  of  Goods  Advertised — {Continued) 


Liquid  Petrolatnm 

Merck  &  Co. 

Llsterlne 

Lambert  Pharmacal  Co. 

Loul  View  Post  Cards 

Local  View  Co. 
Curt  Teich  &  Co. 

Lady^s  Anfwers 

John  Jos.  McVey 

Loncheonette  Back  Bars 

Bishop-Babcock-Becker  Co. 

"M.  C.  W."  Chemicals 

Mallinckrodt  Chein.  Wks. 

Kadam  Dean's  Suppositories 

United  Medical  Co. 

Malic  Sundae  Toppings 

White- Stokes  Co. 

Manufacturing  Chemists 

Bierstedt  Suppository  Co. 
H.  K.  Mulford  Co. 

Maroon  "Special"  Water  Bottle 

Whitall    Tatura  Co. 

Marvel  Syringe 

Marvel  Co. 

Mattison's  "Magma"  Magnesia 

Keasbey  &  Mattison  Co. 

Menthol  Inhaler 

Walter  F.  Ware  Co. 

Meseco  System 

Merchants  Service  Co. 

Metal  Caps  &  Seals 

U.  S.  Metal  Cap  &  Seal  Co. 

Metal  Holder  for  Paper  Dishes 
American  Water  Supply  Co. 
B.  A.  Grasberger  &  Co. 
Vortex  Mfg.  Co. 


Milk  of  Magnesia 

Keasbey  &  Mattison  Co. 

Milkweed  Cream 
F.  F.  Ingram  Co. 

Mineral  Oil 

Amber  Oil  &  Realty  Co. 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 
Standard  Oil  Co. 

Miniature  Corkscrews 

Miniature  Corkscrew  Co. 

Monarch  Freezer  &  Crusher 

J.   W.   Allen  &  Co. 

Mulford  Biologlcals 
H.  K.  Mulford  Co. 

Necco  Wafers 

New  England  Conf.  Co. 

Needham's  Red  Clover 

D.  Needham's  Sons 

New-Skin 

Newskin  Co. 

Newspaper  Clippings 

Western  Press  Clipping  Ex. 

Norwich  Dental  Cream 
Norwich  Pharmacal  Co. 

Nujol 

Standard  Oil  Co. 

Nursing  Bottles 

T.  C.  Wheaton  Co. 

Office  Paste 

Chas.  M.  Higgins  &  Co. 

Oil  de  L'Opera 
F.  E.  Spiltoir 

Olympic  Store  Outfits 

Benderscheid   Mfg.  Co. 


"On  the  Wing"  Rheu.  Relief 

M.  R.  Lyons  &  Co. 

Opal  Onyx  Humigars 

Bishop-Babcock-Becker  Co. 

Paper  Bottle  Caps 

Sayford  Paper  Spec.  Co. 

Paper  Dishes 

B.  A.  Grasberger  &  Co. 
The  Vortex  Mfg.  Co. 

Paraffin  Paper  Cups 

Vortex  Mfg.  Co. 

Peerless  Moistener 

Peerless  Moistener  Co. 

Peery's  Vermifuge  "Dead  Shot" 

Wright's  Ind.  Veg.  Pill  Co. 

Pencil  Sharpener 

Auto.  Pencil  Sharpener  Co. 

Peptogenic  Powder 

Fairchild  Bros.  &  Foster 

Pepto-Mangan  (Gude) 

M.  J.  Breitenbach  Co. 

Perfume  Distributor 

Mills  Novelty  Co. 

Petrolax 

Amber  Oil  &  Realty  Co. 

Petrolatums  St  Petrolax 

Amber  Oil  &  Realty  Co. 
Pfaudler  Glass  Enameled  Steel 
Containers 

The  Pfaudler  Co. 
Pharmaceutical  Books 

M.  M.  Gray  &  Co. 

Jno.  Jos.  McVey 
Pharmaceuticals 

Eli  Lilly  &  Co. 

Mallinckrodt  Chem.  Works 

Merck  &  Co. 


H.  K.  Mulford  Co. 
Norwich  Pharm.  Co. 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 
Sharp  &  Dohme 

Pharmaceutical  Specialties 

Bristol-Myers  Chem.  Co. 
Etna  Chem.  Co. 
Fairchild   Bros.    &  Foster 
Lambert  Pharm.  Co. 
Norwich    Pharm.  Co. 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 

Phenalgln 

Etna  Chemical  Co. 
Phenolax  Wafers 

Upjohn  Co. 

Phonographs 

Sonora  Phonograph  Corp. 

Photo  Mounter  Paste 

Chas.   M.   Higgins  &  Co. 

Photographic  Supplies 

Imperial  Brass  Mfg.  Co. 
Seneca  Camera  Mfg.  Co. 

Pile  Ointment 

W.  F.  Gray  &  Co. 

Pill  Machines 
A.  H.  Wirz 

Pine  Tar 

James  Good 

Plnex 

The  Pinex  Co. 
Planten  C  &  C  or  Black  Cap- 
sules 

H.  Planten  &  Son 
Playing  Cards 

The  U.  S.  Playing  Card  Co. 
Pluto  Water 

French  Lick  Spgs.  Hotel  Co. 
Poker  Chips 

U.  S.  Playing  Card  Co. 


FIVE  MILLION  DOL- 
LARS'   WORTH  OF 

WILMAHTH 

FIATTUHES 

ARE  INSTALLED  IN 
UNITED  STATES 
DRUG  STORES 

That's  the  answer 


Prevention  is  better  than 

cure — Witmarih  equipment  wards  ofF  encroaching  competition 


THE 


Drug  Store  Equipment   *'°°"^roVe  compute  ° 
1552  Jefferson  Ave.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Ew  York  20  \V,..t  ^.Oth  St  liosmN-,  21  C-olumbia  St.  Min-xeafoms,  21-2,^  X.  Third  .^t  Des  Moines.  .Shops  BIdg. 
FIIC.AGO,  2.?,?  W.  Jackson  Blvd  l'.n>HrR,,H,  House  Bldg.  >T.  Louis,  Ills  Washington  .\ve.  Cinr.\GO,  Fuller^Mor  i.son  Co 
\i.T  Lake  City,  2.-)7  S.  Mam  St.   


^Made  In  Qrancl  Rapids] 


30 


THE  PHAKMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[Decembee,  1915 


Index  of  Goods  Advertised — {Concluded) 


Post  Cards 

Local  View  Co. 

N.  L.  Munro  Pub.  Co. 

Curt  Teich  &  Co. 
Potassium  Iodide 

Mallinckrodt  Chem.  Works 
Premiums 

Zeno  Novelty  Co. 
Preparations  In  Tubes 

Duane  Laboratories 
"Protecto"    Case    for  Nursing 
Bottles 

L.  C.  Butler 
Pure  Tin  Tubes 

New  Eng.  Collap.  Tube  Co. 
Pure  White  Mineral  Oil 

Standard  Oil  Co. 
Pyorrhea  Preparation 

Forhan  Co. 
Pyorrhoclde 

Dentinol  &  Pyorrhocide  Co. 
Quiz  Compend 

M.  M.  Gray  &  Co. 

Jno.  Jos.  McVey 
Rat  &,  Roach  Paste 

John  Opitz 
Red  Clover  Blossoms 

D.  Needham's  Sons 
"Red  Cross"  Iceless  Soda  Ft'ns 

Bishop-Babcock-Becker  Co. 
Repettl  Liquid  Caramel 

Repetti 
Rheumatism  Remedy 

Wm.  Kamlah 

M.   R.  Lyons  &  Co. 
Roman  Eye  Balsam 

Wright's  Ind.  Vepr.  Pill  Co. 
Royal  Purple  Grape  Juice 

J.  Hungerford  Smith  Co. 
Sales  Boards 

K.  &  S.  Sales  Co. 
Sal  Hepatica 

Bristol-Myers  Co. 


Sanatogen 

Bauer  Chem.  Co. 
San  Tox  Preparations 

De  Free  Chemical  Co. 
Scales  &  Balances 

Torsion  Balance  Co. 
Schools 

Cincinnati  Coll.  of  Pharmacy 

Sectional  Drug  Store  Outfits 
The  Benderscheid  Mfg.  Co. 
The  Walrus  Mfg.  Co. 

Seneca  Cameras 

Seneca  Camera  Mfg.  Co. 

Sheffield's  Pure  Tin  Tubes 
New  Eng.  Collap.  Tube  Co. 

Show    Cases   (See   Store  Fix- 
tures) 

Snow  White  Petrolatum 

Amber  Oil  &  Realty  Co. 
Soaps 

James  Good 
Soda  Fountain  Apparatus 

Fountain    Specialty  Co. 

Walrus  Mfg.  Co. 
Soda  Fountain  Sundries 

B.  A.  Grasberger  &  Co. 

Vortex  Mfg.  Co. 
Soda  Fountain  Supplies 

Bishop-Babcock-Becker  Co. 

French  Lick  Spgs.  Hotel  Co. 

Grapefruit  Products  Co. 

Repetti 

T.  Hungerford  Smith  Co. 

White-Stokes  Co. 
Sonora  Phonographs 

Sonora  Phonograph  Corp. 
Soothing  Syrup 

Anglo-American  Drug  Co. 
Stationery  Supplies 

Auto.  Pencil  Sharpener  Co. 

Conklin   Pen   Mfg.  Co. 
Stearate  of  Zinc  Talcum 

F.  E.  Spiltoir 


Steel  Tanks 

The  Pfaudler  Co. 
Store  Fixtures,  etc. 

Benderscheid   Mfg.  Co. 

Cooper  Lumber  Co. 

Walrus  Mfg.  Co. 

Wilmarth  Show  Case  Co. 
Suppositories 

Bierstedt  Suppository  Co. 

United  Medical  Co. 

Swanson's  Rheu.  Cure  Co. 
Swanson's  5-Drops 

Swanson's  Rheum.  Cure  Co. 
Syringes 

Harris  &  Berntz  Co. 

Marvel  Co. 
Tanks 

The  Pfaudler  Co. 
Threaded   Tablets  of  Mercury 
Bichloride 

Sharp  &  Dohme 
Tin  Tubes 

New  Eng.  Collap.  Tube  Co. 
Toilet  Preparations 

James  C.  Crane 

De  Pree  Chemical  Co. 

Forhan  Co. 

A.  S.  Hinds 

F.   F.   Ingram  Co. 

Norwich   Pharmacal  Co. 

F.  E.  Spiltoir 
Torsion  Balances  &  Scales 

Torsion  Balance  Co. 
"True    Fruit"    Soda  Fountain 
Requisites 

J.  Hungerford  Smith  Co. 
Typewriters 

Woodstock  Typewriter  Co. 
"Upressit"  Cap 

U.  S.  Metal  Cap  &  Seal  Co. 
Vegetable  Glue 

Chas.  M.  Higgins  &  Co. 


Vel-po  Face  Powder 

F.  E.  Spiltoir 

F.  E.  Reed  Glass  Co. 
Victor  Sectional  Store  Outfltf 

Benderscheid  Mfg.  Co. 
Vortex  Sanitary  Service 

Vortex  Mfg.  Co. 
Walrus  Soda  Fountains 

Walrus  Mfg.  Co. 
Water  Bottles 

Whitall  Tatum  Co. 
"Weeks'  Break-Up-A-Cold"  Tab- 
lets 

D.  Weeks  &  Co. 
Whale  Oil  Soaps 

James  Good 
White  Paper  Dishes 

B.  A.  Grasberger  &  Co. 
White-Stokes   Mallo  Toppings 

White-Stokes  Co.,  Inc. 
Wholesale  Druggists 

Bakst  Bros. 
Wlldroot  Hair  Preparations 

Wildroot  Chemical  Co. 
Wilmarth  Show  Cases  &  Fix- 
tures 

Wilmarth  Show  Case  Co. 
Winslow's  (Mrs.)  Sooth'g  Syrup 

Anglo-American  Drug  Co. 
Wolfstim's  Rheu.  St  Gout  Rem. 

Wm.  Kamlah 
Wright's  Indian  Vegetable  Pills 

Wright's  Ind.  Veg.  Pill  Co. 
Y.  &  S.  Stick  Licorice 

National  Licorice  Co. 
Z.  0.  Adhesive  Plaster 

Eberly  &  Eberly 
Zeno  Premiums 

Zeno  Novelty  Co. 
Zymole  Trokeys 

F.  Stearns  &  Co. 


THE  SANITARY  "DUMORE 


99 


The  Electrically 

The  Dumore 

advertises  your  store. 

The  Dumore 

attracts  your  customers.  There  are  no 
springs  to  rust  or  weaken.  There  can 
be  no  shocks,  every  part  being  thorough- 
ly insulated;  standardized  and  inter- 
changeable. It  is  started  or  stopped  at 
any  point,  and  the  mixing  rod  and  agi- 
tator can  be  detached  instantly. 

The  Dumore 

has  few  parts  and  they  will  not  get  out 
of  order. 

The  Dumore 

is  fully  guaranteed. 
Its  base  is  illuminated. 


driven  Drink  Mixer 


Mixing 


WISCONSIN  ELECTRIC  CO.,  RACINE,  WISCONSIN 


December,  1915] 


THE  PHAEMACEUTICAL  ERA 


31 


EraWantAds 


f 


STECIAL,  NOTICE— Only  one  size  and  style  of 
type  is  used  in  the  Want  Ads.,  viz.,  this  6  point  old 
style.  The  lines  may  be  set  in  all  caps — In  short  lines 
— spaced  to  fill  a  certain  number  of  lines — or  blank 
space  may  be  left  at  top  or  bottom,  or  on  the  sides. 

If  your  copy  la  to  occupy  more  space  than  solid 
type,  flgTire  the  cost  for  ALL  CAPS  ait  DOUBLE  the 
regular  rates. 

FOR  DISPLAY  (as  explained  above)  figure  the 
cost  at  10  WORDS  TO  THE  LINE  and  12  LINES 
TO  THE  INCH. 

The  Soda  Fountain— Want  Ads.  may  be  Inserted  in 
our  other  monthly  journal  at  the  same  rates — issued 
on  15th  of  each  month,  and  copy  taken  up  to  the  10th. 


BATES— The  rate  varies  according  to  t)hw  ClaiSaifl- 
cation  (see  Headings  for  prices).  All  caps  at  doubSis 
rates  and  for  Ddsplay  figure  cost  at  10  words  to  tkas 
line  anid  13  lines  to  the  inch— see  Special  Notice. 

DATES— The  ERA  is  issued  on  the  1st  of  eocAi 
month  and  copy  for  Wont  Ads.  taken  up  to  tihe  pij». 
vious  25th,  but  mot  later. 


TEKMS— A 

advance.  Enclose  remittance  covering  number 
issues  wanted.    Do  not  ask  us  to  open  accounts. 


Want  Ads.  are  etriotly  net  caisi 


ANSWERS  may  come  in  caire  of  this  office  If  yom 
enclose  10  cents  for  foirwarding  replies.  ^ 


D.  O.  HAYNES  St  CO.,  Fnblishers, 


AGENCIES,  AGENTS  &  SAXESMEN. 

30c.  a  line  (9  words) — Minimum  charge  60c.  an  issue. 

WANTED:  Traveling  drug  salesman  to  handle  a  drug  specialty 
as  side  line.  Also  man,  with  established  trade  for  full  line  of 
non-secrets.  Best  references  required.  Address  MANUFACTURER, 
BOX  757,  c/o  ERA. 

BY  A  LARGE  MANUFACTURING  HOUSE,  to  call  on  manu- 
facturers and  wholesale  druggists  in  South  Atlantic  and  other 
Southern  states.  Must  be  experienced.  Answer,  with  full  de- 
tails "PERMANENT",  BOX  756,  c/o  ERA. 

DETAIL  M.\N,  who  is  calling  on  Phvsicians  and  Dentists;  may 
increase  his  income  from  $25.00  to  $40.00  a  month  bv  addressing 
MR.  WILLIAMS,  424  W.  Lake  St.,  Minneapolis,  Minn.  Give 
present  connection  and  territory  covered. 


WANTED:  High-: 
maceuticals  to  phvsii 
and  references.  Cor 
swer.    Address  B0> 


to  handle  a  high-grade  line  of  phar- 
st  have  a  following  and  furnish  bond 
^asis.    Give  full  details  in  your  an- 

ERA. 


BUSINESS  OPPORTUNITIES. 
40c.  a  line  (9  words) — Minimum  charge  80c.  an  issue. 

WANTED— AN  IDEA— Who  can  think  of  some  simple  thing  to 
Patent?     RANDOLPH  &  CO.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

PROPRIETARY— Good  article,  well  equipped  plant,  low  expense, 
$2,500,  or  half  interest  and  control  to  right  party  investing  $2,500. 
Owner  hns  other  business.    Address  OWNER,  BOX,  639,  c/o  ERA. 


DRUG  STORES  FOR  RENT,  SALE  &  WANTED. 

30c.  a  line  (9  words) — Minimum  charge  60c.  an  issue. 

FOR  SALE:  Drug  store  in  County  Seat.  With  modern  furnish- 
ings and  soda  fountain,  2fY)  feet  from  Court  House,  Brookville, 
Pa.     Address  J.  J.  PATTERSON,   Brookville,  Pa.  

FOR  SALE:  Best  located  drug  store  in  New  Mexico.  Doing 
good  business.    Address  BOX  386,  Albuquerque,  New  Mexico. 

FOR  SALE:  Only  drug  store  in  town  of  2,500.  Ten  miles  from 
Hazelton,  Pa.  Industries— Silk  Mills,  Foundry,  Steel  Works  and 
L.  V.  Shops.  Good  schools,  Seven  Churches.  Address  BOX  750, 
c/o  ERA. 

OPENING  FOR  DRUG  STORE.  Northern  Indiana.  Town  500, 
Will  rent  drug  room  and  fixtures.  Address  J.  A.  PROVINES,  Jr., 
Covington,  Indiana. 


DRUG  STORES  (Snaps)  for  sale  and  positions  in  all  states, 
Phvsicians.  Veterinarians,  Dentists  furnished  for  locations.  F.  V, 
KNIEST,  R.  P.,  Omaha,  Nebr.    Estab.  1904. 


FOR  SALE:  Drug  store.  Rich  farming  country.  No  competition 
Town  of  about  500.    Address  Allen  &  Rexford,  Spartansburg,  Pa 

WILL  SACRIFICE  dni| 
of  35,000,  all  or  half  int 
BOX  753,  c/o  ERA. 


LISTEN! 

Little  tips  on  new  business  from  news- 
paper clippings.  Others  use  them.  You 
can,  too.  Daily  reports  from  all  the 
Northwest.    Low  cost. 


WESTERN  PRESS  CLIPPING  EX. 


HELP  WANTED. 

30c.  a  line  (9  words) — Minimum  charge  60c.  an  issue. 


WANTED:  Woman  pharmacist,  capable  of  taking  charge  of 
Drug  Department  in  a  new  100  bed  Hospital  in  Chicago.  One 
with  some  nursing  experience  preferred,  as  part  of  her  duties  will 
be  in  connection  with  an  out-patient  department.  Address,  with 
references  and  salary  expected,  CHIEF  SURGEON,  Illinois  Cen- 
tral  R.   R.  Co.,  Chicago.  ^  

.  MERCHANDISE  FOR  SALE. 

40c.  a  line  (9  ivords) — Minimum  charge  80c.  an  issue. 

FOR  SALE:  Twenty  Smithsonian  Trusses.  New,  clean  stock. 
10%  discount  and  transportation  paid.  H.  C.  ZEAMER,  DRUG- 
GIST, Pleasantville,  Pa.  

MISCELLANEOUS. 
40c.  a  line  (9  words) — Minimum  charge  80c.  an  issue. 

DRUG  EARTHENWARE— Beerbower  &  Co.,  Elizabeth,  N.  J., 
Manufacturers.  Bed  pans  a  specialty.  Mfrs.  Agents  Druggists' 
Glassware,  Metal  Bed  Douche  Pans,  Irrigator,  Etc,  Write  for  prices. 

WANTED:  Formula  for  good  meritorious  preparation  that  can 
be  marketed  as  a  Proprietary  Remedy  or  Toilet  Article.  Reply  to 
P.  O.  BOX  144,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  giving  full  information  and  price. 

WANTED  you  to  send  for  samples  of  Strawberry,  Pineapple, 
Raspberry  and  Lemon  Syrups  for  comparison  with  what  you  are 
now  using  before  placing  your  order  for  1916.  Our  twenty  years 
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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[December.  1915 


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Investigate  our  quantity  lot  discount  and 
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profit. 

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33 


Prices  Current  of  Drugs  and  Chemicals 

TO  SUBSCRIBERS — In  comparing  your  inToicewiu.  the  prices  in  this  Prices  Current,  remember 
that  the  prices  here  given  are  those  ruling  in  the  New  York  market,  and  are  the  average  prices 
charged  to  retail  druggists.  For  large  quantities  and  original  packages  lower  prices  should  be  charged. 
Quality  should  always  be  taken  into  consideration.   


. .  lb. 

.45 

—  .50 

.  .lb. 

.55 

—  .60 

55 

—  .61) 

lb 

!28 

—  [32 

.  .lb. 

1.25 

—  1.40 

..lb. 

.45 

—  .50 

..lb. 

18.00 

—20.00 

.,Ib. 

.10 

—  .12 

..lb. 

.12 

—  .15 

..lb. 

.35 

—  .38 

—  .60 

..lb. 

—  4.80 

..lb. 

.15 

-  .18 

..lb. 

.16 

—  .20 

..lb. 

.2U 

—  .27 

.  .lb. 

—  2.40 

..lb. 

2.00 

—  2.25 

..lb. 

2.05 

—  2.25 

..lb. 

2.10 

—  2.35 

.gal. 

.40 

—  .90 

.  .oz. 

.35 

—  .40 

.08 

—  .10 

—  .15 

.  .or. 

.30 

—  .36 

'.'.lb! 

;s7 

-  !58 

lb. 

.62 

—  .66 

..lb. 

.62 

-  .66 

..lb. 

.65 

..lb. 

.87 

—  1.00 

oz. 

—  .19 

.  .oz. 

.10 

—  .15 

..lb. 

1.20 

—  1.35 

-  JO 

..oz. 

.35 

—  .40 

..oz. 

.50 

—  .52 

.  .oz. 

.10 

—  .12 

..oz. 

.05 

—  .09 

...oz. 

.10 

—  .12 

Acacia,  select  white   

1st  select  powdered   

Fine  granulated  1st  .... 

Sorts   

Sorts,  sifted   

Acetanilid   

Acetone,  Pure  CP.,  med.. 

Acetphenetidin,  U.S.P  

Acid,  Acetic,  No.  8  (sp.  gr., 

l.WO)   

U.  S.  P.,  36  p.  c  

C  P..  Glacial,  99^^  p.  c. 

Benzoic,  Eng.,  true   

From  Toluol   

Boracic,  cryst   

Powdered   

Impalp   

Butyric,  100  p.  c.   

Carbolic  cryst.,  bulk   

10  and  15-lb.  cans  

1-lb.  bottles   

Crude,   10-95  p.  c  

Chloracetic,  1-oz.  v  

Chromic,    1-oz.  ▼  

CP  

Chrysophanic,   true,  v  

Cinnamic   

dtric,  errtt  (kegs)   

Granulated   

Powdered   

Formic,  Cone,  Mb.  bot.. 

G.iIIic   

Vi.   Vi,   1-lb.  cartons  

Glyoerinapliotphorie   

Hippnric  

Hvdriodic,  sp.  gr.  1.150  .. 

Sealed  Tube   

Hvdrobrom,  cone,  v  

bil.,  U.S.P.,  oz.  V.  incl 
Hydrocyanic  1  oz.  rial, 
U.S.P  


Acid,  Hydrophosphorous,  sol., 

30  per  cent  c 

U.S.P.,   10  p.    c  c 

Lactic,  cone,  1  oz.  v  c 


lb. 


.lb. 


Dilute   

Molybdic.  C.  P.  .. 

1  oz.  vials   oz. 

Muriatic,  coml.  20  deg. 

(Carboys  120  lbs.  IVi  c.).lb. 

CP.   Hydrochloric   lb. 

Nitro-Muriatic   lb. 

Oleic,    purified   lb. 

Oxalic   lb. 

Powdered   llj. 

Phosphoric,  diluted   lb. 

U.S.P..  1880,  50  p.  c.  lb. 

Syrup,   85   per  cent  lb. 

Glacial  sticks   lb. 

cans   lb. 

Pyrogallic,        H  and  1-lb. 

1  oz.  V  lb. 

Picric   lb. 

Pyrollgneous,  purified   lb. 

Crude   fral. 

Salicylic,   1-lh.   cartons  lb. 

Bulk   lb. 

From  Gaultheria,  oz  v. 

Sulphuric,  aromatic   lb. 

Com'I.  66°  (c.  160  lb.).... lb. 

lb. 

CP  lb. 

Sulphurous,  U.S.P.   sol  lb. 

Tannic,  Phar.,  lb.  cart  lb. 

Medicinal   lb. 

Tartaric,   cryst  lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Trichloracetic   oz. 

Valeric,  1-oz.  v  oz. 

Acoin,  15  gr.  v  ea. 

Aconite  Ivs.,  Eng.,  1-lb.  b  lb. 


.12 


Aconite  Leaves,  German  ....lb.  .20 

Powdered   lb.  .24 

Root,  English   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Root,  German   lb.  J5 

Powdered   lb.  .31 

Aconitine,  Amorp.,  ^  oz.  v.  ea. 
Nitrate,  Amorp.,  15  gr.  T....ea. 

Cryst.,  15  gr  ea. 

Adeps    Lanae,  Anhydrous  lb.  1.40 

Hydrous   lb.  1.30 

Agar  Agar   lb.  .55 

Agaricin   oz.  1.20 

Alcohol,  Absolute   gaL  4.50 

Coloene,  Sp.,  95%,  U.aP., 

bbls  gal. 

Less   gal.  2.78 

Com'I  95%  U.S.P.,  bbls... gal. 

Less   gal.  2.70 

Denatured.bbls.&i/^bbls. . .  .gal.  .47 

Less   gal.  .50 

Methylic  (Wood),  bbls.... gal.  .53 

Less   gal.  .60 

Alkanet   Root   lb.  .40 

Alkannin,   Powdered   oz. 

Allspice,  clean   lb.  .11 

Powdered   lb.  .16 

Almonds,    Bitter,   shelled  lb.  .43 

Sweet   Jordan   lb.  .43 

Aloes,  Barbadoes,  true   lb.  1.25 

Powdered   lb.  1.40 

Cape   lb.  .14 

Powdered   lb.  .20 

Curacao,  gourds   lb.  .19   —  .22 

Socotrine,  True   lb.  .32  —  .36 

Powdered   lb.  .43  —  .46 

Purified   lb.  .75  -1.00 

Aloin,  1  oz.  V  oz.  .08  —  .12 

Althea,  Root,  cut   lb.  .60   —  .65 

Alum,  Ammonia,  bbls  lb.  .05f4 —  .06 

Dried,  1  lb.  cartons   lb.  —  .14 

Ground,  bbls.  or  less   lb.  .0514—  .12 

Powdered,  bbls.  or  less... lb.  .06'/—  .14 


'  .25 
•  .29 

■  too 

L15 
'  .30 
'  .36 

1.75 

too 

.60 
t80 
t60 

.82 


2.60 
2.83 
.52 

•  6U 
.70 

■  .75 
.45 

•  .IS 

■  .20 

•  .53 
.53 

•  t30 
-  1.45 

•  .18 

•  .25 


DISPENSING 
PHARMACISTS 

are  men  quick  to  recognize  the  real  merits  of  the  products  they  handle.  They  will, 
therefore,  appreciate  the  excellent  quality  of  the  "M.  C.  W."  POTASSIUM 
IODIDE.  It  meets  the  strictest  requirements  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia,  and 
i.s  supplied  in  both  Crystals  and  Granular  form.  Also  "M.  C.  W."  SODIUM 
IODIDE.  IODOFORM.  THYMOL  IODIDE,  RESUBLIMED  IODINE,  etc.  All  care- 
i-an-fiilly  prcpai-i'd  nl'  tlir  liii^hcsl  purity. 

Specify  M.  C.  W.  Original  Packages 


Mallinckrodt   Chemical  Works 

ST.  LOUIS  NEW  YORK 


34 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA  [December.  1915 


Prices    Current    of   Drugs    and   Chemical  s — {Continued) 


Aluminum  Acetate   lb.  .75  - 

Mftallic,  powdered   oz.  .12  - 

Sulphate,    Com'l   lb.  .07  - 

Cryst.,   CP  lb.  .45  - 

Purified   lb.  .20  - 

Ambergris,  gray   dr.  4.00  - 

Ammonia,  Water,  16  dsg  lb.  .05  - 

20  deg  lb.  .07;^- 

26  deg..  Cone  lb.  .09J4- 

Ammoniac,  Gum,  tears  lb.  .35  - 

Powdered   lb. 

Ammonium,  Acetate,  cryst... oz.  .10  - 

Benzoate   oz.  .24  - 

From  true  Benzoic  A  oz.  .40  - 

Bromide,   1-lb.   bots  lb.  5.00  - 

Carbonate,  Jars   lb.  .12  - 

Resubl.  Cubes,  1  lb.  bots. lb.  .29  - 

Powdered   lb.  .18  - 

Citrate,  1  oz.  v  oz.  .12  - 

Hypophosp.  (lb.  1.85)  oz.  .15  - 

Iodide   lb.  5.00  - 

Molybdate   oz.  .40  - 

Muriate   lb.  .14  - 

C   P.  Gran  lb.  .18  - 

Powdered   lb.  .15  - 

Nitrate,   cryst  lb.  .25  - 

Granulated   lb.  .25  - 

Oxalate,  1  lb.  bots  lb.  .60  - 

Phosphate,  1  lb.  bots  lb.  .45  - 

Salicylate   lb.  2.25  - 

Sulphate   lb.  .06  - 

Pure,  resub  lb.  .25  - 

Valerate   oz.  .21  - 

Angelica  Root,  foreign   lb.  .35  - 

Seed   lb.  .40  - 

Anise  Seed,  Italian   lb.  .18  - 

Star   lb.  .34  - 

Annatto  Seed   lb.  .15  - 

Apomorphine  Muriate,  Amor- 
phous, Yi  oz.  V  ea. 

Crystals,   Vt,  oz.   v  ea.  2.25  - 

Aristol,   Bayer   oz.  - 

Arnica    Flowers   lb.  .38  - 

Powdered   lb.  .45  - 

Root   lb. 

Arrowroot,  American   lb.  .08  - 

Bermuda,  true   lb.  .55  - 


Arrowroot,  Jamaica   lb. 

St.   Vincent   lb.  .14 

Taylor's   Vi,    lb.    tin  foil 

boxes.  12  lb  lb.  .34 

Arsenic,  Bromide,  cryst  oz.  .20 

Iodide   oz.  .45 

White  pow'd  com'l  lb.  .08 

Powdered,  pure   lb.  .16 

Yellow   (Orpiraent)   lb.  .18 

Powdered,  Medic   lb.  .25 

Asafetida,  good,  fair   lb.  .50 

Powdered   lb.  .60 

Balmony  Leaves,  Pressed  lb. 

Atropine,   15  gr.  v  oz. 

Sulphate,   15  gr.   v  oz. 

Balsam  Fir,  Canada   lb.  .85 

Oregon   lb.  .14 

Tolu   lb.  .55 

Barium  Carb.,  prec.  pure  lb.  .28 

CP  lb.  .85 

Caustic  Hydrate,  CP.  cryst. lb. 

Chloride,   1-lb.    bots  lb.  .15 

Dioxide,   Anhydrous   lb.  .55 

CP.,  1  lb.  bots  lb. 

Nitrate,  powdered   lb.  .20 

Pure,  1  lb.  bots  lb.  .37 

Sulphate,  Pow.  (Barytes)..lb.  .07 

Pure   Precip  lb.  .25 

Basswood  Bark,  Pressed   lb. 

Bay  berry  Bark,  select   lb.  .15 

Bay  Laurel  Leares   lb.  .12 

Bay  Rum,  P.   R.,  bbls  gal.  1.70 

Less   gal.  1.90 

Beans,  Tonka,  Angostura  ..lb.  1.25 

Vanilla,    Mexican,   long. ...lb.  4.75 

Short   lb.  4.25 

Cuts   lb.  3.75 

Bourbon   lb.  3.75 

Belladonna   Leaves,  English 

1  lb.  hot.  lb. 

German   lb.  2.00 

Root,  German   lb.  2.20 

Powdered   lb.  2.30 

Benzine   gal.  .30 

Benzoin,  Sumatra   lb.  .40 

Powdered   lb.  .50 

Benzosol,  1  oz.  t  oz.  .tiO 


Berberine,  CP.,  %  oz.  T....ea. 

Phi/sphate   oz. 

Sulphate,  1  oz.  v  ea.  1.75 

Berberis,  Aquifolium   lb.  .20 

Bismuth,  Beta  Naph.  (Orphol). 

Bromide   oz. 

Citrate   and  Ammonium  lb.  4.20 

Salicylate,  65  p.c  lb.  4.00 

40  p.c  lb.  3.55 

Sulj-benzoate   lb.  4.90 

Subcarbonate   lb.  3.75 

Subgallate   lb.  3.85 

Subiodide   oz.  .40 

lb.  5.30 

Subnitrate   lb.  4.00 

Tannate   oz.  .30 

Valerate   oz.  .40 

Blue  Mass  (Blue  Pill)  lb.  .85 

Powdered   lb.  .87 

Blue  Vitriol  (see  Copper 
Sulphate;. 

Bone,  Cuttlefish   lb.  .40 

Powdered   lb.  .20 

Jeweler's   lb.  .65 

Boneset,  Leaves  and  Tops.. lb. 

Borax,  Refined   lb.  .09 

Powdered   lb.  .10 

Buchu  Leaves,  long  lb.  1.40 

Powdered   lb.  1.50 

Short   lb.  1.50 

Powdered   lb.  1.60 

Buckthorn  Bark   lb.  J« 

Buds,  Balm  of  Gilead  lb.  .35 

Cassia   lb.  .22 

Burdock  Root,  Cmihed   lb.  .ID 

Seed   lb. 

Cacao  Butter,  bulk   lb.  .45 

Baker's  A  and  white  lb.  .50 

Dutch   lb.  .48 

Huyler's,  12-lb.   box  lb.  .50 

Maillard's   lb.  .44 

Caffeine,  pure   lb.  13.00 

oz.  1.00 

Benzoate   oz. 

Bromide   oz.  .60 

Citrated   lb.  7.00 

Hydrobrom.,  gran,  eff  lb.  .60 


3.75 
5.20 
4.25 
4.00 
.45 
5.50 
4.20 
.35 
.45 
.90 
.92 


■  1.60 
1.70 

•  .42 

■  .40 
.28 

-  J4 

■  .a 

.50 
.55 
.50 
.55 


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"     ^  Vortex  Sanitary  Service 


Reduced  in  Price 


m  Realizing  the  necessity  for  the  lowest  po.ssible  cost  of  a  Sanitary^  Soda  Fountain  Ser-  g 
g  vice,  and  enjoying  an  enormous  increase  in  the  volume  of  business,  induces  us  to  make  a  J 
I       big  reduction  in  the  prices  of  our  PARAFFIN  PAPER  CUPS,  which  becomes  effective  m 


'^1 


December  1st,  1915 

Youcan  increaseyour  businessand  decrease  the  cost  of  your 
service  by  installing  our  System,  thereby  satisfying  the 
ever  increasing  popular  demand  for  better  sjmitation  in 
Soda  Fountain  Service. 

Ask  your  jobber  for  our  new  prices, 
and  if  he  will  not  supply  you — write  us. 

THE  VORTEX  MFG.  CO. 

Chicago 

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December.  1915] 


THE  PHAKMACEUTICAL  ERA 


35 


Prices    Current   of  Drugs    and   Chemicals — {.Continued) 


Caffeine,nydrochlor,(true  salt)oz. 

Sulphate,  !iths   o^. 

Valerate   oz. 

Calamus   Root,  peeled   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

White,  peeled  and  split.. lb. 

Calcium,  Benzoate   oz. 

Bromide   lb. 

Chloride,  crude   lb. 

Ftued   lb. 

Grmnulated   lb. 

Glycerophosphate   oz. 

Hypophosphite   lb. 

Iodide   lb. 

Lactate   oz. 

Lactophosphate  Sol  lb. 

Permanganate   oz. 

Phosphate,  Precip  lb. 

Sulphate,    Precip.,   pure. ...lb. 

Sulphite   lb. 

Sulphocarbolate   oz. 

Calendula  Flowers   lb. 

Calomel  (see  Mercury  Chlor.) 

Camphor,    re'd    (bbls.)  lb. 

lb.   squares   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Japanese   lb. 

Canary  Seed,  Sicilv   

Smvrna   .'  lb. 

Canella  Bark.  Powdered  ....lb. 

Cannabis  Indica  Herb  lb. 

Cantharides,  Russ.,  sifted  ..lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Capsicum   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Caraway   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Carbon  Bisulphide   lb. 

Cardamom  Seed,  bleached  lb. 

Decorticated   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Carmine,   No.  40   oz. 

Cascara  Sagrada  Bark   lb. 

Caacarilla  Bark  lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Cassia,   China   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Saigon,  thin,  select  lb. 

Powdered   lb. 


("atechu,  Medicinal   lb. 

Catnip   Lvs.,   presd.,   oz  lb. 

Celery  Seed   lb. 

Ccresin,   white   lb. 


halk.   Precipitated,  Eng., 

7  lb.  bags   

Prepared,  Eng.,  Thomas, 


box 


ihite. 


Pink   box 

White,  bbls  lb. 

Chamomile  Flowers,  nung'n..lb. 

Roman  or  Belgian   lb. 

Charcoal,  Willow,  pow'd  lb. 

Chicle   lb. 

Chinoidine   oz. 

Chinolin,  pure   oz. 

Chiretta   lb. 

Chloral  Hydrate,  cryst   lb. 

Chloroform   lb. 

Chrysarobin   oz. 

Cinchona  Bark,  pale,  selected. lb. 

Ked   lb. 

Yellow,  Calisaya   lb. 

CiiH-honidine,    Alkal.,  pure..oz. 

Salicylate   oz. 

Sulphate   lb. 

Cinchonine,  Sulphate   oz. 

Salicylate   oz. 

Cloves   lb. 

Powdered,  pure   lb. 

Cobalt,  pow.  (Fly  Poison).... lb. 
Cocaine,  .\lkaloid,      oz.  vial.oz. 

Hydrochlor.,   cryst.,   ozs  oz. 

!s  oz.  vials   oz. 

Oleate  (5  p.c.  Alk.)  oz. 

Coca  Leaves   lb. 

Cocculus  Ind.  (Fish  Ber.)  lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Cochineal,  Honduras   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Codeine   oz. 

Phosphate   oz. 

Sulphate   oz. 

Colchicum  Root   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Seed   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 


Collodion,  U.S.P.,   1900  lb. 

Flexible   lb. 

Colocynth,  select   lb. 

Pulp   lb. 

Colombo  Root   lb. 

Comfrey  Root,  Crushed   lb. 

Condurango  Bark,  true  lb. 

Conium  Leaves   lb. 

Seed   lb. 

Copaiba,   S.  A  lb. 

Para   lb. 

Copper,    Acetate,    distilled. .  .lb. 

Ammoniated   lb. 

Carbonated   lb. 

Chloride,  Pure,  cryst   lb. 

Iodide   oz. 

Subacetate  (Verdigris)   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Sulphate  (Blue  Vit.)  lb. 

Barrels   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Copperas   100  lbs. 

Coriander   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Corrosive   Sublimate  (see 
Mercury  Bichloride). 

Cotoin,  true,       oz.  v  ea. 

Powdered   lb. 

Coumarin   oz. 

Cramp  Bark   lb. 

Cranesbill   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Cream  Tartar,  powd  lb. 

Creosote,   Beechwood   lb. 

Carbonate   oz. 

Croton  Chloral   (Butychlo.).  .oz. 

Cubeb  Berries,  sifted   lb. 

Powdered  lb. 

Cudbear   lb. 

Culver's    Root   lb. 

Cumin  Seed   lb. 

Damiana  Leaves   lb. 

Dandelion  Herb   lb. 

Root   lb. 

Cut   lb. 

Dextrine,  Yellow   lb. 

White   lb. 

Digitalin,    i/^ths   oz. 


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gr. 


.10 

.11 

.21 


.35 
-  .46 

4.75 


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-  .36 

-  .35 

-  .38 

-  .14 

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[December,  1915 


Prices  Current  of  Drugs  and  Chemical  s — {Continued) 


Digitalis  Leaves,  Eng  lb. 

German   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Pressed,  ors  lb. 

Dog  Grass,   Cut   lb. 

Dover's   Powder   lb. 

Dragon's  Blood,  powd  lb. 

Extra   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Reeds   lb. 

Duotol   oz. 

Dwarf  Elder   lb. 

Elateriura   oz. 

Elderberries   lb. 

Flowert,  preised   lb. 

Juice,  Sambuci   lb. 

Elecampane  Root   lb. 

Ground   lb. 

Elm  Bark  select   lb. 

Ground,    pure   lb. 

Powdered,  pure   lb. 

Epsom  S.  (see  Mag.  Sul.) 

Ergot,   Russian   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Ether,  Acetic   lb. 

Chloric,  U.S.?  lb. 

Nitrous  Conct   lb. 

U.S.P  lb. 

U.S.P.,  1880   lb. 

Valeric   oz. 

Washed   lb. 

■acaine  Hydrochlor   oz. 

Eucalyptol,   U.S.?  oz. 

Bucalyptus    Leaves   lb. 

Euonymin    (Eclec.  powd.)...oz. 

Euphorbium   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Euquinine   ,  oz. 

Exalgine   oz. 

Fennel   Seed   lb. 

Feverfew  Herb,   ozs  lb. 

Flaxseed,  cleaned   bbls. 

Less   lb. 

Ground   lb. 

Foenugreek  Seed   lb. 

Ground   lb. 

Formaldehyde   lb. 

Fuller's   Earth   lb. 

Galangal  Root,  selected   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 


.18  - 
.35  - 
8.75  - 

m2- 


Galbanum,  Strained   lb. 

Gamboge,  blocky   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Select,   Pipe,   bright  lb. 

Garlic,    on    strings  string 

Gaultberia  (see  Wintergreen.) 

Gelanthum   lb. 

Gelatin,  pink   lb. 

Gold   lb. 

Silver   lb. 

Gelsemin  (Resinoid)   oz. 

Gelseminine,  C  P.,  crystals, 

German,  15  gr.  v  ea. 

Sulphate,  IS  gr.  rials   ea. 

Gelsemium  Root   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Gentian  Root   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Ginger    Root,   African  .lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Jamaica,  bleached   lb. 

Ground   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Ginseng   lb. 

Glycerin   lb. 

Gold  and  Sodium  Chloride, 

U.&P.  IS  ft.  T  doz. 

Gold  Thrd.  (Coptis  trifol)....lb. 

Golden  Seal  Root   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Grains  of  Paradise   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Grindelia  Robusta  Herb  lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Guaiac,   Resin   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Wood,  rasped   lb. 

Guaiacol,   liquid   lb. 

Carbonate   oz. 

Salicyl,  (Guaiac.  Salol)  oz. 

Valerianate  (Geosote)   oz. 

Guarana    (PauUinia)   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Gun  Cotton   (Pyroxylin)  oz. 

Gutta  Percha,  crude  chips... lb. 

Sheet   lb. 

Heliotropin   ,  oz. 

Hemlock  Bark,  crushed   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Hemol   oz. 


.lb. 


Hemp  Seed   

Henbane  Leaves,  Eng. 

German   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Seed   lb. 

Henna  Leaves   lb. 

Heroin  Hydrochl.,  IS  gr.  v...ea. 

Hexamethylenamine   lb. 

Holocain,  1  gm.  Tials   ea. 

Homatropin  Alk   gr. 

Hydrobromide   gr. 

Hydrochloride   gr. 

Salicylate   and   Sulphate. .  .gr. 

Honey,   strained   lb. 

Hops,    select(1914)  lb. 

Pressed,  H  &  'A  \h.  pkgs..lb. 
Hydrastine,  Alk.,  CP  oz. 

Hydrochloride   oz. 

^5Ulphate   oz. 

Hydrochinon   oz. 

Hydrogen,  Peroxide,  Sol., 

Medicinal   lb. 

Sol.   Technical   lb. 

Hyoscine  Hydrob.  1  gr.  v  gr. 

Hyoscyamine,  Amorph.,  IS  gr. 


Crystals,  white   gr. 

Hydrobromide   gr. 

Iceland   Moss   lb. 

Ichthyol   lb. 

Indigo,   Bengal,   true   lb. 

Manila   lb. 

Insert     Powder   lb. 

Pure  Uncol'd  Dalmatian,  .lb. 
Iodine  Bromide   oz. 

Resublimed   lb. 

Iodoform,   cryst.   &  pow'd  lb. 

Deodorized   oz. 

Ipecac    Root,   Cartagena  lb. 

Rio   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Irish  Moss,  bleached   lb. 

Irisin  (Eclectic  powder)   oz. 

Iron,  Acetate,  dry   oz. 

Bromide   oz. 

Benzoate   oz. 

Chloride,    cryst.,   U.S.P  lb. 

Citrate,    U.S.P  lb. 

and  Ammonia,  Sol  lb. 


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.20 
.16 
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4.25 
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Iron  and  Quin.  Cit.  U.S.P. 

(12  p.  c  Q.)  Scales.... lb. 
Quinine   and   Strychnine. lb. 

Hypophosphite   lb. 

Iodide   01. 

Syrup   lb. 

Nitrate,  Solution,  U.S.P....lb. 

O-xalate    (1-erroui)   oz. 

Phosphate,  gran.  lb.  bts...lb. 

U.   S.   P.   Scales  lb. 

Precipitated.  1  lb.  bets. ...lb. 
Protocarb,  (Vallet's  M.)  ..lb. 

Pyrophos.    Scales    Sol  lb. 

Quevenne's   (by  hydgn)  lb. 

Salicylate   oz. 

Sesquichloride   lb. 

Solution   lb. 

Subiulphate   lb. 

Solution   (Monsel's)   lb. 

Sulph.  (Copperas)   100  lbs. 

Cryst.  pure   lb. 

Dried   lb. 

Tartrate    and   Aramoniuni.  .lb. 
and  Potassium,  Scales  ...lb. 

Tersulph.,  Sol.,  U.S.P  lb. 

Valerate   oz. 

Isinglass,  Russian   lb. 

Jaborandi  Leaves   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Jalap  Root,  selected  lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Juniper  Berries   lb. 

Kamala   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Purified   lb. 

Kaolin   lb. 

Kino   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Kola  Nuts,  sml.  and  lge....lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Kousso,  powdered   lb. 

Lactucarium   lb. 

Ladies'  Slipper  Root   lb. 

Lanolin   lb. 

Anhydrous   lb. 

Larender  Flowers   lb. 

Lead  Acetate  (Sugar)  lb. 

Chloride   lb. 

Iodide,  powdered   oz. 

Nitrate   lb. 


Lead  Oxide,  Medicinal   lb.     .80  - 

Red   lb.     .10  — 

Subacetate,  Solution   lb.     .12  — 

Leeches,  best  Swedish   ea.     .12  — 

Lemon  Peel,  Ribbons   lb.    .15  — 

Ground   lb.     .20  — 

Licorice,  Corig   lb.     .42  — 

.Mass   lb.     .41  — 

Powdered   lb.     .45  — 

Root,  Russian,  cut   lb.     .33  — 

Powdered   lb.     .35  — 

Root,   Spanish,   bundles  lb.     .17  — 

Powdered   lb.     .20  — 

Lime,  Chlorinated,  bulk   lb.     .05  — 

.-\ssorted,  1,       and  Vn,  lb.... lb.     .10  — 

L.th.um    Acetate   oz.  - 

Bitartrate   oz.  — 

Bromide   lb.    6.00  — 

Carbonate   lb.    1.40  — 

Citrate   lb.    1.70  — 

Glycerophosphate   oz.     .35  — 

Salicylate   lb.    4.00  — 

Lobelia  Herb   lb.     .20  — 

Powdered   lb.     .25  — 

Seed,  clean   lb.     .35  — 

Powdered   lb. 

Lovage  Root,  select,  white.. lb.    .90  — 

Seed   lb.  .60 

Lupulin   lb. 

Lycopodium   lb. 

Mace,  whole   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Magnesium,  Benzoate   oz. 

Calcined   lb. 

Carbonate,  4  ozs  lb. 

2  oza  lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

PonderoiM   lb. 

Glycerophosphate   oz. 

Hypophosphite,  pure   oz. 

Metal,  Powdered   oz. 

Ribbon   oz. 

Phosphate,  pure   oz. 

Sulphate  (Sal.  Epsom)   lb. 

CP.   Crystals   lb. 

Dried   lb. 

Malva   Flowers,   large  lb. 

Blue,  small   lb.  2.00 

Mandrake  Root   lb.  .18 

Powdered   lb.  .23 


2.50  - 


.80  — 

.30  — 

1.7S  — 

.40  — 

.75  - 

.06  — 

.06  — 

.18  — 

.20  — 


Manganese,   Bromide   oz.     .23  —  .28 

Carbonate,   cryst.,   medic... oz.     .08  —  .10' 

Chloride,  cryst  lb.     .30  —  .40 

Hypophosphite   lb.  1.75  —  1.90 

Lactate   oz.     .22  —  .25 

Oxide,  black,  powd  lb.     .10  —  .20 

Manna,  flake,  large   lb.  1.25  —  1.35 

Small   lb.  1.20  —  1.30 

Matico  Leaves   lb.     .40  —  '5 

Menthol,  cryst  lb.  3.60  —  3.80 

oz.     .25  —  .30 

Mercury   lb.  1.65  —  1.80 

Ammon.   (white  precip.). . .  .lb.  1.90  —1.95 

Bichloride    (cor.    sub.)  lb.  1.54  —  1.62 

Powdered   lb.  1.50  —  1.60 

Bisulphate   lb.  1.35  —  1.45 

Chloride,  mild  (Calomel)  ..lb.  1.61  —1.67 

Iodide,  green   Proto   lb.  3.60  —  4.25 

Red   (Pre.)"  Biniodide....lb.  3.75  —4.50 

Nitrate  Solution   oz.     .10  —  .15 

Oxide,  red  (Red  Precip.)... lb.  1.70  —1.90 

Yellow   oz.     .16  —  .20 

Salicylate   oz.     .27  —  .30 

Sulphate  (Turp.  Mineral),  .lb.  1.25  —1.80 

Mercury  with  Chalk  (by  suc- 

cussion   lb.     .95  —  l.OO 

Millet  Seed   lb.     .07  —  .13 

German   lb.  — 

Morphine,  Acetate  Ji-oz.  vial  oz.  7.35  —  7.50 

Alkaloid,  pure,  Ji-oz.  v....oz.  7.35  —7.50 

Hydrobromide,  V^-oz.  v  oz.  6.00  —  6.50 

Hydrochloride,  y%-QZ.  v  oz.  6.00  —  6.40 

Sulphate,  1-oz.  v  oz.  6.00  —  6.35 

Vi-oz.  vial   oz.  6.10  —  6.40 

Valerate,  Yi-az.  v  oz.  6.10  —  6.40 

Mullein  Flowers,  1  lb.  cans. .lb.  2.10  —2.20 

Musk  Root   lb.  1.70  —  1.95 

Powdered   lb.  1.85  —  2.10 

Mustard  Seed,  black  lb.     .13  —  .18 

Ground   lb.    .18  —  .20 

White   lb.     .17  —  .20 

Ground   lb.     .28  —  .35 

Myrrh  (Gum-Resin)   lb.     .28  —  .40 

Naphthalene,  flake  or  balls.. lb.     .16  —  .18 

Nickel,  Acetate   oz.  —  .17 

Bromide   oz.  —  .18 

Nickel  and  Ammon,  Sulph... lb.     .19  —  .22 

Sulphate   lb.  —  .27 

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Notsail*,  powdered   lb.  JS  —  .42 

Nntmegs   lb.  .21  —  .26 

Extra  Urge   80  to  lb.  .25  —  .30 

Nox  Vomica   lb.  .12  —  .14 

Powdered   lb.  M  —  J6 

Oil,  Almond,  bitter   lb.  9.00  —10.00 

Without  Acid   lb.  12.00  —liM 

Almond,  Sweet,  pure   lb.  .90  —  1.10 

Amber,  crude,   dark  lb.  .28  —  .32 

Rectified   lb.  .40  —  .45 

Aniseed,    Star   lb.  1.30  —  1.40 

Benne  (Sesame),  Imported, 

bbls.,  or  less   gal.  1.25  —  1.35 

Bergamot   lb.  3.50  —  3.85 

Birch,  black  (Betula)   lb.  3.75  —  4.25 

C*de   lb.  .25  -  .30 

Cajuput,  bottles   lb.  1.00  —  1.10 

Camphor   lb.  .20  —  .26 

Captietun,  red   oz.  .30  —  .40 

Caraway   lb.  2.38  —  2.53 

Cassia   lb.  1.25  —  1.45 

Castor,  American   lb.  .1314 — .18!: 

Cedar  Leaves,  pure   lb.  .65  —  .75 

Celery   oz.  .85  —  .95 

Chaulmoogra   lb.  1.60  —  1.70 

Cinnamon,    Ceylon   oz.  .80  —  .90 

Citronella   lb.  .55  —  1.25 

Cloves   lb.  1.40  —  1.50 

Cod  Liver,  Norwegian  ....gal.  3.25  —3.50 

Bbls   ea.  80.00  —85.00 

Vj  bbls  ea.  ^3.00 

Copaiba,  pure   lb.  1.10  —  1.25 

Coriander   oz.  .90  —  1.00 

Cottonseed,  yel.  &  white.. gal.  .75  —  .90 

Croton   lb.  1.20  —  1.55 

Cobeb   lb.  3.40  —  3.50 

Caiain   lb.  4.60  —  4.85 

Dill   oz.  .40  —  .45 

EriKcron,   true   lb.  1.35  —  L40 

Encalrptos   lb.  .75  —  .85 

Fennel  Seed,  pure   lb.  3.75  —  4.00 

Gaultheria  Leaf   lb.  4.75  —  5.25 

Geranium,  Rose,  natr  lb.  5.00  —  5.50 

Ginger   oz.  .45  —  .50 

Haarlem.  Dutch   gross  2.30  —  2.45 

Gold  Medal  Tilly,  large, 

gross  — 

Regular   gross  — 

Capsules   gross  —27.00 

Sylvester's   doz.  —  3.00 


Wood   lb. 

Lard   gal. 

Lavender,    Mi  ' 

Flowers   lb. 

Garden,  French 

Lemon   lb. 

Lemougrass   lb. 

Linseed,   boiled   gal. 

Raw   gal. 

Male  Fern,  Ethereal   lb. 

Mustard,    artificial   lb. 

E.xpressed   gal. 

Neatsfoot   gal. 

Neroli,   Bigarade  best   oz. 

Petale,  e.ttra   oz. 

Nutmeg   lb. 

Olive  Lucca,  Cream,  yi  g»\. 

and  1  gal.  cans   gal. 

3  and  6  gal.  cans   gal. 

Malaga   gal. 

Orange,   bitter   lb. 

Sweet   lb. 

Paraffin   gaJ. 

Peach  kernels   lb. 

Pennyroyal   lb. 

Pepper,  black  (Oleoresin, 

U.  S.  P.)   lb. 

Peppermint,  N.   Y  lb. 

Hotchkiss   lb. 

Western   lb. 

Pimenta   lb. 

Poppy,  true   lb. 

Rape   Seed   gal. 

Rose,  Kissanlik   oz. 

Rosemary  Flowers   lb. 

Trieste   lb. 

Rue,  pure   oz. 

Salad,  Union  Oil  Co  gal. 

Sandalwood,  English   lb. 

Sassafras   lb. 

Spearmint,   pure   lb. 

Sperm,   winter,   blchd  gal. 


Tansy 
Tar,  U.S.R 
Thyme 

Red,  No. 

White  ... 
Whale   


.lb. 

 gal. 

1   lb. 

 lb. 

 lb. 

 gal. 


-3  JO 

-  3.35 

-  LfiS 

-  2.35 

-  4.00 

-  JO 

-  .60 

-  2.40 

-3 JO 

-  2.35 

-  3.05 

-  2.30 
-2.7S 

-  JS5 

-  1.00 
-12.00 

-  1.15 

-  .90 

-  .50 

-  .90 


Oil,   Wine,   Ethereal,   light.. lb. 
Heavy,  true,  f.  grapes  lb. 

Wintergreen   lb. 

Synthetic   lb. 

Wormseed,  Baltimore   lb. 

Wormwood,  Amer.,  good  ..lb. 
Ointment,    Mercurial,    %  mer- 
cury  lb. 

1/3  mercury   lb. 

Opium   (Natural)   lb. 

Granulated   lb. 

U.S.P.,  Powdered   lb. 

Orange  Flowers  lb. 

Peel.  Curacoa   lb. 

Orris,  Florentine   lb. 

Select  Finger   lb. 

Verona   lb. 

Paraffin   lb. 

Paraform   oz. 

Paraldehyde   lb. 

Pareira   Brava   Root  lb. 

Paris  Green   lb. 

Pelletierine  Tan.  15  gr.  v  ea. 

Pepper,  black,  clean  sifted.. lb. 

White   lb. 

Peppermint,  Herb.  Germ  lb. 

Leaves,  pressed,  ozs  lb. 

Petrolatuin,  U.S.P.,  white  ..lb. 

Phenacetin,  Bayer   oz. 

Phosphorus,  Amorphous   lb. 

Pilocakrpine,  Alk.,  pnre   (r. 

Hydrobromide,  S  gr.  r  gr. 

Hydrochloride   gr. 

Nitrate   gr. 

Pink  Root,  true   lb. 

Piperidine   oz. 

Piperin   oz. 

Pitch,  Burgundy   lb. 

Plaster,  Calcined   bbl. 

Tme,  dentisu'  sifted  ....bbl. 

Pleurisy  Root   lb. 

Powdered   lb. 

Podophyllin  (Resin)   lb. 

Poke  Berries   

Root   

Powdered   

Poppy  Head*   

Seed,  blue  (Maw)  . 
White 


Potassa,  Caustic 
White,  sticks 


 lb. 

 lb. 

 lb. 

 lb. 

 lb. 


2.75 

4.50 
4.75 


10.75 
12,00 
11.75 
1.30 
.10 
.25 
1.65 


com. 


-  3.00 

-  5.50 

-  5.25 

-  4.35 

-  2.35 

-  2.85 

-  1.10 

-  1.00 

-11.00 
-12.50- 
-12.25 

-  1.4S 

-  .15 

-  .30 

-  2.10 

-  .26 

-  .U 

-  .14 

-  2.25 

-  .25 


.55 
.30 
.15 

1.25. 

1.15 
.07 
.07 
.06 
.01 
.70 

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[December,  1915 


Prices    Current    of   Drugs    and    Chemicals — {Continued) 


Potassium,  Acetate   

...lb. 

.52 

— 

.60 

.22 

— 

.25 

Bicarbonate   

...lb. 

.50 

— 

.55 

lb. 

— 

.32 

CP  

,.lb. 

— 

.40 

Bitartrate,  Ref.  (Cream 

Tar- 

tar)  pure  powd  

...Ib. 

.37 

— 

.45 

..lb. 

.32 

— 

.36 

lb. 

5.50 

6.00 

Carbonate  (Pearl  Ash).. 

...lb. 

.28 

— 

.45 

CP  

...lb. 

.60 

— 

.65 

Refined  (Sal.  Tartar). 

...lb. 

.45 

— 

.55 

Chlorate   

...lb. 

.50 

.55 

Powdered   

...lb. 

.51 

— 

.56 

Purified  and  gran  

...lb. 

.55 

.65 

Chloride,  C.  P  

...lb. 

.30 

— 

.40 

...lb. 

.85 

— 

.90 

.15 

.25 

,  ,1b. 

1.10 

— 

1.25 

Iodide   

lb. 

4.00 

— 

4,50 

Lactophosphate   

. .  .oz. 

.20 

— 

.24 

lb. 

.38 

— 

.42 

,..lb. 

.39 

— 

.43 

.40 

— 

.45 

Permanganate   

. . .lb. 

1.55 

1.65 

Pure,  powdered   

,1b. 

1.60 

— 

1.70 

3.75 

Yellow   

..,1b. 

.90 

— 

1.10 

Salicylate   

lb 

.20 

!32 

C.  P  

...lb. 

.32 



.40 

Sulphide   



.42 

.45 

Tartrate,  Powdered  (Sol 

Tartar)   

lb 

75 

.85 

Prickly  Ash  Bark 

lb 

.25 

.30 

lb 

^32 

[37 

Berries 

lb 

!20 

[25 

2.10 

Powdered   

.. .lb. 

.11 

— 

.14 

. . .lb. 

.15 

.25 

lb. 

.34 

.37 

Quince  Seed   

...lb. 

.90 

1.00 

Quinidine  Alk.,  cryst   

. .  .oz. 

.80 

.90 

Sulph   

.70 

.90 

i.'oo 

.86 

1.02 

.70 

90 

Quinine,  Carbolate   

...oz. 

.84 

-  1.00 

—  1.05 

Hydrochloride   

...oz. 

—  1.05 

—  .90 

Salicylate   

..  .oz. 

—  1.00 

Sulphate,  100-oz.  tins  

. .  .oz. 

-  1.90 

5  oz.  tins  

—  1.95 

1  oz.  vials   

—  2.00 

Tannate   

-  1.05 

—  1.03 

Quinoline  Tartrate   

—  .90 

Rape  Seed,  English   

...lb. 

-  .14 

German   

...lb. 

—  .12 

—  .10 

Ground   

...lb. 

—  .12 

Resin,  common   

Good,  strained,  .per  280 

...lb. 

—  .06 

lbs. 

...lb. 

-  .16 

...lb. 

8.00 

—10.00 

Rhubarb,  Canton   

..lb. 

—  .82 

Clippings   

...lb. 

—  .45 

Powdered   

lb. 

-  .90 

Powdered,  extra  tins  . 

...lb. 

—  .90 

Rochelle  Salt   

..,1b. 

.28!^  .35 

Rose  Leaves,  pale  .   

,,  lb. 

Red   

2.25 

—  2.40 

-  1,75 

—  .50 

—  .40 

Iodide,   1   oz.  v  

2.25 

—  2,50 

Rue,  Herb,  pressed,  ozs  . . . 

...lb. 

,30 

—  ..^6 

Saffron  Amer.  (Saf flower). 

...lb. 

—  .90 

Spanish,   true,  Valencia. 

...lb. 

12'.25 

—12.60 

Safrol   

.32 

-  .i* 

Sage,  leaves   

...lb. 

.20 

—  .50 

Domestic   

lb. 

.42 

—  .46 

lb. 

.25 

Salicin   

..lb. 

4.65 

—  7',20 

Salol   

.,1b. 

8.75 

—10.00 

..  lb. 

.20 

-  .25 

Ground   

...lb. 

.25 

-  .30 

Sandarac,  Gum,  clean  

..lb. 

.32 

—  .36 

3.50 

—  3.60 

Sarsaparilla  Root,  Hon.  cu 

t..lb. 

.55 

—  .60 

Mexican,  cut   

..lb. 

.25 

—  .30 

..lb. 

.30 

—  .35 

Sassafras,  Pith   

.18 

—  .20 

Bark   

lb. 

.20 

—  .25 

..lb. 

.25 

—  .30 

Saw  Palmetto  Berries  .... 

...lb. 

.18 

—  .20 

JQ 

Scopolamine  Hydrobromide 

Hydrochloride,  S  gr.  v. 

..ea. 

3.00 
.75 

3J0 
1.00 

Skullcap  Herb   

..lb. 

.35 

_ 

.40 

Senega  Root   

..lb. 

.46 

J6 

.,1b. 

.54 

.23 



.64 

.30 

..lb. 



Senna  Leaves,  Alexandria. 

..lb. 

.40 

.50 

..lb. 

.35 

_ 

.40 

.lb. 

.32 



.38 

Serpentaria  (Va.  Snake  root). lb. 

.50 

.62 
1.00 

1.04 

.38 

r  used   cones    ..  .... 

..lb. 

oticK  (Lunar  Caustic) 

.  .oz. 

.44 

.48 

Oxide 

1.00 

1.05 

1.36 

Simaruba,  ^"'1'       Root  . 

.24 

JO 

CL-.    1  "r^'lklr  ""-D  

"ik' 
■  "l?" 

.29 
.20 

Snake   Root,  Canada   

..lb. 

^40 

'3 

..lb. 

.45 

Iss 

box. 

6.50 

3.50 

3.75 

5.7S 



6.00 

..lb. 

.30 

.35 

Soap  Tree  Bark,  whole  

..lb. 

.14 

.16 

Cut   

..lb. 

.18 



.24 

Powdered   

..lb. 

.20 



.25 

Soda  Ash   

..lb. 

.03 

_ 

.OS 

Caustic,  purified,  fused.. 

..lb. 

.25 



.30 

Sodium  Acetate   

..lb. 

.15 



.30 

Arsenate   

..lb. 

.20 



.55 

Arsenite,  pure   

lb. 



.60 

..lb. 

4.25 



4.50 

From  True  Benzoic  A  . 

..lb. 

..lb. 

.25 

.30 

CP.,  Powdered   

..lb. 

.10 

14 

..lb. 

.20 

"25 

Bitartrate   

..lb. 

.80 

.90 

Bromide   

lb. 

5.58 

6.00 

Carbon.    (Sal   Soda).  100.. lb». 

1.00 

1.50 

CP.,  cryst..  U.  S.  P.  . 

..lb. 

.12 

.11 

..lb. 

.16 

.18 

Granulated   

..lb. 

.02M- 

.04 

(3iloride,  CP  

..lb. 

.18 

JO 

Dried   

..lb. 

.30 

.35 

Cinnamate   

.  .oz. 

.25 

.29 

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41 


Prices    Current    of    Drugs    and    Chemicals — {Concluded) 


Sodium  Citrate   lb.  .70  —  .80 

C  P  lb.  —  1.30 

Glycerophosphate,  75  p.  c.oz.  .16  —  .20 

Hypophosphite   lb.  .90  —  1.10 

Hyposulphite,   cryst   lb.  .04  —  .06 

Kegs.    112    lbs.   lb.  .02J4—  .03 

Granular   lb.  .02)^—  .06 

Iodide,  oz.,  .37— .42   lb.  4.25  —  4.S0 

Lactophosphate   oz.  .14  —  .18 

Phosphate,  cryst  lb.  .07  —  .10 

Pure  granulated   lb.  .09  —  .13 

Recrystallized   lb.  .13  —  .16 

Dried   lb.  .22  —  .24 

Phosphomolybdate   oz.  .45  —  .50 

Salicylate   lb.  4.25  —  4.50 

From    Oil    Wintergreen.  .oz.  .32  —  .36 

Silicate,  dry   lb.  .12  —  .20 

Liquid   lb.  .04  —  .08 

Sulphate    (Sal   Glauber)    ..lb.  .03  —  .04 

Pure   cryst  lb.  .08  —  .10 

Dry   lb.  .08  —  .12 

Sulphocarb.  (Sulphophen.).  .lb.  1.10  —1.25 
and     Potassium  Tartrate 

(Rochelle  Salt)   lb.  .28^J—  .35 

Solomon's  Seal  Root   lb.  .16  —  .20 

Sorbilin   oz.  —  .60 

Spearmint  Leaves,  ozs  lb.  .34  —  .38 

Spermaceti,  cakes   lb.  .36  —  .40 

Spruce    Gum   lb.  1.00  —  1.10 

Extra   lb.  1.50  -  1.65 

Spirit,  Ammonia,  U.S.P  lb.  .54  —  .69 

Aromatic   lb.  .50  —  .55 

Nitre,  U.S.P  lb.  .47  -  .52 

Spirits  Turpentine   gal.  .62  —  .70 

Squill,  Root,  white   lb.  .12  —  .14 

Stillingia  Root   lb.  .17  —  .20 

Powdered   lb.  .23  —  .26 

Stora.x,  liquid   lb.  .40  —  .50 

Stramoniuin  Leaves   lb.  .28  —  .35 

Powdered   lb.  .34  —  .39 

Pressed,    ozs  lb.  .36  —  .40 

Seed   lb.  .20  —  .22 

Powdered   lb.  .25  —  .28 

Strontium   Acetate   oz.  .11  —  .15 

Bromide   lb.  5.70  —  6.00 

Iodide   oz.  .37  —  .40 

Lactate   oz.  .09  —  .12 

Nitrate,  dry   lb.  .30  —  .35 

Granular,    CP  lb.  .50  —  55 

S.iUcvlate   lb.  2.75  -  2.90 


Strophanthus,  Seed,  brown... lb.     .75  - 

Green   lb. 

Powdered   lb.  1.00  - 

Strychnine,   Acetate,    ^ths..oz.  1.60  - 

Alk.,  pow'd,  Js  oz.  V  oz.  1.15  - 

Nitrate,    ^   oz.    v  oz.  1.50  - 

Sulphate,  %  oz.  v  oz.  1.15  - 

Sugar  of  Milk,  pow'd  lb.  .20  - 

1  lb.  cartons   lb.  .22  - 

Sulfonal,  Bayer   oz. 

L.  &  F  oz. 

Sulphonmethane,  U.  S.  P.  ...lb.  8.00  - 

oz.  .60  - 

Sulphonethylmeth,  U.  S.  P.. lb.  9.50  - 

oz.  .70  - 

Sulphur,  Bromide   oz. 

Flowers   lb.  .02}^- 

Lac,  precipitated   lb.  .16  - 

Roll   lb.  ..OZYj- 

Washed   lb.     .09  - 

Sunflower  Seeds   lb.  .09  - 

Talcum,  powdered   lb.     .04  - 

Purified   lb.     .16  - 

Tamarinds   kegs  3.00  - 

Ta-  Barbados   gal.  .60  - 

No.  Carolina,  pt.  cans  doz.  - 

Tartar  Emetic   lb.      68  - 

Terpin  Hydrate,  1  lb.  car.. ..lb.     .45  - 

Thvmol   lb.  13.00  - 

Iodide,   U.S.P  lb.  9.50  - 

oz.  .60  - 

Tragacanth,  Aleppo,  extra... lb.  2.35  - 

Aleppo,   No.   1  lb.  2.30  - 

Turkey,  No.  1  lb. 

No.   2   lb. 

Powdered   lb.  1.90  - 

Turpentine,  Chian,  gen  oz.  .33  - 

Venice   lb.  .80  - 

Uva  Ursi   lb.     .15  - 

Powdered   lb.     .22  - 

Valerian  Root,  English   lb.     .85  - 

Powdered   lb.    .95  - 

German   lb.  .45  - 

Powdered   lb.  .50  - 

Vanillin   oz.  .65  - 

Veratrum  Viride,  Root   lb.     .15  - 

Powdered   lb.     .25  - 

Verdigris,  powdered,  pure   ..lb.  .45  - 

VVahoo,    Bark  of   Root   lb.     .45  - 

Bark  of  tree   lb.     .25  - 


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•  .70 

-  2.50 

-  2.48 


Wax,  Bay   lb.  .27 

Bees,  yellow   lb.  .42 

White   lb.  .45 

Carnauba,   No.   1   lb.  .50 

Japan   lb.  .18 

White  Hellebore,  Root   lb.  .09 

Powdered   lb.  .15 

Wild  Cherry  Bark   lb.  .12 

Ground   lb.  .14 

Powdered   lb.  .21 

Wild   Indigo   Root   lb.  .18 

Ground   lb.  .25 

Willow  Bark,  black   lb. 

White   lb. 

Witch  Hazel.  Extract,  double 

Dist  gal.  .70 

Barrels   gal.  .55 

Bark   lb.  .16 

Leaves,  pressed,  ozs  lb.  .24 

Wormseed  (Chenopodium)  ...lb.  .16 

Powdered   lb.  .22 

Levant  (Santonica)   lb.  1.75 

Powdered   lb.  1.80 

Wormwood,  bulk   lb.  .20 

Pressed,   ozs  lb. 

Powdered   lb.  .25 

Verba  Santa   lb.  .25 

Zinc,  Acetate,  1  lb.  bots....lb.  .40 

Bromide   oz.  .12 

Chloride,  fused   lb.  .30 

Granulated   lb.  .30 

Medicinal   lb. 

Iodide   oz.  .40 

Hypophosphite   oz.  .25 

Lactophosphate   oz. 

Metallic,  C.  P  lb.  .35 

Gran.,  free  from  arsenic. lb.  .45 

Oleate   oz. 

Oxide,    American,    U.S.P... lb.  .22 

Eng.  Hubbuck's   lb.  .50 

Permanganate   oz.  .45 

Phosphide   oz.  .20 

Salicylate   oz.  .14 

Stearate   oz.  .09 

Sulphate,  crystals   lb.  .08 

C.  P  lb.  .15 

Dried   lb.  .25 


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WHERE  a  Buy 
 FOR  THE  DRUG  TRADE  I 

A  PRACTICAL  SERVICE  for  Manufacturers  and  Supply  Houses  which 
enables  them  to  keep  all  the  Buyers  of  the  Drug  Trade  constantly  ad- 
vised as  to  what  Goods  they  make  or  supply  and  where  the  same  may  be 
obtained.  ^  Published  each  month  in  The  PHARMACEUTICAL  Era.  4  All 
classified  according  to  the  recognized  departments  of  the  modern  drug  store  as 
given  below  and  all  fully  INDEXED  by  goods  and  by  firm  names. 


Arranged  by  Drug  Store  Departments: — 


Orugs,  Chemicals  and  Pharmaceuticals 
^    Surgrical  and  Dental  Instruments 

*      Physicians  and  Surgeons  Supplies 
Colleges  and  Schools  of  Pharmacy 

Pharmaceutical  and  Chemical  Books,  etc. 

Drug  Brokers  and  Manufacturers  Agents  ^ 
Wholesale  and  Importing  Druggists 
Hospital  Furniture  and  Supplies 
Alcohol,  Wines  and  Liquors 
All  Goods  for  Prescription  Department 

Proprietary  and  Patent  Medicines  and 
all  kinds  of  Proprietary  Goods  and 
articles  not  otherwise  classified. 

Toilet  preparations,  if  not  medicinal* 
are  included  in  Sundry  Department. 

ncptueiiiiyJLkpl 

Note  also  Stationery  and  Optical  De> 
partments  and  some  proprietary  goods 
will  be  found  in  the  Paint,  Fountain, 
Candy  and  Supply  DepU.    This  Dept. 
is  primarily  for  Proprietary  Medicines. 

AD  kinds  of  Drug  Sundries,  Rubber 
Goods,  Toilet  Articles,  Hair  and  Tooth 
Brashes,  Combs,  Manicure  Goods  euid 
Holiday  Goods,  Musical  Goods  and  In. 
ttraments.  Leather  Goods,  Cutlery,  Eu. 

Atomizers,  Barber's  Supplies,  Bath  Good* 
Sponges  and  Chamois,  Sponge  Baskets 
Perfumes,  Colognes  and  Toilet  Cases 

Toilet  Soaps  and  Shaving  Goods 
Safety  Razors  and  Safety  Strops.  Eio. 

Books,  Periodicals  and  Stationery,  Etc. 
Blank  Books,  Calendars  and  Post  Cards 
Inks,  Mucilage,  Pens  and  Pencils 
Drawing  Materials  and  School  Supplies 
'Papeteries,  Tablets  and  Writing  Papers 

Playing  Cards,  Poker  Chips,  Checkers 
Office  and  Typewriter  Supplies 
Dieu-ies  and  Drawing  Materials 
Fountain  Pens  and  Filing  Cases 

Envelopes,  Rubber  Bands,  Clips,  Etc. 

Optical  Goods  and  Jewelry 
Photographic  Apparatus  and  Supplies 

Eye  Glasses  and  Spectacles 
Opera,  Field  and  Reading  Glasses 
Microscopes,  Magnifying  Glasses,  Etc. 

Barometers,  Thermometers,  Hydrometers 

Hour  Glasses,  and  Stereopticons  , 
Drawing  Instruments  &  Stereoscopes 
Eye  Shields,  Eye  Shades  and  Goggles 
Opticians  Supplies,  Etc.,  Etc..  Etc. 

Soda  Fountain  Apparatus  and  Supplies 
,      Bottling  Machinery  and  Supplies 
Fountain  Sundries  and  Utensils 

Ice  Cream  Machinery,  Cabinets,  Etc. 

Refrigerating  Machinery  and  Supplies 

Flavoring  Extracts — Fountain  Fumituro 
Carbonators  and  Cau-bonic  Acid  Gas 

Mineral  Waters  and  Special  Beverages  > 
Cocoa  and  Fountain  Coffee 
Hot  Soda  Supplies,  Etc..  Etc..  Etc. 

Confectionery  Goods  and  Supplies 
Chewing  Gums,  Caramels,  Gum  Drops 
Chocolates  and  Bon  Bons 
Cough  Drops  and  Lozenges 
Licorice  Goods,  Extracts  &  Specialties 

Almonds,  Breath  Perfumes,  Cachous 
Chocolate  Chips  and  Cocoanut  Goods 
Fruit  Candies  and  Glace  Goods 
Marsh  Mallows  and  Mixed  Candies 
Brick  and  Package  Goods,  Etc.,  Etc. 

Cigars,  Tobaccos  and  Cigarettes 
Domestic,  Key  West  and  ImpL  Cigars 

Smoking  and  Chewing  Tobaccoa 
Cheroots,  Cigan-os  and  Stogies 
Manilla  and  Porto  Rican  Cigars,  Etc. 

All  kinds  of  Smokers  Articles 
Briar  Pipes  and  Meerschaum  Goods 
Cases,  Holders  2md  Cigar  Lighters 
Matches  and  Match  Safes 
Calabash  and  Com  Cob  Pipes 

Paints,  Oils  and  Varnishes 
Wall  Papers  and  Linoleums 
Artists  Materials  and  Brushes 
Window  Glass  and  Wood  Fmishcs 
Axlo  Grease  &  Lubricating  Oils 

Dry  Paints  and  Colors  in  Oil 
Ready  Mixed  Paints— White  Lead 

Gold  and  Silver  Leaf— Bronzes 
Paris  Green,  Turps  and  Linseed  Oil 
Everything  in  Painters'  Supplies 

Office,  Laboratory  and  Store  Supplies 
Store  Fixtures,  Furniture  and  Cases 
Signs:  Window  and  Display  Fixtures 
Laboratory  and  Chemical  Apparatus 
Advertising  and  Druggists'  Printing 

Typewriters,  Cash  Registers  &  Safes 

Drug  Glassware,  Labels,  Etc. 
Lighting  Systems  and  Electric  Fixtures 
Everything  that  is  USED  in  the  Drug 
Store,  or  Office  or  Laboratory 

All  Cards  fully  indexed  both  by  Goods  and 
by  Firm  Names,  also  under  General  or 
Class  heading,  and  where  necessary 
cross-indexed.    The  Index  is  an 
important  part  of  this  Directory 

All  Goods  listed  or  mentioned  in  your 
Business  Card  will  be  Indexed,  but  we 
do  not  supply  extra  listings.    It  is  an 
Index  to  what  is  in  your  Card  ;  if  you 
want  it  in  the  Index,  put  it  in  your  Card 

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[December,  1915 


Drugs,  Chemicals  and  Pharmaceuticab 
Surgical  and  Dental  Instruments 
Physicians  and  Surgeons  Supplies 
Colleges  and  Schools  of  Pharmacy 
Pharmaceutical  and  Chemical  Books,  etc. 

Drug  Brokers  and  Manufacturers  Agents 
Wholesale  and  Importing  Druggists 
Hospital  Furniture  and  Supplies 
Alcohol,  Wines  and  Liquors 
All  Goods  for  Prescription  Department 

"Good-Bye  Fly" 

According  to  Department  of  Agriculture  Bulletin  No.  118: 
Apply  0.62  Borax  to  every  10  cubic  feet  of  manure.  Apply 
Borax  particularly  around  edges;  sprinkle  with  2  or  3 
gallons  of  water.  This  treatment  should  be  repeated  with 
each  addition  of  fresh  manure.  Borax  prevents  fly  eggs 
from  hatching. 

In  the  case  of  garbage  cans  2  oz.  of  Borax  will  effectually 
prevent  flies  from  breeding. 

Druggist,  inform  your  customers  of  this  fact  and 
thereby  increase  your  BORAX  sales. 

PACIFIC  COAST  BORAX  COMPANY 
NEW  YORK  CHICAGO  OAKLAND 


AGENCIES  WANTED 

Manufacturers  and  Importers  accounts  wanted. 
Will  handle  specialty  or  staple  lines,  also  distribu- 
tion if  desirable. 

Will  solicit  regularly  leading  Oklahoma  Drug 
Trade. 

MAD-OX  DRUG  CO.,  Inc.,  Ada,  Okla. 


BIERSTEDT  DEPLETING  SUPPOSITORY 

No.  300— Doz.  Box  $4.00 

To  be  had  through   the  Wholesale  Trade  or  direct 

from  our  laboratories.      Send  for  Catalogue. 
BIERSTEDT  SUPPOSITORY  CO.,  E.  A.  BIERSTEDT.  Pres. 
426  E,  46th  STREET         -        .  CHICAGO.  ILL. 


Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy 

The  Only  College  devoted  solely  to  Pharmacy 

Caialo^ue  on  "Recfuejl —  Dept.  A. 

614  W.  Court  Street     -     Cincinnati,  O. 


Tell  Your  Story 


In  the  ERA'S  Want  Ad  Columns 


GRAY'S  PHARMACEUTICAL  QUIZ  COMPEND 

Fourteenth  Edition 

Designed  to  assist  those  preparing  for  examination  before 
any  State  Board  or  College  of  Pharmacy.  Questions  and 
answers  on  Pharmacy,  Materia  Medica  and  Chemistry. 
Useful  also  for  daily  reference  as  to  Doses — Poisons  and 
Antidotes— Incompatibilities — N  e  w  Remedies— Synonymous 
names  of  drugs.  Indispensable  to  beginners.  Mailed  to 
any  address  for  $1.50. 

M.  M.  GRAY  &  CO.,  Pubhshers.  P.  O.  Box  593,  Chicago,  lU. 


Wholesale  Drugs.  Chemicals  and 
Sundries 

GUARANTEED  FOOD  AND  DRUGS  ACT 

Write  For  Trice  Liji 

BAKST  BROTHERS 

101  BOWERY  NEW  YORK  CITY 


1  PURCHASE  THE  BEST 

{Answers  to  Questions  prescribed  by 
Pharmaceutical  State  Boards. 
8  vo,  303  pp.    Price  $1.50  net. 

JOHN  JOS.  McVEY,  Publisher,  Philadelphia 


Z.  0.  ADHESIVE  PLASTER. 

IN  BEST  FORM  AND  QUALITY. 
At  the  following  prices.  Cash  with  order 
or  reference.  2  7o  discount  for  cash.  Order 
direct.  Prepaid  to  any  address. 

SEND  FOR  SAMPLE 
K  in.  1 1  yd. .  J <  gro. . $2. 1 0  K  i"- 1 1  T<l-  - 1  ?ro. . $4.00 
liii.xlyd..j/^gro..-2.70    liB.xlyd..lgro..  5.20 

EBERLY  &  EBERLY 

Box  116  E.  AKRON.  OHIO 


MAKE  YOUR  OWN 

MILK  OF  MAGNESIA 

Shows  handsome  profits.  Easy 
r  jobber. 


KEASBEY  &  MATTISON  COMPANY,  Ambler,  Pa. 

World's  largest  Magnesia  Manufacturers. 


Proprietary  and  Patent  Medicines  and 
all  _  kinds  of  Proprietary  Goods  and 
'  articles  not  otherwise  classified. 

Toilet  preparations,  if  not  medicinal, 
are  included  in  Sundry  Department. 


Note  also  Stationery  and  Optical  De- 
partments and  some  proprietary  goods 
will  be  found  in  the  Paint.  Fountain, 
Candy  and  Supply  Depts.  This  Dept. 
is  primarily  for  Proprietary  Medicine*. 


CAPSULATING 


We  want  you  to  couple  our  name  with  any  work  of  this 
kind  you  may  want  done,  and  will  feel  honored  to  have 
you  consult  us  at  any  time. 


H.Planten&Som,Brookiyh,N.Y 

Capsulc  Specialists 


,820  GRAY'S  OINTMENT 

FOR  BOILS  AND  SORES  OF  ALL  KINDS. 

Price,  $1.75  per  Doz. 

Gray's  Celebrated  Pile  Ointment   $3.00  per  doz. 

Gray's  Carbolic  Salve    1.50  per  doi. 

House's  Liver  and  Rheumatic  Pills    1.50  per  doz. 

W.  F.  GRAY  &  CO.  Nashville,  Tenn. 


December.  1915] 


WHERE  TO  BUY  DEPARTMENT 


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Proprietary  and  Patent  Medicines  and 
all  kinds  of  Proprietary  Goods  and 
articles  not  otherwise  classified. 

Toilet  preparations,  if  not  medicinal, 
are  included  in  Sundry  Department. 


Note  also  Stationery  and  Optical  De- 
partments and  some  proprietary  goods 
will  be  found  in  the  Paint,  Fountain, 
Candy  and  Supply  Depts.  This  Dept. 
is  primeu-ily  for  Proprietary  Medicines. 


Madam.  Dean's  Antiseptic 
VagiTval  Sxappositories 

APerfectly  Reliable  V&tfinal  Antiseptic 


p.o.MXK<,s»s„'dr.,r;r;^crL«asK,PA. 


Hobo  Kidney  &  Bladder  Remedy 


greatest  find  of  the  age  for  kidnc 
Send  for  free  storv.     Full  treati 


bladder  troubles, 
ax  bottles,  $5.00. 


HOBO  MEDICINE  MFG.  CO. 
SINGER.  LOUISIANA 


Dandru£f  and 

Eczema  Remedy 


No.  8  Bottle  lells  at  $1.00  .  $8.00  doz. 
No.  4  Bottle  sells  at      .50      .        4.00  doz. 

ALSO  M.ANUFACTURERS  OF  WILDROOT  SHAMPOO  SOAP 
Order _fTom  your  Jobber  or  turtle  to  uj 

WILDROOT  CHEMICAL  CO.,    BuflFalo,  N.  Y. 


NEEDHAMS 

Extract  of  Red  Clover 


in 


7ell  known  and  popular  for  over  thirty  years. 
Can  you  use  some  booklets  with  your  card 
printed  on  them? 

Red   Clover  Blossoms   $4.00  per  doz. 

Solid    Extract   Red    Clover   8.00  per  doz. 

Large  size  Solid  Extract  16.00  per  doz. 

D.   NEEDHAM'S  SONS,   Lakeside  Building,  Chicago, 


ON  THE  WING 

RHEUMATISM  RELIEF 

A  Wonderful  Remedy.  Quite  Reliable. 
It  Repeats ! 
20  oz.  bottle-Price.  $9.00  dozen 

, ,  M.  R.  LYONS  &  CO. 

y       77  Hancock  Street  Brooklyn.  N.  Y. 


DR.  WOLFSTIRN'S 

Rheumatic  and  Gout  Remedy 

No  253.    Goirinteed  under  the  FOOD  ind  DRUGS  ACT,  Jane  30.  1906. 

CONTAIN-IITG  14%  ALCOHOL 
Price  75  Cents  Per  Bottle  Stocked  by  All  Drug  Jobbers 


Established  1837.  Incorporated  1901. 

These  prepajattpns  have  retained 
t-he  approval  of  three  fenerations. 

ORDER  FROM  YOUR  JOBBER. 

WRIGHT'S  INDIAN  VEGETABLE  PILLS  (Sugar  Coated 
or  Plain),  the  most  eiTective  remetlv  for  disorders  of  the 
Stomach,  the  Liver  and  the  Bow  els  ?1. 75  per  doz. 

PEERY'S  VERMIFUGE  "DEAD  SHOT"  destroys  and  ex- 
pels Worms  promptly,  besides  toning  up  the  diges- 
tion  $1.75  per  doz. 

ROMAN  EYE  BALSAM,  a  healing  salve  for  Inflammation 
of  the  Eyes,  Sties,  etc.    Speedy  and  safe  $2.00  per  doz. 

THE  GROSSMAN  MIXTURE,  an  excellent  internal  remedy 
for   Gonorrhoea   and   (ileet.   which   overcomes  stomachic 

disturbances   ?^.00  per  doz. 

If  your  Jobber  cannot  supply  you,  write  direct 

WRIGHT'S  Indian  vegetable  Pill  Co.,  Inc. 

372  Pearl  Street,  New  York. 


FISH  OIL  SOAPS,  CARBOLIC  SOAPS,  DOG 
SOAP,  PINE  TAR,  POWDERED  ROSIN 
DISINFECTANTS,  ETC. 

JAMES  GOOD,  939-41  Front  St..  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

ESTABLISHED  1868 
Guaranteed  under  Pure  Food  and  Drutfs  Act 


<*171VI   r'AD    nr^'*  REGISTERED  (TRADE  MARK) 
Ein-VjAIV-lyV/       AT    U,  S.  PATENT  OFFICE 

25c  l'ap'iN*S^1RON^RU^ST°SOAP  25o 

For  removing  "IRON  RUST'  from  white  Linen,  Laces,  Maslin, 
Embroidery,  etc.  without  injury  to  fabrics 

LAPIN'S  STRAW  GLOSS.  The  only  Straw  hat  Cleaner 
that  actually  restores  the  original  Gloss.  Order  from  your  Jobbers  or  write 
J.  T.  UMPLEBY  552  S.  52  St..  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


ECKMAN'S  ALTERATIVE 

Order  from  your  jobber  to-day 

Small  Size,  $8.00  Doz.     Eegular  Size,  $16.00  Doz. 

Attractive  literature  on  request 

Eckman  Mfg.  Co.,   Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Mrs.  Winslow's  Soothing  Syrup 

Order  a  Dozen  from  Your 
Jobber  Now 

We  Will  Bring  a  Purchaser  to  Your  Store 
ANGLO  AMERICAN  DRUG  CO. 

NEW    YORK  N.  Y. 


is  the  one  and  only  absolutely  uniform  and  un- 
alterable solution  of  iron  and  manganese  in  the 
form  of  true  organic  peptonates.  It  is  also  the 
one  and  only  preparation  lawfully  entitled  to  be 
known  as  "Pepto-Mangan,"  a  valid  trade-mark, 
which  is  OUR  EXCLUSIVE  PROPERTY.  We 
respectfully  request  the  trade  to  take  due  notice 
of  these  facts. 

M.  J.  Breitenbacli  Co.,    New  York,  U.  S.  A. 


Card  "A"  d  inch) 

OxLY  S54  A  Year,  less  7-10%  Cash  Discount. 
Net  cost  less  than  $1.00  per  week,  or  only  20  cents 
per  1000  of  circulation. 


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[December,  1915 


Al)  kinds  of  Drug  Sundries,  Rubber 
Goods,  Toilet  Articles,  Hair  and  Tooth 
Brushes,  Combs,  Manicure  Goods  and 
Holiday  Goods,  Musical  Goods  and  In- 
struments.  Leather  Goods,  Cutlery,  Etc. 

Atomizers,  Barber's  Supplies,  BathGoodj 
Sponges  and  Chamois,  Sponge  Baskets 
Perfumes,  Colognes  and  Toilet  Cases 

Toilet  Soaps  and  Shaving  Goods 
Safety  Razors  and  Safety  Strops,  Etc. 

SPILTOIR'S 


Buttermilk  Talcum   (Copyright  6013)   "Pure  as  a 
Baby's  Innocence,  Fit  for  Your  Baby"  (Packed 

3  doz.  in  carton,  $9.00  gross.  1  doz.  free)  $0.10  $0.75 

I'Actrez  Face  Powder  (Packed  1  dozen  in  carton)  .50  3.25 
Cream  of  Milk  Talcum,  .15  tin— 3  doz.  in  carton, 

$12.00  gro.    Glass  $2.00  doz.    Brass  top. 

Vel-po  Face  Powder,  blue  and  gold  bo.x  (.15,  .75)    .35  2.00 

Lavander    Face    Powder  25  2.00 

De  L'Opera  Face  Powder  75  6.t0 

Stearate  of  Zinc  Talc,    .15,  $12.00  gro. 

Oil  de  L'Opera  (Sinltoir),  H  oz.  Glass  Stop  Bot..  10.00 

F.  E.  SPILTOIR,  186  William  Street,  NEW  YORK,  N.  Y. 


CUSTOMERS  APPRECIATE  YOUR  RECOMMENDATION  OF 

PYORRHOCIDE 

for  bleeding,  spongy  gums  and 
as  a  tooth  and  mouth  cleanser 

Used  by  the  profession  everywhere.  Sold  by  all  Jobbers. 
The  Dentinol  &  Pyorrhocide  Co.,  New  York  City 


Non  Rolling  "IT"  Nurser  is  a  beauty 
T.  C.  WHEATON  CO.,  Expert  Bottle  Blowera 
MILLVILLE.  N.  J. 
New  York  Address.  132  Nass&u  Street 


PROTECTO 

Remedies  all  the  evils  of  the  glass  nursing  bottle.  No  more 
broken  bottles.  Warm  milk  for  the  baby.  Mothers'  and 
nurses'  anxiety  relieved.  Indispensable  in  the  home  of  the 
bottle  baby. 

RETAILS  $1.00 
Address  L.  c.  BUTLER. 

115  Broadway  New  York  City 


Books,  Periodicals  and  Stationery,  Etc. 
Blank  Books,  Calendars  and  Post  Cards 
Inks,  Mucilage,  Pens  and  Pencils 
Drawing  Materials  and  School  Supplies 
Papeteries,  Tablets  and  Writing  Papers 

Playing  Cards,  Poker  Chips,  Checkers 
Office  and  Typewriter  Supplies 
Diaries  and  Drawing  Materials 
Fountain  Pens  and  Filing  Cases 
Envelopes,  Rubber  Bands,  Clips,  Etc. 

     A 

Gold  Initial  Correspondence  Cards 

12  Cards— 12  Envelopes  and  Blotter  in 
Handsome  Carton.  Two  Styles — "A'' 
illustrates  "Shield  Emboss"— "G"  "Script 
Emboss."  Packed  in  Assts.  of  144 
Boxes  correct  proportion  of  initials. 
Price  tViC.  per  box.  Freight  allowed  on 
One  Gross  or  more  East  of  the  Missis- 
sippi River.  Order  a  trial  Asst. 
L.  H.  NELSON  CO.,  Portland,  Me. 


POST  CARDS 

HIGHi   GRADE    SEASON  CARDS 

THANKSGIVING,  CHRISTMAS  AND  NEW  YEARS— 
500  for  $1.50  or  1,000  for  $2.50. 
Gelatine  Bromides— All  Season  Cards :—\'elvets.  Silk,  5-1015c 
licKiklets,  etc.— Sample  assortni.tit  snit  for  $2.00.  This  sample 
let  retails  for  $5.00.  Special  a~-oniiK-it  ..f  odds  and  ends  of 
Assorted  Views,  Comics,  etc.,  for  9ilc  per  1,01.10— while  they  last. 
Order  now— We  also  make  local  views. 

N.  T.  MUNRO  PUB.  CO. 
24-26  Vandewater  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y. 


HIGGINS' 


DRAWING  INKS 
ETERNAL  WRITING  INK 
ENGROSSING  INK 
TAURINE  MUCILAGE 
PHOTO  MOUNTER  PASTF 
DRAWING  BOARD  PASTE 
LIQUID  PASTE 
OFFICE  PASTE 
VEGETABLE  GLUE,  ETC. 
ARE  the  FINESTand  BEST  GOODS  of  THEIR  KIND 

Itself  from  the  ase  of  corrosive  jnH  Ill-smelling  Inki  »nd 
ilopt  the  Higgins  Inks  and  Adhesivcs.    They  will  be  a 

They  form  an  attractive  and  profitable  line  for  drug  stores. 
CHAS.  M.  HIGGINS  ®.  CO..  Mfrs. 
Branches:  Chicago,  London.  271  Ninth  St.,  BROOKLYN,  N.  Y. 


LOCAL  VIEW  POST  CARDS 

Advertising  Post  Cards,  View  Books,  Folders,  Panoramas, 
Ad-Envelopes,  Ad-Blotters,  Covers,  Pictures,  etc.  In  one 
or  more  colors.  Seven  different  processes.  Ask  for  samples 
and  prices. 

CURT  TEICH  &  CO.,  Inc. 
1745-1755  Irving  Park  Boulevard 
CHICAGO,  ILL.,  U.  S.  A. 


POST  CARDS 

Printed  to  order,  black  and  white  or  colors  from  1(V.  Mp.  S 
styles,  best  quality,  price  bcdrr.ck  low.  we  take  the  photo- 
graphs, one  week  delivery,  before  placing  vour  order  get  our  free 
samples.    LOCAL  VIEW  CO.,  427  B'way.  N.  Y.   Agents  wanted. 


$^k^T*  "Huys  the  QuicK- Acting 
IMP  FLASHLIGHT  GUN 


1; 


or— good    profit    for    you.     Makes  remarkable 
r.icht   or  dav.     .^nv  one  can   use   it.  Brings 
.ncra    suppl v  '  bnsi ness.      All    druggists  should 
carrv    it.      Write    lor   altr.-i  Mive  .iftcr. 

IMPERIAL  BRASS  MFG.  CO.,  1226  W.  Harrison  St.,  Chicago.  111. 


PLAYING  CARDS— 808  Bicycle 
606  Congress  and  other  brands 
POKER  CHIPS— All  kinds  and  qualities 
EDUCATIONAL  CARD  (iAMI  S 

THE  UNITED  STATES  PLAYING  CARD  COMPANY 
Cincinnati,  Ohio 

New  York  Office:  432  Fourth  Avenne 


December.  10151 


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47 


Office,  Laboratory  and  Store  Supplies 
Store  Fixtures,  Furniture  and  Ceaes 
Signs;  Window  and  Display  Fixtures 
Laboratory  and  Chemical  Apparatus 
Advertising  and  Druggists'  Printing 


Typewriters,  Cash  Registers  &  Safes 

Drug  Glasswttre,  Labels,  Etc. 
Lighting  Systems  and  Electric  Fixtures 
Everything  that  is  USED  in  the  Drug 
Store,  or  Office  or  Laboratory  


We  carry  a  full  line  of  Bottles,  Jars, 
Vials,  Corks,  Funnels,  etc. 


The  Rockwell  Line  of 

MINIATURE  CORKSCREWS 


A  necessary  and  valuable  implement  w 
small  corked  bottles,  etc. 
The  COST  is  SMALL  —  We  pay  the  freight 
Miniature  Corkscrew  Co.        (Original  Patentees) 
Alton.  N.  H..  U.S.A.  Write  for  Sample 


DRUG  FIXTURES  and 

SHOW  CASES  

Write  for  catalogue 

COOPER   LUMBER  COMPANY 

(Successor  to  Columbus  Show  Case  Co.) 

COLUMBUS  -  GEORGIA 


Soda  Fountain  Apparatus  and  Supplies 
Botthng  Machinery  and  Supplies 
Fountain  Sundries  and  Utensils 
Ice  Cream  Machinery,  Cabinets,  Etc. 
Refrigerating  Machinery  and  Supplies 


Flavoring  Extracts— Fountain  Furniture 
Carbonators  and  Carbonic  Acid  Gas 

Mineral  Waters  and  Special  Beverages 
Cocoa  and  Fountain  Coffee 
Hot  Soda  Supplies.  Etc..  Etc.,  Etc. 


SODA  FOUNTAINS 

All  sizes,  styles  and  prices 
OUR  MARKETING  METHOD 
protects  and  gives  you  greater  value 
Send  for  Catalog  Distributors  Everywhere 

FOUNTAIN  SPECIALTY  CO. ,  Grand  Hayen,  Mich. 


VORTEX  SANITARY  SERVICE  FOR 
HOT  AND  COLD  DRINKS 
"Paraffin  Taper  Cups  and  Metal  Holders 

Patented  and  Talentj  Tending) 

Vortex  Paper  Cups  are  made  for 
.'^'.clas  and  .Sundaes  in  regulation  sizes 
t'.r  use  in  Vortex  Metal  Holders  only. 
T!u  y  are  paraffined  on  the  outside  only, 
sialed  without  glue,  rendering  them 
absolutely  odorless  and  sanitary.  The 
\'ortex  System  not  only  eliminates 
sloppy  conditions  of  the  fountain  anTi 
tables  and  the  danger  from  clv?pped 
glass,  but  also  saves: — 
of  glassware  The  expense  of  washing 

r  2S  per  cent  in  the  labor  of  serving 

If  your  jobber  tvon't  jupply  you—tvrtte  uj 
THE  VORTEX  MFG.  CO..  CHICAGO 


The  Bishop-Babcock-Becker  Co. 

General  Offices  and  Factories,    Cleveland,  0. 


New  "\'ork, 
St.  Paul, 


Chicago, 
Milwaukee, 


Cincinnati,  St.  Louis 
San  Francisco,  Dallas 


"Red  Cross"  Iceless  Soda  Fountains 
Luncheonette  Back  Bars 
Opal  Onyx  Humigars 

"Eureka"  Dispensers'  Carbonators 
Soda  Fountain  Supplies 


White  Paper  Dishes 

and 

METAL  HOLDER 


for  serving  Sundae,  Ice 
Cream,  Ices,  etc.,  at  fountains 

Neat,  Strong  and  Cheap 

B.  A.  Grasberger  &  Co..  Mfrs.,  820  W.  Moore  St.,  Richmond,  Va. 


REPETTI 

The  King  of  Caramel  ^Makers,  now  furnishes 
the  trade  with  LIQUID  CARAMEL  for  top- 
ping Sundaes.  It  will  not  thicken  or  become 
lumpy.  Write  for  free  sample  and  special 
offer  on  free  container. 

REPETTI 

114  East  124th  Street 

NEW  YORK  CITY 


GRAPEFRUITOLA 

The  New  Health  Drink 
Made  from  fresh,  ripe  Grapefruit 

Grapefruit  Products  Company,  Inc. 

Watertown.  N.  Y. 

Manufacturers  of  Grapefruitola  Marmalade. 
Grapefruit  Vinegar,  Grapefruit  Tonic,  etc. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[December.  1915 


'Price  List  of  the  Era  Publication's- 


Weekly  Drug  Markets 
Every  Wednesday 

An  independent  weekly  market  and 
business  journal  for  the  Drug  Trade, 
covering  the  primary  and  jobbing  mar- 
kets, with  complete  Prices  Current. 
Started  in  Sept.  1914,  to  meet  the  un- 
precedented conditions  in  the  drug  and 
chemical  markets  caused  by  European 
war. 

An  exclusive  subscription  publication 
without  advertising. 

SUBSCRIPTION  RATES— U.  S.,  Cuba 
and  Mexico,  $4.00  year;  Canada  $4.50, 
and  Foreign  Countries  $5.00  a  year. 
Yearly  subscription  only  accepted. 


The  Pharmaceutical  Era 
(Established  1887) 

A  monthly  pharmaceutical  journal  for 
druggists,  pharmacists  and  students,  cov- 
ering all  the  important  branches  of  phar- 
macy and  its  allied  subjects. 

Some  characteristics  of  the  ERA  are  its 
independent  editorial  policy  and  its  all- 
around  completeness,  such  as  the  modern 
druggist  requires. 

SUBSCRIPTION  RATES-U.  S.,  Cuba 
and  Mexico  $1.00;  Canada  $1.50  and  to 
Foreign  Countries  $2.00  a  year. 


The  Soda  Fountain 
(Established  1902) 

The  only  publication  with  a  national 
circulation  devoted  exclusively  to  soda 
fountain  trade. 

A  monthly  journal  for  druggists,  con- 
fectioners and  all  owners  and  operators 
f  soda  fountains,  recognized  as  the 
leading  educational  publication  in  this 
growing  industry.  A  real  necessity  to 
rvery  soda  man,  owner  or  dispenser. 
SUBSCRIPTION  RATES-U.  S.,  Cuba 
ind  Mexico  $1.00;  Canada  $1.25,  and  to 
Foreign   Countries  $1.50  a  year. 


ERA  Price  LIST 


Era  Price  List — Issued  Annually 
(Established  1895) 

A  general  price  list  of  Drugs  and 
Chemicals  and  Proprietary  goods  for  the 
Drug  Trade.  In  4  Parts:  Part  1— Drugs 
and  Chemicals;  Part  2 — Proprietary 
Goods;  Part  3— Key  to  Part  2,  giving 
names  of  Manufacturers;  Part  4 — Manu- 
tacturers'  Price  Lists. 
PRICE  $1.00  a  copy,  postpaid.  The 
Pharmaceutical  Era  and  Era  Price  List 
for  $1.50  a  Year  in  U.  S.,  Cuba  and 
Mexico;   Canada  $2.00;   Foreign  $2.50. 


Era  Dose  Book 
Full  of  "meat"  from  cover  to  cover.  Should 
be  on  every  prescription  counter.     20  Dose  and 
Reference  Tables  with  Appendix  of  Alcohol  and 
Narcotic  percentages  in  U.  S.  P.  and  N.  F. 
Price  50c  a' copy,  postpaid. 


Era  Key  to  the  U.  S.  P. 

Gives  the  official  title,  common   name,  synonyms, 
dose  and  strength  of  all  drugs,  chemicals  and  pre- 
parations   in   the    latest   U.    S.    Pharmacopoeia  for 
druggists,   drug  clerks,   students   and  physicians. 
Two  Styles— Cloth  25c;  Leather  50c  a  copy,  postpaid. 


The  Era  Poison  Register  (New  Edition,  Dec,  1915) 

I  .  II  i|ru'.;..;isls'  Ir-  il  rccdid  of  j'oison  sales  with  digest 
,,r  till  |i.ii-iiii  1  I  \'>  -  in  ill  ill'-  Suilis.  This  new  edition  most 
,Mii,|M.  ii  1=J  |iifi-,  N'  \\\  in.,  with  spaces  for  1500 
(iiliics;  full  IkiuikI,  ilnth  sidrs,  with  leather  back  and 
corners.  Price,  $1.00  a  copy,  nostpaid. 


Era  Cost  Stock  and  Inventory  Book 

Spuiril  ruled  book,  thumb  indexed,  for  keeping 
rii-.i'.,  quotations  and  stocks  of  Drugs  and  Chemi- 
cals. Docs  not  contain  Pharmaceuticals.  Sun- 
dries or  Proprietary  Medicines.  Special  ruled 
pages  for  Quotations,  Addresses. 
Full  Cloth,  leather  back  and  corners,  $2.50  a  copy 


Era  Formulary — (8000  Formulas) 
A  most  valuable  collection  of  unofficial 

formulas     for     Manufacturers,  Druggists, 

Physicians,   Veterinary   Surgeons,  Hospitals 

and  for  Household  use. 
This  edition   revised  by  W'm.   C.  Alpers, 

Sc.  D.,  now  President  of  the  Amer.  Phar. 

Assn.  and  by  E.  J.  Kennedy,  Ph.  C,  Editor 

of  The  Pharmaceutical  Era. 

Full  cloth,  527  pages  in  9  Divisions  and 

146  classes.     Price  $5.00  a  copy,  postpaid. 


The  Dispenser's  Formulary 
or  Soda  Water  Guide 

Contains  2,000  formulas  for  the  soda  foun- 

tain, for  making  Ice  Cream,  Ices,  etc.,  also 
valuable    Luncheonette    department.     By  far 
the    best    and    most    complete    formula  book 
published    for    fountain    dispensers.  Every 
fountain  man  should  have  this  valuable  book. 
New  and  Enlarged  Edition,  $1.50  a  copy  postpaid 

o 

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1  & 

Era  Druggists  Directory 
The  standard  directory  of  the  drug  trade. 
Wholesale    Druggists,    Retail    Druggists  and 
Manufacturers  in  separate  lists  all  arranged 
geographically.     18th    Edition   for  1916. 
Price  $5.00  a  copy  postpaid. 

THE  ERA 
HOME  STUDY 
COURSE   IN        ^udy  ■Pharmacy  , 
PHARMACY        a1  home? 

In  10  Parts.  Complete  for  only  $10.00.  Over 
Send  for  complete  prospectus. 


Money  Making  Hints 
For  Druggists  and  Confectioners 

full  of  original  trade  building  suggestions 
id  confectioners  in  jn- 
nd    confectionery  trade, 

w  ui:,t,iays,  etc. 
Full  paper  Covers,  $1.00  a  copy,  postpaid. 


ng  druggist, 
creasing  their  fountain 
window  d 


Era  Opium  and  Coca  Registers 

No.  1— For  Druggists  Prescription  Record  )  p  . 

No.  2— For  Physicians,  Dentists    and    Veterinary  f  u 

Surgeons  C  ^^-^  "."^ 

No.  3-For  Record  of  Purchases  and  Sales  )  Pos'Pa'd 


ThcCri 
Narcotic  L 


Era  Narcotic  List 

A  list  of  official  and  unofficial  Drugs,  Chemi- 
cals and  preparations  affected  by  the  Federal 
Narcotic  law. 

Vest  Pocket  Size— 2Sc  a  copy,  postpaid. 


ERA  BINDERS— For  Era,  S.  F.  or  Weekly— 75o  each 
Combination  Subscription  Rates — Order  by  No. 


TiiK  l'n.\RM.\CEuric.\L  Kr.\  1  year 

with  the  Er.\  Price  List  $1.50  a  year 

Canada  $2.00;  Foreign  $2.50  


No.  2 — The  Pharji.\ceutic.-vl  Er.\  1  year 
1  copy  Era  Price  List 

The  Soda  Fount.vin  1  year  $2.00  a  year 

Canada  S2.75 :  Foreign  $,v50  


No.  3 — 1  copv  Dispenser's  Formulary  (New  l-.diiion) 

and  'Phe  Soda  Fointaix  1  year.  $2.00  comrleto 
Canada  $2.25  :  Foreign  $2.50  

No.  4 — Weekly  Dri'g  ^L\kkets  1  year 

The  Pharm.\ceutic.\l  Er.\  1  year 
1  copv  Era  Price  List 

The  Soda  Folt^tain  1  year  $5.00  complete 

Canada  $6.25:  Foreign  $7.50 
NOTE— If  you  have  no  soda  fountain  we  will  send,  on  request, 
an  Era  Binder  in  place  of  The  Soda  Fountain. 


D.  O.  HAYNES  &  Co.,  Publishers,  No. 3  PARK  PLACE,  Nfw  YORK 


Rockester,  N.  Y.,  U.  S.  A. 


Mr.  Druggist, 

Everywhere,  U.  S.  A. 


Dec.  1,  1915 


Dear  Sir:- 

I  Christmas  'business  is  going  to  be  a  record  breaker  this 

season  according  to  our  advices  on  the  trade  outlook  covering 
all  sections  of  the  country       The  experts  report  that  there 
'       is  a  tempting  array  of  holiday  merchandise        That  merchants 
,      are  planning  for  brighter  and  more  attractive  stores,  and 
that  all  classes  of  people  have  money  to  spend. 

You  and  I  are  mutually  interested  in  selling  more  Senecas 
for  Christmas  Gifts  and  I  believe  that  we  both  have  the  oppor- 
tunity of  our  lives  to  make  the  Seneca  Department  the  best  pay- 
!       ing  holiday  department  in  your  Store       Because  this  year  we 
!,      have  the  Vestpocket  Seneca  as  well  as  the  Folding  Scouts,  and 
[      our  special  HOLLY  BOX  offer  will  help  to  make  this  a  Seneca 
'■      Christmas  in  thousands  of  homes. 

A  Seneca  IS  the  gift  of  gifts.     I  have  yet  to  find  a  man, 
woman  or  child  who  wouldn't  be  pleased  to  receive  a  camera  on 
Christmas  morning.    All  we  have  to  do  is  suggest  this  fact  and 
then  let  everybody  who  comes  into  your  store  know  that  you  can 
supply  them  with  Senecas. 

Working  along  this  line  we  have  had  an  attractive  enlarge- 
ment 14  X  17  made  for  your  window       and  some  single  column 
electros  which  you  can  run  In  your  newspapers  —  also  a  designed 
'      cut  which  can  be  used  the  year  round.    We  wish  every  druggist 
who  handles  our  line  to  mark  the  coupon  and  send  for  what  he 
wants. 

As  you  know  we  have  a  carefully  selected  $50.  Department 
for  new  dealers  —  a  picture  of  which  has  appeared  in  every 
issue  of  The  Pharmaceutical  ERA  for  the  past  two  years.  Since 
the  Seneca  Vestpocket  has  been  put  on  the  market,  we  offer  this 
I  Department  plus  (2)  two  Vestpookets,  selling  price  $7.  and 

18,50  respectively,  for  #60.  —  and  we  further  offer  to  put 
this  department  into  your  store  on  10  days  free  trial. 

It  will  pay  any  druggist  who  has  not  put  in  a  Camera  Depart- 
ment to  mark  the  coupon  and  convince  himself  that  a  Seneca  Depart- 
ment will  be  his  best  paying  sideline. 

I  am  handling  SENECA  CAMERAS—  VoUrS   Very  truly 

(  )  Send  Enlargement  and  Christmas  Cuts.  SENECA  CAMERA  MFG.  COMPANY 

I  would  like  to  handle  SENEGAS —  . 


{  )  Send  Catalogue,  Dept.  Booklet  and  Terms. 
CHECK  WHAT  YOU  WANT  OR  WRITE  AT  ONCE 
-TIME    IS    SHORT    FOR    CHRISTMAS  TRADE 


(  )   Send  $60  Department 


I 


Era  Course  in  Pharmacy 

Tharmacy  Taught 
by  Correspondence 

Ten  dollars  covers  the  entire  cost  of  instruction  in- 
cluding fees  for  tuition,  lectures  and  diploma.  Can  be 
studied  at  home.  Students  admitted  at  any  time. 
Prospectus  sent  free  on  application. 


D.  O.  HAYNES  (SL  CO. 

No.  3  PARK  PLACE  NEW  YORK 


HANFORD'S 

Balsam  of  Myrrh 

Made  since  1846 

"THEY  DO  COME 
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S.M  Ev«jwk»re  S. 


PROTECTO 

'The  BUTLER  "PROTECTO"  case  safe- 
guards baby's  nursing  bottle  from  breakage. 
The  PROTECTO  ^^^^  mechanically  per- 
fect, light  in  weight,  sanitary, 
and  ornamental.  Absolutely 
protects  the  baby  from  broken 
glass,  keeps  the  roilk  warm 
for  several  hours,  holds  the 
nipple  firmly  in  position,  and_, 
in  short,  remedies  all  the 
evils  of  the  glass  nursing 
bottle. 

PROTECTO  is  seamless, 
cylindrical,  made  to  hold  a 
standard  round  8-oz.  glass 
nursing  bottle,  is  nickel  plated 
and  lined  with  felt  to  keep 
the  milk  warm. 

Be  the  first  to  install  this  new 
and  rapid  seller 

RETAILS  FOR  ONE  DOLLAR 

Discounts  and  full  information 
on  application 

Address:  L.  C.  BUTLER,  115  Broadway,  N.  Y. 


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The  container  plays  a  most  vital  part  in 
the  distribution  of  your  preparations  to  the 
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Its  style  and  character  have  much  to  do 
with  the  sales  efficiency  of  the  goods  con- 
tained. If  the  container  is  a  poor  or  indif- 
ferent package  the  sales  efficiency  is  lessened. 

The  element  of  cost  is  a  secondary  consid- 
eration from  the  sales  efficiency  standpoint. 
Price  may  be  low  or  high  without  having  any 
relation  to  selling  value. 

Therefore  seek  selling  value  first,  service 
next  and  finally  buy  as  cheaply  as  you  can. 
consistent  with  style,  character  and  service. 


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placed  their  image  upon  a  coin  to  typify  the  power 
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